Planning & Zoning Commission – September 29, 2025 Agenda & Minutes

Posted: September 19, 2025 | Updated: October 2, 2025

AGENDA

NOTICE AND CALL OF PUBLIC MEETING

 

GOVERNMENTAL BODY:                                       Planning and Zoning Commission

DATE OF MEETING:                                                September 29, 2025

TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING:                          6:00 pm City Hall

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ABOVE-MENTIONED GOVERNMENTAL BODY WILL MEET AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SET OUT ABOVE.    THE TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR SAID MEETING IS AS FOLLOWS:

ROLL CALL: Schorr, Trachta, Rieks, Wiley, Conlin, Lickteig, Hayek

RECURRING ITEMS:   There may be action taken on each of the items listed below.

  1. Approval of the Agenda
  2. Approve minutes from August 12, 2025

NEW BUSINESS: There may be action taken on each of the items listed below.

  1. Open Public Hearing regarding request from Jeffrey Freidhof to vacate a portion of 11th Avenue East.
    1. The portion of 11th Avenue East is located between 9th Street East and Yankee Avenue, and is between Lot 3 Block 3, and Lot 1 Block 4 of the Malek & Neubauer Oak Creek Addition in Cresco, Howard County, Iowa.
  2. Possible motion and recommendation regarding request.
  3. Open Public hearing regarding request from Gatlin and Ashlyn Keehner to vacate a portion of 9th Street East.
    1. The portion of 9th Avenue East is located between 9th Street East and Yankee Avenue, between Lot 1 Block 3, and Lot 4 Block 2 of the Malek & Neubauer Oak Creek Addition in Cresco, Howard County, Iowa.
  4. Possible motion and recommendation regarding request.
  5. Open Public Hearing regarding request from MDJM Holdings LLC to vacate alley.
    1. The 10-foot-wide Alley described as the West 10 feet of Lot 7, Block 12, Original Plat of Cresco, Howard County, Iowa.
  6. Possible motion and recommendation regarding request.
  7. SET DATE AND TIME FOR NEXT MEETING: Board meets on an as needed basis.

 

COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE:

 

ADJOURN:

THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 21, CODE OF IOWA AND THE LOCAL RULES OF SAID GOVERNMENTAL BODY.  POSTED 9-19-25

MINUTES

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm.

Roll call: Conlan, Wiley, Rieks, Lickteig, Schorr, Hayek and Trachta were present.

Dave Brenno (Public Works Director) was also in attendance.

Conlan made a motion to approve the agenda, and minutes from August 12, 2025, 2nd by Trachta, passed all ayes.

  1. Jeffrey Freidhof has made a request to vacate a portion of 11th Avenue East. The portion of 11th Avenue East is located between 9th Street East and Yankee Avenue, and is between Lot 3 Block 3, and Lot 1 Block 4 of the Malek & Neubauer Oak Creek Addition in Cresco, Howard County, Iowa.  The Public Hearing was opened and there we no comments.  The City did not receive any other comments regarding this subject.  The Public hearing was closed.

After the discussion ended, and all questions were answered, Trachta made a motion to recommend approving the request, 2nd by Wiley.  Motion carried all ayes.

  1. Gatlin and Ashlyn Keehner have made a request to vacate a portion of 9th Avenue East.  The portion of 9th Avenue East is located between 9th Street East and Yankee Avenue, between Lot 1 Block 3, and Lot 4 Block 2 of the Malek & Neubauer Oak Creek Addition in Cresco, Howard County, Iowa.  The Public Hearing was opened and Gatlin Keehner explained why he was asking for the street to be vacated.  The City did not receive any other comments regarding this subject. The Public Hearing was closed.

After the discussion ended, and all questions were answered, Rieks made a motion to approve the request, 2nd by Trachta.  Motion carried all ayes.

  1. MDJM Holdings LLC has made a request to vacate an alley behind their business of Billmeyer Furniture. The 10-foot-wide alley is described as the West 10 feet of Lot 7, Block 12, Original Plat of Cresco, Howard County, Iowa. The Public Hearing was opened and Mike Vsetecka explained why he was asking for the alley to be vacated.  The City did not receive any other comments regarding this subject. The Public Hearing was closed.

After the discussion ended, and all questions were answered, Schorr made a motion to approve the request, 2nd by Wiley.  Motion carried all ayes.

Motion to adjourn was made by Conlan, 2nd by Lickteig.  Motion carried all ayes.

Meeting adjourned at 6:12 pm.

Submitted by:  Scott Wiley

 

 

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