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PC APPROVED Minutes 05-18-15 APPROVED Minutes—Special Meeting Spokane Valley Planning Commission Council Chambers—City Hall, May 18,2015 Vice-Chairman Anderson called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. Commissioners, staff and audience stood for the pledge of allegiance. Ms. Horton took roll and the following members and staff were present: Kevin Anderson Cary Driskell, City Attorney Heather Graham Lori Barlow, Senior Planner Tim Kelley Micki Harnois,Planner Mike Phillips Christina Janssen,Planner Susan Scott Marty Palaniuk, Planner Joe Stoy, absent excused Karen Kendall, Planner Sam Wood Sean Messner, Senior Traffic Engineer Deanna Horton, Secretary of the Commission Doug McIntyre, Planning Consultant Chris Brieland,Traffic Consultant Commissioner Graham moved to excuse Commissioner Stoy from the meeting. This motion passed unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENT: There was no public comment. COMMISSION BUSINESS: Deliberations of Comprehensive Plan Legislative Update Citizen Amendment Site Specific Requests: Ms. Barlow began the meeting by explaining the framework for the evening's discussion. The deliberations regarding the citizen amendment requests (CARs) should be focused on whether or not the specific request should be included for further analysis in the legislative update of the Comprehensive Plan. These CARs are not processed the same as the annual amendment process. These will not be approved or denied, as they have been in the past. The City Council adopted a public participation plan at the beginning of the update process. These CARs are another way to engage the public by allowing citizens to suggest areas which they believe need to be looked at for a change. This is another way for staff to hear from the community and to engage the public in the process. The City has held four public meetings so far regarding the vision of the City, the report back on those Visioning meetings, and the meeting to present the Vision Report. Tonight the Commission will review the CARs to determine if they should be included in the update for further analysis, deferred to an annual update process or not 'reviewed further. The Commission should keep in mind the themes which have already been identified by the community as housing, transportation, community character and economic opportunity. Staff have also noted in the memo the Office zone, and multi-family zones needs further analysis. Ms. Barlow also reminded the Commissioners their options for these requests were to 1) included the request in the legislative update of the Comprehensive Plan for further analysis, 2) defer the request to a regular annual Comprehensive Plan update, or 3) not to include the request in the Comprehensive Plan update analysis. Commissioner Anderson stated he had done some research on the Growth Management Act(GMA), Comprehensive Plan updates and the public participation plans. Commissioner Anderson stated he did not understand how this process (CAR) fit into the update process. Mr. Doug McIntyre, Planning Consultant with Van Ness Feldman, explained as part of the public participation plan instead of having the community submit letters suggesting areas which they believed needed to be reviewed 05-18-15 Planning Commission Minutes Page 1 of 4 they submitted CARs instead. Mr. Anderson was concerned the Comprehensive Plan does not address zoning. Mr. McIntyre stated the Comprehensive Plan was the goals and policies and vision for the City, the development regulations are the implementing rules, of which zoning is. (The City allows the zoning to change at the same time the Comprehensive Plan designation is changed, rather than having them be two separate processes, which would lengthen the time for a land use change to be finalized.) Commissioner Graham asked if the Commission were to decide not to move one of the CARs forward could one of those areas get looked at anyway. She stated her concern was the Commission was supposed to be the voice of the public. Mr. McIntyre responded it was possible however the public would still have opportunities to comment on any changes proposed to the Comprehensive Plan and the map. Commissioner Anderson asked what would happen if all the requests were removed and none were forwarded to the City Council. Ms. Barlow stated the Commission's statements, thoughts and the process would be forwarded to the Council, including their recommendation, and the Council would make the final decision on how to move forward. She also said the City has a certain population allocation which it must accommodate in planning for future growth. The City has to accommodate this growth in some way. Cary Driskell, City Attorney, asked if Commissioner Anderson meant he felt these request should wait until after the Comprehensive Plan update had been adopted. Commissioner Anderson agreed he felt they should wait. Commissioner Anderson asked if it was legal to add property which was not owned by the applicant to a request. Mr. Driskell and Mr. McIntyre both confirmed this was legal and appropriate at this time. Currently, the City is only looking at the requests for inclusion for further study in the larger Comprehensive Plan update. There will be no approval or denial of the submittals and changes could be made, or not made or could be something different than what was suggested in the submittal. Commissioner Scott asked if the public would get another opportunity to comment on these requests. Ms. Barlow said they would not be coming back in front of the Commission as individual requests but as possible changes to the Comprehensive Plan Land Use map. The public will have opportunities to comment on the changes to the Comprehensive Plan and the Land Use map as the process moves forward, however unless the Council directs differently, staff will not be noticing individual parties. The City has created a webpage specifically for the Comprehensive Plan update process and people can follow that page or subscribe to updates regarding the Plan Update. Commissioner Wood said he thought he understood these are not individual request exactly, but part of the process for areas to be looked at and reviewed. The information will be forwarded to the City's consultants for analysis and then be returned to the Commission and Council as part of the process to develop the Draft Comprehensive Plan. This was confirmed as correct. Commissioner Graham asked if all the comments received would also be forwarded to the consultants. It was confirmed the consultants would receive the public comment received as part of the record. The Commission then reviewed each of the CAR applications: CAR-2015-0001 — Addressed as 1618 N. Sargent Road: Request to change from Office to High Density Residential. This is located near the old University of Phoenix site, faces R-3 zoning. Commissioner Wood moved to recommend inclusion in the Comprehensive Plan update process for further analysis. The vote on the motion is four in favor, (Commissioners Wood, Kelley, Phillips and Graham), two against (Commissioners Anderson and Scott). Motion passes. CAR-2015-0002 — Addressed as 115 and 117 N. McDonald Road: Request a change from Low Density Residential to Corridor Mixed Use. Located one block north of Sprague Ave. Sites do have homes on them. Commissioner Kelley asked, if based on this request and further analysis, could more of McDonald Road be changed to Corridor Mixed Use. Mr. McIntyre said it would depend on 05-18-15 Planning Commission Minutes Page 2 of 4 the analysis, but it could be possible. Commissioner Kelley said if the analysis did not support the suggested change, then the applicant could apply later for the change in a regular annual Comprehensive Plan amendment process. It was confirmed to him that yes the applicant could do that. Commissioner Kelly moved to recommend inclusion. The vote on this motion was three in favor (Commissioners Kelley Phillips and Wood) and three against (Commissioners Anderson, Graham and Scott). This motion fails. A Comprehensive Plan amendment must have four votes. CAR-2015- 0002 will move forward with no recommendation. CAR-2015-0003 — Is a vacant lot east of Conklin and south of Broadway, just to the east of the Kohl's/Lowes development area. Request a change from Low Density Residential to High Density Residential. Commissioners felt this was appropriate. Commissioner Kelley moved to recommend inclusion. The vote on this motion was six in favor, zero against. This motion passed. CAR-2015-0004 — Addressed as 226 and 302 S. Sullivan and adjacent vacant lot; 15411 and 15423 E. 4`i; and 15410 E. 2nd Avenue: Request a change from Office/Medium Density Residential to Neighborhood Commercial. There was discussion from the Commission about the uses which are in the surrounding area, and up and down the right-of-way along Sullivan. It was also commented how future development will fill in between Sprague and 4th Avenue and also continues farther south. Commissioners commented regarding commercial impeding into the neighborhoods on the east side of the request. Commissioner Anderson moved to defer this request to a regular annual Comprehensive Plan update. The vote on this motion was five in favor (Commissioners Anderson, Graham, Phillips, Scott, Wood), and one against(Commissioner Kelley). This motion passed CAR-2015-0010 and 0011 —Addressed as 13215 and 13313 E. 4th Avenue: Request a change from Medium Density Residential to High Density Residential. Commissioner Wood stated he felt there were apartments along this area in many places. He said there were fewer single family residences being built. The Commissioner Graham confirmed the property was already Medium Density Residential. She also noted she had done some research on vacancy rates for the City which she stated was currently 15 percent. Commissioner Scott stated she felt because of the public comment she thought this should be deferred. Commissioner Scott moved to defer this request. The vote on the motion was three in favor (Commissioners Anderson, Graham, Scott), three against (Commissioner Kelley, Phillips, Wood). This motion fails. CAR 2015-0010 and 0011 will move forward with no recommendation. CAR-2015-0012 — Is a vacant lot which faces Skipworth just north of Sprague Avenue: Request a change from High Density Residential to Corridor Mixed Use. It was noted this property and parcels to the east of it are owned by O'Reilly's Auto Parts who plan on building on the corner of Sprague and Bowdish. Commissioner Graham moved to recommend inclusion. The vote on this motion was six in favor and zero against. This motion passed. CAR-2015-0013—Addressed as 8021 E. Broadway Avenue: Request to change from Office to High Density Residential. This request is east of Centennial Middle School. The applicant stated they feel there is too much office in this area and not enough High Density Residential. Commissioner Graham moved to recommend inclusion. The vote on this motion was six in favor and zero against. This motion passed. CAR-2015-0014 and 0015 —Addressed as 15316 and 15324 E. Valleyway Avenue: Commissioner Scott had recused herself from this amendment request and left the room for the discussion. Request a change from Low Density Residential to Community Commercial. These properties are west of Sullivan Road on Valleyway. There was a considerable discussion regarding traffic concurrency requirements and the traffic concerns raised by some neighbors. Infrastructure improvements would be required at the time of a project permit request. Commissioner Anderson asked about the GMA requirement for requiring infrastructure before development. Staff explained the Comprehensive Plan is a 20-year vision for the City and GMA requires concurrency when planning for growth. 05-18-15 Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 of 4 Commissioner Phillips moved to recommend inclusion. The vote on this motion was four in favor (Commissioners Anderson, Kelley, Phillips and Wood), one against (Commissioner Graham), the motion passed. Commissioner Scott returned to the room. CAR-2015-0016 —Located at the intersection of Barker Road and Laberry: Request a change from Medium Density Residential to High Density Residential. It is identified as the Southern Manufactured Home Park. Commissioner Graham recused herself from this request and left the room. Commissioner Phillips wanted to defer the request until Barker Road was able to handle the traffic. Commissioner Phillips moved to defer this request. The vote on this motion was five in favor, zero against. The motion passed. Commissioner Graham returned to the room. CAR-2015-0017 — Addressed as 807 N. Argonne Road: Request a change from Office to Neighborhood Commercial. Commissioners had a question about a statement on the staff report, of the request not fitting into the themes of the update. Themes for review of the update were identified as housing, transportation, economic opportunity and community character. Ms. Barlow responded the request did not fall into one of the specific themes identified in the vision report; however it does not mean the suggestion does not have merit. She noted staff have commented several times they are aware the Office designation is not working well in the City and requires further analysis. This suggestion would fit into that analysis. Neighborhood Commercial would be appropriate at this intersection. Commissioner Phillips moved to recommend inclusion. The vote on this motion was five in favor (Commissioners Graham, Kelley, Phillips, Scott and Wood), one against (Commissioner Anderson). The motion passes. CAR-2015-0020 — Addressed as 12717, 12725, 12803, 12815, 12823 and 12903 4th Avenue: Suggesting a change from Medium Density Residential to High Density Residential. Commissioner Scott stated she felt Medium Density Residential was already a transitional designation, to which Commissioner Graham agreed. Commissioner Kelley moved to recommend inclusion. The vote on the motion was three in favor (Commissioners Kelley, Phillips, and Wood), and three against (Commissioners Anderson Graham and Scott).This motion fails. CAR-2015-0020 will move forward with no recommendation. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:44 p.m. - jj Keflin Anderson, Chairperson Date signed 4.3.),) Deanna Horton, Secretary 05-18-15 Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 of 4