the December 8 meeting of the Planning and Zoning Zoning Commission to order every please. Several call under Spinelli. You're ready Christian here. Scott Polis here, Jeff are here. Randy Jared Garner's excuse to pick Warren. Thank Welcome to our new member about >> Thank >> Is there a motion to approve the minutes? Motion by commissioner pull a second by Commissioner Christina. Krishna. Any comments on the minutes? Any discussion? Any objections hearing? None. minutes are approved. Next. A special order of business. Are there any disclosures? Commissioner >> I wasn't present for the last meetings. I can't approve the minutes or resolutions. >> Next item of the business mayor, have a motion to approve the consent agenda. Moved Commissioner Pulas seconded by Commissioner Ron. Anyone wishing to pull any items for discussion. Seeing none. The consent agenda is approved. On to the public hearings. Would somebody like to make a motion to combine these cases? Moved by Commissioner Christian seconded by Commissioner Polis. Any discussion on the motion? Hearing thing. None. Any objections. Motion is approved. May we please have staff presentation on cases 2025, Dash 0, 1, 3, one and 0, 1, 4, cities. First, let me read the process by which public may speak to the commission. After staff presentation is completed on public hearing items. The chair will ask for public testimony on the issue. Persons who wish to testify will follow time limits established in the commission rules and procedures petitioners, including his or her representatives will receive 10 minutes. Part of this time may be reserved for rebuttal. Representatives of groups Community Council's PTA receive 5 minutes and individuals will receive 3 when your testimony is complete. You may be asked questions by the commission. You may only testified once on any issue unless question by the Commission commission recommendations to the assembly are not appealable. Now, May we please have those staff presentations? Thank you, Mr. Chair Dame can foster long-range planning of filling in for Luke Looks case but he did a great job. So I'm just kind of pick up where he left off. So tonight, of course, we're discussing PC case, 2025, 0, 1, 3, 1, and PC case. 25 0, 1, 4, 6, The first is a rezone. The second is a proposed amendment to the comprehensive plan used the comprehensive plan, the scum first, of course. But as we work through this process, we a few parcels that. Could benefit from the designation change. And so that's where that number came last. But when it goes, the Assembly, the comp Plan amendment should come first. So background about this case. Case 2025. 1.46 Is a land use Map Amendment. 78 parcels comprising over 282 acres. So those are generally it's designation and land use map that right now says it should go to institutions are residential and this saying it should go open space and parks and Case PC 2025, 0, 1, 3, 1, is on map of 704, 9 parcels over 9,000 acres. Pretty big rezone. And that is rezoning things that are currently parks either designated or dedicated to the parks and rec zoning district. And so this effort is exclusive to Anchorage Bowl doesn't include Chugiak Eagle River and doesn't include curb what? So a little bit of background, of course, every where everything we start with is, of course, the Conference of Plan. And 24 ladies plan. So the twenty-twenty plan calls for sustainable and accessible system. Recreational facilities, parks trails open space that meets year-round. A bird and community. What needs one of the policies that to encourage public-private collaboration for acquisition development, main maintenance, recreational spaces, parks, sports fields, public isn't trails. So 2020 is pretty clear that parks are important. Anchorage. I think everybody can agree that parks are important. Anchorage to make Anchorage really special place. The 24 the land use plan has additional guidance ActionAid for us to conduct a housekeeping, rezone of dedicated parks, the PR district, which is a lot of what we're doing tonight, but also maybe more important is goal. Number 8, which calls for Anchorage to maintain improve strategically, expand parks, greenbelt riparian corridors and trail quarters to enhance land values, public access neighborhoods and mix to centers. So parks have been important in Anchorage, probably the whole time. Anchorage has been here, but there also enshrined in our policy documents. So that's where the starting point of how we got here. Now. Sure, anybody's probably read the the purpose statement for the Parks and Recreation District. So we're trying to move a lot of parks into parks and recreation district and says the PR district is intended to include municipal Lance dedicate buddy Assembly as parks in accordance with and see. 25 10. 0, 8, 0, so, you know, a dedicated park is almost piece of land that's protected a higher level. This summer has gone through the process to say this is I don't know if it's a charter change, but it sort of got an of protection a designated park is something that's used as a park. It's probably owned by Parks and rec. So it looks like parks. This sticks district only applies to dedicate. And I think in the past there've been some interpretations either way when we look at this, we see that it's as you know, the district is intended to include, but doesn't say is is limited to. So I think the flexibility here because, you know, we're reading this today and we thought that the parks recreation to district is only for designated for dedicated Lance. It would be written as PR district is intended as limited to install dedicate by the assembly. But just, you know, in general in the last few years, there's been a lot of land use changes. Lot of code farms. And we've heard a lot over and over that open space and parks are really important. People and people want protections for those spaces and also as the city changes, the city develops. People are worried about open space in the worried about losing open space. And so this is one way of sort of answering that things we've heard over the past few years emphasizing that Anchorage, we have polls against to support the preservation of open space. And this is a step to just do, you know, take one more step to do that. It doesn't mean that these couldn't be rezone in the future. It just is one more step in that direction. And another discussion that, you know, this is sort getting into philosophical we've had there been a lot of discussions the past few years about requirements for private, open space. First public open space. And we've had some discussions even here at PNC about. The responsibility for the provision of public space and who, you know, who's best situated to do that on the left is an example out Coach Park's parking spin art. one of the up. The parcels couple. The parcels were looking at this evening. You know, an example of a public space owned by a public entity run by, you know, managed by professional parks and recs staff for the good of the public on the right is an example from I think is Jersey City Hoboken and that's sort of a private open space that was required as part of that development. So both open space both great but it's sort of the difference of where it is open space com from who's responsible for it. Who creates it? The one on the left is something that comes from the municipalities operated by name is Patty. The one on the right is one that was required as a as sort of that. Something so they could be allowed to build that building. And I think there isn't a lot of research tonight, but I think you do find it. Private developers whose business is developing housing or other things are forced to become parks developers. They sometimes don't do as good of a job as as parks and rec professionals. The thing people who feel part of federal parks, but that's sort of that maybe the bigger picture floss full philosophical piece of this. But it's not the only just one component. Another thing on the left. So you can't really see it the planning part went to the CDC in 2023. And we're talking about how much of the 2040 plan with implemented. We still haven't implemented a lot. But even then this IDA for was one of our actions and and the response to that time was phase one of the park's reason project was completed in June 2021. 2021 45 further work on this has been put on hold due to limited staff capacity. So 2021 was 2 directors ago. So we're really just picking that up and carry it through because now we pretty much fully staffed in enlarge planning. So that's we're just continue with what some of the work in and trying to tailor it to today's needs. Another interesting piece about this is the sum of the new reason procedures that the assembly adopted earlier this year. This was 2025 40 one of the key pieces was a reason initiative by the Assembly administration are planning zoning. So Jerry, what Rezonings Target area Rezonings in overlays. The player hasn't had this tool for 10 years. And so that's why we haven't been able to do a lot of these things or even try a lot of these things. Whether successful or not. I think we're figuring this out because now we're just using the tools so the this parks rezone is in many ways exactly. One of the best reasons to have this tool, an we use this tool with the McDowell century rezone, which we saw a couple months ago and then you're seeing it now on a larger scale. Just to think about, you know, if the Muni was going to try to rezone 9,000 acres of Parkland or anything a year ago, there's simply no way to really do it wasn't the code. Didn't have the framework for that. But I think the main thing is also just to emphasize that this is fundamentally about implementing the plan. I'm sorry on the screen, the colors very clear. But some of these lighter areas, these these on the 2040 ladies plan are designated for park or natural area. So this is the zoning. This is the future land use designation and we have these all over the city. And and so really this is saying the Future Land use designation and 20 for the ladies plans at this is what it's going to be in the future. So really this process is starting the conversation about, well, if that's what it's going to be the future, line is owning. So it's no longer. Let's see what this is. Our one. And now it's Park's and rec, at least for these ones that are designated in that way. So fundamentally, it's just about implementing the plan. And here's what 2040 says for implementing the Park or Natural area PR lights on it. So no matter what, you know for these areas that are designated in green, if if we were fully to implement the plan they supposed to be either PR or P line and that that was decided, you know, in 2017, basically. So now quick overview of the cases 2025. 1.46, the comp Plan Amendment Amendment will correct the designation of for residential properties that are designated as parks. That might have just been a mapping error. It seems like there was a bit of a shift and change land designation of 74 existing park parcels to preserve and protect Park space. Your the residential properties. And again, a pause, it's not clear. Think Cope Street is actually one of those where the designation for the coaching park, his half of the park and half south of the park. But then some parcels in the park don't have to designation. So it's moving that upwards. And then there's another in Fairview like that. So overall, 74 parcels getting their designation change. 73 are designated unnamed parks. One is neither designated are named but is dedicated. This one I think is a very interesting case of a privately owned, dedicated parcel near Earthquake Park. So I don't have that happen. But kind of interesting. Criteria for approval we find the proposed land use amendment means all the required approval. And we recommend approval. Now on the rezoning. This would help fulfill. As I mentioned, item 8 for help implement the comprehensive plan map help implement the goals of both 2020 2040. So 464 dedicated parcels in the Anchorage Bowl. 73 already zone PR. All the remaining dedicate parcels are included except for the Fairview Community Center. So that's so that can be PLI just so you can have a community center is allowed use zoning the parcel ID. There's are one to 13. 29 0. That's okay. That's the privately owned one. That on park and then 20 parcels in the Campbell Greenbelt. And the proposal includes reason most remaining park designate park, even if dedicated within the Anchorage Bowl. So I will note that during agency review, we've got a lot of we talked a lot of people departments, lot of feedback and we did make some changes that included both including some new parcels and removing parcels. And I think we have staff here from parks and recreation who can speak to that a little bit more, provide a little sort of perspective on that and then finally, just again, we recommend approval. From our perspective, it's consist with a comprehensive plan. Wouldn't result in objective risk to health or safety and it doesn't conflict with other municipal state. We're federal codes. So we recommend approval with that. I'll leave any space if Parks and Rec had any additional comments they wanted to make or take any questions. Lets U.S. start with questions for questions on what you just heard. Commissioner Ron, I Daniel, are you in the queue? Continue after these commissioner Thank you, the chair. Thanks that. Presentation. To are we talking about both dedicated and designated parks as parts of these action or just >> dedicated? So I appreciate the definition distinction between dedicated having now, higher level of administration apply to them and that being different than just designated parks. So are both involved in these cases are just just can. So the chair yet this is both are starting point was everything it's in use as a park and everything that's designated in the comprehensive plan so that, you know, sort of a different >> framework. But as open space or park in the future, so does include both the officially dedicated by the assembly. Also designated because a lot of them, you know, it's Parks and Rec owns a lot of property and that is used as a park. But happens to be zoned R One or 02:00AM or something else. Commissioner Christian. >> Sure. Just more broadly. Could you talk a little bit about how? Right now the department says the use of PLI versus parks. Ashley, for facilities that have components of both. Has that changed over the last couple of years? If you could just outline for us like where the line is between what you do. Think about for appeal, lies own vs PR zone. That would be helpful. I think. >> Threw the chair of bring up. We'll see if they pull up title. 21 here. So fundamentally PLI allows a lot more types of I guess you might say building uses, you know, stuff like schools. Actually, I will just pull up the. >> So allies over here, you Eli allows. Relocated lying in its relook at Communities, assisted living facilities, the parks and rec zone as a lot fewer types of structures. Generally. I think lies. Sort of his own for. Government buildings, including schools, government offices, but it could include parks as well. The parks is really just focused on long term. This would be used for parks, maybe park related facilities, but not stuff like a church are religious assembly are looking aquarium could be until botanic gardens or for their lives. But any cards are allowed and PR. But as Ines, but like a library, for example, could be. >> Yeah, some thinking about a case this might I don't know about But like William, the Lions Park, which is attached to the mountain to rec center, they think might be one parcel. Not sure what the zoning designation as but I guess I'm thinking about like Park use. That's only a portion of a parcel and not the full parcel. I I'm wondering if you encountered any of those. >> To the chair. Don't believe we have ice. I believe on the screen. This is the Mountain View Community Center and Lady Lions Park. So it's zoned. Pli around it. But then there's this little section that's I think this is maybe solent PR. So. I don't think we've come across any others like that. One. The one that does come eyes, the Fairview Rec center. We it was initially included abuse own parks and rec PR. But then it didn't make sense because the rec center should probably stay as people lie but I think we caught those throughout the process. >> And one more question on Page 2. It talks about. Parts that were intentionally acts clued. from this project I'm just wondering a little bit more about those. Yet through the chair. >> I mean, the the Muniz acquired a lot of property or been given a lot of property over time. And sometimes it was just in areas that 30, 40 years ago, the intended to develop door 30, 40 years ago. They thought that when they would be developed by somebody else. So the parcels that were removed were parcels that were along water and sewer and and along existing infrastructure. So that wasn't with the intent to. Develop right now. But just 2 sort of. Think about what to do with those in the future. I think in those areas there's going to be a master plan eventually. And then you can what we can look at those those parcel holistically. But really it was just to think about. Well. Maybe a new says part right now, but there's also water and sewer utilities to them. So there is no decision about it right now. It's just not being included in this particular reason. They could be reason to the future. I think some of those are also currently protected by federal conservation funding anyway. So any changes to those would take a lot more discussion. K commissioner on. Thank you to the chair and looking 2040. >> Section 2 to online use does nations and its overview of open spaces. Description of Parker, Natural area under the sub section around zoning acknowledges parks, recreation and PLI districts as we've learned about tonight. And then also acknowledges that other zones can include non dedicated parks and natural areas. I'm curious if the action tonight sends any service around the future of the permit, 70 of having non day, Kate parks, natural areas in other zones moving forward. Is there and 10 to clean that aspect up as well or or not. Terrify me. >> Packs and allowed Houston. A lot of our other zones. So I not anticipate making any changes to that has allowed to use and other towns. >> If I could weigh into. I think some of their there's a couple peeks at 2040, like where the you see the looks like a green snake and it's sort of some type of corridor. Part of 2040, I can speak to completely was. Thinking about an area where there is a sort of like private or not so private park space, like I think the near Merrill Field. There's one area that has a designation and the thinking was this needs to be an open space, but it's probably not going to be we don't want too much activity there because it serves a different Also, if somebody maybe is doing mitigation or they need some sort of storm water. I don't think that idea was really well developed. But I'm also up on the screen. You can see that public part park public or private is a permitted use every zone in the bull. Thank you, Commissioner Christian. >> tell me if this is correct, I think from your response to Commissioner Ron, I'm given to understand that this case applies only to. Lands owned by the municipality so you're not attempting to do any reason or clean up for, for example, there are a number of parks in the city that are operated and I think owned by said that organizations say it. My assumption is that this case is only municipal owned properties and and my understanding that broadly, the intent of this ordinance of this action is to. Add a layer of zoning protection. 2. Parks that are either dedicated are designated, but it doesn't. And it's not meant to exclude other lands. That might be new. Our parks are open space, a green space being developed for other community use. It's just that this is maybe the highest level of protection we can afford for longstanding, very clearly intended long-term to be park. Parcels set a good way of summarizing the intent of this action. >> To the cherry, I think it's a great way to describe it. so I think we we had that weird situation with the earthquake park personal because it's the only one that's in private ownership. You know, part of this was trying to figure out. let's work on Muni Land before we do something on private land. So it is like that. And another one that got added was the Potter Marsh Park, which was sort of, you know, done in concert great land trust. There's a lot of really big support about that. But it is still in my community. And so just putting that in there. But yeah, that doesn't preclude others. You know, again, anybody if they had a park and they wanted to parks and recs zoning as long as the 2040 lines plan supports that they could do it or they could do an amendment to 2040 plan and then do But yeah, this focus is really about public land based on, you know what we see the plan, what we've heard from a lot of people. >> Through through the chair to Commissioner Krishna. I can just add on to that. And although this is a protection Parkland citizen, I wouldn't say it is the The highest protection available. Those tends to be things like conservation easements. Excuse our or other instruments, but it is it does add another step to trying to develop at a property like this. If you wanted to develop it, it would add more time and more process and more public opportunities for public input because you would have to rezone it in order to develop it. So the intent is definitely to help protect the Parkland's in holiday. >> I think we're ready to hear for Park staff. >> Great. Thank you. Good evening, commissioners. My name is Taylor Tegan. I'm the superintendent parks and recreation and speaking on behalf of the department. I do just want to give a sincere thanks to long-range planning and planning staff. This was a huge lift and a lot of work went into this. >> And it really is longstanding administrative and housekeeping work and brings us into modern-day standard of. Managing our public lands. We really appreciate the collaboration and attention to detail. I just want to make a note that the map circulated for review is not aligned with the final step of the final packet that staff has in front of you. And really talking about those additions and the proposed removals. We are in support of everything with the exception of the following, which I'll ask you to reference. It's that figure to on Page 4 of your packet. It has highlighted as Campbell Creek Greenbelt, but it is Chester Creek Greenbelt. in this area, 20 parcels were removed on the south side of the Chester Creek Trail. Most commonly accessed from Eagle Street Parks and recreation. Respectfully, respectfully asks at these parcels be reconsidered for the rezoning within this ordinance. All of these parcels are dedicated Parkland. They are also protected under the land Water and Conservation Fund also known as El WCF. They carried to legal protections so that restricts any other. You spend public outdoor recreation the current zoning does not reflect their long-term function or legal status in the Chester Creek Greenbelt. it makes them unsuitable for development as believe, was noted earlier in the staff packet. This is important because it really supports the stewardship in long-term protection of the Chester Creek Corridor and watershed area. It also aligns with the 2040 land use plan and public expectations that Parkland remains Parkland in perpetuity, especially when double protected in such a way. Also take this moment to announce that we are kicking off the master plan for the in the early part of next year, aiming for February Community Council engagement. And with that, I'll just summarize parks and recreation respectfully request that the commission recommends reinstating the parcels removed updating their zoning will ensure accurately reflects their current dedicated old ABC of protected status. Thank you for your time and consideration. You didn't pointed out, but I think you made a correction. I didn't know that. Did we clarified that? It says Campbell Creek Greenbelt, chest are free. >> It is Chester. I think it's just the type of yet. I think in reference elsewhere in the packet to is this is the only place. Yeah, that it says, Campbell, but it is Chester Creek area. You'll notice that a street is there. And then Kendall forward as a not there. Place one might identify. >> Questions for. Commissioner on. Thank you to the question about those 19 parcels and and thank you for the explanations that you gave. >> particularly interested in the parcels to the north along Eagle Street can give us little more context about those particular parcels. Are protected by from the administrative element that you described? Do they function in the same way is currently as the larger parcels in that grouping anymore. Information contacts helpful. >> Sure. So this area is known as Chester Creek Sports Complex. So north of the creek, it is combination of sports facilities, including indoor Sullivan Arena. The and Bo Kyi Stadium. We have a number of baseball fields here. We have also pickleball hockey. So it's Moore program area. The area as you go South, you might be able to see faintly on here that it does transition from developed to forested area and that and tire forested area is what folks would call the Chester Creek Greenbelt. It not only as a buffer to the Chester Creek, but serves as natural space. There are a number of trails and there I believe it was 2017, a single track trails were put in that were advocated for by the community and right now it yeah, it serves as natural space and an program to recreational uses. That is far stud. >> I got I got a question. We need to go back I'm looking at Page 2, 3, And on Page 2, it says. An additional 20 parcels of dedicated Parkland on Campbell Creek. Greenbelt were initially reviewed for rezoning ultimately removed. And then you skip over to Page 3. And it's talking about 19 parcels that were removed located in Chester Creek Greenbelt. Are these all the same or are there are 20 on Campbell Creek Greenbelt that? Are different than the 19 on Chester Creek in. And if they're the same as it 19 or 20, those are my questions. I believe that the 19 or those are served by existing right way and utilities. So I think it is the original number. But one it was a 2023 was not. >> Served by. The utilities. Both are all Chester Creek. There's nothing on Campbell Creek Greenbelt. Is that correct? Yeah, that's that's correct. And bring up our. So this map shows where all all the action is basically. Yeah, this I think a lot of this rezoning was done in. The 2021 effort. And so anything here really focuses on this quarter. Commissioner Christian. >> Yeah. Can we talk a little bit more about these parcels along Chester Creek and just does the department have a reason why they were removed? >> parcels were removed from the list because they are plotted and have water and sewer. And so the department and the administration decided to wait and make a decision about the rezone of these parcels until after the. That master planning has been completed for that area. That does not mean they wouldn't be rezoned later. It was just a delay in that at the rezone action to see what might happen with the master plan effort. Commissioner plus. >> Actually have some insight on this project. I am working on Eagle Street and 23rd Avenue improvements and I can just about everything that they're saying. There's water and sewer. You look at this map on Page 4, there's water and sewer in Eagle Street and then there's water and sewer headed west in that kind of white space between those 2 runs and it's all green. And there's a couple of outfalls that drop off there at the end of the roads. And so there's kind of it's really wet area. And the project actually is considered like doing some drainage improvements. Just like a big retention pond or something in the parked there around Eagle Street. So, you know, I can see how some of that stuff they would see being several. How far does sewer extend past East 22nd? Basically the white space. That's where it goes shown that map. I know. sea the sea Eagle Street right there. It's all green and there. But there is some water and sewer extended their mask in the day. In those ways is like basically to the extent of the paved area just as white spots. 2 street. >> Any further questions for staff before we open it up to the public. To be more time for staff questions after the public hearing. Anyone from the public wishing to testify. Speak now. Are you going to be testifying on behalf of a group or for yourself tonight? testify on behalf of myself. You still get 6 minutes. 6 minutes to cases combined. Thank. Thank you. Big Air chair. Of please state your name for the record. name is Stephen Callahan. I think you to put WB lions real quick. We headed up there before. The WB alliance Slide O W wants Poor. Okay. So here here's an example of the potential conundrum. That's actually I believe one parcel the rec centers actually on the South, that dream spot. That's actually church. And if you re zone, is the PLI gonna have to put landscaping? Raonic church? Counting and be able do that? But that's just what the conundrums AC with current changes. Some of zonings now currently that's owned her 3. A survey years ago as a kind of know what's going on there. And that's want to want to project with the rezoning some of these parks. That one came to mind when they start talking about this project. I mentioned a kind of foster couple months ago probably be some conflicts like that. But if you go to PLI, required to do to landscaping or are you going to be required do that if rezone, all these parcels? And this is just one example. That's where my questions and some of the smaller parks committee better if they remain seen that the current zoning because there are uses an era that probably more appropriate to peel line. You probably have the same issue. Pops up my head. can't think of any, but there's amenities knows parks that would be more appropriate for appeal. Lies posed to Peter PR. And some of the proposed improvements that would like to see picnic shelters. >> And other stuff. >> One of the issues will be >> You what? >> You know murdered Hugh? Those improvements. >> It is PLI and would then have to go to Urban Design Commission. That's kind of one of my >> it's a smaller parking would put up a small picnic shelter. Currently, zoned residential. may be able to skip some of that is. This approval process. So my question is with this in general. that's about it. I think staff might be able to your questions in their rebuttal. >> So this is just one example that came up here. The lines. >> Thank Confirm that the property mountain is not. It's not included in effort. So here it is. And it is to separate parcels. So this is like in our 3 person on this So this doesn't change any of that. >> WB lines, but that was our 3. It is our 3. But it's just not included in this effort. So good to see you're not going to use that example. One that you're not going to rizo right? Because it works with the current, our 3 zoning. Yeah. So this is the map of every all the parcels that are being rezoned are proposed to rezone okay another that is included. But these are 2 separate parcels. >> Okay. So what would to being plans changing that in the future? You know, leave it as it is. You think? >> I don't think we have plan of it. I don't know if we having cause against a plan. It either, but it didn't seem like the problem that needed to be solved. K. Yeah, I don't think problem. But you have any others like that. The the one that we came up with was the Fairview Rec center where would become the PR. It would have been problematic. that OK? All right. Thank you. Anybody else wishing to testify? >> anyone on the phone want to talk to us? Hearing? >> Seeing nobody. We will close the public hearing. >> What is the world body? >> Remember, we need separate motions for each case. >> Question for the chair and making the motion. Does the commissioner need to read this verbatim? awful lot. We can probably work around that. You've made. The motion has written. Is that correct? That is correct. Mister Chair I have made the motion has written for case 2025 Dash 0, 1, 3, 1, Thank you. seconded by Commissioner Christian Commissioner. Ron, would you like to speak to your motion? Start sing and tend to support the motion again, I appreciate the information that staff has put forward this evening and response to questions has asked the input from Parks and Rec has been insightful as well. I take no exception to what's been put forward. I agree with proposed findings of fact and I'll stop my comment or there. Anybody else wishing to speak to the motion. Commissioner Christian. >> Sure. I intend to support the motion and I. Do not think that I would support an amendment to re at those Chester Creek parcels that we described at this moment. understand the department's position. I'ts. Im sure that use is Parkland is functioning well. Now. But knowing that there's another planning process to come and we've waited some many years for this. I'm not necessarily seeing why this couldn't be a separate next year. Whatever is appropriate doesn't seem like there's a time sensitive reason to make this change as a amendment tonight. But we appreciate both parks and plantings cooperation on Thank you. >> Thank you. Anybody else wishing to speak to the motion. Seeing none. I also intend to support the motion will call for the vote. Missy Verhaeghe vote. >> thank you. >> A motion passes. Next up, we'll be looking for motion case. One. 46. Commissioner Polis. Would you like to? Tell us what you're moving? >> Moving case. 25 deaths are 1, 4, 6, recommended the Anchorage Assembly approval of an amendment to encourage 2040 land use plan and land use plan map to change the classification of approximately 282.3 acres from large lot residential, single to family compact mixed residential, medium and urban residential high to compact mixed residential low urban residential, high and park or natural area. Thank you. I also would have accepted the motion as written. That seconded Commissioner Ron. Commissioner Post. Would you like to speak your motion? Yeah. Intend to support the motion. I agree with the finds of fact recommended by staff in the packet and would like to add that it meets the current approval criteria as noted for a comprehensive plan map Amendment. Thank you. Anybody else wishing to speak to the motion. Fearing thing. None will call for the vote. Missy Berhad vote. That motion passes. concludes the public hearings for this evening. Next item on the agenda title. 21 discussions, any title. 21 discussions. Commissioner Christian a thank you. I'd like ask the director if there are any assembly actions that have happened. >> In the last few months that pertain to the work of this commission that we should know about or any other projects that might be helpful for us to do about. >> Threw the chair to Commissioner Krishna. You may obviously notice that I am no longer sending a summary of actions taken by the assembly. Our assumption was the Muni Planning News or the title? 21 updates page might take the place of that memo. But if you would like us to, we bring that memo back to the commission. start sending that again. But otherwise, if you look at the the table here Mr. Mckenna Foster has pulled up on the screen. That's a good summary of the actions that have occurred in last month or so. Thank >> I don't memo would be I wouldn't want to ask the staff to do that. But I think the occasional 5 minute update reminding us of something that might have missed would be much appreciated. >> Threw the chair to Commissioner Christian I will plan on doing that on a regular basis from this point forward. And if I am not present to do so, I'll ask staff to give you an update. >> So the only thing that didn't come to peace the that icy appears thus allowing flexibility for shelter. Units is temporary use. Is that correct? And that thing include anything about PR PLI lander. >> I'm going to have to defer to staff to answer the second question. Think yes, that is correct. That did not come to planning and zoning. >> Yeah, this one. This was 2025 1.28 And it was trying to figure out how to get started as something looking at temporary uses like all temporary uses because as you probably all seen the muni's pretty cool project over the permit center dues recovery residences and the development services had already sort of created a way to permit those slightly differently than a permanent structure, but also allowed him, of course, title. 21 doesn't really allow temporary says for longer than 98 90 days and then a subsequent 90 day for this project to be successful kind of has to be longer than, you know, 180 days. So initially thought was well, maybe change to temper, uses to allow in certain cases. And ultimately it got really kind of laser focus down to just saying when you have a shelter unit is designed as defined in 21 to 15, 0, 4, 0, which we took that definition basically from government services. Then it has extra set of standards in. And it's only let me see if we have to use tape on here. So it's only when a shelter uses unit is used in is like transitional living or have built a of care. Or something else where they're already permitted. So unlike PLI or one of those other zone, so didn't change where these these shelter units could go. But it just changed how you could built, have care, use assisted living or a transitional living use using these. It could perilously close to creating. You know, we have uses and then use types and then another thing under that fortunately didn't quite get to that because then we just have cascade right. But it's kind of getting to that end. But this was really done because the recovery residences are getting kicked this month. I think people are moving in end of this month or early next month. So it was really incumbent upon every to sort of make sure because we didn't want this to be stuck in case, you know, people got moved in and then 90 days when we didn't, we didn't quite get all the timing. Right now. We're in this weird situation where noncompliance. So this is pass. think this past ribbons might be getting cut this week. I think so. This is passed at the November 18th Assembly meeting. And on this page, you can see we we put went was last updated right here. So if the state looks kind of old, give U.S. call, but this was last updated about 5 days ago. And we always try and keep it as update as possible. >> So does that make shelter units new use? >> It allows you to use shelter units which are subject to a different set of building standard to building codes. >> Where? >> built of care or assisted-living or transition is already allowed didn't change the you stable. It just said in certain cases, you know, transitional living could be a building made of brick or could be one of the shelter units. So it's sort of like using the existing not touching anywhere. It's actually allowed just allowing this particular thing. And a lot of it was really aligning what development services Carney do because for development services to make a change in how they interpret code. They just write a memo or policy right for zoning to do that. We go through the entire process. >> Any other? >> For discussion. Commissioner on. Thank you for the Appreciate commissioners, indulgence and allowing me to take over. >> Commissioner Winchester's role on the MAT System Advisory Council. Please reach out if you have any particular concerns that you'd like try to represent on behalf of the commission. My first participation will meeting at the end of January. Might lead into that was supposed to be a quote that I saw from staff on whether slights without open space kids will play in the street. I take umbrage with that. I acknowledge it has a perspective, but the amounts as we're all address some migrant concerns. That we might live in the community work and safe for kids to play in the streets. The public comments. >> Next item on the agenda. >> Just to think you for your willingness to serve on the Mets commission. >> And then now we welcome commissioner up Abbas my thing that right. Okay. And just the know if you wanted to. >> Introduce yourself to everybody here, say anything. >> My name is all I've been living increase since I was about 15. I'm really excited to be a part of this. My background is I'm a civil engineer. I work at CW Engine group and town. And yeah, hoping that kind of helps with us a bit and hoping to him prove my planning. Allison can be helpful. Thanks. >> Thank you. Welcome. >> And with that, we will entertain a motion to adjourn. >> Time by Commissioner as a second by Commissioner Ron. Any discussion hearing? None. We urge. Thank you, Brandon.