Like to call tonight's meeting to order.

Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

One under God.

Liberty Justice Raw.

As we begin our meeting this evening, we'll take a moment to acknowledge that we have a quorum of planning commissioners present, barely, but we're good with six out of nine commissioners in attendance.

Commissioners Bergita, Chapman, and Tronis are absent this evening.

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

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

This evening we have two items on our consent agenda.

Commissioners, do you need any items pulled or any additional information or questions from staff on these issues?

Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion on the item.

Mr.

Chair, I'll move to approve the consent agenda.

Okay.

Do I have a second?

Thank you, Commissioner Lynn.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed, nay.

And that motion passes six to zero.

We'll move on now to the uh regular business.

We have one scheduled public hearing.

This public hearing is request for approval of a plat with a vacation of easements and dedications for Olatha Commons third plat, which is located at 119th Street and Black Bob Road.

Mr.

Jury will present the case.

Welcome, Nate.

Thank you, Chair Janner.

Planning Commission.

Good evening, Nathan Jury, senior planner.

Before you tonight is the request from the applicant for approval of a final plat for Alatha Commons third plat, as well as uh this does this plat does include the vacation of public easements and dedications.

The site is located southeast of 119th and Black Bob Road Road, just east of Olatha Point, as outlined in red on your screen.

This is an undeveloped property that was platted previously for a previous development as Aletha Commons first and second plats.

Um on your screen are Olatha Commons first and second plates with the web of easements that were uh dedicated on those platts.

Uh the uh vacation request does include uh vacating uh some water line easements, I think on both plats.

Um there's some sewer easements kind of scattered throughout.

Um there's some private drives as well as uh uh build lines and paving setbacks um throughout the perimeters of the property.

Um so this this uh plat will vacate all those existing easements and dedicate the new ones.

Uh those existing easements are no longer needed as those were dedicated for a previous um development approval um back from 2013 time frame that is was never pursued on the site.

And so with the new approval, um the developer is just cleaning up the site to allow development of the proposed and approved development.

So with that, um vacations do require public hearing, um which is why it's before you planning commission tonight.

Uh the applicant did mail the required public notice to the surrounding property owners.

Um and staff provided the application um to one interested neighbor.

Um no further inquiries were made.

Um additionally, no private utility companies um are impacted by the requested vacation.

Um staff does recommend approval of the final plat and the vacation of easements and dedications with one stipulation regarding uh the maintenance agreement um for private sewers throughout the property.

Um this application will be heard by City Council on March 4th, and I am available to answer any questions.

And uh Judge Clausen with Phelps Engineering on behalf of the applicant is also available for questions.

Okay, great.

Thank you, Mr.

Jury.

Um Commissioners, do you have any questions for staff?

Commissioner Creighton.

Uh Mr.

Jurry, just clarifying because in the last sentence of the opening paragraph you indicate that the replat is consistent with the approved plan.

And I'm assuming from that language that nothing significantly changed between the time it left our purview originally and went to city council for their approval.