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Home My WebLink About2023 11 15 Planning Commission Minutes621 Sheridan St. P: 360-379-4450 Port Townsend, WA, 98368 PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us Public Comment: When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address. Please be aware that the public comment period is three minutes. 1 MEETING MINUTES JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Regular Meeting – November 15, 2023 Tri Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, Chimacum, Washington 98325 5:34PM Welcome Chair and Overview Presentation 1. Call to Order/Roll Call District 1 District 2 District 3 Stroming (AS)  Sircely (MaS) Hull (RH) Coker (KC)  Shultz (MiS)  Nilssen (MN) Koan (CK) Richert (LD)  Llewelyn (CL) 2. Approval of Agenda: RH 3. Approval of Minutes: November 1, 2023 meeting minutes not yet complete 4. Planning Commission Updates a. Public hearing period for building code updates (wildland/urban interface, etc.) (KC) b. City/County stock plan subcommittee meeting. (KC/MaS) c. Land use planning workshops – Puget Sound Recovery (AS) 5. DCD Staff and Director Updates (5 minutes) Note: Updates below were given at this meeting. Speakers are listed here with the time stamp location of their update in the video recording of the entire meeting. This video recording can be reached through the Planning Commission page of the County webpage or through the following link:https://test.co.jefferson.wa.us/WeblinkExternal/Browse.aspx?id=4866434&dbid=0&repo=Jef ferson a. Josh Peters – Director, DCD: 06:17 – 08:29 6. Public comments from attendees about any topic that is not on the agenda: None REGULAR BUSINESS 7. Deliberation on proposed amendments to the county’s Shoreline Master Program (SMP) as part of required Periodic Review. The Planning Commission may act on this item. The Chair of the Planning Commission passed out hard copies of the October 30 memo, “Aquaculture and Conditional Use Permits”, that had already been provided to the Planning Commission for the November 1 meeting and can be found in that meeting’s Laserfiche folder. 621 Sheridan St. P: 360-379-4450 Port Townsend, WA, 98368 PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us Public Comment: When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address. Please be aware that the public comment period is three minutes. 2 a. Background (Josh Peters): i. SMP Periodic Review webpage: https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/1481/Shoreline-Master- Program-Periodic-Review ii. On November 1, 2023, the Planning Commission (PC) voted on a motion paraphrased as “the Draft SMP document faithfully represents the deliberation and recommendation of the Planning Commission on October 18, 2023.” Deliberation followed the motion. The vote was 3-3-1 (two absences) and the motion failed. No recommendation went forward to the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC). iii. Correspondence re: SMP since preparation of November 1 meeting agenda: • King – Additional Comments on SMP Update – November 1 • Showalter – handout at November 1 meeting • King – Mason County CUP clarification – November 6 iv. Continued Deliberation: The County Administrator, in consultation with the BoCC Chair with respect to the Board’s calendar, requests that you try again to reach a recommendation on the Shoreline Master Program (SMP). The BoCC acknowledged this preference during its November 6 meeting. This provides an opportunity for the Planning Commission to continue deliberations and arrive at a set of SMP amendment recommendations for the BoCC to consider. b. BERK presentation: (14:42 – 24:47) i. November 10 Staff Report – SMP Options: BERK consultants and DCD staff outline remaining issues and offer options for Planning Commission consideration and vote. c. Public comment period regarding potential Planning Commission action on SMP amendments: Note: Comments below were made at this meeting. Commenters are listed here along with their affiliation and the time stamp location of their comment in the video recording of the entire meeting. This video recording can be reached through the Planning Commission page of the County webpage or through the following link: https://test.co.jefferson.wa.us/WeblinkExternal/Browse.aspx?id=4866434&dbid=0&repo=Jef ferson • Marie Guthrie, Discovery Bay resident: 26:01 – 28:39 • Kim Thompson, PCSGA: 28:56 – 31:38 • Marilyn Showalter, Shine resident: 32:05 – 35:27 • Tony and Elena Brenna: 35:43 – 36:19 • (inaudible), Port Townsend: 36:50 – 37:05 • Lisa Carlton Long, Rock Point Oyster, Port Ludlow resident: 37:16 – 40:33 • Ralph Riccio, Moonlight Oyster Company: 40:43 – 43:55 • Jan Wold, Jefferson County resident: 44:08 – 47:29 • Linda Lowe, Discovery Bay: 47:45 – 48:12 • (inaudible), Taylor Shellfish: 48:27 – 51:15 621 Sheridan St. P: 360-379-4450 Port Townsend, WA, 98368 PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us Public Comment: When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address. Please be aware that the public comment period is three minutes. 3 • Gordon King, Taylor Shellfish: 51:33 – 54:05 • Neil Harrington, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe: 54:19 – 55:52 • Sue Corbett, Shine resident: 56:08 – 59:24 • Andrew Gunstone, Gunstone Shellfish: 59:35 – 1:02:20 • Steve Dittmar, Shine resident: 1:02:28 – 1:05:47 • Anne Dutton, Port Ludlow resident: 1:05:55 – 1:07:43 • (inaudible), Discovery Bay: 1:07:48 – 1:08:43 • Luka Crudo, Taylor Shellfish: 1:08:54 – 1:09:50 • Reed Gunstone, Gunstone Shellfish: 1:09:58 – 1:13:15 d. Planning Commission final actions on proposed SMP amendments: i. Motion (CK) that the Planning Commission send forth to the BoCC a recommendation to treat all geoduck aquaculture with a standard Conditional Use Permit (CUP) (option 3): 1st: CK | 2nd: CL | 4 Yay | 5 Nay | 0 Abstention – Motion Fails ii. Motion (KC) to maintain approach in 11/1/23 draft with a mix of standard and discretionary CUPs for new, conversion, or expansions depending on shoreline environment designation (option 1): 1st: KC | 2nd: LD | 5 Yay | 4 Nay | 0 Abstention – Motion Passes iii. Motion (AS) to adjust the language in the Shoreline Environment Regulations section of the draft SMP: 1st: AS | 2nd: RH | 8 Yay | 0 Nay | 1 Abstention – Motion Passes iv. Motion (CK) to maintain approach in 11/1/23 draft with aesthetics analysis as a submittal requirement with the allowance that: Applicants may omit information from Table 18.22.400 that is demonstrably not applicable to a specific aquaculture proposal. An aesthetics analysis would be an important tool to determine first if there are conflicts, and second if and how they could be reconciled (option 1): 1st: AS | 2nd: RH | 7 Yay | 0 Nay | 2 Abstentions – Motion Passes v. Motion (LD) to implement Option B from the hearing draft, which allows common line with conforming lots whereas modest home is for non-conforming lots (option 3): 1st: LD | 2nd: KC | 7 Yay | 0 Nay | 2 Abstentions – Motion Passes vi. Motion (KC) to clarify that a 25% reduction of the standard buffer is the standard per the critical area regulations and 50% is a maximum if preparing a special report (option 2): 1st: KC | 2nd: AS | 6 Yay | 0 Nay | 3 Abstentions – Motion Passes vii. Motion (MN) to adopt the complete SMP recommendation, as amended, and send it forward to the BoCC: 1st: MN | 2nd: LD | 7 Yay | 1 Nay | 1 Abstention – Motion Passes 8. Planning Commission Meeting Attendance – Richard Hull, Chair 621 Sheridan St. P: 360-379-4450 Port Townsend, WA, 98368 PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us Public Comment: When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address. Please be aware that the public comment period is three minutes. 4 8:10pm ADJOURNMENT The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for ______ __, 2023, at 5:30. To attend virtually please use the following link or dial in using your phone by calling: +1 (646) 749-3122; Access Code: 883-126-605. Link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88671047253?pwd=OU8vTWZGWTVRRGNRVEQ1c2k0WDVadz09 and the passcode is 894561 To learn if in-person attendance is possible, please view the next meeting agenda. These meeting minutes were approved this ____________ day of_____, 2023. ____________________________ Richard Hull, Chair A. George Terry, Secretary