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Town of Erie Planning Commission Regular Meeting - November 5, 2025

Planning Commission — Wednesday, November 5, 2025
BodyErie, Colorado
SessionPlanning Commission
DateWednesday, November 5, 2025
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0:15

Good evening and welcome to the November 5th.

0:18

Good 2025 regular meeting of the town of Erie Planning Commission.

0:22

The time is now 6 32 p.m.

0:24

and I'm calling this meeting to order.

0:25

Please join me for the Pledge of Allegiance.

0:31

Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the Republic for which it stands.

0:37

One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

0:45

Will the Secretary please call roll?

0:49

Commissioner Booth.

0:50

Here.

0:51

Commissioner Burns.

0:52

Here.

0:53

Commissioner Drakman.

0:54

Here.

0:55

Commissioner Sawwish.

0:57

Live from the corner of Hallbrook and Cheesman.

1:00

Commissioner Baham.

1:02

Yes, here.

1:05

Vice Chair Brodus.

1:07

Here.

1:07

Chair Hempel.

1:08

Here.

1:09

We have a quorum.

1:10

Thank you.

1:12

We have an agenda before us this evening.

1:14

Does staff have any changes to the agenda?

1:16

No changes.

1:17

All right.

1:18

Who wants to make a notion for tonight's agenda?

1:21

Motion.

1:22

Second.

1:24

Booth and Doiney.

1:26

Motion and a second.

1:28

All in favor say aye.

1:29

Aye.

1:30

All opposed say no.

1:32

Potion.

1:33

Motion passes unanimously.

1:35

Brings us to the approval of September 17th, 2025 pointing commission meeting minutes.

1:39

Do we have any changes or a request to make a motion?

1:44

Motion to approve.

1:46

Second.

1:48

Motion and a second.

1:49

All in favor say aye.

1:50

Aye.

1:51

Aye.

1:51

All opposed say no.

1:53

I'm sorry, I didn't hear the first.

1:58

Thank you.

2:01

And the motion passed unanimously.

2:03

Motion passes unanimously.

2:05

Thank you.

2:06

This brings us to public comments portion of the meeting.

2:09

This is for public comments intended for items not already scheduled on the agenda to be discussed.

2:13

Is there anyone in the waiting room signed up or in the audience?

2:16

We do not have anyone in the waiting room or signed up.

2:19

All right.

2:20

We will skip the spiel.

2:24

On to general business, we just have one item on the agenda for general business.

2:33

The only item is 25608, which is just a quick update regarding the joint study session with town council.

2:42

The original plan joint session with town council was scheduled for mid-January, but that's now been tentative tentatively pushed to April 7th.

2:51

Town Council will be reappointing or appointing new members to this planning commission in mid-March, and that will give us two meetings to prepare with the updated board on March 18th and April 1st before our joint session.

3:06

As a reminder, this joint session was originally scheduled to discuss UDC updates regarding affordable housing.

3:13

We then added on a desire to discuss expanded roles and responsibilities of the planning commission.

3:18

While I would like to get these moving on our side, I believe it's best that we have this discussion with town council to fully understand their priorities before spending significant uh planning commission and staff time on code updates and rolled capabilities.

3:32

Happy to discuss at our regular meetings before our joint session at our any of our meetings coming up.

3:39

Um about what we want to talk about in the joint session.

3:44

Um if you have something that's involved, feel free to start working on that and you can bring that up with me or the whole commission.

3:51

Uh we can put that on the agenda, but I don't want to go into an agenda with nothing right now.

3:59

Um so happy to put it on future agendas, but um just letting letting everyone know that we're there's kind of a a hold on that one.

4:13

So any questions?

4:14

Open floor.

4:20

Okay.

4:22

The time is now 6 36, and we have concluded general business for uh everyone's information.

4:32

We have an executive session uh after this meeting and we'll adjourn at the end of the executive session without reconvening for the public.

4:39

Um so we'll move on to staff reports.

4:42

We have no specific items on the agenda for staff reports.

4:46

No, nothing specific, just to note that uh looks like we've got a few things coming up for the 1119 planning commission hearing, so maybe plan for that.

5:00

And then it looks like we have some stuff tentatively and planned for 12 3 as well for planning commission.

5:05

And I think that's it for this year.

5:08

All right.

5:09

There's nothing on the 1217 agenda currently.

5:13

Not yet.

5:14

Okay.

5:15

Not yet, but we'll probably try to avoid that one as close as it is to the holiday.

5:20

Sounds good.

5:22

Um time is now 6 37, and we'll finish with commissioner reports and discussion.

5:30

We'll go around the table and I'll start with um Commissioner Burns.

5:37

Nothing to report.

5:38

Commissioner Baham.

5:39

No.

5:40

Commissioner Dreckman.

5:42

Vice Chair Brodus.

5:43

No.

5:44

Commissioner Booth.

5:45

I have nothing.

5:46

Commissioner Salish.

5:48

So I want to say happy Veterans Day to those who served.

5:51

Um that will be coming up on Monday, and that's all.

5:54

Thank you.

5:55

Um just as a fun comment.

5:59

I got to see Commissioner Salish at the MODIS Theater between our last meetings, and that was uh a good time.

6:06

So thanks for sharing your story.

6:08

Definitely different.

6:11

Yeah, thank you all, both of you for participating.

6:15

Um idea that I have if we have a light meeting is to do something about uh like a refresher on Robert's rules.

6:25

Not that I think we have an issue, but I think it'd be worth having uh a quick uh 20 minute rundown of Robert's rules.

6:32

I don't know what it looks like, but if people are interested, I'd be happy to throw that on an agenda and we can I don't know, play around with it and cancel it early if it's no good.

6:41

So I see some head nodding, so I'll come up with something and put it on a light agenda.

6:52

Um that's all I have on reports.

6:57

Vice Chair Brodus, you have the so I move that the planning commission enter an executive session uh to discuss specialized details of security arrangements or investigations pursuant to CRS 24 6 4024 D as in David regarding active harm training.

7:17

Looking for a second.

7:18

Second we have a motion and a second.

7:22

All in favor say aye.

7:23

Aye, all opposed say no.

7:27

Motion passes unanimously.

7:30

And now we are in executive session.

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Summary of Proceedings

Town of Erie Planning Commission Regular Meeting - November 5, 2025

The Town of Erie Planning Commission held its regular meeting on November 5, 2025, at 6:32 PM. Commissioner Booth called the meeting to order, a quorum was established, and the agenda was approved unanimously. The meeting included the approval of previous minutes, updates regarding a postponed joint study session with the Town Council, general staff reports, and commissioner remarks before concluding with a motion to enter an executive session.

Consent Calendar

  • Approved the minutes from the September 17, 2025, Planning Commission meeting unanimously.
  • Approved the November 5, 2025, meeting agenda unanimously upon motion by Commissioner Sawwish and second by Vice Chair Brodus.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • No members of the public were present or signed up to address the commission regarding items not already on the agenda.

Discussion Items

  • Joint Study Session with Town Council (Item 25608): Staff reported that the joint session, originally scheduled for mid-January to discuss Unified Development Code (UDC) updates regarding affordable housing and expanded planning commission roles, has been tentatively rescheduled to April 7, 2025. This change allows for Town Council appointments of new commission members in mid-March, providing time for two preparatory meetings on March 18th and April 1st. Staff expressed the position that it is preferable to align the commission's priorities with the Town Council's before committing time to code updates or role expansions, noting a current "hold" on finalizing specific topics for the session until further discussion.
  • Commissioner Reports: Commissioner Sawwish extended greetings regarding the upcoming Veterans Day. Commissioner Booth proposed the idea of a refresher session on Robert's Rules of Order for the commission, noting interest among members to potentially schedule a 20-minute rundown on a future light agenda. Commissioner Drakman noted that the upcoming December 3rd hearing would be the next major agenda item, while the December 17th meeting had no current items and might be avoided due to the proximity to the holidays.

Key Outcomes

  • The September 17, 2025, minutes were adopted.
  • The Joint Study Session with the Town Council remains tentatively scheduled for April 7, 2025.
  • A motion to enter an executive session to discuss security arrangements and investigations pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(7)(d) regarding active harm training was passed unanimously.
  • The meeting adjourned, with the executive session concluding without reconvening for the public.

Meeting Transcript

Good evening and welcome to the November 5th. Good 2025 regular meeting of the town of Erie Planning Commission. The time is now 6 32 p.m. and I'm calling this meeting to order. Please join me for the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Will the Secretary please call roll? Commissioner Booth. Here. Commissioner Burns. Here. Commissioner Drakman. Here. Commissioner Sawwish. Live from the corner of Hallbrook and Cheesman. Commissioner Baham. Yes, here. Vice Chair Brodus. Here. Chair Hempel. Here. We have a quorum. Thank you. We have an agenda before us this evening. Does staff have any changes to the agenda? No changes. All right. Who wants to make a notion for tonight's agenda? Motion. Second. Booth and Doiney. Motion and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Potion. Motion passes unanimously. Brings us to the approval of September 17th, 2025 pointing commission meeting minutes. Do we have any changes or a request to make a motion? Motion to approve. Second. Motion and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed say no. I'm sorry, I didn't hear the first. Thank you. And the motion passed unanimously.

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