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Selkirk Place Third Edition — rezoning/plat (first reading): The commission approved first reading of a rezoning ordinance and plat for Selkirk Place Third Edition. The proposal creates 143 lots (142 single-family lots and one park/stormwater lot), changes acreage from agricultural to SR-4 (single-dwelling residential) and PI (public and institutional) for the park parcel, and notes that the Fargo Park District will own the park lot. Staff said the plat is in an undeveloped area south of earlier Selkirk additions and will eventually connect to 60th Avenue SE. The roll-call vote recorded: Pepcorn — aye; Kolpak — aye; Strand — yes; Turnberg — aye; Mahoney — aye.

Golden Valley Sixth Edition — rezoning (first reading): The commission approved first reading of the rezoning ordinance for Golden Valley Sixth Edition to change from SR-4 to SR-5 to allow a slightly higher density (applicant seeks 11 dwelling units on a 0.9-acre lot). The roll-call vote recorded: Pepcorn — aye; Kolpak — aye; Strand — yes; Turnberg — aye; Mahoney — aye.

Nicole's Fine Pastry — Class F alcoholic beverage license: The commission approved a Class F (full alcohol, food-sales must exceed alcohol-sales; no physical bar) license for Nicole's Fine Pastry cafe at a specified address. The Liquor Control Board and police department recommended approval; the applicant previously held a wine (G) license and had one past compliance check failure noted in the transcript. The roll-call vote recorded: Pepcorn — yes; Turnberg — aye; Kolpak — aye; Strand — yes; Mahoney — aye.

Target/Off-sale B limited license — STL ND Target Wine & Liquors (continued from March): The commission approved a B limited (off-sale) license application and discussed the license-cap policy, a possible six-month clause for inactive builds and the applicant's intended opening timeline (applicant indicated a 15–18 month build after permitting). The roll-call vote recorded: Pepcorn — aye; Turnberg — aye; Kolpak — aye; Strand — yes; Mahoney — yes.

Consent and procedural motions: The commission approved the minutes of the April 14 regular meeting and carried the consent agenda (items 1–24 excluding a withdrawn item 5a). Early in the meeting the commission approved altering the agenda to withdraw item 5a from consent and to add a presentation of the Police Department's 2024 annual report later in the meeting.

Other presentations: The commission received informational updates from the forestry division and the Fargo Police Department's 2024 annual report; those were informational and no formal commission actions were recorded with regard to the presentations.

Votes summary (selected votes):
- Selkirk Place Third Edition (rezoning/plat) — first reading: approved (roll-call recorded unanimous aye votes shown in transcript)
- Golden Valley Sixth Edition (rezoning) — first reading: approved (roll-call recorded unanimous aye votes shown in transcript)
- Nicole's Fine Pastry — Class F license: approved (roll-call recorded unanimous aye votes shown in transcript)
- STL ND Target Wine & Liquors — B limited license: approved (roll-call recorded unanimous aye votes shown in transcript)
- One-month bridge for overnight sheltering at Public Health (grant-funded): approved 3–2 (see separate article for details).

Notes: The transcript records roll-call responses as they occurred in the meeting. Where the audio recorded the vote as \"Aye/Yes/No,\" the article reproduces the recorded roll-call responses from the meeting transcript. If additional procedural or administrative follow-up is required (for example, building permits before a license becomes active) the commission indicated it will monitor those items and may include review clauses (e.g., the six-month provision under discussion for licenses that sit unused).","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Fargo City Commission Meeting - 04.28.2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Fargo City Commission approved two rezoning ordinances, two liquor-license applications and multiple consent-agenda items on April 28; the meeting also included several presentations and informational reports.","taxTitle","Fargo , Cass County, North Dakota","taxId",2742,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_32":75,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":76,"_40":77,"_42":78,"_44":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6250788,"City hears update on regional homelessness plan; commission okays one-month bridge of overnight shelter space",1509,467000,1976000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3198423-042aee4bd9b059c8e420d93a9590ec77&start=467&end=1976","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3198423-042aee4bd9b059c8e420d93a9590ec77/thumbnail_467000.jpg","/articles/6250788/Fargo/Cass-County/North-Dakota/City-hears-update-on-regional-homelessness-plan-commission-okays-one-month-bridge-of-overnight-shelter-space","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6250788-78f9434e6a53915297c38584759215ed/orig.mp4?Expires=1769654965&Signature=oV8cjimAwDrh4kZ0fyMsG-4--qNinxapTP~7XXoUQfzItFm1lFugfy2SerggbnjQErpTY2sixmTtg0rMXKde3D60m8rJG2ewzsznXip~2VLtrcOy0p0T7s6mj5p1Hu1CC47eNdHbJb7XLq2YyxPyAsaMtTmPVnGTuV3iooEPXo47Wz-ginhHWfdjNtuNY7pNF9cTN8HKJiAy-GNyXxj0DB-4Y29aqDB0tFdSZXs-KwDxW8wkksIsBFGnF63YId5oIMrY6VwRbfUjdWozLZ6BthYdTTeRzZcAu5hvOHX6skwzJXbGQ3KPSiTHaDOzl2S7-Lf2D4JlyAd6uQJBtI5y-g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","United Way of Cass-Clay and the Fargo-Moorhead Coalition to End Homelessness presented a progress report on a coordinated initiative to prevent and end homelessness in the Cass-Clay region and asked the commission to permit continued overnight sheltering at the Fargo Cass Public Health building through June 1, funded by grants.

The request was part of a larger effort the presenters called “United to End Homelessness,” which aims to make homelessness “rare, brief and one time” by scaling shelter, rapid rehousing, supportive housing and prevention services and by convening a regional interagency council. \"We have 2 identified goals as part of that initial process: minimize the rise in unsheltered homelessness and build a foundation for a comprehensive plan to prevent and end homelessness,\" Taylor Sivertson, director of community impact at United Way of Cass-Clay, told the commission.

The presenters said portions of the local homeless response system are overburdened. They estimated roughly 1,050 individuals experiencing homelessness in the Fargo–Moorhead area on a given night and roughly 330 emergency shelter beds available. \"Certain parts of our system are overwhelmed,\" Chandler Eslinger, executive director of the FM Coalition to End Homelessness, said. \"We need to scale up prevention, affordable housing and supportive services so emergency shelter and outreach are not overloaded.\"

Why it matters: Presenters said about 55 to 65 people were being served nightly by temporary winter programming; without additional units or supports, some of those people could return to unsheltered camping or be left without shelter when winter programs close. The presenters described a 30/60/90-day set of objectives that included fundraising, standing up staffing and securing housing units for the population currently in temporary programming.

Implementation details and timeline: The coalition said it had identified about 22 currently unused housing units that could be deployed and estimated needing a total of roughly 40–50 additional units to meet the demand for the 55–65 people in temporary programming. The group said it planned an initial scale-up of staff—\"tier 1\" hires that include a program coordinator, a team lead and one case manager—immediately, with up to five additional case managers as fundraising allows. \"We know June 1 we'll be able to have about 22 units come online and those first 3 staff in place,\" Sivertson said.

Public-health bridged shelter request: Jen Fall, director of public health, told the commission the health department could continue using its winter warming staffing and space to provide overnight shelter through June 1 and that grant funding was available to pay staff salaries. \"The cost for that would not be absorbed by the city or the general fund,\" Fall said, adding that roughly 45 people were still using winter-warming services the previous night.

Commission debate and public comment: Commissioners and members of the public raised competing concerns. Some commissioners and business owners objected to continued downtown service concentration, expressed frustration at tent encampments and sought clarity about notice and enforcement of the city's camping ordinance. Other commissioners and presenters emphasized the life-saving impact of winter-warming shelter and argued a one-month bridge would be less costly than recurring enforcement and downtown impacts. In public comment, a resident urged the commission not to criminalize homelessness and said shelters are not accessible or appropriate for all people.

Formal action: The commission voted on a motion to allow continued overnight sheltering at the Public Health building for one month, covered by grant funds, as a temporary bridge while the coalition scales housing and services. Commissioner John Strand moved the motion; Commissioner Kolpak seconded. The roll-call vote recorded Kolpak — aye; Pepcorn — no; Turnberg — no; Mahoney — aye; Strand — aye. The motion carried 3–2.

Next steps: Presenters said the Cass-Clay Interagency Council on Homelessness will convene in early June and that invitations and applications for at-large members will be issued soon. United Way and the coalition said they will continue fundraising and landlord outreach and begin hiring the first cohort of staff to support rapid housing access and case management.

Quotes:
\"We have to ensure our system is well prepared to make sure that folks that do enter homelessness are able to exit quickly,\" Chandler Eslinger said.
\"The cost to taxpayers by this consuming in the next month our police department, our fire department ... would be much greater than extending another two to three weeks of housing in the evening,\" Commissioner Kolpak said in support of the bridge.

Ending: The commission advanced the short-term shelter bridge while continuing discussion of longer-term regional funding, capacity-building and enforcement policies. The presenters asked jurisdictions across the region to sustain the interagency council and pledged continued fundraising and partnership-building to scale housing and services.","United Way of Cass-Clay and the FM Coalition to End Homelessness briefed the Fargo City Commission on a regional plan to prevent and end homelessness and requested a one-month bridge of overnight sheltering at the Cass Public Health facility; the commission approved the bridge, with opposing votes from two commissioners.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: April 28 Fargo City Commission — rezonings, liquor licenses and consent items

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