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DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
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APRIL 13, 2010
MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Lynn Norman called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. in Conference Room 1, located on the second floor of One East Main Street, Auburn, WA. Committee Members present
were: Chair Lynn Norman, Vice Chair Sue Singer, and Member Nancy Backus.
Staff present included: Mayor Pete Lewis, Interim Planning & Development Director Kevin
Snyder, Principal Planner Elizabeth Chamberlain, Public Works Director Dennis Dowdy, City
Engineer Dennis Selle, Assistant City Engineer Ingrid Gaub, Transportation Planner Joe
Welsh, Traffic Engineer Pablo Para, and Planning Secretary Renee Tobias.
Audience members presentwere: Spencer Alpert, Mel Maertz, and Ronnie Roberts
II. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Meeting Minutes -February 9, 2010
B. Meeting Minutes -March 9, 2010
Member Backus moved and Member Singer seconded to approve the consent agenda
items as presented.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 3-0
III. ACTION
A. Downtown Urban Center Design Standards The Downtown Urban Center Design Standards were originally adopted as part of the
Downtown Urban Center (DUC) zone by the City Council February 2007. Subsequent
amendments have been made to address the two projects nearing completion; the One
Main Building and Medical Office Building/Parking Garage. The Committee reviewed
the proposed changes at their March 9, 2010, providing additional instruction to staff.
Principal Planner Elizabeth Chamberlain reviewed these changes with the Committee.
Committee provided additional feedback to staff and the standards will be modified
accordingly.
Committee asked staff to bring back examples of neon signs for further discussion.
Member Backus moved and Member Singer seconded to approve the Downtown Urban
Center Design Standards as revised.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 3-0
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IV. DISCUSSION
A. Downtown Loading Zones
Auburn manages two types of loading zones: off-street and on-street. On-street loading
zones are further defined as commercial or passenger loading zones. Auburn City Code
Chapter 18.52 covers off-street loading zones, where the City requires that new
structures or expansions of existing structures provide loading space. Chapter 10.36
covers on-street loading zones. The code defines a "Commercial loading zone" as a
"designated portion of the street along the curb reserved for use in loading and
unloading commodities.
Transportation Planner Joe Welsh referred the Committee to documentation distributed separately from the agenda packet. Future development in the downtown core may
create some challenges by reducing the number of informal (undesignated) on-street
loading areas by eliminating some existing alleys oroff-street parking spots. The only
on-site parking is likely to be in the form of structured parking. But the redesign of
downtown also offers the opportunity to incorporate commercial loading areas in the
design process, particularly as in conjunction with each development. Mr. Welsh
reviewed the two proposed options to address loading zones in the downtown area with
the Committee.
After discussion, Committee agreed on Option #2 -Address on-street loading zone needs at the time of development that are tailored to the specific needs of the
development.
B. City Hall Plaza and Promenade Update
Consultant interviews were held, with MAKERS being selected for design and
construction services of the City Hall Plaza. The goal is to have the contract on the
Committee's April 26, 2010 agenda and on the May 3, 2010 Public Works Committee
agenda. The contract would then go to City Council on May 3, 2010.
Principal Planner Elizabeth Chamberlain distributed an aerial map outlining the City Hall Plaza Project boundary areas and reviewed with the Committee. The Main Street/South
Division Street intersection corners are part of both the City Hall Plaza and the
Promenade project. Therefore, coordination between the two design teams will occur.
The design phase will be underway for both projects with the City Hall Plaza project
being slightly ahead.
A pre-proposal meeting forthe Promenade project was held on April 8, 2010 with 32
different firms in attendance. The RFP has been out for three weeks and proposals are
due by April 20, 2010. Three consultants will be selected for interviews on April 26,
2010. Goal is to have the design and construction services contract to City Council by
June 2010.
C. DRC Status Matrix
Staff will update the matrix to reflect the Committee's discussion and requests from
today's meeting.
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D. Information
Assistant City Engineer Ingrid Gaub announced that the sample standard light has been installed on A Street at the north side of the access road, between Main Street and the
Chase Bank building, leading into the Safeway area. Staff will ask Parks & Recreation
Department to put up flower baskets so the Committee can see the full effect. Staff will
notify the Committee once this has been completed.
V. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Downtown Redevelopment
Committee, Chair Norman adjourned the meeting at 5:21 p.m.
APPROVED THIS DAY OF APRIL 2010.
Lynn Norman, Chair Renee S. Tobias, Planning Secretary
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