HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-23-2023 YPC MinutesCity of Yakima Planning Commission (YPC) Meeting Minutes
City Council Chambers
August 23, 2023
Call to Order
Chair Liddicoat called the meeting to order at 3:01 p.m.
Roll Call
YPC Members Present: Jacob Liddicoat, Lisa Wallace, Leanne Hughes -Mickel, Colleda
Monick, Charles Hitchcock, Frieda Stephens
YPC Members Absent: Mary Place
Staff Present: Joseph Calhoun; Planning Manager, Eva Rivera, Planning
Technician
Staff Announcements — Planning Manager Calhoun announced the following:
0 Update on ADU Preapproved Plans: RFP will be finalized later this week.
August 9 2023 Meeting Minutes — It was motioned by Commissioner Hughes -Mickel and
seconded by Commissioner Hitchcock to approve the meeting minutes of August 9, 2023, as
presented. The motion carried unanimously.
Public Hearin — "Hear Me Now LLC" - Chair Liddicoat gave an outline of the Public Hearing
procedure. Calhoun presented a staff report on CPA#001-23 and RZ#001-23 the Comprehensive
Plan Map Amendment (CPA) and Environmental Review requesting to amend the Future Land
Use map designation for one parcel from Mixed Residential to Commercial Mixed -Use and
concurrent rezone from Multifamily Residential (R-3) to General Commercial (GC). The staff
report recommended approval of the request. No public comments were received prior to the
drafting of the staff report. The representative for the applicant Allen Opfer addressed the
commission and asked if there were any questions, the commissioners had none. Chair Liddicoat
opened the public comment portion of the hearing. Seeing there were no public comments Chair
Liddicoat closed the public comment portion of the hearing. The commission discussed the
project.
Commissioner Monick moved the Planning Commission to draft findings of fact and forward the
recommendation to the Yakima City Council based on the testimony and the evidence presented
in this afternoon's hearing. Commissioner Hughes -Mickel seconded. The motion passed
unanimously.
Public Comment — Julia Nelson asked the commission if there was a way to contact property
owners to provide cheap irrigation to combat the dry grass surrounding the city. Calhoun
answered a code compliance process can be started within city limits to make property owners
compliant with the International Property Maintenance Code.
Other Business — None
Adiourn — A motion to adjourn to September 13, 2023, was passed with a unanimous vote. The
meeting adjourned at approximately 3:38 p.m.
air Liddicoat Date
This meeting was filmed by YPAC. Minutes for this meeting submitted by: Eva Rivera, Planning Technician.
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