[I. Call to order]
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THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR MONDAY, APRIL 20TH. COULD YOU THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. KIRBY? PRESENT, MR. LARSEN. PRESENT, MISS BRIGGS. YEAH. HERE, MR. WALLACE. DOCTOR SIEGEL. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. THERE ARE THREE TING MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. TAKES US TO ACTIONS
[III. Action on minutes: April 6, 2026 ]
ON THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 6TH. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE APRIL 6TH MINUTES? NONE FROM ME NOW. I HAVE TWO ON PAGE THREE, NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE WHERE IT SAYS.COMMISSIONER LARSEN REMARKED THAT THE PROPOSED PROPOSED JUST NEEDS A TYPO. OKAY. AND THEN ON PAGE TEN, THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH DOWN, MR. BRAND CONTINUES THAT ATTACK THAT T T T T T T T T T TY OTHER CORRECTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION ON THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 6TH. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 6TH, 2026 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. I HEAR A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY. THE ROLL, PLEASE, MISS BRIGGS. YES, MR. LARSEN? YES, MR. KIRBY, ABSTAIN. THE MOTION PASSES WITH TWO VOTES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA? OKAY. WOULD EVERYONE PLANNING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION TONIGHT, PLEASE RISE. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU. AND NOW'S A GOOD TIME FOR ALL OF US TO SILENCE OUR PHONES. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM FIVE ON OUR AGENDA. HEARING THE VISITORS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY SUCH VISITORS? SEEING NONE, WE MOVE
[VI. Cases]
ON TO OUR CASES. OUR FIRST CASE IS HAMLET. PHASE ONE FPL TWO R 22 2026 FROM STAFF, PLEASE. YES.ALL RIGHT. SO THIS PLAN WILL BE GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NEW ALBANY CONDUIT ROAD AND CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD INTERSECTION. SO FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID REVIEW A FINAL PLAT APPLICATION FOR PHASE ONE OF THE HAMLET IN ON FEBRUARY 5TH OF 2025 OR 2024. SORRY. AND THE PLOT WAS THE PLOT HAS SINCE CHANGED AND THEREFORE IT'S COMING BACK FOR APPROVAL. THE ORIGINAL PLOT DIDN'T NEVER WENT TO CITY COUNCIL, BUT THIS ONE IS PROPOSED TO HAVE ITS FIRST READING ON MAY 5TH AND THE SECOND READING ON MAY 19TH, AND THIS PLOT WILL INCLUDE 14 LOTS, TWO RESERVES AND FOUR NEWLY PUBLIC, PUBLICLY DEDICATED STREETS. SO LOOKING AT THE FULL PLOT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINALLY APPROVED PLOT. WITH THE ADDITION OF THE 14 LOTS AND ONE NEW ROADWAY. THE ROADS WILL BE RUSH BOULEVARD HERE. RIGHT? THAT'S IN THE LOOP. AND THEN TALIA ALLEY, WHICH WERE ON THE ORIGINAL PLOT, AND THEN THE ADDITION OF ASHBURN WAY GOING IN BETWEEN THOSE LOTS HERE.
THERE WILL BE TWO RESERVES AS MENTIONED BEFORE. HERE IS RESERVE A AND THEN RESERVE B IS UP HERE. AND THE PROPOSED PLOT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE HAMLET.
AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A CLOSER VIEW, LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE BUILDINGS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE LAYOUT. AND THEN THE ONLY CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS PLAT WERE FROM ENGINEERING. SO I'LL LET THEM CHECK THAT ONE. ENGINEERING. YES, OUR COMMENTS ARE PLAT SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE AND THE SUMMARY OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S COMMENTS AND THE APPLICANT'S RESPONSE BE PROVIDED FOR OUR RECORDS AND TO PROVIDE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS AND ALL SIDE AND BACKYARD SWALES. AND WHERE STORM SEWER EXTENDS OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, INCLUDING UNDERGROUND DETENTION STRUCTURES. THANK YOU. CAN WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING, RYAN BUSH. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE APPLICANT.
NOT MY FAULT. THANK YOU. ALL. SO YEAH, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE APPLICANT. NOT TOO MUCH TO ADD. IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
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YOU HAVE AT THIS POINT. COULD YOU TELL US I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE YOU HAVE A DIAGRAM OF THIS, OF WHAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ORIGINAL VINYL PLAT THAT WE APPROVED FOR THIS PHASE. SO SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE DIAGRAM OF IT, BUT THE, THE UNITS THEMSELVES, THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS, THOSE WERE ADDED ONTO THIS ONE. IT WAS JUST THE ROADWAYS ON THE ORIGINAL ONE, BUT NOT THIS ASHBURN WAY WAS RECENTLY ADDED WITH THE LOTS THEMSELVES OR NAMED AT LEAST.SO THE ACTUAL ROAD WAS THAT NOT A PART OF THE ORIGINAL FINAL PLAT APPLICATION OR APPLICATION? THERE'S A WHOLE NEW ROAD. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, WE WE, AT THE TIME WE SUBMITTED LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DETAILS OF THAT SORT OF INNER AREA BETWEEN THE HUSTLE AND LOOP AND RUSH BOULEVARD. BUT SINCE THEN, THE BUILDER HAS COME ABOUT AND WE KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE SIZE OF THEIR LOTS AND EVERYTHING. SO WE DECIDED THIS. THEY MADE IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO INCLUDE THAT INNER INNER AREA. THOSE 14 LOTS OF THIS FIRST PHASE. OKAY, WE HAD TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TO, TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT WE ADDED THAT AND THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE THE FIRST THING YOU'LL SEE CONSTRUCTED OUT THERE IS RUSH BOULEVARD AND HUSTON LOOP. AND THEN THERE'S INTERIOR LOTS. WE ACTUALLY JUST SUBMITTED ENGINEERING PLANS FOR, FOR THOSE ROADS LAST WEEK TO THE CITY. SO GREAT. DOES THIS CHANGE THE NUMBER OF UNITS FROM THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN? NO.
AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN ONLINE. RIGHT. AND I COULDN'T FIND IT. IT LOOKED LIKE I SAW THE I SAW THE WHOLE THING, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE THE MAP ON IT WHEN I WENT ON THERE. YEAH, YOU CAN SEND IT TO YOU TOMORROW, BUT YEAH, IT SHOULD BE ON THERE.
I JUST LOOKED AT IT THE OTHER DAY. MIGHT BE BURIED IN A BUNCH OF STUFF ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE, BUT WE CAN SEND IT TO YOU. BUT. OKAY, SO MAYBE I CAN GIVE THE STAFF TOMORROW OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU TOMORROW. OKAY. OTHER COMMISSIOE FROM THE PUBLIC WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? I MOVE FOR ACCEPTANCE TO THE STAFF REPORTS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS INTO THE RECORD FOR FPL 22, 2026. DO I HEAR A SECOND ON THE DOCUMENTS? SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE DOCUMENTS TO THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. KIRBY? YES, MISS BRIGGS? YES, MR. LARSEN. YES, YES. HAVE IT WITH ALL MOTIONS TO ADMIT THE DOC WITH ALL VOTES TO THE DOCUMENTS.
DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR THE APPLICATION ITSELF? I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. APPLICATION SPL-22-2026. BASED ON THE FINDINGS IN THE STAFF REPORT. WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED AND LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT SUBJECT FOR STAFF APPROVAL. A SECOND. I'LL SECOND AND DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ROLL, PLEASE, MISS BRIGGS. YES, MR. LARSEN? YES, MR. KIRBY. YES, THE AYES HAVE IT. WITH ALL VOTES TO APPROVE PHASE ONE FINAL PLAT. THANK YOU. WHICH TAKES US TO OUR NEXT ITEM WITH ALL THE SAME PEOPLE. PHASE TWO OF THE SAME DEVELOPMENT OF FPL 23, 2026. CAN WE HEAR FROM STAFF? YES. SO THIS IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 605 HERE. SO THIS ONE H NOT BEEN SEEN BY YOU GUYS BEFORE. SO THIS ONE WILL THIS PART WILL INCLUDE 28 RESIDENTIAL LOTS, TWO PUBLICLY DEDICATED STREETS AND FOUR RESERVES. LOOKING AT THIS HERE.
SO AGAIN WE HAVE RUSH BOULEVARD GOING THROUGH THE MAIN PART OF THE SITE AND THEN CORNICE LANE BEING THE ALLEY THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE RESERVES C, D, E DOWN HERE, AND THEN F IS THIS LITTLE L SHAPE UP HERE. AND THE PROPOSED PLOT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND SIMILAR TO THE LAST ONE, THE ONLY CONDITIONS WERE FROM ENGINEERING. FROM ENGINEERING. YES. AGAIN, PLAT SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE IN THE SUMMARY OF THE ENGINEERING COMMENTS AND THE APPLICANT'S RESPONSE BE PROVIDED FOR OUR RECORDS. PROVIDE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS AND ALL SOD AND BACKYARD SWALES AND WEAR. STORM SEWER EXTENDS OUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, INCLUDING UNDERGROUND DETENTION STRUCTURES AND TO ADD A FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION TABLE FOR ALL LOTS IMPACTED BY THE FLOODPLAIN. THANK YOU. SIMILAR APPLICATION. I DID WANT TO ADD ONE ITEM JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE. WE'RE THIS ONE. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE FINAL ENGINEERING RIGHT NOW, AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING TO THE CITY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. AND WITHIN RESERVE, THE ORIGINAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FOR THIS, THIS AREA WAS ACTUALLY PLANNED TO BE PERMEABLE PAVERS WITHIN
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RUSH BOULEVARD. WE'VE SINCE DECIDED TO BE WORKING WITH STAFF ON THIS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A BIORETENTION BASIN WITHIN RESERVE E INSTEAD OF THE THE PERMEABLE PAVEMENT.SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE OF THAT, THAT WE DID MAKE THAT CHANGE FROM THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. ONE THING WE'RE GOING TO DO ALSO WITH THAT BIORETENTION BASIN, SINCE IT'S KIND OF AN INNOVATIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE WITHIN THAT RESERVE. WE'LL BASICALLY BE A CITY PARK. WE'LL HAVE THAT PATH ALONG THE PARK. SO WE WE WILL BE DOING THAT SO THAT TO JUST TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THAT, WHAT A BIORETENTION BASIN LOOKS LIKE AND THAT SORT OF THING WITH SOME GRAPHICS. AND WE'RE DOING THAT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, OBVIOUSLY, TO, TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF IT. BUT ALSO THAT THAT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT WILL BE WITHIN THE OPEN SPACE. AND TYPICALLY WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GET CREDIT FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASIN IN THE OPEN SPACE. SO BY MAKING IT A ESSENTIALLY AN INTERPRETIVE ITEM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TEACHING AND AN INTEGRATED PART OF THE, THE PATH AND SHARING WITH THE RESIDENTS HOW, HOW THAT WORKS AND EVERYTHING WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THAT. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS WERE AWARE OF THAT LITTLE DIFFERENCE.
THAT WAS FROM THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. SO AN ADJUSTMENT WE MADE. SO YOU'RE AWARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEP. AND I PRESUME NO CONFLICTS WITH ANY OF THE CONDITIONS. NO.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONER. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY. NO THANKS. ANY FROM THE PUBLIC? I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE STAFF REPORTS, READ DOCUMENTS INTO THE RECORD FOR FPL 23, 2026. DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE DOCUMENTS.
MOTION. CAN YOU DO THE ROLL, PLEASE? MR. KIRBY? YES, MR. LARSEN? YES, MISS BRIGGS. YES, I HAVE IT. THE MOTION PASSES WITH ALL VOTES TO ADMIT THE DOCUMENTS. DO YOUR MOTION ON THE APPEAL ITSELF. I'LL MOVE TO ACCEPT FPL 23, 2026 WITH, AS STATED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE CONDITIONS LISTED. OKAY, DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
OKAY. THE ROLL PLEASE, MR. LARSEN. YES, MISS BRIGGS? YES, MR. KIRBY. YES. THE AYES HAVE IT. ALL VOTES TO APPROVE PHASE TWO, THE FINAL PLAN. GOOD LUCK. THANKS. MR. ZONING CHANGE 27, 2026, CLOVER VALLEY EAST. CAN WE HEAR FROM STAFF, PLEASE? YES. GOOD EVENING. THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN MARCH, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE REQUIRED REZONING SIGNS WERE NOT INSTALLED AT ALL PARCELS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, WHICH IS REQUIRED. SO STAFF INVESTIGATED AND WE WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TONIGHT. PLANNING COMMISSION JUST FOR REVIEW. AND WE ALSO SENT LETTERS TO ALL THE PARCELS ONCE AGAIN. SO NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS PROPOSAL EXCEPT THAT THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL SET BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE MARCH MEETING HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE ZONING TEXT. SO THIS IS THE SITE IN THE BUSINESS PARK OUTLINED IN RED. IT IS COMPRISED OF 26 PARCELS. AGAIN, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS AND THEY WILL RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS AREA IS ALL WITHIN THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER. FUTURE LAND USE AND REZONING ALIGNS WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. IT IS PROPOSED TO BE A LIMITED GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING AROUND THE SITE. THE SETBACKS ARE ALSO SIMILAR TO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA. IT MOSTLY HAS 50 FOOT PAVEMENT SETBACKS AND 100 FOOT BUILDING SETBACKS, EXCEPT WHEN NOT ADJACENT TO PROPERTY, WHERE RESIDENTIAL USES ARE PERMITTED. WHERE IT IS 25 HERE, AND THERE'S THE ONE CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT ENGINEERING IS MET. OKAY, ENGINEERING COMMENTS ARE THE SAME AS LAST TIME THEY WERE ON PLANNING HERE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO READ THE COMMENTS JUST TO HAVE IT ON RECORD, WE CAN. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? YEAH, SO I JUST HAVE A PROCESS QUESTION. SO DID COUNCIL APPROVE THIS AFTER WE APPROVED IT IN MARCH? IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL YET. IT WENT TO THE FIRST READING, BUT IT HAS NOT
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BEEN APPROVED AT THE SECOND HEARING YET. SO IT WOULD HAVE ANOTHER FIRST READING. OR WOULD IT JUST GO TO THE SECOND READING FOR COUNCIL? I BELIEVE IT'S JUST GO TO SECOND READING IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES. SO WE'LL JUST PROCEED RIGHT ALONG. OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.AND DID WE? IT IS SET FOR SECOND READING. YEAH. AND THE SECOND READING, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, IS THE ACTUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ORDINANCES. THE FIRST READING IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. OKAY. AND SO WHEN WE DID THE NOTIFICATIONS, DID WE HEAR FROM ANY RESIDENTS? WE DID NOT HEAR FROM ANY EXCEPT FOR ONE. HE ATTENDED BOTH THE THE FIRST HEARING OF THE COUNCIL READING. I BELIEVE HE'S GOING TO ATTEND THE SECOND ONE AS WELL. AND HE WAS HERE AT THE FIRST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. OKAY. AND OBVIOUSLY HE WAS OPPOSED, I ASSUME. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? OKAY. SO ALL OF OUR CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN INTEGRATED INTO THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, BUT THAT IS UNCHANGED. YES, EXCEPT FOR THE ENGINEERING.
GREAT. THAT IS JUST KIND OF REMAINING. THANK YOU. I MOVE FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE STAFF REPORTS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS INTO THE RECORD FOR ZONING CHANGE. 27 2026. DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION ON THE DOCUMENTS. MOTION TO THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. KIRBY. YES, MISS BRIGGS? YES, MR. LARSEN. YES. THE AYES HAVE IT. WITH ALL VOTES TO ADMIT THE DOCUMENTS. DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION ITSELF? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING CHANGE 27, 2026. BASED ON THE STAFF REPORT AND LISTED IN THIS REPORT, SUBJECT TO STAFF APPROVAL. YES, I WILL SECOND THAT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION FOR THE ZONING CHANGE. OKAY. THE ROLL PLEASE, MR. LARSEN. YES, MR. KIRBY? YES, MISS BRIGGS. YES, YES. HAVE IT.
THE MOTION PASSES WITH ALL VOTES TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE
[VIII. Poll members for comment ]
OTHER BUSINESS? PULL MEMBERS FOR COMMENT? SARAH. EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. NOTHING FOR ME, NEAL.THANK YOU. CAN WE DO A CHANGE LIKE WE DID FOR THE HAMLET? AND THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO APPROVE WITHOUT SEEING THE BEFORE AND THE AFTER. IS THERE A WAY TO SHOW THE ORIGINAL SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND VISUALLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT? LIKE THE SORRY, I LIKE, IS THERE A WAY TO SHOW LIKE WHAT THE FINAL PLAN LOOKED LIKE, WHAT THE ORIGINAL APPROVED WAS VERSUS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED? SO IT'S CLEAR WHAT THE REQUESTED. YEAH, YEAH, WE CAN SHARE THOSE SHEETS ON FUTURE PLANS FOR ALL APPLICATIONS. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I HAVE NO OTHER
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