Planning & Zoning Board - Regular Meeting

And everyone we're expecting is here. We'll call the meeting to order. Start with roll call.

Okay, Randall.

Here.

Miles. Here. Anderson.

Here.

Coodle. Yes. Espinosa. Here. And Graham and Willie are absent with notice.

Thank you. Look for a motion to approve tonight's agenda. I would make a motion to approve tonight's agenda.

I'll second that.

I motion a second to approve tonight's agenda. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed? Look for approval of the minutes from the May 26th, 2026 meeting.

I'll make a motion to approve.

I'll second it. The motion and the second to approve the minutes of the May 26th, 2026 meeting. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Move to public comments. Do we have any from public wanting to put input on any non-agenda items? Mr. Kyle, what have you got for code enforcement for us tonight? Just have parking on grass and tall grass and weeds is the main ones.

Thank you.

I had something for you, and I went for a walk the other morning, and do you think I can remember it? God dang it. I don't even know what I had to do with it.

Just call or text me.

And it was a big deal, too. I remember thinking, oh, that's not good. Dang it. We're going for walks. I know, right? That's what I get for going for walks.

I should stay home. Exercise is always a bad deal.

This isn't really code enforcement, I'll ask the question of both staff. What is a project that we have that's out in the country going across and ends up out by the interstate on Township Road?

The gas lines, the gas companies. I think they're redoing the sleeves that the gas pipe goes in. Yeah, they started, you know, by the pumping station, yeah. You know, both north of the golf course, and comes down across this Highway 38, and yeah, it's an American project, or I guess it's their parent company, so. Yeah, they've been doing that for a while here, yeah.

And then half a dozen people asked me what it is, and I said, I don't know.

It's not a city project, it's not anything else.

Gaslighter, yeah.

All right, the old clock on the wall says it is 6.05, so we will go to our 6.05 rezoning hearing. For lots 21 through 24 and lots 40 to 43 of block three, lots 18 through 20 and lots 33 through three, that doesn't ring up the bell here, Teresa. Say 33 to 34? Block 5 and Outlot 3, Western Meadows Addition, rezoning from residential to residential high density. Teresa, we'll get your staff report.

So basically these are lots out in the Western Meadows Addition. As you're aware of, Kelly Nielsen with Nielsen Development has purchased this property. He is putting it out into different single lots, planning to do single family development on there. He was in last fall, as you recall, asking the city to consider basically, originally a variance basically for smaller lot sizes and smaller setbacks. We decided all in all, we should look at maybe just redoing our zoning regulations to allow residential high density which essentially will allow the smaller lots and the smaller setbacks on the side yards we left the front and back setbacks the same as you recall so um we have this new zoning district within our regulations that went through the plan zoning went through city council He is now ready to move forward with his development. He's got a lot of the infrastructure in, but in order to issue building permits with the varying setbacks, this does need to be rezoned to the residential high density. Currently, it is zoned just residential. So that takes an ordinance change, goes through you guys, and then goes through city council. So that is where we're at tonight. We could request this to change this from residential to residential high density.

All right, discussion?

Thoughts? Well, this is essentially what triggered us to create this. Yeah, this was the main reason we did that.

Yeah, I don't see why.

This and the one off Western. Yeah. We had two or three people. Yeah, but this was the original. That was not of soul?

I haven't had anybody come back to me yet.

Yeah, that's interesting because we've got two different people on the list of them. Yeah.

They haven't come back with any additional plans for Lone Western.

I don't have any concerns here like anybody else does. I mean, this is the gist of us creating that identity.

I'd make a motion to recommend approval of the rezone of the City Council final action.

I'll second that.

All right, further discussion.

Were you folks here to speak one way or the other on this tonight?

Okay, we've got a motion here. We still have discussion if you wanted to speak about it. We wanted to be sure to give you the chance.

So just on Trojan there, I'm assuming those houses like lots, let's call it, or the just normal residential?

Yep, normal residential. Those lots or those houses had to meet the seven foot setback versus the five.

Okay, I just wonder how that would look aesthetically, you know, just being offset looking down the street when you're, the rest of the lots I don't have any problem with. I'm just wondering, You know, when you're looking, when you're building up half your lot or two feet,

I was going to say, in Kelly Point, we have a lot of offsets.

It's either offset because the lots are offset or the houses went one side of the lot or the other side of the lot could be offset.

I think through town we have quite a few areas where they shifted the house as far as they can one way and they left it bigger. Yeah.

Bigger lots, right?

Yeah, no, that's the only thing I've seen was the one side of the split of the lot was the old way.

Yeah, you don't see in the same area there's five lots on the west side, only four. So no matter what you put in there, even if it was under the regular setbacks, they're going to be shifted just because you got five lots versus four.

Okay.

Seeing none, we'll call the vote. Anderson? Yes. Coodle? Yes. Miles? Yes. Espinosa? Yes. Randall, yes. That is a recommendation to the council.

So for their lot, they still have the same front and back setbacks. Yeah, the front and the back setbacks are still the 25.

So it'll still be a pretty good size side yard because it's a rear yard setback.

All right, we have no old business, we have no new business. Mr. Clark's not here, Mr. Christensen's done. Teresa, anything to add to your report?

All right, just quickly from our report, get you guys out of here. The only thing I really have to add is just let you know, at the last city council meeting, that variance for ASIM development went to them. They did deny both variance requests. I had the developer reach out to me, it was a couple days ago, it was on Monday, I was basically asking if you could sit down with me and the mayor. how they should proceed forward with their development. So I anticipate a meeting could be coming up in the future. Don't know what that will entail, but obviously we want to do what we can to work with them, but still stay with our standards and our regulations. So we'll keep you posted on that. And just to let you know, HADF, as you know, they lost their director, Amy Farr, has left them. So they're looking at trying to contract with SMGA for those services to kind of help them with their kind of the day-to-day office duties, submitting requests for information and kind of all that stuff. So the council did award some ED funds, $25,000 to help fund that position. It's kind of half what they were asking for. The thought was city pay half, AJDF pay half. So they're going to try to draft a contract that will incorporate that so they can move forward with a new director. And then just to put some things, upcoming year, we will have a meeting on the 30th. We're back to our regular schedule. I'll have a draft of the accessory building changes and ordinance of that. I've been working with Seacog to look over some camping regulations for your guys' review. We can kind of dive into that. And then we will have a conditional use permit coming up. It just got submitted earlier this week, actually last Friday. It's going to be We did that rezoning on the Luke Cope property on Mickelson. Those people want to do a shouse that requires a conditional use permit. So should have some that will come for you guys on the 30th as well.

So glad I'm meeting.

We'll have one at that time. All right, that's all the updates I have for you.

The sidewalk project along Mickelson at the 27th project?

Yes, yes. Since we're using federal funding and the various shutdowns through the agency, there's no way we can get it done this year. I mean, we could get it done. Our engineers could get it done. State could approve it, but we won't get federal dollars until then. So I guess it takes three years to put in a big battle.

Before I make a motion to adjourn, that quick start is going up so fast. I have never seen anything go up so fast in my whole life. That's crazy.

Oh, my gosh. If we did that sidewalk, could you get the federal money later and reimburse the city for it?

We'll lose our federal dollars if we do any construction before approval from them. So we'll lose our grant. So we're kind of stuck between rock and hard place.

Yeah, but since early start of the schedule, like, every day, what's going on? Uh-huh. They've done more than one, I think.

I mean, they were out there doing the plywood in the rain, which was making me very nervous, because it's slippery up there, but they didn't care. They were up there.

They had their studded shoes on.

Sure they did. They had a tube by them that was going to stop them. Sure it was. I didn't see OSHA, anyway. I make a motion to adjourn.

Second. Motion and second to adjourn. All in favor? Aye. Opposed?