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          [Special Planning and Zoning Commission on June 7, 2023.]
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          I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRONT ROYAL PLANNING COMMISSION, THIS'S WEDNESDAY, JUNE THE SEVENTH, 2023 AT 6:00 PM MS. PALM, DID YOU GIVE A ROLL CALL? CHAIRMAN MERCHANT HERE. 
          VICE CHAIRMAN WELLS, HE IS ABSENT. 
          COMMISSIONER WOOD HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER NER HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS HERE. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE MAY PROCEED. 
          UH, OUR BUSINESS TONIGHT IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          AS YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS AGO WE TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          HOWEVER, THE DOCUMENT WAS NOT IN ITS FINAL FORM, UH, WHICH WE HAVE A CURRENT MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND, AND WE'RE GOING TO NOW TAKE ACTION ON THAT MOTION WITH THE SECOND. 
          SO UNDER DISCUSSION OF THAT, SINCE IT'S ALREADY ON THE FLOOR, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT WE NEED TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE DATE. 
          OUR ORIGINAL APPROVAL OF TWO MONTHS AGO LISTED THE DATE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS NOVEMBER THE 30TH. 
          THE LATEST VERSION THAT WE JUST GOT IS NOW MAY THE 19TH, 2023. 
          SO I WOULD NEED A MOTION OR AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION TO CHANGE THE DATE FROM WHAT, WHAT WAS IT WAS NOVEMBER 30TH, 2022, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          TO MAY 19TH, 2023 FOR ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          CONNIE MARSHALL MAKES THAT MOTION. 
          SECOND, WHAT WE HAVE ABOUT THE AMENDMENT, GEORGE. 
          WELL, THE MOTION SHOULD INCLUDE, I THINK, A STATEMENT THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL CHANGES FROM ONE VERSION, FROM ONE DATED VERSION, CORRECT. 
          TO THE COURT. 
          OKAY. 
          IF THAT COULD BE INCLUDED, CORRECT? THAT, THAT, THAT IS THE, THE ONLY MAJOR CHANGE THAT WE YES. 
          WHAT IF WE FOUND AN ERROR? I JUST REPORT IT TO, UH, WE, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AFTER WE WENT THIS AMENDMENT THAT THE, THE DOCUMENT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS NOW DATED MAY 19TH, 2023. 
          SO WE HAVE A SECOND BY CONNIE MARNER, OR I MEAN A MOTION BY CONNIE FOR THAT EFFECT. 
          SECOND BY GLENN. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? CONNIE, COULD YOU READ A ROLL CALL FOR THE AMENDMENT? COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. AYE. 
          COMMISSIONER WOOD? AYE. 
          COMMISSIONER MARNER AYE. 
          CHAIRMAN MERCHANT? YES. 
          AND NOW IF YOU COULD BE SO KIND AS TO READ THE AMENDED MOTION, WHICH WOULD'VE A NEW DATE. 
          UM, WHAT'S THAT? NO, NO. 
          YOU ALREADY HAD THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          WE, THE MOTION, UH, THAT WAS FROM APRIL. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          READ THAT COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS MOVED, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WOOD TO FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO TOWN COUNCIL AND CERTIFY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOCUMENT DATED MAY 19TH, 2023 IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 22, ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 15.2 2 2 23 THROUGH SECTION 15.2 DASH 2 20 32 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA WITH ALL THE AMENDMENTS LISTED IN THE DOCUMENTS ENTITLED SPREADSHEET, COMP PLAN, MAP AMENDMENTS, FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES, AMENDMENTS, AND ALSO WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THIS WILL REMAIN A LIVING DOCUMENT. 
          AND THAT WAS SECONDED. 
          UH, WOOD GLENN, DID YOU COMMISSIONER SECOND. 
          THE SECOND. 
          SO THEN THERE WAS A BRIEF DISCUSSION. 
          VICE CHAIRMAN WELLS MOVE SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WOOD TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF THE PENDING MOTION UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 17TH, 2023. 
          CORRECT. 
          AT WHICH TIME IT WAS POSTPONED, POSTPONED TO TONIGHT'S MEETING. 
          CORRECT? WE DID NOT LAY IT ASIDE. 
          IT WAS JUST A POSTPONEMENT CORRECT. 
          TO TAKE ACTION. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION. 
          WE HAD AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION, CHANGING THE DATE AND NOTING THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. 
          UH, SO NOW LET'S HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          IS ANY DISCUSSION PLAN? I THINK YOU SAY YOU HAVE A CORRECTION, A MINOR CORRECTION ONE, JUST A TYPO TYPE THING. 
          WELL, NO, IT'S, THEY'VE REPEATED SOMETHING ON THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE CORRECT THING THERE, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT KENDRICK, KENDRICK FOUR, UH, KENDRICK LANE, AND THEY HAD, UH, SOUTH ROYAL THING REPEATED AGAIN. 
          CAN YOU CONSIDER IT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO, TO VOTE TO MOTION DOWN TONIGHT OR DO WE NO, I THINK IT'S A, IT IS, IT IS A, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ALLEVIATED. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S MINOR. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UM, COMMISSION MEMO? I JUST WANT, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT, WE CAN ALWAYS CORRECT, CORRECT. 
          AND, AND THE STATEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE WITH THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND STAFF FOR THEIR EFFORTS. 
          I KNOW THAT LAUREN HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE SHE GOT HERE, UH, OH, WELL OVER A YEAR. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN QUITE A CONVOLUTED PROCESS. 
          UM, UH, 
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I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, AS COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS SAID, IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. 
          AND BY THAT, UH, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I WISH TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          ONE IS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THESE, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          WE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT, A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UH, THE PRIMARY THING THAT I HEARD ABOUT FRONT ROYAL THERE WAS WE THE HOMETOWN CHARM. 
          UM, AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT STAFF TOOK AS WELL AS OUR CONSULTANT AND BASICALLY BUILDING A DOCUMENT AROUND THAT STATEMENT. 
          SO, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THAT ACCOMPLISHES IT, TIME WILL TELL, BUT IT IS A DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE CHANGED OR MODIFIED TO SUIT OUR NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT MOVING IT FORWARD TO SEND IT TO COUNSEL. 
          AND IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          MS. POTTER. 
          COMMISSIONER ER? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER WOOD? YES. 
          CHAIRMAN MERCHANT? YES. 
          SO THIS WILL BE FORWARDED TO TOWN COUNCIL IN THIS FORM. 
          NOW THAT'S NO GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HEAR BACK FROM THEM BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, IT DOES RUN COUNTERINTUITIVE TO INCREASE YOUR DENSITY AND STILL MAINTAIN HOMETOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, A PLAYER. 
          SO, BUT MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M OLD SCHOOL. 
          MAYBE THE NEW SCHOOL CAN, CAN PUSH THAT THROUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR OUR SPECIAL COMMISSION? HEARING NONE. 
          UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING THE SPECIAL MEETING SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UH, OPPOSED LIKE SIGNED HEARING NONE. 
          THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 6 0 7 0.32.
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