A G E N D A
AUGUST 18, 2010
6:00 PM
Members Present: _
_______________
Diane Sheffield, Chair (P) Frank Rowan
Larry Ganus, Vice-Chair (P) Willard Rudd
Mari VanLandingham (A) John Yerkes (P)
Catherine Robinson Ed Allen (P)
Alonzo McBride (P) Dr. Tony Arnold (P)
Dr. Gail Bridges-Bright (P) Judge B. Helms, School Bd Rep.(P)
Staff Present:
Anthony Matheny, P&Z Director
Jean Chesser, Deputy Clerk
Call to Order:
Meeting
called to order BY Chair Sheffield at 6:02
pm with a quorum present. She then led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the US
flag.
(1) Pledge of
Allegiance
(2) Introduction
of Members Each member stated his/her name for the record
(3) Declarations
of Conflict --None
(4) Approval of Minutes – June 10, 2010
MOTION BY MR.
YERKES TO APPROVE MINUTES AS PRESENTED AND UPON A SECOND BY MR. HELMS, THE
BOARD VOTED 8-0, BY VOICE VOTE, IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
Mr. Matheny gave a brief statement and then requested the
September P&Z Meeting be set for September 23, 2010 due to a prior conflict
and to give staff and consultants additional time for preparation of the
meeting. It was the consensus of the
Board the date of September 23rd
would be ok with them for the P&Z September regular meeting.
Ms. Marina Pennington,
Consultant was introduced and Mr. Matheny turned meeting over to her for a
explanation/discussion of the EAR based Amendments, the US 90 East Corridor
Plan and the Wetumpka and Lake Talquin Overlay Plan.
Ms. Pennington
(5) Evaluation and Appraisal Policy Discussion –
Workshop/Discussion of Proposed Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan to Address
the Recommendations Identified in the
Evaluation & Appraisal Report (EAR).
She did a power point presentation of the various elements, beginning
with Future Land Use Element, Housing Element, Infrastructure Element,
Conservation Element, Recreation and Open Space Element, Inter-Governmental
Coordination Element.
Ms. Pennington explained this
will be taken up at next meeting.
(6) U.S. 90 East Corridor Area Plan –
Work/Discussion of proposed Amendments to the
Comprehensive Plan to reflect the special
area plan for the
Ms. Pennington explained this will be taken up at next
meeting (Items 6 & 7).
(7) Wetumpka-Lake Talquin Overlay Area Plan –
Workshop/Discussion of proposed
Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan to reflect the special area plan
for Wetumpka – Lake Talquin area.
Ms. Pennington explained the process they have gone
through, noted the public area workshops and explained the timeline for
transmittal/adoption schedule for the P&Z Board
Dr. Bridges-Bright left meeting at 6:25 PM
The Future Land Use Element
preliminary draft 081010 was presented by Ms. Pennington and she reviewed
element with the Board
Discussion/questions by Chair
Sheffield and Board
Mr. Yerkes questions/comments
on Revised FLUE Policy 1.12.4
Ms. Pennington comments on
proposed revisions for the Future Land Use Element.
Mr. Ganus questions on zoning
map and proposed changes – will Ms. Pennington be available to help them work
through this process with the zoning map being consistent with the Future Land
Use map.
Mr. Allen with questions on
mining policies within the county’s Comp Plan and Ms. Pennington’s response and
the fact that the mining policies being thrown into the EAR Amendments will
slow the process down. Ms. Pennington
said a lot of attention and changes need to be made to the County’s mining
policies.
Chair Sheffield
recognized Ms. Marian Lasley for public input.
Ms. Lasley addressed the Board with her concerns.
Discussion between
Board and Ms. Pennington and Mr. Ford (Preble Rish)on up-dating conservation maps and conservation element
maps in the Comp Plan.
Dr. Arnold questions on alcohol
consumption in neighborhood commercial overlay use (page 6 of proposed element
changes.
Ms. Pennington’s
comments on Housing Element and discussion/questions and language change
recommendations from Mr. Ganus on the Housing Element. Additional language
changes were also recommended by the Board, including deletion of 3.9.3.
Mr. Matheny suggested
adjourning meeting tonight and continuing to the August 25th meeting
to allow additional work by consultants/staff on language and proposed changes. It was the consensus of the Board to adjourn
tonight and continue it to the August 25th scheduled meeting.
There was additional
discussion on the need for tweaking of some of the items/language in the
proposed changes so that all changes are easier to identify. Mr. Matheny reminded the Board the next meeting would be a very lengthy
meeting and stressed importance of everyone being present in order to meet the
deadlines for completion of this project.
(8) Public Comments
(9) Staff Report
(10) Adjournment
THERE BEING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
BOARD AT THIS TIME, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 7:50 PM