Robert Coleman was sworn in at the meeting as a newly appointed member of the seven-person volunteer Planning Commission, serving a three-year term.
Commissioners voted 5-0 to recommend the city council rezone six single-family lots at 86th/87th Street (near Old Cedar Ave and Wright's Lake Park) from R1 to R3 to allow a 33-unit town home development. The commission also voted 5-0 to recommend approval of the final site/building plan and 5-0 to recommend approval of the preliminary/final plat subdividing the site into 33 town home lots plus one outlot. The project, developed by Twin Win LLC, includes three affordable units at 60% AMI and four ADA-accessible units; it heads to city council for final action on August 3.
City traffic engineer Kirk Roberts told the commission the 33-unit development would generate about 238 daily trips (net 181 more than the existing six single-family homes), which existing roads on 86th and 87th Streets can absorb without additional mitigation. He noted a new stop sign will be added at 87th Street and Bloomington Avenue following a 2026 crash, and the city will study whether marked crosswalks are warranted near Cedar Crest Park.
More than a dozen neighbors testified against the Bloomshine Village project, raising concerns about three-story buildings towering over single-story homes, inadequate advance notice of the rezoning, unsafe/unpermitted demolition work (uncovered windows, midnight equipment deliveries, no silt fencing), lack of sidewalks, traffic and overflow street parking, and stormwater/flooding risk. City staff responded that public notice met and exceeded state requirements and that permits for the demolitions were in order, though residents said enforcement of construction hours and erosion control had been lacking on site.
Staff began presenting a conditional use permit application for a cannabis/hemp manufacturing and distribution facility at 300 West 83rd Street, in an I-3 industrial zone surrounded by mixed residential and industrial uses. The transcript cuts off during the staff presentation before public testimony or a commission vote occurred.
