The Vermillion City Council met on September 21, 2026, to consider several ordinances, resolutions, and agreements. Key actions included approval of a zoning change from R1 to R3 for a parcel near the University of South Dakota, adoption of the property tax levy for 2027, a correction to the definition of motorized foot scooters, a three percent increase in the storm drainage fee, approval of an airport pavement project funding agreement, appointment of a student representative to the Human Relations Commission, and transfer of six lots to the Vermillion Chamber and Development Company (VCDC). All votes passed with little opposition.
South, uh, already residential development essentially in our three residential district right there with apartments to the east. We have the wellness center, although that might not be residential, it's definitely an amenity that would be used by the residents, and to the west, you also have the dome and the sports center, which again those would be amenities that would be used by the uh possible residents of this area. Excuse me. Uh with all this being said, administration on the planning and zoning commission recommend that the city council advance ordinance 1576 a second reading on October 5th. Uh, we do have uh the owner precedent if there's any questions that I cannot answer. Thank you very much, Jose. Are there any members of the public who wish we heard on this matter? Okay. Seeing done, does anybody have any questions for Jose or the uh property owner? Mike, did you have a question? Yeah, Jose. I know you said there's no plans or anything drawn up yet. There my concern. I'm gonna put my firefighter hat on right now. Um, is access if they put buildings there, there's a sidewalk seat to the north side of Kyle Village. That is supposed to be our fire access to the back side of that building. That is not hardly wide enough for a truck. Are we able to work with them and have be able to have an access point through like a fence or something there down the road? I know it's a ways out, I know there's no plans. I'm just thinking trying to think ahead a little bit. So there's there's gonna be a few items, I guess, that are gonna be tucked with the owner once they pull a building permit. Fire uh protection is gonna be one of those. Okay, uh, and if the if the need for uh uh alley, I can't remember what you called it, but for that fire access is required, then yeah, we're we're gonna have to work with the property owner. Uh another item that might be required, and again, we don't know exactly might be the need for fire hydrants uh internally. So that's my only concern. I'm I'm all for whatever he wants to put there. I just want to make sure that if we can make it easier for instance right now, we have to come off university and go on that or off Row Street and go on that in behind there if we need to. Yep. And that off-road street especially is super tight. So what I'm asking for is just maybe when they start considering or designing, maybe allow us some access through there, yeah. If that's possible, it will work with the property owner, the fire chief and the marshal will also be reviewing the plants whenever they're submitted. Okay, that's all I had. Did anybody else have any comments or questions? Yes, Julia. I think I answered my own question, but maybe worth just stating on the record anyway. But our closest zoning areas you said that we have that one single family home, right? That's a little island of its own right now, it's an R1. Yep. But other than that, all the other areas just outside the perimeter of the USD state owned land are all either general business or R3. Uh yeah, I mean, if if the map works, I think you're looking at the same thing. Eventually what work, I know. But yeah, there you go. So here's uh the property in question. That's that little property that I mentioned. Uh the closest as you say, you have general business here. You have a PDD that's uh mainly R3, uh general business again, and then you have R3 general business, that's uh uh the church, general business, and then you have general business R3 and R4. Um, so it's a it's a good combination of residential dwellings and uh general business. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. John uh John Hines down there.