FAYETTEVILLE – Cyclists will be able to eat something on their way to the next Centennial Park.
The Planning Commission voted on Monday 8-0 to pass a progression plan for a space for food trucks, parking and connections on Shiloh Drive, north of Millsap Mountain. Construction is underway on the mountain to build fluffy in Centennial Park, which will host the 2022 World Cyclocross Championship.
Jacob Shy of CIS Associates said Trails on Shiloh will have a 10,000-square-foot lawn, a gravel lot where food trucks, trails, a paved domain for car parking, two driveways, a waiting pond and gardens will be located. The total is approximately 10 acres.
“This progression will be aimed at the cycling community,” Shy said. “It is meant to serve as an extension of Centennial Park and what will happen there in the future.”
The park’s initial plans showed 17 miles of basically soft surface trails across the mountain, as well as playgrounds, picnic areas, a canopy walk, a level and a position for hammocks. It is scheduled to open in time for the 2022 cyclocross championship.
Cyclocross is mountain biking, which involves short rides with obstacles, hills, steps and rugged terrain that inspire cyclists to get off their motorcycles to run in parts and get back on their feet.
Commissioner Kris Paxton said the position of food trucks is an exclusive use for an area difficult to develop.
“I’m excited to see a connection that will bring some life to the park and allow other people to park and maybe take advantage of the cell sales device there,” he said.
In the cases, the Commission approved 7-0 a 17-acre rezoning request south of 15th Street, west of School Avenue, for the SoFay Development Sanctuary project.
Project proponents said they sought to build a combination of residential and advertising uses to serve the southern component of the city and complement the nearby Arkansas Technology and Research Park.
David Snow, acting vice-chancellor of Economic Development at the University of Arkansas, said he met with the progression team and praised the project’s vision of a life, function and environment.
“I’m very happy to see this plan, ” said Snow. “This corresponds to the sense of belonging we would like to create.”
Five citizens joined the meeting, which was held online Zoom, to denounce a proposal for housing progression west of Garland Avenue, between Janice Avenue and Deane Street. Neighbors said five proposed homes for 0.32 acres of land were too high, drainage problems in the 1990s, reduced traffic, and considerations about declining asset value as reasons why the board rejects the requested usage permit.
Commissioners voted 6-2 to grant permission. According to the city code, the use of clustered housing requires stricter regulations for drainage, street improvement and tree preservation than if the owner built according to the existing zoning of the permit, several commissioners said.
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The Fayetteville Planning Commission met on Monday and approved:
An addition of 20 single-family homes to the Brooklands subdivision in Mountain Ranch, north of Millsap Mountain.
Give the city’s long-term planner the kindness of determining the center’s 2004 master plan and making recommendations for changes.
Source: NWA Democrat-Gazette