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

At its April 28 meeting, the Fargo City Commission recorded votes on zoning changes, liquor licenses and routine consent items. Key outcomes:

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commission approved the minutes of the April 14 regular meeting and carried the consent agenda (items 1–24 excluding a withdrawn item 5a).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).