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Redevelopment authority affirms planning commission’s fill‑permit decision and approves permit and bond actions
Summary
The Hobart City Redevelopment Authority affirmed a planning commission decision granting a fill permit (petition 2601), approved a tree removal at the owner’s expense, authorized permit refunds, and conditionally released a performance bond for Lumen’s Logistics; all motions passed by voice vote.
The Hobart City Redevelopment Authority voted to affirm the planning commission’s decision granting a fill permit under petition number 2601 and approved several related permit and bond actions at its meeting.
Chair said, "I'm going to make a motion to affirm the decision of the planned petition granting the fill permit under petition number 2601," and moved to adopt the written findings and the record. Staff advised that the authority has the power to "affirm, modify or reverse the plan commission decision," and that each appellant would be notified in writing. The motion passed by voice vote, with the board responding "Aye."
The Chair listed parties recorded in the appeals, including Barbara Cattellus, Matt Turner and Eric Morris (the transcript also references other appellants and entities such as Stonematals LLC); those names were entered into the record as parties to the appeals. The Chair cited the record and a local code reference, "Hoover Municipal Road Section 15904," while moving the motion.
The authority also approved a request to remove a locust tree in a public easement at an address recorded in the transcript with inconsistent spellings (transcript references include 7098/7798 Tanager/Tanja Street). Speaker 3 told the board the property owners "are gonna take it down on their dime" after consulting an arborist; the board granted removal at the owners’ expense.
Separately, the board approved a motion to refund building permit(s) (permit numbers were not clearly recorded in the transcript). The board also approved staff’s recommendation to release a performance bond for Lumen's Logistics and proceed to a maintenance bond once the maintenance bond is in place; approval was conditional on the maintenance bond being posted.
No roll‑call vote totals were recorded in the transcript; each of the motions above was carried by voice vote as indicated in the meeting record.
What happens next: the authority’s decision on petition 2601 will be communicated in writing to appellants, and the performance‑to‑maintenance bond release for Lumen’s Logistics will proceed once staff confirms the maintenance bond is posted. The unsafe‑building item discussed later in the meeting was set over to April 15 for further action.
