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Home My WebLink About07-05-1988250 ;;,;��,��. �t.;:� � A�� i,��,,�� CITY OF AUBURN AUBURN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES July 5, 1988 7:30 p.m. L C,ALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the City of Auburn Council was called to order by Mayor Bob Roegner at 730 p. the City of Auburn Council Chambers. � A. FIaQ Salute ,.- Cub Scout Pac 323 posted the colors of the f'lag and ied the flag salate. Members of / Pac 323 present were Nathan Mark, Joey Allred, John Mandelin, and Brett Cabie. I. Mayor Roegner thanked Pac 323 for posting the colors and leading ffie pledge of � allegiance. � :� u Roll Cail Those in attendance included Mayor Bob Roegner, and Counciimembers Whittall, Walters, Larson, Brothers, Wisner, Burns, and Kurle. Staff inembers in attendance '. included Parks & Recreation Director Len Chapman, Public Works Director Frank , Currie, Fire Chief Bob Johnson, Planning Director Mary McCumber, City Atrorney Marguerite Schellentrager, Police Chief Jake Evans, Finance Director Pat Dugan, Personnel Analyst Ruth Moore, Senior Planner Lynn Rued, Senior Planner Rob Chave, Deputy City Clerk, Gayle Butcher, and Deputy City Clerk, Jan Hubbard. Announcements and Aouointments 1. Announcements: Police Deoartment Retirements Police Chief, Jake Evans, introduced Auburn police officers James Schuler and Ron Cude. Both James Schuler and Ron Cude are retiring from the Auburn' Police Department after 20 years of service. Chief Evans recognized their service and dedication to the department. Schuler also has the distinction of retiring from the U.S. idavy after 20 years of service. 2. A000intments - None. Aaenda Modifications Apolication No 20-88 Attachments submitted under Application No. 20-88 have minor corrections which �r noted below. "I'he second page of the Findings and Recommendations of the Hearing Examiner for the City of Auburn does not indicate a page number. The page number should be t Under Conclusions of Law on Page three, the second paragraph should be IisteA as number two instead of three. 'ihe following page after page three should be omitted from your packet as it is a duplicate of page [wo. II. CITIZEN IIVPUT PUBLIC HEARINGS &('ORRESPONDENCE A. Public Hearines 1, Revised Land Division Ordinance The Auburn City Council ro receive public testimony on the proposed revisi to the Land Division Ordinance for consistency and implementation of city and state regulations. Mayor Roegner opened the public hearing. .. No one spoke for or against the revised Land Division Ordinance. CITY OP AUBURN COUNCIL MEETING 251 JULY 5, 1988 Motion by Councitmember Burns, second by Councilmember Wisner ro close the public hearing. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0. Motion by Councilmember Burns, second by Councilmember Wisner ro approve the revisions to the Land Division Ordinance and to instruct the City Attorney prepare the necessary ordinance. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0. 2. Anolication No. ANX-1-87 The request of the property owners to annex approzimately 4.5 acres of proper located on 4th Street N.E. and on the west bank of the Green River to the existing city limits of the City of Auburn. Mayor Roegner opened the public hearing. Don Kuofer 1814 4th Pl N.E., Auburn Don Kupfer requested that a petition be presented to new households for annexation before any action is taken. These households were not asked previously. Fred Poe 37016 356th Ave S.E. Auburn Fred Poe ezplained he originated the petition. He did not want to force anyon to annex into the city so only included his lots in the annexation request. Motion by Councilmember Burns ,second by Councilmember Whittall to close the public hearing. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0. Councitmember Larson asked if it is possible to include additional property ' owners within the area of the proposed annexation. Planning Director, Mary McCumber, replied that property owners in the area interested in annexation would have to make a new application. Councilmember Wisner asked if the property is contiguous to the city limits. Ms. McCumber answered that it is. Motion by Councilmember Burns, second by Councilmember Whittall to approve the annexation and to instruct the Planning Department to prepare the notice of intention to annex and forward to the King County Boundary Review Board. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0. 3. Auburn Business Imorovement Area Resolution 1866 called for a public Business Improvement Area for the hearing for the purpose of establishing a Auburn Centra( Business District. Prior to opening the public hearing, Mayor Roegner asked Sr. Planner, Rob Chave, to give a brief background on the downtown plan and the formation procedure for a Business Improvement Area (BIA). Mr. Chave explained it wa necessary to obtain the signatures of 6095 of the businesses affected to form th BIA. 7'he formation committee succeeded in obtaining 6546 of the necessary signatures. The BIA allows for a legal mechanism to seek additional sources of help for enhancements to the downtown area. An ordinance is required by stat law to establish the BIA. Secondly, there is a resolution before the Council tonight authorizing the Mayor to ezecute a contract with the Chamber of Commerce to administer the BIA. Mayor Roegner opened the public hearing. Wavne Heisserman, 20 "B" St. N.E Auburn Wayne Heisserman, Chairman of the Downtown Advisory Committee, stated he felt establishing a BIA could help give the City a progressive business district a ezplained that its formation would heip share the expenses between the businesses. He urged the Council's support for formation of the BIA. PAGE 2 �� CITY OF AUBURN CbUNCIL MEETING JULY 5, 1988 Motion by Councilmember Burns, second by Cauncilmember Whittall to close the public hearing. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0. Motion by Councilmember Bums, second by Councilmember Wisner to introduce and adopt Ordinance 4293, establishing an Auburn Central Business District Business Improvement Area (BIA). MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0. Motion by Councilmember Burns, second by Councilmember Whittall to introduce and adopt Resolution 1870 authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce to administer the BIA. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0. B. Audience Particioation Mayor Roegner asked the items. There being many moved it to this point. audience how many were present to testify on New Busine present interested in Application No. 19-88, the Mayor Mayor Roegner noted the City had received a petition submitted on Appticat;on No. 19-88 which appears under New Business on tonight's agenda. Mayor Roegner ezplained to the audience that participation from the audience on Ne Business items was not part of a formal public hearing, but an opportunity for the audience to request a public hearing at a later date. Wavne Gibbons. I500 Benson Rd. S.. Renton. 98058 Wayne Gibbons spoke on behalf of Mr. Millard and Beneficial Development for Application 19-88. Mr. Gibbons stated the request is in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan and the Lakeland Hills Plan. He also stated Beneficial Development accepts the Planning Staffls recommendations and conditions. and ask� that the Council approve the request. Nancv Bourn. 5133 Mill Pond L000. Auburn Nancy Bourn read the petition noted under Correspondence on tonight's agenda. She stated she feit multi-family housing would cause stress on the schools and traffic and that over 9096 of the homeowners in Lakeland Hills signed the petition. She requeste the Council hold a public hearing. Nick Dorsev. 912 Slst S.E.. Auburn Nick Dorsey stated his concern that adding multi-family housing would add a transie element that would not exhibit the same pride of ownership of single family owners. He urged the Council to consider holding a public hearing. Bill H000er, 801 SOth S.E.. Auburn Bill Hooper requested a pubtic hearing and asked that it be held at a different time than the hearing examiner meeting. He asked that Notices of Public Hearing be post more visibly and the meeting better pubiicized. Tom Marino. 804 54th S.E..Auburn Tom Marino requested a public hearing and stated he felt the time of day of the last hearing made it difficult to get a true indication of those interested. PAGE 3 �_ ,I ' CITY OF AUBURN COUNCIL MEETING 253 � JULY 5, 1988 Theresa Norelius. 816 52d S.E.Auburn Theresa Norelius stated they were assured by their real estate agent that the area was zoned for sing(e family. They moved in two weeks ago. Brent Berntson. 807 SOth S.E.. Auburn Fred Berntson stated he felt traffic would be increased if the area included mutti-fa housing. �'im Grant. 5615 Hazel Ave.S.E.. Auburn Tim Grant stated his greatest concern was crime, and asked how the number of offic on patrol wouid increase with a change to multi-family housing. Mayar Roegner asked for comments on the other applications under New Business. Mayor Roegner noted the petition read by Nancy Bourn is made part of the record. Mary McCumber, Planning Director, stated the Planning Department supports a hearing. Ms. McCumber gave a brief background on the multi-famiiy development i Auburn. She stated that at the last meeting of the Hearing Examiner a number of petitions came through for consideration. When the Comprehensive Plan was passed 1986, multi-family zoning was decreased to 1200 acres, 400 acres less than in the oid plan. The percentage of land designated for multi-family housing is 1996 compared t 2796 in the old plan. In 1986-87, 7196 of new residentiai construction was single fam In Kent, for the same period, only 396 was single family. Application No. 19-88 was moved up on the agenda for consideration at this time. Motion by Councilmember Bums, second by Councilmember Whittall to cali for a public hearing on Application No. 19-88 at the regular Council Meeting July 18, 198 MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0 C. Corresoondence Petition/Aoolication No 19-88 A letter submitted on June 28, 1988 transmitting a petition signed by residents of the Lakeland Hill Development opposing the rezone application. This petition was read under Audience Participation. There was no other correspondence submitted. III. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Municival Services Chairman Whittall stated the Municipal Services Committee has not met since the last Council meeting. The next Municipal Services Committee meeting will be on July I 1988 at 5:30 p.m. B. Plannine & Communitv Develooment Chairman Burns stated the Planning & Community Development Committee met on June 28 and the minutes are of public record. The nezt scheduled Planning & Committee Development meeting is July 12, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. C. Public Works Committee Chairperson Wisner reported the Public Works Committee has not met since the Iast Council meeting. The nezt scheduled Public Works Committee meeting is July 7, 19 ' at 7:30 p.m. D. Finance Committee The Finance Committee met prior to the Council meeting this evening. The next meeting of the Finance Committee will be at 6:30 p.m. prior to the Council Meeting, July 18,1988. Mayor Roegner adjourned the meeting for a short recess at 8:35 p.m. The meeting was reconvened at 8:40 p.m. IV. CONSENT AGENDA PAGE 4 254 CITY OF AUBURN COUNCIL MEETING A. Min s-June 20, 1988 Regular Council Meeting JULY 5, 1988 B. Vouchers l. Ciaims #37600 through #37899 in the amount o£ $268,604.56. 2. Payroll #135338 through #135772 in the amount of $463,097.07. C. Out of State Travel l. Parks Denartment Recommend authorization for Sharon LaVigne, Recreation Coordinator, to atte the National Parks and Recreation Association Revenue Management School San Diego, California, from July 24-28, 1988. D. Bid Awards 1. Isaac Evans Park To award Contract P88-03, the development of Isaac Evans Park, to Calhoun Construction Company, Inc., for their base b;d and Alternate No. l, in the amount of $654,290, ptus Washington State sales tax, to be funded from Fund 324, Fund 321, and Fund 625. E. Call for Bid 1. Recommend approval to call for bid on Contract 88-IS for centerline and lane-line pavement markings. Motion by Councilmember Larson, secand by Councitmember Wisner to approve Consent Agenda items IV.A. through IV.E. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0. V. OLD BUSINESS A. Aoolication V-2-85 The Auburn City Council at its April 18, 1988, regular Council meeting referred Application No. V-2-85 to the Public Works Committee on the proposed vacation of street right-of-way, situated on that portion of land designated as a public street located in the 310 block "E" Street N.E., within the City of Auburn, Washington. �. A h .r, �'� t^��orit ar thia time due to review bv the Public Works Committee. VI. IdEW BUSINESS A. Aonlication No. 19-88 The request of Beneficial Development Company to rezone from Unclassified to R-4 (Multi-Family) property containing approximately 13.580 acres and located southeasterly of Oravetz Road and Mill Pond Drive. This item was considered under Audience Participation. B. Aoolication No 20-88 The request of Fairfield Developments, Inc. to rezone from R-2 (Single Family) to R-4 (Muiti-Family) property consisting of 6.7 acres and located southeasterly at the northeastern corner of "I" and 40th Streets N.E. Motion by Councilmember Burns, second by Councilmember Wisner to approve the rezone based upon the Hearing Examiner's Findings of Fact, Conclusions and Conditions as outlined and to instruct the City Attorney to prepare the necessary ordinance. Under discussion, Councilmember Wisner asked how the applicant could comply with Item 6 of the Findings of Fact, and how many neighbors had protested the rezone request. Ms. McCumber stated the Planning DeDartment is recommending a lesser project. The conditions of approval bring down the amount of land and units to be consistent with the EIS. About [hree people protested the rezone request at the hearing. PAGE S \ , J ' \ C[TY OF AUBURN COUNCIL MEETING Some Councilmembers asked about the Auburn and if this request falls within housing in the Comprehensive Plan. 255 JULY 5, 1988 number of multi-family units in the percentage zoned for mutti-family Ms. McCumber stated the proposal complies with EIS requirements, and falls within the percentage allowed in the Comprehensive Plan for multi-family housing. Councilmember Kurle asked if this was a combined project, or are Fairfield Meadows and Golden Meadows separate. Lynn Rued, Sr. Planner, stated they are a combined project with regard to the EIS, but future land use actions will be separate. Councilmember Walters asked if we have the ability to determine the quality of the buildings in an R-4 zone as opposed to a C-3. Ms. McCumber stated we have zoning and construction codes, but it is very difficult to legislate good design. We have certain setback, light, air and landscaping requirements but if the appticant meets the zoning and building codes, that is acceptable. Discussion continued on the layout of the project and clarification of the 4096 rule. Councilmembers voted on the motion on the floor to approve the rezone. MOTION DEFEATED.. 3-4. Councilmembers Whittalf, Walters, Brothers, and Kurle voted no. Motion by Councilmember Brothers, second by Councilmember Walters to hold a public hearing at the nezt regularly scheduled Council meeting, July ]8, 1988. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0. C. A�olication No. 21-88 The request of Pacific Ventures, Inc. for a Conditional Use Permit to allow construction of a 148 unit apartment complez on property zoned C-3 (Heavy Commercial) containing 5.6 acres and located on the east side of "A" Street S.E.in the 1800-1900 blocks. Motion by Councilmember Burns, second approve the Conditional Use Permit based Conclusions and Conditions as outlined. MOTION CARRIED. 4-3. by Councilmember Wisner to upon the Findings of Fact, Councilmembers Walters, Larson, and Kurle voted no. D. Aoolication No. 23-88 The request of Dan and Kim Mayer construction of one duplez and three and located on the south side of 3rd 3rd Street S.E for a Conditional Use Permit to ailow triplexes on property zoned R-3 (Duplex) Street S.E.in the 1200 block AKA 1200 Motion by Councilmember Burns, second by Councilmember Wisner to approve the Conditional Use Permit based upon the Hearing Examiner's Findings of Fact, Conclusions and Conditions as outlined and to instruct the City Attorney to prepare the necessary ordinance. MOTION CARRIED. 6-1. Councilmember Kurle voted no. VII. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS A. Ordinances 1. Qrdinance No. 4292 PAGE 6 2�CITY OF AUBURN COUNCIL MEETING JULY 5, 1988 An Ordinance of the City of Auburn, Washington, relating to and providing for the vacation of street right-of-way, situated on that portion of land designated as a public street located on S8th Avenue South, within the City of Auburn, Washington. Motion by Councilmember W;sner, second by Councilmember Walters to introduce and adopt Ordinance 4292. MOTION CARRIED. 6-1 Counci(member Larson voted no. 2. Ordinance No. 4293 An Ordinance establishing an Auburn Central Business District Parking and Business Improvement Area; providing for the levy of' special assessments upon businesses within the area, the deposit of revenues in a special fund, and expenditures therefrom; providing for an implementing agreement. Ordinance 4293 was approved under Item II.A3., Public Hearings. B. Resolutions Resolution No. 1869 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington, authorizi the Mayor of the City of Auburn, to execute a memorandum of agreement between Senior Services of SeatUe/King County (SSC/KC), a non-profit corporation of Seattle and the City of Auburn,to provide a social and nutrition program for low income elderly citizens. Motion by Councilmember Burns, second by Councilmember Wisner to introduce and adopt Resolution No. 1869. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0 2. Resolution No. 1870 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington, autho the Mayor and Ciry Clerk of the City of Auburn, to execute a contract with Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce to administer the operation of the Business Improvement Area. Resolution No. 1870 was approved under Item II.A.3, Public Hearings. 3. Resolution No. 1872 A Resolution o£ the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington, authorizi the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. ] to Landscape Architectural Services agreement between the City of Auburn and MacLeod Reckord for services associated with Isaac Evans/Dykstra Park improvements. (7'he original agreement authorized by City of Auburn Resolution No. 1794, dated September 21, 1987. Motion by Councilmember Burns, second by Councilmember Wisner to introduce and adopt Resolution No. 1872. Councilmember Larson asked the difference between Resolution No. 1872 and Resolution No. 1794. Len Chapman, Parks and Recreation Director, stated Resolution No. 1872 amends the original agreement to include inspections of the Fulmer Field restrooms. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0 4. Resolution No. 1873 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington, authorizi the Mayor of the City of Auburn, to execute a contract between the City of Auburn and Wilsey & Ham Pacific, Inc., for engineering services in connection with the Auburn Municipal Airport 1988 FAA Airport Improvement Program construction projects. PAGE 7 \ � CI'PY OF AUBURN COUNCIL MEETING 25? IULY 5, 1988 Motion by Councilmember Wisner, second by Counciimember Burns to introduce and adopt Resolution No. 1873. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7-0 VIII. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Roegner stated the monthly activity report would be avaiiabte to the Coancil nezt week. IX. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m.. Bob Roegner, Mayor Robin Wohlhueter, City Clerk PAGE 8