The Planning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend the city council rezone six single-family lots near 86th and 87th Streets, close to Old Cedar Avenue and Wright's Lake Park, from R1 to R3 to make way for a 33-unit town home development called Bloomshine Village. The commission also voted 5-0 to recommend approval of the project's final site and building plan.
Commissioners voted 5-0 to recommend the city council rezone six single-family lots at 86th/87th Street (near Old Cedar Ave and Wright's Lake Park) from R1 to R3 to allow a 33-unit town home development.
More than a dozen neighbors showed up to oppose the project. Their objections ranged from the look of the development — three-story buildings next to single-story homes — to how it was handled on the ground. Residents described unsafe and unpermitted demolition work at the site, including uncovered windows, equipment deliveries in the middle of the night, and no silt fencing to control runoff. Several also said the city gave inadequate advance notice of the rezoning before it reached a public hearing.
More than a dozen neighbors testified against the Bloomshine Village project, raising concerns about three-story buildings towering over single-story homes, inadequate advance notice of the rezoning, unsafe/unpermitted demolition work (uncovered windows, midnight equipment deliveries, no silt fencing), lack of sidewalks, traffic and overflow street parking, and stormwater/flooding risk.
City traffic engineer briefs the commission on the project
On the traffic question, city traffic engineer Kirk Roberts told the commission the 33 units would generate roughly 238 daily trips, a net increase of 181 over the six single-family homes currently on the site. He said existing roads on 86th and 87th Streets can handle that volume without major upgrades, though the city plans to add a new stop sign in the area.
City traffic engineer Kirk Roberts told the commission the 33-unit development would generate about 238 daily trips (net 181 more than the existing six single-family homes), which existing roads on 86th and 87th Streets can absorb without additional mitigation.
The commission's recommendations now head to the city council, which has final say on the rezoning and site plan.