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Page 4 of 5 <br />October 11, 2018 <br />BAR Minutes <br />PLANNING COMMISSION WORK SESSION <br />Vice -Chair Martinez called the Planning Commission Work Session to order at 8:15 PM. <br />Commissioner Strander recused herself from the discussion due to the fact her family owns <br />property in the Shoreline area and left the courtroom. <br />Nora Gierloff, Deputy Director, Department of Community Development, announced that <br />Lindsay Brown was leaving the City. <br />There was a five minute recess. <br />The Work Session reconvened at 8:20 PM. <br />CASE NUMBER: <br />APPLICANT: <br />REQUEST: <br />LOCATION: <br />L18-0075 <br />City of Tukwila <br />Work session on the State mandated periodic review of Tukwila's Shoreline <br />Master Program <br />200 ft. Shoreline Zone on each side of <br />een River <br />Vice -Chair Martinez called for approval ofthe minutes, which was postponed because most of <br />the Commissioners were not in attendance from the previous meetings. <br />Nora Gierloff provided an overview of Washington State Shoreline Regulations. Tukwila has a <br />local Shoreline Master Program and a Shoreline Overlay in the Zoning Code. These are being <br />updated along with Tukwila's Critical Areas Regulations. She said these items are separate, but <br />are being tracked together, because they are inter -related and both deal with environmental issues, <br />and staff wants them to move forward in tandem. There are Sensitive Areas and Critical Area <br />regulations for the shoreline and outside the shoreline that staff wants to condense into one set of <br />regulations. This update is occurring now because it is state mandated approximately every eight <br />years, so it is a State timeline. Staff said there has been changes to state law that are not in the <br />City's regulations,as well as best available science, and that they need to be brought up to date. <br />This update is a housekeeping update. <br />Background was provided on the Shoreline Management Act. Each jurisdiction considers the State <br />guidance and makes their own local Shoreline Master Program. Ms. Gierloff explained what is <br />regulated under the Shoreline Master Program. <br />Commissioner Hansen said Riverton Creek runs through his property and asked if it would <br />preclude him from the discussion. Staff said it is a legislative process and that it is okay for all the <br />Commissioners to take part in the process because it affects the community as a whole. <br />The following are some of the potential update categories: <br />1) Consistency with State regulations and definitions; <br />2) Housekeeping corrections for ease of use and to correct inconsistencies; <br />3) Levee profile flexibility; <br />4) Recreation building and trail updates; and <br />5) Vegetation management. <br />12 <br />