City Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

We'll bring our meeting to order and welcome to the Wednesday, May 28, 2025 meeting of the Liberty Lake Planning Commission. We'll begin with our roll call, please. Joe Man here. Tom Sberg here. Jim Bumper here. DG Garcia here. Charlie Jensen here. Dale Robbins. Uh, Phil Foler here, Gene Hel and Troy Mullen here. Uh, thank you. Would you please stand and join me in the pledge to the flag? Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you everyone. We'll begin with uh looking over our agenda. Anybody have any additions or changes to the agenda? Entertain a motion to approve to approve. Second, Mr. Jinx and Mr. Sberg. Thank you. All in favor? Thank you. Next is minutes. Everybody had a chance to review the minutes. any changes or deletions or additions? Yes, sir. A comment. Uh we had a discussion about the impact of u warming of uh Lake Portal Lane and potential impact of releasing uh heavy chemicals into the aquifer. And I think the consult was had an action item because they they had never heard of that uh risk and they were going to uh if I recall the the consultants were going to follow up on that and get a little bit

more information and document that risk. Was that was during citizen comments? No. No, that was okay. That's a comment I made. I don't know when it was. that second meeting. Okay. Okay. We will modify the minutes to include that. Okay. So, entertain a motion to approve the minutes as amended. Commissioner Jinx, Commissioner For, you second. Sure. Thank you, gentlemen. All in favor, please say I. I. Thank you. uh workshop versus our land use chapter red lines director key. Yes. So um oh I'm sorry having technical there we go. So the major changes to the land use chapter um I wanted to just kind of start off by saying we didn't make a lot of huge changes to it. We moved the land use goals and policies into the land use chapter from its chapter one I or two was the um goals and policies and we've done that with all the chapters today. Also I updated and organized land use policies under land use goals. So you'll see some red lines there and you'll see that the numbering has changed. We have goals in one location, policies in another and this was an effort to it it really helps to better understand the the policies or how you are going to um implement the goals. So it's really it

really helps to reorganize them in that fashion. Um also uh we reference goals and policies of the climate and environment and housing chapters. We may also have some additional goals and policies in the transportation chapter. We'll know when we get there, but I I want to make sure that we're cross-referencing where um where there's other uh goals and policies related to land use. Um updated the narrative regarding existing land area and use because it was very dated. um updated residential land use category descriptions and the really the most significant of those was in the single family in the residential sections and specifically the single family residential which also was not terribly accurate even as to what it was then and I'm not sure that it's been changed since 2003 to be perfectly frank. Um we I we added descriptions to this for the specific area plans because they are effectively um an overlay zone. They and they they have their own zoning regulations. So it appears and again keep in mind that one of our goals ultimately is to um codify the SAPs with the development code. And I think that, you know, so recognizing them as uh within this chapter kind of helps align that uh that future goal. Um uh so we updated the residential land use category descriptions, added descriptions of the SAPs, updated the annexation history. Um the last two annexations weren't even reflected in the narrative, and we updated population

projections. So that's kind of the sum total. It's not a not as many changes as you might have expected. So now I what I want to do is I want to stop the share on this and pull up the red line. So give me a second here. So I want to share Which So, one of the other things we're doing is we have kind of created a template for what we're going to what the text and font for the the comp plan is going to be. So, as we're doing chapters, we're feeding it into it, hoping that we don't it doesn't make us crazy when we finally consolidate the final document. So that's uh um that's a a gift to my future self. Um so let's see. Um, one of the things um that I I wanted to point out here in the document that I thought was the planning principles are actually really valuable that that and they actually really are still relevant today in terms of and I think that they're they're actually does a good job of this defining some of our community character um and it are reflective within the

goals. Um but so I moved that up as part of the introduction the existing land use uh area and uses um was moved because I really we're trying to with all our chapters after the introduction we're trying to do the goals and policies so that it's upfront easy to find don't want buried in the document and then I reorganized and looked at history and background. So, um I guess maybe the best way to do this is to see if anyone had any questions. Uh really the document starts on page two. Were there any questions or comments on page two? All right. No. So, how about page three? Oh, it's all frosted out. From page three looked perfect to me. It's almost blind. How about page four when we now we're getting into the goals and policies and as you'll see some of them changed. Um plan unit development is very old school. It's actually nothing that we that anybody wants to do anymore. But it is it was the precursor to really our mixed juice zones. really really do want to encourage more of an excuse um because it really does help with our transportation goals, our climate goals, our community identity goals. It helps it helps make it more pedestrian, bicycle oriented, etc. So, um I don't think others were particularly Oh, Lie Gold 3. Um, I replaced light rail transportation with high performance transit. That is a good idea. That sounds great idea. And then, as I said, I added a note. See

also go housing goals and policies on page xx and land use goals on page y. If there are as we go through these chapters and we have other chapters that have relevant goals, we will add them in the footnotes to each of the uh each individual chapter so that we have the cross reference there but trying not to repeat them over and over again. Um, so how about for page five? Some of what this was, the green is just been moved from elsewhere, but the red lines obviously are new um or revised language. So you moved what was on page two into this area. Correct. That's correct. Okay. That's that's correct. trying to follow a more this was a very jumbled up chapter to begin with. It didn't make a lot of sense the flow of it. Yeah, this is much easier to read than the current conference and plan section. I think I think there's a typo though. Uh the bottom on commercial where it says Mission Avenue on the south side of I90. Mission Avenue is on the north side of I90, is it not? Well, Mission Avenue. Oh, yeah. There's one on the south side and north side. Oh. Oh. When you get further east. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. That's true. It's really important to kind of differentiate. That's a big confusion for people. Um when you say Mission Avenue, it's like which Mission. Okay. Right. And how about for page six?

in page seven. I wanted to point out a we have not updated our comprehensive plan land use map since we had a reszone of the Meadowwood technology campus in 2022. I debated whether to update the map just to take the date off of it. And then I thought it actually from a historical perspective it might be good to recognize that we're not changing it and that this is this has been the same map since that zone change thoughts on that. Does anybody has I could read it on the this what is what is this stuff here that that that is that is it's not part of the city right it's that's correct and on the map the key says it's the urban growth area that what it says like yes and we talk about it there this is we will have a we will have our larger maps as an appendix to this but but I also it's important that this be embedded in the document we And so that is in the UG. Yes. Yes, that is in the UG and we talk about the UG at the end of the chapter. It references back to this map. So are we required by the state to ensure that if it's a designated land use on this map, the zoning comports with this map? So yes, that is correct. Okay. Thank just why is it even important to show that on the map? It is important to show it because it's a requirement of to show the adjacent UGAS. We're not ever going to annex them and it the reality is the one the the one to the well everything to the west is part of the is in the UG isn't it? No it's not there is this is the only UG abuting

the city right now. No kidding. I think everything west in that city Spokane Valley. Oh. Oh, yes. To the to the west. Did I say east? Did I say east? No, I was thinking east, but to the west that actually Spokane Valley. This is the uninccorporated UGA. But the reality is if that was to go anywhere, which is probably not, it would go to the valley. It's more um it's more consistent with their style of development. that little triangular piece. It's already fully developed. Keep in mind that the county really likes to hang on to these urban growth areas when they're developing because they want to see the potential. They they're looking for income tax uh growth as well. Sure. Um so anyhow, long story short, um we show them because they're adjacent to ours and we talked about we're required to we're not required to do anything. we could be approached by the property owners in those two pieces. I'm doubtful that that would ever happen. Um we can't annex anything that is not within an urban growth area. So this is kind of it actually um it actually goes back to the question of annexation and what's this does the city have any plans for annexation and the answer is no. Yeah. And Tom had a very interesting dialogue with a uh some and I had that I had a very interesting dialogue with her on Saturday also. Okay. Grief. Okay. Um so moving on to the comprehensive land use categories. Um, so again, the description for single family, we already allow town homes and duplexes, accessory dwelling units. So this is not really changing anything, but it's but it also is kind of laying the foundation

for what we know. We're going to have some development code changes um even more so, but that is actually accurate today. um the mixed residential um we talk about um some of the things that we actually have proposed in the housing goals. Um so again trying to anticipate what what the development code changes that we want to lay the foundation for and they're also reflected in goals and policies in housing and then mixed use area. So before I get off of page eight, did anybody have any comments on page eight? So moving on to page nine. I moved some things around a little bit. The central business district uh map was floating around uh somewhere where it made no sense. So it seemed like this was a better location for What road is that on the uh I guess that would be the kind of the northeast uh of the central business district. So this is this is Apple, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But the other the other northeast other Middle East mission this is this is the ramp. This is the what is what is this? Oh so that is this is signal. This is um that's uh Manson. That's Manson. Oh, walters. Walter is over. Way over here. Way over. No, actually I'm mistaken. That's actually Sigma. That's actually Sigma.

It is Town Square. Yeah, that's Town Square right on the edge. Oh, okay. Okay. So, any comments on page nine? Nor 10. Nor. I don't even think there were Oh, there was one change on um All right. Page 11. I thought it was interesting that we talk about the aesthetic corridors, but we never named them. I know what they are, but we never named them. Um, and then we added, this is all new, the description, the maps and the descriptions of the approved specific area plans. Again, I think this sets the table for us when we do our zoning map and create zones for uh within the river district. So that that which they have zones now um and for um uh Liberty Village, Lakemore, Park Stone, Stone Hill, we'll we'll have a uh we'll have an a zone for that also. Again, they have different building setbacks, etc. So, it makes sense. um any design standards that aren't consistent with the rest of the city can be added as an overlay to those zones. So, I think that I we're going to be in a good position when we overhaul the code to really get these codified. So, I'm really looking forward to that because um it's uh awkward administration, shall we say. So, did anybody have any comments

on the um discussion around approved specific area plans? Oops. Nope. Um, urban growth area talked about that and city annex areas. As I said, this was updated. I don't think it's been updated since 2000 and since uh 2006, but um we've had several annexations since then. Um any comments on that on that page? And population projections? Again, this is this is just a kind of a reiteration of what we already land capacity analysis and housing. And that is the land use. Gosh, you guys are busy today. I just think this whole format is if you continue to do things like this, like Charlie said, I think it's very easy to follow. And if anybody else ever reads it again before 2046, they'll know what they're what's there, you know, really like the way you have it laid out. Yeah. So next steps with this um we can uh given that you didn't really have any edits I think the next step is to just um get rid of the red lines and post it on our website. And um I think that that I I mean as I said we didn't really

there wasn't really a lot of changes more just a refresh and an update on information that wasn't wholly accurate today which probably was very accurate back in the day. Do you need a motion for that? Do we need a motion to do that? Um sure. Make a motion to get rid of the red lines and post it. Dano is there a second? Second. All in favor? I thank you. Thank you. So, who did the second? Oh, so now uh the development code checklist. This is really something that I just this is something this is one of our deliverables for our uh uh periodic update grant for the second bienium. So we're not technically in the second bianium yet, but it's something that we had done for a while because we wanted to make sure that we were going through housing and land use that we were considering all these. This is really justformational for you at this point and I kind of summarized it for you so that you could up till now we've been principally focusing on the required changes for housing and I just want you to know that those are not the only changes that we're required to do. So, this is just really something we're g after we get the comp plan in, we'll be we will be addressing these all the development code amendments, but for now, the intent is really just to share with you what that looks like. So, basically, you already know because we already talked about this early on, got it out of the way early, the critical area ordinance needs some very minor revisions. We know that we have to update parking standards for various housing types. Um, and actually I didn't really go into a lot of detail on that because there's another parking ordinance that passed in this session that further amends what we have to do

there. So, so that's one. Uh, hang on to your seats, folks. Um, uh, we know that we need to amend the limited use standards for manufactured homes. They can't be more restrictive than what we have for stick build homes. We know that we need to amend the limited use standards for ADUs um because there are some some spec specific standards within our code today that we are no longer allowed to require as a condition of allowing ADUs. Um, we also need to make an explicit allowance for religious institutions to host homeless populations whether through camping or in their within their buildings that um it's not and I have to take a closer look at it. Uh, I think that because of the way we've approached emergency shelters that it probably isn't it probably is already covered, but I have to dig into it a little bit. And this is this is a new this is a newer one. Also, we need to update and clarify standards for approval regarding adequacy of public facilities for subdivisions. And this is I I I say would say say this with a question mark because we really already make those findings but we aren't as explicit in the standards for approval as we could be. So I think we can tweak this and make it much clearer in our code. And then we have uh we we know that we have to do a unit lot subdivision. And what that means is basically so it's it that that basically any any unit on an existing residential lot. So if you have two units whether they're

attached, detached um etc can be subdivided through a unit lot subdivision which is a which is a simplified short plat. So there's um and there's some model ordinances out there for that, but that is something that we are going to have to address also. Come on, Da. Do we have a process for an expedited process for things like lot adjustments and dimminimous encroachments? We do have we we do for both actually. So um the minimus encroachments we talk about as um as an administrative variance. It's a reduction in the setbacks but it can only be reduced by 10%. Um in terms of in terms of um boundary line adjustments. Yes, we we have a very simple process. Um the county actually records them. We go through a process to make sure that they're not creating any new lots. Y um uh segregations are or aggregations are even simpler than segregations, but again we can we have a process that we go through together. Start with four, end up with four. Yes. And they're all equal. You're fine. Yes. So, it's it is an administrative review and it's typically as quick and painless as long as we don't have as long as we're not too backed up. Um, okay. So, uh, standards for organic materials management facilities. So we are going to have to composting. We have to provide some standards for composting facilities because that are consistent with our solid waste management plan which our solid waste management plan is out of date and that is not on media offdate.

Yay. This is this is commercial. This is not like individual res. Yeah. But there I mean there is a big pro there is a big push on this. we have to incorporate a certain amount of compost into public works projects etc. And so this is trying to make sure that there's a pipeline for the compost materials to go into those projects. So that's a that is a new one also and I have to and I have I have just read the the summary of the bill. I'm not uh I have not gone into the details of it because that's that's a year down the road. There you go. Um, we also have to update our Harvard road impact fees. Now, we've already said all along that it was our intent to do that post comp plan adoption because our network analysis is going to look at our new buildout and is going to identify transportation improvements that are necessary to support that. And we want to make sure that our um impact fees are up to date. There's a couple there are a number of things that we have to do with impact fees. you have to create an option for deferral of single family attached and detached residential uh impact fees until the time of CO. So people could opt to not pay their impact fees until this certificate of occupancy was issued. Um is that a requirement? Right now that's a requirement that we change that. Right now it's they're due at the time of building uh building permit issuance. So, it's a who's requiring that we change it or offer the option to pay it at the end? The state. What reason would they have for that? Why wouldn't you want to collect all your fees up front? So, I I I think it has to do with I think it has to do with construction financing versus versus a traditional mortgage and um trying to

defer the requirement until the time you can actually be it roll it into your your mortgage as opposed to construction financing is more costly. Well, you know, it's more costly because there's greater risk. If you got all be if you got fees, right, they're going to be in that loan, right? Again, I everything I I'm not even I didn't Does the city have to incorporate that? Yes. It has to be an option. We don't necessarily have to advertise. I know where that conversation goes every time. Um yeah. Uh I'll pay you when they catch me. Um well, we won't issue a CO until until they I mean we won't issue the CO until uh so they can't actually occupy until they paid it. So, I mean there is there is, you know, some relief um or some some way for the city to collect. We also have to exempt impact fees for lowinccome and emergency housing. We have to limit impact fees on ADUs to no more than 50% of the impact fee imposed on the principal unit. impact fees need to reflect proportionate impact of new housing units based upon their square footage. And I don't even know that the that there's uh I I I haven't looked at this yet, but I don't know that there's actually real good data out there as it relates to trip generation based upon the square footage of of uh housing. But um that's a whole different question. Sunday square footage that's coming. So, um, uh, other required changes in development code, we need to update concurrency and transportation demand. Um, uh, and if you're interested, we do already have it in city development code 104A-2.

Um, but we need to include it explicitly in our transportation element. Um we also have um we we also need to have a memorandum of agreement between local governments and tribes uh which to include countywide planning policies to protect tribal resources. For for what it's worth, that is already in process. there is uh an agreement that is between the tribes and the county and all the local jurisdictions um that participate in the steering committee of elected officials. So that is in process. It's and it's it's going to happen in a countywide level and we're all uh we're all party to it. Um and then it we also have to update our architectural design standards to ensure objective design standards and that's a question mark. So that's what the code what what the the checklist says. We already have fairly objective architectural design standards but having said that we've been talking for a couple years about the need to really update them because they're kind of dated. Um so we just need to be aware that we need to continue to provide very objective uh standards. Um I so that in a nutshell I believe that oh and required changes in the development code need to define emergency comprehensive plan amendment. So we do talk about it. We don't have any process or procedure in the code but in our in the section related to comp plan amendments type four they're type four permits it does it does talk about except for emergency comprehensive I don't know what an

emergency comprehensive plan amendment is I don't so um but yes we are required to define what that is we also have to allow two residential units per lot on all lots greater than 1,000 square feet. You all knew that. So that is that is the sum total of the development code uh changes to date, but unfortunately there's another legislative session before plan is due. So um we'll see what happens there. Again, this was principally forformational purposes. is I want to kind of keep you aware of what's going to be coming forward as we get into the development code side of things as I did with housing. I want you to just kind of be aware that and it is it's a changing landscape even as we move forward with this. So um again buckle your seat belts folks. Any comments? No comments just for the for the minutes. Jean is here now. Oh, thank you for that. Welcome Jean. Thank you. Please excuse me for being just not commissioner ride at 428. There you go. Y Thank you. Glad you made it. But you made it, so that's what counts. That's right. That's we'll be invited to the house one. I'm sure I'm sure to clean up the house. No. So, I want to say that because I am committed to staying on schedule with this comp plan. I had committed to you that I would be bringing back the

economic development chapter updated this meeting. I don't have much to share with you. I did add an implementation section um based upon the council meeting the on May 6th didn't really get a whole lot of direction on where they wanted to go and actually I'm not sure that we asked a question coherently because all we was asked there just was no discussion there was no response there's and so I I think that the point of that presentation was that we need to get more we need to have more data in order to be able to be to have a more datadriven approach to economic development. I think that's spot on. Um and that's pretty much uh one of the goals in this chapter already. So um but it will be essential that the city evaluate and invest in economic development strategies that foster, promote and sustain a vibrant and resilient global economy if we're going to implement the goals and policies of this chapter. So the one thing I did want to add to that, so I think I I really um and that's open for conversation if there's more to be said. I'm not sure that there is because I don't know that we have we have any sort of indication um that that is a direction that the city is going to go. So I think that this is probably the best that we can say at this moment. The other thing I did want to say though is that um uh I have uh shared with SCJ Alliance uh an analysis that was done for the city of Spokane that I thought was very well done, very simple. I just don't have time to do it. Is that a consulting group? STJ Alliance. Yeah. Is they're the ones who have been working on um our housing stuff and they have budget left from the task order for

housing that they can accomplish this in. And I'd really like I think it's very valuable for us to have a little bit more on the history of employment and the the trends and the projections going forward for employment. And I think that that's you know kind of a a starting basis for developing an economic development strategy. So um we will be adding that to this chapter. Um and so um they are working on that as we speak. I don't have an ETA on when that'll be done. But when I have something to update on this, I will share that with you because I think it's very good information. Um, and that's really all I had on this. I just thought I'd give you an update. It's not that it's not that I'm not working on it, it's that I don't it's some things take longer than others. Any discussion on that? Any comments on economic development? Yeah, the first presentation on the economic development was done by the managing director, correct? Yeah, the the the the city minister had a discussion about what a living wage is and it's referenced in this document living wage and in the context of that discussion um we I brought up the issue of rent control, right? and how that would even play into that living wage equation. The state has since passed a statewide bill for rent control. My question, the first question I have is who's supposed to enforce that? That's a grand question. The rent control police, I mean, would we think that and here's here's the thing that's challenging about that. So, I think the way it would work is um the city of Liberty Lake would not because we're not a large enough jurisdiction to be able to do that to have staff to do a

housing authority, Spokane Housing Authority would uh potentially for Spokane. Um I don't know if they would extend to Spokane County. Um there there are different organizations that are involved with uh um rental ad advocacy. Um uh one of the things I will say is that ultimately um they could challenge um a person could challenge it um in court. They could it would be a civil suit. The challenge is that typically when people don't have enough money to afford the uh exorbitant rent increase, they probably also have enough money to pursue a civil litigation. So it's it Do you do do you see the need to incorporate that issue into this element at all? I don't at this point. It may be relevant for housing, but I I I it [Music] reality and it's it's reality and and I'm not I'm not sure that it's been figured that the implementation or the direction of that. Um, they haven't written any wax that kind of guide how it's supposed to be implemented at this point. So, well, landlords are already sending out notices. I'm sorry, that was in the the news this morning was all about the notices of of the change to the increase and they were changing they were changing some of the the structures from temporary to permanent or permanent to temporary to very arbitrarily whatever it would be to benefit them. Because if they bring somebody else in that's new, that doesn't apply. So if if they price somebody out, then they can get somebody in and charge higher. They're already starting to do it. It's going to it's going to be in court. So enforcement would be you just said by the county. So it would be a local agreement.

So it could potentially be I I honestly I don't know the answer to that. What I said what I said was Spokane. There is a Spokane Housing Authority. I don't know whether it's countywide or not. honestly. Um and so that they may we may be able to go through some local agreement. agreement. Um, it would seem like that would need to we're not the only small community that that's I think whatever with you is that I don't think we do anything till we see what the courts say because it is going to be resolved in court and there's a whole bunch of civil actions that will happen and then the next legislative session we have to fix this mandate next. Yeah. Got it. Any other discussion on this? Move the citizen comments. Do we have anyone online? Evan. All right. Uh seeing none, we will move on to secretar's report. So, a couple things. Uh remind you again, I have updated your schedule. not many changes other than striking out May 14th, but um June 11th we're looking at having the parks, recreation, and open space update. Um and that will be SCJ alliances doing the parks plan and so they'll be presenting on that. Um Amy will be reviewing natural environment red lines for you as well at that meeting. And um just a forewarning June 25th we will be bringing forward the greenhouse gas sub element the rules and policies and urban design red lines and policies. So that's kind of your

upcoming schedule just uh for June. Um, in terms of this, in terms of uh comp plan public engagement schedule, first of all, thank you uh Tom and Jim for your participation. Saturday, we had a pretty good turnout. Probably I would guess that over the course of the two two um sessions, we talked to probably 50 people or more. Um not all about comp plan, but related things. And so it was it was uh it was really it was actually really good. It was really fun. Had a great band on Saturday. So it did. And if we're going to do something like that housing thing, we we need to it needs to be something that is more out there for people to see too. Come in. And then we had a a housing element. And the best participation we had was kids putting houses in the right spot. And and that housing that housing monopoly that monopoly. Yeah. housing monopoly is going to be incorporated into our fall housing town hall and it's not going to be virtual. It's going to be an inerson probably a trail out. So, uh I think that that that's going to be a much better environment for that. As I said, we um we tested this out with Citizens Academy couple weeks ago and it was it it went over very well. Um, great conversation, great discussion, great process to kind of get people to think about how this could work in a Liberty Lakeesque sort of way. And we actually have some maps um in the R1 zone and some in the one in the R1 zone and one in the R2 zone that act show actual neighborhoods. And you have the opportunity to kind of add ADUs or

convert existing structures to um duplexes in the R1 zone or more than duplexes in the R2 zone. So, it's it is it is a it is interesting. And we did get into conversations about boundary line adjustments and uh and subdivision and whatnot and creating new lots where there was a lot of open space. That was in the details. It was indeed. Yeah. But it was great and it was it was like a I think we had total of 45 minutes and it went but it it went really fast and they really had a lot of fun with it. So, that's good. Um, so I wanted to share with you just an update on our comp plan engagement activities. And I started to pass this around. I have updated our signup sheet. We're in very good shape for signups, but I just wanted to share with you if anybody had any additional dates they wanted to add, we'll pass it around the table. Again, we're really starting to get um, we've got some some legs on this. Um, so, uh, late May through early June, and it's not probably like the end of this week, we should have the sign code virtual openhouse and visual preferencing survey up. Uh, David's helping me with that, and we're going to push it out uh through um through social media channels and whatnot. Um, we're going to also push it out to um we're also going to push it out to um our stakeholder group. We're gonna I'm going to be sending it to you because I'm going to want you as planning commission to make sure that you participate in that so we get your feedback too. You are very much key informants on that. And um we're we'll push it out on social media. I'm also uh gonna look at purchasing an email list for businesses in Liberty Lake to see if I can push it out to the

businesses and see if we can get some input from them. So that's that's that. Again, comp plan engagement for farmers market is ongoing. Um you can take a look at the list as we go around the table, but it's filling up. and we have some community engagement members and some parks and arts commission members also participating in that which is which is really exciting to see. Um June 12th just just quick while you're passing that list around for the farmers market. I I had signed up for June 7th but I'm going to be out of town June 7th. Okay, cross your So you need to take my name off there. Okay. June 7th. June 7th. Yeah. Okay. I will take your name off. Yeah. Pass this around. Um so, uh but again, it's it's a very enjoyable morning. It really is. And and um hopefully we can um really get a lot of uh points of contact throughout the summer. We will also be at barefoot. As we mentioned, on June 12th, we have a transportation network analysis and virtual town hall meeting from 6:00 to 7:30. And that's really going to be kind of going over the data that we've collected to date, the network, um, and what some of the growth patterns are that we're looking at. And we'll be able to it's it's pretty it's a pretty interactive. It'll it'll be good. Um, the the next one will be even more interesting because we'll be able to put uh some models up and run transportation as a full buildout scenario. So that'll be kind of that that'll be um I think very very informative. Um climate element virtual open house we're we're shooting from mid June through mid July on that. Um and that is going to be it's going to be a story map with some where people can take the story map is already

there where you can take the deeper dive but we're adding the climate resiliency piece to it. We're also um or or the greenhouse gas piece to it. We're also embedding some surveys in there that ways to engage people on that piece. So um that'll be cool. Um August 2nd we're barefoot in the park housing town hall. We're now we originally were thinking this summer, but I really want to get people out to it and summer's a terrible time to engage people. We couldn't get it in before the schools were out. So we're thinking September or October. Do you have any details for the um what we're gonna what we're going to have in the booth? So, we're going to have basically we're going to have a bunch of our comp plan engagement. We have the the pieces that we have. This is just the beginning of it. Um we are going to have we're going to continue with the DOT exercises. Um, we will have some we we will have um I think we're going to have a place where um flip chart where people can write what would you hope to be the outcome of this comp plan. Um those sorts of things and just we'll try and have as much of the material as we go through each of these. We'll have more and more materials. So, um it'll kind of almost be a culminating uh table with a lot of different aspects. We have any swag to hand out. Um other than the penny candy, um I I think we talked about possibly getting seeds or something like that to hand out. Great. Um so again, that was a suggestion from our climate resiliency team. And in the also September October time frame and it may slip a little bit. We're also looking at trying to do a Firewise town hall and energy conservation town hall.

So um and again I think that those are the two big goals that came out of uh that are coming out of climate. And so let's let's dig down deep and see what individuals can do to really make a difference in those two topics. So, that is kind of what we have on tact thus far. Um, it's our schedules are getting pretty busy. Um, but I I'm feeling good about the level of engagement have. We we are Lance has put together a spreadsheet and we are tracking um engagement contacts, engagement activities so that we're going to have a good summary at the end of this as to um if people haven't heard about the comp plan by the end of this it won't be for lack of trying. True. Now whether they care is a whole another Well, yeah, I I understand and I I know. Um anyhow, uh and I also did want to just share with you that city council is going to be starting to really dip their toes in the water here. Also, I mean, we did have we had a presentation of the housing uh the housing element on uh June 20th. It was very wellreceived May 20th. May 20th. Yeah. And uh so it was very wellreceived. they blessed it for in terms of putting the pushing the working draft out to um our utility providers, our emergency service providers, the school district, etc. of this stuff. So, I'm in the process of getting that pushed out with the housing chapter and the land capacity analysis. Um uh on July 1st, we're going to be prevent presenting the greenhouse gas sub element. um and asking for at at a workshop on on the 1st, but asking for

their approval for the working draft on uh July 15th so we can submit it to commerce. They have a 120day review period, but if they give us their certification, they will defend us if someone sues us. So, I think that's that that is that's why we stepped up the pace on this. Um do you need us there for any of the workshops? Um, you know, I I think that it's always good. I am going to be inviting our climate planning action team to that uh workshop on July 1. And oh, by the way, we're going to be prevent presenting certificates to Christa and the students. We will um we'll have certificates for the rest of the committee, but we have one more meeting in the fall, but the the students are surprisingly they're going to move on. Some of them are going to be in college. Exactly. So anyhow, so um but uh um so we wanted to make sure that that they were recognized because they've really been a key contributors um in that um sign code and co-housing amendments. We're going to have a workshop at city council uh following your hearing in August. We'll have a workshop on September 2nd and we'll have the hearing on September 17th. So, um, all your work is doing exactly what it's supposed to. You're you're providing, uh, information to city council and we're sharing it with city council to bring them along. You guys have been entrenched in this process. I know you've been drinking from the fire hose and we're just trying to make sure that we can bring council along uh, with all of you as we we through this comp plan. So, that was my very long- winded report, but the good news is I'm done.

Any comments, questions about that? We'll move on to commissioner reports. Any planning commissioner reports? Then the next thing is who would like to move for adjournment? Bill to adjour. Sure. Commissioner Jensen, is there a second? Was there going to be this administrative interpretation? Was there going to be any discussion on that? Well, I meant I did mean to do that under secretary's report. I did want to see if anybody had any questions or comments or concerns about that. No, that's none. We do we need to do anything? You don't need to do anything. I make So, part of part of the the section of code that gives me the authority to do that also says that I'm to report to you from time to time on these. Okay? I try and keep you in the loop on it. And when we do these administrative interpretations, if no one appeals, um the intent is that it would be incorporated in the next uh code amendment. So I just just trying to keep you in the loop. Okay. And you guys keep me honest with those. Good. Is there is is there any update on on Top Golf? just that you know that was that was questions we have a lot of questions on that and the answer is that um they are in process they are still developing their plans they have had a little bit of a delay because they're going through a corporate reorganization and they need to they need to complete that corporate reorganization before they finance the project surprisingly and Costco are they gone or so no or yes that yes they are they are they are not considering the area. They are not considering the area. They have a world of charm. So Wizard of Oz the whole time. What they were behind the curtain. They

never came out and said they were interested in it the whole time. Very dis. But the the big box that shall remain nameless has made it clear that they're no longer interested. Thank goodness. Well, mixed at the farmers market people were especially people that were not from Liberty Lake. Yeah, of course. The traffic issue just getting land is Top Golf looking at. Um, so it is the so it is the the property that is just to the east of Kramer Parkway north of uh Country Vista. And it's not that's not just going to be Top Golf. There's actually going to be some commercial pads along the Country Vista frontage and actually extending up the the uh entrance to uh consigned furniture that's a shared driveway. So when you get to the bottom of the hill, just go straight. Yep. In one of seven entrances. Did I hear a second on that motion? No, we have a motion. We have a motion in need of a second. Second. All in favor? I. We are ajourned. Thank you.