The Olathe Planning Commission met on August 24, 2026, with seven of nine commissioners present. The meeting addressed routine consent items, a discussion on the 2027-2031 Capital Improvements Plan (CIP), and public hearings on two rezoning applications. Four public hearings were continued to future meetings. The commission approved a commercial rezoning (RZ26-0009) unanimously and a multifamily rezoning (RZ26-0006) on a 6-1 vote.
I would like to call tonight's meeting to order. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands under God. So we begin our meeting tonight. I'll acknowledge that we do have a quorum of planning commissioners present with seven of nine commissioners in attendance. Commissioner Corcoran and Sealing were unable to uh join this evening. But I want to thank everyone in the chamber and everyone watching online for attending this evening's meeting. Planning Commission meetings are an important part of the part of the process for interpreting and applying the city's comprehensive plan and the 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 so that they can make the best choices for our city. By statute, the planning commission strives not to engage with any party on the issues on our agenda prior to this meeting. Should that interaction take place as a result of a business relationship or any other interaction, which we refer to as ex parte communication, commissioners will report that interaction when we reach that item in the agenda. We'll now move on to the consent agenda, and this evening we have four items on our consent agenda. Consent it consent agenda items are listed and are considered routine by the planning commission and may be approved in one motion. There is no public hearing on any of these issues, and there will be no discussion unless a commissioner requests that an item be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately. Commissioners, is there anything that falls into that category that needs to be pulled for additional information or questions of staff? Mr. Chairman B heater. Thank you. I would like to pull item B. Okay. Anything else? If not, I will entertain a motion on the remaining three items. Mr. Chair, I'll move to approve items A, C, and D on the consent agenda. Thank you, Commissioner Breen. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. That motion passes seven to zero. So, Commissioner Bergita. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Quick question for uh staff. You're on. Yeah. Okay. Um first off, thank you for all the materials uh that you pulled together on this. I just had one quick question. On the um shelter. I understand last year we approved it for 25 million, and the current balance I saw was 14 million on that. Has 11 million been spent or what's the status on that? Yeah, so the total proposed project amount for the animal shelter is revised from 25 million to 19 million. Was there just cost savings that came into play or why the reduction? We're currently re-evaluating that project in its entirety and probably will provide further details at a later date. Okay.