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CALL TO ORDER
Planning and Community
Development
September 22, 2014 - 5:00 PM
Annex Conference Room 2
MINUTES
Chair Holman called the meeting to order at 4:59 p.m. in Annex
Conference Room 2 located on the 2nd 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; Planning and Design Services Manager Elizabeth
Chamberlain; City Attorney Dan Heid, Planner Gary Yao; and
Community Development Services Office Assistant Sue Van Slyke.
Members of the Audience present: Robert Whale of the Auburn
Reporter.
B. Announcements
There were no announcements.
C. Agenda Modifications
There were no agenda modifications.
II. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Minutes - September 8, 2014 (Chamberlain)
Member Yolanda Trout moved and Vice -Chair Largo Wales
seconded to approve the September 8, 2014 Planning and
Community Development Committee meeting minutes as written.
Motion carried unanimously. 3 -0
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III. ACTION
A. Ordinance No. 6519 (Held)
City Attorney Dan Heid advised the Committee that the Municipal
Services Committee also considered Ordinance No. 6519 and No.
6524. Ordinance 6524 is an alternative to Ordinance 6519. In its
review, the Municipal Services Committee expressed preference for
Ordinance No. 6524 rather than Ordinance 6519, though they
wanted to see the language clarified and simplified. Attorney Heid
handed out a draft of Ordinance No. 6524 with changes intended to
meet the concerns and request of the Municipal Services
Committee. Attorney Heid also noted that when the packet was
created, two parts were included; Ordinance No. 6519 - an
ordinance that provided for an Ethics code and an Ethics Officer.
This Ordinance was patterned after the State of Washington law.
One noticeable difference in the state law is that the Ethics code for
State employees includes an allowance for gifts of up to $50.00. The
$50 allowance is not included in the state ethics statute for cities and
counties, and is only included in the state ethics statute for state
employees and officials. Most cities do not have a separate Ethics
code; they rely upon state law. Of those that do have an Ethics
code, the majority have an Ethics Commission rather than an Ethics
Officer. After comparison, an Ethics Officer ordinance is generally
simpler to work with. Answers are generally obtained more quickly
with a single officer than with a committee or commission. After
Committee discussion, it was determined that the Committee opted
not to go forward with either version at this time but asked that a
version that simply includes language similar to Ordinance No. 6524
with the $50.00 gift authorization be drafted and considered at the
next PCDC meeting on October 6, 2014. Attorney Heid will draft a
version that includes these components.
B. Resolution No. 5104 - Pierce County Countywide Planning Policies
(Chamberlain)
Planning and Design Services Manager Elizabeth Chamberlain
presented Resolution No. 5104 which will ratify the amendments
and authorize the Mayor to execute the interlocal agreement for the
purpose of amending the Pierce County Countywide Planning
Policies in accordance with the requirements of the Interlocal
Cooperation Act of 1967.
Vice -Chair Wales moved and Member Trout seconded to
recommend City Council to adopt Resolution No. 5104.
Motion carried unanimously. 3 -0
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IV. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. ACC 10.36 Stopping, Standing and Parking - Phase 1 Update (Yao)
Planner Gary Yao presented modifications to existing code
language in ACC10.36 to implement 3 hour parking throughout the
downtown urban center and also to clarify the authority for
establishing time restrictions in this area. The code also
encompasses the entire City of Auburn. Planner Yao explained that
changes to the code include adding a section designating the Mayor
or designee to have the authority to establish timed parking and to
remove the section of the code that currently states which
geographic areas in the city have certain time restrictions. This
document has been presented to Engineering Services and was
accepted in it's current form. The Committee raised a question on
how street parking is determined in regards to parallel and angle
parking. Planner Yao stated there is existing language in the
code that addresses this issue and Engineering Services is currently
reviewing the code for a phase two amendment process.
Chair Holman asked that Planner Yao present copies of the
Comprehensive Downtown Parking Management Plan to the new
council members, Yolanda Trout and Claude DaCorsi. Chair Holman
stressed that this is the baseline of how parking issues are
measured in the City of Auburn.
B. Director's Report (Chamberlain)
Planning and Design Services Manager Elizabeth Chamberlain
updated the Committee on the open Senior Planner position and
that interviews are currently being held. Director Kevin Snyder
mentioned that this is not a new position, but one that has been
vacated and is being filled along with the Urban Design Planner
position. Director Snyder explained that these are not new positions
and there is no impact to the budget concerning the hiring for these
positions.
Manager Chamberlain informed the Committee of the Fenster
Planting event which will take place on October 11, 2014. She also
mentioned that the City of Auburn has had a number of inquiries
regarding establishing businesses related to marijuana since the
1 -502 Ordinance became effective September 10, 2104.
C. PCDC Status Matrix (Chamberlain)
There were no changes recommended by the Committee to the
PCDC Status matrix.
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V. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Planning and
Community Development Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 5
p. M.
Approved this day of C4 '2014.
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