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March 17, 1994
Minutes of a special meeting of the Land Use and Development
Commission held in the city municipal building.
Present: Chairman Kent Kearns, Commission Members: Myrna Cain,
Richard Pearson, T. Kent Hill, Mary Harker, Pete Anderson; Public
Works Director Steve Smart, Project Engineer Gerd Dixon, and
Secretary Myrna Crapo
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
David Wessell the planning and project director of the
comprehensive plan update presented to the commission a
comprehensive plan analysis review.
He presented two reports (1) Economic Analysis and (2)
Demographics report. The population growth from 1990-1993 was
based on the following I.S.U. enrollment as 54%, School
Enrollment at public schools 30%, Social Security as 4% and
Households without school age children as 2%.
The housing areas in the area are tight and there is a housing
crunch.
The city population projections
presented to the commission.
for the year 2015 was
Chubbuck has a lot of opportunity to develop as a small town,
small neighborhoods, or small urban scale.
They were projecting existing trends as to the way the area
would develop. Two plans were presented (1) with the
interchange going through on Siphon Road and (2) without that
interchange.
Employment in the different areas would be affected by that
interchange. A 2015 projected employment increase was
presented by Jason Surface.
The next steps in the comprehensive plan process are: 1. Brainstorming mode
2. Meeting more regularly
3. By the middle of August we need a set of alternatives
for each of the elements.
4. August to September put this before the public
5. September start the selective process.
It is time to dream a bit, speculate a bit and draw some
pictures.
Land Use and Development Commission
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March 17,1994
A time line will be mailed out by David Wessell in his next
mailing.
The commission discussed setting up study session prior to
our meetings. After discussing various times to meet it was
decided to meet each month on the Thursday after the public
hearing notices are mailed out which is the 3rd Thursday.
Pete Anderson brought up the issue of having the Design Review
Committee brought back into the Land Use Commission.
Chairman Kearns expressed a need for a planning department to
be set up in the city.
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