Development Commission · Wednesday, November 2, 2016 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

Commission Membership

packet pp.3

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Staff report:

Development Commission About Staff Liaison Created in 1983, this commission reviews all land Christopher Wright, use actions requiring a Level 3 review. The Project Oversight Manager Commission further serves as an advisory board to Email the City Council on land use actions requiring council approval (Level 5 review). Regular Members 2018 - Vacant The appearance of fairness doctrine prohibits 2018 - Raymond Leong Development Commission members and City 2018 - Richard Sowa Council members from discussing the merit of 2019 - Michael Brennan specific land use development applications outside 2019 - Randolph Harrison of the formal public meeting process. Citizens, 2020 - Melvin Morgan however, may discuss any issue with the City's 2020 - Kevin Price Development Services Department. Written comments are also welcome. Alternate Members 2017 - TJ Ginthner Membership 2017 - Vacant The…

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of October 19, 2016

packet pp.5–12

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MINUTES October 19, 2016 City Hall South 135 E. Sunset Way Council Chambers Issaquah, WA 98027

3. AGENDA ITEMS

Public Hearing: Inneswood Multi-family Site Development Permit - SDP16

Amy Tarce, Senior Planner · packet pp.13–50

Topics: HousingLand Use

Previously discussed: Development Commission · Oct 24, 2016

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Staff report:

AGENDA ITEMS a) Inneswood Apartments, PRJ12-00009, SDP16-00006 DC Staff Report: October 26, 2016

1905 segments .txt ↗

0:36 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

0:40 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

0:46 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

0:51 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

0:55 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

1:00 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

1:05 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

1:08 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

1:12 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

1:17 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

1:22 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

1:26 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

1:32 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

1:38 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

2:11 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

2:17 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

2:24 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

2:29 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

2:34 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

2:42 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

2:48 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

2:52 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

2:57 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

3:03 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

3:08 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

3:19 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

3:25 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

3:31 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

3:40 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

3:45 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

3:59 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

4:05 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

4:11 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

4:17 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

4:24 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

4:29 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

5:01 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

5:07 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

5:13 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

5:19 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

5:23 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

5:29 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

5:35 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

5:41 ↗ 11.

5:52 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

5:57 ↗ are five exhibits that are

6:03 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

6:08 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

6:14 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

6:19 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

6:25 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

6:31 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

6:36 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

6:42 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

6:48 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

6:54 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

6:58 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

7:04 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

7:10 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

7:15 ↗ of the design.

7:36 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

7:41 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

7:47 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

7:52 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

7:58 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

8:20 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

8:26 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

8:31 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

8:36 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

8:42 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

8:48 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

8:54 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

9:00 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

9:06 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

9:11 ↗ However, it does recognize the

9:16 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

9:22 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

9:27 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

9:32 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

9:38 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

9:43 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

9:49 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

9:54 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

10:00 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

10:05 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

10:11 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

10:17 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

10:23 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

10:29 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

10:34 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

10:40 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

10:46 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

10:51 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

10:57 ↗ as the at -work site.

11:05 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

11:10 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

11:16 ↗ the large shopping center just

11:22 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

11:27 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

11:33 ↗ site. And on the

11:37 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

11:42 ↗ a raised area with the steep

11:47 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

11:53 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

11:57 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

12:01 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

12:07 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

12:13 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

12:18 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site.

13:10 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

13:13 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

13:19 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

13:25 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

13:28 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

13:34 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

13:38 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

13:42 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

13:45 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

13:50 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

13:56 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

14:00 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

14:05 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

14:11 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

14:45 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

14:51 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

14:57 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

15:03 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

15:08 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

15:15 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

15:21 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

15:26 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

15:30 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

15:36 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

15:41 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

15:53 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

15:59 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

16:04 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

16:14 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

16:19 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

16:33 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

16:38 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

16:44 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

16:50 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

16:57 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

17:03 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

17:34 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

17:40 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

17:46 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

17:52 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

17:56 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

18:02 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

18:08 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

18:14 ↗ 11.

18:25 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

18:30 ↗ are five exhibits that are

18:36 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

18:42 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

18:47 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

18:53 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

18:58 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

19:04 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

19:09 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

19:15 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

19:21 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

19:27 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

19:31 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

19:37 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

19:43 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

19:49 ↗ of the design.

20:09 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

20:14 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

20:20 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

20:25 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

20:31 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

20:53 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

20:59 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

21:05 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

21:10 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

21:15 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

21:21 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

21:27 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

21:33 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

21:39 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

21:45 ↗ However, it does recognize the

21:50 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

21:55 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

22:00 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

22:05 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

22:11 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

22:17 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

22:22 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

22:27 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

22:33 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

22:39 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

22:44 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

22:50 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

22:56 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

23:02 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

23:07 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

23:13 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

23:19 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

23:24 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

23:30 ↗ as the at -work site.

23:38 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

23:43 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

23:49 ↗ the large shopping center just

23:55 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

24:01 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

24:07 ↗ site. And on the

24:10 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

24:15 ↗ a raised area with the steep

24:21 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

24:26 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

24:31 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

24:35 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

24:40 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

24:46 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

24:51 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

24:57 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

25:03 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

25:09 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

25:15 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

25:21 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

25:26 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

25:30 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

25:36 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

25:42 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

26:34 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

26:38 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

26:43 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

26:49 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

26:53 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

26:58 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

27:02 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

27:06 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

27:10 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

27:14 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

27:20 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

27:24 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

27:30 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

27:36 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

28:09 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

28:15 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

28:21 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

28:27 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

28:32 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

28:39 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

28:46 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

28:50 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

28:55 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

29:01 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

29:06 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

29:17 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

29:23 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

29:28 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

29:38 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

29:43 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

29:57 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

30:03 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

30:09 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

30:15 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

30:21 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

30:27 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

30:59 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

31:05 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

31:11 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

31:16 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

31:21 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

31:27 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

31:33 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

31:38 ↗ 11.

31:49 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

31:55 ↗ are five exhibits that are

32:00 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

32:06 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

32:12 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

32:17 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

32:23 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

32:29 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

32:34 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

32:40 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

32:45 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

32:51 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

32:56 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

33:02 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

33:08 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

33:13 ↗ of the design.

33:33 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

33:39 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

33:44 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

33:50 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

33:56 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

34:18 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

34:23 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

34:29 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

34:34 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

34:40 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

34:46 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

34:52 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

34:58 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

35:03 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

35:09 ↗ However, it does recognize the

35:14 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

35:20 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

35:25 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

35:30 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

35:35 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

35:41 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

35:47 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

35:51 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

35:57 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

36:03 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

36:09 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

36:14 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

36:20 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

36:26 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

36:32 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

36:38 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

36:43 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

36:49 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

36:55 ↗ as the at -work site.

37:02 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

37:08 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

37:14 ↗ the large shopping center just

37:20 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

37:25 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

37:31 ↗ site. And on the

37:35 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

37:40 ↗ a raised area with the steep

37:45 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

37:51 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

37:55 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

37:59 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

38:05 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

38:10 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

38:15 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

38:21 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

38:27 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

38:34 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

38:39 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

38:45 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

38:51 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

38:55 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

39:00 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

39:06 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

39:59 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

40:02 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

40:08 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

40:14 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

40:17 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

40:23 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

40:27 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

40:31 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

40:34 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

40:39 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

40:45 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

40:49 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

40:54 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

41:00 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

41:34 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

41:40 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

41:46 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

41:52 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

41:57 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

42:04 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

42:10 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

42:15 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

42:19 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

42:25 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

42:30 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

42:42 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

42:48 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

42:53 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

43:03 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

43:08 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

43:22 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

43:27 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

43:33 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

43:39 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

43:46 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

43:52 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

44:23 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

44:29 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

44:35 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

44:41 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

44:45 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

44:51 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

44:57 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

45:03 ↗ 11.

45:14 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

45:19 ↗ are five exhibits that are

45:25 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

45:31 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

45:36 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

45:42 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

45:47 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

45:53 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

45:58 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

46:04 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

46:10 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

46:16 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

46:20 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

46:26 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

46:32 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

46:38 ↗ of the design.

46:58 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

47:03 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

47:09 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

47:14 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

47:20 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

47:42 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

47:48 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

47:54 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

47:59 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

48:04 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

48:10 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

48:16 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

48:22 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

48:28 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

48:34 ↗ However, it does recognize the

48:39 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

48:44 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

48:49 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

48:54 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

49:00 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

49:06 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

49:11 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

49:16 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

49:22 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

49:28 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

49:33 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

49:39 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

49:45 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

49:51 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

49:56 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

50:02 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

50:08 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

50:13 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

50:19 ↗ as the at -work site.

50:27 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

50:32 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

50:38 ↗ the large shopping center just

50:44 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

50:50 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

50:56 ↗ site. And on the

50:59 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

51:04 ↗ a raised area with the steep

51:10 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

51:15 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

51:20 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

51:24 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

51:29 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

51:35 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

51:40 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

51:46 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

51:52 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

51:58 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

52:04 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

52:10 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

52:15 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

52:19 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

52:25 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

52:31 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

53:23 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

53:27 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

53:32 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

53:38 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

53:42 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

53:47 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

53:51 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

53:55 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

53:59 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

54:03 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

54:09 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

54:13 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

54:19 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

54:25 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

54:58 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

55:04 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

55:10 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

55:16 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

55:21 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

55:28 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

55:35 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

55:39 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

55:44 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

55:50 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

55:55 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

56:06 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

56:12 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

56:17 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

56:27 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

56:32 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

56:46 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

56:52 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

56:58 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

57:04 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

57:10 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

57:16 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

57:48 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

57:54 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

58:00 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

58:05 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

58:10 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

58:16 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

58:22 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

58:27 ↗ 11.

58:38 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

58:44 ↗ are five exhibits that are

58:49 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

58:55 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

59:01 ↗ of an exhibit called Render Site Plan, an exhibit section A

59:06 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

59:12 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

59:18 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

59:23 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

59:29 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

59:34 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

59:40 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

59:45 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

59:51 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

59:57 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

1:00:02 ↗ of the design.

1:00:22 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels

1:00:27 ↗ called out as Parcel B and C and Track B, as well

1:00:33 ↗ as the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

1:00:39 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

1:00:45 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel. The project consists of two buildings,

1:00:50 ↗ an 86 -unit on Parcel B, and a 7 -unit apartment building on

1:00:56 ↗ Parcel C. So, location generally, or

1:01:02 ↗ this graphic shows where the general area of this project is,

1:01:07 ↗ and in terms of the whole Issaquah

1:01:12 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

1:01:18 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

1:01:23 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

1:01:29 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

1:01:35 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

1:01:41 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

1:01:47 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

1:01:52 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek, anywhere close to it.

1:01:58 ↗ However, it does recognize the

1:02:03 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

1:02:09 ↗ northeast of the property.

1:02:14 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

1:02:19 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

1:02:24 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

1:02:30 ↗ screen, the original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

1:02:36 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

1:02:40 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

1:02:46 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

1:02:52 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

1:02:58 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

1:03:03 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

1:03:09 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

1:03:15 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

1:03:21 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

1:03:27 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

1:03:32 ↗ -storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

1:03:38 ↗ development and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

1:03:44 ↗ as the at -work site.

1:03:51 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the 7th and Locust

1:03:57 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity, and then here is the Target and

1:04:03 ↗ the large shopping center just

1:04:09 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

1:04:14 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

1:04:20 ↗ site. And on the east of the property, I'm sorry, on the

1:04:26 ↗ west of the property, which is actually a raised

1:04:32 ↗ area with the steep slopes, this is actually elevated, are single

1:04:37 ↗ -family homes. So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view,

1:04:43 ↗ to give it a little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that

1:04:47 ↗ I was just talking about with the single -family homes. further west.

1:04:53 ↗ And you have, from the site, distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

1:04:59 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

1:05:04 ↗ store. Just, again, about half a mile from the site. And

1:05:10 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

1:05:16 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

1:05:23 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

1:05:28 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

1:05:34 ↗ the side of the Inniswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

1:05:40 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

1:05:44 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library which

1:05:49 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

1:05:55 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot. And the building is right here.

1:06:01 ↗ So, other things that you would consider, this is

1:06:07 ↗ now a view of Newport Way

1:06:48 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

1:06:51 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

1:06:57 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

1:07:03 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

1:07:06 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

1:07:12 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

1:07:16 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

1:07:20 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

1:07:23 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

1:07:28 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

1:07:34 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

1:07:38 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

1:07:43 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

1:07:49 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

1:08:23 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

1:08:29 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

1:08:35 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

1:08:41 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

1:08:46 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

1:08:53 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

1:08:59 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

1:09:04 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

1:09:08 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

1:09:14 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

1:09:19 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

1:09:31 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

1:09:37 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

1:09:42 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

1:09:52 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

1:09:57 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

1:10:11 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

1:10:16 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

1:10:22 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

1:10:28 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

1:10:35 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

1:10:41 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

1:11:12 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

1:11:18 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

1:11:24 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

1:11:30 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

1:11:34 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

1:11:40 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

1:11:46 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

1:11:52 ↗ 11.

1:12:03 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

1:12:08 ↗ are five exhibits that are

1:12:14 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

1:12:20 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

1:12:25 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

1:12:31 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

1:12:36 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

1:12:42 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

1:12:47 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

1:12:53 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

1:12:59 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

1:13:05 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

1:13:09 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

1:13:15 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

1:13:21 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

1:13:27 ↗ of the design.

1:13:47 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

1:13:52 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

1:13:58 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

1:14:03 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

1:14:09 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

1:14:31 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

1:14:37 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

1:14:43 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

1:14:48 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

1:14:53 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

1:14:59 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

1:15:05 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

1:15:11 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

1:15:17 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

1:15:23 ↗ However, it does recognize the

1:15:27 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

1:15:33 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

1:15:38 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

1:15:43 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

1:15:49 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

1:15:55 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

1:16:00 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

1:16:05 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

1:16:11 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

1:16:17 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

1:16:22 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

1:16:28 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

1:16:34 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

1:16:40 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

1:16:45 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

1:16:51 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

1:16:57 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

1:17:02 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

1:17:08 ↗ as the at -work site.

1:17:16 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

1:17:21 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

1:17:27 ↗ the large shopping center just

1:17:33 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

1:17:39 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

1:17:45 ↗ site. And on the

1:17:48 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

1:17:53 ↗ a raised area with the steep

1:17:59 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

1:18:04 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

1:18:08 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

1:18:13 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

1:18:18 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

1:18:24 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

1:18:29 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

1:18:35 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

1:18:41 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

1:18:47 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

1:18:53 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

1:18:59 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

1:19:04 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

1:19:08 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

1:19:14 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

1:19:20 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

1:20:12 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

1:20:16 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

1:20:21 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

1:20:27 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

1:20:30 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

1:20:36 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

1:20:40 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

1:20:44 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

1:20:48 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

1:20:52 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

1:20:58 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

1:21:02 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

1:21:08 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

1:21:14 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

1:21:47 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

1:21:53 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

1:21:59 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

1:22:05 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

1:22:10 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

1:22:17 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

1:22:24 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

1:22:28 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

1:22:33 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

1:22:39 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

1:22:44 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

1:22:55 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

1:23:01 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

1:23:06 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

1:23:16 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

1:23:21 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

1:23:35 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

1:23:41 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

1:23:47 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

1:23:53 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

1:23:59 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

1:24:05 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

1:24:37 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

1:24:43 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

1:24:49 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

1:24:54 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

1:24:59 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

1:25:05 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

1:25:11 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

1:25:16 ↗ 11.

1:25:27 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

1:25:33 ↗ are five exhibits that are

1:25:38 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

1:25:44 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

1:25:50 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

1:25:55 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

1:26:01 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

1:26:07 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

1:26:12 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

1:26:18 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

1:26:23 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

1:26:29 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

1:26:34 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

1:26:40 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

1:26:45 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

1:26:51 ↗ of the design.

1:27:11 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

1:27:17 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

1:27:22 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

1:27:28 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

1:27:34 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

1:27:55 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

1:28:01 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

1:28:07 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

1:28:12 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

1:28:18 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

1:28:24 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

1:28:30 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

1:28:36 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

1:28:41 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

1:28:47 ↗ However, it does recognize the

1:28:52 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

1:28:58 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

1:29:03 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

1:29:08 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

1:29:13 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

1:29:19 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

1:29:25 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

1:29:29 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

1:29:35 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

1:29:41 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

1:29:47 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

1:29:52 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

1:29:58 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

1:30:04 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

1:30:10 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

1:30:16 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

1:30:21 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

1:30:27 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

1:30:33 ↗ as the at -work site.

1:30:40 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

1:30:46 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

1:30:52 ↗ the large shopping center just

1:30:58 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

1:31:03 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

1:31:09 ↗ site. And on the

1:31:13 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

1:31:18 ↗ a raised area with the steep

1:31:23 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

1:31:29 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

1:31:33 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

1:31:37 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

1:31:43 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

1:31:48 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

1:31:53 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

1:31:59 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

1:32:05 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

1:32:12 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

1:32:17 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

1:32:23 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

1:32:29 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

1:32:33 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

1:32:38 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

1:32:44 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

1:33:37 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

1:33:40 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

1:33:46 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

1:33:52 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

1:33:55 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

1:34:01 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

1:34:05 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

1:34:09 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

1:34:12 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

1:34:17 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

1:34:23 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

1:34:27 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

1:34:32 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

1:34:38 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

1:35:12 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

1:35:18 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

1:35:24 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

1:35:30 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

1:35:35 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

1:35:42 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

1:35:48 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

1:35:53 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

1:35:57 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

1:36:03 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

1:36:08 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

1:36:20 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

1:36:26 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

1:36:31 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

1:36:41 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

1:36:46 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

1:37:00 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

1:37:05 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

1:37:11 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

1:37:17 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

1:37:24 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

1:37:30 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

1:38:01 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

1:38:07 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

1:38:13 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

1:38:19 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

1:38:23 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

1:38:29 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

1:38:35 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

1:38:41 ↗ 11.

1:38:52 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

1:38:57 ↗ are five exhibits that are

1:39:03 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

1:39:09 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

1:39:14 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

1:39:20 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

1:39:25 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

1:39:31 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

1:39:36 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

1:39:42 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

1:39:48 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

1:39:54 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

1:39:58 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

1:40:04 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

1:40:10 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

1:40:16 ↗ of the design.

1:40:36 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

1:40:41 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

1:40:47 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

1:40:52 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

1:40:58 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

1:41:20 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

1:41:26 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

1:41:32 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

1:41:37 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

1:41:42 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

1:41:48 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

1:41:54 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

1:42:00 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

1:42:06 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

1:42:12 ↗ However, it does recognize the

1:42:16 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

1:42:22 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

1:42:27 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

1:42:32 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

1:42:38 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

1:42:44 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

1:42:49 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

1:42:54 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

1:43:00 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

1:43:06 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

1:43:11 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

1:43:17 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

1:43:23 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

1:43:29 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

1:43:34 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

1:43:40 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

1:43:46 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

1:43:51 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

1:43:57 ↗ as the at -work site.

1:44:05 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

1:44:10 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

1:44:16 ↗ the large shopping center just

1:44:22 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

1:44:28 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

1:44:34 ↗ site. And on the

1:44:37 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

1:44:42 ↗ a raised area with the steep

1:44:48 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

1:44:53 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

1:44:57 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

1:45:02 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

1:45:07 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

1:45:13 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

1:45:18 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

1:45:24 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

1:45:30 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

1:45:36 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

1:45:42 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

1:45:48 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

1:45:53 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

1:45:57 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

1:46:03 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

1:46:09 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

1:47:01 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

1:47:05 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

1:47:10 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

1:47:16 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

1:47:19 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

1:47:25 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

1:47:29 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

1:47:33 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

1:47:37 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

1:47:41 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

1:47:47 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

1:47:51 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

1:47:57 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

1:48:03 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

1:48:36 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

1:48:42 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

1:48:48 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

1:48:54 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

1:48:59 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

1:49:06 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

1:49:13 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

1:49:17 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

1:49:22 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

1:49:28 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

1:49:33 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

1:49:44 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

1:49:50 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

1:49:55 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

1:50:05 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

1:50:10 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

1:50:24 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

1:50:30 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

1:50:36 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

1:50:42 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

1:50:48 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

1:50:54 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

1:51:26 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

1:51:32 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

1:51:38 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

1:51:43 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

1:51:48 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

1:51:54 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

1:52:00 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

1:52:05 ↗ 11.

1:52:16 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

1:52:22 ↗ are five exhibits that are

1:52:27 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

1:52:33 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

1:52:39 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

1:52:44 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

1:52:50 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

1:52:56 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

1:53:01 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

1:53:07 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

1:53:12 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

1:53:18 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

1:53:23 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

1:53:29 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

1:53:34 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

1:53:40 ↗ of the design.

1:54:00 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

1:54:06 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

1:54:11 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

1:54:17 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

1:54:23 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

1:54:44 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

1:54:50 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

1:54:56 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

1:55:01 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

1:55:07 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

1:55:13 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

1:55:19 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

1:55:25 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

1:55:30 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

1:55:36 ↗ However, it does recognize the

1:55:41 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

1:55:47 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

1:55:52 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

1:55:57 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

1:56:02 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

1:56:08 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

1:56:14 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

1:56:18 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

1:56:24 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

1:56:30 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

1:56:36 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

1:56:41 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

1:56:47 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

1:56:53 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

1:56:59 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

1:57:05 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

1:57:10 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

1:57:16 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

1:57:22 ↗ as the at -work site.

1:57:29 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

1:57:35 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

1:57:41 ↗ the large shopping center just

1:57:47 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

1:57:52 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

1:57:58 ↗ site. And on the

1:58:02 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

1:58:07 ↗ a raised area with the steep

1:58:12 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

1:58:18 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

1:58:22 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

1:58:26 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

1:58:32 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

1:58:37 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

1:58:42 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

1:58:48 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

1:58:54 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

1:59:01 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

1:59:06 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

1:59:12 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

1:59:18 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

1:59:22 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

1:59:27 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

1:59:33 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

2:00:26 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

2:00:29 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

2:00:35 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

2:00:41 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

2:00:44 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

2:00:50 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

2:00:54 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

2:00:58 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

2:01:01 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

2:01:06 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

2:01:12 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

2:01:16 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

2:01:21 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

2:01:27 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

2:02:01 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

2:02:07 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

2:02:13 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

2:02:19 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

2:02:24 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

2:02:31 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

2:02:37 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

2:02:42 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

2:02:46 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

2:02:52 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

2:02:57 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

2:03:09 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

2:03:15 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

2:03:20 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

2:03:30 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

2:03:35 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

2:03:49 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

2:03:54 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

2:04:00 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

2:04:06 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

2:04:13 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

2:04:19 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

2:04:50 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

2:04:56 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

2:05:02 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

2:05:08 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

2:05:12 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

2:05:18 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

2:05:24 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

2:05:30 ↗ 11.

2:05:41 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

2:05:46 ↗ are five exhibits that are

2:05:52 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

2:05:58 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

2:06:03 ↗ of an exhibit called Render Site Plan, an exhibit section A

2:06:09 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

2:06:14 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

2:06:20 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

2:06:25 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

2:06:31 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

2:06:37 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

2:06:43 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

2:06:47 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

2:06:53 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

2:06:59 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

2:07:05 ↗ of the design.

2:07:25 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels

2:07:30 ↗ called out as Parcel B and C and Track B, as well

2:07:36 ↗ as the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

2:07:42 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

2:07:47 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel. The project consists of two buildings,

2:07:53 ↗ an 86 -unit on Parcel B, and a 7 -unit apartment building on

2:07:59 ↗ Parcel C. So, location generally, or

2:08:04 ↗ this graphic shows where the general area of this project is,

2:08:09 ↗ and in terms of the whole Issaquah

2:08:15 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

2:08:21 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

2:08:26 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

2:08:31 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

2:08:37 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

2:08:43 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

2:08:49 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

2:08:55 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek, anywhere close to it.

2:09:00 ↗ However, it does recognize the

2:09:06 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

2:09:11 ↗ northeast of the property.

2:09:16 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

2:09:21 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

2:09:27 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

2:09:33 ↗ screen, the original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

2:09:38 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

2:09:43 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

2:09:49 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

2:09:55 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

2:10:00 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

2:10:06 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

2:10:12 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

2:10:18 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

2:10:23 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

2:10:29 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

2:10:35 ↗ -storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

2:10:40 ↗ development and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

2:10:46 ↗ as the at -work site.

2:10:54 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the 7th and Locust

2:10:59 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity, and then here is the Target and

2:11:05 ↗ the large shopping center just

2:11:11 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

2:11:17 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

2:11:23 ↗ site. And on the east of the property, I'm sorry, on the

2:11:29 ↗ west of the property, which is actually a raised

2:11:34 ↗ area with the steep slopes, this is actually elevated, are single

2:11:40 ↗ -family homes. So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view,

2:11:46 ↗ to give it a little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that

2:11:50 ↗ I was just talking about with the single -family homes. further west.

2:11:56 ↗ And you have, from the site, distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

2:12:02 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

2:12:07 ↗ store. Just, again, about half a mile from the site. And

2:12:13 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

2:12:19 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

2:12:25 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

2:12:31 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

2:12:37 ↗ the side of the Inniswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

2:12:42 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

2:12:46 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library which

2:12:52 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

2:12:58 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot. And the building is right here.

2:13:04 ↗ So, other things that you would consider, this is

2:13:10 ↗ now a view of Newport Way

2:13:50 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

2:13:54 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

2:13:59 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

2:14:05 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

2:14:08 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

2:14:14 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

2:14:18 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

2:14:22 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

2:14:26 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

2:14:30 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

2:14:36 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

2:14:40 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

2:14:46 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

2:14:52 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

2:15:25 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

2:15:31 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

2:15:37 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

2:15:43 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

2:15:48 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

2:15:55 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

2:16:02 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

2:16:06 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

2:16:11 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

2:16:17 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

2:16:22 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

2:16:33 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

2:16:39 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

2:16:44 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

2:16:54 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

2:16:59 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

2:17:13 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

2:17:19 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

2:17:25 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

2:17:31 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

2:17:37 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

2:17:43 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

2:18:15 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

2:18:21 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

2:18:27 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

2:18:32 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

2:18:37 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

2:18:43 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

2:18:49 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

2:18:54 ↗ 11.

2:19:05 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

2:19:10 ↗ are five exhibits that are

2:19:16 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

2:19:22 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

2:19:28 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

2:19:33 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

2:19:39 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

2:19:45 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

2:19:50 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

2:19:56 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

2:20:01 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

2:20:07 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

2:20:12 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

2:20:18 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

2:20:23 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

2:20:29 ↗ of the design.

2:20:49 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

2:20:55 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

2:21:00 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

2:21:06 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

2:21:12 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

2:21:33 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

2:21:39 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

2:21:45 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

2:21:50 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

2:21:56 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

2:22:02 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

2:22:08 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

2:22:14 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

2:22:19 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

2:22:25 ↗ However, it does recognize the

2:22:30 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

2:22:36 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

2:22:41 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

2:22:46 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

2:22:51 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

2:22:57 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

2:23:03 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

2:23:07 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

2:23:13 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

2:23:19 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

2:23:25 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

2:23:30 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

2:23:36 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

2:23:42 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

2:23:48 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

2:23:54 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

2:23:59 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

2:24:05 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

2:24:11 ↗ as the at -work site.

2:24:18 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

2:24:24 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

2:24:30 ↗ the large shopping center just

2:24:36 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

2:24:41 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

2:24:47 ↗ site. And on the

2:24:51 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

2:24:56 ↗ a raised area with the steep

2:25:01 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

2:25:07 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

2:25:11 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

2:25:15 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

2:25:21 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

2:25:26 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

2:25:31 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

2:25:37 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

2:25:43 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

2:25:50 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

2:25:55 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

2:26:01 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

2:26:07 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

2:26:11 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

2:26:16 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

2:26:22 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

2:27:15 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

2:27:18 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

2:27:24 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

2:27:30 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

2:27:33 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

2:27:39 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

2:27:43 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

2:27:47 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

2:27:50 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

2:27:55 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

2:28:01 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

2:28:05 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

2:28:10 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

2:28:16 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

2:28:50 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

2:28:56 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

2:29:02 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

2:29:08 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

2:29:13 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

2:29:20 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

2:29:26 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

2:29:31 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

2:29:35 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

2:29:41 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

2:29:46 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

2:29:58 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

2:30:04 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

2:30:09 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

2:30:19 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

2:30:24 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

2:30:38 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

2:30:43 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

2:30:49 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

2:30:55 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

2:31:02 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

2:31:08 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

2:31:39 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

2:31:45 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

2:31:51 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

2:31:57 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

2:32:01 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

2:32:07 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

2:32:13 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

2:32:19 ↗ 11.

2:32:30 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

2:32:35 ↗ are five exhibits that are

2:32:41 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

2:32:47 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

2:32:52 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

2:32:58 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

2:33:03 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

2:33:09 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

2:33:14 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

2:33:20 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

2:33:26 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

2:33:32 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

2:33:36 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

2:33:42 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

2:33:48 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

2:33:53 ↗ of the design.

2:34:14 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

2:34:19 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

2:34:25 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

2:34:30 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

2:34:36 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

2:34:58 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

2:35:04 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

2:35:10 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

2:35:15 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

2:35:20 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

2:35:26 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

2:35:32 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

2:35:38 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

2:35:44 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

2:35:50 ↗ However, it does recognize the

2:35:54 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

2:36:00 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

2:36:05 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

2:36:10 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

2:36:16 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

2:36:22 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

2:36:27 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

2:36:32 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

2:36:38 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

2:36:44 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

2:36:49 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

2:36:55 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

2:37:01 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

2:37:07 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

2:37:12 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

2:37:18 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

2:37:24 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

2:37:29 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

2:37:35 ↗ as the at -work site.

2:37:43 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

2:37:48 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

2:37:54 ↗ the large shopping center just

2:38:00 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

2:38:06 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

2:38:11 ↗ site. And on the

2:38:15 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

2:38:20 ↗ a raised area with the steep

2:38:26 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

2:38:31 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

2:38:35 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

2:38:40 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

2:38:45 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

2:38:51 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

2:38:56 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

2:39:02 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

2:39:08 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

2:39:14 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

2:39:20 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

2:39:26 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

2:39:31 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

2:39:35 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

2:39:41 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

2:39:47 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

2:40:39 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

2:40:43 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

2:40:48 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

2:40:54 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

2:40:57 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

2:41:03 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

2:41:07 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

2:41:11 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

2:41:15 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

2:41:19 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

2:41:25 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

2:41:29 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

2:41:35 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

2:41:41 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

2:42:14 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

2:42:20 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

2:42:26 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

2:42:32 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

2:42:37 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

2:42:44 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

2:42:51 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

2:42:55 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

2:43:00 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

2:43:06 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

2:43:11 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

2:43:22 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

2:43:28 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

2:43:33 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

2:43:43 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

2:43:48 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

2:44:02 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

2:44:08 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

2:44:14 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

2:44:20 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

2:44:26 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

2:44:32 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

2:45:04 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

2:45:10 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

2:45:16 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

2:45:21 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

2:45:26 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

2:45:32 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

2:45:38 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

2:45:43 ↗ 11.

2:45:54 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

2:45:59 ↗ are five exhibits that are

2:46:05 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

2:46:11 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

2:46:17 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

2:46:22 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

2:46:28 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

2:46:34 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

2:46:39 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

2:46:45 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

2:46:50 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

2:46:56 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

2:47:01 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

2:47:07 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

2:47:12 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

2:47:18 ↗ of the design.

2:47:38 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

2:47:44 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

2:47:49 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

2:47:55 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

2:48:01 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

2:48:22 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

2:48:28 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

2:48:34 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

2:48:39 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

2:48:45 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

2:48:51 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

2:48:57 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

2:49:03 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

2:49:08 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

2:49:14 ↗ However, it does recognize the

2:49:19 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

2:49:25 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

2:49:30 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

2:49:35 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

2:49:40 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

2:49:46 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

2:49:52 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

2:49:56 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

2:50:02 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

2:50:08 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

2:50:14 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

2:50:19 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

2:50:25 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

2:50:31 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

2:50:37 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

2:50:43 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

2:50:48 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

2:50:54 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

2:51:00 ↗ as the at -work site.

2:51:07 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

2:51:13 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

2:51:19 ↗ the large shopping center just

2:51:25 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

2:51:30 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

2:51:36 ↗ site. And on the

2:51:40 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

2:51:45 ↗ a raised area with the steep

2:51:50 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

2:51:56 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

2:52:00 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

2:52:04 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

2:52:10 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

2:52:15 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

2:52:20 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

2:52:26 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

2:52:32 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

2:52:39 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

2:52:44 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

2:52:50 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

2:52:56 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

2:53:00 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

2:53:05 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

2:53:11 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

2:54:04 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

2:54:07 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

2:54:13 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

2:54:19 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

2:54:22 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

2:54:28 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

2:54:32 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

2:54:36 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

2:54:39 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

2:54:44 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

2:54:50 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

2:54:54 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

2:54:59 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

2:55:05 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

2:55:39 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

2:55:45 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

2:55:51 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

2:55:57 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

2:56:02 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

2:56:09 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

2:56:15 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

2:56:20 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

2:56:24 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

2:56:30 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

2:56:35 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

2:56:47 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

2:56:53 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

2:56:58 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

2:57:08 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

2:57:13 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

2:57:27 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

2:57:32 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

2:57:38 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

2:57:44 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

2:57:51 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

2:57:57 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

2:58:28 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

2:58:34 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

2:58:40 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

2:58:46 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

2:58:50 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

2:58:56 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

2:59:02 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

2:59:08 ↗ 11.

2:59:19 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

2:59:24 ↗ are five exhibits that are

2:59:30 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

2:59:36 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

2:59:41 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

2:59:47 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

2:59:52 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

2:59:58 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

3:00:03 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

3:00:09 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

3:00:15 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

3:00:21 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

3:00:25 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

3:00:31 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

3:00:37 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

3:00:42 ↗ of the design.

3:01:03 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

3:01:08 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

3:01:14 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

3:01:19 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

3:01:25 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

3:01:47 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

3:01:53 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

3:01:59 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

3:02:04 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

3:02:09 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

3:02:15 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

3:02:21 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

3:02:27 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

3:02:33 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

3:02:39 ↗ However, it does recognize the

3:02:43 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

3:02:49 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

3:02:54 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

3:02:59 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

3:03:05 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

3:03:11 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

3:03:16 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

3:03:21 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

3:03:27 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

3:03:33 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

3:03:38 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

3:03:44 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

3:03:50 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

3:03:56 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

3:04:01 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

3:04:07 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

3:04:13 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

3:04:18 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

3:04:24 ↗ as the at -work site.

3:04:32 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

3:04:37 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

3:04:43 ↗ the large shopping center just

3:04:49 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

3:04:55 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

3:05:00 ↗ site. And on the

3:05:04 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

3:05:09 ↗ a raised area with the steep

3:05:15 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

3:05:20 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

3:05:24 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

3:05:29 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

3:05:34 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

3:05:40 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

3:05:45 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

3:05:51 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

3:05:57 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

3:06:03 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

3:06:09 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

3:06:15 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

3:06:20 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

3:06:24 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

3:06:30 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

3:06:36 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

3:07:28 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

3:07:32 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

3:07:37 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

3:07:43 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

3:07:46 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

3:07:52 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

3:07:56 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

3:08:00 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

3:08:04 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

3:08:08 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

3:08:14 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

3:08:18 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

3:08:24 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

3:08:30 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

3:09:03 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

3:09:09 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

3:09:15 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

3:09:21 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

3:09:26 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

3:09:33 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

3:09:40 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

3:09:44 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

3:09:49 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

3:09:55 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

3:10:00 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

3:10:11 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

3:10:17 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

3:10:22 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

3:10:32 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

3:10:37 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

3:10:51 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

3:10:57 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

3:11:03 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

3:11:09 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

3:11:15 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

3:11:21 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

3:11:53 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

3:11:59 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

3:12:05 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

3:12:10 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

3:12:15 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

3:12:21 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

3:12:27 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

3:12:32 ↗ 11.

3:12:43 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

3:12:48 ↗ are five exhibits that are

3:12:54 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

3:13:00 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

3:13:06 ↗ of an exhibit called rendered site plan, an exhibit section A

3:13:11 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

3:13:17 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

3:13:23 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

3:13:28 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

3:13:34 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

3:13:39 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

3:13:45 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

3:13:50 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

3:13:56 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

3:14:01 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

3:14:07 ↗ of the design.

3:14:27 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels,

3:14:33 ↗ called out as parcel B and C and track B, as well as

3:14:38 ↗ the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

3:14:44 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

3:14:50 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel.

3:15:11 ↗ And in terms of the whole Issaquah

3:15:17 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

3:15:23 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

3:15:28 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

3:15:34 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

3:15:40 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

3:15:46 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

3:15:52 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

3:15:57 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek anywhere close to it.

3:16:03 ↗ However, it does recognize the

3:16:08 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

3:16:14 ↗ northwest of the, I'm sorry, northeast of the property.

3:16:19 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

3:16:24 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

3:16:29 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

3:16:35 ↗ screen, The original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

3:16:41 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

3:16:45 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

3:16:51 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

3:16:57 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

3:17:03 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

3:17:08 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

3:17:14 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

3:17:20 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

3:17:26 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

3:17:32 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

3:17:37 ↗ storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

3:17:43 ↗ development, and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

3:17:49 ↗ as the at -work site.

3:17:56 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the Seventh and Locust

3:18:02 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity. And then here is the Target and

3:18:08 ↗ the large shopping center just

3:18:14 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

3:18:19 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

3:18:25 ↗ site. And on the

3:18:29 ↗ west of the property, which is actually

3:18:34 ↗ a raised area with the steep

3:18:39 ↗ slopes, this is actually elevated, are single -family homes.

3:18:45 ↗ So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view to give it a

3:18:49 ↗ little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that I was just talking

3:18:53 ↗ about with the single -family homes further west. And you

3:18:59 ↗ have from the site distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

3:19:04 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

3:19:09 ↗ store, just again about half a mile from the site. And

3:19:15 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

3:19:21 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

3:19:28 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

3:19:33 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

3:19:39 ↗ the side of the Inneswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

3:19:45 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

3:19:49 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library Administration offices, which

3:19:54 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

3:20:00 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot, and the building is right here.

3:20:53 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

3:20:56 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

3:21:02 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

3:21:08 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

3:21:11 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

3:21:17 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

3:21:21 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

3:21:25 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

3:21:28 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

3:21:33 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

3:21:39 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

3:21:43 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

3:21:48 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

3:21:54 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

3:22:28 ↗ Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a statement.

3:22:34 ↗ I live on the west side of the hill where this project is located.

3:22:40 ↗ I believe I can still be impartial. And if there's any problem with that,

3:22:46 ↗ being by my city on the board, I'd be happy to step down. Otherwise, I

3:22:51 ↗ will stay on. So that's a great introduction, Ray.

3:22:58 ↗ I just want the night off. He's a Cubs fan. There you go.

3:23:04 ↗ I've been hearing about that. Lucy Sloman, land development manager. I'm just going to run

3:23:09 ↗ us through a quick quasi -judicial introduction for this evening, which Ray has done a

3:23:13 ↗ better job of introducing than I probably will. Well, sites over three acres

3:23:19 ↗ or buildings of a certain size in central Issaquah come to you. are the decision

3:23:24 ↗ maker. And when you are the decision maker, it becomes a quasi -judicial permit.

3:23:36 ↗ To do that, we follow certain procedures, which has to do with noticing that all

3:23:42 ↗ discussion is on the record here, and that we also base our decision on the

3:23:47 ↗ substantive elements of the code.

3:23:57 ↗ So, I just have the commissioners read through these questions, and then I'll just ask

3:24:02 ↗ you for your yes or no answers.

3:24:16 ↗ No for me. So, how many are no's? How many has a yes,

3:24:21 ↗ which is the disclosure that Ray has already made? And then the other

3:24:27 ↗ piece has to do with ex parte contacts, which are discussion of this permit outside

3:24:33 ↗ the chambers and not on the record. Have any ex parte communications taken place?

3:24:40 ↗ No. Okay. So, does anyone in the audience wish to challenge any of the

3:24:46 ↗ commissioners' participation? Okay. Thank you.

3:25:17 ↗ I will be presenting the Innisfood apartment site development permit tonight. This is the

3:25:23 ↗ first of two discussions on this project. For tonight, as we

3:25:29 ↗ mentioned earlier, we're not making, or the development commission is

3:25:35 ↗ not being asked to make a decision. This is just an opportunity for staff to

3:25:39 ↗ present our recommendations and for the public and for the commission to provide us

3:25:45 ↗ with comments and questions that we will then address during the second

3:25:51 ↗ public or the second half of the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for November

3:25:57 ↗ 11.

3:26:08 ↗ So, before I start, I would like to make note that there

3:26:13 ↗ are five exhibits that are

3:26:19 ↗ submitted to the development commission tonight. The first one is a public comment submitted by

3:26:25 ↗ Ms. Connie Marsh. And then there are four drawings that consist

3:26:30 ↗ of an exhibit called Render Site Plan, an exhibit section A

3:26:36 ↗ that shows the section of Newport Way, an exhibit for the

3:26:41 ↗ Abyssin side park area. And the last

3:26:47 ↗ exhibit is a visual analysis or view analysis of

3:26:52 ↗ the site from Juniper Street.

3:26:58 ↗ So, I'm going to go ahead and start my presentation for tonight. So,

3:27:04 ↗ this proposal, as indicated in our staff report, is generally compliant

3:27:10 ↗ with the site development permit requirements. My

3:27:14 ↗ presentation tonight will break it down into three

3:27:20 ↗ general topics. One is connectivity, the quality of open spaces

3:27:26 ↗ and the critical areas, and then the placemaking aspects

3:27:31 ↗ of the design.

3:27:52 ↗ And this actually consists of three different parcels

3:27:57 ↗ called out as Parcel B and C and Track B, as well

3:28:03 ↗ as the Abyssin property across the street. The frontage improvements include

3:28:08 ↗ a roundabout at Northwest Juniper and a storm detention, stormwater detention

3:28:14 ↗ vault on the Abyssin parcel. The project consists of two buildings,

3:28:20 ↗ an 86 -unit on Parcel B, and a 7 -unit apartment building on

3:28:26 ↗ Parcel C. So, location generally, or

3:28:31 ↗ this graphic shows where the general area of this project is,

3:28:36 ↗ and in terms of the whole Issaquah

3:28:42 ↗ boundaries, and to the north,

3:28:48 ↗ you can see that it's kind of in between where Lake Sammamish is and Tiger

3:28:53 ↗ Mountain, two of the major natural features in Issaquah.

3:28:58 ↗ This site is in central Issaquah and in the Gilman District. So, the

3:29:04 ↗ Gilman District vision states that the Gilman District is to complement the

3:29:10 ↗ strong retail focus of the district with significant future office and residential development,

3:29:16 ↗ and enhance Issaquah Creek and its buffers as an important link of the green necklace.

3:29:22 ↗ So, the site does not include the Issaquah Creek, anywhere close to it.

3:29:27 ↗ However, it does recognize the

3:29:32 ↗ residential and also the shopping district that's further

3:29:38 ↗ northeast of the property.

3:29:43 ↗ So, a little background about this project. This is actually part of a

3:29:48 ↗ preliminary subdivision plat.

3:29:54 ↗ Originally, the parcel, as you can see on the upper left -hand corner of the

3:30:00 ↗ screen, the original parcel is a larger triangular piece that

3:30:05 ↗ was subdivided and broken up into

3:30:10 ↗ 10 single -family lots with track A,

3:30:16 ↗ which is a protected area of steep slopes, track B, which is also a protected

3:30:22 ↗ area of steep slopes, and then parcel B and C. So, parcel

3:30:27 ↗ B and C, as you can see here, are the properties that

3:30:33 ↗ we are reviewing tonight, as well as the Abusain parcel.

3:30:39 ↗ As far as zoning and adjacent land uses, so this is just a

3:30:45 ↗ quick view of what's around it. So, here's the project site, and here's the

3:30:50 ↗ Abusain parcel, and we have just north of it is the King County

3:30:56 ↗ Library Administration offices, and then just south of it is a mini

3:31:02 ↗ -storage, and as you go further east, there's a senior housing

3:31:07 ↗ development and also offices, and then a city property that's currently used

3:31:13 ↗ as the at -work site.

3:31:21 ↗ One is the Atlas Multifamily, and then the other one is the 7th and Locust

3:31:26 ↗ apartment buildings, also in the vicinity, and then here is the Target and

3:31:32 ↗ the large shopping center just

3:31:38 ↗ further north of it. And then as you go further south, you have the Issaquah

3:31:44 ↗ Valley Elementary School, which is roughly about half a mile from the

3:31:49 ↗ site. And on the east of the property, I'm sorry, on the

3:31:55 ↗ west of the property, which is actually a raised

3:32:01 ↗ area with the steep slopes, this is actually elevated, are single

3:32:07 ↗ -family homes. So, another view of the project, this time an aerial view,

3:32:13 ↗ to give it a little bit of context. So, over here is the hillside that

3:32:17 ↗ I was just talking about with the single -family homes. further west.

3:32:23 ↗ And you have, from the site, distant views of Tiger Mountain and the Issaquah Highlands.

3:32:29 ↗ Here is the King County Library with the Issaquah Common Shopping Center and the Target

3:32:34 ↗ store. Just, again, about half a mile from the site. And

3:32:40 ↗ as you go further north on Newport Way, basically, you will hit the

3:32:46 ↗ main shopping district of Issaquah, which is on Gilman Boulevard.

3:32:52 ↗ So, these are just some quick views of what's out there, existing conditions. So, we

3:32:58 ↗ see that Newport Way currently is a two -lane road, one -way each way. On

3:33:04 ↗ the side of the Inniswood property, there is no sidewalks. You do

3:33:09 ↗ have a fog line to kind of separate where the travel lane is. On the

3:33:13 ↗ right, you see the King County Public Library which

3:33:19 ↗ has a pedestrian walkway and a planter strip that separates

3:33:25 ↗ it from the roadway and their parking lot. And the building is right here.

3:33:31 ↗ So, other things that you would consider, this is

3:33:37 ↗ now a view of Newport Way

3:34:17 ↗ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the public hearing for

3:34:21 ↗ SDP 16 -00006, the Enniswood

3:34:26 ↗ Multifamily Site Development Plan. This is a public meeting. We're not going to

3:34:32 ↗ make a decision tonight, or our intention is not to make a decision tonight, but

3:34:35 ↗ what we really are doing is seeking public input, questions, and we'll be

3:34:41 ↗ trying to get some answers as well. So welcome. We have a few administrative duties

3:34:45 ↗ that we're going to have to complete. Then we'll get a presentation from the city

3:34:49 ↗ and the applicant, and then I'll open the meeting to public comments. If you wish

3:34:53 ↗ to make public comments, I'd really appreciate you signing in on the front table here.

3:34:57 ↗ And once we complete that, then we'll give the applicant and

3:35:03 ↗ the city opportunities to be able to maybe provide some more information, and then we'll

3:35:07 ↗ move on. So welcome once again. The first order of business is to

3:35:13 ↗ look at the meeting minutes from October 19th. Does anybody

3:35:19 ↗ have any corrections or changes?

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