HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-05-2013 February 5, 2013 Joint Meeting with Planning Commission CITY OF DRAFT
T T Joint Meeting Between Planning and
V;BUP Community Development Committee
WASHINGTON and Planning Commission
February 5, 2013
Special Meeting Minutes
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Nancy Backus called the meeting to order at 5 02 p m in Annex Conference
Room No 2 located on the second floor of One Main Professional Plaza, One East Main
Street, Auburn, Washington
A. Roll Call
Planning Commission Members present were Chair Judi Roland, Commissioner
Baggett, Commissioner Copple, Commissioner Mason, Commissioner Trout,
Commissioner Couture, and Commissioner Ramey
Planning and Development Committee Members present were Chair Nancy
Backus, Vice-Chair John Holman, and Member Largo Wales
Also present were Mayor Pete Lewis, Planning and Development Director Kevin
Snyder, Planning Manager Elizabeth Chamberlain, City Attorney Dan Heid, Planner
Gary Yao, Development Services Manager Jeff Tate, Building Official Tom Ushing,
Principal Planner Jeff Dixon, and Planning Secretary Tina Kriss
Audience members present: Scott Pondeleck and Councilmember Osborne
B Announcements
There were no announcements
C Agenda Modification
There were no agenda modifications
II. JOINT STUDY SESSION — PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION
Planning and Development Director Kevin Snyder opened the joint session with
introductions from the Planning Commission Members, the Planning and Development
Committee Members, and staff
BUILDING CODE UPDATES.
Development Services Manager Jeff Tate and Building Official Tom Ushing reviewed the
City's upcoming 2013 City of Auburn Building Code Update
The International Code Council is a National Organization that is comprised of
professionals to create the International Code The International Code is on a three year
code cycle and the City is currently operating on the 2009 code The 2012 code is
currently under construction
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RCW 19 27 074 establishes the Washington State Building Code Council who is the
reviewing and adopting agency for the Washington State Codes RCW 19 27 031
adopts the International Codes as the official building regulations for the State The
State makes appropriate amendments to the code, at this time the State has not
released the amendments
Title 15 of the Auburn City Code is the City's building code The City will be updating the
Auburn City Code to change code references from 2009 to 2012 Changes refining
permit expiration timeframes and procedures for existing permit timeframes will also be
proposed Staff will also propose language to seek to clarify local amendments made in
the past.
Staff will be working with customers to communicate those anticipated changes and
work to update residential stock plans that were previously approved under the 2009
code To complete the approval process for the 2012 code changes, staff expects to go
before the Planning Commission in late March, Council Sub-Committees in April, and
Council for approval this spring
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
Planning and Development Director Kevin Snyder opened the discussion regarding the
City's Comprehensive Plan A Comprehensive Plan is a strategic plan for growth
management and is developed to insure effective implementation of the vision, goals,
and strategies of this plan The City's current Comprehensive Plan is due to have a
major update and has been included on the Planning and Community Development
Committee & Planning Commission 2013—2014 work plan, item No 1
Mayor Lewis explained the City of Auburn is the 14th largest city in the State of
Washington and the 7th largest city in King County and Pierce County The Puget Sound
Regional Council believes the City of Auburn will have a population of over 100,000 in
the next 20 years In the past, the City has viewed itself as a small town, but with a
population of 72,000 and a future population of 100,000 the City is now a large town and
should be viewed as a larger town to appropriately plan
What does the 21St century City of Auburn look like and how does the City plan as a
large City? Roads, building sizes, and other infrastructure needs to provide for a large
population of 72,000 to 100,000 A 21St century plan must be in place to provide for the
needs of the City
The Planning Commission members, Committee, and staff discussed including the
following proposed items for future discussion as planning goes forward to update the
Comprehensive Plan
• Arts and Culture
• How best to involve the Auburn School District and Green River Community
College in the update process, Community colleges vs a 4 year college
• Aviation
• Manufacturing Villages and the Economic Development Strategy areas
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• Medical Clusters
• Education opportunities, early learning opportunities
• Diversity
• Veterans services
Staff reviewed ideas for formulating goals under the Comprehensive Plan updates
Members of the Committee recommended including S M.A.R T goals (specific,
measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely) as part of the guide to assist Council going
forward to achieve the goals of the Comprehensive Plan updates Director Snyder
encouraged the Committee and Commission Members to see themselves as architects
with an opportunity to "draw" the future they see for the City of Auburn
As part of the public involvement process to the Comprehensive Plan updates, staff
explained that in today's environment the City may want to consider using different tools
to engage the community As part of the public input, the Commission and Committee
were supportive of providing community stakeholders with "toolkits" to meet with and
engage with specific groups they select, to obtain feedback. Another idea the
Commission and Committee felt would be beneficial was a gaming tool that invites
residents to participate in community planning through game playing and establishing
more of a significant social media presence through Facebook, Twitter, and other
mediums A visual preference survey, a combination of ranked photos and
questionnaires to obtain unfiltered feedback from the public was also encouraged to use
as a tool for public involvement.
After reviewing a flow chart illustrating the Comprehensive Plan update timeline, the
Commission and Committee expressed support of implementing the goals and actions
developed around a near term (0-5 years), short-term (6-10 years), and long-term (11+
years) timeframe in order to create an action-oriented plan
Staff will be reviewing the recommendations and ideas for the future Comprehensive
Plan updates and provide more information on these topics as staff meets with both the
Commission and Committee
The next joint session between the Committee and Commission will be in August 2013
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the joint meeting between the Planning
Commission and the Planning and Community Development Committee Chair Backus
adjourned the meeting at 6 39 p m
DATED this 7 7- DAY OF ' 2013
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Nancy B I ug— PCDC Chair Tina Kriss — PI nning tecretary
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