Lamar City Council adopts amendment to urban revitalization plan; approves first reading of ordinance

The Lamar City Council adopted a resolution and approved the first reading of an ordinance on Tuesday to update the city’s urban revitalization area boundaries and related plan language.

At a public hearing set Nov. 5 and held Dec. 3, the council opened the floor for comments on a proposed amendment to the Lamar urban revitalization area plan, which the staff said updates municipal limits and incorporates recent state-level changes. No written or oral objections were offered during the hearing, and the council moved to act.

Councilmember (unnamed) made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 2453 approving the amendment to the revitalization plan; the motion carried on a roll call vote. The council then approved the first reading of Ordinance No. 993, amending the Lamar urban revitalization area.

Roll-call votes recorded in the meeting transcript show the following members voting yes on the measures: Pick; Sturgeon; Wick; Goodchild; and Brands. Both the resolution and the ordinance first reading passed by the recorded votes.

The amendment was presented as an update to align the municipal limits and recent state changes; council members did not receive public objections at the hearing and did not request further changes before voting. The ordinance will return for its next scheduled reading before potential final adoption.

No additional details about changes to tax incentives, expiration dates, or parcel-level effects were provided during the hearing or in the transcript excerpt.

Planning staff indicated the amendment had been set for the hearing at the Nov. 5 meeting and that no public comments had been filed by the deadline.