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I 19 West First Street <br />Cie Elum, WA 98922 <br />June 26, 2017 <br />Cie Baum City Council <br />119 West First Street <br />Cie Slum, WA 98922 <br />Honorable Mayor and Cie Ehun Council: <br />-Rr orT»f <br />Telephone: (509) 674-2262 <br />Fax: (509) 674-4097 <br />wwW.cityofcleelurn.00m <br />RE: Planning Commission Recommendation of <br />Downtown Plan Preferred Alternative <br />The Cie Elum Planning Commission has become involved in the City's Downtown Revitalization <br />Planning project which is being conducted by City Engineer HLA and sub -consultant Hough Beck <br />and Baird since April of 2017. This process has included several public formas, gathering numerous <br />public comments and overwhelming support from the community, downtown businesses, and <br />downtown building owners, as well as the Washington State Department of Tlansportation, Puget <br />Sound Energy, the Chamber of Commence, and County Commissioner Laura Osiadacz. <br />The Commission participated in the June 6* Council/Commission Study Session event where an <br />informative presentation by HLA, HBB, and City Staff retuned in constructive discussion of <br />conceptual plan details. <br />During our regularly scheduled meeting on June 20ei, a large audience attended with requests to <br />provide comment, which included a few concerns we heel will be addressed during the Preliminary <br />Engineering Design Phase of the Downtown Revitalization proms. The design phase would <br />include details such as driveways and individual block configurations, among many other <br />considerations, and would work with building and business owners to accommodate where passible. <br />The ctuu rot recommendation is the adoption of a conceptual plan that will guide the specific design <br />of the core downtown area which the Commission feels will be economically revitalized as a resWt, <br />and which will lead to s safer walkable downtown to be enjoyed by our community and visitors <br />well into the future. <br />In light of this thorough process and information presented to the community, the Commission, and <br />the Council it is the recommendation of the Planning Commission that the Council adopt the <br />Downtown Revitalization Plan Preferred Alternative as presented by directing the Mayor to sign <br />Resolution 2017.011, <br />Respectfully, <br />Keary' Clark <br />Planning Commission Chair <br />