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The Olathe Planning Commission held a regular meeting on September 28, 2026, with seven of nine commissioners present (Chair Janner and Commissioner Corcoran absent). The agenda included approval of three consent items, a clarification on a final plat, and three public hearings for special use permits—all of which passed unanimously 7-0.
Good evening. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. As we begin our meeting this evening, we'll take a moment to acknowledge that we have a quorum of planning commissioners present with seven of nine commissioners in attendance this evening. Chair Janner and Commissioner Corcoran are unable to attend tonight's meeting. Thanks to everyone in the chamber for attending. 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. 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. By statute, the planning commission strives to not engage with any party on the issues on our agenda prior to our meeting. Should that interaction take place as a result of a business relationship or other interaction referred to as ex parte communication? Commissioners will report that interaction when they reach that item on the agenda. We now move the to the consent agenda this evening, uh which we have three items. The consent items listed are considered routine by the planning commission and may be approved in one motion. There is no public hearing held for consent items. There will be no discussion unless a commissioner requests that an item be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately. Staff has asked for item C to be removed this evening for a brief update and a separate consideration. Commissioners, do we need to pull any remaining items for additional information or questions of staff? If not, I'll have a motion for the consent items A and B. Mr. Chair, I would move to approve the consent agenda items A and B. Thank you, Commissioner Bergida. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Commissioner Chapman. Um all those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed. That motion passes seven to zero. Item C that was polled as a final plat for Woodland Hills, the eighth plat. Uh Mr. Belcher joins us this evening for an update. Good evening. Good evening, Mr. Chair, members of the commission. Uh Chet Belcher, Chief Community Development Officer. We just want to make a clarification. We had a stipulation on this plat that carried through for some previous plans about the timing of the pool construction. Right now it is tied to uh previously it was tied to prior to recording of the plat that the pool and amenities would be in place. Uh the city just recently adopted a new sanitary uh code which governs how the pools are um the county takes care of the the monitoring of the water quality. So we're working with the applicant and had a meeting with them last week. They've assured us that we're gonna see plans, uh kind of work through some comments. We'll see plans from them this week yet. So they'll get started on it. So due to the weather and then the fact that we're changing our code, we wanted to tie that to occupancy of the building. So no new residents will be moving in until that pools in. We just wanted to make a clarification on