A proposal to add 215 housing units to Roseville's WestPark community likely will be delayed until at least November, after the city received an outpouring of concerns from nearby residents at a neighborhood meeting last week.
About 130 people filled the Barbara Chilton Middle School multipurpose room Sept. 23 to ask questions and voice their worries about the proposed addition, according to resident Rich Fabbre.
"We're not even going to venture a date," Roseville project planner Steve Lindbeck said.
"It became clear from the number of comments and concerns that were expressed that we're not going to be able to get it to the City Council in October."
Two years ago – before anyone had moved into the first home – WestPark builders submitted an application to relocate some land uses and create a more walkable neighborhood hub.
For instance, the builders wanted commercial space and some apartments and condominiums to be moved next to a planned elementary school and park.
The proposal by Pulte Homes, Lennar Corp. and Centex Homes also would add more single-family homes, boosting the density from three or four units per acre to five.
Home lots would decrease from about 7,000 square feet to 4,500 to 5,000 square feet.
Fabbre said residents expressed concerns about increased traffic and how schools would be impacted by the additional homes. They also questioned whether there was enough water to serve more people.
"Residents don't really like it and don't understand why they're doing it, except they know that market conditions are driving it to some extent," Fabbre said.
"… I would hope that we can perhaps achieve some middle ground. Instead of adding 200 new homes, maybe add only 100."
Another proposal in west Roseville by Fiddyment Farms developer Signature Properties to add more than 2,000 medium- and high-density homes is still in the early stages of the city's planning process.
The Roseville Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of the WestPark plan in August. The proposal was tentatively scheduled to go to the City Council next month before city planners decided to delay it.
"They want to have their concerns addressed," Lindbeck said. "… We want to make sure they have an opportunity to maybe even get their neighborhood association formed."
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