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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/01/1981 Adjourned Meeting ADJOURNED MEETING - URBAN AREA PLAN 1_;. 61 September 1, 1981 The City Council met in session on this date at 11:30 A.M. in Roam 104 at the Yakima County Courthouse, Yakima, Washington. Council members present were Mayor Betty L. Edmondson, Henry Beauchamp, Carmichael, Shirley Doty, and Don Hinman. Council member Lynn Buchanan absent. County Commissioners present were Chuck Klarich, Graham Tollefson and Jim Whiteside. Union Gap Mayor John Hodkinson was also present. Commissioner Klarich opened the meeting stating that the previous week he brought up the point that the existing developments, the individual residences -- weren't really addressed in the proposed document. He explained they had gone over the outside utility agreement and modified the language a little to try to explain to the resident exactly the procedure that is involved when a resident requests hookup to the sewer system, stating that is the first portion of the paragraph in the County's proposal on Issue No. 2. After that (after the asterisk) is the paragraph that was agreed to previously - that was brought up to us by the staffs. And then, just to clarify again to the people which is in the document elsewhere, those people that live in the City, would address their developments with the City, those people that live in the County, would do it with the County, and those people that live in Union Gap, would do it through the planning process at Union Gap, and that is What the second paragraph is. The third paragraph adds a third item for inclusion in the Urban Area Plan appendix, which adds... "A narrative description of the Boundary Review. Board objectives and factors considered in review of annexation proposals (RCW 36.93.170 and 180)." Mayor Edmondson stated that the Council met this morning to discuss the County's proposal for resolution of Issue No. 2 and that Council member Hinman stated that the Council was trying to understand what the County was trying to accomplish. He reported that the Council had reviewed this proposal and is requesting that the first paragraph be changed to read "(Existing development including individual residences), shall, prior to receiving sewer service from the City, be required to immediately annex, if feasible to do so, or to signing an outside utility agreement" leaving out the rest of that sentence to the effect that a petition to annex to the City of Yakima will be approved subject to the annexation meeting the criteria of the Boundary Review Board; and leave in the rest of the paragraph after the asterisk. He explained that the City feels the part about the Boundary Review Board is unnecessary as that is addressed by law. The County Commissioners withdrew from the meeting to caucus. While the County Commissioners were out of the roan, Mayor Edmondson asked Mayor Hodkinson to bring back a written statement regarding various items giving Union Gap's position or comments requesting this on Items 1, 2, 5, 9, 11 and 12. The County Commissioners returned fran caucus. Commissioner Klarich stated that they feel it is necessary to include in the wastewater agreement, under Section IV, the section regarding annexation by the City of Yakima, in place of the first paragraph, which starts with "Existing" down to the word "Except" that we include in that area of the document, the statement which says that ..."any property owner seeking sewer service, located in the urban boundary", etc, etc., exactly as has been agreed to in the signed document in 1976 between the City and the County - Wastewater Agreement for 1977, and that we need the middle paragraph as explanation as to who the person would address in looking at development. There was some further discussion on the interpretation of the second paragraph regarding outside utility service and agreement. It was then the general consensus of the Council and the Commissioners that since the matter of outside utility agreement has been taken care of in other parts of the document - that the second paragraph shall read ..."All existing and new development within the unincorporated Urban Area, including any site or structural improvements, shall be subject only to issuance of appropriate development permits fran the County and shall occur in accordance with adopted Urban Area standards." With this agreement by the County and City on these issues, Mayor Edmondson asked if there were any questions on the other issues. She asked if on Item #6, that roads and streets can be designated and it was agreed that a border description will be made. (,,n2 ADJOURNED MEETING - URBAN AREA PLAN September 1, 1981 The County Commissioners read a letter, which they stated had previously been written in June, asking the Council to lift the suspension of outside utility services, with the agreement of all issues on the Urban Area Plan. Mayor Edmondson stated that this will be done by requesting staff to prepare the proper legislation at the next Council meeting. It was not that there will be a joint neeting of the Regional Planning Commission, the County, City and Union Gap at the Convention Center on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 11:00 A.M. It was also noted that Union Gap will have written statements regarding their position on various issues, which will be kept separate from the joint meeting. The meeting adjourned at 12:30 p. ih IF READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY _al. AA_....:1144' 1 DATE •'tJNi&L MEMBER . 1 , -DATE "- CIL ' iER - ATTEST: A.. -'_.e S 4c7` CITY CLERK (MAYOR 1