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AGENDA ITEM #: 5.
DATE: 05/10/2021
AI #:247
CITY COUNCIL ACTION REPORT
 
SUBJECT: FINAL PLAT OF BENNETT MEADOWS
 
STAFF PRESENTER(S): Katie Wilken, Planning Manager

OTHER PRESENTER(S):

Clouse Engineering, Inc.

SUMMARY:

A Final Plat subdividing approximately 28.8541 acres into 90 lots and 8 tracts at the intersection of S. Sarival Rd and W. Harrison St.

Recommendation:

Approve the Final Plat of Bennett Meadows (the “Final Plat’), subdividing approximately 28.8541 acres into 90 lots and 8 tracts generally located at the northwest corner of the intersection of S. Sarival Avenue and W. Harrison Street (the “Bennett Meadows Property”) subject to stipulations. (Katie Wilken, Planning Manager)

STIPULATIONS:

  1. Owner(s) shall, at no cost to the City, construct all public infrastructure required for the development of the Property as set forth in all applicable development regulations including on-site and off-site infrastructure needed for the City to provide utility services to the Bennett Meadows Property, including but not limited to the sewer line needed to serve the Property that is to be constructed with a section of the drainage basin owned by the Curtis Commons Homeowner’s Association;
  2. Owner(s) shall, at no cost to the City, construct the following infrastructure improvements:
    1. S. Sarival Avenue – half-street improvements for the west half of S. Sarival Avenue required for a minor arterial, except for the half median and half median landscaping, from the northern boundary of the Bennett Meadows Property to the center line of the intersection of S. Sarival Avenue and West Harrison Street, which improvements shall include, but is not limited to: pavement, sidewalk, curb and gutter, landscaping, landscape irrigation, street lights, traffic signals, signing and striping; and
    2. West Harrison Street – half-street improvements required for a minor collector, along or adjacent to the frontage of the Bennett Meadows Property, which improvements shall include, but is not limited to: pavement, sidewalk, curb and gutter, landscaping, landscape irrigation, street lights, traffic signals, signing and striping;
  3. Except for model home and a limited number of production homes to be determined by the City Engineer or his designee, no building permits for any structure shall be issued until all off-site utility infrastructure improvements need to serve the Bennett Meadows Property and the half-street improvements to S. Sarival Avenue and West Harrison Street described herein have been substantially completed.  No certificates of occupancy shall be issued for any structure within the Property until all off-site utility all off-site utility infrastructure improvements need to serve the Bennett Meadows Property and the half-street improvements to S. Sarival Avenue and West Harrison Street described herein have been completed and accepted by the City Engineer subject to completion of the two-year warranty period;     
  4. Owner(s) shall dedicate, at no cost to the City, lien free and in fee, the right-of-way along or adjacent to the frontage of the Bennett Meadows Property needed for the half-street improvements for the west half of S. Sarival Avenue prior to the recordation of the Final Plat if requested by the City Engineer or his designee;  
  5. Owner(s) shall dedicate, at no cost to the City, lien free and in a form approved by the City Attorney or his designee, public utility easements adjacent to the right-of-way to be conveyed to the City  for the west half of S. Sarival Avenue prior to the recordation of the Final Plat if requested by the City Engineer or his designee;
  6. If requested by the City Engineer or his designee, owner(s) shall dedicate, at no cost to the City, temporary construction easement(s) needed for the relocation of existing RID irrigation lines from the alignment of the western half of S. Sarival Avenue along or adjacent to the frontage of the Bennett Meadows Property to a location within the Bennett Meadows Property as reflected in construction plans approved by the  City Engineer or his designee, which request shall be made only if the City will be undertaking the construction of the half-street improvements to S. Sarival Avenue adjacent to the Bennett Meadows Property;
  7. Owner(s) shall dedicate, at no cost to the City, temporary drainage easement(s) within the Bennett Meadows Property needed to take storm water run-off from the western half-street improvements of S. Sarival Avenue from the northern boundary of the Bennett Meadows Property to and through the center line of the intersection of S. Sarival Avenue and W. Harrison Street if requested by the City Engineer or his designee, which request shall be made only if the City will be undertaking the construction of such half-street improvements to S. Sarival Avenue adjacent to the Bennett Meadows Property;
  8. The Final Plat of Bennett Meadows shall not be recorded until all of the following have occurred:
    1. Owner shall apply to the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) for the extinguishment of the Type 1 Rights appurtenant to the Property and request that any assured water supply credits issued by ADWR as a result of any such extinguishment be credited to the City of Goodyear.  Said extinguishment shall occur prior to recordation of the first final plat subdividing all or part of the Property or the issuance of any construction permits for work within the Property, whichever is earlier;
    2. An in-lieu payment of $168,750 is paid to the city, which represents 25% of the current cost of a traffic signal required at the intersection of S. Sarival Avenue and W. Harrison Street;
    3. An in-lieu payment is paid to the city in the amount of $87,583, which represents 50% of the estimated cost of a full median and full median landscaping for the section of S. Sarival Avenue from the northern boundary of the Bennett Meadows Property to the center line of the intersection of S. Sarival Avenue and West Harrison as determined by the City Engineer or his designee;
    4. A 30’ wide sewer easement, in a form approved by the City Attorney or his designee, allowing for the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of sewer infrastructure and access facilities within Tract A of the Curtis Commons final plat as recorded in Book 891 and Page 25 of the Maricopa County Records has been recorded;
    5. A drainage easement, in a form approved by the City Attorney or his designee, allowing excess storm water to drain from the Bennett Meadows Property onto the drainage basin within Tract A of the Curtis Commons final plat as recorded in Book 891 and Page 25 of the Maricopa County Records has been recorded;
    6. The City receives documentation establishing that the Bennett Meadows Homeowners’ Association was formed and is authorized to do business within the state of Arizona and the Final Plat has been modified as needed so that it accurately reflects the name of the newly formed homeowners’ association;
    7. An updated title report for the Bennett Meadows Property shall be submitted and the Final Plat shall be modified as needed to reflect the current ownership and current lender including on the Final Plat a Lender Consent and Subordination in a form approved by the City Attorney or his/her designee for all lenders with a security interest in the Bennett Meadows Property. The owner shall provide documentation acceptable to the City Attorney or his/her designee demonstrating that the party executing the Final Plat is authorized to do so; and
    8. All technical corrections to the final plat required by the City Engineer or his designee have been made;
  9. Prior to the issuance of final grading and drainage construction permits for work within the Bennett Meadows Property, a completed Storm Water Maintenance Agreement (SWMA), in a form approved by the City Attorney or his designee and by the City Engineer or his designee, executed by the property owner(s) shall be recorded in the Official Records of Maricopa County;
  10. All permanent utilities, excluding power lines 69kV or larger, within the Bennett Meadows Property and along the frontage of the Bennett Meadows Property shall be located or relocated underground.   No Certificate of Completion, Temporary Certificate of Occupancy and/or Certificate of Occupancy for any structure within the Bennett Meadows Property, other than model homes, shall be issued until the existing utility lines have been located underground as required herein. 

FISCAL IMPACT:

Although a fiscal impact analysis has not been conducted on this specific project, all new development will have an ongoing fiscal impact on the City. The development is responsible for construction of all infrastructure necessary to serve the site and will generate one-time revenue for the City through payment of permits, construction sales tax and development impact fees. Longer term fiscal impacts include increased demands for municipal services, the costs of which may or may not be offset by increased property values/tax levies, city sales tax, state shared revenues and the increased demand for commercial and retail development.

BACKGROUND AND PREVIOUS ACTIONS:

The preliminary plat of Bennett Meadows was approved by the City Council on 8/20/2019.
 

STAFF ANALYSIS

The Final Plat of Bennett Meadows substantially conforms to the preliminary plat of Bennett Meadows approved on August 20, 2019.  As set forth in the attached preliminary plat Council Action Report, the proposed subdivision is consistent with the General Plan and will not adversely impact the surrounding area.  Further, the proposed subdivision is consistent with the technical requirements of the city’s subdivision regulations and engineering standards, and provides for the orderly development of the property by identifying the required infrastructure needed to serve the development.
 

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