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Edmond planning commission approves site plan for new library and YMCA after resident urges turn lane
Summary
The Edmond Planning Commission approved a 58,000‑square‑foot combined YMCA and Metropolitan Library System branch site plan for land near East 15th Street and I‑35, 5–0, after a resident urged the city and DOT to add a turn lane to address ramp congestion.
The Edmond Planning Commission on June 18 approved a site plan for a 58,000‑square‑foot building that will house a YMCA facility and a Metropolitan Library System branch near the northeast corner of the I‑35 frontage road and East 15th Street.
City staff presented the project as a roughly 9.5‑acre site zoned E‑1 PUD, saying the plan includes 98 new parking spaces and shared use of existing spaces with Henderson Hills Church. "The proposed building includes both a YMCA facility and a Metropolitan Library System branch inside a building of 58,000 square feet," a city staff member said during the presentation.
During the public hearing, resident Jim Newport, who identified himself and gave a Settlers Lane address, questioned whether a turn lane would be added on eastbound 15th Street and urged the commission and transportation authorities to consider an additional dedicated right‑hand turn lane to help relieve congestion at the I‑35 ramp and nearby bridges. "It would be lovely if an additional right hand dedicated turn lane on 15th, which would feed this project as well as Lake Arcadia and residents, etcetera, would be a wonderful thing," Newport said.
City staff replied that ramp and frontage‑road improvements are outside the site's site‑plan scope and encouraged questions about traffic to the Department of Transportation. An agency official present said DOT has undertaken utility relocation work in the corridor and indicated further roadway work is expected as that program advances, but the official did not give a timeline.
A commissioner moved to approve the site plan, the motion was seconded, and the commission voted 5–0 to approve the application. Staff said remaining regulatory components of the site plan will comply with applicable regulations and that city departments will continue coordination on access and traffic issues with DOT.
The commission's approval establishes local land‑use clearance for the combined library and YMCA project; any separate roadway improvements such as turn lanes would be determined through DOT and future city project processes, not through this site‑plan approval.
