HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Planning Commission 1984-02-24BRADFORD PUBLISHING CO.RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Planning Commission - Consultant Interviews
February 24, 1984
Commission:
Attending:
Also Attending;
Chairman A1 Sager, Members Duane Blair,
George J. Hix, Margaret Houston, Steve
Komito, Richard A. Wood and John Carmack
Chairman Sager, Members Blair, Hix, Wood,
and Carmack
Town Administrator Hill, Attorney White,
Public Works Director Widmer, Planner Cole,
Secretary Jensen, Russell Legg, Larimer
County Planning Department
The Planning Commission conducted two consultant interviews to
consider who might be best qualified to give guidance in the
preparation of a revised Zoning Ordinance. The consultants
interviewed were Mr. Eric Kelly, Kelly, Potter & Barshov, P.C.,
and Mr. Philip Herr, Philip B. Herr & Associates.
ERIC KELLY - KELLY, POTTER & BARSHOV, P.C.:
Mr. Kelly stated that he is a planner, and an attorney licensed
to practice law in Colorado. The Colorado office of his firm
provides consulting services to local and state governments and
private organizations in the land use control, land development
and growth management fields. After a brief discussion of his
qualifications and recent work history, Mr. Kelly outlined the
proposed work program for Estes Park and stressed the importance
of Town and community participation.
Phase I: The issue and problem identification stage whereby
the Town Board, Planning Commission, consultant and staff
would examine the present ordinance and decide what
technical and legal issues needed to be addressed, what they
want to happen to the community, and how that affects the
zoning ordinance.
Phase II: The policy development stage would identify the
issues which would be addressed in the revision. This would
include two to three work sessions with the above mentioned
people, as well as citizen participation. Mr. Kelly would
take notes at the meetings and prepare policy statements,
which would be handed out to the participants to be certain
everyone was in agreement. They come out of this stage with
information, legal concerns, etc. and they sit down and
integrate the information into a final copy of the policy
statements, which would be used in preparing the zoning
revisions.
Phase III: The ordinance revisions stage is the assembly of
the policies adopted in the previous stage. From the
information collected, they would draft an outline of the
proposed ordinance revisions and submit it to the Town for
review. They would then make revisions in the outline based
on that review and draft a zoning ordinance around the
outline. The new ordinance would be organized in such a way
that future additions and deletions can be made without
creating confusion. After the Town Board and others have
had the draft for a reasonable length of time, Eric Kelly,
as project manager, would meet with the Town to go over
comments and questions. They would then prepare a final
version of the ordinance and submit it to the Town in final
form. Mr. Kelly would attend one final briefing session
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with the Town Board prior to the public hearing. Mr. Kelly
would attend the public hearing. Total price for the
proposal is $15,250.00.
PHIL HERR, PHILIP B. HERR & ASSOCIATES;
Mr. Phil Herr stated that he was the principal in a consulting
firm which specializes in Town planning around growth and land
use. He also teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in Boston. Mr. Herr gave a brief background of his
qualifications and experience and then introduced Mr. Chuck
Perry, an associate who lives in Denver who would be working with
Mr. Herr. Mr. Herr stressed that they have worked hard over many
years at learning how to take a technical document and bring it
to a level where it belongs to the community rather than the
person who wrote it. He stated that when the project belongs
to the community, it will better fit the community needs. The
following is a brief outline of Mr. Herr's process for revising
the zoning ordinance;
Initial Studies. Would include a diagnostic review of the
existing zoning and related documents. During this period
they would design an initial set of community workshops.
First Workshops. Both residents and appropriate Town
officials would be recruited for exercises exploring what
the Zoning ordinance should provide but doesn't, and proce
dures on how the system might perform. Through these
workshops, a decision would be reached about the general
approach to be taken with the zoning system, whether margin
al modifications or a revoluntionary strategy aiming at a
very different system.
Research and Drafting. Following the first workshops, an
initial draft would be prepared.
Second Workshops and Revisions. A second workshop series
would then be held to react to the draft proposals and to
generate new proposals. Revisions would then be drafted,
submitted, and revised again.
Public Hearings. Public hearings would be held on the
proposals, following which there would be a final series of
revisions prior to action by the Board of Trustees.
The price for this proposal is $15,400.00.
PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS:
Following the interviews and a lengthy discussion, the Planning
Commission unanimously agreed the firm of Philip B. Herr &
Associates would be the better choice for consultant to revise
the Zoning Ordinance.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
Ann E. Jensen, Secretary