2012/07/25 Council Agenda Packet

Mr. Giffen asked . Peterson if he would like hear back in a certain amount of ti e. Mr. Peterson responded withi he next two weeks. 1t' 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. I 6:35:55 PM Bob Larsen, City staff, distributed a comment letter from Snohe ish County regarding the Smith Island expansion. •He also distributed a handout of the powerpoint p esentation with a corrected slide. Mr. Larsen stated that the Firehouse Comprehensive Plan a ?endment and rezone is located at 12011 19th Ave SW. The request is to amend the Comprehensive Ian designation from 1.6 (Multiple Family) to 4.1(Neighborhood Business) and rezone from R-3 (Mul .le Family)to B-1 (Neighborhood Business). The objective is to convert the allowed use to office and r'tail. The previous use was a fire station for Fire District#1. He presented a graphic of the site. Mr. :rsen asked if there were any questions. 6:37:49 PM Commissioner Murphy asked if the structure had alw. s been used as a fire house. Mr. Larsen responded yes. Angela Larsh, Urban Concepts,4509 terlake Avenue North#148, Seattle,WA 98103, stated that she was representing the Applicant, Ric etzner who is the property owner. Mr. Metzner purchased the property from Fire District#1 when e property was sold as surplus. The property has been underutilized since the purchase. She felt t .t the property was uniquely located to serve the community as a neighborhood business. The B-1 one is preferred because it does provide a range of uses which is appropriate for the scale and loca en of the property. The zoning would also allow a residential component if they chose to do a mi -d use project. She distributed photographs of fire stations that had been converted to the type . use they have envisioned for the site. 6:40:36 PM Chair Sosin thanked Ms. Larsh for her com -nts. 6:41:07 PM Mr. Larsen continued with the staff press tation. Update existing Parks and Recreation an Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Parks has submitted a legislative draft of the changes that t - Board of Parks Commissioners recommended for approval. The Warriner Comprehensive Plan endment and rezone is located at 4629 Evergreen Way. The request is for an amendment to t . Comprehensive Plan designation from 1.2 (Single Family)to 4.4 (Mixed Use Commercial) and a r- one from R-1 (Single Family)to E-1 MUO (Mixed Use/Office). The Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 2 March 6, 2012