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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 2011-06-23 Item 3 - Adoption of 4/28/11 Minutes City ®f Tukwila Planning Commission Planning Commission (PC) Minutes Date: April 28, 2011 Time: 6:30 PM Location: City Hall Council Chambers Present: Margaret Bratcher, Chair; Brooke Alford, Vice Chair; Commissioners, Thomas McLeod, Louise Strander, David Shumate, Mike Hansen, and Aaron Hundtofte Staff: Nora Gierloff, Deputy DCD Director, Rebecca Fox, Senior Planner, and Wynetta Bivens, Planning Commission Secretary Chair Bratcher opened the public hearing at 6: PM, and swore in those wishing to provide testimony. Minutes: Commissioner McLeod made a motion to adopt the January 27, 2011 minutes and Commissioner Alford seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Staff received two public comment emails that were handed out to the Commission. Commissioner Strander recused herself from the hearing and all future review of the Tukwila Manufacturing Industrial Center (MIC). She said that her family owns property in the area where the projects are being considered and is concerned that she may not be impartial. Commissioner Hansen, employed by The Sabey Corporation, said that The Sabey Corporation owns property in the MIC and they are giving testimony on the malulfacturing boundaries study. He said that he would like to hear the testimony unless there are objections. However, he intends to recuse himself if this item is heard at a quasi judicial hearing. CASE NUMBER: PLIO -016 APPLICANT: City of Tukwila REQUEST: Recommendations for update to Comprehensive Plan, zoning code and boundaries for Manufacturing Industrial Center (MIC) LOCATION: Manufacturing Industrial Center, including approximately 966 acres bounded generally by the City of Seattle on the north, South 125th Street on the south, the BNSF Burlington Northern railway right -of -way on the east, and the Duwamish River on the west. Rebecca Fox, Senior Planner, Departinent Of Community Development, gave background on the review process, and gave an overview of staff's recommendations. The Washington State Growth Management Act requires jurisdictions that are planning under the act to periodically review and update their Comprehensive Plan. The entire update is due to beeompleted by December 2014. RECOMMENDATIONS: Comprehensive Plan Review: 1) Add an implementation strategy as follows: Actively seek alternative railroad related freight routing away from residential streets in Allentown. 2) Add a new Comprehensive Plan Policy as follows, Pursue light rail and commuter rail stops in the vicinity of the Boeing Access Road. Page I of 3 1 PC Hearing Minutes April 28, 2011 Development Regulations Review: 1) Delete several permitted uses and add them to conditional uses as follows: Beauty and barbershops, banks, outpatient medical, indoor recreational facilities, hotels and motels. 2) Reorganize and clarify the MIC uses by adding verbiage on their expected impacts. 1) Add a design review requirement for offices. 4) Educational uses in the MIC should have a vocational focus. 5) Delete ni11htclubs, billiards or pool rooms, extended stay hotels, and dormitories from permitted uses. Boundary Review: 1) Change the zoning and Comprehensive Plan designation on the Duwamish Hill Preserve area to Low Density Residential and add a Public Recreation Overlay to reflect its current use. Environmental Review: 1) Review the Planned Action document to see if it needs to be updated. This is an environmental document that anticipates the impacts of development in advance to streamline project review. Nora Gierloff, Deputy Director, Department of Community Development, explained that the schedule for the MIC review is driven by the Council's desire to adopt the MIC changes before the expiration of the current moratorium on non industrial uses, which expires in Judy. TESTIMONY: Joe Sabey, representative for The Sabey Corporation, asked the PC' to consider an addition to the MIC Boundary review. Mr. Sabey showed slides of a parcel inside the 62 acre unified grocer parcel, which he said IS currently zoned differently from the rest. He requested the parcel be rezoned from MIC Heavy to Commercial Light Industrial, to make the entire site consistent. He said that 32 acres of the parcel are in Tukwila and 30 acres are in Seattle. He said that in 2007 the Tukwila portion was rezoned from MIC Heavy to Commercial Light Industrial. In 2009, the City of Seattle rezoned the acres in Seattle from Industrial Commercial to General Industrial. This item is scheduled to go before the PC at a quasi judicial public hearing at a later date. Bill Summers owner of the old Red Lion Hotel, requested that the PC take a look at the entire MIC zone, adjacent to Tukwila International Blvd and East Marginal Way. He stated that the zoning taking place in the area and the zoning decisions are based on an image of a zone that does not exist. He said that the statistics are very misleading as to what is really happening there. He suggested looking at the 15 of businesses that are impacted by the changes made in the MIC zone. He also said that special zoning or flexibility for businesses that really need it should be allowed, or they are going to go out of business because it is not an economically feasible area. Commissioner Alford said that it would be interesting to hear what the manufacturing uses are exclusively in the area because it is unlike the other uses. Ms. Fox listed various manufacturing uses in the area. She explained that the name "Manufacturing Industrial Center" was determined by King County. She said a traditional manufacturing use may be different from what's in the area, but the uses are manufacturing. She also said the zone is not specifically manufacturing but is also industrial and there is a range of industrial activity that takes place in the area. Staff addressed questions from the PC. Page 2 of 3 2 PC Hearing Minutes April 28, 2011 There were no further comments. The public hearing was closed. The Planning Commission deliberated. Staff provided some clarification and answered some additional questions for the PC. COMMISSIONER ALFORD MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT STAFFS RECOMMENDATIONS AS LISTED IN THE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES REPORT, INCLUDING TEXT AND MAPS ON CASE NUMBER PL10 -016 AND TO FORWARD THEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW. COMMISSIONER HANSEN SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL NN ERE IN FAVOR. DIREC'TOR'S REPORT The Conunuliity Bank parcel will be heard at a quasi judicial public hearmcf next month. There was discussion on conflict of interest documentation that was handed out to the PC. Chair Bratcher asked the new Commissioners to state their name for the record when they speak. AdjOUrned: 7:45 PM Submitted By: Wynetta Bivens Planning Commission Secretary Page 3 of 3 3 4