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Shoreline Planning Commission Meeting – February 6, 2025: Comp Plan Docket Review

Planning Commission — Thursday, February 6, 2025
BodyShoreline, Washington
SessionPlanning Commission
DateThursday, February 6, 2025
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0:07

Progress.

0:08

Good evening.

0:09

I'd like to call to order the Thursday, February 6th, 2025 meeting of the Shoreline Planning Commission.

0:16

First up is our call to order.

0:17

Our roll call.

0:20

Thank you, Vice Chair Brenson.

0:23

Here.

0:24

Commissioner Kay?

0:26

Here.

0:26

Commissioner Hadley.

0:28

Here.

0:29

Commissioner Lynn.

0:32

Here.

0:32

Chair Mosier?

0:33

Yeah.

0:34

And Commissioner Povick?

0:36

Yeah.

0:37

Thank you.

0:38

Commissioner Fry is absent with notice.

0:40

Thank you.

0:41

Thank you.

0:41

Okay.

0:42

Next up, approval of the agenda.

0:44

Does anyone have any objections or revisions to our agenda this evening?

0:49

Nope.

0:50

Excellent.

0:50

That brings us to approval of our minutes from our last meeting, January 16th, 2025.

0:55

Any comments or objections?

1:00

Nope.

1:00

Okay.

1:01

With that, uh that brings us to number five public comment.

1:03

Do we have anybody signed up tonight, Carla?

1:07

Did you sign up data?

1:11

No public comment necessary.

1:12

No public comments tonight.

1:14

Okay.

1:14

Moving right through it.

1:15

That brings us to number six study item, the draft 2025 comprehensive plan docket.

1:22

Thank you.

1:24

Carla's gonna take the controls.

1:36

So as you know, we uh approved the major update recently, um December 16th of last year, but um the state does um allow the process to go on.

1:49

So we advertise for the 2025 docket, um, took requests, the deadline was December 1st of 2024.

1:57

Um council did um can you go to the next slide, please?

2:08

Oh, the next one?

2:09

Um yeah, you can go to the next one.

2:15

Yeah, so the right.

2:17

Um this is just an outline of what happens, the um uh proposed amendments are collected through December 1st, 24.

2:27

Anyone, any resident can um can make a uh amendment to the uh or put an amendment on the docket.

2:37

Um let's go to the next slide, please.

2:42

So um council looked at all the amendments that were submitted during uh their evaluation of the comprehensive plan.

2:50

They did end up um approving all the public initiated ones, mostly had to do with trees and the natural environment element and two in the transportation element.

3:02

Um so for 2025, let's go to the next slide.

3:07

Um there's one staff initiated amendment.

3:10

This is to remove a um the bike uh level of traffic stress table that is in the transportation element and to delete that and to amend some corresponding language.

3:24

Um the next slide will show which map we're talking about.

3:28

This is um in the transportation element and it's the uh level of traffic stress.

3:38

Um this is a um basically a guide or a blueprint that can be used to make development decisions.

3:48

Um it's defined how LTS is measured on specific streets and can guide guide the identification of capital treatments to provide the desired LTS level on individual streets.

4:04

Um public works staff, I don't believe this is too specific for the conference of plan, and it's really regulated by um standards in the engineering development manual, which um so if there's changes we can change those administratively, but um that's why the reasoning of why we want to get rid of this table in the transportation element and then the next slide would show us the corresponding language.

4:32

Um this is right above the figure in the transportation element.

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Summary of Proceedings

Shoreline Planning Commission Meeting – February 6, 2025: Comp Plan Docket Review

The Shoreline Planning Commission met on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 7:00 PM in the Council Chamber at City Hall. The meeting lasted approximately nine minutes and focused on a single study item: the draft 2025 Comprehensive Plan Docket. All six present commissioners voted unanimously to recommend a staff-initiated amendment to remove a bike level of traffic stress (LTS) table from the Transportation Element.

Consent Calendar

  • Approval of Agenda: The agenda was accepted as presented.
  • Approval of Meeting Minutes: The draft minutes from the regular meeting of January 16, 2025, were accepted as presented. (Note: The written minutes record the date as "January 16, 2024," but the agenda, transcript, and context indicate 2025. The commission approved the January 16, 2025, minutes.)

Public Comments & Testimony

  • None.

Discussion Items

  • Draft 2025 Comprehensive Plan Docket – Staff-Initiated Amendment #1: Senior Planner Steve Szafran presented the single proposed docket item: removal of the Bike Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) table and corresponding language from the Transportation Element. He explained that the table duplicates content already in the city’s Engineering Development Manual (EDM), where it can be updated administratively. Commissioner Mei-shiou Lin asked whether the table in the EDM is identical to the one in the Transportation Element; Mr. Szafran confirmed the table is a copy and would be struck from the comp plan because the EDM version is the operative reference. The commission discussed no other amendments.

Key Outcomes

  • Motion & Vote: Commissioner Lauren Hadley moved, and Commissioner Bradley Cabe seconded, a motion to recommend that the docketed item (removal of the referenced table and language) be placed on the proposed draft 2025 Comprehensive Plan Docket. The motion passed unanimously (6–0). Chair Christopher Mosier, Vice Chair Leslie Brinson, and Commissioners Cabe, Hadley, Mei-shiou Lin, and Julie Povick all voted in favor. Commissioner Colt Fry was excused and absent.
  • Next Steps: The commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for final consideration of the 2025 docket.
  • Future Meeting: The next regular meeting is scheduled for February 20, 2025, and will include an overview of the Economic Development Strategic Plan and a first draft of bike parking code amendments.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:09 PM.

Meeting Transcript

Progress. Good evening. I'd like to call to order the Thursday, February 6th, 2025 meeting of the Shoreline Planning Commission. First up is our call to order. Our roll call. Thank you, Vice Chair Brenson. Here. Commissioner Kay? Here. Commissioner Hadley. Here. Commissioner Lynn. Here. Chair Mosier? Yeah. And Commissioner Povick? Yeah. Thank you. Commissioner Fry is absent with notice. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Next up, approval of the agenda. Does anyone have any objections or revisions to our agenda this evening? Nope. Excellent. That brings us to approval of our minutes from our last meeting, January 16th, 2025. Any comments or objections? Nope. Okay. With that, uh that brings us to number five public comment. Do we have anybody signed up tonight, Carla? Did you sign up data? No public comment necessary. No public comments tonight. Okay. Moving right through it. That brings us to number six study item, the draft 2025 comprehensive plan docket. Thank you. Carla's gonna take the controls. So as you know, we uh approved the major update recently, um December 16th of last year, but um the state does um allow the process to go on. So we advertise for the 2025 docket, um, took requests, the deadline was December 1st of 2024. Um council did um can you go to the next slide, please? Oh, the next one? Um yeah, you can go to the next one. Yeah, so the right. Um this is just an outline of what happens, the um uh proposed amendments are collected through December 1st, 24. Anyone, any resident can um can make a uh amendment to the uh or put an amendment on the docket. Um let's go to the next slide, please. So um council looked at all the amendments that were submitted during uh their evaluation of the comprehensive plan.

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