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Anna council postpones vote on development plat for Sudrukin property after safety concerns
Summary
Council postponed consideration of Development Plat DP-25-0002 to the June 24 meeting to allow staff follow‑up after public safety concerns were raised about a proposed multi-house development in the extraterritorial jurisdiction.
The Anna City Council voted unanimously on June 10 to postpone action on Development Plat DP 25-0002, a proposal for property in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) owned by Dave Surdukin, to the June 24 meeting while staff follows up on safety and service concerns.
Planning Manager Lauren McKee told council the item returned from a prior meeting; the packet before council proposed approval after an earlier denial resolution. Council members raised concerns about public safety and servicing for a plan that, as filed, showed up to eight small houses on about 13.5 acres. City staff and the city manager recommended additional conversations with the property owner to explore scaling the project down and to address emergency access and other public-safety issues prior to formal approval.
Owner Dave Surdukin told council his family intends to build a primary house and may add smaller homes to provide short-term shelter for people in need. "We don't look to build all eight houses at once," Surdukin said. He described the site as heavily wooded and set back from development.
City Manager Ryan Henderson and staff said the development-plat approval is durable: once recorded, it establishes the layout for future development. Staff suggested postponement to allow discussions about reducing the initial build-out and to ensure public-safety concerns are resolved. At the meeting council agreed to accept written questions for staff by the next day and to present options to the owner.
Council moved and approved postponement to the June 24 council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The motion passed unanimously, 7–0, with the council directing staff to return with answers to member questions and to explore options that could address emergency services, septic/service requirements and scale of development.
Key items flagged during discussion included: the plat showed up to eight dwelling units; the property owner stated the parcel is about 13.5 acres; county septic/OSF requirements were discussed in the context of a house-per-acre minimum for septic (as described by a speaker); and staff cautioned that a development plat, once recorded, can limit future city oversight unless conditions are included.
