10-24-05 Joint PC-EC Minutes
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GOLDEN VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
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PLANNING COMMISSION
Joint Meeting
Minutes
October 24, 2005
Present:
Environmental Commission - Rich Baker, Tracy Anderson, Dawn Hill,
Alan Kuentz, Jon Pawluk; Planning Commission - Steve Schmidgall,
Les Eck, Don Keysser, Peggy Rasmussen, Dave Cera, Gregg Hackett;
Others - Barry Petit, Petit & Associates
Absent:
Environmental Commission - Christopher Kaisershot; City Staff -
AI Lundstrom, Environmental Coordinator; Lisa Wittman, Administrative
Assistant
City Staff: Jeff Oliver, City Engineer; Mark Grimes, Director of Planning &
Development; Bob Shaffer, City Council Member; Tracy Pharr,
Administrative Assistant
Joint Meetina
I. Design Standards, Presentation bv Barry Petit of Petit & Associates
Grimes introduced Barry Petit of Petit & Associates. Petit's presentation was entitled,
"Designing Our Communities." Petit stated that there are four important topics for
community vision:
1. We (as staff and commission members) are the Board of Directors for our
community, and as such, we are entirely responsible.
2. Making decisions at 10:00 pm (as in a meeting) is a lousy way to do
business. Creativity rarely takes place in a public, late night venue.
3. Many of our decisions last for generations, while policies often change
with a change of regime.
4. Bad design lasts just as long as good design.
Therefore, designing your community should be serious business.
Petit outlined the process for coming up with "good" design:
1. Create the appropriate design document.
2. Work with the developer's architect.
3. Submit design critiques to staff for distribution.
4. Ongoing design workshop with boards and commissions.
Time was allotted for questions after Petit's presentation.
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Keysser asked what the enforcement powers are to affect a decision. Petit answered
that case law is incredibly specific in substantiating the City's role in enforcement of
their requirements.
Eck asked how agreement can be reached with so many varying tastes. Petit replied
that the City and its boards and commissions should decide what is trying to be
achieved as an appropriate architectural style for the community. He also noted that
there are laws of architecture, governing standards in material and physics.
Hill asked if there should be one general reviewer for development plans. Petit stated
that great architecture is achieved through collaboration, and that lack thereof is a
problem.
Shaffer asked how these ideas impact the 60-day rule for review of development
proposals. Petit responded that staff and commissions need to understand the rules in
advance of the 60-day period to begin with.
The Commissions broke into their own respective groups at 7:00 pm to continue
individual commission agenda topics.
Individual Environmental Commis ion Meetin
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7:03 pm.
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No changes.
MOVED by Kuentz, seconde
the minutes of the June 27,200
III. Deer Po ulation Stud
(information from Park
Oliver made note of t nts from the Sun Post. Baker asked if
the Director of th ark & Recreation epartment uld address this topic at the next
Environment ommission meeting. liver will inqu as to the Park & Recreation
Ick Jacobson) availability or the November 8 meeting.
Dis ssion ensued as to whether or n t the Commission wish to pursue this topic for
rther study. Commission Members a reed to hold off on makin his decision until
(after hearing from Jacobson.
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