Fraser planning panel approves West Mountain FPDPs after stripping three annexation conditions

The Fraser Planning Commission voted to approve a resolution advancing multiple Final Plan Development Plans (FPDPs) for the West Mountain/Grand Park project, removing three draft conditions tied to outstanding annexation-agreement obligations and directing staff to continue working with the developer on those items.

Commissioner [name not specified in transcript] moved to approve the resolution with conditions 3, 4 and 5 struck; the motion passed after a second and a voice vote, with the chair announcing that the motion "carries." The resolution leaves in place the core staff-recommended conditions (address outstanding review comments and carry forward water-master-plan requirements) while asking staff to vet the removed conditions before the Board of Trustees.

Alan Sealuff, the assistant town planner, presented the staff report and outlined the principal outstanding review items the conditions had sought to capture, including the town's potential requests under sections of the annexation agreement related to a 5-acre public site and satellite public-works parcels. "This slide gets through the presentation," Sealuff said in his overview of the recommended conditions and outstanding referrals.

Developer representative Clark Lipscomb told commissioners that Cornerstone has satisfied several public-dedication items and asked the panel not to condition FPDP approval on parts of the annexation agreement that he said the town must request. "We are fully committed to satisfying what is one of the last few remaining public dedications, but we need the Fraser board to tell us what do you want and where do you want it," Lipscomb said.

The commission's vote did not resolve those outstanding annexation-agreement obligations; instead, it approved moving forward with the FPDPs that were properly noticed while directing staff to continue negotiating and preparing options for how the town and developer will address the remaining conveyances and financial items before the matter goes to the Board of Trustees.