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HomeMy Public PortalAboutPlanning Commission Minutes 04-12-2023Mintum Planning Commission April 12, 2023 Page 1 of4 Planning Commission Official Minutes Wednesday April 12, 2023 — 6:30 PM Minturn Town Hall / Council Chambers 302 Pine St Minturn, CO The agenda is subject to change, including the addition of items 24 hours in advance or the deletion of items at any time. The order and times of agenda items listed are approximate. This agenda and meetings can be viewed at www.minturn.org. MEETING ACCESS INFORMATION AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION This will be an in -person meeting with access for the public to attend in person or via the Zoom link included. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/1/83450478497 Zoom Call -In Information: 1 651 372 8299 or 1 301 715 8592 Webinar ID: 834 5047 8497 Please note: all virtual participants are muted. In order to be called upon and be unmuted, you will need to use the "raise hand" feature in the Zoom platfonn. When it's your turn to speak, the moderator will unmute your line and you will have five (5) minutes for public comment. PUBLIC COMMENTS: If you are unable to attend, public comments regarding any items on the agenda can be submitted to Madison Harris, Planner I, prior to the meeting and will be included as part of the record. 1. CALL TO ORDER — 6:30 PM Lynn Teach called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. 2. ROLL CALL & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Thos present at roll call: Planning Commission Chair Lynn Teach and Planning Commission Members Amanda Mire, Sage Pierson, Tom Priest, and Jeff Armistead. Staff Member Present: Planner I Madison Harris. Note: Michael Boyd is excused absent. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3.1 March 22, 2023 Motion by Tom P., second by Sage P., to approve the minutes of March 22, 2023 as presented. Motion passed 5-0. Note: Michael B. is excused absent. 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Opportunity for amendment or deletions to the agenda. Madison H. requested that agenda item 7.1 Planning Commissioner Training be continued to the next meeting. Motion by Jeff A., second by Sage P., to approve the agenda as amended. Motion passed 5-0. Note: Michael B. is excused absent. Minturn Planning Commission April 12, 2023 Page 2 of 4 5. DECLARATION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST No conflicts of interest. 6. PUBLIC COMMENT Citizens are invited to comment on any item not on the regular Agenda subject to a public hearing. Please limit your comments to five (5) minutes per person unless arrangements have been made for a presentation with the Town Planner. Those who are speaking are requested to state their name and address for the record. No public comment. 7. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 8. DESIGN REVIEW AND LAND USE PUBLIC HEARINGS 8.1 Appointment of the Planning Chair Madison H. introduced the topic. The Planning Commission is established in Section 7.4 of the Town's Home Rule Charter and in Sec. 16-21-40 of the Minturn Municipal Code. It is composed of five members plus one alternate. The Planning Commission shall elect its Chair from among the members. The term of the Chair shall be for one year, with eligibility for reelection. The duties of the Chair are to adopt rules for transaction of business and keep a record of the Planning Commission's resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations. The duties of the Planning Commission are to serve and assist the Council in providing for the orderly development of the Town of Minturn. Anyone on the Planning Commission can nominate either themselves or another person on the Commission. We will then take a verbal vote. A majority vote will establish who fills the position of the Planning Commission Chair. Although Michael B. could not attend tonight's meeting, he did provide the following comments. "To all my fellow commissioners I apologize I cannot attend tonight's meeting because it's my actual Birthday and I am out to dinner with my Wife. If I were present without any doubt I would make a motion to reappoint Lynn Teach as planning commission chair. She is kind, thorough, she participates on multiple committees and does her research. Some things we all might not agree on and that's ok, but hopefully we agree on this." Motion by Jeff A., second by Sage P., to appoint Lynn Teach to be the Planning Commission Chair. Motion passed 5-0. Note: Michael B. is excused absent. 8.2 Ordinance TBD — Series 2023 amending Section 16-16-130 Snow Storage Requirements of the Minturn Municipal Code Madison H. introduced the ordinance. The proposed ordinance contains amendments to Section 16-16-130 - Snow storage, of the Minturn Municipal Code. Briefly, the following amendments are proposed: Minturn Planning Commission April 12, 2023 Page 3 of 4 1. Updating the amount of area, expressed in square feet, of a property, from five (5%) percent of the area dedicated to parking and loading on the parcel to five (5%) percent of the total land area of the parcel in question. 2. Updating the requirements for the location and accessibility of proposed snow storage areas on a property to ensure and require that such areas are functionally accessible and in proximity to the areas of impervious parking and/or loading areas on the parcel in question. This amendment is being proposed in response to concerns raised by the Planning Commission and by the Town of Minturn Public works over several years during and after the review and approval of numerous new residential developments or redevelopments in different areas of the Town, where the locations and areas of proposed snow storage, while compliant with the Town's minimum 5% requirement (of parking and loading areas including driveway areas), were questioned due to the proposed snow storage area accessibility and/or or size relative to the size of impervious surfaces and the amount of snow received in the Town of Minturn on an average annual basis. Amanda M. asked for clarification why we do not count heated driveways. • Madison H. stated that it is because we cannot make people turn on their heated driveways and thus they still have to provide snow storage. Public comment opened. No public comment. Public comment closed. Motion by Jeff A., second by Tom P., to forward a recommendation of approval to the Town Council of Ordinance TBD — Series 2023 amending Section 16-16-130 Snow Storage Requirements of the Minturn Municipal Code. Motion passed 5-0. Note: Michael B. is excused absent. 9. DISCUSSION / DIRECTION 9.1 2023 Community Plan Review — Chapter 3 • Action 3.1.3: No comment • Action 3.1.4: No comment • Action 3.2.2: Goes in hand with Action 3.3.2 in connecting different areas of Town • Action 3.3.2: Tom P. says that we need to find the solutions out there to impress the importance upon UP to allow us some form of pedestrian access as Hwy 24 is not a safe corridor for pedestrians especially in the winter. • Objective 3.6: Already discussed in Chapter 1 • Objective 3.7: Need to continue actively pursuing connection to South Town. 10. STAFF REPORTS 11. PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS Minturn Planning Commission April 12, 2023 Page 4 of 4 Amanda Mire introduced herself. A Colorado native who moved up here in 2001, and a resident of Minturn since 2016. She volunteers in the background quite a bit, and felt like it was time to volunteer more seriously. Sage P. thinks we need to focus on the water situation and encourages Planning Commission to attend the Town Council Meeting. 12. FUTURE MEETINGS 12.1 April 26, 2023 12.1.1 Jeff A., Amanda M., and Tom P. will be attending via zoom 12.2 May 10, 2023 13. ADJOURN Motion by Tom P., second by Jeff A., to adjourn the regular meeting of April 12, 2023 at 6:58 pm. Motion passed 5-0. Note: Michael B. is absent. L t n Teach, Commission Chair ATTEST: Scot Hunn, Planning Director