| TOWN OF LYONS, COLORADO PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES 7:00 p.m. MONDAY, MAY 11, 2009 SHIRLEY F. JOHNSON COUNCIL CHAMBERS 432 5TH AVE, LYONS, CO I. Roll Call Commissioner Marty Hine – PRESENT Commissioner Steve Wratten – ABSENT Commissioner John O’Brien – PRESENT Commissioner David Goranson – PRESENT Chairman Jeff Cornell - PRESENT Trustee Kirk Udovich– PRESENT II. Business 1. David Goranson was sworn in as a new commissioner. His term will expire in four years, May 2013. 2. Approval of Agenda Commissioner Cornell asked that the PCDC discuss the economic development aspect of the Comp plan update and the IGA Strategy Group under item 4. The PCDC agreed to this addition to the agenda. 3. Formally elect a Chairman Commissioner O’Brien made a motion to appoint Jeff Cornell as Chairman of the PCDC. Commissioner Hine seconded, with all voting in favor thereof. 4. Comp Plan Update: review schedule and budget integrity, discuss effectiveness of town meetings, review with staff how PCDC can best support remaining tasks Town Administrator Howard Armstrong presented an update of the Civil Resources process of the Comp Plan update (attached). Town Planner Danna Ortiz said she has been working on a supplement to the Gruen + Gruen report using GIS. Civil Resources will be creating a trade market tool to be used by the Town. She said the economic development piece will be finished first in the Comp Plan update process, but only after all public meetings have been conducted. Ortiz reminded the PCDC that the Comp Plan is a broad, 20-year plan; not a short or medium-term, strategic plan. This is also consistent with the expectations of Department of Local Affairs staff, including Don Sandoval and Andy Hill. Although there will be useable economic development elements in the Comp Plan Update, it will still be a vision document, not a strategic document. Trustee Udovich said he doesn’t see a conflict with using the Comp Plan to get buy-in for economic development and in fact, sees it as more as a trend of the future for a lot of communities. Ortiz agreed and said that is why this plan will encompass a strong economic development piece. She just wants to make sure everyone’s expectations are on the same page. She added that Don Sandoval, if invited by the community, would be happy to speak to town officials on this subject. Commissioner Goranson asked if the Gruen + Gruen report available to the PCDC. Ortiz said no, it has good content and will be used to inform the update, but it will not be the sole place holder of economic development in the Comp Plan Update for Lyons. Chairman Cornell commented that mapping is very important and would consider making a recommendation to BOT to focus effort on keeping town maps updated. Chairman Cornell asked if the Town can ask the Boulder County mapping department if they could come out here and show us what is available as an information briefing? Ortiz said that seems appropriate. Chairman Cornell said the PCDC will come back with a map project and staff will ask for necessary information from Boulder County. Ortiz asked if the PCDC would review the May 28, 2009 Comp Plan public workshop agenda in order to save the last CAC meeting for review of the draft comp plan. The PCDC agreed to review the agenda prior to the Downtown Colorado Inc. meeting on Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Chairman Cornell said that regarding public workshops: it is not helpful to have to digest too much information at the workshops; however, there has been great improvement over earlier meetings. He asked how the PCDC can support staff throughout rest of Comp Plan Update Ortiz said they could help with the creation of a vision statement option for approval at the next workshop. She could have the PCDC consider several options before then. Chairman Cornell asked why the eastern corridor has not been a focus at any of the public meetings Ortiz said it was part of the mapping exercise at the 2nd workshop. Chairman Cornell said a performance-based approach/workbook approach is a good idea for the new Comp Plan. 5. Review with Town Planner possible improvements to Annexation Regulations and Subdivision Improvement Agreement Regulations Ortiz summarized annexation regulations and subdivision regulations for Town of Lyons. She said landowners need a predictable, transparent process. The annexation regulations should list requirements by the State that Town does not. She said the best way to streamline annexations is to eliminate the public vote required to annex property greater than five acres. As far as subdivision regulations, she said currently, a minor subdivision is three lots or less. She suggested increasing a minor subdivision to up to 10 lots. She also suggested having a sketch plan, but allow applicants to combine preliminary and final plats, which would significantly streamline the process for the landowner and for smaller subdivisions. Chairman Cornell gave a brief report on the April 29, 2009 Boulder County Commissioner and Board of Trustees dinner he attended as PCDC chairman, as well as the first meeting of the IGA Strategy team, of which he has been appointed a member. Trustee Udovich also commented on the BCC dinner, stating that he was surprised that the Boulder County Commissioners didn’t bring up the infrastructure issue regarding eastern corridor being included in the Lyons Planning Area. Trustee Udovich asked that a copy of the meeting minutes be made available to Lyons officials. 6. January 26, 2009 Minutes Commissioner Goranson made a motion to approve the January 26, 2009 minutes. Commissioner O’Brien seconded the motion, all voted in favor thereof. 7. Meeting was adjourned at 8:57 p.m. Respectfully submitted by _____________________________________ ________________________________________ Jacquelyn Watson, CMC, Deputy Town Clerk Jeff Cornell, PCDC Chairman |
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