HomeMy Public PortalAbout2.5.2002 Agenda & MinutesAGENDA
PLANNING BOARD
Tuesday, February 5, 2002
6:30 PM, Town Barn
ITEM #1: Consideration of additions to the agenda and comments from the Chair.
ITEM #2: Committee Reports & updates
ITEM 93: Approval of minutes from January 22
ITEM #4: Recommendation to Town Board regarding request from Tri -star Development
to rezone approximately 30.8 acres from Agricultural -Residential to Multi -
Family.
ITEM #5: Discussion of revised water capacity study with Jim Klingler, Management
Intern (updated report attached)
ITEM #6: Discussion of projects for the next year.
ITEM #7: Membership issues
ITEM #8: Adjourn
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MINUTES
PLANNING BOARD
February 5, 2002
PRESENT: Ed Gill (Chair), Jim Boericke, Joel Brinkley, Cathy Carroll, David Daniel, Kelly Hopper,
Chris Quinn, Bryant Warren
PUBLIC: Ron Dorrestein, Ben Lloyd, Paul Newton, Mayor Joe Phelps, Jim Klingler, Eric Peterson,
Margaret Hauth
Gill called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM.
ITEM 43: Warren moved to approve the minutes with the exception of item 6, which was Town
Board only. Boericke seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #4: Hauth introduced the rezoning application from the public hearing. She said the applicants
have retained an attorney to help with the process and he is present to address the Board.
Dorrestein thanked the members for allowing him to speak. He said that there are many
outstanding technical issues surrounding the application that need to be addressed before a
decision could be fair to expect. He asked that the members allow the applicant the
complete the studies and re -submit the application. Hauth noted that if the application was
withdrawn or denied at this point, there would be a one-year wait before a new application
could be heard on this parcel. She said that if the members would allow additional
information to be submitted and a new hearing called at a later date, the waiting period
could be avoided. She said she has consulted with the Town Attorney on this matter and he
agreed that a delayed vote was acceptable, so long as a new hearing with new notice was
called. She added that it is possible that the ordinance would not accommodate the type of
facility being proposed. Hopper asked whether the expected new plans will be different
than what was at the hearing and Dorrestein said they would be different. Carroll said she
was concerned with the detail submitted and would feel more confident with more
information. Warren asked if Mr. Lloyd was agreeable with the delay. B Lloyd confirmed
he was in agreement. Boericke suggested that the issue needed to come back at the March
meeting for adequate discussion before a hearing.
MOTION: Boericke moved to defer a vote on the rezoning to allow improvements to the Zoning
Ordinance and application for a new hearing. Lloyd seconded. Carroll asked who would
be drafting the ordinance. Hauth said she and the Town Attorney would work with the
applicant, but the Town will be drafting the ordinance. Quinn indicated his general support
for the concept.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #5: Peterson provided some background on why the water capacity study was done and
introduced Klingler. Klinger walked the members through the report, starting with
assumptions about capacity and development build -out. He noted that the report is
conservative to insure the Town doesn't inadvertently put itself in a bad situation. He
noted that the second phase of the reservoir and plant expansions are likely needed to
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accommodate many of the development proposals the town has seen recently. Boericke
asked about development names in the tables and whether the report is truly up-to-date.
Klingler noted that November was the approximate cut-off for the study and that some
developments are referred to by old names if there isn't a current one. The members asked
various questions to get an understanding of the implications of the report.
ITEM #6: Hauth asked members to think about projects they wanted to see worked on during the
coming year. She said some work was pending on a number of definitions. Lloyd read
through a list of things she came up with: limiting tower locations, curb and gutter with
sidewalks, sidewalks on existing/adjacent streets, parking for uses -especially medical
offices, and definitions for civic center, art center, memorial wall, golf course/putt-putt.
Gill adjourned the meeting at 8:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Ma4aret A. Hauth, Secretary