2022-02-14_Ordinance1343_Hearing_StaffPresentationCommunity Development 2025 NE Kresky Ave Chehalis, WA 98532 Phone: (360) 740-1146
Ordinance 1343Mineral Lake YMCA Rezone
Board of County Commissioners –Public Hearing
February 14, 2023
February 14, 2023
Hearing Schedule
Lewis County BOCC –Wednesday Workshop 2
•Public Hearing February 14, 2023 @ 10:00am
•No deliberation or decision on February 14
•Continue hearing to February 27, 2023 @ 11:00am
•Deliberation and decision
•No testimony on February 27
•Final Ordinance approved March 1, 2023 @ 10:00am
•The ordinance is updated to reflect the deliberation and
decision made on February 27
•No testimony on March 1
February 14, 2023
Public Record
Lewis County BOCC –Wednesday Workshop 3
https://lewiscountywa.gov/departments/community-development/rezones/
February 14, 2023
BOCC is deciding …
Lewis County BOCC -Public Hearing 4
Is the use appropriate at the location?
Proposed use = Master Planned Resort.
A use is not the owner.
A use is not a project.
February 14, 2023
Decision Making
Lewis County BOCC –Wednesday Workshop 5
LCC 17.12.100 Approval Criteria:
1.Conforms to Growth Management Act, Lewis County
Comprehensive Plan and Countywide Planning Policies
2.There is a demonstrated need for the amendment
3.Public interest will be served by the amendment
•Anticipated effect on population, employment distribution
•Anticipated effect on schools, fire districts, etc.
•Anticipated effect on ag, forest or mineral resource lands
4.Isn’t spot zoning
July 26, 2022
LCC 17.12 Approval Criteria
Lewis County BOCC –Wednesday Workshop 6
3. Public Interest
•Anticipated effect on schools, fire districts, etc.
•Anticipated effect on ag, forest or mineral resource lands
•Anticipated effect on population, employment distribution
Land Use based!
February 14, 2023
Mineral Lake YMCA Rezone
Lewis County BOCC –Wednesday Workshop 7
•500 acres north of Mineral Lake
•Master Planned Resort overlay on FRL
•Overnight youth camp -400 campers, 100 staff, cabins, tent sites, trails and dock
•MPR require 40% of land to remain open space
•SEPA determination required restricted uses and sunset provision
Commissioner Requested Information
1.Arsenic
2.Existing youth camps in Lewis County
3.Growth Board decision on FRL designation
Lewis County BOCC –Wednesday Workshop 8February 8, 2023
https://lewiscountywa.gov/departments/community-development/rezones/
February 14, 2023
Arsenic
Lewis County Planning Commission -Public Hearing 9
Lewis County applies the arsenic MCL of 10 parts per billion (ppb) to:
1.all single-family residential (SFR) wells that apply for permits in
Mineral and the surrounding area
2.Group B water supplies in the Mineral area
Group A Transient Non Community (TNC) water systems are exempt from
the arsenic standards –potential condition of approval
February 14, 2023
Arsenic
Lewis County Planning Commission -Public Hearing 10
Treatment and Disposal
•5 treatment and disposal option listed in memo
•County recommended is Sorption, which is applicable to Group A systems
•Sorption cartridges are disposed of in garbage
•potential condition of approval
Questions on new materials provided by staff?
Lewis County BOCC -Public Hearing 11February 14, 2023
February 14, 2023
YMCA Supplemental Information
Lewis County Planning Commission -Public Hearing 12
•YMCA Statement
•WA State Outdoor School Study (2021)
•Camp Orkila Outdoor Environmental Education
•Camp Colman Environmental Education
•Water Right Application and Permit
•EPA Treatments for Arsenic
•WA DOH Treatments for Arsenic
February 14, 2023
YMCA Rezone Proposal
Lewis County BOCC -Public Hearing 13
Testimony
Support
•Preservation of open space
•Economic benefits to community
•Youth access to the outdoors
•Enhanced recreation for community
•Reversing population decrease
•Private property rights
Opposition
•Increased traffic on local roads
•Lack of sufficient fire and emergency
services
•Insufficient sewer and water infrastructure
•Increased noise and pollution
•Negative impact on wildlife
•Fundamental change to Mineral’s character
Public Testimony on YMCA Rezone Proposal
Lewis County BOCC -Public Hearing 14February 14, 2023
February 14, 2023
Potential Motion
Lewis County BOCC –Wednesday Workshop 15
I make a motion that we close the public testimony portion
of the hearing for proposed Ordinance 1343 and recess the
hearing until 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, with no
further public testimony being allowed after today.
February 14, 2023
Hearing Schedule
Lewis County BOCC –Wednesday Workshop 16
•Continue hearing to February 27, 2023 @
11:00am
•Deliberation and decision
•No testimony on February 27
•Final Ordinance approved March 1, 2023 @
10:00am
•The ordinance is updated to reflect the deliberation
and decision made on February 27
•No testimony on March 1
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