HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Agenda 01-04-2017Jefferson County Planning Commission MEETING AGENDA
Tri-Area Community Center
January 4, 2017
P: 360-379-4450
621 Sheridan St. F: 360-379-4451
Port Townsend WA 98368 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us
6:30 pm
OPENING BUSINESS
• Call to Order/Roll Call
• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of December 7, 2016 Meeting Minutes
• Director Updates –includes any noteworthy items from staff and/or other
announcements
• Commissioner Announcements
6:45 pm
DISCUSSION
Topic Presented by
• Presentation by Jefferson County
Public Health
• Vicki Kirkpatrick, Public Health Director
• Tammy Newton, Community Health Director
• Comprehensive Plan Visioning/Value Discussion
8:00 pm
OBSERVER COMMENT
When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address.
Please be aware that the observer comment period is …
i An optional time period dedicated to listening to the public, not a question and answer session. The Planning Commission is not required to provide response;
ii Offered at the Chair’s discretion when there is time; iii Not a public hearing – comments made during this time will not be part of any hearing record;
iv May be structured with a three-minute per person time limit.
8:15 pm
CLOSING BUSINESS
• Summary of today’s meeting
• Follow-up action items
• Agenda Items for January 18th meeting at 6:30 pm at the Tri-Area Community Center
8:30 pm
ADJOURNMENT
• Thank you for coming and participating in your government at work!
621 Sheridan St.
Port Townsend WA 98368
P: 360-379-4450
F: 360-379-4451
plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us
Jefferson County Planning Commission MEETING MINUTES
Tri-Area Community Center
December 7, 2016
Page 1 of 2
Please note, these minutes are intended to provide a summary of meeting decisions and except for motions made, should not be relied upon for specific statements from individuals at the meeting. If the reader would like to hear specific discussion, they should visit Jefferson County’s website at: http://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/PlanningCommission.htm and listen to the audio file (to assist in locating information, time stamps are provided along the left side of the page). Call to Order at 6:30 pm
ROLL CALL
District 1 District 2 District 3 Staff Present Coker: Absent U Smith: Present Nilssen: Present Patty Charnas, DCD Director Felder: Present Sircely: Present Giske: Absent U David Greetham, DCD Planning Manager Koan: Present Jochems: Absent E Hull: Present Anna Bausher, DCD Associate Planner David Johnson, DCD Associate Planner Emma Bolin, DCD Assistant Planner Haylie Clement, DCD Planning Clerk Public in Attendance: None Approval of Agenda: Cynthia Koan approved the agenda with change. Approval of Minutes: Meeting minutes from Nov. 2 approved. STAFF UPDATES 04:18 – Charnas Introduces David Greetham, the new Planning Manager for the department. Provides update on County budget adoption process. Reports on a DCD grant which has been underway since 2010 regarding Shoreline No Net Loss. The grant formally ends December 31, 2016. 05:50 – Bausher Describes her staff support of the No Net Loss grant including site visits, producing outreach and guidance materials for citizens, and producing a new mapping tool 11:37 – Charnas As discussed in previous meetings, update is given on the Rural Water Decision out of the state supreme court (Hirst Decision). Information is given on how this issue may affect the county and how the Planning Commission might be involved. 36:49 – Greetham Introduces himself and gives brief history on his career and past projects. COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS 40:05 Planning Commission members each give introduction on themselves. DISSCUSSION 47:18 – Charnas Announces on December 19th, DCD will be briefing the Board of County Commissioners on the process and timeline for the 2018 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update. Planning Commission members are invited and encouraged to attend. 52:57 - Greetham References the Memo included in the agenda packet, discussing the fundamentals required by the State Department of Commerce that have to be addressed in the Comprehensive Plan update. The concept and associated work involved if new elements are added to the Comprehensive Plan is discussed. Also mentioned, site specific zoning and other amendments dating back through 2004 have not yet been added to the text of the Comprehensive Plan. These amendments will finally make their way into the plan.
621 Sheridan St.
Port Townsend WA 98368
P: 360-379-4450
F: 360-379-4451
plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us
Jefferson County Planning Commission MEETING MINUTES
Tri-Area Community Center
December 7, 2016
Page 2 of 2
1:16:03 – Johnson Provides update on the “Total Fitness” Report. A questionnaire has been created for organizations and stakeholders to identify which goals and policies in the Comprehensive Plan are applicable to their organization and what their feedback is on the relevance of keeping existing goals and policies. 1:41:12 – Bolin Gives additional updates on the public outreach portion of the Comprehensive Plan update. Explains key points noted within the 300 plus comments received during this time. The Department of Community Development is working on methods to ensure open and continuous public outreach. Part of this work will include keeping the SpeakUp website open for comments and discussion.
OBSERVER COMMENT None FOLLOW-UP ITEMS 1:52:00 – Koan The Planning Commission will take on the task of revising the vision statement of the Comprehensive Plan. An agenda item for the January 4th meeting will be to discuss, and potentially begin a draft of the vision statement. Next Planning Commission meeting scheduled for 1/04/2017 at 6:30 pm at the Tri-Area Community Center. Adjourned at 8:33 pm These meeting minutes were approved this ____________ day of ___________________________, 2016. ________________________________________ _________ ______________________________________________________________ Cynthia Koan, Chair Haylie Clement, PC Secretary/DCD Planning Clerk
JeffCo Planning Commission 2016 attendance
Meeting Date 1/6 1/20 2/3 2/17 3/2 3/16 4/6 4/20 5/4 5/18 6/1 6/15 6/29 7/6 7/20 8/3 8/17 9/7 9/21 10/5 10/19 11/2 12/7
Status of Minutes Final Final Draft Final Draft Draft Final None Draft None Final Final Draft Final Draft None None None None Final Final Draft
Planning Commissioner Cancelled
Cynthia Koan x x X X X x x x x x x x x x x x x x x -x X x
Gary Felder x x X X X x x x x x x x x U U x x x U -x U x
Kevin Coker x x U X X U E U x U U x x x x x x x x -x X U
Mark Jochems x x X X X x x x x x x x x x x x x x x -x X E
Matt Sircely x x X X X x x x x U x x U E E x x x x -U U x
Lorna Smith x x X X X x x E x x x x*x*x E x x x E -x E x
Mike Nilssen -----------x U x x x x U E -x X x
Richard Hull x x X X X x x E x x x x x x x x x x x -x X x
Tom Giske x E X X X x x x U x x E U x E U U U x -x U U
Tom Brotherton X X X U X U U ----------------
Unexcused vs. Excused absences are determind by the information available in the audio recording, staff meeting notes, and emails to the PC email.
Absent U E Attendance %
x = present Cynthia Koan 0 0 0 Cynthia Koan 100.00%
E = excused absence Gary Felder 4 4 0 Gary Felder 81.82%
U = unexcused absence Kevin Coker 7 6 1 Kevin Coker 68.18%
* = phone Mark Jochems 1 0 1 Mark Jochems 95.45%
Total Number of Meetings 22 Matt Sircely 6 4 2 Matt Sircely 72.73%
Finalled Minutes 9 Lorna Smith 4 0 4 Lorna Smith 81.82%
Draft Minutes 7 Mike Nilssen 3 2 1 Mike Nilssen 72.73%
No Minutes 6 Richard Hull 1 0 1 Richard Hull 95.45%
Tom Giske 10 7 3 Tom Giske 54.55%
Tom Brotherton 3 3 0 Tom Brotherton 57.14%
DRAFT