Oak Pointe Residential rezoning

A neighbor raised the unsafe entrance and sight distance, described a 10-to-15-foot sinkhole gushing water with three MSD calls since March, and questioned the letter's hedged language and five-boring scope.

The builder's representative said the geotech recommendations are typical, and that he visited the site that morning and saw no sinkhole and had no MSD contact.

ECS's geotechnical manager testified the state geological survey maps the site as non-karst, so the reported sinkhole is likely not karst activity, possibly a utility-related collapse.

An opponent with geotechnical testing background said the requested rock cores and durability tests were never done and the letter's repeated 'ifs' don't meet the code; he also flagged water gushing from sinkholes on site.

The applicant's attorney argued the geotechnical letter is a belt-and-suspenders extra on top of full reports and binding elements, and that the case is ready for a public hearing.

A Don Drive resident, she said photos of the entrance were misleading — cars crest a hill at speed, and a concrete wall sits across from the exit. She also flagged railroad and Dixie Highway backups and risky geotech language.

A longtime resident, he warned about rush-hour backups on Dixie Highway, the area's steep hills in snow, and whether fire equipment could reach the development's lowest units in a storm with only one entrance.

Representing neighbors, he argued the case isn't ready — the narrow 18-foot Don Drive entrance, sight distance, and geotech uncertainties haven't been resolved, and residents can't afford their own experts.