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Meeting Minutes
December 8, 2010 Renton City Hall
6:00 p.m. Council Chambers
Planning Commissioners Present: Michael Drollinger, Ray Giometti, Gwendolyn High, Michael O'Halloran, Kevin
Poole, Ed Prince, Martin Regge
Planning Commissioner Absent: Michael Chen, Nancy Osborn
City Staff Present: Chip Vincent, Planning Director;Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner;Judith Subia,Administrative
Secretary
1. CALL TO ORDER: Commission Chair Giometti called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL: Commission Secretary Drollinger called roll. Commissioners Chen and Osborn were absent and
excused.
3. CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED: None
4. AUDIENCE COMMENTS: None
5. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: None
6. DIRECTOR'S REPORT:
• Chip thanked the Commission for all the work done this year. Numerous items were reviewed and
adopted this year.
• The Planning& Development Committee discussed the recent sign code amendments, relating to the
Rainier Avenue Improvements Project. The Committee is comfortable with the current policies in the
Comprehensive Plan and Code which specify a preference for monument signs along the corridor. The
non-conforming signs in the Code should be implemented as well. As a result, no new amendments
were needed.
• Chip encouraged the Commission to take the survey regarding the Parks, Recreation, Open Space and
Natural Resources Plan that is online.
7. 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT(CPA) DELIBERATION & RECOMMENDATION:
#2010-M-01:Sunset Bluffs
Vanessa discussed the review criteria for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment. Staff recommends approval of
the requested amendment as follows: 1) amend the MLDC property from RMD and RLD land use and R-10
and RC zoning to EAV land use and IL zoning and 2)amend the Virtu property from RMD and RM land use
and R-10 and RM-F zoning to EAV and RM land use and IL and RM-F zoning.
The Commission's recommendation will be forwarded to the Planning& Development Committee for
review. Adoption of the approved amendments is scheduled for December 2010.
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December 8,2010
Planning Commission Recommendation
MOVED BY PRINCE,SECONDED BY O'HALLORAN to accept the Staff recommendation. ALL AYES, MOTION
CARRIED.
8. RAINIER AVENUE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PRESENTATION:
Rich Perteet, Deputy Administrator and Bob Hansen,Transportation Design Engineering Supervisor in the
Transportation Division of Public Works Department,discussed the Rainier Avenue Improvement Project.
9. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS:The Commission thanked Ray for his five years of service as chair of the
Planning Commission.
The next Commission meeting will be on January 5, 2011.
10. ADJOURNMENT:The meeting adjourned at 7:14 p.m.
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