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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-25-2004 PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OCTOBER 25, 2004 MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER Chair Sue Singer called the meeting to order at 5:00 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 Sue Singer, Member Nancy Backus, Councilmember Peloza filled in for Member Lynn Norman. Also present were Planning and Community Development Director Paul Krauss, Community Development Administrator David Osaki, Parks and Recreation Director Daryl Faber, Planner Bill Mandeville, Project Engineer Ingrid Gaub, Finance Department Grants Accountant Lanny Petijean and Planning Secretary Patricia Zook. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Minutes of the October 11, 2004 Meeting Chair Singer remarked that on page 5, the Committee consensus was with a stipulation that 'until such time as King County requires development within the annexation area to meet City of Auburn standards'. Councilmember Backus noted that Senior Planner Dixon should be identified in the Call to Order. Councilmember Peloza made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Backus, to approve the minutes with the corrections; Chair Singer concurred. III. ACTION A. Resolution No. 3777 - Amendment to Housing Repair Program Interlocal Agreement Planner Mandeville presented the staff report. He received an e-mail from Katherin Johnson, City of Kent, that they were not going to approve or authorize additional work until additional funds were made available. Page 1 Plannina & Community Development Committee Minutes October 25. 2004 In response to Council member Peloza's inquiry, Planner Mandeville provided information on the application process, selection of recipient, determination of work to be done and follow up. Chair Singer knows that at the end of the year the City receives twice as much service from Kent as it did from King County. Planner Mandeville said it is difficult to project the amount spent, but most work is less than $5,000 and the budget is to permit 25 projects per year. The maximum is up to $5,000 every five years. Sometimes the City is able to do additional work for applicants in the same year. Chair Singer reiterated the need to have a meeting with the Human Services Committee to talk about housing repair funding to fight blight and homelessness. She is not advocating additional money until the direction is decided. Discussion occurred related to if the amendment is not made, what happens to the funds. Chair Singer would like to give direction that housing repair services are to prevent homelessness versus first come first served. Councilmember Backus said a concern was that if the City continues to devote money on mobile homes, is the City continuing to put money into something that is beyond repair? Or if the money is designed to prevent homeless ness, then the City needs to decide what direction to take in the future. Chair Singer said this needs to be looked at closely with the Human Services Committee. Council member Peloza commented that not doing the work on the four or five possible repair jobs could create larger costs in the future. Councilmember Backus made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Peloza, to recommend approval. Chair Singer concurred. Chair Singer reminded the Committee that human services funding will be a subject a an upcoming PCDC/Human Services Committee meeting. IV. DISCUSSION A. Community Radio Project Chair Singer made reference to a new proposal being distributed tonight. She also mentioned that she obtained information from Paul Nelson that has made her more comfortable with the proposal. Paul Sullivan, the project representative, spoke. As part of Phase 1, Councilmember Singer noted the Committee wanted to ensure there is adequate coverage for the entire City. Page 2 Plannina & Community Development Committee Minutes October 25. 2004 Mr. Sullivan mentioned that adequate coverage won't be known until the transmitters are set up. To some extent adequacy depends on the type of radio owned by the consumer. Chair Singer indicated that Mr. Sullivan didn't have a problem with a board member being appointed by the Mayor. Mr. Sullivan is a new member of the board and presented his background in the radio field. Money supplied by the City would be partial operating capital. They have received the interest of other organizations such as Clear Channel Broadcasting for the amphitheater, public relations for the community related to traffic congestion, and amphitheater advertising. Funds would also come from different community members who want to support the project. With the appropriate sales effort, you can build community support. He predicted that the signal should cover every aspect of the community. Mayor stressed the need for a form of notification system for the community in times of emergency. Chair Singer said that she now agrees with the proposal and likes the idea of a system for emergency notification and community notification. Councilmember Backus thinks this is a great opportunity for the City to be able to communicate with its citizens during emergency situations. Councilmember Backus made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Peloza, to forward this to the full Council; Chair Singer concurred. B. Boeing Development Agreement Community and Development Director Krauss advised that staff has been working with Boeing for the past year on the agreement. Discussions went into hiatus at Boeing's request. Since then Boeing has determined what is staying and there is more clarity of what Boeing's needs will be. Some of the areas of the site are more programmed for redevelopment than others. Boeing is seeking a level of certainty that it can market the property and have vested entitlements based on past use. The City wants a guarantee that any new or unusual impacts are addressed. Community and Development Director Krauss clarified that the language has not yet been finalized and certain portions are still under discussion. Staff has concluded that Boeing is not getting approval to do anything of greater intensity than currently approved. The fabrication division is 255 acres in Auburn. Covered in the agreement are items such as the length of term of the agreement and addressing the current development regulations. Systems for the entire site were developed, such as roads, drainage, water, and sewer and as these parts come apart from whole, separate systems need to be developed. Page 3 Plannina & Community Development Committee Minutes October 25. 2004 In response to Councilmember Peloza's inquiry, Community and Development Director Krauss said that the City is not trying to own any of the site, just trying to facilitate the Boeing asset. Shaunta Hyde, with Boeing Government Affairs, spoke of the advantages to both parties with approval of the development agreement. Chair Singer confirmed the target date for Council review of the development agreement will be December 6. Community and Development Director Krauss said this matter is being discussed with the Public Works Committee tonight also. c. 2004 Çomprehensive Plan Amendments Community Development Administrator Osaki reminded the Committee there are five map amendments and five policy/text amendments. Planning Commission had a four-hour public hearing on October 5 and a three and one half hour meeting on October 14 for the purpose of deliberations. There was a fair amount of public testimony, especially on CPM#1. He anticipates the plan being scheduled for the November 15 City Council meeting. CPM #1 is a privately initiated map amendment. The Planning Commission recommend denial on CPM #1. Planning Commission also recommended denial on one of the four City initiated map amendments, CPM #3. Planning Commission spoke at some length about the change in utility provision. Planning Commission reviewed the demographic tables and asked for additional information related to Hispanic/Latino populations. Chair Singer wants to make sure that the Committee sees all the Planning Commission minutes before the topic comes back to the Committee. A contact of hers in the community related that Hispanic means people from Mexico and Latino means people from South and Central America. There is a specific difference to the community between the two groups. The Planning Commission recommended that the Council look at how the Latino/Hispanic classification is presented in the socio-economic tables. Community Development Administrator Osaki referred to two Growth Management Hearings Board decisions that basically define what the minimum density in areas should be. He spoke about correspondence received from 1000 Friends of Washington. In response to Chair Singer's inquiry, Community Development Administrator Osaki confirmed there is language in the Comprehensive Plan about the efficient use of land and public facilities. At the Page 4 Plannina & Community Development Committee Minutes October 25. 2004 Commission meeting there was discussion about focusing growth in the urban center, not in the rural areas. For the next Committee meeting, Chair Singer requested to receive projections where development and density will be as they relate to the targets; specifically as they relate to Lakeland Hills Plan and the Pierce County and King County buildable lands. Chris Huss, Everg, reenlTucci spoke about the market conditions and topographic conditions of the site that pose limits to the number of units. He believes there was a misunderstanding at the Planning Commission meeting of their proposal. He spoke of their need for flexibility to respond to market conditions. If they want to build condominiums, they can't do it under a single family designation. They want flexibility to carve out neighborhoods. Testimony at Planning Commission public hearing alluded to more traffic and more people. The density will actually go down, not up. Mr. Huss continued by saying that Lakeland has developed to an efficient rate of five units/acre. If clustering, the units could be seven units/acre. The additional 250 units will be targeted where there is infrastructure in place. A development in Lakeland is better for the City . than a development outside Lakeland because of the mitigation fees they pay to build in Lakeland versus a stand alone project. Mr. Huss informed the Committee that after the Planning Commission public hearing, he wrote a letter to all Lakeland residents. Everyone who testified at the Planning Commission meeting said that Lakeland was great community, but no more development. His letter explained to them exactly what they are trying to do. If the property isn't developed in Lakeland, it will be developed eventually anyway. Councilmember Backus is aware that fire protection is a big issue in Lea Hill, and wonders if there are any concerns in the Lakeland area. Mr. Huss spoke about the fire impact fees in the Lakeland PUD ordinance, in addition to the traffic impact fees and school impact fees. Mr. Huss said the area in question in the Comprehensive Plan map amendment is in the process of being annexed to the City and will also be brought into the PUD. The map amendment is the first step. Area 7 is within the PUD, Area 16 was acquired through the purchase of several different parcels. They tried to acquire the Pinacles property, but couldn't. Now that project is developing on its own. Community Development Administrator Osaki said that CPM #3, related to property occupied by Skills Inc., and their CEO spoke in opposition to Page 5 Plannina & Community Development Committee Minutes October 25. 2004 the change. The owner of an adjacent four-plex said Skills was a great neighbor. The CEO thought their jobs were being jeopardized. Chair Singer mentioned the Committee of the Whole should discuss Council's views to present to the joint meeting with the Planning Commission. Discussion occurred related to scheduling a joint City Council/Planning Commission meeting in the first quarter of 2005. One meeting would be a Council meeting with the Planning Commission in which the Council will provide its perspective on growth. The second meeting will be a joint meeting with the Council/Planning Commission training session with the Hearing Examiner. The Committee wanted information about school impact fees in the ordinance and their relationship to the CFP's. Community Development Administrator Osaki will prepare a memo that outlines the impact fees. D. Critical Areas Ordinance Community Development Administrator Osaki informed the Committee that the Planning Commission is holding another public hearing on November 3. A consultant was hired to prepare a 'white paper' on best available science. Planning Commission asked staff to prepare a matrix of key issues. After the public hearing, the CAO will come to this Committee for review. Council will have the option of holding its own public hearing. Chair Singer requested to have at the November 8 meeting more information about woodland resource areas and its affects. She wants to know how this affects a project. It was agreed that a complete set of CAO maps will be prepared and available for Council review in their work area. v. INFORMATION A. Update on 15th Street NW Medians Parks and Recreation Director Faber distributed information and said that he favored Option 2. The Committee chose Option 2 based on cost. Mayor indicated that the funding source is neither Parks nor Streets. B. Report on Leadership Conference This item was tabled. Page 6 Plannina & Community Development Committee Minutes October 25. 2004 C. PAA Development Community Development Administrator Osaki said the map is relatively complete for projects vested in King County; however, the map understates the projects. He is receiving calls from individuals about water/sewer. VII. PCDC STATUS MATRIX Chair Singer wants to move the parking in front yard zoning changes to the top of the Planning Commission priority list. Community Development Administrator Osaki said the next Planning Commission meetings are fairly full with the Robertson EIS scheduled. This topic could be a public hearing at the Planning Commission's meeting in January. Community Development Administrator Osaki said the wireless communications facility issue is not an immediate need. Regarding the City Hall plaza, Chair Singer wants to move forward and reach decisions. Parks and Recreation Director Faber is starting on the landscape portion of the project. Mayor said the City is waiting for notification of the costs and this will be forwarded to this Committee and then the Finance Committee. At the November 8 meeting, Chair Singer wants information on the status of the Latino Friendship Center. Chair Singer would like a copy of the draft Park Plan for the November 22 Committee meeting. Parks and Recreation Director Faber said the Parks Board is reviewing the plan chapter by chapter. Mayor informed Parks and Recreation Director Faber that he wants the Committee to receive the Parks Board minutes on a regular basis. Parks and Recreation Director Faber spoke about the Jornada Park dedication on December 11. Chair Singer requested that the Committee receive a copy of the Green River Trail extension map. Parks and Recreation Director Faber provided information on the Les Gove Community meeting which went well. He spoke about the consultant and projects that they've done in the past. Chair Singer wants the Committee to receive updates on this project on a regular basis. Community Development Administrator Osaki will prepare the resolution for the Nelson's Jewelry Clock Tower. Page 7 Plannina & Community Development Committee Minutes October 25. 2004 VIII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Planning and Community Development Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m. 6 APPROVED THE /e DAY OF ~ NoJ_ /~~~ St:ie Singer, Chair ::3 â·~L Patricia Zõok, Secretary Page 8