Planning Commission Minutes — 2018-12-05

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Town of Queenstown
Planning Commission Minutes
December 5, 2018
A regularly scheduled meeting ofthe Queenstown Planning Commission was held Wednesday
evening December 5, 2018. Present were Philip Snyder- Chair, Matt Reno- Vice Chair, Perry
Stutman, Loretta Hohmann, Secretary, Town Planner Peter Johnston.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
Accordingly, Phil Snyder brought the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. The following documents were
distributed to all members ofthe Planning Commission that were in attendance:
• Agenda
• Town Managers Update December 5, 2018
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• Email from Perry Stutrhan Subject-Wheatlands Considering Change
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• Planning Commission Minutes November 7, 2018
GUESTS
No guests in attendance
TOWN MANAGER UPDATE
Refer to the Town manager Update document dated December 5,2018 as it was submitted in
writing.
OLD BUSINESS:
• Renewed discussion on Wheatland’s development concept. Referto the email from Perry
Stutman titled Wheatlands Considering Change
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1. Discussion Points:
a. Are we going to get adequate return on the investment?
b. Services- what will town provide? Request to get it in the DRR’s (Developers
Rights and Responsibilities from the builder.
c. The build should have the highest return on investment and provide an income
stream for 20+ years
d. Request a meeting with Town Commissioners for a workshop in January to
discuss the various opportunities.
e. RequestAmy to provide. Planning Commissioners with the Outletwater usage
and sewage meters, gather a 12-month period.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Minutes November 7, 2018— Motion by Matt Reno to be approved as submitted, Aye 4,
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NayO.

PUBLIC COMMENT none
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There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:13 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Loretta Hohmann
Secretary

Amy Moore
From: Perry Stutman <PERRYSTUTMAN6@msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:21 PM
To: Philip Snyder (chessieS@outlook.com); Matt Reno (theiceking69@gmail.com); Betty
White (bw6161@gmail.com); Loretta Hohmann
Cc: ‘PeterJohnston; Amy Moore
Subject: WHEATLANDS CONSIDERING CHANGE
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Folks it is not that I have nothing better to do, but my curiosity did get the best of me. As a
member of Planning, I believed it was best to present the following to you ratherthan jumping
ahead and sending this email directly to the Commissioners. Particularly if you disagree or
believe that more consideration be given to this missive, then the concepts should be
squelched at Planning.
What should follow will be two areas of interest that have come about concerning the change
that Barry Waterman has proposed regarding the development of the Wheatland property;
particularly as it appears that the Commissioners are a bit unsettled with the proposed new
direction.
What I intend to discuss is neither an attempt to support or withdraw support but to introduce
some ideas that we as a Planning Committee have not integrated into our discussion of either
Wheatland or the Dudley property.
Although I realize that I have mentioned overall water and sewer capacity for Wheatland, the
tota[W & S for Wheatland based upon the figures from the 7/21/18 layout used to discuss Mr.
Waterman’s proposal for Wheatland’s; I have calculated for the third time the designed W&S
requirement to be 102,820 GPD. The reason I bring this up is for the mere reason was curious
as to what the total W&S capacity would be if there were no residential consideration and
straight commercial consideration as the Commissioners had believed Wheatland would be
developed since Mr. Waterman had first proposed years ago. As such I have converted all of
the Town House pads to commercial use and where the residential would have been 45,000
GPO, the commercial value would have increased to 86,400 GPO and in conjunction with the
other indicated commercial property would represent a total W&S flow of 144,220 GPD. So it
would appear that from the W&S standpoint it would be best to embrace Barry Waterman’s
recent proposal. To integrate some residential with the commercial.
Of course the residential has the potential to increase service requirements and thus
additional costs to the Town and the County.
So the question becomes, is it feasible to restrict the residential to a 55+ community?
Further it would behoove the Commissioners to establish “Districts” to be assigned to newly
annexed property that at a minimum would be useful in establishing taxation, elected official
positions, etc.

The second area that I wish to address is something that I will refer to as “The more things
change, the more they remain the same.”
In addition to the economic down turn often years ago, the advent of eBay and Amazon in
particular have greatly affected the presence of the brick and mortar store fronts that have
become a staple in many communities to augment the municipal cash flow.
As I was thinking one day of various events during my youth, it occurred to me that many
decades more than a century ago, various mail order catalog services began to surface;
providing much of the same competition then as eBay and Amazon have seemingly provided
today. Much to the chagrin of many small merchants then, not only did they need to compete
with the mail order catalog services, but large department stores were taking some of their
business away and worse shopping centers began to emerge after the Second World War that
challenged the existence of the urban department stores. The latter finding it conducive to
become the anchor store to the suburban shopping centers. Now it appears that the urban
shopping center is at risk and there is atrend towards small “boutique” type stores, mirroring
the vision of retail commerce of the late century.
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It is questionable as to whether we will find the neighborhood butcher shop returning, such as
the one my grandmother shopped. Nor do I see a host of other small shops becoming the
mainstay to small urban municipalities such as had been the hallmark of Q.ueenstown prior to
WWII, as Amazon and eBay appear to continue to flourish and undercut the small town
potential. However, as newly annexed lands attempt to develop especially with a mixed use, it
may be useful for us as community planners to develop a simple matrix by which we would be
able to give an affirmative nod orashake of the head when approached to approve a mixed
use development.
So consider at least three, perhaps four categories of which a business could be an effective
use of a brick and mortar establishment:
Category 1— Not conceivable as on-line sales would undercut attempts at local sales small
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furnishings, small electronic equipment, etc.
Category 2— Only some on-line sales would be of concern- most household furniture and
appliances, paint supplies, wallpaper tile etc..
Category 3 On-line sales of consumer goods would not exist, most building supplies,
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bathroom and kitchen fixtures, etc.
Category 4—Perhaps a separate category for restaurants, pizza and sub shops, fuel centers
later to become vehicle charging stations.
Food for thought -would that be a category 4?
Well folks you’ll be relieved to know that I am ending here.
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Warm regards,
Perry
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TOWN MANAGER UPDATE
December 5, 2018
1. The Town Commissioners will be hosting a Town Hall style meeting at the
Calvary United Methodist Church on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 7:00
p.m. The idea is to have the Commissioners and Planning members present
to address any questions or concerns residents may have to various topics.
All are welcome, but the Commissioners would appreciate at least two
members ofthe Planning Commission attend.
2. The Commissioners held a public hearing on November on repealing
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and re-enacting the Queenstown Zoning Ordinance in its entirety. The
ordinance was adopted the same night.
3. The Commissioners introduced Ordinance 18-05 An Ordinance ofthe Town
ofQueenstown to Repeal the Entirety andRe-enact the Queenstown Zoning
Map. A public hearing will be held at the January 23, 2019 Commissioners
meeting.
4. In an effort to be fair, in regards to Ms. Betty’s term, the Conmiissioners
want to request anyone with interest in serving on the Planning Commission
to submit a letter to the Town by Friday, January l8~. The Commissioners
will then make an appointment to the PC at their meeting on January 23~’.
Therefore, ifMs. Betty is interested in being reappointed, please submit a
letter or email to the Town Office.
5. You may have received your invitation already, but as a reminder the
Commissioners will hold their Christmas Open House on Wednesday,
December at the American Legion Post 296, Queenstown. They
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decided to change things up a little this year. We hope you will attend, and
please feel free to bring a guest.
6.. The dead/dying landscaping at Steamboat Village will be addressed for
spring planting.