PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION

 DRAFT MEETING MINUTES

 

EDELWEISS LODGE AND SPA

TAOS SKI VALLEY, NEW MEXICO

 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 9:00 A.M.

 

 

I.          CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL

Commissioner Tom Wittman called the meeting to order.  A quorum was established with Commission members Richard Duffy, Mary Mortimer, Susan Nichols,  Steve Ruppert, Chris Stagg, and Tom Wittman present.  Elisabeth Brownell was absent.  Staff members Mark Fratrick, Don Schieber, Dennis Romero, and Ann Marie Wooldridge were in attendance.

 

II.         APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

MOTION:  To approve the agenda. 

Motion: Chris Stagg                 Second:  Mary Mortimer                      Passed: 6-0.

 

III.        APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 5, 2011 MEETING

MOTION:  To approve the minutes as presented. 

Motion: Mary Mortimer            Second:   Steve Ruppert                      Passed: 6-0.

 

IV.        NEW BUSINESS 

A.  Discussion and Approval of the Infrastructure Capital Improvements Plan 2013-2017

The deadline to submit the ICIP to the State of New Mexico Local Government Division is September 30, 2011.  Don Schieber explained that the spreadsheet presented for review at this meeting includes projects for the current year, fiscal 2012, in addition to the projects for years 2013 through 2017 which will be submitted to the State.  By doing this, the Commissioners and Council members can be aware of current Village projects underway, and it becomes more of a working document for Village staff.  Various items on the list were discussed.  It was suggested that item 2. Terry Sports Demolition should be moved further down to past item 6.

MOTION:  To recommend approval by Council of the 2013-2017 Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan with the above listed change.  

Motion: Mary Mortimer            Second:   Richard Duffy                       Passed: 6-0.

 

 

V.         OLD BUSINESS

A.  Discussion and Review of  Proposed Change for Supplementary Regulations in the Village Core Area.

In order to facilitate the re-development potential of the Village Core area, the planning and zoning regulations for the core will need to be revised.  The existing regulations do not specifically address the development standards to effectively allow the type of mixed use development that is proposed. The Commissioners were presented with proposed changes which are a result of master planning efforts by key stake holders and Village staff.  This is a unique opportunity due to new ownership by a few investors that control a majority of property along Thunderbird and Ernie Blake Roads.  All property owners in the core area will be subject to any new regulations, if their redevelopment requires a change to the building footprint or requires an application for conditional use.  This  will allow uniform development to occur within the core area.   

Attorney Dennis Romero highlighted the changes to be made, which address open space, density, setbacks, height requirements, and parking.  Mainly, development will now be looked at as a whole instead of by individual property.  This new code will be the written expression of the development plans that have thus far been presented to P&Z.    These proposed changes will be discussed in detail at the next P&Z meeting.  The plan is to integrate this into the existing zoning ordinance by year-end.

As part of this change, the Core area boundary will be modified to include part of Strawberry Hill, some of the Burroughs area, and also the Twining Campground. 

           

VI.        MISCELLANEOUS

 

VII.       ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DATE, TIME & PLACE OF THE NEXT MEETING: The next meeting will take place on October 3, 2011at 1:00 p.m. at the Edelweiss Lodge & Spa Conference Room.

VIII.      ADJOURNMENT           

MOTION:  To adjourn.

Motion: Chris Stagg         Second: Susan Nichols                Passed: 6-0

 

 

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Tom Wittman, Chairperson