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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-12-2000MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JUNE 12,2000 The regular meeting of the Planning and Community Development Committee was held June 12, 2000 in the Council Chambers. Those members in attendance were as follows: MEMBERS PRESENT: Trish Borden, Sue Singer, and Fred Poe STAFF PRESENT: Paul Krauss, Al Hicks, Shirley Aird, Dick Deal, Jeff Roscoe, and Patti Zook ALSO PRESENT: Mayor Booth The meeting was called to order by Committee Chair Borden at 7:05 p.m. ACTION ITEMS: 1. ANX0003-99 - Steelhead District Planning Director Krauss presented the staff report. The City received an annexation petition for property located south of East Main Street along the Green River. This area is bounded on 100% of its perimeter by the City and contains 52 parcels. Staff recommends the request be forwarded to City Council to authorize the circulation of the 60% annexatiofi petition. Councilmember Singer made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Poe, to recommend approval. Chairman Borden concurred. 2. ANX00-0004 - Robert M. Holt Chairman Borden explained to the audience that this is not a public hearing. The Committee will receive information from staff. She will hear fi'om one or two spokespersons and the matter will be forwarded to City Council. Planner I Aird used an overhead to depict the annexation process. She distributed an annexation flow chart to those in the audience. She spoke about the State law and the annexation process. She explained the steps involved in annexation. Preliminary boundaries were drawn for this annexation. She then reviewed the annexation flow chart. She explained logical boundaries and how those boundaries are decided upon. Staff received a request to annex property located east of the Green River and south/southeast of the golf course. The 101 parcels include a portion of the Cobble Creek subdivision and surrounding properties. The proposed annexation includes a portion of the Hazelwood Heights Water Association. Staff proposes to amend the boundaries of this annex petition because the water district is split. The boundaries should be redrawn to include the entire district or remove the entire district. Planner I Aird then showed an overhead depicting what does not change upon annexation such as school district, zip codes, County Council district, State/Federal legislative district, etc. The service boundaries remain the same. The City boundaries have no effect on septic systems or water systems. She spoke about what does change upon annexation such as police and fire services, decrease in fees for parks and water/sewer, etc. She then explained the Lea Hill zoning designation. Planner I Aird provided information on the Lea Hill Task Force which wanted to preserve the residential atmosphere. The Lea Hill zoning district is basically a duplication of King County zoning standards. She then explained the Potential Annexation Area (PAA). She then showed an overhead that depicted what Auburn gets from annexations. King County has different development standards than Auburn. The longer annexation is prolonged, the more development takes place at standards that do not meet Auburn's criteria. She then showed an overhead which depicted the next steps in the annexation process. Planning Director Krauss stressed that the audience needs to realize that the PAA boundaries established by Kent, King County and Auburn have been in place for 10 years. Everything up to the current Kent line PAGE 1 MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JUNE 12, 2000 Will eventually become part of Auburn. King County is pulling away from providing services to unincorporated areas. The City Council has proposals from staffregarding annexing ali of Lea Hill. Delayed annexation means roads are not developed to City standards, subdivisions are not built to City standards. King County is collecting park money from developers, but no parks were established on Lea Hill. King County is collecting money for road improvements, but no road improvements have been done on Lea Hill. The cost to the City to fix these problems could be substantial. Eventually all of Lea Hill will be part of the City. Council has expressed concem about the cost of annexing the hill. Chairman Borden wanted to hear from Mr. Holt or his designee. Bob Holt, Cobble Creek resident, explained that their subdivision wishes to become part of Auburn. He attend a couple meetings regarding this. He wants City services and City government. He feels that he is already part of the City. They want the police and fire services. Cobble Creek wants to continue the annexation process. Chairman Borden wanted to hear from Hazelwood designee. Harold Lamont, resident of Hazelwood water area, provided a memo with signatures to the Mayor and Council. He feels the water association should not be split and should either be all in or all out. They have wells and septic and with annexation comes the prospect of water lines, sewer lines and new roads. He is concemed about the costs. The cost factor is their driving concern. He then provided estimated figures about the cost of new water lines and sewer lines and roads that would be transferred to them. He then spoke about connecting fees and permits which all would be cost prohibitive. Destruction of private property would occur with the installation of lines. He believes the bill to them would be $5,000-$15,000 per home in addition to assessed costs. Planning Director Krauss advised that staffmet with Mr. Lamont several times and advised him of the annexation process and that he would not be forced to connect to water and sewer. The entire area is within Auburn's water/sewer district and has been for decades. Sewer Utility Engineer Roscoe commented that the area is within Auburn water/sewer district. Their wells appear to be functioning and their septic appears to be functioning. The City will not force them to connect. If drainfields fail, they will have to connect. The City plans to extend sewer in this area eventually. Sewer Utility Engineer Roscoe said that if lines are extended at City expense, people will not be charged until they hook up. He spoke of when reimbursement is required. He spoke of the LID process in some detail. He provided information on the costs per lineal feet. Councilmember Singer mentioned that it would be difficult to change existing policy regarding proactively forcing people to hook up to Auburn's water and sewer services. The policy is in the Comprehensive Water Plan which can only be changed once a year after public hearings. Councilmember Poe remarked that some areas in the City are quite old and are still on septic and have not been forced to have sewers. He appreciates their concerns about costs, but does not see this happening. He does not remember a road LID being required. Chairman Borden asked to hear from staff regarding pros/cons of Hazelwood being removed from this annexation. Planner I Aird pointed out boundary of Hazelwood water district. Planning Director Krauss spoke of City obligation to provide legitimate boundaries. You cannot pick and chose which parcels are to be annexed. At this point, Hazelwood can be segregated out. Some people south of Hazelwood want to be added to this annexation which makes the task of finding legitimate boundaries difficult. Police services now cover a portion of Lea Hill. The City has a contract with Fi're District 44 and eventually Auburn will take over the fire district. With the Cobble Creek and environs annexation, Auburn will serve directly. Person from audience announced that he wants to be added to this annexation and fully supports annexation. He suggested the boundary come down 1.08th and take in all of the southern area. He acknowledged that it might be confusing to police and fire because they are in "no man's land". Planning Director Krauss advised that City Council can modify the annexation boundhry because there is still time to modify. City Council substantiates the 10% petition and might be able to include this area to the south. Ron Claudin, is not in annexation area, but suggested that the City go all the way to the most recent Lea Hill annexation and get done with the whole thing. Fire District 44 provides good service, but he wants to PAGE 2 MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JUNE 12, 2000 be in Auburn. The annexation should not be done piece meal. Planning Director Krauss remarked that when the City received the 10 % petition and another annexation petition called "Miller", Council was informed of the annexation requests. There are problems in taking in small annexations. Staff proposed to Council to go ahead with Cobble Creek and Miller annexations and work to complete annexation of Lea Hill within a couple years. Council requested financial information before actually committing to annexation the rest of Lea Hill. Person from audience spoke of four years of frustration with King County trying to develop I 1 acres. It's been over one year trying to get permits from King County. He wants to be annexed to Auburn. President of Water Association spoke. He heard that most people do not want to be part of Auburn, but it is appropriate for the Hazelwood district to become part of Auburn. The services are much better. He expressed concern about the Water Association if it is split between Auburn and King County. He wants to be sure the Water Association will remain intact. Mr. Hill reiterated that he does not want to be part of Auburn. He said this previously during the Evans annexation process and his reasons have not changed. It will cost him more if he is Auburn. His property is rural in nature. A logical boundary is taking all of Cobble Creek and all or none of Hazelwood. He has been tacked on to property completely different from his and he does not want to be included. Councilmember Poe acknowledged previous discussion on this topic and believes Mr. Hill was told that when Cobble Creek came in he would be included in that annexation. Regarding Hazelwood, either include all of it or none of it. It is just a matter of time until it becomes part of Auburn. He does not believes the cost will change. Councilmember Singer suggested that Hazelwood be excluded from this annexation and Councilmember Poe seconded with the coveat that the next time Hazelwood will be included. Planning Director Krauss commented that property owners to the south have been heard from and they seek to be annexed. He asked if staff will seek to find a reasonable boundary that moves the annexation further to south and bring this forward to the Council. Chairman Borden replied yes. Councilmember Singer made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Poe, to forward the annexation excluding the Hazelwood district, to City Council. Chairman Borden concurred. Councilmember Singer told the audience to contact staffwith suggestions for a reasonable boundary. ZOA0008-00 - Amendments to the City of Auburn Zoning Code Chapters 18.04~ Definitions; 18.26, Light Commercial District; 18.28, Central Business District; and 18.30, Heavy Commercial District regarding brewpubs, restaurants, and taverns Planning Director Krauss reminded the Committee that this was reviewed with them previously. Staff want to strengthen the ordinance regarding regulations on taverns and licensed premises. The City had an ordinance that prohibited taverns in downtown, but that ordinance was deleted years ago. The existing taverns predated this ordinance. Staffwould like to reinstitute the ordinance. Therefore, when liquor licenses are approved, they would be approved as part of restaurants not free standing taverns. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and supported staff's recommendation wholeheartedly. The City has not approached taverns regarding the ordinance because the proposal leaves the existing taverns in place, but they become nonconforming. They can still sell the tavern and perform repairs on a nonconforming use. The use is legitimized, not the owner. Regarding the first information item, the Liquor Control Board (LCB) sent correspondence and basically ignored the City's concerns about three taverns. Staff had a long meeting with LCB enforcement person who is also a City resident. A means of reporting incidents was instituted. Apparently, the LCB does not care about the number of arrests for drug possession, for example. The LCB cares about a complaint they process which was found to be valid, and if a certain number of complaints received in a certain amount of years. PAGE 3 MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JUNE 12, 2000 Councilmember Singer commented that it is good to know how LCB determines what tavern is a nuisance. She confirmed that the City should work in political arenas to have comments addressed. Planning Director Krauss agrees that the issue must get back into the legislative arena and he checked with Patty McDonald to see if she can bring the matter up for discussion with the AWC and other organizations. If the LCB is treating Auburn's concerns this way, it is treating other cities the same. Across the street from City Hall, the former Mandarin restaurant is under new management and they have installed windows. The new business is a legitimate restaurant. Staffinchding Police Officer Bob Lee met with the owner. It was suggested that windows be installed and the owner is also doing substantial renovations to the interior. This should be a good addition for downtown. Apparently, the Pastime Tavern has been sold. David Allen, owner of Longhorn BBQ, wants to establish a Rock Pasta restaurant on the first floor with banquet rooms and condos on the site. He wants to purchase parking in the Sound Transit garage. Ecoaomic Development Manager Hicks remarked that the amendments are fairly straightforward. Definitions for brewpubs, restaurants and taverns are being added. Taverns are being eliminated as an allowed use with conditional use permit in the C-I and C-2 districts. Brewpubs to be allowed as a permitted use with conditional use permit in the C-1 and C-2 districts. Brewspubs to be allowed in the C-3 district. Chairman Borden recommended that the second paragraph in the agenda bill be clarified. Councilmember Singer made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Poe, to recommend approval Chairman Borden concurred. Pastime Tavern - Liquor License Renewal Planning Director Krauss remarked that comments related to Pastime Tavern may be moot because it appears the tavern was sold. Staff wants to make sure that the City consistently responds to the LCB on the renewals. The City has not been notified that the renewals is suspended. He encouraged the Committee to act on this so concerns are on the record. Councilmember Poe referred to criteria to have as a basis for recommendation that LCB would listen to. Planning Director Krauss cautioned that the LCB may never listen unless something happens on the Legislature level. Unless a complaint goes through their process, evaluated by their agents, and ajudicated by their Board, it does not appear to count. Councilmember Singer wondered if commenting is worth the bother. Planning Director Krauss replied that the LCB keeps asking for City comments. The issue may have to be addressed through the political arena. The City wants to continually, fairly and consistently bring issues to the LCB so they can be documented. This will provide more substantiation to the Legislature to do something. Councilmember Poe made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Singer, to affirm the staff recommendation. Chairman Borden concurred. Resolution 3216 - Sister City Policy Councilmember Singer advised that this was postponed pending additional information. City Park - Veterans Memorial Parks and Recreation Director Deal said this was added as an action item. The veterans memorial will begin construction in July. The park is a memorial park to veterans in different wars. For example, nine trees were planted to memorialize 9 veterans who died in World War I. The Park Board checked about renaming the park and decided the name could be changed without stirring anyone's ire. The Park Board proposed the name "Veterans Memorial Park. PAGE 4 MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JUNE 12, 2000 Councilmember Singer and Councilmember Poe like the new name. Councilmember Singer commented that something needs to be done with the building located at the park. Parks and Recreation Director Deal remarked that Jim Weeks did not want to tear down the building. The building does not meet current ADA or building standards. ; announce 4th of July when new name Chairman Borden asked if the Park Board considered any other names. Parks and Recreation Director Deal said that very little discussion was held regarding the actual name. He commented that reaching consensus on a name was difficult. Councilmember Poe would like to see something like a plaque at the Park which identifies what is there - such as the nine trees planted in memory of nine killed in WWI. Perhaps the plaque could be placed in the memorial structure. Councilmember Singer made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Poe, to recommend approval. Chairman Borden concurred. INFORMATION ITEMS: Correspondence from the Washington State Liquor Control Board Charlie Wong Restaurant (18 West Main Street) No direct discussion was held on these topics. With no further items to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. PCDC\MIN~06A-2000 PAGE 5