Joint Sioux Falls City Council - Lincoln County Commission Meeting
Regular MeetingSioux Falls, SD · September 26, 2023
Minutes
MINUTES
Joint Sioux Falls City Council - Lincoln County Commission Meeting
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Carnegie Town Hall, 235 W. 10th St., Sioux Falls, SD 57104
CALL TO ORDER
. MEETING ROLL CALL
Present: Council Member David Barranco, Council Member Sarah Cole, Council
Member Alex Jensen, Council Member Rich Merkouris, Council Member Greg
Neitzert, Council Member Marshall Selberg, Council Member Curt Soehl, Council
Member Pat Starr
Absent: Mayor Paul TenHaken
Present: Lincoln County Commission Member Joel Arends, Lincoln County
Commission Member Jim C. Jibben, Lincoln County commission Member Tiffani
Landeen, Lincoln County Commission Member Michael Poppens, Lincoln County
Commission Member Jim Schmidt
Absent: None
. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
. APPROVAL OF THE REGULAR AGENDA
A motion was made by Council Member Jensen and seconded by Council Member
Soehl to approve the Regular Agenda.
Roll call vote to approve. 8 Yes: Barranco, Cole, Jensen, Merkouris, Neitzert, Selberg,
Soehl, Starr; 0 No: (None). Motion Passed.
INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
1. 2ND READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, SD, AMENDING
THE REVISED JOINT ZONING ORDINANCE FOR LINCOLN COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF SIOUX FALLS BY REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 27053 S.
TALLGRASS AVENUE FROM THE A 1 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO THE I 1
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. (Planning Commission recommends approval 4-0.)
Private Applicant(s): Margaret and Henry Mueller
Background & Objective: A request to rezone a 1.2-acre parcel from A-1 Agricultural
District to I-1 Industrial District in the Mueller Industrial Park.
A motion was made by Council Member Neitzert and seconded by Council Member
Starr to adopt Ordinance No. 87-23.
A motion was made by Council Member Jensen and seconded by Council Member
Merkouris to amend by changing 159.018 to 158.018.
Roll call vote to amend. 8 Yes: Barranco, Cole, Jensen, Merkouris, Neitzert, Selberg,
Soehl, Starr; 0 No: (None). Motion Passed.
Roll call vote to adopt, as amended. 8 Yes: Barranco, Cole, Jensen, Merkouris, Neitzert,
Selberg, Soehl, Starr; 0 No: (None). Motion Passed.
The Lincoln County Commission also approved Item 1 by a separate motion and vote.
2. 2ND READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, SD, AMENDING
THE REVISED JOINT ZONING ORDINANCE FOR LINCOLN COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF SIOUX FALLS BY REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY
3,000 FEET SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF 57TH STREET AND SD HIGHWAY
11 FROM THE A 1 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO THE C COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
(Planning Commission recommendation to approve failed 0-3.)
Private Applicant(s): Adam Scott
Background & Objective: Request to rezone approximately 1-acre out of a 34.6-acre
parcel from A-1 Agricultural District to C Commercial District.
A motion was made by Council Member Neitzert and seconded by Council Member
Cole to adopt Ordinance No. 88-23.
A motion was made by Council Member Neitzert and seconded by Council Member
Cole to amend by changing 159.018 to 158.018.
Roll call vote to amend. 8 Yes: Barranco, Cole, Jensen, Merkouris, Neitzert, Selberg,
Soehl, Starr; 0 No: (None). Motion Passed.
Roll call vote to adopt, as amended. 6 Yes: Barranco, Cole, Merkouris, Neitzert, Selberg,
Starr; 2 No: Jensen, Soehl. Motion Passed.
The Lincoln County Commission also approved Item 2 by a separate motion and vote.
PUBLIC INPUT
There was none.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Council Member Jensen and seconded by Council Member
Barranco to adjourn the meeting at 7:25 p.m.
Voice vote to adjourn. 8 Yes: Barranco, Cole, Jensen, Merkouris, Neitzert, Selberg,
Soehl, Starr; 0 No: (None). Motion Passed.
Tamara Jorgensen, MMC, Assistant City Clerk
Agenda
AGENDA
Joint Sioux Falls City Council - Lincoln County Commission Meeting
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Carnegie Town Hall, 235 W. 10th St., Sioux Falls, SD 57104
CALL TO ORDER
MEETING ROLL CALL
Council Member Alex Jensen
Council Member Rich Merkouris
Council Member Greg Neitzert
Council Member Marshall Selberg
Council Member Curt Soehl
Council Member Pat Starr
Council Member David Barranco
Council Member Sarah Cole
Mayor Paul TenHaken
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
APPROVAL OF THE REGULAR AGENDA
INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
1. 2ND READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, SD, AMENDING
THE REVISED JOINT ZONING ORDINANCE FOR LINCOLN COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF SIOUX FALLS BY REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 27053 S.
TALLGRASS AVENUE FROM THE A 1 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO THE I 1
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. (Planning Commission recommends approval 4-0.)
Private Applicant(s): Margaret and Henry Mueller
Background & Objective: A request to rezone a 1.2-acre parcel from A-1 Agricultural
District to I-1 Industrial District in the Mueller Industrial Park.
2. 2ND READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, SD, AMENDING
THE REVISED JOINT ZONING ORDINANCE FOR LINCOLN COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF SIOUX FALLS BY REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY
3,000 FEET SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF 57TH STREET AND SD HIGHWAY
11 FROM THE A 1 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO THE C COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
(Planning Commission recommendation to approve failed 0-3.)
Private Applicant(s): Adam Scott
Background & Objective: Request to rezone approximately 1-acre out of a 34.6-acre
parcel from A-1 Agricultural District to C Commercial District.
PUBLIC INPUT
ADJOURNMENT
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