HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/07/2023 - 06.E. Request to extend time to file memorandum in APP#002-22/APP#004-22 pursuant to YMC 16.08.025BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 6.E.
For Meeting of: February 7, 2023
ITEM TITLE:Request to extend time to file memorandum in APP#002-
22/APP#004-22 pursuant to YMC 16.08.025
SUBMITTED BY:*Joseph Calhoun, Planning Manager
Sara Watkins, City Attorney
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Gary Lofland has appealed a land use decision of the Hearing Examiner. As part of the
procedure, the parties are allowed time to file memoranda prior to the hearing date. YMC
16.08.025 allows a party to ask the City Council to grant an extension. Mr. Lofland has asked in
writing to extend the deadline for him to submit his memorandum thirty days due to a family
emergency. His email correspondence to Cally Price requesting the extension is included with
these materials. It is dated January 23, 2023, and was received prior to the initial deadline, as
required in the ordinance. The proposed order is included for your review and would move the
deadline for Mr. Lofland’s submission to March 10, 2023.
The Council may approve the extension by Motion if it wishes: “I move that Mr. Lofland’s request
for an extension be granted and the proposed order be entered in this matter.”
ITEM BUDGETED:NA
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:Neighborhood and Community Building
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
Move to approve Mr. Lofland's request.
ATTACHMENTS:
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Email_Lofland_Request Extension of Time 1/25/2023 Backup Material
Order Granting Extension of Time 1/25/2023 Backup Material
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CITY OF YAKIMA
CITY COUNCIL
In re: The Appeal of
The Matter of the Makalii Short Plat
By Appellant Gary Lofland
NO. APP#002-22 / APP#004-22
ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION
OF TIME
THIS MATTER, having come on for the City Council’s decision pursuant to the
written request by Appellant, Gary Lofland, to extend the time in which he is to file his written
argument and memorandum, pursuant to YMC 16.08.025(c)(3)(a), received on January 23,
2023, and supported by the written statements of Mr. Lofland in his written request submitted
to the City Council, and after the City Council having considered his request, now, therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the Appellant be granted an extension to file his
written argument and memorandum. The schedule shall be amended by the City Planning
Division to allow Mr. Lofland until Friday, March 10, 2023, to file his documents, and then
shall amend the date for rebuttal documents to be filed pursuant to YMC 16.08.025.
Upon granting this extension, the Planning Division shall give a notice of extension,
including the new deadlines, to all parties of record, and said notice shall contain the following
language: “Written arguments and memoranda shall not include the presentation of any new
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evidence and shall be based only on the facts presented to the examiner.” After the deadline
for receipt of written memoranda and arguments and all extensions have passed, the record
will be transferred to the legislative body pursuant to YMC 16.08.025(D).
APPROVED BY MOTION OF THE COUNCIL DATED this 7th day of February,
2023.
CITY OF YAKIMA
JANICE DECCIO, Mayor
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