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City of Tukwila
Planning Commission
PLANNING COMMISSION (PC) MINUTES
Date: April 25, 2019
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Council Chambers
Present: Chair Dennis Martinez, Vice Chair Heidi Watters, Commissioners Sharon Mann, Mike
Hansen, Karen Simmons and Dixie Stark
Absent: Commissioner Louise Strander
Staff: DCD Deputy Director Nora Gierloff and Planning Commission Secretary Wynetta
Bivens
Adopt Commissioner Mann made a motion to adopt the April 11, 2019
Minutes: minutes. Commissioner Hansen seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Chair Martinez opened the meeting at 6:30 pm.
Nora Gierloff, Deputy Director, Department of Community Development (DCD) introduced Thanh
Nguyen, the Puget Sound Sage CLI Fellow who will be job shadowing the Commissioners. Ms.
Nguyen explained the program is a non-profit grass roots organization training predominantly people
of color to sit on Commissions for diverse representation. She said she will graduate from the program
on April 26, 2019 and job shadowing will help her determine to what type of boards she may be
interested in applying.
CASE NUMBER: L18-0075 Shoreline Master Program (SMP) Update
APPLICANT: The City of Tukwila and Department of Ecology
Ms. Gierloff provided some backgroundon the review process and explained that all the comments
received from the pubic and Commissioners, as well as staffs policy recommendations, were
incorporated in a matrix. She explained that each line in the matrix is one suggested change to the
public review draft and she also addressed questions, along with Dan Nickels, from The Watershed
Company. Ms. Gierloff walked the Commissioners through the matrix and provided a brief
introduction for each of the proposed SMP edits, which the Commissioners deliberated on and decided.
Some items remained unchanged in the matrix and did not require a motion. Following are the
Commissioners' final decisions:
DELIBERATIONS:
SMP Matrix —
• Page 1, Chapter 4, line 1, no change.
• Page 1, Chapter 4, line 2, - PC consensus was to leave unchanged.
• Page 1, Chapter 4.1,
MOTION —Commissioner Watters moved, "to amend the Public Review Draft (PRD) at SMP
Chapter 4.1 to read as shown in Attachment El", Commissioner Mann seconded. Motion
passed.
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• Page 1, Chapter 4.2,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at SMP Chapter 4.2 to read as
shown in Attachment El", Commissioner Stark seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 2, Chapter 4.2,
MOTION - Commissioner Watters moved, "to amend the PRD at SMP Chapter 4.2 to read as
shown in Attachment El", Commissioner Hansen seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 2, Chapter 4.3,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at SMP Chapter 4.3 to read, "In
general, these changes have reduced the amount of water flowing through the Green/Duwamish
River to approximately one third of historic conditions and have impacted the fish habitat"
Commissioner Hansen seconded. Motion passed. Commissioner Watters opposed.
• Page 2, Chapter 4.4,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at SMP Chapter 4.4 to read as
shown in Attachment El", Commissioner Watters seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 3, Chapter 4.5,
MOTION — Commissioner Hansen moved, "to amend the PRD at SMP Chapter, 5 to read as
shown in Attachment El", Commissioner Mann seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 3, Chapter 5, no change.
• Page 3, Chapter 5.3,
MOTION — Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at SMP Chapter 5.3 to read as
shown in Attachment El", Commissioner Stark seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 3, Chapter 5.4, Removing fish barriers where tributary streams discharge to the river.
MOTION — Commissioner Watters moved, "to amend the PRD at SMP Chapter 5.4 to read as
shown in Attachment El", Commissioner Hansen seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 3, Chapter 7.2,
MOTION — Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at SMP Chapter 7.2 to read as
shown in Attachment El", Commissioner Watters seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 3, Chapter 7.4, no change.
• Page 3, Chapter 7.5, no change.
• Page 4, Chapter 7.5.7.7, no change.
• Page 4, Chapter 7.5, no change.
• Page 4, Chapter .7.7,line 1, no change.
• Page 4, Chapter 7.7, line 2, no change.
• Page 4, Chapter 10,
MOTION — Commissioner Watters moved, "to amend the PRD at SMP Chapter 10 to read as
shown in Attachment El", Commissioner Hansen seconded. Motion passed.
Zoning Code Matrix —
• Page 1, 18.44.010, no change.
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• Page 1, 18.44.030, line 1,
MOTION - Commissioner Hansen moved, "to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.030, to read as
shown in Attachment E2", Commissioner Mann seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 1, 18.44.030, line 2, no change.
• Page 1, 18.44.030, line 3, no change.
• Page 1, 18.44.030, line 4,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.030, to read as
shown in Attachment E2", Commissioner Stark seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 2, 18.44.030, line 1, no change.
• Page 2, 18.44.030, line 2, no change.
• Page 2, 18.44.040 A, line 1, 4,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.040 A, to read,
"Re -slope bank from toe to be no steeper than 2.5:1 in the Urban Conservancy Environment or
re -slope bank from Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM) (not toe) to be no steeper than 3:1 in
the High Intensity Environment, using bioengineering techniques". Commissioner Hansen
seconded. Motion passed. Watters opposed.
• Page 2, 18.44.040 A, line 2, 5,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.040 A, to read as
shown in Attachment E2", Commissioner Wafters seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 3, 18.44.050 C3, line 1, b,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.050 C 3, to read
"65 feet...., and strike 45 feet", Commissioner Hansen seconded in attachment E2. Motion
passed. Watters opposed.
• Page 3, 18.44.050 C 3, line 2 d.and e,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.050C 3, to read
"15 ft. increase in heght..;:,.and strike 3O%", in attachment E2. Commissioner Hansen
seconded. Motion passed.
Page 3, 18.44.050 E9, no change.
• Page 4, 18.44.050 H1,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.050 H 1, to read
as shown. in Attachment E2", Commissioner Stark seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 4, 18.11.050 F6,,,
MOTION Commissioner Watters moved, "to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.050 F 6, to read
as shown in Attachment E2", Commissioner Simmons seconded. Motion passed.
Commissioner Mann abstained and Commissioner Stark opposed.
• Page 4, 18.44.050 K4,
MOTION Commissioner Mann moved, "to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.050 K 4, to read
as shown in Attachment E2", Commissioner Stark seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 4, 18.44.060 A5,
MOTION Commissioner Watters moved, "to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.060 A, to read
as shown in Attachment E2", Commissioner Stark seconded. Motion passed.
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• Page 5, 18.44.060 C, line 1, 10. no change.
• Page 5, Add - 18.44.060 C, line 2, under tree protection
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved to add language to the PRD at TMC 18.44.060 C to
read "tree protection during development or re -development" in Attachment E2".
Commissioner Watters seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 5, 18.44.060 D, line 1, 3, A,
MOTION - Commissioner Watters moved to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.060 D to read as
shown in Attachment E2". Commissioner Hansen seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 5, 18.44.060 D, line 2, 4,
MOTION - Commissioner Watters moved to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.060 D to read as
shown in Attachment E2". Commissioner Stark seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 5, 18.44.080 C, line 1,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved to amend the PRD at TMC
18.44.080 C to read as shown in Attachment E2". Commissioner Stark. seconded. Motion
passed.
• Page 5, 18.44.080 C, line 2, 2 and 3,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved to amend the PRD at TMC
18.44.080 C to read as shown in Attachment E2" ""Commissioner Watters seconded. Motion
passed.
• Page 5, 18.44.090,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved toamend the PRD.. at TMC 18.44.090 to read as
shown in Attachment E2". Commissioner Simmons seconded, Motion passed.
• Page 6, 18.44.090, 4, Design of Flood Walls,
MOTION - Commissioner Hansen moved to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.090 to read "The
exposed new floodwalls should be designed to incorporate brick or stone facing, textured
concrete block, design elements formed into the concrete or vegetation to cover the wall within
3 years." Commissioner Mann seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 6, 18.44,100, B I;, Change in Shoreline Jurisdiction Due to restoration,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.100 to read as
shown in Attachment E2":-.: Commissioner Hansen seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 6, 18.44.100, 3,
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.100 to read as
shown. in Attachment E2". Commissioner Hansen seconded. Motion passed.
• Page 6, 18.,44.110, line 1, G2 a, (2),
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.110 to add language
G2 a, (2) in Attachment E2". Commissioner Stark seconded. Motion passed. Commissioners
Watters and Simmons opposed.
• Page 6, 18.44.110, line 2, G2 a, (3),
MOTION - Commissioner Mann moved to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.110 as read in
Attachment E2". Commissioner Stark seconded. Motion passed. Commissioner Hansen
abstained.
• Page 7, 18.44.110, line 1, G6 E,
MOTION - Commissioner Hansen moved to amend the PRD at TMC 18.44.110 to add the
language "a contiguous" after the word "to" in Attachment E2". Commissioner Mann
seconded. Motion passed.
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• Page 7, 18.44.110, line 2, H I , no change.
• Page 7, 18.44.110, line 3, H I , no change.
MOTIONS:
Commissioner Mann moved to forward the PRD of Tukwila's Shoreline Master Program as amended
by the Planning Commission to the City Council. Commissioner Hansen seconded. Motion passed.
Commissioner Hansen moved to forward the PRD of the Zoning Code Chapter 18.44 as amended by
the PC to the City Council. Commissioner Stark seconded. Motion passed.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT:
• The Commissioners were invited to attend a Depailnient of Commerce special short course
focused on affordable housing that the City Council is sponsoring on May 2.9th
Adjourned: 9:50 PM
Submitted by: Wynetta Bivens
Planning Commission Secretary
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