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CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES
September 21, 1993 4 : 00 PM
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Committee Members Present City Attornev's Office
Leona Orr, Chair Tom Brubaker
Jon Johnson
Planning Staff Other City Staff
Lin Ball Tony McCarthy
Jim Harris Charlie Lindsley
Matt Jackson
Rachel Johnston Other Guests
Kevin O'Neill
Margaret Porter
Fred Satterstrom
CHARLIE KIEFER CODE AMENDMENT - (L. Orr)
Chair Orr reported that Charlie Kiefer would like to change the way the
City does notification for addendums to SEPA reports. Since he was not
notified about an addendum to the Kent Springs Transmission Main
mitigated Determination of Non-significance, he would like the City to
consider better notification in cases like this. In a letter to the
Mayor and Council dated July 20, 1993 , Mr. Kiefer stated he would like
to see these changes: A) posting the property for site specific
proposals; B) publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation
in the county, city or general area where the proposal is located; and
C) notify all parties of record, any individual or group which has
appeared at a public hearing or submitted comments on a certain
proposal. Mr. Harris stated that Mr. Kiefer had challenged the
Planning Department on the original posting of this project. The
Planning Department has come up with a posting certificate that is put
in the file to prove the property has been posted. This procedure came
about when Mr. Kiefer originally questioned the posting procedures.
Jim Harris volunteered to explain to the Committee the existing posting
procedures on a piece of property when changes are made to a DNS.
Chair Orr provided Jim with all of the backup material on this subject
that was presented to the Council for Jim' s review.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT/PROJECTED GROWTH SCENARIOS (F. Satterstrom)
Fred Sattertrom reported that the King County Liaison Group, on behalf
of the Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC) , asked each city in
the county to identify growth targets for households and jobs over the
next 20 years by September 30, 1993 . King County's projection is
215, 000 households county-wide, 60, 000 households for the City of
Seattle and 55, 000 households for unincorporated areas. The difference
of 100,000 households needs to be distributed among 32 suburban cities.
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Since the City Council will be approving a new comprehensive plan which
is required by the Growth Management Act, it is critical that the City
have targeted population and employment figures.
Kevin O'Neill, Senior Planner, said the Planning Department needs the
Council's concurrence on two important issues: 1) time horizon for the
comprehensive plan, and 2) method for calculating forecast growth. He
presented a detailed memo covering the Overview of Methodology,
Population and Employment Projects for the Kent Area, Current Zoning
Capacity, and Alternatives and Recommended Actions. Staff presented
three alternative Growth Targets. Two components, development capacity
and population/employment forecasts, need to be considered in
determining the Council's alternatives. The figures from the summary
page were reviewed. Kevin explained in detail the three alternatives
which the City could work with the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC)
numbers and the land capacity methodology recommended by the GMPC
staff. The three alternatives are: A) PSRC Projections with a Cushion
which would have the City use the PSRC projections with no revisions;
B) PSRC Projections without a Cushion is an alternative similar to the
previous one, except that the City would not provide any cushion for
land capacity; and C) Capacity-Driven Projections which is different
from the previous two in that the determining factor would not be the
PSRC projects but rather land capacity. Staff recommends alternative
C.
Planning staff also recommends that the time horizon for the
comprehensive plan for the City of Kent be out to the year 2010 instead
of the year 2020. This is simple because the County as a whole is
planning out to 2010 and also is much more realistic.
Chair Orr is concerned about the high projections from the PSRC
compared to other cities. Kevin thinks the growth rate was high on the
PSRC criteria due to the amount of growth that has occurred in the
past, the fact that there are five or six state routes and two railroad
lines that run through the City of Kent, and Kent's urban center
designation.
Leona expressed concern about concurrency issues under Growth
Management. Kevin said that this issue will be examined in the capital
facilities element and will be discussed at the Council workshop
September 21, 1993 .
Leona stated she felt it was important that the entire Council have an
understanding on what the numbers mean so this will be brought to the
full Council on October 5, 1993 .
Johnson MOVED and Chair Orr SECONDED a motion recommending the
capacity-driven Alternative C to the year 2010 and to be forwarded to
the full Council on October 5th. Motion carried.
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SHORT PLAT AMENDMENTS - (J. Harris)
Jim Harris briefly explained the four amendments recommended to change
the Subdivision Code: 1) the Short Subdivision Committee shall be held
within 40 days (not 30 days) of the receipt of the application; 2) let
citizens know through mailed notices within 200 feet of the boundaries
of the property subject of the application that there is a short plat
application and if there is a large piece of property that is at least
two acres abutting the far side, these citizens would also be notified;
3) posting on or adjacent to the land requested to be short subdivided;
and 4) let the public respond in writing within a certain time frame.
Johnson MOVED and Chair Orr SECONDED a motion to approve the
aforementioned four(4) amendments of the Subdivision Code and forward
to the full Council on October 5th.
SEATTLE/KING COUNTY HEALTH CONTRACT - (L. Ball/R. Johnston)
Manager Ball reported that staff carefully approached how to monitor
and analyze this project without a previous established format for
doing so. It was determined that a comprehensive approach was best to
do an in-depth analysis including on-site visits and interviewing
staff.
Planner Rachel Johnston presented an Analysis of the Seattle-King
County Public Health Services provided to Kent residents in 1990 and
1991. The purpose of this analysis was to identify the public Health
Services and explain the cost of those services. The information in
the analysis was taken from Kent's 1992 and 1993 Assessment for Health
Services Report which is published by the Public Health Department.
The Health Department provides to Kent two types of public health
services - personal health and environmental health services. Both
health and environmental services can be categorized as either basic or
optional services. The City is only charged for basic health services.
The optional services are paid by the County and other sources. The
"other" sources may include fees, grants or contracts. Rachel stated
any current year's assessed cost for services is determined by the cost
of health services utilized two years prior (i.e. , 1993 assessment is
based on the cost of 1991 services) . Kent residents utilized
approximately 17, 000 units of Basic Health Services in 1990. The total
cost of these units was approximately $887, 000. In 1992 , the City was
assessed approximately $442, 000 for these services. In 1991, Kent
residents utilized approximately 21,000 units of Basic Health Services.
The total cost of these units was approximately $1, 000, 000. In 1993,
the City was assessed approximately $529, 000 for these health services.
Regarding the Basic Personal Health Services, the City contributed 21%
more for 1991 services than in 1990, but there were 31% more Kent
residents served in 1991 than in 1990. The City contributed 5% more in
1991 than in 1990 for Basic Environmental Health Services but, there
_ were 31% more Kent residents served in 1991 than in 1990. The
Environmental Health statistics did not reflect demographic data on the
Kent clients/establishments served but did report number of units
provided. Rachel said in summary that the Analysis clearly
demonstrates that the health needs of Kent residents are increasing.
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The Analysis also shows that Kent is getting more services for the
money because the overall cost per unit of service is decreasing.
Councilmember Johnson asked if this analysis includes actually Kent
residents and Rachel said it does, not Kent resident's who live in King
County. Because of King County's excellent computer tracking system,
the City is only charged for the services used.
SETTING PUBLIC HEARING DATES FOR CHESTNUT RIDGE REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS - (F. Satterstrom)
Manager Satterstrom reported that the Planning Commission will hold a
public hearing on October 25, 1993 regarding the comprehensive plan and
initial zoning for the Chestnut Ridge annexation area. It is a
requirement to hold two additional hearings on this that must be 30
days a part. Johnson MOVED and Chair Orr SECONDED a motion authorizing
the Planning Department staff to bring forward the first available
dates for public hearings on the Chestnut Ridge comprehensive plan and
zoning designations as soon after the Planning Commission has finished
their deliberations and then forward these dates to full Council for
scheduling. Motion carried.
ADDED ITEMS•
CEDAR MEADOWS ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF PRELIMINARY PLAT (SU-90-4)
Per a request by Robert A. Bennett of a letter dated September 16,
1993, Johnson MOVED and Chair Orr SECONDED a motion recommending a
one-year extension of the Cedar Meadows Preliminary Plat (SU-90-4)
since his preliminary plat expires December 4, 1993 and forward to the
full council. Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 4 :55 p.m.
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