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Date: <br />Time: <br />Location: <br />Present: <br />Excused <br />Absent: <br />Staff: <br />Minutes: <br />City of Tukwila <br />Planning Commission <br />Board of Architectural Review(BAR) Meeting Minutes <br />December 11, 2014 <br />6:30 PM <br />City Hall Council Chambers <br />Commissioners, Thomas McLeod, Brooke Alford, Sharon Mann, Miguel Maestas, and <br />Nhan Nguyen <br />Chair, Louise Strander; Vice Chair, Mike Hansen <br />Nora Gierloff, Deputy Director; Laura Benjamin, Assistant Planning; and Wynetta <br />Bivens, Planning Commission Secretary <br />Commissioner Alford made a motion to adopt the August 28, 2014 minutes. <br />Commissioner Nguyen seconded the motion. All were in favor. <br />Chair Pro -Tem McLeod called the public hearing to order and swore in those wishing to testify. <br />At 6:30 PM Chair Pro -Tem McLeod opened the public hearing. <br />CASE NUMBER: L14 -0045 <br />APPLICANT: Gil Hulsmann, Abbey Road Group Land Development Services Company <br />LLC <br />REQUEST: Subdivide nine parcels into eight unit lots for development of eight townhomes, <br />grouped as one -five unit building, and one -three unit building. The proposal also <br />includes the associated private access road, utilities, landscaping, and recreation <br />area. The project site is comprised of nine tax parcels that total approximately 1.1 <br />acres in size (49,127 square feet). <br />LOCATION: 51s` Avenue S between S Hazel Street and S Fountain Street, Parcel 96874201065, <br />-1050,-1045,-1040,-1143,-1144,-1145,-1150,-1160 <br />Nora Gierloff, Community Development Deputy Director, introduced Laura Benjamin, Assistant <br />Planner. <br />Laura Benjamin, Assistant Planning, Department of Community Development asked the Commissioners <br />the appearance of fairness questions. There were no disclosures from the Commissioners. <br />Laura Benjamin gave an overview of the project utilizing a PowerPoint presentation. Following are key <br />points she mentioned: <br />• During the landscaping review process, the Police Department recommended that the plantings <br />on the west portion of the recreation area are a maximum of 4 feet high <br />• The Police Department recommended having motion sensor lighting in the recreation area <br />• Staff suggested having language in the Codes, Covenants, and Restrictions to require residents to <br />keep garbage containers in their personal garages <br />• Comments were submitted regarding attachment E <br />Staff recommends approval of the project with the following three conditions: <br />