GOLDEN TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION
MINUTES
JULY 31, 2001

7:30 PM MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PRESENT: CARL FUEHRING, HELEN LEFLER, ANITA FOSTER, AVERY
WILSON, LEO TERRYN.

ABSENT: PETE WOOD, STEVE MARCINIAK.

MINUTES OF THE JUNE 26, 2001 MEETING WERE APPROVED AS WRITTEN IN A MOTION BY CARL AND SUPPORTED BY AVERY, ALL AYE, MOTION PASSED.

JAK'S SELF STORAGE: DELAYED

CARL ASKED WHERE THE PC STOOD ON ABANDONED PROJECTS AND CLEAN UP OF SUCH PROJECTS.

JAKE RESPONDED THAT THIS PROJECT IS JUST DELAYED, WAITING FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL. SUCH APPROVAL SHOULD HAVE A PERFORMANCE
BOND ATTACHED TO IT. YES, CLEAN UP CAN BE STIPULATED AND THE PC NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THE PERMITS ARE IN ORDER BEFORE ANY CLEARING OR BUILDING IS STARTED.

CARL WOULD LIKE TO SEE TIME STIPULATIONS ATTACHED.

HELEN WOULD LIKE THE SITE PLANS TO THE PC BOARD MEMBERS TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

LAND DIVISION PARCELS- THE TOWNSHIP BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PARCELS LARGER, POSSIBLY 4-5 ACRES. THE ZONING ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE TO BE AMENDED. A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD HAVE TO BE ADVERTIZED TO INCREASE THE PARCEL SIZE IN THE AG ZONE.

CARL WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME COMPARISIONS FROM AREA TOWNSHIPS

CARL MOTIONED WITH LEO SUPPORTING TO GO AHEAD WITH THE ADVERTIZING. ALL AYE, MOTION PASSED.

OCEANA COUNTY PLANNING SURVEY- THE PC BOARD FEELS THAT COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE NEEDS TO ADDED TO THE LIST ON THE SURVEY, THAT WOULD BE OUR TOP PRIORITY, FOLLOWED BY EFFECTIVE PLANNING FOR AREA-WIDE LAND USE(BEYOND THE TOWNSHIP), PRESERVING THE RURAL CHARACTER AND THE QUALITY OF OUR WATER,
IN THAT ORDER. ALSO SEWER AND WATER ARE A MAJOR FACTOR. MOTION TO ACCEPT THE SURVEY DECISIONS BY ANITA AND SUPPORTED BY LEO, ALL AYE, MOTION PASSED.

ANITA IS UP FOR RE-APPOINTMENT, ALL IN FAVOR OF HER REAPPOINT-
MENT,

JAKE FEELS THAT WE SHOULD UPDATE OUR MASTER PLAN.

8:40 PM HELEN MOTIONED TO ADJOURN, SUPPORTED BY AVERY, MEETING ADJOURNED.