Palouse Planning Draft Minutes

Palouse Planning

Draft Minutes

6/5/2012

7 p.m.

Call to order
Roll call
Mary Estes, Jay Iverson, Corey Laughary, Chris Hallan, Robin Rilette, Guests: Tim Jones, Heather McGehee, Chris Thurman, Michael Echenova.
Approval of minutes from last meetingMinutes approved with no edits. Mary Estes moved to approve minutes from 5-1-12, Chris Hallan seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
　
New business Chris Hallan volunteered as interim secretary due to Mark Bailey’s resignation 5-1-12. Mary Estes moved for Chris to take the secretary office, Jay Iverson seconded. Another commissioner is needed to fill the vacant position who can assume secretarial duties.
City Council Matters
Old Business
Work Session:
AdjournmentMotion to adjourn @ 8:47 by Mary Estes. Seconded by Chris Hallan. Motion passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned @ 8:47.1. Assigned sections for review and update.
a. Land Use – Robin Rilette
i. 28 active businesses in Palouse commercial district as per Palouse Chamber. Discussion about calling some proprietors of home businesses that are not Chamber members
ii. Land available is limited. Edit section to include Brownfield Project b. Transportation – Jay Iverson
i. Still communicating with the state regarding the bridge.
ii. “Coast” bus is gone & “Share Ride” is gone
iii. Insert transportation question in survey regarding the need for public transportation other than school buses.c. Public Facilities – Mary Estes
i. 1^st 2 pages written by the City of Palouse, to be approved by the Dept. of Health
ii. Gathering city class size for schools
iii. RV park to be added
iv. Many goals listed have already been achieved. Language needs to be changed in some goals. Discussion about adding a recycling center to the list of goals.
v. Mayor Echenova pointed out that 600’ of railroad track has been replaced.d. Environment – Lynne Nelson
e. New Chapter on telecommunications – Mark Bailey2. Survey question review
a. Discussion about rewrite of questions 15 & 16. Corey suggested keeping open-ended question about what you most-like & least-like about Palouse.
b. Suggested by Jay Iverson for everyone to review both the original survey questions from the ’96 survey & Mark’s re-write of the survey questions.
c. July meeting on the 10^th rather than the 3^rd. 1. Survey budget: $700 allocated for planning commission expenditures. Discussion about seeking partner financing if required (i.e. fire department, city council, school)
2. Brownfield update: Demolition of former Palouse Producers site scheduled for Monday, 6-11-12.
3. Cascade Cycle Club from Seattle will return to Palouse August 7^th-8^th