CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Concur with City staff and the prior City Council to retain the opening of Hawkweed Drive per the terms of the Polo Club annexation agreement
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: William J Novack, P.E., Director of Transportation, Engineering and Development/City Engineer
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
Hawkweed Drive is a north-south neighborhood connector roadway that was initially platted in the South Pointe subdivision in the early 2000's. In South Pointe, Hawkweed Drive is one and a half blocks long with a northern terminus at South Pointe Park and the southern terminus that was stubbed for future connection when the Polo Club property was developed.
The South Pointe subdivision has four planned points of vehicular access; two of which are not available today. The two available access points are Champion Drive at Route 59 and Switch Grass Lane into the High Meadow subdivision. The two access points not available today are Spartina Road at Book Road and Hawkweed Drive into the Polo Club.
All development proposals the City received for the Polo Club, from both DR Horton and Pulte, showed the connection of Hawkweed Drive into the Polo Club as was originally planned. The South Pointe residents expressed their concerns and opposition to the Hawkweed connection throughout the development process for both proposals. The main concern is an increase in traffic through their neighborhood from cars cutting from westbound 119th Street to Champion and Route 59.
When the City Council approved the Pulte Polo Club development in late 2022 the annexation agreement stated that the Hawkweed connection would be constructed but that a temporary gate would be installed across the connection to ensure that construction traffic did not cut through South Pointe. The agreement also stipulated that the gate would be removed and Hawkweed would be open to all traffic after th...
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