High PriorityPublic Safetyopen

Flooding and floodplain risk

Summary

Speakers testified the site lies in the 100-year floodplain and flooded in 1970, 1977, and 1997. The applicant said only a small cherry orchard area is in the floodplain and ~20 edge homes would be protected by design or omitted.

At a glance

Total mentions: 1
Last 30 days: 0

Last discussed Aug 4, 2026.

Impact analysis

⚠️Who could be affected

Future residents of homes near the floodplain edge and downstream neighbors if protections fail.

Mentions & discussions (1)

MeetingAug 4, 2026

Planning Commission - Aug 4, 2026

Related development

approved

River Walk Specific Plan (SP-5)

Would be the city's largest boundary expansion in decades, converting prime farmland while adding housing, a $4 million community benefit fund, and infrastructure including a needed river sewer crossing.

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