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RENTON PLANNING COMMISSION
Meeting Minutes
February 16, 2011 Renton City Hall
6:00 p.m. Conferencing Center
Planning Commissioners Present: Michael Chen, Michael Drollinger, Ray Giometti, Gwendolyn High, Michael
O’Halloran, Nancy Osborn, Kevin Poole, Ed Prince, Martin Regge
City Staff Present: Chip Vincent, Planning Director; Angie Mathias, Associate Planner; Judith Subia,
Administrative Secretary
1. CALL TO ORDER: Commission Chair Prince called the meeting to order at 5:59 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL: Commission Secretary O’Halloran called roll. Commissioners Chen and Regge arrived late.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The Minutes of February 2, 2011 were approved as written.
4. CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED: None
5. AUDIENCE COMMENTS: None
6. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: None
7. DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
Council had the first reading of ordinances for Docket #5 items on Monday, except for drive in/drive
through and religious institutions. The Planning & Development Committee asked for additional work to
be done on these items.
The 45 day comment period from the Department of Ecology for the Shoreline Master Program is
coming to an end. Staff has received an indication that comments will be in regards to docks and the
provision for helipads.
The comment period for the Quendall Terminals EIS ended on February 9, 2011. In total, there were 77
comment letters from citizens, agencies, and special interest groups. Over 400 comments were
received. This shows the value of going through an EIS process.
8. CITY CENTER COMMUNITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY PRESENTATION:
Angie presented this item and discussed the process that was done in Phase I. This included collecting
input in Summer 2009, presenting findings, working with the Interdepartmental Team, presenting to
Council, and releasing for public review in April 2010. The revised City Center Community Plan was
presented to Council and was endorsed on October 4, 2010. Angie also discussed the eight goals of the
Community Plan.
Phase II of the Plan is the Implementation Strategy. This began in Fall 2010. Staff has been meeting
with departments, drafted strategies to implement the goals and policies, and worked with the
Interdepartmental Team to refine. So far, staff has worked on the following: updated existing
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conditions, demographics, updated land use section, reworked policy statements where appropriate,
and added implementation strategies.
Staff asked the Commission for feedback. Questions such as, will the strategy accomplish the goal and
policy and are there strategies missing? Feedback is requested by March 2. Once.the Implementation
Strategy is complete, Phases I and II will be brought as a whole to Council for consideration. Upon
approval, updates will be made to the development standards and design guidelines.
9. 2011/2012 PLANNING DIVISION WORK PROGRAM:
Chip discussed the Work Program. He asked the Commission for items that are not on the plan, but should
be, and the priority of the items that are on the plan. Chip went through the items that will be presented as
part of Docket#6.
10. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: The next Commission meeting will be on March 2, 2011. There will also be a
loint Planning& Development Committee and Planning Commission meeting that day at 5:00 p.m. in the �
Council Conferernce Room.
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11. ADJOURNMENT:The meeting adjourned at 7: 18 p�j
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