The Salina City Commission is scheduled to consider an ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on future building permits in the Grand Prairie Addition during its meeting Monday.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Monday in room 107 of the City-County Building, 300 West Ash Street. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting will take place via telephone conference. Interested persons can watch the meeting via Salina Media Connection, either on Cox Cable channel 20 or online at www.salinatv.org or at the City of Salina YouTube channel.
Persons wishing to participate in the meeting will need to dial (785) 621-0800 and enter participant code 782956 followed by #. Persons who wish to speak, either during the public forum or when the mayor requests public comment on an item, must dial *9 on their phones. This will alert the moderator, who will open the line.
Commissioners on Jan. 27 established a 60-day temporary moratorium on future building permits in excess of 35 total building permits in the first and second phases of the Grand Prairie Addition. When that moratorium expired on March 30, the commission established a second 60-day moratorium, which is scheduled to expire on June 2.
At issue is whether the Grand Prairie Addition as platted has appropriate emergency apparatus access as provided for in the city's fire code.
"Due to the fluid nature of the COVID-19 directives from the Saline County Health Department and the Governor of Kansas, many public meetings were cancelled with very short notice. Of those meetings cancelled was the March 17, 2020 Planning Commission where the Grand Prairie replat was to be next acted upon. On March 25, 2020 the City Commission passed Resolution No. 20-7824 cancelling meetings of certain City of Salina boards, commissions, and committees in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency and the Governor's Executive Order No. 20-14," city commission meeting packet information noted.
City staff "is prepared to bring forward the Grand Prairie replat on June 2nd in a revised meeting format identical to that of the City Commission. June 2nd is the soonest this item can be brought forward in order to allow for proper meeting notification," the city commission background information noted.
Staff is proposing a 45-day moratorium that would begin June 3. The moratorium would allow time for the replat to be presented to the planning commission and to the city commission should the matter be forwarded.
Other items on the Salina City Commission agenda for Monday include the following.
•Consider a request to proclaim May 17-23, 2020, as National Public Works Week in the City of Salina. Jim Kowach, director of public works, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
•Consider a resolution resuming and rescheduling meeting of specific City of Salina subordinate boards and commissions administered by the Community and Development Services Department.
•A fieldhouse and camp Salina discussion.
To see the entire Salina City Commission agenda packet (53 pages) click here.