Board of Adjustment - December 16, 2025 Minutes
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Adjustment of the City of Fargo, North Dakota, was held in the Commission Chambers at City Hall at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
The Members present or absent were as follows:
Present: Deb Wendel-Daub, Michael Love, Michael Orth, Marcia Pulczinski, John Gunkelman (alternate)
Absent: Matthew Boreen
Chair Love called the meeting to order.
Item 1: Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting of September 23, 2025
Member Wendel-Daub moved the minutes of the September 23, 2025 Board of Adjustment meeting be approved. Second by Member Orth. All Members present voted aye and the motion was declared carried.
Item 2: New Business
a. Appeal of Administrative Decision - 3900 Great Plains Drive
Appellant claims staff erred in its determination to not schedule a proceeding for the original Appeal of an Administrative Decision application from Korey Kallstrom with Horizon Holdings LLP, filed November 6, 2025 basing the determination that the appellant is not an authorized party to appeal the permits granted.
Chair Love disclosed his employer, Houston Engineering, prepared easement documents for the property in the past, but that he wasn’t a part of them and he has no conflict of interest for this application.
Planning and Development Director Nicole Crutchfield, provided an overview of the appeal, the history, timeline, and background of the application.
Appellant Korey Kallstrom, Horizon Holdings, LLP, spoke on behalf of the appeal and provided the Board with handouts of Section 20-0916 of the Land Development Code, a layout of the property lines, and overview of his appeal.
Discussion was held on timeliness of the appeal.
City Attorney Ian McLean, spoke on behalf of the City Attorney’s office and processes.
Discussion continued on processes, the appeal timeline, and the issued demolition permit.
Inspections Director Shawn Ouradnik spoke on behalf of the Inspections Department.
Further discussion was held on easements, land ownership, and platting process.
Ms. Crutchfield spoke on the Land Development Code.
Further discussion was held on buildable and platted lots, easements, ownership, lot lines, and civil disagreements.
Appellant representative Patrick Vesey, Horizon Holdings, LLP, spoke on behalf of the appeal.
At 10:04 a.m., the Board took a five-minute recess.
After recess: All members present.
Chair Love presiding.
Discussion continued on ownership, the appeal process for building permits, and lot lines and setbacks.
Building Permit Holder, Robert Smith, Microsoft, spoke in favor of staff’s position.
Member Love moved the findings of staff be accepted and to affirm staff’s decision to not schedule a proceeding at the Board of Adjustment for consideration of the original application due to the fact that the appellant does not have standing and also because the application was untimely under Fargo Municipal Code Chapter 20-09 to appeal the issued permits as requested. Second by Member Wendel-Daub. Upon call of the roll Members Wendel-Daub, Gunkelman, Pulczinski, Orth, and Love voted aye and the motion was declared carried.
Item 3: Other Business
No other business was presented.
Item 4: Adjournment: January 27, 2026
Member Pulczinski moved to adjourn the meeting at 10:31 a.m. Second by Member Orth. All Members present voted aye and the motion was declared carried.