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KENT CITY COUNCIL
PLANNING COMMITTEE
November 1, 1988 4 :00 PM
Committee Members Present Staff Present
Judy Woods, Chair Charlene Anderson
Steve Dowell Lauri Anderson
Jon Johnson Jim Hansen
Jim Harris
Carolyn Lake
Alana McIalwain
Fred Satterstrom
Dan Stroh
MOSS COMP PLAN AMENDMENT
Dan Stroh identified the Moss and Elkins properties and presented staff s
proposal to expand the study area to include not only the Moss and Elkins
properties but also the area south of the Green River. There is before the
County Hearing Examiner at the present time a proposal to rezone the Bigford
property south of the river to light manufacturing. This area is part of the
City of Kent's 1982 Agricultural Lands study, the area was designated
Agricultural in our Comprehensive Plan, and the area is in our potential
annexation area. Staff is following closely the Bigford rezone and the City
has the option to appeal an unfavorable decision by the Hearing Examiner.
Also pending before the County Council is a proposal to zone the area as A-
10, a new class of agricultural production lands with 10-acre minimum lot
size. In other words, not only is the Bigford rezone request not consistent
with the City of Kent's Comprehensive Plan land use designation, but there
is internally within the county differences in perception of land use in the
area in question. Discussion occurred on annexing the area and the effect
of annexation on the proposals presently before the county. Councilman
Dowell asked if there were ways the City could protect land within our
potential annexation area from improper zoning. Dan Stroh responded the City
has the option to appeal the Hearing Examiner's decision to the County
Council.
Lauri Anderson described the land uses in the area.
PUBLIC NOTICE BOARDS
In response to Councilman Johnson's request at a previous meeting, Fred
Satterstrom distributed a comparison of Seattle's, Bellevue's and Redmond's
requirements for public notice boards, and the size of the board. The
requirements are similar with the essential difference that the City of
Seattle requires signs to be put on site for any action requiring SEPA
determination whereas the other two cities require signs for such things as
rezones, conditional use permits, plats, PUD's, etc. In Kent, signs for all
SEPA actions would number in the hundreds whereas signs for other major
activities would number approximately 24 . Mr. Satterstrom mentioned that
Senior Planner Kathy McClung recently informed him the City of Lacey Planning
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Department constructs 3x5 signs in-house as a cost-cutting measure. He added
that the public notice boards seem to be effective in Seattle, Bellevue and
Redmond; no longer do citizens complain about not being notified of pending
actions. There were no opponents when Redmond recently adopted their
requirements for public notice boards.
Jim Hansen stated citizens would be interested in the cost factor of the
posting. Mr. Satterstrom estimated the cost to be $300, plus installation.
Jim Harris stated that at the November 15th Planning Committee meeting, staff
will bring forward a proposal on the types of project which would require a
public notice board, the cost, the size, and the method used by City of
Lacey.
ANNEXATIONS
This item was deferred to the meeting of November 15, 1988.
ADDED ITEMS
A brief discussion occurred on the Mayor's letter to Mr. Flick. For the
November 15th meeting, Chairwoman Woods suggested staff draft a response to
Mr. Flick outlining the process for rezones and inviting Mr. Flick to
participate in the housing study which is underway. In response to
Councilman Johnson, Jim Harris stated that the Planning Department' s staff
reports are based on review of the relevant comprehensive plan and staff
suggests review of the plan if it appears to be out of sync with land use.
Mr. Harris was of the impression that the applicant' s representative was
going to research the issue of the rezone and get back to Mr. Harris and City
Attorney Driscoll.
Chairwoman Woods asked how staff responds to the letters from the School
District on effects of proposed developments. She suggested the City meet
with the School District to let them know that if they can get a proposal
through the State Legislature to allow cities to collect money for schools
from developers, the City would be receptive to that idea.
Mr. Harris confirmed for Chairwoman Woods that the City of Kent does not have
adult mobile home parks in the City.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at approximately 5: 10 PM. The next meeting will be
held November 15, 1988 at 4 : 00 PM in the Second Floor Conference Room.
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