When you testify, please come on up to
the podium. We need to make sure you're
on a microphone because our hearings are
recorded and that's part of our record
in the event of an appeal.
Please begin your testimony by stating
your full name uh your name and your
full mailing address.
Uh
and please spell your last name so I get
it right. And if you represent someone
else, please say so.
There's no arbitrary limit to how long
anyone can testify, but testimony should
be relevant to the approval criteria
which are set out in the staff report.
And please don't repeat testimony
offered by yourself or earlier
witnesses. Um
it is important that all parties make
their best case to me. My decisions are
final for purposes of the city, but may
be appealed to our circuit Excuse me,
the superior court.
Um
however, [clears throat] the superior
court will generally not allow new
testimony and evidence on appeal.
They'll decide any appeal based on the
record before me.
So, if you feel it's important that
myself or any future decision maker know
something about this application, you
need to make sure it gets into the
record before me.
In order to preserve your right to
appeal, you or someone expressly
representing you must testify orally or
in writing before the close of the
record.
And in order to raise an issue on
appeal, someone must have raised that
issue before me with enough specificity
that everyone can understand what the
issue is.
If anyone feels they need more time to
prepare, you can ask me to hold the
record open or continue the hearing.
If I hold the record open, you'll have
the opportunity to submit additional
written testimony and evidence before I
make a decision.
If I continue the hearing,
uh we can come back and do this again at
a later date.
But if anybody wants me to hold the
record open or continue the hearing, you
must make that request before the close
of the hearing today and provide some
support for why whatever you want to
submit during the open record why that
information couldn't be submitted at the
hearing today.
That concludes my introduction. Mr.
Goddard, do you want to start us out?
Didn't I see him in the waiting room
there?
So, I need to do something?
>> Yeah, I'm sorry.
» Yeah, I'm sorry.
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> He should
» He should
He should um He should be
accepted into the meeting.
There we go.
Mr. Leringer, are you able to hear us?
You'll need to unmute yourself to let us
know. There we go.
>> Yes, I am.
» Yes, I am.
>> Great, thank you. Just wanted to check.
» Great, thank you. Just wanted to check.
Apologies for the delay. I didn't
realize I needed to do anything.
>> I'm Mike here.
» I'm Mike here.
>> Oh, no problem.
» Oh, no problem.
>> Mr. Goddard, do you want to start us
» Mr. Goddard, do you want to start us
out?
>> Okay.
» Okay.
So, thank you very much. For the record,
my name is Travis Goddard. I am the
Community Development Director for the
City of Woodland.
And uh you have a uh presentation on the
screen before you today. It's also
available in paper on your desk, and
it'll be placed on the city's website.
Um this is for the uh
Metcalf dock on the shoreline
substantial development permit on
Horseshoe Lake.
And the case number is WLD 2026 number
12.
So, the site is um
has a residential shoreline environment
designation. The zoning is low-density
residential 6,000 sq ft zoning.
It is 14 uh at Sorry, 415 Lake Avenue.
And the existing home was built in 1975,
which was prior to the adoption of the
shoreline any shoreline management
master program for the city of Woodland.
Um which didn't first appear until 1977
was the first shoreline program and it
was the county's
shoreline program at that time.
The site, this is the vicinity map shown
um in the application packet with the
site with the red box around it gives
you a little bit of an orientation of
where it is.
Here is a close-up. The yellow line on
the left represents the 200-ft
shoreline, approximate shoreline
boundary. So, the entire site is within
the shoreline
um of the Horseshoe Lake.
Here's a copy of the site plan and it
shows the existing home, existing
garage, and the um impervious surface um
of the driveway. The rest of the lot is
generally grass.
Um
and
um there are some trees in the northeast
corner.
Um up here to the right and in the lake
itself, they lean out into the lake.
Um in the bottom right-hand side,
actually I have a close-up here. Um you
see the existing deck
um with a proposed compacted gravel path
to the concrete anchor, which would lead
down to the dock and I have a side view
of that. And the proposed dock is 6 by
16, which meets the city's requirements
for proposal.
Uh you'll also note that there is a um
retaining a small retaining wall, which
I have some photos of that will be
replaced. It is uh old railroad ties
that are going to be replaced with
concrete blocks.
Uh here's a picture of the deck.
And I have a close-up.
Oh, sorry. So, here's the deck.
We'll stop. There we go. So, here's a
picture of the deck. There are some You
see in the bottom right-hand side, there
are some old foundation blocks from
where um it looks like it's been
replaced.
It wasn't done with a permit, but it
looks like it is all using the um
existing foundation plan. There were a
couple foundation piles that look like
they were replaced and repoured, but the
the two in the corners all look like
that they were existing.
So, there's not a significant impact. Um
they'll just need to get a building
permit for the deck itself when it was
for when it was replaced.
Here is the area, and you can see the
approximate line of the retaining wall
in the center there of what it looks
like. I got a close-up of kind of what
the
uh stuff is. Now, there's actually two
walls. The one on the left
um
is not the one to be replaced. It looks
like the one on the right
uh that has kind of disintegrated has um
is the one that looks like it'll be
replaced.
And the erosion control plan Oh, sorry.
And then looking back the other
direction, you see the trees that I was
mentioning.
Um and
for the temporal disturbance of this
area for the retaining wall work to be
done in the foundation to be done, I
added a condition of approval that
wasn't in the critical area permit. And
that was asking for the area at the far
side of the lot um within 25 ft of the
lake to add three trees.
So, that way um
the big trees on the right look like
cottonwoods, and so cottonwoods are
subject to breaking off. And so, I would
like some kind of succession plan. And
so I've asked him to select something
that's native and
will provide shade for the shoreline in
the long run. So, that'll give it time
to grow in.
Uh and then there is an erosion control
plan, which indicates that they are
going to do straw wattles during the
disturbance time. So, those will be
staked into the ground to protect uh
service erosion control to prevent
erosion into the lake during
construction.
And here is the side elevation of the
ramp with railings.
And then the floating dock.
And um
that will require an HPA from Fish and
Wildlife, and if they
um have any conditions, it would be
attached to the HPA, but um the
applicant
and I talked early, and he went and
talked to Fish and Wildlife, and I know
Fish and Wildlife is on board with the
design. So, there shouldn't be any
hassle um getting that approved.
And that is essentially it. We recommend
approval with conditions as outlined in
the staff report.
And there is one connection um that I
noted, and that is
there is an
uh
indication that the site is 1.27
acres. I believe it is
0.27
acres. It's not 1.27 acres in size.
Other than that,
um if you have any questions, I can ask
those.
>> I don't have any questions.
» I don't have any questions.
>> Thank you, Mr. Travis.
» Thank you, Mr. Travis.
The applicant's opportunity to testify.
>> So, that's
» So, that's
>> Okay, and just because you're not on the
» Okay, and just because you're not on the
mic, uh the
applicant says he doesn't have anything
to add. Does anybody else want to say
anything at all about this application?
>> And Jack online is the consultant.
» And Jack online is the consultant.
>> Oh, I'm sorry.
» Oh, I'm sorry.
Uh yes, Mr.
Loringer. So, thank you.
» Travis did a very good job of uh
describing the project there.
>> Mr. Laurencher, can you give us your
» Mr. Laurencher, can you give us your
name and and
who you're representing?
>> My name is Jack Laurencher and
» My name is Jack Laurencher and
I'm independent permit technician and
I'm representing Bob Macleth.
Um
and
I just wanted to say Travis did a really
good job of presenting this project
and basically we're just looking for
safe way
to
get Bob to be able to use a dock and
enjoy the lake there. Uh
and
it also enhance his deck so that when
it's raining or really sunny he can
still be out there enjoying it. So
Um I'm here if there's any questions at
all about the proposal.
>> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Laurencher.
» Okay. Thank you, Mr. Laurencher.
>> Sure.
» Sure.
>> Did you want to testify, sir?
» Did you want to testify, sir?
>> The gentleman behind you did.
» The gentleman behind you did.
>> Uh oh,
» Uh oh,
if you do, too, come on up. I
» My name is Terry Jones.
And I was just mainly curious
what the thoughts was
with this
question
with the
last
Terry Jones
the name of the job
I was just wondering
the shoreline
Excellent.
the way he
can be
Okay.
» Mhm.
Okay.
Thank you, Mr. Johnson.
Come on up here.
No.
» I think the city wants that, too.
Yes.
Okay. Thank you, sir.
There's nobody else in the room, nobody
else online. So, anything further from
city staff?
Anything further from the applicant, Mr.
Lauinger?
Or Mr. Lauinger?
>> No, there's nothing further.
» No, there's nothing further.
>> With that, I'll close the hearing and
» With that, I'll close the hearing and
close the record based on the findings
in the staff report. The application
does comply with the or can comply with
the approval criteria subject to the
conditions in the staff report. So, I'll
approve the application subject to those
conditions.
I'll issue my decision within a maximum
of 2 weeks.
Try and get it out sooner, but I've got
a ugly one in front of me.
Um
So, I will send my decision to the city.
The city will send it to parties of
record, which are the gentlemen who
testified today. And that concludes our
hearing. Thank you, all.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Wish they were all this easy.