City Planning Commission

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2024 4 P.M. CITY HALL HELD REMOTELY& IN-PERSON AT CITY HALL To participate remotely, you can: • Sign up to provide Public Comment at the meeting via calling in • Submit Written Public Comment Prior to 2 pm on March 13, 2024 • Join the Zoom Meeting Questions or Need Assistance? Please contact Planning Commission Clerk Kathy Cummings at kcummings@libertylakewa.gov . 1. Call to Order – 4:00 pm 2. Roll Call 3. Introduction of new Associate Planner Lance Mueller 4. GENERAL BUSINESS • Review of Agenda • Approval of Minutes from February 14, 2024 5. WORKSHOPS: • Preliminary Periodic Comprehensive Plan Update Work Program - Overview • Proposed Amendment for Fueling Stations as an Accessory Use 6. CITIZEN COMMENTS 7. REPORTS • Secretary’s Report • Planning Commissioner Reports 8. Adjournment Next Meeting: April 10, 2024  PUBLIC COMMENT If you wish to provide oral public comments or testimony during the Planning Commission meeting, please register through this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/s/86818958997 WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS If you wish to provide written public comments for the upcoming council meeting, please email your comments to kcummings@libertylakewa.gov by 2:00 p.m. the day of the Planning Commission meeting and include all of the following information with your comments: 1. The Meeting Date 2. Your First and Last Name 3. If you are a Liberty Lake resident 4. The Agenda Item(s) which you are speaking about JOIN ZOOM MEETING To view the meeting live via Zoom Meeting, join the Zoom web meeting: Meeting Instructions: To join the Zoom web meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/s/86818958997 Dial In Phone Numbers: • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 253 205 0468 US Meeting ID: 868 1895 8997  PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024 HELD VIA ZOOM & IN PERSON AT CITY HALL Planning Commission Members Present: Joe Mann, Tom Sahlberg, Jim Baumker, DG Garcia, Charlie Jencks, Phil Folyer, Dale Robbins (arrived at 4:40 pm) Adjunct Member(s) Present: Gene Heuschel and Troy Mullenix Staff Present: Lisa Key, Amy Mullerleile & Kathy Cummings Call to Order: Meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. Commissioner Mann requested everyone stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: A quorum of members was present. Review of Agenda & Approval of Minutes: Director Key requested that the Preliminary Periodic Comprehensive Plan Update Work Program Overview be removed from the agenda. Commissioner Sahlberg motioned to remove the agenda item, seconded by Commissioner Baumker. The motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Sahlberg motioned to approve the agenda as amended, seconded by Commissioner Baumker. The motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Garcia motioned to approve the January 10, 2024, Planning Commission meeting minutes, seconded by Commissioner Jencks. The minutes were approved unanimously. Workshops: Climate Resiliency Grant Scope and Timeline: Director Key presented an overview of the process and scope to address Climate Change. She explained that due to recent changes made to the Growth Management Act, this is a newly required element of the Periodic Comprehensive Plan update that will include resiliency and greenhouse gas mitigation sub-elements. Director Key also presented a timeline which details the task schedule for each sub-element and proposed final delivery dates. She stated that the City has received a grant from the WA State Department of Commerce for use in the coming biennium to assist with this update. There are several tools available for assistance and the city has hired a consultant to help us achieve the scientific components of the update. She asked the Planning Commission to keep in mind that this is the scope for one of the several elements of the Comprehensive Plan that will impact other elements, so it is important to get the planning underway early. Additional questions were asked by the Planning Commission and answered. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 1|2 February 14, 2024 Proposed Amendment for Fueling Stations as an Accessory Use: Director Key discussed and provided context to the proposed amendment. She presented the current limited use standards that exist and are the same within both the C-2 and RD-C zones for gas station/convenience store facilities. Director Key mentioned that there could be a fair number of primary uses that would want an accessory fueling station as part of their operation within both zones. She presented the proposed new use category and some potential limited use standards. The Planning Commissioners asked questions and requested examples of existing sites that have the twelve two-sided pumps. At the next workshop, Director Key will provide visual examples, a definition of pump sites as an accessory use to a principal use and will also propose some additional limitations. Citizens Comments: None Secretary’s Report: A workshop to further discuss the proposed amendment for fueling stations as an accessory use will be brought to the next meeting. Director Key will also provide an overview of the Comprehensive Plan work program. Commissioner Jencks asked about the status of the Community Events standards that were previously discussed. Director Key stated that we currently have draft documents of both a new application and operating guidelines. The City’s new Recreation Coordinator, Mickael Stevens, will be starting in early March and he will review prior to final implementation. An update will be provided to the Planning Commission once the documents are finalized. Commissioner Report: None Adjournment: Commissioner Jencks motioned to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Garcia. The motion carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 4:52 p.m. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 2|2 February 14, 2024