[0:00] 26. My name is Lauren Shackleford. I'm
the chair of the board. And I'll start
[0:04] with roll call, please. Sam
>> Anthony McNut
[0:08] » here.
>> Jay Piery
[0:09] » here.
>> Uh Micah Thompson
[0:12] » here.
>> Robert Dree
[0:15] out. Shantel Pereier
>> here.
[0:19] » Marla Pearson, she's not here. And
Lauren Shackleford
[0:22] » here. Thank you.
>> All right. We have a quorum. So we'll
[0:24] call the meeting to order. The first
item on the agenda is the approval from
[0:27] our previous meeting which was January
8th of 2026.
[0:31] Uh those minutes have been provided for
your review. Any additions,
[0:35] modifications, changes that you see need
to be made to those minutes.
[0:40] Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion for
approval of the minutes.
[0:43] » Make a motion to approve.
>> Second.
[0:45] » Got a motion and a second. All those in
favor say I.
[0:48] » I.
>> Any opposed? Next is the approval of
[0:51] tonight's agenda. Uh we have one item
under conditional use permits, the Gan
[0:55] George School Communications Cell Tower
CUP. And then we have land development
[1:01] hearings for CSDC minor subdivision,
Kurrick minor subdivision, Woolsey Wood
[1:07] preliminary large scale development
phase one and Sonora oversized storage
[1:12] final stage, I'm sorry, final large
scale development. Is there anything
[1:16] else that needs to be added to the
agenda today?
[1:18] » As presented, sir.
>> Okay. Take a motion for approval of the
[1:21] agenda.
>> Motion to approve.
[1:23] » Second.
>> Got a motion and a second. All those in
[1:25] favor say I.
>> I.
[1:26] » Any oppose. All right, let's move on.
First item is the conditional use
[1:30] permit. The Jean George school
communication. We'll start with staff
[1:33] report, please.
>> Vicinity map,
[1:37] site map,
neighbor map.
[1:41] The applicant is requesting a
conditional use permit to build a new
[1:45] communication cell tower. The lease area
will be approximately 75 ft x 75 ft on
[1:51] the 32 acre property. The actual
facility will be 60 ft x 60 ft fenced in
[1:56] area. Access to the facility will be
provided through a locked 12t gate 12t
[2:02] wide gate from deer road. The entrance
will be a 12t wide gravel access drive
[2:07] within a 15t wide utility easement. The
facility will include a 30 foot x 62 ft
[2:13] gravel parking and turnaround area. The
proposed wireless communications
[2:18] facility will consist of a 99 foot
unmanned monopole tower mounted on a
[2:24] concrete foundation and topped with a
5-ft lightning rod. The applicant has
[2:29] certified that they intend to allow
shared use of its tower to include
[2:33] Verizon wireless antennas at a 94 ft
center line and spaces for two
[2:38] additional future providers.
[2:43] There are no other communication towers
within a onem radius. Thus, a
[2:47] collocation on existing towers is not fe
not not feasible due to the absence of
[2:52] towers in the area that meet Verizon's
technical criteria and operational
[2:56] specifications.
The site will operate 24/7 to provide a
[3:00] critical communication and data service
to the community. The facility compound
[3:06] will not be open to the public and will
be secured with a six-foot chain link
[3:09] fence topped with three strands of barb
barbed wire to ensure security and
[3:14] privacy. This facility will remain
unmanned with recurring traffic limited
[3:19] to light trucks for equipment
maintenance technicians. Due to the
[3:23] facility's automated operation, there
will be no water service, plumbing, or
[3:27] sewer or septic system.
[3:32] » All right. Thank you. I'm sorry. Go
ahead. I apologize.
[3:35] » The proposed tower will enable Verizon
customers in Goan and surrounding areas
[3:39] to access the latest and fastest
wireless technology, helping to
[3:43] eliminate existing coverage gaps within
the service area. The proposed facility
[3:48] has received or is in the process of
receiving all necessary approvals to
[3:52] comply with the NEPA, FAA, and FCC
requirements.
[3:58] The applicant submitted the site plans
and structural analysis for the tower
[4:02] which have been signed and stamped by a
certified professional engineer. A
[4:06] comprehensive administrative
communication tower review was completed
[4:10] by the planning staff on 1926 concluding
that the submitted proposal meets
[4:15] planning and zoning codes. Planning
staff has not received any complaints
[4:19] regarding this project.
>> Thank you ma'am. Sorry I interrupted
[4:22] you. Any questions of staff from board
members? Okay. Is the applicant or
[4:26] applicant's representative here?
[4:32] » Yes,
>> if you'll hit the button,
[4:36] » make the red light. Come on. There you
go. Thank you.
[4:38] » There we go. Uh, thank you, Mr.
Chairman. Uh, my name is Patton Han,
[4:41] 19016 Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama.
I'm here on behalf of Vertical Bridge,
[4:45] which is proposing to build this tower
on behalf of Verizon. I think your sta I
[4:49] don't really have much to add beyond
your very comprehensive
[4:54] report, but I'm happy to answer any
questions that the board might have.
[4:58] » Okay. Have you seen the conditions of
approval? Reviewed those. You're good
[5:01] with those as proposed?
>> I have reviewed them and my client is
[5:05] they're acceptable to my client.
>> Okay. Thank you. Any other questions of
[5:08] the applicant from board members? Okay.
Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Is there
[5:13] anybody in the public that would like to
make public comment on this request?
[5:18] Okay, seeing none, I'll close it and
bring it back to the board.
[5:25] » Make a motion to approve the Jean George
School Communication Tower Cup as
[5:30] presented.
>> Second.
[5:32] » We have a motion and a second. All those
in favor say I.
[5:35] » I.
>> I.
[5:36] » Any opposed? Thank you. Appreciate it.
All right, moving on. We'll start the
[5:39] county land development part of the of
the meeting. We'll start with CSDC minor
[5:44] subdivision. Start with staff report,
please.
[5:47] Vicinity map,
site map.
[5:52] The applicant is requesting a minor
subdivision to split the parent tract
[5:56] into three lots. Currently, the parent
tract is 4.728 acres. After the proposed
[6:01] split, lot 3A would be 1.036 acres. Lot
3B would be 1.608 acres and lot 3C would
[6:10] be 2.084 acres.
Planning conditions
[6:20] Okay. Any questions of staff from board
is applicant or applicants
[6:25] representative here.
[6:32] » I'm Alan Rley. I'm the uh program
director for uh CSCDC's uh home
[6:38] ownership uh center.
Okay.
[6:41] » Okay. We're planning on the
We are an agency that builds
[6:48] helps people build houses. We're a lot
like a habitat only this is through USDA
[6:54] rural development.
>> Okay.
[6:56] » And they participate in building their
own house.
[7:00] » Okay.
[7:04] There's no there's no structures on the
property now. Correct.
[7:08] » No. No structures at all.
And the the high the on the survey the
[7:13] highlighted blue area that's a utility
and easement access. Is that correct?
[7:17] » Yes.
>> Yes sir. That was requested by Ozarks.
[7:23] Okay.
>> Just to be shown there. Yes, sir.
[7:24] » Okay. So that keeps that gets us access
back to 3C.
[7:28] » Yes, sir.
>> 3A and 3B both have road access.
[7:32] » Yes, sir.
>> Okay.
[7:33] » And the reason this is here because like
they're creating two lots at less than
[7:36] five.
>> I I quit asking. I don't ask anymore.
[7:39] I've learned. So, all right. Any
questions of board members for the
[7:44] applicant?
[7:47] Okay. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it.
Anybody in the public like to make
[7:51] public comment on this request?
[7:55] Okay. Seeing none, I'll close public
comment and bring it back to the board.
[8:01] I make a motion that we approve as
written.
[8:06] » Got a motion for approval. Is there a
second?
[8:10] I'll second it. Got a motion and a
second. All those in favor say I.
[8:14] » I.
>> Any opposed? All right. Thank you. All
[8:16] right. We'll move on. Kurick, I hope I'm
saying that right. Kurick, minor
[8:20] subdivision. Start with a staff report,
please.
[8:23] » Vicinity map, site map. The applicant is
requesting a minor subdivision to split
[8:30] the parent tract into two lots.
Currently, the parent tract is two
[8:33] acres. After the split, new the new
tracks will be one acre each.
[8:38] planning conditions.
>> The surveyor is double booked in a
[8:42] different city, so he won't be able to
be here.
[8:44] » Okay. So, we don't have a representative
for the Okay.
[8:50] » Uh we've never received any complaints.
Uh like we don't notify for like splits
[8:54] like this. And uh yeah, there is that
home. If you look at the aerial imagery,
[8:59] it's no longer there. It's been removed
like three three weeks ago. Okay.
[9:03] » And doesn't have a septic. So, it's
already been cleared by the health
[9:05] department. So both both lots are vacant
basically.
[9:08] » That that was going to be my only
question because typically if there's an
[9:11] existing structure we want septic lines
and and secondary fields marked, but
[9:15] that's been removed and it wasn't on
septic.
[9:18] » Okay. And then they both have access off
of Prairie Grove Lake Road, so there's
[9:24] no issue for ingress and egress. Okay.
All right. Um is there anybody that
[9:29] would like to make public comment on
this request?
[9:33] Okay. Seeing none, I'll close it and
bring it back to the board.
[9:41] » I'll move for approval as presented.
Lord
[9:43] » second.
>> We got a motion and a second. All those
[9:46] in favor say I.
>> I.
[9:48] » Any opposed? All right. On to item D.
Wooseywood preliminary large-scale
[9:52] development phase one. Start with staff
report, please.
[9:56] » Vicinity map,
site map, neighbor map.
[10:02] The applicant is requesting a
preliminary large-scale development
[10:05] approval to construct phase 1 of the
custom lumber manufacturing facility.
[10:10] The subject property is 6.74 acres with
the project occupying approximately 4.7
[10:16] acres.
Phase one construction includes a 40x
[10:20] 100 sawmill building, a 20 by 80 air
drying shed, a 50x120 mill workshop,
[10:26] kiln, lumber storage office with a
bathroom, eight parking spaces which one
[10:32] will be ADA compliant, a 4x6
non-illuminated sign, a septic system,
[10:37] various wood staging areas, overhead
sawdust chip bins, and a fire reservoir
[10:43] pond to meet the fireflow standards. The
facility will use existing concrete pads
[10:48] from former poultry houses for the new
construction. Additionally, gravel will
[10:53] be placed for the interior road and
utilities will be installed to serve the
[10:56] entire project site. Production hours
will vary to due to weather and market
[11:02] conditions while customer hours are
expected to be 8 to 5 Monday through
[11:06] Friday and 9 to 2 on Saturdays with four
to five employees each operating day.
[11:14] This up for this project was approve
approved by the planning board on 71025
[11:19] and ratified on 22025.
A final large scale development approval
[11:25] must be obtained before the project is
fully operational. Planning staff has
[11:29] not received any complaints about this
project. Planning conditions.
[11:41] Sorry, I'm just reading through the
conditions real quick.
[11:48] Okay. Is the applicant applicants
representative here?
[11:58] » Here.
>> If you would please state your name and
[12:00] address for the record and give us a
little update on the project.
[12:03] » My name is Roy Pilgrim and um my address
is 15187 Trace Branch Road, West Fork,
[12:10] Arkansas.
And so basically what our project is is
[12:13] it's a um kind of a vertically
integrated manufacturing facility where
[12:18] we're looking to take uh and add value
to sustainably harvested local wood
[12:23] products and then market those wood
products locally and regionally.
[12:29] Okay.
Have you seen the conditions of
[12:33] approval? Are you okay? Are you in
agreement with all the conditions as
[12:36] stated?
>> Yes, sir.
[12:37] » Okay. All right. Any questions of the
applicant from board? Micah,
[12:41] » will you be using uh any chemicals for a
treating process?
[12:45] » No, sir.
>> Just drying and
[12:46] » drying and machining. Yeah, there will
be no chemical treatment at all.
[12:50] » On the uh on the retention pond, did did
that say that that was approved by fire
[12:56] by fire code and it was going to be
adhered to?
[12:59] » Yeah. And my engineer can speak a little
bit more about that. Okay.
[13:02] » It's the same condition we approved
during the CB. We have not changed
[13:05] anything.
>> Yeah. And it's a it's just a a fire
[13:08] volume pool. It it doesn't actually do
retention for the site. That was handled
[13:12] separately.
>> Okay.
[13:16] » Gavin Smith.
>> All right. Any other questions of the
[13:21] applicant from board members?
We've seen this once and it was
[13:26] ratified. So, I think we've got a new
member that may not have been or two
[13:29] possibly that weren't here for that. But
>> Yes, sir.
[13:32] » All right. Appreciate it. We may have
other questions. We'll let you know if
[13:34] we do.
>> Thank you. I appreciate your time.
[13:36] » Thank you. Is there anybody in the
public that would like to make public
[13:39] comment on this?
[13:43] » Okay, seeing none, I'll close it and
bring it back to the board.
[13:49] » Make a motion that we approve as as
planned.
[13:53] » Got a motion for approval subject to
conditions as written. Is there a
[13:56] second?
>> Second.
[13:57] » Got a motion and a second. All those in
favor say I.
[14:00] » I.
>> Any opposed? All right. Um we are now to
[14:06] Sonora oversized storage final large
scale development. Start with the staff
[14:09] report please.
>> Vicinity map site map.
[14:16] The applicant is requesting a final
large scale development approval to
[14:20] operate an oversized storage facility on
4.12 acres of the 6.21 acre project
[14:26] parcel. The facility will primarily
serve as storage space for boats and
[14:30] recreational vehicles. There are four
buildings in total. Building one is
[14:34] 10,500 ft. Building 2 is 11,819
square ft. Building 3 is 13,500 ft². And
[14:42] building 4 is 14,000 ft. A 2ft deep wet
detention pond with a capacity of 15,048
[14:49] cubic feet is located on the southern
portion of the property. It is
[14:54] controlled by a 12-in outlet pipe to
control releases. The facility will be
[14:59] unmanned and available for customers to
access 247 using a security keypad. A
[15:05] security fence surrounds the perimeter
of the property. The buildings are
[15:08] equipped with outdoor lighting and the
signage on the building does not exceed
[15:12] 6x6.
[15:16] The cup for this project was approved by
the planning board on 2224
[15:21] and ratified on 3212024.
The preliminary LSD for this project was
[15:27] approved by the planning board on 222
20224. Additionally, two conse
[15:33] consecutive 90-day extensions were
requested by the applicant before the
[15:38] preliminary LSD
8225
[15:42] deadline extending the final LSD project
expiration to 218 2022.
[15:48] A comprehensive walkthrough was
conducted on 723 2025 in the presence of
[15:54] the county planning staff, the property
owner, the project's engineer, and the
[15:59] county contracted engineer. It was
concluded that all grading, drainage and
[16:03] development inter of it in total
internal roads match the submittal final
[16:08] reports plans and all engineering
planning and zoning requirements are
[16:12] fulfilled
planning conditions.
[16:22] Okay. Thank you. Any questions of staff
from board members?
[16:30] Okay. Is the applicant or applicant's
representative here?
[16:38] » Hello, Clint. Civil engineering.
>> Um, okay. Any significant changes?
[16:44] Anything that we need to be aware of
that's on this project?
[16:47] » No, we've made all the updates to the
final plat.
[16:51] There's some changes during
construction, but we made those updates
[16:53] and they're included.
>> Okay. And your your client seen the list
[16:59] of of conditions good with the
conditions?
[17:01] » Yes.
>> Okay. Any questions of the applicant's
[17:05] representative from board members?
[17:10] » Okay. Appreciate it. Thank you. Is there
anybody in the public that would like to
[17:13] make public comment on this
final large scale development?
[17:21] Okay. Seeing none, I'll close it and
bring it back to the board.
[17:26] Make a motion to approve the Senora
oversized storage final LSD as
[17:30] presented.
>> Got a motion. Is there a second?
[17:34] » Second.
>> Got a motion and a second. All those in
[17:36] favor say I.
>> I.
[17:38] » Anybody opposed?
>> Okay, that's it for tonight's agenda. Uh
[17:43] other business, Sam, anything we need to
talk about?
[17:46] » March 26 is the next meeting and the
following one is April 30th and we're
[17:50] going to have um a quote court meeting
for an appeal. So, if you just give us a
[17:54] like few minutes until like we're ready
and you can always leave. You don't have
[17:58] any you have to do any action or any of
that.
[18:00] » Okay. Thank you very much.
>> Absolutely. Thank you very
[18:02] » I appreciate it. I'll entertain a motion
to adjurnn.
[18:05] » I move.
>> Second.
[18:07] » Got a motion in a second. All those in
favor say I. I.
[18:10] » Any opposed? Thank you.