Travis, Andrews appointed to High Springs Plan Board

HIGH SPRINGS – The High Springs City Commission has appointed Larry Travis and Eyvonne Andrews to the city’s Plan Board. Leaving the board is last year’s chair, Jim Forrester, who did not seek reappointment and Joby Jett. The newly appointed members, whose terms expire in 2015, join last year’s vice chair, Gloria James, whose term expires in 2013, Donald Rou, whose term expires in 2014, and Robert “Bobby” Summers, whose term also expires in 2014. Each Plan Board member serves a three-year term.

The Board, which is scheduled to meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month, may choose to forego a meeting if there is no agenda item to be discussed. The Board did not meet during the last two months of 2012. The next scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at 6:30 pm, is expected to take place to allow the Board to hold an organizational meeting to appoint a chair and vice chair for 2013. All Plan Board meetings are held in the High Springs City Commission Chambers.

The Plan Board is responsible for planning and development, overseeing the land development code, serving as the Historic Preservation Board, reviewing Comprehensive Plan and Sign Ordinance, as well as applications for Conditional Use Permits. The Board’s other duties are to review applications for variances, address zoning issues and reviewing the noise ordinance to make recommendations to the City Commission.