The plan for the housing development includes 16 market-rate, ownership homes. Mayor Tom Praggastis cautioned the applicant that any affordable housing built in Sun Valley should not eventually slip back to market-rate status. Bob Adams, who also consulted on Watson's development proposal, said his client shared the same vision. Adams presented the applicant's concept for affordable housing, which included a pre-qualification lottery for the units, with special emphasis given to Sun Valley employees. The city also will have to secure the approval of one of two of the other landowners in the River's Edge Ranch subdivision.
Annexation requires that all parcels be contiguous to the city.
Blaine County Commissioner Len Harlig said the county cannot interfere with the annexation process, because the land is within the city's zone of impact. Express Publishing Inc. All Rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Express Publishing Inc. is prohibited.