Good evening, everyone.

Welcome to the City of Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission meeting for Tuesday June 9th, 2026.

I'll open up for you to register your roll call, please.

You ready?

Okay.

Now I'll open up for the discussion of the minutes from the this will be from the May 26th meeting.

Are there any changes to be made?

I'll entertain a motion for approval.

Styling motion to approve.

Little second.

Everybody cast your ballot.

First item we have tonight on the agenda is a preliminary subdivision.

This is a Woodridge Place, subdivision phase four.

We have the proponent for this item here tonight.

You would come up.

State your name for the record and tell us what you want to do there.

My name is Darren Williams.

I'm with uh McAllister Engineering here in Jonesboro.

Um this is uh it's been an ongoing subdivision, and this is just another phase of it.

It's a total of 27 lots.

Um we're not looking to have anything rezoned.

Um it pretty much fits with the surrounding areas.

There are some areas around it that haven't been developed, but what has is of similar development.

City planner, you have staff comments?

Uh yes, sir, we do.

Uh we reviewed it, it does meet the requirements of the subdivision code, so we would recommend approval with one stipulations.

So um all new lots uh will be required to have a residential sprinkler system since there's only one way in or out of this proposed subdivision.

You're talking about a fire sprinkler system.

Yes.

Okay.

Commissioners have any questions about this development.

When ready with a motion, finally I'll move for approval with stipulations noted.

Everyone cast your vote.

Okay, preliminary subdivision has been approved.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next item we have on the agenda.

This is a sky point sub landing phase one.

Preliminary subdivision.

Had the proponent here for this item.

If you would come up and state your name for the record.

There will be 20 lots.

And it was commented yesterday that we will be adding a traffic control measure, and we're still gonna work out what that is, but that'll be along that main road.

Sounds great.

City planner staff comments.

Uh yes, sir.

Again, we have reviewed it and it does um meet all the requirements of the subdivision code, so we would recommend approval.

Okay.

That being said, commissioners, you have any questions or comments.

So the only question I have this is Monroe.

Um, with that comment that he made that there would be some traffic things done there.

So when did that get entered or when would that be noted to where that's going to get done or would it be we'll see that on the final flat?

It'll come in during the review process.

Um we're still in the review process on it.

Sorry, I forgot this is a preliminary.

I forgot to say that.

Sorry.

And and you will see it when they do the final flat on this.

Okay.

You ready?

Second.

A second.

Everyone cast your vote, please.

Okay, preliminary subdivision is approved.

Next item we have on the agenda.

This is the final subdivision.

This is white trail crossing subdivision phase two.

Final proponent for this item, state your name for the record.

Uh I'm Isaac Hamric with Mark Morris, and this is should be white tail crossing phase two.

And we are final on 85.

Okay.

City planner, you have comments on this?

Yes, sir.

This is the final uh it will everything was um designed and built according to subdivision code, so we would recommend approval.

Okay.

Commissioners, have any questions or comments on this one of the staff or applicant?

Or I'll entertain a motion.

Styling recommend approval.

Have a motion to approve.

Do I hear a second?

No, no, no.

Second.

Okay, commissioners.

You ready?

If you would cast your vote.

Okay, your final subdivision has been approved.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Now we'll move on to some rezonings.

First rezoning we have for the evening is RZ2608.

The applicant, David Tapp is requesting a rezoning of the property from R1 to PD at 1004 and North Caraway Road.

Do we have the proponent for this item here, please?

Sir, state your name for the record.

Sure.

David Tapp, I'm with uh Pediatrics Plus.

Uh we're looking at uh doing a PUD development with this lot.

It's 17 acres.

Um, Pediatrics Plus is starting to do what's called farmhouses for kids with autism.

Uh this will be our ninth one to do or start out of our house in Conway, Arkansas.

So we're not like a national chain that comes in here and and you know is a one-stop shop and then leaves, right?

So what we do is we build about a 12,000 square foot farmhouse.

And I don't know, do you all have any pictures of the farmhouse that I sent, or can I show you show them what what that's gonna look like?

Yeah, sure.

So we have about a 12,000 square foot farmhouse.

It's for kids Monday through Friday with autism.

They have to have a diagnostic of autism.

Um we have a barn that we get two donkeys and and two sheep.

We get a chicken coop with about 30 chickens, uh greenhouse and some raised flower beds and some gardens for the kids to participate in growing vegetables.

They use the eggs to make uh cupcakes if it's somebody's birthday.

Uh they're here Monday through Friday from about 8 o'clock to 4:30 to 6:30 uh during the day, not weekends, not Sundays, not at night, so it doesn't interfere with any of the neighbors.

Um the reason why we are going through a PUD is we need this zoned commercial and agriculture, and so we if we get the commercial piece, then we can't have the donkeys and the sheep for the kids or the chickens.

Sometimes cities have ordinances on chickens, so I get that.

Um but we have 17 acres in order not to interfere with with the neighbors with what we're doing.

Uh we do a little bit of a low lighting we get with the city on what that requirement is, but we try to do some lights for our staff uh in the winter time when they go out to their cars, it gets a little bit dark, so we try to have one or two, three pole lights out there uh that shuts off about eight o'clock at night, so not to illuminate uh around the neighborhood.

Uh we have this as a farmhouse, as you can see, so it's designed like a house.

Um so we try to do as least as possible to make it commercial looking.

Um, drainage, um curbs, gutters, stuff like that.

We try not to do that.

The city requires us to do it, we do it, but uh we try to think of other ways to do detention ponds uh things like that to do the water flow and the watershed outside away from the parking lots and things like that.

But we're excited to be in Jonesboro.

We started in 2002.

Jonesboro has been on our list to start a pediatrics plus here for probably 15 years, and uh we work with Arkansas State uh already with uh recruiting and and getting therapists, so we're excited to hopefully be in Jonesboro pretty soon.

Okay, you have staff comments on this one?

Uh yes, sir, we do.

We have reviewed it, it does meet all six of the approval criteria.

So we would recommend approval with the following stipulations that the proposed site shall satisfy all requirements of the city engineer, all requirements of the current stormwater drainage design manual and floodplain regulations regarding any new construction, a final site plan subject to all the ordinance requirements shall be submitted, reviewed and approved by the planning department prior to any redevelopment of the property, and any change of use shall be subject to planning department approval in the future.

Okay, and with this being a rezoning request, I must open up.

Is there anyone here to get public input?

And if none, then I'll open up for commissioners.

Questions, comments, motions.

With stipulations, okay.

Have a motion styling second.

approved by the planning department prior to any redevelopment of the property and any change of use shall be subject to planning department approval in the future okay and with this being a rezoning request I must open up is there anyone here to give public input and if none then I'll open up for commissioners questions comments motions little I move to approve with stipulations okay have a motion styling second okay cast your ballot please okay so you've been given a favorable recommendation by the planning commission but you need to get on the city council agenda before Thursday at 10 o'clock okay that's good thank you excuse me okay next item we have on the agenda it's another rezoning request RZ 2609 the applicant in K and signs investments is requesting a rezoning for the property from C3 to RM16 at 2038 North Caraway Street other proponent for this item here yes Jim Gramling Graham and law firm for the applicant so after the pre-meeting yesterday there were some concerns raised about uh density um and I've talked to my client a little bit about this but I would like to request that we pull this for uh until the next meeting and perhaps my client and I can confer and um maybe come back with a compromise commissioner motion to table need a motion to table and a second I'll make that motion to table it to the next meeting the next meeting okay here a second no second is that enough time to do renotification point of clarity Jim we're seeing if we need to re notify I I think we've done this in the past and we hadn't I don't I don't think we have had done that in the past well I'm gonna leave that up to you that's okay I just was trying to yeah I didn't have the rule open in front of me so I think we did this in um oh what was it it was um I mean obviously publication will go out about the agenda and things like that right I can't remember we did this a couple years another time we didn't I think I remember in the past not doing renotification you're correct and I think it's normal for us to say to the next meeting so I have a motion and a second on the floor if you would cast your ballot cast your vote are you ready?

Yes sir you have been tabled until the next meeting thank you thank you city planner staff have anything else for the evening no sir commissioners any questions okay or adjourned