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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-26-2004MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JANUARY 26, 2004 The regular meeting of the Planning and Community Development Committee was held January 26, 2004 in Conference Room 1. Those members in attendance were as follows: MEMBERS PRESENT: Lynn Norman, Nancy Backus and Bill Peloza STAFF PRESENT: Paul Krauss, Daryl Faber, David Osaki, Shirley Aird, Eric Hagen, Duane Huskey, Chris Thorn and Patti Zook ALSO PRESENT: Mayor Lewis, Roy Bennion, Dini Duclos, Catherine Johnson The meeting was called to order by Councilmember Lynn Norman at 5:00 p.m. ACTION 1. Approval of Minutes of January 12, 2004 Meeting Councilmember Backus made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Peloza to approve the minutes. Ordinance No. 5802 - Amending Chapter 2.06 of Auburn City Code Titled "City Council" and Approving Rules of Procedure (from January 12 meeting) Councilmember Peloza commented that the ordinance incorporates changes from the Municipal Services Committee. Councilmember Backus made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Peloza to approve the minutes. DISCUSSION 1. City of Auburn Stormwater Monitoring and Inspection Program Planning and Community Development Director Krauss gave a brief overview and said this topic was somewhat controversial a few years back. This should enable the City to respond to needs such as environmental remediation, fish habitat and grants support. Water Quality Program Coordinator Thorn commented that staff worked together on a variety of drafts with input from various departments. This is a good program and speaks to operating procedures to be in place. Councilmember Peloza asked how this connects with regional stormwater and Water Quality Program Coordinator Thorn said it supports the City's efforts to regulate activities. He said that Federal regulations don't talk about monitoring and talk about implementing programs. He spoke about using best management practices. Planning and Community Development Director Krauss said the program will help in targeting remediation and to make sure basins function the way they are supposed to and ways to monitor for private facilities. Councilmember Norman referred to page 3 regarding private storm facilities and asked about enforcement. Water Quality Program Coordinator Thorn said that a lot of this is already being inspected. Staff will check for maintenance. This documents what the City already does and how to improve. Assistant City Engineer/Utilities Huskey said that staff visits 500 community sites each year. There are 100 private maintenance agreements. Planning and Community Development Director Krauss gave an example, that when a development gets approval they must maintain the facility permanently and City asks for and then has to use code enforcement to require maintenance. This is an obligation that goes with the property. PAGE 1 MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JANUARY 26, 2004 Councilmember Norman applauded the efforts of the straightforward document. 2. City of Kent's One-Stop Human Services Center Catherine Johnson, Housing and Human Services Manager for City of Kent, provided background on the center which was initiated by Mayor White who was concerned about the accessibility of human services to Iow income clients. It is hard for clients to get from one service provider to another due to transportation issues. Kent City Council approved funds for studies and a consultant worked with key agencies. Dini Duclos, CEO of Multi Service Center of Federal Way, distributed a summary document describing the project name, project address, project description, agencies involved, proposed facility, and proposed budget. She showed a picture of the building and spoke about what improvements are needed. It's estimated the project will help 200,000 clients each year. Councilmember Backus asked about any concerns of adjacent neighbors about having this kind of facility. Ms. Duclos said the building is in a semi-industrial area. There is the potential of a homeless men's' shelter in the evening. A conditional use permit for the entire project is applied for. Councilmember Backus believes the project is a wonderful idea and will be time efficiency. Ms. Johnson advised there is the possibility of requesting from Auburn CDBG capital funding in 2005. 4. Auburn's Response to Proposed King County Comp Plan Amendments Planning and Community Development Director Krauss advised Committee to read the entire text on King County's web site. This is an issue in which a number of cities and the Suburban Cities Association are concerned. King County acts as a regional government and is creating policies with regional implications in the Comprehensive Plan. The Cities have no chance to review or comment on the Plan amendments. King County proposes to lower the LOS for traffic in areas they administer and in fact make the situation worse. He mentioned the development moratorium in some parts of King County and this would blow the moratorium open. King County has not had any discussion with affected cities and is now asking cities to annex land in their PAAs as soon as possible. Cities are concerned about the language referencing hiring sheriff deputies. The Boundary Review Board is a King County agency and staffed with King County employees and King County attorney. Renton and Federal Way have responded and are concerned. The King County Planning Directors and interjurisctional team have attempted to raise issues. Planning and Community Development Director Krauss commented that if enough cities raise issues King County would be hard pressed to ignore the cities' concerns. If necessary there could be a way to appeal to the GMPC due to King County violating regional policies. This matter right now is informational for Council. 5. Northeast Auburn Special Plan Area Senior Planner Dixon spoke with the Committee about a year ago. The Comprehensive Plan identifies a number of special plan areas. He pointed out the location of the Plan area and zoning in the area. There were discussions in the past with several property owners and no agreement was reached about how to proceed in developing the area. The property owner for the drive in theater approached the City about developing a project on their property. Robertson Properties, owner, signed an agreement for development of special area plan to include an ElS. The area is unique and bounded by three different arterials. Some right of way has been obtained. The plan area is 85 acres, and Robertson properties is about 55 acres of this total. He talked about the proposed I Street extension and the ElS will study access points to 277th Street. An adjacent property owner wants to develop property to the east of this plan area as residential. The ElS will look at different alignments for I Street. PAGE 2 MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JANUARY 26, 2004 Senior Planner Dixon mentioned what is studied in an ElS. There was a kick off meeting in November 2002 (attended by approximately 20 people) to embark on the ElS process. In January, 2003 staff put out the official ElS scoping notice and held a public scoping meeting (attended by approximately 12 people) to take comments about what to study in the ElS. The consultant has been conducting an analysis of these issues, traffic and stormwater and is nearing completion. Developer is pursuing three different development options and he explained them. ElS is also required to analyze a no action alternative. He showed overheads of possible project configurations for the three alternatives. He said that for this project the City of Auburn may come up with a new zoning designation such as previously done for Terrace View and Lea Hill. The designation could be similar to C-3, Heavy Commercial uses and development standards, but may have greater pedestrian orientation requirements. The concept is for unique zoning designation for this area and different than current zoning classifications; perhaps a new zone or an overlay. There is not currently an existing zoning designation that allows a mix of uses that the property owner wants. Senior Planner Dixon said development square footage numbers are supposed to be the maximum allowed. There could be a blend of the three alternatives such as residential, office and commercial. The site will require significant infrastructure improvements. Councilmember Norman wondered about an opportunity for a joint venture on I Street and Planning and Community Development Director Krauss spoke about the major obligation for infrastructure by the developer and possibility of funding from the Port. 6. Outdoor Storage in M-l, Light Industrial Community Development Administrator Osaki continued this discussion from the last meeting and follow up. Staff looked at other jurisdictions to see how they regulate outdoor storage and excerpts are in the agenda packet. He referred to a letter from Roy Bennion (in packet) that speaks to container storage. When this was initially discussed, issue was contractors' yards. All jurisdictions have screening requirements - usually fencing, typically landscaping. Councilmember Norman suggested looking at combination of lot size and building size. Some cities have additional performance standards, some cities have height limits, some cities have processes for administratively waiving screening requirements. Auburn is a bit more limiting in the M-1 area. Councilmember Backus thinks the City should continue to look at the issue of outdoor storage for businesses coming to Auburn because this would be conducive to being a good business partner. Councilmember Norman thanked Mr. Bennion for his letter. When based on size of a building versus size of a lot, her concern is there a way to figure or an equation for an allowable number. Councilmember Norman remarked that screening is important and talked about importance that M-1 zoned property be near the transportation corridor. Community Development Administrator Osaki suggested that staff come back with a list of questions for the Committee. He will develop a formula for discussion purposes. He said that by virtue of definition outdoor storage does not include licensed vehicle, but rather backhoes or heavy equipment. Councilmember Backus wondered about a community committee of interested parties of those using outside storage and seek their input. Mayor wants to let staff develop a checklist of questions and then come back to the Committee because it is still early in the process. There are new Councilmembers on the Committee and staff will seek their opinions. 7. Les Gove Water Spray Pool Parks and Recreation Director Faber provided background on the project and showed a diagram. He spoke of the expected water conservation and cost savings with the spray pool. 90 percent of users of PAGE 3 MINUTES OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JANUARY 26, 2004 the pool wanted a spray pool. He furnished information on the funding sources for the pool. He spoke of contributions to the project that will be provided by the Rotary Club. He is now preparing the bid documents. Councilmember Peloza announced that the Rotary Club is putting together a marketing team to sell the pool apparatus 'toys' to different businesses and service clubs with a plaque of who sponsored the apparatus. With no further items to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m. PCDC\MIN\I B-2004 PAGE 4