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Council hears annexation plans, revisits 2021 chicken-ordinance work and reviews traffic commission parking recommendations
Summary
Staff described four city-initiated annexations to add contiguous city-owned parcels to the city limits and recommended placing them on the consent agenda. Planning summarized earlier work on a backyard-chicken ordinance (2021 draft) and offered to reopen outreach; the Traffic Commission proposed a Memorial Drive one-way loop with marked parking that would reduce on-street spaces from 68 to 48.
Planning staff presented four city-initiated annexation requests: a right-of-way at the end of Reason Lane to capture extended utilities for a nearby residential subdivision, four Guilford/Macintosh lake parcels, a pump station parcel near University Commons, and a recently discontinued Valley Golf Course property. Staff asked that these be added to the consent agenda for the next council meeting and noted the first public hearing would be set at the March meeting.
On the chicken-ordinance item, staff summarized the 2020'021 outreach and drafts that included coop setbacks, limits on the number of hens and maintenance requirements. The prior council vote in 2021 defeated a draft ordinance; staff said the previous public survey generated 189 open-ended responses and offered to take fresh public input and, if desired, return the draft to Planning & Zoning for updated review.
The Traffic Commission reported two recommendations: localized parking controls on Williamson Street to address safety concerns and a proposal to convert Memorial Drive to a one-way loop to improve safety and provide marked parking. The Memorial Drive option would reduce on-street spaces from 68 to 48; staff said property owners and businesses that commented in review were generally accepting and that the item could be placed on the consent agenda if council concurs.
No formal ordinance action was taken during the work session; staff will proceed with outreach, consent-agenda placement requests and the scheduled public hearing steps if council directs.
