Planning Commission — 2025-03-05

The March 5, 2025 Queenstown Planning Commission meeting (called to order at 6:03 p.m., adjourned 7:03 p.m.) included a presentation by Jeff Barba, Director of Land Acquisition for Richmond American Homes, who gave an overview of the Wheatlands plans and said Richmond will return in April for a formal submittal. Richmond is requesting a change in phasing to two phases, will not include commercial development, hopes to begin summer 2025, and described housing types, porches and walkability plus price ranges (townhomes starting in the $500s; rear‑loaded single‑family low/mid $600s; edge lots in the $700s). The Nicholson/Clark subdivision (Wall Street) was reviewed at tentative sketch stage with staff to confirm square footage and critical area details and a question noted about a tree in a front yard; Pat Bowell raised the need for additional off‑street parking on Wall Street. Town Manager updates included recognizing Phil Snyder at the March 12 meeting, advertising for a Planning Commission vacancy, commissioning a water/sewer study due to rising expenses, ongoing meetings with Sunrise Solar about a municipal solar co‑op, and introduction of an ordinance for a $1.8M bond for a water improvement project with a public hearing on March 26 (USDA engineers are reviewing plans). The commission also noted that ordinances to allow modular (prefab) homes and amend the critical zone overlay have been drafted but not submitted for adoption; the January 8, 2025 minutes were approved.