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Home My WebLink About4-17-2024 PC Meeting Minutes621 Sheridan St. P: 360-379-4450 Port Townsend, WA, 98368 PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us 1 MEETING MINUTES JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Regular Meeting – April 17, 2024 Tri Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, Chimacum, Washington 98325 Actual start time 5:31 PM: Welcome Chair and Overview Presentation • Call to Order/Roll Call Kevin Coker Present Matt Sircely Present Richard Hull Present Cynthia Koan Present LD Richert Present Chris Llewellyn Unexcused Absence Ahren Stroming Present Michael Shultz Present Vacant Choose an item. • Approval of Agenda: approved by acclimation • Approval of Minutes: a. March 20, 2024 Regular Meeting: KC 1st/AS 2nd – 6 yay, 0 abstention – approved GENERAL UPDATES 1. Planning Commission Updates: a. CK: The City of Port Townsend is putting on a planning seminar; The T-LAB 2nd annual Moving in the Right Direction Conference on Friday April 19th at the American Legion Hall. Commissioner Koan is planning to attend. b. AS: Commissioner Stroming will be attending training put on by WDFW on climate resiliency and land use planning on Monday April 22th online. c. KC: Commissioner Coker will be out of the country in June and unable to attend the June Planning Commission meetings. 2. DCD Staff Updates: a. The BoCC enacted a Short-Term Rental (STR) Moratorium April 8, 2024. This provides up to 12 months to work toward regulations governing STRs. b. 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. A draft of the ordinance has been placed on the Planning Commission Web Page c. BoCC Public Hearing: “Adopting Rules for the Adoption of Ordinances, Resolutions, and Motions in Jefferson County.” Monday, May 6, 2024, at 11:00 am. d. Planning Commission District 3 Seat: Recommendation for Andrew Schwartz at BoCC Monday, April 22, 2024, 9:30 am. e. “T-LAB” Transportation conference, April 19, 2024 – see transmitted information f. “Connectivity Fair, 2024” April 20, 2024 – see transmitted information • Planning Commission comments: Comments, in their entirety, can be viewed within the video recording of the meeting at the time stamp location provided below: • CK: 14:14 – 15:46 • MaSi: 18:00 – 18:57, 22:27 – 22:50 • KC 19:05 – 19:29 621 Sheridan St. P: 360-379-4450 Port Townsend, WA, 98368 PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us 2 PUBLIC COMMENT – GENERAL 3. Public comments - Public comments, in their entirety, can be viewed within the video recording of the meeting at the time stamp location provided below: • Public Comment Liz Revord – Housing Solutions Network: 25:25 – 28:10 • Public Comment Tom Thiersch: 28:25 – 30:15 4. 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 • 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 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: 621 Sheridan St. P: 360-379-4450 Port Townsend, WA, 98368 PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us 3 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 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)). • 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 • Adjournment 621 Sheridan St. P: 360-379-4450 Port Townsend, WA, 98368 PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us 4 7:12 pm ADJOURNMENT The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for 2024-05-01 at 5:30. These meeting minutes were approved this ____________ day of_____, 2024. Richard Hull, Chair Clerk