Planning Commission Work Session August 27, 2019 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. NDS Conference Room Members Present: Chairman Lisa Green, Commissioners Taneia Dowell, Rory Stolzenberg, Hosea Mitchell, Gary Heaton Members Absent: Commissioners Jody Lahendro and Lyle Solla-Yates Staff Present: Brian Haluska and Matt Alfele Chairman Green called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm. A preliminary discussion for 240 Stribling Avenue was held. Applicants Charlie Armstrong and Keith Lancaster provided an over review of the project. Eight members of the public spoke prior to discussion of the project and then spoke throughout the meeting. Public speakers generally communicated traffic, lack of sidewalks on Stribling and protection environmental features as concerns. Margo Smith: Traffic will be a problem as more people will use Stribling. Martin Quarles: Area already has too many people and traffic will get worse. Derek Stone: Traffic is a problem now and the development will make is worse. Dawn Hunt: Traffic is and will be a problem. Lawrence Walkin: Traffic is a problem and more people will make Stribling worse and make the intersection of JPA and Sunset worse. Andrea Knox: Traffic is a problem and things like trash trucks and UPS trucks are a problem. Travis Pietila: Likes that the development is outside critical slopes, but would like to see more protection of Moores Creek. Brian Becker: President of FSNA. They are neutral but concerned with traffic. The PC is concerned with traffic, but indicated they believe the site should be denser than R-2 if the developer could help with infrastructure on Stribling. Staff talked to Charlie Armstrong following the discussion and he is going to hold off going to a Public Hearing for now. Adjournment: 6:45 pm. 1