Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Yep. Good morning. I will call the February 18th, 2026 Norfolk Planning Commission meeting to order. Inform the public about the uh open meetings act in the northwest corner of the building and ask for role. Wait here. Sock here. Simonson here. Hky here. Hoffer here. Kubby Griffith Kee Ronfelt here. I'd ask for approval of the full agenda. Move to approve full agenda. I'll second motion to second.

All commission members present voting on the affirmative. Motion carries. Consideration of the approval of the minutes of the February 3rd, 2026 planning commission meeting. I'll move to approve the minutes. Second. Please vote. All commission members present voting in the affirmative. Motion carries. And as for item number six, the applicant uh chose to wait for a full commission wants to come up. Morning.

Morning. All right. So our understanding that you would like if you would just state your name for the record. Uh

Jean Jean Sasar. Uh it's our impression that you want to just do you want to table this to have a full commission? Yes. That's your Okay. That's your prerogative. Okay. Anything else you would like to state on that end? No. Okay. I'll move the table. Do you have a second? Second. Please vote.

All commission members present voting in the affirmative. Uh resolution 2026 PC-2 is placed on the table.

Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Next, the consideration of the recommendation of annexing a tract of land generally located a quarter mile west of the intersection of East Benjamin Avenue and Highway 35 on the south side of Benjamin Avenue. Anyone here to speak on behalf of this? This is uh oh recently there was a subdivision moved through through here being developed by Kalin Herman there. There you go. And so um as a function of that we wanted to we we can't accept any streets uh that are outside city limits into the into the city street system. So, we need to annex this. So, so as they start to develop that um once that street infrastructure is in place, then we'll take take ownership of that.

Fair enough. No other concerns on it?

No, it should go It looks like it goes to the north north side. Fair enough. I take a motion. Make a motion to consider recommendation of annexing attractive land generally located a fourth mile west of the intersection of East Benjamin Avenue and Highway 35 on the south side of Benjamin Avenue.

Please vote. I would anticipate by the end of the year we'll see the annexation coming in for everything west of that up to the current city limits to just be the very western edge looks like there that All the same developer, Steve, pardon. All the same developer.

Yes, that that'll all be the same developer. This here, um, they needed to move this forward ahead of the rest. They've got some some state funding that requires them to start issuing occupancy permits. I believe in November they have to issue their first occupancy permit and then there's like one or two permits per month for the next year year and a half that they need to so they'll start they'll start building that out. There's no they're not using districts. They're not using tiff. It's all all state dollars here for this. uh the rest of it to the west, I believe they'll be coming in with a tiff tiff application on the rest of that. And my understanding is the intent is to get 100% of the streets and water and sewer and in to the west and then slowly start to develop those lots. They were hoping for that this entire site, even this area to the east of this um kind of that odd triangle shape, they were looking at this as about a five-year development for and I would say we're pretty excited about that. Um we are working on some economic development opportunities uh that will be um in you know increasing housing needs, creating jobs. Um we're hopeful here in the next several months that um we can announce some of that some of that work that's we're setting the base for. So I think this this starting to move forward with this really

joins well with what we hope happens here in the future.

Thank you, Steve. Uh we got a motion in a second and a vote. Yep. All commission members present voting in the affirmative. Motion carries. Thank you. and Val for the January 2026 building permit report.

Yeah. So, January 2026, uh, single family detached, uh, we just had one. It is January, so that's kind of expected. Um, so this year we have eight. Last year at this time we had 11. Uh, no new duplexes, so we're zero and zero. Uh, no new multifamily, so we have no new multifamily this year. Last year we had the foundry come in with 166 apartments. Um single family attached. We actually had four new ones come in. So we are ahead. Uh this year was six. Last year we were at four. And the building valuation is about 24 million less than last year.

Thank you Val. Any other opening topics or concerns? I'd just like to say last call for NPZA. So, I've heard from some of you. Um, if you still want to do that, we're signing everybody up on Friday and that is March 4th through the 6th. Thank you. Thank you, Val. There's no other concerns. I'd take a motion to adjurnn in honor of Martin. So move. We We know that's his thing.

I know. Wander back to my office. We have a huge huge us.

Oh, Cody, can I grab you before you head? Oh, yeah. I just wanted to introduce you to Nichollet. She's going to MPZA. So, I wanted to introduce you to So, yeah, she would know somebody. And which days do you want to go? Well, I got to I got to visit what I was go. I just kind of visit with the wife and see see if you could just let me know the hotels and the days. Yeah, I will. I'll get you that early.

So, you'll be on the commission. providing all of the we going to Intro to the basics, but they have it and just teaches you the basics here really.