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Canton Commission adopts Major Street Plan, approves street closure for 'water fights' and moves to executive session
Summary
The Canton Commission unanimously approved an updated Major Street Plan (extending planning jurisdiction), authorized a temporary street closure for a water-fight event, and voted to enter an executive session for economic development under cited statute; the consent calendar was also approved earlier in the meeting.
The Canton Commission voted unanimously to adopt an updated Major Street Plan, approved a temporary street closure for a city event this weekend and voted to enter an executive session under the cited economic development statute.
At the public hearing, staff described the Major Street Plan as an update to the city’s planning document that maps future arterial and major roadways and expands the city’s planning reach beyond its previous one-mile planning area. Staff said adopting the Major Street Plan allows the city to exercise review authority up to three miles beyond municipal boundaries when reviewing plats and development proposals, and to identify future right-of-way needs (for example, increasing an indicated arterial from a 33-foot to a 40- or 50-foot width where called for in the plan). Staff recommended adopting the plan and inserting it into the comprehensive plan and filing the update with the county.
After the public hearing closed with no proponents or opponents speaking, a motion to approve the Major Street Plan as presented passed on a roll-call vote with Commissioners Garbers, Carlson, Figures and Mayor Mary Lundstrom recorded as voting Aye.
The commission then approved a street-closure request for the fire department’s ‘‘water fights’’ event, authorizing closure for approximately 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday on either Fourth Street (North Lincoln to North Dakota) or North Dakota (East Fifth to East Fourth), depending on wind direction. That motion passed unanimously on roll call.
Later in the meeting the commission voted to go into executive session under "SCCL 9 34 19 economic development" (statute cited by staff). A motion and second passed on roll call and the commission entered the executive session.
The meeting also recorded approval of the consent calendar earlier in the session; that vote was unanimous.
Votes at a glance: - Consent calendar — motion to approve the consent calendar; outcome: approved (roll call: Garbers Aye; Carlson Aye; Figures Aye; Mayor Mary Lundstrom Aye). Notes: details of consent calendar items were not specified in the transcript. - Major Street Plan — motion to adopt updated Major Street Plan as presented; outcome: approved (roll call: Garbers Aye; Carlson Aye; Figures Aye; Mayor Mary Lundstrom Aye). Notes: staff said adoption inserts the map into the comprehensive plan and files it with the county and allows review jurisdiction up to three miles beyond town limits. - Street closure (water fights) — motion to approve street closure for the fire department event (approx. 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday on either Fourth Street or North Dakota depending on conditions); outcome: approved (roll call: Carlson Aye; Figures Aye; Garbers Aye; Mary Lundstrom Aye). - Executive session (economic development) — motion to enter executive session under "SCCL 9 34 19 economic development"; outcome: approved (roll call: recorded Aye votes; commissioners present: Garbers, Carlson, Figures, Mayor Mary Lundstrom). Notes: staff cited the authority by code; no substantive discussion of the economic-development matter took place in open session.
No public testimony for or against the Major Street Plan was recorded at the hearing. Staff said they would file the adopted Major Street Plan with the county and integrate it into the city’s comprehensive plan.
