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AGENDA
CITY OF PORT ANGELES
PLANNING COMMISSION
321 East Fifth Street
Port Angeles, W A 98362
February 28, 1996
7:00 p.m.
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: February 14,1996
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LONG RANGE PLANNING ISSUES:
1. Discussion of Formation and Appointments to Committees:
A. Non-motorized Routes
B. View Corridors
2. Topics of Discussion for Joint City/County Planning Commission Meeting
3. Appointment of Planning Commissioner to the City's Capital Facilities
Planning Committee
V. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
VL STAFF REPORTS
VII. REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS
VDl. ADJOURNMENT
All correspondence pertaining to a hearing item received by the Planning Department at least one
day prior to the scheduled hearing will be provided to Commission members before the hearing.
PLANNING COMMISSION: Unda Nutter,Chair, Tim German (Vice), Cindy S~ BQbPhilpott, Bob King.
STAFF: Brad Collins, Direclor, Sue Roberds Ofmc Specialist, and David Sawyer, Senior Planner.
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MINUTES
PLANNING COMMISSION
Port Angeles, Washington 98362
February 28, 1996
7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Bob King, Linda Nutter, Bob Philpott,
Tim German
Members Excused:
Cindy Souders
Staff Present:
Brad Collins
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
No minutes were presented for approval.
LONG RANGE PLANNING ISSUES:
1. Discussion of Formation and Appointments to Committees:
A.
Non-motorized Routes
Planning Director Collins noted that the Comprehensive Plan specifies that non-motorized
routes and public view corridors will be designated within the City, and that the Planning
Commission in an attempt to comply with these objections asked the City Council to appoint
members to serve on two such committees. The primary suggestion from the City Council
was to direct the Planning Commission to put together scopes of work and have the Planning
Department recruit members for the Committees if those members are not going to be
Planning Commissioners themselves and bring those recommendations back to the City
Council for approval. Following lengthy discussion, Planning Director Collins suggested that
the makeup for a non-'motorized route committee be: member(s) of the local bicycle group,
a local business representative(s), representative(s) of the Soroptomist group that has been
instrumental in development of the Waterfront Trail, ex-officio members of the Engineering
and Parks Departments (2), two or three Planning Commissioners, a representative from
Peninsula College, and a representative from the State Department of Transportation.
Chair Nutter suggested that the State Department of Transportation be involved in the
designation of non-motorized route.
Mr. Collins suggested that a member of the National Park Service and the Transit Authority
be involved as well.
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Chair Nutter noted that a list of possible members had been discussed at the Commission's
December 13, 1995, meeting. She asked that staff report at the March meeting on the
difference between the two lists of possible committee members.
Chair Nutter and Commissioner Philpott volunteered to represent the Planning Commission
on the non-motorized committee. Possibly one additional Commissioner will be appointed
at a future date.
Mr. Collins reported that Kathe Smith, a member of a local bicycle group, and Rob Sorenson,
a local businessman agreed to be on the committee.
The Conunissioners concurred that it would be appropriate for staff or Commission members
to recruit members for the committee from the community and agencies specified.
B. View Corridors
Planning Director Collins indicated that the impetus for a public view corridor committee was
fostered by a group of people in the community who had views they wished to preserve.
Those people have recently indicated that they are not interested in pursuing the issue and
therefore staff is at a loss on where to begin and who would serve on such a committee.
Recently, students from Peninsula College have approached staff regarding intern programs.
It is possible that one of the students may be interested in an intern program identifying view
conidors. Another approach would be to hire a consultant to present some ideas about how
to get such a process started. It appears that due to the lack of identified community
members at this time it might be better to use more of an expertise approach and designate
a committee to inventory potential corridors at a later date. Continued discussion as to what
would qualify as a view corridor and the types of views to be preserved took place. Mr.
Collins asked the Planning Commission for some time to work with students who might be
willing to provide their time for such a project or to evaluate the Planning Department's
budget for hiring a consultant.
Commissioner Philpott was concerned that the designation of view corridors may be potential
litigious. Commissioner German agreed.
The Commission discussed the differences between public view corridors and private view
corridors and agreed to de~ay requesting the City Council to appoint a view corridor
committee at this time, but asked staff to provide further infonnation on guidelines for
establishing view corridors.
2. Topics of Discussionfor Joint City/County Planning Commission Meeting
Following discussion, it was detennined that the following items would be placed on an
agenda for discussion at an informal meeting between the City and County Planning
Commissions: non-motorized routes, strip commercial development along Highway 101,
downtown business perservation, billboards, ethics, hearing examiner, regional transportation,
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watershed planning, annexation, and regional vs urban services. It was decided that staff will
work with County staff to set up a future meeting date.
3. Appointment of Planning Commissioner to the City's Capital Facilities Planning
Committee
Commissioner Philpott moved to appoint Commissioner Souders as the Planning
Commission's representative to the City's Capital Facilities Planning Committee with
Commissioner German as an alternate representative. Commissioner King seconded
the motion, which passed 4 - O.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Commissioner German nominated Commissioner King to be Chair for the 1996-97
term. Commissioner Philpott seconded the motion, which passed 4 - O.
Commissioner King nominated Commissioner German as Vice Chair. Commissioner
Philpott seconded the motion, which passed 4 - O.
Commissioner Gennan moved that the Planning Director remain as Secretary to the
Commission. Commissioner Philpott seconded the motion, which passed 4 - O.
STAFF REPORTS
Director Collins provided a detailed explanation of the recent resolution to the appeal of the
County's designation of the City's urban growth boundary area (UGA) to be to the west rim
of Morse Creek Canyon.
Director Collins detailed amendments that are required to bring the City's application
procedures into compliance with ESHB 1724. A representative of the real estate community,
the building industry, a professional engineering firm, and a land developer who is also a
Planning Commission representative, were asked to form a committee for review ofESHB
1724. Mr. Collins reported that the committee's proposal is to hold certain hearings at the
City Council level that;have been heretofore held by the Planning Commission. He noted that
in some instances Planning staff and the City Attorney don't necessarily agree with the
committee's recommendations. In most cases required public hearings would be held at the
end of the procedural process instead of in the middle or at the beginning in order to allow
all the information to be presented at the one public hearing, which is now mandated.
Concerns were raised regarding the amount of time required to conduct public hearings and
that City Councilmembers might not be able to devote the time for the number of public
hearings that have been previously conducted by the Planning Commission The concern was
raised that the Planning Commission would not be able to function as an effective tool of the
City Council without the ability to hold public hearings.
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REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS
Commissioner Philpott noted that pot holes are again appearing along First Street where they
have been patched in past years by the State DOT.
The Commissioners and staff thanked Chair Nutter for her leadership as Chair of the
Commission for the 1995-96 term.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
Brad Collins, Secretary
Linda Nutter, Chair
PREPARED BY: S. Roberds