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Home My Public Portal AboutPCM 2008-05-28FRASER PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES DATE: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 MEETING: Planning Commission Regular Meeting PLACE: Town Hall Board Room PRESENT Commission: Commissioners: Chair-Steve Sumrall, Mayor Fran Cook, Vesta Shapiro, Peggy Smith, Katie Soles, Eric Hoyhtya and Phillip Naill. Staff: Town Planner Catherine Trotter, Town Clerk Lu Berger and Public Works Director Allen Nordin Others: None Chairperson Sumrall called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. 1. Roll Call 2. Approval of April 23, 2008 meeting minutes. Comm. Smith moved, and Comm. Soles seconded the motion to approve the minutes. Commissioner Hoyhtya abstained. Motion carried: 6-0. 3. Onen Forum a) KC Lukow- asked the Town to consider looking at offsite snow storage where individuals can take their snow. Chairperson Sumrall will take the recommendation to the Board. 4. Utility Presentation- Ken Jordon (Qwest), Todd Clausen & Jean Johnson (Mountain Parks Electric) addressed the Planning Commission on the issues they are seeing in new developments. A handout was included in the Commissioners packet. Utility setbacks have not changed, what's changing is the new subdivisions do not have the traditional setbacks. Todd and Jean outlined the requirements needed for their easements to allow the companies to work on their lines if needed. Separation of the utilities is needed to ensure the safety of the workers, and to allow anyone working on a line to access their line without disturbing other lines. 5. Public Hearings/Action Items a. Development Permit- Mo Henry's Trout Shop Temporary location at the Emery Rocky Mountain Moonshine location Comm. Shapiro moved and Mayor Cook seconded the motion to open the Public Hearing on the Development Permit- Mo Henry's Trout Shop Temporary location at the Emery Rocky Mountain Moonshine location. Motion Carried: 7-O. TP Trotter gave proof of publication and receipts of certified letters sent to adjacent property owners. Any change of use in the Business district requires a development permit. The project was outlined for the Commission. Town Engineer Jim Swanson's recommendations were explained to the Commissioner's. Mo and Hank Kerwin addressed the Commission on their desire to remain in the FYaser area. The owner of the property has expressed a desire to develop his property to include more retail space. Mo Henry's long term goal is to remain in this area when the area has been developed. They are requesting the Commission allow their temporary structure to remain on the property for a year. The Commission would look at extending the length of time for the temporary structure if the property owner had begun the development process for the property. Comm. Shapiro moved and Mayor Cook seconded the motion to close the Public Hearing on the Development Permit- Mo Henry's Trout Shop Temporary location at the Emery Rocky Mountain Moonshine location. Motion Carried: 7-O. Comm. Soles moved and Mayor seconded the motion to recommend approval of the Development Permit- Mo Henry's Trout Shop Temporary location at the Emery Rocky Mountain Moonshine location with the following conditions. 1. Grading and parking shall be done per Jim Swanson's memo dated May 17, 2008 and updated May 21, 2008. 2. Development Permit shall expire at the end of June 2009 unless the applicant for an extension is approved. Motion Carried: 7-0. b. Preliminary Plat-Victoria Village A Resubdivision of a portion of Victoria Village Comm. Shapiro moved and Comm. Hoyhtya seconded the motion to open the Public Hearing on the Preliminary Plat-Victoria Village A Resubdivision of a portion of Victoria Village. Motion Carried: 7-O. TP Trotter gave proof of publication and return receipts for all the adjacent property owners' notification. Preliminary plats and recommendations from the Town Engineer were included iri the packet. TP Trotter outlined the project for the Commissioners. Some issues of concern are open space numbers and parking requirements. Some of the existing easements may need to be vacated. Wetland mitigation will begin with approval from the Town. The Commission expressed concern on the lack of covered/underground parking for residents and patrons. Dave Jacobsen, representative of the property owner answered questions from the Commission. Andy Anderberg- an owner at Sun River Condos, property adjacent to the proposed development addressed the Commission. He is iri favor of this proposed development. He has concerns on the access from Park Avenue, ýÿ congestion is already an issue on this street. Snow removal/storage is also a concern. The property is currently being used for snow storage by adjacent property owners and the Town. KC Lukow feels a stop light at the Park Avenue and Highway 40 should be looked into. Ross Lamberson, of Cascade Engineering addressed the question on the traffic signal. A traffic study was done; it is assumed CDOT will not allow access from Hwy 40. The traffic study did not find a need for s stoplight at this location. Sue Poet- owner of a Sun River condominium had a concern about drainage. There is currently a problem with water pooling next to their building. She feels run off from parking lots will exacerbate the issue. Retaining their view corridors are of concern. 1~vo stories from grade are allowed in the business district. Chairperson Sumrall- drainage will be addressed by possible detention ponds. Drainage will remain at historic levels after development. CLOMOR will allow FEMA to accurately map the flood plain. Brown & Caldwell, our water engineers are in the process of running the water model on this area. We have not received a report at this time. Comm. Hoyhtya moved and Comm. Smith seconded the motion to close the Public Hearing the Preliminary Plat-Victoria Village A Resubdivision of a portion of Victoria Village 2. Motion Carried: -O Mayor Cook moved, and Comm. Naill seconded the motion to recommend approval of the Preliminary Plat-Victoria Village A Resubdivision of a portion of Victoria Village with the following conditions: 1. All items to be addressed per Jim Swanson's review memo dated 5-11- 08; updated 5-21-08 and review memo dated 5-26-08 and all documents to be approved by the Town Engineer. 2. All items to be addressed per Town of Fraser memo dated 5-22-08. 3. All documents to be approved by the Town Attorney. 4. Completion of water analysis by Brown & Caldwell. 5. Traffic concerns on Park Avenue be addressed. 6. Show adjacent buildings on site plan. Motion carried: ?-O. Break- 8:35- 8:40 6. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding a) None 7. Staff Choice TP Trotter- Clarification on Grand Valley Flooring Open House 3-7 p.m. Grand Mountain Bank- requesting a change of the property line on Clayton property. Public Hearing is required. Rec Center Development Permit coming to the Commission. A Public Hearing is required. ýÿ Scotty Brent was Chairperson Pro-Tem- we will need to nominate someone next time. Town Clerk Lu Berger- nothing. PW Director Allen Nordin- Nothing 8. Commissioners' Choice Chair Sumrall: Nothing Mayor Cook: Nothing Comm. Smith: Nothing Comm. Shapiro: Where doe Grand Park want to put the community entrance sign? Comm. Naill: Nothing Comm. Soles: Grand Park, do they have to move gas tanks because they were to close to the power lines? No definitive answer, there are challenges with Mountain Parks Electric at this time. Comm. Hoyhtya: Bank property, wants a fence between the adjacent property and the bank. Comm. Shapiro moved, and Comm. Hoyhtya seconded the motion to adjourn. Motion carried: 7-O. Meeting adjourned at ,853 p.m. Lu`~Berger, Town~Clerk PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SIGN IN SHEET NAME / HOME ADDRESS / REPRESENTING OR AREA OF INTEREST c, ~' J/ ~ J / ' ~ / '~/ Z ~ ' ; =~ d "~ ICI,{ ~~ ~~--~~/r'l ,f/ ~' _ ,- ~ /~ v ,~ - . ,~ ~~ ~, ~~I ~a~c~"~ ~Yl ~ ~ =L Qrw.~.v ~ -~~ ~..4,n THANK YOU! ýÿ