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Planning Commission
Brookings, South Dakota
November 1, 2011
OFFICIAL MINUTES
Vice-chairperson Wayne Avery called the regular meeting of the City
Planning Commission to order on November 1, 2011, at 7:00 PM in the Council
Chamber at City Hall. Members present were Hal Bailey, Greg Fargen, Alan Gregg,
John Sydow, and Avery. Mike Cameron, Donna DeKraai, Al Heuton, and John
Gustafson were absent. Others present were Keith Rounds, Craig Fairbanks, Dick
Smith, Leroy Kruse, Jim Welsh, Amy Stoel, Dave Owens, Mike McClemans,
Community Development Director Mike Struck, City Engineer Jackie Lanning,
Planning and Zoning Administrator Dan Hanson, and others.
Item #1 – (Gregg/Fargen) Motion to approve the minutes from the October 4, 2011,
meeting. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #2 – (Bailey/Sydow) Motion to approve the agenda. All present voted aye.
MOTION CARRIED.
Item #3 – The following plats were submitted for action:
a. Lot 1, Block 1, Wiese Addition
(Fargen/Gregg) Motion to approve the plat. All present voted aye. MOTION
CARRIED.
b. Lots 15A, 15B, and 16, Block 7, Valley View Addition
(Fargen/Gregg) Motion to approve the plat. All present voted aye. MOTION
CARRIED.
c. Lots 13A and 13B, Block 1, Oyloes Addition
(Gregg/Bailey) Motion to approve the plat subject to required utility
easements. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #4 - Anthony Harris has submitted a petition to rezone the east 140 feet of
Outlot 2, excluding the north 40 feet thereof, in the NE¼ of Section 1-T109N-R50W
from a class Agricultural A District to a class Residence R -3 District.
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(Gregg/Sydow) Motion to take the motion from the table. All present voted
aye. MOTION CARRIED.
The motion was voted on. All present voted no. MOTION FAILED.
Item #5 - Petitions have been submitted to rezone the west 57.2 feet of Lot 1, the
east 55 feet of Lot 4, all of Lots 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, and 18, and the east 8.8’ of
Lot 19, in Block 2; and Lots 5 – 10 and the west 14 feet of Lot 11 in Block 3, all in
Legeros Addition from a Residence R-2 District to a Residence R-1C District.
(Gregg/Fargen) Motion to take the motion from the table. All present voted
aye. MOTION CARRIED.
(Fargen/Sydow) Substitute motion to rezone Block 2 and Lots 1 – 12, Block 3,
Legeros Addition from a Residence R-2 District to a Residence R-1C District. All
present voted aye except Bailey voted no. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #6 – The City of Brookings has submitted a project plan for Tax Increment
District (TID) #5.
(Sydow/Bailey) Motion to approve the project plan. All present voted aye.
MOTION CARRIED.
Item #10 – Avery appointed Allan Gregg and Greg Fargen to the nominating
committee for chair and vice-chair for 2012.
The meeting was adjourned.
_______________________ ______________________________
Dan Hanson, Secretary Wayne Avery, Vice-chairperson
Planning & Zoning Administrator
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Planning Commission
Brookings, South Dakota
November 1, 2011
SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION
Vice-chairperson Wayne Avery called the regular meeting of the City
Planning Commission to order on November 1, 2011, at 7:00 PM in the Council
Chamber at City Hall. Members present were Hal Bailey, Greg Fargen, Alan Gregg,
John Sydow, and Avery. Mike Cameron, Donna DeKraai, Al Heuton, and John
Gustafson were absent. Others present were Keith Rounds, Craig Fairbanks, Dick
Smith, Leroy Kruse, Jim Welsh, Amy Stoel, Dave Owens, Mike McClemans,
Community Development Director Mike Struck, City Engineer Jackie Lanning,
Planning and Zoning Administrator Dan Hanson, and others.
item #3b – Keith Rounds, representing BlairHill Properties, Inc., stated the plat was a
continuation of the plan to build single-family homes. Fargen asked why Lot 16 was
so large. Rounds replied that the lot was in the Residence R-3 District.
Item #4 – The petitioner was not present at the meeting. Craig Fairbanks, an
adjacent property owner, opposed the request. He felt the property should stay the
same as the current use which was a single-family dwelling. He said a change
could negatively impact his land.
Item #5- Dick Smith stated he supported the request to rezone and encouraged
the Planning Commission to consider rezoning the entire area and not just the
petitioners property. He recalled his comments from the October meeting and
added that there was great support for the proposal and very little opposition.
Jim Welsh, 1412 2nd Street, opposed the rezoning. He felt the proposal would
create an isolated zone or spot zone in the R-2 District. He noted that only one
house was constructed as a duplex in the neighborhood since the area was
developed 50 years ago. Amy Stoel, 1423 2nd Street, opposed the rezoning. She felt
most homes in the area were too expensive to be converted into duplexes, and
the current zoning was adequate.
Fargen remarked that rezoning only the lots that were owned by the
petitioners would not be consistent or uniform. He favored rezoning an area that
was consolidated. Gregg asked if other blocks in the community had more than
one type of zoning. Hanson repl ied yes.
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Item #6 – Community Development Director Mike Struck stated the project plan
involved the Foster Industrial Park area. The plan would support the construction of
32nd Avenue and a retention pond and other drainage work. Existing businesses in
the Thelen Addition that abutted 32nd Avenue would be charged for improvements
under the standard assessment policy. One business would be developing a 12
acre site within the TID in 2012.
Item #7 – The owner of the property was not present to discuss his proposal.
Item #8 – Dave Owens, the potential developer of the acreage, stated that smaller
lots would not be practical in this area. He was looking to serve a niche for people
who wanted large lots.
Sydow asked about a connecting street from the north side of Owens'
development down to Pine Avenue in River Ridge Addition. Hanson responded
that the major street plan shows a through street in this area. Bailey asked if sanitary
sewer connections would occur in the Folkerts Subdivision plan. Hanson replied that
sanitary sewer was available to the west and that property woners with rural water
could install an individual wastewater system on a lot with over 20,000 square feet
of area.
Fargen asked if Owens had any optional plans. Owens replied that installing
a street would kill the project because of the cost. Fargen felt a road extension
through this area would be favored since it would lead to a future school site. Avery
concurred with Fargen as to the importance of a connecting street.
Item #9 – Hanson reviewed several maps and information that had been
presented to the Planning Commission since December 2010. He focused on the
14th Avenue area since that portion of the south campus neighborhood was
targeted by the Planning Commission at the October meeting. Several options
were available from a simple future land use map revision to a design review
concept or some combination thereof. If a mixed use plan was favored, a critical
design area would be along 13th Avenue in the 600 block due to the presence of
single-family homes. Impacts on other adjoining land would be less. There were 12
issues listed in the staff report that related to obstacles and opportunities in the
redevelopment of the area.
Mike McClemans, a citizen, felt the Planning Commission should look at a
larger area which would be better for developers. He supported land use changes
in the south campus neighborhood. He supported commercial growth but realized
that the change would be slow. He agreed that regulations to control the
appearance of new businesses was important. One example was Dr. Jahn’s office
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at 6th Street and 11th Avenue. He favored looking at the area between Medary
Avenue and 14th Avenue and from 6th Street to 7th Street.
Fargen noted that the Planning Commission had looked at options such as
rezoning the entire south campus neighborhood or rezoning on a specific area
such as the 14th Avenue area. He recommended that further discussion take place
when a full commission was in attendance.
The meeting was adjourned.
_______________________ ______________________________
Dan Hanson, Secretary Wayne Avery, Vice-chairperson
Planning & Zoning Administrator