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The regular meeting of the Planning and Community Development Committee was held August
11,2003 in Room 1 of the Auburn City Hall. Those members in attendance were as follows.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Trish Borden, Stacey Brothers and Nancy Backus for Sue Singer
GUESTS: Bill Peloza
Staff Present: Mayor Lewis, Paul Krauss, Dan Scamporlina, David Osaki, and Carolyn Brown
The meeting was called to order by Trish Borden at 5:00 p.m.
ACTION:
The minutes of the July 28, 2003 meeting were approved as written.
1. Resolution No. 3629 - Olson Canyon Farm Lease Agreement was approved.
2. Resolution No. 3630- Food Concession Agreement was approved after some discussion to
clarify a statement regarding peanuts and sun flower seeds. Also, committee asked staff to
correct two typos in the text.
INFORMATION
Planner Osaki discussed the Auburn School District's 2003-2009 Capital Facilities Plan. The
school impact fee at the present time is $2500 for a single family home and $1000 for multi-
family. The school district has indicated that they would like to see the school impact fee
increased.
Council member Brothers raised a question regarding the "fee obligation number". Committee
discussed the last time the adjustment was made and Council member Borden recalled that it
was 6-7 years ago. At that time the City Council settled on a specific dollar amount and no
formula was involved. Many school districts will set a maximum amount to charge.
Council member Brothers noted that the fee identified in a capital facilities plan could possibly
escalate on an annual basis. Planner Osaki concurred. Council member Borden added that the
dollar amount does not seem do go up each year, but there can be some fluctuation. Planner
Osaki said the amount can readjust based on facilities identified in the capital facilities plan.
Council member Borden said also there are 3 school districts within the Auburn area.. Derringer
recently did a redistrict with Auburn.
Planner Osaki will develop a school impact fee matrix as an informational item and will provide it
at the next meeting.
Next were two additions to the discussion portion of the agenda.
The first item is Resolution 3633 which reaffirms the initial findings on the 6-month moratorium on
sexually oriented businesses and sets a public hearing for September 2. Council will consider
this resolution at its August 18, 2003 meeting.
Resolution 3634 is extending the moratorium for six more months and would be considered at the
September 2, 2003 meeting.
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Planner Osaki added that the Planning Commission (PC) is making progress on the discussion
on adult businesses ordinance. The PC feels strongly about financial audits but that could raise
other issues. The PC would like to have the Public Hearing on the draft ordinance in November.
The PCDC then discussed definition of adult entertainment. One thought is that 20% of stock in
trade is adult entertainment. But the next question to resolve is what is fashion and what is
entertainment. The PCDC discussed the definition of fashion. One critical question for the
ordinance is can existing uses be grandfathered.
Council member Borden added that there is a certain thought process that these businesses
would draw from a certain clientele. Planning Director Krauss added that some store concepts
are designed to appeal to women. Aisc, can the City regulate the degree of offensiveness or the
perception of such.
Council member Borden would like to research the grandfathering issue and also the use of
square footage as a definition. Planning Director Krauss said he will speak with the City Attorney.
Council member Borden could see a problem if a number of these businesses are allowed to be
together.
Planning Director Krauss added a new information item. It is a letter from the City of Kent
regarding the disposition of the Kent Watershed area. Planning Director Krauss stated that the
City of Kent would like to sell the land to a developer as it is worth from $3 to $4 million dollars.
The money from the sale would have to go into the Kent water fund. There is a possibility of 200
to 500 homes being built in that area..
If Auburn is planning to annex, now would be the time instead of waiting until after the homes are
built. The Committee discussed the possibilities of annexation now. There is some active
opposition at this time from local residents to development of the watershed property. Kent is
amending their Comprehensive Plan to show residential use in that area and Auburn is doing the
same. Staff will come back with more information to a future PCDC meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 5:40 pm.
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