04/03/2007 - Work Study - MinutesCity of Port Orchard
City Council Study Session
Regarding the Development Regulations Project
April 3, 2007
PRESENT: KIM E. ABEL, MAYOR
COUNCILMEMBERS: Fred Chang, Robert Geiger, Rob Putaansuu, and Rick Wyatt.
ABSENT: Council Members John Clauson, Rita Dilenno and Carolyn Powers
ALSO PRESENT: Public Works Director Abed, Planning Director Long-Woods, City
Clerk Merlino and City Attorney Combs.
City Attorney Combs opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. and started discussion with
confirming the revised meeting schedule, topics and the confirmation of the decisions
that were made at the March 20, 2007 Study Session.
Planning Director asked for further discussion and clarification on side-by-side short
plats. Council concurred to look into this discussion further by making changes to the
standards for short plat development.
The following topics were discussed with recommendations by the City Council:
Tremont Corridor Specific Plan
See attached letter from City Attorney Combs, dated April 13, 2007, which summarized
the action the Council agreed upon.
Critical Areas Ordinance
See attached letter from City Attorney Combs, dated April 13, 2007, which summarizes
the action the City Council agreed upon regarding the Critical Areas Ordinance.
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
Next Meeting is scheduled for April 18, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
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Michelle Merlino, City Clerk Kim E. Abel, Mayor
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Friday the 131h of
April, 2007
Original Sent Electronically and U.S.P.S. Mail
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Mayor Kim Abel
Council Members
City of Port Orchard
216 Prospect St
Port Orchard, WA 98366
RE: Our File No.: 27573
L. Paul Alvestad
Gregory F. Amam1
Lori M. Bemis
Loren D. Combs
T. Gary Cmmett
James W. Feltus
Jennifer A. Forbes
Brian L. Green
Dennis P. Greenlee, Jr.
Henry Haas
Gregory A. Jacoby
K. Michael Jennings
Project: Development Regulations Project
Subject: Agreed Changes from April 3, 2007 Meeting
Dear Mayor and Council:
Dave J. Luxenberg
Chris D. Mnharry
Timothy J. McLaughlin
Barbara Jo Sylvester
Christy A. Todd
Joseph P. Zehnder
Of Counsel
Ray Graves
Lawrence B. McNerthney
William F. Bergsten
Robe1t L. Beale
Gregory H. Pratt
Leo A. McOnvick
(1904-1994)
Thank you for another productive, on time meeting. I appreciate how everyone
came prepared to discuss these important issues. It allows us to effectively get through
a great many important issues in a short period of time. Set forth below is the
summation of the items on which no less than 4 council members agreed.
CONFIRMING APRIL 3 MEETING DECISIONS
The Council confirmed that my letter presented for the April 3, 2007 meeting
accurately reflected the decisions that were made at the March 20 meeting. Although
the issue wasn't raised at the March 20 meeting discussion on the Subdivision Code,
Joanne felt it important to bring up the issue as to whether or not the subdivision code
should require that the "shortplat" process could not be used unless it included ALL
contiguous property owned by the applicant. The Council consensus was that they
appreciated the issue being raised, but felt the best way to deal with the concern was to
make sure the development standards are improved to address the issue.
As a side note, our next meeting has been moved from April 17, 2007 at 7 P.M.
at City Hall to Wednesday, April 18, 2007. That date worked better for the Council and
still works for scheduling purposes.
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AGREED ISSUES
Mayor and Council
Friday the 13th of April, 2007
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TREMONT CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN
Issue 1. The Plan should be a zoning code overlay district that applies to all
properties within the district, just in the same sense that the DOD and the GUMPOD
apply to all the properties with in those overlay districts.
Issue 2. Joint use of parking by adjacent uses, regardless of whether they are on
the same parcel, will be encouraged.
Issue 3. We will add a definition section for words that are "specialty words" in this
document. With regards to the 3 words mentioned under this issue, the decision was as
follows:
A. "Natural" wtll have a meaning throughout the document similar to
that used on page 31. It is intended, from a color perspective to be "earth tones", or
other "non garish" colors.
B. All signage, including signage landscape requirements, will be in
accordance with the sign code.
C. The "village" concept is that the Council wants compatibility of
design between structures in the District so that it doesn't look "hodgepodge", but
integrated. The phrase that seemed to appeal to all present was "compatible and
consistent with surrounding design".
Issue 4. The Hearings Examiner will be the decision maker on all issues, with an
appeal to the City Council.
CRITICAL AREAS ORDINANCE
It was agreed that this was an item where it should not be discussed unless and
until there was notice of the intent to have a discussion provided to all of the people that
had attended the public hearings that had been previously held on this topic. The
consensus was this was not the time to consider this matter. Depending upon the
outcome of other issues in other jurisdictions, it may be added during the public hearing
process for consideration with the remainder of the development regulation issues, and
the "interested parties" that have previously provided the City with an interest in this
topic would receive a special notice as it relates to any hearings on Critical Areas
Ordinance.
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Mayor and Council
Friday the 131h of April, 2007
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That concludes the April 3, 2007 meeting agenda items, and the resolution of the
outstanding issues. APRIL 18 is the next meeting date, not the 1 yth as shown on the
agreed meeting date list.
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