The Plymouth City Council and Planning Commission held a joint meeting Tuesday night in Plymouth and heard an update on the city’s General Plan. Plymouth Community Development Director Paula Daneluk and Bret Keast of the Kendig Keast Collective presented a working draft of the general plan, which Keast said they undertook nine months prior. Daneluk said the draft and presentation would be a way to discuss the plan, bring together loose ends and take a fine-tooth comb to it. She expected that the city would release a notice of preparation of an Environmental Impact Report on the General Plan soon after the meeting - probably in the next two weeks. Daneluk said that Tuesday night was not the only time to make comments on the draft EIR and that people could submit comments in writing to city hall. After the notice of the EIR is released, a thirty-day comment period ensues.
After that, a draft EIR comes out for comments over a forty-five day period. The general plan update will include public hearings and likely a workshop. Keast said the plan projected Plymouth population to the year 2025, ranging from 2,102 to 2,542 people. He said the plan was built with comments from the public and included mention of an indoor multi-purpose center. Planning Commission Chair Sandy Fuller asked about a section on transferring population zoning density into outlying properties. Keast said that was a common measure used to control, pattern and manage growth. Fuller also asked about allowing higher population density within 300 feet of Highway 49. Keast said they were trying to avoid stripping all of the major roadways with commercial use. Bob Reeder of Reeder Sutherland, developers of two housing developments in Plymouth’s Sphere of Influence, said he appreciated the city’s moving along of the general plan process, saying it was good for the city and good for his company.
The Plymouth City Council and Planning Commission held a joint meeting Tuesday night in Plymouth and heard an update on the city’s General Plan. Plymouth Community Development Director Paula Daneluk and Bret Keast of the Kendig Keast Collective presented a working draft of the general plan, which Keast said they undertook nine months prior. Daneluk said the draft and presentation would be a way to discuss the plan, bring together loose ends and take a fine-tooth comb to it. She expected that the city would release a notice of preparation of an Environmental Impact Report on the General Plan soon after the meeting - probably in the next two weeks. Daneluk said that Tuesday night was not the only time to make comments on the draft EIR and that people could submit comments in writing to city hall. After the notice of the EIR is released, a thirty-day comment period ensues. 
After that, a draft EIR comes out for comments over a forty-five day period. The general plan update will include public hearings and likely a workshop. Keast said the plan projected Plymouth population to the year 2025, ranging from 2,102 to 2,542 people. He said the plan was built with comments from the public and included mention of an indoor multi-purpose center. Planning Commission Chair Sandy Fuller asked about a section on transferring population zoning density into outlying properties. Keast said that was a common measure used to control, pattern and manage growth. Fuller also asked about allowing higher population density within 300 feet of Highway 49. Keast said they were trying to avoid stripping all of the major roadways with commercial use. Bob Reeder of Reeder Sutherland, developers of two housing developments in Plymouth’s Sphere of Influence, said he appreciated the city’s moving along of the general plan process, saying it was good for the city and good for his company. 
