Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Monday, August 25, 2025

About this meeting

Government Body
Planning Commission
Meeting Type
Planning Commission
Location
Ward, AR
Meeting Date
August 25, 2025

Transcript

10 sections (from 66 segments)

0:00 – 0:44Speaker 1

Good evening. It's 6:30. I'm going to go ahead and start the planning commission meeting for August 25th, 2025. Um, let's see. See if I There we go. Um, first we are going to have a prayer. Uh, Alex, would you mind doing the prayer with everybody? Please stand. Lord, thank you for this day and letting us get together. Thank you for this new room and all the things we're going to be able to do with it, Lord, and this the finances to do it and live in a great town that gives everybody a word and gives everybody a chance to speak their minds, Lord. We pray that everybody is good tonight and that we can just do exactly what we need to do and glorify you in every step of the way. And we pray these prayers in Jesus name. Amen.

0:42 – 1:03Speaker 1

All right. In the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Britney. Will you please do the roll call?

1:12 – 1:57Speaker 1

Jack BS. Helen Huitt, present. Fudge Price here. Art Brook, yes. Tara Chandler, here. Um, I can't read my writing. Aaron Mixon here. Sorry, Alex. Thank you. Alex Watowski here. She do you? Yeah.

1:55 – 2:35Speaker 1

Oh, okay. All right. Sorry y'all. Okay. Uh let's go to approval of the prior meeting minutes. We have uh minutes from July 28th. Are there any comments or corrections that anyone noticed? If not, I'll entertain a motion to approve as written. Make a motion approve as written. Second. Okay. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? All right. And we do not have any old business. So, let's move on to new business. Um, are the people for the variance at 30 grandstand here? Okay. Should we just table this to next month since there's no one here to represent the

2:35 – 3:20Speaker 1

Yes. Okay. So, we will table that. And second, we have a Crescent Cove final plat from Nick Hester. Mr. Hester, you want to come up? Sure. All right. tell us a little bit about Yeah, so this is what I guess I brought it a few months ago and got it approved. We just have the work complete. Uh everything as as detailed. So Okay. 10 1acre lots or a few larger but and it's not going to be a private road. Correct. It it meets all the specs for the city to take it over. So,

3:16 – 3:54Speaker 1

right. Okay. Any questions from count from the commission? Everything okay from the city? Yes, sir. Thank you. Okay. If not, I'll entertain a motion to approve this since staff is okay with everything presented. The final plat of Crescent Cove. Motion to approve the final plat of Crescent Cove. Second. Yeah. All those in favor? Any opposed? Okay. Passes. Thank you. All right. Um, mayor, do you want to come up and talk about the UDO?

3:55 – 4:34Speaker 1

One thing I got to say about the UDO is that council passed the first res first reading of the of the U ordinance and so we'll just press on. We had two public hearings. Nobody showed up to speak for or against, but they were available. But, uh, we will continuing on. By the way, y'all look good up here. This This looks nice. Haven't sat in the back until tonight. It is very nice. Yeah. All right. Well, thank you. Anyone else have anything they want to say or add to the meeting? It's very quick meeting tonight. Yes. Yes, ma'am. Yes.

4:32 – 5:12Speaker 1

I I would like to bring it up for discussion about the uh planning commission having our meeting the week before the council meetings so they could have it ahead of schedule and still uh Oh. Uh, is that the design of it the way it is, mayor? Right. It's it's designed the action tonight flows to the next council meeting. Gotcha. I mean, which council meeting you want to put it in front of. You know what I'm saying? Well, is maybe some uh contractor stuff have that extra, you know, three weeks or so.

5:11 – 5:53Speaker 1

We work around that. If it it becomes a real big issue, we've called special planning commission meetings for to accommodate a reason. We call special city council meetings to accommodate. Okay. So, we do accommodate, but I think this works well, sir. Yes, sir. I thank you. I withdraw what I was saying. Don't withdraw it. I thought it was a good point. I thought it was a good point. All right. Well, let me go ahead and do the announcements then. We have uh September 1st, the city offices will be closed for Labor Day. The 16th is the next council meeting here at 6:30 and September 22nd is our next meeting here at 6:30. Uh if there isn't anything else, I'll entertain a motion to dismiss. I make a motion. Second. All those in favor?

5:53Speaker 1

I. All right. Meetings adjourn.

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