planning and community development

Longtime resident Kristi Gross becomes city planning director

Oct 16, 2024

“I love planning, and now I get to do what I love in the city I love,” said Kristi Gross, Lake City’s new Planning and Community Development director. Gross, who’s lived in Lake City for 20 years, fills the position vacated by Megan Smith in July. Her first day at the city was Sept. 30. Gross...

City administrator to fill planning role while city seeks a news planning director

Aug 7, 2024

The vacancy created by the departure of Lake City Planning and Community Development Director Megan Smith is being filled temporarily by her predecessor in the role. On Monday the city council unanimously included additional compensation of roughly $1,500 every two-week pay period for City...

Smith leaves city planning department after 18 years

Jul 17, 2024

After more than 18 years, Megan Smith is leaving the City of Lake City Planning Department. Smith submitted her resignation June 11 effective July 11. She came to Lake City as assistant city planner in 2006. In 2017, she became city planning and community development director. Since then the...

Planning department’s 2022 annual report shows fewer new homes than in 2021

Mar 22, 2023

The City of Lake City had fewer home starts in 2022 than in 2021 as a city initiative to get single-family homes built in Eagle Vista Estates winds down. Homebuilding elsewhere in the city remained steady year-over-year. The annual report from the city’s Planning and Community Development...

Megan Smith speaks at Rotary Club meeting

May 11, 2022

Lake City City Planning and Community Development Director Megan Smith was the guest speaker at Lake City Rotary Club May 9. “She spoke about all the many things that are happening in our community,” the club said in a news release. Pictured are Smith (left) and Rotary Club member Steve Lang. The...

Permit numbers spiked, but their values decreased in 2019

Jan 9, 2020

Home construction is down from a peak a few years ago, but flat fee permits have nearly doubled from a year ago. Those are two of the data points from the Lake City Planning and Community Development Department’s annual report, which was on the agenda for the city’s planning commission Tuesday...

Lake City comprehensive plan refreshed

Nov 21, 2018

On Nov. 13, the Lake City City Council approved an update to the city’s comprehensive plan. The 43-page document is the first comprehensive plan update since 2012 and represents years of off-and-on work by the city planning commission. Comprehensive plans are required for metro area cities, but...