2005, 11-14 Special Meeting MinutesMayor Wilhite called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m., and welcomed everyone to the special meeting
Attendance:
Diana Wilhite, Mayor
Rich Munson, Deputy Mayor
Dick Denenny, Councilmember
Mike DeVleming, Councilmember
Mike Flanigan, Councilmember
Steve Taylor, Councilmember
Absent:
Gary Schimmels, Councilmember
MINUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Special Meeting
Spokane Valley Church of the Nazarene
15515 E. 20 Avenue
Monday, November 14, 2005
City Staff:
Dave Mercier, City Manager
Nina Regor, Deputy City manager
Marina Sukup, Community Development Director
Greg McCormick, Planning Manager
Scott Kuhta, Senior Planner
Mike Basinger, Associate Planner
Mike Connelly, City Attorney
Carolbelle Branch, Public Information Officer
"Bing" Bingaman, IT Specialist
Chris Bainbridge, City Clerk
Others: Approximately 16 citizens
ROLL CALL: City Clerk Bainbridge called roll; all Councilmembers were present except
Councilmember Schimmels. It was moved by Councibnember DeVleming, seconded by Councilmember
Flanigan, and unanimously agreed upon to exduse Councilmember Schimmels from tonight 's meeting.
PUBLIC HEARING: Mayor Wilhite opened the public hearing at 6:04 p.m. for comments on the Draft
Comprehensive Plan, and invited public comment.
Mark Davis: 7302 E. 12 spoke on behalf of Karen Bergman, of 19009 E. Mission, owner of parcel 11
45094.0116; said that the parcel mentioned and the adjoining two parcels to the east, which are zoned
UR -3.5 and are surrounded by regional businesses, offices, apartments, • the freeway, and located on a
major arterial, should be zoned for office or apartment use; and that perhaps the best choice for zoning the
land would be UR -22, like the Ridgestone Apartments property next to the above - mentioned parcel.
Mary Pollard, 17216 E Baldwin Avenue., Greenacres: said she is speaking for the North Greenacres
Neighborhood; she mentioned underdeveloped roads and. the needs assessment of those roads; that
concurrency needs to be brought in to include more than major intersections; livestock must be included
in the comp plan; that Council needs to recognize these needs as legitimate and items which can be fixed
in the zoning and development regulations; that regarding land use, we need stronger use language for
historic preservation, and to provide tax incentives to list the historic homes; that there is nothing in the
comp plan that ensures property owners adjacent to developments are continually appraised and can
mitigate changes in a development plan along the way; that it makes for bad policy if citizens are told this
is just a civil matter; we need parks, should have transportation flexibility like five foot sidewalks and ten
foot planting strips; or use the planting strip as a buffer. She said she supports each G3 special needs
populations; and she finds that affordable housing is not built unless mandated.
Pete Miller, 18124 E Mission: said she is a Greenacres resident; that she spoke with Pat Harper of
Spokane County engineering who said the Board of County Commissioners can dedicate the right -of -way
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to the city but it must be on the comp plan map beforehand; and that she wants that map shown even if it
is just a proposal.
Don Manfred, President Design Works; 3311 W Pack Mule Lane; and resident at 121.11 E. Mission:
Spoke concerning the topography of the lower area as shown on the map he gave; he recommends mixed
use corridor because of the topography and because of the noise; and said it would be better than
residential; that he's in the interior design business, and the allowed decibels are too loud for homes and
duplexes.
Kurt Parker, 1.816 N Greenacres Road: said that three minutes is far too little time to discuss
everything; he wants to talk about parks, about the north Greenacres park, that there is an area set aside
for one, 30 -acre park; they don't feel that would help much in their neighborhood, they'd rather see three,
ten -acre parks with picnic areas and playgrounds, and he mentioned their Plan. .
Mayor Wilhite added that the Parks Masterplan topic is corning up for a public hearing November 29,
2005. Councilmember Denenny reminded everyone that. citizens can always submit comments in writing
to be included as part of the record. City Clerk Bainbridge also acknowledged that several additional
letters and a -mails have been received and will be included in the Public Comments Notebook for council
review. Mayor Wilhite invited further public comment; and as no further comments were offered, Mayor
Wilhite closed the public hearing at 6:25 p.m.
DISCUSSION: Council Deliberation: Transportation Chapter of the Draft Comprehensive Plan.
Council deliberation began with the Transportation Chapter, page 32, beginning with Goal TG 10 and
proceeding through the remainder of the Goals and Policies of that: chapter, and continued discussion on
the maps. Council discussed some goals and policies and did not discuss others where they had no
comments or suggested changes. Even after lengthy discussion, Council chose not to make any changes to
several goals and policies, and therefore, only those goals and policies with recommended changes are
noted below. Council began discussion of several of the maps, and determined that discussion would be
continued at the next meeting.
DELIBERATION: Deliberation began in the Transportation Chapter, page 32, Goal TG 10
TP -10.4: Council stated their concern on how to provide bus pull -out bays; it was Council consensus to
amend that policy to state: Work with STA in planning and developing bus pull -out bays on the far side
of intersections.
TP -10.5: after discussion on the need for this statement, it was Council consensus to strike 10.5 entirely
TP -10.6: no change other than to remove the bold type.
Aviation Coals & Policies
New policy TP -13.2: Council consensus to add the following language as new policy TP -13.2:
Discourage incompatible land uses and residential densities on lands adjacent to the airport.
MAPS:
Map 3.6 Proposed Truck Routes: Deputy Mayor Munson stated in regard to the truck route on Appleway
and Sprague, that just because it is not a through street doesn't mean trucks can't drive on it; that he
doesn't a see need to do this and feels it could be detrimental to the area; and proposes to not make this a
truck route. After lengthy discussion on whether this should be designated a truck route, there was
Council consensus to pull the truck route designation between Sullivan and Argonne.
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Map 3.2 Bike and Pedestrian System: after reminder that a suggested alternative was distributed earlier, it
was determined that staff will re- distribute extra copies to Council of that suggested alternative, and this
discussion will be postponed until the November 15 council meeting.
Map 3.1 Proposed Arterial Street Plan: proposed changes to that map were also distributed earlier and
those additional copies will be distributed again later to Council, and this discussion will also be
postponed until the November 15 meeting. Community Development Director Sukup mentioned if the
3.1 designation changes, a corresponding table will also need to be changed.
Page 11, Section 3.2.5, 3 bullet: Consensus to change the word "cheap" to "inexpensive."
Mayor Wilhite stated that Council will review the maps at tomorrow's Council meeting, and said by
adjourning now, councilmembers will have the opportunity to review the Land Use chapter before those
deliberations begin.
There being no further business, it was moved, seconded, and unanimously agreed to adjourn. The
meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
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Diana Wilhite, Mayor
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