Commission on the City Plan

LAST REVISED 03/21/2012 12:15 pm MINUTES COMMISSION ON THE CITY PLAN POCD UPDATE SUBCOMMITTEE Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 7:00 P.M. 23 UNION STREET NORWICH CONNECTICUT LOWER LEVEL CONFERENCE ROOM SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA ITEMS A, B & C – CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, DETERMINATION OF QUORUM: Ralph Page called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Committee Members Present: Ralph Page, Peter Davis, Bob Mills, Deb Hinchey, Keith Ripley and Sofee Noblick Absent: Les King Also present: P. Michael Lahan, and Jacquie Barbarossa, Recording Secretary A quorum was present. D. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES: Upon motion by Bob Mills and second by Deb Hinchey the members voted unanimously to APPROVE the minutes of the December 15th Special Meeting. E. COMMUNICATIONS: None F. OLD BUSINESS: None G. NEW BUSINESS: 1. POCD Update – Presentation by Planimetrics - Workshop Summary Jason Vincent from Planimetrics gave an update from the workshop sessions with a strategy for Greeneville. He presented a map pointing out the Shetucket River greenway/open space and stated the City should embrace the river with trails and connections to other open spaces such as Occum Park and Mohegan Park. He also pointed out 5 key sites for development including Greeneville Center, Mill Redevelopment, Boswell Ave/Rt. 12, the former Greeneville School site and the auto district along North Main Street. There was discussion among the committee regarding the creation of districts and ideas that were presented were a way to make a connection with the public. Jason stated that the final strategies presented would be general enough to be flexible to fit in with the conservation and regional plan. Mr. Vincent then showed a map of the Westside of Norwich with the Thames River as a blue way not a greenway stating that public access points should be added. He showed 6 sites consisting of Shipping Street/Thamesville, State DOT Garage, Staples Plaza, the five corners intersection of Asylum St and West Main, Church Development Site and the Marcus Plaza. 1 LAST REVISED 03/21/2012 12:15 pm There was discussion of redevelopment of sites by adding multiple stories and that parking requirements would need to be considered. The committee invited Mr. Vincent to attend the Parking Commission meeting on March 29th at 5:00 pm. H. OTHER BUSINESS: None I: ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 7:53 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Jacquie Barbarossa 2