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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-25-2005 A<CC"'''' *. . / * ,'Yt'¡"'iP ", ,'Y £lTYOF'_4"~'* 7~ PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE July 25,2005 MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER Chair Lynn Norman called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. at the Mary Olson Farm site located 28728 Green River Road, Auburn, WA. Committee members present were: Member Gene Cerino, Member Nancy Backus. Also present were Planning and Community Development Director Paul Krauss, Community Development Administrator David Osaki, Planner Bill Mandeville, Development Services Coordinator Steve Pilcher, Parks Planning and Development Manager Dan Scamporlina, Museum Director Patricia Cosgrove, Cultural Arts Manager Lori Patrick, Mayor Pete Lewis and Planning Secretary Carolyn Brown. Among members of the audience were Mike Archibold, King County Journal and Dr. Judy Martinson, Dieringer School District. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. June 27, 2005 Meeting Member Cerino made the motion to accept the minutes as presented. Member Backus seconded. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0 III. ACTION A. Mr. Mandeville presented the information on the Interlocal Agreement between the cities of Auburn and Kent for the Housing Repair Program for 2005. The Agreement was actually written in February, but the Agreement had to wait until HUD notified the City of Auburn that the funds were available for release. Chair Norman stated that some of these funds were for work already done. Page 1 Planning & Community Development Committee Minutes Mr. Cerino made a motion to approve the Interlocal Agreement between the cities of Kent and Auburn for the Housing Repair Program for 2005 and forward to the City Council. Ms. Backus seconded the motion. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0 B. Ordinance No. 5932 is for ANX04-0002 the Tucci-Polygon Annexation. Mr. Mandeville briefly presented information stating that this is the last step in the annexation process. The annexation completed the Pierce County Boundary Review process. If approved by council the annexation will become effective on August 15. There was a brief discussion regarding fire service in the area. Mr. Cerino made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 5932. Ms. Backus seconded the motion. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0 C. Resolution No. 3879 is for an agreement for professional services with LMN Architects. Mr. Pilcher briefly presented background for the agreement. He stated staff had been working on developing design guidelines for downtown and presented those previously to the committee. After attending a workshop that included a presentation by Mark Hinshaw of LMN , committee members directed staff prepare a contract with LMN. The proposed agreement includes an economic analyst sub-contractor and the fee includes her travel expenses. Mr. Pilcher added that the contract has been reviewed by legal staff. The project should be completed by the end of the year. Mr. Cerino made a motion to approve Resolution No. 3879. Ms. Backus seconded the motion. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0 D. Ordinance No. 5913 is for off-street surfacing requirements of single family dwellings and duplexes. Mr. Osaki reviewed past comments regarding the language of corner lots. The Committee briefly discussed duplexes and the size of front Page 2 PlanninQ & Community Development Committee Minutes yards. Mr. Osaki stated the proposed ordinance tries to protect against an individual being able to pave the entire front yard while also, not constraining someone with a very small front yard. There was a question on the language about required parking spaces. Mr. Osaki stated that this is existing code language and the Committee may want to come back and look at the existing code language. Mr. Cerino made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 5913. Ms. Backus seconded the motion. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0 E. Draft Economic Development Strategies Brochure was presented by Mr. Krauss. Mr. Krauss stated this brochure is a result of a group of stakeholders brought together by the Mayor to develop economic development goals and strategies. At the initial meeting, the City was divided into four geographic areas. Chair Norman said at that time the attendees were put in groups in charge of an area and the ideas from each group were assembled into a document. Mr. Krauss would like to take the brochure to the Public Works Committee and then City Council in a resolution format. This will also help support certain Comprehensive Plan Amendments. The Committee discussed whether it might bea good idea to bring the brochure to the next Council Committee of the Whole meeting. Mr. Krauss asked that the Committee send the draft brochure to the Committee of the Whole with the recommendation of the Planning and Community Development Committee to move forward. F. Parking Lot Request for Proposals was presented by Mr. Krauss. The City issued a Request for Proposals on downtown parking lots. Two proposals were received and the review committee was in favor of the submittal from Jeff Oliphant for the Mel's Lumber property. This proposal would help the downtown area. The second proposal was from LlHI. The proposal would bring in 54 low income housing units on the mural lot on B Street NE. There was no retail for Main Street stated with this proposal. The B Street mural was an issue, but LlHI stated they would relocate the mural. The committee's Page 3 Planning & Community Development Committee Minutes recommendation was to move forward with Jeff Oliphant's proposal. Mr. Krauss said he will take the proposal to the Municipal Services Committee and the City Council. The Committee discussed possibilities for additional parking for both City of Auburn staff and visitors to the downtown area. Mr. Krauss stated he would contact the Hospital about the possibility of adding another floor to the proposed parking garage structure. Mr. Krauss will meet with Mayor Lewis for direction to negotiate a contract. Mr. Cerino moved to approve the Mayor continuing negotiations with Jeff Oliphant for use of a City parking lot and with the Hospital. Ms. Backus seconded the motion. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0 G. Resolution No. 3877 - Public Art Presentation and Agreement Parks and Recreation. This item was moved to discussion on the agenda. H Resolution No. 3883 is supporting the acquisition of property for Recreational and Wildlife Refuge purposes, was a new item added to the agenda. Mr. Krauss gave a brief overview of the proposal which is to preserve land near Enumclaw for a future regional park along the White River. Mr. Cerino made a motion to approve Resolution No. 3883. Ms. Backus seconded the motion. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0 I. Surplus of Equipment from Planning Department was for two slide projectors. Mr. Cerino made a motion to approve Resolution No. 3883. Ms. Backus seconded the motion. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0 IV. DISCUSSION Page 4 Plannina & Community Development Committee Minutes A. Ms. Patrick with the Parks Department, presented a public art signage proposal project for the southeast corner the intersection of Auburn Way South and F Street sE. Jennifer Osborne, Project Engineer for the City of Auburn is also involved with this project as a traffic light is being installed at this location. Ms. Patrick had a model and pictures depicting the signage and art work. The City of Auburn Arts Commission's public art panel recommended artist Ingrid Lahti's proposed signage installation. The artist's concept is to use the idea of the site as the former path of the White River. Ms. Patrick pointed out that this is a busy and challenging site in need of signage and landscaping. The Committee discussed the idea of incorporating river rock at the site and past accidents that have occurred near that site. The Committee mentioned that the Les Gove Park area with the Senior Center, Parks Department building, Library, Museum, etc is hard to find. The Parks Department is working on directional signage. Mr. Krauss said the one problem is the streets align into the neighborhood and not to the park areas. The Art is considered a landmark and Parks Department will be working with engineering on proposed signage. There followed additional discussion on the sign treatment and size. Chair Norman stated that she likes the concept. Since there are no other questions at this time the discussion was concluded. B. The Dieringer School District (DsD) school impact fees was presented by David Osaki. The City has a letter dated June 22, 2005 from the DSD stating the impact fees requested. Differences in how other school districts like the Auburn School District (AsD) and the Dieringer School District present their capital facilities plan annually was discussed. The ASD for instance, identifies updated school impact fee amounts annually. The Dieringer School District has traditionally not done this, but instead has been providing updated information in the format it provides to Pierce County. Mr. Osaki discussed the methodology of how the impact fees are determined. Dr. Martinson stated that Pierce County takes a different approach to school impact fees. Pierce County has a county Page 5 PlanninCl & Community Development Committee Minutes wide school impact fee. Dr. Martinson said no matter what information provided to Pierce County that it (Pierce County) will apply the same fee. Mr. Cerino is concerned that the City will meet resistance from the County by setting a different fee. Dr. Martinson replied that cities in Pierce County already set their own school impact fees. She commented on the potential housing proposals that are being discussed and a missed opportunity for Dieringer. The Committee discussed the cost of the housing and the potential for a larger impact fee. They also discussed whose obligation it is to set the fees, Generally the City has waited for the school to submit a proposal. The Committee discussed the reason for impact fee differentials between single family and multi-family housing units. Chair Norman stated she still has questions for staff. Ms. Backus added that she would also like more information. Mr. Osaki stated he will bring more information back to the next Committee meeting concerning the number of housing units that might be constructed in this area in the future and on past discussions on financing impacts that led to a phased impact fee approach for the Auburn School District. Mr. Osaki said that if the City intends to evaluate the Dieringer School District's impact fee amount on an annual basis then the City needs to receive that information from the school district annually. Mr. Osaki stated he would talk to Dr. Martinson. Staff will come back to the next meeting with some answers to the Committee's questions. C. Mr. Mandeville presented the information regarding the Nichols and the Stipp annexations. There will be a public hearing for the Nichols annexation at the August 1, 2005 City Council meeting. Mr. Mandeville recommends the City Council postpone action on the Nichols annexation until they hear public testimony about the Stipp annexation. He said a public hearing about the Stipp Annexation is tentative planned for the first Council meeting in September. Mr. Mandeville said both property owners are using the same developer to subdivide their properties. Mr. Mandeville said access to the Page 6 Plannina & Community Development Committee Minutes Nichols property will depend on Council action on the Stipp Annexation. Chair Norman said the neighbors will hear that one will affect the other. Mr. Mandeville said he will bring a signed petition for the Stipp annex to the PCD meeting in August and at that time will ask for the public hearing. D. City Annexation Policies. Mr. Mandeville provided the Committee with a large map of the City's annexation areas. He stated that it shows all the annexations currently under consideration. Mr. Osaki pointed out that the City made a policy change in 2004 regarding extension of City utilities. The policy now is that if someone wants utilities from the City they have to annex. Some owners are using the new policy to annex their property. Ms. Backus was concerned that the fire department may have issues. Mr. Krauss stated that to this point there haven't been any issues. Chair Norman stated that the City Council may not have anticipated that there would be all of these small annexations. Mr. Krauss then reviewed the 4 areas of annexation - North Pierce County, West Hill, East Hill with vested applications before January 1,2005 and the unincorporated islands. . Annexation of properties immediately abutting the existing city limits has always been the case, but the Council should change the policy and the Comprehensive Plan if that is not the direction they want to take. The Committee discussed the fact that the Police Department does not have a problem with the annexations. Difficulty with Fire Department access to some of the areas was also discussed. Mr. Krauss said that this could be another topic for the Meeting of the Whole. Ms. Backus asked whether the existing comprehensive plan language requires the City Council to approve an annexation. Mr. Osaki answered no. Mayor Lewis said that council enacted the policy to not provide utilities to anyone else in the Lea Hill area. Mayor Lewis said they should consider no further annexations until the fire situation is resolved. Mr. Mandeville added that the City has three chances to say no. Once at the 10% petition stage, the 60% petition stage, and Page 7 Plannina & Community Development Committee Minutes then at the time of final enactment/ordinance adoption. Mr. Krauss stated that he will ask Dan Heid to provide some additional information about City Council options. Mr. Mandeville will be bringing the Stipp 60% petition and the Shaw 10% application to the next PCD meeting. E. Regarding the 2005 Comprehensive Plan Amendments, including A Street SE Zoning, Mr. Osaki said the City concern is how deep to go east of A Street SE and to bring commercial zoning into the residential area. The Comp Plan text talks about buffers between commercial and residential areas. However, staff could not find a clean delineation area between the two different types of uses. Mayor Lewis added that the best guess would be to go with the alley as the delineation point. Mr. Osaki said the City could try to rezone all the remaining residentially zoned properties along A Street and see how many other homeowners are interested in or opposed to rezoning. Another question would be whether areas that are designated heavy industrial stay that way or should it transition to something else. Chair Norman asked what would be the best way to get this accomplished. Mr. Krauss said the City has to decide what is in the public interest. Mayor Lewis said it would be best to stick to the A Street corridor and take C3 on the frontage. Mr. Krauss added that the change may have to be combined with traffic calming or closing off some of the streets. The City could have a neighborhood meeting. Chair Norman stated that she agrees on a C3 designation back to the alley to the east. Chair Norman also asked whether everything is aligned on I Street NE as was discussed by the economic development stakeholder group. Mr. Krauss stated there may be a couple of locations to align. The Committee discussed the Grace Community Church area, superMall, and Long Horn BBQ area. Mr. Krauss said the City can also change the M1 (Light Page 8 Plannina & Community Development Committee Minutes Industrial) zoning to add C3 uses. Mayor Lewis added that he would like to see it happen. Chair Norman said they need to have the list of amendments finished by the end of August. Mr. Osaki said that will be tight. The Committee discussed the time line on this year's Comprehensive Plan Amendments. V. INFORMATION A. The Committee discussed a letter from the City of Kent regarding the joint Housing Repair Program for 2006. Mr. Mandeville said he is analyzing options and will present more information to the Committee in August. Chair Norman said if the joint program is dissolved this could present an opportunity to better use the money. Mr. Krauss said he, Mr. Mandeville and Mr. Hicks will attend a meeting in September with Kent, regarding abating old trailer homes. B. On the PAA Pilot Program, Mr. Krauss said the meeting scheduled for last Friday was postponed. Mr. Osaki said will probably be rescheduled for the middle of August. C. Updated PCD Work Plan Work plan was discussed with nothing to add. VII. OLD BUSINESS A. Chair Norman asked for feedback on the Wesley Homes plan on traffic mitigation. Mr. Krauss will research for her. VIII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Planning and Community Development Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. PPROVED THE ? {i ---- DAYOF~-;?~~ ~/~~ Carolyn own, Secretary Page 9