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Votes at a glance: council approves three rezones, CDBG amendment, fee changes and other items
Summary
At the Jan. 25 meeting the Minot City Council approved several planning items and administrative actions: three zoning map amendments and preliminary plats were approved, a CDBG substantial amendment was submitted to HUD, the council eliminated a city franchise fee and cleared other consent and action items. Item 8.1 was pulled from the agenda.
Minot City Council approved a package of planning and administrative actions Tuesday, including three zoning map amendments and preliminary plats, a Community Development Block Grant amendment to submit to HUD, and several franchise- and operations-related items.
Votes at a glance
- 5.2 (rezoning for proposed micro hospital): Closed public hearing and accepted planning commission recommendation (motion passed unanimously). See separate article for full discussion.
- 5.3 (Our Lady of Grace: zoning map amendment and preliminary plat): Motion to approve planning commission recommendation, moved by Rob, seconded by Mark; council closed the public hearing and voted unanimously to approve. A neighbor expressed concerns about reclassifying church property to the public zone and potential commercial activity (food bank) on the site; city staff said religious and public assembly uses are permitted in the public zone and cited the Religious Land Use protections that limit restrictions on religious institutions.
- 5.4 (Ramstead's First Addition: zoning map amendment): Motion to close public hearing and approve as recommended, moved by Mark and seconded; motion passed unanimously.
- 6.1 (CDBG substantial amendment No. 10): Motion to close public hearing and proceed with submission to HUD; motion passed unanimously.
- 7 (Consent agenda): All 15 consent items were approved without individual roll calls.
- 8.1 (Action item) was pulled from the agenda by unanimous consent.
- 8.2 (Elimination of the city franchise fee): Motion to adopt elimination was moved by Alderman Lisa Olsen, seconded and passed unanimously.
- 8.3 (Midcontinent franchise fee amendment eliminating in-kind services): Motion moved by Alderman Mark, seconded and passed unanimously; staff reported only MACEDC responded and had no issue returning equipment if needed.
- 8.4 (Airport operations platform agreement): Motion to approve the platform agreement moved by Mark, seconded by Rob and passed unanimously.
Several items on the consent and action agendas were routine administrative contracts, approvals and ordinance updates; none required separate funding from the council at the meeting.
Motions and outcomes recorded at the meeting will be processed by the city clerk and planning staff; several items require subsequent administrative permits or federal approval (CDBG submission to HUD) before implementation.
