Planning Commission Regular Meeting/Work Session

Paul Naptystaffthank you chair feather members of the planning commission it has been quite a while since we've met going back to march however uh when updating you on what the city council has been doing the majority of their meetings during that time have been focused on the budget which was adopted on may 6. however a couple of items did come up within those meetings that might be of interest on april 22nd there was a work session on the fire station number three feels update on that project there is also a general discussion on trails at which time the country Club Hills connector trail what was currently designed was canceled picket Road connector trail was frozen and to come back at a later date and there was a discussion to review the George Snyder trail and I'll be going

providing this program as the Planning Commission may be aware this has been specifically identified in the conference of plans since 2019 the state has been working to make it easier to implement this program over the past couple of years by setting up a specific organization to manage it and other jurisdictions have begun to to put it in place so hopefully that is something that the city will be able to move forward with. I note that also while it says commercial properties, that can also be applied to multifamily rental properties which are considered commercial. Separate from the April 22nd discussion on the fire station number three feasibility study, there'll be discussion tomorrow on the potential

for public-private partnerships on the fire station number three site. This involves potential uses for the current fire Fire Station 3 site if the site if the fire station is built on the adjacent property that was purchased by the city for that purpose. Lastly tomorrow the City Council will be considering incorporation of a committee to support the Safe Streets for All transportation project which will include a Planning Commission representative. So I want to give you a heads up so people can start to think if you want to serve in that role. If they do move forward with that then at the next meeting we will ask the Planning Commission a representative as a reminder this project includes not just the safe