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CITY OF ANDOVER

SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE

January 7, 2003

Minutes

 

The Site Plan Review Committee met for a regular meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at the Andover Central Park Lodge located at 1607 E. Central, Andover, Kansas. Chairman Doug Allison called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.  Members present were Gary Israel, Shawn King, Kevin Dreiling, and Charles Malcom.  Others in attendance were City Superintendent Les Mangus, Administrative Secretary Deborah Carroll, and City Clerk/Administrator Jeff Bridges.  Members Larry Crouse and Charley Lewis were absent.

Call to Order

 

 

Review the minutes of the Site Plan Review Committee meeting of December 3, 2002.

 

Motion by Gary Israel to approve the minutes as presented. Shawn King seconded the motion. Motion carried 5/0.

Review the minutes of SPRC of Dec. 3, 2002. 

 

 

Staff Communications and Reports. Les Mangus said there were no new reports.

 

Charles Malcom stated he needed to abstain from voting because he is a member of the applicant's church.

Staff Communications and Reports.

 

 

SP-2002-16 Review the Preliminary Site Plan for the Andover Assembly of God Building Addition at 425 Greenvalley Drive. Dayton Poe, Youth Pastor of the church, explained the application for adding on to the back of the building. This expansion is for the youth facilities and kitchen. They currently have a truck in the rear of the facility for storage of the skate park rails and ramps.

 

There was general discussion about the parking lot and the overflow into the residential area.

 

Charley Lewis arrived at 6:10 p.m.

 

There was general discussion about the skate park at the church.  Mr. Poe said the existing concrete is to be removed and replaced with an 8" pad. The playground area will be fenced with 4' chain link from the edge of the existing classroom to the corner of the existing gymnasium. The fence around the basketball cage will be 15' tall and constructed with 4"x 6" lattice style fence and would be painted to match the exterior of the building.  There will be a 6' chain-link fence for security built around the skate park.

 

Les Mangus asked Mr. Poe what the lighting plan is for the back of the building. Mr. Poe said they are not planning to use the skate park at night right now but they would be willing to add them on the corner posts, pointed in toward the park, when the need arises.

 

There was general discussion about the existing fence material around the playground. Don Kimble stated there are no yard lights or landscape proposed for any of this project, due to the lack of visibility from Central.

 

There was general discussion about the skate ramps and security plans for this park. Mr. Poe stated the largest will be 6' tall and they have a 4' half pipe that will be left outside full time upon completion of this project. The skate park will be approximately 300' back from the center of Central.

 

Les Mangus asked if colored mesh fencing could be used instead of galvanized.

 

Gary Israel asked if the brick would match on the new construction. Don Kimble said matching brick would not be a problem.

 

Dayton Poe stated they currently have 80 - 100 kids attending on Thursday nights, and after school in the afternoons, with the majority of them being brought in on busses and do not plan for a major increase in traffic in the area.

 

Don Kimble said he understood the Site Plan Committee wanted 2-yard lights, one on each corner facing toward the screened area, making sure to avoid the light in the residential area.

 

Gary Israel suggested that some plantings be included on the west side of the fencing.

 

Consensus of the Committee is that this will be a positive project for the community.

SP-2002-16 Andover Assembly of God Building Addition at 425 Greenvalley Drive

 

 

Member Items: Chairman Doug Allison stated he attended the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on December 17th with the appeal by Mark Folger of the decision made by the Site Plan Review Committee. There was support of 50% of the Board of Zoning Appeals, which was not enough to overturn the decision. The Planning Commission stated they would like to see more consistency in the decisions for the requirement for irrigation systems. Mr. Allison said it is hard to cover all the bases with Larry Crouse being the only expert in landscaping and irrigation on the Committee and when he is not present, those things slip through the cracks. He stated the Committee needs to step up and request more perfection in the landscape area even when Mr. Crouse is absent.

 

Doug Allison stated he has concerns that owners are trying to "water down" plans being brought to the City. He would like to see standards be set high and stay firm with them.

 

Kevin Dreiling stated he would put together a recommendation for standards concerning landscaping and irrigation and have it ready for the next meeting. There was general discussion about landscaping and irrigation.

Member Items

 

 

Gary Israel made a motion, seconded by Charley Lewis, to adjourn the meeting at 7:00 p.m.  Motion carried 6/0.

Adjournment

 

 

 

Respectfully Submitted by

 

 

__________________________

Deborah Carroll

Administrative Secretary

 

Approved this 2nd day of April 2003 by the Site Plan Review Committee, City of Andover.