HomeMy WebLinkAbout1318RESOLUTION NO. I J I 8'
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, regarding the
recommendations of Kent's Visioning Program
conducted as Phase II of the Growth Management
Community Participation Program, directing
City Staff to prepare a plan for
implementation of the recommendations relating
to land use, transportation and parks.
WHEREAS, the City Council established "Planning for
Kent's Future" including Community Vision and Identity as one of
Council's target priorities for the 1991-1992 year; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, by Resolution 1297,
implemented a two-phased Growth Management Community Participation
Program to seek citizen input on issues to be addressed in the
update of the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Community Participation
Program included a Visioning component to gauge citizens'
preference for various existing and potential development patterns;
and
WHEREAS, on June 16, 1992, the results of the Growth
Management Community Participation Program were presented to the
Kent City Council and Kent citizens at a Council Workshop; and
WHEREAS, the results of the Growth Management Community
Participation Program were also presented in the document entitled
"City of Kent Community Participation Program: Community Forum on
Growth Management and Visioning"; and
WHEREAS, the above mentioned document contains specific
findings and recommendations which can be implemented through the
process of updating the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan and related
policies and regulations; and
WHEREAS, the city Council, by Resolution 1297 directed
that the information received through the Growth Management
Community Participation Program be utilized in the development and
amendment of the Comprehensive Plan and regulations implementing
such plans, NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby declares its support
of the general recommendations developed by A. Nelessen Associates
titled "Visioning Program" and contained in the Visioning section
of the Growth Management Community Participation Program Report as
the foundation for the City's overall vision for future
development.
Section 2. The City Council hereby directs staff in the
Planning, Public Works and Parks departments to prepare a plan for
the implementation of the Visioning Program as follows:
A. Staff in the Planning, Public Works and Parks
departments shall review the visual and written findings and
recommendations of the visioning section of the City of Kent
Community Participation Program report.
B. The Planning, Public Works and Parks departments
shall prepare a phased implementation plan for the visual and
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written recommendations which specifies 1. those recommendations
which can be implemented immediately andjor outside of the
comprehensive plan update process; 2. those which can be
implemented through the current comprehensive plan update process
and; 3. those which can be implemented through changes to policies
and development regulations related to the updated comprehensive
plan.
C. The implementation plan shall include a proposed
strategy for City-endorsement of projects which demonstrate Kent•s
visions for parks, residential, commercial and mixed use areas.
D. The implementation plan shall include the 11 Power of
Paint 11 program as suggested by Anton Nelessen at the Council
Workshop (6-16-92) where existing city streets would be restriped
to test visions for streets such as on-street parking, bike lanes
and boulevards. A method for identifying candidate streets for the
program shall be included as well as a method for analyzing the
results of the program.
Section 3. The Planning Department shall be responsible
for coordinating preparation of the implementation plan as
specified in Section 2 herein.
Section 4. The Planning, Public Works and Parks
Departments shall present the implementation plan to the full City
Council within 90 days of the passage of this Resolution.
Passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Kent, washington this 8-1 day of ~ , 1992.
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Concurred in by the Mayor of the City of Kent, this .;( .;>..._
day of ~I~ , 1992.
ATTEST:
I hereby certify
Resolution No. /3 Iff'
Kent, Washington, the
vi spref. res
DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR
that this is a true and correct copy of
, passed by the City Council of the City of
$ f day of Fr , 1992.
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BRENDA JACOBE , ITY CLERK
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