2012/07/25 Council Agenda Packet

Mr. ffen asked Mr. Peterson if he would like to hear ack in a certain amount of time. Mr. Peterson re ended within the ne wo weeks. i 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. 6:35:55 PM ( Bob Larsen, City staff, distributed a comment ter from Snohomish County regarding the Smith Island expansion. He also distributed a handout o e powerpoint presentation with a corrected slide. Mr. Larsen stated that the Firehouse Co .rehensive Plan amendment and rezone is located at 12011 19th Ave SW. The request is to amen. e Comprehensive Plan designation from 1.6 (Multiple Family) to 4.1 (Neighborhood Business) and , zone from R-3 (Multiple Family)to B-1 (Neighborhood Business). The objective is to convert the allo -d use to office and retail. The previous use was a fire station for Fire District#1. He presented a : .phic of the site. Mr. Larsen asked if there were any questions. 6:37:49 PM Commissioner Murphy ask- if the structure had always been used as a fire house. Mr. Larsen responded yes. Angela L. h, Urban Concepts,4509 Interlake Avenue North#148, Seattle,WA 98103, stated that she was rep, •senting the Applicant, Rich Metzner who is the property owner. Mr. Metzner purchased the proper , from Fire District#1 when the property was sold as surplus. The property has been underutilized • ce the purchase. She felt that the property was uniquely located to serve the community as a . ghborhood business. The B-1 zone is preferred because it does provide a range of uses which is a. ,ropriate for the scale and location of the property. The zoning would also allow a residential co, ponent if they chose to do a mixed use project. She distributed photographs of fire stations tha ad been converted to the type of use they have envisioned for the site. 6:40:36 Chair '•sin thanked Ms. Larsh for her comments. I 6:41:07 PM Mr. Larsen continued with the staff presentation. Upda existing Parks and creation Plan Elementf the Comprehensive P�n. Parks has submi d a legisl tive draft of the cha ges that the Board of P rks Commissioners reco mended for approv I. 1 The Warriner Comprehensive Plan amendment and rezone is located at 4629 Evergreen Way. The request is for an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan designation 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