Work began early in 2022 on the Andersen Ranch Estates project.
The 203-lot Andersen Ranch project is moving forward but not without a public apology to the Board of Supervisors for dust problems site improvements have caused.
“Hopefully you accept our apology,” Dustin Barker of Lennar, the developer, said Thursday after Supervisor Maurice White said a public apology was warranted.
The board approved a tentative map of the subdivision, located near Mountain Street, in 2020. Developers have since graded the site and began installing infrastructure. Barker said tumbleweed and other brush were cleared, and the construction team has used a dust palliative to mitigate the problem. He said despite challenges with wind, developers are trying to be good neighbors.
Carson City resident Maxine Nietz was skeptical.
“They’ll be here today and then gone tomorrow,” she said during public comment.
With White voting no — and dust complaints noted — supervisors voted 4-1 to approve a final subdivision map of the project.
Besides dust, White had concerns over an agreement between the city and developer for $203,000 in residential construction tax credits. The tax credits are for the developer provided they construct a multiuse path and trailhead improvements. According to Associate Planner Heather Manzo, the cost of the public improvements is more than $500,000.
Supervisors also approved, unanimously, final subdivision maps for two phases of the Blackstone Ranch project creating 123 residential lots south of Hogan Peak Street. Tentative subdivision maps for this project were approved in 2017. Site improvements have begun, backed by performance bonds.
