Astoria Planning Commission
Meeting – August 25, 2020
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Amendment to Astoria Development Code (A19-06) by City of Astoria Planning Commission – regarding temporary Warming Shelters

Amendment to Astoria Development Code (A19-06) by City of Astoria Planning Commission – regarding temporary Warming Shelters
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0:00:13|[Music] [Music commonly means the words could not be discerned.]
0:00:15|coding 18-06 by city of australia
0:00:17|planning commission to permanent warning
0:00:19|warning centers in that story have
0:00:21|places of worship through a conditional
0:00:22|use permit process in all zoning
0:00:24|districts allowing places of worship
0:00:26|does anyone object to the jurisdiction
0:00:28|of the asteroid planning commission to
0:00:29|hear this matter at this time
0:00:34|does any member of the asteroid planning
0:00:36|commission feel he or she has had a
0:00:38|conflict of interest or any expertise
0:00:40|contacts to declare
0:00:46|craig can we have a presentation of the
0:00:48|staff report and recommendation
0:00:52|yes
0:00:55|the application that you have before you
0:00:57|has not changed substantially
0:00:59|since the last meeting that you had
0:01:05|the um
0:01:13|the astoria warring center um
0:01:17|proposal is for um
0:01:22|yeah that accommodates more than 10
0:01:25|people
0:01:26|for operating day meeting specific
0:01:28|conditional use standards
0:01:30|as defined in article 11 of the
0:01:32|development code
0:01:35|and as proposed it would be
0:01:38|a structure within a
0:01:41|place of worship article 2
0:01:45|amendments would include
0:01:48|allowing
0:01:52|35 people um
0:01:56|in ahc which is the cash housing
0:01:59|healthcare
0:02:00|c3 c4 hr ls and s2 voting districts
0:02:05|um 35 people
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0:02:12|um or 25 people
0:02:15|so 35 square feet per person or 25
0:02:18|people
0:02:19|additional use in r3 limited by 35
0:02:22|square feet per person or 25 people
0:02:25|whichever is less
0:02:27|and a conditional use in our two zoning
0:02:29|district with a maximum
0:02:31|of 15 people and
0:02:34|not allowed by omission
0:02:37|in the remaining zoning districts
0:02:41|article 11 would include new conditional
0:02:44|use
0:02:44|standards applicable to warming shelters
0:02:50|those would include the purpose
0:02:52|statement the description of what
0:02:56|warming shelters are and the purpose of
0:02:58|them
0:03:01|the operations including information
0:03:04|about
0:03:05|instead of the specific fire marshal
0:03:08|technical advisory i think we should put
0:03:10|the most current technical advisory
0:03:13|including the maximum number of
0:03:15|occupants as one person for 35 square
0:03:17|foot
0:03:17|area certain zones and
0:03:21|25 foot max in other zones shelters must
0:03:24|be separated by at least one thousand
0:03:26|feet and the neighborhood
0:03:28|responsibilities include garbage watch
0:03:30|and crane watch
0:03:32|that they have a life safety plan and
0:03:34|annual reporting
0:03:37|these are the churches or the places of
0:03:39|worship
0:03:40|by zoning district this is
0:03:43|mapped areas same churches or places of
0:03:47|worship
0:03:49|we received a letter by rick bowers
0:03:52|requesting that the proposal be tabled
0:03:54|to take a comprehensive look at the
0:03:56|city's approach to housing affordability
0:03:59|and unsheltered populations in a
0:04:02|holistic manner
0:04:04|comprehensive plan update
0:04:07|we do not have that on our horizon
0:04:11|just so you know that if you choose to
0:04:14|go that route
0:04:15|and then we also received an email and
0:04:17|testimony from nancy jerkovich
0:04:20|requesting eliminating the church in her
0:04:23|neighborhood
0:04:24|the first congressional church from
0:04:26|consideration as a potential warming
0:04:28|center
0:04:29|as it's on the south slope away from
0:04:32|services
0:04:35|and with that i'll answer any questions
0:04:38|you might have
0:04:43|great um before we go any further
0:04:47|uh the planet commission initiated this
0:04:50|amendment request
0:04:52|several years ago under conditions that
0:04:54|were very different
0:04:55|than today and that includes a lot of
0:04:58|things
0:04:59|including upcoming density changes
0:05:03|potentially driven by the state and
0:05:05|upcoming
0:05:07|economic changes were seen and
0:05:11|lots of and during a time when
0:05:14|uh current shelters that were operating
0:05:17|had a different impact on the
0:05:19|neighborhoods they were in
0:05:20|than they do today and considering mr
0:05:24|bauer's
0:05:24|testimony and all the changes i would
0:05:27|ask the commission
0:05:28|that we i think
0:05:32|that we should at some point take a look
0:05:34|at the comprehensive plan
0:05:36|and social services and how our
0:05:39|comprehensive plan was lacking that was
0:05:40|part of the instigator of this amendment
0:05:42|request
0:05:44|uh in the beginning and
0:05:47|we could speak with our city councillors
0:05:50|and try to drive them
0:05:51|at some point uh opening the
0:05:54|comprehensive plan
0:05:55|for services like that in the meantime i
0:05:58|think this amendment request
0:06:00|well we've stood on it for a long time
0:06:02|the staff has put a great deal of effort
0:06:04|into it i think
0:06:06|is not necessary at this point so
0:06:10|i am going to make a motion
0:06:13|that the astoria planning commission
0:06:16|tabled
0:06:17|discussions of amendment a19 a19-06
0:06:23|and i would look for a second from any
0:06:25|of my
0:06:26|fellow commissioners who would agree
0:06:29|that to table discussions of this
0:06:32|amendment request
0:06:34|second
0:06:38|motion to table by commissioner moore
0:06:40|and seconded by commissioner price
0:06:43|all those commissioners in favor of
0:06:44|tabling the amendment request
0:06:47|say hi hi hi
0:06:50|patrick your microphone's off fine
0:06:55|hi sorry i would say
0:06:59|so the motion to table carries and
0:07:03|we will end the discussion on uh
0:07:06|amendment a 19-0-6
0:07:08|until such time the motion is untabled
0:07:12|and may i just thank publicly mr bowers
0:07:15|for um
0:07:16|answering uh sending an email to all of
0:07:18|us and
0:07:19|it's in the packet answering
0:07:22|my question back in july i think about
0:07:25|you know what other warming centers
0:07:28|exist
0:07:28|what other sorts of facilities exist and
0:07:31|i suspect that will be
0:07:32|uh could be a topic of consideration at
0:07:36|our next homeless linus
0:07:37|homelessness solutions task force which
0:07:40|is
0:07:41|thursday morning at 10. thank you
0:07:46|for standing