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ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH.
PLANNING COMMISSION BUSINESS MEETING. IF WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MR. BRESKO IS ABSENT. MR. WAYMACK HERE. MR. BROCKWELL HERE.
MR. MCDONOUGH. HERE. MISS ANDERSON. HERE. MISS CANEPA.
HERE. AND MR. HOWELL. HERE. ALL RIGHT. IF EVERYONE WOULD NOW STAND AND JOIN US FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK THEE FOR THIS DAY.
YOU HAVE GIVEN FOR ALL OF THE MANY BLESSINGS BESTOWED AMONG US.
PLEASE GUIDE OUR COMMISSION AS WE HEAR THE BUSINESS THAT COMES BEFORE US TONIGHT.
WE PRAY FOR PEACE IN OUR COUNTRY AND FOR THOSE SERVING TO PROTECT US AT HOME AND ABROAD.
WE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR ATTENDEES AND THEIR SAFE TRAVELS HOME TONIGHT.
WE PRAY A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR COMMISSIONER BRESKO AND ASK THAT YOU BE WITH HIM AND PROVIDE YOUR HEALING AND COMFORT AND HAND OVER HIM AS HE RECOVERS? AND WE WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND HOPE TO SEE HIM SOON.
IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS ADOPTION FOR THE AGENDA.
[ADOPTION OF AGENDA]
CAN I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS WRITTEN.SECOND. MR. MCDONOUGH. YES, MISS. CANEPA? YES.
MISS ANDERSON. YES. MR. BRESKO IS ABSENT. MR. HOWELL? YES. MR. WAYMACK. YES. AND MR. BROCKWELL.
YES. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME. WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO TO BRING UP AND ADDRESS ANYTHING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. BEING THERE, NO ONE COMING FORWARD, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. DO THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? NO. NO. OKAY. THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 24TH.
[ORDER OF BUSINESS]
WORK SESSION REQUIRES A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION.ADOPT SECOND. MR. BROCKWELL. YES, MISS. ANDERSON? YES. MR. MCDONOUGH? YES. MR. BRESKO IS ABSENT, MR. HOWELL? YES. MR. WAYMACK? YES. AND MISS CANEPA.
YES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS THE ADOPTION OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 27TH.
BUSINESS MEETING. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MR. MCDONOUGH? YES. MR. HOWELL? YES. MR. BRESKO. ABSENT.
MR. BROCKWELL. YES. MISS ANDERSON. YES. MR. WAYMACK.
YES. MISS CANEPA? YES. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM FOR TONIGHT IS THE REVISED PC SCHEDULE FOR OUR NEW PLANNING COMMISSION TIMELINES. AND TIM IS GOING TO PRESENT. SPEAK TO THAT.
YES. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND BOARD AND COMMISSION.
JUST A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THAT. THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AS DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING WOULD LIKE TO DO A CONSOLIDATION OF THE WORK SESSION, MEETING TIMES AND TO THE SAME EVENING AS THE BUSINESS MEETING.
SO FOR THE MOST PART, THAT REVISED PLANNING COMMISSION SCHEDULE HAS JUST ONE NIGHT FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION EACH MONTH WITH THE WORK SESSION MOVED FROM THE FROM GENERALLY A MONDAY AT 5:30 TO THE THURSDAY AT 5:30.
SO THERE'D BE ABOUT A TARGET TIME OF APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES FOR THE WORK SESSION.
AND THEN IT WOULD ADJOURN. YOU WOULD ADJOURN THE WORK SESSION AND GO INTO A BUSINESS MEETING.
SO THIS WOULD BE A CHANGE FROM HOW IT'S BEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AT LEAST.
AND THAT SCHEDULE IS UNDER TAB FOUR, FOR ANYONE LOOKING AT THIS NOW OR LATER AND REALLY AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL RETAINING WE'RE WITH THE SCHEDULE THAT YOU'VE GOT BEFORE YOU STILL RETAINS THE DEDICATED COMP PLAN WORK SESSIONS.
AND IF NEEDED, WE'LL HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN COVER DURING THOSE SEPARATE WORK SESSION DATES.
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WE'LL A STAFF WE AS THE STAFF WILL GO AHEAD AND POST IT ON WEBSITE AND EVERYWHERE ELSE THAT ANYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT IT.COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS. NO QUESTION. MOTION TO ADOPT SECOND.
MR. MCDONOUGH, YOU GET THE SECOND FOR THAT ONE.
MR. BRESKO IS ABSENT, MISS CANEPA. YES. MR. HOWELL? YES. MR. BROCKWELL? YES. MISS ANDERSON. YES. MR. WOMACK? YES. MR. MCDONOUGH. YES. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE 2024 PLANNING COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT.
AND JUST TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID IN 2024, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD 12 SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUESTS IT HEARD AND CONSIDERED SEVEN REZONING REQUESTS OR AMENDMENTS OF EXISTING REZONING CASES, AND IT CONSIDERED FOUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE WAIVER REQUESTS.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK STARTED ON THAT IN 2024.
AND THAT, OF COURSE, HAS CONTINUED IN 2025. BUT THIS IS A ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2024.
SO IT IS BEFORE YOU FOR ADOPTION. ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT ADOPTION, IT'S APPROVAL.
SO YOUR MOTION MIGHT BE APPROVE AND FORWARD TO THE BOARD.
IS THAT ACCURATE. SO IF YOU'RE READY TO DO THAT YOU COULD DO THAT.
OR IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES, WE COULD DISCUSS IT.
COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND I MOTION TO APPROVE AND MOVE TO THE BOARD.
SECOND. MR. BRESKO IS ABSENT STILL, MISS CANEPA.
YES. MR. HOWELL? YES. MR. BROCKWELL? YES. MISS ANDERSON? YES. MR. WAYMACK. YES. MR. MCDONOUGH. YES. ALL RIGHT.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR REVIEW BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION THIS MONTH.
SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD, THEN TO COMMUNICATIONS.
[COMMUNICATIONS]
I'M STILL UP HERE, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE THOSE FROM HERE. YOU'VE GOT JUST GOING THROUGH THE WHAT'S IN THE AGENDA ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.THERE WAS NOT A MEETING IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH.
AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO CASES SCHEDULED FOR APRIL.
THE ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WE'VE PUT RECAPS IN THE PACKET.
I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY LOOK THROUGH THOSE WHILE I'M TALKING. UNDER TAB SEVEN.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON. THE BOARD HAD QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, AND THEY ENDED UP POSTPONING THAT TO UNTIL APRIL 8TH.
THEY REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION FROM THE APPLICANT.
SO WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS ON APRIL 8TH. SO THE OTHER THING THAT THE BOARD DID OF NOTE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS TWO DAYS AGO THIS WEEK, MARCH 25TH, THEY APPROVED SPECIAL EXCEPTION 2412 FOR THE CHILDCARE AND PRIVATE SCHOOL.
SO THE BOARD ENDED UP APPROVING THAT. ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE WITH YOU? SO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR NEXT MONTH. WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO PROVIDE EACH MONTH UPCOMING CASES.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PRINCE GEORGE 2045 IS THE NAME OF THAT FOR LOOKING OUT 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS ONGOING. OF COURSE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S WORK SESSION ON MONDAY.
YOU HEARD AN UPDATE FROM THE BERKELEY GROUP AND YOU DISCUSSED SOME THE CHAPTERS THAT YOU HAD IN FRONT OF THE CHAPTER SEVEN, WHICH WAS ABOUT HOUSING AND LAND USE ANALYSIS.
SO HAD A CONVERSATION, PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP.
AND THEY'RE TAKING YOUR COMMENTS INTO ACCOUNT.
STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK ON THAT AS WELL, WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP ON THE CONTENT OF THE PLAN THAT STILL IS REMAINING TO BE COMPLETED, AS WELL AS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON REVISING THOSE OVER TIME.
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AND YOU CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON STUFF AND SO CAN THE PUBLIC.WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT AS WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION.
SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DEADLINE AND STAFF'S DEADLINE FOR ANY REVISIONS TO THE CHAPTER SEVEN THAT YOU SAW ON MONDAY IS MONDAY. SO MONDAY THE 31ST AND THEN AFTER THAT, SOON AFTER THAT? WELL, PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THAT, ROUGHLY.
WE SHOULD BE POSTING THAT CHAPTER SEVEN ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW.
AND AGAIN, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT IF YOU'D LIKE.
CHICKENS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. OKAY, SO ACTUALLY, THAT ALSO WAS A BOARD ACTION ON TUESDAY NIGHT THIS WEEK WHERE WE PROVIDED THE UPDATE TO THE BOARD. WE GAVE THEM THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AS YOU KNOW YOU RECOMMENDED THAT THEY THAT THE COUNTY AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO HAVE ALLOW CHICKENS ON LESS THAN TWO ACRES IN ZONED RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE CURRENTLY THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ON LESS THAN TWO ACRES IN RESIDENTIAL.
SO THE BOARD DECIDED TO ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEY WENT AHEAD AND THEY SENT IT BACK TO YOU.
SO THAT THAT'LL I THINK YOU'LL JUST NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON APRIL.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT BACK AND FORTH, BUT WE JUST IT HAS TO FOLLOW THE STATE CODE AS FAR AS, LIKE, HOW THESE, THESE PROCESSES ARE SUPPOSED TO FORMALLY START SO THAT THAT WILL BE IN FRONT OF YOU ON IN APRIL AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THEN STAFF WOULD DRAFT ORDINANCE CHANGES. WE WOULD BRING IT BACK TO YOU, PROBABLY IN A WORK SESSION TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, TAKE ANY FEEDBACK, AND EVENTUALLY MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND THEN THE OTHER UPDATE ON SPECIAL PROJECTS IS THE BYLAWS UPDATE.
SO WE'VE GOT KIND OF A FIRST DRAFT IN OUR IN THE PLANNING OFFICE OF THE UPDATES TO THE BYLAWS.
WE'VE CUT OUT SEVERAL PAGES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF EXTRA STUFF IN THERE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET COLLECTIVELY GET TO A PRODUCT THAT EVERYBODY CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS AND YOU KNOW, IS USEFUL TO EVERYONE. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU TO LOOK AT NEXT MONTH AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE STUFF I TALKED ABOUT OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COMMISSION TO STAFF? OKAY. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I HAD PREPARED. ALL RIGHT.
SO THERE'S NOTHING REMAINING ON THE AGENDA FOR US TO COVER TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND. ROLL CALL. MR. HOWELL? YES. MISS ANDERSON.
YES. MISS CANEPA? YES. MISS BRESKO IS ABSENT, MR. BROCKWELL. YES. MR. WAYMACK. YES. MR. MCDONOUGH.
YES. MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.