The Planning Commission convened on March 9, 2026, at 7:00 PM. The meeting included a councilor update, approval of minutes, citizen involvement updates, and a work session on the 2026 work plan. Key topics included the status of ongoing projects such as the Foothills Plan update, tree regulation amendments, code audit, and rezoning for housing. No public testimony was offered.
Planning Manager Olson presented the status of 2025 projects and the proposed 2026 work plan aligned with City Council goals. Key points:
Commissioner Bruce expressed interest in the low-income housing tax credit project, noting its importance for housing needs.
Oh there we go. Great. Thank you, Iris. I'd like to go ahead and call the to order the planning commission meeting of March 9th, 2026. Iris, could you please call the roll? Najak is excused. Absent. James? Present. Absent. Donald? Mitchell, sorry. Present. Here. Twing. There. Thank you, Iris. The next item on the agenda is actually I'd like to invite um Councilor Verdock to be able to provide an update from the city council. Thank you. Just a few things to update you on. The council did approve our goals, so we will be moving forward. I think we're talking about that tonight a little bit. So those are set. We also tomorrow we'll be hopefully approving a city manager pro tem candidate tomorrow. So we will be doing that. Lynn Peterson will be joining us. She was a previous city councilor. And also she has been serving on Metro. So she's going to be coming over as a pro tem for us again, assuming that approval is given tomorrow. So if anyone needs to or wants to reapply if your terms coming up, we have that going on. The South Shore Fire Station is also hosting some open houses. So if you want to get a tour of that, there's going to be one up March 21st. And if you haven't seen the South Shore and you're really curious of its condition, I highly recommend you check it out. So it's a great opportunity to see kind of what a library could be and what that could look like and see um just go out and try different things that you can do within that library. And I know the library advisory board has been working very hard on this maker day along with library staff, and it should be a great event coming up on Saturday. And then for those of you who may not have heard, Counselor Rath has put in his resignation, so we're going to be sometime in April putting out an application, I guess, or a process to fill his seat until um through the end of the year, and then that seat will be open on the November ballot. So we have that going on as well. Any other questions that you might have? No, will somebody appoint the com someone to replace Commissioner Rapp then? Or so um people will apply, the council will appoint um again someone through the end of the year, and then his seat will become available for the final two years on the November election. So they'll run. Um so again, just a short interim. Kind of like our city, you know, city city manager pro tem, excuse me. Um, just a short term, and then we'll have a more formal process. Got it, thank you. But again, short term there is a formal process in terms of application, and and the council will go through that. And we'll be learning more about that at the upcoming council meetings. Thank you. Councilor Verdock. Next item on the agenda is approval of the minutes.