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Jenks planning staff schedules three open houses for 400-acre property; PUD food-hall revision to return
Summary
City planning staff announced three public engagement events for a 400-acre property acquired two years ago and said an updated planned unit development for a proposed food hall north of the aquarium will return to the commission next month with revised parking and economic-development documents.
Ms. Hilton, the city planning staff member who presented updates, invited the public to three open-house events for a roughly 400-acre property the city purchased as a gateway to Turnpike Authority land.
Ms. Hilton said the first open house is scheduled for tomorrow from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and will be a come-and-go format. The second event is planned for July 22 at 7:30 a.m. and will include a short nature walk approximately a 10-minute walk into the site. The third event is set for Aug. 9 from 4 to 6 p.m. and is family-oriented, with activities such as a “touch-a-truck” station, food, yard games and access to the Turnpike Authority land.
“This is city property, and this is for the citizens of Jenks,” Ms. Hilton said, urging residents to attend and noting the city is seeking public input. She said TSW, a local planning and landscape firm, has been hired to oversee the public-engagement process and that the city is coordinating with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on what uses may be allowed on portions of the property.
Ms. Hilton described the property as a large, varied parcel with a central core likely to be preserved in a more natural state and other areas adjacent to Elm Street that may accommodate different uses. She encouraged appropriate clothing and insect repellent for the nature walk: “Bring bug spray, long pants, long sleeves, hats.”
Separately, Ms. Hilton updated the commission on a planned unit development (PUD) application for a food-hall project north of the aquarium between the hotel and the aquarium. She said the applicant updated materials that did not arrive in time for the current packet; the updated submission will return next month. The revised proposal includes a reconfigured parking plan and a new program mix: eight concept kitchens on the ground floor and two floors of offices above. Ms. Hilton said the economic development agreement and other interagency sign-offs must be revised before the PUD returns to the commission.
Ms. Hilton said staff will present the PUD, the updated parking study and required signoffs from the appropriate agencies (described in the staff report as the OAF and the JAA) at a future meeting. No formal action was taken on the PUD at this meeting.
