The City Commission has appointed an 18 member task force to address the isssue of infill housing in Decatur. The task force will assess the problem, consider the viewpoints of different stakeholders, and prepare recommendations for the City Commission to consider in the fall.

What has the Task Force been asked to do?

>City Commission Charge to the Infill Housing Task Force

Task Force Members

Tony Powers, Chair

City Commission Liason
Jim Baskett, Mayor Pro-tem

Organizational Representatives
Eric Sundquist
Planning Commission

Mark von Dwingelo
Zoning Board of Appeals

Deanna Ozio
Historic Preservation Commission

Bruce Fabrick
Greenspace Commission

Fred Cavalli
Decatur Business Association

Melissa Manrow
Decatur Neighborhood Alliance

Sheila Hunt
Decatur Downtown Development Authority

City Commission Appointees
Scott Drake
Mark Arnold
Robert Soens
Gary Cornell
Catherine Williams
Leonard Thibedeau
Michael Gaetner
Laura Keyes
Fleur Hartman
Steve Provost

Infill Task Force: Next Steps 

The Infill Task Force has completed its work and submitted its recommendations to the City Commission. The task force could not reach concensus on one set of recommendations and presented two reports that reflected the views of the task force.

Click here to read the Majority Report from the Size/Scale committee.

Click here to read the Minority Report from the Architectural committee.

City staff will review the work of the task force and will recommend changes to the existing infill guidelines in late May or early June 2007. 

Meeting Minutes
All meetings are held at City Hall at 7 p.m.

February 27, 2006

March 22, 2006

April 26, 2006

May 24, 2006

June 28, 2006

July 25, 2006
Meeting Minutes

Public Comments Group 1

Public Comments Group 2

Public Comments Group 3

August 28, 2006
This will be a combined listening session and monthly meeting.

>Current Infill Guidelines (adopted in November 2005)