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2026-06-03 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official approved minutes (no agenda or video on file). Meeting adjourned at 7:06 PM.

  • Present: Basye, Brown, Merkouris, Sigette, Soehl, Spellerberg, Thomason and Barranco (by telecom; he left the meeting after Item 38). Absent: Mayor TenHaken. Invocation by Reverend Brett Best of Emmanuel Baptist Church.
  • Consent agenda approved 8-0 (moved by Sigette, seconded by Brown). It included minutes of the May 19 informational and regular meetings and the May 26 joint meeting with the Minnehaha County Commission, contracts over $100K on the May 29 memorandum, five requests to consume (not sell) alcohol, five special one-day licenses, 2026-27 retail malt beverage renewals, and three property tax abatements for one parcel (disabled veteran exemption).
  • Regular agenda approved 8-0 (Spellerberg, Basye).
  • Four new or transferred liquor and malt beverage licenses (Items 26 to 29) approved together, 8-0 (Soehl, Spellerberg).
  • Seven rezoning ordinances adopted on second reading (Ordinances 38-26, 39-26, 40-26, 41-26, 42-26, 43-26 and 45-26) plus Ordinance 44-26 for a Habitat for Humanity lot; the Westwood 8 rezoning and its preliminary plan were referred back to the Planning Commission, 8-0.
  • Preliminary plan of Foundation Park North Residential Addition approved (Resolution 60-26), 8-0.
  • Resolutions adopted: 62-26 (14th Street right-of-way vacation, amended), 63-26 (alley vacation), 64-26 (surplus pickup gifted to Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc.), 65-26 (Sundermann Addition annexation), 66-26 (citizen board appointments) and 61-26 (Minnesota Avenue corridor vision plan, amended).
  • First reading of an ordinance approving an offer to purchase real estate from the City; second reading set for June 9, 7-0.
  • No new business and no general public input. Adjourned on a motion by Soehl, seconded by Brown, 7-0.

Rezonings and Plats

  • Item 30, Ordinance 38-26 (Interstate 90 Heavy Industrial Rezoning): AG Agriculture to I-2 Heavy Industrial north of I-90 and west of I-29 (case 022775-2026; applicant Sioux Falls Development Foundation, Dean Dziedzic; Planning Commission 5-0). Brown moved, Spellerberg seconded; 8-0.
  • Item 31, Resolution 60-26 (Foundation Park North Preliminary Plan): preliminary plan of Foundation Park North Residential Addition (Planning Commission 3-0). Soehl moved, Spellerberg seconded; 8-0.
  • Item 32, Ordinance 39-26 (Slip Up Creek Road Conservation Rezoning): CN Conservation, RS and LW districts to CN, REC and RS, south of Slip Up Creek Rd. and east of S. 476th Ave. (case 022792-2026; applicant Mapleton Highlands, LLC, Steve Van Buskirk; Planning Commission 3-0). Sigette moved, Basye seconded; 8-0.
  • Item 33, Ordinance 40-26 (Costco Grange Avenue Rezoning): 3800 S. Grange Ave. from I-1 Light Industrial to C-4 Commercial-Regional (case 22595-2026; applicant Costco Wholesale Corporation, Lawrence Dziurdzik; Planning Commission 4-0). Deferred from May 19. Thomason moved, Sigette seconded; 8-0.
  • Item 34, Ordinance 41-26 (Sanford Main Campus Rezoning): 1300 S. Grange Ave. from O Office to S-2 Institutional Campus PUD with an initial development plan amendment (case 022789-2026; applicant Sanford Health, Kris Denevan; Planning Commission 3-0). Soehl moved, Spellerberg seconded; 8-0.
  • Item 35, Ordinance 42-26 (East 41st Street Conservation Rezoning): C-2 Commercial-Neighborhood and Streetcar to CN Conservation north of E. 41st St. and east of E. Linedrive Ave. (case 022772-2026; applicant KCDS, Inc, Perry Kolb; Planning Commission 3-0). Brown moved, Basye seconded; 8-0.
  • Item 36, Ordinance 43-26 (South Highline Avenue Live-Work Rezoning): RA-3 Apartment Residential-High Density to LW Live-Work south of E. 18th St. and west of S. Highline Ave. (case 022759-2026; applicant Timberline Acquisition Partners, LLC; Planning Commission 3-0). Spellerberg moved, Basye seconded; 8-0.
  • Items 37 and 38 (Sunset Creek Addition): the Westwood 8, LLC (Rick Dunlap) rezoning (case 022750-2026, AG to RS, RD-1, LW, RA-1 and C-1, south of W. 26th St. and west of S. Ellis Rd.) and the Sunset Creek Addition preliminary plan, both recommended by the Planning Commission 3-0. On each, a motion to approve was followed by a substitute motion (Sigette and Brown on Item 37; Spellerberg and Brown on Item 38) to refer the item back to the Planning Commission; both substitutes passed 8-0. The minutes record no discussion.
  • Item 39, Ordinance 45-26 (East 85th Street Commercial Rezoning): O Office and C-4 Commercial-Regional districts, south of E. 85th St. and east of Veterans Pkwy. (case 022742-2026; applicant Van Buskirk Companies, Steve Van Buskirk; Planning Commission 3-0). Basye moved, Spellerberg seconded; 7-0 (Barranco had left).
  • Item 40, Ordinance 44-26 (South Holly Avenue Duplex Rezoning): 100 S. Holly Ave. from RS to RD-1 Twin Home/Duplex (case 022692-2026; applicant Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls, Rocky Welker; Planning Commission 3-0). Spellerberg moved, Basye seconded; 6-0. Soehl was excused from the item and the vote under City Ordinance 30.017.

Street and Alley Vacations

  • Item 42, Resolution 62-26 (West 14th Street Right-of-Way Vacation): vacates a north/south 66-foot right-of-way north of W. 14th St. (applicant Wayne Wagner, Stan Houston Equipment). Soehl moved, Sigette seconded. Soehl then moved, Sigette seconded, an amendment reserving a City utility and access easement over the vacated land; amendment 7-0, adoption as amended 7-0.
  • Item 43, Resolution 63-26 (Covell Alley Vacation): vacates part of a 16-foot alley in Block 26 of Covell's 2nd Addition (applicant Ehrhart Griffin and Associates, Shannon Johnson). Sigette moved, Brown seconded; 7-0. Resolution finds the land was used as an alley but no longer serves a public purpose; the City keeps a utility easement.

City Property

  • Item 41 (City Property Purchase Offer): first reading of an ordinance approving an offer to purchase real estate from the City (sponsor: Mayor). Spellerberg moved, Basye seconded setting second reading for June 9; 7-0. The minutes do not identify the property.
  • Item 44, Resolution 64-26 (Downtown Sioux Falls Surplus Pickup Gift): declares a 2017 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup surplus and gifts it to Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc. under SDCL 6-5-2 and 6-13-1. Spellerberg moved, Sigette seconded; 6-0. Brown was excused under City Ordinance 30.017.
  • Item 24 (Post-Hall Addition City Property Lease): hearing set for June 16 on a Mayor-sponsored resolution of intent to lease municipal real property. The June 3 minutes do not identify the property.

Annexation

  • Item 45, Resolution 65-26 (Sundermann Addition Annexation): includes Lots 1 and 2 of Sundermann Addition and Lot H2 in the S 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Section 26, T102N R50W, in the city limits (Annexation 022761-2026). Spellerberg moved, Soehl seconded; 7-0. Findings: contiguous to the city, consistent with the Shape Sioux Falls 2050 Comprehensive Plan, access off W. 60th St., adjacent to City water, sewer to be provided when available under the Development Agreement.

Appointments

  • Item 46, Resolution 66-26 (Citizen Board Appointments): advice and consent to six Mayoral appointments, including the reappointment of Planning Commissioner Bradyn Neises (May 2026 to May 2031). Soehl moved, Basye seconded; 6-0. Brown was excused under City Ordinance 30.017.

Minnesota Avenue Corridor Vision Plan

  • Item 47, Resolution 61-26 (sponsors Soehl and Brown): recommends the Administration conduct a vision plan for Minnesota Avenue from W. 7th St. to W. 39th St., including analysis of a center median's effect on pedestrian safety, neighbors and businesses, and crash patterns and traffic flow. Soehl moved and Brown seconded adoption. Brown moved, Soehl seconded an amendment replacing "I-229 Interchange" with "W. 39th St." in sections 1 and 6; amendment 7-0, adoption as amended 7-0.
  • The plan must include public involvement, be released no later than March 31, 2027, and design of improvements between 7th St. and W. 39th St. may not proceed until it is complete.

Other business

  • Hearings set for June 16: new 2026-27 retail malt beverage license for La Guanamex Grocery Store LLC (5303 W. 41st St.); transfer of a malt license from Neighborhood Market and Restaurant LLC to 7 Spice LLC (4301 E. 12th St.); a South Dakota Bar Foundation one-day liquor license (Old Courthouse Museum, June 25); Bishop O'Gorman Catholic Schools malt and wine licenses (alumni event, September 11).
  • Unfinished business, Items 26 to 29, approved 8-0: new malt and wine licenses for EB Sioux Falls LLC (Early Bird Brunch) and Alo Nail Bar LLC; wine and malt licenses for Fernson Taphouse LLC (Totally Rad Pizza); and transfer of the on-sale liquor and wine licenses at 201 E. 8th St. from River Greenway Hospitality LLC to Crave SD LLC.
  • Abatements concurred with Minnehaha County Commission recommendations, parcel 50423 (disabled veteran exemption): 2023, $1,750.76; 2024, $1,776.44; 2025, $1,892.28.
  • Minutes signed by Denise D. Tucker, Assistant City Clerk; resolutions attested by Jermery J. Washington, City Clerk.

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