PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Regular MeetingLake Forest Park, WA · August 12, 2025
Minutes
1 City of Lake Forest Park – Planning Commission
2 Regular Meeting Minutes: August 12, 2025, 2025; 7:00-9:00pm
3 Hybrid Meeting Held in the Forest Room at City Hall and Virtually via Zoom
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5 Planning Commissioners present: Chair Sam Castic, Madlyn Larson (via Zoom), Vice Chair
6 Janne Kaje (via Zoom), Meredith LaBonte, John Drew, David Kleweno
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8 Staff and others present: Mark Hofman, Community Development Director; Alexandra Doty,
9 Cascadia (via Zoom); Maddie Seibert, Cascadia (via Zoom)
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11 Members of the Public present: No members of the public present.
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13 Planning Commissioners absent: Cherie Finazzo
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15 Call to order: Chair Castic called the meeting to order at 7:01 PM
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17 Land Acknowledgement: Cmr. Kleweno read the land acknowledgement.
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19 Approval of Agenda: Cmr. Larson moved and proposed edits on items 9b and 9c., Cmr. Kleweno
20 seconded and the motion was approved. Cmr. LaBonte made a motion to approve the agenda as
21 amended, and Vice Chair Kaje seconded, and the motion to approve the agenda was carried
22 unanimously.
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24 Approval of Meeting Minutes: Cmr. Drew made a motion to approve the July 8, 2025, Meeting
25 Minutes, Cmr. Larson seconded and the motion to approve the minutes was carried unanimously.
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27 Public Hearing: None.
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29 Next meeting: The next meeting occurs on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
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31 Public Comment: No public comments.
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33 City Council Liaison Report: Mr. Hofman let the planning commission know that Council
34 member Lebo will not be joining the meeting and that the city council will be cancelling the late
35 august meetings.
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37 Old Business:
38 Climate Element Comprehensive Plan Amendment Update with Cascadia
39 Ms. Doty presented a power point on the next steps for the Climate Element. Ms. Seibert also
40 presented the preliminary themes on the results from the public comment period including
41 supporting trees, expanding and learning about renewable energy, boosting community education
42 and involvement, and increasing access to alternative modes of transportation.
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44 Ms. Seibert also went through the individual public comments with the planning commissioners.
45 The planning commissioners were able to discuss the comments and possible avenues on how to
46 address the comments from the public.
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1 Planning for next steps on development regulation amendments regarding housing options
2 Mr. Hofman laid out the conditions that staff is currently undertaking, which leads to limited staff
3 availability focusing on these issues. Vice Chair Kaje mentioned tackling lot frontage and middle
4 housing.
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6 Planning for next steps on affordable housing incentives/tools
7 Tabled for next meeting.
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9 New Business:
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11 Reports and Announcements: No reports and announcements.
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13 Agenda for Next Meeting: Discussion on the Climate Element and affordable housing incentives.
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15 Adjournment: Vice Chair Kaje made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Cmr. LaBonte seconded,
16 and the motion was carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:07 PM.
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18 APPROVED:
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20 ______________________
21 Sam Castic, Planning Commission Chair
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Agenda
CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Meeting Location: In Person and Virtual / Zoom
cityoflfp.gov 17425 Ballinger Way NE Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ATTENDING THIS MEETING VIRTUALLY:
Join Zoom Webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89040176232
Call into Webinar: 253-215-8782 | Webinar ID: 890 4017 6232
The Planning Commission is providing opportunities for public comment by submitting a written comment
or by attending the meeting in person to provide oral public comment.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE WITH ORAL COMMENTS:
If you are attending the meeting in person, there is a sign-in sheet located near the entrance to the room.
Fill out the form and the presiding officer will call your name at the appropriate time. Oral comments are
limited to 3:00 minutes per speaker. Oral comments are not being accepted via Zoom.
The meeting is being recorded.
HOW TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS:
Written comments for public hearings will be submitted to Planning Commission if received by 5:00 p.m.
on the date of the meeting; otherwise, they will be provided to the Planning Commission the next day.
Because the City has implemented oral comments, written comments are no longer being read under
Public Comments.
For up-to-date information on agendas, please visit the City’s website at www.cityoflfp.gov.
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER: 7:00 P.M. (confirm recording start)
2. PLANNING COMMISSION’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We’d like to acknowledge we are on the traditional land of a rich and diverse group of Native
Peoples who have called this area home for more than 10,000 years. We honor, with gratitude, the
land itself and the descendants of these Native Peoples who are still here today.
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
A. Approval of Meeting Minutes of July 8, 2025, Regular Meeting
5. MEETING DATES
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. PUBLIC COMMENTS
The Commission is not accepting online public comments. This portion of the agenda is set
aside for the public to address the Commission on agenda items. However, the Commission may
not respond to comments from the public. If the comments are of a nature that the Commission
does not have influence over, then the Chair or presiding officer may request the speaker suspend
their comments. Comments are limited to a three (3) minute time limit.
8. REPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL LIAISON
9. OLD BUSINESS
A. Climate Element Comprehensive Plan Amendment update with Cascadia
B. Continued discussion for potential development regulation amendments regarding housing
options
C. Continued discussion on affordable housing incentives/tools
10. NEW BUSINESS
11. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
12. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS
13. AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING
A. Next regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 9, 2025
14. ADJOURN
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on the day of the meeting for more information.
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