PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Regular MeetingLake Forest Park, WA · December 9, 2025
Minutes
1 City of Lake Forest Park – Planning Commission
2 Regular Meeting Minutes: December 09, 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 (via Zoom), Madlyn
6 Larson, Cherie Finazzo (via Zoom), Meredith LaBonte, David Kleweno, John Drew
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8 Staff and others present: Mark Hofman, Community Development Director; Jon Lebo, City
9 Council Liaison
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11 Members of the Public present: Arthur Lachman.
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13 Planning Commissioners absent: No commissioners absent.
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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: Cmr. Larson read the land acknowledgement.
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19 Approval of Agenda: Cmr. Larson moved to approve the agenda. Cmr. Finazzo seconded, and the
20 motion to approve the agenda was carried unanimously.
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22 Approval of Meeting Minutes: Mr. Hofman provided an edit for attendance. Cmr. Larson made a
23 motion to approve the November 18, 2025, Meeting Minutes as amended, Cmr. Kleweno seconded
24 and the motion to approve the minutes was carried unanimously.
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26 Public Hearing: No public hearing.
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28 Next meeting: The next meeting occurs on Tuesday, January 13, 2026
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30 Public Comment: No public comments.
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32 City Council Liaison Report: No city council report.
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34 Old Business:
35 Continued discussion for potential development regulation amendments- minimum street
36 frontage requirements: Problem statements framing amendment purpose(s)
37 Mr. Hofman reviewed a basic analysis that he conducted about street frontage. The Planning
38 Commissioners discussed the analysis and the possible framework and implications of removing
39 street frontage requirements.
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41 Continued discussion on questions regarding development community and affordable
42 housing community guests invited to provide feedback to the Planning Commission
43 The commissioners reviewed the questions provided by commissioners and members of the public
44 regarding affordable housing. Commissioners brought up the issue of scale and the framework that
45 cheaper equals smaller and the issue of affordability.
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1 Planning Commission 2026 Work Plan for February 2026 City Council
2 Chair Castic reviewed the items in the draft 2026 Work Plan and the commissioners reviewed all
3 items in the work plan to discuss how they can achieve the items in the plan during the 2026 year
4 and any items that should be redrafted or removed from the work plan. The commissioners also
5 discussed how to tackle issues and the possibility of grants and consultants to move items forward.
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7 Shared housing discussion
8 The commissioners discussed affordability within the city and the resources available for students
9 and seniors in the community for affordable housing. Cmr. Drew discussed the potential of seniors
10 working with students and younger adults to provide younger adults with housing and seniors with
11 the ability to keep their homes.
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13 New Business:
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15 Reports and Announcements: No reports and announcements.
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17 Agenda for Next Meeting: Discussion on minimum street frontage, 2026 Work Plan, and 2026
18 calendar meetings.
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20 Adjournment: Vice Chair Kaje made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Cmr. Larson seconded, and
21 the motion was carried unanimously. Chair Castic adjourned at 9:02 PM.
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23 APPROVED:
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25 ______________________
26 Sam Castic, Planning Commission Chair
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Agenda
CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Tuesday, December 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:
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 November 18, 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. Continued discussion for potential development regulation amendments- minimum street
frontage requirements: Problem statements framing amendment purpose(s)
B. Continued discussion on questions regarding development community and affordable housing
community guests invited to provide feedback to the Planning Commission
C. Planning Commission 2026 Work Plan for February 2026 City Council
D. Shared housing discussion
10. NEW BUSINESS
11. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
12. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS
13. AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING
A. Next regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 13, 2026
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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