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February 23, 2004
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Friendship Township Planning Commission
DRAFT Minutes February 23, 2004
Donahey T Franklin Kurburski Nettleman D Simon Sundmacher B Trufant
Present x x x x x x
Absent x
I. Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
II. Roll call and recognition of visitors, declaration of taping devices. In attendance were Bill Prall, Norm Mottl, Paul Borghesani Jamie Johnson (Benchmark Engineering), Ivan Zwieback, Craig Cottrill
III. Minutes of 11/24/03 meeting were approved as written
IV. New Business:
A. Special Use Permit, Craig Cottrill applicant. Site Plan for 66-unit subdivision. This process requires notification of owners within 300 feet which was not done by 2/23. This was a preliminary look at project. Property is between M-119 and Lower Shore Drive. Craig Cottrill presented his site plan and the supporting documents (drainage plan, application for zoning action, hydrological study). He stated that this is not an open space plan under the zoning definition as all the lots meet the minimum size requirements. Also stated no variances are being requested. Questions were raised by public present about wells, septic, drainage, entrances onto Lower Shore Drive and M-119. PC asked questions about number of driveways on Lower Shore Drive (could they be required to be shared), entrance onto M-119 on Wasson Grade (safety and Heritage Highway issues), type of outdoor lighting that will be allowed, location of required water tank for fire fighting. This request will be formally heard at our next FTPC meeting on March 22. Therefore ECPC will be asked to table it at their March meeting.
B. Discussion of RR-2 and FF-2 zoning areas; whether request should be made for RR-2 to be changed to FF-2 was delayed until next meeting.
V. Other Matters
A. Draft of Budget was approved (Nettleman, Kurburski)
B. Two tiered approval system for planning decisions was delayed until next time.
C. Other documents sent in packets (Gosling-Czubak Planning Perspectives, Directions in Citizen Planning) were noted
VI. Open Discussion for issues not on the Agenda
A. True North Golf Course follow-up. Monitoring of test wells was never completed. Gosling/Czubak found discrepancies. Denise will get copy of the G-C report and the requirements the Golf Course were to fulfill and we will move forward from there.
B. Bo Trufant reported on information he gathered about process and costs associated with have our own zoning. Start with County Zoning as our zoning for interim. Hire a zoning administrator. Begin process of writing our own ordinance. He had spoken with Dick Collie of West Traverse Twp. They have a shared zoning adm. 1 afternoon/week. He also consults for them in addition to his contract. This costs them ~$2,000 per month. Can recover some of cost via fees for various applications/permits. Motion passed to ask FTB if they are in favor of having us further investigate the feasibility (costs, timeline, sharing of adm., ,etc.) of having our own zoning. (Nettleman/Franklin)
C. Report from FTB representative. Cynthia indicated that FTB requests FTPC study each case that comes before it and make findings based on Friendship Twp Master Plan, Emmet County Master Plan and EC Zoning Ordinance. The decision regarding each case should contain information about these findings and how they impact the decision itself.
VII. Adjourn at 9:44 p.m. Next meeting: March 22.
Cynthia Donahey
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