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Home My WebLink About052782 Min PORT TOWN191ENOt WABHINGTON 9836a 41 Port Townsend. Planning Commission f j CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND Minutes of Iblay 27, 1982 T, Opening Business Ch *nmm Floyd caed the meeting to order at 8:Q0 PeMe 0 Members present were John Floyd., Jim Campbell., Bl'},a. Henderson., lmlanda Black, Larry Dennison and Julie I*IcGulloch, City Engineer Roger French was present. Chairman Floyd stated at the regular June 1,Teet3*.ng 'the comnassion would handle Subdivision Application No. 681v&02 (preliminary hearl"rig} of Lebens, Mis sag and Barr., and Street Vacation and P.U.D. 130. 4$2-03 of DuJardin Custom HomesInc. ;1anda Black moved that the minutes be approved as �rritten. Ja.m Campbe3.l seconded the motion and the vote was unar=ous, harry Dennison told the commissi4on that he was on the cufflMittee to help draft job description for Public Works Director and would lobby for that person to • have plan, ng sk1s. II. The Proposed Fer Te nal Bob Delf-folf e have a presentation of his study of the planned new ferry terminal. He used sketches to illustrate h3*.s points. Mr. DelJolf e stated there would be space to han e a total. of 194 cars waiting t o board a ferny. On the Previ ous 1�1,onday iarhi ch was Queens Day., a major Canadi'an holi'day, there were 22b cars waiting to cross on the ferry. Had the proposed ferry been bu:oLlt there would have been cars backed up to the Roma Inn and. the right lane blocked for over an hoar. By 5:Q0 P.M. it had cleared up. He said by year 2000 there would be an increase of 131% projected by a study that was done (:'Lt was revised in 1980 these were the figures estimated conservatively). I%lr. DelJolfe stated thatthe left turn Zane Urou'�.d be a probleM with cars sacking ug during red }.fight and not able to get i*n ferry dines Tenth the free right hand turn f illing lines during the Sight. People wanting to use the plaza or businesses on the opposite Side of the street would be denied access anyt=* e the ferry unloads or loading in excess of the car lu* nit. People off-loading and wanting to use the plaza would be blocked to do so. Mr. Delelo e said local traffic patterns would changetrip.l as ferry patrons use residential streets to come down Kearney to access the free right turn.. • lane. People of f-loadamg trill tend to turn out of town instead of staying. T1111111111le tolm :is looking to stimulate touM6sm and fixing up a fir things trill not be better. The terminal would have a negative effect on the plaza. Local people wM*l]. develop habits which -r�.11 be negative for the downtoiftm area. ' De"Jolfe said that the mediation c ommittee didafine job. He said out of 45 or46 issues that tonere mediated, roughly half were compromised or altered by the Department of Transportation. I& b lair, Wolfe gave the seven major agreement points in contract. 1. Term"nal accomodates approximately 15� cars and there is no way for 300 cars to be handled by year 20000 2. The committee agreed on 2 acres of land and actually it i*s 1.2 acres. 3. The termi*nal was to proVide multiple use when there is no bicycle lane, no viewing platforms, no fi'shi'ng. Where wall be a series of dates to close off area when not in ur:,e. 4. Dock fac3'.1121*Lty with 2 slips of double lay:Lng ia'dth for 2 ferries, This i s alright. 5. Phase construction opportunities can exist and this i*s possible. 6. Traffic circulation W:ffiLth minimum need for traffic personnel.. phis is not resolved, 7. Site technically and economically feasible. Department of Transportation says yes, bud �Ir. D2�da�.�e i�as not in agreement. Mr. I)OVIolfe said that the D.0.T. was extremely insensitive to the bluff. The Department of Transportation a.s piann�.ng on putting an emrgency tralk and a stoz�n drainage system an the bluff si'de. The storm drainage system isrould be cheaper t o put Gin on the opposite Sa.de of street. The survey data was not good. • Mr. Delvkloife staffed that the poi nts of concern were there on the matrix, but were not included. Problem of economic vitality. :1hat happens duri"ng construction? Only one lane open., then one way pattern starts. People moll not 11*kely see how lovely Port Townsend is. AIow 3"-s not the time economically to do this to the already slm,ipingeconomy of the city. ]?urine; the construction, it vi have terrible impact an the downtown area. 40 111r, DeTollolfe, said to ask what happened to the oragj9 nal agreement?, twat =pact trill proposed ferry have on Pont Townsend? Barbara Bogart stated she would like a date i1rhen rest of original pian frill b e c ompleted including expansion and etc.). Chairman Floyd asked Ms. Black, Mr. Dennison, and Ms. McCulloch to prepare a letter to the CouncaLl to reopen this proposed project so that A.O.T. can ansvrer the concerns of this commission. IIT. Adjournment Chaian Floyd adjourned the meeting at 10:00 P.11. Virginia Mulkey.,Secretary NOTE: THIS i-,"�,�T�:;:i :+'.; i:��'E RECURDED. -2 - GUEST LIST S I GNAT U RE PRINTED ti!�ME :; .(��DRESS �� 10 rQ.� ��.� � �vsselja. Q. �cl,�olf� G��eh M a c ()AP 311 Z,,,,0*40)z --ewr if'iX joem-...o /I CIVE 0 Al 1000" - (m?//.- --�/, QCS �� ANN AWL r4 oc lip e AJ AJ CDcv�� B 7,16 ��Y4 ec,2 . 160<5 oqoe 7' 7/6 71OF mp� ,� �eor � L 797- 2Poe 5� N `1ST �s�