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Planning Commission Page 6 <br /> June 22,2021 <br /> Mr. Leeseberg presented the staff report. <br /> Chair Larson-Vito reminded the commission and audience the public hearing was <br /> closed at the last Planning Commission meeting. She stated the Planning <br /> Commission will evaluate and discuss the information received this evening and <br /> provide a recommendation to the City Council. <br /> Commissioner Jordan stated in good conscious the Planning Commission can open <br /> the public hearing to allow for public discussion if they choose and suggested a 3- <br /> minute time limit for their comments. <br /> Chair Larson-Vito stated in the 12 years she has been a Planning Commission <br /> member they have never reopened a closed public hearing and felt the commission <br /> should continue following protocol. <br /> Commissioner Jordan stated he also has sat on public bodies for numerous years and <br /> stated it was perfectly legal and fine to reopen a public hearing. <br /> Commissioner Beise suggested a motion be made and vote taken by the commission <br /> requesting the public hearing be reopened. <br /> Moved by Commissioner Jordan and seconded by Commissioner Rydberg to <br /> reopen the public hearing and allow the public present to speak on this item. <br /> Motion failed 5-2. <br /> Commissioner Jordan asked to discuss the city engineering traffic figures that were <br /> presented in the trip generation study and asked how the number of 108 cars (the <br /> report states 104 cars) going through the neighborhood. He stated he has counted <br /> 10-15 cars during the PM peak hours of 5-6 p.m. He stated he has never seen 108 <br /> cars. <br /> Mr. Leeseberg stated he understood these traffic study numbers to be estimates for <br /> anticipated activity calculated with industry-wide methodology. <br /> Commissioner Jordan stated the engineers did not know what the accurate counts <br /> are in his neighborhood. <br /> Mr. Leeseberg stated the figures presented are estimates based on industry-wide <br /> methodology as outlined in the report. <br /> He asked if they placed a tracker on their street to get a count in their neighborhood. <br /> Mr. Leeseberg stated they did not place a tracker on his street. <br /> Commissioner Jordan stated these projections indicate Yankton will become a main <br /> throughfare like Joplin Street and this projection does not fit his little sleep <br /> neighborhood. Commissioner Jordan asked if the developer could answer the <br /> PO U I S II II <br /> NATURE <br />