Geary USD 475 plans expansion projects at  Westwood and Franklin Elementary Schools. The work was scheduled for this summer.

But a red flag has been raised at City Hall, calling for the school district to meet a requirement to submit a site plan for consideration on those projects.

David Yearout, Planning and Zoning Administrator noted that parking, bus loading, and bus stopoff sites are issues. “And the irony is, at the last city commission meeting in the commissioner comments it was raised that commissioners were getting complaints and concerns from parents and teachers….can we do something about the chaos around the schools with vehicles when we let kids out or get in the morning because they’re concerned that somebody is going to get hurt.” In remarks to the Metropolitan Planning Commission Thursday night Yearout added the City’s intention will be to address how the school district will handle those issues.

He has informed the MPC to be prepared for a special meeting so a recommendation can be submitted to the Junction City Commission before their June second meeting on proposed site plans for the school projects.

The requirement for the site plan approval is relatively new in Junction City. It was not included in the city regulations until 2013.