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MAY 4, 2022-PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
MINUTES
PLANNING COMMISSION
6:00 PM - Wednesday, MAY 4, 2022
Zoom Video Conference
CALL TO ORDER Commission Chair Mara Fiksdal called the meeting to order at 6:02 PM.
ROLL CALL
Commissioner Bayan called roll.
Present:
1. Josephine Bayan
2. Mara Fiksdal
3. David Fleetwood
4. Kevin Poole
5. Dana Rochex
6. Charles Seil
Absent:
1. Shannon Matson
2. Sunayana Kannur
STAFF PRESENT 1. Angie Mathias-Long Range Planning Manager
2. Vanessa Dolbee- Planning Director
3. Patrice Kent- City Attorney- Senior Assistant City Attorney
4. Margarette Bravo-Recording Secretary
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED There were 11 correspondence on Retail Pet Sales received:
1. Paula Sardinas- 04/20/2022
2. Cathleen Powell-04/20/2022
3. Holly Brewer-04/27/2022
4. Jill Servais- 04/27/2022
5. Diane Archer- 04/27/2022
6. Jane Wordern-04/27/2022
7. Cindy Jaeger-04/27/2022
8. Cathleen Powell-04/27/2022
9. Gina Cari-04/27/2022
10. Tori Servais-04/27//2022
11. Ashly Dale-05/02/2022
MAY 4, 2022- PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
AUDIENCE COMMENTS
No Audience comments.
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS No Commissioner comments.
ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
No Administrator’s Report.
DOCKET 194-RETAIL PET SALES DELIBERATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Angie presented D194-Retail Pet Sales. Please see attached powerpoint presentation.
Patrice mentioned that in addition to emails sent to Angie and Margarette, the public can send
additional comments should this forward to the City Council.
DISCUSSION
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
1. Commissioner Seil personally believed that 90 days is plenty of time.
2. Commissioner Rochex said she had a similar thought assuming that new businesses would
not be in compliance immediately. Patrice confirmed that the Ordinance was written in
such a way that current business owners will be able to meet whatever enforcement
requirements while new businesses will have to comply with the updated requirements.
Commissioner Rochex raised her concern on when was the last time business license of
Puppyland was updated but for their next renewal they should be compliant.
3. Commissioner Poole said that the 90-day time frame is totally reasonable and thought that
anything longer than that is just perpetuating a serious issue. He further added that the
imperative is to follow direction based from what was heard in the community over the last
month.
4. Commissioner Fleetwood added that the community has been very unanimous on this and
a certain time period was already chosen by them. He believed that the decision is not too
quick as this has been going on for a year and that in the case of Puppyland, this is not an
attack to their business but it’s creating a means for them to operate business in ethical
way.
5. Commissioner Rochex also mentioned that she believed that the City put together an
Ordinance that was able to address a lot of concerns already.
6. Commisisoner Fiksdal said she agreed that the community has spoken loud and clear about
90 days and this is not coming out of the blue. She also commended fellow Commissioners
for the impressive and well-thought deliberation and discussion.
MAY 4, 2022- PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
7. Commissioner Bayan asked about the repercussion if the Commission will recommend 90-
day transition compared to staff recommendation of 1 year. Angie explained that
repercussion is just that it is more difficult to come into compliance by the City due to the
long process of deliberation and approval. She assured the Commission that they can come
up with a window period like 90 days to six (6) months and it will be up to the Council to
decide. Patrice thought Angie provided a fantastic explanation on the timeline and she had
no further comments on this.
Commissioner Bayan then recommended a 6-month timeline considering Angie’s
explanation on the whole process.
8. Commissioner Poole said he would still recommend 90 days probably because ultimately
the City Council is going to make the final call and he did not see any problem with that if
the Council wants to make the adjustment.
9. Commissioner Fleetwood said that they should take the affected business at their word that
they are running things ethically and not using puppy mills and that means there is not
really much a transition to be done and in case the Council wants to change this
recommendation they can make justification to the public.
10. Commissioner Rochex further wanted clarification on how long it would take for the Council
to approve this. Angie clarified that with the entire process from Planning Commission to
Planning and Development and City Council, the projected approval may be on May 30th.
Patrice added that presumably by the end of June 1st or part of July this will be fully in effect.
11. Commissioner Mara said that she knew how slowly the government works but she still
recommended 90 days as what they have heard from the community considering that this
will still go to the Council where they can listen and decide again.
Motion to accept Staff recommendation with 90 days as timeframe made by Commissioner
Seil, seconded by Commissioner Fleetwood. All ayes, except for Commissioner Bayan (on the
time frame only) motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn made by Commissioner Seil, seconded by Commissioner Bayan. All ayes,
motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:52 PM.
Mara Fiksdal, Commission Chair
Josephine Bayan, Commission Secretary
Margarette Bravo
Recording Secretary