Good evening, everyone.

Welcome to the City of Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission meeting for Tuesday, July 14th, 2026.

I'll open up for a roll call.

Are you ready?

Okay, got a quorum.

First item we'll discuss is the minutes from the June 23rd meeting.

Are there any changes to be made?

Or I'll entertain a motion for approval.

And is Oprah make a motion to approve the minutes as presented?

Mr.

Chair.

Yes, sir.

That's what I was about to do.

Last month.

That was for the meeting before.

No.

Meeting before we just got approved.

It was a minutes from the meeting before you have so we'll have to do that at the next.

So anybody want to second these?

No.

Okay.

All those in favor say aye.

Anyone opposed?

The minutes will carry.

First item we have tonight is a preliminary subdivision.

This is Southern Oaks phase two preliminary plat.

So have the proponent for this item.

Carol Caldwell.

So I guess that's on the screen what I'm wanting to do.

I'm wanting to uh rezon the lot one to commercial.

Right now it's on residential, but it joins commercial to the left.

I'm building a group grocery store right next to it.

Across the street, it's commercial.

So it's uh and this may be the only thing I ever did in 50 years that I didn't have opposition.

So this part's just for the plat approval though for what you're about to ask for the rezoning, correct?

Yes.

This is just for the plat for what you're about to ask rezoning for in a few minutes.

That is correct.

Okay.

City planner, you have comments on this?

Uh yes, sir.

We reviewed it.

It meets all the requirements of the subdivision code, so we wouldn't recommend approval.

Okay, commissioners have questions or comments about the platform.

I'll entertain a motion.

Here a second.

Have a motion and a second.

You ready for vote?

You would cast your ballot, cast your vote.

Your plot was approved.

So now we move on to the rezoning of the same property.

So I got it backwards.

I should have started with the code of sacking.

That's all right.

That's residential.

All right, then the closer part is what I just said a minute ago.

So this is for a rezoning request for the property from R1 to C3 limited use overlay at 1400 Southern Ridge.

Is that correct?

Correct.

Any other comments to add to that?

None.

City planner, you have staff comments?

Uh yes, sir.

I do uh it does meet all six criteria for rezoning, 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 ordinance requirements shall be submitted, reviewed, and approved by the planning department prior to any redevelopment of the property.

Any change of view should be subject to planning department approval in the future and um that's it openly it is not overlay.

Okay.

With this being a rezoning request, is there anyone here to give public comments about this rezoning request?

Okay, if you would please come state your name for the record.

Tell us what's on your mind.

Hello, my name is Vanita.

How are y'all?

Um so uh this is my first time here.

That's all right.

Um I actually live in Southern Oaks uh as well as my neighbor here, and uh this was all very new to us.

Uh we got this letter in the mail, and I quickly ate I I AI this to see how it could affect me.

Um so my main thing is uh what exactly is planned because it's still like it doesn't give any clear answers on what they're wanting to build, and I don't want something that's gonna impact my house specifically being the first house in that subdivision with lighting or the type of uh facility that they're planning if it gets very noisy.

So that's just my main concern.

I'm okay.

I know that a city grows and I'm all for that.

Uh I'm from a big city.

Um but yeah, I just wanted more clarification on that, and uh I don't know if you have any other things.

So yeah.

So this is a limited use overlay.

There are a few restrictions.

Does someone have the list of what is approved or Carol?

Do you have that list of what you're asking?

It was emailed.

It's it's not in the packet.

We got it.

So would you like to read those?

State your name for the record, sir.

Garrett Dunham.

The exhibit A that was with the application letter.

So this will be what it's limited to.

This will be things that they are required.

Right.

So we're requesting the permanent use to be animal care, um, a assisted living uh uh bank, church, daycare, government service, library, medical service medical service, nursing home, office, parking recreation, pharmacy, restaurant, general, not fast food, and uh retail or or uh general service.

So those are the items that would be permitted to, not so those are per that's what you're gonna permit.

That would be yes, so that was on the list for okay.

So what are you what are you limiting it?

Everything but those things that's not more than less so those are the only things that it could be.

Sure.

So that means it could sure you can have those.

Okay, we found it.

There we go.

Yeah.

So it basically seems like anything, right?

Well, there are a lot of things that there's a couple things that are not on there, and I will just say just they're south of that street.

Is it C3 L U A L U O?

It matches what's on the south side of that street.

Okay.

So there's Southern Ridge Boulevard on the south right here.

C three L U L's the same permanent uses from here to here.

Okay.

So are these the same limitations that were on the lot that's gonna have the grocery store, or do you know?

That's not the well, the grocery store is a part of Southern Hills Planning development.

It's not a part of the planning development.

So you're saying the other ones that set outside the development?

Second.

You're saying the other lots that sit outside the development that are C3 are also these limitations.

Correct.

Okay.

Yes.

There are C three L U O lots east of Southern Hills private plan to development.

These match those permanent uses on the same street.

Sure.

Okay.

And legally, we're not allowed to ask exactly what they're building.

Okay.

We're not on a reason.

Yeah, pardon if I'm uneducated.

That's okay.

No, not just a lot of people are confused by that, but legally we can't say, so is it gonna be a Burger King or a McDonald's?

Like, you know, but they've limited fast feed.

That's a bad example.

I'm gonna scare that it's gonna be a Burger King or a McDonald's.

That was a bad example.

But um we're not allowed to like require people to tell us exactly what they want to build there.

We have my main thing was just being the lightning and us being speaking to lighting literally like the second house in that subdivision.

Yeah, sure.

Daryl can speak to that.

We would like to make comments 21.

We'd like to address that as far as lighting.

Uh we look at that during the development phase, and normally we limit the lighting to um where it doesn't bleed off onto other properties.

That that'll be looked at as when they decide what they're gonna put there, um, they'll submit a site plan and we'll review that, and part of that site plan will be a photometric page that'll show the lighting and um what we're looking at is the boundaries of that property, especially against the residential boundaries of the property, not having a high lighting number um at the at that residential should be at zero, is what we're looking at.

So that keeps it from going over to the neighboring properties.

Okay, and then my final thing would just be sorry, the the speed um or traffic going through there.

I imagine there would be signs put up so that doesn't affect our Jackson drive street, or how would that work?

There's already a subdivision plan out there that the street side uh streets uh speed limits have been approved.

Okay, and so those are right there.

If the signs aren't up, they will be coming up in the future.

Yeah, because I know there's a lot of tens, there's a lot of young families moving into those neighborhoods.

Um, so it doesn't concern me as much, but I just think about those families and how you know you don't want something ugly to happen.

Um, thinking on these little kids.

Certainly.

Yeah.

Jack, did you have something you wanted to comment?

I was just gonna say is there also a requirement there there's screening between commercial and residential properties.

Normally, if it's commercial against residential, there will be some type of screening too that would be looked at during the SAP plan review process.

Okay, all right.

I got one more I got one question for you.

What was just concerned that it was too much light that you concerned with or not enough light?

No, too much sliding.

Okay.

Yeah, I don't want something where because um I don't know if you guys are familiar with that neighborhood, but those houses they have um windows, three sides, like three small windows, and you don't have anything that you can cover those up with.

So that would really negatively impact how I'm able to, you know, rest.

Um and then I'm not sure it won't be just me, but my other neighbors as well.

So that was my main thinking too.

Okay.

Carol, do you have any comments to address any of that?

Um this is on the three-lane street, not uh, so it's uh set up for commercial traffic.

It's an arterial street, and then um I own these 17 lots residential, so I'm certainly not gonna build something that's gonna have uh hurt her.

It hurt me 17 times more.

Sure.

So uh I am very you can look what's out there so far and say that I'm not this is a first last development.

So I wouldn't I won't sell lots more houses to the R.

Horton Babel.

Sure.

So any other public comments if you would say yes, come up and state your name for the record.

Good afternoon.

My name is Henry Pueya.

I'm also a neighborhood.

Yes, sir.

Um my concern is related to the fencing and the uh height of the construct potential construction because we I mean the privacy of this residential now.

Uh how will be and it will be gonna be notified of the while they are constructing their how we'll be affected.

Uh I mean our daily uh sure basically the trucks coming and going during construction.

Exactly.

And the next question is related to the to the price of the house.

Uh really what I've I've read is in some documents, the houses that are next to those type of construction can be affected, but overall, I mean, should be benefit because it's growing, no, but sure the one that are next to uh let's say if it's a big parking lot that is gonna be there or something that creates noisy or something, could affect you know the the prices of or of the of the of the houses or how we can uh be quite so this is my my my main concern.

Very good.

Thank you for your comments.

That kind of goes back to what you said about your lots that you're putting right against it yourself.

Right.

I would think there's a 30 foot buffer all the way around it, and uh we're adding detention that we may not have to, but we want to help more downstream than what's approved.

So that uh big square at the rectangle is more detention.

So to me, this is all improvements is what this is.

Any other questions?

You have any other questions?

I I think uh an explanation of the buffer for for them to would be better of what they can expect.

Um so do you understand what Carol is saying that there's gonna be a 30-foot buffer between the development and the back of the residential property around it, and so I don't know what that buffer is gonna consist of, but um y'all might speak to that, Carol.

So all around here shows up, doesn't show on that, but anyway, there's a 30-foot buffer all the way around that has to go in plus screening.

So there'll be stuff from the yeah, all the limits.

Yes, I think y'all live back over here a block away.

I think so the traffic we're here.

This is our house.

Okay, and then the traffic won't be going down Jackson when something's built here, and I don't have any plans right now of what's gonna be built there.

If I did, I'd tell you, I did I'd give you a side plan.

So this is just you know, future and uh supply and demand, and um I'm just making it better.

Uh uh thank you.

I would like to at least come to the mic uh to have uh uh continuous communication like that.

I mean, we appreciate that we you have taking consideration just too to keep uh posted on what what's coming, what they play, what to I mean to follow the the recommendation, the petition that everything improved, but we need to make sure and be notified like this notification, or what is the because uh right now we don't know what is what is coming there, no what is gonna be the business that we're gonna be the development.

Sure.

You just understand that thank you for your comments.

Commissioners have any questions at this point of the developer or city staff.

Anyone like a motion to approve the request for rezoning to approve there a second?

Little second.

Everyone cast your vote.

So you've received a favorable recommendation from the planning commission.

You need to get on the city council's agenda before Thursday at 10 o'clock.

So the next item we have on the agenda.

This is a site plan at Citadel Minor Phase 1 at the proponent for this item.

I'm Carlos Wood.

I'm the engineer for the developer.

This is a R3 zoning piece of property that used to be Woolham Drive or Willem Street, and it has uh several trailer on it, trailer parts.

And we are removing those trailer parts totally out, and we want to build uh some apartments on this property.

Right now we want to do phase one.

We want to do six unit uh six buildings on the north side of the private drive.

Okay, city planner, do you have the staff comments for this site plan?

Um we don't have staff comments on the site plan.

The reason we're it's here is because of the site of the number of units in um so we wanted to bring it before you we will review this as usual and make sure that it does meet all city codes, but um because of the number of units it's um our ordinance requires um MAPC to review it and uh before we go any further.

Okay, commissioners have any questions of the applicant or city staff see the location up.

I'll make a motion.

We approve.

Hold on just a second.

I think Monroe, did you want to see the location of it?

We're good.

Oh, okay.

You good?

I just thought he was going to have it up there.

Okay, Mr.

Zoper proceed.

Just make a motion to approve the number of units, I guess is what we're approving.

And yeah, just apply it in general or the the on the uh property, correct?

All right, yeah.

It's just it's just a site plan.

So just a site plan.

Yes.

Make a motion to approve the site plan as presented to us.

Here a second.

Little second.

Have a motion in a second.

If you would please cast your vote.

Okay, so your site plan has been approved.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

We have one.

Uh Thursday, I think I sent uh out an email probably last week of a um housing study meeting that's gonna be Thursday at from noon to 1.30.

It's um gonna be over Zoom, and um I included a link.

If you didn't get that link and want to attend, let me know and I'll get it to you.

Uh this is from the um DPZ, the people that are doing our comprehensive plan, and it's some uh a lot of the information that they've come up with up to this point.

A lot of it's gonna be about housing uh demographics, that kind of information.

So I thought maybe some of y'all might find it interesting.

Umorrow they're gonna have another meeting at noon, and it's gonna be for the um it's gonna be for the um gosh.

I just what are we on, Kevin?

The comprehensive plan.

Yeah, what's what's the committee name?

I've just it just went right out my head.

Put me on the spot.

I don't remember what all I know is we have two meetings.

We have one Wednesday and Thursday, and they're both they're both the same.

Is that one zoom as well?

So yeah, it'll be Zoom as well, but um it it's basically the um the steering committee that um has been put together by the mayor's office, and that will be by soon tomorrow from noon to 1 30 also.

So if you were on that, you also got a got a link sent to you.

Is that meeting uh Thursday this Thursday?

Yes, sir.

This Thursday the 16th.

I have to look at my emails.

Jimmy, I'll get you one.

I'll get you one this evening.

I I've got it.

I it when I hit MAPC, it's it gives me your city one, and unless I remember to put your personal one in, I I've got it and I'll get it to you.

Thank you.

Yeah, anything else?

Commissioners have any questions or comments?

We're adjourned.