JSDCJamestown (CSi) — Jamestown City Attorney Ken Dalsted says, based on his review of the JSDC’s bylaws and policies there is no straight-out prohibition of retail uses on property purchased by the JSDC for development.

JSDC attorney Joe Larson agrees.

The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. executive committee took no action Monday on a proposal to purchase some of the land near the property that could house a big box home improvement retail store.

Mayor Katie Andersen, proposed that the JSDC purchase about 43 acres of the 73-acre parcel of the Prairie Haven development for $5.6 million. The development is a project of R.H. Johnson Co. to bring a big box home improvement store such as a Lowes, Menards or Home Depot to Jamestown.

The JSDC would need to commit all of the funds it has, $5.97 million, to buy the property. The JSDC has most of those funds already committed to other projects, like the rail loop at the Spiritwood Energy Park.

Former JSDC Board member Jim Boyd said he would like to see the JSDC and city work together to build a four-lane roadway between Walmart and the Jamestown Regional Medical Center.