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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Planning and Economic Development Committee - 08/21/1990 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE August 21, 1990 4:00 PM Committee Members Present Planning Staff Christi Houser Lauri Anderson Leona Orr Lin Ball Jon Johnson, Chair Margaret Porter Carol Proud Other City Staff Janet Shull Fred Satterstrom Carolyn Lake Alana McIalwain Planning Commission Representative City Administrator Frank Chopp Ed Chow Other Guests Kirk Johnson, Trammell Crow PHASE II WETLANDS & SMP AMENDMENTS (L. ANDERSON) senior Planner Lauri Anderson explained a grant that was approved by City Duncil last year for Phase I of a wetlands inventory. This report was given to you at the July 17, 1990 meeting. Last spring, thinking that we wanted to continue that project, the Planning Department applied for a grant to do Phase II of the inventory and also to develop a management plan and at the same time, Carol, knowing that the funds were available, went ahead to apply for a grant to do some additional work on our Shoreline Master Program, which is the update of that program is in our work program for this year. Ms. Anderson reported that the Department of Ecology (DOE) has awarded us the grant. The odd thing is that they combined the two of them into a single grant. This is why there are two distinct elements but they are combined under the one grant. The total funding that they would provide is $19, 500 and we would have to match that with an equal amount on a 50/50 funding amount. Ms. Anderson attached the Scope of Work to the agenda packet. Ms. Anderson stated that what we are looking for is action on approval of the acceptance. Ms. Anderson stated the issue, of course, is that the wetlands portion of it would be targeted to start in January 1991 and if the acceptance comes through, it commits the Council to a budget item for next year and this went to the IBC today. Planning Manager Fred Satterstrom reported that the state is offering us the $13 , 500 to complete phase two of the wetlands inventory effort and develop a wetlands management program. The intent of the wetlands study is to inventory the City's wetlands and to develop appropriate management policies nd regulatory guidelines for them. In order to use the DOE grant funds, .hey must be matched by the City on a 50/50 basis. If the Planning Committee accepts the grant that would basically commit the Council to designating ITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE .,INUTES OF MEETING OF AUGUST 21, 1990 $13,500 local match next year in the 1991 budget. He explained that the down side of this is that if we don't accept this, we lose the grant. A long discussion occurred and questions were answered related to how the funds are spent, etc. Fred responded that we are using in-kind match for the Shoreline Master Program portion of the project. Senior Planner Carol Proud explained that we had originally applied for two separate grants but for the purpose of accounting, the DOE combined this into one grant with two elements, the Shoreline Master Program and Phase II Wetlands Inventory. Council Chairman Jon Johnson asked Senior Planner Lauri Anderson what kind of action she was looking for? Ms. Anderson stated that she is looking for approval or denial of the acceptance of the grant. Councilwoman Leona Orr made a motion for the approval of the acceptance of the grant. Councilwoman Christi Houser seconded it. Motion carried. HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE (L. ANDERSON) Senior Planner Lauri Anderson started by giving the committee some background information. At our last meeting of August 7, 1990, she brought forward the istoric Preservation Work Program. This program will be developing an historic preservation ordinance and scheduled to end late this fall. Recommendation for ordinance policies would come forward to the Planning Committee hopefully to be used as a basis for an ordinance that would tell us how to deal with historic properties in Kent. An inventory has been done which was updated in approximately 1981 and two years ago, being rephotographed on site as well. These were properties that we identified through the City as having some historic significance. Ms. Anderson said these are not all on a state or a national register but have been discussed with the city historian and various people are on a local list. King County has some of these properties on their list of significant sites. While our city's historical ordinance is in the making, in the past two weeks, we have had inquiries about two of these homes. One is the Ponnson home, which was an issue last year, and the Burke home. A photo was passed around of the Ponnson home located on Central Avenue that has been identified by King County has an important property. A little history was given about the house. Ms. Anderson pointed out this house could be demolished if someone isn't interested in rehabilitating the house. The second home discussed was the Burke home. On August 17, 1990 this was advertised in the Valley Daily News with an article entitled "Historic Home Must Go-Soon" . This is located on Central at 21404 East Valley Highway (at about 216th) . Senior Planner Carol Proud added that this is the oldest standing house left in Kent, built in 1880. This is a piece of property that s owned and is to be developed by Trammell Crow Co. Since the city does not 2 `ITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE _.INUTES OF MEETING OF AUGUST 21, 1990 have any policy about these historic properties, Trammell Crow Co. received a demolition permit for the home. After contacting Trammell Crow about this house, they have been incredibly receptive to suggestions in trying to preserve it. These two houses led to discussion of potentially placing some kind of moratorium or limit on destruction or delay of development until the ordinance is in place. Ms. Anderson asked the committee how interested they would be in such an ordinance. A resolution would be written and come back to the Planning Committee. More discussion occurred. Discussion occurred as to how enforceable the interim ordinance would be. Attorney Carolyn Lake will look into the issue. Lauri stated other alternatives. If a house is on the list, perhaps the Planning department could require the house be advertised before it would be demolished. Council chairman Jon Johnson added this would perhaps give King County or the City of Kent an opportunity to purchase the property. The purpose today was to get the interest and feedback from the committee. Planning Manager Fred Satterstrom stated that there is something needed in the code to give it the enforcement necessary. For instance, if there was othing to prevent the demolishing of a building, at least there would be some measure to require them to advertise to give someone an opportunity to preserve the property. Councilwoman Leona Orr said she assumes that the ordinance would have some sort of criteria for the buildings to be put on a list. Therefore, there is a clear understanding as to why this house or property was considered historically valuable. Ms. Lauri Anderson would work with the assistance of Attorney Carolyn Lake about how we can do this or some kind of mechanisms that would involve notification, protection and a list of requirements. It was stated that basically out of the goodness of someone's heart, a historical piece of property could be saved. Senior Planner Lauri Anderson spoke specifically about the Burke Home. Kirk Johnson from Trammell Crow came to the meeting. Trammell Crow had their demolition permit but have been very receptive to trying to preserve it. Planning Director Jim Harris and Kirk Johnson are in the process of trying to negotiate some ways for the house to stay on Trammell Crow's site. They are talking about moving it potentially to the corner of 218 St. and East Valley and incorporating into their project. , 3 ITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE eiINUTES OF MEETING OF AUGUST 21, 1990 Trammell Crow has also volunteered and has paid for an ad that ran in the Seattle Times, the Seattle P-I and the Valley Daily News. The house has to be gone or moved by August 31st because the access way runs right through the house. Kirk Johnson stated they have received about 60 calls on the house. Weyerhaeuser Corporation is interested in moving it to Federal Way to use as a training facility but the city prefers to keep the house in the city. Ms. Anderson stated she wants to get a sense from the committee if there is interest in having us pursue some other alternatives if these alternatives fall through. Discussion occurred about what is involved in moving a house considering costs, traffic lights, possible cracking of the house if going up and down hills or over railroad tracks. The cost of this moving the house is about $27, 000. An onsite move would cost $15, 000. If the house was moved offsite, it would be $15, 000 plus about $8,500 in which $2,500 would be for rerigging the house when taking the wheels on and off because it has to sit somewhere for some period of time. Then $3,500 of the $8, 500 is for full staff to aid in the move. Also, an additional $2,500 to lower it to the foundation. If the foundation is done by the mover, the cost would be $4, 600 in addition to the $15, 000 plus $8, 500. The house would be left in the rigging and the foundation is built underneath it and then the house is lowered down onto it. f someone wanted the foundation excavated so it was below grade, this would cost $700 more. Questions were raised if there is money in the budget for the city to move it. It was noted that the Planning Department has requested money in the 1991 budget to be set aside for historical preservation. It was concluded that the committee would like to consider all the options available, and might arrange an emergency meeting, if necessary, for further discussion. HUMAN SERVICES ROUNDTABLE UPDATE Senior Planner Lin Ball brought the committee up to date on the Human Services Roundtable. The King County Council voted at their last meeting to put a Law, Safety, and Justice measure on the September primary ballot. The measure requests a . 1 percent increase in the sales tax. The King County Council voted to designate a portion to fund a regional domestic violence system. Ms. Ball explained that domestic violence has a long history of impacting police services. She emphasized that this history was important in adding the domestic violence piece to the measure. Ms. Ball will be meeting with Chief Frederickson the week of August 27, 1990 to discuss some of his plans for this levy when and if it passes and to stress the importance of including funding for Domestic Violence. Chief Frederickson is aware of the regional system for domestic violence. 4 Is. Ball reported that the total Law, Safety and Justice revenue allocated to the City of Kent will be about $419, 000. Of this total, approximately $46, 090 will be requested for allocation to the domestic violence program. ADDED ITEM REPEAL OF ORDINANCES #2776 AND 12777 Fred explained that approximately two years ago there was a proposal to rezone a 14 acre piece of property that was then zoned M-2, which is bounded by the north side of South 262nd, the east side of SR-167, the south side of the Green River and the west side of the Puget Sound Power and Light Co. right-of-way. The history of the property is that it had originally been zoned M-2. The owner at one time had obtained a rezone to MRM in order to obtain a mobile home park combining district. That approval was obtained, but the property was not so developed. The mobile home park combining district approval has lapsed. The application two years ago requested to have a recreational vehicle park. The Council passed Ordinances #2776 and 12777 known as the Kantor Rezone and Kantor Recreational Vehicle Park. There were conditions attached to that rezone that dealt with Public Works improvements which were all recorded. In our RV code, it basically says that if you don't do the RV park in one year, it lapses. Therefore, the Recreational Vehicle Park became null and void. The property owner would like to sell the land for what the property is now Toned after the recreational vehicle park has lapsed and that is M-2, Limited .ndustrial. Due to the fact these conditions appear when a title search is done, these conditions tied to the rezone come up and the property owner is having difficulty selling the property. Planning Manager Fred Satterstrom explained we are asking that the committee forward to the Council the repeal of Ordinance #2776 and Ordinance 12777. There is a letter in the file that says that if these are withdrawn, the property owner will withdraw the appeal. Councilwoman Leona Orr made the MOTION, Councilwoman Christi Houser SECONDED it. MOTION carried. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at approximately 5:05 PM.