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City of Tukwila <br />PLANNING COMMISSION WORK SESSION <br />MINUTES <br />Date: February 28, 2019 <br />Time: 6:30 PM <br />Location: Council Chambers <br />Present: Chair Dennis Martinez, Vice -Chair Heidi Watters, Commissioners Louise Strander, <br />Karen Simmons and Dixie Stark <br />Excused <br />Absence: Commissioners Sharon Mann and Mike Hansen <br />Staff: Planning Supervisor Minnie Dhaliwal, Urban Environme <br />and Planning Commission Secretary Wynetta Bivens <br />Adopt <br />Minutes: Commissioner Strander made a motion to adopt the January 24, 2019 minutes. <br />Commissioner Watters seconded the motion. Motion passed. <br />Andrea Cummins <br />Chair Martinez opened the work session on critical areas regulations. <br />Minnie Dhaliwal, Planning Supervisor and Andrea Cummins,Urban Environmentalist, provided <br />some background information on the critical areas. The state law regulates what is allowed in the <br />critical areas and mandates cities to comply with the Growth Management Act (GMA). Cities <br />must update and adopt critical area regulations every eight years, based on best available science. <br />Staff has reviewed and identified gaps in the City's existing code for the Planning Commissioners <br />(PC) to vet and determine what to change. <br />At the November 8, 2018 work session, the PC requested staff return with additional <br />information on four topics. There was discussion and clarification on each of the topics, <br />which are listed in the information memorandum dated February 19, 2019. <br />Following are some of the issues discussed, as well as the policy decisions made by the PC. <br />1. Mitigation plans and monitoring costs <br />Staff provided some information on the benefits of monitoring and the chances of mitigation <br />success. The City has established a five-year monitoring period. The Department of Ecology <br />and US Army Corps of Engineers also have monitoring requirements for some wetland <br />impacts, which could be up to 10 years. There was a lengthy discussion on this topic. One of <br />the issues raised pertained to a property owner developing their property that is adjacent to <br />property that has a wetland. Staff clarified that if buffers extend on their property, they will <br />need to address potential impacts to the buffers from the proposed development; further, they <br />may need to get access rights to delineate the wetland. It was noted that the buffers are not in <br />1 <br />