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Morgantown agency establishes Property Management and Underutilized Property committees, approves broader Resource Development committee scope
Summary
The Land Use and Preservation Agency voted to adopt a property management committee definition (option one) and to formally create an underutilized property committee; members also approved retitling the Green Space Committee to a Resource Development Committee and tasked staff with drafting a resolution.
The Land Use and Preservation Agency voted to adopt the first proposed definition for a Property Management Committee and formally established an Underutilized Property Committee, resolving an oversight that committee establishment be approved under the agency ordinance.
The decisions followed a packet discussion that presented two alternate descriptions for the property management committee and a single definition for the underutilized property committee. Chair Miss Schaupp said, "I prefer the first 1," and the motion to adopt the first option passed with Michael as the mover and Dave as the seconder. The agency also voted to adopt the underutilized property committee definition; a mover and seconder were recorded during the meeting but not identified by name in the transcript.
Members debated whether the property management committee should explicitly include demolition oversight. One member urged adding language to address "managing the demolition of vacant and unsafe structures," noting that demolitions were an active priority. Agency members ultimately treated demolition authority as inherent in property management language but left procedural specifics to committee charters.
Separately, the agency discussed the Green Space Committee's scope and agreed to broaden the role. Members proposed renaming it to "Resource Development Committee" to capture green-space work plus other functions such as communications and outreach. A board member proposed the change and another seconded; the motion passed unanimously at the meeting. Staff said they would draft a resolution to adopt the new committee name and mission for a future formal adoption.
The votes were recorded by voice (ayes); the transcript does not include a roll-call tally. The agency asked staff to circulate the adopted definitions and to prepare a resolution for the Resource Development Committee's charter for the agency's review at a future meeting.
