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Clayton planners consider parks master plan, sidewalks and water-system feasibility as next priorities
Summary
After advancing wayfinding, the Town of Clayton planning commission discussed which comprehensive-plan strategy to pursue next, focusing on parks master planning, sidewalk and trail expansion and the feasibility and cost of a centralized water system.
With wayfinding advanced, the Town of Clayton planning commission turned to choosing its next comprehensive-plan priority, reviewing strategies that include infill-site identification, zoning updates, centralized water feasibility, marketing, sidewalk and trail expansion, and parks master planning.
Chair reviewed the comprehensive-plan strategies (noting wayfinding was recorded as strategy 4 on page 136 of the plan) and said the commission could formally adopt one of the remaining strategies as its next focus. “So since we've made such good progress on the wayfinding, we need to pick another goal out of our comprehensive plan,” the Chair said.
Committee member called strategy 7 (developing a parks master plan) a “low-hanging fruit,” noting there may be a small town-owned cul-de-sac parcel that could become a neighborhood park and that other town properties or foreclosed parcels might be candidates for conversion. The member also noted existing assets such as the Vandalia Trails and ongoing sidewalk work, and suggested the parks plan could be paired with sidewalk and trail expansion (strategy 7) as a near-term project.
On infrastructure, Chair said the commission has discussed investigating the feasibility of moving from individual water wells to a centralized water system but cautioned it would involve substantial funding and technical work; Banning Engineering had provided some initial feedback, the Chair said. The Committee member also noted the Department of Health has a grant opportunity that might support a parks master plan and suggested staff investigate that funding source.
The commission discussed sequencing and scope: prioritize lower-cost, faster items such as a parks master plan or sidewalk expansions, while leaving larger, costlier actions such as zoning/UDO reform and a centralized water system for longer-term work and targeted study.
Next steps: the commission did not adopt a single new strategy in this meeting but identified parks and sidewalks as top contenders and asked staff to research available grant funding and any technical input needed for larger infrastructure studies.
