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City of Tukwila <br />Planning Commission <br />PLANNING COMMISSION (PC) PUBLIC MEETING <br />MINUTES <br />Date: June 27, 2019 <br />Time: 5:30 PM <br />Location: Council Chambers <br />Present: Chair Dennis Martinez; Vice Chair Heidi Watters; Commissioners Mike Hansen, <br />Louise Strander, Karen Simmons and Dixie Stark <br />Commissioner Sharon Mann — arrived at 6:20 PM <br />Staff: Department of Community Development (DCD) Planning Supervisor Minnie <br />Dhaliwal, Environmentalist, Andrea Cummins and Planning Commission Secretary <br />Wynetta Bivens <br />Adopt Commissioner Mann made a motion to adopt the May 23, 2019 minutes. <br />Minutes: Commissioner Hansen seconded the motion. Motion passed. <br />Chair Dennis Martinez opened the public meeting: <br />PLANNING COMMISSION DELIBERATION <br />CASE NUMBER: L18-0056 <br />APPLICANT: City of Tukwila <br />REQUEST: Critical Areas Code update. Planning Commission held a public hearing on this <br />issue on April 11, 2019. Since then the Planning Commission started <br />deliberations on May 23, 2019 and will continue deliberating at this meeting to <br />finalize their recommendation to the City Council. <br />LOCATION: City Wide <br />Minnie Dhaliwal, Planning Supervisor, DCD, provided an overview. She noted that the following <br />three items from the May 23, 2019 deliberations were scheduled to come back to the PC: 1) <br />Consistency for the vegetation management for Shoreline, Critical Areas, the Tree Code and the <br />Landscaping Code. The purpose is to provide clarity on each of the sections. There will be an <br />applicability section added, clarification for topping and pruning, addition of the tree protection, as <br />well as planting of shrubs and willow states to be counted for tree replacement to improve the buffer <br />function on the river bank. She said the only substantive changes are in the Tree Code which apply to <br />single-family homes and are as follows: Tree removal shall be regulated based on tree size and not on <br />canopy as homeowners find it hard to determine the species of the tree or determine whether it is <br />large/medium/small canopy. It is easier for them to measure the diameter of the tree. She then walked <br />the Commission through the four different chapters. <br />Andrea Cummins, DCD, Urban Environmentalist answered questions. <br />