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<br />Councilmember Woestehoff replied he rescinded his question about the other cul-de-sac because <br />Councilmember Heineman proved him wrong. <br /> <br />Deputy City Administrator/Community Dev. Hagen replied the developer is online if there are <br />questions about phasing. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff stated his question was about the ending but seems like it is a non- <br />issue. He asked when the plantings for the buffer zone would begin. <br /> <br />Deputy City Administrator/Community Dev. Hagen replied the berm that is in the preliminary plat <br />is not completed yet dependent on materials so plantings would have to wait until the berm is <br />constructed. Staff would continue to monitor to ensure the future landscaping plans adhere to the <br />preliminary plat. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked about the height of the berm in relation to the surrounding area, <br />if it is adequate for the surrounding area, and what the berm is supposed to do. <br /> <br />City Engineer Westby replied the berm that is proposed in the plans meets the intent of the berm <br />and what was discussed during plan approvals. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if any procedures instituted will be helpful as to what was <br />discussed on other projects. <br /> <br />City Engineer Westby replied every time they go through a project, if there are issues, they try to <br />learn from it and pay specific attention to those details on future projects. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley asked if it was known why the berm and plantings aren’t being included or <br />why it wouldn’t be done now. <br /> <br />Deputy City Administrator/Community Dev. Hagen replied typically those landscaping <br />improvements are done with the phase. Right now, the phase isn’t extended into the area where <br />units are going to be constructed next to the transition area. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff asked if the developer could be asked to clarify the timeline and <br />whether they would be willing to do plantings early. <br /> <br />Paul Tabone, Lennar Entitlement Manager, stated the plan for the first phase is to develop the first <br />74 homesites this year, the remainder of the site would be done in 2023, with one more addition. <br />The site would be built out in two separate plats. The reason part of the landscape was held up <br />was because Lot 12, Block 1, and Block 1, Lots 5, 6, and 7 have storm drains between them. He <br />explained that the grading of the site has to be done and the berm hasn’t been built yet. Once the <br />berm goes in, the next step is utilities. He stated tree planting wouldn’t be done now because they <br />would go in before the utilities, which would cause conflict. He explained all the trees wouldn’t <br />be planted at the same time given the grading and storm drain that have to go in during future <br />phases. <br /> <br />City Council / February 22, 2022 <br />Page 16 of 34 <br /> <br />