Planning Commission Minutes
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Bloomfield Township Hall
I. ATTENDANCE:
PRESENT: Salz, Goldberg, Stefanes, Mintz, Swoboda,
Reisinger, Stark
ABSENT: None
Staff Present: Patricia McCullough, Planning and Building
Director, Robin Carley, Development Coordinator, Chris Gruba,
Assistant Planner.
Mr. Dave Payne, Township Supervisor, was present in the
audience.
A student was present from the Lahser Model High School to
observe a Planning Commission meeting, as a government class
assignment.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The Planning Commission minutes of October 16, 2006 were
accepted as revised.
III. MASTER PLAN UPDATE:
A. LSL Planning, Inc.
Mr. Tom Dabareiner, Principal Planner of LSL Planning,
welcomed everyone to the Master Plan meeting regarding review
of the proposed draft Master Plan. He briefly reviewed the
changes made to the draft plan, noting that he had
incorporated the requested revisions of the Planning
Commissioners, which included rewriting the introduction.
Mr. Salz asked for comments or questions from the
Commissioners.
Mr. Stark commented on several changes, including the name
of the Birmingham Covington School. He requested revisions to
the statements on page 37 regarding infill development,
specifically relating to the scale of the homes. He requested
the elimination of bullet one.
The Commission discussed the need to allow for
redevelopment of neighborhoods that would allow for larger,
upscale homes to replace the existing smaller homes within an
established neighborhood.
Ms. McCullough suggested that infill development within
residential zone districts should be in scale with the size of
the lots. The Commission commented that her suggestion should
be incorporated into the draft.
Dr. Goldberg noted that he had faxed suggested revisions,
including grammatical changes, and Mr. Dabareiner stated that
he had received the suggestions and would incorporate them
into the draft.
Mr. Mintz commented that he felt the demographics of the
Township would not change as much in the next 10 years as they
had in the last 10 years. He did not believe that the Planning
Commission would need to reevaluate the Master Plan as
extensively in the future.
Dr. Goldberg commented that he would like to see many
changes to the Telegraph Road corridor, north of Square Lake
Road, and felt that the Master Plan may require future
amending to allow for changes to that area.
Mr. Payne commented on several construction projects
currently under permit and several proposed changes to the
Telegraph Road corridor, north of Square Lake Road, including
the proposed changes to the median. Discussion followed
regarding several proposals for the commercial sites in that
area.
The Commission discussed ways to identify the Telegraph
Road corridor, north of Square Lake Road, as still belonging
to Bloomfield Township.
Mr. Salz commended Mr. Dabareiner on the revised colors of
the charts, and also on the change of the age of the eldest
baby boomers from 65 to 60 years old.
Mr. Salz called for a motion.
Motion was made by Mintz, seconded by Goldberg and was
unanimously supported to forward the draft Master Plan to the
Township Board of Trustees for the November 27, 2006 Township
Board agenda, for distribution to adjacent communities and
required agencies.
YEAS: Salz, Goldberg, Stefanes, Mintz, Swoboda, Reisinger,
Stark
NAYS: None
Ms. McCullough requested that Mr. Salz, as Planning
Commission Chairperson, attend the Township Board meeting,
along with the other Commissioners, if available.
IV. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
A. Items Not on the Agenda
There were no additional items to be discussed.
V. GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Next Commission Meeting Date
The Planning Commission meeting scheduled for Monday,
November 20, 2006 was cancelled. The next Planning Commission
Meeting was tentatively scheduled for Monday, December 4,
2006.
VI. ADJOURNMENT:
The Planning Commission Meeting of Wednesday, November 8,
2006 was adjourned at 7:35 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia McCullough, Director
Planning and Building
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