Training and zoning commission held a regular meeting and subsequent work study session on October 22, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in Community Chambers. The meeting was chaired remotely by Chairman David Gillette. New commissioner Ashley Baldwin and new Town Attorney Cliff Mattis introduced themselves. The session addressed two public hearings on zoning text amendments, received a planning activity update, and concluded with a work study session featuring a Transportation Master Plan update and communication skills training.
No members of the public spoke during the public comment period or submitted comments for the public hearings.
Hey, David, can you hear us okay? That's a little bit better. So we'll start just a minute. And then when you need to speak, obviously just unmute it. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Before we call the uh call to order the meeting, uh, we'd like to acknowledge that Chairman David Gillette is meeting is uh meeting remotely with us, and he'll put participate tonight um via telephone. David, can you can you hear us? Are you are you there? I can, yes. Excellent. Uh we're gonna miss you, David. We the uh chairmanship will be less handsome and less smart without you tonight, but we do appreciate you not sharing your pathogens with the rest of us. You're welcome with us all relative, though. Also, we'd like to acknowledge that we have a uh a new chair person, Ashley Baldwin. Uh would you mind taking a moment to just introduce yourself briefly? Let's talk? Okay. Yeah, just talk. Go ahead. Yep. Um yes, my name is Ashley Baldwin. We are we own the Naughty Barn, which is a wedding venue. We've owned this. This will be our fourth season. We've lived in Queen Creek for five and a half years, and in Arizona for thirteen. We love being here. We love the uniqueness of Queen Creek. Um we love raising our family here. We have si I have six kids. My oldest is twenty and my littlest is six. So big it's fun to play adult and little kid. And um we're both Meme Hasner from Idaho, I'm from North Idaho standpoint, husband's from kind of Blackfoot, Rexburg area. And yeah, we're here to stay, and I'm excited to be a part and learn and get to know different things that I didn't. So great. Thank you. Appreciate that very much. Uh, we'd also like to um acknowledge Cliff Matisse, um, the new town attorney, and you'll be attending our our meeting tonight. And uh Cliff, would you like to take a moment to briefly introduce yourself? Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the commission. Uh yes, Cliff Mattis, new town attorney. I'm in my third week. Uh and I'm honored to join you on a regular basis. And so we'll see more of each other. And uh quite pleased with uh meeting all the staff over the last couple of weeks, and I look forward to our work together and serving you and serving the community. So thank you for having me. Thank you, and thank you for the correction of your uh uh the pronunciation of your last name. Mattis, is that correct? Uh yes, I'll try to remember. Thank you.