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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND PARKS COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
August 28, 2007- S: 00 p. m.
PRESENT
Councilmembers: Verna Griffin (sitting in for Pam Linder, Chair), Pam Carter and Dennis Robertson
Staff: Jack Pace, Carol Lumb, Brandon Miles, Derek Speck, Rhonda Berry and Kimberly Matej
Guests: Chuck Parrish and Mikel Hansen, Sabey Corporation
CALL TO ORDER: Verna Griffin called the meeting to order at 4:57 p.m.
I. PRESENTATIONS
No presentations.
H. BUSINESS AGENDA
A. Comprehensive Plan Amendments
Staff provided a brief background and summary of the current Comprehensive Plan amendment
process. According to the Washington State Growth Management Act, jurisdictions may not
amend their Comprehensive Plans more than once a year. The City currently has two applications
for Comprehensive Plan amendments that are under consideration.
On August 13, 2007, the City received a request from the Sabey Corporation for a
Comprehensive Plan amendment. The deadline for amendment applications was December 31,
2006; however, this application can be considered an "emergency" request and proceed through
the normal process as the existing two Comprehensive Plan amendment applications. Staff
further explained that the review process for the Plan amendments is not yet complete, and this
application is not interrupting the process. This application would merely need to join the
existing two in the review process.
Staff supports consideration of this amendment request in the 2007 review process. Full Council
will be asked to determine if the amendment should be considered in 2007 with the other existing
amendments, and if the amendment should be forwarded to the Planning Commission for further
review. The Committee was reminded that their recommendation is merely on process at this
time and not on the merits of the actual amendment application. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.
FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER 10 COW FOR DISCUSSION.
B. Consultant Contract for Shoreline Master Program Undate
In 2005 -07, the City was awarded $65,000 in grant funding from the Washington State
Department of Ecology for work relative to the City's Shoreline Master Program Update. The
Department of Ecology has identified that it is taking grant recipients longer to complete projects
than originally anticipated and has decided to add a third year to grant funding.
Staff reported that an additional $38,000 has been received from the Department of Ecology for
project completion as part of the third year funding. Originally, staff expected that some City
funds would be required to continue the use of ESA Adolfson to finish the project, but with the
third year grant monies, the project's consultant costs will be offset through the grant monies.
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With these additional funds, staff is seeking Council approval to renew an agreement with ESA
Adolfson for consulting services regarding the Shoreline Master Program. The contract amount
will not exceed $35,000. The completed Shoreline Master Program is now due to the Department
of Ecology by June 30, 2008. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER
10 COW FOR DISCUSSION.
C. Sign Code Update Timeline Briefing
Staff has begun preliminary work and is ready to proceed on a comprehensive update of the
City's Sign Code which was originally written in 1982. Staff is proposing the creation of a Sign
Code Committee that will be tasked with working through the specifics details of the new Code.
This process, which will be open to the public, is expected to take almost one year for completion
and adoption. Staff recommends this briefing move forward to full Council for further discussion.
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER 4 REGULAR MEETING
FOR DISCUSSION.
III. ANNOUNCEMENTS
No announcements.
IV. MISCELLANEOUS
Meeting adjourned at 5:22 p.m.
Next meeting: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 5 :00 p.m. - Conference Room 3
fV}a . Committee Chair Approval
~KAM. B - Reviewed by CL.