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, 245 . I May 21,1880 ... 5 staff and 1 men8aer of the Public Works staff. Mrs.McCutcheon agreed to serve as the member of the community,and Hugh Warren will be the lead person to arrange the meetings. This committee was requested to report back to Council within 30 days if feasible. Gerald Crane,representing Associated Sand 6 Gravel,suggested that since they would be sharing in the cost of the project they should have a I representative on the committee also,and accepted the aPPoinrment when asked if he would be willing to serve. . Moved by Councilman Langus,seconded by Councilman Gipson,to direct the • staff to prepare an ordinance vacating a portion of OPP.Midge Road hAsed on the recommendations of an Advinory Committee appointed by the Mayor. motion Carried Councilman Baker returned to the meeting at this time. I ,5 PUBLIC BEARING-LAND USE NEARING EXAMINER SYSTEM-(CB 804-131) ,I Dennis Derickson,of the Planning Department,stated the office of the , .. Land rise Hearing Examiner bad been proposed because of the increased workload of the Planning Commission. The examiner will assume some of I I( i(I, the responsibilities of the Planning Commission thus allowing them more time to attend to the critical tasks concerning land use anplanning policy II issues d updating the City's zoning and sublivision ordinancen. Mr. Derickson stated this office would be substantially self-supporting financially ro as not to be a drain on the general fund. He stated that ', ,,,:'.1, Section 3 ha an addition that states.It is further provided that to the ER, maximum extent feasible,the office of the Hearing Examiner shall be financially self-supporting through reliance upon application and related , , user fees." , d. Ted Schnielber,representinq Master Builders Association,stated they felt LEAD system would be Cl asset to the City as time saved in the process is money saved. He did ty thing as SD ot eethink in the long run it would cost the II''I I:(11 Cianyit wilfrrhe Planning Commission for other matters. I' 41 Nick Halliday,(rePresenting Ihearing examiner process is in use in Xing County and in working well. He felt basically everyonewassatisfied with the decisions made and supported adoption of the system in Everett. Male Chism,of So.(bird Street,Lowell,asked about Section 16 regarding posting notices,and Dick Thompson stated notices are posted on the property itself in 2 conspicuous places. Ms.Chism also requested At notificatiolls be mailed to property owners . , I( 5 within 500 feet of the subject property instead of 300 feet,and also that the Ordinance read that notification be made to identifiable , neigsborhood organizations. , Councilman Pope asked.3(m Geniesse,Chairman of*he Planning Commission, a how the hearing examiner system woul,affect the Commission,and Mr. Geniesse said they had taken smaller items and shifted these to the 11 I .1 examiner and kept larger items,approximately 50%of the workload,which they felt would give them time to work on the comprehensive plan,elr. and the Commission looks at the orDice of hearing examiner as a step , 1 in the right direction. 055