City Council Minutes 2002 01-30-02 (special cc) QppROOVk
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JOINT MEETING OF THE PLAN COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL ��. a �3•oa
WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 30,2002
The meeting was called to order at 7:08 p.m.
In attendance were: Jeff Baker,Anne Lucietto,Bill Davis,Brian Schillinger,Ted King,Andrew
Kubala,Tom Lindblom, Art Prochaska,Valerie Burd,Richard Sticka and Larry Kot
Visitors included:Rodney Tonelli,Joel Strossman,Richard Chevron,Mike Shoppe,Julie Albert
and Tony Graff.
NEW BUSINESS
Presentation of draft comprehensive land use plan
Rodney Tonelli,from Reuteger,Tonelli and Associates,presented the draft comprehensive land
use plan. After more than an hour of discussion and review of the plan, Tonelli agreed to make
changes to the plan as suggested by those in attendance. He planned to meet with city officials
later in the week to discuss the changes and to make revisions the following week.
After Plan Commission member Andrew Kubala expressed concern about seeing the revisions
prior to the public hearing, Tonelli said the revisions would be made in time to allow Plan
Commission members and aldermen to see the changes before the hearing.
The plan encompasses a proposed planning area boundary from U.S. Route 30 to the north to
Caton Farm Road to the south. Tonelli said the city is growing in the southern direction toward
Caton Farm Road. Other boundaries are more delineated due to boundary agreements with
neighboring communities.
Tonelli outlined seven broad classifications of land uses with several specific classes included
under the umbrella. He said the proposal expands categories outlined in the current plan. The
seven broad classifications are: residential land use,commercial land use, industrial land use,
mixed land use,park/open space land use,public/quasi public land use and future development
land use.
Some of the changes suggested at the meeting centered on the northern area of the proposed land
use plan. Tonelli said the northeast quadrant in the plan presented featured more suburban area
zoning than in previous maps. Those in attendance felt that the area should be more heavily
zoned as transitional neighborhoods. Transitional neighborhoods are defined in the plan as
medium-density residential settings that include a-mix of residential uses within master planned
communities. Whereas, suburban neighborhoods are defined as residential areas primarily
comprised of single-family detached residences with a lower density than transitional
neighborhoods.
Mayor Prochaska said that with the city of Montgomery looking at a second town center near
Route 30,he believes the northeast quadrant would be better served as a transitional area.
Also discussed at the meeting was the use of open space in the plan. Tonelli said that in some
instances where no open space is defined, land use itself will serve as open space,such as on the
larger country,estate areas.
Mayor Prochaska also said he'd like to make sure there's an open(or buffer)space around the
industrial area in the northwest quadrant.
Prochaska said the comprehensive plan is a guide for the city to follow. If any developer has a
proposed use that's substantially different from what's in the plan, the developer would have to
make a strong case as to why the city should consider varying from the planned use.
Tonelli said there shouldn't be too many cases of conflicting uses if the city does a good job
creating the comprehensive plan. He suggested the city create design guidelines or policy
guidelines to add to the plan. "The important thing is getting them on paper,"he said.
"It's an evolutionary process,"Anne Lucietto said of creating a land use plan. The community
and land uses evolve continually, she said. "All we're doing here is bench marking our changes,"
she said.
The meeting ended at 8:48 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Dina Gipe