The Elko New Market City Council continued work on Highlands at Eagle View, a proposed neighborhood development covering about 52 acres, at the council’s Thursday, July 24, meeting. The council approved two resolutions, one wetland replacement plan and one preliminary plat, plus an ordinance for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) and a grading authorization agreement.
The developer is Tamarack Land Development said City Senior Planner Renee Christianson. The residential development would contain 150 lots and six outlots on the 52 acres, north of Eagle View Elementary School’s property, said Christianson, adding it would be comprised of 138 new lots and the reconfiguration of two existing homesites. In 2024, the city council and Elko New Market Planning Commission reviewed concept plans for the development that will be on the northwest side of town, Christianson said. Tamarack Land Development plans to begin work this year. The development began in 2005 as Eagle View Estates, but the project was abandoned due to the real estate housing market crash and the recession a few years later, noted Christianson.
A memorandum to the council listed Tamarack Land Development held a neighborhood meeting May 21, with residents having questions about traffic, screening and the location of a planned roadway connection to the north. There had also been a public hearing at the city’s planning commission May 27 meeting. Comments received at the public hearing included concerns regarding storm water drainage. This included drainage to the west under Texas Avenue and if the development would affect the current drainage patterns.
Tamarack Land Development’s engineer indicated the existing drainage pattern to the west would be maintained through the existing culvert. Another drainage concern was from adjacent property owners to the north that existing water flows through the existing drain system be perpetuated so they would not end up with more storm water on their property after the development was built. The city engineer confirmed the drainage system must be maintained and contractors would also be instructed to look out for any drain tile they come across to ensure flow is not disrupted. The work on the housing developments will include the creation of five holding ponds.
Residents with concerns about stormwater drainage who live along Texas Avenue attended the July 24 council meeting.
City Administrator Tom Terry said the council could take comments.
Among those who had questions were...
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