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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Planning and Economic Development Committee - 09/04/1990 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE September 4, 1990 4: 00 PM Committee Members Present Planning Staff Christi Houser Lauri Anderson Leona Orr Lin Ball Margaret Porter James P. Harris Other City Staff Janet Shull Fred Satterstrom Carolyn Lake Alice Shobe Tony McCarthy Bill Williamson Planning Commission Representative City Administrator Linda Martinez Ed Chow 1991 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM (LIN BALL) Senior Planner Lin Ball reported on Kent's 1991 proposed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program with a total estimated amount of CDBG funds available of $219,719 for the program year, January 1 through December 31, 1991. Enclosed in the Committee's Agenda packet was a memorandum that gave background material, the recommended action to be taken, and a report listing the eight(8) proposed programs. Ms. Ball briefly described each program and went over the recommended funding levels. Planner Alice Shobe reported specifically on the Housing Repair Service Program that has operated since 1974. She explained where Neighborhood Strategic Area (NSA) homes are located. These homes receive priority over other homes in the city. The program serves low/moderate income homeowners throughout the city. Ms. Shobe reported on the three elements of the program: 1. Major repair - The City contracts out repairing of roofs, furnaces, sewer line hookups, etc. 2 . Minor repair - Three staff members perform minor repairs on decks, plumbing, window replacements, etc. 3 . Painting program - This is the second year and is a more visible part of the program. Priority is given to homes in the NSA area. Nine homes are planned to be completed in 1991. 1 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 4, 1990 Ms. Shobe stated there will be more emphasis in 1991 on minor repairs rather than major repairs due to the long waiting list for repairs. Ms. Ball explained the recommended action needed to adopt the 1991 Community Development Block Grant program as proposed and for it to go to full City Council on September 18, 1990. The adopted program must be forwarded to King County by October 1, 1991. Council member Leona Orr MOVED and Council member Christi Houser SECONDED the motion to have this item go to City Council on September 18, 1990. MOTION carried. HUMAN SERVICES ROUNDTABLE UPDATE (LIN BALL) Senior Planner Lin Ball did not have an update today. SENIOR HOUSING CONSULTANT (JANET SHULL) Planner Janet Shull reported on the request for funds to pay for technical assistance to the Senior Housing Bond program for the purposes of helping the City develop an RFP to acquire a site, obtaining a design/development team for the senior housing, and provide technical assistance for drafting grant applications for both the Housing Opportunity Fund and Housing Trust Fund grant programs to further the Kent Senior Housing Bond. This was proposed to the IBC last week. The IBC is recommending that a special budget be set up for this type of expenditure. This budget that would be paid out of the bond proceeds after the selling the bonds. A memo was passed out explaining this process. Ms. Shull explained they are asking for the Planning Committee's approval to set up a pre-bond issue budget of $40,000 for expenditures related to the senior housing bond. This is scheduled to go to Operations on September 11, 1990 and recommended for consent calendar of full Council on September 18, 1990. Council member Leona Orr moved and Council member Christi Houser SECONDED the motion to forward this issue to City Council on September 18, 1990 with recommendation of approval. MOTION carried. GROWTH MANAGEMENT ADVISORY BALLOT (LAURI ANDERSON) Senior Planner Lauri Anderson gave a little background about the Growth Management Committee which was set up last spring by the Mayor in response to the Growth Management Act. The committee started meeting in the latter part of July with five meetings to date. Before the committee was even established, the City Council had made a motion to refer the petition from the Responsible Urban Growth Group (RUGG) to the committee for their review and analysis 2 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 4, 1990 to bring back to the Council some ideas on how to address the issues in this petition. As a first order of business, the Growth Management Committee looked at the petition. One idea that came of their discussions was for an advisory ballot. The Responsible Urban Growth Group had mentioned this at the time they presented the petition to the City Council. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss having the advisory ballot go from City Council to the King County Records and Election Office by September 21, 1990, to be included on the November 6 general election ballot. The Committee held a special meeting last week to determine whether they were interested in a ballot. The decision was in favor except one dissenting vote from the Seattle Master Builders Association representative. The association sent a letter stating their opposition to the advisory ballot. On the memo included in the agenda packet, the exact wording of the ballot measure was not included. The Mayor's Growth Management Committee met to compose the wording today. Ms. Anderson read and passed out a memo of the approved wording by the Mayor's Growth Management Committee for the recommended advisory ballot as follows: "Should Kent immediately adopt interim growth controls-- pending implementation of state-directed growth management measures--which would require installation of public facilities (schools, roads, parks, etc. ) before or during construction of new multifamily, industrial, or commercial developments; control the rate of development; and control conditions for multifamily rezones?" Ms. Anderson explained that to place this measure on the ballot there will be a charge which is prorated out among all of the jurisdictions which have measures on the November 6 ballot. At the time we initially spoke to King County Records and Elections, they quoted us a figure of approximately one dollar per registered voter or $13 , 000. Last week the Planning Department was informed this could be dropped to as low as fifty cents per registered voter. The amount depends on how many measures end up on the ballot which is not determined until September 21, 1990. Since there is a fiscal impact, it is scheduled to go to the IBC on September 5, 1990. The committee did not make a recommendation rather, the Committee members decided to take this action to full City Council on September 18 as a public hearing rather than Other Business for discussion. 3 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 4, 1990 Much discussion occurred as to the possibilities if this measure failed and the consequences. Rather than this item be placed under Other Business, the Committee members decided to take this to full City Council on September 18 as a public hearing for discussion on the issue at hand for Council to pass a resolution to place this question before the voters on the November 6 general election. ADDED ITEM - LABOR FORCE Council member Leona Orr stated that it has been brought to her attention through Jim White and a business owner of a problem with the building, and housing the business called the Labor Force. Senior Planner Carol Proud has been working on a zoning code violation. The Public Works Committee met in the moring on September 4 and recommended that the Planning Committee make a report to find out what Council action can be taken about the complaints and problems. Bill Williamson was instructed by the Public Works Committee to meet with Carol Proud and look at what can be done. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at approximately 5: 10 p.m. 4