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MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Holman called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. in Annex
Conference Room 2 located on the second floor of One Main Professional
Plaza, One East Main Street, Auburn, Washington.
A. Roll Call
Chair John Holman, Vice -Chair Largo Wales and Member Yolanda
Trout were present. Also present were Mayor Nancy Backus, Director
of Community Development and Public Works Kevin Snyder,
Assistant Director of Community Development Services Jeff Tate,
Economic Development Manager Doug Lein, Transportation Manager
Pablo Para, Traffic Engineer James Webb, and Community
Development Secretary Tina Kriss.
B. Announcements
There were no announcements.
C. Agenda Modifications
There were no agenda modifications.
CONSENT AGENDA
A. Minutes - April 28, 2014 (Tate)
Member Trout moved and Vice -Chair Wales seconded to approve the
April 28, 2014 Planning and Community Development Committee
minutes as written.
Motion carried unanimously. 3 -0
III. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Draft 2015 -2020 Transportation Improvement Plan (Webb)
Transportation Manager Pablo Para explained that the draft version of
the 2015 -2020 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) received today
is a preliminary draft, staff will be making additional revisions before
coming back to the Committee for action to go forward to a Public
Hearing and proposed adoption before full City Council.
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Traffic Engineer James Webb and Transportation Planner Pablo Para
distributed a 2015 -2020 TIP program summary. The Committee and
staff reviewed the completed projects to be removed from TIP, new
projects to be added and substantial TIP updates.
A brief discussion was held regarding various reports required for
projects and the increase in reporting for grant funded projects. The
Committee discussed numbers 64 through 66, Lea Hill
improvements. Transportation Manager Pablo Para answered
questions from the Committee on traffic impact fees, calculations, and
exemptions.
B. Short Plat Thresholds (Tate)
Assistant Director Tate provided background information on the short
plat thresholds, subdivisions and short subdivisions. A discussion
was held between the Committee and staff as to the benefits of
increasing the number permissible as a short subdivision. Staff
identified a cost savings of approximately $4,660.00 for those
developers able to apply for a short subdivision instead of applying for
a subdivision if the number allowed in a short subdivision increased
from 5 to 9 or fewer lots. Assistant Director Tate explained that the
City would also save a considerable amount of staff hours by making
this update. The Committee also expressed interest in understanding
cost recovery of fees collected verses resources consumed when
processing land divisions.
The Committee and staff discussed the idea of increasing the number
allowed in a short subdivision while maintaining all of the development
standards of a subdivision for those short subdivisions with 5 to 9 lots.
The Committee and staff discussed the process to update the Auburn
City Code if this change was recommended. The Committee asked
staff to add this item to the PCDC Status Matrix and expressed their
support of increasing the number allowed in a short subdivision while
maintaining long division standards for 5 to 9 lots. In response to the
request by the Committee for staff to return with a comparison
matrix, Assistant Director Tate stated staff will first return to the
Committee with an overview of the Plat /Subdivision process in June
and follow up with a comparison matrix for short subdivisions and
subdivisions with the proposed updates in July.
C. American Planning Association Report (Tate)
Assistant Director Tate opened the discussion on "Investing in Place"
by discussing the different terms of demographics (Millennials, aged
21 to 34; Generation X, aged 35 to 49; and Active Boomers, aged 50
to 65) and explained that the Millennials and Active Boomers share
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many of the same concerns and beliefs regarding planning outcomes,
meaningful economic development strategies, and the types of
community attributes that are desirable.
Chair Holman provided an article to the Committee on the economics
of places and mentioned the book "Walkable City" and "The
Economics of Place ".
The Committee discussed the importance of walkability, connectivity,
and providing amenities that are desirable to the community. The
Committee would like to continue the discussion on investing in place
and asked staff to add this item to the PCDC Status Matrix. The
Committee agreed that the report and its conclusions had relevance in
the Comprehensive Plan update and that it is appropriate to focus
economic development strategies on investing in the amenities that
make for a vibrant community.
D. Director's Report (Tate)
Assistant Director Tate explained that the "Imagine Auburn" Vision
Open House will take place from 6:30 to 8:00 pm with an open house
from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Auburn Golf Course Banquet Room,
29630 Green River Road SE, Auburn. A live webcast will be aired on
the City's website.
E. PCDC Status Matrix (Tate)
The Committee requested that staff add "Investing in Place" and short
subdivisions to the matrix.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Planning and
Community Development Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 7:02
p. M.
Approved this a 7 `� day of ILla-4-1
2014.
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