Minutes-01/07/2009 (2)

1 Subject to Approval) w City of Tiffin Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday January 7, 2009 Tiffin Fire Department Meeting Room Meeting was called to order by Chairperson Steve Berner at 7: 04pm. Roll Call of members: Present Steve Berner, Shawna Colvin, Melvin Reeve, Jim Schmidt, and Stephanie Surine. Also present: Mayor Royce Phillips, Council rhembers' Jim Bartels, Chris Ball, and Residential Building Inspector Ed Johnson and City Clerk Ruth Demuth. Motion by Schmidt seconded by Surine to approve Agenda as written. All actions passed with all ayes unless so otherwise indicated. Motion by Surine seconded by Colvin to approve minutes of Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on December 3, 2008. Old Business: Chad Sands, Eastern Central Iowa Council of Governments, presented next step in updating Comprehensive Land Use Plan on Population Trends and Projections and Housing Characteristics and Needs. Sands also presented the ECICOG' s version of the Future Land Use Map that P& Z had formulated in the past year. He asked Commission members to review the map. Sands explained how they arrived at the growth rates- based on growth within the areas around the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas in the past ten years. He displayed tables projecting future growth rates at 20% for the next ten and twenty years. Members questioned the accuracy of the' projected growth rates based on the number of building permits issued in the past three. years. Suggested that number of building permits and number of units occupied be checked. a Sands explained that projected growth increase would require approximately 115 acres for new housing units. Available acres within the city limits currently existing is substantially much greater than 115 acres. Suggested that number of platted undeveloped lots be, inventoried in order to more accurately identify projected growth. On new housing development, Sands suggests when new housing development occurs, it should, whenever possible occur incrementally, or contiguous to existing development. Growth of this nature will reduce capital outlay and maintenance costs to the City. Commission members posed questions on the planning and development of Commercial development. Commercial planning will be on time line for, discussion at a later meeting'. Discussion held on future planning of two mile radius for next twenty years on record of the City' s intent of the future development. Suggested establishing three tier growth plans for this Future Land Use Plan in which the plan quantifies reasons for establishing this growth planning. Developer Mark Portwood asked that discussion on future of Oakdale Blvd be placed on the February Planning and Zoning Commission agenda. Member Shawna Colvin inquired on parking spaces recommended by P& Z made to Board of Adjustments on the Special Exception Use application for Day Care Facility. Mayor, Phillips` explained that the recommendations have been forwarded to the Board of Adjustments, and it is now to the BOA to make their decision. No New Business. Motion made by Schmidt to adjourn seconded by Reeve. Adjournment at 8: 00pm. y