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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-12-2004MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JANUARY 12, 3004 The regular meeting of the Planning and Community Development Committee was held January 12, 2004 in Conference Room 1 of the Auburn City Hall. Those members in attendance were as follows. MEMBERS PRESENT: Sue Singer, Nancy Backus and Lynn Norman STAFF PRESENT: Paul Krauss, Daryl Faber, David Osaki, Sean Martin, Dan Heid and Carolyn Brown ALSO PRESENT: Mayor Lewis The meeting was called to order by Committee Chair Singer at 5:00 p.m. DISCUSSION: 1. West Beverly Park Project Parks Director Daryl Faber presented the site plan for the proposed Beverly Park which will be possibly renamed to Jornada Park. The park site is under five acres and will be a neighborhood park. There will be an easy slope with a wooded path, and a natural climbing wall for kids that is part of the existing hillside. The park will be built in two phases, and phase 2 will be the walking path. The City will stay on budget by using Parks Department staff for jobs like the installation of the irrigation lines. Parks Director Faber indicated that drawings of the site should be out in approximately two weeks. Construction is planned for the spring. Chair Singer asked how much money is allotted to the project. Parks Director Faber said there is $200,000 in the budget, with $20,000 going to the architect and by utilizing staff the city will get more park for the money. 2. Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Plan Questionnaire Parks Director Faber said the survey for the Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Plan is on the City website. The survey is asking how people would spend park money. The City has hired a consultant group, "Leisure Vision" that does surveys all over the country. Parks would like to try for 400 replies and then will do the demographics to match income, etc. The survey also will come in the mail if you have been selected to receive one. Chair Singer asked when the survey will come to a PCDC meeting. Parks Director Faber said the Park Board will see it first and then in March will send a draft to PCDC. He said also he will try to implement the arts into the plan. The Arts Commission will have a chapter. Right now they are using the plan from 6 years ago. 3. Ordinance No. 5802 City Attorney Dan Heid handed out an ordinance related to City Council procedures that was discussed in December. Procedurally it is addressing process, and gives the council greater flexibility. As an example, the current ordinance does not have a mechanism to address abstentions. This is an opportunity to make some changes to the ordinance as to the City Council's desires. Mayor Lewis said that because certain PCDC members are new to the Committee and have just received this information, he would like to have them study and ask questions at the next PCDC meeting after they have read through the information. Tabled until the next meeting. City Attorney Heid also added that the fee changes are going forward. Planning Director Krauss said the resolution has applied a 3% increase to land use/building fees. It is basically the cost of doing business and inflation. City Attorney Heid said he has accumulated the fees that reside in parts of the code and assembled them into a resolution. There were no objections from the Committee. PAGE 1 MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JANUARY 12, 3004 4. Outdoor Storage in M1 zone Community Development Administrator Dave Osaki discussed the memo on the agenda about outdoor storage. This memo focuses on an issue raised during last year's comprehensive plan amendment process. At that time the City Council directed staff to take a look at the M-1 outdoor storage provision. Community Development Administrator Osaki said the current code establishes limits on outdoor storage and it is to be limited in the light industrial zone. He discussed the zones and what is and isn't allowed as outdoor storage. Planning Director Krauss said that outdoor storage across the zones contains seemingly contradictory language. Chair Singer asked if the City does not have enough M-2. Staff agreed that M-2 is not available, but the storage issue is the problem in M-1. Chair Singer asked for staff to provide the zoning map. Member Lynn Norman stated that the applicant that complies is penalized by the ones that don't. C-3 allows more storage than M-1. Community Development Administrator Osaki read the provisions for M-1 zoning. There are no provisions in the M-1 zone to allow outdoor storage in excess of 50% of the building square footage. Member Norman would like to see a combination of A & B ( Pg 4). The Committee studied the zoning map. In the 70's cities decided to put the zones that are more industrial by the freeways and highways. Member Norman stated that access to transportation was another reason. Chair Singer asked if M-1 is a business area that is visually appealing. The committee discussed the large portion of M-2, which is Boeing property. Planner Martin added that talks have indicated that Boeing has not defined future users. Chair Singer also asked staff to find out what other cities are doing as to type of screening/landscaping for outdoor storage that is required. Also, Member Backus would like to know the percent of each zoning district in the city. Chair Singer asked for a timeline. Community Development Administrator Osaki will bring back research of other jurisdictions to the next PCDC meeting. 5. Planning Commission Work Program The Committee discussed the memo on the work program for the Planning Commission. Chair Singer asked if the Terminal Park Plan was supposed to be part of the Comp Plan? Community Development Administrator Osaki said that neighborhood plans in general are. Chair Singer commented that it seems to take a long time to come up with the plan and didn't think the process should take a year and a half. Community Development Administrator Osaki added that is something to talk about at the next meeting since there will be an item related to neighborhood planning on the agenda that evening anyway. Chair Singer wanted more clarification as to when items come to PCDC first and when do items go to the Planning Commission. Community Development Administrator Osaki answered if it is an issue that has come up at the City Council level it will go to PCDC before the Planning Commission. Chair Singer wanted to know when issues need to go to the Planning Commission. Community Development Administrator Osaki said that if it is an amendment to the zoning code the City wants to have considered, then it requires a Planning Commission public hearing. Chair Singer feels that a meeting between the Planning Commission and PCDC would be helpful. Member Norman added that anything that streamlines staff time would be what she wants to see. Would like the committee and staff to become as efficient as possible. Chair Singer asked about the parking code amendment; could it be more efficient to go to PC. Also, the front yard issue should come back to PCDC. Chair Singer reminded the Committee members that on January 29, there is Planning Commission training course at City Hall. Community Development Administrator Osaki discussed this and said the State Office of Community Development has a short course on local planning. Speakers are available PAGE 2 MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JANUARY 12, 3004 for land use issues, processes and on Planning Commission roles. Chair Singer asked if they could speak on the education of a planner so the Planning Commission members could know what the job is about. Chair Singer asked how deeply the PCDC will go into the Comprehensive Plan. Community Development Administrator Osaki answered that this is the year to go into the plan and make the amendments necessary to update the plan to be consistent with all of the amendments that have been made to GMA since its adoption. We have census data and growth targets to update and include in the plan. 6. 2004 PCD Committee Goals Chair Singer would like to get an update on the Gateways. Would also like to see a plan for the Arts Commission and would like to meet with the Arts Commission, in March. She believes that the Arts Commission was not set up to be a committee with a long range plan and would like to see that happen. Also, she would like the PCD Committee to review the junk car ordinance. ADJOURNMENT With no further items to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 6:30 pm PCDC\MIN\01A-2004 PAGE 3