Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

There you go. You have to wait for Jason. He's the thumbs up. We're good now. We're good. I saw six o'clock and I was ready. All right. Seems like we have a quorum. Everyone, we're going to stand for the pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

All right. Approval of the minutes item 2A, uh, approval of minutes from January 13, 2026. The purpose of this agenda item is to consider approval of the minutes from the planning board meeting on January 13, 2026. Has everyone had a chance to review? Does anyone have any changes or corrections need to be made? And do I have a motion to approve the I move that be approved as written? Second. Do I have a second? Who wants it? Give it to Barb. To Barb. Okay. Yeah. Flip a coin. All in favor? I. Motion carries.

Uh items tabled from previous meetings. Uh item 3. A election of planning board vice chair. uh 2026. The purpose of this agenda item is to nominate and elect a planning board member to serve as vice chair. Do I hear of any nominations? I'd like to nominate Jeff Stevens. I second it. Motion. Perfect. And second and all in favor? I chef. Congratulations. There you go. Thanks. Item 3B re 25 uh or sorry 2025-13. Uh this item has been withdrawn. Further information will be brought be provided by staff.

So again, we were going to table it tonight, but it has been withdrawn from the petitioner, so it's it's no longer anything we need to consider. Perfect. Perfect. And do we need to No actions. No actions needed to be taken. Perfect. All right, we're going to move on to the public hearing.

Do I need to read the first part? Public hearings are a time for petitioners to present requests for the public to state their concerns and voice opinions in a favor or in opposition of these requests. If you intend to speak, please make sure that you have signed in on the public hearing signin sheet at the podium. Please clearly state your name, address, and whether you are for or against the request for record. Please limit your comments to only three minutes in order for all that wish to speak can be heard in a timely manner. Uh item 4 az 2025-16. Further information will be provided by staff. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am submitting the agenda abstract and supporting documents into the official record of the town. The second item before you tonight is resoning 2025-16. A resoning requested by Wayne Malden of Malden Walk and Surveying, PA, at 220 West Academy Street, pin number 0656879758. This is a resoning for a total of 0.992 acres from the downtown center 1 resoning to the office and institutional conditional zoning district. Uh staff recommends approval of the proposed zoning map amendment as it is reasonable and in the best interest of the public for the following reasons. The requested zoning map amendment is consistent with the 2040 community vision land use plan classification of downtown. The requested zoning district supports the LUP's policy 2.1 encourage infill development and redevelopment inside town limits. The requested zoning district supports the LUP's policy 2.5 grow in downtown and the proposed conditions offered as part of the petition align with the goals of the 2040 land use plan and effectively plan for the site's future development potential. Perfect. Thank you. Any of the board have any questions for staff before we open the public hearing? No. Um, if there are no questions or

comments, I would like to open open the public hearing at this time. Eva, do we have anyone signed up? We do. Wayne Malden. Good evening, Mr. Chair. Hi, Mr. Malden. How are you? All right, sir. Board members, I'm Wayne Malden with Molden Watkins Surveying, 139 North Main Street here in Fugquway. And I am for the reasoning. We put these packages together for the food pantry. Most of you know it's at the same location they are now. They have purchased a piece of property. They're in the rental building right beside of it now. And what they are planning on doing is building their own building on site over there. Nice. So if any of you got any questions, I'll be glad to try to answer them. Perfect. Thank you. Thank you.

Is there anyone else? Um we do. Miss uh Sharon Brulley, I'd like to just speak from here if I may. Um we would need you to if you are able to so we can get you on the record. Thank you. All right. Okay. You please give us your name and address, please. Sharon Brley, uh 2025 Buck Corner Lane in Fugquway. Thank you.

And I uh am a volunteer at the food pantry. And I brought with me some neighbors who are standing that contribute to the pantry. We do drive for the pantry. We feel that this is a crucial uh place for the pantry to be and they we want to support the reasonzoning and we hope that you will do so. Thank you. You have any questions? Ma'am, thank you. Do anybody else? We do not everything.

This time we'll close the public hearing. Um I would like to bring it back to the board and ask if there are any questions or comments from anybody on the board about anything. I will entertain a motion. If there's no questions or comments with staff, I'll move to recommend approval of RAZ-20225-16, a zoning map amendment for 220 West Academy Street from the downtown center 1 DC1 zoning district to the office and institutional conditional zoning district as it is reasonable and in the best interest of the public for the reasons identified by staff. Second. Second. Perfect. All in favor? I. Motion carries. Thank you all.

All right, other business. Uh, item 5a, uh, introduce new staff. Mr. Elliot Ward, assistant planning director. I am thrilled to introduce you guys to Elliot tonight. Um, he has joined us from the town of Morrisville. He's brings um, a breath of experience. He was the planning manager there for several years. Um, so we are excited that he's joining the team and and ready to put him to work. Perfect. Welcome. Great to meet you.

Godspeed. All right, then we're moving on to the planning staff report item 6. A. Uh, the purpose of this agenda item is to receive information on the disposition of the planning board's recommendation to the town board of commissioners since January 13th, 2026. Are there any questions uh for the staff regarding this report? Sounds good. Got a motion? Motion. Oh. Oh, I'm reading the board. Sorry. No motion needed. Let me turn this off. It's distracting me. And at this time, I will accept the motion to adjurnn. Motion to adjurnn.

Barbara, do I have a second? Second. All in favor? I. Meeting is adjourned. All right.