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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/17/2005 MINUTESMinutes for Planning Commission Regular Meeting May 17, 2005 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Streissguth at 5:34 p.m. H. Roll Call Those present were: Commissioner Cockburn, Commissioner Friedberg -Nerf, Commissioner Hoell, Commissioner Kennedy, Commissioner llCosusko, Commissioner Nelson, and Commissioner Streissguth. Quorum certified. III. Approval of Agenda Commissioner Streissguth introduced the agenda. A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Kennedy to approve the agenda as presented. Called for a vote: Cockburn: Yes; Friedberg -Nerf: Yes; Hoell: Yes; Kennedy: Yes; Kosuslco: Yes; Nelson: Yes; and Streissguth; Yes. The motion carried. FV. Approval of Minutes The numttes of the Regular Meeting held on March 15, 2005 were presented for approval by Commissioner Streissguth. Commissioner Friedberg -Nerf asked to have the change in language for the Planning Commission duties included in the text. A motion was made by Commissioner Friedberg -Nerf and seconded by Commissioner Kosusko to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of February 15, 2005, as amended. Called for a vote: Cockburn: Yes; Friedberg -Nerf: Yes; Hoell: Yes; Kennedy: Yes; Kosusko: Yes; Nelson: Yes; and Streissguth; Yes. The motion carried. V. Public Meeting A. Call To The Public (public coinrnents on any item not on tonight's agenda). Commissioner Streissguth asked if there were any comments from citizens. Seeing none, she closed this portion of the meeting. B. Public Hearing'. Matthew Keough, Planner, gave an update of the Critical Areas Ordinance. Meetings have been taking place since February and occur every other week and cover a variety of topics such as wetlands, view corridors, etc. The Department of Ecology gave a presentation at the last meeting on wetlands and Matthew invited the Commissioners to view that PowerPoint presentation when it is shown for the City Planning Commission Meeting May 17, 2005 Page 1 of 3 Council members. Also, through public outreach, the committee has tried to bring about more public awareness of the critical areas in our community. The focus now is to come up with a clean draft to present to the Technical Review committee. C. Workshop: Update on Zoning Package Three. Paul Rogerson, Planning Manager, reviewed Zoning Package Three outlined in the handout Paul had distributed before the meeting. He explained each item and how the new Title 20 will be laid out, starting with the permitting process and going on to items such as subdivisions, the shoreline master program, SEPA, etc. followed by the actual zoning code, Chapter 20.40. Zoning packages one and two have been reviewed by the Planning Commission and adopted by City Council; they are "on hold" until the complete zoning chapter and map have been adopted by council before it is fully implemented. It is hoped to have a workshop on Package Three at the next meeting [in June] with a Public Hearing in July and full adoption and implementation by the end of the summer. Staff is still working on the final details of the packages. Commissioner Kosusko asked if there was any intent to having zoning that will accommodate higher education. Paull said that such a designation is expected and if it was left off the list it was an oversight. Commissioner Cockburn asked about the downtown area [in the zoning code] being reserved. Chris Hugo explained that the Comprehensive Plan is fairly generic in terms of the downtown regional center and it will require neighborhood input and additional staff work to list the specific requirements of the downtown center. Commissioner Streissguth suggested having the workshop for zoning package three in June, the public hearing for that zoning package in July, and "doubling up" on workshops in July for the remaining zoning packages to hopefully conclude this process by the end of summer. VI. Business Meeting A. Chairman's Report: Commissioner Streissguth reported that Commissioner Cockburn has been reappointed to another terra with the Planning Commission. There had been discussion at a previous meeting about presenting items that require action in an ordinance format. Commissioner Streissguth and Chris had not had a chance to speak with Roger Lubovich on this matter and they are still working on a procedure to streamline the motion malting process. The letter received from the Bortel's [regarding street width] had been forwarded to the City's Public Works Department for action. Commissioner Streissguth invited all Commissioners to forward to her or Chris items or updates to be included on the agenda for future meetings. Commissioner Streissguth had attended the Downtown Revitalization Training Institute with council member Wendy Priest. The Planning Commission has been asked by City Planning Commission Meeting May 17, 2005 Page 2 of 3 Council President, Daren Nygren, to do a workshop with the City Council; once a date is selected, Commissioner Stroissguth will forward that information to the other Commissioners. B. Director's Report, Chris Hugo reported that the Department of Community development has been going through a lot of changes with focus on the zoning code update to go with the Comprehensive Plan. He spoke of an article in the newspaper that reflected positively on the centers concept that staff and the Planning Commission had worked. on. The next challenge will be getting through the Critical Areas Ordinance update by the end of the year. As for staffing, the annexation staff has been hired and will begin the annexation process before the end of the year. Two new planners, Geoffrey Wentlandt and JoAnn Vidinhar, have been hired to complete staffing in that area. The Black Grant program is fully staffed; Hugh Morgan and Betsy Howe will be introduced at a later meeting. Finally, Paul Rogerson has tendered his resignation to take the position of Director of Community Development for the City of Sunuler. Chris encouraged the Commissioners to bring new ideas and opportunities to learn to the Planning Commission meetings; not every meeting will be about drafting proposals and this would be a good time to bring in guest speakers, etc. C. Old Business. None. D. New Business: Neither Commissioner Streissguth nor Commissioner Cockburn will be able to attend the June 21, 2005 meeting; Commissioner Kennedy offered to chair that meeting. VII. Adjournment Meeting was adjourned at 6:31 p.m. The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for June 21, 2005. Respectfully submitted by: Chris Hugo, E ecutiv Secretary Approv - by: I�d da Streissguth, Chairm Planning Commission Meeting May 17, 2005 Page 3 of 3