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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMiscellaneous PLANNER 10/1/2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCtober 1,2008 Contact: Greg Mott, Planning Manager 726-3774 PLANNING COMMISSION SEEKS APPLICANTS ,FOR VACANCIES The City of Springfield is accepting applications for positions onits seven-member Planning Commission. Commissioners are all volunteer at-large positions with no ward restrictions. The term of a Planning 'Commission appointment is four years. The Planning Commission is a quasi-judicial decision-making body appointed by the City Council that has authority over zone changes, variances, appeals and discretionary use requests. The Commission also makes recommendations to the City Council about the City's future growth and development. The commission works with city staff in drafting amendments to the Metropolitan Area General Plan, local hmd-use refinement plans and development regulations. The Planning Commission also serves as the City's Committee for Citizen Involvement and reviews and approves the formation of Planning Advisory Committees and Citizen Involvement Programs. The Planning Commission meets twice per month. At a minimum, this means about six hours of meetings monthly with 3-6 hours of preparation time for each meeting. Each commissioner is also expected to attend Council meetings on a rotating basis, and to participate on special committees as needed. The total monthly conimitment may exceed 12 hours. The City provides training for new Planning Commissioners to help them learn their role and responsibilities as appointed officials. Commissioners may attend training sessions on meeting protocol, conflict of interest, legal issues and decision-making. The Planning Division serves as the primary staff to the Commission by providing reports, meeting packets, training opportunities, meeting minutes and information requested by the Commission. Regular meetings are held in the evening on the first and third Tuesday of each month. Commissioners are required to attend these meetings and are expected to have reviewed the agenda material in preparation for performing their duties. The 'next meetings will be held on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 and October 21, 2008. Work session at 6:00 and Regular session at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Meeting Room at City Hall. Applications are available in the City Manager's Office in City Hall, Fifth and A Streets, during regular business hours. The deadline to apply is 5 p.Ill., Friday, October 31, 2008. City CoUncil Interviews will be held November 17, 2008 during the Work Session and Appointment to the Planning Commission will take place December 1, 2008 during the City Council Regular Session. ' Date Received: Planner: BJ 1I111(6i Supplemental Questions for Planning Commission Application 1. What is your personal interest in applying for. the position? . 2. What doyou see in Springfield's future and how can you, as a Planning Commissioner, help to realize that future? 3. Describe your experience in working as a member of a group that makes decisions? 4. Describe how you would bal<p1ce the need fOf economic development with neighborh00d preservation or environmental . values? ,5. When a proposed developmept conflicts with an adopted plan or the Development Code, how ~ould you, as aPlanning Commissioner, resolve the conflicts? I I' 6. Do you have any specific ideas for changes that should be made in any of our adopted plannirig or development review documents or in how we review development proposals in Springfield? 7. Canyou commit the time ne~essary to be an effective Planning Commissioner? This means ~bout two meetings monthly with several hours of preparation ~ime for each meeting, plus occasional joint meetings? i 1 I , , 1 , I Date R.eceived:.Jili:!.( 6 ( Planner: BJ