Walkertown Land Use Committee Agenda

May 6, 2004 7:00pm

1.     Welcome

  • Introduction of members (especially those unable to attend initial meeting)

      Attendees:  Jerry Lineberry, Marilyn Martin, David Heath, Dwight Wood, Daren Ziglar, Peggy         Leight, E.A. Jumper, Steve Fowler, Dot Duggins, Randy Dillon, George Price, Eugene Vogler,       Horace Warner, & Toby Linville

  • Verify e-mail and addresses on sign-up sheet

      Daren Ziglar greeted attendees, had everyone reintroduce themselves and began the meeting at 7:05 p.m.

2.     Planning Information:

  • Fred Luce of the City/County Planning Staff 
·   existing land use patterns 
·   provide demographic information for the planning area.  
 
·       Greg Venable with the Winston-Salem's Department of Transportation
·   proposed beltway which will significantly affect development in Walkertown long term
   Greg Venable presented the Eastern Leg of the Northern Beltway which will bisect    Walkertown.  Venable described the current proposed 1200’ right-of-way and the timeframe                  
   and public input sessions that would narrow the r-o-w to 300’.  Venable illustrated where         
   each interchange would be located and possible future connections that could be built.
 
·     Chris Murphy of City/County planning staff 
·     watershed regulations and how they affect development potential in Walkertown
     Chris Murphy was unable to attend this meeting.  Peggy Leight and Fred Luce explained the              
     area of town that is affected by the Salem Lake Watershed.  They also explained how Special        Intense Development Allocation allows property owners to develop more than the 24%               
     impervious surface area allowed in the Salem Lake Watershed.
 

·       Toby Linville, Town Manager

·       Highway 66 study

Toby Linville passed around the Highway 66 Corridor which was completed July 2003 by John Davenport.  Linville explained that this study was completed to aid NCDOT in planning our congestion problems and helped to raise this project on a needs list with NCDOT.  
·   sewerable areas map to study development potential

Linville showed the committee members the sewer phase map which was completed previously to illustrate the potential phases of sewer based on topography, need, and population.  Linville explained that there is no time table for future sewer projects and that expansion would most likely be performed by new development.

3.     Administrative Items:

  • Schedule of future Land Use meetings

      The Land Use Committee discussed the best possible times for future meetings.  The group         decided they would meet the first and third Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. upon motion by Jerry     Lineberry and second by Marilyn Martin.  The committee voted unanimously to accept these           meeting dates.

  • Meetings need to be announced in public record
  • Agenda and minutes should be taken

4.     Other issues/items

5.     Close session

            Hearing no other items the land use committee adjourned upon motion by Jerry Lineberry and second by Marilyn Martin at 8:53 with unanimous approval by the committee.

 

 

The planning board shall prepare and submit to the Town Council for its consideration and possible adoption a comprehensive plan, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts, and descriptive matter, showing the Planning Board’s recommendations to the Town Council for the development of said territory including, among other things, the general location, character, and extent of streets, bridges, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation fields, and other public ways, grounds, and open spaces; the general location and extent of public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned or operated, for water, light, sanitation, transportation, communication, power, and other purposes; the removal, relocation, widening, narrowing, vacating, abandonment, change of use, or extension of any of the foregoing ways, buildings, grounds, open spaces, property, utilities, or terminals; and the most desirable pattern of land use within the area, including areas for farming and forestry, for manufacturing and industrial uses, for commercial uses, for recreation uses, for open spaces, and for mixed use.

 

The plan and any ordinances or other measures to effectuate it recommended by the Planning Board shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the Town and it environs that will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, morals, and he general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development; including among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion of safety and fire and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of the healthful and convenient distribution of the population, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, wise and efficient expenditure of public funds, and the adequate provision of public utilities, services, and other public requirements.