By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

An activity update from Clay Craft of Retail Strategies will be presented Thursday night during the Hays city commission work session.

“About a year ago, the city contracted with Retail Strategies, [Birmingham, Alabama,] to provide a retail recruitment and retention program for the city,” said Jacob Wood, assistant city manager.

“They’ll provide an update of what they’ve done the past year, the representation they’ve had for the city of Hays at national conferences, and some of the contacts that they’ve had with retailers.”

In other business, commissioners will hear details of a rezoning request for vacant property located at the southeast corner of 22nd and Wheatland Streets from Neighborhood Conservation District NC.3 to Commercial General District C-2.

The property is currently zoned to allow multi-family housing. “I believe the property owners are interested in putting in some kind of childcare/daycare facility on the property,” said Wood.

The rezoning request had already been approved by the Planning Commission.

Other agenda items include the annual report of the NCK Tech Big Creek Technical Training Center and the city commission rules of procedure review.

The complete Jan. 17 agenda is available here.

The work session starts at 6:30 p.m. in Hays City Hall, 1507 Main.