Burien Planning Commission - 11/18/20 Meeting

Members Present:
Nicole Gaudette, Senior Planner. Amanda Kay, Planning Commission. Joe Hauser, Planning Commission. Hugo Garcia, Planning Commission. August Hahn, Planning Commission. Christopher Guizlo, Planning Commission. Ryan Davis, Planning Commission.

Human Services Commission was also represented.
 
Presentation by Tyler Bump and Andrea Betzel on the Burien Housing Action Plan.
Tyler gave an update on the plan, recommendations for the plan, and open up for questions. Partnered with ECONorthwest. Burien Housing Action Plan Process includes:

• Public Engagement
• Housing Needs
• Recommendations
• Implementation

Explained data and charts found in reports such as Burien’s income distribution (by AMI) in comparison to King County and South King County’s. Reviewed cost Burdening, showing household income as a % of AMI, impact on BIPOC, and displacement vulnerability.

Opened up to questions from the Commission members and then continued with presentation of 2020-2040 Housing Needs forecast. Noted that a lack of units for higher income households puts pressure on low income households. A wide spectrum of units will be needed to meet future housing needs.
 
Andrea gave a Public Engagement Update from Broadview Planning. Direct recommendations and feedback from public in full report. Sought feedback and stories from immigrant refugee committees, city staff, students, teachers, and other diverse groups traditionally underrepresented in the planning process.
 
Key themes:

• City + Staff Roles (what people would like to see in terms of support from city + staff, such as education on housing needs at all income levels or framing it as an equity or social justice issue.)
• Vulnerable Populations (immigrant + refugee communities are particularly vulnerable, children don’t have a voice but are greatly impacted, racial justice, facilitate creation of intergenerational wealth)
  • Ex. Focus group with 8th grade Latinx students displaced from Burien.

Tyler presented on Recommendations and Strategies.

• Increase stability for tenets at risk for displacement
• Think about preservation and tools available for preservation
• What the city can do from a land use perspective (affordable housing)

I missed the last two recommendations by Tyler.