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Special Meeting - City Hall Council
Chambers
WASHINGTON MINUTES
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
A. Public Participation Information
The City of Auburn Planning Commission Meeting was held in
person and virtually.
II. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Judi Roland called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the
Council Chambers of Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street.
A. ROLL CALL/ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM
Commissioners present: Chair Judi Roland, Vice Chair Phillip
Stephens, Julie Berry, Kent Sprague, William Stewart, Aaron
Vanderpol, and Lynn Walters.
Staff members present: Acting Planning Services Manager
Alexandrea Teague, Acting City Attorney Doug Ruth, Director of
Public Works Ingrid Gaub, Utilities Engineering Manager Ryan
Vondrak, Storm Drainage Utility Engineer Tim Carlaw, Sewer Utility
Engineer Robert Elwell, Planner Gabriel Clark, and Deputy City
Clerk Rebecca Wood -Pollock
B: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Roland led those in attendance in the Pledge of Allegiance.
III. PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. April 30, 2024 Draft Minutes from the Special Planning Commission Meeting
Vice Chair Stephens moved and Commissioner Stewart seconded
to approve the April 30, 2024 Planning Commission Meeting
Minutes.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0
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V. OTHER BUSINESS
A. Presentation Overview (Teague)
Staff will provide a brief overview of upcoming Element Presentations and Public
Hearing schedule.
Manager Teague provided the Commission with an update on the
future Comprehensive Plan Element presentations and addressed
updates to the Public Hearing schedule.
B. Sewer Plan Element (Elwell)
Staff presentation of the proposed changes to the Sewer Plan Element.
Chair Roland opened the Public Hearing at 6:06 p.m.
Sewer Utility Engineer Elwell shared a presentation with the
Commission on the Utilities Element and Sewer Plan Overview and
Update, including progress with the Plan's development, an
introduction on the Sanitary Sewer Utility process, an overview of
the 2024 Sanitary Sewer Comprehensive Plan, and the next steps in
the process.
The Commission discussed future expansion to accommodate for
population growth, the new King County Waste Treatment Center,
regulations on sewage treatment, Roegner Park sewer capacity
improvements, inflow and infiltration analysis, rainfall predictions
for 2024, pipe capacity, pipe lining and rehabilitation, the 2013
M uckleshoot Tribe Utility Services Agreement, the Capital Funding
Plan, and sewer monitoring systems.
Vice Chair Stephens moved and Commissioner Vanderpol
seconded to continue the Public Hearing to the next Planning
Commission meeting on June 4, 2024.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0
VI. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Planning
Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
APPROVED this 18th day of June, 2024.
JU I ROLAND, CHAIR Rebecca Wood -Pollock,
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Deputy City Clerk
The City ofAubum Planning Commission is a seven member advisory body that provides
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recommendations to the Auburn City Council on the preparation of and amendments to land
use plans and related codes such as zoning. Planning Commissioners are appointed by the
Mayor and confirmed by the City Council.
Actions taken by the Planning Commission, other than approvals or amendments to the
Planning Commission Rules of Procedure, are not final decisions, they are in the form of
recommendations to the city council which must ultimately make the final decision.
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