2008 Meeting Minutes

                                                                                                             FORD COUNTY
                                                                                            JOINT PLANNING COMMISSION
                                                                                                             MINUTES
                                                                                                       January 3, 2008
                                                                                                    5:30 p.m. Rose Room

Members Present: John Curtis, Grant Powers, Phil Derstein, Tom Stanley, Mike Bosley, Lee Cole, Terry Janson, and Ron Spencer

Members Absent: Bud Estes, (Excused) Ron Temaat, (Excused), and 1 vacancy

Guests: Ed Elam, Joann Knight

Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes:
Grant Powers made motion to approve minutes from September 13, 2007, Phil Derstein 2nd motion, all agreed motion passed.
Terry Janson made motion to approve minutes from November 8, 2007, Mike Bosley 2nd motion, all agreed motion passed.

New Members: Welcomed to the board were Tom Stanley and Ron Spencer.

Public Hearing/Presentations:
      Dennis-(Dodge City) The city is looking at a rezoning application located north of Hobby Lobby for Western State Bank. Other perspective
      developments are a motel, convenience store, fast food restaurant, and strip mall. No commitments at this time. The developments are in the
      planning stages. A grant was submitted to the state historical society to create our downtown business district for a national historic destination,
      and there is a tourism study group in townto help us improve our tourism aspects.

      John-(Bucklin) Water project going well, and staying on schedule. Had a few people apply for free lots and they have started construction on one       lot. Bucklin is considering the Neighborhood Revitalization Plan to help with growth.

Grant-(Spearville) The Spearville hospital board has joined up with Jetmore and has dropped their affiliation with Dodge City Medical Center.

Mark-(Ford County) Hazard Mitigation Plan-This is a federal and state funded grant that covers any major hazard that a county could face.

Old Business:
Comprehensive Plan Update-This was tabled for new members to have a chance to review the papers that was handed out in the last meeting.

Subdivision Regulations Update-This was tabled till next meeting. The board has requested that staff explains in better detail the updates that
are being requested.

Fee Schedule-Ed Elam, Ford County Administrator, explained the reason for the Emergency fees that was added to the county fee schedule. The new fees accomplish two things. It helps pay for emergency services in areas that are being developed and passes the cost to the developers
instead of the tax payers.

New Business:
Victory Electric-New office and warehouse are being built in the current location.

Aquila-Moving their offices to Kliesen St where Volz building is located. Aquila’s name is changing to Black Hills Energy.

Southwest Bypass-KDOTS’ engineer stated that they should start staking out the by-pass next week. The project is running about a month behind.

Wilburn, Enterprise, and Richland Townships-These three townships have entered into a maintenance agreement with Ford County to maintain the
roads and mow the weeds.

Reports:
      None

Adjournment:
      Board adjourned at 6:55 PM.

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John Curtis, Chairman                                                                       Mark Shriwise, Secretary