PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING

Name: PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING — Lake Forest Park, WA
Start: 2025-11-18T19:00:00
End: 2025-11-18T21:00:00
Location: Lake Forest Park, WA

Special Meeting

Lake Forest Park, WA · November 18, 2025

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1 City of Lake Forest Park – Planning Commission 2 Regular Meeting Minutes: November 18, 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: Vice Chair Janne Kaje (via Zoom), Madlyn Larson (via Zoom), 6 Cherie Finazzo (via Zoom), John Drew 7 8 Staff and others present: Mark Hofman, Community Development Director; Jon Lebo, City 9 Council Liaison 10 11 Members of the Public present: No members of the public present. 12 13 Planning Commissioners absent: Chair Sam Castic, Meredith LaBonte, David Kleweno 14 15 Call to order: Vice Chair Kaje called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM 16 17 Land Acknowledgement: Cmr. Drew read the land acknowledgement. 18 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. 21 22 Approval of Meeting Minutes: Cmr. Drew made a motion to approve the October 14, 2025, 23 Meeting Minutes, Cmr. Larson seconded and the motion to approve the minutes was carried 24 unanimously. 25 26 Public Hearing: No public hearing. 27 28 Next meeting: The next meeting occurs on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 29 30 Public Comment: No public comments. 31 32 City Council Liaison Report: Council member Lebo stated that the city council is reviewing the 33 Climate Element and is on track to be approved Thursday, November 20, 2025. Council member 34 Lebo also stated that the council is reviewing mid-annual adjustments for the city and that the 35 planning commission will not be affected. 36 37 Old Business: 38 Continued discussion for potential development regulation amendments- minimum street 39 frontage requirements: Problem statements framing amendment purpose(s) 40 Vice Chair Kaje discussed his proposal to strike three sections of the municipal code that require the 41 75 ft. street frontage requirements for new lots. Vice Chair Kaje also discussed his reasonings for 42 these edits. 43 44 The commissioners discussed possible unintended consequences of removing the street frontage to 45 the code. Vice Chair Kaje requested for city staff to research unintended consequences of removing 46 the street frontage provision. Mr. Hofman stated that a basic analysis can be performed but there are 47 limitations to resources for city staff. 1 1 Discussion on questions regarding development community and affordable housing 2 community guests invited to provide feedback to the Planning Commission 3 Mr. Hofman provided the recommendation of inviting more community members to the meetings 4 to bring in different perspectives. The commissioners discussed possibly reviewing the questions 5 that are proposed by Chair Castic before the meeting with community members to maximize time. 6 7 New Business: 8 Planning Commission 2026 Work Plan for February 2026 City Council 9 Mr. Hofman reviewed the items in the 2025 Work Plan that the commission completed. The 10 commissioners also discussed how to tackle issues and where commissioners can apply their skills to 11 move topics forward. 12 13 Shared housing discussion 14 Cmr. Drew discussed the topic of shared housing and stated he would produce a written material for 15 the next meeting. 16 17 Reports and Announcements: Council member Lebo announced that he will not be the liaison for 18 next year. The planning commission expressed their gratitude for his work. 19 20 Agenda for Next Meeting: Discussion on minimum street frontage, 2026 Work Plan, and outreach 21 stakeholder key questions. 22 23 Adjournment: Cmr. Larson made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Cmr. Finazzo seconded, and 24 the motion was carried unanimously. Vice Chair Kaje adjourned at 8:55 PM. 25 26 APPROVED: 27 28 ______________________ 29 Sam Castic, Planning Commission Chair 2

Agenda

CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM cityoflfp.gov Meeting Location: In Person and Virtual / Zoom 17425 Ballinger Way NE Lake Forest Park, WA 98155 INSTRUCTIONS FOR ATTENDING THIS MEETING VIRTUALLY: Join Zoom Webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82028198713 Call into Webinar: 253-215-8782 | Webinar ID: 820 2819 8713 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 October 14, 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. Discussion on questions regarding development community and affordable housing community guests invited to provide feedback to the Planning Commission 10. NEW BUSINESS A. Planning Commission 2026 Work Plan for February 2026 City Council B. Shared housing discussion 11. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 12. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS 13. AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING A. Next regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 9, 2025 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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