HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.apz.20140121Regular Meeting Planning & Zoning Commission January 21, 2014
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LJ Erspamer, Chair, called the meeting to order at 4:30 PM with members Tygre, Myrin and Gibbs
present.
Also present from City staff; Debbie Quinn and Jennifer Phelan
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
Mr. Myrin thanked Ms. Phelan for confirming that the Motherlode has been occupied since 2012.
STAFF COMMENTS:
Ms. Manning stated that the P&Z interviews are scheduled for January 28th at 4pm. There are eight
applicants.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
There are no public comments.
MINUTES
The minutes from the January 7th meeting will be included in the next packet.
DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
There are no conflicts of interest.
Public Hearing – 431/433 W. Hallam St. Residential Design Standards
Variances
Mr. Erspamer opened the public hearing. On behalf of the applicant, Ms. Tygre made a motion to
continue until the March 4th meeting; seconded by Mr. Gibbs. All in favor, motion passed.
Election of Chair and Vice Chair
Mr. Gibbs nominated Mr. Erspamer for Chair; seconded by Mr. Myrin. Mr. Erspamer accepted the
nomination. Mr. Erspamer nominated Mr. Gibbs for Vice Chair; seconded by Mr. Myrin. Mr. Gibbs
accepted the nomination. The commission voted unanimously on the nominations and were approved.
Other Business- Year in Review
Mr. Myrin passed out handouts including the list from past years of the issues P&Z would like addressed
as well as the resolution for parking they worked on. He said there is no advantage to making a new list
until they find out what Council thinks the role of P&Z is. Ms. Tygre asked if P&Z can draft a resolution
and send it to Council. Ms. Quinn said it needs to go through Community Development. Mr. Erspamer
asked how P&Z can communicate directly with Council. Mr. Gibbs said that P&Z does not have the
ability to change Council’s priority list. He said P&Z could draft a resolution and have the chair present it
at the non-agenda part of the council meeting then they can do what they want with it. This way it
would be part of the record and Council would be made aware of it. Ms. Quinn stated that this has
never happened before but is allowed.
Ms. Quinn stated that the code amendment process has changed and P&Z now has a lesser role that
was approved by Council. P&Z is no longer part of the code amendment process. Mr. Myrin stated that
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P&Z in the past had been able to initiate a code amendment and work on it but that is no longer
happening. Ms. Quinn said P&Z could do a resolution then it is up to Council if they want to allocate
Staffs time to pursue it.
Mr. Gibbs suggested that at the beginning of Council meetings when they are going over the board
comments there should also be a section for voluntary board comments where P&Z or HPC could voice
their comments directly to Council. He stated that currently the best method of getting their comments
to council is in the P&Z minutes.
Mr. Myrin stated that P&Z is not working on anything. Ms. Quinn asked him what he means by work on
it. He said that P&Z would red line the current code then send it back to Council without using Staff.
Ms. Quinn stated that she does not see how this is done without Staff’s participation. Ms. Tygre said
P&Z could red line the draft then give it to Staff to review instead of the other way around. Mr. Myrin
said that if they recognize an issue they should be able to develop a code amendment. Mr. Gibbs said
that P&Z is not the right group to be writing code amendments. It should be left up to the professional
planners of Staff. Ms. Tygre agreed that they should only discuss the process with Council and not the
list.
Ms. Tygre made a motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Gibbs. All in favor, motion passed.
Linda Manning
Records Manager