Urban Growth Management Master Plan Advisory Committee Summary: Meeting #7 September 19, 2023 10:00 A.M. Government Center, Council Chambers 200 East Main Street
Urban Growth Management Advisory Committee Members in attendance: Chair Larry Forester, James Brown, Todd Clark, Alison Davis, Chuck Ellinger, Andi Johnson, Todd Johnson, PG Peeples, John Phillips, Kathy Plomin, William Wilson, Zach Worsham, Judy Worth, and Dan Wu. Staff in attendance: Commissioner Keith Horn, Administrative Officer Shaun Denney, Division of Planning Director Jim Duncan, Purchase of Development Rights Director Beth Overman, Division of Water Quality Director Charlie Martin, Long Range Planning Manager Chris Taylor, Water Quality Sanitary Sewer Section Manager Chris Dent, Attorney Senior Tracy Jones, Administrative Specialist Principal Sylvia Schmonsky, Planner Senior Hal Baillie, Planner Senior Valerie Friedmann, Planner Senior Boyd Sewe, Digital Content Administrator SB Stroh, and Administrative Specialist Rachael Lay.
Chair Larry Forester called the meeting to order at 10:00am. Chair Forester welcomed the committee to the meeting and spoke about the procedures for the committee to cast their votes. He then invited Division of Planning Director Jim Duncan to speak with the committee. Director Duncan informed the committee that this meeting’s purpose is the same as the other work session meetings that have taken place, just in a more formal location. Director Duncan introduced the some of the results received visually on a public input map. Planning staff composed the public comments from the Public Input Meeting on September 12th onto a map to show where the property owners stated if they did want to be included in the expansion area or if they did not want to be included in the expansion area. On the map that was shown, Director Duncan explained that the green areas were owned by property owners that expressed that they wanted to be in the Urban Service Area, the areas in red were owned by property owners that expressed that they did not want to be included in the Urban Service area, and the properties in