There’s still some convincing to do before the town of Eagle residents and elected officials approve the proposed West Eagle housing development. Eagle County has proposed 113 units of deed-restricted, for-sale housing in a mix of duplex, triplex, townhome and six- and eight-unit buildings. The site is on county-owned land surrounded by town property, and county officials have requested annexation into the town.
The Eagle Town Council on Tuesday delayed until Dec. 10 deliberations on annexing the county-owned parcel into town. Residents of the surrounding neighborhoods have questioned the proposed neighborhood’s density, the building heights, increased traffic and other issues.
Council members on Tuesday questioned the development’s fiscal impacts to the town, including the proposal to adjust the way the county would pay the town’s Real Estate Transfer Assessment. In addition, Eagle County Resiliency Director Tori Franks, who’s acting as the developer’s representative, also noted that county and town officials have talked about the county building department handling its own building permit and plan review. But Council Member Bryan Woods wondered how that might work in the case of possible conflicts between town and county building officials.
Town Planner Peyton Heitzman said that hadn’t yet been fully discussed, but Public Works director Tom Gosirowski noted that the same arrangement in reverse worked fine during the construction of the Eagle River Park. The pr.