Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Wow -- Another Development Project for Williston

 Updates

August 15, 2012: a "process" mistake by the city means approval for this project will have to start all over gain. Something tells me ...
A snag in the process of development for Jonathan’s Landing – a new building plan close to the Tofte Bros. subdivision – will start the approval process over again.

A small crowd had gathered outside Tuesday night’s city council meeting, some prepared to discuss a building plan that has been under fire from neighbors. But the discovery of a snafu earlier in the process took that discussion off the agenda and back to its beginning.

“A public notification error was made for a land use amendment,” Mayor Ward Koeser explained.
First time in 18 years a mistake like this has been made. 


Original Post

Williston Herald is reporting: another step in the approval process for another project: a 10-acre mixed residential/commercial development at East Dakota Parkway and 26th Street West, Williston, ND. That's northeast of town, near Hillside Memory Gardens, at the curve -- it looks like it will kitty-corner from the cemetery, and if so, it will back up to the Little Muddy on the east. Subject to flooding?

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  1. Nope, that's basically all a high spot right on the corner. Only the south and southeast most corners would be low, but I suspect still higher than any flood concern.

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  2. Also has the levee on the eastern edge of the development.

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    1. Yes, that was my concern --- that a levee is needed. I recall watching with some anxiety, as were so many others, the US Army Corps of Engineers' levee on the south side. In fact, at one point, the Corps no longer allowed folks to walk on that levee due to the work they had to do during the rising river.

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  3. This development is east of the Tofte Brothers residential development. The development company was from Texas. Tofte Bros aren't too excited about this development across the street from their high end development....

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    1. Thank you for clarifying. I will correct the original post.

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  4. I don't get why the Tofte developmnet is concerned over this new development. All of their homes face into the little man made lake and are seperated by a "very busy and loud" East Dakota Parkway. I think these new homes and the commercial (whish is tucked into the NW corner of the development...and pretty much out of site from the Tofte development) will be a nicer view than the semi's and trucks that back up on East Dakota. Just my opinion.

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    1. I had mixed emotions about the concerns. At the end of the day, it would be very, very difficult for the planning committee to micro-manage to the nth degree. I know the area well; somehow it will probably all work out. I notice the same thing in areas in south Los Angeles (San Pedro) and over time, trees, highways, etc., tend to help areas blend together.

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