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Home My WebLink About4920 RESOLUTION NO. 4 9 2 0 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, TEMPORARILY REDUCING BUILDING, PLANNING AND ENGINEERING RELATED FEES AND TEMPORARILY REDUCING PARK IMPACT FEES (PIF) FOR THE PERIOD FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS RESOLUTION THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2013, FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN FOR WHICH COMPLETED APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED WHEREAS, the City of Aubum has previously taken substantive steps to promote redevelopment of Downtown Auburn including but not limited to the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), obtainment of a Regional Center designation from the Puget Sound Regional Council and the preparation and approval of design guidelines and standards; and WHEREAS, despite ongoing economic impacts from the Great Recession, there is current real and substantive interest from private sector development parties in the development of residential, retail and office development in Downtown Auburn; and WHEREAS, the City of Auburn desires to promote and incentivize private sector development investment in its downtown core to realize future property tax and sales tax benefits to the citizens of Auburn from currently undeveloped and underdeveloped properties in said downtown core; and WHEREAS, the City of Aubum City Council is able under current state and local regulations to make adjustments to certain fees charged to private sector development interests and more specifically to fees charged for building Resolution No. 4920 February 26, 2013 Page 1 of 5 review, planning review and engineering review including the facility extension agreement process and for park impacts fees; and WHEREAS, the City of Auburn believes that the aforemerrtioned fee adjustments will be a major factor in enticing private sector development interests to commit to developing on certain parcels in Downtown Auburn; and WHEREAS, the City of Auburn believes that the period of availability for the aforementioned fee adjustments should be limited to no later than December 31, 2013 and that such limitation will help spur near-term private sector development investment; and WHEREAS, there are certain "catalyst properties" in the Downtown Core whose redevelopment will in addition to increasing property and sales tax collections in the Downtown Core act as an impetus to future downtown development and redevelopment through a substantive increase in downtown residents and employees. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON HEREBY RESOLVES as follows: Section 1. That the City's Master Fee Schedule shall be modified to authorize a seventy-five percent reduction in fees charged by the City of Auburn for building review, planning review and engineering review inclusive of the facilities extension agreement process applicable only to those parcels of land specified as the "catalyst properties" in Section 3. Section 2. That the City's Master Fee Schedule shall be modified to authorize a seventy-five percent reduction in park impact fees (PIF) charged by Resolution No. 4920 February 26, 2013 Page 2 of 5 the City of Auburn, applicable only to those parcels of land specified as the "catalyst properties" in Section 3. Section 3. That the following parcels of land shall be considered "catalyst properties" (Exhibit "A") in the City's Downtown Core and shall be eligible for application of the aforementioned fee adjustments: Parcel No. 7815700115 Parcel No. 7815700110 Parcel No. 7815700095 Parcel No. 7815700135 Parcel No. 7815700240 Parcel No. 7815700225 Parcel No. 7815700250 Parcel No. 7815700265 Parcel No. 7815700380 Parcel No. 7815700370 Parcel No. 7815700390 Parcel No. 7815700410 Parcel No. 7815700325 Parcel No. 7815700326 Parcel No. 7815700327 Parcel No. 7815700310 Parcel No. 7815700305 Parcel No. 7815700300 Resolution No.4920 February 26, 2013 Page 3 of 5 Parcel No. 7815700295 Parcel No. 7815700290 Parcel No. 7815700285 Parcel No. 7815700280 Parcel No. 7815700075 Parcel No. 7815700070 Parcel No. 7815700047 Parcel No. 7815700030 Parcel No. 7815700020 Parcel No. 7815700015 Parcel No. 7815700005 Parcel No. 0492000460 Parcel No. 0492000461 Parcel No. 0492000463 Section 4. That the modifications to the City's Master Fee Schedule shall only be made available to those development projects on the aforementioned "catalyst properties" that have received all necessary and required developmer�t approvals from the City including planning approval, environmental review approval, building permit approval and engineering approval inclusive of facilities extension agreement approval. Section 5. That the modfications to the City's Master Fee Schedule spec�ed in Sections 1 and 2 of this Resolution shall expire on December 31, 2013, and the prior rates shall thereafter apply Resolution No. 4920 February 26, 2013 Page 4 of 5 Section 6. That the Mayor is authorized to implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directives of this legislation. Section 7. That this Resolution shall take efFect and be in full force as provided herein, and upon passage and signatures hereon. Dated and Signed this �8�day of ��J , 2013. B � PETER B. 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