The City Commission began the process of annexing a 34 acre tract of land in south Salina at Monday's meeting.
The ordinance was presented in two parts by Zoning Administrator Dean Andrew.
The first part was to annex the tract of land. Currently, this piece of real estate is in Saline County, outside of City limits, and stretches from S Ohio to the Smoky Hill River.
A residence sits at the rear of this property, and the occupant will be able to keep his currently occupied part of the land.
In the middle is Knox Sandpit Lake.
While the area in question regards the front of the tract, a company out of St Louis, Missouri has stepped in wanting to build on this piece of land.
Dover Development is moving ahead with plans to build an assisted living and memory care facility on the land, called Cedarhurst of Salina Assisted Living Facility.
The motion for annexation into the City was passed 4-0. Commissioner Peck was not present.
The next step was to change the current zoning categories of the tract of land.
Future development, which is what the governing body sees the land best suited for in the near or distant future, calls for the zoning to be changed to allow not only for the development of Cedarhurst of Salina Assisted Living Facility as a care facility, but also to allow for the potential development around the proposed site.
Discussion included Cedarhurst of Salina further developing in phases within this land space, to include possible senior living townhouses.
The current zone for this piece of land is listed as Agriculture, and would obviously need to be changed.
Cedarhurst of Salina would sit on the front 8 acres, with 58 rooms available for assisted living, 22 memory care units, and 75 off-street parking spaces.
The motion to change zoning to allow for the development of Cedarhurst of Salina Assisted Living Facility, as well as any future development, passed 4-0.
Due to the type of ordinance this is, a second reading will need to be conducted at a later date, presumably next Monday.
