MINUTES OF TEXAS CHARTER TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION

REGULAR MEETING HELD APRIL 22, 2008

A regular meeting of the Charter Township of Texas Planning Commission was held on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Texas Township Hall. It was preceded by a work session at 6:00.

The members listed below as present at the regular meeting were also present at the work session. General discussion of possible ordinance amendments occurred, but no action was taken. Township Planner, Russ Wicklund, Attorney Lynda Thomsen, Clerk Linda Kerr and one interested citizen were also present.

1 . CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Mr. Craven called the meeting to order. Roll was called.

Members present: Richard Craven, Larry Loeks, Greg Rothe and Steve Weurding.

Member absent: Steve Bosch, Bruce Derby, Michael Mair.

Township Planner Russ Wicklund and Attorney Lynda Thomsen 3 interested persons were present.

• Set Agenda

Without objection, the agenda was approved as amended.

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

After review and discussion, along with comments from Helen Esman of 10773 Paw Paw Lake Drive, Mr. Rothe moved to approve the minutes of the March 25, 2008 meeting, with corrections on page 4, paragraph 5, “He” should be “His”; “Runt” should be “Runk” and Helen Esman does not own 63 acres, she owns 1.5 acres of land. Also, page 6, paragraph 3, sentence 2 should say “zero is hard to achieve.” Mr. Weurding supported the motion, and it carried unanimously.

• Special Exception Use & Site Plan Review: Texas Party Store

Item No.: PC 08-01 & 08-02

Applicant: Texas Party, LLC

Property: 5030 S. 9 th St. Kalamazoo, MI 49009 3909-02-101-241

Request: Approximately 4000 square foot party store selling beer, wine liquor and groceries.

No information has been received in connection with this application. Mr. Rothe moved to deny approval of this site plan for the reason that the applicant has failed to provide the

information necessary to show a plan that conforms to the ordinance requirements and the Planning Commission’s comments. Mr. Loeks supported the motion, and it carried unanimously.

• Public Hearing: Special Exception Use

Item No.: PC 08-03

Applicant: Aggregate Resources

Property: Paw Paw Lake Drive Parcels 3909-32-476-020, 030, 040, 050, 060, 070, 080, 090

Request: Gravel Extraction

The applicant has not submitted any additional information. Mr. Rothe moved to leave this item on the table for one month, and to have staff notify the applicant that action will be taken at the May meeting if no additional information is received. Mr. Weurding supported the motion, and it carried unanimously.

5, 6, 7. Comments and Adjournment.

Mike Collins and Jim DeHaven appeared, representing Kalamazoo Valley Community College.

The college is considering construction of a 100-foot windmill to generate electricity, or perhaps 2, 50-foot windmills for that purpose, in conjunction with a plan to train students in the field of wind energy generation. WMU would also be involved. The hope is to build the structure(s) in the EBT district, on KVCC property near I-94, to provide 10% of the energy used at the M-Tec center. They will need to run wind studies using an anemometer. They are very interested in the WECS text amendments under consideration. After hearing their comments, Planning Consultant Wicklund and Attorney Thomsen stated that the draft ordinance provisions seem consistent with the proposal, so long as the provision for Planning Commission waiver of height and parcel size limits is clarified.

There were no additional comments, and the meeting was adjourned at about 7:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Michael Mair

Planning Commission secretary

Date minutes prepared: April 25, 2008

Date minutes approved: