PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING

MINUTES OF MEETING OCTOBER 16, 2006

 

CALL TO ORDER:

 

Chairman called the meeting to order at 7:02.

 

PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

Alan Seymour, Pete Griffin, John Cunningham, Don Bergwall, Patrick Soller.  Ken Kraus and Roger Yoder – absent.

 

Mr. Cunningham welcomed Mr. Soller to the planning commission.

 

OTHERS PRESENT:

Vic Steinfels, Dennis Schulze

 

CITIZEN COMMENTS

 

Mr. Steinfels welcomed the new planning member also.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

 

Mr. Steinfels stated at the last meeting Mr. Kraus stated in the motion that if we did not have everything together for this meeting we would automatically be tabled until the November 6th meeting.  He stated with the financing, last time we told you there were 4 banks and now the 4th one has pulled out.  What we have done is modified the phasing and the plat from 42 lots in phase one to 20 lots.  What this does is reduces the amount we need for the bonding.  This helps because we may now not need the 4th bank.  He stated if this happens, then we will proceed and close with the land seller yet this month.  Once we close we have the financing in place and are ready to move forward. 

 

Mr. Dennis Schulze stated this is a leap of faith of the developer by closing on this land before the final plat is approved.  If for some reason they close and the final plat doesn’t get approved then they are stuck with agricultural land.  We haven’t seen any signs that it won’t go through but just wanted to make you aware of the situation. 

 

Mr. Bergwall stated if you are changing the phasing, we would need to have a drawing showing the new phasing and what the timing might be for the various phases.  Mr. Steinfels stated CEC already provided these drawings to the administration.  Mr. Bergwall stated Mrs. Penhorwood stated in the e-mail she sent us that the drawings have not been delivered.

 

Mr. Cunningham stated the developer needs to check with Mrs. Penhorwood and make sure she has the drawings so they can get to us before the November meeting.  He stated this item is automatically tabled until the November 6th meeting.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Mr. Cunningham stated on the agenda are items which Mr. Kraus was researching, however he is out of town.

 

DISCUSSION ITEMS:

 

Mr. Cunningham stated Mr. Yoder made a comment regarding researching outdoor display areas and Mrs. Penhorwood has provided some information for us. 

 

Mr. Cunningham stated there is also a map in front of us which shows a future medical office site off of Mill Wood Blvd.  On the opposite side of the street are single family residences which are zoned B-R.  We need to take a look at this and see if this is appropriate zoning for these homes. 

 

Mr. Bergwall stated we probably would not have picked this zoning if we knew there were going to be homes there from the beginning.  However, when you look at what is going to happen along SR 31 with the church behind these homes and a future medical office across the street, someday that property may best be a strip of offices. 

 

Mr. Soller stated this falls within the Woods of Mill Valley section which is R-2 now.  The difficulty with this entrance is there is a boulevard divider.  The questions the homeowners had for the medical offices was where is the entrance going to be because you can’t come south off SR 31 onto Mill Wood Blvd. and turn left because of the divider. 

 

Mr. Seymour stated if we chose to rezone it, he stated maybe neighborhood commercial would be the appropriate zoning. 

 

Mr. Cunningham stated this is something for the commission to look into further.

 

Mr. Bergwall stated when the new McDonald’s opened, he happened to be there and talked to the owner of the property.  He stated the property made the comment that they noticed a problem with traffic flow out there because all they could do off of SR 31 is a right in.  There is no out onto SR 31. 

 

Mr. Cunningham asked Mrs. Penhorwood to check and see if the first lot on the north side of Mill Wood Blvd. is a reserve or a salable lot.  He stated they will bring this back at the regular meeting under general issues. 

 

INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER COMMENTS:

 

Alan Seymour -None

Ken Kraus- Absent

Don Bergwall- None

Pete Griffin- None

Roger Yoder- Absent

John Cunningham - None

Pat Soller- Stated he is glad to be on the commission.

 

ADJOURNMENT:

 

Chairman adjourned the meeting.