City of Florence

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING January 14, 2016 1. Acting Chairman Tammy Stone called the regular meeting of the Florence Planning Commission to order at 6:30 p.m.

2. Roll call - Vacancy Tammy Stone - Present Sandi Roberts - Present Vacancy Matt Bowles - Present Larry Baker - Present Mike Patterson - Absent

Others present – City Clerk Dena Lozano, City Planner Wade Broadhead, and City Attorney Bryan Fredrickson

3. Approval of minutes – Sandi Roberts moved to approve the minutes of the previous meetings held on December 17, 2015 as presented. Motion was seconded by Matt Bowles. Roll Call Vote –3 ayes, 2 vacancies

4. Welcome and Introductions:

5. Unfinished Business- a. Board Vacancies- City Planning Director Wade Broadhead discussed board vacancies and explained that due to term expirations he would like to wait on major decisions until he has a full board. b. Master Plan- Mr. Broadhead stated that he is looking forward to working with Community Matters. Mr. Broadhead and City Manager Mike Patterson had a nice discussion about upcoming plans last week on conference call. 6. New Business a. Public Hearing for Text Amendment to consider changes to various sections of Florence Municipal Code Title 17, Central Historic Business District. Public hearing was opened by Acting Chairman Tammy Stone. The Planning Commission discussed text amendment and left public hearing open until next meeting when we have full board.

7. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:46p.m.