Planning
Commission Minutes: 07.01.03
The
meeting was called to order by Chairman Fortress. Those present
were: D. Evans, C. Jacobson, A. Short, M. Fortress, J. Williams,
R. Roth, R. Holton and K. Melville. Absent was E. Poleski..
Visitors
were: Gordon Milnes, George Svinicki, Jacquelin Arredondo, John
Davids, Steve Ladwig, Pat Burroughs, Doug Jones, Lloyd Ganton,
Ruth Scott and W. DeGraff.
Minutes of the June 3,2003 meeting were approved.
Site
Plan Review for the Village Green (property # 000-12-09-351-001-01).
A motion
by Short, seconded by Williams to recommend approval.
Motion passed 8-0.
The Spring Arbor University Site Plan Review- McKenna Tower
(property #000-12-16-376-009-01). Mr. Jones and Mrs. Arredondo
explained
the Site Plan of the Bell Tower, including the source of electrical
power. It was stated that the bell tower can be heard up to
two miles. A motion by Evans, seconded by Jacobson to recommend
approval
following OMM approval. Motion passed 8-0.
The
Spring Arbor University Site Plan Review - Athletic Facility
Expansion. Mr.
Jones explained the tentative site plan - it
will be an 80' X 300' structure. After considerable discussion
with
the Board and the representatives from Spring Arbor University,
it was decided that the site plans could not be approved
until the recommendations of OMM are completed. A motion by Short,
seconded by Roth that the site plan with the fulfillment
of
the OMM recommendations
be brought back into the August meeting of the Planning Commission.
(OMM recommendations on file).
The
Village Crossing Site Plan Review. Supervisor DeGraaf addressed
the Commission expressing
his concern regarding
the agreed
to service road behind the Village Crossing building complex;
the
concern
being that the current principals in the Project are not
accepting responsibility for construction of the road.
Mr. Gordon Milnes
and Mr. George Svinicki reviewed the revised site plan.
A letter from OMM Engineering dated July 1, 2003 listed numerous
deficiencies
in the plan presented, and recommend that it not be approved.
Following discussion, Short moved, and Evans seconded,
that
the site plan
as presented not be approved, and that the developers resolve
all of the issues noted in OMM’s July 1, 2003 letter,
and that Supervisor DeGraaf will schedule a meeting with
the developers
and property owners to establish mutually agreeable timetable
for construction of the required road. Further, that the
Commission
would reconsider the site plan for approval when OMM Engineering
gives their approval of the plan, and when the road issue
is resolved. Motion carried 8-0.
(Regarding
the road: in discussion it was suggested that the road might
not need
to be constructed until adjacent
property
to the
east is developed. Also, that if construction is delayed
a bond provided by the developers might be an acceptable
means
of assuring
financing would be available when construction is required.)
The
ZBA minutes of the June 19, 2003 meeting were received.
A. Short mentioned the problems concerning the Sign Ordinance.
It was suggested that we take a second look at that
Ordinance.
Supervisor DeGraaf asked the Commission to affirm their
position that the Village Crossing service road was
to be developed
and paid for by the developers of the property. It
was the consensus
of the members present that the service road was the
responsibility of the developer.
As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned
at 9:15.
Respectfully
submitted,
Ken Melville, Secretary |
