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WASHINGTON
Planning Commission
Regular Meeting
May 6, 2025 - 7:00 PM
City Hall Council Chambers
MINUTES
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The City of Auburn Planning Commission Meeting was held in person and virtually,
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Judi Roland called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of
Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners present: Chair Judi Roland, Vice Chair Sprague, Julie Berry, Lynn
Walters, and Kirk Hiller. Commissioner Aaron Vanderpol was excused and
Commissioner William Stewart was not excused.
Staff members present: Planning Services Manager Alexandria Teague, Planner 11
Owen Goode, Senior City Staff Attorney Taryn Jones, and Deputy City Clerk Rebecca
Wood -Pollock.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Roland led those in attendance in the Pledge of Allegiance.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
No one came forward to speak.
AGENDA MODIFICATIONS
There were no modifications to the agenda.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. March 4, 2025 Draft Minutes from the Special Planning Commission Meeting
Vice Chair Sprague moved and Commissioner Walters seconded to approve
the March 4, 2025 Special Planning Commission Meeting minutes.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 5-0
OTHER BUSINESS
A. Housing Types and Standards Code Update (Teague)
Text amendment to update Title 18 Zoning to comply with several new
Washington State Housing Laws.
Manager Teague shared a presentation with the Commission on the Housing
Types and Standards Code Update, including an overview of Shelter,
Transitional, Emergency, and Permanent (STEP) supportive housing
requirements. She gave an overview of the text amendments to the Title 18
Zoning Code, including new and revised definitions, supplemental standards
for residential and commercial zones, land capacity analysis, maps reflecting
the Zoning Code updates, the option to add a capacity limitation, and homeless
encampments hosted by religious institutions. Planner Goode discussed
requirements for a density bonus for religious institution developments,
commercial, mixed use, and apartment buildings.
The Commission discussed the number of units allowed in transitional housing,
Don's Place, emergency housing and shelters, occupancy levels, potential unit
counts, buffers and overlap, International Fire Code standards, homeless
encampments, community programs, code enforcement, additions to
developments, and capacity limitation buffers.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT
Manager Teague provided the Commission with a Community Development Report
including an update on the Comic Book Store, Auburn parks, and shared that the next
meeting would address the downtown sub -area plan as well as the baseline report and
the final Environmental Impact Statement for the Commission to review for
recommendation to City Council. She shared that the next meeting would be held on
June 3, 2025.
Commission discussed the former GSA site and its future purpose.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was
adjourned at 8-42 p.m.
APPROVED this P day of June, 2025.
Ju oland, Chair Rebecca Wood -Pollock, Deputy City Clerk