HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-01-2007 DESIGN MINUTES DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION MEETING SUMMARY
For the meeting held March 1, 2007
MEETING LOCATION: Caldwell Development Services, 621
Cleveland - Meeting Room
SUMMARY OF MARCH 1 2007 MEETING BEGINNING AT 5:00 PM:
A. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MEETING SUMMARY: No review was conducted.
B. Members present March 1, 2007 were: Gene Shaffer, Ben Weymouth, Jim McGarvin,
Nick Voth, Chuck Randolph. Staff inembers present: Planning and Zoning Director,
Bryan Billingsley distributed copy of new ordinance directing all appeals of staff
landscape design denials, to the Design Review Commission before departing.
Associate Planner, David Richey remained for fo'llowing discussions.
C. MEETING SUMMARY
Item 1. Consensus was unanimous that Gene Shaffer would be the Commission's
Chairman
Item 2. It was decided that the regular meeting date would be the second Thursday of
each month beginning at 5:00 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled,for April
12, 2007. Unless there is an application pending for Design Review, the April
meeting will be held in the Development Services Building at 621 Cleveland.
Item 3. Staff suggested that the Commission members as well as staff, might find
visits to neighboring city design review meetings interesting and helpful.
Discussion followed with the suggestion that among smaller cities, the City of
Eagle had the longer standing and more mature design review program and
members decided that staff should obtain meeting schedules for Eagle design
review activities and a copy of their enabling ordinance.
Item 4. General discussion through out the meeting indicated that the City of Caldwell
had lagged behind the area leaders in effectively shaping current development
for a better future City appearance. All members agreed that attention to the
visual aspects the community's growth would ultimately determine societies
appraisal of its quality and in turn decide its economic future.
There was also a cautionary discussion about the risk that the design review
function could result in an undesirable, and ultimately unattractive, sameness
throughout the City. All members appeared to be of the opinion this was a risk
and one that they would make every effort in their recommendations to City
Council for ordinance amendments and in their design review deliberations, to
a void. Meeting ended at 6:00 p.m.
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