CALL TO ORDER Chair Tom Vance called the meeting of Sammamish Planning Commission to order at 6:00 p.m.

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PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SUMMARY Thursday Sep 3, 2009 City of Sammamish Council Chambers COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Jan Klier Erica Tiliacos Dick Amidei Tom Vance Stan Bump Mahbubul Islam Scott

1 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SUMMARY Thursday Sep 3, 2009 City of Sammamish Council Chambers COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Jan Klier Erica Tiliacos Dick Amidei Tom Vance Stan Bump Mahbubul Islam Scott Hamilton CALL TO ORDER Chair Tom Vance called the meeting of Sammamish Planning Commission to order at 6:00 p.m. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Approved. APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 21, June 18, July 2, July 9, July 16 Approved 7:0 REVIEW OF WORK PROGRAM CALENDAR Michael Matthias opened the meeting with a warm welcome to the Planning Commissioners after their summer vacation period. Discussions commenced on the Work Program Calendar including this evenings meeting on the commencement of reviewing the Comprehensive Draft Development Regulations and the Introduction of the Wireless Communication Facility. Attention was given to the 09/24/09 outlining the requirements for the Public Forum and the input required by the Planning Commissioners. PUBLIC COMMENT NON-AGENDA Gail Twelves, SE 19 th Street, Sammamish, WA Diana Merritt, 3450 E Lake Samm Pkwy NE, Sammamish, WA Jeff Waseeraman, th Ave NE, Sammamish, WA STAFF PRESENT Kamuron Gurol, Community Development Director Michael Matthias, Town Center Project Manager Emily Arteche, Senior Planner Evan Maxim, Senior Planner Debbie Beadle, Secretary, Community Development 1

2 NEW BUSINESS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY Introduction of proposed changes minor code amendments Emily Arteche, Senior Planner opened the WCF in the format of a power point presentation in the following format: WCF History - March 2004: Wireless in ROW Ordinance - June 2005: Comprehensive WCF Ordinance - Dec. 2007: 1stEmergency Ordinance (collocation) - Nov. 2008: 2 nd Emergency Ordinance - (exempting public emergency facilities) - April 2009: 3nd Emergency Ordinance (exempting public emergency facilities) - May 2009: 4 th Emergency Ordinance Objectives for this process - Multiple Emergency Ordinances-need to be made permanent - Correct several minor WCF code issues that have arisen from experience - Consider options for visual impact analysis and mitigation Specific issues - Revise hierarchy to reflect current emergency ordinances - Add BPA tower to the top of the siting hierarchy - Clarify exemption for temporary/emergency facilities - Remove engineer s stamp requirement for PSE/BPA facilities - Cite appropriate regulations for utility poles. - Remove requirement for detailed certification of compliance - Revise base station hierarchy for attached equipment 2

3 Emily Arteche concluded with an answer/questions summary and advised the Commission that she would return with a staff report on 11/5/2009 following their discussions this evening. OLD BUSINESS TOWN CENTER ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT Review Comprehensive Draft Development Regulations Staff Representation: Michael Matthias, Town Center Project Manager Bob Bengford, Makers Architecture and Urban Design Bob Bengford, Makers Architecture and Urban Design updated the Commission with the changes on 21B.05, 21B.10, 21B.15 and 21B.20. Updates had been highlighted on the document to reflect the changes. Topics/Sections discussed as follows:- Chapter 21B.05 AUTHORITY, PURPOSE, INTERPRETATION AND ADMINISTRATION 21B B B B B B B B B B B Title. Authority to adopt code. Purpose. Conformity with this title required. Minimum requirements. Interpretation General. Interpretation Standard industrial classification. Interpretation Zoning maps. Administration and review authority. Classification of right-of-way. Drawings. Chapter 21B.10 ZONES, MAPS AND DESIGNATIONS 21B B B B B B B B Zones and map designations established. Zone and map designation purpose. Mixed-Use zone. Mixed Residential zone. Lower Intensity Residential zone. Civic Campus zone. Reserve zone. Zoning maps and boundaries. 3

4 Chapter 21B.15 TECHNICAL TERMS AND LAND USE DEFINITIONS 21A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Scope of chapter. AASHTO. Blank wall. Biofiltration swale. Building articulation. Brew pub. Clustered development. Common open space. Connector street. Cottage housing. Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED). Dark sky standards. Departure. Feasible. Floor area ratio. Green roof. Gross developable acreage. Indoor recreation area. Landscaped open space. Low Impact Development (LID). Mixed-use node. Mixed-use street. Multifamily open space. Pedestrian-oriented open space. Pedestrian-oriented street or corridor. Public open space. Rain garden. Residential street. Roofline modulation. Site distance triangle. Solar access. Stormwater Master Plan. Town Center Infrastructure Plan Unified Zone Development Plan (UZDP) Usable open space. Winery. Woonerf. 4

5 Chapter 21B.20 PERMITTED USES 21B B B B B B B B B B Purpose. Establishment of uses. Interpretation of land use tables. Residential land uses. Recreational/cultural land uses. General services land uses. Government/business services land uses. Retail land uses. Manufacturing land uses. Regional land uses. PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE NEW BUSINESS PC Recommendations for improving public process Previously Kamuron Gurol recommended that Commissioner Tiliacos, Commissioner Klier and Commissioner Hamilton meet with the City Communications Director, Tim Larson to discuss the draft PC Recommendation document. This meeting took place and the draft document was discussed with Kamuron Gurol having been involved in the meeting. Revisions to the document from Commissioner Amidei and Commissioner Tiliacos have been circulated throughout the Commissioners. Chair Vance suggested that the sub-committee discuss the points/issues together and a final document be submitted to Kamuron Gurol by the 09/17/09. ADJOURN Meeting adjourned at 9:13 p.m. Chair: Tom Vance (Audio Recording 09/03/2009 refers.) Secretary: Debbie Beadle 5

Description of Preferred Alternative

Chapter 2 Description of Preferred Alternative 2.1 Introduction This chapter of the programmatic Sammamish Town Center Sub-area Plan Final EIS provides a more detailed description of the Preferred Alternative