A public hearing will be held at tonight’s City Council of Webster City meeting.

The public hearing will be held at 5:30 p.m. concerning the proposed rezoning of land located in the area west of Superior Street and north of Fair Meadow Drive from residential to commercial zoning.

Kwik Star, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, has filed a Petition to Rezone. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the zoning request at their December 11, 2017, meeting.

According to the council packet, after P&Z voted against the development at their August meeting, Kwik Star decided to withdraw their petition and went back to the drawing board to see if they could meet the criteria that failed on the P&Z Rezoning Checklist. The main issue causing concern with the commission was the current intersection at Superior Street and Fair Meadow Drive as far as more semi-truck traffic at an intersection that is not semi-truck friendly.

Kwik Star presented options to redo the intersection and, at the time of this writing, is working with the city on an Intersection Cost-Sharing Agreement.

The memo goes on to say that Kwik Star is requesting a convenience store, with a car wash, and gas/diesel sales. Originally, they were including 8 parking stalls for semis and a truck scale which has now been taken off the plans due to complaints from the neighbors. They have now included fencing and a lot more landscaping to help separate them from the neighbors. They did a traffic study and are willing to contribute to the reconstruction of the intersection of Fair Meadow Drive and Superior Street.

The first reading of a proposed ordinance amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Webster City, rezoning property from R-1 (single-family dwelling) district and R-2 (multiple-family dwelling) district to C-3 (Highway commercial) district, with said property being located on Fair Meadow Drive, may be approved by the council.

The council will observe a report by Shirley Helgevold, MIDAS Council of Governments, on the status of the Community Development Grant Block (CDGB) monies for the Housing Rehab Program.

A resolution approving the recommendation of the contract for the Beach Street Resurfacing Project to low bidder, Mathy Construction Company, of Onalaska, WI, to the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors; which is in accordance with the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program agreement, DOT funding agreement and 28E City-County agreement, may be approved.

The city has received a letter of intent from a developer interested in purchasing the City-owned lot on Prospect Street. Part of the developer’s plan is to have access off of the Third Street right-of-way east of HyVee and abutting Prospect Street.

The council may approve to refer this request to the P&Z for consideration at their next meeting.

The council may approve a resolution amending the 2013 Comprehensive Plan for the City of Webster City, to reflect a change regard the future land use.