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April 20, 2018
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Bill Parsons, Planning Supervisor
CC: Bill Nary, City Clerk, Kent Brown
RE: Trilogy Subdivision (H-2018-0024)
Honorable Mayor and City Council,
In 2015, the City approved the Trilogy Subdivision. The plat consisted of 144 buildable
lots and 9 common lots on 28.16 acres of land, zoned R-8. In 2016, a first phase of the
final plat was approved that consisted of 51 buildable lots and 5 common lots. As part of
those approvals, the Developer was given two years to obtain City Engineer’s signature
on a final plat (expiration date: 10/20/2017). Recently, it has come to our attention the
plat has expired and a portion of this property was sold off to the Brighton Corporation
which is slated to be part of the Bainbridge Subdivision.
In February (after the expiration date), the City approved a performance surety to
guarantee the completion of the improvements. Per the applicant, the construction of the
subdivision has commenced, all underground utilities are 100% completed and curb,
gutter and sidewalks and roadways are constructed. In the applicant’s narrative, he also
states that the subdivision improvements are slated to be completed by April 2018.
Because of the time that has elapsed, the applicant was able to apply for an administrative
time extension in accord with the UDC. Both Planning and Legal agreed that the
miscellaneous application was the only remedy for the applicant to pursue extension of
the plat, predicated on Council’s action. Staff believes having the applicant start over is
not in the best interest of the City (tied to a recorded development agreement) and
respectfully request that the Council approve the request to extend the expiration date of
the plat for an additional 6 months from the date of the miscellaneous hearing. Moving
forward Staff is working with the IT Department to develop a plat tracking report through
our Accela system to avoid these mishaps and inform our customers of their expiration
dates.
Community Development Department 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Suite 102, Meridian, ID 83642
Phone 208-884-5533 Fax 208-888-6854 www.meridiancity.org