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Council approves Old Father 1st Addition plats, annexation and land-use amendments

Kearney City Council · January 13, 2026
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Summary

Council approved a package of actions allowing final plat, subdivision agreement and annexation for the Old Father 1st Addition and adopted related land-use map amendments; presenters highlighted 174 acres of master planning, a 3.57-acre first-lot final plat, and existing infrastructure (16-inch water main, 21-inch sanitary sewer under the lake) that support future phases.

The council considered a multi-part application from Miller and Associates for the Old Father 1st Addition, a master-planned development encompassing roughly 174 acres. Craig Bennett described the project area north of 11th Street and east of the Buckle distribution center and said the final plat before council is a 1-lot subdivision of 3.57 acres that is the first step in a multi-phase plan.

Bennett outlined infrastructure capacity that supports the site, including a 16-inch water main and a gravity sanitary sewer system; he said a previously installed 21-inch sanitary sewer under the lake allows later phases to be served by gravity flow. The applicant told the council the proposal consolidates multiple future land use strips into two generalized MU districts (MU-1 and MU-2), clarifies circulation (Yanny Avenue extension and realignment of 16th Street), and makes the property eligible for potential TIF financing.

Council discussed details about adjoining property owners, street alignment constraints and cost allocations for paving and storm sewer in the subdivision agreement. The council approved the planning-area land-use amendments, the final plat and subdivision agreement, and annexation and associated resolutions and ordinances referenced on the record.