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HomeMy WebLinkAbout120924 City Council Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF PORT TOWNSEND MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING OF DECEMBER 9, 2024 CALL TO ORDER/ ROLL CALL The City Council met in a Regular Session on the 9th day of December 2024 in Council Chambers at 540 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Mayor Faber called the meeting to order at 6:01 pm. Councilmembers present at roll call were David Faber, Amy Howard, Monica MickHager, Neil Nelson, Ben Thomas, Owen Rowe, and Libby Wennstrom. Staff members present were City Manager John Mauro, Planning and Community Development Director Emma Bolin, Public Works Director Steve King, and Long Range Planner Adrian Smith. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA) Public comment was made, DISCUSSION ITEMS Forest Lands Assessment Mayor Faber stated due to scheduling conflicts this item will be moved to the next Council meeting. 2026 State Legislative Agenda City Manager John Mauro presented the 2025 Legislative Agenda Proposal which included Legislative Agenda Recap 2020-2024, 2024 Legislative Agenda: Framing Questions for this and Previous Years, 2025 Legislative Agenda: Proposal (Housing Top Request, Housing Additional Requests, Transportation Top Request, Transportation Additional Request, Climate Action Top Request, Climate Action Additional Request, Fort Worden Top Request, Fort Worden Additional Request, and Supporting Agency Partners. In response to Council's clarifying questions staff explained taxes on vacant land, discussion with legislators, taxes on land in urban area, Seattle affordable housing impact fees, Mill Road Roundabout work with County, County/City/State road intersection, specific climate action request, and Washington State Parks legislative priority. Discussion ensued around #1 top request, importance of addressing homelessness, importance ofAMI bullet, impact fee concept, stormwater, Jacob Miller connection to State Highway, Kearney St roundabout, Seattle Climate Action, shoreline, and Fort Worden maintenance. December 9, 2024 City Council Workshop Meeting Page 1 of 3 Public comment: Public comment was made, Comprehensive Plan Docketing Information Session (Joint City Council and Planning Commission Discussion) The Planning Commission joined City Council for a Special Meeting on the 9th day of December 2024 in Council Chambers at 540 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Chair Jahnke called the meeting to order at 7:04pm. Planning Commissioners present at roll call were Lois Stanford, Rick Jahnke, Robert Doyle, Andreas Andreadis, Samantha Bair -Jones, Stephen Mader, and Viki Sonntag. Planning and Community Development Director Emma Bolin, Long Range Planner Adrian Smith, and SCJ Alliance Principal Bill Grimes presented the Introduction to Comprehensive Plan Docketing: Joint Workshop of Port Townsend City Council and Planning Commission which included Docket Definition, Workshop Agenda, Why Use a Docket, Outline of Docketing Process, How the Preliminary Docket is Set, How the Final Docket is Set„ Today's Documents, Staff Proposed Preliminary Docket, Docketing Update Table, Staffs Suggested Criteria for Prioritizing Optional Amendments, Review Inputs, Themes from Public Engagement, Key Themes of Mandatory Requirements: (Equity, Housing, Climate, Transportation, and Open Space, Information Items for Discussion, Potentially time intensive (but important), Opportunities for Continued Public Engagement, January 2025, and February 2025. In response to Council and Planning Commissions clarifying questions staff explained housing and density being separate, land use element, Council/Planning Commission weighing in on criteria, identifying capacity of land for housing all income levels, forecast needed for capital facilities based on projected population, sea level rise and king tide, climate preparedness element metrics to assess, feedback process, mixed use mode implementation with higher densities, which approach requires more/less work for climate resilience goals/priorities, moving climate resilience goals and priorities around, food truck friendly, Golf Course rezone having own process, what you can't have goal, 2026, and prioritizing. Discussion ensued around criteria for prioritizing optional amendments, integrating infrastructure availability into land capacity/ analysis, staff capacity issue, future land use zoning map, new commercial strategy, what you can't have listed insteadof what you can listed goal, housing crisis, housing strategy„ engaged public process, non -market strategies, Joint workshops regularly, docketing table, and aging in place. Public comment: Public comment was made, ADJOURN There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:54pm. Attest„ December 9, 2024 City Council Workshop Meeting Page 2 of 3 Alyssa Rodrigues City Clerk December 9, 2024 City Council Workshop Meeting Page 3 of 3