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| Written by PI Web | |
| Saturday, 13 October 2007 | |
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Traffic light at Ninth and Ward hangs in the balance At a glance
Patterson’s City Council will decide when it meets Tuesday whether to approve a 154-home complex of apartments and town homes at Ninth Street and Ward Avenue. The 12.67-acre development would have 62 apartments and 92 town homes. The Marrad Group would pay at least part of the upfront cost of a traffic signal at Ward Avenue and Ninth Street and be reimbursed by the city at a later date. Ninth Street also would be realigned to connect to Heartland Ranch Avenue. “Without this project going forward, there may be a long delay in realigning and signalizing the intersection,” said a city staff report. Patterson’s Planning Commission approved the project on a 3-0 vote Aug. 9 after commissioners requested a 10-foot wall and asked for the developer to run sewer hookups to homes directly southeast of the project that lack city sewer connections. The Marrad Group previously had worked on modifying the project for close to a year, after the commission had earlier rejected it because of its size and open space arrangement. Developers reworked aspects of the plan and removed proposed duplexes. Area residents complained in August that the project would create more traffic in the heavily traveled area and might lead to an increase in crime. The city staff report says no apartments or town homes have been built in Patterson within the past 20 years. The area that would house the project has been designated for high-density residential uses since 1992. The council also will consider allocating $47,151 annually for a code enforcement officer who would operate a graffiti abatement vehicle and clean up graffiti. The starting wage for the position would be $12.70 per hour, and the person would receive $1,729 in benefits each month. A few council members said during an Oct. 2 meeting that they thought the salary was excessive, and city staff plan to give more information about the salary figure. The council also will consider taking the following actions:
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