Walkertown Land Use Committee Minutes

May 20, 2004 7:00pm Library

Present:

Committee Members: Al Slater, David Heath, Dwight Wood, Marilyn Martin, Steve O’Ferrell, Mary Stafford, Steve Fowler, Eugene Vogler, and Peggy Leight

Staff: Toby Linville, Fred Luce, Marilyn Moniquette-John, Chris Murphy, and LeAnn Pegram

Audience: Horace Warner and Larry Marshall

1. Welcome

• Marilyn Martin and Toby Linville welcomed the land use committee members. The members introduced themselves.

2. Planning Information:

• Fred Luce of the City-County Planning Staff distributed a draft list of topics that the land use plan will address. These items include Future Land Use, Transportation, Utilities, Economic Development, Design and Appearance, Community Facilities, Parks/Greenways, Agriculture/Farmland, Historic Resources, and Environment. Peggy Leight suggested adding the railroad to the transportation element.

 
· Marilyn Moniquette-John of the City-County Planning Staff discussed the Parks and Open Space Plan. This county-wide plan includes exiting parks, open space, and greenways in each municipality as well as the county and suggests future needs.
 
· Chris Murphy of the City-County Planning Staff gave an update on watershed regulations and an overview of the Phase II Storm Water Rules. Murphy distributed a copy of his slide show for each member. The watershed regulations focus on the rules regarding the Salem Lake Water Supply Watershed. These rules address density limits for residential uses and impervious surface limits for commercial uses. 
 
The Phase II Storm Water Regulations require six measures that must be addressed in a Storm Water Management Plan. These measures include: public education/outreach, public involvement, illicit discharge/detection, runoff/sedimentation control program, post-construction controls, and a good housekeeping program. 
 

• LeAnn Pegram of City-County Planning Staff discussed Historic Resources in the Walkertown area. Pegram gave a summary of Walkertown’s history including early tobacco and furniture mills and strong Methodist history with Love’s UMC and Morris Chapel UMC. Pegram described a historic significance inventory that was completed in the 1980’s. Pegram described the process to create a historic district in our downtown area to include our historically significant properties that could protect its importance without prohibiting use.

• Fred Luce and Marilyn Moniquette-John of City-County Planning Staff discussed Organizing the Community Meeting on Walkertown Future Vision. This public meeting would include a slide show to summarize the planning process and a neighborhood appearance survey. Then participants will break out into small groups to discuss their likes and dislikes about their neighborhood and the Walkertown area. Then the groups will discuss significant changes in Transportation, Environment, Parks and Open Space, Town Center, Community Facilities, Neighborhoods, Commercial Development, and Industrial Development. Afterwards, the group will reassemble and report important issues from each category. This information will be used to draft the land use plan.

The group discussed the best date to have this public session. Eugene Vogler voted to have the meeting on June 10^th at 6:30 p.m. at the Walkertown Public Library. Dwight Wood seconded the motion with a unanimous approval from the land use committee.

3. Administrative Items:

• Al Slater moved to approve the Minutes for the May 6, 2004 meeting with a second from Mary Stafford and unanimous approval of the Land Use Committee.

4. Other issues/items

5. Close session

• Hearing no other items the Land Use Committee meeting closed at approximately 9:00 p.m. The Land Use Committee will meet June 3^rd at 7:00 p.m., June 10^th at 6:30 p.m. for the public session, and June 17^th at 7:00 p.m.