Townhome development meets with opposition

NEW HOMESA computer image provides a peek at a proposed townhome development slated for Clay Court near Thousand Oaks Boulevard. The planning commission is expected to vote on the project Monday. Rendering courtesy of City Ventures A developer looking to construct 26 townhomes near Thousand Oaks Boulevard will have its second date with the Thousand Oaks Planning Commission on Monday.

Ventura-based City Ventures first attempt to get its Clay Court project approved was thwarted Oct. 13 after the commission deadlocked 2-2. Commissioner Daryl Reynolds, who was unable to attend the original hearing, is expected back Oct. 27, according to project planner Claudia Pedroso.

If it gets the go-ahead, City Ventures proposal will be the third housing complex approved for construction on or near the boulevard since the Thousand Oaks Boulevard Specific Plan was adopted in 2011. The plan, which allowed residential units to be built on the boulevard for the first time, covers an area between Duesenberg Drive and Moorpark Road.

At the Oct. 13 meeting, commissioners Doug Nickles and David Newman voted no, objecting to certain aspects of the proposal, including the removal of 20 oak trees, eight of which would be relocated on the property at 80 and 90 Clay Court.

Nickles criticized the projects excessive impact on oak trees and the planned exportation of 1,400 cubic yards of dirt during construction.

To say this is environmentally sensitive is a disgrace, he said.

The commissioner said that the developer should build around the trees.

I see (the project) taking advantage of the pockets that are there, Nickles said. You can transplant trees but you cant transplant the habitat. And when you go transplanting trees, youre transplanting them from their native soil into an urban, compacted soil that theyre not used to. Ive seen a lot of transplanted trees die. They survive, they rarely thrive.

Newman also expressed concern about moving trees.

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ELGIN The City Council Wednesday night is to award Davey Tree Expert Company a contract in the amount of $131,120 for tree removal and planting in the Remington Meadows and Remington at Providence subdivisions.

The tree bid for the two Remington properties is to replace dead or dying trees and to plant trees that were supposed to have been done but were not since the developer went out of business, City Engineer Joe Evers said. I do not believe the winter had an impact on the trees we are looking to replace.

According to supporting material for the Wednesday council meeting, the Remington Meadows subdivision is located south of Water Road and east of Nesler Road, and the Remington at Providence subdivision is located south of Gansett Parkway and east of Nesler Road.

As part of approving these subdivisions, city ordinances required the developer to post a security in the form of a letter of credit to guarantee the completion of public improvements within the subdivisions, which are now in the DR Horton portfolio.

When Remington Homes failed to complete the public improvements within the subject subdivisions and were therefore in default of their obligations, the city made a demand on the letters of credit, the material states.

The city hired Engineering Enterprises to come up with a punch list of public infrastructure itemsneeding replacement or completion, including the tree replacement.

The number of trees to be replaced is between 130 and 150, and the project is expected to be done by May 31, 2015. Ten different types of trees will be planted and all come with a one year replacement warranty by the contractor. The tree work in Remington at Providence will run $89,055 and the cost for the work at Remington Meadows will be $42,065. The supporting material notes that there are sufficient funds remaining from the letters of credit issued for the project to pay for the tree work.

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