A regular meeting of the Planning Commission of Alexandria Township was held on the 27th day of February, 2006.
ROLL CALL: Commission members present were John Knowles, Julie Feuling, Larry Steidl and Bryon Alstead. Also present was Bonnie Fulghum, Deputy Clerk. As said members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Chairman Knowles at 7:00 p.m.
Steidl, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
Alstead, seconded by Feuling, made a motion to approve the minutes of the 02/13/06 meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously. Commission member Alstead abstained.
Commission members reviewed the latest draft of the comprehensive plan (02/24/06). Ben Oleson, Zoning Administrator, reviewed the newest material that had been added to the plan; i.e. introduction, summarization of the planning process, and historic/current trends. They also reviewed the color maps accompanying the draft, which depicted farmland, annexation phases, recreational amenities, wetlands/water resources, ALASD boundaries, watershed boundaries, aerial photo of the township, road classification(s) and land use.
The commission revisited the issue of identification of major collector roads. The consensus was to stipulate the following as major collector roads: 50th Avenue, Liberty Road, County Roads 23, 17, 81, 9 and 20. They also discussed the possibility of Liberty Road eventually being extended to County Road 20 and whether that should be included on the Future Land Use Map. Regarding the Future Land Use Map, the commission chose to differentiate between Urban Commercial and Rural Commercial. All commercial areas within ALASD would be designated as Urban Commercial; all commercial areas outside of the ALASD boundaries would be designated as Rural Commercial.
Mr. Oleson submitted a listing of public and/or private organizations that may have an interest in the plan and asked the commission members for their comments.
Feuling, seconded by Steidl, made a motion to advance to the town board for approval the draft of the comprehensive plan with adjoining maps, said draft to include the appropriate changes made at this meeting by the commission. Chairman Knowles requested a roll call on the vote: Steidl – yes, Alstead – yes, Feuling – yes, Knowles – yes. Motion carried unanimously.
Being no further business, Alstead, seconded by Feuling, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:56 p.m.
Respectfully submitted….
Bonnie Fulghum, Deputy Clerk
Approved this _______day of ________, 2006
John B. Knowles, Chairman