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Commission reviews draft station subarea goals for light-rail area at north end of Mercer Island
Summary
Principal planner Adam Zach presented draft goals and policies for a station subarea plan focused on the light-rail station at Mercer Island's north end, describing a two-phase approach that limits phase 1 changes to the town center and adjacent multifamily zones and defers broader TOD/HB 1491 compliance and infrastructure studies to phase 2 through 2029.
Adam Zach, Mercer Island's principal planner, briefed the Planning Commission April 29 on draft goals and policies for a station subarea plan that covers the area around the light-rail station at the north end of Mercer Island.
"The phase 1 section of the sub area plan is where we will comply with the hearings board decision," Zach said, describing a two‑phase approach: phase 1 addresses the existing town center and adjacent multifamily zones with required subarea-plan elements and potential upzones; phase 2 will consider a larger station area and additional state…
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