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Committee sends PD rezoning for Connor/Navajo parcels to formal after community infrastructure concerns
Summary
The committee voted to introduce an ordinance to reclassify several Connor/Navajo parcels to a PD plan-development district and set a public hearing; council members said residents want assurances on drainage, basement-backup protection funding, and coordination with federal and state projects prior to final approval.
The Committee of the Whole moved on March 12 to send a proposed ordinance (line item 6.2) to formal for introduction and to set a public hearing on reclassifying several properties on Connor and Navajo streets from R2 (two-family residential) to PD (plan-development district).
Council discussion focused on community requests tied to the project, including measures to reduce basement backups in the Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood, upsizing of underground pipes to improve drainage and assurances that federal and state funding streams would be pursued. The chair described the community’s specific asks: additional assistance or funding for the basement backup protection program (the only program that can benefit the floodplain neighborhood), pipe upsizing to improve drainage, and reliance on a federal BRIDGE grant and state work connected to I-94.
Pro Tem Coleman Young asked whether the council’s outstanding questions had been satisfied; the chair said some responses remain outstanding and that staff is negotiating with involved entities. The committee said it expects staff to continue working with community groups and to provide requested information before final consideration.
The motion to send the ordinance to formal for introduction and to set a public hearing passed with no objections. The record does not show a formal vote tally; the item will proceed to formal introduction and a public hearing where further community input and staff responses are expected.
