HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.a 2024 1 17 Planning Commission Minutes621 Sheridan St. P: 360-379-4450 Port Townsend, WA, 98368 PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us
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MEETING MINUTES
JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Regular Meeting – January 17, 2024
Virtual Only Meeting 5:34 PM 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) absent Nilssen (MN) excused absence
Koan (CK) Richert (LD) absent Llewelyn (CL)
2. Approval of Agenda: Approved
3. Approval of Minutes: 1st CK / 2nd MaS – 5 approve, 1 abstention
GENERAL UPDATES
4. Planning Commission Updates:
MaS: The housing subcommittee put a lot of thought into the presentation from the last meeting.
Working to revise their recommendations in the pursuit of simplicity and clarity. Moving quickly.
Once approved by the subcommittee, the subcommittee plans to distribute these
recommendations to the Planning Commissioners for input.
KC: Commissioner Sircely has done great work with the housing subcommittee. I can see the path
forward. A lot of great studies on how smaller footprint housing can address multiple issues
simultaneously. Appreciative of the progress that the housing subcommittee has made.
5. DCD Staff Updates: None
PUBLIC COMMENT – GENERAL
6. Public comments: None
7. Transmitted Information: None at this time
REGULAR BUSINESS
8. Outreach proposal for regulations governing rentals for less than 30 days – Brent Butler
9. Recommended changes to Chapter 15.15 Flood Damage Prevention in response to the December
13, 2023 FEMA Community Assistance Visit (CAV). – Brent Butler
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1. Possibly add to the Planning Commission’s list of 2024 projects with completion expected
in the 1st quarter of 2023. The expected kick off would be January 17, 2023 with a
potential public hearing before the PC at their last meeting in February, and adoption by
the BoCC on March 6th.
10. Final Preparation for January 20th Planning Commission retreat - Joel Peterson
Necessary items for Planning Commissioners to provide to Joel prior to the January 20 Joint
Retreat and Workshop:
1. Commissioner input and reflections on 2023 Planning Commission activities for the
annual report:
2. Agenda for 1/20/2024 PC Retreat
3. Commissioner training: DOC Short Course on Local Planning, OPMA
4. Messaging to BoCC: What facilitating questions, and what direction of engagement are
you wanting? It has been very important to the Planning Commission to engage the BoCC
in this meeting format--what issues are you wanting to discuss?
5. Highlights of Planning Commission work that you would like to share with the BoCC.
6. Subcommittee reports: Outreach, Housing, and Stock Plan Subcommittees
7. A selfie for the Annual Report and Web page if you have not already done so.
Chair Hull comment: The Planning Commission has been requesting this retreat with the BoCC for over a
year. It is important that we as Planning Commissioner come prepared to Saturday’s retreat.
6:54 pm ADJOURNMENT
The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for January 20th, 2024 at 9:00am at the Gardiner Community Center. To attend virtually please use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/96997604223?pwd=NUJoRktHNEtOUjFHTUF1VDdSaXpXZz09
Meeting ID: 969 9760 4223 Passcode: 742684 These meeting minutes were approved this ____________ day of_____, 2024. ____________________________ Richard Hull, Chair A. George Terry, Secretary