[0:00] When you testify, please come on up to

[0:02] the podium. We need to make sure you're

[0:03] on a microphone because our hearings are

[0:05] recorded and that's part of our record

[0:07] in the event of an appeal.

[0:09] Please begin your testimony by stating

[0:11] your full name uh your name and your

[0:13] full mailing address.

[0:14] Uh

[0:16] and please spell your last name so I get

[0:18] it right. And if you represent someone

[0:20] else, please say so.

[0:23] There's no arbitrary limit to how long

[0:24] anyone can testify, but testimony should

[0:26] be relevant to the approval criteria

[0:28] which are set out in the staff report.

[0:30] And please don't repeat testimony

[0:32] offered by yourself or earlier

[0:33] witnesses. Um

[0:35] it is important that all parties make

[0:37] their best case to me. My decisions are

[0:39] final for purposes of the city, but may

[0:41] be appealed to our circuit Excuse me,

[0:44] the superior court.

[0:46] Um

[0:47] however, [clears throat] the superior

[0:48] court will generally not allow new

[0:49] testimony and evidence on appeal.

[0:51] They'll decide any appeal based on the

[0:53] record before me.

[0:55] So, if you feel it's important that

[0:56] myself or any future decision maker know

[0:58] something about this application, you

[1:00] need to make sure it gets into the

[1:02] record before me.

[1:04] In order to preserve your right to

[1:06] appeal, you or someone expressly

[1:08] representing you must testify orally or

[1:11] in writing before the close of the

[1:13] record.

[1:14] And in order to raise an issue on

[1:15] appeal, someone must have raised that

[1:17] issue before me with enough specificity

[1:20] that everyone can understand what the

[1:21] issue is.

[1:24] If anyone feels they need more time to

[1:25] prepare, you can ask me to hold the

[1:27] record open or continue the hearing.

[1:31] If I hold the record open, you'll have

[1:33] the opportunity to submit additional

[1:34] written testimony and evidence before I

[1:36] make a decision.

[1:38] If I continue the hearing,

[1:40] uh we can come back and do this again at

[1:41] a later date.

[1:43] But if anybody wants me to hold the

[1:44] record open or continue the hearing, you

[1:46] must make that request before the close

[1:48] of the hearing today and provide some

[1:50] support for why whatever you want to

[1:52] submit during the open record why that

[1:54] information couldn't be submitted at the

[1:56] hearing today.

[1:58] That concludes my introduction. Mr.

[1:59] Goddard, do you want to start us out?

[2:09] Didn't I see him in the waiting room

[2:11] there?

[2:22] So, I need to do something?

[2:23] >> Yeah, I'm sorry.

[2:25] » Yeah, I'm sorry.

[2:25] >> [laughter]

[2:25] » [laughter]

[2:25] >> He should

[2:26] » He should

[2:26] He should um He should be

[2:29] accepted into the meeting.

[2:41] There we go.

[2:44] Mr. Leringer, are you able to hear us?

[2:46] You'll need to unmute yourself to let us

[2:47] know. There we go.

[2:49] >> Yes, I am.

[2:50] » Yes, I am.

[2:50] >> Great, thank you. Just wanted to check.

[2:52] » Great, thank you. Just wanted to check.

[2:52] Apologies for the delay. I didn't

[2:53] realize I needed to do anything.

[2:55] >> I'm Mike here.

[2:56] » I'm Mike here.

[2:56] >> Oh, no problem.

[2:57] » Oh, no problem.

[2:57] >> Mr. Goddard, do you want to start us

[2:58] » Mr. Goddard, do you want to start us

[2:58] out?

[2:58] >> Okay.

[3:00] » Okay.

[3:00] So, thank you very much. For the record,

[3:02] my name is Travis Goddard. I am the

[3:03] Community Development Director for the

[3:05] City of Woodland.

[3:07] And uh you have a uh presentation on the

[3:11] screen before you today. It's also

[3:13] available in paper on your desk, and

[3:15] it'll be placed on the city's website.

[3:18] Um this is for the uh

[3:20] Metcalf dock on the shoreline

[3:23] substantial development permit on

[3:25] Horseshoe Lake.

[3:26] And the case number is WLD 2026 number

[3:30] 12.

[3:31] So, the site is um

[3:34] has a residential shoreline environment

[3:36] designation. The zoning is low-density

[3:39] residential 6,000 sq ft zoning.

[3:43] It is 14 uh at Sorry, 415 Lake Avenue.

[3:49] And the existing home was built in 1975,

[3:52] which was prior to the adoption of the

[3:55] shoreline any shoreline management

[3:57] master program for the city of Woodland.

[3:59] Um which didn't first appear until 1977

[4:04] was the first shoreline program and it

[4:06] was the county's

[4:08] shoreline program at that time.

[4:11] The site, this is the vicinity map shown

[4:14] um in the application packet with the

[4:16] site with the red box around it gives

[4:19] you a little bit of an orientation of

[4:21] where it is.

[4:23] Here is a close-up. The yellow line on

[4:25] the left represents the 200-ft

[4:27] shoreline, approximate shoreline

[4:30] boundary. So, the entire site is within

[4:33] the shoreline

[4:34] um of the Horseshoe Lake.

[4:37] Here's a copy of the site plan and it

[4:39] shows the existing home, existing

[4:41] garage, and the um impervious surface um

[4:45] of the driveway. The rest of the lot is

[4:47] generally grass.

[4:49] Um

[4:50] and

[4:51] um there are some trees in the northeast

[4:53] corner.

[4:54] Um up here to the right and in the lake

[4:57] itself, they lean out into the lake.

[5:00] Um in the bottom right-hand side,

[5:02] actually I have a close-up here. Um you

[5:04] see the existing deck

[5:07] um with a proposed compacted gravel path

[5:11] to the concrete anchor, which would lead

[5:14] down to the dock and I have a side view

[5:16] of that. And the proposed dock is 6 by

[5:18] 16, which meets the city's requirements

[5:21] for proposal.

[5:25] Uh you'll also note that there is a um

[5:28] retaining a small retaining wall, which

[5:31] I have some photos of that will be

[5:33] replaced. It is uh old railroad ties

[5:36] that are going to be replaced with

[5:38] concrete blocks.

[5:40] Uh here's a picture of the deck.

[5:43] And I have a close-up.

[5:45] Oh, sorry. So, here's the deck.

[5:49] We'll stop. There we go. So, here's a

[5:51] picture of the deck. There are some You

[5:53] see in the bottom right-hand side, there

[5:55] are some old foundation blocks from

[5:58] where um it looks like it's been

[6:01] replaced.

[6:02] It wasn't done with a permit, but it

[6:05] looks like it is all using the um

[6:09] existing foundation plan. There were a

[6:11] couple foundation piles that look like

[6:14] they were replaced and repoured, but the

[6:17] the two in the corners all look like

[6:19] that they were existing.

[6:21] So, there's not a significant impact. Um

[6:24] they'll just need to get a building

[6:25] permit for the deck itself when it was

[6:28] for when it was replaced.

[6:30] Here is the area, and you can see the

[6:32] approximate line of the retaining wall

[6:37] in the center there of what it looks

[6:38] like. I got a close-up of kind of what

[6:41] the

[6:41] uh stuff is. Now, there's actually two

[6:44] walls. The one on the left

[6:48] um

[6:49] is not the one to be replaced. It looks

[6:51] like the one on the right

[6:53] uh that has kind of disintegrated has um

[6:57] is the one that looks like it'll be

[6:59] replaced.

[7:00] And the erosion control plan Oh, sorry.

[7:03] And then looking back the other

[7:04] direction, you see the trees that I was

[7:06] mentioning.

[7:07] Um and

[7:09] for the temporal disturbance of this

[7:11] area for the retaining wall work to be

[7:14] done in the foundation to be done, I

[7:16] added a condition of approval that

[7:18] wasn't in the critical area permit. And

[7:21] that was asking for the area at the far

[7:23] side of the lot um within 25 ft of the

[7:26] lake to add three trees.

[7:29] So, that way um

[7:31] the big trees on the right look like

[7:34] cottonwoods, and so cottonwoods are

[7:37] subject to breaking off. And so, I would

[7:39] like some kind of succession plan. And

[7:42] so I've asked him to select something

[7:44] that's native and

[7:46] will provide shade for the shoreline in

[7:48] the long run. So, that'll give it time

[7:50] to grow in.

[7:53] Uh and then there is an erosion control

[7:56] plan, which indicates that they are

[7:57] going to do straw wattles during the

[8:00] disturbance time. So, those will be

[8:02] staked into the ground to protect uh

[8:05] service erosion control to prevent

[8:07] erosion into the lake during

[8:09] construction.

[8:12] And here is the side elevation of the

[8:14] ramp with railings.

[8:17] And then the floating dock.

[8:19] And um

[8:20] that will require an HPA from Fish and

[8:23] Wildlife, and if they

[8:25] um have any conditions, it would be

[8:27] attached to the HPA, but um the

[8:29] applicant

[8:31] and I talked early, and he went and

[8:33] talked to Fish and Wildlife, and I know

[8:34] Fish and Wildlife is on board with the

[8:36] design. So, there shouldn't be any

[8:38] hassle um getting that approved.

[8:42] And that is essentially it. We recommend

[8:44] approval with conditions as outlined in

[8:46] the staff report.

[8:47] And there is one connection um that I

[8:50] noted, and that is

[8:51] there is an

[8:54] uh

[8:54] indication that the site is 1.27

[8:57] acres. I believe it is

[8:59] 0.27

[9:01] acres. It's not 1.27 acres in size.

[9:05] Other than that,

[9:06] um if you have any questions, I can ask

[9:08] those.

[9:09] >> I don't have any questions.

[9:10] » I don't have any questions.

[9:10] >> Thank you, Mr. Travis.

[9:12] » Thank you, Mr. Travis.

[9:12] The applicant's opportunity to testify.

[9:15] >> So, that's

[9:16] » So, that's

[9:16] >> Okay, and just because you're not on the

[9:18] » Okay, and just because you're not on the

[9:18] mic, uh the

[9:19] applicant says he doesn't have anything

[9:20] to add. Does anybody else want to say

[9:22] anything at all about this application?

[9:24] >> And Jack online is the consultant.

[9:26] » And Jack online is the consultant.

[9:26] >> Oh, I'm sorry.

[9:27] » Oh, I'm sorry.

[9:28] Uh yes, Mr.

[9:29] Loringer. So, thank you.

[9:34] » Travis did a very good job of uh

[9:36] describing the project there.

[9:39] >> Mr. Laurencher, can you give us your

[9:40] » Mr. Laurencher, can you give us your

[9:40] name and and

[9:41] who you're representing?

[9:43] >> My name is Jack Laurencher and

[9:47] » My name is Jack Laurencher and

[9:47] I'm independent permit technician and

[9:51] I'm representing Bob Macleth.

[9:54] Um

[9:56] and

[9:57] I just wanted to say Travis did a really

[9:59] good job of presenting this project

[10:03] and basically we're just looking for

[10:08] safe way

[10:09] to

[10:11] get Bob to be able to use a dock and

[10:15] enjoy the lake there. Uh

[10:18] and

[10:20] it also enhance his deck so that when

[10:24] it's raining or really sunny he can

[10:26] still be out there enjoying it. So

[10:29] Um I'm here if there's any questions at

[10:33] all about the proposal.

[10:36] >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Laurencher.

[10:38] » Okay. Thank you, Mr. Laurencher.

[10:38] >> Sure.

[10:39] » Sure.

[10:39] >> Did you want to testify, sir?

[10:40] » Did you want to testify, sir?

[10:40] >> The gentleman behind you did.

[10:42] » The gentleman behind you did.

[10:42] >> Uh oh,

[10:43] » Uh oh,

[10:43] if you do, too, come on up. I

[10:47] » My name is Terry Jones.

[10:58] And I was just mainly curious

[11:01] what the thoughts was

[11:04] with this

[11:05] question

[11:06] with the

[11:08] last

[11:09] Terry Jones

[11:11] the name of the job

[11:20] I was just wondering

[11:23] the shoreline

[11:29] Excellent.

[11:32] the way he

[11:33] can be

[11:34] Okay.

[12:08] » Mhm.

[12:43] Okay.

[12:44] Thank you, Mr. Johnson.

[12:47] Come on up here.

[13:29] No.

[13:34] » I think the city wants that, too.

[13:38] Yes.

[13:42] Okay. Thank you, sir.

[13:45] There's nobody else in the room, nobody

[13:46] else online. So, anything further from

[13:49] city staff?

[13:50] Anything further from the applicant, Mr.

[13:52] Lauinger?

[13:54] Or Mr. Lauinger?

[13:56] >> No, there's nothing further.

[13:58] » No, there's nothing further.

[13:58] >> With that, I'll close the hearing and

[13:59] » With that, I'll close the hearing and

[13:59] close the record based on the findings

[14:01] in the staff report. The application

[14:02] does comply with the or can comply with

[14:04] the approval criteria subject to the

[14:06] conditions in the staff report. So, I'll

[14:08] approve the application subject to those

[14:10] conditions.

[14:11] I'll issue my decision within a maximum

[14:12] of 2 weeks.

[14:14] Try and get it out sooner, but I've got

[14:15] a ugly one in front of me.

[14:17] Um

[14:19] So, I will send my decision to the city.

[14:21] The city will send it to parties of

[14:22] record, which are the gentlemen who

[14:23] testified today. And that concludes our

[14:26] hearing. Thank you, all.

[14:28] >> Thank you.

[14:30] » Thank you.

[14:31] >> Wish they were all this easy.

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