Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called Render Site Plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels
called out as Parcel B and C and Track B, as well
as the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel. The project consists of two buildings,
an 86 -unit on Parcel B, and a 7 -unit apartment building on
Parcel C. So, location generally, or
this graphic shows where the general area of this project is,
and in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek, anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, the original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
-storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the 7th and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity, and then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the east of the property, I'm sorry, on the
west of the property, which is actually a raised
area with the steep slopes, this is actually elevated, are single
-family homes. So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view,
to give it a little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that
I was just talking about with the single -family homes. further west.
And you have, from the site, distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store. Just, again, about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inniswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot. And the building is right here.
So, other things that you would consider, this is
now a view of Newport Way
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called Render Site Plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels
called out as Parcel B and C and Track B, as well
as the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel. The project consists of two buildings,
an 86 -unit on Parcel B, and a 7 -unit apartment building on
Parcel C. So, location generally, or
this graphic shows where the general area of this project is,
and in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek, anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, the original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
-storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the 7th and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity, and then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the east of the property, I'm sorry, on the
west of the property, which is actually a raised
area with the steep slopes, this is actually elevated, are single
-family homes. So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view,
to give it a little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that
I was just talking about with the single -family homes. further west.
And you have, from the site, distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store. Just, again, about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inniswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot. And the building is right here.
So, other things that you would consider, this is
now a view of Newport Way
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels,
called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as
the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel.
And in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the
west of the property, which is actually
a raised area with the steep
slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.
So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a
little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking
about with the single -family homes further west. And you
have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store, just again about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.
I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.
I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,
being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I
will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.
I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.
I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run
us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a
better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres
or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision
maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.
To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all
discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the
substantive elements of the code.
So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask
you for your yes or no answers.
No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,
which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other
piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside
the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?
No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the
commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.
I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the
first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we
mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is
not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to
present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us
with comments and questions that we will then address during the second
public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November
11.
So, before I start, I would like to make note that there
are five exhibits that are
submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by
Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist
of an exhibit called Render Site Plan, an exhibit section A
that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the
Abyssin side park area. And the last
exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of
the site from Juniper Street.
So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,
this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant
with the site development permit requirements. My
presentation tonight will break it down into three
general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces
and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects
of the design.
And this actually consists of three different parcels
called out as Parcel B and C and Track B, as well
as the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include
a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention
vault on the Abyssin parcel. The project consists of two buildings,
an 86 -unit on Parcel B, and a 7 -unit apartment building on
Parcel C. So, location generally, or
this graphic shows where the general area of this project is,
and in terms of the whole Issaquah
boundaries, and to the north,
you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger
Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.
This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the
Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the
strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,
and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.
So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek, anywhere close to it.
However, it does recognize the
residential and also the shopping district that's further
northeast of the property.
So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a
preliminary subdivision plat.
Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the
screen, the original parcel is a larger triangular piece that
was subdivided and broken up into
10 single -family lots with track A,
which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected
area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel
B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that
we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.
As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a
quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the
Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County
Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini
-storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing
development and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used
as the at -work site.
One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the 7th and Locust
apartment buildings, also in the vicinity, and then here is the Target and
the large shopping center just
further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah
Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the
site. And on the east of the property, I'm sorry, on the
west of the property, which is actually a raised
area with the steep slopes, this is actually elevated, are single
-family homes. So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view,
to give it a little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that
I was just talking about with the single -family homes. further west.
And you have, from the site, distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.
Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target
store. Just, again, about half a mile from the site. And
as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the
main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.
So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we
see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On
the side of the Inniswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do
have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the
right, you see the King County Public Library which
has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates
it from the roadway and their parking lot. And the building is right here.
So, other things that you would consider, this is
now a view of Newport Way
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for
SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood
Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to
make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but
what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be
trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties
that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city
and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish
to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.
And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and
the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll
move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to
look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody
have any corrections or changes?