12/06/2011 Regular Meeting PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE l FEB - 8 2012 j }i • WORK SESSION DECEMBER 6, 2011 5:30 p.m. -- !- KODIAK FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER {_ BOROUGH CLERK'S OFFICE MINUTES December 6, 2011 Work Session 5:30 p.m. in the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center Conference Room CALL TO ORDER CHAIR VINBERG called to order the Project Advisory Committee work session at 5:55 p.m. ROLL CALL Committee members present were Alan Torres, Andy Schroeder, Sonny Vinberg, Dan Rohrer, Ted Panamarioff, and Oliver Holm. Excused were Casey Janz, Mark Anderson, and Janet Buckingham. Ex- officio member absent was Louise Stutes. A quorum was established. Community Development Department staff present was Duane Dvorak, Bud Cassidy, and Sheila Smith. Others present were Bob Scholze (Resource Management Officer), Chris Beck (Consultant), Steven Van Steenhuyse (consultant, teleconferenced about 1 hour), Beth Davis, and Maria Painter. APPROVAL OF AGENDA COMMITTEE MEMBER TORRES said he would like to make a change to the agenda moving Reports, the Meeting Schedule to right after Approval of Minutes. COMMITTEE MEMBER TORRES MOVED to approve the agenda as amended. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS COMMITTEE MEMBER TORRES MOVED to approve the November 15, 2011 minutes. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY REPORTS Meeting Schedule: Discussion of next meeting Chris Beck stated he prepared a schedule to move forward and he explained the schedule and expectations of the committee. Beck also stated he expects they will get through Titles 16 and 18 tonight. CHAIR VINBERG stated his take on the joint meeting was that there was regurgitation of old information and the perspective from the public was that it seemed to be a more complicated document and not simpler. Vinberg said he also heard that they want it done right even if it requires spending more time on it. Beck said there are people concerned about the code becoming more complex and as Dvorak told him part of the reason people react regarding the complexity is there is a lot of PAC Minutes Page 1 of 3 December 6, 2011 material to absorb, the impression is this is more pages than it used to be, and it's more complicated. When interacting with this code on an actual basis rather than trying to absorb it you find the certain sections that apply to you, you want them to be clear and well organized, and 90% of it that you don't even see because you are working on one issue and one zoning district. Discussion of the code revision process. COMMITTEE MEMBER TORRES suggested using the ordinance from the assembly establishing the committee that gives some direction. Dvorak said at the joint meeting he suggested that we pull out some past cases that were difficult that were appealed and run those through the process. He's not sure if it's a fair do over now. We have three under the contract that the consultants want to test and we just need to make sure we get three cases that are representative but challenging. CHAIR VINBERG said we will rehash the zoning sections in January and he will be out of town until January 9th. COMMITTEE MEMBER HOLM said he will be out of town January 14th tanner fishing. Beck said we will set January 10th tentatively for the next meeting. AUDIENCE COMMENTS AND APPEARANCE REQUESTS CHAIR VINBERG said Dvorak just passed on to the committee 8 online submissions for code changes. Maria Painter stated she's read Title 17 in its entirety of every new version put out and there are problems that need to be addressed; native lands and her issues, a business owner that has a piece of land that's still being kept at a 35 foot height restriction in the draft that should be 50 feet that still hasn't been changed. Painter has come to every meeting and she doesn't know who to talk to. Another issue is there isn't anything in the zoning that would apply to livestock owners and nowhere is it explained or in the codes. Beck stated she's the only one to take the opportunity to talk to us and he suggests she write a letter, email it to Dvorak and he will get it to the consultants and get it back to the committee. The sooner she does this the sooner it will get in the next round of revisions. That will give everyone a chance to look at Painter's comments and then think about them and come back to the committee with our suggestions, and as a committee we'll look at them systematically and reach some conclusions as a group. Painter expressed concern about the process and stated every time she brings up a topic it's put on the back burner and it's to be addressed at a further date but never is. It's her understanding that PAC is directing the consultants but it feels like it's the reverse. Painter explained she's gone through the process and written letters; she's directed them to the consultants, PAC, and staff. Everyone has reviewed them and it's put on the back burner. This is too important to just push it through. Painter stressed that we need to review the important things so we don't have problems down the road. PAC Minutes Page 2 of 3 December 6, 2011 Beck stated their job is to help the community prepare this. Beck apologized if it should have been taken serious earlier and he assured her they will take her comments serious at this point. Beck suggested waiting until the January meeting to discuss Painter's comments. COMMITTEE MEMBER PANAMARIOFF stated we have audience comments on the agenda but we don't have anything for external input other than the website. OLD BUSINESS A) Review of the Draft Code Beck had the committee read the Titles 16 & 18 summary of issues to see if there is anything that needs to be discussed first. Beck led the discussion of flaglots, lighting, open spaces incentives, and Title 16. Any changes were relayed to Beck. COMMITTEE MEMBER ROHRER expressed concern about, for example, in Monashka Bay people have purchased lots that are developable only by using flaglots because of ponds being in the middle, and he doesn't want to prevent small development. We have a lot of little ponds in Kodiak. Due to an emergency COMMITTEE MEMBER TORRES had to leave the meeting and the quorum was lost. Beck ADJOURNMENT Due to a lack of quorum CHAIR VINBERG adjourned the meeting at 9:04 p.m. KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH PROJECT_ // DVISORY CI MITTEE By: 4 I I /✓ Il ii Sonny inberg, Ch ATTEST By: _cOna Sheila Smith, Secretary APPROVED: January 31, 2012 PAC Minutes Page 3 of 3 December 6, 2011