Design Review & Historic Preservation Board Meeting - July 17, 2025
Design Review & Historic Preservation Board Meeting - July 17, 2025
The Design Review & Historic Preservation Board of Puyallup, Washington, met on July 17, 2025, at 4:02 PM in the Council Chambers. The meeting was chaired by Vice-Chair Paige Rooney due to Chair Kris Stamon's excused absence. The board approved the agenda and prior meeting minutes, conducted a worksession on a proposed multifamily development, and received a staff report on upcoming design guideline updates. The meeting adjourned at 4:18 PM.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of the Agenda: A motion by Board Member (BM) Garg, seconded by BM Khan, passed 4-0.
- Approval of Minutes (June 5, 2025 & July 10, 2025): A motion by BM Garg, seconded by BM Schlumpf, passed 4-0.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No members of the public provided comments in person or in writing.
Discussion Items
- Worksession – Willows Pond Apartments (PLDDG20250006): Associate Planner Rachael Brown presented a design review application for a 30-unit multifamily development on a vacant 8.9-acre parcel at 37th Avenue Southeast and 3rd Street Southeast. The proposal includes two 3-story buildings with approximately 10,000 square feet of building coverage and 45 parking stalls. The project is located in the RM-Core zone and is subject to downtown design guidelines. Staff highlighted compliance features: direct walking connections to new sidewalks, flat shed roofs, building modulation to reduce scale, a corner public gathering space with benches, high-quality materials on street-facing facades, and window/glazing requirements. Staff recommended approval as proposed. BM Khan inquired about construction timeline; applicant Dylan Huber estimated construction start within 10 months pending permit approvals.
- Staff Report: Senior Planner Kendall Wals reported that the planning division is working with consultants to update design review standards, including downtown design guidelines and mixed-use design review overlay. The board will be asked to provide feedback at a future meeting.
Key Outcomes
- Willows Pond Apartments Approved (4-0): A motion by BM Garg, seconded by BM Schlumpf, to approve the application as presented passed unanimously. The board had options to approve as proposed, approve with conditions, or deny; the chosen action was approval consistent with staff recommendation.
- No other decisions were made. The staff report on design standards was informational only.
Meeting Transcript
To get that, yeah, need to go a little bit backwards roll. Okay, that's one, two, three of us, four of us. That's a good sign. What's a quorum? Oh rocking and rolling here. So just so you know, board members, um, it is four o'clock. Uh Chair Staman is excused from this meeting today. Um, so vice chair Rooney, uh, you would be running the meeting. Okay, sounds good. I don't have the chair. Um chair agenda, I can get that sent to you. Okay, thank you. The agenda, but that would be helpful. The agenda should have been sent to your emails. Um, although that can be resent if necessary. Uh we can start now, or we can wait for about five to ten minutes to see if anybody else shows up in person. Um, I do know that there is a lot of traffic out in Meridian right now. So that will be your call. Okay. Um we can get started as soon as you send over the notes. And that'll probably take a couple minutes and see if anyone else shows up. Okay, that is sent now. If you can just let me know when that arrives in your email. Perfect. I'll look now. Cool. All right, I got it. Yeah, it was it was uh link in the email. It was the actual attachment. Oh, yes, I have the actual agenda. This is the chair's one, so it has special notes for the chair. Okay. Let's see. All right, I think we're good to go since we have a quorum. So I will call this meeting to order at 4 02 p.m. on July 17th, 2025. Um, we're now called to order, so we will do the roll call. Board member conver. Board member Wolf appears to be absent. Chair Rooney. I sorry, Vice Chair Rooney. Present. And like I said, Chair Staman is excused. We have a quorum. Great. All right. Next on the agenda is to approve the agenda. So do I have a motion to approve the agenda? I'll put a motion to approve the agenda. Thank you.
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