2012/07/25 Council Agenda Packet

Citizen Comments 7:07:04 PM Chair Sosin asked if there was anyone who wished to speak ' the Firehouse rezone. Angela Larsh, Urban Concepts,4509 Interlake Avenue N. th,#148,Seattle,WA 98103, stated that she was representing the Applicant, Rich Metzner who wis'-d to rezone the property to B-1. In reviewing the broad range of uses under B-2 zoning with staff, r. Metzner was not interested in vehicular uses and decided that the B-1 zone met their needs and sion for the site. She felt that the property when it is developed will be an asset for the community. ' e asked if the Commissioners had any questions. 7:08:31 PM Chair Sosin asked when the original Firehou was built. Ms. Larsh believed it was in the 70's. 7:08:45 PM Commissioner Adams asked what use :s currently in the building. Ms. Larsh responded that the property owner rented it out for a res',ential use in the upstairs, and was not sure if there were any other uses. 7:09:08 PM Commissioner Murphy asked if e residential use would be eliminated. Ms. Larsh responded that one of the concepts they have con .ered is a café style restaurant/coffee shop with a small scale retail in part of the building. They ha - also discussed a residential component above, but there is nothing cast in stone at this time. The u-• will be market driven—the main vision is for a cafe/coffee shop component similar to wha was shown in the distributed photos. 7:10:12 PM Rich Metzner, 10404 :ndy Beach Drive in Lake Stevens, stated that he also owns the two little office buildings across the reet and when the Firehouse property came up for sale, he purchased because he did not want to se: condos built there. He did not have a desire to develop the property but did want to use the existing ..ilding as a cafe/coffee shop. He felt the building would work great for an indoor/ outdoor coffee op. He referred to the photos of the Snohomish and Richmond Beach coffee shops to help describe e vision that he has for his property. Currently, he does have a renter upstairs who uses the ground .or for a karate studio. However, he did tell the tenant that he would need to check with the City to ake sure the use was in compliance. Chair Sosin commented that gathering spaces and active ars .s like that are assets to the neighborhood and felt that his vision if done right would be a great a•.et to the neighborhood. 7:1, 0 PM It: #2: Chair Sosin asked if there was anyone who wished to speak on the Park Element update to the r.mprehens ive 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 response. Item#4: Chir Sosin asked if there wasfyone who wished to speak oche Scrupps rezone. Theras no response! Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 6 March 6, 2012