“Until we know we’re getting better quality of water coming in through Firesteel Creek, I think this would be useless. When we do vote on it, I will be voting no,” Councilman Dan Allen said.
While the council approved the buyer’s $1.59 million offer on the property this summer, the buyer stipulated the sale is contingent on the conditional use permit for the property to operate a wedding style venue.
Traffic concerns, noise and increased dust from vehicles were several concerns that nearby property owners had over the buyer behind the $1.59 million approved offer of the former Kelley home.
“We’re at a point where we’ve invested a significant amount of money into this project, and we don’t want to get halfway down the road next year or next month, and find we’ve spent our capital improvement project funds and now we’re not going to move forward,” City Administrator Stephanie Ellwein said.
For the city to begin constructing the wetland along Firesteel Creek, an archaeological survey on the land must be completed before securing a permit for the wetland project, as required by the Army Corp of Engineers.