Call to order, pledge of allegiance, roll call - 6 PC members present

Staff report on actions pertaining to the BOCC: BOCC will be hearing referral periods, notices, updates to oil and gas fee schedules, 1% development fee, 2018 budget, code enforcement

No items on consent agenda. No public comment.

Public hearing - work study session with Design Workshop

-Dan Rosales, PC Chair, thanked Citizens’ Task Force

-Design Workshop went through timeline of deliverables. Next public meeting (#3) is November 15, 2017 @6:30PM at fairgrounds. Next report from Design Workshop to PC is 12/05/17. Final future land use plan due 1/15/18 (with several deadlines between now and January)

-“Optimum Land for Development Base Map” displayed: discussion about whether maps should be included in comp plan - no conclusion yet. Maps represent what’s already in word form in comp plan; consensus: maps add visual clarity.

-How to communicate that EC is open for business? Map shown of where building should happen to have least impact on important resources and lowest cost of public service: recommendation is in or within 3 miles of municipalities, 1 mile from highways, 1/2 mile from major county roads (referred to as “green areas” on map displayed)

-Assuming county will grow by 50,000 in next 20-25 years. If building occurs as projected, county can handle population of 85,000 with no new roads needed, perhaps just expand current roads. We have a lot of roads that need improvement, so why build new roads when we can’t take care of what we already have, per Design Workshop.

-Rezones preferable in “green areas.” More cost effective.

-Design Workshop has been asked: How would Independence have been evaluated using this model…. 40% would not have been in “green areas,” which are the preferred development areas, per Design Workshop.

-Denver Water Board owns large chunk of land in northeast corner of the county.

Goals and policies:

-discussed when to use “should” and when to use “shall” in Master Plan (safety and protection of resources = shall, protection of personal property rights = should)

-recommendations: new development pays its own way (somewhat vague, need to get more input from public on this issue); new development shall locate proximate to arterial roads or roads shall be provided by developer (proximate needs more definition); cash-in-lieu-of doesn’t always work (currently required if you’re subdividing less than 80 acres, larger subdivisions allow open space to be “bought down” per formula); industrial uses located to avoid conflicts with residential development, ag uses, wildlife areas, environmentally sensitive areas….and where possible, be located near existing municipalities - county discourages strip industrial development (“node” circular/pods development preferred)