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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Planning and Economic Development Committee - 11/15/1994 (3). KENT CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES November 15, 1994 4:00 PM Committee Members Present Leona Orr, Chair Jon Johnson Tim Clark Planning Staff Margaret Porter Kevin O'Neill Fred Satterstrom Jim Harris Sally Gilpin City Attorney's Office Roger Lubovich Laurie Evezich Other City Staff Arthur Martin Nancy Mathews Ed Crawford Other Guests Fred High GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE - (F. Satterstrom) Manager Satterstrom reported on the progress of the Comprehensive Plan. The last Planning Commission meeting was November 14, 1994 with another one planned for November 21, 1994. The public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan will be re -opened November 28, 1994. An alternate meeting is planned for December 12, 1994, hopefully the Plan will be brought to the City Council on the second meeting in January 1995. Fred reported the Comprehensive Plan was sent to the Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (DCTED) for their review. The Planning Department is currently responding and resolving the items that are partially done and the areas not completed. Senior Planner Kevin O'Neill briefly reported DCTED's review comments: Generally, DCTED's comments on the Plan were very favorable. Things they particularly liked included: • How the Plan clearly linked the State's goals and Countywide Planning Policies with local goals and policies. • They were impressed that the Plan included optional elements, including Human Services, Parks, Economic Development, and Community Design. CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES NOVEMBER 15, 1994 • They commented upon the participation, including Preference Survey results in of the Plan. emphasis placed on public incorporating the Visual the community design element DCTED also noted some specific concerns about the draft Plan, which Mr. O'Neill has reviewed the concerns and presented them to the Committee. These included: • DCTED noted the Transportation and Capital Facilities elements were incomplete. This is currently being addressed at the Planning Commission so this will be done soon and sent onto the City Council with the entire Plan. • They were confused about Kent's urban growth area boundary. They wanted to know if the City plans to meet its housing target within the City limits, then why did the City have an urban growth area boundary that went beyond the city limits. They said it looks like the City is combining some of the City's units with the unincorporated area. Mr. O'Neill stated this will be clarified since the Plan clearly says the City is not doing this, and a response will be made to DCTED. • With regard to the unincorporated areas, DCTED did not like the fact that the City adopted the Soos Creek Community Plan on an interim basis, since the predominant designation in this area is Single Family 1-8 units/per acre. They were not comfortable with that designation because SF 1-8 could mean densities as low as 1 unit per acre, which they felt would be too low a density inside the urban growth area boundary. They recommended an average net density of at least four(4) units per acre. Mr. O'Neill stated this is consistent with the zoning that is out there now. The Planning Department recommended to the Planning Commission to add a policy in the Land Use Plan that makes it clear this would be the City's goal. The Planning Commission felt comfortable with this. • The Growth Management Act requires that if there are agricultural lands, which we have in the County and the City, the City or County_ needs to have a mechanism in place for transfer or purchase of development rights. A policy was suggested to be added to the Land Use Plan at the November 14, 1994 Planning Commission meeting and they agreed in order to meet this requirement. • The most complicated issue, because it is not just a City of Kent issue but a County wide issue, is the issue of the housing target. This item was discussed at the October 18, 1994 Planning Committee meeting relating to 2 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES NOVEMBER 15, 1994 the Countywide Planning Policies. Basically, DCTED does not like the idea of the way that King County, in the Countywide Planning Policies, have a range of housing targets for each City and for the County as a whole. They don't understand how the housing number is related to the population number. They noted in their comment to the City that while each City had a range, the City of Kent had 3ust a specific number which was at the high end of that range. The City plans on waiting to see how this issue is handled on a regional basis between the County and the State to proceed forward on resolving this issue. HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONITORING FOR 1992-93 - (S. Gilpin) Planner Sally Gilpin presented an Analysis of the Seattle -King County Public Health Services for 1992-1993. She stated the analysis was written by her colleague, Rachel Johnston. The purpose of the report was to identify public health services provided to Kent residents in 1992 - 1993 and to explain the cost of the services. The City contracts with the public Health Department to provide health services to Kent Residents. The City pays according to the number of units of service provided. Some of the City's costs are defrayed by grants and fees the Health Department receive. As mentioned in the report, the Health Department has two types of health services. They are personal and environmental health services. These services are categorized as either basic or optional. She stated the City is charged for basic services only. Optional services are paid for by the County and "other" funds. This analysis is based on the Health Department 1995 assessment for 1993 services. So each assessment the City gets, which is a bill, is for two prior years. The total cost to the City in 1992 (for both categories) was $635,592, and the total cost to the City in 1993 (for both categories) was $625,535. Overall, looking at both the personal services and environmental health services, in 1993 the City paid $10,057 less for services. The report indicated that in 1993 the City will be paying approximately $14,633 less for basic personal health services than in 1992. Costs went down for the City even though there was a 9% increase in the number of clients served over 1992. Environmental Health costs increased by 13% in 1993, but the number of basic service units decreased by 4%, which is a result of inflation and not raising their fees). In the future when the Washington Health Care Act of 1993 is implemented, the City will no longer contract with the County public health services. The State will take approximately 2.95°% of the City's Motor Vehicle Excise Tax (MVET) and direct it to the County to support local public health services. This may be in effect as early as July 1995. 3 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES NOVEMBER 15, 1994 COMMUNITY NETWORKS - (E. Crawford Police Chief Ed Crawford gave a brief explanation of Community Networks. Mr. Crawford has asked Nancy Mathews, who works for the police department as a program assistant with the Drinking Driver Task Force, to assist him on this project. During the last legislative session, the State established legislation aimed at reducing and preventing the incidence of youth violence. Early this summer the South County Youth Violence Committee, which is sponsored by United Way, took it upon themselves to assist in the public process of helping develop community boundaries as the first step in the development of community public health and safety networks. This Committee undertook the quest of trying to submit a boundary area to the Family Policy Council (the legislative board that reviews and makes determinations about the process). After many discussions and public meetings, a boundary area was submitted as the total south county. The area starts south of the Seattle City limits and basically encompasses the south end, including Maple Valley, Enumclaw and Federal Way. There were six other entities within King County that submitted requests for boundaries outside of the south end that were also approved. Approval of the south county application makes them the largest community network in the state with about a 550,000 population; the City of Seattle is next in size with 518,000. Mr. Crawford stated a 23 member board is being developed. Legislation requires that Networks are composed of 23 people who represent the diversity of our South County community. A) Thirteen of these people will be chosen by specific organizations; three by King County, three by the thirteen cities, three by the eight school districts, three by local chambers of commerce, and one high school student will be selected from among student organizations. B) Ten members representing cities, counties, Indian tribes, park and recreation programs, law enforcement agencies, superior court judges, state children's service workers, employment assistance workers, private social, educational or health service providers, and broad-based nonsecular organizations. An information letter, application, and job description will be sent out very soon. A series of informational meetings about the Network and the membership selection process will be sponsored by each city in the South County Network and will be held in their respective areas on the evening of Thursday, December 8, 1994. Kent's meeting will be held at Chambers West from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. IMPACT FEES - (L. Orr) Regarding impact fees, Chair Orr requested this item be added to the agenda to come up with a strategy, determine where to go from here, and determine whether this Committee is agreeable to tackle this issue. The Meridian Annexation is to be discussed at the Council meeting tonight; therefore, the subject of impact fees needs to be addressed. 4 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES NOVEMBER 15, 1994 Fred Satterstrom distributed copies of the old committee's study on impact fees from 1991. Chair Orr invited Fred High, an original member of the impact fee committee, to come to the Planning Committee meeting who is from the Kent School District. Chair Orr is sincerely concerned about this issue because currently fees are being collected in the Kent School District in the County. She stated she doesn't want to see them loose that funding source if the annexation happens. Assistant City Attorney, Carol Morris, attempted to write a draft school impact fee ordinance several years ago, but because of the unique way in which school district boundaries overlap other jurisdictions, there were some problems in developing that ordinance. Orr said now that the County already has ordinances in place, perhaps this would helpful for the City in developing one without causing any conflicts. City Attorney Roger Lubovich stated he doesn't see a problem and the County's ordinance will be helpful. His only concern was being short on staff resources for a couple of months with Laurie going a maternity leave the middle of December. The Committee discussed and agreed that an interlocal agreement with the County would be necessary to provide a smooth transition on this annexation, and this issue on impact fees could be included so there is no loss in funding to the Kent School District. Jim Harris suggested the Committee develop an outline or framework in which to work from and to develop time lines each month to be able to work toward a goal. Also, it was decided to have the next meeting on December 13, 1994, instead of December 20, 1994. ADDED ITEMS• ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 5:01 p.m. mp:c:pco1115.min