PC231 Frank Cobb 11-11-20151
Elisha Heath
From:Sue Passmore on behalf of mayor/ councilmembers
Sent:Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:38 AM
To:City Council; Mike Jackson; John Hohman; Cary Driskell
Cc:Deanna Horton; Elisha Heath
Subject:FW: Painted Hills developement
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From: Frank Cobb [mailto:fccobb@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 4:04 PM
To: mayor/ councilmembers
Subject: Painted Hills developement
Mayor and Council members,
I watched the council video of Oct. 6, 2015 study session concerning this developement. I understand that the
decision to approve or not is out of your hands as one councilman stated at the end of this session.
I sure hope that the City's legal staff is taking a hard look at this because it's loaded with problems for not only
city government but citizens of the city as well. Hope you have all seen pictures of past flooding here. If lived
around it for 30 years. I built most of the homes in The Greens at Midilome and watched the whole course lake
up more than once.
There's major problems from my seat:
1. Two out of three of the collection ponds are not on the owner/developer's property.
2. Thorpe Rd. Will be part of the developer's mitigation system. Four culverts have to be built through City
property. I see a liability problem here for the City.
3. The developer wants to turn over the ten acre park on Thorpe Rd. to the City. Does that mean the city
becomes responsible for maintenance of the flood mitigation in the park?
4. The developer proposes that the Homeowners Association will be responsible for the maintenance and
operation of the flood mitigation system which also includes a pit on E. 40th one half mile away from the
property. We have 41 residents in our community and have difficulty getting one half of them in the M&O of
our neighborhood. How will this work with 580 members?
I'm a retired small businessman and all for economic development. But this developement does not belong in
this corner of the Valley.
Especially in a flood plain.
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Respectfully
Frank Cobb