HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES CompPAC 2022-02-24Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, February 24, 2022
Minutes of a Joint meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Advisory
Committee of the Town of Estes Park, and the Estes Valley Planning
Advisory Commission, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held via ZOOM
in said Town of Estes Park on February 24, 2022.
Committee: Chair Matthew Heiser, Vice-Chair Bob Leavitt, Members
David Bangs, Charles Cooper, Eric Blackhurst, Kirby Nelson-
Hazelton, John Schnipkoweit, Frank Theis, Karen Thompson,
Rose Truman, David Wolf, David Shirk, Matt Comstock
EVPAC Committee: Dave Converse, Drew Webb, Olivia Harper
Consultant Team: Jeremy Call, Miriam McGilvray, Jenny Young, Anne
Kuechenmeister, Alex Norton, Carol Sammons, Taylor
Broyhill
Also Attending: Community Development Director Jessica Garner, Larimer
County Community Development Director Lesli Ellis, Trustee
Barbara MacAlpine, Larimer County Commissioner
Shadduck-McNally, Planning Technician LauraJane Baur,
Recording Secretary Karin Swanlund,
Absent: Heiser, Truman, Schnipkoweit, Wolf, Comstock
Vice-Chair Leavitt called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
The motion passed with a visual thumbs-up vote.
PUBLIC COMMENT.
None
CONSENT AGENDA:
Approval of Minutes from February 10, 2022.
The motion passed with a visual thumbs-up vote.
DISCUSSION: (for full comments, view the meeting recording)
This joint meeting was facilitated by consultant Logan Simpson and their team.
Miriam McGilvray presented 24 draft choices covering six themes to confirm that we are
asking the right questions and providing the right choices.
The Commission was asked to rank the order of importance of these six themes, and the
following were the top three:
1) Housing – adding accommodations, restricted housing with focus on specific
segments of the community and funding options how should they should be
utilized.
2)Natural Environment – steep slopes, floodplains, wildfire risks, wildlife habitats,
climate change and scenery related to development.
3)Built Environment – simplify future land use, where outward growth (change) would
be most appropriate, redevelopment and development design standards.
OTHER
-The next CompPac meeting will be March 10, 2022
-Spanish speaking outreach event is being held tonight, 6:00 at the Community Center.
-Discussion on virtual/in-person meetings in March
There being no further business, Vice-Chair Leavitt adjourned the meeting at 11:00 a.m.
Karin Swanlund, Recording Secretary