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Shakopee council asks staff to return with follow-up on density/zoning discussion
Summary
Councilmembers asked staff to bring back more detailed options and impacts on density and related zoning changes discussed at a prior meeting; staff agreed to schedule the item for further consideration.
Several councilmembers on Jan. 7 asked staff to return to the council with additional information about density ranges and how proposed changes would affect zoning — a referral rather than a formal policy decision.
Councilmember White (speaker identified as "Mister White" at the meeting) requested putting the council’s recent density discussion back on a future agenda for further consideration. Questions at the dais focused on whether the item required a formal motion to reconsider or whether staff could be directed to place the topic back on the agenda.
City staff responded that if the council wishes to revisit the item for pre-discussion it can be placed back on the agenda by a majority vote, and staff said they would do so if that was the council’s wishes. One staff speaker clarified procedural rules about a motion to reconsider, saying such a motion generally must come from a member of the prevailing side; another staff member explained that a simple request to place an item on a future agenda requires a majority vote.
Councilmembers did not take a final policy vote on zoning or density changes at the Jan. 7 meeting. Instead, council direction (not a formal motion to change policy) was given to staff to return with more details, including ranges and zoning impacts, for a future council discussion.
