Planning Policy Commission · Thursday, January 22, 2015 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

Commission Membership

packet pp.2

Previously discussed: Planning Policy Commission · Oct 23, 2014

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Staff report:

Planning Policy Commission About Contacts Created in 1983, this commission serves as a policy advisory body to the Mayor and provides guidance and direction for Issaquah’s Staff Liaison future growth through continued review and improvement to the Trish Heinonen, Planning City’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan and related land use Manager documents. Email

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of November 13, 2014

packet pp.3–6

Previously discussed: Planning Policy Commission · Oct 23, 2014

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH PLANNING POLICY COMMISSION MINUTES

3. AGENDA ITEMS

PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed 2015 Docket of Comprehensive Plan Amendments and Zoning Map Amendments

Trish Heinonen, Planning Manager · packet pp.7–12

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

By State Law, Comprehensive Plan amendments may only be done once a year, and a Docket (list) of amendments must be established by Council. The proposed 2015 Docket is different this year because the City does not have the entire year to work through all amendments, as the State required Periodic Update of the entire Comprehensive Plan is due to the State by June 2015. This means that all the amendments listed in the Docket established by City Council need

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0:43 ↗ approval of minutes from the November

0:46 ↗ 13th meeting motion to approve second

0:49 ↗ any discussion additions or

0:51 ↗ Corrections no all in favor I I

0:56 ↗ opposed are passed floor is yours Trish

1:00 ↗ my what oh now the floor's M say where's

1:03 ↗ my what so tonight is an exciting public

1:07 ↗ hearing night that we do every year at

1:10 ↗ this time and for those of you that are

1:12 ↗ new that started in May of last year

1:15 ↗ miss this lovely public hearing where

1:17 ↗ you all recommend the set of amendments

1:21 ↗ that the um staff will work on for this

1:24 ↗ year um and so I'm starting out with the

1:27 ↗ reason we do this is the state requires

1:30 ↗ that we only can amend the comprehensive

1:33 ↗ plan once a year so that we look at all

1:36 ↗ the Amendments cumulatively so that we

1:38 ↗ don't make changes that will affect each

1:40 ↗ of the other elements and um we have to

1:43 ↗ look at everything together and

1:45 ↗ comprehensively as the as the name of

1:47 ↗ the plan is called and so the the piece

1:50 ↗ of that that's important is the council

1:52 ↗ has to establish the list in the

1:54 ↗ beginning of the year so uh the public

1:56 ↗ or someone can't come in in July and say

1:59 ↗ oh can you just add this to the

2:01 ↗ amendment list because we need this done

2:02 ↗ by the end of the year they have to

2:04 ↗ actually wait till the next year to get

2:06 ↗ on next year's

2:08 ↗ list so we call ours a docket and this

2:11 ↗ is how um this is also how they how we

2:15 ↗ our comprehensive plan fits in with all

2:17 ↗ the regional plans and the state plans

2:19 ↗ uh we have to comply with vision 2040

2:22 ↗ which is a regional document the state

2:25 ↗ growth management Act and the King

2:26 ↗ County countywide Planning policies we

2:28 ↗ have to be consistent with all of

2:30 ↗ these and so our timeline for the docket

2:33 ↗ is last year as you know we started some

2:35 ↗ of the elements we uh heard from the

2:37 ↗ parks department we worked with the

2:39 ↗ Human Services Commission we worked with

2:42 ↗ the Arts commission we worked with the

2:43 ↗ economic Vitality commission and we got

2:46 ↗ all sorts of um good reviews and

2:48 ↗ comments and edits from them and we have

2:51 ↗ almost all the elements pretty well put

2:53 ↗ together uh we're waiting for a little

2:55 ↗ bit on utilities and we're waiting for

2:57 ↗ the a little bit on the capital

2:58 ↗ facilities but other than that you all

3:00 ↗ have just trudged through a lot of um a

3:03 ↗ lot of amendments already um tonight is

3:07 ↗ the public hearing on the list February

3:10 ↗ the council land and Shore committee

3:11 ↗ will look at the list you recommend and

3:13 ↗ hopefully they take action in

3:15 ↗ March um this is a really great

3:18 ↗ rendition of what the land use code says

3:20 ↗ is the process for um the docket and

3:24 ↗ you'll see the big Square in the upper

3:26 ↗ middle that says PPC public hearing this

3:29 ↗ is all also the last time that the

3:31 ↗ public can give um Amendment potent

3:34 ↗ potential amendments to you all for for

3:37 ↗ your

3:39 ↗ consideration um code amendments are a

3:42 ↗ different story land use code amendments

3:44 ↗ can be done any time during the year and

3:46 ↗ we can do many many of them if we have

3:48 ↗ the time and the resources to do that

3:50 ↗ there's no State regulation that you can

3:52 ↗ only do them once a year code changes

3:54 ↗ are like the sign code the subdivision

3:57 ↗ code that kind of thing Heights setbacks

4:00 ↗ those kinds of things can be done

4:02 ↗ throughout the year there's no

4:03 ↗ regulation on that we used to actually

4:05 ↗ have a docket of those but since our

4:07 ↗ staff has gotten smaller um we don't

4:09 ↗ have a docket we we do try to get

4:11 ↗ through some every year but we we aren't

4:14 ↗ quite as

4:15 ↗ uh as efficient with all of the stuff

4:18 ↗ going on to do a whole boatload of code

4:21 ↗ amendments every year like we used to

4:23 ↗ this is in your packet but this is the

4:25 ↗ dock at the beginning the first page of

4:27 ↗ the docket the first seven this has

4:30 ↗ mostly the annual update items the um

4:34 ↗ Capital facilities and the

4:35 ↗ transportation Improvement program

4:37 ↗ updating the population for the annual

4:39 ↗ number that we receive from the state

4:42 ↗ doing our rezones for any land that

4:44 ↗ we've purchased or has been dedicated to

4:46 ↗ us this year uh we get to have the bike

4:49 ↗ and pedestrian action strategy that the

4:51 ↗ council just approved the end of last

4:53 ↗ year we get to roll that into the

4:55 ↗ comprehensive

4:56 ↗ plan um these are the elements that were

5:01 ↗ updating and the last ones are the new

5:05 ↗ ones new uh that aren't uh the first one

5:09 ↗ is the uh annexation of the lak samamish

5:11 ↗ state park which uh happened last year

5:15 ↗ we worked on that all year and it the

5:17 ↗ council approved that annexation and

5:19 ↗ that takes effect um February 1st so

5:23 ↗ that's super it'll be under the city's

5:25 ↗ jurisdiction the city will not own the

5:28 ↗ park but it'll be under our Juris ition

5:30 ↗ for permitting we're going to help with

5:31 ↗ some of the police aspects and um help

5:35 ↗ them with um some of the pieces and

5:37 ↗ parts that it was harder for them to

5:38 ↗ work with the county so they're really

5:39 ↗ excited about this new partnership we'll

5:41 ↗ have as well um the Talis uh Urban

5:45 ↗ Village is also asking to take in one of

5:47 ↗ their expansion Parcels the Emer Parcels

5:50 ↗ Emer parcel um there's a rezone on the

5:54 ↗ docket um in Oldtown um the cross it's

5:57 ↗ crosson Lane I have a map later on if

5:59 ↗ you'd like to see that and then um the

6:02 ↗ land and Shore committee asked for some

6:05 ↗ policies on how to Surplus land that the

6:08 ↗ city owns they wanted some criteria on

6:11 ↗ how to how best to do that so that's on

6:13 ↗ our

6:15 ↗ list um here's the summary the annual

6:19 ↗ amendments are capital facilities and

6:21 ↗ transportation Improvement we update

6:23 ↗ population every year and we do the

6:24 ↗ rezones every year if we if we've

6:27 ↗ acquired any land the carryover are from

6:30 ↗ the central plan now that we've adopted

6:32 ↗ that we're uh redoing the sub area

6:34 ↗ boundaries we're incorporating the bike

6:36 ↗ and pedestrian action strategy that

6:38 ↗ Council just approved the sustainability

6:41 ↗ indicators that you all have looked at

6:43 ↗ last year are going to become a part of

6:45 ↗ the appendix of the plan and then 7

6:47 ↗ through 15 are all the elements that

6:49 ↗ you've already been working on and then

6:51 ↗ these are the new ones that I just

6:53 ↗ mentioned so tonight is the public

6:56 ↗ hearing where we take public comment

6:58 ↗ from our audience here and any phone in

7:01 ↗ calls that we might receive uh February

7:05 ↗ the council land and Shore will look at

7:06 ↗ it and hopefully March uh there would be

7:08 ↗ final action there any questions from

7:11 ↗ you all or do you want to see maps of

7:12 ↗ any of the three areas that would be

7:15 ↗ rezoned or

7:17 ↗ redesignated or any other questions I'd

7:20 ↗ be I'd be interested to see those Maps

7:22 ↗ Okay the first one is the park part of

7:25 ↗ the park is already in the city

7:37 ↗ would be coming in um February 1st any

7:41 ↗ questions on the state

7:44 ↗ park what's the the little green tails

7:48 ↗ on you is that part of the park the

7:50 ↗ brown and the green what's the the

7:52 ↗ coloring

8:01 ↗ okay the same with the other one on the

8:03 ↗ other side

8:06 ↗ yeah right City okay but it's not part

8:09 ↗ of the park okay I'm sorry I know I he's

8:12 ↗ blinking at me because I wasn't on a mic

8:14 ↗ sorry thank

8:16 ↗ you this isn't a very good map at all

8:19 ↗ but this is an old toown you see the um

8:22 ↗ the north is is up I hate to say that

8:26 ↗ North is facing up and cross in Lane you

8:29 ↗ can see and oh I cut off the street the

8:32 ↗ the top street is Bush Street and the

8:35 ↗ cf- open space Community facilities open

8:41 ↗ space is City owned right now it's Steep

8:45 ↗ and has some constraints and the

8:48 ↗ properties in front were trying to do a

8:50 ↗ a short plat and we offered them to help

8:55 ↗ them get the project to work um we sold

8:58 ↗ them that um land so that their

9:01 ↗ impervious surfaces and their short

9:02 ↗ plaid and everything would work a little

9:04 ↗ they would have a little bit more room

9:05 ↗ on that those other Parcels so we have

9:08 ↗ to rezone it from Community facilities

9:10 ↗ to single family this year where is this

9:14 ↗ at that's an Oldtown uh which is um

9:18 ↗ south of

9:20 ↗ sunset um it's actually right around

9:22 ↗ here it's um that second on the left and

9:25 ↗ Bush on top yes bushes on bushes to the

9:28 ↗ north that is second on the left right

9:29 ↗ and on a

9:32 ↗ map six Street on the

9:38 ↗ left you can see it on the zoning map it

9:41 ↗ would be a tiny strip of green that

9:44 ↗ looks oddly in an odd spot and that's

9:46 ↗ because it's got some constraints little

9:49 ↗ left is that says 600 or is that Second

9:52 ↗ Street we coming off second um like

9:55 ↗ sixth I think it's sixth so then the

9:57 ↗ maps turned around the other way so

10:03 ↗ it's a whole different into the

10:06 ↗ neighborhood oh it won't let me jump in

10:09 ↗ there it's I can send you a better

10:12 ↗ picture but it's um it's just right off

10:14 ↗ of crosson Lane yeah but CR cr's along

10:18 ↗ street so I'm trying to figure out where

10:19 ↗ what cross street it's at um you could

10:21 ↗ see it can you see it Paul it's the one

10:23 ↗ with the um it's a little green yeah

10:26 ↗ yeah open

10:28 ↗ space Oh

10:30 ↗ okay is it on top of the ridge I think

10:34 ↗ it's kind

10:35 ↗ of it's

10:37 ↗ definitely ridg like it's a definitely

10:40 ↗ Steep and has some constraints in it

10:42 ↗ these

10:47 ↗ here ones at the very end yeah you

10:54 ↗ got right and it's the two Parcels um to

10:58 ↗ the north that are going to take in that

11:01 ↗ so they're have more so they have more

11:04 ↗ land it's not six

11:15 ↗ either

11:18 ↗ know and I knew when I was searching for

11:21 ↗ a map yesterday I thought put a bit in

11:24 ↗ we'll have a better map when it comes

11:26 ↗ time for the staff report but that was

11:27 ↗ all I could get from Jerry this morning

11:30 ↗ um this one's a lot a lot easier to

11:32 ↗ explain this is the Talis Urban Village

11:34 ↗ and the Emer

11:40 ↗ property that was established during the

11:43 ↗ development agreement negotiation that

11:45 ↗ in at some time in the future if the uh

11:48 ↗ the owner decided to sell to the master

11:51 ↗ developer that it could come into the

11:54 ↗ the Talis Urban Village it's already had

11:56 ↗ its um environmental review on it um

11:59 ↗ it's it's already had its uh land use

12:01 ↗ established on it you can see over at

12:02 ↗ the side it says potential expansion

12:05 ↗ areas it's 6.22 Acres they envisioned

12:08 ↗ that someday Talis would take that in

12:10 ↗ they just weren't ready for it when they

12:12 ↗ when they signed all the documents um so

12:15 ↗ that one um they've asked for that one

12:17 ↗ to come in this

12:19 ↗ year any questions on Talis and

12:23 ↗ Emer okay um shall I let you talk

12:27 ↗ amongst yourselves you have any more

12:28 ↗ questions on any of the Amendments for

12:31 ↗ me well before we do that we should

12:33 ↗ probably open up the public hearing yes

12:35 ↗ we should good idea okay we might want

12:39 ↗ to take a break before we hear all

12:45 ↗ that so missing people I know you're all

12:48 ↗ at

12:48 ↗ home watching with baited

12:52 ↗ breath I could still hurry in and uh

12:55 ↗ make your opinions known but other than

12:57 ↗ that seeing no public comment will open

13:01 ↗ the public hearing and close the public

13:04 ↗ hearing any discussion

13:10 ↗ moved if not and I would chair will

13:13 ↗ entertain a motion to approve the

13:16 ↗ docket no move Mr

13:19 ↗ chairman mov to

13:21 ↗ Second all in favor iOS

13:29 ↗ anything else think for the go of the

13:36 ↗ order

13:52 ↗ meeting anything else just did you get

13:55 ↗ Justin's email of I did okay cuz he was

13:59 ↗ a positive on it as

14:11 ↗ well favor of the

14:22 ↗ doctor case no further business we'll

14:24 ↗ adjourn at

14:26 ↗ uh 65

14:30 ↗ 3 648 excuse me I can't read a clock

14:34 ↗ yeah Pacific

14:35 ↗ Standard most

14:40 ↗ enough know I told my wife it'd be out

14:43 ↗ till 9:

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