PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING

Name: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING — Lake Forest Park, WA
Start: 2025-10-14T19:00:00
End: 2025-10-14T21:00:00
Location: Lake Forest Park, WA

Regular Meeting

Lake Forest Park, WA · October 14, 2025

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1 City of Lake Forest Park – Planning Commission 2 Regular Meeting Minutes: October 14, 2025, 2025; 7:00-9:00pm 3 Hybrid Meeting Held in the Forest Room at City Hall and Virtually via Zoom 4 5 Planning Commissioners present: Chair Sam Castic, Madlyn Larson (via Zoom), Cherie Finazzo 6 (via Zoom), Meredith LaBonte, David Kleweno, John Drew 7 8 Staff and others present: Mark Hofman, Community Development Director; Matthew McLean, 9 City Clerk; John Lebo, City Council Liaison; Alexandra Doty, Cascadia; Maddie Seibert, Cascadia 10 11 Members of the Public present: No members of the public present. 12 13 Planning Commissioners absent: Vice Chair Janne Kaje 14 15 Call to order: Chair Castic called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM 16 17 Land Acknowledgement: Cmr. Larson read the land acknowledgement. 18 19 Approval of Agenda: Cmr. LaBonte moved to approve the agenda. Cmr. Larson seconded, and the 20 motion to approve the agenda was carried unanimously. 21 22 Approval of Meeting Minutes: Cmr. Kleweno made a motion to approve the September 09, 2025, 23 Meeting Minutes, Cmr. LaBonte seconded and the motion to approve the minutes was carried 24 unanimously. 25 26 Public Hearing: 27 Draft Climate Element Comprehensive Plan Amendment Noticed Public Hearing 28 Cmr. Larson made a motion to open the hearing, Cmr. Kleweno seconded and the motion to open 29 the public hearing was carried unanimously. 30 - Staff Presentation 31 Ms. Doty gave a short presentation on the background of the Climate Element. 32 - Questions from Planning Commission 33 No questions from Planning Commission. 34 - Open the public hearing for comments 35 One email comment was submitted by Tamara Erickson surrounding salmon, riparian health, and 36 treaty-reserved resources. 37 One online comment was provided by Jim Stoetzer on the concern of air traffic that happens over 38 the city but stated that he will formally comment during the implementation phase. 39 - Staff address questions that may have been presented during public comments and from 40 the Commission 41 Mr. Hofman addressed questions and the public comment. 42 - Close the public hearing 43 Cmr. LaBonte made a motion to close the hearing, Cmr. Larson seconded and the motion to close 44 the public hearing was carried unanimously. 45 46 Next meeting: The next meeting occurs on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. 47 48 Public Comment: No public comments. 1 1 2 City Council Liaison Report: Council member Lebo reported that the Council approved funding 3 for the roundabout project at 104. The Council also is looking at a project for a lift station. The City 4 is also applying for more grants to complete funding for the lakefront park. Council member Lebo 5 also stated that the Council is receiving dozens of emails from citizens making the request to 6 purchase a property on 35th Ne and 40th NE. 7 8 Old Business: 9 Draft Climate Element Comprehensive Plan Amendment recommendation to the City 10 Council 11 Cmr. Kleweno made a motion to approve both the Draft Climate Element Comprehensive Plan 12 Amendment and the Climate Element Policy Development memo as recommendations to the city 13 council as updates to the Comprehensive Plan, Cmr. Drew seconded and the motion was carried 14 unanimously. 15 16 Chair Castic shared the letter that was drafted to make the formal recommendation. The 17 commissioners shared some edits. Chair Castic stated that he would formalize the letter and send it 18 to Council on behalf of the Planning Commission. 19 20 Continued discussion for potential development regulation amendments- minimum street 21 frontage requirements: Problem statements framing amendment purpose(s) 22 Tabled for next meeting. 23 24 New Business: 25 26 Reports and Announcements: No reports and announcements. 27 28 Agenda for Next Meeting: Discussion on minimum street frontage, 2026 Work Plan, and outreach 29 stakeholder key questions. 30 31 Adjournment: Cmr. Drew made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Cmr. Kleweno seconded, and 32 the motion was carried unanimously. Chair Castic adjourned at 8:45 PM. 33 34 APPROVED: 35 36 ______________________ 37 Sam Castic, Planning Commission Chair 2

Agenda

CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Tuesday, October 14, 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 September 9, Regular Meeting 5. MEETING DATES 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Draft Climate Element Comprehensive Plan Amendment Noticed Public Hearing - Staff Presentation - Questions from Planning Commission - Open the public hearing for comments - Staff address questions that may have been presented during public comments and from the Commission - Close the public hearing 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. Draft Climate Element Comprehensive Plan Amendment recommendation to the City Council B. Continued discussion for potential development regulation amendments- minimum street frontage requirements: Problem statements framing amendment purpose(s) 10. NEW BUSINESS 11. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 12. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS 13. AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING 14. ADJOURN Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact city hall at 206-368-5440 by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting for more information.

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