2012/07/25 Council Agenda Packet

Mr. Giffen asked Mr. Peterson if he would like to hear back in a certain amount of time. Mr. Peterson responded within the next two weeks. 6:34:08 PM Item 2: Public Hearing and Recommendations on the Comprehensive Plan Amendments and Rezones for 2011/2012 annual update Chair Sosin read an introduction regarding the public hearing process and asked if any of the Commissioners knew of any conflicts or concerns with any of the matters before the Commission or any reason that should cause a member to avoid participating in the hearing. There was no response. Chair Sosin asked if there was any objection from the audience to any of the Commissioners participation on the docket items. There was no response. 6:35: : • Larsen, City staff, distribu -• : • ment letter from Snohomish C. regarding the Smith Is • expansion. He . - - suted a handout of the powerpoint • - ation with a corrected s '. . Mr. Larsen stated that the Firehouse Comprehensive Plan amendment and rezone is located at 12011 19th Ave SW. The request is to amend the Comprehensive Plan designation from 1.6 (Multiple Family) to 4.1 (Neighborhood Business) and rezone from R-3 (Multiple Family) to B-1(Neighborhood Business). The objective is to convert the allowed use to office and retail. The previous use was a fire station for Fire District#1. He presented a graphic of the site. Mr. Larsen asked if there were any questions. 6:37:49 PM Commissioner Murphy asked if the structure had always been used as a fire house. Mr. Larsen responded yes. Angela Larsh, Urban Concepts,4509 Interlake Avenue North#148, Seattle,WA 98103, stated that she was representing the Applicant, Rich Metzner who is the property owner. Mr. Metzner purchased the property from Fire District#1 when the property was sold as surplus. The property has been underutilized since the purchase. She felt that the property was uniquely located to serve the community as a neighborhood business. The B-1 zone is preferred because it does provide a range of uses which is appropriate for the scale and location of the property. The zoning would also allow a residential component if they chose to do a mixed use project. She distributed photographs of fire stations that had been converted to the type of use they have envisioned for the site. 6:40:36 PM Chair Sosin thanked Ms. Larsh for her comments. 6:4M Mr.1:07 LarsePn continued h the staff presentation. Update existing Par and Recreation Plan Element of the Co prehensive Plan. Parks has submi d a legislative draft of e changes that the Board of Parks Com issioners recommended for appro I. The Warriner Co prehensive Plan amendment and rezo is located at 4629 Evergreen Way The request is for a amendment to the Comprehensive Pla esignation from 1.2 (Single Family to 4.4 (Mixed Use Commercial) and a rezone from R-1 (Single Family)to E-1 MUO (Mixed Use/Office). The Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 2 March 6, 2012