Commissioner Marilynne Felderman-Baldwin figured that it would take many years, if ever, for the city to recover the costs of the utility improvements. Approval of Phase II of Rolling Hills was delayed while the city staff works out a more equitable division of the costs. Despite the care taken with plans for Rolling Hills, not all complaints could be avoided. Jim Albertson, who lives near what used to be the far end of W. Maple Street, told commissioners he and his neighbors were upset with increased traffic on that street. Although sympathetic to his specific problem, Commissioner Marilynne Felderman-Baldwin told Albertson nothing would be done about it, because Maple Street has always been considered a collector street and was designed to carry many cars.
Some decisions have to made over and over again.
The proposal to build 24 homes just south of Gold View Drive on the city's east side has been in front of the commission several times. Because the design contains two dead-end streets, too long by city law, developers asked for an exception to the rule. They said hilly topography made it impossible to conform to the law regarding the length of dead end streets. Planners okayed the layout as long as the developers added an emergency access road connecting the project with Hwy. But the City Council nixed that plan.