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Bluff planners approve Sweetwater Market sign permit, sign off on $445,000 GOEO grant report
Summary
The Bluff Planning & Zoning Commission approved a 3-by-12-foot sign permit for Sweetwater Market, agreed to quarterly stipend payments, set a schedule for vacancy interviews, and approved the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity annual report for a $445,000 renovation grant; Chair Malia Collins abstained from the grant vote due to project involvement.
The Bluff Planning and Zoning Commission on June 4 approved a building-mounted sign permit for Sweetwater Market and signed off on the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (GOEO) annual report for a $445,000 Rural Communities Opportunity Grant that funded renovations at the BRICC/CCC building.
Commissioners reviewed the Sweetwater Market application submitted by Andrea Martin and represented by Kelly Martin. The proposed sign is 3 by 12 feet (36 square feet), building-mounted, and will use existing electrical infrastructure with downward-facing lighting to comply with exterior-lighting standards. Commissioners discussed a separate neon "open" sign on the property; Erin Nelson clarified that signs of four square feet or less are exempt, while signs exceeding four square feet require a permit. Kelly Martin estimated the neon sign at approximately six square feet, meaning it would require a separate permit. The commission voted to approve the sign permit contingent on payment of the permit fee. Motion: Brian Whitney; second: Marcia Hadenfeldt; vote: 4–0.
In other administrative business, commissioners agreed without objection to shift stipend payments from monthly to quarterly and adopted a practice of notifying the full commission and the Town Manager via email when a member will be absent.
On the GOEO grant, Collins, acting as administrative director, requested commission signoff on the annual report for a $445,000 grant that covered demolition, window replacement, asbestos remediation and fire suppression at the BRICC/CCC renovation project. Collins said final invoices are being tabulated and requested time to finish figures before submission. Commissioner Hadenfeldt moved to approve the letter with that caveat; Whitney seconded. Collins abstained from the vote, citing a conflict of interest because of her involvement in the project. Vote: 3 aye, 0 nay, 1 abstention. Whitney will sign the letter as Vice Chair. Commissioners noted that grant funds will be spent by the end of June.
The commission also set a deadline of June 15 for letters of interest to fill a mid-term vacancy created by Commissioner Caitlin McLennan’s move; interviews will be held June 18. The meeting adjourned at 7:12 p.m.
