Regular Meeting
6/25/2014 Planning Commission Meeting
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GARFIELD
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 7:00 pm
Garfield Township Hall
3848 Veterans Drive
Traverse City, MI 49684
Ph: (231) 941-1620
A G E N D A
Call Meeting to Order
Roll Call of Commission Members
1. Review and Approval of the Agenda - Conflict of Interest
2. Minutes
a. June 11, 2014
3. Correspondence
4. Reports
a. Township Board
b. Planning Commissioners
5. Business to Come Before the Commission
a. PD Report # 2014- 44 Master Plan Discussion
6. Public Comment
7. Items for Next Agenda – July 9, 2014
a. Just Golf
b. Crown Sign
c. Sheffer Farm
8. Adjournment
Joe Robertson, Secretary
Garfield Township Planning Commission
3848 Veterans Drive
Traverse City, MI 49684
CHARTER
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
June 25, 2014
Call Meeting to Order: Chair Racine called the meeting to order at 7:00pm at the Garfield Township Hall, 3848 Veterans Drive, Traverse City, MI 49684.
Commission Members Present: Pat Cline, Gil Uithol, Kit Wilson, Joe Robertson, John Nelson and John Racine
Absent and Excused: Terry Clark
Staff Present: Rob Larrea
1. Review and Approval of the Agenda – Conflict of Interest: (7:01)
Nelson moved and Wilson seconded to approve the agenda as presented.
Ayes: Nelson, Wilson, Uithol, Robertson, Cline, Racine
Nays: None
2. Minutes
a. June 11, 2014 Minutes (7:02)
Nelson moved and Robertson seconded to adopt the June 11, 2014 Regular Meeting minutes as amended noting that sentence three in New Business g. will now read, “Nelson disagreed with the proportion of multi-family housing in the proposed development.”
Ayes: Nelson, Robertson, Wilson, Cline, Uithol, Racine
Nays: None
3. Correspondence (7:02)
None
4. Reports:
a. Township Board (7:02)
Wilson reported that the Board approved the Public Hearing for the proposed Buffalo Ridge PUD on July 22. Both Rob Larrea and the Township Attorney will be present at the public hearing.
b. Planning Commissioners
No reports
5. Business to Come Before The Commission
a. PD Report #2014-45 Master Plan Discussion (7:04)
Staff has compiled some additional draft baseline information which will be used to support upcoming public involvement and creation of the goals and objectives.
Larrea explained that the intro and the overview have been combined so the document would flow easier and the topics will be built upon. He added that there was plenty of research already completed by various entities to draw from.
Commissioners commented on the topics to be covered and Larrea said that those topics outlined deserved more detail in the Master Plan. Commissioners also discussed PUD’s and the Open Space required and may develop more structured guidelines. Redevelopment guidelines were also discussed.
Commissioners discussed any changes on the pages and each brought forth suggestions. Suggestions encompassed simple grammatical errors, as well as, new ideas for an entire section and additions to the proposed plan.
Commissioners agree that the Plan is headed in the right direction.
6. Public Comment (7:50)
Judith Danford commented on the proposed Master Plan and suggested adding a conclusion.
7. Items for Next Agenda – July 9, 2014 (7:51)
a. Just Golf
b. Crown Sign
c. Sheffer Farm
8. Adjournment: Racine adjourned the meeting at 8:02pm.
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Joe Robertson, Secretary
Garfield Township Planning Commission
3848 Veterans Drive
Traverse City, MI 49684