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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Agenda 12-06-2017Jefferson County Planning Commission MEETING AGENDA Tri-Area Community Center December 6, 2017 P: 360-379-4450 621 Sheridan St. F: 360-379-4451 Port Townsend WA 98368 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us 5 OPENING BUSINESS • Call to Order/Roll Call • Approval of Agenda • Approval of previous Meeting Minutes, if available • Commissioner Announcements • Director’s Update 6 DISCUSSION • Comprehensive Plan Vision Statement – Adoption • Comprehensive Plan – Land Use Element .............. Joel Peterson, Associate Planner 7 OBSERVER COMMENT See Observer Comment Conduct, below. 7 CLOSING BUSINESS • Summary of today’s meeting • Follow-up action items • Agenda Items for the following Planning Commission meeting 7 ADJOURNMENT • Thank you for coming and participating in your government at work! Observer Comment Conduct When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address. Please be aware that the observer comment period is … 1) 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; 2) Offered at the Chair’s discretion when there is time; 3) Not a public hearing – comments made during this time will not be part of any hearing record; 4) May be structured with a three-minute per person time limit. 15 PM 00 PM 00 PM 30 PM 30 PM 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 September 20, 2017 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: https://wa-jeffersoncounty.civicplus.com/580/Planning-Commission 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 5:32 pm ROLL CALL District 1 District 2 District 3 Staff Present Coker: Unexcused Jochems: Present Hull: Present David Greetham, DCD Planning Manager Koan: Present Sircely: Excused Nilssen: Excused Donna Frostholm, DCD Associate Planner Felder: Present Smith: Present Giske: Unexcused Joel Peterson, DCD Associate Planner Nicole Allen, DCD Office Coordinator Facilitator: Cynthia Koan Approval of Agenda: Agenda approved (0:01:10) Approval of Minutes: 08-30-17 & 04-19-17 Minutes approved (0:02:25) Public in Attendance: 4 COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS 0:03:20 – Jochems Attended septic class. 0:05:00 – Koan Visioning workshop occurred. Final product to be presented next meeting. Plans to attend America Planning Association (APA) meeting. DIRECTOR UPDATES 0:06:54 – Greetham Director Charnas and Planning Manager Greetham attended statewide Planning Directors annual conference. Hearing dates for Comp Plan have not yet been determined. DISCUSSION 0:10:01 – Peterson Update and review of Unified Development Code (UDC) amendments to Title 18. 0:46:29 – Frostholm Overview of critical areas ordinance update and agriculture. PUBLIC COMMENT 1:20:16 – One individual expressed gratitude for the staff’s approach on the Critical Area Update (CAO) for agriculture with regards to buffers. 1:22:37 – One individual expressed gratitude for the work that the Planning Commission is doing. 1:22:47 – One individual gratidude for the hybrid approach to the Stewardship Program. 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 September 20, 2017 Page 2 of 2 FOLLOW-UP ITEMS 1:25:16 – Koan Food Policy Council to present on the agriculture portion of the Growth Management Act. Next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for 10/04/2017 at 5:30 pm at the Tri-Area Community Center. Adjourned at 7:00 pm These meeting minutes were approved this ____________ day of ___________________________, 2017. ________________________________________ _________ ______________________________________________________________ Cynthia Koan, Chair Nicole Allen, PC Secretary/DCD Office Coordinator Jefferson County, WA Vision Statement 11/01/2017 1 FINAL VISION STATEMENT Jefferson County, Washington encompasses 1,803 square miles bound on its northern and eastern shores by the vast Salish Sea with the Pacific Ocean to the west, and touches Hood Canal at its southeast corner. The terrestrial borders of Jefferson County join with Clallam County to the north and west, and Mason and Grays Harbor Counties to the south. Approximately 66% of the total County acreage is in public ownership. Jefferson County stretches across Olympic National Park, Olympic National Forest, spectacular rainforests and mighty rivers including the Queets, Quinault, Bogachiel, Elwha, Duckabush, Dosewallips and hundreds of miles of shoreline. The first inhabitants of this vast region were indigenous people belonging to a number of different tribes who occupied the territory for millennia. Jefferson County respectfully honors treaty rights as guaranteed to tribal nation signatories of the Point No Point Treaty of 1855 and other government-to-government agreements. Early settlements by newcomers began in the mid-1800s. Today’s towns and villages, rural crossroads and tribal nations in Jefferson County grew from early-established footprints of urban, commercial, and cultural centers. We envision a continuation of longstanding planning priorities in Jefferson County to benefit the quality-of-life of all residents. We embrace a balance of tradition and innovation in preserving the rural character of our land and lifestyles. Land use priorities identify open spaces, forests and farmland for long-term management and conservation, while also embracing innovations that foster opportunities for increased synergy between natural and built environments. We encourage and facilitate development and utilization of low-impact techniques, localized bioremediation, and other innovations in housing and industry that benefit overall ecosystem vitality and biodiversity while aiding ecological restoration and adapting to climate disruption. We believe that investing in the resilience of our local economy, culture, and ecosystem yields benefits for current residents and future generations. Jefferson County, WA Vision Statement 11/01/2017 2 FINAL Now and into the Future Our vibrant community fabric offers opportunity for all residents, including working-class individuals and families, as well as those who struggle to live, thrive, and age with dignity. Jefferson County values creativity and life-long learning and reveres constitutional rights, personal independence and privacy. We value public access to high-quality education, public services, and facilities. We place emphasis on community spaces and networks of non-motorized trails, bike lanes, and paths that encourage active and interactive communities of healthy individuals. We prioritize access for community members of all ages to safe and active environments, to health care including mental health care, preventative care, and long-term care, as well as access to healthy, local food. We continually strive for invigoration of our local economy through an intentional balance and integration of diversified economic activity, including food system development, marine trades, resource-based, high-tech and science-based trades, and sectors relating to tourism, art and civics, as well as improved infrastructure networks to support a robust economy. We believe that investing in the resilience of our local economy, culture, and ecosystem yields benefits for current residents and future generations. We honor and respect that the natural world is integral to our health and lifestyles. We protect our open spaces, shorelines, forests, clean air and clean water, wildlife and wildlife habitat so that future generations may also practice stewardship of the land, the seas, and the communities of Jefferson County. Highlighted text denotes Goals and Policies for which we want to focus our time. Underlined text denotes additions to the existing Goals and Policies. I will not be able to attend the December 6 Planning Commission meeting and wanted to provide Port Ludlow Village Council input to the Vision Statement, attached.   Regards, Bill Dean              PLVC President Draft Vision Statement Comments mark as unread To: William Dean <cmdwbd@gmail.com> Tue 12/5/2017 11:43 AM Planning Commission Desk; You forwarded this message on 12/5/2017 5:10 PM. 1 attachment  DELETE REPLY REPLY ALL FORWARD  Comments on~.docx Page 1 of 1Draft Vision Statement Comments 12/6/2017https://owa.co.jefferson.wa.us/owa/ PORT LUDLOW VILLAGE COUNCIL (PLVC) P.O. Box 65012, Port Ludlow, WA 98365 www.plvc.org PLVC COMMENTS ON DRAFT VISION STATEMENT Good evening. My name is Bill Dean and I live in Port Ludlow. I am the President of the Port Ludlow Village Council and our Board reviewed the 11/1/2017 Vision Statement draft and we offer the following comments: First, although maybe a typo that has survived a least two drafts, the date of the Point-No-Point Treaty is 1855, not 1885. Let’s get that correct and not insult our neighbors from the indigenous communities and show them we can get the correct date for the treaty. The Vision Statement Draft seems to be extremely long and wordy. Some subjects are repeated and this does not leave the reader with a concise understanding of where the County is heading. Our belief is the objective of such a statement should be “What do we want to look like when we grow up”. We would recommend a statement that is no longer than one page and focuses that objective. While historical information is interesting, it does not appear to be at all necessary in a Vision Statement. We believe that accepting the 1% per annum growth assumption in the Comp Plan draft is too conservative. There is a need for growth above that level, not galloping amounts, but something in the 3-6% range. Paying for mandated County services requires an expanded tax base, and the Vision Statement needs to acknowledge that fact. We see three areas of economic development that should be in the Vision so that the County will search for ways to satisfy this high priority need: 1. Implement the Hadlock sewer. Although this is almost a given, growth in Port Hadlock has been impeded by this need and there should be Vision that it will be done to stimulate growth, jobs and tax revenue. If this is too specific for a Vision statement, then something like “sufficient sewer and other utilities will be available to meet growth expectations throughout the county”. 2. Retail development along the Route 104 corridor. Development(s) similar to the Jamestown S’klallam retail center, not the Casino, but the gas station/grocery store complex, is representative of the type of development that would maintain the character of the area while providing an expanded employment and tax base. We have thousands of visitors driving through our County on that highway and too often their spending takes place elsewhere. With development along 104, utility services such as water and sewer that are stretched in other areas may not be required. 3. Commercial development, again outside existing areas. Whether it is high tech, light industrial or something similar, the expansion of commercial development should be actively investigated. We are constrained the timing of funding the Hadlock sewer, so let’s try to at least have a Vision to develop in other areas, along arteries, where utility services can be developed either onsite or on a small-scale basis. These are not proposals, but concepts. It is suggested that such concepts become a part of the County’s Vision Statement. Based on the figures in the draft Statement, we have something over 600 square miles of non-public land (34% of 1,803). It seems to us that utilizing some of that to improve the tax base as in the three items above can be done while maintaining the rural quality of life we all moved here to enjoy. It is not an all or nothing proposition, it is a balance, but we feel the Vision Statement should address that.