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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCal Cumin - Leonard VentlingCITY BALL l15W. 1ST ST. PUB WORKS: 628-4796 WATER OFC: 628-7431 COURT: 628-1964 FAX: 628-2241 ity Of Laurel P.O. Box 10 Laurel Montana 59044 PLANNING August 7, 2000 Leonard & Anita Ventling 3114 17th Street West Billings, MT 59102 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ventling: DEPARTMENT AUG' 8 2000 l _j IL CIT~ O-F' LAU- EL' The following are commentg On your proposed Saddleback Ridge Estates Subdivision which should be addressed before the next Laurel Planning Board meeting. 1. Subdivision Improvements Agreement (SIA): a. Under Item 3 it is stated that a letter of credit will be provided for all improvements not completed at the time of filing the final plat. The improvements listed under Item 3 include street paving and the complete water system. I believe this needs to be clarified further. b. Under Item 3.A, items (1) and (2) should be deleted. c. Item B refers to a homeowners association for maintaining the water system. This homeowners association should be referred to in the SIA as~the Saddlehack Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc. as described in the bylaws submitted with the plat. What is the relationship of the homeowners association to the Subdivision Maintenance 'District referred to in Item 5 of the SIA? d. Under Item 3.A.(4), is the proposed path provided adjacent to the existing easement for the Cove Ditch or part of the existing ditch easement/tight-of-way? (1) Some thought should be given to either providing a boulevard sidewalk when Saddleback Drive is paved or for providing a pathway that provides meaningful access for subdivision residents--including children--to Golf Course Road. (2) Provision of maintenance of the pathway needs to be included in the SIA. - e. Item 3.A.(6) covers two separate items that need to be differentiated: paving Saddleback Drive and the road to the north. (1) The road to the north needs to be included in the subdivision plat as part of it unless the County Clerk and Recorder will let you do it by providing a written easement document to be provided with the plat. (2) Wouldn't it be much simpler to keep this road south of the Cove Ditch and connecting to Saddlehack Drive within 600 feet of the proposed temporary end (to avoid the long cul-de-sac problem). As proposed--going north of Cove Ditch, two County approved bridges that can hold 20-ton water tenders used in fire fighting will have to be built. (3) The maintenance and signage of this temporary emergency access road will have to be included in the SIA. (4) If Phase 2 of this development never occurs, provision must be made for the permanent construction of this temporary access road. f. Under B. WATER SERVICE, no mention of the irrigation piping system shown on the preliminary plat is made. If this is a planned improvement to the City Of Laurel is an EEO Employer Equal Housing Opportunity subdivision, it has to be included in the SIA as to when constructed, size, and who will 'maintain it. (1) Will individual cisterns on each lot be part of the. construction of the water system installed by the developer? (2) The Fire Department has indicated that it wants 30,000 gallons available, preferably in three 10,000 gallon storage tanks spaced as the first phase moves west. The Fire Department does not want to deal with individual water cisterns for fire fighting. g. Item 7 indicates that the subdivider is responsible for all improvements until acceptance by the County. The water system is not something the County plans to accept. This needs to be clarified. h. Item 9 indicates the subdivider agrees to guarantee all improvements for a period of one year. Again, does this include the water system? i. The County Commissioners' signature block needs to be corrected. j. Where are the planned improvements for the water wells and treatment system going to be located? The plat shows a 15' waterline and well easement just above Lot 11, Block 2 and an existing well and proposed well without specific location above Lot 5, Block 2. 2. Plat drawing: a. The dimension of the south edge of the subdivision needs to be shown on the plat. b. Detail 1 shows the two water lines being separated by 24 feet in a 60- foot ROW. Detail 2 shows a 10' separation in a 25' easement. This needs to be clarified. c. What is the purpose of Detail 37 d. The approximate centerline of the 30' pipeline easement appears to be part of the planned extension of Golf Course Road. The location of this pipeline easement must be shown on the prelimina~ plat, and, if part of this easement is going to be used for public roadway, some sort of concurrence from the pipeline company must be submitted. e. At the bottom right-hand of the subdivision a centefline for an existing road (typical) is shown. This road way with dimensions must be shown exactly not typically. The same goes for the adjacent irrigation ditch, and the overhead powerline. (Is the latter going to be placed underground?) f. Saddleback Ridge Drive is still shown on the plat, but referred to as Saddleback Drive elsewhere. This needs to be clarified. g. A vicinity map must be on the preliminary plat. 3. The proposed cash-in-lieu of park land must conform to the recently adopted method for determining such value. 4. In order to proceed with the second phase of this project, the developer must prove he access to the road on the west side of the Golf Course (27th Avenue West); this will require a certified title report. Provisions for construction and maintenance of this off-site road to serve the subdivision must be addressed. 5. A traffic accessiblity study will need to accompany the second phase filing of this project, and it must include the first phase. 6. In the bylaws submitted for the homeowners' association, it states that solid waste pick-up and disposal will be done by the association (Article VI, Section 1.4,). This needs clarification. 2 7. The surface water runoff concems of the Golf Course must be addressed. ~CCal Cumin, AICP Planning Director CC~ Aquaneering, 1555 Sage Circle, Laurel, Montana 59044 County Public Works Department ~2r~aurel City Council Board of County Commissioners Sam Picard Laurel Fire Department