Approved minutes
Lakewood Planning and Zoning Commission Public Hearing
(Hearing recessed from 11/27/07)
Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at 6:30 PM
Lakewood Town Hall
The purpose of the public hearing was to continue the recessed public hearing from 11/27/07 and to finalize the conditional use permit (CUP) for Lipe Bros. Construction.
Call to order: Planning and Zoning Commission chair Bob Wolfe called the recessed Public Hearing for the Lipe Bros. Construction CUP to order at 6:30 PM on December 18, 2007, at the Lakewood Town Hall.
Present: Chair Bob Wolfe, Town Attorney Tim Strom, Inese Holte, Peter Miller, Robin Downs, Ann Cutts, Angie Dickison Palmer, Zoning Administrator Brennan Mears, and Recorder David Gerhart. One member of the public was in the audience (see attached register).
A letter dated December 17, 2007, from Lipe Bros. attorney Steve Overom had been received by Commission members via US mail. Motion by Holte, second by Cutts to enter this letter into the record. Discussion followed about whether the Commission should include a statement saying that members disagreed with part or all of the content of this letter. The motion was amended to include the following statement: The letter contains allegations with which the Commission disagrees; however, the Commission does not see a meaningful purpose in discussing the letter. The motion as amended passed unanimously.
Wolfe had a question about the second motion made by Miller on October 23rd. However, the consensus was that there was no need to take further action on this matter.
Miller had a question about an item in the latest Overom letter relating to “slander on title.” Strom replied that the Town should let the appeal process play out before the CUP is filed.
Wolfe asked if there was any discussion regarding the finalized version of the “Findings, Conclusion, and Order” document that was included with the Strom email dated December 12, 2007. There being no discussion, Wolfe said he would entertain a motion to accept the document. Motion by Holte, second by Cutts to accept the Strom document of December 12, 2007. Carried unanimously.
Strom asked for a motion to authorize Chairman Wolfe, the Town Attorney (Strom), and the Town Clerk to take care of any additional paperwork that might be required to conclude this matter. Motion by Downs, second by Cutts, to allow such actions. Passed unanimously.
It was noted that the start time for the seven-day appeal process for this CUP would begin at the end of tonight’s meeting. Strom said he would email the finalized “Findings” document to Lipe Bros. attorney Shawn Reed and that that email would include Exhibits A and B.
Wolfe thanked the Commission members for their service. Motion by Miller, second by Palmer, to adjourn the public hearing. Carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 PM.
The next regularly scheduled Planning and Zoning meeting is Tuesday January 29th, 2008, at 7:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
David Gerhart