Good evening, everyone.

Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

As we begin our meeting tonight, uh, we'll take a moment to acknowledge we have a quorum of planning commissioners present with seven of nine commissioners in attendance.

Chairperson Wayne Janner and Commissioner Bergita are absent this evening.

Thanks to everyone in the chamber for attending this evening's meeting.

Planning commission meetings are an important part of the process for interpreting and applying the city's comprehensive plan and a uniform or unified development ordinance.

It's important that our meetings are conducted with dignity and respect.

This applies to every person in attendance.

We strive to provide an atmosphere where the ideas and opinions of all participants are held in the highest regard.

Finally, the actions on the issues we discuss are ultimately under the responsibility of the city council.

As a planning commission, we're here to help the council as our elected representatives to be fully informed to make the best choices for our city.

By statute, the planning commission strives to not engage with any party on the issues on our agenda prior to our meeting this evening.

Should that interaction take place as a result of a business relationship or other interaction referred to as exparte communication?

Commissioners will report that interaction when we reach that item on the agenda.

We now move to the consent agenda.

This evening we have seven items on our consent agenda.

Commissioners, do we need to poll any items for additional information or questions of staff?

If none, I will entertain a motion on the consent agenda.

Ms.

Chairman, I would move for the approval of the consent agenda as stipulated and put forth by our staff.

Thank you, Commissioner Creighton.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Thank you, Commissioner Chapman.

I will take a voice vote.

All in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

All opposed.

That passes seven to zero.

All right.

This evening we have one scheduled public hearing.

The public hearing is a request for approval of a rezoning and preliminary site development plan for Hope Roots Collective.

Located at 11515 South Black Bob Road.

Ms.

Fair will present the case.

Ms.

Fair.

Hi, good evening, Commissioners.

Andrea Fair, Planner 2.

As introduced, the following is request for rezoning with the preliminary site development plan for Hope Roots Collective.

Hope Roots Collective is an organization that will provide office and outdoor space to private practice wellness practitioners.

The subject property is located at 11515 South Black Bob Road, highlighted here in yellow.

The property is not platted, and there's one existing residential structure, a detached garage, and a barn located on 1.87 acres.

The subject property is currently zoned agriculture and is requesting to rezone to the M1 light industrial district to allow for the operation of the proposed office use.

The M1 district includes a number of industrial and service type uses.

Staff recommends the restriction of higher intensity land uses on the subject property due to the adjacent commercial land uses to the west and the south and low-intensity industrial uses to the north and the east.

The applicant is amenable to these restrictions.

The future land use plan identifies the subject property as industrial.

The M1 district directly aligns with the future land use designation and supports several policies of the comprehensive plan.

As mentioned earlier, the site is currently developed with an existing building and accessory structures.

The primary structure will be rented out as office space to wellness professionals, and the applicant will make necessary interior tenant finishes improvements to accommodate the change in occupancy.

These will include making the space ADA compliant.

The applicant will add a walking path to the south portion of the site in a future phase.

And the applicant intends to make updates to the barn and garage accessory structures at a later date as well.

Plans for those structures include utilizing the barn as a small conference space and garage as a therapy cow enclosure.

A special annual permit will be required when the therapy cow occupies the site.

The applicant is adding paving for 10 parking spaces outlined here in red.

And areas for future parking are highlighted here in red.

The applicant is preserving nearly all trees on site and will be adding foundation landscaping to the primary structure meeting all UDO requirements.