Planning 2012-09-27 Minutes - Public Hearing / Work Session - McMicken Court / Southcenter Plan Review

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PC Public Hearing Minutes September 27, 2012 Southcenter Comprehensive Plan Chapter Issues Matrix: • Page 12, Goal 10.2. - Added verbiage: `Environmentally sustainable ", to the Comprehensive goals on urban development section. Southcenter Sub -Area Plan issues Matrix: • Page 15, 1.4. In the Comment Matrix Illustration item E, - revised and strengthened language for — the Regional Center Vision, and forwarded to Westfield for their review. • Page 25, 4th comment- response to Commissioner Strander's inquiry regarding a road diet: Before a road, diet is put into place more detailed analysis of impacts will be done. Commissioner Strander provided some additional feedback and also asked some additional questions pertaining to on- street parking, road diets, bike lanes, and how it's going to affect the level of service on the roads. She asked to revisit this issue, regarding doing extensive studies on the impact of traffic. She said she wants more information about putting in a bike lane, on- street parking, narrowing two lanes of traffic either direction into one with a middle turn lane. Commission Stander stated she is not comfortable with the road diet vision, she suggested striking all language pertaining to a road diet, such as the following language, "Undergo a road diet to provide on -street parking and bike lanes ", on page 25 and page 45 -46 (1.6.21C — pg. 45) After extensive discussion and as a result of a suggestion made by Commissioner Hunter, the following sentence will be added to page 25 and page 46, (1.6.2.1.c): "A traffic impact analysis would be required to determine if the road diet would create (or exacerbate) roadway congestion or level of service problems elsewhere in the roadway system prior to making changes." AND; Deleting the sentence at the end of the paragraph on page 46, "Additional engineering is required before these projects can move forward." The Planning Commission was in consensus with the following changes: • Districts. Request for a different name for the `Work Place District'. There was not a recommendation for a different name, so a suggestion was made to explain that the PC didn't come up with any ideas for re- branding the area, but that they felt the Work Place District is not the appropriate name, and it could be revisited at a later date. Staff will add an implementation strategy to 10.2.12 Economic Development in the Comprehensive Plan, calling for a rebranding of urban center districts. • Page 44, 4"' bullet item, replace the language "shall" with "may ". • Page 48, 1.6.3.1. Delete language, "rubber tired" Southcenter Design Manual Issue Matrix: • Page 2, 1.D. — Add a fourth design example under this criterion to clarify that an existing building may be modified to match a new addition. • Page 19, 8A.Strike language: `Buildings shall be four- sided ", meaning that ". • Page 28 -29, 10D. Add language: Large multi - tenant buildings may have multiple main entrances. • Page 30, 10 E & El. Change language to read: All service centers, associated loading docks, and storage areas "should" be located to the side or rear of a building instead of "shall", and if they do have to face the public street locate them in the least visible location or screen them with landscaping. Delete "shall be used ". • Page 30, 11.A.2, strike language: "and translucent awnings with interior lighting ". Page 3 of 4