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PLANNING & COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
August 22, 2011
MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Lynn Norman called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers
located on the first floor of Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street, Auburn, WA.
Committee members present were: Chair Lynn Norman and Member John Partridge.
Committee members excused were: Vice Chair Nancy Backus.
Staff members present included: Mayor Pete Lewis, Planning Director Kevin Snyder,
Planning Manager Elizabeth Chamberlain, Transportation Planner Joe Welsh, Auburn
Economic Development Manager Doug Lein, Contract Economic Development Planner
William Thomas, and Planning and Community Development Secretary Tina Kriss.
Audience Members presented included: Largo Wales
II. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND AGENDA MODIFICATIONS
There are no announcements or agenda modifications
III. CONSENT AGENDA
A. August 8, 2011
Member Partridge moved and Chair Norman seconded to approve the Consent
Agenda as presented.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 2-0
IV. ACTION
There were no action items to go before Committee
V. DISCUSSION and INFORMATION
A. Resolution No. 4733 – Authorizing Renewal of PWA 06-22 and Amending the
Terms of the Agreement
Transportation Planner Joe Welsh provided the staff report for Resolution No. 4733.
AboveNet Communications, Inc. has applied for renewal of their current Public Way
Agreement No 06-22 which was authorized by Resolution No. 4055 and is set to
expire on November 20, 2011. This agreement is for existing fiber optic conduit in
the right of way along West Valley Highway between the north and south city limits
and empty conduit located in downtown Auburn. Neither location serves any
customers inside of the city limits nor does the applicant currently have any plans to
offer service inside the city limits.
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Per the terms of the current agreement AboveNet Communications, Inc. may apply
for up to four (4) additional five year term renewals, with this renewal being the first
of four and staff is recommending approval. The only change in the agreement is the
number of terms left for renewal, from four to three.
B. Cluster Sub Divisions
Chair Norman has asked staff to defer this item until the next committee meeting to
include Vice-Chair Backus. Member Partridge requested staff provide a visual
attachment with the next packet on this item.
C. Auburn Center for Emergent Business “Innovation Partnership Zone” Informal
Briefing
Economic Development Manager Doug Lein provided a briefing on Auburn Center
for Emergent Business, “Innovation Partnership Zone” (IPZ). The Innovation
Partnership Zone (IPZ) is a State of Washington, Department of Commerce initiative
which began in 2007 and is authorized through Legislative Action RCW 43.330.270.
To date, the Commerce Department has authorized twelve (12) IPZs throughout the
State of Washington.
An IPZ is a unique economic development effort that partners research, workforce
training, and private sector business participation in close geographic proximity to
promote collaboration in a research based effort that will lead to new technologies,
marketable products, company formation / expansion, and job creation.
Manager Lein continued to brief the Committee on the mission, management team,
advisory board, and other aspects of the potential IPZ. Committee and staff
reviewed the potential Auburn Innovation Partnership Zone. The application is
currently in the final stages to be submitted to the state of Washington by the filing
deadline of September 1st, 2011.
The City of Auburn will not have monetary requirements; the goal would be to use as
many outside sources as possible, a marketing tool. The designation as an IPZ by
the State may provide additional funding/grant opportunities; without the designation
certain funds may not be provided and the City would not benefit from the IPZ
designation. Staff has been in negotiations with several entities to partnership for
research and industry. The application requires just one partnership; WSU is
committed to partner with the City and has agreed to support our four main focuses
of areas of interest for industry. The Auburn Environmental Park is an asset to the
City for future research, a tool which could attract researchers worldwide.
The establishment of an advisory board will provide a solid foundation for solid
function since there is a wide range of representation from the County and industry
representatives making up a various areas of interest.
The hospital has been included within the zone and discussions have taken place.
Once the program has been established the advisory board can add the hospital to
one of the focuses in the future.
D. Director’s Report
Planning Manager Elizabeth Chamberlain provided an update to the downtown
parking management plan. Data for on-street and off-street parking continues to be
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collected by Planning Intern Gary Yao (graduate of USC), this includes off-street
privately owned parking lots. The count includes the number of parking spaces
within the study area and the occupancy rate throughout the day (turnover rate).
Counts are taken Tuesdays and Thursdays from the morning until about 7:00 p.m. to
make sure various time periods are considered. Counts were also taken on the
weekends and during Auburn Good Ol’ Days to include event parking usage. Three
weeks of data collection were built in to the analysis; the collections should be
finished by next week. If follow up collection is needed additional counts may be
obtained.
Once data collection is complete Director Snyder and Planning Manager
Chamberlain will begin stakeholder interviews per the scope of work. Online
surveying and face to face interviews will take place after stakeholder interviews.
Staff reminded Committee the process is expected to take one year.
E. PCDC Matrix
Staff confirmed Mary Olson Park will be removed, the restoration work is complete;
future capital improvements to prepare for programmatic use will continue.
Chair Norman reviewed an old council retreat matrix, approximately 10 years old,
highlighting multiple items that have been achieved and completed.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Planning and Community
Development Committee, Chair Norman adjourned the meeting at 6:22 p.m.
APPROVED THIS ________ DAY OF ______________.
Lynn Norman, Chair Tina Kriss, Planning and Development
Secretary