2012/07/25 Council Agenda Packet

Mr. Giffen ask Mr. Peterson if he would like to he ack in a certain amount of time. r. Peterson responded thin 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. 6:35:55 PM Bob Larsen, City staff, distributed a comment letter from Snohomish ounty regarding the Smith Island expansion. He also distributed a handout of the powerpoint presen .tion with a corrected slide. Mr. Larsen stated that the Firehouse Comprehensive Plan amend f ent and rezone is located at 12011 19th Ave SW. The request is to amend the Comprehensive Plan -esignation from 1.6 (Multiple Family) to 4.1 (Neighborhood Business) and rezone from R-3 (Multiple '-mily) 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. Lars: asked if there were any questions. • 6:37:49 PM Commissioner Murphy asked if the structure had always seen used as a fire house. Mr. Larsen responded yes. Angela Larsh, Urban Concepts,4509 In rlake Avenue North#148, Seattle,WA 98103, stated that she was representing the Applicant, Rich -tzner who is the property owner. Mr. Metzner purchased the property from Fire District#1 when t property was sold as surplus. The property has been underutilized since the purchase. She felt the, 'he property was uniquely located to serve the community as a neighborhood business. The B-1 ,ne is preferred because it does provide a range of uses which is appropriate for the scale and locati, n 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 co ents. 6:41:07 PM Mr. Larsen continued with the staff p -sentation. Update existing Parks and Recreaf an Plan Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Parks has submitted a legislative draft of the changes t :t the Board of Parks Commissioners recommended for approval. The Warriner Comprehensive 'Ian amendment and rezone is located at 4629 Evergreen Way. The request is for an amendme 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