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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.
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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.
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