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Oak Harbor City Council Special Workshop – Joint Meeting with the Island County Board of Commissioners Minutes April 23, 2024 This was both a physical meeting location and a virtual meeting. Meeting was viewable live via YouTube at www,youtube.com/cityofoakharbor, on Facebook, and on Cable Channel 10/HD 1090 following the meeting CALL TO ORDER Island County Board of Commissioners Chair Jill Johnson reconvened the Board of Commissioners’ meeting from earlier in the day. Mayor Wright called the special workshop joint meeting for the City of Oak Harbor to order at 1:00 p.m. ROLL CALL City Council Present: City Staff Present Mayor Ronnie Wright Interim City Administrator Sabrina Combs Mayor Pro Tem Tara Hizon Deputy City Admin. & Finance Dir. David Goldman Councilmember Jim Woessner Development Services Director David Kuhl Councilmember Bryan Stucky Public Works Director Steve Schuller Councilmember Shane Hoffmire City Engineer Alex Warner Councilmember Eric Marshall Principal Planner Cac Kamak Councilmember Christopher Wiegenstein Assistant Planner Nolan Grunska Councilmember Barbara Armes Interim Fire Chief Gordon Olson Executive Assistant Macalle Finkle City Clerk Julie Nester County Commissioners Present: Commissioner Jill Johnson County Staff Present Commissioner Melanie Bacon Planning Director Mary Engle Commissioner Janet St. Clair Assistant Planning Director Jonathan Lang Long-range Planner Emily Neff Long-range Planner Emily Carr Long-range Planner John Lanier Clerk of the Board Jennifer Roll Deputy Clerk of the Board Megan Read MAYOR Mayor Wright thanked both City of Oak Harbor and Island County staff for planning today’s meeting, and Skagit Valley College for hosting. He noted we at the City hope this will be the first of several joint meetings to review and discuss land use policies and regulations of mutual interest. Both the City and the County are faced with comprehensive planning updates, including the recently adopted Countywide Planning Policies. Mayor Wright noted he was looking forward to identifying and discussing our ideas and challenges for planning, boundaries and zoning, housing allocations, and examining our Interlocal Agreements. Mayor Wright noted there were no items for action and public comment will not be taken. Workshop Meeting Minutes April 23, 2024 Page 1 of 2 Principal Planner Cac Kamak with consultant Clay White of Kimley-Horn reviewed the City’s Compre- hensive Plan. This overview included history and land uses and a capacity analysis. . Long-range Planner Emily Neff, reviewed the County’s Comprehensive Plan and Countywide Planning Policies, including housing allocation challenges and schedules, and urban growth area modifications. Interim City Administrator Sabrina Combs led an Identification of Ideas & Challenges Activity. Each elected official provided one idea and one challenge. An Open Roundtable Discussion of Ideas and Challenges followed, with a distribution of these into cat- egories by the planning teams of both entities into these areas: Interlocal Agreement (ILA) ideas and challenges Planning Documents ideas and challenges Future/Parking Lot ideas and challenges A general discussion of all ideas and challenges ensued. Emphases were placed on Housing, Trans- portation, and communication. The Commission and Council agreed the meeting was productive and requested each staff determine and plan for a next joint meeting, September 10, 2024. ADJOURN Commissioner Johnson adjourned the Island County Board of Commissioners meeting at 3:53 p.m. Mayor Wright thanks all for their attendance and adjourned the special workshop at 3:54 p.m. Certified by Julie Nester, City Clerk Workshop Meeting Minutes April 23, 2024 Page 2 of 2