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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-04-27 PC Agenda Packet AGENDA PLANNING COMMISSION Meeting 321 East Fifth Street April 27, 2016 6:00 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER Pledge of Allegiance led by Chair II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Regular Meetings of March 9 & March 23, 2016 IV. ANNUAL ETHICS TRAINING Training on the Open Public Meetings Act, Public Records, Ethics, and the Roles and Responsibilities of Commissioners. V. PUBLIC HEARING: VI. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: Commission Work Session: 2016 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Review VII. STAFF REPORTS : VIII. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC IX. REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS X. ADJOURNMENT PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: Brian Hunter (Chair); Duane Morris; Chad Aubin; Matt Bailey; Elwyn Gee; Andrew Schwab; John Matthews PLANNING STAFF: Nathan West, Director; Scott Johns, Associate Planner; Ben Braudrick, Assistant Planner. MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION Port Angeles, Washington 98362 March 9, 2016 6:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Members Present: Duane Morris, Brian Hunter, Chad Aubin, Matt Bailey, Andrew Schwab, John Matthews, Evelyn Gee Members Absent: Staff Present: Nathan West, Scott Johns, Ben Braudrick, Heidi Greenwood, Jennifer Veneklasen Public Present: Will Hendriquel PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chair Hunter opened the regular meeting at 6:00 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance. OATH OF OFFICE Clerk Veneklasen swore in all Commissioners present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Morris moved to approve the December 9, 2016 Minutes. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Aubin and passed unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING: Street Vacation – STV 16-01 – Olympic Medical Center: Consideration of a vacation of street right of way abutting rights-of-way known as Columbia Street abutting Lots 15-18, Block 3 and Lots 1-4, Block 4 of the Puget Sound Cooperative Colony Subdivision in the Townsite of Port Angeles. Director West recommended the Commission continue the public hearing to the next meeting due to public notice requirements not yet being met, and seeing that no person had attended the meeting to provide public comment. Commissioner Morris made a motion to continue the hearing to the following meeting on March 23, 2016. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Matthews and passed unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING II: Façade And Sign Grant Application FSG 16-01 – Dashmesh Petroleum 13 Inc. – 504 South Lincoln Street: Consideration of a Façade Grant in the amount of $10,000.00 to create a gas station mini mart inside of an existing automobile repair shop. Work includes new windows, siding, and paint. Assistant Planner Braudrick gave a staff report of the Façade Grant FSG 16-01. Contractor Will Hendriquel acted as a representative of the applicant and reported on the details of the project. Planning Commission Minutes March 9, 2015 Page 2 Commissioner Morris made a motion to approve the grant in the amount of $10,000.00. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Aubin and passed unanimously. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC None STAFF REPORTS Associate Planner Johns made a presentation to the Commission on an introduction of the role of the Planning Commission and the documents and tools they will use in their decision-making process, including the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use map, Zoning Map, and Zoning Code. Director West suggested adding an item to appoint a Vice Chair to the current chair. Commissioner Matthews nominated Commissioner Morris as Vice Chair. All were in favor. Director West notified the Commission of short courses in planning available in the near future, and the public hearings that would be heard on March 23, 2016. REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS Chair Hunter reported that he was asked to sit in on the RFQ selection process that took place earlier in the week. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m. Ben Braudrick , Secretary Bryan Hunter, Chair PREPARED BY: Ben Braudrick MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION Port Angeles, Washington 98362 March 23, 2016 6:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Members Present: Duane Morris, Brian Hunter, Chad Aubin, Matt Bailey, Andrew Schwab, John Matthews Members Absent: Evelyn Gee Staff Present: Nathan West, Ben Braudrick, Bill Bloor Public Present: David Amoroso, Rosalyn Taylor, Jane Vanderhoof, John Jimenez, Darryl Wolfe, Carol Sinton, Jane Kirschner PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chair Hunter opened the regular meeting at 6:00 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance. OATH OF OFFICE Clerk Veneklasen swore in all Commissioners present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES No minutes were available for approval PUBLIC HEARING: Chair Hunter read the qualifying questions for quasi-judicial proceedings to the Commissioners regarding Appearance of Fairness matters. Commissioner Bailey gave noticed that he owns a business within the 300 foot radius of the proposed rezone. Director of Community and Economic Development Department Nathan West disclosed that his Dentist was located within the boundaries of the rezone, although he had no contact with his dentist in regard to the action. Commissioners Schwab and Matthews disclosed that they too had the same dentist. The Chair then reviewed the quasi-judicial public hearing procedures for audience members. Rezone permit – REZ 16-01 – Amoroso et. al – 120 South Laurel Street, 208 South Laurel Street, 214 South Laurel street, 218 South Laurel Street, 104 West 3rd Street, 105 West 4th Street, 406 South Laurel Street, and parcels 063000003270 and 063000003275: Consideration of a Rezone of approximately 1.28 acres from Residential High Density (RHD) and Commercial Office (CO), to Commercial Shopping District (CSD). Assistant Planner Ben Braudrick presented the staff report to the Commission. Director West notified the Commission of their role and options before them: to follow staff’s recommendation of approval of the rezone to City Council; recommendation to the City Council with modifications to the Conditions, Findings, and Conclusions; continue the public hearing to allow the provision of further information related to the proposal; and finally, to recommend denial of the application to City Council. Using maps of the area, Assistant Planner Braudrick located the properties proposed in the rezone, their current zoning, land use designation, and the various uses allowed in each of the zones present and proposed within the proposal area. Planning Commission Minutes March 23, 2015 Page 2 Commissioner Matthews asked why these properties wanted a rezone. Assistant Planner Braudrick responded that the process was started because the proponent had applied for a liquor license to start a microbrewery and the planning division could not sign off on it because the current zone did not allow that use. After working with the proponent on the many options available to redevelopment of the property as it currently existed, the division saw an opportunity to complete a pedestrian corridor within the neighborhood, complete the CSD commercial corridor to 5th Street, and bring some of the currently non-conforming uses within the proposal area into conformance. Commissioner Matthews felt that the proposal might be in conflict with Goal 5 of the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan which states that commercial development should not exist in a strip pattern. Director West answered that the content of that was dedicated to arterial patterns. The majority of parcels in this proposal create a modification of currently existing commercial properties to a higher, more intense use. Commissioner Matthews replied that he was worried about the higher intensity in relation to the public comment and parking availability issue already present in the area. Director West responded that all of the zones currently existing within an adjacent to the proposal area are meant to have a higher level of parking. All three would also indicate that there is a higher intensity of development available than currently exists, and the Comprehensive Plan indicates that these zones and this area of the city should continue to develop in intensity into the future. Any parking issues would be addressed through the permitting process. Commissioner Schwab asked if the applicant addressed why the applicant needed to be at this specific location instead of a location that would already permit the type of use he was proposing. Assistant Planner Braudrick responded that the Applicant could address that issue during public comment. Commissioner Morris asked if parcel “E” which is residential would be non-conforming in the zone change. Assistant Planner Braudrick answered that parcel “E” was the proponent’s property and would be converted to a commercial use. Commissioner Morris inquired about “Goal B” in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan, on compatibility and desired urban design of the City, and what desired urban design is? Director West responded that the land use designation in the Comprehensive Plan area adjacent to the west is a high density residential designation and one of the prominent receiving zones for that intensity of development. Similarly, the land use to the east is designated to be a receiving zone for higher intensity commercial use within the city. The area of imprecise margin between these two designations allows for either type of development. The properties within this margin can take on either of these properties. The aesthetic nature of this development is not currently addressed in the Comprehensive Plan. Chair Hunter asked if there were other areas in the city that the Department wants to rezone. Director West responded that there were areas of the city which could be reevaluated, but that much of the rezoning is initiated by the public. Chair Hunter asked if the recommendation could contain conditions. Director West explained that indeed, if the Commission saw a reason, conditions could be placed on the rezone, but it is less than ideal. In this instance all of the infrastructure elements are in place in regards to the Growth Management Act. Chair Hunter inquired if all of the standards are currently met and will they meet the required level of services. Director West responded that yes, they are. Planning Commission Minutes March 23, 2015 Page 3 Chair Hunter asked if the multi-family unit within the rezone area, which would become non-conforming, would be able to be rebuilt if it were to burn down. Director West said that the extent of the damage would determine the ability to rebuild. In PAMC 17.22 Section “T”, reconstruction, remodeling, or rehabilitation of residential structures existing prior to January 1, 2007 would be permitted. Chair Hunter asked if there were any conditional permits triggered by the zone change. Director West responded that there were not. Chair Hunter responded that he had reservations about cumulative impacts, and asked if there were any lot consolidations currently underway. Director West responded that no, there were not. Commissioner Matthews asked if this action would move the land use designations and imprecise margin. Director West responded that a zoning change action does not affect the Comprehensive Plan land use map. Chair Hunter opened the public hearing Jane Vanderhoof, 114 West 2nd Street Had concerns about the current configuration of 2nd street and its parking. She didn’t have an issue with the rezone application per se. She commented that Laurel Street is already a pedestrian corridor, and the angled parking creates an unsafe environment for those pedestrians. Carol Sinton, 121 E 2nd Street Commented on the Traffic issues that currently exist. David Amoroso, 214 South Laurel Street Mr. Amoroso responded to Commissioner Schwab’s earlier question by stating that the reason for choosing this specific location instead of another where the proposed use is currently allowed was due to the City of Port Angeles not requiring a business license. Without the need, he was able to apply for a State liquor license at that location and an extensive remodel to support the use without knowing that the proposed business was not allowed in the Commercial Office, CO zone. He recognized that his ignorance about his current zone’s allowed uses was his own fault. Mr. Amoroso went on to state that most of the area to the East is CSD. The zone change will reflect what has already been zoned. The traffic on second affects everyone in the area, and should be addressed, but the zone change should not be put on hold to make those changes. All future development impacts would be addressed through the permit process. Jane Kirschner, 127 West 2nd Street Ms. Kirshner stated that she appreciated the proponent’s entrepreneurship. She has been living in the neighborhood since before the angled parking was put in place, and since then the traffic has been getting worse and worse. She felt that new development in the area has continually increased traffic. She was worried about Parcels A, B, and C changing from commercial to residential Rosalyn Taylor, 120 South Laurel Street Owner of Parcels A, B, and C. Stated that she and her husband purchased the empty lots surrounding the apartment building as a buffer and did not plan on developing them any time in the future. Chair Hunter closed the public hearing and asked for a motion Planning Commission Minutes March 23, 2015 Page 4 Commissioner Morris moved to approve the rezone application REZ 16-01 with the included 18 Findings and 4 Conclusions. Commissioner Matthews seconded the motion. Chair Hunter asked if there was need for further discussion. Commissioner Morris understood that the current parking issues were a separate issue than the rezone application. He felt sensitive to the issue, and wondered what it was that the Commission could do to assist with these issues. Director West replied that there is a constraint with infrastructure and land availability. Property redevelopment that reflects the underlying zone is one solution. Traffic generation is another consideration. Even if it were a single family neighborhood the same issues would be present. Commissioner Schwab asked about creating a condition on the rezone application for the requirement of parking. Director West answered that certainly it could, but that because the application is a legislative matter before the City Council it would be difficult to implement timing of the condition. He did not recommend it. One option for the Commission is the consideration of tabling the matter pending further information concerning parking. Commissioner Schwab asked if a rezone would change the need for parking for existing uses. Director West responded that parking is based upon use, and it would not affect existing uses. Commissioner Schwab agreed with Commissioner Morris about needing to address parking in the area in the future. Commissioner Bailey and Chair Hunter both also agreed. Chair Hunter asked if there was any way to recommend to the City Council, outside of this rezone application, to have the City Engineer look into the parking issue on West 2nd Street. Director West stated that Staff could gather additional data on crash reports, traffic counts, and address the City Engineer to contribute additional feedback. Commissioner Matthews asked if the entirety of parcels “H” and “I” were going to be included in the rezone. Assistant Planner Braudrick replied that yes, the entirety of the parcels were included. Both were in the margin area and the High Density Residential use. The proposal will not affect the Land Use designation Map. Chair Hunter asked for a vote. The motion was approved with the following Findings and Conclusions: Findings Based on the information provided in the Community Development Staff Report for REZ 16-01 dated March 23, 2016, including all information in the public record file provide on or before March 18, 2016: 1. An application for rezone of 7 parcels from RHD, Residential High Density and CO, Commercial Office Residential Single Family to CSD, Commercial Shopping District was received by the City of Port Angeles Department of Community & Economic Development on February 24, 2016, from David Amoroso. Mr. Amoroso (son of the owner of 214 South Laurel St.) is joined in the rezone request by Rosalyn Taylor (owner of 208 2nd St. and Vacant Parcels 063000003270 and 063000003275), Mark Wendt (owner of 208 South Laurel) James Amoroso (owner of 214 South Laurel St.), Ben Planning Commission Minutes March 23, 2015 Page 5 Skerbeck (owner of 218 South Laurel St.), and David Chance (owner of 104 West 3rd St.). The application was deemed to be complete on February 26, 2016. 2. Staff recommends the inclusion of 105 West 4th Street and 406 South Laurel, currently zoned RHD, to legitimize the historic commercial land use of the properties. 3. There is ample (12% and 15 acres of the total zoned) vacant RHD land within Port Angeles. 4. There are 15 vacant buildable CSD zoned sites equaling a total of 10.3 acres available for development. Four (4) of the sites are located within a 2005 annexation along the southern side of western highway 101, accounting for 9.5 of those acres. 5. Laurel Street, a local access street, has a consistent curb-to-curb and right of way width as 5th Street, a minor arterial. 6. Land use in the area is a mix of low and high density residential uses: high density apartments to the south, and a mix of single family and multi-family residences to the west of the subject parcels. Commercial uses vary in site size and intensity, and include motels, a locksmith, Office suites, medical offices, and a regional grocery store. 7. The subject site is located in the Cherry Hill neighborhood, which is found in the City’s North Central Planning Area on the City’s Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. 8. The City’s entire Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Map were reviewed with respect to the proposal. The following elements, goals, and policies were found to be most relevant to the proposal: Land Use Element Policies, Goal A, Policy No. 1, 2; Goal A, Objective No. 1; Goal B; Goal C, Policy No. 1; Goal D, Policy No. 1; Goal E, Policy No. 2;and Transportation Element Goal B, Policy No. 14. These references are attached as Attachment B to the March 23, 2016 staff report. 9. The City’s Comprehensive Plan provides an expected framework for land use decisions within the City. The zoning of any property must be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map that illustrates where certain classifications of uses may occur within the City. 10. In accordance with Section 17.03.020 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code, changes to the City’s Zoning Map must be in the public interest and must be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Map 11. The subject properties are identified on the City of Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map as being located mostly in the imprecise margin between High Density Residential and Commercial, with the parcels along northern portion 2nd street residing within the Commercial land use designation.. An imprecise margin allows flexibility in specific site boundaries. 12. A rezone of lots 19 & 20 of Block 53, TPA from Residential High Density (RHD) to Commercial Office (CO) along Laurel Street corridor between 2nd/3rd Alley and 3rd Street in 1998 (REZ 98-01) was approved on March 3, 1998, and codified by Ordinance 2983. 13. The subject rezone area is comprised of nine (9) properties with six (6) property ownerships, two (2) of which are vacant, two (2) of which have multiple residences, and four (4) of which have preexisting commercial businesses on them. Planning Commission Minutes March 23, 2015 Page 6 14. Spot zoning is an arbitrary and unreasonable zoning action by which an area is specially zoned for a use classification totally different from and inconsistent with the classification of the surrounding land and not in accordance with a comprehensive plan. The reasons for invalidating a rezone as an illegal spot zone usually include one or more of the following: (1) the rezone primarily serves a private interest, (2) the rezone is inconsistent with a comprehensive plan or the surrounding territory, or (3) the rezone constitutes an arbitrary and capricious action. 15. The CSD zone is the most intense neighborhood-oriented zone, and is intended to service multiple neighborhoods through both a pedestrian and vehicular focus. A wide variety of uses are allowed in CSD per PAMC 17.22. See “Attachment B” for an explanation of those uses. 16. Notice of the rezone application was placed in the Peninsula Daily News on March 04, 2016. Surrounding property owners were notified by mail and the site was posted on March 01, 2016. Public comment via email and phone was received from four individuals by the end of the public comment period that ended on March 18, 2016. All voiced concerns about existing and future impacts to on-street parking along 2nd Street west of the proposed rezone area. 17. The City’s SEPA Responsible Official issued a Determination of Non-Significance on April 7, 2014. This satisfies the City’s SEPA responsibilities. The action is a non project action. Future development will require individual review dependent on the proposed action. 18. The proposal is subject to the review processes of RCW 36.70B Local Project Review (“The Regulatory Reform Act”), codified in Port Angeles Municipal Code (PAMC) as Section 18.02.070. The application is limited to one “open record” public hearing and one closed record decision. A public hearing will be conducted by the Planning Commission. All testimony and documents considered at the public hearing will be transmitted to the City Council along with the action recommended by the Planning Commission. The City Council will consider the record of the Planning Commission at a public meeting and will then decide whether to grant the requested rezone. Appeals must be based solely on the information contained in the official file and shall be filed with Superior Court. Conclusions: Based on the information provided in the Department of Community Development Staff Report for REZ 16-01 dated March 23, 2016, including all of the information in the public record file on or before March 18, 2016: 1. As proposed, the rezone is in compliance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Map. 2. The rezone provides a medium intensive commercial transition area between high intensity residential land uses and higher intensity commercial uses, and continues the established urban design of the area as is identified on the City’s Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. 3. The proposed rezone is compatible with surrounding zones and land uses and provides a logical transition between zones. 4. The rezone is not a spot zone as it does not meet the criteria for a spot zone. Planning Commission Minutes March 23, 2015 Page 7 PUBLIC HEARING II: Street Vacation – STV 16-01 – Olympic Medical Center: Consideration of a vacation of street right of way abutting rights-of-way known as Columbia Street abutting Lots 15-18, Block 3 and Lots 1-4, Block 4 of the Puget Sound Cooperative Colony Subdivision in the Townsite of Port Angeles. Assistant Planner Braudrick gave a staff report of the Street Vacation Petition STV 16- 01 and detailed the vacation through maps provided in the staff report. Commissioner Schwab asked if the buildings to the north of the vacation area are owned by the Hospital. Director West responded that they are. Commissioner Aubin asked what the new conditions placed by Public Works were. Assistant Planner Braudrick remarked that the new conditions dealt with ownership and maintenance of utilities in the vacated area as well as maintaining current right-of- way in accordance with the Urban Service Standards and Guidelines. Chair Hunter asked the Petitions representative if he could approach the podium and answer any questions of the Commission may have. There were no questions Commissioner Schwab made a motion to send a recommendation of approval to the City Council for Street Vacation Petition STV 16-01 with 7 Conditions, 10 Findings, and 3 Conclusions. Commissioner Matthews Seconded the motion. The motion was approved with the following Conditions, Findings, and Conclusions: Conditions: 1. Property owned by the petitioners and right-of-way acquired through the subject vacation shall be combined into one building site per Zoning Lot Covenant prior to the issuance of a quit claim deed for the right-of-way. 2. An easement shall be retained for existing electrical and storm water utility facilities and future utilities for the full length and width of the vacated right of way. 3. The city cost for restoration associated with maintenance, repair, or replacement of a currently existing electrical, storm water, or future utility, and any associated elements thereof, shall be limited to the cost to restore to as existing condition at the time of the vacation (Standard asphalt concrete paved street, cement concrete sidewalk, curb and gutter, etc.) 4. The proponent of the Street Vacation shall be responsible for the cost of installing a double check assembly of the 2” water line at a location to be determined by the city. 5. Existing water and waste water facilities located within the area to be vacated shall be considered service/lateral lines, with the property owner responsible for their maintenance and operation up to and including their respective connections to the relocated water meters and sanitary sewer manhole. Planning Commission Minutes March 23, 2015 Page 8 6. Language indicating a benefit to the City, benefit being no further need to maintain, for the water and wastewater utilities’ facilities conveyed to the petitioner shall be included in the Vacation Ordinance. 7. Emergency access to existing structures adjacent the proposed vacation must be allowed permanent unencumbered access within 150 feet of the furthest point of the building. Findings: 1. A petition requesting vacation of portions of rights-of-way platted to serve as access to the general area, and specifically abutting Lots 15-18, Block 3 and Lots 1-4, Block 4 of the Puget Sound Cooperative Colony Subdivision in the Townsite of Port Angeles submitted to the City on January 29, 2016, by abutting property owner Olympic Medical Center. The petition requests vacation of a portions of Columbia Street. 2. Information accompanying the petition indicated that vacation of the rights-of-way as proposed will allow OMC to expand its services to the public by allowing for better arrangement and protection of the helicopter landing site and rearrangement and expansion of existing parking to accommodate for those changes 3. RCW 35.79 requires that a petition for vacation of right-of-way shall be signed by at least two thirds of the abutting property owners in order to be considered valid. The petition is signed by 100% of the property owners abutting the area proposed for vacation. 4. City Departments (Public Works & Utilities, Fire, Police, and Community & Economic Development) have reviewed the petition requests. No objections or concerns were raised to the vacations as a result of that review due to the proposed circulation patterns that will address public, emergency, and maintenance access purposes. The City will require that an easement be retained within the vacated area. 5. The City's Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Map were reviewed for consistency with the proposed vacation of right-of-way. Land Use Element, Map Goals, Policies, and Objective Element Goal A, and Commercial Goal and Policies Goal D, Policy 3 are most relevant to the proposal. 6. The vacating of a street is categorically exempt from a State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review per Section 197-11-800 (2) (h) of the Washington Administrative Code. 7. The site was posted regarding the proposed land use action on March 3 and 10, 2016, with legal publication appearing in the Peninsula Daily News on March 13, 2016. No comments were received as a result of this public notification process. The Planning Commission public hearing was scheduled for March 9, 2015 and continued to March 23, 2016. 8. The vacated right-of-way must be consolidated with abutting properties in order to prevent the creation of a new parcel of land. Consolidation of the right-of-way with the abutting property into one building site following Planning Commission Minutes March 23, 2015 Page 9 vacation can be accomplished by filing a Zoning Lot Covenant. 9. The City Council’s Real Estate Committee met on February 1, 2016, and determined that if full review of the petition identified the property should be vacated, a fair value for the right-of-way should be $15 per square foot. 10. The Port Angeles City Council set a public hearing date for action on the street vacation petition by Resolution on February 16, 2016, and forwarded the petition to the Planning Commission for a recommendation. The City Council will conduct a public hearing on the matter on April 5, 2016. Conclusions: A. Any improvements made to the vacated of the rights-of-way as petitioned will not alter access to properties in the area for emergency purposes, result in a change in daily service needs to existing properties, nor prevent the public’s access to the area. Alternatively, the proposed vacation will enable consolidation of several properties into one enhanced site that will address existing impacts and impacts from the enhanced site area in a reasonable manner. B. As conditioned, site consolidation will appropriately combine the vacated right-of-way with the abutting property into one building site. C. The proposal is consistent with the goals and policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan specifically Land Use Map Goal, Policies and Objective Element Goal A. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC None STAFF REPORTS Director West reported that although the ethics training scheduled for the meeting had to be postponed, staff would schedule the training at a later date. REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS Commissioner Schwab asked whether or not staff had reached out and tried to schedule a short course training within city limits. Director West responded that they had not yet approached WCIA for training opportunities, but they could if the Commission wanted staff to pursue. The Commission and staff discussed street designation and parking within the 2nd street area addressed in the rezone application heard that evening. Chair Hunter made comment on the availability of meeting minutes and agenda on the City’s website. He was concerned that anyone attempting to view Commission business would be faced with information that is not up to date. Director West agreed that the information on the website needed to be updated. He asked that the Commission understand that over the last 3 years CED Departmental staff had been reduced 33%, and staff was working as hard as they could to fill in those gaps. ADJOURNMENT Planning Commission Minutes March 23, 2015 Page 10 The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m. Ben Braudrick , Secretary Bryan Hunter, Chair PREPARED BY: Ben Braudrick