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Agenda 06/23/2005 SPOKANE VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Council Chambers -City Hall 11707 E. Sprague Avenue 6:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m. ***June 23, 2005 *** I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES • June 9, 2005 VI. PUBLIC COMMENT VII. COMMISSION REPORTS VIII. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT IX. COMMISSION BUSINESS New Business — none Public Hearing — City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Draft X. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER Xl. ADJOURNMENT COMMISSIONERS CITY STAFF Fred Beaulac Marina Sukup, AICP Robert Blum Greg McCormick, AICP John G. Carroll, Vice-Chair Scott Kuhta, AICP David Crosby, Chair Mike Basinger, Assoc. William Gothmann Deanna Griffith Gail Kogle Ian Robertson www.spokanevalley.orq Spokane Valley Planning Commission Draft Minutes Council Chambers —City Hall 11707 E. Sprague Ave June 9, 2005 CALL TO ORDER Vice Chairman Commissioner Carroll called the meeting to order at 6:05 pm. Staff attending the meeting: Marina Sukup, Director of Community Development, Greg McCormick, Planning Manager, Scott Kuhta, Sr. Planner and Deanna Griffith, Administrative Assistant II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Commission, audience, and staff recited the Pledge of Allegiance. III. ROLL CALL Fred Beaulac— Present Bill Gothmann— Present Bob Blum —Present* Gail Kogle—Present John G. Carroll — Present Ian Robertson— Present David Crosby—Absent* Commissioner Carroll stated Commissioner Crosby was in transit, he arrived at 6:11 where he then took charge of the meeting. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Robertson moved that the June 9, 2005 agenda be approved as amended, to move the Old Business to after the Commissioner' report instead of after administrative reports and the chapter review of he comp plan chapters. Commissioner Kogle seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES It was moved by Commissioner Beaulac seconded by Commissioner Kogle that the minutes of the May 26, 2005 Planning Commission meeting be accepted as written. Motion passed unanimously. VI. PUBLIC COMMENT There was no public comment. VII. COMMISSION REPORTS Commissioner Gothmann reported that he attended the City Council session on Tuesday June 7, 2005. He stated there was discussion on traffic control and permits for block parties, Greenacres moratorium, which he stated he would April 28,2005 Planning Commission Minutes Page 1 of 3 Spokane Valley Planning Commission Minutes leave to Commissioner Crosby to address, and the City's appeal of the County's issuance of the DNS for the Ponderosa area development. Commissioner Crosby reported that there was quite a discussion of the North Greenacres Neighborhood's request for a moratorium. Commissioner Crosby said he did talk with the council and tried to explain the Commission's thoughts behind not recommending approval. Commissioners Beaulac, Blum, Carroll, Kogle and Robertson had nothing to report. VIII. COMMISSION BUSINESS A. OLD BUSINESS: Street Vacation Request STV 03-05 for a portion of Shannon Ave. east of Houk Street abutting Assessor Parcel # 45103.0505, 45103.0206, 45103.0208 and the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way. Commissioner Gothmann reminded that there was a motion on the floor that needed to be addressed. Commissioner Gothmann moved to have the motion removed from the table. Commissioner Robertson seconded the motion, passed unanimously. Commissioner Crosby that Mrs. Griffith read the motion original motion. "It was moved by Commissioner Gothmann that the commission recommends to the Council approval of Street Vacation STV-03-05, based on the findings of fact and the recommendation of the staff." Director Sukup explained to the commissioners that the petitioner is requesting this section of Shannon be vacated for the development of multi-family housing on these parcels. Chad Riggs, 803 E. 3rd Ave. Mr. Riggs represents J.R. Bonnett Engineering and the applicant, Mr. Bill Lawson. Mr. Riggs stated he was here to answer any questions the commissioners have. Commissioner Blum asked Mr. Riggs if the only access to this multi-family complex would be the cul-de-sac. He also stated that he has had the fire dept. and the police dept. look at the plans and intentions and signed off that with conditions, such as curbs, sidewalks and no parking signs they would approve. There was a traffic impact study done by Whipple Consulting Engineers also. There will be a right of way for them to get into and out of their property. Discussion was also focused on the Mansfield extension to Mirabeau. Mr. Lawson can not develop the parcels to the north of the currently discussed parcels until Mansfield is further developed and it would also allow more access to the current project. They can not proceed with this plan (Mansfield extension) until the owner of the properties to the east, Mr. Hamilton, decides to develop his parcels. He is not ready to do that, there is dissention between Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Lawson and Mr. Hamilton will not cooperate in the development. Commissioner Crosby closed the public hearing at 6:33 seeing there were no more questions for Mr. Riggs. There was more discussion about the access into and out of the properties. Commissioner Blum again stated he was not comfortable supporting this because he is not comfortable with the access as it is right now. Commissioner Kogle seconded the motion to recommend to the City June 9,2005 Planning Commission Page 2 of 3 Spokane Valley Planning Commission Minutes Council approval of Street Vacation STV-03-05, based on the findings of fact and the recommendation of the staff." A vote was taken, 6 in favor, 1 opposed, motion passes. New Business No new business IX. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS Greg McCormick and Scott Kuhta addressed more questions from the Land Use chapter. It was noted that there is no clear policy on City/County/ coordination when it comes to projects that span the two jurisdictions. UGA is not discussed in depth at this time because we are awaiting approval of the Comp Plan to then turn to focus on Urban Growth and county allocations. The Commissioners wanted to know what they could do in order to make sure that we are considered a partner in development projects that are in both the City and the County. There has never been an agreement with the County to enable this to take place. The Commissioners wanted to know if they could draft a letter stating specific instances where we were not allowed to work in a cooperative manner. It was determined that the Commission would have a letter drafted to ask for some agreement to work together in the future. Mr. Kuhta stated he would help out by drafting a letter for the commission to send to the County leaders, as well as copying the City Council. Mr. McCormick and Mr. Kuhta also covered the Transportation chapter of the Comp plan. X. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER Commissioner Robertson wondered what the policy should be when the Commission makes a recommendation to Council and Council states they do not understand the thought behind the recommendation and move forward with items the Commissioners felt was not necessary. Commissioner Crosby stated that as Chairman he attends each council meeting in case the Council has questions of the Commission and their recommendations. There is no policy that prevents any Commissioner from attending any council meeting to express their personal point of view. XI. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m. SUBMITTED: APPROVED: Deanna Griffith, Administrative Assistant David Crosby, Chairman June 9,2005 Planning Commission Page 3 of 3