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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Attendance

Council / Members (7)

Richard SOWA

Melvin MORGAN

Michael BRENNAN

Ray LEONG

Robert BAKH

Randolph HARRISON

Kevin PRICE

Staff (4)

Lucy Sloman, Land Development Mgr.

Sherry Smith, Recording Secretary

Amy Tarce, Senior Planner

Doug Schlepp, Project Engineer/Consultant

Excused

Carl SWEDBERG

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Recommendations & actions (2)

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If the current crosswalk is moved halfway down, closer to the Issaquah Valley Elementary School, it would be safer.
And the other crosswalk be moved halfway to the library building.