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OUTLINE MINUTES
2016 Comprehensive Plan Technical Committee
(Name of Committee, Board, Task Force, Commission)
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2015 Time: 3:00 Location: City Hall, Conference Rm. 3 Scribe: Judy Surber
Members Present:
George Kovich (WSDOT), Tammi Rubert (Jefferson Transit), Kevin Streett (PUD No. 1), Jami
Maciejewski (Habitat for Humanity), Peter Quinn (EDC), Mari Mullen & Samantha Thomas (Main Street), Larry Crockett
(Port of PT), Dr. David Engle (PTSD), Judy Alexander (Local 2020), Cindy Jayne (Climate Action Committee Chair),
Owen Fairbanks (Jefferson Land Trust), Al Bergstein (Jefferson Marine Resources Committee)
Guests:
Monica Mick-Hager (Planning Commission Chair), Doug Frick (Planning Commission), Rick and Debbie Jahnke
Staff Present:
Judy Surber (Planning Manager), Eric Toews (Cascadia Planning Services)
Topic Recommendation/Action Follow-up
(if needed)
Welcome & Introductions
Meeting Purpose
– Eric Toews and Judy
Surber gave an overview of the purpose of
the Growth Management Act & meeting
goals. The Planning Commission is
developing a recommended workprogram
for the 2016 Comprehensive Plan Update.
As part of that process we need to:
- Identify key data sets that describe our
community
- Examine whether the assumptions
underpinning the Plan remain valid.
- Identify data sets that demonstrate where our
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Topic Recommendation/Action Follow-up
(if needed)
plan has succeeded or fallen short
- Identify changed circumstances (or lack of
change) that indicate the need to amend the
Plan.
- Committee was directed to keep a view
towards those trends the city may be able to
affect through policy, regulatory changes, or
capital investment.
Review of 1996 Comprehensive Plan
Eric Toews described Key Concepts of the
1996 Comprehensive Plan
Overview of Potential Data Sets
Judy Surber reviewed data sets that had
been identified by staff and the Planning
Commission based on Economic
Feasibility Study for the Howard Street
Corridor, Speaker Series at the Planning
Commission and the Comprehensive Plan
Assessment Criteria in Chapter
20.04PTMC
Optional Amendments - Themes
Judy & Eric gave a brief overview of the
trends that have been identified and based on
these trends, the four potential optional
amendment “themes” that have emerged:
Economic Development; Planning for
Transition and Community Resilience;
Revisiting the Mixed Use Center
Designations; Policies and Capital
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Topic Recommendation/Action Follow-up
(if needed)
Improvements that Support Young
Families and Youth
Given limited time and resources the City
Council may choose to focus only on the
GMA mandated updates or choose to
address a limited number of Optional
Amendments. However, the process could
include “placeholders” for future action on
optional themes identified.
Q&A:
Committee members were asked for During discussion, committee members Al and Kevin offered to help with
input on data sets and trends that may identified the following potential data sets: Broadband information.
difficult to quantify. Where has the 1)Jefferson County Greenhouse gas
Comprehensive Plan been successful, where emissions from the Climate Action Samantha offered to help identify key
is it falling short? Planhealth data sets.
2)Fitness/obesity
3)Special needs/disabilities
4)Broadband
5)Second homes
6)Trips for work vs. errands
7)Chamber survey on work
commutes
8)Dial-A-Ride calls increasing yearly
9)Retail sales tax (up)and downtown
commercial vacancies (down); Port
vacancy (one space available)
Committee members generally agree that:
1)It is becoming increasingly more
difficult to predict the future.
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Topic Recommendation/Action Follow-up
(if needed)
2)City needs to work on being
sustainable and resilient given
trends in Climate change,
economics, energy
3)The city is trending toward a
retirement/resort town. Consistent
with the Community Direction
Statement, members expressed the
desire for a “real town” which
accommodates young families.
4)How we characterize our
community is important, we may
be getting older but we are active.
Capture the story in a positive light.
5)We have been through and are
facing extraordinary economic
times
6)Community engagement and
leadership are needed.
7)A variety of housing types is
needed.
Suggestions included:
1)Consider a Level of Service (LOS)
for non-motorized transportation
2)Plan for both retirees and the
demographic you want to attract
3)Older, healthier population. Plan
for aging in place
4)Affordable housing suggestions -
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Topic Recommendation/Action Follow-up
(if needed)
Consider zero lot line without a
requirement for condominiums,
variety of housing types to include
tiny houses, shared housing.
5)Need to identify how to attract
young working families
6)Access to local food needs more
emphasis
7)Consider incentives to promote
desired growth. (e.g., reduce
parking requirements for mixed-use
centers; subsidize ADU rent).
8)Seek ways to engage
youth/students (e.g., committee
membership)
9)Lead by example (e.g., city install
rain barrels and solar panels)
George gave a brief overview of WSDOT
role and long-range planning. They are
undergoing a shift in the way they do
business to get the most capacity of the
entire multimodal transportation system,
leverage limited funding and engage with
communities and partners. It places more
emphasis on working across all modes and
sustainable investment decisions. He
noted ferry ridership had a downturn but
appears to be coming back up. The
number of commuters on the ferry has
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Topic Recommendation/Action Follow-up
(if needed)
decreased while recreational trips are
increasing. WSDOT offers annual traffic
reports and a Community Planners Portal.
Public Comment Mr. Jahnke presented draft graphs of
census data showing various socio
economic/demographic trends.
Monica Mick-Hager thanked attendees for
their time.
Next Steps:
Judy described the process
for developing the Work Program
including Workgroups for each of the 5
Plan elements, a Town Meeting and
Hearings before the Planning Commission
and City Council.
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