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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning April 11 19952 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 4 1,5 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL Planning & Development Committee April 11, 1995 The meeting was called to order at 3:04 p.m. by Committee Chair Ward Nelson in the Committee Room of the Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue. Also Present: Marlene Dawson Larry Harris Absent: None COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL 1. ORDINANCE CONVERTING ACCESSORY DWELLINGS FROM CONDITIONAL USES TO ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL USES, MODIFYING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LAKE WHATCOM AND LUMMI ISLAND, CREATING AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL SECTION FOR THE RESORT - COMMERCIAL ZONE, AND MODIFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS (AB95 -098) (FROM 3/28) Nate Brown, Planning & Development Department, spoke on proposed language and provided a handout. Dan Taylor and Bill Florea, Planning & Development Department, commented. Dawson moved to recommend amendment of the ordinance by increasing the square footage from 1,000 to 1,300 square feet. Motion carried 2 -1 with Harris opposed. Dawson moved to recommend amendment on page 3 by deleting #6 entirely. Motion carried 2 -1 with Harris opposed. Planning Minutes, 4/11/95, Page 1 1 Nelson moved to recommend amendment by adding on page 6, lines 20 through 2 25: '" 1 <_ ; R ' and deleting lines 25 3 through 29: ... ". 4 5 Motion carried 2 -1 with Harris opposed. 6 7 Dawson moved to recommend amendment on page 2, Section 2, by adding a 8 Section H on page 2 after "Now, therefore be it ordained... 9 WW ;4 10 11 Dawson withdrew her motion in order to have this item placed on the 1996 12 agenda. 13 14 Dawson moved to recommend the amended ordinance for approval. 15 16 Motion carried 2 -1 with Harris opposed. 17 18 Nelson moved to recommend placing this amended ordinance on the April 1996 19 agenda for review. 20 21 Motion carried unanimously. 22 23 2. RESOLUTION TO LEASE COUNTY -OWNED PROPERTY TO THE ,1 OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL FOR LOW- INCOME HOUSING (AB95- 45 050A) (FROM 2/14) 26 27 Marty Snyder, Opportunity Council, commented that all services must come 28 together for possible solutions. 29 30 Barbara Brenner, Council member, commented. 31 32 Dawson moved to table this item indefinitely. 33 34 Motion carried 2 -1 with Harris opposed. 35 36 Valerie Smith, Building Industry, commented. 37 38 Dawson moved to recommend for approval the following language: "Resolved 39 that the County will explore the possibilities of partnering with a non - profit housing 40 provider(s) to develop an affordable housing project(s). The first step of this process is 41 to identify what resources the County and other public and private parties can contribute 42 to such a project. The result will be identification of a project needs analysis and 43 resources available to implement it." 44 Planning Minutes, 4/11/95, Page 2 1 Harris moved to add language: 2 housing " 3 4 Motion carried unanimously. 5 6 Those also speaking included: 7 8 Bob Anderson 9 Harry Nagel, 2538 Grant Street 10 11 ADJOURN 12 ...develop an affordableai #` 's 13 The meeting was adjourned at 4 :25 p.m. 14 15 16 17 ./��lJ 424 J M a 18 EliZabeth Bennett, Recording Secretary 19 20 ATTEST: 21 22 23 1,5 �` 26 tH . fr-bwn-Dav—is,—Co—ulfc-fi Clerk 27 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Klouo&- Ward Nelson, Council Member Planning Minutes, 4/11/95, Page 3