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ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE JANUARY 11TH 2021.REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER.
[1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
FIRST UP ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC REMARKS, WE WILL HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC REMARKS TONIGHT.IF YOU ARE IN THE ZOOM MEETING AS AN ATTENDEE, THEN YOU CAN USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE TO INDICATE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC REMARKS.
AND IF YOU ARE AT HOME, YOU CAN GIVE US A PHONE CALL AT 517-349-1232 A QUICK REMINDER THAT YOU DO HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC REMARKS.
AND WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AN ADDRESS AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR REMARKS SO THAT WE CAN ALSO NOTE IN THE RECORD.
ONCE AGAIN, TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC REMARKS RIGHT NOW AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO CALL US OR RAISE THEIR HAND.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONES? YOU HAVE NO CALLERS AT THIS TIME, SIR.
WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC REMARKS AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR THIRD AGENDA
[3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
ITEM WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS ON THE AGENDA.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THE AGENDA PASSES.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE HAVE ONE SET OF MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR DECEMBER 14TH 2020 REGULAR MEETING.DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BLUMER.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 14TH MEETING? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AND THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
WE'LL MOVE THEN THROUGH OUR AGENDA THROUGH ITEM NUMBER FIVE COMMUNICATIONS, WE HAVE NONE.
ITEM NUMBER SIX PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE HAVE NONE.
SO WE MOVE THEM TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
[7.A. Election of Officers.]
AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS THIS EVENING IS THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.SO PETER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE US A LITTLE RUNDOWN IN OUR PACKETS.
THIS IS AN OBLIGATION FOR US FOR OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR TO ELECT A NEW GROUP OF OFFICERS.
AND CURRENTLY I'M SERVING AS CHAIR COMMISSIONER TREZISE IS VICE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER RICHARDS, WHO IS NOT HERE PERHAPS IN AN ATTEMPT NOT TO BE OUR SECRETARY IS OUR CURRENT SECRETARY.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE CAN OPEN IT TO DISCUSSION OR NOMINATIONS, WHATEVER WE SO CHOOSE.
SO I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
UNLESS, PETER, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? NO.
AND I'LL MARK WHOEVER THE NOMINATIONS ARE.
OH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DISCUSSION OR NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICERS FOR THE 2021 PLANNING COMMISSION.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, AS I NOTED IN THE MEMO, THE CURRENT SLIGHTLY SPEAKERS].
I WILL NOMINATE SCOTT HENDRICKSON.
SORRY, YOU CUT OUT THERE COMMISSIONER TREZISE.
YEAH, MY SOUNDS [INAUDIBLE] TOO JUST LIKE MARK'S.
MY MOTION IS TO NOMINATE YOU AS CHAIR CONTINUING.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND JUST AS A MATTER OF COURSE, I THINK IT'S PRUDENT TO MENTION THAT I WILL ACCEPT THAT NOMINATION IF IT'S SO GIVEN.
TECHNICALLY, YOU SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDING OVER YOUR ELECTION.
I'M HAPPY TO PASS THE GAVEL TO COMMISSIONER TREZISE FOR THE VOTE.
AND WE NEED TO CREATE A SPOT A PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR COMMISSIONER PREMOE I THINK.
[LAUGHTER] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR.
I DON'T SEE A GROUNDSWELL OF INTEREST.
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SO I WILL CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS AND ASK TO VOTE.ALL IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING MR. HENDRICKSON AS CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID I CUT OUT AGAIN.
I WOULD SAY THAT MR. HENDRICKSON IS SUCCESSFULLY ELECTED.
I APPRECIATE THE SO THEN WE'LL MOVE ON.
I'M ALSO HEARING IT MAY BE EVERYBODY.
IF YOU CAN ALL HEAR ME TWO NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS? COMMISSIONER CORDILL? I MOVE THAT PETER TREZISE TO VICE CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND THAT.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BLUMER COMMISSIONER TREZISE WOULD YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATION? YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GIVE ME A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN.
BECAUSE YOUR AUDIO IS CUTTING OUT AGAIN.
[INAUDIBLE] HARD TO GET GOOD HELP NOWADAYS? I WILL.
OKAY, THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WILL.
[LAUGHTER] DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS.
AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER TREZISE AS VICE CHAIR SAY AYE.
DID WE HAVE A SUPPORT FOR THAT ONE? I DIDN'T HEAR IT.
WELCOME BACK COMMISSIONER TREZISE.
VICE CHAIR TREZISE I SHOULD SAY.
SO NOW WE THEN MOVE ON TO A POSITION OF SECRETARY.
DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR SECRETARY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR ANY VOLUNTEERS? I HAVE A QUESTION? DID COMMISSIONER RICHARDS MENTIONED LEAVE ANY COMMENTS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHETHER HE WOULD ACCEPT OR WAS NOT INTERESTED? NOT TO ME? NO, SORRY.
YEAH, I'VE HAD NO COMMUNICATION.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ROLE OF THE SECRETARY GIVEN THAT STAFF TAKES THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING AND SEEMS TO PERFORM MOSTLY THE OFFICIAL DUTIES AS WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL FUNCTION I SHOULD KNOW THIS AFTER BEING ON THE BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT.
THE REALLY ONLY OFFICIAL PER STATE STATUTE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE THERE'S SOME SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE MASTER PLAN.
I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT IN SUCCESSION TO TAKE OVER THE VICE CHAIR POSITION OR ANYTHING? [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW THAT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER CORDILL'S SIGNATURE FROM WHEN SHE WAS THE SECRETARY ON THE MASTER PLAN.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS MUCH ELSE AS PETER MENTIONED IN THE BYLAWS THAT WOULD SUGGEST MUCH OF A LARGER ROLE.
MOSTLY IT'S TRANSMISSION OF THE MASTER PLAN TO ALL THE VARIOUS PLACES.
OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, SINCE WHEN I SERVED AS SECRETARY, WE WERE WORKING ON OUR MASTER PLAN AND A LOT OF IT WAS NOTIFICATION THAT WE WERE UNDERTAKING THAT PROJECT.
I THINK THERE WERE ABOUT SIXTY DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND UNITS OF GOVERNMENT THAT ARE NOTIFIED WHEN A COMMUNITY IS UPDATING OR REVISING, CREATING A MASTER PLAN.
SO COMMISSIONER CORDILL SIGNED HER NAME A LOT OR BOUGHT A HOUSE.
[LAUGHTER] OTHERWISE, IT'S PRETTY QUIET.
ANY NOMINATIONS DONE WELL, I WOULD NOMINATE COMMISSIONER RICHARDS.
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OKAY, ANY SECOND FOR THAT NOMINATION? SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS WORKS, BECAUSE HE'S NOT HERE TO TELL US WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD ACCEPT THE NOMINATION? I SUPPOSE WE COULD CONFIRM HIM IN ABSENTIA.AND HOPEFULLY HE DOESN'T COMPLAIN WHEN HE GETS BACK.
WE COULD RECORD IN THE MINUTES THAT'LL TEACH HIM.
[LAUGHTER] SO NOTED, SHOW UP TO THE FIRST MEETING UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET APPOINTED FOR SOMETHING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF OR IS THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS I SHOULD SAY? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR TO NOMINATIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER RICHARDS AS SECRETARY SAY AYE.
AND COMMISSIONER RICHARDS IS REELECTED AS SECRETARY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
[7.B. ZBA Representative and Board/Commission Liaison assignments.]
WE'LL MOVE ON NOW THEN TO ITEM 7B, WHICH IS ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AND COMMISSION LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS.SO WE HAVE TWO ORDERS OF BUSINESS HERE.
THE FIRST IS AN OFFICIAL MOTION TO NOMINATE SOMEONE TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT REQUIRES AN ACTUAL MOTION AND PASSAGE, OR JUST DISCUSSION AND ASSIGNMENTS.
YEAH, THESE ARE UNOFFICIAL ASSIGNMENTS, REALLY, JUST TO KEEP THE PLANNING COMMISSION INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OTHER COMMISSION'S AND MAKING CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IF NECESSARY.
SO THE ONE THING I NOTICED AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE LIAISON POSITIONS, IS THAT COMMISSIONER TREZISE IS ON SEVERAL.
AND THAT WAS PROBABLY PARTLY OUT OF NECESSITY.
SINCE WE WERE EBBING AND FLOWING WITH WITH MEMBERS COMING AND GOING ACROSS LAST YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S INTERESTED IN CONTINUING ON IN SEVERAL OF THOSE LIAISONS, OR IF HE'D BE WILLING TO LET SOMEONE ELSE TAKE ONE OF THEM PERHAPS.
WELL, I'M WILLING TO SURRENDER EITHER OR BOTH.
I DO ENJOY GOING TO THE DDA MEETINGS.
I HAVE ONLY RECENTLY GONE TO THE EDC MEETINGS.
SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THERE.
BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO COMMENDMENTS I'VE BEEN FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
SO I GUESS KNOWING THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL START UP AT THE TOP OF THE MEMO, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
I JUST WANT TO AT LEAST TELL EVERYBODY, IF YOU AREN'T AWARE, ALREADY WHERE WHEN THESE FOLKS MEET, IT MIGHT MATTER IN TERMS OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO DOING IT.
THE DDA MEETS ON A MONDAY, I THINK IS THAT THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH, PART AT 7:30AM.
AND THEN THE EDC IS THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AND THEY'RE ALSO AT 7:30AM.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, I BELIEVE IS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY ON MONDAY.
ARE THEY 6:30 BILL? THEY ARE AT SEVEN.
I'VE GOT THE LIST HERE I CAN RUN DOWN TOO.
THEY ARE THE THIRD THURSDAY AT 8AM.
THE CIA THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY IS THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT SIX.
ENVIRONMENTAL YOU SAID IS FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT SEVEN TRANSPORTATION, WHICH COMMISSIONER RICHARDS IS CURRENTLY ON IS THE THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AT 6PM.
AND THE BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WHICH COMMISSIONER PREMOE IS ON IS ON DEMAND DID READ YEAH, LOOKS LIKE I DIDN'T INCLUDE THEM.
I WAS NOTIFIED THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO COME TO BE SWOR IN.
AND I CALLED AND SAID THAT I'M NOT CURRENTLY GOING OUT.
SO THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL ME AND SET UP SOMETHING VIRTUAL AND I'VE NEVER HEARD BACK.
SO TECHNICALLY I'M NOT SWORN IN.
IS THIS IN RELATION TO YOUR ROLES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
BUT YOU WERE SWORN IN ONCE RIGHT.
PARDON ME? YOU WERE SWORN IN ONCE A WHILE AGO.
I THINK IT'S ENOUGH TO BE SWORN IN.
YOU WERE SWORN IN AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
WHO CONTACTED YOU? THE SECRETARY.
WE'VE HAD A CHANGE IN STAFF IN OUR CLERK'S OFFICE.
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I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT ROLE.
SO LET'S TAKE IT BACK TO THE TOP HERE.
WE'LL START WITH THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AS THAT'S THE ONE THAT REQUIRES AN ACTUAL MOTION.
I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE ON IF THAT'S THE SENSE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, OR IF SOMEONE ELSE WOULD REALLY LIKE IT.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY AN EXPERIENCE AND ONE THAT I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM.
SO IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO I'M HAPPY TO PASS THE BATON.
OTHERWISE, IF YOU'D RATHER I'M HAPPY TO STAY ON AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER TREZISE CHAIRING THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.
I'M HAPPY TO HAND THE GAVEL OVER TO COMMISSIONER TREZISE AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT COMMISSIONER HENDRICKSON, CONTINUING IN HIS ROLE AS AN AFFILIATE TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING, I'LL SECOND THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE ZONING BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FROM PLANNING COMMISSION? ANY DISCUSSION? THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING WAS CHAIR HENDRICKSON ON THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MR. HENDRICKSON, YOU WIN ANOTHER ONE TONIGHT? 2 FOR 2.
SO THEN, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET EVERYONE ASSIGNED TO THEIR VARIOUS COMMISSION LIAISON APPOINTMENTS.
SO I HEARD FROM COMMISSIONER PREMOE THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN STAYING ON THE BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ABSOLUTELY STAY ON THEIR ASSIGNMENT? COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL? I, ASSUME THAT YOU DO.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT FULL ASSUMPTION WITHOUT ASKING YOU, I SUPPOSE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES MORE SENSE.
THAT MAKES THAT MAKES SOME SENSE TO ME, AS WELL, SINCE SOMEBODY ELSE ALSO WANTS TO COME ALONG ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MEETING.
THAT'S GREAT TOO YOU KNOW, BRING IT ON.
YEAH, CERTAINLY, I CERTAINLY DON'T MIND SINCE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FEWER AVAILABLE LIAISON POSTS THAN COMMISSIONERS, I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE EVERYONE JUMP IN SOMEWHERE.
EVEN IF YOU ARE EXTRA TO THE ACTUAL LIAISON PROCESS, JUST TO LEARN AND HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND ALSO, IF SOMEONE'S NOT ABLE TO MAKE A MEETING, THEN WE'LL HAVE BACKUP.
ANYONE ELSE? MARK, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? I DID SPEAK TO COMMISSIONER RICHARDS LAST MONTH, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING AND HE DID SAY THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE REPLACED, IF POSSIBLE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INTEREST IN BEING THE PLANNING COMMISSION LIAISON TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION? I DO ATTEND THOSE WHENEVER I CAN.
SO IF NOBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE THE ROLL, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT FROM THERE AS WELL.
ANY OF OUR NEWER MEMBERS INTERESTED IN IN DOING THAT AS WELL, I KNOW, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE FOR COMMISSIONER.
YEAH COMMISSIONER SHREWSBURY YOU ARE WITHOUT, A LIAISON.
I WANTED TO SAY I'M NOT VOLUNTEERING, MY PROFESSIONAL WORK RESPONSIBILITIES REALLY MAKE PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS AT THE TIMES THAT THESE ARE OFFERED DIFFICULT.
AND SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT I'M SHIRKING MY RESPONSIBILITIES AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
BUT IT WOULD REALLY BE I THINK, INAPPROPRIATE FOR ME TO VOLUNTEER KNOWING THAT PROBABLY MOST OF THE TIME, I WOULD HAVE TO BOW OUT OF A MEETING BECAUSE I HAVE OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
SO I AM MORE THAN HAPPY AND VERY GRATEFUL TO MY OTHER COMMISSIONERS, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE TAKING UP THIS RESPONSIBILITY.
YOU KNOW, I AM VERY INTERESTED AND I APPRECIATE THE REPORTS, BUT I JUST ASSUME NOT HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T THINK I COULD DO IT JUSTICE.
SO THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE.
COMMISSIONER BLUMER OR SNYDER, ANY LIAISON APPOINTMENTS YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN OVER THE OTHERS.
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THANK YOU.IF I COULD JUST ADD ON TO WHAT COMMISSIONER SHREWSBURY WAS SAYING, SAME KIND OF, FOR ME THE MORNING MEETINGS WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE WITH MY PROFESSIONAL SCHEDULE.
BUT I'D BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON ANY OF ANY OF THE, IN ANY CAPACITY THAT HAS EVENING.
EVENING MEETINGS, THOSE ARE MORE DOABLE FOR ME.
SO I KNOW YOU WERE I THINK SOMEBODY WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE TIMES THAT THESE ARE HELD, BUT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO JOT THEM DOWN.
SO BUT THE EVENING ONES, IF YOU COULD FIND THOSE FOR ME? YEP.
SO EVENING WOULD BE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY.
AND THAT, APPEARS TO BE IT, ACTUALLY.
SO THERE IS AN OPENING ON TRANSPORTATION, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TAKING THAT.
AND THOSE MEETINGS, I DON'T BELIEVE HAVE EVER BEEN MONTHLY? IS THAT RIGHT MARK? CORRECT.
IN FACT, THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MOVED THEIR TIME TO 7PM FROM SIX TO SEVEN.
AND IS THERE A MONTHLY ON WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK? THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH, WHILE IT SHOULDN'T SAY THAT THEY MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH, STARTING IN JANUARY.
THE 21ST IS THEIR FIRST MEETING AND IT'S TYPICALLY THE THIRD THURSDAY.
OKAY, SO IT'S ONLY IT'S EVERY OTHER MONTH, AND IT'S THE THIRD THURSDAY.
WELL, THAT'S, I MEAN, I CAN MANAGE THAT.
I KNOW NOBODY REALLY KNOWS ME ON THE COMMISSION, BUT I THINK I CAN HANDLE THAT.
I HAVE TO ASK PETER TREZISE, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
BUT HE MENTIONED HE ENJOYS GOING TO THOSE MEETINGS.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HIM IF HE LIKES IT.
YOU WON'T HURT MY FEELINGS, MR. BLUMER .
OKAY, THEN I WILL IT IS AN INTERESTING PROCESS.
IT'S VERY, I DON'T SAY ENTERTAINING, BUT IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
AND IT'S NICE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THROUGH THAT ORGANIZATION.
SO, BUT IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO IT.
THEN I WILL VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.
BUT WHAT ARE THEY MEETING SCHEDULED.
7:30AM ON MONDAYS ONCE A MONTH.
FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH, IT LOOKS LIKE FOR EVERY OTHER MONTH.
ALRIGHT, SO EVERYONE ELSE HAPPY WITH THEIR ASSIGNMENTS, WHERE THEY'RE AT? OKAY, SO LET'S JUST RUN DOWN THIS ONE MORE TIME.
WE'VE GOT COMMISSIONER CORDILL WITH THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE GOT COMMISSIONER BLUMER WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
WE'VE GOT COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION COMMISSIONER TREZISE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
COMMISSIONER SNYDER ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMISSIONER PREMOE ON THE BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
EVERYONE GOT THEIR ASSIGNMENTS.
THANK YOU ALL THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO 2021 PLANNING COMMISSION GOALS.
SO AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, WE PUNTED ON THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, BECAUSE THE MUPUD
[7.C. 2021 Planning Commission goals.]
ORDINANCE REVIEW TOOK QUITE A WHILE.SO WE ARE BACK TO SETTING SOME 2021 GOALS AS A GROUP AND PETER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE US WITH OUR 2020 GOALS.
SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GO THROUGH AND TAKE A PEEK AT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN 2020, AS IT RELATED TO PROGRESS AGAINST THOSE GOALS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A RELATIVELY SHORT DISCUSSION.
AS THANKS TO THE THE PANDEMIC WE LOST A FEW MONTHS.
BUT WE DID MAKE PROGRESS ON THE FORM BASED CODE ORDINANCE IN THE GRAND RIVER AVENUE CORRIDOR, OUR INTENDED COMPLETION DATE WAS APRIL 30TH.
BUT AFTER THE CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD IN FEBRUARY, WHEN WE CAME BACK FROM OUR HIATUS, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON GETTING A DRAFT FORM BASED CODE ORDINANCE TOGETHER.
AND WE DID JUST PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT ON THE TOWNSHIP BOARD UPDATE.
AND SO WE DID MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT.
ADDRESSING THE REVISIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP WITH ACTION PLAN ON PAGE 15 OF THE MASTER PLAN.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THAT ONE WAS ABOUT IF I'M BEING HONEST.
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE TOOK ANY ACTION TO MAKE REVISIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO WE'RE GONNA SAY WE DID NOT ACCOMPLISH THAT ONE.
UPDATE THE MIXED USE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE HOWEVER, IDENTIFYING ISSUES WHILE WE DIDN'T FINISH, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SUBCOMMITTEE MADE QUITE A
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BIT OF PROGRESS IN Q4 OF LAST YEAR.AND WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME MORE PROGRESS AS THE MONTH WEARS ON HERE.
SO HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.
COMPLETING A PLAN FOR REVIEW AND UPDATING OF THE MASTER PLAN IN 2020.
SO WE DID NOT MAKE ANY STEP STRIDES ON THAT.
AND WE'VE REVISED THE SIGN ORDINANCE, SO THAT IT'S CONTENT NEUTRAL, IDENTIFYING ISSUES, AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT ONE GOT PUSHED AS WELL.
SO WE NEED TO GET SOME GOALS FOR THIS YEAR.
THE GOOD NEWS, OF COURSE, WITH NOT FULLY FINISHING OUR GOALS FROM LAST YEAR IS THAT WE COULD MOVE SOME OF THEM FORWARD TO 2021 IF WE'RE SO INCLINED.
BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO OPEN THE DISCUSSION UP AND TALK THROUGH WHAT IF ANY NEW GOALS THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2021.
SO WITH THAT SORT OF AS A PRIMER? DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME GOALS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE US TACKLE IN 2021? REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, IT LOOKS LIKE I RECYCLED THE WRONG MEMO IN OUR PACKET FROM THIS WEEK.
SO JUST IGNORE THE REFERENCES TO 2020.
BUT ALL THE GOALS ARE CORRECT.
I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY COMPLETE THE WORK ON THE MIXED USE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
SO I WOULD SAY THE GOAL SHOULD BE TO COMPLETE THAT WORK ON THE REVISION.
SINCE WE'RE DOING IT ANYWAY, WE MIGHT AS WELL GOAL OURSELF ON IT.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? CAN YOU REMIND.
COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL? WELL, FIRST, I WAS GOING TO COMMEND THE CHAIR FOR AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AT TOWNSHIP BOARD ON THE WHOLE FORM BASED CODE.
THAT WAS VERY COGENT AND FANTASTIC.
DID YOU DID YOU HAVE A GOAL IN MIND AS WELL? NOT AT THIS POINT.
I REALLY THINK WE OUGHT TO GET INTO THE SIGN ORDINANC THIS YEAR.
IT COULD BE RATHER DETAILED, AND WE'RE RUNNING A FEW YEARS BEHIND SOME OF THE COURT CASES THAT ARE CONTROLLING IT.
YEAH, AND I'LL POINT OUT TOO AND I WAS GONNA MENTION THIS IN THE LIAISON REPORTS, BUT THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HAS, OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS, HAD A NUMBER OF SIGN RELATED CASES.
AND THEY'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THERE ARE ENOUG THAT THEY THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE AN ORDINANCE CHANGE.
THAT'S EVEN MORE BROAD THAN SIMPLY MAKING THE SIGN ORDINANCE CONTENT NEUTRAL.
SO IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AS WELL.
MY OBSERVATION IS THAT IF YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE ON A GOAL LIKE THAT, THAT WE DO BETTER IF WE APPOINT A OR GET VOLUNTEER FOR A SUBCOMMITTEE TO WORK WITH PETER THAT TYPICALLY ENSURES THAT IT HAPPENS.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE.
SO LET'S CONFIRM THE GOALS FIRST.
AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO GET VOLUNTEERS FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S AS NEEDED.
CAN I ASK MR. MENSER TO EXPLAIN WHAT 1B WAS THE SECTION 15? IS THAT THE PART WHERE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING MAP AND DETERMINING WHAT WAS INCONSISTENT WITH CURRENT USE? NO, THAT WAS PART OF THE OTHER GOAL.
LET ME PULL UP THE MASTER PLAN REAL QUICK.
IYEAH, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SHARE IT EITHER, BUT I CAN READ IT.
YEAH, THEY'RE LIKE SIX OR SEVEN BULLETS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT ON THE REVISIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP THAT WERE RECOMMENDED IN THE MASTER PLAN.
AND SIMPLIFYING YOU WANT ME TO GO PETER, OR DO YOU WANT TO STAFF TO SPEAKERS].
IT'S UP TO YOU? I'VE GOT THEM TOO.
I'LL LET YOU BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE CONTEXT THAN I WOULD.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THERE.
IT'S REVISED THE THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP.
SO IT WAS A NEW ZONING DISTRICT THAT INCORPORATES FORM BASED REGULATIONS
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SHOULD BE CREATED FOR MIXED USE CORE AREAS.THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS SHOUL BE SIMPLIFIED AND CONSOLIDA ED.
NINE ARE SINGLE FAMILY ZO ING DISTRICTS SHOULD BE SIMPLI IED AND CONSOLIDATED, OUR 4 MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICTS SHOU D BE SIMPLIFIED AND CONSOLIDAT D REGULATORY STANDARDS F R INCLUSIONARY ZONING F R AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACCESSO Y DWELLING UNITS SHOULD E PURSUED, WHICH IS SOMETHING E TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE YEARS AG , ACTUALLY.
REGULATORY STANDAR S FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LA D OUTSIDE THE [INAUDIBLE] RBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED.
AND THEN THE THREE PUD DISTRICTS, WHICH WOU D BE MUPUD, CPUD, AND JUST PUD N ED TO BE SIMPLIFIED CONSOLIDATED.
SO SIMPLY S ID HARDER TO ACCOMPLI ZONING ORDINANCE.
YEAH, YEAH, THAT COULD BE FOUR YEARS WORTH OF GOALS.
IN ONE SUB BULLET POINT, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS CURRENTLY DOING SOME CONSOLIDATION OF THE CODE.
NO WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH AND CATCHING UP ON ORDINANCES THAT WEREN'T PUBLISHED, OR PUT NOT ONLY IN OUR ORDINANCE, BUT ALSO ADDED TO THE WEBSITE.
AND THERE WAS A REAL BIG GAP IN ORDINANCES THAT WEREN'T ADDED TO THE BOOK THE WAY THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AFTER ADOPTION.
SO THEY'RE TACKLING THAT RIGHT NOW, ALONG WITH MARK AND I.
COMMISSIONER SHREWSBURY YOU GOT YOUR HAND UP? YEAH.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON SORT OF CONSIDERATION OF THAT PIECE OF THIS RECOMMENDATION, AND MAKES ME WONDER IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ALSO KEEPING THE PLAN TO PLAN TO REVISE THE MASTER PLAN.
IF WE'VE SORT OF GOTTEN PAST THIS, AND WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING THOSE IN THE CONSIDERATION OF AN UPDATED MASTER PLAN.
AT SOME POINT, WE'RE GETTING SORT OF TO THE POINT WHERE THAT MIGHT JUST BE WRAPPED INTO THIS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE VERY COMPLICATED ISSUES.
SO I'M NOT SURE STAND ALONE THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO TACKLE PIECES OF THEM, BUT NOT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
ABSENT THE BIGGER DISCUSSION? YES, PETER.
I HAD ONE WISH TO GRANT FOR THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, ON THE MASTER PLAN, IT WOULD BE TO TACKLE OR AT LEAST BEGIN TACKLING FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
BECAUSE THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK.
BUT IT'S PROBABLY EASIER THAN TACKLING THE AFOREMENTIONED ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATES.
SO IF WE COULD GET THROUGH THIS YEAR, TO DO IF YOU'RE DOING FUTURE LAND USE MAP, IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER TO TACKLE THE REST OF THE MASTER PLAN NEXT YEAR.
AND WOULD THAT BE A SORRY, NOT HAVING BEEN AROUND AT THE THE LAST TIME THIS WAS DONE? WOULD THAT BE AN EFFORT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TAKES ON ON ITS OWN? OR WOULD THAT BE A JOINT EFFORT? I WASN'T TOO INVOLVED, EITHER.
WE HAD A STAFFER THAT LED THAT CHARGE LAST TIME.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO I THINK, DEFINITELY GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUTSIDE BUT MAYBE GET YOUR OWN OPINIONS FIRST, AND THEN SEEK FEEDBACK FROM OTHERS.
COMMISSIONER RICHARDS WELCOME.
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING NOMINATED AND APPROVED AS OUR SECRETARY FOR 2021.
SO YOU YOU'VE GOT THAT POSITION ONCE AGAIN.
SO YEAH, I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY GET STARTED ON THE MASTER PLAN AS A GOAL FOR THIS YEAR.
WHAT AREA WE START IN, I THINK THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP MAKES SENSE.
I THINK GETTING BOGGED DOWN IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ORDINANCE CHANGES WOULD BE TRICKY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT TWO OTHER ORDINANCES THIS YEAR IN THE SIGN ORDINANCE AND THE MUPUD SO IF THAT'S THE SENSE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THAT'D BE WHERE I WOULD HEAD ALSO.
ANY THOUGHTS? I LIVE AND BREATHE LAND USE MAP SO I TOTALLY LIKE STARTING THERE.
I THINK THIS IS MORE THAN PLENTY TO TACKLE AND I WOULD, TAKE PETERS RECOMMENDATION TO BEGIN WITH THE [INAUDIBLE].
[LAUGHTER] I ALSO THINK THAT THOSE THREE GOALS ARE PROBABLY PLENTY FOR THE YEAR.
IF WE GET THOSE DONE, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
SINCE THIS IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR I'VE GONE THROUGH THAT THIS AND TYPICALLY WHEN WE GET TO THIS DISCUSSION, WE DISCOVER THAT 75% OF THE GOALS WE SET, WE DIDN'T DEAL WITH.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY A HIGH NUMBER.
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BUT I THINK IF WE FOCUS ON THOSE THREE, WE'VE GOT ONE SUBCOMMITTEE FORM TWO MORE AND GO FROM HERE.YEAH, I THINK THERE'S THE ONLY OTHER THING I THINK I WOULD TRY TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS THAT WHILE WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THE FORM BASED CODE, DISCUSSION IN THE LAST YEAR, AND THE YEAR BEFORE, WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE I THINK THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL EITHER WELL, WHAT WE PRESENTED THE OTHER DAY WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY EITHER HAVE A JOINT MEETING OR HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT INVOLVES BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD TO GET THAT DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO A MORE FINAL STATE WITH THEM.
NOW, THEY HAVEN'T COME BACK WITH THE DECISION ON WHIC AVENUE THEY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO MOVE WITH.
BUT I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD RETAIN COMPLETION OF THE FORM BASED CODE ORDINANCE AS A GOAL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT OVER THE FINISH LINE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S LIKELY GOING TO TAKE UP TIME, AND WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THAT, TOO.
SO IT'S MY WORTH HAVING ON I THINK, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? SOME SHAKING HANDS.
NICE TO GET THAT ONE OVER THE FINISH LINE.
SO BY COMMISSIONER PREMOE'S MATH, WE WILL GET ONE OF THESE FOUR THINGS DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, IF WE'RE DOING THINGS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
SO I GUESS WE'LL JUST TALK THROUGH THE FOUR THINGS ONE MORE TIME, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, AND I'VE GOT IMPLEMENTATION AND FINALIZATION OF THE UPDATED MUPUD ORDINANCE.
WE'VE GOT REVISION OF MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP'S SIGN ORDINANCE COMPLETION AND OF THE FORM BASED CODE ORDINANCE CHANGES OR ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTATION, I SHOULD SAY, AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN ANTICIPATION OF THE 2022 MASTER PLAN REVISION.
SOUND LIKE A FAIR SYNOPSIS OF WHERE WE'RE AT COMMISSIONER CORDILL? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
THE MEMO INDICATES THAT THE FORM BASE CODE WOULD NOT ONLY APPLY TO THE, GRAND RIVER AVENUE CORRIDOR, BUT THE PICA AREAS AS WELL? DO YOU THINK THAT THAT'S A REASONABLE THING TO INCLUDE THOSE TOO, ARE THEY GOING TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND BROKEN OUT AT A LATER TIME? SO I MEAN, WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WITH THE ORDINANCE IN ITS CURRENT DRAFT, WE ONLY BUILT THE ONE FORM DISTRICT IN THE GRAND RIVER AVENUE, YOU KNOW, TO THE WEST OF PARK LAKE, I THINK THE INTENT WAS TO PILOT IT THERE AND THEN EXPANDED IT IN THE FUTURE TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER AREAS.
THE PICA AREAS, FRANKLY, MAY NOT EVEN BE NEEDED, THEY MAY NOT EVEN NEED FORM BASED CODE, BECAUSE THAT'S SORT OF DIVISION THAT THE BOARD IS HELPING WITH US TO IMPLEMENT IN DOWNTOWN OKEMOS ALREADY.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN, LOOKING AT THAT DOWNTOWN HASLETT AREA WITH THAT SAME EYE.
SO IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE TO DO IT EVENTUALLY, JUST TO CODIFY IT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THAT STRETCH OF GRAND RIVER, WEST OF PARK LAKE.
RIGHT, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THE DIFFERENT PICA AREAS WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN CHARACTER THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO, IF THAT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO TACKLE THAT AS WELL.
OR JUST GET THE FORM BASED CODE GOING ON GRAND RIVER AVENUE AND SEEING HOW THAT'S WORKING.
WE CAN ALWAYS SET A GOAL AND THEN YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST SAY, WELL, WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS? I WOULD SUPPORT IT AS MUCH AS IF THE MORE YOU CAN ENGAGE THE BROADER COMMUNITY IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS EARLIER ON THE BETTER.
SO WE'LL KEEP IT MORE OR LESS AS IT WAS IN 2020.
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ALTHOUGH WE'LL REMOVE THE INTENDED COMPLETION DATE OF APRIL 30TH 2020, FROM THE 2021 GOAL, JUST TO GIVE US A CHANCE.ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON OUR GOALS AS PROPOSED? DO WE NEED TO PUT A DATE TO 1A? I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO PUT A DATE TO ALL OF THEM.
JUST TO GIVE US SOME IDEA OF ANY MILESTONES WE'D LIKE TO HIT, AND I LIKED WHAT COMMISSIONER PREMOE SUGGESTED LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS TO GIVE US SORT OF A CALENDAR OF WHEN WE WANTED, YOU KNOW, A DRAFT ORDINANCE PROPOSED, IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WITHOUT A THREE MONTH GAP.
BUT BREAKING US UP FROM DOING YOU KNOW, HAVING CONSISTENT WORK, I'D BE FINE WITH THAT.
SO JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD TO MAKE PROPOSAL FOR US TO CONSIDER.
I THINK PERHAPS HAVING THE FORM BASED CODE DISCUSSION WRAPPED UP BY JUNE WOULD BE REASONABLE, CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THE BOARD INTO IT.
FOR MUPUD, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST POSSIBLY END OF MARCH.
SINCE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THAT, AND THE ORDINANCE LARGELY EXISTS.
I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE, MY SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS AND PETER TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY SHOCK AND FEAR ABOUT THAT POSSIBLE DATE.
SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE WORKABLE, AT LEAST HAVE THE OFFICIAL PROCESS IN TERMS OF A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED.
SO THEN I THINK SINCE WE'RE STARTING FROM ZERO, ON THE CONTENT NEUTRAL BIT ABOUT THE SIGN ORDINANCE, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, OCTOBER, THE END OF OCTOBER, AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS I THINK, GOING TO BE A YEAR LONG PROCESS.
SO I THINK PERHAPS WE'LL JUST SAY BY THE END OF THE YEAR FOR THAT ONE.
ANY THOUGHTS ON ANY OF THOSE DATES, THINGS WE SHOULD MOVE UP OR BACK? COMMISSIONER CORDILL.
I'M WONDERING WHAT PLANNER MENSER THINKS ABOUT THAT SCHEDULE GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF STAFF AND WHERE THEY'RE STRETCHED TO? SORRY, THE EMAIL POPPED UP AND I COULDN'T ACCESS MY MUTE BUTTON.
YES, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW THERE'S NOW TWO PEOPLE IN OUR PLANNING DIVISION.
WHEN I STARTED, THERE WERE FIVE NOW WE'RE DOWN TO TWO WE LOST ONE DURING THE , WE DIDN'T LOSE HER IN TERMS OF SHE IS STILL ALIVE.
BUT WE ONLY HAVE TWO STAFFERS NOW IN OUR PLANNING DIVISION.
SO IT'S ME AND ANOTHER FELLOW NAMED KEITH.
SO YEAH, IT'S TOUGH, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING.
AND THEN AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, I'M ASSIGNED ALSO TO THE TOWNSHIP BOARD AND OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
BUT ALSO, I THINK THAT THIS SCHEDULE WORKS.
THE SOONEST ONE WOULD BE THE MUPUD AND I THINK I HAVE A RUNNING START ON THAT.
AND I'LL NEED HELP ALONG THE WAY.
BUT I THINK THAT THEY ARE ACCOMPLISHABLE.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THE SCHEDULE AS PROPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE FOR THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO HAVE A MOTION FROM SOMEONE TO ADOPT OUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR.
I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE GOALS THAT AS STATED AND THAT WE ASSIGN THE COMPLETION DATES, AS STATED.
THANK YOU ANY SECOND FOR THAT? SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BLUMER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AYE.. AS OPPOSED BUT WAS THAT IN THE OPPOSITION COMMISSIONER RICHARDS? NO, I SAID AYE.
THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES TO ADOPT THE 2021 PLANNING COMMISSION GOALS AS STATED WITH THE SCHEDULE AS STATED.
SO NOW, SINCE WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR BEHIND, YOU KNOW, GETTING GROUPS TOGETHER TO WORK ON THIS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE PER COMMISSIONER PREMOE'S SUGGESTION THAT WE GET SOME
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FOLKS ASSIGNED TO SUBCOMMITTEES TO ENSURE THA THIS WORK IS IS MOVING ALONG THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.WE ALREADY HAVE THREE MEMBERS ON THE MUPUD SUBCOMMITTEE WITH COMMISSIONERS, PREMOE, CORDILL AND RICHARDS.
SO I GUESS LET'S TAKE A LOOK NEXT, THEN AT THE FORM BASED CODE GROUP.
AND THIS IS, BY THE WAY IN ADVANCE, WE HOPE OF THE BOARD WISHING TO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE WITH US.
AND I THINK THREE MEMBERS IS A FINE SIZE FOR IT.
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER.
SINCE I'VE BEEN THINKING AND WORKING ON THIS TO BE A PART OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND IF THERE ARE TWO OTHER MEMBERS WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOINING ME IN THAT ENDEAVOR.
LET ME ASK FOR CLARIFICATION, IS THIS SUBCOMMITTEE THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS MEETING WITH THE BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE, OR IS THIS GOING TO MEET BEFORE THAT TO PRESENT TO THEM OR I JUST MISUNDERSTOOD OR COULDN'T HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? YEAH, THIS IS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE BOARD WISHING TO MEET AS A SUBCOMMITTEE, A JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE WITH THE BOARD.
THE ORDINANCE IS IN A FAIRLY DECENT STATE CURRENTLY.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE ANTICIPATION OF THEM WANTING TO MEET WITH US.
I WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE ON THAT.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL? ANYONE ELSE WISH TO BE ON THAT ONE? OR ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE THREE REPRESENTING US? HEY, I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THAT.
I JUST FEEL SO NEW TO EVERYTHING.
I'M JUST KIND OF HOLDING BACK HERE.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY INTERESTS ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN SERVE, THOUGH.
NO THERE'S NO LIMIT THAT WE JUST WE HAD THREE ON THE OTHER ONE.
SO I THOUGHT THREE WAS A FINE NUMBER.
BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING US, BY ALL MEANS.
WHICH WITH NINE MEMBERS, NOW WE WILL NOT HAVE SO THAT'S GOOD.
SO [INAUDIBLE] LIMIT TO FOUR BUT BEYOND THAT WE SHOULD BE ALRIGHT.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FINE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE FORM BASED CODE.
SO THEN, NEXT UP IS THE SIGN ORDINANCE.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SIGNS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT'S ABOUT, BUT I'M WILLING TO LEARN.
THE BRIEF VERSION IS THERE WAS A SUPREME COURT CASE THAT MADE EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY HAVE TO REDO THEIR SIGN ORDINANCE TO BE CONTENT NEUTRAL.
I THOUGHT I WAS RETIRED NOW I GOT TO START READING SUPREME COURT CASES AGAIN.
[LAUGHTER] IN FACT, YOU MIGHT BE THE PERFECT PERSON FOR THIS SUBCOMMITTEE.
WE'LL SEND THE TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY HOME.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO BE A PART OF THAT SUB COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER CORDILL? OH, EXCUSE ME, I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE RELEVANT AND A CONSIDERATION TO COMMISSIONER RICHARDS TO LET HIM KNOW THAT HE IS RELIEVED OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
AND THAT WAS PER YOUR CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR KIESELBACH.
OKAY, SO I GUESS THAT MEANS THAT I SHOULD VOLUNTEER FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.
THAT WAS A NOT SO SUBTLE WAY OF GETTING VOLUN-TOLD.
[LAUGHTER] I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT MAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IT MAY NOT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT COMMISSIONERS BLUMER, SHREWSBURY AND RICHARDS.
ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN THAT AND GOING ONCE GOING TWICE.
ALRIGHT, LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT SIGNS.
AND THEN LASTLY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST.
IT IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP UPDATES AND CHANGES.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY BIG LIFT, I IMAGINE.
DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS? NOT TO SCARE YOU OFF? DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS.
COMMISSIONER SNYDER AND MCCONNELL IT LOOKS LIKE.
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I'M HAPPY TO JOIN ON THIS ONE AS WELL.SO I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT AND COMMISSIONER CORDILL.
WHEN WOULD YOU SEE SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES STARTING? WELL.
YEAH, I THINK THE HOPE IS THAT THEY'RE STAGGERED, INSOFAR AS WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT TIMINGS FOR THE GOALS TO BE DONE.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE FORM BASED CODES GOING TO BE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THE MUPUD, OBVIOUSLY IS ALREADY MEETING AND WILL B OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS SIGN ORDINANCE WILL PROBABLY BE OVER THE SUMMER.
AND THEN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP MAYBE ALL YEAR, DEPENDING ON HOW, QUICKLY WE MOVE THROUGH IT.
I THINK IN ORDER TO HANDLE THESE VARIOUS THINGS, WE NEED TO LEAVE IT UP TO MR. MENSER TO COORDINATE THAT AND WHAT HIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S RATHER THAN ESTABLISHING GOALS OR TIMELINES NOW THAT WOULD PUT AN EXCESSIVE BURDEN ON HIS OFFICE.
THIS IS ALL JUST, YOU KNOW, THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN CALENDARING I'M DOING.
I'M SURE PETER WILL HELP TO KEEP US ORGANIZED AND KEEP HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE I CAN'T DO IT YET.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER PREMOE, AND THEN COMMISSIONER CORDILL.
I'M ASSUMING THAT IF WE COMPLETE THE WORK OF ONE COMMITTEE, AND FOR INSTANCE, THE COMMITTEE I'M ON MAY WELL BE DONE BY MARCH.
IF I HAVE A BURNING DESIRE AND INTEREST IN SOMETHING ELSE, PROBABLY AS LONG AS WE HOLD THE NUMBER AT FOUR.
I WOULD THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPTION TO SAY, HEY, I'LL JUMP IN ON THAT.
YEAH, AND THESE ARE NON BINDING SUBCOMMITTEES AS WELL, I SHOULD POINT OUT SO IF YOU IF YOU GET INTO IT, AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE, BY ALL MEANS, LET US KNOW.
AND YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER PREMOE WILL TAKE YOUR SPOT.
[LAUGHTER] COMMISSIONER CORDILL? OH, I THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WOULD THESE BE CONCURRENT? OR WHAT? BECAUSE I MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WORK.
BUT WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THE MUPUD FORWARD, I WOULDN'T WANT TO DOUBLE DIP ON THOSE MEETINGS AT THIS POINT.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A DECENT NUMBER FOR EACH OF THEM.
AND, PETER, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SENDING OUT A RECAP JUST SO WE'VE GOT ALL THAT.
I'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES, AND I WILL DO THAT.
ALL RIGHT, THEN I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR GOALS QUITE A BIT.
AND WE ARE WE ARE REASONABLY WELL PREPARED THEN TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT SAID, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE ITEM SEVEN D ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE MIXED USE
[7.D. Mixed Use Planned Unit Development (MUPUD) ordinance review.]
PLANNED USE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE REVIEW.SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER FIRST TO PETER.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE AS WELL, WE'D ENTERTAIN THOSE AS WELL.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING REALLY TO ADD ON THIS.
AS YOU KNOW, CHAIR HENDRICKSON TOOK HIS GAME TO THE BOARD, LAST WEEK'S MEETING, TO TALK ABOUT MIXED USE PLANNED USE DEVELOPMENT, AND DID A GREAT JOB AS BILL MENTIONED EARLIER, AND HIS PRESENT, IT'S ON THE TAPE, IF YOU WANT TO GET A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH AND WATCH IT, IT WOULD BE IN THE VIDEO FROM LAST WEEK'S MEETING.
AND THEN HE CREATED A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE, THAT HE SHARED WITH THE BOARD, THEY PROBABLY COULD EVEN TAKE TO BE FLESHED OUT FURTHER BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE.
AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, I WAS OFF FOR TWO WEEKS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
SO I DIDN'T TOUCH THE MIXED USE ORDINANCE SINCE THAT TIME.
SO I'M READY TO GET BACK INTO IT.
I DON'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER CHAIR HENDRICKSON ABOUT DID YOU WANT TO WRITE A RECAP OF HOW YOU THINK THINGS WENT AT THE BOARD MEETING? OH, YEAH, I THINK THINGS WENT PRETTY WELL.
WE HAD, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, THAT WE BROUGHT IT TO THE BOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND AT THAT MEETING, THERE SEEMED TO BE A PRETTY CHILLY RECEPTION TO THE NOTION OF FORM BASED CODE.
AND I WAS PLEASED I THINK ANYWAY IN LISTENING TO THEIR COMMENTS.
FOLLOWING THAT, IT SEEMS TO BE A MUCH MORE INTERESTED RECEPTION TO FORM BASE CODE
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THIS TIME AROUND, I THINK, INCLUDING THE USE TABLE INTO THAT.SO ARE THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE AFTER THE INITIAL FEEDBACK GOT US TO A PRETTY GOOD POINT.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO THEM TO THE BOARD WAS THAT WE MEET WITH THEM IN A JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT ON OUR OWN, WE'VE TAKEN IT ABOUT AS FAR AS WE CAN GO TO OFFER, YOU KNOW, OUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT THE CODE SHOULD BE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY SHOULD BE CRAFTING THE VISION THAT'S INCORPORATED INTO THE ORDINANCE.
AND SO THAT WAS, I THINK, PRETTY POSITIVE DISCUSSION.
THE AGENDA REFERS TO THIS AS THE MUPUD THAT YOU PRESENTED IT TO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FORM BASED CODE IS THE AGENDA CORRECT, OR DO WE HAVE TWO THINGS GOING AT THE SAME TIME? YOU'RE RIGHT.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FORM BASED CODE AND THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
SO WELL, YEAH, I THINK WE'LL WRAP THE MUPUD REVIEW UP INTO PETER WAS HAVING HIMSELF QUITE A CHRISTMAS.
SO LIKE I SAID, I HAVEN'T WORKED OUT THE [INAUDIBLE].
I WILL HAVE A DRAFT AT A FUTURE MEETING HERE INCORPORATING THE COMMENTS AND ACTUAL TEXT DRAFT FOR US TO GET STARTED ON AND THEN I WILL HAVE TO DEFINITELY RECONVENE THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER MEETING.
YEAH, I GOT WRAPPED UP IN FORM BASED CODE.
SCOTT DID NOT TALK TO THE BOARD ABOUT MUPUD.
[LAUGHTER] I DON'T THINK WE NEED HIM YET.
LET'S SAVE HIM FOR WHEN WE HAVE TO.
SO YEAH, THAT'S THE STORY ON MUPUD.
YEAH, WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS AGENDA ITEM 9A, WHICH WAS THE PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD ON FORM BASED CODE.
LIKE I SAID, I THINK THINGS WENT PRETTY WELL.
PETER'S WORKING TO GET THE ORDINANCE IN SHIPSHAPE TO SHIP IT OFF TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW.
AND HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HEAR BACK WITH SOME SOME COMMENTS AND FURTHER WORK FOR THE NEW SUBCOMMITTEE TO TO MEET WITH HIM ON.
SO, AGAIN, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT IT, TAKE A LOOK AT THE THE RECORDING ON HOMTV.
AND HOPEFULLY I DID US PROUD IN THE DISCUSSION.
YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU DID A GREAT JOB, I FELT MORE MOMENTUM COMING OUT OF THAT MEETING THAN I EVER HAVE ON THAT TOPIC.
AND IF YOU DO WATCH THE PRESENTATION, OUR CHAIR WAS VERY DEFT AT HANDLING, NOT COMMITTING OR NOT, OR DODGING ANY PARTICULAR ASPECT OF IT.
SO I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY GREAT.
AND WE HAD TALKED OFFLINE A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
AND I THINK THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO COME INTO PLACE, IF WE ARE ABLE TO DELIVER AN ORDINANCE THAT IS HIGH QUALITY, AND THEN THE BOARD WILL BE I THINK VERY PLEASED WITH IT.
AND MUCH MORE RECEPTIVE TO THE CONCEPT OF NOT TO GET THE DETAILS, BUT THE CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, AN EXPEDITE THE REVIEW PROCESS IN EXCHANGE FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS GREAT COMMUNITY VISION FOR THAT AREA ON GRAND RIVER.
COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AT THE TRUSTEES MEETING.
I THINK TRUSTEE OPSOMMER BROUGHT IT UP ABOUT A FRONT ACCESS SERVICE DRIVE, AND I DIDN'T FOLLOW THAT VERY WELL.
I GUESS WELL, SO IN THE ORIGINAL SHAPING THE AVENUE PROPOSAL, AS WE RECEIVED IT WHEN WE STARTED THIS, I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE EVEN BEEN IN THE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT WE INITIALLY WERE LOOKING AT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE.
THEY HAD A WHOLE STREETSCAPE PLANNED OUT WHERE THERE WAS A BOULEVARD IN THE MIDDLE OF GRAND RIVER AND YOU KNOW, WITH HUGE TREES AND TWO LANES ON EITHER SIDE AND THEN A SERVICE DRIVE OFF OF GRAND RIVER WITH STREET PARKING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDINGS.
AND SO IT SEEMED AS THOUGH HE WAS REFERENCING THAT SORT OF VISION OR FOR THE STREETSCAPE.
AND, YOU KNOW, ALL I TOLD HIM WAS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT WRITE IT IN THE ORDINANCE.
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YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE VISION THAT COMES ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH CREATING THE FORM BASE CODE.YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING SERVICE DRIVES IN THE BACK.
I DON'T THINK WE ACTUALLY EVEN COMMITTED TO THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY IN THE ORDINANCE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE NEED THEIR INPUT.
RIGHT? IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF THIS, THEN, RIGHT, WE JUST HAVE TO SAY IT NOW, THAT COMES WITH THE BIG CAVEAT OF I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING A BOULEVARD DOWN THE MIDDLE OF GRAND RIVER.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANKS.
[9.A. Township Board update.]
SEEING NONE, PETER, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING? YEAH, LET ME GO OVER THAT REAL QUICK.SO THE BOARD MET ON THE FIFTH.
JUST LAST WEEK, THEY TALKED ABOUT NOT ONLY SCOTT'S PRESENTATION, FORM BASE CODE, BUT ALSO PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT FOR THE CAR DEALERSHIP.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT AT YOUR LAST MEETING.
SO MARK IS IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING SOME LANGUAGE FOR THAT.
SO WE WILL GET THAT SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING WITH THIS GROUP.
AND THEN, FOR DISCUSSION, THE DTN REZONING OVER THERE ON CENTRAL PARK DRIVE.
BETWEEN POWELL AND GRAND RIVER IN CENTRAL PARK WAS DISCUSSED, THE BOARD DIDN'T REALLY LAND IN ANY SPECIFIC CATEGORY, THEY DO WANT IT ON FOR ACTION AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS PUTTING IT ON FOR APPROVAL.
AND IF THEY AREN'T SATISFIED WITH THE APPROVAL, THEY CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING AND VOTE TO DENY IT.
AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT REZONING.
AND SO WE'LL KIND OF SEE HOW THAT GOES.
IT'S ON FOR ACTION AT THE NEXT MEETING ON THE 19TH.
SO THAT WAS EVERYTHING PLANNING RELATED.
THEY DO MEET ON THE 19TH WE'LL HAVE THE DTN REZONIN ON FOR ACTION, WE'LL HAVE THE CPUD AMENDMENT FOR MERIDIAN MALL.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAW THIS A WHILE AGO NOW.
AND AS WE KNOW, MY MEMORY WAS BLANK AT THE HOLIDAY SAW, THEY HAD THE BANK DRIVE THRU RIGHT OUT FRONT THERE IN FRONT OF GRAND RIVER, [INAUDIBLE] BUT IN FRONT OF THE MALL.
SO THE BOARD SHARED SOME INITIAL CONCERNS WITH THAT PROJECT.
SO THEY DIDN'T COME AT THE LAST MEETING.
BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE ON FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS NEXT MEETING ON THE 19TH.
SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THE BOARD STANDS ON THAT PROJECT TO [INAUDIBLE].
ANY QUESTIONS FOR PETER ON THE BOARD? WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE? OKAY, SORRY, BEFORE I FORGET, THEY DID TALK ABOUT IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA.
BUT THEY DID ADD MEDICAL OR RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA ON THE AGENDA.
THE BOARD IS PLANNING ON HAVING A STUDY SESSION ON THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, WHICH IS NOT ONE OF THEIR REGULAR MEETINGS.
SO WHEN THAT GETS SCHEDULED WITH INFO, WE'LL BE SURE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
SO REALLY, THE TOPIC IS THEY MIGHT BE CONSIDERING, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MEDICAL MARIJUANA RIGHT NOW, THEY MAY BE CONSIDERING RECREATIONAL INSTEAD OR IN ADDITION TO IT'S NOT VERY CLEAR.
THERE'S A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR ON MARIJUANA.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DISCUSSION IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
BUT THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL SESSION ON THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY.
PETER THEORETICALLY, WOULD THAT COME TO FOR US AT SOME POINT IF THERE? I'M ASSUMING THAT'S AN ORDINANCE CHANGE? RIGHT.
YEAH, IT'S NOT REAL CLEAR, THERE WILL LIKELY BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ASPECT OF IT.
BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW, WE MET WITH ATTORNEYS AND ADMINISTRATION TODAY.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
AND THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE MORE QUESTIONS COME UP.
IT'S DEFINITELY A COMPLICATED ISSUE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PETER? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE ONE THING I WILL MENTION, THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON, WAS THERE IS A MEETING SET FOR BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP BOARD AND THE TOWNSHIPS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THIS IS THE ANNUAL MEETING THIS YEAR.
IT'S ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, AT 6PM.
PETER, I ASSUME THAT EVERYONE'S INVITED TO THAT BEFORE I GO INVITING EVERYONE.
AND I WILL SEND SOMETHING FORMAL OUT SOON THAT HAS THAT INFO.
EVERY YEAR, THEY'LL HAVE A MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE FROM THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
USUALLY IT'S IN THE BIG TOWN HALL ROOM AND AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN FIT IN THERE.
AND THEN THEY TALK ABOUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS FOR THE YEAR AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS TO GET TOGETHER.
SO THEY'LL HAVE THE ONLINE VERSION OF THAT THIS YEAR, AND MORE INFORMATION TO COME.
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AWESOME.YEAH, I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS ALREADY OUT OR NOT.
IT LOOKS LIKE I SEE A LOT OF NODDING HEADS.
DID ANYONE NOT GET THAT, AND NEEDS PETER TO SEND IT OUT? I'M NOT SURE IF I GOT THAT.
I WONDER IF THAT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILTER THROUGH THE NEW EMAILS.
SO I'M NOT BUT IF EVERYONE WANTS TO JOIN, I IMAGINE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD MEETING.
I TOOK A LOT OUT OF OUT OF IT LAST YEAR, WHEN I WENT WITH CHAIR LANE, LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT ELSE WAS GOING ON IN THE TOWNSHIP.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T GET THE EMAIL, PETER WILL SEND IT TO YOU.
OTHERWISE, HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE ON THE 26TH.
AND I'LL PLAN ON SENDING A REMINDER AROUND JUST IN CASE.
BUT NOTHING ELSE WE WILL GO ON TO 9 B LIAISON REPORTS.
[9.B. Liaison reports.]
I'LL GET THINGS KICKED OFF.A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THERE WAS A ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING AND WHEREIN WE CONSIDERED ONE CASE.
AND THAT CASE, ENTAILED CONSIDERING THE REQUEST FOR A SIGN FOR CHIPOTLE ON THE EAST FACING FACADE, WHICH THEY WERE APPROVED FOR.
IN WHAT I TAKE PRIDE IN SAYING THAT IT WAS A RECORD SETTINGLY SHORT MEETING.
THEY WERE APPROVED FOR THEIR SIGN.
SO THAT OCCURRED IN LATE DECEMBER.
ANY OTHER LIAISON REPORTS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS.
[INAUDIBLE] THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MET ON JANUARY 6, MAIN TOPICS OF DISCUSSION ARE THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AUDIT AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
AND I'VE A LITTLE BIT SOFT PEDALED THAT GIVEN THE OTHER ORDINANCE WORK THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS ENGAGED IN AND LOOKING TO BRING THOSE THOUGHTS INTO DISCUSSION ON MUPUD AND FORM BASED CODE.
ALSO, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION IS SOLICITING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS FROM THE SCHOOLS AND APPLYING FOR TREE CITY DESIGNATION, AND HAS A JOINT WORKGROUP WITH THE BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
YES, BOTH THE DDA AND THE ECD MET LAST WEEK, EDC.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND EITHER MEETING.
BUT I KNOW THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP HAS ESTABLISHED AND HAS AWARDED GRANTS TO A NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE TOWNSHIP TO HELP SUPPORT THEM DURING THE COVID CLOSURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
A LIST CAME OUT THE OTHER DAY.
AND THE DDA WAS ADDRESSING AND DISCUSSING CHANGES IN THE OKEMOS VILLAGE PLANS, INCLUDING A REDUCTION IN SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, WHICH I BELIEVE ALSO WENT TO THE TOWNSHIP BOARD LAST WEEK OR IS GOING TO, TO MODIFY THEIR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.
ANYONE ELSE? I WILL POINT OUT THAT ALSO IF YOU MISSED AND DON'T CARE TO WATCH THE HOMTV PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE DOING IT AGAIN ON THE 20TH AT THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY MEETING, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME AND AND LISTEN IN ON THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HEARING THEIR FEEDBACK AS WELL.
OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THE POM POMS AN BE A CHEERING SECTION, I'D APPRECIATE THAT TOO.
[LAUGHTER] BUT THAT'S ON THE 20TH OF JANUARY AT 6PM.
WE MAY NOT HAVE A CODE AT THE END OF THIS, BUT I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? GOING ONCE GOING TWICE? MAYBE ONE QUICK, MAYBE CIRCLING BACK TO THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS AMENDMENTS.
THERE WAS SOME REALLY FRANK DISCUSSION THAT I HEARD ABOUT THE ABILITY TO RENT OFFICE SPACE IN OUR TOWNSHIP AND BUILDING OFFICE SPACE AND OBVIOUSLY LOTS OF BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG THAT MIGHT CONTINUE BUT I'M NEW ENOUGH TO THE
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COMMISSION THAT I DON'T HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT OUR KIND OF COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE OCCUPANCY RATES ARE, AND WHETHER THEY'RE WORRISOME OR WHETHER THEY'RE GOOD OR WHETHER THEY'RE GOING UP OR GOING DOWN.AND IF THERE'S SOME POINT WHERE WE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION ON THAT, THAT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL.
PETER, MAYBE YOU CAN WORK WITH DIRECTOR CLARK IN COMING UP WITH SOME INFORMATION FOR US ON THAT.
I SEEM TO REMEMBER, COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL MAY HAVE ASKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
I DON'T THINK WE IN PLANNING ANYTHING.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT DIRECTOR CLARK HAS.
BUT I WILL LOOK INTO IT AND REPORT BACK.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 10.
PROJECT UPDATES, NEW APPLICATIONS, WE HAVE NONE.
SITE PLANS RECEIVED, WE HAVE NONE.
SITE PLANS APPROVED, WE HAVE NONE.
MOVE ON THEN TO OUR FINAL OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC REMARKS.
ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU ARE IN THE ZOOM MEETING, YOU CAN USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE.
IF YOU'RE AT HOME, YOU'RE WELCOME TO GIVE US A PHONE CALL AT 517-349-1232.
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE REMEMBER TO LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AT THE TOP OF THE COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD.
WITH THAT WE'LL GIVE IT A MOMENT FOR ANYONE TO RAISE THEIR HAND OR CALL IN.
YOU HAVE NO ONE IN THE ATTENDEE AREA WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND THERE ARE NO TELEPHONES RINGING, SIR.
WITH THAT, THEN, BEHIND US WE'LL MOVE ON TO ADJOURNMENT.
ANY MOTIONS TO ADJOURN WOULD BE ENTERTAINED AT THIS TIME.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER RICHARDS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL.
ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION STANDS ADJOURNED AT 8:11PM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.
THANKS EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.