Topics at the Parker Town Council meeting Dec. 1 ranged from the
Mayor’s Tree Lighting ceremony to plans for a Conoco station on the
southwest corner of Parker and Twenty Mile roads near the Village
Market at Flatacres Market Center.
The Mayor’s Tree Lighting ceremony will be at 6 p.m., Dec. 5, on
the northeast corner of Parker Road and Mainstreet. The public is
asked to bring donations of money and small toys for the Parker
Task Force Food Bank.
A proposal made by town planner Carol Kuhn outlined preliminary
plans for the gas station. With five fuel dispensers and a car
wash, the building would house a convenience store, liquor store,
pizza restaurant and an undetermined retail outlet.
Town council member Tracy Hutchins expressed concern that there
might be “an overabundance of liquor in one spot.” She asked
developer Richard Oneslager of HRC Investors LLC if the pizza shop
and convenience store would sell alcohol even though there is
existing liquor store in the building. Oneslager said he assumed
the pizza restaurant would serve beer and wine, but the convenience
store would not.
Down the road from the Conoco will be the Pine Bluffs
Development at the future intersection of Parker Road and Hess
Road. The development is set to have 483 dwelling units on 172
acres of land.
The ordinance, passed 6-0, was to rezone the area to the
satisfaction of the Preston Hills residents.
The area neighbors the land where Pine Bluffs will be built. The
residents were guaranteed that the residential density would be
reduced to 10.5 dwelling units per acre from 12 units an acre. A
parcel of open space was also granted in negotiations.
During public forum, Preston Hills resident Brian Couzens said
he was in favor of the developer, Koelbel Co., and that
negotiations to move certain areas to the satisfaction of the
homeowners association of Preston Hills went smoothly.
Farther north on Parker Road at the Cottonwood Drive
intersection will be Vantage Point, a complex to be built on the
Lundieck property on the northeast corner. The annexation and
zoning were approved by the council.
Hutchins, however, questioned the need for the multifamily
dwellings in that area. She said the existing ones are not full and
she does not see a need to overburden one end of the
community.
A resolution to pass an increased fee structure was met with
requests for a continuation. The resolution was continued to Dec.
15 because information was not provided to the people whom it would
affect.
Parker Economic Development Council president Tracy Sherman and
developer Ken Hunter from AscentPointe both told the council they
had not received any information on the resolution until just
before the meeting.
The increased fee structure for processing development
applications would increase building permit fees by 30 percent over
the next two years. Planning and zoning fees would also increase
because the town now picks up 30 percent of processing costs. The
fee increase would only affect residential developers.