KINGMAN, Ariz. — The Municipal Utility Commission met Thursday night, July 25, to approve moving forward with the Wild Mesa Tract, a new proposed subdivision on the northwest side of town.
Assistant City Engineer Mike Garmon said it was up where the original Eagle View Subdivision is (between N. Melody Street and N. Willow Road). He said the builders want to get four remaining tracts approved up where the original Eagle View Subdivision is.
Garmon told the Municipal Utility Commission that the initial phase can be done without offsite improvemtnts, but if they wanted to do the rest of it, they would have to build a new water tank.
“The city’s got an analysis that shows the upper part, the elevations are too high to be served by (the College tank or the Camelback) tank,” he stated. The best place for a new tank would be up the hill from the existing one because it is easier to get to and more cost-effective.
He said once they get the tank in and a booster station to fill it, they should be able to do the rest of the Subdivision. He recommended the entire Subdivision be approved now, rather than in sections later, on the condition builders do the off-site improvements needed.
Garmon told the Standard that the city and developer would be working together in the coming months on the design of the offsite improvement.
The commissioners agreed and after Garmon answered a couple of their questions on staff recommendation and sewer lines, it was unanimously approved to move forward to the City Council for final approval.
