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<br /> <br /> <br />City of Tukwila <br /> <br />Planning Commission <br /> <br /> <br /> Board of Architectural Review(BAR) Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />Date: <br />November 14, 2013 <br />Time: <br />6:30 PM <br />Location: <br /> City Hall Council Chambers <br /> <br />Present: <br /> Chair, Thomas McLeod; Vice-Chair, Louise Strander; Commissioners, Brooke Alford, Mike Hansen <br />and Sharon Mann <br /> <br />Absent: <br /> Commissioners Cassandra Hunter and Miguel Maestes <br /> <br />Staff: <br /> Moira Bradshaw, Senior Planner; Minnie Dhaliwal, Planning Supervisor; Nora Gierloff, Deputy <br />Director; Jack Pace, DCD Director; and Wynetta Bivens, Planning Commission Secretary <br /> <br />Chair McLeod <br /> opened the public hearing at 6:30 PM. <br /> <br />Minutes: Commissioner Hansen <br /> made a motion to adopt the June 22, 2013 and August 22, 2013 minutes. <br />Commissioner Strander <br /> seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. <br /> <br />Chair McLeod <br /> asked staff to provide information on the BAR’s role for the meeting. <br /> <br />Nora Gierloff <br />, Deputy Director, Community Development Department, explained the purpose is for the Board of <br />Architectural Review to review the design of the buildings, site design, and the landscaping plan for Tukwila <br />Village and Tukwila Library. Their decision will be made based on the design criteria in the code such as the color, <br />the materials, and the design of the project. <br /> <br />Case number L13-017, King County Library System was listed first on the agenda. Commissioner Alford made a <br />motion for case number L13-030, Tukwila Village to be heard first. Commissioner Hansen seconded the motion. <br />The motion was unanimously approved. <br /> <br />CASE NUMBER: L13-030 <br />APPLICANT: Bryan Park <br />REQUEST: Phase I of Tukwila Village project to include Building A, a six story commercial and <br />residential building; Building C, a one story commercial, community building; and an <br />outdoor plaza and accessory parking, sidewalks, landscaping and street frontage <br />improvements. <br />th <br />LOCATION: North east corner of Tukwila International Boulevard and S.144 Street. <br /> <br /> Chair McLeod <br /> opened the public hearing and swore in those wishing to testify. <br /> <br />Moira Bradshaw <br />, Senior Planner, Community Development Department asked each of the Planning <br />Commissioners the appearance of fairness questions. Commissioners Mann, Strander, and Hansen disclosed <br />ex-parte communication and stated they could be impartial to hearing the cases. There weren’t any objections <br />to the Planning Commissioners hearing the cases. <br /> <br />Staff provided information on the intent of the role of the Board of Architectural Review (BAR) as it relates to the <br />project. <br /> <br />The Tukwila Village project is unique, and as part of the project the City Council entered into an agreement and <br />has a contract with the applicant. This is a public/private partnership and the City owns the land. The City Council <br />agreed to a preliminary site plan, which the BAR is being asked to approve. The City Council also agreed to allow <br />Tukwila Village to be developed in a phased manner. Additional criteria were provided for the BAR to use during <br />the review process. <br /> Page 1 of 9 <br /> <br />