2012/07/25 Council Agenda Packet

Citizen Comments 7:07:04 PM Chair Sosin asked if there was anyone who wished to sp- .k on the Firehouse rezone. Angela Larsh, Urban Concepts,4509 Interlake Avenu: orth,#148, Seattle,WA 98103, stated that she was representing the Applicant, Rich Metzner who ished to rezone the property to B-1. In reviewing the broad range of uses under B-2 zoning with sta.', Mr. Metzner was not interested in vehicular uses and decided that the B-1 zone met their needs a :'• vision for the site. She felt that the property when it is developed will be an asset for the communit She asked if the Commissioners had any questions. 7:08:31 PM Chair Sosin asked when the original Fireho e was built. Ms. Larsh believed it was in the 70's. 7:08:45 PM Commissioner Adams asked what use w.s currently in the building. Ms. Larsh responded that the property owner rented it out for a resi ential use in the upstairs, and was not sure if there were any other uses. 7:09:08 PM Commissioner Murphy asked if t residential use would be eliminated. Ms. Larsh responded that one of the concepts they have cons', -red is a café style restaurant/coffee shop with a small scale retail in part of the building. They hav_..Iso discussed a residential component above, but there is nothing cast in stone at this time. The use ill be market driven—the main vision is for a cafe/coffee shop component similar to what .s shown in the distributed photos. 7:10:12 PM Rich Metzner, 10404 San' y Beach Drive in Lake Stevens, stated that he also owns the two little office buildings across the str= -t and when the Firehouse property came up for sale, he purchased because he did not want to see co'"•os built there. He did not have a desire to develop the property but did want to use the existing build' g as a café/coffee shop. He felt the building would work great for an indoor/ outdoor coffee shop He referred to the photos of the Snohomish and Richmond Beach coffee shops to help describe the'1 ion that he has for his property. Currently, he does have a renter upstairs who uses the ground floor f• a karate studio. However, he did tell the tenant that he would need to check with the City to make re the use was in compliance. Chair Sosin commented that gathering spaces and active areas like hat are assets to the neighborhood and felt that his vision if done right would be a great asset to e neighborhood. 7:14:10 PM Item#2: C :it Sosin asked if there was anyone who wished to speak on the Park Element update to the Compreh: sive Plan. There was no response. Item#3 Chair Sosin asked if there was anyone who wished to speak on the Warriner rezone. There was no res onse. Item#4: Chair Sosin asked if there was anyone who wished to speak on the Scrupps rezone. There was no response. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 6 March 6, 2012