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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Minutes 2018-11-14MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION City Council Chambers Port Angeles, Washington 983 62 November L4, 2OL8 6:00 p.m. REGUIITRMEETING PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chair Schwab opened the regular meeting at 6:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners Present:Pamela Hastings, Duane Morris, Andrew Schwab (Chair), Steven Hopkins (Vice-Chair), Amy Powell, Benjamin Stanley, Mel Messineo City Staff Present:Ben Braudri ck (Assistant Planner) Kevin Bagwell (Planning Technician) Public Present:John Ralston PUBLIC COMMENTS: Chair Schwab Opens Public Comments No public present offered any comments. Chair Schwab closes Public Comments APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner llastings moved to accept the minutes from October 10th meeting. Commissioner Messineo seconded. Chair Schwab called for a vote. All were in approval ACTION ITEMS 2019 Comorehensive Plan Amendment Draft Review Schedule: The Commission unanimously accepted the Comprehensive Plan Review Schedule suggested by Staff: November l4th- Commission approves review schedule for 2019 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Cycle November 14th - Transportation Element November 28th - Utilities and Public Services Element December 12th - Conservation Element December 26th - CANCELLEI) By January lst Open up Amendment Cycle to Public Planning Commis sion Minutes November 14,2018 Page 2 January 9th - Capital Facilities Element January 23d - Parks and Recreation Element February l31h - Economic Development February 27th -LandUse Element (Commercial and Industrial) March l3th - Land Use Element (Residential and Open Space) March 27th - GMA and Housing Elements By March 31st Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals are due from the Public April lOth - Present Draft to Planning Commission & consider additional amendments proposals By Aprit 19th Notice of Intent to Adopt Amendment proposals due to Commerce (60 days prior to adoption) April24th - Planning Commission Public Hearing on Amendment (continued to May 8th) May 8th - Planning Commission Public Hearing on Amendment and Recommendation to Council Following the scheduling discussion, Committee Members volunteered to work on individual chapters of the Comprehensive Plan in accordance with the agreed upon schedule. Commissioner Morris volunteered for parks and recreation Commissioner Messineo voiunteereci ior conservaiion Commissioners Powell and Stanley volunteered for land use Chair Schwab volunteered for economic development CommissÍoner Hastings volunteered for capital facilities Commissioner Hopkins volunteered for Utilities and Public Service The Planning Commission collectively will all take part of the GMA and Housing Chair Schwab moved the commission on to the next Action Itern 2019 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Draft lcview: Transportation Element: The Commission discussed their individual methodologies for changes and proposed edits to the Transportation Element Commissioner Hastings explained her methodology for changes and proposed edits Discussion Followed Chair Schwab explained his methodology for changes and proposed edits Discussion followed Commissioner Stanley proposed that the commission give a one minute presentation of their proposals and methodologies. Commissioner Hopkins summarized his proposed edits to the comprehensive plan Commissioner Stanley summarized his proposed edits to the comprehensive plan Commissioner Hastings summarized her proposed edits to the comprehensive plan Plann ing Commis sion Minu tes November 14,2018 Page 3 Commissioner Messineo summarized her proposed edits to the comprehensive plan Discussion followed Commissioner Morris discussed his views on the comprehensive plan update Commissioner Stanley summarized his proposed edits to the comprehensive plan Chair Schwab highlighted three main tasks: evaluate "should" "shall" "will" for action verbs, eliminate redundancies, and complete necessary grammatical changes Chair Schwab asked the Commission to define polices, actions, and objectives Discussion followed Chair Schwab suggested placing actions at the end of each chapter as well as placing them with each goal and policy Chair Schwab stated that the intent of the night is to format how each commissioner will write their edits. Commissioner Hopkins recommended putting Goals at the top of the page The Commission discussed which policies are policies vs. actions The Commission made edits to the policies and actions of the Transportation Element. The Commission agreed to make edits for redundancies at the next meeting prior to the next meeting's agenda action iterns STAFF UPDATES Assistant Planner Benjamin Braudrick stated that on November 6th Rezone Application No.l8- 41 was approved after a second Council reading and Rezone Application No.l8-42 was approved following the first reading. Both applications were approved unanimously. Through re-evaluating the program funding parameters, Staff discovered approximately $140,000 still remained in the CDBG Façade and Sign Grant Program budget. There are three applications being reviewed and continued interest in the program. REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS There were no reports from the Commission Commission made a motion to adjourn. The motion passed 6-0 all in favor. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Kevin Bagwell, Secretary PREPARED BY: Kevin Bagwell, Secretary Andrew Schwab, Chatr