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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/16/2011 - Minutes 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  Planning Commission Minutes � � . Page 2 of 2 February 16,2011 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. � 11. ADJOURNMENT:The meeting adjourned at 7: 18 p�j -�E rince, � ; � �t ', 12�/�''l./ Michael O'Halloran,Secretary 'i