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Minnie Dhaliwal <br />, Planning Supervisor, Department of Community Development, gave the presentation for <br />staff.She provided background on the project,walked the Commission through the proposed amendments and <br />went over the Development Standardssuch assetbacks,landscapingand the Multi-Family Design Manual. <br />She also went over the recreation spaceand parking requirementsfor whichthe Developer requested the City <br />consider adopting standardsdifferent than High Density Residential (HDR) zone.There were two options to <br />considerfor both. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: <br />- <br />ForRecreation Space requirements staff recommended option 2:to adopt standards similar to <br />the City of SeaTac, with a graduated scaledepending on the size of the unit: 120 square feet <br />for a studio, 160square feet for a one-bedroom unit and 200 square feet for 2 plus bedroom <br />units. <br />- <br />ForParking requirementsStaff recommended option 2:adopt aparking standard similar to <br />the City of SeaTac standard of one stall per studio unit, 1.5 stalls per one-bedroomunits and 2 <br />stalls per two or more bedrooms. <br />Staffanswered clarifying questions for the Commission. <br />Nancy Rogers <br />, Landuse Attorney, for the applicant,provided background on the property and the project. <br />She said it is an integrated sitethat has a jurisdictional boundary linethrough the property, between the City <br />of Tukwila, zoned Tukwila South Overlay (TSO),and the City of SeaTac, which is zoned High Density <br />Residential(HDR).The Tukwila portion of the projecthas been reviewed as part of a master plan <br />development agreement process, which allows any number of usesincluding those allowed in HDR. <br />Ms. Rogerssaid when the TSO was adopted with the Development Agreement the residential design <br />guidelines and residential standards for residential development in the TSO werenot adopted.However, <br />there is a footnote in the codes that states that residential development can happen after residential <br />guidelines and standards are adopted. Therefore, the applicant is requesting approval of thestandards and <br />design guidelinessimilar to those thatcurrently applyin otherplaces in the Cityandapply them to the two <br />portions of Tukwila South area thatimmediatelyabuts the SeaTac property.The applicant is asking that the <br />standards for recreation and parkingstandardsbe adapted to make sure they are integrated with SeaTac <br />standards. <br />Commissioner <br />Mann and Wattersexpressed concern with the small amount of recreationspaceon the <br />Tukwila portion of the project. The applicant noted, that the project will have open space on both the <br />Tukwila and SeaTac portion of the property, whichwill exceedmarket standards and expectations. <br />Mike Pruett <br />,for the applicant,answered clarifying questions and addressed concerns for the Commission. <br />Chris Ross <br />, the developer,for the applicant,also,answered clarifying questions and addressed concernsfor <br />the Commission. <br />There were no public comments. <br />The public hearing was closed. <br />DELIBERATION: <br />tğŭĻ Ћ ƚŅ Ќ <br />4 <br /> <br />