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I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Judi Roland called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers
located on the first floor of Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street, Auburn, WA.
II. ROLL CALL/ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM
Planning Commission Members present were: Chair Judi Roland, Vice-Chair Copple,
Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Mason, Commissioner Baggett, Commissioner
Pondelick, and Commissioner Smith.
Staff present included: Assistant Director of Community Development Jeff Tate,
Planning Services Manager Jeff Dixon, Office Assistant Jennifer Oliver, and Community
Development Secretary Tina Kriss.
Members of the public present: Russ Campbell and Colin Thorpe of the Village Square
Condominiums.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. January 6, 2015
The Commission asked that staff correct the minutes to include Commissioner Lee and
remove Commissioner Couture.
Commissioner Copple moved and Commissioner Smith seconded to approve the
minutes from the January 6, 2015 meeting as corrected.
Motion carried unanimously. 7-0
IV. PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no public comments on any item not listed on the agenda for discussion or
public hearing.
V. PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT
Assistant Director Tate reported that the TREX building continues to progress and staff
is expecting to see a Certificate of Occupancy date around April 30, 2015. The owner of
the building will be seeking a temporary Certificate of Occupancy to set up a leasing
office, model units, and efforts to fill the market-rate rental housing units. On the ground
level there will be mixed-use commercial but tenants are not known.
The Merrill Gardens Senior Living project, south of the TREX apartments, has begun
development. The demolition of existing building has taken place and grading for a
preload is underway.
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The City has received a proposal to build an apartment complex called "Promenade
Apartments" on Lea Hill. The Complex will be located east and adjacent to "The
Seasons at Lea Hill Village". This project is the early stages of application with a lot of
work left to review and discuss.
As part of the 2015-2016 biennial budget approval, City Council included a new program
budgeted item called the Downtown Facade Improvement Program. The program allows
the city to create and market a grant program for downtown businesses for facade
improvements.
Assistant Director Tate updated the Commission on the Comprehensive Plan update
review timeline and materials that will be brought forward, including a utility draft plans
which will be brought forward by staff at the next meeting.
VI. PUBLIC HEARINGS
There were no Public Hearing items scheduled.
VII. OTHER BUSINESS
A. Communal Residences.
Assistant Director Tate presented the staff report regarding Communal Residences.
Staff provided background information on the previous Ordinance No. 6477 and the
draft code amendments for consideration to this Ordinance and to eliminate the
moratorium. A strikethrough and underlined version of the draft code amendments
was distributed by staff. An email from Colin Thorpe to staff regarding the draft code
amendments for consideration was also provided to the Commission.
The Commission and staff discussed options to determine the number of tenants per
an overall square footage ratio and if this would be a reasonable standard and other
options for determining the number of tenants. The International Property
Maintenance Code Standards were discussed. Staff reviewed the code in regards to
parking requirements for communal housing and the requirements of Auburn City
Code.
Staff briefed the Commission on the activity to date by Green River College
regarding college housing. A discussion was held regarding business licensing
requirements and the inspections for those properties. A discussion was held
regarding the number of cases noted to date regarding code enforcement of those in
violation of the City's code on communal housing.
Planning Commissioner Scot Pondelick announced that as of this evening he would
be resigning from his position as a Planning Commissioner due to taking on a
leadership position at a non-profit and a King County advisory board for veterans as
well as other commitments.
The next meeting will be held March 17, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Planning Commission, Chair Roland
adjourned the meeting at 8:25 p.m.
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