Thank you for your patience, everyone.

Uh we are ready to begin.

Okay, good evening, everyone.

Welcome to the Westland Planning Commission.

Today's date is Wednesday, February 18th, 2026, and it is 6.02 p.m.

So first on the agenda this evening, we're going to call to order and do roll call.

Thank you.

All right.

Um Commissioner Dietz.

Present.

Commissioner Kachiriski.

Present.

Commissioner Walotney.

Here.

Commissioner Jones.

Oh.

Commissioner Evans.

I am here.

Commissioner Watton.

Chair Schulty Hillen.

Present.

All right.

We have all in attendance.

Next on the agenda is public comment related to land use items not on the agenda.

We do not have any testimony public comment that is not for the C UP tonight.

Okay.

Next.

Is the public hearing quasi judicial continued from February 4th, 2026.

This is CUP-25-02 slash DR-25-02 slash WAP-25-01 proposal for new City of Westland operations support facility at the vacant parcel east of the Salama Road Green Street intersection.

So evening.

Tonight we are holding a public hearing regarding application number CUP-25-02 slash DR-25-02 slash WAP-25-01 for a conditional use permit, class two design review, and water resource area permit at 23800 and 23834 Salamo Road that was continued from the previous public hearing on February 4th, 2026.

The proposal is for construction of an operations complex servicing the City of Westland's public works, environmental services, parks and recreation, and water and streets departments on two vacant lots.

This is a quad quasi-judicial decision.

Unlike in legislative hearings where personal opinion may come into play, quasi-judicial rulings must be grounded in the relevant code.

And if the application meets the code, the commission must approve it.

The hearing will proceed as follows.

After the preliminary legal matters, staff will make a presentation, followed by the applicant.

Then anyone who wishes to testify will be given the opportunity.

Finally, there will be time for rebuttal by the applicant.

The applicant will have 20 minutes initially plus 15 minutes for rebuttal.

All requests to speak during public testimony have been received.

Commission members may ask questions of the applicant, staff, or anyone else who testifies.

If participating remotely, please remember to use the hand icon if you wish to ask questions.

Please keep yourself on mute until you are ready to speak so everyone is heard clearly.

I will now ask the city attorney to cover the preliminary legal matters.

Thank you, Chair.

The applicant has the burden of proving that the application is consistent with the City of West Lynn's Community Development Code, comprehensive plan, and any applicable municipal code provision.

The criteria that must be addressed in the hearing are Chapter 11, Residential R10, Chapter 32, Water Resource Area Protection, Chapter 41, Building Height, Structures on Steep Lots, Exceptions.

Chapter 42, Clear Vision Areas, Chapter 46, Off Street Parking, Loading and Reservoir Areas, Chapter 48, Access, Egress, and Circulation, Chapter 55, Design Review, Chapter 60, Conditional Uses, Chapter 96, Street Improvement Construction, Chapter 99, Procedures for Decision Making Quasi Judicial.

As the Planning Commission is sitting quasi-judicially, any testimony, argument, or evidence that speakers give us must be directed at these criteria or at some other criteria in the code or comprehensive plan which you believe should apply to this decision.

Only those who have proved uh provided testimony to the planning commission in person or in writing will have standing to appeal this item to the city council.

If you have provided written testimony or previous oral testimony to the commission, you do not need to read your written testimony or repeat previous oral testimony.

Failure to raise an issue accompanied by statements or evidence sufficient to allow the commission and the parties an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes an appeal to the Landy's Board of Appeals based on that issue.

Failure of the applicant to raise constitutional or other issues related to proposals or proposed conditions of approval with sufficient specificity to allow the city or its designee to respond to the issue precludes an action for damages in circuit court.

So I'll now ask the planning commission do any members of the planning commission wish to declare a potential or actual conflict of interest or bias.

Okay, seeing none.

Do any members of the planning commission wish to report any site visits or ex parte contacts?

As a resident of Westland, I traveled by road all the time.

So I feel like that's the only relevant site visit I did.

Just a drive by the process.