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PLANNING COMMISSION
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Port Angeles, Washington 98362
November 28,2OL8 6:00 p.m.
REGUIIIR MEETING
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Schwab opened the regular meeting at 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present:Andrew Schwab (Chair), Steven Hopkins (Vice-Chair), Amy
Powell, Mel Messineo
City Staff Present:Allyson Brekke (Director)
Ben Braudri ck (As sis tant Planner)
Public Present:John Ralston, Penny Sanders
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
John Ralston, City Resident
Mr. Ralston asked if Items V and VI could be moved ahead of Item IV so that he could hear
updates without sitting through the Comprehensive Plan discussion.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Commissioner Hastings moved to accept the minutes from October 10ú meeting. Commissioner
Messineo seconded. Chair Schwab called for a vote. All were in approval
Chair Schwab reordered the Agenda. He also asked for the amounts and locations of all completed
Façade Grants, which Staff commented they could provide at a future date.
STAFF UPDATES
Director Allyson Brekke reported to the Commission of the public housing needs survey currently
within Ihe 98362 and 98363 zip codes available to all residents. A direct mailing was sent out, the
survey was also featured in a PDN newspaper article and KNOP radio interview. There are 400
respondents thus far.
City Council will consider a resolution in support of the Clallam Countywide Planning Policy,
which was the result of a Growth Management Steering Committee with representatives from all
jurisdictions with Clallam County.
REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS
Commissioner Hopkins reported that Clallam Transit was holding public input and feedback
sessions for their Comprehensive Plan Process throughout the County.
Chair Schwab reported on community feedback concerning a city resident and the height of a
structure that was currently under construction adjacent their property. The resident entered the
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Council Chambers and Chair Schwab invited her if she would like to provide public coÍrment on
the matter.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Penny Sanders, City Resident
Ms. Sanders was concemed with the scale of a new development in her neighborhood as not being
contextual to existing development. She voiced concems with the building process and questioned
the point at which the public could become involved. She expressed interested in neighborhood
plans and planning to each neighborhood's unique features.
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2019 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Draft Review-Transportation Element and Utilities and
Public Services Element:
The Commission reviewed changes made to the Transportation Element and discussed how to
move forward with editing each element of the Comprehensive Plan for redundancy.
The discussion continued with the definitions of goals, policies and actions (previously known as
objectives within the Plan). I)irector Brekke voiced concerns about the creation of a fourth tier of
Comprehensive Plan direction in the form of actions because the City's 2017 amendment to the
plan move all Plan objectives to a new implementation chapter which includes a measurable
timeline.
Discussion Continued.
After discussion pertaining to actions, the Commission made the decision to continue review of the
plan using the same methodology as developed at their November 14ü meeting because the method
was pulling out policies that were creating unneeded specificity, redundancy, or were too action-
oriented (and not aligned with the new proposed definition of policies). It was agreed that the
process was still worthwhile and addressed the motions made by the City Council for the 2019
Comprehensive Plan amendment process. Further review could take place conceming the policies
put aside during the process as a lway of simplifying the document and making it a better tool for
the community.
Commissioner Hopkins volunteered to take the Transportation and Utilities and Public Services
Elements home and further work on them according to what was discussed at the meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned ú7252 p.m.
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Ben Braudrick, Secretary
PREPARED BY: Ben Br¿udrick, Secretary
Andrew Schwab, Chair
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