Development Commission · Wednesday, February 7, 2024 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of Dec. 6, 2023

packet pp.5–13

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Staff report:

MINUTES DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 6:30 p.m. – Wednesday, December 6, 2023

4. PUBLIC HEARING

Site Development Permit Application for Mathur Townhomes, Quasi-Judicial (A)

90 min · Doug Yormick, Associate Planner Jennifer Kim, Medici Architects Application No: PRJ22-00016, SDP23-00001 Address: 35 2ne Ave SE Parcel No: 235430075 Description: The site development permit Way and 2nd Ave SE. Public Hearing Order: Meeting Materials · packet pp.15–1228

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

STAFF REPORT Site Development Permit File No PRJ22-00016 /SDP23-00001 February 7, 2024

5. REPORTS

City Council Update

Christian Geitz, Planning Manager

6. OTHER BUSINESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming Schedule

packet pp.1229

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Staff report:

JANUARY JULY 1/3/2024 cancelled 7/3/2024 TBD

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0:07 ↗ good evening and welcome I'd like to

0:09 ↗ call the February 7th meeting of the C

0:11 ↗ city of isana's development commission

0:13 ↗ to order at 6:30 p.m. as a reminder we

0:17 ↗ do still have a remote aspect to our

0:19 ↗ meetings this means both staff and

0:21 ↗ members of the public may be

0:22 ↗ participating in the muting in the

0:24 ↗ meeting remotely via webc for those

0:26 ↗ attending remotely if you have questions

0:28 ↗ or issues please please send the host a

0:30 ↗ chat message or email staff at Christian

0:34 ↗ gsa.gov that's Christian

0:37 ↗ gsa.gov there are two excused absences

0:41 ↗ for the meeting tonight commissioner

0:43 ↗ Gilbert and commissioner

0:48 ↗ iada alternate member Jeff Mayo is

0:50 ↗ filling in this evening as a regular

0:52 ↗ member welcome

0:54 ↗ Jeff our first item of business tonight

0:56 ↗ is take action on the meeting minutes

0:58 ↗ for December the 6th hope everyone has

1:01 ↗ had an opportunity to review them are

1:03 ↗ there any corrections to the December 6

1:05 ↗ minutes provided in the agenda

1:08 ↗ packet hearing none the minutes are

1:10 ↗ approved as submitted next I'd like to

1:13 ↗ open the floor for any members of the

1:15 ↗ public in person or virtually you would

1:17 ↗ like to make a general comment not about

1:19 ↗ the ma Town Homes project but on General

1:22 ↗ topics there will be an opportunity

1:24 ↗ later in the meeting for those who'd

1:25 ↗ like to comment about the project on

1:27 ↗ tonight's agenda Mr gats is anyone

1:30 ↗ signed up in advance to make General

1:32 ↗ Public comments we have nobody in the

1:34 ↗ room that has signed up and there are

1:35 ↗ three individuals online I believe are

1:37 ↗ all the

1:39 ↗ applicants okay so no General comments

1:42 ↗ from persons online correct okay thank

1:44 ↗ you okay we'll move ahead then to our

1:47 ↗ regular business tonight and our main

1:49 ↗ agenda item predecision open record

1:52 ↗ public hearing the order of operation

1:54 ↗ for this hearing will be as follows

1:56 ↗ first the purpose of the public hearing

1:58 ↗ followed by appear of fairness

2:00 ↗ disclosures then we'll open the public

2:03 ↗ hearing with a staff presentation and an

2:06 ↗ applicant

2:07 ↗ presentation then the floor will be open

2:09 ↗ for public comment there will be an

2:11 ↗ opportunity for rebuttal by applicant

2:12 ↗ and staff and then we'll close the

2:14 ↗ public hearing commission deliberation

2:17 ↗ will then be followed by commission

2:18 ↗ action including motions amendments and

2:21 ↗ vote and that will conclude the agenda

2:23 ↗ item on the Quasi judicial permit if for

2:26 ↗ any reason the hearing on this action

2:28 ↗ can't be completed this evening the

2:30 ↗ hearing may be continued at a specified

2:34 ↗ date purpose of the public hearing this

2:37 ↗ is the formal public hearing for the ma

2:39 ↗ Town Homes development The Proposal

2:41 ↗ being considered as a site development

2:43 ↗ permit application for a

2:46 ↗ 4661 ft² 4unit apartment building

2:49 ↗ located at 352nd Avenue Southeast the

2:53 ↗ purpose of this hearing is to solicit

2:55 ↗ relevant public comment and facilitate

2:57 ↗ review discussion and decision on the

2:59 ↗ application

3:00 ↗ by the development commission this is a

3:02 ↗ quasi judicial hearing and so Mr Gs

3:06 ↗ please proceed with our appearance of

3:07 ↗ fairness

3:15 ↗ disclosures okay so quasi judicial

3:19 ↗ decisions require proceedings to be fair

3:21 ↗ in fact and appearance similar to a

3:24 ↗ courtroom setting uh expart contacts are

3:26 ↗ prohibited Communications outside of the

3:28 ↗ hearing between a decision maker and an

3:30 ↗ opponent or proponent of the matter at

3:32 ↗ hand uh are prohibited if such

3:35 ↗ Communications have occurred record of

3:36 ↗ the substance of the communication must

3:38 ↗ be placed on the record to allow other

3:40 ↗ interest interested parties the right to

3:43 ↗ rebut the substance of such

3:45 ↗ communication the test which we'll get

3:47 ↗ into in a moment would be would a

3:49 ↗ disinterested person have being

3:51 ↗ appraised of the total totality of the

3:53 ↗ decision Maker's personal interest in a

3:55 ↗ matter being acted upon be reasonably

3:57 ↗ justified in thinking that the that part

4:00 ↗ partiality may

4:02 ↗ exist decision makers who have personal

4:05 ↗ interest prejudgment of issues or

4:07 ↗ partiality are disqualified from

4:11 ↗ proceeding the questions will run

4:13 ↗ through

4:16 ↗ here uh with regard to the outcome of

4:19 ↗ this proceeding for the Commissioners do

4:21 ↗ you have a personal interest Financial

4:23 ↗ or otherwise in the

4:25 ↗ outcome

4:26 ↗ no does your employer have an interest

4:29 ↗ finan IAL or otherwise in the outcome

4:32 ↗ no do you have any familial social or

4:35 ↗ business relationships or connections

4:37 ↗ with any of the parties or non-parties

4:39 ↗ who have an interest in the outcome no

4:43 ↗ do you have any special knowledge about

4:45 ↗ the substantive or or the merits of this

4:48 ↗ proceeding which would or could cause

4:50 ↗ you prejudge the outcome

4:53 ↗ no and additionally will there be any

4:57 ↗ respective employment for you or your

4:58 ↗ family because because of the the

5:00 ↗ decision no do you own or control

5:04 ↗ property within 300 ft of the subject

5:06 ↗ property

5:08 ↗ no and have you had any expart

5:11 ↗ Communications regarding this project

5:17 ↗ no final piece here do you believe you

5:20 ↗ can sit and hear this matter fairly and

5:22 ↗ impartially both as to the respective

5:25 ↗ positions of the proponents and

5:26 ↗ opponents of this matter yes

5:30 ↗ all right and questions for the audience

5:32 ↗ in person or virtually you are virtual

5:35 ↗ uh please raise your hand um does anyone

5:38 ↗ in attendance wish to challenge the

5:40 ↗ participation of any commissioner based

5:42 ↗ on appearance of fairness

5:45 ↗ Doctrine you have an an objection raise

5:48 ↗ your hand and

5:52 ↗ okay that is

5:54 ↗ it thank you okay thank you now I'll

5:58 ↗ open the public hearing

6:01 ↗ at 6:36

6:04 ↗ p.m. so first we'll proceed with staff

6:08 ↗ presentation uh Mr Yori I will need to

6:11 ↗ swear you in please state your name and

6:14 ↗ position with the city for the

6:18 ↗ record you swear by oath or affirmation

6:21 ↗ the testimony you're about to provide is

6:23 ↗ true I do thank you please

6:28 ↗ proceed

6:31 ↗ good

6:36 ↗ evening name is Douglas Yori associate

6:39 ↗ environmental planner with the city of

6:40 ↗ isqua here to present the ma Town Homes

6:43 ↗ project file number sdp

6:50 ↗ 23-00 the site is located directly

6:54 ↗ behind me at the intersection of East

6:56 ↗ Sunset and Second Avenue Southeast

7:00 ↗ the zoning is multif family high density

7:03 ↗ and is in the Oldtown

7:09 ↗ neighborhood The Proposal is a

7:11 ↗ three-story

7:13 ↗ 4unit town home approximately 4600

7:16 ↗ square ft in size each unit will be

7:19 ↗ approximately 1,000 square ft the site

7:22 ↗ is .14 acres and is currently vacant

7:25 ↗ single family residence was demolished a

7:28 ↗ couple of years ago on the site um in

7:31 ↗ addition to the proposed building um

7:35 ↗ there will be some upgrades to the

7:37 ↗ existing Frontage improvements um that

7:39 ↗ are provided as part of The

7:41 ↗ Proposal as noted in the staff report

7:44 ↗ there is a deviation to the street

7:45 ↗ standards request that was reviewed by

7:48 ↗ Community planning and development and

7:50 ↗ Public Works engineering since there are

7:52 ↗ no planned CIP projects in the vicinity

7:55 ↗ Public Works has requested um just an

7:58 ↗ upgrade to the existing Frontage instead

8:01 ↗ of doing the full Frontage improvements

8:03 ↗ that are included in the uh city of

8:05 ↗ isqua Street

8:11 ↗ standards so in the street standards uh

8:15 ↗ for both 2 Avenue Southeast and East

8:17 ↗ Sunset way half Street improvements are

8:20 ↗ required that would include 5- foot

8:22 ↗ sidewalks 5ft landscape strip 11t travel

8:25 ↗ lanes and a bike lane um however

8:30 ↗ as as I discussed before Public Works

8:33 ↗ has requested that um the frontage

8:36 ↗ improvements be upgraded but to match

8:38 ↗ the existing since there are no planned

8:40 ↗ improvements along either of those

8:42 ↗ stretches mainly the the addition of a

8:44 ↗ bike lane because there are no projects

8:47 ↗ um planned to include bike Lanes along

8:50 ↗ either of those streets um So currently

8:53 ↗ there is a curb gutter 5-ft sidewalk 4ft

8:57 ↗ landscape strip behind the side walk on

8:59 ↗ East Sunset and then on um Second Avenue

9:03 ↗ it's just to match which is curb gutter

9:05 ↗ 3 and 1/2t Landscape strip and a 5 foot

9:09 ↗ sidewalk um the site will be accessed

9:12 ↗ from an alley off of Second Avenue um

9:15 ↗ and that alley will have to be uh paved

9:22 ↗ 20 so as mentioned access to the site is

9:25 ↗ Through the Alley um code requires for

9:29 ↗ four parking stalls um or are proposed

9:32 ↗ in addition to those four um we have

9:35 ↗ electric vehicle standards and they are

9:38 ↗ providing one EV stall and then the rest

9:42 ↗ of the Stalls will be

9:45 ↗ ready the parking area will be screened

9:47 ↗ from Second Avenue with a screen fence

9:50 ↗ and um the landscape that is required

9:52 ↗ for the

9:58 ↗ development

10:00 ↗ So currently there are no trees on site

10:02 ↗ for tree

10:04 ↗ retention um a Type 3 visual buffer is

10:07 ↗ required around the perimeter of the

10:09 ↗ site um since the site lacks any

10:13 ↗ significant trees and has zero canopy

10:15 ↗ coverage this requirement to meet the

10:17 ↗ 20-year canopy coverage in in our

10:20 ↗ updated land use code will be reviewed

10:22 ↗ during the landscape permit and building

10:24 ↗ permit

10:28 ↗ review

10:35 ↗ in exhibit f are the material samples

10:38 ↗ there are two main colors of the

10:40 ↗ building white and brick veneer the

10:43 ↗ materials chosen the brick veneer and

10:45 ↗ and the board and Baton will provide

10:48 ↗ texture exhibit e provides the proposed

10:51 ↗ elevations the building meets the

10:53 ↗ district standards for height by

10:55 ↗ limiting two three stories the building

10:58 ↗ height itself is under 40 ft at 37 ft 3

11:01 ↗ and a/4

11:03 ↗ in also in that same exhibit um the

11:06 ↗ elevations and rendering show a

11:08 ↗ modulated facade and a varied roof line

11:11 ↗ to break up the mass of the

11:14 ↗ building the facade has Windows of

11:16 ↗ various sizes surrounded by trim the

11:19 ↗ public facing facades have at least 15%

11:22 ↗ glazing complying with the standards and

11:24 ↗ each of the four units will be um will

11:28 ↗ provide direct pedestrian access to

11:30 ↗ Second

11:35 ↗ Avenue with that are there any

11:45 ↗ questions to

11:49 ↗ me yeah so this is for clarifying

11:51 ↗ questions for staff only so then the

11:54 ↗ applicant will present you can have

11:56 ↗ clarifying

11:57 ↗ questions

12:02 ↗ I did have a question about

12:04 ↗ the um staff report specifically the

12:08 ↗ Oldtown standards it um and specifically

12:13 ↗ about the windows and the trim it states

12:15 ↗ that it should have a

12:17 ↗ substantial visible trim and in a

12:21 ↗ contrasting color as I look at the

12:23 ↗ drawings I don't see any trim on the

12:24 ↗ windows or doors I wouldn't expect there

12:27 ↗ to be any on the breake areas but M

12:29 ↗ there's none apparent is that just the

12:31 ↗ nature of the model I'm seeing or do you

12:33 ↗ know or potentially that's a question

12:35 ↗ for the applicant see that would be a

12:37 ↗ question for the applicant um to my

12:39 ↗ knowledge they're the the windows are

12:41 ↗ surrounded by by trim and they have a

12:43 ↗ trim color selected which is um it's in

12:47 ↗ the material sample exhibit I believe

12:49 ↗ exhibit F okay they show that they show

12:52 ↗ the what the trim color

12:55 ↗ is okay thank you I'll defer my question

12:58 ↗ to theend

13:00 ↗ other questions for staff Comm Morgan um

13:05 ↗ I noticed that there's a lot of um I'm

13:07 ↗ not sure the volume but a lot of

13:09 ↗ non-native plants included in list do we

13:12 ↗ have any requirements in terms of

13:14 ↗ percentage of native

13:16 ↗ non-native we don't have any percentage

13:18 ↗ for Native non-native when it's not um

13:22 ↗ contained within or adjacent to a

13:24 ↗ critical area such as a stream or a

13:26 ↗ wetland

13:27 ↗ um we would we would review the

13:30 ↗ landscape when the when the final

13:32 ↗ landscape plans come in for landscape

13:34 ↗ permit review we would just review that

13:36 ↗ against the landscape code in Title 18

13:38 ↗ great thank you you're

13:41 ↗ welcome

13:43 ↗ Shore the 28% canopy coverage at 20 year

13:47 ↗ how is that checked up

13:50 ↗ on or

13:52 ↗ enforced this is a new code that I don't

13:55 ↗ know if we we technically will have an

13:59 ↗ enforcement mechanism with it but what

14:01 ↗ we would do is during permit review the

14:04 ↗ species of trees that are selected they

14:06 ↗ would have to provide a 20-year canopy

14:09 ↗ coverage estimate and we have some

14:11 ↗ sheets that um some worksheets that show

14:14 ↗ what that 20-year canopy coverage would

14:16 ↗ be so we would compare it to that um and

14:19 ↗ then that would get if you meet that

14:22 ↗ requirement it would get you through

14:24 ↗ permitting we don't have any followup

14:26 ↗ with that so we're not going to be doing

14:28 ↗ a sight by sight measurement again in in

14:31 ↗ 20 years but as part and Christian you

14:34 ↗ can correct me if I'm wrong we're going

14:36 ↗ to be looking at the canopy coverage as

14:38 ↗ part of the comprehensive plans to see

14:40 ↗ if the neighborhoods are meeting their

14:43 ↗ objective their targets and and that's

14:46 ↗ how we're going to this should over time

14:49 ↗ increase the amount of coverage within

14:51 ↗ each

14:53 ↗ of thank

14:57 ↗ you other questions for

15:03 ↗ staff and also later on during

15:06 ↗ deliberation we'll have opportunity to

15:08 ↗ ask staff and applicant questions again

15:10 ↗ and make

15:12 ↗ comments okay now we'll proceed with the

15:14 ↗ applicant

15:16 ↗ presentation okay Jennifer I'm going to

15:18 ↗ make you a

15:19 ↗ panelist and you should be able to share

15:22 ↗ your screen and unmute

15:25 ↗ yourself and Jennifer I will need to

15:28 ↗ swear

15:31 ↗ in hello can you hear me yes yes okay

15:36 ↗ Jennifer could you please uh state your

15:38 ↗ name uh for the

15:40 ↗ record Jennifer Kim okay and do you

15:43 ↗ swear by oor affirmation the testimony

15:46 ↗ you about to provide is

15:47 ↗ true yes thank you and please

15:52 ↗ proceed let me share my screen

15:57 ↗ here

16:02 ↗ you all see that yes um most of what I'm

16:06 ↗ going to present um has been covered by

16:08 ↗ Doug so thank you Doug for presenting

16:10 ↗ our project um I'm just going to show

16:11 ↗ you kind of a few more visual visuals to

16:14 ↗ go through kind of the architectural

16:15 ↗ aspect of this project um sorry I'm

16:17 ↗ Jennifer Kim from medich Architects by

16:19 ↗ the

16:21 ↗ way so just to give you some site

16:24 ↗ context or some additional context um

16:26 ↗ the project site is on the southwest

16:27 ↗ corner of East Sunset way and Second

16:30 ↗ Avenue Northeast in the Oldtown sub area

16:33 ↗ adjacent uses include isaca City Hall

16:35 ↗ police and fire station across Sunset

16:37 ↗ way to the west and north and there's

16:39 ↗ some duplex and fourplex residences to

16:41 ↗ the west and south and single family

16:43 ↗ with commercial use across Second Avenue

16:45 ↗ to the East and there is an alley that

16:47 ↗ runs along the south of the property so

16:50 ↗ this satellite view here still shows um

16:52 ↗ existing buildings but as Doug had

16:54 ↗ mentioned those have been demolished and

16:55 ↗ you can see um from these street views

16:57 ↗ that the site is vacant no

17:02 ↗ trees this site plan shows the

17:04 ↗ orientation of the building fronting

17:06 ↗ both Sunset way and Second Avenue the

17:08 ↗ four units are all accessed from Second

17:10 ↗ Avenue to the east covered parking for

17:12 ↗ four vehicles is provided at the rear of

17:15 ↗ the building off of the alley and

17:16 ↗ Landscaping is proposed between the

17:18 ↗ building and the street Frontage

17:20 ↗ Frontage improvements will occur on both

17:22 ↗ Sunset way and second Second Avenue in

17:24 ↗ the way of replace curb gutter sidewalk

17:27 ↗ and planting strips

17:29 ↗ each unit entry is accessed with a

17:31 ↗ pedestrian walkway from the sidewalk

17:33 ↗ with weather protection at the entry

17:35 ↗ doors since the time this packet was

17:37 ↗ submitted in November we have um revised

17:39 ↗ our overhead prot protection at the

17:41 ↗ doors to meet the code minimum of 4 foot

17:43 ↗ deep by 4ot

17:47 ↗ wide so this top image is the um

17:50 ↗ proposed front elevation as it faces

17:51 ↗ Second Avenue that was submitted in the

17:53 ↗ November packet and as I mentioned that

17:55 ↗ we've adjusted our weather protection at

17:57 ↗ the entries the the two images on the

17:59 ↗ bottom show the deeper overhangs um that

18:02 ↗ meet the 4ot code minimum in each

18:05 ↗ Direction each unit is accessed from the

18:08 ↗ ground level with individual walkways

18:09 ↗ and

18:10 ↗ lighting We believe We Meet the intent

18:12 ↗ of the design standards with our use of

18:14 ↗ modulation materials roof forms Windows

18:18 ↗ engagement of the street front and

18:19 ↗ providing separation between public and

18:21 ↗ private

18:24 ↗ spaces here the left image shows the

18:26 ↗ elevation that faces Sunset w since the

18:29 ↗ north elevation as seen from senet way

18:31 ↗ is highly visible from the street we

18:33 ↗ provide visual interest with the roof

18:35 ↗ forms modulation materials and location

18:38 ↗ of doors and windows The Right image

18:41 ↗ shows the view from the

18:44 ↗ alley this is the rear of elevation

18:46 ↗ facing west it uses the same Design

18:48 ↗ Elements and materials as the other

18:50 ↗ elevations so just to added comment um

18:53 ↗ because that trim comment did or

18:55 ↗ question did come up we do intend to put

18:57 ↗ trim around all the windows Windows um

18:59 ↗ we did have a question about whether

19:01 ↗ trim being of the same body color of the

19:03 ↗ white um would be appropriate or

19:06 ↗ acceptable as that kind of meets that

19:08 ↗ same um farmhouse style that we're going

19:10 ↗ for um that may be a question that we

19:11 ↗ follow up with the planners with but we

19:13 ↗ do intend um to have trim around our

19:15 ↗ windows and

19:18 ↗ doors and these are just some

19:20 ↗ perspective views from different corners

19:22 ↗ of the building since buildings are

19:23 ↗ rarely seen straight on we like to

19:25 ↗ provide some images to better capture

19:27 ↗ the building is whole and how one would

19:29 ↗ perceive it from ground level we believe

19:31 ↗ this project can play a vital part in

19:33 ↗ not only providing housing in isqua but

19:36 ↗ energizing the Oldtown

19:39 ↗ area any

19:45 ↗ questions questions for applicant

19:47 ↗ commissioner

19:48 ↗ price hi uh can you hear me okay yes um

19:53 ↗ well thank you for your presentation

19:54 ↗ first of all I want to say I think this

19:55 ↗ is a great design I've been curious

19:58 ↗ what's going to happen on that lot and I

20:00 ↗ think you took a really unique lot a

20:02 ↗ very narrow lot and and and the outcome

20:05 ↗ is terrific so I want to start there I

20:07 ↗ think it's a really really strong

20:09 ↗ gesture for that corner um I did have

20:12 ↗ the trim question so that's forthcoming

20:15 ↗ I understand that I guess I'll just say

20:16 ↗ out loud I would be in support of a a

20:19 ↗ body trim color given that the windows

20:22 ↗ are highly contrasting um I think I

20:25 ↗ think it would be too black but that

20:27 ↗ that might not be in my purview um but

20:30 ↗ then then the the second question I had

20:32 ↗ was the height limit it in the staff

20:34 ↗ report it says it's 37 and change but on

20:38 ↗ the west

20:40 ↗ elevation I see one that's 41 fo9 is

20:44 ↗ that accurate am I misreading

20:48 ↗ that so the city of isqua and plan

20:51 ↗ planners can correct me if I'm wrong

20:52 ↗ measures to the middle of the ridge of

20:55 ↗ the roof for Max height Okay so so it's

20:58 ↗ an averaging across the site okay that's

21:01 ↗ fair uh all right that's all I had thank

21:03 ↗ you thank

21:08 ↗ you commissioner Morgan thank you um

21:12 ↗ Jennifer I was one that brought up the

21:14 ↗ question about the 4 foot coverage so

21:16 ↗ thank you for getting that addressed so

21:19 ↗ quickly um and and the other question I

21:22 ↗ was going to raise was the the thought

21:23 ↗ about having um uh supports for the two

21:27 ↗ inter units over that coverage and it

21:30 ↗ looks like you've added that just like

21:32 ↗ on the outer

21:33 ↗ units

21:35 ↗ um yeah with the tiebacks to hold up the

21:38 ↗ the covering is that what you're talking

21:40 ↗ about exactly yeah yeah um so I think

21:42 ↗ that's a great idea um and the only

21:45 ↗ other question I had or suggestion I

21:47 ↗ guess is uh back to the where you show

21:50 ↗ the angled

21:51 ↗ views

21:54 ↗ um on the upper left so to me it seems

21:57 ↗ like like that's the upper left is going

21:59 ↗ to be the most visible view that we a

22:02 ↗ lot of people will be looking at that

22:04 ↗ and the one thing that jumped out at me

22:06 ↗ is um in the middle of that I like the

22:09 ↗ the modulation but the the center

22:11 ↗ portion there we have about a twoot or

22:13 ↗ two story tall white column essentially

22:16 ↗ surrounded by a couple of brick walls

22:19 ↗ and I wondered if there's a way to break

22:21 ↗ that up a bit just with even with just a

22:23 ↗ band in the middle of it or something

22:25 ↗ like that that could work in

22:26 ↗ architecturally uh so it doesn't look

22:29 ↗ too much like a a blank

22:31 ↗ column sure um we can definitely take a

22:35 ↗ look at that I think we we have gone

22:37 ↗ back and forth with that area knowing

22:38 ↗ that that is the most visible Corner um

22:41 ↗ I think planwise we're not able to put

22:43 ↗ any Windows there and so we kind of

22:44 ↗ played with that that that white element

22:47 ↗ you know whether how tall that was or

22:49 ↗ you know did it come down to level so we

22:51 ↗ can definitely investigate that more um

22:53 ↗ to see how we can kind of make that less

22:55 ↗ of a blank wall great thank you yeah ni

22:57 ↗ I think the trees there is the if I

23:00 ↗ remember right is the Smoke Tree but

23:03 ↗ only gets after some time to 12 feet

23:06 ↗ so okay thank you thank

23:11 ↗ you other

23:16 ↗ questions okay good we now we'll move

23:19 ↗ into the public Comon portion of the

23:21 ↗ hearing then Mr gats has anyone signed

23:24 ↗ up to comment on this

23:26 ↗ topic uh nobody has signed up to comment

23:28 ↗ on this topic in the room and there are

23:30 ↗ only applicants uh and

23:33 ↗ owners on on the

23:35 ↗ online okay thank

23:38 ↗ you so both in room and online no one

23:42 ↗ else wants to

23:44 ↗ speak okay does the applicant have any

23:48 ↗ uh rebuttal to questions raised by the

23:53 ↗ commission we have no rebuttal okay

23:57 ↗ staff any rebuttal to the comments and

23:58 ↗ questions you've heard so

24:01 ↗ far so Commissioners are there any

24:03 ↗ objections to closing the public hearing

24:05 ↗ at this

24:08 ↗ point Mr

24:10 ↗ Morgan um no I guess the only question

24:13 ↗ is in terms of if they were going to add

24:14 ↗ something that would be I guess

24:17 ↗ something staff would look at in terms

24:19 ↗ of they added something architecturally

24:20 ↗ to that

24:22 ↗ corner is that in other words would we

24:24 ↗ want to add any kind of condition to

24:26 ↗ that or

24:28 ↗ just leave it to staff to consider it

24:32 ↗ right it could be it could be either

24:33 ↗ either adding it as a condition from

24:36 ↗ from discussion deliberation by by the

24:40 ↗ commission they've they've presented a a

24:44 ↗ design that that is compliant but as as

24:47 ↗ pointed out okay a desire there all

24:50 ↗ right well maybe I'll just add a

24:51 ↗ condition then okay thank

24:55 ↗ you so any objections to closing the

24:58 ↗ public

24:59 ↗ hearing so I now close the public

25:02 ↗ hearing at 6:56

25:05 ↗ p.m. the commission it's time to move

25:07 ↗ into deliberation portion of the meeting

25:10 ↗ any discussion and this can include

25:11 ↗ questions and comments to staff and

25:15 ↗ applicant as

25:26 ↗ well

25:28 ↗ agree with commissioner price I think

25:30 ↗ they've designed a great building for

25:31 ↗ the the partial great yeah so I just

25:34 ↗ have two questions I guess

25:37 ↗ um Christian could we get access to the

25:40 ↗ code popped up

25:43 ↗ please I'd like to look at uh

25:47 ↗ 18700

25:50 ↗ 1110 I guess this is primarily for

25:56 ↗ staff

26:26 ↗ r110

26:29 ↗ I've got the code up okay great um any

26:33 ↗ way you could share it with

26:47 ↗ us okay thanks so if we go to

26:52 ↗ 18711

26:54 ↗ B1 this about ground level details for

26:57 ↗ multif family so this says buildings

27:00 ↗ located in the multif family Zone on

27:02 ↗ East Sunset way only must incorporate at

27:04 ↗ least one of these

27:05 ↗ following the address of this building

27:09 ↗ technically is on second but we were

27:11 ↗ just discussing the elevation the

27:14 ↗ importance of the elevation that

27:16 ↗ faces uh Sunset so my question I guess

27:20 ↗ to staff is is this applicable to this

27:22 ↗ project or because it has a an address

27:26 ↗ on second that it is not

27:29 ↗ applicable I was I was taking this that

27:33 ↗ um since it's accessed from second that

27:37 ↗ this wouldn't but the applicant has

27:39 ↗ provided elements for a long Sunset um

27:42 ↗ for some engagement there's uh the the

27:45 ↗ fence with trellis and gate and and

27:48 ↗ Landscaping um and a path that goes

27:51 ↗ through that gate to access the the rear

27:54 ↗ yard of of the four units um put in in

27:57 ↗ terms of of this I was more looking at

28:02 ↗ um the access along second and sunset so

28:06 ↗ technically this probably is not

28:08 ↗ applicable but nonetheless it looks like

28:10 ↗ the applicant has gone the extra yard to

28:13 ↗ provide some of this some of these

28:16 ↗ amenities thanks and then on uh

28:20 ↗ 18.

28:26 ↗ 62060

28:34 ↗ this is on rooftop materials and this is

28:37 ↗ generally applicable correct to

28:41 ↗ multifam

28:53 ↗ development yes okay yeah good so I was

28:58 ↗ looking at

28:59 ↗ [Music]

29:01 ↗ L1 sorry if I'm scrolling too

29:04 ↗ quickly right there

29:07 ↗ yeah so the rooftops have to have

29:10 ↗ sustainable materials examples are some

29:13 ↗ of

29:13 ↗ these and it's not limited to these and

29:18 ↗ so we have metal rough

29:22 ↗ correct and it's black is the color is

29:25 ↗ that correct basically black

29:28 ↗ so which of these do you believe that

29:31 ↗ this would me is it 100%

29:40 ↗ recyclable um I'm going to defer to the

29:45 ↗ applicant but I believe when we were

29:47 ↗ discussing during the pre submittal

29:50 ↗ community meeting that the roof could be

29:53 ↗ made from recycled material or Rec

29:57 ↗ material yeah I guess this also says

29:59 ↗ that if the material used is 100%

30:03 ↗ recyclable that would also fulfill this

30:06 ↗ but I guess the black roof color being

30:10 ↗ the maximum absorptive and the least

30:15 ↗ reflective makes me wonder if it's

30:17 ↗ meeting the intent of this

30:20 ↗ code but it only has to meet

30:24 ↗ one so perhaps the applicant would like

30:26 ↗ to speak to the

30:30 ↗ metal roofs are generally accepted as a

30:33 ↗ recyclable material because after its

30:34 ↗ lifespan it can be reclaimed and reused

30:37 ↗ um in other forms of metal so um I would

30:42 ↗ um say that that would meet that that

30:46 ↗ criteria um whether it's 100% recyclable

30:49 ↗ Roofing um I think it's hard to find

30:52 ↗ anything that would be 100% recyclable

30:56 ↗ um

30:58 ↗ okay did you consider a color for the

31:00 ↗ roof that would be more

31:03 ↗ reflective than all we yeah the pro I

31:07 ↗ mean we and we've come across this issue

31:09 ↗ with actually some other projects we

31:10 ↗ have in isqua um the problem with the

31:13 ↗ the dark roofs is that or the the solar

31:17 ↗ reflectivity on the roofs when you're

31:18 ↗ trying to get it to be non-reflective

31:20 ↗ it's typically they've been tested when

31:22 ↗ they're like white or very very light

31:24 ↗ colors um which we don't think

31:26 ↗ necessarily would match the style or the

31:28 ↗ intent of this design um so

31:32 ↗ architecturally we would prefer it to be

31:34 ↗ a darker one we can find one that may

31:36 ↗ not be so dark so that that that um that

31:39 ↗ that reflectively index is actually

31:42 ↗ better than completely

31:45 ↗ dark that would be great I don't think

31:47 ↗ it requires a condition but I just

31:49 ↗ wanted to comment on that and I think

31:50 ↗ that would be super okay we'll

31:52 ↗ definitely look into

31:56 ↗ it any other discussion comment

32:07 ↗ question seems to conclude our

32:09 ↗ deliberation with deliberation concluded

32:11 ↗ it's time for the commission to take

32:13 ↗ action on the item before us is um

32:16 ↗ before we move on to this uh

32:18 ↗ commissioner Morgan with your discussion

32:20 ↗ regarding the banding did you want to

32:22 ↗ propose a condition for that or how did

32:25 ↗ you want to leave that before we move on

32:26 ↗ to action I I think I will add a

32:29 ↗ condition on at the end great

32:31 ↗ recommendation great it would be timely

32:33 ↗ to do so

32:34 ↗ now or we can do it after discussion

32:37 ↗ let's do it after after the main motion

32:39 ↗ discussion okay so it's time for to take

32:43 ↗ action before us there a motion on the

32:44 ↗ item before the

32:46 ↗ commission I move that the development

32:48 ↗ commission approve the site development

32:50 ↗ permit for ma Town Homes sdp 23-

32:55 ↗ 0000001 as descried described and

32:57 ↗ evaluated in the staff report dated

32:59 ↗ January 30th

33:01 ↗ 2024 with exhibits a through K subject

33:04 ↗ to the conditions therein and is amended

33:06 ↗ tonight do I hear a second

33:11 ↗ second discussion on the

33:14 ↗ motion and any amendments or

33:18 ↗ conditions um Mr chair the the motion I

33:21 ↗ don't know that mentioned the number of

33:23 ↗ conditions right oh yes I there's seven

33:29 ↗ okay yeah um just so I um Mr CH I move

33:34 ↗ we add condition 8 uh state that the um

33:40 ↗ architect will um Endeavor to um make

33:46 ↗ changes to the white column portion of

33:50 ↗ the Northeast portion of the building to

33:53 ↗ break up that facade in with approval by

33:56 ↗ City

33:58 ↗ staff second the motion thanks any

34:01 ↗ discussion on this condition

34:07 ↗ Amendment all in favor of the amendment

34:10 ↗ condition say I I all

34:13 ↗ oppos condition passes

34:16 ↗ unanimously any other amendments

34:18 ↗ conditions

34:24 ↗ discussions hearing none we have the

34:25 ↗ main motion before us

34:27 ↗ vote on the main motion this vote is on

34:29 ↗ the main motion all in favor of the main

34:32 ↗ motion say I I I all

34:35 ↗ opposed main motion passes

34:39 ↗ unanimously so this concludes the Mather

34:41 ↗ apartment development permit notice a

34:43 ↗ decision will be issued by staff within

34:45 ↗ 7

34:46 ↗ days like to ask staff to provide any

34:49 ↗ updates on city council

34:52 ↗ activities um actually let let before we

34:55 ↗ do this sorry we have a a second part to

34:58 ↗ this uh We've approved the main motion

35:00 ↗ but is there a follow-up motion on uh

35:04 ↗ stating City action I move that the

35:07 ↗ development commission direct the

35:08 ↗ community Planning and Development

35:10 ↗ Department to prepare finding of facts

35:12 ↗ and conclusions for review and approval

35:14 ↗ by the development commission chairman

35:16 ↗ affirming that development commission's

35:18 ↗ decisions to approve the ma Town Homes

35:21 ↗ SPD 23-

35:23 ↗ 0000001 subject to the conditions listed

35:26 ↗ in the staff report dated January 30th

35:29 ↗ 2024 with exhibits a through K and as

35:32 ↗ amended tonight are a second

35:36 ↗ second any discussion on the

35:40 ↗ motion all in favor of the motion say I

35:43 ↗ I I all oppose the motion no motion

35:48 ↗ passes

35:49 ↗ unanimously this concludes the Mather

35:52 ↗ apartment development permit notice a

35:54 ↗ decision will be issued by staff Within

35:56 ↗ 7 Days city council update staff can you

36:00 ↗ please provide any updates on city

36:02 ↗ council activities absolutely so we've

36:04 ↗ got a limited update since our last

36:06 ↗ meeting this evening uh with the start

36:08 ↗ of the New Year the council has

36:09 ↗ completed elections for council

36:10 ↗ president and Deputy president council

36:12 ↗ member Walsh was reelected as the

36:14 ↗ council president and council member D

36:16 ↗ Michelle has been elected as the deputy

36:18 ↗ council president uh on January 30th at

36:21 ↗ a special city council meeting the mayor

36:23 ↗ gave her state of the city

36:25 ↗ presentation um and then just this

36:27 ↗ Monday uh Council heard an initial uh

36:31 ↗ discussion and had held a public hearing

36:33 ↗ on a multif family tax exemption uh to

36:36 ↗ expand the current uh boundaries for the

36:39 ↗ mfte program uh to potentially

36:42 ↗ incorporate the shelter Holdings High

36:44 ↗ Street collection which was part of the

36:46 ↗ development agreement that was passed in

36:49 ↗ November that took place uh this past

36:52 ↗ Monday uh that project is moving forward

36:54 ↗ and will return to council uh sometime

36:57 ↗ March that's all thanks any other items

37:00 ↗ of business or announcement from

37:05 ↗ staff thanks there being no further

37:07 ↗ business before the commission this

37:09 ↗ meeting is adjourned at 7:08

37:13 ↗ p.m.

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Christian Geitz, Planning Manager Doug Yormick, Associate Planner 2. Approval of Minutes a) Minutes of December 6, 2023 With no corrections or comments the Minutes were approved. 3

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a) Minutes of December 6, 2023 With no corrections or comments the Minutes were approved.
MOTION seconded by COMMISSIONER MORGAN.
MOTION seconded by COMMISSIONER Brennan.