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Home My WebLink About4-17-2024 PC AgendaDistrict 1 Kevin Coker Cynthia Koan Ahren Stroming District 2 Matt Sircely, Vice Chair LD Richert Michael Shultz District 3 Richard Hull, Chair Chris Llewellyn VACANT Public Comment: When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address. Please be aware that each person is limited to a three-minute comment. AGENDA JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Regular Meeting – April 17, 2024 Tri Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, Chimacum, Washington 98325 This will be a hybrid meeting with telephone or on-line options. The public is invited to attend in-person, with a limit of up to 50 percent of the venue' s capacity, pursuant to Resolution 24-22. You can join this meeting remotely via Zoom: Jefferson County Planning Commission Regular Meeting Time: Jan 3, 2024 05:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) https://zoom.us/j/96997604223?pwd=NUJoRktHNEtOUjFHTUF1VDdSaXpXZz09 Meeting ID: 969 9760 4223 Passcode: 742684 This option will allow you to join the meeting live. You will need to enter an email address. If you wish to provide public comment, click on the hand icon at the bottom of the screen to “raise your hand.” The public comment period is managed by the Chair. Please sign on 5 to 10 minutes before the official start of the meeting to check sound and video quality. This video will be closed-captioned enabled. Meeting Materials: To access the Planning Commission folder on the county’s Laserfiche Web Portal, either navigate to the Jefferson County Planning Commission webpage & find the link there, or, click on this link Both the username and password to Laserfiche are “public” 5:30 Chair Welcome and Overview Presentation 1. Call to Order/Roll Call 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Approval of Minutes: March 20, 2024 (Note: April 3rd PC meeting was cancelled) District 1 Kevin Coker Cynthia Koan Ahren Stroming District 2 Matt Sircely, Vice Chair LD Richert Michael Shultz District 3 Richard Hull, Chair Chris Llewellyn VACANT Public Comment: When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address. Please be aware that each person is limited to a three-minute comment. GENERAL UPDATES 4. Planning Commission Updates 5. DCD Staff and Director Updates The BoCC enacted a Short-Term Rental (STR) Moratorium April 8, 2024. This provides up to 12 months to work toward regulations governing STRs. Chief Strategy Officer Brent Butler will present to the Jefferson County Planning Commission on May 1, 2024 to review comments received about short-term rentals during a series of three public meetings in March in each of the county’s commissioner districts. PUBLIC COMMENT – GENERAL 6. Public comments from attendees about any topic that is not on the agenda. Note that public comment on agenda items are during the agenda item’s section. 7. Transmitted Information: list any documents that were submitted as part of the agenda a. 2024 Comprehensive Plan Annual Amendment Process Flowchart b. Redistributing Staff memorandum document of March 20, 2024 PC meeting,: 2024 Comprehensive Plan and UDC Text Amendment Preliminary Docket. c. Web link to Chapter 18.45 Jefferson County Code provisions for annual amendments to Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Code: https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/JeffersonCounty/#!/JeffersonCounty18/JeffersonC ounty1845.html#18.45 d. Growth Management Steering Committee (GMSC) meeting information can be accessed through the Jefferson County Web Page, Boards & Committees button: https://test.co.jefferson.wa.us/WeblinkExternal/Browse.aspx?id=5157569&dbid=0&repo =Jefferson e. Leader article about the Short-Term Rental Moratorium f. Link to Jefferson County Code: https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/JeffersonCounty g. Flyer for “T-Lab” transportation conference, April 19, 2024. h. Link for “Connectivity Fair, 2024” event, April 20, 2024: https://l2020.org/connectivity- 2024/ REGULAR BUSINESS 8. Preparation for Final Docket Recommendations, 2024 Annual Amendment Cycle a. Synopsis: At the March 15, 2024, Planning Commission meeting, a summary of the 2024 Annual Amendment Cycle Preliminary Docket was provided in the DCD Staff District 1 Kevin Coker Cynthia Koan Ahren Stroming District 2 Matt Sircely, Vice Chair LD Richert Michael Shultz District 3 Richard Hull, Chair Chris Llewellyn VACANT Public Comment: When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address. Please be aware that each person is limited to a three-minute comment. memorandum 2024 report to PC regarding 2024 Comprehensive Plan and UDC Text Amendment Preliminary Docket. An additional project will be placed in the 2024 Annual Amendment Cycle for review. The Port of Port Townsend (“Port”) and Community Development have acknowledged over the last several years, the need to address land use and zoning topics in the Jefferson County Airport Essential Public Facility (AEPF) District. This would include a proposal to expand Airport Overlay III (JCC 18.15.453), and thereby expanding the AEPF. While we mesh schedules between the Comprehensive Plan Periodic Review, 2024 Annual Amendment Cycle, and Port planning, we have decided to integrate the review of the Airport Essential Public Facility (AEPF) District and additional properties to include in the AEPF, during the 2024 Annual Amendment Cycle. b. Assignment: Prepare for May 1 public hearing and recommendation letter to BoCC: i. Prepare to Track and organize your findings from your review of the Staff memorandum 2024 report to PC regarding 2024 Comprehensive Plan and UDC Text Amendment Preliminary Docket, (provided at the March 20, 2024 PC meeting), findings from public testimony at the hearing, and overall from the record. ii. Review Chapter 18.45 JCC regarding the amendment process, if necessary. iii. Review JCC 18.15.453 Airport Overlay III. From JCC 18.45.060 (3) Planning Commission Hearing – Report and Recommendation. “The planning commission shall hold a noticed public hearing to accept public comment regarding the suggested amendments on the preliminary docket. Following the hearing, the planning commission shall prepare a report and recommendation identifying those suggested amendments that it is recommending for consideration by the board of county commissioners during the annual amendment process. The planning commission’s recommendation shall be based upon the perceived need, urgency and appropriateness of each suggested amendment.” A DCD Staff analysis will follow and be presented to the Planning Commission in advance of the May 1 hearing. After the May 1 hearing, Community Development would like the Planning Commission to deliberate and complete a recommendation letter, if possible. This will enable staff to bring the Planning Commission’s final docket recommendations to the BoCC during the second regular meeting in May (5/13/2024). JCC 18.45.060(4). c. Options & Decisions: Scheduling option: If it is not feasible for the Planning Commission to complete the recommendations to the BoCC in the same meeting as the hearing, the task will be completed in the next regular meeting, May 15, 2024, for BoCC consideration District 1 Kevin Coker Cynthia Koan Ahren Stroming District 2 Matt Sircely, Vice Chair LD Richert Michael Shultz District 3 Richard Hull, Chair Chris Llewellyn VACANT Public Comment: When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address. Please be aware that each person is limited to a three-minute comment. May 20, 2024. At any rate, the BoCC will need to hold their hearing July 1, 2024, if the Board chooses to hold their own hearing (JCC 18.45.060(4)(a)). District 1 Kevin Coker Cynthia Koan Ahren Stroming District 2 Matt Sircely, Vice Chair LD Richert Michael Shultz District 3 Richard Hull, Chair Chris Llewellyn VACANT Public Comment: When the Chair recognizes you to speak, please begin by stating your name and address. Please be aware that each person is limited to a three-minute comment. 9. 2025 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Review Information Items a. Synopsis: The Growth Management Steering Committee (GMSC) held their second meeting April 9, 2024. In that meeting, the GMSC selected the Medium Growth Projection for Jefferson County, published by the State Office of Financial Management. We will hold a brief informational discussion on what the next planning steps are with the GMSC. b. Assignment: None c. Options & Decisions: None 10. Adjourn