Planning Commission · Meeting · Oct 6, 2026

Tue, Oct 6, 2026

Reviews land-use requests, subdivision plats, and long-range growth plans for unincorporated areas of Hickman County.

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The Planning Commission reorganized its leadership, electing a new chair and vice-chair by acclamation, then approved a final plat request to split a **six-acre** commercially zoned tract at **10478 New Hope Road, Bonaqua** into **three parcels**. Discussion focused less on the subdivision mechanics than on future use and site constraints, especially traffic and sight-line concerns at the hill near the road frontage; the commission was told that any later commercial development would still have to return for site-plan review.

Other notable business was limited. There was no public comment, no old business, and no formal department reports. Staff did note upcoming planning training and reminded members that planning commissioners are expected to complete **four hours** of continuing education annually, with additional training to be scheduled before year-end.

## Call to Order

### Roll Call and Reorganization

-   The meeting was called to order, followed by roll call of members present.
-   The commission reorganized its officers for the new term.
-   A nomination was made for Dan McIntyre to serve as chair; no other nominations were advanced.
-   A motion to cease nominations and elect by acclamation was approved unanimously; Dan McIntyre became chair.
-   A nomination was made for Eddie Boone to serve as vice-chair; no other nominations were advanced.
-   A motion to cease nominations and elect by acclamation was approved; Eddie Boone became vice-chair.

## Approval of Minutes

-   The commission approved the minutes of the **June 2, 2026** meeting without recorded opposition.

## Approval of Agenda

-   The commission approved the agenda for the **October 6, 2026** meeting without recorded opposition.

## Public Comments

-   No one had signed up for public comment, so no public comments were heard.

## New Business / Agenda Items

### Final plat request: 10478 New Hope Road, Bonaqua

-   Request from Mark Hoppedick for Traceland Development for final plat review of property at **10478 New Hope Road** in **Bonaqua**, zoned **C-1 General Commercial District**.
-   The request concerned a **six-acre** parcel proposed to be divided into **three** separate lots.
-   It was stated that the tract had already been tested and approved for soils/septic requirements through the state process.
-   Discussion emphasized that the property would remain commercially zoned after subdivision.
-   The applicant explanation was that, without sewer service, the full **six acres** was harder to market for smaller commercial users; prospective users had reportedly shown interest in parcels closer to **two acres** rather than the full tract.
-   Members raised concern that the location near the hill and road frontage could be poor for higher-traffic commercial uses, suggesting future development there could create access or safety issues.
-   Staff clarified that the action before the commission was only approval of the subdivision itself, not approval of a specific end use or site design.
-   Staff further explained that any later commercial project on the parcels—such as office, veterinary, dog boarding, or similar uses discussed informally—would still have to return to the Planning Commission for site-plan review.
-   That clarification addressed member concerns by confirming that traffic, emergency access, and operational issues could be reviewed later when a specific development proposal is submitted.
-   A motion to approve the final plat was made and seconded.
-   The motion passed on roll call, with affirmative votes recorded from Jeff Church, Tony Taylor, Tommy Capps, Ethan Hudgins, Eddie Boone, Dan McIntyre, Jason Carter, Jim Tanner, and Andy Maddox; no opposing vote was recorded.

## Department / Official Reports

### Planner report

-   The planner reported plans to attend the **TAPA** state planning conference beginning **October 12**.
-   Members were told that training information would be brought back from that conference.
-   The planner said another training session is being planned before the end of the year, potentially as a regional session or, if needed, during a regular meeting.
-   The stated purpose was to help newer members satisfy the required **four hours** of annual continuing education for planning commissioners.

## Key figures and statistics

| Figure | Type | Context / topic |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **June 2, 2026** | Date | Prior meeting minutes approved |
| **October 6, 2026** | Date | Current meeting agenda approved |
| **10478** | Address number | Property location for final plat request on New Hope Road |
| **6 acres** | Acreage | Size of the commercially zoned tract proposed for subdivision |
| **3** | Parcel count | Number of lots requested in the final plat split |
| **2 acres** | Acreage | Approximate parcel size said to be more marketable to interested commercial users |
| **October 12** | Date | Start of the state planning conference mentioned in planner report |
| **4 hours** | Time requirement | Annual continuing education expected for planning commissioners |
| **9** | Vote count | Number of affirmative roll-call votes on the final plat approval |

## External vendors, brands, and software

| Name | Type | Context / topic |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Traceland Development** | Company | Applicant/development entity for the final plat request |
| **TAPA** | Company | State planning conference referenced in planner report |

## Personnel changes

| Name | Role / office | Change | Context / topic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Dan McIntyre** | Planning Commission Chair | Appointed | Elected chair by acclamation during commission reorganization |
| **Eddie Boone** | Planning Commission Vice-Chair | Appointed | Elected vice-chair during commission reorganization |

## Laws and policies

| Citation / name | Level | Type | Context / topic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **C-1 General Commercial District** | County | Code | Zoning classification of the New Hope Road property under review |
| **four hours of continuing education a year** | County | Policy | Training expectation described for planning commissioners |

This outline was generated by an LLM from a transcript and may contain errors or inaccuracies. Prefer the original recording when available.

The Planning Commission reorganized its leadership, electing a new chair and vice-chair by acclamation, then approved a final plat request to split a six-acre commercially zoned tract at 10478 New Hope Road, Bonaqua into three parcels. Discussion focused less on the subdivision mechanics than on future use and site constraints, especially traffic and sight-line concerns at the hill near the road frontage; the commission was told that any later commercial development would still have to return for site-plan review.

Other notable business was limited. There was no public comment, no old business, and no formal department reports. Staff did note upcoming planning training and reminded members that planning commissioners are expected to complete four hours of continuing education annually, with additional training to be scheduled before year-end.

Call to Order

Roll Call and Reorganization

The meeting was called to order, followed by roll call of members present.
The commission reorganized its officers for the new term.
A nomination was made for Dan McIntyre to serve as chair; no other nominations were advanced.
A motion to cease nominations and elect by acclamation was approved unanimously; Dan McIntyre became chair.
A nomination was made for Eddie Boone to serve as vice-chair; no other nominations were advanced.
A motion to cease nominations and elect by acclamation was approved; Eddie Boone became vice-chair.

Approval of Minutes

The commission approved the minutes of the June 2, 2026 meeting without recorded opposition.

Approval of Agenda

The commission approved the agenda for the October 6, 2026 meeting without recorded opposition.

Public Comments

No one had signed up for public comment, so no public comments were heard.

New Business / Agenda Items

Final plat request: 10478 New Hope Road, Bonaqua

Request from Mark Hoppedick for Traceland Development for final plat review of property at 10478 New Hope Road in Bonaqua, zoned C-1 General Commercial District.
The request concerned a six-acre parcel proposed to be divided into three separate lots.
It was stated that the tract had already been tested and approved for soils/septic requirements through the state process.
Discussion emphasized that the property would remain commercially zoned after subdivision.
The applicant explanation was that, without sewer service, the full six acres was harder to market for smaller commercial users; prospective users had reportedly shown interest in parcels closer to two acres rather than the full tract.
Members raised concern that the location near the hill and road frontage could be poor for higher-traffic commercial uses, suggesting future development there could create access or safety issues.
Staff clarified that the action before the commission was only approval of the subdivision itself, not approval of a specific end use or site design.
Staff further explained that any later commercial project on the parcels—such as office, veterinary, dog boarding, or similar uses discussed informally—would still have to return to the Planning Commission for site-plan review.
That clarification addressed member concerns by confirming that traffic, emergency access, and operational issues could be reviewed later when a specific development proposal is submitted.
A motion to approve the final plat was made and seconded.
The motion passed on roll call, with affirmative votes recorded from Jeff Church, Tony Taylor, Tommy Capps, Ethan Hudgins, Eddie Boone, Dan McIntyre, Jason Carter, Jim Tanner, and Andy Maddox; no opposing vote was recorded.

Department / Official Reports

Planner report

The planner reported plans to attend the TAPA state planning conference beginning October 12.
Members were told that training information would be brought back from that conference.
The planner said another training session is being planned before the end of the year, potentially as a regional session or, if needed, during a regular meeting.
The stated purpose was to help newer members satisfy the required four hours of annual continuing education for planning commissioners.

Key figures and statistics

Figure	Type	Context / topic
June 2, 2026	Date	Prior meeting minutes approved
October 6, 2026	Date	Current meeting agenda approved
10478	Address number	Property location for final plat request on New Hope Road
6 acres	Acreage	Size of the commercially zoned tract proposed for subdivision
3	Parcel count	Number of lots requested in the final plat split
2 acres	Acreage	Approximate parcel size said to be more marketable to interested commercial users
October 12	Date	Start of the state planning conference mentioned in planner report
4 hours	Time requirement	Annual continuing education expected for planning commissioners
9	Vote count	Number of affirmative roll-call votes on the final plat approval

External vendors, brands, and software

Name	Type	Context / topic
Traceland Development	Company	Applicant/development entity for the final plat request
TAPA	Company	State planning conference referenced in planner report

Personnel changes

Name	Role / office	Change	Context / topic
Dan McIntyre	Planning Commission Chair	Appointed	Elected chair by acclamation during commission reorganization
Eddie Boone	Planning Commission Vice-Chair	Appointed	Elected vice-chair during commission reorganization

Laws and policies

Citation / name	Level	Type	Context / topic
C-1 General Commercial District	County	Code	Zoning classification of the New Hope Road property under review
four hours of continuing education a year	County	Policy	Training expectation described for planning commissioners

Chair and Vice-Chair. I'm a deep Mexican singer. Thank you. Yeah. She just rode around town. She ain't never really gone. She didn't have no mom. No. Yeah, yeah. How much did it have? About $50,000. Not bad. About a month ago I bought a 2018 Silverado. If anybody's here for public comment, here's the sign up for you. It's a little old man. But I saw the little old man. He's 95. He dropped out for a new big time present. And he hasn't done a dime in the last two years because his mind is slipping way back. And now he's dying back into a mailbox. He's spotless, spotless. It's a takeaway. It's easy to scratch it straight out the gate. Yeah, just get it over with. No, he'll just punch a tomtail out of it. That's going to cost him. He is not going to make it. He's not here. He won't be. I think he's out of all the meetings. I don't know why she bought it for somebody that old, but he's got one of those six foot sandals. One thing that bothers me is it's got the where you're going eight cylinder. He just slips down the phone. He seems to be doing fine right now, but they say sometimes they have problems with torque converters. Yeah. They get that where you can delete it. Yeah, you can delete it. You can delete it through a chip. It can't really delete it. It helps torque converter. I've deleted a bunch of them. This thing's got four cameras on it. Does it do the up top where you can see it? I don't know. I haven't figured it out yet. One of my cameras don't work. I can't figure out how to get a front camera. I'm not going to worry about that. Let's call somebody. Before the good old days to call her I need. Okay, let's call this meeting to order please. Sir. Lil Mayberry. Jeff Church. Here. Tony Taylor. Here. Tommy Capps. Here. Ethan Hutchins. Here. Eddie Boone. Present. Dan McIntyre. Here. Jason Carter. Here. Karen Graves. Here. Jim Tanner. Here. And Andy Maddox. Here. All right. Election. So, Mr. Mayor. So, I thought this would take a nomination. Go ahead. Who is it? The Vice Chair is Mr. Carter. The previous chair was Claude. I'm done. Andy? No, I can't. Okay. For chair? Sure. Well, I'll nominate Dan then. Second. Either one. Choose one. It might have been unanimous. Do we have any other nominations? I'll make a motion for nominations to cease in the name of acclamation. Motion for nominations to cease. Second. Any discussion on that? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Unanimous. Thank you. All the vice chair, do we have any nominations? I'll make a motion for Mr. Boone. We have a nomination for Mr. Boone. Second. I'll second. Any other nominations? I'll make a motion for nominations to cease in the name of acclamation. We have a second. Second. All those in favor of Mr. Boone being vice chair say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Aye. Mr. McIntosh, your meeting. Well, since I'm new to the planning commission, I'm maybe a little rusty with this, but I've got the agenda and so do we normally start with a pledge or a prayer or anything like that or we just go into it? Okay. So I guess let's have we done the roll call? Okay. And we did the election. We're on approval of minutes from the June 2nd 2026 meeting. I'll entertain a motion to approve the minutes. Approve. Second. So we've got a motion and a second. All in favor of approving the minutes of June 2nd, say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Okay, no opposed. Thank you. That passes. And we've got the agenda for today's meeting, October 6th and we need a motion to approve the agenda. Can I get a motion? I'll make a motion to approve. Okay, Eddie. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Okay, no opposition. Agenda's approved. We have the public comment period. There's no names. No names? Okay. We won't have anything there. And then old business, there's no old business that I'm aware of and new business is a request by Mark Hoppedick for Traceland development for a final plot review of property located at 10478 New Hope Road in Bonaqua. Property is zoned C1 General Commercial District. So is there anyone to kind of summarize what we're looking at here or have we already? Do you need me to say something? Yes, please. It's just that it is a six acre parcel and it's been tested and approved for all the soils but just wanted to split it into three different parcels. But it's zoned commercial? And you're going to retain the commercial zoning is what you want? Yes. It's got tons of red frontage. It's over there where they're doing that storage facility. Oh, I see. I'm trying to split it. You know, that new storage. We approved the storage facility. Okay. So again, do we normally have any discussion? Okay. Is there a reason why you're willing to split it up into three tracks? You know, so I think if they were going to do something, right now there's no sewer, right? So having a six acre track it's like it calls for something bigger. And so we've been approached by a few different people that are only just looking for two acres. So we're like, oh. You know, it's like the additional four acres just goes away. But it seems like it's such a there's just such a need for a commercial of a higher 100. We just don't want to. That's actually a really bad location right here. When you pull it out into the hill, that's a really bad location. So I mean, that's what I'm just trying to think. You know, if you did something commercial with a lot of traffic, now you go to hell. Yeah. I mean, it could be an office space. It could be, you know, I think originally the plan was for there to be a spot for a veterinarian. Like they were going to do something with dogs. A dog training facility or a dog boarding facility. But yeah. You know, we've been approached by a few different people and they're like, it's already done. I just said pretty narrow. I wouldn't say anything. There's nothing that says we can't. And anything, any subsequent development would have to come back to the Planning Commission for site plan approval. So any any dog clinic or whatnot would would come in for development for you all to review. So we could take up traffic concerns and emergency operation concerns. That's correct. So really all we're proving tonight would be that they could subdivide it. Yes, sir. That's correct. But nothing else. Everything else is still yet to come. Yes, sir. I'm sure I understand that correctly. And then would you plan... And Mr. Papadakis dotted his eyes across the stage as far as what he needs to do for y'all, right? And is it something where you've already done the perp testing or whatever it is? Yes. All those are on the sheet that you have. Run by the state and approved. Yeah. Yeah. There. Where is it on there? I guess you can't really see it, but it's a copy of it. Oh, I see. All right. Okay. Any other discussion? I'll make a motion. I'll second. Okay. Got a motion to approve. Second. All in favor? Roll call. Oh, roll call. Brooke, can you do the roll? Yes, sir. Jett Church? Yes. Tommy Taylor? Yes. Tommy Cacks? Yes. Ethan Hudgins? Yes. Eddie Boone? Yes. Dan Mecklenburg? Yes. Jason Carter? Yes. Jim Tanner? Yes. Andy Maddox? Yes. Okay. Any opposed? All right. Motion passed. Great. So, that, I think, concludes our new business and we've got our chairperson, director, and planner reports and indicates none. Amanda, do you have any nothing? I'll be going to TAPA, which is the state planning conference in, gosh, I guess it's just about a week now, October 12th. That is, that's on Monday. Oh, my goodness. In about a week. I knew that, in about a week. So, I'll have lots of good information to bring back for you all. 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