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PE-247-51 S~07r COUN1Y PLANNIITG COR1IISSI01i COUN~.'Y COiTRT HOUSE SPOK.AZTE 1 p WASHI NGTOI? sePtdmber 12. 1951 Mr. Park Bandall weet 1514 FrovidenRSs Bpokans, Waehington Dear Mr. Randalls The hearing on your application for hhe ~tion of tbs Pinal Plat of MaCabe 9ubdivieion of Tract 128 de wi of 1259 9era, s een definitely set for WeBnesd,ag• 3eptember 26, 1951, at or near 2:00 P.M. We are unable to tell you the exact hovr when your project will be conaidered, as the order of business for the session is quite extended. It is essential that you or your representative be present at the public hearin& as the Commission ma.y desire further information rela,- tive to your proposed a.ctivity. ~ Enclosed, please find four notices of public hearing, three of which are to be poated at three conspicuous places on the proposed site of your project. This should be done inmediately upon their receipt, as the notices ahould be posted at least ten days before thA d.a.te set for the hearing. The other notice should be kept for your files. We are also enclosing a,n a.ffidnvit of posting, to be completed by you and filed with the Secretary in this office sometime before the hearing. If you have not already done so, it will be necessary to seo Nir, Ex,cAll, Couaty Sanitarian, in regard to your'sanitation, or your permit canuot bo given consideration. Very truly yours, SPOKANE COUNTY PIANNING COMIqISSION DSG;esp By Enc. 5 Executive Secretary SPOFAITTE COUtTTY PUMATG COi-UI SSION M I N U T E S June 25, 1951 MEETIMG: The meating was called to order by Chairman, A. B. Fosseen, in the Com-- missioners' Aesembly Eoom in the Court House at 2:00 P•I4. MINUTES: The minutes of the meeting of Ma,y 31, 1951 were approved ae submitted. ME14MS: Present: Mesers. Fosaean, Anderson, McClur e, Myhre, Reasor, State, STalker & Excell. PRELIMINARY PLAT"v N1r. Graha.m; NIr. Cha.irmang with your permissiong we have three preliminary plats which I111 dedcribe brieflys and will ask Ur. State, the Chairman of the Platting Committee to comment on them. The first one is MESSENG~ER ADDITION. Part of Tract 4~?t Opportunity in ~.T1 of NE4 of Section 16, Township 25 Northi Range 44, E.W.M:j lying between Boone & Cataldo just eaat of Wilbur. The second one ia McCAIM SU9DIVISI02S, which is Tract 128 and ITi of Tract 125; Vera in i514 of SE4 of Section 151 Township 25 North, $ange 44t between Blake and MCDonald juat north of Sprague. 1'he third one ia HO IS gC~E TR,ACTS, part of Mf-~~- of M14 of 5ection 8, Township 26 N. , RangeT3, lying 3ust north of Farwell Road and west of Division. This plat had been accepted aB a prelimina,ry over a year ago and at that time I believe there was some controversy regarding water. Mr. Statep would you care to comment on these? Mr. State; Each plat is being introduced merely as a preliminar y plat. They have been examined by the County Engineerts Office and the arrange- ment of lots seems to be satisfactory. The width of streeta are satis-- factory under the circumstances. I111 refer to McCabe's Subdiviaion first, in as much as it is a preliminary plat, I111 move it be accepted as a preliminary plat. NIr. Anderson: I second the motion. hlotion curried. gCTION: McCABMIS SU3DIVSSIOZT accented as a proliminary plat. - Mr. State: The plat of Messingerts Addition is likewise a preliminary plat and it is a subdivision of a. or rather adjacent to an area that is already platted. The lots axe more than adequa.te. The street widths are adequate. It11 move that that be accepted as a preliminary plat. 1YIr. McClure: I second that motion. 14otion carried. ACTI4N: 14ESEC-IiGER t S ADDI i ION accepted as a nreliminary plat. 14r. State: Holm's Acre Tracts is being re--introduced ae a preliminary plat due to the fact that after apnroval of a year ago, that approval has exPired. The owner at tha.t time was unable to make satisfactory arrangements to provide water on tha.t property and I think he has a state-- ment that he would like to make to the Cormission now• He has conferred with Mr. Chaffina relative to the bond to insure ha.ving the water on the l-and before offering the tract for sale. Now actually, I think he will tell you he expects to ha.ve wells sunk, and in operation before he offers a tract of land for aale and it is going to be requested that he incorpor- ate a sta,tement in the dedicationt that none will be offered for sale until the well is dug and water on the land. But it will procede, you might say, tract by tract. Idr. Chaffins has gone over the a.mount of bond with him which will be satisfactory. 14r. Walker: Will he put a well on each tract? Ivtr. State: He will not put them on All at the same time. I think possibly, Mr. $olm you shoul.d explain that to the Commission. e x0 ~ rvy7 s oF spoKAcovNTr, ~A OHYIIaTog 370:Mv, TV, $oA-TZD oF cor~ coMIssro " rN THE YATTEa oF THF, APPRovAL ) 0F THE FIBAL PLAT 4I' Mk3CABIC ) SITBDI VI SI4N 07 TRACT 128, 14ND THE wI,, oF MAcT 125, =A. : xasoL vT ioN co-WTION lf , TOWNSSIP 25 NORT$O R"t~Z 44t Z.W . M. . SPOSAIQE ~ COUN2'Y9 WASHINGTCA . Sl iT BESOLVSD, by the 8oard of Caunty Commissioners of 5pokana County, Washxngtoa, that the ?inai Plat ot MoCabe Subdivisioa of Traat 128t and the If* ot Traat 1259 gera, oa ths north side of Spra,gas Avenno aad vent of Blake Road, ia the 31ti ot ths S* of Sectioa 15. Tomahip 23 North, Ran 0 449 E.W. M. , Spokaae Co1mty, Yashingtoa* oa trhe recommenaation ot the 8polms Comtty Planaing Comaiesion, be and the sme hereby is apprord. PAaSED Bz TIM BoAR.D tn. ~ day of 1951. eoAxn oF coTJNry eorMssIvNas oa sPoxaNE covNW, WA,s GTOr , ~ . r , ~ ~ f _ A'~TJe ST ; Fraxik J. alover C lerg of the 9oard ~ i - ByU . ' Deputy SPOK9TSb" COIINTY PLAINiJriJG COI1IlUfI5SY0N I!I I N U T~, s September 26, 1951 AETIijG: Called to order by Chairmang A. 13. rosaeen, in the Comtnissionerst Assembly goom in the County Court gouse at 2:00 P.M. MIZTTZS: The minutes of the meeting of July 25, 19519 were t.pproved aa submitted. MEIZEaS: Frosent: Mesara. Fosseen, Bienz, Anderson, Calkins; McClure, Meigs, Mix, '1%ffiyre, Walker, Chaffi.ns j Excell & Rudolf. ~ ACTIV.A T3D,: -EIRiILIZSR COR,PORATION 5PECI.kL PERMTT, ~ NIr. Fosseen: First we have some unfinished business to take care of, the application of the gctivated Fertilizer Corporation. ,Any of the proponents hero to speak? I4r. VrAemqn: 14Ir. Fosseen, we have placed in youi• hands, the plans of the machinery, etc., that we contemplate putting in out there& Unfortunately, Mr. Gustafson our Engineer, was called out of town late last evening. He ha,d to go to the coast 6n some Government natter. The plans submitted are of the plant, a.n.d there are apecifications attached to it giving a more detailed resurmet of the process and also informatfon about wha.t the various things in the pla.nt consist off that is what they are made of. Also there is a letter from the 'iltashington State College Institute of Technology . whose staff have gone over all of these plans, and given their opinion that all of the materials used in our plant are satisf-actory for the purpose arid in their opinion there will absolutely be no fumes omitted from this plant. This ma.tter was also submitted to the State Department of Health for tlieir determination of whether in their opinion there would be an9 injuries to the health of any individuals or animals in any wayt and they have approved it also. glso it has been submitted to a consulting engineer by the na.me of I4r. Woods in the Hutton Auilding here in 5pokane, and he ha.s $ubmitted his letter of approval on it that there will be no fumes in that plant. He authorized us to state tha.t he consulted with Mr. McGivern, who is the head of the Fngineering denartment of Gonzaga T~niversity and also with Father 1,,icNoal, before giving his opinion on it. IJow, as we have greviously stated here, we believe we have proof that this nlant in no way will, cause any darnage whatsoever. Our opponants have submitted, to the Commission, a petition opposing the estaUlishment of this plant, conr- taining approxinately 90 names, as I understand. Incidently, wo have gone over those 90 na.mes and find that some of then reside up on Ninth hvenue, which is a mile south of this place. I donlt believe it could affect them in any way. I,Ir. Fosseen: Iflr. Free;~an, my underatanding is that you have to give a bond anyway Protecting them on that. gRr. Freeman: l►e have offered to give some type of bond, to be determined by the Commission to the affect that we will construct the nlant according to these pla.ng, which have been approved by the College. S'Te are willing to bive a bond as we have stated to the Commission. Ve don't want to be burdened with too expensive a bond and we would prefer to have it run in kind of a step by stel) baeis if possible. We can conatruct one unit and a.n examination can be made, and if it is according to the nlans and ' cpecifications, then we go on to the next step. That tivay it would save ~ us considerable noney in bond fees. Aiso, we went out and contacted a large number of people in this neighborhood. Paxticularly those people to whom the Commission has sent notices of the heai•ing. Those were the partiea tt'iat the Commission felt would possibly be injLired on this. They are the people right around the Property. A great number of these people have signed the petition opposing this plant. A nwnber of them have changed their m3.nds. lie have a netition here favorinu the construction of this ACTIVATJD FETtTILIZER CORI'ORA^IQIT Cantinued . plant. There are nearly 30 n.ames on thati Here is a plat which we have drawn in color, ghowing outlined in bluer thei property of the Activated Fertilizer Company, upon which they propose to construct this plants The legend in the corner shows the nature of this other dolor. Now aa I say, in circulating our petition, we havenit gone as far ab Ninth Avenue and we havenit gone north of Broadway. I believe if it were f igured out by area, it would be 9Vp of the acreage to be in full favor of our place. From the standpoint of persons sign- ing the percentage wouldnit run that large6 But you will notice, that in the direction the prevailing wind would blow that we have no oi)position. Now, I41r, • Lally has asked me to have Mr. Guetafson here to exolain this more in detail, but I am very eorry Mr. Gustafson had to be called out of towrii fihe specifica- ' tions which ar e attached to the plan; w0 believe pretty well explains the procese and tells what materiale the various itemg in the plant are made of. Thvse have been gone over by experts, as I say by Mr. I'Tood, by the College, by the State Department of Hoalth. Vte are a11 satisfied witr it: We do not feel, under the circumstandes there is ~;oing to be any damage whatsoebet done to the pronerty owners around here by reasoli of any fumes. I4r6 Sa].ter of the Company is here. I might aek him if he ha$ a.nything further to add& Mr. Fosseen: Ile would like to hear from himi tJli•. Salter : Mr & Chairman a,nd gentlemen. My nane is S. E. Salter and I am Presideizt of the Activated Fertilizer Cornoration. I think Mr• Freeman has covered this -)retty wel.l. I h^ve talked to a lot of neople out there in the Valley and I know just how they feel. Some that we clid talk to intimated that they ha,d been miainforned on the thing: Y think our submittaY of these pla.ns to Itashington State College, and two experts who can read drawings and.speci- fications will prove beyond any doubt tha.t we are not going to harm anybody. jle are going to help the faxmerg of this co1xntry and ;,-~ive them aoniething they need and need badlSr. Tho shortage of phoophate fertilizer in this country is very acute# Ur. Fosseen: I thl.nk we are all conversant viith tlie need of it. I4r. Salter: We want to supply that need, and we will supply it if we are allowed to go ahead and build thia plant. Mr. Fosseen: Ha.ve you boen out there in that territory yourself? I4r. Salter : Yes, I ha.ve. Mr. Fosseen: What pronerty out there would be apt to ba da.maged, and what type of vegatation would be da.maged? Iir. Salter: Right arovnd us there is nothing but tumble weeds. It is mostly vacant ground. You can see that from the pictures here which I took. I4r. Posseen: Do you ft,nd anyone out there in particular that was agitating against the plant or is it a number of individuals? 14r. Salter: I think it was Just a few individuals doing nost of the agitation, a lot of people, as Isay were nissinformed. People we contacted said they heard about this beforehand. They say they didnft think we would do damage to anyone.' They wo uld say,. '"►:e signed the other petition and we don't like to sign this one because we are neutral, but you go ahead and wha,tever the Com-- mission decides is all ri{;ht with 1zs. 1' I*ir. Fosseen: What did these peolile op--)osing you say? I.ir. Salter: They said we would be worse than the rondering plant, and that we would stink everybody out of the Valley. Now I dontt tlzink that is possible. , I have a samPle, and I a.m going to open up the box and see how many of you fellotiJ$ are etunk out of this room.- because this is what we are going to manur- . facture. This is wha,t will come out of the plant. (Rr. Salter passes a sample around. ) I think, Mr. roaseen, that we have proof here beyond any doubt that we are not putting up a plant that ie going to raise a.ny odora, or omit any f~.imes. There will be some fluorine generated, but trat is taken care of by the scrubber which is ap-oroved by competant engf.neers. I"te would like to begin conetruction betore winter comes. If we don't get our contract6rs started on thie Job soon at the prices quoted, itte going to cost us still more money than ..2... ACTIVATuD ~RTILIZ~ CO~~'O-RATICiT Continued if %-.reld got started last Spring. The winter work on this job is going to cost the contractor more and he is going to demand a little more money. The longer we delay, why, the more it is going to cost us. We=d like to get ataarted just as soon as possible with not too many crippling conditions to meet. I-Ir. Mei s~.: Mr. Salter# appro.-inately what will be the size of your staff? About how mar~y people will you have employed in tho operation of your plagt? 14r. Salter: Oux operation out there is going to be very largely automa.tic. I donlt think there will be over ten employed. Now if we expand to other locations, we will hire more peoplo. ' 14r. Walker t Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask some questions. Wha.t is your capital stockY Iir. Salter: Our capital stock is two million, five hundred thousand dollars. IvSr. Walker: How much is subscribed now7 NIr. Salter: We have been holding out, not going ahead off ering our stock for aalet awaiting our permit. There is about $209000 paid in capital. tr . Freema.n: It is $29,000. , Walker: There has been $299000 actvally paid3n. What is the cost of the rilant? 14r. Salter: The plant will cost when the machinery is all in there ready to orerate, will cost somewheres over $100,000.00. I14r. Walker: I wa,nt to know the actua,l dollars. You have engineers and should have the actua,l cost. IvIr. Salter; If our Engineer were here he could give you that exa.ct figure. 11r. Walker: What is your Engineer t g figure? IuIr. Salter: .Around $125000. It may cost us a little more on account of this dela,y. Mr. Walker: And you have to pay for that yet. How much of that is material that ydu cantt et7 14r. Salterf We have our tteel spoken for. The sontractors who are going to do this job, I thiriki hatre made provisiorid for everything, tha.t is including the steel. Kr. Walker: Now this fluorine scrubber, how nuch additional cost has that been to youq IvIr. Salter: That is something our Engineer could answer, I couldnft give it to you. hir. Freeman: That has been figured in the cost, Mr. tJalker. It is not a matter of additional cost. iYir. Walker: I want to know the cost of these items of construction. It may hinge on the matter of a bond. I don't want you to put up $125,000 bond when a $25,000 bond is sufficient. Mr. Salter; We cannot give you an exact figure on what the scrubber will cost us now. It is not a paxticulai•ly expensive matter. The specifications will show tha,t. Pdr. 'Valker: I want to know how much all of those things cost a.nd whether or not you can get steel for it those are the things I wa,nt to Imow. t,Ir. Salter: I might point out at the present time this plant, in so far as obtaining the materiala is concerned, carries top prioi•ity. beca,use of the great need. glthough we don't know what is going to ha.pPen fi•om day to day. If we can't get ma.terials we cantt build. , i•s. Walker: It ehould be necessary to put up a performance bond. We dontt want you to have a$125,000 bond when a$25,000 bond will do. I-Ir. Freema.n: As I pointed out we are willing to give that bond. P•ir. Walker: Now you have a two million, five hundred thousand dollar corporation here with only $29,000 naid in capital. You have a long ways to go to even raise *125,000 tha.t you are going to put into this plant. Mr. Freeman:, It is not as long a ways to go as it mi~;ht seem, Mr. Walker. lrto have purPosely not been taking subscriptions on stock until the whole matter was settled. Neverthelesa there have been contacts made. A contract will be let on this thing tho minuto we have a permit. -3- ACTIVy =-D i '1.TILIZER CORPGFATIUN Continuod I4r. Walker; You have cone in here before to this Commission unequiped to givo certain figures, which in your breakdown, your Engineer could give you. 1,1r. i{reeman, you are an attorney, and you are familiar with a perfornance bond. Your Engineer haa everythinglrokoncbwn as to hottit much each thing costs. Even the detaila of this conveyor belt. 14hat I'm trying to arrive at is, how much axe we going to need for a performance bond? 1+Ir. Freeman: We could givo you that cost information the first of the week, when . I•Ir. Gustafaon taill be back. As . rs'alker : I maq be out of order, but-- Mr. Salter: Tho building part vJill run about $50, 000. That is figured in the t125,000. It would leave the machinery somowhere in the neighborhood of ~350000 to ~759000. 14r. ►fa1_ker: You have no breaY, down from your Engineer on what this scrubber will cost4 idr. Salter: PTo, not what the scrubbor will eost. Mr. tiv'alker: I brought this out, Mr. Chairnan, for the reason that out there in Pranklin Park, there was supposedly every disease in the world for about three years, and finally they ad.mitted it was the f luorine gas from the alumi- niur, nlant. It took about three years to bring it out in the open. I think a perforraanco bond will bo necessary. tylr. Posseen: How far out do you think it will be detrimentalY t•ir. walker: I think t:Ae wholo valloy, because you canft tell how far those fumes go. That Valley is a wide area and there is a lot of expenseive ahubbery there. ihr. Fosseen: Are you going to ignore this man, "Albrookts" opinion3 I4r. Walker: I tm not ignoring h-A_m, but I t,rant to lnow if that scrubber is going in thero, and I think it ought to be guaranteed that the scrubber is going in thero. iNIr. 5alter: I raight bring out tris, that the i;iead plant had no means of arrest- ing or controlling those fumes. Everything they generate was sent out into the a.ir. They would put more fumos out into the air in one clay then we would in two or three years, even without the scrubbor. Out plant is only a 30,000 ton capacity plant. gs I4r. Albrook points out in his letter it will be mucr: easier to control ours because ours is much smaller. Yet thoy axe controlling CD the Vancouver plant 100% using the same type scrubbei• that we are putting in here. I•!r. Albrook told me that it wouldn t t bo necessary to put in a.nything aYtra. The scrubber would take care of it. I said, "Is there anything olse that can be put on thare to safoguard or eiiminato any odorl', a.nd he said, "Yes". I said, nti'Jhat ase they", and he said, r' Saddles that they put on the outlet of the scrubber". I said, lltiv-hat would they cost to put in there" ? Ae aaid, "Around $300 or $400" . I said, 'lLet t s put them in and be sure". If wa Put those saddles on thore then it is absolutely safe and sure. He said, "Yes, 1001,Vo safe". I tm not a chemist or an Engineer, Itm going by tihat noopla who do knolY and &re recoghizod as Engineore tell mo. Mr. Fosseen: That is what we will have to go on too. Mr. Salter: I once asked an Engineer what dama,ge would be done if we didnit put a scrubber on it. He said that it would be doubtful how much damage would be done, maybe a fow floti►ers right around the -o lant would be d.alaaged. Ho said ' the amount of fluorino gas which you will generato will be very sma.ll. , Iflr. Fosseen: Let us hoar from 2•Ir. La,lly. Lally; A,Ir. Chairrsan, I am Tom Lally, representing the Cowley estate only. i,Iav I correct what I think the President gavQ to the best of his knowledgeY In looking at the racorda in the Auditor's Office, prior to the last hoaring, therv is filodo instrument 965736A - instrunont 39741 filc;d a year later. On the first date there was a statoniont tha_.t the capital I;aid in was ~`1,000 and the same date the capi tsl was $109000 . That tJas in kai•ch, 1950. On June 15, 101519 a year lator an aff idavit of -naid in caPi tal ti,,TC-_s ~8, 600. _Lr... ACTIVxTED EERTILI CORPORATION: Continued I.Ir. Frveman just handed me somthing, wha.t is this? Mr. Freoman: 2'his is the last report of allotmont of shares, I•s. Lally. This is filed in the Auditor's Office and in the Socretary of States office, under dato of Soptomber 24, 1951- It is the most recent ono. Tho total niamber of shares of thia eommon stock in the above corporation is 29,500 sharos, paid for in cash. 14r. Lallyt hlr. Chairnan, I was hoping that thoy would have their expert hero tod.ay so ho could toll just how thoy operated and so forth. I donlt want to hold this thing up if itia properly bofore the board to be given a permit but ' I don t t think i t is. I think wo should have an expert hore Mr. rosseon: It sevme to mo that most of this discussion is gotting us nowhoro. rTow all tha.t that we ara intorostod in, is the protection of property around tho plant. S`lhether thoy aro lacking in finances or not, doosn t t mako any differanco. 1Ir. ~11y: Itvo been informod by an oxpert that a nlant lika thia can bo made of t Q right kind of materials pro perly functionod to ta?:o care of the fumes so thosC that escape are not detrimental. As far as I am concerned thoro is noth-- ing beforo this dommittoe fet by way of explanation. i.ir. l'oaseon; I think boforo they get thcir final permit wo will ha.vo that explanation. tiJe wi1.1 mako a very thorough study and got the very best infor- mation wo can get. i-ir. Lally: Ilould it be prosumtious of mo to ask or suggost, that we should ha.ve Professor Albrooki not cs, layma.n, oxplain this to us, who aro not experts? I dontt went to stop this industry if it is going to function properly. I-ir. Fosaeen: tiJha,t use is to be iaa,de of tho property of your cliontY Mr. LA,11y; I-;ay I say that the two estates that I reprosent are no« vest`d in seven minors and t3ireo othors, a total of ton children. Wha.t they will uso their property for all depends on the futuro. I►m j ast here to see that their property is protectod. tflr. FosseOnt Unless we I:now i•ihat th~t la_nd use is going to be, it would bo difficult to judge if this industry will be detrimental. I lnow thore are other industries out tnere and I can't soe but what that is going to be an Industrial Area. i•U.•. Lally: I thiru it is all rendy, that is on the north of the track: P,Ir. Wal?:er; rdr. Chairman, I beliove tY.at we have had the authentic report and I am willing to go by the ronort that wo have, the only thing that I am con- cErnod with is the matter of bonds, or how much bond aro we going to require to soe that the nlant is built according to thoso specifications? I donlt bolievo that the citizons of Spokano Valloy should be fooled and they should bo pro-- tected by a bond. :fir. Rego; My name is ITick Rogo. I eventually exUect to have-a $100,000 invest--- mont on my property, now assuming that this doos go through, and is bad, it co1zld rnean a$50,000 loss in value of property. If fos could protect me with a $50,000 bond, It11 eign. I4r. rosseen; What are you going to build out thcreT Mr. Rego: ?°:oll, I plan on putting in notol.-apartmeizts. Pfir. Fosseon: You havenit even got a permit for tha.t, have you7 I•:r• Rogo: That doesnlt mako any difference, this is my property right hero. I ' got th~;.t proparty for my busincss; and wh,;n I build it, I think, is my concern. , I-,,)lan on building on it and as I say, Ilm not goin5 to stop this thing, I'm in favor of a.ndustry, but I don't fcel that I want to take a$50,000.00 loss. ~ir. Anderson: I livo out there in that neighborhood myself, T live less than h~.lf-a.-milo in tho direction the wind will blow. If this is the right typo of plant, the fumes won't escape and itts a good location, thatis my only concerr_. &:r. I,ally: Would this not be truo, tflr. Chairman, thcse gantlemen are going to have writton plane and specifications on which, contractors will bid for the erc;ction of this plant, c?e:;cribing how each onQ of those ai•ticlos in the plant -5- I ACTIVATED ~ '.e,~TILYZn,R GORPOR.ATION Continued are going to built, material it is to bo built of etc. Mr. .AndQrsont I beliovo, Hr• La11y, t3iat the roport wo have from the chomist and all those pooplo fram different institutiona around horo gives ue raliable data on this plantl if built according to their specifications, the way thoy say itle going to ba built, thoro wontt bo any f'umos. IvIr. I,allys fihis raport ae I read it, dooenlt refer to any plant or specifi. cations. Mr. Frooman; I might say, to begin with tha.t eomo of thoeo materiale and some ot ' this mRChinery going into this -olant aro sti11 in tho process of boing dasignod in collaboration incidvntly with the Instituto at the Collogo. They are halping us agroat deal. I might read tho first two paragraphs of Dr. Albrookla lettvr (road portion of lotter). I would like to mention that ever sinco the last mcetirig we roalizo that unloas aome protoction is givon to aasure tho Cour- mission and the publici wo wonit do something entiroly difforont. S'do are willing to put up a bond. Ilm sorry Mr. Gustafeon ien't here to answer your questions. Hv will be baek horo the first of tho weok thon we can go ovor this thing. Yf the Eommission will appoint a aomr►iittoe so k►o could moet with thom and to dotermino just what this part cost and what that part cost and to fix the amount of tho bond. And about the scrubbor, I donlt kiow but I would say it shouldntt cost ovor $5,000.00 but of coureo Ism just guesaingo but ha could toll us. ZtiQ can svt a bond, wo intond to do that, wo had that in mind right from the boginning. rJir. Lall.y: You havo apparontly aubmittod oral plans to authorities Theso arQnlt Qlane, those aro just schomatic skotchos. Thoy may be mado out of cardbo::rd, thoy ma,y bo out of cemont ► thoy may bo mzdo out of glas$, or they may be made out of anything. Idr. Freorlan: Tom, 1 dontt bolicvo you'vo been rvading tirhat I gavQ you. Mr. I:ally: You havo hore, Jack, two typowritton pages, not signod by anybody. Plans and sneeifications should bo aigned by the corporation soQking this pormit, not two shcets of paper, unsignod by anybody, Mr. W'alker knows that. I4r. Walker: It ahould bc signod by the sea.l of tho Tnginear. Mr. Lally: Wouldntt it be mttch simplier for thoae -entlomon if thoro were laid before thom typowritton plans over the signaturo of this corporation of what thoy k►oro going to do and what they were going to mal:o it of, than to ha.vc it thi s vay? tVir. Anderson: I donlt see a:Ly reason to keep holding it up, if they a►ill put up a bond that they will build it according to certain specifications, and that the fumes wontt escapo. Pir. Lally; I can bo more liberal than that. If theylvu got the proper pla.ns signed by thom as to how they are going to build it, thoro is no neceseity for a$50,000 bond. Yau could roquiro a bond for that until they got it com-- pleted thon thoy will have it that way beforo thoy can operato. If1r. T?othorcutt: I4r. Chairman, I havenlt said a. word, mv na.uae is Georgo Nother-- cutt, roprosonting the Associatod Roataurants Inc. The Corporation owns 26 acros in tho 7200 block on East Spraguo. WQ aro vi-tdl.ly intcrested in this thing, and are not for or against it, our grimAxy interest is oporating a restaurant on the nroperty, togothor with rontal units. These mentlonon havo gotten un hore and sav, "ThQy think" they wonlt vmit fumes that will danagv , property. 'hore was a man horo that said, "Ho didntt think it was going to hurt anyUody'l,well, wo want to lmow that now. S'do have a restaurant out tharo thatts valuod at $50,000 and wo are interasted in knowing now, and not at a lattor datv whether it is going to damago tho oporation. Thero is nothing the mattor with atock yards, thay aro kopt clean but thoy aro obnoxious. Fluorino gns would cortainly bo obnoxioua out thvro. Wo would like to havo somathing dofinito right now. 14r. Fosseon: We aro going to got soraothing dofinite bofore we aro through horo. I";r• j'joigs: Lot mo ask you a qucstion Goorge, you aro a forrner studont of Statv Collego of Washington axontt fou and havo a quitv a bit of confidonce in tho staff 7 -6.. gCTIVAl-D I ""..TILIZ.;R CQRPORA~'IOI~ Continued , 14r. Nethercutt~t Yes, but I wae not an engineering studeilt at Iuaghington State, and I have no knbwledge whatsoever of this type of work. 111r. I4eif-pst I was just wondering, regarding realibil.ity of the etatenent of Dr Albrook, who is the Director of the Diviaion of Industrial reeearch, and in reply to these people. Iln just reading this as a matter of information, to squelch somd questions as to whether or not we are accepting aome un- reliab le testimony hare. Thig is signed by Ir. Albrook, in Which he says: "All • nateriels as proposed are very satisfactory for handling the phdsphate rock and sulphuric acidr The air in the den will be changed once every 4-17 minutes. ' This is satisfactory• The scrubbing tower for hydrogen f luoride removal, ae pronosed, would prove satiafactory. The alum3num nlant at Vancouver, :',"ashing» ~ 1 ton: ha.s satisfactorily ta::en care of fluoride emanations. The volume of gases handled by the Activated Fertilizer 8orporation would be much smaller and, therefore, can be controlled mucr more easily. After the pla.nt is startedg we will check the scrubber outlet for gases and particula.te matter. ti~:ith the precautions as outlined, there will be no damage to surrounding property." Now we are laymen and we ha.ve to depend on auch stater.1ents as that from people who ax e a.n authority. I would have to accept that as rather authorative, wouldnlt you? 12r. Ilethercutt; In the first place, it may be authorative, but they ha,ve spent millions of dollar$ on this plant up north of town and whether they contemplate anything else, I donit know. I4r. iyiei,as: Well, Georget I was wi.th the staff that bt;ilt that plant out there and I abaolutely Imow that there wae no provision made to take care of an,y gas emanation from thcae planta out there. I put in a year and nine months on the construction. I do know that they have set aside some 2~- million dollars# after they found out how much damage is being done. There were no provisione made before. M.i•. Idethercutt: Heret we are dealing tivith a corporation that is groasly under-- financed. They have very 1.ittle reaPonsibility that the surrounding property owners are going to have any charico of recoverirtg wha,tever losa they may have been caused by the p1ant out therea Of Courbe thig corporation id only inter. ested in the Vertilizer plant, but they beem to be gxossly underfinanced. Some•- times even expert$ have been k►rong. This f luorine gaa is a very obnoxious gas. I say, I think we ehould have something definite. I think we are entitled to 'iave it. We ase dealing here with one of the fastest growing portions of the Inland Empire and I certainly think that would be obnoxious. I tm not an expert. lhese men ha.ve experts, and as one of yovr own mea said, I have eeen definite results in Franklin Park as to what has ha.pvened from fluorine gas. Tdr. Fosseen: Well, they paid for it, didn:t they? They Paid $259000 on top of what they were Mr. Ilethercutt; Iyir. Fosseen, Itm not objecting to that, and Itm expecting that this company is going to pay for any d.amage they do. This Commission ahould consider the structure of this cornPany, what res-nonsibility is going to be 3n the event these experts are wrong. Da.mage could rest?lt here and that io what I am primarily interested in. lir. Calkina: I have this thought. I think we are missing the point. These people have a perfectly logical question to put here to the Board. The prop-- erty oVrners ase certainly entitled to be paotected. Mr. Walker wants to kaiow , tifha.t it is going to cost to build that scrubber. It night cost $59000 and then make swce that they put up a bond to build a$5,000 scrubber. It might do a million dollars taorth of da.ma,ge because a$5,000 scrubber didn.'t work. That is vrhat George wanta to kuow about. I1Ir. Walker ; That ie what I svant to kaovt in the ma.tter of f ixing the bond. I,111• Calkins,; It seems to rue quite si le. The are ti~rillin to ~P y g put up such bond as na,y be required, or elae not operate, but if the scrubber donlt work the plant cantt operate. This plant on the Coast has beon built 13,ke that to stop the emission of those d.a.maging fumes. The peonle who are building the plant -7- ACTIVA3'ED IYE.RTILIZraR COR?ORATIOit Continued have to accept that responsibility. We can make sure that they build the scrubber, make them put up a bond to see that they do, but if it fails to control, you couldnit afford to have the damaging fumea emitted. That mtgbxr damage your etock sale, but at the same time that is the chance you have to take. If we ha,ve to go back and beaome experta ta Imow for sure wha.t Will ha,Yr?en, the Boar d will be taking quite a little on their hands at that. I donft think we are quite joining the problem here by ainply getting a bond to build the scrubber. I,11r. 'vlalker: That scrubber was proven for the removal of fluorine gaa in the . Stockdale pla,nt. And that cost in excess of three million dollars. Rr. Freeman: That is quite a large Plant in comParison, I-ir: Walker. P,r. S°Talkers I know it, that is why I want to kmow what it cost you. i4r. Freeman: I can give you that informa.tion the first of the week. Idr. Calkins: I donit think you are going to find the property owners $atisfied by not joining the thing better tha.a we are jbining it here. Mr. t'lalker; I would like to aek Jack a question. You have a ttio and one--half million dollar corporation and you are only gbing to build a$125,000 plant. Are you going to build aome more plants in the Valley? I4r. Freeman: ISo, our plan is to supply a radius of approximately 9 miles around Spokane. ti'then this works out, and if it does work out, we -probably will corisid6r doing this. 3efore we get thig thing going, we are going to have ~125000 invested. That is a$151OOO,piece of property there, and the building which will be on it will be $41,000. The contractors have submitted the bid for buil.ding the build5.ng itselfi There is ~569000 worth of respon-- sibility, or we dori~t operatb. tfe are not going to risk the $25,000 we are going to have in this. We ar e not going to tiake any poesible risk. Tf we run 2 pounde of ma.terial through it we will have it checked. We will stop it immediately if there is the slightest emission of funes. We cannot afford lati,r suits and loose all the capital we have put into it. Mr. STallcer: Ha,ve you cleared with tha S.E.C.? I4r. Freeman: Yee. We have cleaxed with the S.E.C., and we have clear ed with the State Department of Licenses. I4r. Dobson: I do feel here, like the gentleman over here said, that if it does go in I would like to see eome type of bond as to what type of building they are going to rnut up. If some of the equipment fails and there is d.a.r.~age done to the property, that is what I wa,nt to aee, a bond to protect the property ownera. . , 1-ir. Fosseen: Unlesa there is a.ny ob3ection from the Commission I will apPoint a committee, composed of I4r. Bienz, 14r. Anderson and ifir. Meigs. The three of them to get together and work with you peop le on that. Do I hear any objections to that? If not, It11 appoi.nt that committee. I4r. NIcC lure s I t d like to make a mo tion, Mr. Chairman, that af t er we hear f r om all the rnembers that we refer this to Executive Session. Ar. I-Iyhre: I second the motion. 14r. Foseeen: Do you think that we can hear from all? Mr. IyicClure: I think we should give all those that are saying something new an oPportunity. 14r. Calkins: Mr. Fosseen, is it poasible for this committee to grant a provi- • sional permit whereby they could build and start to operate a.nd are chaxged with the responsibility of not doing damage. They couldnit give bond high enough to continue to operate a plant that was passing off dangerous fumes because the bondsma,n would quit after tha.t, so they would have to suspend operatione. It eeems to me that theytve done their part now in making sure that they think they can build a plant which wi31 not, but if it does, they would simply have to quit. Can you grant such a provisional permit? I4r. «alker: I have such a.n authorizati.on written do1m here if you would like to hear i t. Mr. Fosaeen: Yes, letta hear vihat you ha.ve, it might stop all this talk. -g.. AC iIVATED =LTI LI Mi Cfl ~ DITIATI4F - C vrxt inued i,ir. Walker: I move tha.t the appli.cation vf the .Activatgd Fertilizer C4rporatian to construct a Plant at the lacation and fox the ~,nurnase described therein bs granted provided that said Carporation post a performmlce & aPeration band 3.n the penal aum ef $50, p0Q guaxanteeing the constructian of the plant accard ing to f inal cans truc t ion IDlan,s and specif icat ions a~pproved by Dr. R. L. Albrook, Sndustrial Research Diva.sivn v£ Washingtan State College; and further guaran• teeing that fflr a periad of five years after the start of aperation no f3uarine , or other damag3.ng or flffensi,ve gasses shall be emitted from said plant. I dan = t knaw whether you want to go f or athing like tl-ia.t or no t. TvIx. Calkins: That still doesntt cover the point, I;Ir. Chairman. If they gu.a,rantee it and can t t back i t up, they could run intv tr emendotzs damaga. My po int i, s to go one step farther a.nd their being able to cQntinue to operate is based upon it, in other words the plant wau11 have to be closed dawn. That is going to hurt the purchasers vf the pla,nt and sa on, you can lt wri te a, big enaugh bond to take ca,re of that. I don't think it makes any difference to those next daor but a few miles away maksS a difference. Iwir. Valker: That is the vray I figZxed - ten ailes away. I%rLr. Calkins: These peo-Dle a.re w3,lling to ta,ke that chance: the penalty af being closed doi:rn. We grant apermit fvr ajwnlc yasd, pro•,rided that they put a fence asav.nd zt, and they dan't put afence araund it, they put thei.r stuff right out on the h3.ghi-iay and we let then aperate. We never find aut where we stand. We s een to have a permit to grant and no permi t to clo sv. I•ir. IYlhyre : 11r. Chairman, Is d like to call for a vo te an the questivn. i,ir. Fogsenn; Make a motion, let=s see what it zsi 1.1r. I~IcGlure: Unless we have new evidence from the floar I move that we refer tizis to ExeCUtive Sessiori. 1•jr. Anderson: I will sQcond it, I1r. Ksrhre : Ilve already s ecanr3ed it i I4r. Pvsscen: 1rThat is your pleasure gentTemenP Iosr. Bienz: I might ask, is there any new evidence to he presented? i-ir. Fosseen: How can we te31? I-ir. 1~~vhre; Let ts vote va it. I~iotion carried. 14r. Zasseen; Ild like to add iflr. CaL-cins to that committee. I td like to ma.ko Mr. A,ildersvn Chairman of that Coinmittee. Get after this just as snan as you can so we can ,got it Off the docket. AC?'TON: Executive Sessivn reports that the permit be granted to construct their p1ant as per aDplication can file with the Cor,~nissian, pravided tihat said. CQrpvration -past to Spakane County aperformance and operation band, in the nenal sum of guaranteeing the c4nstructivn of the plant accarding to final construction plans an.d specifications appraved by I?r. R. L. Albrook direGtvr of the Research Di.vi.sion of the State Oollege af Ilashington, and further guuaranteeing for a periad oz 5 years nv fl.uarine vr other damaging or affansa.ve gasas shall be emitted fsam said Phasphate Plant. C-TE5TM HxLL5 MHV:K]WpI,MJJ'I' PRELII•lxx~TARY PLAT i•Ir. Graham; I have on+e prelim3.iiary -plat here, which i.s Chester Hills Develo-pmcnt, i,ir. State is out of toinn on vacatiQn, and I dontt knaw anything abaut this one. (A brief discuseion was held. ) x,1t•. i7osseen: it is anly a-prelininary plat isn ft it? ' IfIr. Gra1zam: Yes. I.1r. ILei.gs: I move that we accept i.t as a preliminary plat. i'ir• A.n derson: I second tha.t mation. Niotion carried. I-,SSI174(_'rM0SADL1ITSQjT FIN'AI, PLAT i-;r. Graham: 1re have several Final °lats today, s4 Iwill turn this over to Kr. Chaffins, as Iir. State is out of tvl{in. (A brief di.scussion was hel.d. ) -9_ . i,IaS27GET"U ADDITI01? Co,ntinued i-~r. Christie: 1,iy naMe is Verne Christie. I i~ri representinC, Ilir. i,IQSStngor. ht the last mooting, he had this land in here also plattod. He wants to cultivato this until he dovelops all this. In order to cultivate this without putting a11 the wator 3n, he ha.s reducod his plat down to this aizo. Tho water is in, in a4--inch main. Tho large main is hore. r,ii•. Cha,ffins: I recommend it be accopted. Mr. Meigs: I will move that it be accepted. 14r. Andorson: I will second it. Niotion carried. ' ACTIpTT; Accepted as a Fina? :)lat. i30II41 S ACRE TRACTS FI ITAL PLAT . Christie: Ile ha.d this one up before. He haci sold a number of these lots ~f. Tho original plat was brought in here last week. In getting the sign~~. .zrea on thie particulax plat, there aro two parties horo who would not sigr.: ~~~-~ere are four lots tha.t we couldnit get to sign on this plat. A11 the ros{ of thom aigned up. T.:r. Fosseen: Thay havonft objocted to signing it, did they? ~:r. Christie; Tho only thing they objectod to is th3s. You Imow there is no :~:zter out there. Now the Planning Comnission stated that no tracts shall be offered for-salo until the proper woll be establishod for domestic purposes only. They thought they might wa,nt to sell this without a well on it. Then t:ney would be corrpellod to put a woll on it. So we took those four lote out in this Block 1. It is the understanding that all of these lots will have wells on them. N~r. Walker: That is in the dedicat3on7 Mr. Christie: Yes. Ur. IioLne was unable to pay his ta,:es vn this required land. But he will bo able to in a woek or so. He would like to ha,ve this P Ianning C ommi ss ion pas s thi swi th the under s tanding tha.t it won 1 t be s igned by IYIr. Chaffine or tha Commissioners a.nd Planning Comr.iission until he has paid the required taxos. 14r. Ohaffina: It wontt be signed until they arv paid. !`Zr, Christio: That ie right. Idr. Sfalker: I move it be accepted upon condition of paying his taxES. Mr. Mvhre: I eecond it. Pdo tion carried. ACTION: Acceptod as a Final Plat upon condition of paying ta;es. yE=L~wLIZ IMI GHT S F OAL PLAT 14r. Robinson; This is another request of the Assessoz• ts Offico. (I,ir. Robin-- son gave a brief discussion on the plat.) 14r. Chaffins: I recommend that it bo accopted. Ur. I•2eias: I move we accept it. Ifr. t•IcClure; T socond it. >>:oti.on carried. F Eo; 9L ?iAT IJir. Robinson: This is the sario situation. It is practicaily all sold, and t:Je . had quite a time getting names on this. VanT4arter stroet is deeded and zs also 50 feet wide, Tho Assessor reauested that we make this -nlat. (.A brief discussion was held.) iflr. Fosseen: Do I hear a motion? I,ir. McClure; I move tha,t we accopt the plat as presented. I•ir. ,Anderson: If11 second that mction. Motion carriecl.. ACTIOY: Accepted as a Final Plnt. _ 10- McCx=. IS EOI•1; T-UCTS S'lT3DIVISIOiv' I-ir. Chaff ins : Mr. Perk BandaJ.l had to be out of tohrn and ho asked mo to a lain anything that was necoesary to the plat. (Mr. Chaff ins explains the plat-7 Itve gono over this very thoroughly and reconmend it bo granted. I•s. Fosseen: We have the recommend.ation of Mr. Cha.ffins, do wo hear a motion? Frir. tAoigst I move that this bo accopted. Mr. Anderson: I eecond the motion. I4otion carried. GRAAAI415 ADDITYON FIN9L PLAT I4r. Cameront I represent C. V. Paynej This is another plat that is being platted at the request of the Assessorts Office, The water ia in# the roads aro gravoled, and I ha.ve all the signa.tut'og l ( g briof diacusaion was hQld. ) Idr. Anderson: I move that it be accepted. Mr. Meips,! I second the motion. Idotion carriod. AsTTS.,.~SOAT tIAIVER OF VIOI,ATIOiJ W. Graham: This is a waiver of set back. The rosidenco is too close to the center line of the road by two feet. The set back is 32 3/4 foet and it should be 34 feet. It is at East 8006 Jackson which is a road that is very littlo traveled out in Orchard Avenue. According to the pictures, it is woll back of the road. I recommend tha,t it be gra.nted. Mr. Bienz; tillat ia the roquirod aumbar of foot to bo back? Pdr. Gra : ar They ehould bo back 50 feot from the conter of tha road and thoy e b ack8. 4~8 f e e t. Itr. PIcC lure : I raave that i t bo grantod. Tllr. I4oigs: I second the motion. I4otion carried. FOiTNTbII1 II.AIV~.R OF VIOLATION &Ir. Graha.m; This is a waiver of violations of set baclc of Paul H. Fountain on Lily Road. The sot bacl: snould bv 32.75 foot and tlzoy aro back 30 foet. Horo again, is a similax case. It is a very little travo]od road. Mr. Bienz: Ilm not objecting, but how doos that coma abou't? How do thoy happon to build too closo? Mr. Graham: Thoy probably donit inquiro to the amount of sot back. They lina them up with the houses on either side, a$suming, of course, that they ar e sot back far enough. Mr. xossoen: I)oesntt the parr.iit show that distanco4 I•ir. Walker; I beliovo the rermit should show tha.t. Ur. .Anderson: If the building pormit shows that distanco, I bolievo we wouldnlt ha,vo any moi•o of theso waivor of violations out in the Valley. I4r. Nloigs: On the contrary, they will bo coming up for the next ton ycars. i-ir. Fountain: Tho woman I bought this proporty from told me the prouerty ha,d beon surveyed and said the fonco all the way axound it sot in a foot on her land. So I built the houso, and the building pormit didntt stato how fax it should be built from tho road. I chocked with the Planning Commission, I believe with this girl, and she told me they usod to put on tho permit how fax thoy shoul d be set back from the road. 5hv said thay quit it for aomo reason or ' a.nothor. I linod up with the rest of thc houses. It showod approximately , 35 foet. I sold this, and whon the surveyors ca,mo out thero, the steel stakc ca.me up way on the far side of tho fonce. That is all I have to say. 14r. Bienz: Is it in line with tho othors? NIr. Fountain: It is and it isnft. 2'he no:;t houso I linod up to, the porch sticl;s out approximatoly 2 foot closor to the road than my house doos. ThQ long sido of his houso is on the back side naturally, and ay long side is on the back side. So to got aquar e with the world, I lined up with the back sido and went back up front and did the measuring to what I thought ivas far onough from this fence. --11-- FOJNTAI17 *;t'AIVEft OF SET 3.90K Continued By the way, judging from whero I think the watar man has his meters, and accord3.ng to the steel tapo; if they wore aver to ditch the road, it would cut the water metor in ha,lf. 14r. Bionz; Has anyono objectod? Mr. Fountain; No eir, I ha.vo thoso noticos of waivora on oach sid.a of tho adjoining property. One on the houso that Y havo eald and so fax I havon't heard any object ion8. 14r. HI.yhro: .Aro you building these housosp . Ii3r. Fountain: Yes, I built that ono and I built the next one to it. And I Y1A40 it linod up the samo way. Mr. Myhro : You won t t bui ld any mor o that c lo so'P NIr. Yountaint Mon t t worry, I tm go ing to f ind out how far back I tm to bo from tho road and got it surveyod beforo building* i•;r. 31enz: I move tha.t tha waivcr bo grantod. Rr. McCliiro: I second that motions tvlotion carried. ~CTIOATs 1--:aivcr granted. NEWI~?3 CMAMI C v SHOP Ai.1D PHYS I C IANS OF'FI Cl+, I4r. Grabams Tho application of Dr. W• E6 Nowman for a special permit to con- struct a coramics shop, retail, wholvsalo, and manufacturingo also a physicians off ico on tho W. 661 of E. 1321 of E2 of Tract 15, Vera, at E. 16819 Spraguo Avonuo. Ivir. Ivieias: What is the zoning on thab now? Mr. Graha.m: It ie an Agricultural Zorio District Pdr. Fosseen; 3ave you ha.d any objections to tha.t, IIUr# Socrotary7 IvIr. Graha.m: rTono to my know ledgo+ t-ir. ?•IcClure; Aro you going to add onto thia building? Dr. Newmaxi: No, that is the buildingi I sot it back 48 feot. Mr. Possoen: Dr. , you havTni t haard bf any ob j ections, havo you? Dr. Idowman ; I1o , I haven t. Mr. Bienz: I'vo mado somo innui,rics, and I havenit hoard any objoctions. Mr. t'Talkor; You havo plenty of off itreot parking space? Dr. 147ewman : Ye s. Pflr. gnders; I movo that the pormi~ bo gra.nted r~roviding a set back of 481 and gran~e~n for the uso dosignatod in tho application. Ivlr• RYhre t I eocond tho mition. I4otion carried. A--1 EQ;JZP2VjIdT 001,1PANY TOtTRY ST CABII15 Rr. Graha.m:_ 'ie have tiwo aAnplications horo for the A--1 Equipment Company. Both for trailer courts. One is north of the City Limits in Spokane Torrace and ono is in Airway Hoights. Tho first one in Spol;ana Terraco, for a special normit to opvrato a trr-iler court on Lots 21 to 28 Inc., in Block 1 of Spokano Torrace Addition. Wa will take that one up first. That is in the 7000 block on North .Atlantic on the east sido of the streot. Wo can, if you liko, bring this othor ono, too. Mr. Possoen; Unloas thore is somQ objection, wo will tako both of them at onco. I4r. Graham: Tho Airway Haights application ia for a trailer court in Lots 4, 51 & 6 in Block 7 of Airway Hoighta Firat Addition. Tha.t is wcst out by tho ' Airway Hoights Motel. Mr. Calkins: Do theao face on Division or on Atlantic? Rr. Graha.m: This ono faceg on Atlantic. Is I4r. VTilson hcro? Ivir. I•;eigs: You livo at 6821 North Division, d.o you not7 I4r. T'+ilson: Yes, that is my placu of bueiness. idr. Reias: Tho proposod improvoment will bo on Atlantic, k►ill it not? Mr. Wilson: Yas. Horo is my placo of businoss. I havo rental homes horo. I am building two housos on this property, Lots 21 to 28. I havo a duplob right acrose the stroat, in I,ota 14, 15 & 16. Itm building my own homo in -124 Ar-1 EQUtPP•ErTT CONPANY TOURIST COURT - Continuod Lots 39 and 409 in Blpck 164 Ilm living in a houso I havo on Lots 35 and 36 in Block 15. I proposo to vatablidh a traller court in conjunction with tho houses I built. I am building those for rental purposes. Theso buildings aro to atoro -oquipment. I ront Lots 19 and 20 to store equipmont on. Rr. Niyhro: VThoro ia your aecosa for the trailor court? l.ir. TTilson: Tho accoes will bo from the alley horo on Atlantic. i-Ir. 1v~)rhro; You aro not contomplating on coming across here onto Division? Mr. Trilson: Tha,t proporty is owned by somoona elso. • Irlr. Andoraon: You have quite a bit of junk atorod hero now. ti'1o donit want any Junk yard thero. ' Mr. Wilson; That will bo claa,nvd up or I cantt operato. 1•ir. Andereon; Wo are trying to kaep Division cloa.n. VJo want all our main higharays coming into the City to bo kopt clean. 1Ir. Wilson; Ilm trying to build it up myaolf. I own two more lots,down hore, tha.t is business property. I havo a houso on it now. Mr. Andorsoni This is 3ust oxa.ctly what wo are objocting to is the junk here, If wo can got rid of that we aro happy. There is no objoction to the trailor court, but tharo is objoction to the stuff lying around. Iivo lookod at that eoveral timos and ovory timo I go out thore I got mad about it. Mr. Wilson: I haulod a truck load out of therQ this morning and anothor truck load is roady to go. Mr. Andersont Do you ox-pect to havo a lawn in thero? Mr. Wilson: Yes, and a gi•avol paxking plRco. Ilvo sv.bnittod my plans to MT. Excoll. Mr. I4eia: Is thero anyono olso to be heard from on this? Mr. t'Talkor; Aro y+ou financed to go ahead and put in your wator and sowerp Or is this a dream you havo that you hopo to got fin~,ncedP Pgr. Wilson: I have the monoy to go ahoad with it, yos. Ivhr. Walkor: That is what I want to know. You havo the cash to go ahoad? tlIr. Wilson: I havonlt got it aow, but I can got it. Mr. Walker: Are you suro you can get it? Mr. wilson: I eold a trailer that was lying thore for $4509 and a truck for $1,500. tdIr. Andorson: Wo dontt objoct to you doing busineas, but wo do object to having junk pilod all around like that. Wo hopo we wontt find a,ny moro axound there. 14r• 'Vilson: No, 1 approciato that. I ha,vo to cloan it ups you can soe that. 1llr. Posscen: Aro you goSng tq? Mr. Wilson: Yes, I am. Mr. Calkins: Which block, Mr. Wilson, is your A--l EquiPmont in4 ifir. Wi.lson: In Block 16. That is a concroto block building. I ha,ve a pormit for a shop on the back of it alroady. In timo it will bo vory decont property out thor o. IIIr. Calkins: You aro right across from the entranco of our Airport? Mr. w'ilson: Yos. Ifir. Nlcigs; If thero is nothing moi•e to say, I movo that we talce this up in E;ecutive Sossion. I11r, Myhre: I socond the motion. Idotion carried. ACTIOIJ: F;cocutivo Session roports that the Permit in Airway Hoights bo deniod. That the pormit in Spokano Toi•raco bo continuod until tho next meeting and havo a writtcn roport from lvir. E.xcoll, as a spocial agent of the Pla.nning Com. . mission, rogarding wator and sanitation. WALIACE TOP Sp I L REI40VAL I4r. Grahamt The application of D. t'T. Wallaco for a spccial pormit to removo top soil from approximatoly 2 acros from two pot holes in the NS~ of Section 349 ~'ovinship 25 N., Rango 419 lying approximatoly 14 niles south of Sunset $ichwatiy and approximatoly 3/4 of a milo oast of the Spokano Army Air Depot. -13.- UALIAC"ai Tq SOIL REMOVAL Continuod ThC,t is Fairchild .Air Baso. ITo havo a lottor from I,u•. Lange here. (PJir. Graha.m road tho letter. ) Y havo a conanunication hero from the Soil Consorvation. Idr. WaL:or: I movo that tha.t lottor be rcferrod to Exocutivo gession. IJIr. I~rlcCluro: I111 sacond that motion. Motion caxried. Mr. Vdallaco; 1i1o hava 5 trucka and 15 mon and wo axo rwnning out of dirt. It ts protty hard to got by going so fax out of town, jie bulldozo tho top off of that stuff eo there aro no wooda in it. tilo havo to ha.vc dirt and Y don't lmow what wo will do if thoy arc going to koop turning us down. 14r. Wa,llcor: Mr. Wallaco, ovory application that you havo had has boon from tho . SE nart of this Cotuity. IJir. Yltllace: That is whorc tho best dirt is. • Ifir. iialkcr: Iknow it. I ivo livod thoro for 45 ycars and IImow. You aro out thoro in shallow soil tha,t is from a foot-six inchos to two feet dep, in j'Thita Bluff Prairio. You hanont t boon south of Pour Lakes. Evorything from tho City Limits to Four Lakos is wha,t is knowa as Whito Bluff Prairio. Thcro a,re a lot of shoa atring valloys in this area not too far away that you could got. Idr. liallaco: Itvo looked all ovor. P•ir. Walker: Thero arQ millions of tons of dirt hero in Eangman Creek. There is a lot of Palouso Loam. You put a shovol or drag lino in tha.t creek and you will bring in tho Palouso hills. Havo you ovor tested it? i.Ir. Wallace: I wont out thore and it was sandy, ao I didntt tost further. I-Ir. Walkor: Long Lako or Nine 1-3ile rather, a drag line would bring in the bost of thoso hills. Mr. Wallaco: That is all undor wator out thoro. Look how much noney it would cost. Mr. Vlalker; You aro just skimmin;; thQ top soil off of thoso fiolds withir_ a fow nilos from town. Mr. TrTallaco: This application is for 8 miles out; that is way out. Mr. Walker: When you buy ground for $.5CO and acll it for $1, 600, yo-u are not doing bad at all. tvir. Wallaee: For eight miles? Zook what it will cost to haul it, etc. Mr. VTalkor; IXvo socn that area ruinod. In tho last 20 ycars it has beon ruinod by the romoval of top soil. Mr. Wallaco; This fellow cantt farm this piocc of F;round anyway. Itilr. Walkor: Ho is getting a very good crop of grass off of it. Ilith r,ig priccs and milk pricas the way thoy aro ho should mako it fino. Mr. Wallaco: Ho doesntt raiso any grass out thoro at all. I.ir. Davis: I tm the ownor of that p1acQ. Ilvo livcd thorc for 36 ycars. I tm not go ing to try to contradi ct 14r. Walkor b ocaus o hc i s a lawyer and Ilm no t. Thoro aro things going on now`j that aro tho roasona Ilm trvting to soll this top soil. I dontt cAro for thv monoy valuo at all. I am a half cf a milo cast of Fairchild Air Baso. Throo or four ycars ago thoy dug three big basins in there to catch the wator tha.t comes off tho runway and also tho wator that conos from the wash racks up thoro whoro they wash thoir engines, etc. 1947 wae the last timo I could tako anything off of ono of those 1 115 acros bocauso tho suh--irrigation from thoso basins makos it absolutoly too wot to work in tho Srring and in tho Fall. When it is dry enoug,h tho cro.p soason is ovor. Y do ha,vo pasturo acroas the fonco from that. In the spring of the yoar it is vory good pasturo. Thie pioco tha.t is on thv northoast part, is just a ' little swail that runs dotin thz•ough tho paature thoro tha,t probably would l:eGp , ono cow ma,ybQ a month. That is all it amounts to. This land tha.t is in thore, this wholo eoction botwoon Goigar and Fairchild Air Forco Base, ie liablo to bo taken anytimo for tho Air 3asv. tdr. Chaffins here will probably bear mo out in saying tha.t the Engincera wcre told not to work any roada out thore bocauso it is liable to bo ta.ken all of that district. Thoroforo wo dontt havo very much roads. Tho idoa is I canft work thosc two pioce$ of ground. It is idlo and I donlt soo why I cantt havv the priviloge of taking off a foot of top soil from oach placo. -14- UJ,kLLACE TOP SOIL SPECIAL F'ERHIT Contiriucd NIr. "VaLcer: Aro you familiar with tho drainago of Fairchild4 Dir. Davis; I used to own it. I-,Ir. Walkor: I sntt it a fact that prior to that Air Baso tha,t most of tho water wont into Dec3p Croek? hlr. Davis: Ifo. Tho ma.jority of thc water from Fairchild gir Forco Base gocs down within 1/4 of a mile east of our place and than south and back around towards Silvor Lako. 14r. Wal.kor; Thcy put in those concreto runways, and they recontly put in a laxgv draining system without grading it to tho oast, without a drainago pormit . or a drainage easoment? The natural drainago ha.s beon dostroyed. Ur. Davis: Right now they have du.g a canal, but it i,s right a.gainst tho fonco and going acroes tho road down to tha.t territory. Thoy ha.vonft gono past tho fonco yot. Mr. Wal.kor: I just wantod to bring that fact out for Exocutivo Session. Mr. Davis : I didn tt think it would hurt anybody to tako tha.t acro of top sail. Ivlr. . Ivlo ips sWhat do you know about the quack gras s? IvIr. Davis: Well thero is quack grase thcro along tho contor of the south portion. The north paeture ewail thoro is no quack grass. 14r. I.ange said it was quack grass. It is only a sod about so thick. I4r. Meigs; It is still quack grass. lJlr. bavis: I wouldntt say it was. Ild say thoro was moro clovor in it. NIr A Graham: Here is a saurplo of tho qua.cL grass that carso off tho north of tho tract. Ivlr. Moigs: It looks to mo liko quack grass. Ilve boen fighting that stuff for quito a whilo. Yx. Davis: No, thnt didn't cono off from that place. I4r. Graham: I was out thvre and saw tha.t nysolf. Rr. Davis: I bog y+our pardong but thoro is no stubble up thore. That is stubblo if I ever $aw it. Idr. Andorson: That is a quack grass top. i.ir. Neigs: And that is a quack grass root. I-1r. I•IcCluro: I movo wo rofor this narticular neriait to 2kecutive Session. i.ir. i•iYhro: I socond tho motion. Motfon carriod. ACTIC+=~?: Exocutivo Seasion reports that tho vermit bc donicd. SUBURg.AY Z01TIIIG Idr. Graha,m; WQ have a potition which reads as follows: 111',To tho undorsigned, ;peti•Gion tho Spokano County Planning Commission to zone the following dcscribed propci•ty ae a Suburban Zono Diatricts Beginning at tho contor lino of Sprague Avenuc and 330 foQt east of tho contor lino of Bowdish Road, thenco north to tho conter line of Valleyway, thonco west to Skipwort::, thence aouth to tho cvntor lino of Sprague Avonue, thonco oast to tho noint of boginning:' Tho ,~)ct;.tion Is qigncd by approl imatcly 28 namos. g casua.l examination showe thcy -n-11 livo in tho goneral vicinity. Is tha sponsor of tho potition hore? kra. Streit: IvIr. Chairmnxi and gontlomen: I am Ruby Strcit. I tm not a lati►yor and I havenlt proparod a fizlancial atateraont, but I do hunbly cocno bcforo you today togethor with a group of othors asking you to consider zoning. Itm just a typical worman. Ilm moro on tho robuttal sido. If thcrQ is anyone against it, I would liko to hcax from thom. 1-4r. Fossoen: Aro you for it? , ::irs. Stroit: I cortainly am. Kr. Fosseon: Now is thoro anyonc horo who would liko to objcct to tha.t7 i-Ir. Harner: I bought somv property at 106 North Bowdish. As you turn to tho loft, it is tho third houso to tho north. P-Ir. Bien$: How much -pronorty do you have? I4r. Harpor: I ha,vo anacro thoro. It *as uncassified at tho tim.a I bought tho Dropertyl but I donf tknow wha,t beaxing that has on it as far as that goes. _15_ SUBLMB.V1 ZOIJI?jG Continued 1IIr. tiialker : Whon did you buy tho propcrtyY i~i~• . Har-per ; I bought i t in the oar ly par t o f July. i•Ir. Anderson: w'hat do you oxpoct to uso it for4 I.ir. Haxpcr : I think somo of tho pooplc axo misinformod on what Ilm going to do. Ilm going to put in battery-broodor chickens. Thoy axo all i,nsido. Thcro is not a window or a door openod. I havo a now battory that I will get apatcnt on. Thoro is no manuro outsido or anything. Mr. Bienz: Havo you staxtod work on itY i-s. Fiarper: I have. I tvo already started tho building, and it is practically . all thcro, xcopt that I asked for a pormit for a feod room and storo room. Stn working on my broodors now. Thoso broodors aro constructod of one tray. The droppinga will go through on a stool tray# which arc aight foot long. At tho back thore is a tubo that goes from ono tray to tho other. They aro thrco high and tho last ono goos into a sewor pipo which goea into a cosspool. In Paseo, I had them in my basomont. I had a huadred chickens down thoro and you would nover know thoy existod. Al1 of theso arQ washod everyday. Thoro is absolutaly no smoll to thon, blr. Irieigs: Have you asked for a permit to put this in7 Hr. Harner: I asked for a pormit to connoct tho chickenhouso with tho garago for which I want to uso as a atorc room and focd room. Ivir. hIeigs: Has tho pormit been granted? tdr. IIar-pcr; I wcnt down to tho offico to get tho,permit shortly aftor I movod therc. I didntt got possossion of tho placo until.tho lOth of August, and by tha,t timo they had alroady potitiancd to zone it. And thoy zoned it 330 foot to tho Qast of ine, which is tho ond of my property. I dontt know if thcy intonded to do any zoning beforo I movod in thoro• It looks like a funny doal to _ me. I lm not accusing anybody of anything, but I want to know what tho doal is. Mr. Anderson; Thoy hava bocn vranting to zonc it for tho last si ; months or so. Thcy tallcod to mo pcrsonally, and ha.vo talcon all this time to get roady. Iylr. Haspor: Oh, havo thoy? I4rs. Stroit; 2flr. Chairman, we ha.vo tricd to zone this bcforc. 33ut some of us wcro so ine:Teriencod tha.t wa diclnlt know about thcse forna that you a tick up on posts, that I pcrTonally put up m,ysolf. I hava livcd at Tlorth 16 Bowdish, which is aoout 751 from this gontleman, for 12 yeara and we havo tried sovoral timcs to have it zoncd. j`+o let other businesscs atart up around us, namcly a motel on tho cast of us. Thcy movod out tho homo on tho south of us, and wo let a scrvice station go in on the right, which would bo wost, and I dontt think I could stand a chickonhouae on tho other aido. Zto havc another broilor ranch out in tho Valloy which Iam suro you ar o all acqua,intod with. I haventt mot thcso peoplo yot, but wo did get busy when wc lmew this was going in. I bolievo wc ha.d a right to sincc we ha.vo ton, fiftoon and twonty thousand dollar homos. Wo aro rearing our crildren thore and we wa,nt to protoct thom. I,,Ir. Har-por; Of courso, on tho othcr hand, this isn:t a commcrcial business. A4y siator has two restaurants and sho takes my ontirc ordor. Xr. Wall.cr: .6ro you into production yot? I4r . Harncr ; No, I t m no t. ijIr. 3ienz: Don, ha,s this requcst for this typc of busincss boen placod, and if i.t has would it be nossibla for this Board to tui•n it down inasmuch as it is not zoncd4 ~ i.Ir. Graham: ti'To have recoivod a potition roqucsting zoning and it has bcen our . l)osition in tho past to issue only pormita for residonces until tho zoning is oithcr grantod or donicd. Mr. Fossoen: Why did you ha,ppan to solect that particular placo? • Mr. Harnor; It was 3ust puited to mo. My houso s6ts quitc a ways back on tho lot. i"he buildings I intonded to uso are in baclc of that. It isntt ti►ithin 1501 of individual homoa• -16-- SUBURBAR ZOITI ITG C on t inuod Mr. dndorson: You e7,-pect to havo this back of yoiu• houso? Mr. Harnor: It is all back of tho housol ycs. I dontt blame theso noighbors if thero wero to bo obnoaious smolls, but I do think I should havc a chanco. I invcatigated tho proporty boforo I invosted my moncy in it, to see if Z could havo that. Mr. Fosseen; Vlhat wo aro trying to do is let tho different owners dotorm3.no what thcy want. I4r. $arpor : Then a naw comor ha,s no cha.ncc at a11Y I-1r..Fossoen: It is up to tho Pronerty ownors. . Ivlr. Har-aer : I am a property ownor. I have tho lottcr from Sidney E. Smith tha,t it is Unclassifiod. I ha.vo a brooder in my shop I tm making now. I usod to ' raiso tho chickcns in uy basoment. i.ir. Andarson: You ard just raising tho fricrs? NIr. Harpor: That is all. Thoy aro all gone within 8 or 9 wocl:s. tdrs. St oit: Mr. Chairmgnt uiidor a Suburban zbno ho cortainly is cntitled to raiso 31chickens for hia bwn usc. Tho information camc to us that ho planncd to put in a thousand chickcns. Mr. HarDer: Thcro will bc more than that. Thero arill be about 3,004 all insido. Ild likc to say soraothing elso. Thoso 39000 chickens wouldnlt smell as much or draw as many f lios as 35 chickcns would on tho outsido. Mr. Walk or : I4r. f?ar-nor, that could bo handled by 3 spocial permit. Kcrmit Rudolf: 14r. Chairman, Rudolf is my namc. Itm appoaring for Sidncy li. Smith-Company, and T. F. Smith, ownor of a lot in this ax oa proposed to bo zoncd. If I could show you on tho map, it is 120 f oot along Spi•ague and 146 f oet dacp. This property was purchasod by tho Company in 1949 as an invostmcnt for re-salo for businoss purposos. An investment was ma.do of $2,500 in purchasing thc lot. If tho zoning is mado, tho possibilities aro that tho invostmont made will matcrially decrease. It could bo sold for rosidontial purposes. Obviously thc salo of tho lot would bo far bolow tho $2,500 that was invosted i.n it. In connection with Mr. Harper, wo havv no concorn with that at all. Our only roquost to tho Board is to noint out that two yca,rs ago this land was purchascd, as Unclassifiod land, and re--zoning now, to a Suburban Zono would not carry out any of tho purposes provided in tho Planning Act as originnlly set up. You ha,vo tho considcration on ono hand of tho rosidents in tho arca who wieh to sot asido thcir homos in a Suburba.n Zone. On tho othcr hand you hava tho intorest of nroperty owners whv bought land belioving it to bo Unclassificd and you havo tho loss of investment which they would suffer if it is re-zonod. I wish to point out that it has boon eaid hero that ccrta.in things could cxist by Spocial Permit. Howovcr, by tho more fact that a srccial parmit may bo required, a Special Permit likvwise ma.y bo donied at tho discretion of tho Board. If a spocial permit ia roquirod, it is not unrcasonablo to boliove that tho land ownars in tho district would appaar at that timo to objcct to it, consoqucntly to argue that tho proviaion for a special permit is of any pai•ticular bencfit, I bclievc is miesing tho point. Tho 5idnoy Smith Conpany, oivnors of tho lot, would not havo tho chanco of solliizg tho lot for business, bocauso obviously, tho purchasors of tho lot would bo doniod thoir spocial permit for tho business they ha,vo contomplated. I am unablo to stato what uso is contemplated for tho land, bocauso tho Sidnoy 5mith Company ie mcrely holding it for invcstmont lourposes for resalo. Vlhat it is sold for doponds on i-!hat buyer appoars. 1,Ir. Andor son: How da ep i s your propor ty back f rom Spragu.e Avenuo ? ` 14r. Ructolf : It runs 1461 along Skipworth, and 120 feet along Sprague. , I4r. Meigs: Hzw far away is Mr. Harpor ls property? Nir . xudo lf : I don = t know, s ir . hLr. Ear-ocr: What do you moan? I•1r. I4oigs; From Sprague Avonue to the north lilzo of yotlr property is how many foct? IvIr. HarDor s I ti►ould imaginc about 250 f eot. -17- _ , SUMB.;~,-a ZQNI:TG Continu.-:d NIr. Rudolf : Ag tho Commissi4n is atiaarc, on tho oppositc sidc of Spraguo -~vonuo is a numbor of business ostablishments. Tha vntire axca along Spraguc appaars to mo to bo a businoss aroa. That was tho rcason tho la.nd was purchascd, by tho Sidnoy Smith Compariy. Mrs. Stroit; Itm ccrtainly in dcep sympa.tY~y with thc Sidney Smith Company. But, I doni t think anyono would bo unfair in granting a pcrmit and cortainly thaso worthy gentlomon could undorstand tha.t. They sat hero all aftornoon, and hoard two and four. If it a►oro a deoent placc, thoy wouldntt rofuso you a permit. ~,~T. Andersont Would thoro by any objoction in chzn~ing that 1461 bacY thcrc , along Sprague to a limited commercial zoilo? hxs. Strcit: Mr. Andcrson, I think wc aro all undcr tho iin-pression that 5praguc ' is definitely conmorcial. It is zonod cleax up to tho end of Sl=ipvrorth. Why should you let us out Y I t i s z oncd c loar up thero. j'r ca.r e tiie only unzoned part out thera. Wo aro not oven Agriculturally zoned.! Mr. Bianz; That is bccause you didn't roqucst it. ~Irs. Stroit: Wo requcstcd it bofore, Tom. 14r. ,Andcrson: You could tako back 1461 from Spraguc and zonc it Suburban from thero. Zono this right along Spi•agut~ as a Limitod Cormcrcial Zono. T-Irs. Strcit s Dofinitelyt it is. I4r. Vlalker: Would that satisfy S•ou, ifir. -Rudolf? Mr. Rudolf; Ilm not ablo to answer that sPecificially. Itm not certain under a Limitod Conmorcial wlia,t tho proceduro k►ould bo. Could I be advised of tr.at? Mr. Bionz; Wo could zono this with tho oxcoption of this 1461 as requestod in tho wtition. Then if somobody wanted to zono that for businoss, tllat is up to thom. Iir. Rudolf t You mean tho Commission would simply o=;cludo 1461 from this notitior_ and it would romain in its prosont state? P~Ir. Andorson; I rc:ally boli.eve that if yrou had Local Pusiness "or_e ar_ thero it would bo battor. Mr. :A loc~.l bunincss zonc kecps o:-Lt bc, rpu-lors and wrocking yards, atc. ~ Rr. Andcrnon: If you lcavc it o1Dcu z wrcc':in- vraI•d ca:1 ,~-~o in thcro. Tnat is wha.t wo arc trying to got away from. If you put up v. ziicc storc building, tllero would be no objection to it. Mr. Rudolf: I think tho Commissionts suggostion is i•lcll taken, but if this strip bo oxcludcd from this potiti.on, thcn tho Conj--,any ktill considor an a,ction havtng tho area mado into a limitod commercial zone. i-ir . Walker :~~'o could make i t as our own mo t ion. I"Irs. Streit; Mr. Chairman, I would likQ to say that it isn itjust becausc this brooder is going in ne::t doar to us, wo havo sovcral places that aro vory vulncrable porhaps to businoss that would bo mucll riore undesirable. Therc axo sevcral out buildings thcro that coula bo sold to ar~yonc. That is whv wc arc hcro. Ilts not just bocausc this ono thing brought us, it is tho wholo ar ca. Visitor: 14r. Cha.irman, I=no boen thci•c 29 years. I own throc acros right in tho heart of this zoning. I don it want to zonc it. S,lh„v zonc us and not zonc tho rcat of tho VallcyY Itvo livcd thcre 29 ycars and I haven1t ha.d it zonod. Mr. gndorson: I move, that if no one olse wishos to bo roard on this, NIr. S'tators ; I tm just f inisliing a$20, 000 home at Nor th 211 3owdish. I don t t caxc to have a chickon ynrd no ;t to rqy houso. Mr. Hut: I am E. L. Hut. I livc at 123 North Aowdish. I llavc a nicc horac thcro. I am in fa,vor of zoning tho whola thing. Mra. Stroit; Mr. Chairman, ',Itd like to call on Charlic Aarli. Hc .is supposcd to havo not boon agairist it: I1d liko to hcar from him. Mr. .$ar li : I4y namo i s Char los Aar li . I live at 11515 Eas t Sprague. I have tho 140tel hoz•c that tho lady montioned, also I havo this grocery storo on tho cornor of Bowdish and Sprague. Thc grocory store wa.s built in 1922 whon thoru wasn't anything out tharo. N~y Motol was built in 1947 whcn wo still had no restrictions out thore. 14r. Parker1s place is right back of mo. Trte had chickens thero -18... SUBURBAN ZOI,-iI~',G Continucd , before and tho man econiod to got by all righti 3ut I don lt aoa in this zoning, why we should be ponalizod on thia highway. Wo are 3321 from tho point of Bowdish Eoad cast. Thcro ia nothing oast of Skipworth Road tha,t is zonod noi•~. I would fool that thoso pooplo, if thoy wantcd to zono tho district, could loave us out » in othor k►ords o~cludc us from this zoning, bocausc tho Applc- way is definitoly a businoss district. Wo have tho servico station across tho way from us. x go about 1131 north of tho Highway. I havv 3321 along tho Highway. Evorything oast of mo is not zonod. In this district that thoy figuro on zoning, thoro a.ro throo of us mon who own practically all tho frontagc , on. tho highway. I think as long as you figuro on taking 14r. Smitht s proporty along hcro, you should tako in tho rest of this highway. Nothing clse could ' bc built thera as wo own the proporty. NIr. t1loigs: lihat k►ould prevont any of you throo mon from selling if you got tho right prico? You undorstand theso zoning rcgulations aro not retroactivc. You viould bo privileged to go ahcad with any activity you axo engaged in at this tino.. It isntt going to affect your businoss in any way. Only tho property you ha.vc for salc would bo affccted. I4r. Aarli; I plan to put a new aupcr market whero m,y old grocory storc is. Mr. Gi•aha.m: You could still do that. Ur. Aarli; I want you to ta.ko under considoration, tho exclusion of thie property all along tho highway. If thoy want to zono it furthor north, that is all right. Nr. .Andorson: I movo tha.t wo tako this up in Exocutivo Sossion. Rr. McCluro: Ild liko to second that motion. Motion carricd. ACTIOr1: Exocutivo Sossion roports that tho zoning bo postponod for further s tudy. gGRI CULTtTB,AL ZOISE DI STRI CT I1Ir. Grahaxl; GentlQmon, wc havc A--etitior. which rc=1.ds as follows: "ti'To tho undersignod land owners and tax payors of tho land dcscribod, hereby potitioli tha.t Soctiona 35Y 369 u.nd that nnrt of Section 349 lying oast of Socondary Highway #3--$, Townahip 25 North, Rango 44, bo zoiled as Agricultural:" That is this arca outlined in rod. (Pointing on ma,p.) It immodiataly adjoins an Agri- cultural zono to tho north, which you aro probably fami liar wi th. I t i s s igned by 39 protiorty owners. rYZr. NicCluro: Ia thoro anyono -arvsant objocting to this, Don? Mr. Graham: I couldntt say. Mr• Fosseon: Anybody for it? Ivlr. Rhodos: Yos, Paul Rhodos is my nane. We a.re for zoning. I4r. McCluro: Tlobody horo is objocting to it. Mr. Walkor: I movo tho potition bo grantcd. Mr. 14eia: I second tho motion. Motion carriod. gCTIOTJ: ,Agricultural Zone petition was granted. =CUTIVE SESSIODT REPORT Executivo Session ronorts tho following fi-?Zdings : SU}3TJRB,O Z0N~, DISTRICT That tho Planning Commission continuo this for tho next scssion of business, , and no -nermits to bc grantod othcr than residoilCCS• .AC i I VATEDT'r',:~RT I LI ZER CORPORATION Tha.t a pcrmit bo grantcd to construct thoir plant as por application on filc with this Commission, provided that said Corporation post to Spokane County a pcrfor- nanev end oporation bond in tho ponal sum of $ gua,rantccing tho construct.- ion of tho plan,t according to fina1 constructioiZ plans and spccifications approved --19-- EXECUTIVE SESSION REFORT ----,Continued ACTI VAT 73D FZRTI yI ZE'R CORPORATION SPECIAL PZAF«.II T-- Cont inuod by Dr. R. L. Albrook, Diroetor of the Research Division of tho State Collego of 1rTashington, and furthor guarantooing for a poriod of 5 years no fluorine •r othcr dama.ging or offensive gascs shall be emitted from said Phosphate Plar:t. AL`JUMIdiE ~'i' ' Thero boing no further businose to cone before thc Poard, the meoti11g was adj ourncd. APPRO VED A. 3. Foasoen, Chairman ATTEST: Don S. Graham, Exccutivo Socrotary -20- ~ Y40TICE OF PUrLIC HE.FRIV~ NC?TICE IS i-~.~~EBY GIVEN that the SpolLane Oounty Planning Com-- mission ni11 hold a public hea,ring in the Commissionerst Assembl,y Aoom in the County Court House on P2uraoa~ -`~~r at 2:00 P.M. to make decision on the following projectt ~~'..1 ~~t~:~. y ~..=i'i•' . ,Y'~ iki,.. I,~ r_;~ ~.tls "m$ wi 4 w*.*% ~y► ~ M~ Mf~i'! eift ~ AV!!~ ~M114 , W'~ ~ ~A~lfORi : t~, '~t• " *fi ~y``si . 1 . .~~y'_/~ ~ ~ i~~~,~~~ . 51 ,7 f At said t ime anci place, any interested person may bP hear(i for, or against, thP granting of the above applica,tion. SPOgANE COUNTY PLANNING CONIvIISSION ~ By c c~-v ''~)N S. GRAH..A.A, Executive SecrPtary 7)11TFIP : "?'C?KAivi, ,TWA: H ITTGi ON -V~ .",r,r i , t , .w I ~ J _ _ - I s ' - i ' ~ n ; I - _ _ i { { ~