HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-12-17 YPC MinutesCity of Yakima Planning Commission (YPC) City Hall Council Chambers
Meeting Minutes of April 12, 2017
Call to Order
Chairman Scott Clark called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
Roll Call
YPC Members Present: Chairman Scott Clark, Vice -Chair Patricia Byers, Bill Cook,
Al Rose, Peter Marinace, Gavin Keefe, Jacob Liddicoat
YPC Members Absent:
Staff Present: Joseph Calhoun, Planning Manager; Jeff Peters, Senior
Planner; Lisa Maxey, Planning Specialist
Others: Sign -in sheet in file
New YPC Member Introduction
Chairman Scott Clark introduced the newest Planning Commission member, Jacob
Liddicoat. Liddicoat expressed his interest in serving on the Commission.
Staff Announcements
Senior Planner Jeff Peters announced that he will be leaving his job at the City of Yakima
with his last day being April 21st. Commission members expressed their thanks to Peters
for his work.
Audience Participation
None noted.
Approval of Meeting Minutes of March 22 2017
Commissioner Byers motioned to approve the meeting minutes of March 22, 2017. The
motion was seconded by Commissioner Rose and carried unanimously.
Public Hearin - "Apple Tree Development Phase 4" PLP#002-13 & SEPA#024-13
Jeff Peters provided a summary of the staff report. He corrected the first condition listed
in the staff report to change the wording from "barrier curb" to "rolled curb," and added
to the end of the condition, "...street design as ap_prowed by the City Engineer."
Mike Heit of HLA Engineering & Land Surveying, Inc., applicant for this project, voiced
that he would like the recommendation to City Council to include that private gated
roads will be allowed once a development agreement has been approved by the city.
Commissioner Rose inquired about access to Ahtanum Road from the plat, to which Mike
Heit answered that there is an existing connection through Ridge Way which will be
improved. Discussion ensued regarding the proposed emergency access road, the
applicant's intent to have public streets in the preliminary plat and then change it to
private streets on the final plat after a development agreement has been approved, and
the maintenance of water and sewer for the plat.
After allowing the opportunity for public comment and receiving none, Chairman Clark
closed the public testimony.
Peters requested that the Commission consider amending the 17th condition listed in the
staff report to say, "the developer shall submit and record a city -approved development
agreement to provide for the rivate streets within this development prior to submittal
of the final plat," in order to further establish the intent of the applicant to ultimately have
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the streets be private. Peters went on to describe what a development agreement is and
that it is needed in order to allow private streets. Bob Desgrosellier, Senior Engineer for
the city, provided further clarification of the requirements in Title 12 of the Yakima
Municipal Code as it relates to barrier curb vs. rolled curb.
Commissioner Marinace recused himself from the vote. Vice -Chair Byers motioned to
approve the findings of fact and recommendation with the changes to condition 1 and
condition 17 as discussed at this meeting and forward it to the City Council for
consideration. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Rose and carried
unanimously.
Comprehensive Plan 2040 Update Process
Follow-up Discussion on Critical Area/Shoreline Regulations Update: Best Available
Science Recommendations
Planning Manager Joseph Calhoun presented the revised language to the Floodway
Fringe Uses section regarding new encroachments. The Commission requested that the
Floodplains map be revised to say "floodway fringe" next to zones AE and A in the
legend for better clarification.
Audience member Joe Walsh of the Central Washington Home Builders Association
made the suggestion to strike out the last sentence in the definition of "fish and wildlife
habitat conservation" from the draft document, to which Calhoun and the Commission
members agreed. Walsh then expressed his concerns with requiring a study to be
conducted for new encroachments on the floodway fringe areas to which Calhoun
responded by explaining the purpose of that requirement. Discussion ensued pertaining
to the process for nominating new species and habitats of local importance, the comments
in the draft document about the city's current water -typing system, questions regarding
stream designation, the inclusion of comments in the draft document concerning
vegetative buffers that are based on a study not yet finalized, the option to leave out the
language regarding the development of a Public Agency and Utility Exception (PAVE),
and the suggestion from Walsh to include in the definitions section a detailed definition
of Best Available Science.
To wrap up this item, Calhoun gave a reminder that the Planning Commission public
hearing for the Comprehensive Plan 2040 update is scheduled for May 10th, and informed
the Commission that all the draft documents they have reviewed will be combined into
one binder for the hearing. The Commission requested a study session on the
Transportation Systems Plan at the next meeting.
Other Business
None noted.
mourn
A motion to adjourn to April 26, 2017 was passed with unanimous vote
adjourned at 4:28 p.m.
Date
submitted by: Lisa Maxey, Planning Specialist.
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