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A meeting of the Citizen’s Advisory Committee to update the Plans for Prosperity for the Towns of Gardnerville and Minden was held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at the CVIC Hall located at 1602 Esmeralda Ave, Minden. Citizen’s Advisory Committee Members Present: Brain Fitzgerald, Spencer Flanders, Jan Vandermade, Shannon Albert, Rick Towner, Robert Pohlman, Heidi Saucedo, Bill Chernock, Dave Brady, and Clarence Burr (2:08 pm – 3:15pm). Minden Staff Present: JD Frisby, Michelle Brown Gardnerville Staff Present: Tom Dallaire Vice-Chairman Chernock called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Dallaire PUBLIC COMMENT: None APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Chernock/Brady moved to approve the June 6, 2018 agenda. Motion carried 10/0 APPROVAL OF FINAL MINUTES from the March 19, 2018 Citizen’s Advisory Committee Meeting: Chernock/Vandermade moved to approve the draft minutes from the March 19th meeting. Motion carried 10/0 1. For Possible Action: Discussion of policy issues that surfaced during the critical issues discussion; a. Policy Scenarios for Muller Parkway Mr. Race gave a presentation on how to plan for the Muller Parkway and the parcels it goes through. He had the committee think about the verbiage of how to present and plan for this project. Members of the Committee concurred that based on the limitation of what Muller Parkway can be, need to look at an alternate route to have Muller Parkway as a parallel solution to what we already have. Therefore, the trucks are not coming off of 395 or Main Street which then creates challenges for what people envision for downtown revitalization. b. Urban Service Boundaries and Growth Management Mr. Race spoke to the Committee on how to think about orderly expansion, discussion included urban expansion vs. policy with protocols for different areas, i.e.: river area vs farm land area. Cleaning up the boundary lines of the Towns was also included as topic of discussion. Mr. Race explained how to look at infill opportunity sites. Policy’s in regards to the infill sites and outline areas to organize the development opportunities. Are they going to be commercial, industrial, residential, etc. c. FEMA Maps and Flooding Mr. Race gave background information on areas of focus the Committee should think about. Ike ducts were a topic of discussion and how creating a system that could incorporate it would help protect the area from potential major damage. Dialogue revolved around high level issues and how to connect them to not have individual plans. Discussion included ways to build a parkway to take advantage of layering to create better neighborhoods and how to respond to flooding. Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting on updating the Towns Plans for Prosperity ---PAGE BREAK--- Citizen’s Advisory Committee Meeting to Update the Plans for Prosperity for the Towns of Gardnerville and Minden March 19th, 2018 Page 2 of 2 And other possible topics related to the update to the plan for the towns and possible action to provide feedback and advise the towns of Gardnerville and Minden (towns) on these new policies to the respective Plans for Prosperity (plans). Discussion and possible action may include adoption of a recommendation or recommendations for the town boards on the identified and prioritization of the citizen’s advisory committee of the policy scenarios which may be addressed in the plans. Mr. Dallaire gave a brief introduction and explanation of the purpose over the next few days. Mr. Race shared what the plan for the public workshop is going to be as well as what questions are going to be asked and discussed. Review of the overall process and potential outcomes, review high- level issues, focus on “big moves” that drive the plans. Committee members requested that they would like to see a copy of what is to be expected on the plan. Mr. Race provided information about what the process and agenda focus should be on. Packets will be highly illustrated, that consist of 8-16 page executive summaries. Drawings will be included, flat graphics, 4-6 nice drawings, to show what the action plan will be. Potential layout ideas for the plan included having a separated section for the land use element. Concerns from Committee Members were brought up about referring to other docs that aren’t taken seriously. The goal is to have the final product has an understanding and a look at the interplay between things at its broadest level, whereas, the master plan by virtue of the organization, seeks to categorize and separate things like land use and economic development and treat them as separate communities; rarely does one acknowledge the presence of the other. Therefore, there would need to be something put in for the reader to understand to look at the plan as a whole and not as separate communities. Thoughts also included becoming part of the Master Plan, to not become sectioned out, but to have it evolve a bit from what was there before. Concerns that sections could be missing from the plan and not having the discussion of arts and culture could be lost and what could be done to ensure it be brought into play and not becoming a vocal minority. Mixed venue opportunities were also suggested as ideas that could be included in the vision plan. 2. For Possible Action: Approve draft minutes of June 5, 2018. Heidi /Chernock moved to approve the draft minutes of the June 5, 2018 Citizen’s Advisory Committee. Motion passed 10/0. PUBLIC COMMENT: none Meeting was adjourned at 3:15 pm.