SPECIAL STUDY SESSION
MINUTES
APRIL 4, 2007
I. CALL TO ORDER – Chair John Fields called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. at the
Commissioners Present: |
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Council Liaison: |
John Fields, Chair Michael Dawkins Olena Black Tom Dimitre |
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Cate Hartzell, Council Liaison, present |
John Stromberg Pam Marsh |
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Staff Present: David Stalheim, Community Development Director |
Melanie Mindlin Mike Morris |
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Bill Molnar, Planning Manager Richard Appicello, |
Dave Dotterrer |
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Sue Yates, Executive Secretary |
Absent Members: None |
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II. PLANNING APPLICATION PROCESS
Planning Process Efficiencies
Stalheim introduced Adam Hanks, newly appointed Permit Manager. Hanks explained the Planning Process Efficiencies – Day-to-Day Land Use Planning Efforts of the Current Planning Group. He reviewed changes to the following processes: 1) Preapplication Conferences, 2) Planning Applications, 3) Building Permit Reviews, 4) General Tasks – Front Counter/Phones, etc.
III. REVIEW OF LAND USE PROCEDURES AND PERMITTING PROCESS
Stalheim gave a presentation of a revised potential planning framework and reviewed his handout dated March 2007 to the Planning Commission.
Options for more efficiencies might include:
Moving more land use actions to staff approvals
Hearings Officer
Design Review Board
More Efficient Meetings
More Meetings
Move land use policy to different process, such as CPAC
Stalheim reviewed his recommendations and their impact. Those items would include:
Saving of staff time
Still respecting public process and input
Hearings Board could be cancelled
Planning Commission items might be removed if some Type II permits lowered to Type I
Remaining Type II and all Type III permits would remain with Planning Commission as it now exists.
COMMISSIONERS’ COMMENTS
NEXT STEP: Stalheim will work on more specific procedures and will start making recommendations to the Commission by the time of their retreat. His recommendation tonight would be to leave the Hearings Board in place, but not to use it.
The Power Point presentation will be available on the website.
IV. NEXT STUDY SESSION - April 24, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
V. ADJOURNMENT - The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by,
Sue Yates, Executive Secretary