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• City of Tukwila <br /> Planning Commission <br /> Planning CommissionWorksession Minutes <br /> Date: October 25, 2012 <br /> Time: 6:30 PM <br /> Location: City Hall Council Chambers <br /> Present: Brooke Alford, Chair; Thomas McLeod, Vice-Chair; Commissioners, Louise Strander, Mike <br /> Hansen, David Shumate, Sharon Mann, and Cassandra Hunter <br /> Staff: Nora Gierloff, Deputy Director; Lynn Miranda, Senior Planner, and Wynetta Bivens, Planning <br /> Commission Secretary <br /> Chair Alford called the public hearing to order at 6:30 PM. <br /> Minutes: Commissioner Strander made a motion to approve the 09/27/12 minutes. Commissioner <br /> Hansen seconded the motion as amended, all were in favor. <br /> Chair Alford swore in those that wished to testify. <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSESSION <br /> Continue review of the Southcenter Plan documents: <br /> Public comment matrix; Action on the Southcenter Chapter of the Comp Plan; Design Manual, and <br /> Southcenter Plan <br /> Nora Gierloff, Deputy Director, Community Development, handed out a matrix comparing current <br /> TUC zone and proposed Southcenter Plan TOD zone regulations, such as height, use, density, <br /> parking, landscaping, ground floor transparency, and open space, and compared those requirements <br /> against the same aspects of a proposed project on the Circuit City site to determine which code was a <br /> better"fit". The proposed code fared better or tied with the current code in all cases. She provided <br /> the document to show a realistic example of a mixed use project. She said it might be helpful in <br /> considering decisions, such as height restrictions. <br /> Lynn Miranda, Senior Planner,Department of Community Development, continued review of the proposed <br /> recommendations to the revised issues matrix of the TUC Plan: <br /> REQUESTS/RECOMMENDATIONS: <br /> • Page 4, second item, 18.28.020.C.,Design Review Thresholds -Request: increase number of dwelling <br /> units from 20 to 50 for administrative approval. Approved with four Commissioners in favor. <br /> • Page 4, 18.28.020 C.1.B. 1. Third bullet—Revision: For clarification,revise language to read, "When <br /> the cost of that work exceeds 10% of the building assessed valuation(the cost of repairs to or <br /> reconstruction of roofs screened by parapet walls is exempt)shall be reviewed administratively." <br /> Approved with five Commissioners in favor. <br /> • Page 8, Table 1 —Brew pubs, cocktail lounges, and pool halls and on-site brewing will be permitted in <br /> the TOD district. <br /> • Bars and nightclubs will not be permitted in the TOD <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br /> 1 <br />