Brentwood NPCT Minutes
2015-11-5 (6 to 7:30 pm)
Travis Young's Office;
Minutes by Don Leighton-Burwell (for Laton Carr)
In attendance: Travis
Young, Pam Leighton-Burwell, Carol Alonzi, David McGrath, Dale Henry,
Nancy Bessent, Don Leighton-Burwell, and Greg Chico; New Members: John
Halaburt, Barbara McArthur, and Mike Gorse. Absent: Laton Carr, Bill Morgan and
Tom Ellerman.
Introductions
Call to Order
Agenda:
- Proposed City
Council Resolution affecting Contact Teams
-- Unlike
Neighborhood Associations, must represent Land/Home Owners (including absentee
landlords), Renters, and Business Owners. BNPCT currently has no renters on
team, but encourages their representation
- BNCPT and BNA
coordination
-- These
two groups work closely together (and share some members)
- BNPCT Outreach and
proposed website
-- John
Halaburt will look into creating a blog/website (similar to BNA) for better
(and cost-effective) outreach to potential members and community at large.
- CodeNext
-- Of
particular interest are how the City's proposed "Corridor Plans" will
affect existing neighborhood plans (along with CodeNext). Encroachment into
single family areas, traffic re-routed on residential streets, and density
along corridors is of concern. Team wants to support traffic calming, sidewalks
and speed mitigation on residential streets. In addition, overflow parking from
businesses into residential areas is a problem and parking permits are both
warranted and supported.
- Election of Officers
-- Slate:
Travis Young - Chair; David McGrath - Vice Chair; Laton Carr - Secretary.
Motion by Don LB, second by Dale Henry. Unanimously adopted.
- Other Business
-- There
were no change to land use cases brought forward in 2015
--
Contact Team reworks our "top ten" priority list when requested by
City as reflected in our plan. As items are enacted by the City, new items are
brought forward to replace the ones that have been implemented. Most recent
list is on our Yahoo E-Group (as needed for reference).
--
Planning Comm Sub-Comm is working on correcting the "Garage
Placement" ordinance adopted by BNPCT and many other contact teams. This
should be resolved in early 2016.
-- STR's
(Short Term Rentals) are a problem in some neighborhoods due to noise,
transient populations and loss of both affordable and permanent residential
options. Team supports Council's efforts to correct the current problems. Our
plan supports ADU's (Accessory Dwelling Units) for affordability and compact
city goals, but does not want these to become Type 2 STR's (main unit = not
owner occupied).
