Developer: new Walnut Grove-area housing will help meet regional needs and will include on-site mitigation

Glenn Crosby, vice president of regional planning communities for Lewis Management Corp., asked the commission for support and said the project "directly addresses local and regional housing shortages." Crosby said the company will provide an on-site superintendent and site signage with contact information and that the first 12 months of a roughly 34-month construction timeline will be front-loaded for demolition and rough grading when most dust and earth movement will occur.

Crosby said the developer will comply with applicable state and federal hazardous-material and safety regulations and coordinate with the city's geotechnical consultant to avoid placing buildings over the portions of the site that could not be probed. "We will adhere to all of, you know, the state and local regulations," Crosby said. He also described the project as replacing a vacant, deteriorating structure that the developer contends could become a public nuisance.

The developer added that construction management and mitigation measures, plus on-site supervision and an identified point of contact, will be used to respond quickly to concerns raised by neighbors. "Our superintendent will be out in the field during all construction," he said.