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City Council Meeting Minutes
Council Chambers
City Hall
100 East First Street
Study Session of October 17, 2023
6:00 PM
1.
CALL TO ORDER
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a Study Session of the City Council of the City of Grand
Island, Nebraska was conducted in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 100 East First Street, on
October 17, 2023. Notice of the meeting was given in The Grand Island Independent on October
11, 2023. Mayor Roger G. Steele called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. The following City
Council members were present: Mitchell Nickerson and Doug Lanfear. Due to no quorum, the
meeting was adjourned at 6:01. Mayor Roger G. Steele called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
The following City Council members were present: Maggie Mendoza, Bethany Guzinski, Chuck
Haase, Jack Sheard, Mike Paulick, Mitchell Nickerson, Doug Lanfear, and Jason Conley.
Councilmembers Michelle Fitzke, Mark Stelk and Jason Conley were absent. Councilmember
Mike Paulick left the meeting at 7:46. The following City Officials were present: City
Administrator Laura McAloon, Deputy City Clerk Jill Granere, Assistant City
Administrator/Finance Director Patrick Brown, Assistant City Attorney Stacy Nonhof and Public
Works Director Keith Kurz.
2.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
a. Stolley Park Presentation
Due to a late start, this presentation was continued to a later date.
b. Planning Related Topics — Plans and Redevelopment
Community Development Director Chad Nabity reported the Planning Department was
responsible for producing and managing a number of planning documents that impact the growth
and development of the City. Nabity mentioned these were done every 10 to 20 years, some
every 5 years, and some every 2 years. He mentioned citizens, developers and others use these
documents in choosing where to live, where to build and what to build.
Keith Marvin with Marvin Planning Consultants reported the Comp Plan was used as the basis
for land use decisions including the zoning map, zoning regulations and subdivision regulations.
It could be used as an aid to capital improvement programming and making public investments
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in the growth of the city. Presented was the Affordable Housing Action Plan, a part of the Comp
Plan along with the Missing Middle Housing Report.
Mr. Marvin updated the Council on the community wide housing study that was conducted every
5 years to insure the ability to have a change to qualify for federal housing funds. An update of
the 2019 Housing Study along with a schedule for the 2024 Housing Study.
Community Development Director Chad Nabity stated staff prepares two different TIF reports
annually as required by state law. The first was sent to the Nebraska Department of Revenue on
or before December lst and it includes a basic description of every TIF project with new projects
highlighted. The second was required by statute and due on or before May 1 St of each year. This
was more of an extensive report that includes specific information about all TIF projects, the
percentage of the community that had been declared blighted and substandard, and which
projects ended the previous year. They also identified projects that will likely be paid off in the
next five years and estimated the amount of additional funding that would be provided to the
taxing entities as the tax increment financing ends.
Nabity explained two relatively new concepts within the Community Redevelopment Act.
Scott Rief and Luke Simpson spoke in favor of the Expedited TIF Process (Mircor TIF).
3.
ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 9:06 p.m.
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Deputy City Clerk