Planning Commission Minutes 2003 09 18

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Conflict of interest and disclosures: He asked the Commissioners if they had any conflict of interest or disclosures. Debra Kalish stated that the law firm that she is employed by had been one of the firms that STK had contacted a year ago regarding these projects. She participated in a meeting with STK and the law firm to review the proposals which did not include any substantive discussion of these current application submittals. However, the law firm was not selected by STK to represent them during this process. She did feel it necessary to disclose that earlier contact with STK and the firm. All the members of the Commission agreed that it did not constitute a conflict of interest and thanked her for the disclosure statement. Public Notice Verification: Lipton requested that staff provide the public notification verification. Paul Wood, Planning Director, stated that Public Notice was published in Daily Camera for all three applications on August 31, 2003, posted in City Hall and mailed to the adjacent property owners on August 29, 2003 and September 9, 2003. The two mailing were done because the hearing was rescheduled from September 9 to September 18 and the City felt it necessary to notify the property owners of that change. Staff Report of Facts and Issues: Lipton requested that Staff provide the facts and issues related to the case. Wood requested the input from the Planning Commission regarding the procedure for the Public Hearing of the three STK applications. He suggested that since they were closely related that one staff report be given instead of three. Lipton queried the Commissioners and they agreed that the staff report should include all three applications in one report. Wood provided a brief description of the three applications by reading the item as described in the agenda before providing details for each application. He stated that he would review the request for the Comprehensive Plan Amendment first and then follow-up with the zoning and rezoning request. Case #03-014-CP. Wood stated that the South Sub-area Plan was originally adopted by City Council in February of 1994, and amended twice in 1998. The structure of the document is organized in goals, policies and more specific action items. Elements of the plan include Land Use, Transportation, Parks and Open Space and Urban Design Wood continued stating that the South Sub-area is approximately 1,800 acres in area and th generally corresponds to properties north of US 36, east of S. 104 St., and south of the Coal 3