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Board deadlocks on Vorandesoto rezoning; unanimously approves interim use permit with conditions
Summary
On Aug. 5, 2025 the Silver Creek Township Board of Planning and Zoning split 4-4 on a rezoning request tied to a Vorandesoto/Xcel Energy site, then approved an interim use permit (IUP) with multiple conditions by an 8-0 vote. The board also approved routine agenda items and a property ID transfer.
The Silver Creek Township Board of Planning and Zoning on Aug. 5, 2025 reached a 4-4 tie on a proposed rezoning to industrial for a parcel tied to Vorandesoto and Xcel Energy, then unanimously approved an interim use permit for the site with a package of conditions.
The board meeting opened with attendance recorded and routine business completed: Ryan Nelson moved to approve the meeting agenda and Andy Christensen seconded; the motion carried 8-0. Mark Egge moved to approve the July 1, 2025 minutes, Nelson seconded, and that motion also carried 8-0.
Under new business, Mark Egge moved to approve a transfer of one section of a property identification (PID) for Rodney Hebrink; Brandon Geyen seconded and the board approved the transfer 8-0.
Later, Brandon Geyen moved to rezone a parcel associated in the minutes with "Vorandesoto/Xcel Energy" to industrial; Ryan Nelson seconded the motion. The rezoning motion failed on a 4-4 vote, according to the minutes.
After the rezoning motion did not pass, Chairman Chris Klein made a second motion to approve an interim use permit (IUP) for the property with specified conditions. The board approved the IUP 8-0. The minutes list the IUP conditions as: minimal or no access to 148th; no overnight lighting except where motion-controlled (limited to entrances); a stormwater plan approved by WCSW; a dust control plan; compliance with county traffic signage and requirements; and discussion of measures to mitigate backup-noise impacts. The minutes do not expand the WCSW acronym or provide engineering details for the stormwater plan.
Luci Snowden appeared at the meeting on behalf of Knife River to discuss the "Martie Pit"; the minutes record that her contact information was saved in the office and passed to a neighbor but do not summarize further details of her remarks. The minutes also note general comments that "some think this is a good use with minimal disturbance" while other commenters preferred commercial uses for the site because of its location; the minutes do not attribute those opinions to specific speakers.
The meeting concluded with a motion by Brandon Geyen to adjourn, seconded by Mark Egge, carried 8-0. The minutes contain no further procedural follow-up or timelines for staff action.
Votes at a glance: agenda approval — carried 8-0; July 1 minutes approval — carried 8-0; Rodney Hebrink PID transfer — carried 8-0; Vorandesoto/Xcel rezoning to industrial — failed 4-4; Interim Use Permit for the site — carried 8-0; adjournment — carried 8-0.
