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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Planning and Economic Development Committee - 01/15/1991 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE January 15, 1991 4:45 PM Committee Members Present Planning Staff Leona Orr Lauri Anderson Jon Johnson, Chair Lin Ball Christi Houser Jim Harris Margaret Porter Fred Satterstrom Other City Staff Other Guests Roger Lubovich Patricia Cosgrove Alana McIalwain Linda Van Nest Carol Morris Josie Emmons Vine --SEVERE WEATHER SHELTER FOR HOMELESS IN KENT - INFORMATION ONLY (L. Ball) Senior Planner Lin Ball gave a brief update on the project. On January 2, the Committee voted on an amendment to the Severe Weather Shelter Resolution. The amendment was to give the City flexibility in offering the homeless shelter every night instead of on an intermittent basis as stated originally. On January 3rd, the Human Services Commission had a special meeting to consider the proposal from Catholic Community Services who was the only agency that responded to the proposal to operate the shelter program. The City's allocation of $15, 000 was not enough to meet both portions of the proposal, (a voucher program and a shelter faciltiy program) . In order to respond quickly to the need for a severe weather shelter and to get the program started, the Commission voted to award the contract to Catholic Community Services to operate the Severe Weather program as a motel/hotel voucher program only on only severe weather nights. Vouchering would place all individuals (families, couples, single men and women) into hotels. Planning Director Harris clarified that the vouchers would be given out by Catholic Community Services between 1 - 5 p.m. under the following conditions: 35 degrees or colder, two inches of snow, or a chill factor of 35 degrees. On the vouchering system with hotels, CCS anticipates they can leverage the ":ity's money on almost a 1 to 1 basis or 80 percent of every $100. The 1 lanning Department %ity Council Planning Committee January 15, 1991 Police Department will be vouchering the program on weekends on any severe weather nights. Mr. Harris mentioned that good media coverage on the shelter in Kent was given on Channel 5 News. Because of the Commission action to operate the shelter program on an intermittent basis as defined in the existing ordinance, there is now no need to bring forward to the full City Council the Planning Committee's January 2nd action to amend the ordinance. Ms. Ball did note that the Commission does still want to pursue a shelter facility program for the fall, so we may be back to the Planning Committee in the future to resurrect this proposed amendment. WHITE RIVER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM - FOR INFORMATION ONLY (L. Anderson) Senior Planner Lauri Anderson introduced several people who came to the meeting: Patricia Cosgrove, the new Director of the White River Valley Historical Museum; Josie Emmons Vine from the City of Auburn's Cultural Arts Section of the Parks Department, who has been working with the Museum and the Society; Linda Van Nest, President of the White River Valley -Historical Society. Senior Planner Anderson briefly went over the material that was provided in the agenda packet. The White River Valley Museum is located in the City of Auburn. It was organized and is run by the White River Valley Historical Society, a group of White River Valley citizens who have worked very hard to nurture the interlocal nature of the Museum. For example, they rotate their presidency between Kent and Auburn. They have a lot of Kent-related exhibits, and Linda Van Nest is from Kent so the Society has approached the City of Kent on occasions asking for some assistance. Kent has provided funding for several years to the Museum. In the 1991 Budget year, Kent will be providing $5, 000 to the Society for the museum. The City of Auburn has also provided funding. A few of years ago the Society approached Auburn asking for some additional assistance in order for the museum to be open more hours, perhaps hire a Director, etc. However, before any monies were allocated, Auburn hired a consultant who met with the Society and reviewed the status of the Museum. As a result, a Museum Services Agreement between the City of Auburn and the Society concerning the Museum was made. The City of Auburn hired Patricia Cosgrove as the Director. . The Director works for the City of Auburn. Ms. Anderson said that along with the hiring of the Director, the Museum Agreement sets forth an interim planning period, a 15-month period to assess the long-term future of the museum and what that future should _ look like relative to the City of Auburn and any other cities that might be specifically interested. A part of that Agreement states that if another 2 lanning Department %ity Council Planning Committee January 15, 1991 city were to enter into an Interlocal with the City of Auburn about the Museum and Museum funding, that city could have a representative on this interim planning group. It is hoped that the Kent would enter into an Interlocal Agreement with Auburn and potentially a Museum Agreement with the White River Valley Historical Society. The City of Kent Planning Department, Administration and Cultural Arts section of the Parks Departments have been involved with the Museum on various levels. Ms. Anderson stated she met with Patrice Thorell and Nancy Woo last week and it was agreed that Administration might be the appropriate place for an ongoing contact person with the Museum. The proposal is that Nancy Woo and Lauri Anderson would be working on the Interlocal Agreement and would bring a draft to the Committee. ADDED ITEM - SCHOOL IMPACT FEES - (J. Johnson) Attorney Carol Morris prepared a substitute draft Resolution supporting the action of the King County Council to override the Executive Veto of King County School Adequacy Ordinance No. 9767 and to enact an amendatory --ordinance which does not impose the school impact fees on cities. Attorney Morris stated she set forth in the draft ordinance recognizing that there was a problem with the authority of the County to impose these impact fees and to direct the Cities to impose these impact fees. The City supports the idea in unincorporated areas; but, would like to go ahead and adopt impact fees on their own if we choose to do so. Planning Director Harris pointed out we would want to separate the two, the County can collect fees but the City may want to collect its own fees and develop its own fee schedule. When asked for a MOTION by Chair Jon Johnson to adopt the Resolution, Councilmember Houser requested the resolution be kept more generic. Attorney Lubovich recommended a couple of WHEREAS's can be removed with a change to the main body. The wording could be "further the City recognizes its own right and authority to enact its own impact fees" so this would keep the Resolution more generic. Councilmember Houser recommended we could state, "the City Council supports an ordinance addressing impact and residential development on schools and further the City Council supports an ordinance which does not require the City of Kent to comply" . The Planning and Law Departments will be working together in developing the City of Kent's own impact fees as soon as possible. Councilmember Christi Houser made the MOTION for the Law department to bring the generic resolution on impact fees to the City Council on January 15, 1991. Councilmember Leona Orr SECONDED it. MOTION carried. 3 lanning Department amity Council Planning Committee January 15, 1991 ADDED ITEM - KING COUNTY ORDINANCE DECLARING EMERGENCY PROHIBITING URBAN GROWTH AREAS FROM ANNEXING TO CITIES OR INCORPORATING THEMSELVES - (J. Johnson) Attorney Lubovich mentioned there is an emergency ordinance pending before King County to act on the urban areas. Chair Johnson stated he would like the Council to go on record opposing the above and say this is up to local residents to determine whether or not to annex to a city or to incorporate as a city. There was much discussion on this issue. Chair Johnson felt the Committee should go on the record that the City opposes the emergency ordinance prohibiting incorporation in urban growth areas, annexing to cities or incorporating. The Committee should send this recommended opposition to the City Council with the recommendation that the Kent City Council send a letter to the King County Council saying that we are in opposition to any ordinance that would be adopted that would prohibit incorporation or annexation to cities. Chairman Johnson stated this would be brought up during the reports section of the Council meeting on January 15, 1991 directing the Mayor to sign a letter. Attorney Lubovich verified this letter would be written for the mayor's signature. RDINANCE PROHIBITING OUTSIDE SEWER AND WATER CONNECTIONS (J. Johnson) Chair Jon Johnson brought up the possibility of adopting a resolution that would prohibit outside sewer and water connections, until the County addresses the road issue. Perhaps this could be a possible bargaining chip for the 277th corridor, in that the City would not allow any more hookups until the County addresses this. Chair Johnson would like this item be brought back to the next Committee meeting with a recommendation from Planning and Public Works Departments as well as the legality of the proposed resolution. ADDED ITEM - HOUSING GRANTS APPLIED FOR BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FROM THE COUNTY AND THE STATE - (J. Harris) Planning Director Harris stated the Planning Department applied for and received two housing grants on January 14, 1991. The first one was for $265,000 from the State for the frail elderly to enhance the 6.5 million dollar Senior Housing Bond issue. The second one is from the County from the Housing Opportunity Fund (HOF) for about $250, 000 for a total grant amount of $515, 000. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m. 4 tanning Department amity Council Planning Committee January 15, 1991 mp:a:pcoll5.min 5