2009/03/25 Council Agenda Packet

Planning Commission Minutes January 22, 2008 Approved &,W ) Chairman Olivers called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Other Commissioners attending: Gene Dvornick, Don Chase, Jeff Moore, Michelle Trautman, and Jamie Hunter. Commissioners Absent: Si Newland and David Hall City staff members present were Allan Giffen, Dave Koenig, Mary Cunningham, and Kathy Davis of the Planning Department Planning Commission Meeting Minutes, January 15, 2008 Chairman Olivers requested that an amendment be made to the minutes to reflect his late arrival and that a second vote on the minutes had been held at the end of the meeting. Motion: Commissioner Moore made a motion to approve the January 15, 2008 minutes with the amendments. Commissioner Chase seconded the motion. Vote: Commissioner Dvornick, yes; Commissioner Chase, yes; Commissioner Moore, yes; Commissioner Trautman, abstain; Commissioner Hunter, abstain, and Chairman Olivers, yes. Motion Carried. Item #1: Public Hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Everett Riverfront District Project Dave Koenig, City staff, stated that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was issued on December 21, 2007. The comment period ends on February 4, 2008. All comments received during the hearing and public comment period will become part of the public record. Comments will be responded to in the Final Environmental Impact Statement(FEIS). The Planning Commission will not take action until the FEIS is issued. Planning Commission's recommendation will go to City Council who will make a decision on the proposal. Bob Mueller, OliverMcMillan, stated that their firm was selected by City Council in 2005. Oliver McMillan is a firm that has been in business for almost 30 years. Their firm develops a variety of mostly mixed use projects that include retail development, residential development, and town centers that incorporate retail and residential developments. Their firm has received numerous design and construction awards. Their firm is currently constructing about 1.5 billion dollars of development throughout the nation. He added that a good portion of the projects that are constructed are retained by OliverMcMillan. He presented a slide of the site and a slide that showed the connections between the Riverfront, Everett Station, Downtown, and the Marina. The DEIS covers the total project including the wetland areas. BNSF railroad will be relocated. There is 37 acres of developable land on the Simpson pad. The 41st Street overpass will access both the retail and Simpson pad. Parcel B is the Simpson pad. Parcel A2 is part of the landfill located on the south side of the 41st Street exchange. Parcel A is the main landfill site where the retail is proposed. Parcel C includes the old Eclipse Mill site.