PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Regular MeetingLake Forest Park, WA · September 9, 2025
Minutes
1 City of Lake Forest Park – Planning Commission
2 Regular Meeting Minutes: September 9, 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, Vice Chair Janne Kaje, Madlyn Larson,
6 Cherie Finazzo (via Zoom), Meredith LaBonte, David Kleweno
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8 Staff and others present: Mark Hofman, Community Development Director; John Lebo, City
9 Council Liason
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11 Members of the Public present: No members of the public present.
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13 Planning Commissioners absent: John Drew
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15 Call to order: Chair Castic called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM
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17 Land Acknowledgement: Vice Chair Kaje read the land acknowledgement.
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19 Approval of Agenda: Cmr. Larson moved to approve the agenda. Cmr. Kleweno seconded, and the
20 motion to approve the agenda was carried unanimously.
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22 Approval of Meeting Minutes: Vice Chair Kaje made a motion to approve the August 12, 2025,
23 Meeting Minutes, Cmr. LaBonte seconded and the motion to approve the minutes was carried
24 unanimously.
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26 Public Hearing: None.
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28 Next meeting: The next meeting occurs on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
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30 Public Comment: No public comments.
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32 City Council Liaison Report: No report.
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34 Old Business:
35 Climate Element Comprehensive Plan Amendment discussion with Cascadia
36 The Planning Commissioners reviewed the draft edits section by section of the Climate Element.
37 The Planning Commissioners discussed changes to the edits and prioritization of certain sections.
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39 The Planning Commissioners also discussed the comments sent in Councilmember Lebo’s email
40 about edits in the Climate Element. Councilmember Liaison also gave suggestions to the Planning
41 Commissioners on how to best prepare the Climate Element to get ready for council approval.
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43 Continued discussion for potential development regulation amendments- minimum street
44 frontage requirements
45 Mr. Hofman gave a presentation on street frontage requirements. Mr. Hofman reviewed what street
46 frontage is and the current code, the Planning Commission process to review the municipal code
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1 surrounding street frontage regulations, how to draft amendments, public hearing, and bringing the
2 recommendation to council.
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4 The Planning Commissioners discussed how to best approach amending street frontage
5 requirements and the unintended consequences of potential code changes.
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7 New Business:
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9 Reports and Announcements: No reports and announcements.
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11 Agenda for Next Meeting: Discussion on the Climate Element and minimum street frontage.
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13 Adjournment: Cmr. Larson made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Vice Chair Kaje seconded, and
14 the motion was carried unanimously. Chair Castic adjourned at 9:03 PM.
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16 APPROVED:
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18 ______________________
19 Sam Castic, Planning Commission Chair
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Agenda
CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Tuesday, September 09, 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:
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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:
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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.
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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 August 12, 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 discussion with Cascadia
B. Continued discussion for potential development regulation amendments- minimum street
frontage requirements
10. NEW BUSINESS
11. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
12. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS
13. AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING
A. Next regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 14, 2025
14. ADJOURN
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