HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-23-18 YPC MinutesCity of Yakima Planning Commission (YPC) City Hall Council Chambers
Meeting Minutes of May 23, 2018
Call to Order
Chairwoman Patricia Byers called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
Roll Call
YPC Members Present: Chairwoman Patricia Byers, Vice -Chair Al Rose, Bill Cook,
Rob McCormick, Jacob Liddicoat, Leanne Hughes -Mickel
YPC Members Absent: Peter Marinace (excused)
Staff Present: Joseph Calhoun, Planning Manager; Lisa Maxey, Planning
Specialist
Council Liaison: Jason White, District 2 (absent)
Others: Sign -in sheet in file
Staff Announcements
Planning Manager Joseph Calhoun announced that the Comprehensive Plan
Amendment and concurrent Rezone requests received for this year's amendment cycle
are being reviewed for completeness and will be sent out for public notice in the coming
weeks. He also made known that there are still vacancies on the Historic Preservation
Commission, and that interested persons may apply in the City Clerk's office.
Audience Participation
None noted.
Approval of Meetin. Minutes of May 2018
It was motioned by Commissioner Rose and seconded by Commissioner Liddicoat to
approve the minutes of May 9, 2018.
Review of Yakima Planning Commission Bylaws
Calhoun presented a draft of proposed changes to the Commissions bylaws. These
changes include a correction from 6 -year terms to 4 -year terms per City Council's
direction (Ordinance 2017-018), correcting the department title from "Department of
Community and Economic Development" to "Department of Community
Development," correcting the meeting time from 3:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. to match current
practices, updating the regular order of business to match current practices, clarifying
the titles of the municipal code which are in the commissions purview, rewording the
language on how the time and location of a Commission meeting may be changed, and
adding language that allows flexibility to setting a date for continued agenda items.
It was motioned by Commissioner Hughes -Mickel and seconded by Commissioner
Rose to approve the draft of the amended bylaws with an additional change to Section 1
(A) to correct another mention of the term limitations, fixing it from 6 years to 4 years.
The motion carried unanimously.
Continued Study Session: Proposed Text Amendments to YMC Title 15
Calhoun presented changes to YMC 15.17: Modification to Existing or Approved Uses
or Development. The change would allow modifications to Class 1 uses to be reviewed
under the Modification procedures, granted the criteria for a Modification are met per
the code. In addition to the draft amendments presented, Calhoun verbally included an
additional change to the 15.17.020(B) and (C), to strike out the sentence in both sections
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that states, "this limit shall be calculated cumulatively for all previous modifications
since the last normal review," as this is already established in 15.17.020(E).
Other Business
Calhoun clarified that the Comprehensive Plan Amendments will be sent for public
notice with a 20 -day comment period on the SEPA review. After the comment period, the
SEPA determination will be issued along with notice of Yakima Planning Commission
public hearing.
Calhoun informed the commission that the date for a City Council study session on
temporary worker housing has not been set, and that the commission members will be
notified once it is established.
A question was posed as to whether the conversion of a hotel on North 1St Street to house
temporary workers depends upon the result of the temporary worker housing text
amendment. Calhoun clarified that as long as it is operated as a hotel, it is a permitted
use and does not rely on the text amendment being approved.
Discussion ensued on tracking the outcome of amendments that Planning Commission
recommends to City Council. Calhoun reported that staff can create a brief report on the
history text amendments in recent years that have gone to City Council.
Calhoun reminded the commission that the Short Course on Local Planning provided by
the Department of Commerce is scheduled for a date in June and will be held at the Public
Works training room at 2301 Fruitvale Blvd.
The commission suggested that a joint meeting be held with the Yakima County Planning
Commission sometime after the planning short course. Calhoun asked that commission
members send their desired topics of discussion to him and he will coordinate with the
County to form a list of discussion items and schedule the meeting. Discussion took place
on the anticipated gains of having a meeting with the County.
Chairwoman Byers announced that she will be absent for the next commission meeting
on June 13th.
Adjourn
A motion to adjourn to June 13, 2018 was passed with unanimous vote. This meeting
adjourned at 3:33 p.m.
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