Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Let's uh like to call to order the development review commission meeting for December 1st, 2025. Um there were some changes to the agenda. I don't know if anybody else re uh received that copy. Um I've got it in hand. Um, there's also a reminder to turn on your microphones and pull them closer to you while speaking so we can pick up the audio on the recordings. Um, Miss Hasty will be on Zoom and she will be the only one remote in this meeting. A roll call, please call the st or on the roll call here. Will staff, please call the role. Excuse me. Got it. Chair [clears throat] Lindström, present. Vice Chair Leak, present.

Commissioner Du here. Commissioner Bates, present. Commissioner Sangri, present. Commissioner Salun, present. Councelor Wland, thank you very much. Then we're on to item number three, report on council activities. I'd like to turn it over to councelor Winland. Yes,

we need new mics. There we go. Okay. Uh, couple highlights. Uh, it's December already. Um, if you don't know that we've had a busy year uh, and I want to thank you for all your efforts. I know you have a uh, busy meeting uh, tonight. So, I'll be brief. Uh, but a couple things in that you might have some interest in uh, from the city council part. Uh there's we have we've had a couple meetings uh on housing production since I've been here last. Uh mainly dealing with some housekeeping type things. One on a fair housing act um which uh was an easy lob to to get done and check off. Uh it didn't really get us too far into the um housing production uh uh nitty-gritty, but it was something that uh the city council looked at from a perspective of uh which I as a city councelor thought we had the Fair Housing Act all taken care of, but we wanted to uh as part of Salem's direction to us uh to highlight it and to make sure that all of our code uh reflected uh fair housing uh within Lake Asiggo. Uh and [clears throat] one of the interesting parts of of going through this housing production uh strategy from Salem is to try to meet uh the desiraability to have more housing uh with uh a lot of different um uh I don't know long long planned out local control uh and uh we have a lot of uh different things on the horizon that we'll be looking at and I'm sure that

you'll be interested in as we continue down this path. Uh but uh we are looking at trying to take the code and uh simplify it to a certain extent uh so that we can make it easier for people to uh get permits and to have a clear um direction on on uh development. But it is also a change and I mentioned before where we've added um uh multi-unit uh duplexes, triplexes, forplexes uh as well as uh cluster housing and so on. And uh it's at the tip. I mean this is just the beginning and we'll see uh more and more um instructions from Salem um that they've given us uh to implement within our our code system. Uh, one of the things that we're working on, um, and I mentioned it before the last meeting is the tree code and, uh, we've had a tree code u, um, committee that's been put together that, uh, Mattalazan uh, from uh, uh, representing the design, the DRC uh, and various different people are on uh, that committee and the the objective is really to take our tree code and try to make it uh clear and objective so that people are not um always going through the appeal process with ambiguity. Uh, and I know that uh we've gotten great feedback from the DRC that we know that uh is probably the least favorite uh part that you guys get to deal with is the tree code and it tends to be the most u u I guess the the highest um number of of things that get uh before the DRC. Uh and a few of the ideas um that uh we're looking at is to to try to simplify it and also maybe to have it so

that it would go before a hearings officer um and uh rather than going through the uh appeal process. We'll see how far it that gets with um some on city council want to have the appeal process uh still in the same way. I think the majority of of council at this point gave direction to say we want to have a uh hearings officer hear the um the tree issues. Uh so um we'll keep you posted. Um I know where you guys stand on that issue. Uh and uh and I think it's um uh it's my opinion as well. Um I think u oftentimes I think we had 16 or something 15 or 16 appeals to council over the last four or five years um and only one was slightly overturned. Um and I know that you have had pretty much uh no overturn. So um I think the tree code in its present form is working pretty well. Um uh and we hope to just streamline it so that maybe we can uh allow people to uh process go through the process and have a clear direction and that is a mandate from uh good common sense from Salem. I will say that they want clear and objective standards for our tree code. So how that ends up we'll see. Um couple other uh things that we have done in city council. Uh we looked at the fees and charges uh and um uh looked at at uh from the budgets and so on that we're uh looking at and every uh December uh we um approve uh the fees and charges that are uh given to all the city services. Uh, and for the most part, they'll be going up at a very

slight um, cost of living type uh, increase. Some stay the same. Uh, but uh, what's super interesting, I know you've just been dying to hear, is that we had a great meeting with um, Republic Services, which are which is our uh, garbage and recycling group. And um, there will be no eight uh, no rate increase for 2026, which I think is the first time we've had that in a long long time. So I know that you were holding out with baited breath to hear that part. U and then uh the last part I just want to tell you that um while this didn't go before this committee I just wanted to say in Lake Asiggo we have a very cooperative uh team oriented approach to getting things done around here. And uh one of the primary um goals in our um in uh in the city is to try to make it more walkable in Lake Asiggo. And we've uh the last four or five years we've been spending money on uh pathways uh for uh people to walk on. And we've had great um success with uh installing uh let's see, probably six projects I think at this point. um new pathways uh in and around Lake Asiggo. A lot of them are safe routes to school. A lot of them are um where there was uh real hight traffic area and where people had uh issues with getting um uh sort of the safety issues uh of walking. Um, and one of the partnerships that we have is with the school district, which is very strong. And, uh, we ended up putting a, um, uh, we found the money to assist them to figure out Riverrove Elementary was, um, completed, uh, last year and there was a pathway uh, that was in the plans, but nobody could afford it and we ended up um, cooperating with them and

joining money and figuring out ways to do it. So the kids at Rivergroveve with the brand new school uh now have a safe well will have a safe pathway when uh it's built. Um and it's uh I guess it's just one example of where working together to solve problems and making watching out for our kids and for our um citizens is a high priority. Um, so, um, other than that, uh, I won't bore you with a lot of other, um, city council business that's a little more dry than what I talked about. So, thanks. Any other questions or any questions?

Yeah. Right. Councilor Wendland, you spoke about the issue of policy on housing being set in large part in Salem. We I feel we feel that we're doing a very good job in Lake Asiggo and that we also have strong opinions about what would be appropriate policy at the state level. question. What kind of formal and informal communication uh allows the Lake Asiggo experience and perspective to be heard in Salem? How do you how do you get that message down to Salem?

Great question. U several ways. Uh, one is through citizens, uh, especially citizens like you that serve on a committee that that has a a good [clears throat] perspective of what's going on in Lake Asiggo. Um, write both the [clears throat] senator and representative uh, Wagner and Wen um, to just tell them uh, work on Lake Asiggo's behalf. Uh, they do represent us. Um secondly, we do a lot of uh communication between city council and um uh Salem in the sense that uh we write letters oftentimes saying, "Hey, slow down." In fact, we were very supportive of um pausing any new addition to any housing um in this last legislative session. Uh they didn't listen to us. Um but uh it's important for us to have a voice. And then the other one is uh our fabulous staff that works with all of this. Um uh they are great [clears throat] at helping to channel some of the fine-tuning of policy when it's talking professional staff at like us. to go to professional staff at Salem to say, "Hey, I know what the legislature was saying, but this is the reality, and maybe you could look at things uh maybe a little bit differently." Um, and that's from like the League of Oregon Cities and and some organizations within the um the planning departments which are very uh helpful in in implementing the final rules um from the legislation. But um as I've said, a [clears throat] lot of the the housing production strategies are really in the beginning phases and um I've always said and I've been around like augo a long time and until it affects you personally, most people aren't interested. And then when you um all of

a sudden have a project that's next to you or across the street that doesn't really think that it fits into the Lake Asiggo character, that's when people kind of get um riled up and and activated. So um I suggest always to continue to have the dialogue with your representatives and say, "Hey, you know what? We've got a good thing going. Um we understand what you want. Just give us the goal and we'll try to achieve it." in in our way. Um but um we're just like us. We go. We we don't run the state. So unfortunately, thank you very much.

That might be an appropriate topic to communicate maybe through the mayor's letter or something to I get this question from people that I interact with who ask, you know, does Lake Asiggo have any influence in Salem? And I know we do. And it's good to hear. Any more questions? Commissioner Lee. All right. Well, thank you, Councilman. Appreciate it. And have a fun evening. Thank you for all your service, you guys. I have to leave because uh come before us. So, off I go. Take care.

Thank you. Thank you.

Okay. So now we are on to item number four. This will be for the findings for LU25-00008. This was a request for approval of a development review permit to construct an addition to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church for internal circulation and a major variance to project further into the street front setback plane on A Avenue. This request included the removal of nine trees. The site is located at 790 and 650A Avenue. Um, staff coordinator was Courtney Sims, associate planner. Uh, do any commissioners have any comments on the findings?

Will someone motion to approve the findings for LU250018? I'll move that our draft findings become formally um accepted and passed into council for LU250018.

I hear a second. Second that motion. I will second that. Okay. Thank you. Staff, please call the role. Chair Lindstöm I. Vice Chair Leak I. Commissioner Dues I. Commissioner Bates I. Commissioner Salun I. Commissioner Sangry I. 6.

Thank you. All right. On to item number five. This will be opening the public hearing for LU25-000025. A request for approval of the development review permit to construct an additional 8unit multifamily building on an existing site and removal of five trees for public improvements. The site is located at 501 or 45501, excuse me, and 4519 Lake View Boulevard. Um 460-4602 and 4614 Lower Drive. staff coordinators Evan Franstead, senior planner. I'll now turn direction to attorney Crane to state the meeting procedures to the public.

Thank you, Chair Lindstöm. Um, thank you everyone for attending tonight. Following procedures for this public hearing u has been have been adopted by the city of Lake Asiggo under Lake Asiggo article 50.83 which implements OS 197.797. Um this is a quasi judicial land use application which means it involves the application of the criteria and standards that are listed in the staff report and only those criteria and standards. Um, so if you testify tonight or uh put evidence into the record, encourage you to make sure that your testimony or evidence is focused on those criteria because again those are the standards on which the decision the city's decision must be based notwithstanding the presence or of other important issues. The city's decision has to be based on the criterion standards in the comprehensive plan and the city's land use regulations. Um it's important to keep in mind that uh under state law uh failure to raise an issue at the local level means you can't file an appeal to the land use board of appeals based on that issue. It's called raise it or wave it. Um for the applicant, there's a separate requirement. If you object to any of the conditions of approval, you have to make sure you get that objection stated on the record in enough detail that people can respond to it or you can't uh challenge that decision in circuit court or that condition in circuit court. Mr. Chair, then I'll return uh the hearing. Oh, have you already opened the hearing? Okay. Um then do any of the commissioners have any bias expparty or conflict of interest to declare?

My name is John Dughes. I'm a retired architect and I have not visited the site as a part of this application. I don't have any haven't had any exparte contacts. Neither do I have any bias or financial conflict of interest. Hi. Um, my name is Mito Sarum. I'm a landscape architect. I have not visited the site, nor have I had any exarty communication with the parties. Uh, I do not know the parties involved and I do not have a financial interest or conflict of interest or a bias to declare. I am Helen Leak. I'm a realtor. I have no conflict of interest. I know where the site is, but I have not specifically visited it for this particular review. Um, I have no bias. What else is there? I think that's it. My name is Larry Lindstöm. I'm a construction executive. Um, I have not visited the site. I have no have not had any exparte communications. Um, I do not know the parties involved. I do not have any financial or conflict of interest in this case. and I do not have a bias.

My name is Dwight Sangre. I'm a retired civil engineer. I am familiar with the site but have not visited it. I have no professional or financial relationship with any of the parties that uh are involved and I have not had any expertate uh relationship with anybody. I feel that I have no bias regarding this project. I'm Kristen Bates. I'm a real estate attorney. I've not visited the site. I've had no exparte contact with the parties. I do not have any bias and I do not have any financial interests. Does anyone wish to challenge any of those statements? Seeing no objections, um I'll then return the hearing to the chair. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Attorney Crane. I'd like to request the staff's presentation. I'm going turn it over to you.

Thank you, Chair and members of the commission. My name is Evan Franstead. I'm a senior planner and the project planner on this application. So the site is approximately 46,328 square feet in area and has fringe on Lake View Boulevard, Bryant Road and Lower Drive. It is a unified site consisting of three tax lots and there are two existing multif family buildings on site. The site is zoned R0 highdensity residential. The budding properties to northeast and west are also zoned R0 and developed with multif family residential. Properties to the north across Lower Drive are zoned R7.5 and developed with single family residential dwellings. To the south across Lake View Boulevard is Lamont Natural Area zoned PNA and West Bay Shopping Center is across Bryant Road to the east and is zoned neighborhood commercial. The applicant is requesting a development review permit for construction of an 8-unit multif family building and a new parking lot with 10 parking spaces in the norththeast area of the site. A new sidewalk will be installed lake along Lake View Boulevard and Bryant Road frontages that connects the existing sidewalk. The building placement complies with maximum lot coverage and the 10-ft building setback from all lot lines. The proposal includes removal of six trees for development purposes, mainly for the construction of the sidewalk. The proposal complies with the tree removal standards. Here's the landscaping plan. The landing plan shows that the applicant proposes to plant 11 street trees in compliance with the street tree standard and five trees to be planted as mitigation trees for the tree removal in compliance with the tree removal standards. A variety of trees and shrubs will be planted in the landscape areas. The unified site contains approximately 54% open space and landscaping set aides which exceeds

the 40% minimum minimum amount. And here's the building from the east elevation. Um this will be from Bryant Road. The building is three stories in height with an average height of 30.98 ft in compliance with a 40 40 foot average maximum height requirement. The floor area is 8,256 square ft. The proposal complies with maximum floor area ratio of 1.2 to1 and a minimum density of 21 units for the unified site altogether. This is the southwest perspective. This is a view from Lake View Boulevard looking east. The building design standards require new development to integrate the remaining buildings into the overall design which in this case are the two existing buildings, multif family buildings on the site. Post building in includes matching flat roof line, emphasis on corner windows, vertical line stacked windows and horizontal wood siding to create an integrated design that is complimentary to the design of the existing buildings remaining on site. Existing buildings will be painted to match the proposed building. Proposed building includes the same style of building elements as existing buildings with tongue and groove cedar horizontal siding, black metal trim and black fiberglass clad windows and doors. Mechanical equipment will be located on the rooftop and screened. Um, in conclusion, staff finds proposal can be made to comply with all applicable criteria with recommend recommended conditions. Staff recommends a approval of LU25-0025 with conditions. And I also like to note that we did not receive any public testimony um in favor or an opposition or neutral force application as of noon this afternoon. So, be happy to answer any questions at this time. Thank you.

Any questions? Was this a site that a building burned years ago? Uh, yes. How many units were in that building back in the day? No, it's not part of the record. I'm not honestly sure. That was a number of years ago. Yeah, it really was. Um, yeah. Maybe the applicant knows. I I'm not sure. Yeah. [clears throat] I believe it was it was a you could do as part of your presentation. Yeah, you can't pick up your voice on the microphone from there. Yeah, just hold your hold your answer.

Any more questions? Well, thank you very much, Evan. [snorts] Well, now

Yep. So the um just so everyone knows the order of testimony is we'll hear first from the applicant gets your presentation then uh anyone who wants to testify in support of the application followed by anyone who might be opposed to it and it then anyone who might be neutral and then we'll come back to the applicant be for any final rebuttal you might have. Um after that and the commissioners can ask we can ask questions throughout. Everybody gets three minutes. Anyway, um sorry, individuals are allowed up to five minutes. Yeah. With um the applicant getting 20 minutes for your presentation if you need that much. [snorts] Um we'll try we'll track the time here. It'll be shown on the table there. then we will yeah return to the commission. So, Mr. Chair,

thank you, Attorney Crane. Um, I'd like to request the applicant's testimony again noting they have up to 20 minutes, not including questions from the commission. I also want to note that the lights there on the table as you're make sure your microphone's on, but you'll have um three different lights there. Yellow light will re um yellow light is 30 seconds. The red light will be time up. A flashing red light means 30 seconds or over your time limit. Turn it over to you. Thank you for having me. My name is Christian Lich Byer. I'm the applicant for this project. Um why don't I start by answering Helen's question. Uh I think it was a forplex that was there and that um is based on a wine bar conversation in Manzanita. So, [laughter] uh, but I do think that that is that is what what was there like 25 years ago or something. It it burned down. Um, [clears throat] I'm a I'm a small developer builder, uh, in the Portland metro area. I've been, uh, doing this for 23 years now. Uh, I bought this property about a year and a half ago. [clears throat] Um, I have deep roots in the in the Portland area. Um, I'm a Oregon native. Um, and I have roots in Lake Eiggo, too. Um, not just because of this. My son went through the Lake Easo School District. He's a senior at L High School and and I I care uh I care about the community very much. My parents live in first edition. My father is here in support of me uh tonight. That's very kind of him. Um uh just would like everybody to know that I put [clears throat] my all into these projects and I want to beautify um the the neighborhood. Um this particular property was very neglected. uh the previous owner really did nothing to it. Um since I bought it, I've done a lot of dry dry repair. I've I've painted the

building. I'll eventually be redoing the roofs. Um and uh with this project, it will also substantially enhance uh enhance the property. So, um I'm excited about it. Um and I hope other people are too. Uh, and I'd like to answer any questions that my my neighbors have. Um, in West Bay condominiums, I think that mostly is who are here. Um, so on to that. Well, thank you. Um, commissioners have any questions? I can only say I've been waiting years for someone to do this to take this. It's it's just a blate. I think what you're doing is a great addition and we need the housing so thank you. No other questions. Yeah. Well, I appreciate your testimony there. Um I guess we can now move on to those. Is there any other people speaking in favor? Nobody on the roster. So then I guess we can move into those in opposition. We'll have they'll be allowed up to five minutes and then we will be on to those who are neither in favor nor um opposed. So thank you. I think yeah we can go ahead and take a seat and then we'll bring up the opposition. So I'd like to invite up uh Mr. Hasham Bismar. Do I need to do anything over here or is it on? You're good to go. Okay, thanks.

Uh, yeah. My name is Hishan Bismar. I live at 4349 Lake View. So, just a couple houses from the area. I also own a condo at the uh Sunny Sunny Grove which is right next to it. Um I'm not in opposition um of um development or multifamily units. I'm mainly in opposition of it because um I feel it doesn't fit in the area. It's an imposing structure. This is a threestory building. I don't see any other three-story buildings in that area except for the condos north of it. Uh though or town houses, I think um those uh town houses are set a little bit further from the street. This structure as is looks like it's very close to the street, 10 ft away from the street. Uh the look of the structure is very modern. It does not fit necessarily in the area. The area is becoming very busy. Uh we're proposing cutting some trees in there. There's the train track. There is traffic. All of these affects actually the amount of noise in the area. Um there's not even a continuous sidewalk next to the building. Uh that sidewalk basically is disrupted um between the uh the intersection uh of uh Bryant Road and uh Lake View Boulevard going further west. There is a gap of 20 to 30 feet uh of missing basically sidewalk. Um so

I think priorities for the city or to enhance the living in the area would be probably to uh better um the uh like you said uh the walkability in the area as opposed to putting large structure like that. Uh again, I'm not opposing uh the development per se, but as it currently stand, yes. Uh I think it's just too imposing of a structure. Thank you. Any questions?

Thank you. I appreciate that. Um I think some of those questions maybe um question I have is the traffic study, the traffic study that took place. Can you fill in on any of that there, Evan? Sorry. Okay.

Sorry. Is this a question for the witness or for staff? Uh, for staff, excuse me. Do we want to hold our question for staff to the end or is it related to the testimony? Oh, I guess we would wait until afterwards. Okay. Okay. I have a question. So, you're you're against the modernistic look of this building. Uh what would what is the flavor of the architecture in the area in your estimation?

Uh the town houses north of the property that that looks more uh of a fit uh with with the houses the general houses in the area. I know the uh the other structure on the property is yeah it's more modernistic. It's from probably the 50s. It's a square. Yeah, I'm fine with that. That's just a personal opinion. My biggest objection is it is three stories high. It is very close to the road and that's a problem because visually

yes it it is imposing. Uh I I did have other uh concerns about I do not believe that they're adding any more parking spots, but I guess that's that's not not of my business. You're not allowed to to correct. He could have had no parking. Yep. Sure. Thanks. No other questions. Okay, then we will move on to neithers. Um, Adam Intel,

I have no comment. Okay, thank you. Um, and then Michael Arena,

please come up to the Please come up to the podium. And then I have a I have a question to the developer. Is that okay? Up here. I just note that um and please introduce yourself.

Sure. My name is Michael Arena. Michael Scott Arena. go by Scott. Uh I am a resident at the West Bay uh condominium town homes were to the north of the proposed um apartment community. I lived there for 10 years. Uh I'm actually uh adjacent to the uh buildings that are existing right now. Um my fiance and I u not really opposed to the the uh the look of it or the or the the design in the sense of the aesthetics. Um, our biggest concern has been a view corridor. Looking from our deck, uh, the direction that we look would be directly across the rooftops, we think, of the height of these structures or it could actually impede any view that we have that that takes out the tree line or uh towards the the canal area uh down on the other side. So, I'm a bit in agreement with the uh the gentleman who was speaking before us. It's just it it would be imposing in that sense and the view corridor. Um the more that I think about it, I mean, it is a a large box-like structure. I like the window design. I'm in property management uh and development myself. So, I've worked with apartment communities owners and developers for the past 30 plus years, and I understand um kind of the price of progress and and uh and what this involves and how you can't please everybody. Um but uh our our greatest concern, I think, collectively has been on that side of the town homes. There's a 9 unit. We're on the five unit side right in the middle. And as we look out of our deck, we're going to lose I don't know to what degree until the structure is built. Uh a certain amount of of of light that comes through that corridor now. Um sunlight is sunlight depending on the

time of day, but you know, we have been able to enjoy a nice sunrise look uh in that direction and we would miss that. But I think that's really the the greatest concern that we have. Other concerns would be noise construction work, how long that's going to take. And I think that's a a question for the developer. And I think that would be the question that I would ask is is the decision- making behind the uh uh the amount of the height for the building as well. That's really it. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. Now we'll offer the applicant a rebuttal if you'd like to make one. You had five minutes. [clears throat]

Well, I appreciate you expressing your your concerns. Um, I would like you to know that the code actually would allow would have allowed me to build a 50 foot building on this property. And when we originally modeled it, it was a higher higher structure than where it is now. So we've kept it under 30 ft. Uh it's effectively the height of a of a residential house. Um so I've been I've tried to I tried to you know help in that way. Um so you know I I have to build a three-story building to make it work. I have to build a minimum of eight units. That's what they pencil pencil.

That's the property requires me to build a minimum of eight units.

So, um uh for the other gentleman's concern about the uh walkability, I actually have to connect up the sidewalk on Lake View. Um yes, it's it's on the it's on the site plan and then I have to extend the sidewalk on Bryant to the end of my property as well. I understand that [clears throat] um one of the engineers when we were in a pre-application meeting, he said that the city may be extending that sidewalk all the way on up to to Zupans and which would be fantastic. So, I hope that does happen. Um I don't I don't know where where you guys are on that, but uh I hope that happens. So, um just working within the parameters of of the city code. Um that's all that I can really do. Um, we've had a lot of iterations to meet their requirements and this is this is where we are and I'm trying to I'm trying to integrate the building code requires me to integrate the building the new building with the old buildings as best as possible. It's why we have the flat roofs. Um, went with cedar siding which is what's on the other buildings. Um, so here we are. May I

ask another do I have to wait? I think you can I believe you can speak. Can he rebuttal? Had a question on Yeah, they they'll have to I mean you you can go back and start the testimony over again. Um or they can speak offline. Okay. Let's I can wait till offline. Yeah. Answer whatever questions you have. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. That is it for public speakers. Does anyone uh that under state law we have to ask does anyone want us to hold the record open for additional testimony or evidence or would you prefer to that we proceed? Okay. Seeing no request for there being no request to hold the record open, Mr. Chair. Thank you. So then I will close the public hearing and direct the commissioners into deliberations. I did just have a note that Lake View, the improvement on the sidewalk project is slated for this year or next. So, oh, the the sidewalk project on Lake View is part of the city like sidewalk improvement. So, I think it was slated for this year.

Where in Lake View? Which which portion? Um, I was just looking for the the part that kind of wraps up and around by Zupan. So, yeah. Way cool. Any other comments?

Well, I'll just um I'll just echo what um Commissioner uh Leaks had to say earlier in the fact that um having been on this commission now for a while. One of the issues that the city has been struggling with um coming down from the state is um our housing and the need for housing and uh I understand that it's the aesthetics may not be what everybody agrees to but um at least in terms of the the application again height setbacks everything is in line with um city ordinances and zoning. So um uh I I feel that this is just the type of project um with bringing more housing into the city that that we really need to to have. So thank you.

I concur. This is a slam dunk and it's a good-look building, I think. And it may not be everyone's aesthetic, but it's clean. It's modern. that's been a vacant that whole intersection is a is a hodgepodge of architectural who knows what. Um so this this if nothing else cleans it up a little bit takes some of those horrible trees down like that big leaf maple which is nothing but an invasive species and and puts in some other nicer trees. I think it's it's a win-win for for the city and for the developer and the neighborhood. So, is this an appropriate time to ask city staff, the senior planner about the um traffic um study that was involved prior to

Yes. What's your question? Can you elaborate on the traffic study if there was anything heightened or any irregular irregularities or anything worth noting that can clarify any questions that the public had?

Um, yeah, I can try. So, I'm not the traffic engineer. Will Farley is our traffic engineer. He's not here tonight. He's the one who reviewed the traffic study, but yeah, the applicant did submit a traffic study. Looking at it here, it says this eight units will will add about 50 54 trips daily trips to the to the system. Um they are adding 10 parking spaces. They are required to do the site improvements because of that. Um this all meets our standards. There was no no um no red flag in the the traffic study they submitted.

Thank you. Um, Commissioner Leak made a good comment, too, about not requiring to add traffic within so many feet or um add parking when so many feet within a public transportation line. So, that's something to keep in mind there that um that was actually doing something in kind to the neighborhood to provide those parking stalls. Yeah, if I can just clarify. So there's this is discussed in a staff report. There's no minimum parking required anymore. So yeah, they're adding 10 parking spaces, new parking spaces, and that is um of their own valition. They're they're doing of their own because they want it for the development, but yeah, it's not a requirement.

Thank you. I have no other comments, commissioners. Okay. So, we'll close our deliberations. Um, there's no new conditions noted. Nope. Everything in staff report is is up to date. Thank you. So, turn it back over to Attorney Crane or are we moving to vote?

I'm reading the script correctly. It's um we're now at the point where the commission would make a decision. I move that we approve LU 0025 as it stands with um conditions put on by the planning department. I would second that motion. Thank you. City staff, call the role, please. Hair Lindstöm. I vice chair Leak. I Commissioner Dues I Commissioner Bates I Commissioner Salun I

Commissioner Sangry I 6. Mr. Chair, I just want to note for the record that that uh under your code that constitutes then a tenative decision to approve the application. Um, and the final decision will be made then when staff comes back with the final findings at I assume your next meeting. Thank you. All right. Thank you very much. Uh, moving on to item number six will be schedule review and management update. Uh, Miss Hasty, are you online? Yes. Can you hear me? Absolutely. Thank you.

Great. Thank you. I uh I appreciate everyone accommodating me. I am um on dissipating via Zoom the family situation that I am working with. So hopefully nothing goes wrong. Um we will be adopting coming back to adopt findings for LU25-000025 on the 15th of December. Um we also have another public hearing that night. Um it's for a 11 lot subdivision. Uh Evan Franstead will be your project planner on that one and you'll receive the staff report and all exhibits 10 days prior. We also have another hearing um on January 5th that is a request for hearing on a type 2 tree removal uh for a new Renaissance home. Um and after that uh we are tenatively scheduled to adopt findings for that tree hearing on January 19th. Um for other updates, Councelor Wland did talk about the tree code update. Um, I just wanted to quickly chime in on that and say that the TRCO committee has drafted up conceptual plans and got um went through a initial discussion with the council and then they're moving into drafting actual code amendments for the tree code. I'm not sure uh how long that process will take, but I know that um the community development director Jessica Nemanu would like to get this tree code adopted as soon as possible since we are experiencing pressure from the state on having learn objective standards for housing. Um overall uh as councelor Wland said uh the push from the committee has been to encourage uh clear and objective standards for type 2 removal associated with housing only. There would be a clear and objective track. For the rest of the tree removal, it would be on the I guess you would call it the discretionary track. So, the council determined that they wanted the

standards to be modified um specifically for housing and I will be happy to or Commissioner Mino who is representing the DRC on the committee um will be happy to give you updates when that comes unless you have any other questions. Those are my updates for now. Any questions? Thank you, Miss Hasty. Thank you. Um, I wish your family well in peace and fast healings. Um, thank you so much.

Yeah. Now we're moving on to item number seven. Uh, before I adjourn, uh, thank you city staff. Appreciate your patience. Thank you commissioners for your time and your patience with me fumbling words. And with that, I will adjourn the meeting. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks.