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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/08/1996 Adjourned Meeting 162. CITY OF YAKIMA, WASHINGTON OCTOBER 8, 1996 ADJOURNED MEETING The City Council met on this date at 7:30 a.m. at the Sewer Maintenance Facility, 204 East Pine Street, Yakima, Washington. Council Members present on roll call were Clarence Barnett, Ernie Berger, John Klingele, and John Puccinelli. Mayor Lynn Buchanan and Council Members Henry Beauchamp and Bernard Sims were absent and excused. Glenn Rice, Acting City Manager; John Hanson, Director of Finance & Budget; Ray Paolella, City Attorney; Dueane Calvin, Water & Irrigation Manager; Dave Hussell, Streets & Traffic Operations Manager; Don Skone, Planning Manager; Chris Waarvick, Wastewater Superintendent; Shelley Willson, Supervising Traffic Engineer; John Elsden, Senior Project Planner; Vaughn McBride, Assistant Planner; and Deputy City Clerk Skovald were also present. There were also several interested citizens in attendance at this meeting. Council Member Barnett reported the City Subcommittee of the Yakima Urban Area Joint Board, of which he and Council Member Klingele are members, has finished reviewing the Draft Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan. The purpose of this meeting is to explain some of the proposed changes as summarized in a report along with recommendations from the Regional Planning Commission. This report has been previously distributed to the Council and will also be presented ' to the full Yakima Area Joint Board for review and discussion. Additional Modifications Recommended by the Joint Board City Subcommittee Council Member Barnett referenced Page 1 of the Additional Modifications, under Land Use Element, p.III -11. He directed attention to the deletion of certain wording concerning regional mall or center. This change does not conflict with the Downtown Yakima Core Plan. Also on Page 1 of the Additional Modifications, under Appendix A, P. A -12, Council Member Barnett explained the recommendation to add the Large Convenience Center (LCC) future land use category and descriptive text in Legend under Map 111-3, Future Land Use. This wording was added to conform with Policy 3C -1 in the Draft Comprehensive Plan which provides for Regional Shopping Centers. Council Member Barnett also pointed out that there may be a number of changes in this section that the Council may want to consider and should earmark when the final public hearing is held with the County Commissioners, such as changing current zoning categories to the Neighborhood Commercial Future Land Use Category. Council Member Berger referred to the proposed additional criteria on Page 2, under Modify Policy C3.1, Action Plan Element, as follows. He wants the wording changed in #5 to not include and not have a detrimental impact on existing regional center." because he felt competition alone could cause a detrimental effect on another business. Council Member Puccinelli felt it is not government's responsibility to determine what is a detrimental impact. This item needs to be considered during the final public hearing. ADJOURNED MEETING - OCTOBER 8, 1996 Council Member Barnett directed attention to the recommendation to add certain references as indicated on ; ;,Page 3 of the Additional Modifications referring to the Transportation Element and the Transportation Plan. These changes, which reference the Transit Element, were made in order to be internally consistent and to comply with the GMA checklist. Council Member Barnett pointed out that he introduced these changes, not YVCOG. Section I - Introduction Council Member Klingele directed attention to recommended changes in the first chapter of Section I. The City Subcommittee eliminated zoning codes and other as an editorial change because building codes refer to the Capital Facilities Plan instead of the capital budget. Section II - Action Plan Element Council Member Barnett referred to a number of General Development Policies where the "Development Community" should be included as a responsible agency. The next major change is an addition under Objective G -2. This'change reflects Council Member Puccinelli's request to include a grandfather clause in the Comprehensive Plan to address Goal 6 of the Growth Management Act concerning the protection of property rights. Council Member Barnett explained the proposed modification of Objective G2 relates to the Grandfather Clause concept and private property rights. The addition of Policy G2.5 is a modified grandfather clause which does not completely address the true grandfather clause in as much as it mentions extended time limitations under the present ordinance if a structure has been destroyed and not rebuilt within 12 months and loses its non - conforming use status.... Council Member Puccinelli wants the time regulations extended. Council Member Barnett explained that issue would be decided when development regulations are written. Council Member Barnett referenced Policy G9.1 on Page II -12 of the Draft Comprehensive Plan, which requires complete site plans, for all projects. This was modified to conform with the Council resolution requiring site plans for all projects. There was discussion about how this would impact the community and how it will relate to the non- conforming use issue. Page II -20, Transportation Policies, on Page 3 of this section refers to liberal changes to conform with the definition of concurrency found in the Growth Management Act as it relates to streets and roads. This includes a site plan for improvements within six years. Council Member Barnett referred to BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN POLICIES on Page 3 of this section. These modifications were made by the Bicycle Plan Review Committee and deal with development regulations in that plan. The Yakima Urban Area Joint Board will decide whether to include this or not. Section III - Land Use Element Council Member Barnett explained the City Subcommittee rewrote this section to reflect Council's earlier discussion about the use of the term "consistency" in the Growth Management Act. The rewrite clarifies • 2.; 164.. ADJOURNED MEETING - OCTOBER 8, 1996 that the Future Land Use Map proposes a general description of land uses anticipated and provides a graphic display of where development is expected to occur. There is a special statement included which indicates the current zoning map will stay in place until the public hearing process. There is not going to be any "automatic change" to the land use map. Zoning change will have to be applied for. Verna Beggs, 1204 East Spruce Street, had some questions concerning the rezone process. Glenn Valenzuela invited her to come by the office and pick up the information and meet with him. Land Use Compatibility Chart The Land Use Compatibility Chart that the Hearing Examiner uses during his hearings was changed to include new terminology. This is now included in the draft Comp Plan. Residential Land Uses and the Land Use Map Glenn Rice directed attention to the new Residential Densities Wall Chart, a separate informational tool which explains and visualizes each category. It reflects public testimony to maintain density at the same dwelling units per acre. Before this change, the density ranges were indicated less. Council Member Barnett noted that Land Use Element: Table 3 -5 has been updated to reflect a separate category for Parks and Open Space. This table will replace the table currently in the Draft Comprehensive Plan. Incorporated into the Draft Comp Plan for informational purposes is a list of City Council approved changes and the Future Land Use Map reflecting those changes. Council Member Barnett pointed out that the Future Land Use Map needs to be updated to include the classification of Large Convenience Center (LCC). Siting of Public Facilities Proposed Lancuage Council Member Barnett suggested the word, Draft, be removed from the page. He explained that this language was required by the State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development. Section IV - Housinq Element The housing element was completely rewritten by Council Member Klingele. Council Member Klingele explained he corrected materials to parallel the CHAS, i.e., low and medium income and other contemporary involvement. Foster care or group homes wording was made more general in nature. This would be more readable to the layperson. Comparisons were corrected to use the same basis to make sure everything was consistent throughout this final draft. Section V - Transportation Element and Transportation Plan At the bottom of Page 1 of this section, Council Member Barnett explained the Draft Comprehensive Plan reference, under the Transportation Element, includes recommendations of widening of lanes such as 16th Avenue and other streets. Many of the proposed changes reflect the consultant's recommended alternative and also testimony heard during public hearings, such as Petition No. 1220 against the widening of 32nd Avenue. Other petitions are expected. The Transportation Plan will have to be revised according to the public 3 k 166 ADJOURNED MEETING - OCTOBER 8, 1996 testimony. Formal discussion about these petition requests will be at the public hearing. At the top of Page 2 of this section, Council Member Barnett referred to the proposed change to add the Yakima Air Terminal Master Plan Update by reference. At the bottom of Page 2, Council Member Barnett noted the correction to the definition of concurrency. On Page 3 of this section, Council Member Barnett reported that he has requested the appropriate Transportation Plan tables indicate that $7 million of the $59 million alternative is included for Bicycle /Pedestrian facility improvements. It also needs to include that the consultant recommends those capacity improvements. Bicycle Pedestrian Plan Council Member Barnett referred to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan as revised by the Bicycle Advisory Committee included in this section. The policies in this plan were not added to the Draft Comprehensive Plan and the. Bike Plan. The City Council might consider adding them or just including them by reference. He reiterated that most of the superfluous elements have been eliminated in this revised document. Section VI - Capital Facilities Element and Capital Facilities Plan Referring to Page 1 of this section, Council Member Barnett explained that the reference to the $907,000 was deleted because the original Bike Plan gave a whole list of streets requiring off street parking to allow bike paths throughout the City. On Page 2 of this section, the City's domestic water rights information was corrected. Also on Page 2, the statement of spending, was corrected to include the actual proposed amount for 0 & M expenditures. There is a footnote added to the table to include Bike and Pedestrian capacity improvement costs. John Hanson explained that the referenced Capital Facility Plan changes originally indicated for the Convention Center costs probably should not be changed. Section VII - Utilities Element Council Member Barnett indicated that he asked HDR to come up with a stormwater alternative and Alternative 3A was recommended although there was no vote. Yakima County thinks Alternative 3A should not be put in the Plan since it was not voted on. The Council Subcommittee, Klingele and Barnett, believe it should be included because Alternative 3A was suggested during the public hearing and should be included as an alternative. Council Member Barnett commented that he feels the Alternative 3A plan, estimated to cost about $4 "million, would satisfy DOE requirements. Although, the consultant still. recommends Alternative 4, estimated to cost about $22 million. Council Member Klingele commented about utility services regulation with current requirements recently changed. Under Paae VII - 17 Implementation, in the Second and Third Paragraph Council Member Barnett provided copies of a handout, "ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS." He explained that under the Draft Comp Plan it 4 1.6 6.: ADJOURNED MEETING - OCTOBER 8, 1996 indicates the Yakima County Commissioners and the City Council should start a stormwater utility. He recommends that wording be changed indicating that the City Council and the Yakima County Commissioners may consider a stormwater utility instead of should establish. Council Member Barnett also recommended that the sentence about "Formation of the Utility" be deleted as indicated in the handout since Yakima County has already indicated they would be the lead agency. Other Issues Discussed Council Member Barnett reported that the Washington State Community, Trade & Economic Development meetings are scheduled today, and a representative from the Planning Division will attend who will review the Draft Report from that meeting. There will probably be some final recommendations made and any proposals should be brought up during the final public hearing. Council Member Berger congratulated Council Members Barnett and Klingele for their participation in the major rewrite. Glenn Rice reminded the Council of an Urban Area Joint Board Meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday in the City Manager's Conference Room. Glenn Valenzuela asked if the time frame of the City Council's meeting schedule would allow the scheduling of a special meeting on November 5th to hear the Appeal of the Determination of Significance for the Providence Yakima Medical Center Expansion project. Staff was . directed to inform the appellants that this is a Quasi - Judicial matter and there are procedural complexities which require the appeal go through the required time frame. Glenn Rice reviewed -the schedule of upcoming Council subcommittee meetings this week. Council Member Barnett asked that enough copies of the Joint Board Recommended changes be made available. It was MOVED BY PUCCINELLI, SECONDED BY- KLINGELE, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 9:00 AM. The motion carried by unanimous voice vote; Sims, Beauchamp, and Buchanan absent. READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY: j ,---- t .7 COUNCIL MEMB' DATE ( PUCCINELLI, asistant Mayor UNCIL MEMBER DATE II ATTEST: _>:/ , / , / , CITY CLERK JO PU INELLI, ASSISTANT MAYOR MINUTES PREPARED BY DEPUTY CITY CLERK SKOVALD. An audio tape of this meeting is available in the City Clerk's Office. 5