HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Planning and Economic Development Committee - 07/17/1990 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE
July 17, 1990 4 : 00 PM
Committee Members Present Planning Staff
Christi Houser Lauri Anderson
Leona Orr Lin Ball
Jim Harris
Margaret Porter
other City Staff Janet Shull
Carolyn Lake
Planning Commission Representative City Administrator
None Ed Chow
WETLANDS INVENTORY (L. ANDERSON)
Senior Planner Lauri Anderson explained in detail the City of Kent Phase I
Wetland Inventory Report. Lauri Anderson announced that last spring the City
was awarded a grant from the Department of Ecology with a total project
funding of $12 , 000 including a 50 per cent match of $6000 contributed from
the City of Kent. Shapiro & Associates, Inc. (SHAPIRO) was hired to conduct
the field investigation during the month of May. The inventory was completed
oy trained botanists, wetland ecologists, and soil scientists from SHAPIRO.
In June, the final reports and maps were sent to the Department of Ecology
for approval. During the week of July 9, 1990, the approval was received.
Copies of the Wetlands Inventory will become available to the public on
July 18, 1990.
A grant has been awarded from the Department of Ecology for the second half
of this inventory for next spring 1991, which will include a wetland
management program. The timing is ideal in that the Growth Management Act
and possible Citizens ' Initiative mandate regulation of critical areas such
as wetlands.
The City's obligation to compensate landowners as a result of any wetlands
regulations was discussed. One question was brought up as to whether
wetlands on a piece of property would enable the property totally to be
developed. It was stated this is a touchy issue. If development were
prohibited on a piece of property, the City might be responsible for
purchasing the property. James Harris explained that the Planning Department
will be more consistent in handling wetlands issues based on the present
data. The Corps of Engineers can zero in on the specific wetlands. Attorney
Carolyn Lake stated that the greater that any municipality or any government
agency can show that the preservation of certain lands is necessary for
health, safety or welfare issues, the less likely it is that regulations
would be subject to a takings claim.
With regards to the Wetland Inventory Report on page 7, Carolyn Lake
commented on the phrase, "the inventory is considered conservative, probably
taking in more area as wetlands than would occur from using the Unified
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Federal Methodology on each site to delineate the boundaries" . Carolyn said
that based upon that statement, care should be taken that any future wetlands
regulations not be tied to the inventory report. The purpose of this
inventory was that it would flag the area in general and that the specific
boundaries would then be staked out. Lauri Anderson explained there is a
clear disclaimer on the map.
No action was needed from the committee. The presentation from Lauri
Anderson was for information only.
SENIOR HOUSING - Janet Shull
Planner Janet Shull presented the Final Recommendations of the Senior Housing
Advisory Committee Phase One. The committee was appointed by Mayor Kelleher.
They began meeting in March, 1990 and finished up in June, 1990.
The committee members also visited existing senior housing facilities and
talked with their management staff.
The Senior Housing Advisory Committee held two public meetings on May 21st
and June 5, 1990. In the Appendix of the report is the tabulation of all the
comments that were received from the two public meetings, as well as results
from a survey with mostly senior citizens responding.
The committee's recommendations on page 1 of the report are as follows:
1) The City of Kent should enter into a Housing Cooperation Agreement
with the King County Housing Authority for the purposes of owning and
managing the Kent Senior Housing.
2) The City of Kent should develop the senior housing utilizing a
design/build/turnkey method which requires a single RFP for the purposes
of selecting the senior housing site(s) , buildings (s) and design-
development team(s) .
3) The City of Kent should retain professional services for the purposes of
overseeing the construction of the senior housing.
4) The City of Kent should ensure that the Kent Senior Housing consist of
independent living units with the capacity to provide support services
for some of the units.
The committee was asked to forward to the Council the Action Items 1-4 on
page 1 of the report (attached hereto) .
The two main issues that were discussed were ownership and management (this
pertains to Action Item One on page 20 of the report) . It was pointed out
that the City cannot own and manage its own housing.
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Action Item One of the report was amended as follows:
Amended Action Item One: Ownership and Management
The Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem is directed to negotiate with the King County
Housing Authority a Housing Cooperation Agreement consistent with the final
recommendations of the Senior Housing Advisory Committee for the purposes of
owning and managing the Kent Senior Housing with the final Housing
Cooperation Agreement to be approved by City Council ordinance.
As follows a motion was moved and seconded:
For the acceptance of the Senior Housing Committee Phase I Report, and
approval of the Action Agenda (contained on page 20) with the Amendment
to Action Item Number One (as stated above) .
The motion was approved and shall be forwarded to the full council on
August 7 , 1990 along with the committee' s recommendation for acceptance of
the report.
ADJOURNMENT
:he meeting adjourned at approximately 5: 05 PM.
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