Plan committee postpones vote
The Lakeside Neighborhood Plan Committee again postponed making a decision Monday on whether to change the land use designation for the Lakeside Club, also known as Eagle's Crest.
The committee, which has been working on revisions to the plan recommended by the Flathead County Planning Board, had intended to vote on a possible change of Eagle's Crest Phases 5-9 from mixed suburban to rural residential at the Nov. 9 meeting.
At the Nov. 9meeting, members heard from the public and from Eagle's Crest developer Trevor Schaefer, who proposed a compromise. Schaefer offered to address members' concerns by reducing the maximum density of the area from 1 unit for every 2 acres to 1 unit for every 2.4 acres, keeping higher density by U.S Highway 93 and restricting any guest houses from being leased.
The initial land use map in the draft Lakeside Neighborhood Plan showed the areas of Eagle's Crest Phases 5-9 with its own designation of mixed suburban since higher densities in that area had already been approved by the Flathead County Commissioners in 2007. After the commissioners withdrew their approval of the phases at the request of the developer in October, some members of the committee have wanted to change that area on the map to a rural residential designation, like most of the rest of the surrounding area.
After receiving additional documents regarding Eagle's Crest from Mayre Flowers with Citizens for a Better Flathead, the committee decided to take the time to read the materials before coming to a decision. The committee will meet again Monday, Nov. 30.
Schaefer, who is also a member of the committee, said that if the documents Flower presented were from one side of a lawsuit filed against the subdivision by the Flathead Lake Protection Association, the committee should expect to be presented with additional documents from the development's side at the Nov. 30 meeting. This could further postpone the vote.
Read more about the meeting in the Nov. 18 edition of the West Shore News.