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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 09/26/1990 r' . AGENDA PORT ANGELES PLANNING COMMISSION 321 East Fifth Street Port Angeles, W A 98362 September 26, 1990 7:00 P.M. I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL Ill. A PPRO V AL OF MINUTES: Meeting of September 12. 1990 IV. PLANNING STUDIES: . 1. Environmentally Sensitive Areas 2. Transportation Planning 3. Growth Management Act Report V. ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT VI. STAFF REPORTS VII. REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS VII. ADJOURNMENT NOTES: The Planning Commission will not, except at the discretion of the Chainnan, commence a new hearing after 10:00 P.M. Project files and applicable City land use regulations may be reviewed prior to the public hearing in the Planning Departmellt. Copies of all material ill the files are available at a cost of $.25 per page. . 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 hearillg. Planning Commission: Larry Leonard, Chair; Ray Grover, Vice-Chair; Bill Anabel; Roger Cotts; Donna Davison; Jim Hille"; Bob Philpott. Planning Stoff: Brad Collins, Planning Director; Granl Beck, ABsociate Planner; Sue Roberds, Planning Office Specialist. . . . PLANNING COMMISSION Port Angeles, Washington September 26, 1990 I CALL TO ORDER Chairman Leonard called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. II ROLL CALL Members Present: Ray Gruver, Jim Hulett, Roger Catts, Bob Philpott, Bill Anabel, Larry Leonard Members Absent: Donna Davison (resigned). Staff Present: Brad Collins. The Commission commended Ms. Davison for her work and signed a Certificate of Appreciation. Staff will draft a letter to Donna expressing the Commission's commendation. III APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Anabel moved to approve the minutes of the September 12, 1990, meeting of the Planning commission. Mr. Philpott seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. IV PLANNING STUDIES Environmentallv Sensitive Areas Mr. Collins presented background materials on sensitive area ordinances which had been used as models at a recent American Planning Association (APA) continuing education workshop, attended by Ms. Davison and Mr. Collins. Environmentally sensitive areas were originally placed on the Planning Commission's long-range agenda as a result of the Schneider annexation and rezone in the spring of this year and in response to adopted City Council Goals. The item had been placed on the Commission's agenda before the City was mandated to meet the Growth Management Act requirements and understood the new requirement to designate critical areas under the Act. Mr. Collins also reviewed the experience of other jurisdic- tions in developing policy, involving the pUblic, and adopting a sensitive areas ordinance. Staff recommended that sensitive or critical areas be addressed in the Comprehensive Plan update process through the Advisory Committee. The Planning Commission discussed this matter at length and focused on definitions for specific sensitive areas. Chairman Leonard suggested that the Commission review the State I s interim minimum guidelines for critical areas and resource lands which had just been pUblished. While the Commission agreed that any sensitive areas ordinance must take a more simple approach than the models brought back from the PLANNING COMMISSION September 26, 1990 Page 2 workshop, they could not agree on whether a map of critical . areas was needed and whether it could be completed without an extensive inventory of specific critical area sites. Trans~ortation Planning Mr. Collins presented the Planning Department's September 21, 1990, memorandum on transportation planning. Although the subject had been on the Planning Commission's agenda for some time and specific traffic issues had been identified by the Port Angeles business community, discussion again focused on Growth Management Act requirements and whether the city would benefit by participating in an optional Regional Transporta- tion Planning Organization (RTPO). It was decided that Charles Howard from the Department of Transportation would be invited to address the Planning Commission on the benefits of an RTPO at a future meeting. Growth Manaaement Act Report Chairman Leonard discussed Initiative 547 and distributed a handout outlining concerns. Mr. Collins discussed an upcoming debate on Initiative 547, sponsored by the Economic Develop- ment Council and scheduled for October 10th at peninsula College. The status of City actions on the Growth Management Act was reviewed, and Planning Commissioners were asked about . GMA materials which they needed for their information. copies of ESHB-2929 and staff memorandums of August 1st and August 24th have been distributed. V ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT Mr. catts, acting chair of the Advisory Committee, gave a report on the meeting of September 13th. The Planning Commission then discussed a new appointment to replace Ms. Davison on the Advisory Committee. Messrs. Gruver and Hulett indicated they did not have the time needed in order to participate fully on the Committee. Chairman Leonard said he would do it, but noted there were already two real estate agents on the Advisory Committee. Mr. Gruver moved to appoint Larry Leonard to the Advisory Committee. Mr. Catts seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously. Mr. Gruver moved to appoint Roger Catts as chair of the Advisory Committee to replace Ms. Davison. Mr. Anabel seconded the motion, and it was unanimously passed. VI STAFF REPORTS The Planning Commission was asked if they wished to take advantage of special rates for APA membership. Commissioners Hulett, Gruver, Catts, and Anabel indicated they would like . to sign up. r .1 . . . PLANNING COMMISSION September 26, 1990 Page 3 Mr. Collins reviewed the proposed 1991-92 budget for the Planning Department. The Commission discussed the two new positions proposed for a Senior Planner and a Grants Coordinator. Chairman Leonard questioned why staff had not followed up on requests made several years ago for more staff assistance in monitoring/enforcing land use decisions made by the City, such as the Thunderbird Boathouse Conditional Use Permit. Mr. Gruver requested that staff job descriptions be reviewed and that systematic enforcement be assigned to existing staff duties. VII REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS Mr. Gruver indicated he would not be able to attend the October 17th meeting because he would be in Salem, Oregon, and that he would be on vacation from November 2nd through the 13th. Mr. Philpott was asked if he had reviewed the tapes of the DelHur meetings which he had missed in preparation for the October 17th meeting, and he indicated that he was almost through with his review. VIII ADJOURNMENT At 10: 30 P.M., Mr. Gruver moved seconded the motion, which carried .WL -- ins, Secretary PLAN. 384