County  of  Antrim

PLANNING  COMMISSION

Jill Barnard

Al Luurtsema, Chairman

Jim Gurr

Joe Allen

Tom Maleck, Vice-Chair

Laura Stanek

Barbara Bradford

Alan Martel, Secretary

Marshall  Wright

 

Terry Morris

 

Minutes

October 3, 2006

7:00 p.m.

Antrim County Building - Board of Commissioners Room

 

Members present:

 

Marshal Wright, Tom Maleck, Barb Bradford, Laura Stanek, Al Luurtsema, Jill Barnard, Jim Gurr, Alan Martel

Members absent:

 

Joe Allen and Terry Morris

Advisory present:

 

Stan Moore

Staff and others:

 

Peter Garwood, Joe Meyers, Suzanne Kelley, and Ed Martel

 

 

 

1.       Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Al Luurtsema.

2.       Approval of Minutes

 

Motion by Barb Bradford, supported by Alan Martel, to approve the September 12, 2006 minutes as presented.  Motion carried – unanimous.

3.       Public Comment

 

Ed Martel spoke on the soil erosion ordinance and wetlands in regards to the master plan.

4.       Conflict of Interest Disclosure

 

None. 

5.       Banks Township Zoning Amendments

 

Barb indicated that this was the first ordinance amendment that has been given to us addressing the new changes to the law and complemented them.

 

Marshall asked if we should send this amendment to the other Townships in the County. 

 

Tom and Al indicated that they did not know how this changed from the original ordinance and they would like to see the strike through.

 

Motion by Tom Maleck, supported by Barb Bradford, to recommend Banks Township Board approve the amendments to the Zoning Ordinance as presented.  Motion carried - unanimous. 

 

The commission discussed the list that we sent out a few years ago informing the Townships of the information that we would like to have when reviewing plans and ordinances.

6.        Master Plan

 

Barb spoke on the sign standardization at the county parks and natural area.

 

Tom spoke on the naming of the master plan vs. general plan.

 

Suzanne handed out a progress report on the master plan.

 

The commission went over the environmental section.

 

Al questioned the data on the lake levels in the chain of lakes.

 

The Commission asked Suzanne to re-draft the environmental sub-section for next meeting.

 

Suzanne handed out and went through on the implementation section bullet by bullet.

 

The Commission discussed the layout and content of the implementation section and decided to eliminate some sections.

 

The Commission decided to put implementation steps in the plan and at the end of the plan.

 

The Commission discussed the revised future land use map

 

Tom Maleck left at 9:13 p.m.

 

Motion by Jill Barnard, seconded by Alan Martel, to rename the master plan the general plan.  Motion defeated.     Yes: Jill, Jim, and Alan        No: Al, Barb, Laura, and Marshall

7.       Public/Member Comment

 

Jim Gurr indicated that he was upset that no comment was sent to Acme Township on their future land use plan. 

 

Joe Meyers apologized for not sending the letter on time but indicated that a letter was sent out.

 

Ed Martel spoke on the health code and how counties could not have a health code.  

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.

 

 

Submitted and Approved

 

 

Alan Martel, Secretary       Date:

Antrim County Planning Commission