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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-13-13 YPC MinutesR. ECO IIR 1;11. E City of Yakima Planning Commission (YPC) City Hall Council Chambers Meeting Minutes of March 13, 2013 Call to Order Chairman Shoval called the meeting to order at 3:30 pm. Roll Call YPC Members Present: Chairman Ben Shoval, Co -Chair Bill'Cook, Scott Clark, Al Rose, Ron Anderson, Dave Fonfara, Paul Stelzer YPC Members Absent: Staff Present: Jeff Peters, Associate Planner; Rick Ensey, Councilmember, Steve Osguthorpe, Community Development Director Others: John L. Marvin, Amy Summe Adoption of Minutes for Februaa27, 2013 A motion was made by Bill Cook and seconded by Ron Anderson, to approve the meeting minutes of February 23, 2013. Motion carried by unanimous vote. Audience Participation None noted. Staff Presentation and Distribution of Materials Jeff reminded the committee of an email sent out to them of a revised land use matrix and told them of the updated maps in their packet. He also distributed the Shoreline jurisdiction ownership by parcel and the printed out PowerPoint presentation from the previous meeting. General notes were also included in the packet. Shoreline Master Plan and Matrix Table Review Amy went over the goals of this meeting which included reviewing and obtaining planning commission direction on new "essential public facilities" environment designation, the revised Shoreline jurisdiction/ environment designations map and the draft use matrix. From there they will move on to the actual Shoreline Master Plan. Gravel ponds that are less than twenty acres and are not within 200 feet of a Shoreline water body were removed. These included Myron Lake and the portion of Berglund Lake not within 200 feet of a Shoreline water body. An employee from the Department of Ecology wrote an email confirming these jurisdictions. Amy added that Buchanan Lake is not part of Shoreline jurisdiction at this point in time but will be in the future. The "essential public facilities" designation includes the highways and the part of the waste water treatment plant facility that isn't within the floodway CMZ designation. It was also expressed that there was a correction on the map of the floodway CMZ designation in the Rotary Lake area. There is a levy on the eastern northern flank of Rotary Lake that was not previously recognized causing the whole lake to be captured in the floodway CMZ designation. They shifted the boundaries further east to go around Rotary Lake. A change was also made to the wrecking yard property south of Buchanan Lake and it is now high intensity. Information on Cowiche Creek is still needed to update the map further. -1- Ben's position was that he didn't think it was their responsibility to tell people what to do with private property or to favor one type of business over another using Shoreline planning. Dave professed that the Shoreline development should have some essential tie in to the shoreline itself and a location adjacent to the water. Jeff made the point that the Yakima River is the first and last thing you see when you enter and leave Yakima which shows how vital it is to our identity. The Shoreline follows a hierarchy of principles applied in this order: 1. Recognize and protect state wide interests over local interests 2. Preserve natural character of the shoreline 3. Result in long term over short term benefit 4. Protect resources and ecology of the shoreline Bill brought up his concern about health and social services uses being allowed in Shoreline residential. Lisa responded by explaining how the residential use would mostly be for single families. Ben requested references to the state law for the next meeting regarding zoning. Al Rose brought up the point that local law can't be less restrictive than federal or state. John Marvin expressed his views as a habitat biologist with the Yakama Nation. He voiced his concerns over the protection of Cowiche Creek and how that will affect fish and wildlife species. Dave made a motion to accept the staff recommendation on the third point on the City of Yakima Master Shoreline Planning Commission Question and Comments for February 26 relating to memorializing zoning. Paul seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Seconds later, Paul took back what he said about seconding Dave's motion after further inspection. Then Dave made the motion again and Al seconded it. When it came time to vote, three were in favor of the motion and three were against. Al made a motion to table the discussion on point four and Scott seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Other Business Jeff led the discussion on changing the date and location of future planning commission meetings but keeping public hearings in the same room. Adj ourn A motion to adjourn to March 27, 2013 was passed with unanimous vote. This meeting adjourned at 5:06 p.m. This meeting was filmed by YPAC. Minutes for this meeting submitted by: Lisa Maxey, Department Assistant 3. -2-