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#19 00351
Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment
Multiple Parcels
1. May 29`h, 2019, Comprehensive Plan Map Amendments were suggested by Staff and Map
designations were reviewed.
2. June 13`", 2019, The Comprehensive Plan Map Amendments were reviewed by Staff in a
Strategic Planning meeting. An application was submitted by the City of Rexburg through
the Public Portal.
3. June 24`h, 2019, Notice was sent to the newspaper to be published on July 2"d, 2019, and July
12t°, 2019. A full colored map of the Comprehensive Plan Map changes was posted on the
city website at http://www.rexburg.org/pages/public-notification-and-agendas# in the July
2019 hearings section.
4. July 18, 2019, 2019, Tawnya Grover presented the application for the Comprehensive Plan
Map Amendment.
Hearing #2 6:40PM (19-00351) — Amending the Comprehensive Plan Map in the City
of Rexburg. Multiple parcels are being changed in the city's Impact Area and within the
City's boundaries to reflect the needs and future growth of the city of Rexburg. An
interactive map can be found at hhtD://www.rexburg ore/urges/public-notification-and-
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Staff Report: Tawnya Grover — There is an effort moving forward to update the
Comprehensive Plan: both the goals in the text, some of the explanatory text and the map.
The items were brought to a Strategic Planning meeting and one of the first items of
discussion were a couple of the descriptions, including "Rural Cluster" which says, "This
Comprehensive Plan designation includes lands where residential development is allowed at an overall base
density but clustered onto smaller lot sites, while maintaining large tracts of open land. Again the desire of
the community is to preserve the rural character of the City, and maintaining large open spaces in critical view
areas are essential to ensure this openness is preserved. " After discussion with staff, it was
determined the city is not actually trying to preserve large open spaces, but our goal is
density in the center. We will have spaces designated as parks but, we do not want large,
open tracts of land. We want areas to develop in close proximity to the city. Staff proposed
this designation for the Comprehensive Plan Map be removed from the text. There is also a
designation called "Agriculture." This description says, "This Comprehensive Plan designation
includes lands used primarily forgra#ing, crop farming, hobby farming and other related uses. These lands
are intended to remain in their customary agricultural use for the foreseeable future. " In the City, we
don't really want agriculture lands. Those uses are better bordering the city or present out in
the County. For city planning, the city is not striving to plan for agriculture. The same idea
is present in both designations; as a city, we are not looking for large, open spaces to remain
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large, open spaces. The current designations on the Comprehensive Map were shown,
especially those who have a Rural Cluster or Agriculture designation. If these descriptions
are removed, the land would have to have a different designation. One of the designations is
"Single Family Residential," which allows for many different Residential designations. Single
Family Residential has been used in place of Rural Cluster and Agriculture.
In addition, other places are developing in the city. One of these places is along 12`h
Street on some higher land along the road; this land is adjacent to flood area. Around the
airport, there was agriculture, but staff did not feel single-family was appropriate for this
area. This area is also located along the highway and staff felt this area would be more
appropriate as industrial or commercial. Road changes are coming on Moody that would
allow either an overpass or underpass to allow access from the West side of the highway to
the East side of the city. Potentially, some commercial would be adequately placed at this
gateway. A commercial node was located near Basic American area, as well as residential
identified on Basic American's land. The company is already using part of this land for their
processing. Staff determined the designation would be better as industrial for their land, but
have a commercial support designation adjacent. The last change is a commercial node in
the northeast part of the city. A high traffic area would be further to the north, rather than
in the center of Low to Moderate residential to support a commercial node.
Chairman Rory Kunz asked the Commissioners if they had any clarification questions for
staff. Melanie Davenport was thinking about Basic American and the large area that will
be industrial. Is there future plans for a park near Basic American. Tawnya answered, Staff
is working with Basic American to enhance the riverfront area of their property as part of
their development agreement. Vince Haley is wondering why all of the changes are being
done atone time. Tawnya responded, a piece of the proposal could be excluded in the
motion if the Commission did not agree on an area to be changed. She reminded the
Commissioners, this Comprehensive Plan Map is a planning document and should represent
what we do want to see in the future in these areas. Keith Esplin asked for the
descriptions to be read again for Rural Cluster. Tawnya read the designation descriptions.
She shared part of the discussion on the staff level was the designations "Rural Cluster" and
"Agriculture" are more transition areas from the County to the City and should be driven by
the County. These designations would be for land annexing into the city, but the city is not
going to plan to have areas that are Rural Cluster and Agriculture in the city. The text in the
Comprehensive Plan text are not being changed tonight, these changes will be part of a
further effort. Kristi Anderson asked about the changes of the roads that would support
the moving of the commercial node in the northeast part of the city. From the East to the
West, on the road that runs by Wal-Mart, there will be an underpass or overpass that will
allow for more frequent traffic. John Bowen clarified. David Pulsipher also clarified
where the Impact Area is in relation to the city. Tawnya explained, there are not a lot of east
to west accesses in our city. Keith Esplin asked if this is also considered on 7`h S. Instead,
Tawnya answered, the interchanges have changes coming driven by the Idaho
Transportation Department. John Bowen asked how far Basic American would be from
the overpass or underpass. He is asking about moving the trucks from this business to the
highway. These areas were located on the map. Other road planning is being discussed for
this area. Vince Haley asked about the commercial node location. This node is located
now at an intersection. David Pulsipher asked why not the commercial along the
Yellowstone Highway. The commercial corridor was shown. This area has not driven any
commercial development. Vince Haley confirmed this map projects 20 years out. Melanie
Davenport explained the public references the Comprehensive Plan all the time. Vince
Haley is worried about all the changes presented and the Commissioners expectation to
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study all these areas. Rory Kunz explained the expectation is that the Commissioners
already understand the Comprehensive Plan and zones enough to make an educated choice.
Keith Esplin says several parcels are affected, but the designations are common. Melanie
Davenport asked about the process to determine these changes. Tawnya responded, a
couple of Strategic Planning meetings were held for this discussion, which include the
Mayor, Scott Johnson, Keith Davidson, Sally Smith, Bret Stoddard, and the Planner. The
first meeting was based on the descriptions for the land designations and the areas we see as
transitional for the future of our city. Proposals were made by this body. She worked with
GIS to make a map that represented those proposals. The same body reviewed the map to
identify any missing lands or thoughts about the changes. Then, Staff moved forward.
Chairman Rory Kunz asked the Commissioners if they had any conflicts of interest or had
been approached by any parties relative to this particular subject. If you believe your prior
contact with respect to this subject has created a bias, you should recuse yourself, otherwise
at this time please indicate the nature of your conversation or contact.
Chairman Rory Kunz opened the public input portion of the hearing at 7:16p.m.
Favor:
Forest Bonner — 865 W Liberty Ln - Basic American Foods — He is on layoff right now
from Basic American. The expansion will bring in 40 more jobs for Rexburg.
Neutral: None
Opposed: None
Written Input: None
Rebuttal: None
Chairman Rory Kunz asked if anyone else would like to speak? He closed the public input
portion of the hearing at 7:18p.m.
Melanie Davenport asked if Rory sees this is as a positive change in his line of work. Rory
says it makes sense for developers to be able to develop their land and get its full use. If the
city expands to that point, we need to be able to keep the density close to town, which
would allow for larger open spaces outside of town. Keith Esplin asked, in the impact area,
could someone develop on the far outside of these areas? Rory Kunz, says this would
depend on the compliance with the County's Comprehensive Plan and if the developer paid
for the infrastructure to reach them. David Pulsipher asked about the Impact area and if
the County overlaps into this area. The County controls the area and is taxed as such, but as
far as development, the city rules apply.
MOTION: Recommend approval by the City Council of the Comprehensive Plan
Map changes as applied, because it meets the needs of the city., Action: Approve,
Moved by John Bowen, Seconded by Ktisti Anderson.
Commission Discusses the Motion: None
VOTE: Motion passed (summary: Yes = 7, No = 1, Abstain = 0).
Yes: David Pulsipher, John Bowen, Keith Esplin, Kristi Anderson, Melanie
Davenport, Rory Kunz, Todd Marx.
No: Vince Haley.
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City Council Meeting August 7, 2019
Resolution 2019 —11 Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to Multiple Parcels in the City's
Impact Area and within the City's Boundaries 19-00351— Stephen Zollinger
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City Attotney Zollinger explained upon city staffs review of the Comprehensive Plan Map, it
became apparent that changes to the explanatory text and descriptions in the city's Impact Area and
within the City's boundaries for certain areas to be more compliant in the way they are developing.
He said the above changes and other changes were presented to the Planning and Zoning
Commission. The Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the changes and are recommending
approval of the changes. The areas being changed are in the bright solid colors in the map above.
Council Member Wolfe moved to approve Resolution 2019-11 to Amend Multiple Parcels in the
City Impact Area; Council President Smith seconded the motion; Mayor Merrill asked for a vote:
Those voting ave Those voting nay
Council Member Flora None
Council Member Wolfe
Council Member Walker
Council President Smith
The motion carried
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