Springfield Business Journal_2019-03-18

48 · SBJ.NET MARCH 18-24, 2019 NEWS OakStar Bank to Amy M. Fly; 139,093; L18, Highland Meadows, Phase II. OakStar Bank to David and Whitney Williams; 285,000; sec. 16, twp. 28, range 20, NW. OakStar Bank to Angie K. Hutsell and Carey Schehl; 247,400; L14, Toothman addition. OakStar Bank to Jesse B. and Ann N. Clay; 129,600; L22, Holiday, first addition. OakStar Bank to Curtis Byers; 165,938; L20, Mill Ridge. OakStar Bank to Andrew J. and Silvia Fass- bender; 234,740; L31 and L34, Windsor Park, Phase III. OakStar Bank to Cronkhite Homes LLC; 150,500; L29, Monte Cristo, Phase V. OakStar Bank to Cronkhite Homes LLC; 150,500; L18, Monte Cristo, Phase V. OakStar Bank to Cronkhite Homes LLC; 150,500; L22, Monte Cristo, Phase V. OakStar Bank to Tom Mithcell; 114,000; L12, Ridgedale, sixth addition. OakStar Bank to William C. Springer and Taylor E. Brown; 143,944; L28, Monte Cristo, Phase III. OakStar Bank to Jeffrey E. and Roberta A. Ables; 199,900; L22, Stonehinge. OakStar Bank to Rita and Keesag A. Baron; 335,000; L17, The Terraces. OakStar Bank to RAGA Properties LLC; 1,750,000; sec. 30, twp. 29, range 20, SE and sec. 31, twp. 29, range 20, NE. OakStar Bank to Jonathan F. and Abby L. Thurman; 114,000; sec. 20, twp. 28, range 20, NW. OakStar Bank to Michael G. and Jill M. Headley; 900,000; sec. 13, twp. 29, range 21, NW. OakStar Bank to Trisha and Kelly Keys; 469,000; L14, Stanford Forest. ON THE RECORD DEEDS OF TRUST, from page 47 handle molding operations with 40-50 em- ployees, and Gentry said the Puerto Rico plant’s 40 employees make components. At the meeting, Springfield Planning and Development Di- rector Mary Lilly Smith said if addi- tional development occurs, construc- tion of sidewalks by Positronic would be required on Division Street and Eldon Avenue, along with a traffic impact study. “If the traffic impact study indi- cates there are im- provements needed on the streets, they will be responsible for that as well,” she said. The most recent vehicle count on Divi- sion west of West Bypass is 8,485 per day, with 804 per day on Eldon south of Divi- sion, according to city documents. The parcel was approved as a planned development by council in January 2012, which allowed the construction of a broad- cast tower for KTXR-FM radio transmis- sions on the northern tract, according to city documents. The northern half has sinkholes and a sinkhole watershed, which limits develop- ment in that area, Smith said. “All future development has to work around the sinkholes,” said architect Billy Kimmons of Hood-Rich Inc., representing Positronic. “It does start to inform where you can and cannot develop.” Council is scheduled to vote on the re- zoning proposal March 25. Bob Hosmer: Overlay districts are recommended over planned developments. by a voter-approved measu re in April 2018 for new and renewed tax levies over a 20- year period. “All of these improvements are part of a long-range plan to open the Center for Advanced Manufacturing in the fall of 2022,” said Mark Miller, director of com- munications for OTC. “While the Center for Advanced Manufacturing is still in the planning phase, we do know that its loca- tion will most likely take up some parking spaces and we need to make plans to re- place those spaces.” The center is planned to the west and south of the Industry and Transportation Technology Center, where parking cur- rently exists, according to the request for qualifications by OTC. The new parking lot development would create about 72 parking spaces and 12 spots for school buses, Miller said. “It’s an area we’ve owned,” Miller said, adding the school owns property south of Silver Springs Park along South Hampton Avenue. “A lot of that will become parking eventually.” The properties up for rezoning are located to the north of OTC’s Industry Transportation and Technology Center. The acreage is a mix of existing parking lot space, vacant land and duplexes slated for demolition, according to city documents. “This is just a continuation of plans for OTC to continue consolidating the cam- pus and getting things zoned the way the city wants them to be zoned based off our comprehensive plan,” said Jonathan Sta- ats, a traffic engineer at CJW Transporta- tion Consultants LLC, representing OTC before council. Council adopted the school’s master plan as an element of the city’s compre- hensive plan 2010, according to city docu- ments. Council members Matthew Simpson and Mike Schilling recused themselves ahead of the March 25 scheduled rezon- ing vote, citing their employment at the college. Earlier this month, OTC broke ground on a $7.3 million education center in Re- public, named Bussey-Cox-Lipscomb Hall. The 30,000-square-foot facility also is funded by the tax levies. Unanimous rezonings Council unanimously approved three rezonings and tabled a fourth. A mixed-use development plan by Pick- wick and Cherry LLC, which spans nine properties at Pickwick Avenue and Cherry Street, was rezoned to a planned develop- ment district from high-density multifam- ily and limited business districts. Pickwick and Cherry LLC’s develop- ment in the Rountree neighborhood calls for 16 dwelling units per acre. Should the developers add commercial space, the city’s comprehensive plan caps individual business tenants at 7,500 square feet and 20,000 square feet of total commercial space. Another project made a slight deviation from its original plans. Project Collective LLC, organized by Jason Finley, Brian Stewart and Shannon McMurdo, had its site plan changes approved by council from its original proposal in March 2018 for 2.27 acres at 3411 S. Kansas Ave. The group is planning a multifamily apartment complex with a maximum of 40 units and a target demographic of seniors. Original plans called for two buildings, but the developers revised it to a single build- ing. On the southwest side of town, South- land Christian Church received approval to rezone 7 acres at 1630 W. Republic Road to general retail from single-family residential. With the move, a landscaping “bufferyard” is no longer required on the west side of the property. The rezoning is in anticipation of a property sale when the congregation out- grows in the church, according to Geoffrey Butler of BRP Architects, who represent- ed the church during the bill’s first reading in February. Opioid crisis grant Council approved a $120,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to support public health opioid crisis response activities in Springfield. The funds will be used for mitigation and counter measures to the opioid cri- sis, said Katie Towns, assistant director of health for the city. She said the city partners with the Dis- covery Center, Community Partnership of the Ozarks, Safe and Sober and the first re- sponder community to combat opioid use. The plan, Towns said, is to focus on ed- ucation and upstream interventions that target youths and first responders. “Mental health and substance abuse has been identified as one of the priority health issues for our community and we have spent the last year and a half studying this issue in order to better understand and provide resources to respond to folks that need additional help,” she told council. The grant is federally funded by reim- bursement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to city documents. Positronic: Traffic study required Continued from page 8 City: Council approves $120K grant Continued from page 8 All future development has to work around the sinkholes.” —Billy Kimmons Hood-Rich Inc.