HomeMy WebLinkAbout3390ORDINANCE NO. -3 3 70
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City
of Kent, Washington, amending the City of Kent
Comprehensive Plan to change the plan's land use map
designation on three (3) sites: (1) from Mixed Use to
Industrial for property located at 828 West Valley
Highway (#CPA -97-3(A)); (2) from Low Density
Multifamily Residential to Mixed Use for property located
at the northeast side of 104th Avenue SE and SE 262nd
Street (#CPA -97-3(B); (3) from Single Family Residential
(SF -3) to Single Family Residential (SF -6) for property
located east of 132nd Ave SE between SE 282nd Street
and SE 276th Street (#CPA -97-3(F)); and amending the
Capital Facilities Element of the Comprehensive Plan
(#CPA -97-3(H)).
WHEREAS, the Washington State Growth Management Act ("GMA")
requires internal consistency among comprehensive plan elements and the Zoning Map;
and
WHEREAS, to assure that comprehensive plans remain relevant and up
to date, the GMA requires each jurisdiction to establish procedures whereby amendments
to the plan are considered by the City Council (RCW 36.70A.130(2)), and limits
amendments to once each year unless an emergency exists; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kent has established a procedure for amending
the Comprehensive Plan set forth in Chapter 12.02 of the Kent City Code which sets a
deadline of September 1 st of each year for acceptance of comprehensive plan
amendments; and
WHEREAS, by September 1, 1997, the City received applications to
amend the comprehensive plan's land use plan map designation. Three of those
applications involve properties located at: (1) 828 West Valley Highway; (2) the
northeast side of 104th Avenue SE and SE 262nd Street; and (3) east of 132nd Avenue
SE between SE 282nd Street and SE 276th Street; and
WHEREAS, the property at 828 West Valley Highway is currently
designated Mixed Use and the applicant is requesting a plan designation of Industrial; and
WHEREAS, the property on the northeast side of 104th Avenue SE and
SE 262nd Street is currently designated Low Density Multifamily Residential and the
applicant is requesting a plan designation of Mixed Use; and
WHEREAS, the property east of 132nd Avenue SE between SE 282nd
Street and SE 276th Street is currently designated Single Family Residential (SF -3) and
the applicants are requesting a plan designation of Single Family Residential (SF -6); and
WHEREAS, the City of Kent Finance Department has submitted proposed amendments
to the Capital Facilities Element of the comprehensive plan to update capital facilities
inventories, financial information, and project summaries; and
WHEREAS, the staff presented the requested comprehensive plan
amendments for consideration by the City of Kent's Land Use and Planning Board on
November 24,1997; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kent Land Use and Planning Board held a public
hearing on the proposed comprehensive plan amendments on November 24, 1997; and
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WHEREAS, the proposed amendments are consistent with the standards
of review for comprehensive plan amendments outlined in Section 12.02.050 of the Kent
City Code; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kent Land Use and Planning Board took public
testimony, reviewed the proposed comprehensive plan amendments, and moved to
recommend the approval of the amendments of the comprehensive plan designations and
Capital Facilities Element Amendments to the full City Council; and
WHEREAS, on January 20, 1998, the City Council for the City of Kent
approved the Land Use and Planning Board's recommendation on comprehensive plan
amendment #CPA -97-3(B) to amend the comprehensive plan designation of property at
the northeast side of 104th Avenue SE and SE 262nd Street from a plan designation of
Low Density Multifamily Residential to a plan designation of Mixed Use; and
WHEREAS, on January 20, 1998, the City Council for the City of Kent
approved the Land Use and Planning Board's recommendation on comprehensive plan
amendment #CPA -97-3(F) to amend the comprehensive plan designation of property east
of 132nd Avenue SE between SE 282nd Street and SE 276th Street from a plan
designation of Single Family Residential (SF -3) to a plan designation of Single Family
Residential (SF -6); and
WHEREAS, on January 20, 1998, the City Council for the City of Kent
approved the Land Use and Planning Board's recommendation on the Capital Facilities
Element Amendment #CPA -97-3(H); NOW, THEREFORE,
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Kent Comprehensive Plan adopted by
Ordinance No. 3222, as subsequently amended, is hereby amended to establish new plan
designations for the following parcels:
A. For the property of approximately 4.65 acres located at 828 West
Valley Highway, Kent, Washington from a plan designation of
Mixed Use to Industrial as depicted in the map attached as Exhibit
A and incorporated herein by this reference (#CPA -97-3(A)).
B. For the property of approximately 3.68 acres located on the
northeast side of 104th Avenue SE and SE 262nd Street, Kent,
Washington, from a plan designation of Low Density Multifamily
Residential to Mixed Use as depicted in the map attached hereto
as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by this reference #(CPA -97-
3(B)).
C. For the property of approximately 53.5 acres located east of 132nd
Avenue SE between SE 282nd Street and SE 276th Street from a
plan designation of Single Family Residential (SF -3) to Single
Family Residential (SF -6) as depicted in the map attached as
Exhibit D and incorporated herein by this reference (#CPA -97-
3(F)).
SECTION 2. The Capital Facilities Element of the City of Kent
Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended as set forth in Exhibit E, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference (#CPA -97-3(H)).
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SECTION 3 - Severability Clause. If any one or more sections, sub-
sections, or sentences of this Ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance and the
same shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. - Effective Date. This Ordinance, being the exercise of a
power specifically delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and
shall take effect and be in force five (5) days from and after its pgsVegapprovaland
publication as provided by law.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK fiCT/,U C..
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PASSED.3 day of 1998.
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APPROVED day of , 1998.
PUBLISHEDy
da of , 1998.
W
, MAYOR
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No.3.39Q passed by
the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City
of Kent as hereon indicated.
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City of Kent - Planning Department
APPLICATION NAME: Anderson
NUMBER: #CPA -97-3 (A)
REQUEST: Comprehensive Plan Amendment
MIXED USE TO INDUSTRIAL
EXHIBIT A
DATE: February 3, 1998
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NUMBER: #CPA -97-3 (B)
REQUEST: Comprehensive Plan Amendment
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DATE: February 3, 1998
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EXHIBIT E
Date: November 10, 1997
To: Land Use & Planning Board Members
From: Mayene Miller, Finance Director
Subject: Proposed Changes to Capital Facilities Element of Kent Comprehensive Plan
The following is a summary of the proposed changes to the Capital Facilities Element of
the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan.
Introduction / Background and Analysis
The only change proposed on pages 8-1 thru 8-6 is to update the six year plan period from
1997 -2002 to 1998 - 2003.
Current Facilities Inventory
Corrections Facility
The contract with the Federal Marshall's Office no longer provides 20 beds for Federal
prisoners. The contract has been revised to provide beds on an intermittent basis only.
Fire and Emergency Services
No Changes
Police / Fire Training Center
No Changes
City Administrative Office - General Government
No Changes
City Administrative Offices - Police Headquarters
No Changes
City Maintenance Facilities
No Changes
Parks and Recreation Facilities
The City of Kent inventory of park land is now 125.4 acres of neighborhood park land
and 942.3 acres of community park land. This is a decrease of 51.6 acres, primarily
due to an acreage adjustment for Interurban Trail, which was over stated by 61.1 acres,
The decrease is offset by additional land purchases. Some parks were also reclassified
from neighborhood to community.
Golf Courses
No Changes
Sanitary Sewer Facilities
No Changes
Stormwater Management Facilities
The total drainage area has increased from 25.42 square miles to 28 square miles.
Water Supply, Distribution, and Storage Facilities
No Changes
Transportation Facilities
The City's current road system inventory is 642 lane miles and is divided into four
major categories of roads. The approximate breakdown is 32.1 lane miles of principal
arterials, 96.3 lane miles of minor arterials, 96.3 lane miles of collector arterials and
417.3 lane miles of local road. In the past, the inventory listed in the comprehensive
plan has shown land miles. The change to lane miles was done to reflect the inventory
method used by Public Works. The pedestrian transportation inventory will be
updated when the physical inventory is completed in 1998.
The following maps are currently being revised to show the above inventory changes:
Figure 8.1
Public Services and Facilities
Figure 8.2
Sewer System
Figure 8.3
Storm Drainage Service Area
Figure 8.4
Water System
Figure 10.1
Parks and Recreation Facilities (Parks Element)
Figure 10.2
Existing Trails (Parks Element)
Analysis of Impacts
Tables 8.1 and 8.2 in the Analysis of Impacts section (pages 8-13 and 8-14) are updated
to reflect the 1998 - 2003 Capital Facilities Plan. Total project costs have increased from
$181,516,000 for 1997 - 2002 to $200,898,000 for 1998 - 2003.
Level of Service Consequences of the CFP
The levels of service on page 8-15 are currently being evaluated.
Capital Facilities Goals and Policies
Police CFP -6.2 on page 8-26 is corrected to show that sanitary sewer and water services
can be provided either by the City of Kent or Districts after annexation.
CHAPTER EIGHT- CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMEAT
CHAPTER EIGHT
CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT
INTRODUCTION
The capital facilities element contains a summary of the Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) for
the City of Kent. The element consists of the following information: (1) statements of
requirements, level -of -service (LOS) standards, guidelines, and criteria that are used to
develop and implement the CFP; (2) inventories of existing facilities; (3) maps showing
the locations of existing facilities; and (4) a list of proposed capital projects, including
a financing plan, future operating costs, and reconciliation of project capacity and LOS
standards. The complete CFP and supporting documents are available for review at the
City of Kent Planning Department.
The CFP is a required element of the City's comprehensive plan, mandated by the
Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA). The GMA requires cities and
counties to approve and maintain a CFP which includes requirements for specific types
of capital facilities, LOS standards, financial feasibility, and assurance that adequate
facilities will be provided as development occurs.
As required by the GMA, the CFP is a 6 -year plan for capital improvements that support
the City's current and future population and employment growth. It contains LOS
standards for each public facility, and requires that new development is served by
adequate facilities. The CFP also contains broad goals and specific policies that guide
and implement the provision of adequate public facilities. The capital facilities element
is the element that makes real the rest of the comprehensive plan. By establishing LOS
as the basis for providing capital facilities and for achieving concurrency, the CFP
determines the quality of life in the community. The requirement to fully finance the
CFP provides a reality check on the vision set forth in the comprehensive plan. The
capacity of capital facilities that are provided in the CFP affects the size and
configuration of the urban growth area.
The purpose of the CFP is to use sound fiscal policies to provide adequate public
facilities in a manner consistent with the land use element and at a time concurrent with
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(or prior to) the impacts of development. These capital facilities propose to achieve and
maintain adopted standards for LOS in order to maintain the quality of life for existing
and future development. The plan fulfills the GMA requirement for facilities planning;
but, in addition, the plan serves as a base for good city management and establishes
eligibility for grants and loans. It provides coordination among the City's many plans
for capital improvements, including other elements of the comprehensive plan, master
plans of departmental service providers, and facilities plans of the state, the region. and
adjacent local jurisdictions.
Requirements of the Growth Management Act
The GMA requires the CFP to identify public facilities that will be required during the
six years following adoption of the new plan (1995' through 20e. The CFP must
include the location and cost of the facilities, and the sources of revenue that will be used
to fund the facilities. The CFP must be financially feasible; in other words, dependable
revenue sources must equal or exceed anticipated costs. If the costs exceed the revenue,
the City must reduce its level of service, reduce costs, or modify the land use element
to bring development into balance with available or affordable facilities.
Other requirements of the GMA mandate forecasts of future needs for capital facilities
and the use of standards for levels of service of facility capacity as the basis for public
facilities contained in the CFP [see RCW 36.70A.020 (12)]. As a result, public facilities
in the CFP must be based on quantifiable, objective measures of capacity, such as traffic -
volume capacity per mile of road and acres of park per capita.
One of the goals of the GMA is to have capital facilities in place concurrent with
development. This concept is known as concurrency (also called "adequate public
facilities"). In the City of Kent, concurrency requires 1) facilities which serve the
development to be in place at the time of development (or for some types of facilities,
a financial commitment to be made to provide the facilities within a specified period of
time) and 2) facilities which serve the development to have sufficient capacity to serve
the development without decreasing LOS below minimum standards adopted in the CFP.
The GMA requires concurrency for transportation facilities. The GMA also requires all
other public facilities to be "adequate" [see RCW 19.27.097, 36.70A.020, 36.70A.030,
and 58.17.110]. Concurrency management procedures will be developed to ensure that
sufficient public facility capacity is available for each proposed development.
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After the CFP is completed and adopted as part of the comprehensive plan, the City must
adopt development regulations to implement the plan. The development regulations will
provide detailed regulations and procedures for implementing the requirements of the
plan.
Each year, the City must update the CFP. The annual update will be completed before
the City's budget is adopted in order to incorporate into the budget the capital
improvements from the updated CFP.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
LOS (SCENARIO -DRIVEN) METHOD OF ANALYSIS
Explanation of Levels of Service
Levels of service usually are quantifiable measures of the amount of public facilities that
are provided to the community. Levels of service also may measure the quality of some
public facilities.
Typically, measures of LOS are expressed as ratios of facility capacity to demand (i.e.,
actual or potential users).
The following chart lists examples of LOS measures for some capital facilities.
Type of Capital Facility
Corrections
Fire and Rescue
Hospitals
Law Enforcement
Library
Parks
Roads and Streets
Schools
Sewer
Sample LOS Measures
Beds per 1,000 population
Average response time
Beds per 1,000 population
Officers per 1,000 population
Collection size per capita
Building square feet per capita
Acres per 1,000 population
Ratio of actual volume to design
capacity
Square feet per student
Gallons per customer per day
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Solid Waste
Surface Water & River Levees
Transit
Water
Effluent quality
Tons (or cubic yards) per capita or per
customer
Design storm (i.e., 100 -year storm)
Runoff water quality
Ridership
Gallons per customer per day
Water quality
Each of these LOS measures needs one additional piece of information: the specific
quantity that measures the current or proposed LOS. For example, the standard for
parks might be 5 acres per 1,000 population; but the current LOS may be 2.68 acres per
1,000, which is less than the standard.
In order to make use of the LOS method, the City selects the way in which it will
measure each facility (i.e., acres, gallons, etc.). It also identifies the amount of the
current and proposed LOS standard for each measurement.
There are other ways to measure the LOS of many of these capital facilities. The
examples in the previous chart are provided to give greater depth to the following
discussion of the use of LOS as a method for determining the City's need for capital
facilities.
Method for Using Levels of Service
The LOS method answers two questions in order to develop a financially -feasible CFP.
The GMA requires the CFP to be based on standards for service levels that are measurable
and financially feasible for the six fiscal years following adoption of the plan. The CFP
must meet the City's capital needs for the fiscal years 1.99.7 through 2%Z.
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The two questions that must be answered in order to meet the GMA requirements are:
(1) What is the quantity of public facilities that will be required by the end of the 6th
year (i.e., 249ft)?
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(2) Is it financially feasible to provide the quantity of facilities that are required by the
end of the 6th year (i.e., 4942)?
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The answer to each question can be calculated by using objective data and formulas.
Each type of public facility is examined separately (i.e., roads are examined separatel}
from parks). The costs of all the types of facilities then are added together in order to
determine the overall financial feasibility of the CFP. A detailed explanation of the
formulas used is contained in the Capital Facilities Plan. One of the CFP support
documents, Capital Facilities Requirements, contains the results of the use of this
method.
Setting the Standards for Levels of Service
Because the need for capital facilities is determined largely by the adopted LOS, the key
to influencing the CFP is to influence the selection of the LOS standards. LOS standards
are measures of the quality of life of the community. The standards should be based on
the community's vision of its future and its values. Traditional approaches to capital
facilities planning rely on technical experts (i.e., staff and consultants) to determine the
need for capital improvements. In the scenario -driven approach, these experts play an
important advisory role, but they do not control the determination. Their role is to define
and implement a process for the review of various scenarios, to analyze data, and to
make suggestions based on technical considerations.
The final, legal authority to establish the LOS rests with the City Council because the
City Council enacts the LOS standards that reflect the community's vision. The City
Council's decision should be influenced by recommendations of the 1) Planning
Commission; 2) providers of public facilities (i.e., local government departments, special
districts, private utilities, the State of Washington, tribal governments, etc.); 3) formal
advisory groups that make recommendations to the providers of public facilities (i.e.,
community planning groups); 4) the general public through individual citizens and
community civic, business, and issue -based organizations that make their views known
or are sought through sampling techniques.
The scenario -driven approach to developing the LOS standards provides decision -makers
and anyone else who wishes to participate with a clear statement of the outcomes of
various LOS for each type of public facility. This approach reduces the tendency for
decisions to be controlled by expert staff or consultants, opens up the decision-making
process to the public and advisory groups, and places the decisions before the City
Council.
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Selection of a specific LOS to be the "adopted standard" was accomplished by a 12 -step
process:
(1) The "current" (1993), actual LOS were calculated.
(2) Departmental service providers were given national standards or guidelines and
examples of LOS from other local governments.
(3) Departmental service providers researched local standards from City studies,
master plans, ordinances, and development regulations.
(4) Departmental service providers recommended a standard for the City of Kent's
CFP.
(5) The first draft of Capital Facilities Requirements forecasted needed capacity and
approximate costs of two LOS scenarios (e.g., the 1993 actual LOS and the
department's recommended LOS).
(6) The City Council reviewed and commented on the first draft of Capital Facilities
Requirements.
(7) The Operations department prepared a follow-up Capital Facilities Level of
Service/Cost Options report which identified five alternative LOS options, or
scenarios, to forecast the amount of capital facilities that would be most
appropriate for the City of Kent during the 6 -year growth period 1994-1999. This
report complements Capital Facilities Requirements, which was reviewed with the
City Council November 30, 1993, and not only identifies LOS options but also
includes specific recommendations from the Operations department.
(8) The City Council reviewed and commented on Capital Facilities Level of
Service/Cost Options and indicated their preferences for LOS and noncapacity
capital projects to be included in the first draft of the CFP.
(9) Departmental service providers prepared specific capital improvements projects
and estimates of related maintenance and operating costs to support the City
Council's preferred LOS and noncapacity projects.
(10) The first -draft CFP was prepared using the City Council's preferred LOS and
noncapacity projects. The LOS in the first -draft CFP served as the basis for
capital projects, their costs, and a financing plan necessary to pay for the costs.
(11) The draft CFP was reviewed/discussed during City Council and Planning
Commission workshop(s) prior to formal reading/hearing of the CFP by the City
Council.
(12) The City Council formally adopted LOS as part of the CFP.
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Every year, as required by the Growth Management Act, department service providers
reassess land use issues, level of service standards, and projected revenues to determine
what changes, if any are needed.
CURRENT FACILITIES INVENTORIES
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
The Kent Correction Center is managed by the Kent Police Department. The current
inventory of the Correctional Facility totals 130 beds. The Center is located at 1201
Central in the City. An intergovernmental contract with the Federal Marshall's Office
currently allows the City to provide,
The geographic location of the Correctional Facility is found on Figure 8.1.
FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
The Kent Fire Department is responsible for delivering fire protection and emergency
medical services to the City, and to the geographic area within King County fire
District #37. The City owns six (6) fire stations: Station 71 (south); Station 72 (east);
Station 73 (west); Station 74 (east); Station 75 (east); and Station 76 (north). Each
station is equipped with at least one fire/aid unit which consists of a pumper truck with
emergency medical service/rescue equipment and manpower, and each station has a
future capacity for three units.
The table below lists each station, fire/aid units in service, total capacity, and average
response time:
Name of Station Fire/Aid Units in Service Total Capacity (Bays) Location
Station 71
1
3
South
Station 72
2
3
East
Station 73
1
3
West
Station 74
1*
3
East
Station 75
1
3
East
Station 76
1
3
North
*Ladder Truck
King County Fire District #37 owns one fire station: Station 77 (Kentridge), with one
fire/aid unit in service and capacity for two.
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The geographic locations of the Fire and Emergency Services facilities are found on
Figure 8.1.
POLICE/FIRE TRAINING CENTER
The Police/Fire Training Center is located on East Hill at 24611 116th Avenue SE. The
Center, housed in an 8,000 square foot building, provides audio and visual equipment and
other facilities for in-service training for City of Kent police officers and fire fighters.
Instruction is conducted by Kent Police and Fire Department personnel, and by nationally
known instructors from organizations such as the International Association of Police Chiefs
and the State Fire Service. In addition to providing a facility for training City of Kent
personnel, the training center also accommodates a satellite training program sponsored by
the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission.
The geographic locations of the police/fire training facilities are found on Figure 8.1.
CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES - GENERAL GOVERNMENT
The City of Kent Operations Department manages several facilities and buildings necessary
to the administrative and maintenance functions of the City. These include City Hall and
the City Council Chambers, the Centennial Center. the Municipal Court facility, and City
maintenance shops. The table below lists the name, location and capacity of each facility:
NAME LOCATION CAPACITY
(Square Feet)
City Hall 220 4th Avenue South 33,100
Centennial Center 400 West Gowe 71,949
Municipal Court 302 West Gowe 4,251
The geographic locations of the City administrative facilities are found on Figure 8.1.
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CITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICES - POLICE HEADQUARTERS
The inventory of City administrative offices for the Police Department headquarters totals
18,000 square feet, and is located at 232 4th Avenue South in downtown Kent.
The geographic location of the Police Headquarters is found on Figure 8.1.
CITY MAINTENANCE FACILITIES
The total area of city government maintenance facilities totals 22,558 square feet, and
includes the Public Works maintenance shops (17,173 squart feet) and Park and Recreation
Department maintenance shops (5,385 square feet). The Police Vehicle Storage facility
(3,600 square feet), which is an open, uncovered yard is not included in this inventory.
The geographic location of the City Maintenance facilities is found on Figure 8.1
PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES 9q.-).3
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The City of Kent owns and manages 1474 acres of neighborhood park land and 934--0
acres of community park land within the current City limits. King County owns 0.5 acres.
Within the unincorporated Urban Growth Area (UGA) of Kent, King county owns 720.3
acres of park land. The Park and Recreation Department manages a wide variety of
facilities located on park land, including the Senior Center, Kent Commons, Special
Populations Resource Center, play fields, and trails. A detailed inventory of current parks
and recreation facilities is contained in the Comprehensive Park and Recreation Plan.
The geographic locations of the parks and recreational facilities are found on Figures 10.1
and 10.2 of the parks element.
GOLF COURSES
The inventory of current City golf courses includes the following:
NAME
Par 3 Golf Course
18 Hole Golf Course
LOCATION
2030 West Meeker
2019 West Meeker
CAPACITY (HOLES)
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The geographic locations of the golf course facilities are found on Figure 10.1 of the parks
element. _
SANITARY SEWER FACILITIES
The sewer service area of the City of Kent encompasses 23 square miles, and includes most
of the incorporated City, as well as adjacent franchise areas within unincorporated King
County. Since the existing collection system already serves most of the City's service area,
expansion of this system will occur almost entirely by infill development, which will be
accomplished primarily through developer extensions and local improvement districts. In
general, the existing sewer system is sized based on existing standards which will carry
peak flows which will be generated by the service area for ultimate development.
However, the City of Kent Comprehensive Sewerage Plan has identified various undersized
lines. as well as others that require rehabilitation.
A complete inventory of Sanitary Sewer facilities is found in the City of Kent
Comprehensive Sewerage Plan.
The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro) has assumed the responsibility for
interception, treatment, and disposal of wastewater from the City of Kent and its
neighboring communities. Therefore, the City does not incur any direct capacity -related
capital facilities requirements or costs for sanitary sewer treatment. The voluminous
inventory of current Sanitary Sewer facilities is on file with the City's Department of Public
Works.
The geographic locations of the sanitary sewer facilities are found on Figure 8.2.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
The City of Kent lies primarily within the Green River Watered, which encompasses
480 square miles and the total drainage area of the City is 24_15,.� square miles which
includes most of the incorporated city, as well as the adjacent franchise areas within
unincorporated King County. The eight major watershed areas include (1) Green River;
(2) Lake Fenwick; (3) Midway; (4) Mill Creek (Kent); (5) Mill Creek (Auburn); (6)
Mullen Slew; (7) Springbrook-Garrison Creek; (8) Star Lake. The City has operated a
stormwater utility since 1981 as a means of financing the construction, operation, and
maintenance of the surface water management program. Conveyance systems in both the
"hillside" and "valley" areas must convey at minimum the 25 year storm event. The
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standards include requirements to provide water quality control recommended by the
"State Department of Ecology Stormwater Management Manual". The voluminous
inventory of current stormwater management facilities is on file with the City's
Department of Public Works.
The geographic locations of the stormwater management facilities are found on Figure
8.3.
WATER SUPPLY, DISTRIBUTION; AND STORAGE FACILITIES
The water service area of the City encompasses 27 square miles. This area includes
most of the incorporated City, as well as adjacent franchise areas within unincorporated
King County. To the east, the service area boundary coincides with the boundary of
Water District No. 111 and Soos Creek Sewer and Water District. To the north, the
service area boundary coincides with the mutual Kent/Renton and Kent/Tukwila city
limits. To the west, it coincides with Highline Water District's boundary, and to the
south, the City's service area boundary coincides with the City of Auburn, and Federal
Way Sewer and Water District. The principal sources of water supply for the City's
water system are Kent Springs and Clark Springs. During high demand periods, the
capacity of these two sources is exceeded, and supplemental well facilities are activated.
These sources are adequate to meet peak day demands; however, during an extreme
dry/hot spell, the City purchases water from adjacent purveyors. Water system interties
are presently available with Highline Water District, Tukwila, and Renton during such
emergency situations; however, these sources are not considered to be dependable for
meeting long-term demand requirements. A new open storage reservoir is proposed to
be located on a site near 124th Avenue SE and SE 304th Street. The City also plans a
future intertie with Tacoma's pipeline 5 project. The water distribution system exists
throughout most of the City's service area. Expansion will take place almost entirely
through infill development, which will be accomplished primarily through developer
extensions. Most of the remaining projects in the City's most recent water system Plan
consist primarily of water main replacements and upsizing in older portions of the
system.
A Comprehensive Water System Plan update is required by the Washington State
Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) every five years. The City's most
recent Water System Plan (completed in 1988 and amended in 1990) has been approved
by DSHS. This plan was completed in conjunction with the Critical Water Supply Plan
for the South King County area. An update of the Comprehensive Water System
Plan is scheduled in 1997. A detailed inventory of current water system facilities,
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and City water rights records are on file with the City's Department of Public Works.
The voluminous inventory of current stormwater management facilities is on file with
the City's Department of Public Works.
The geographic locations of water distribution facilities are found on Figure 8.4.
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES (p4a
The City's road system current inventoryonsists of appro imately 454-.-9 total �l Loyv.
'��Ci.p�rp��M. b.Yl�o�1L�.livJh pa.y C..d-�'�Y� lS:
miles for four major categories of roads; s pf principal arterials; 91v;�s
31.i lw-�e rv.. q
of minor arterials; 9�#ties of collector arterials, and mss of local roads 3The e� �s
916-3 lone- "%vG. `tt�.3 lo.,-.��►Y.;lts
are nine bridges in Kent.
In 1993, transportation networks for pedestrians include:
Widened shoulder 19.35 miles
Gravel Paths 28.31 miles
Asphalt sidewalks 4.69 miles
Concrete sidewalks 108.56 miles
Pathways 21.01 miles
The pedestrian transportation inventory will be updated after a physical inventory 9 th
i ire lq(:Aq.
The geographic locations of major transportation facilities are found on Figure 9.1 of
the transportation element.
PUBLIC EDUCATION FACILITIES
Most of Kent's residential areas are served by the Kent School District. the Renton
School District serves students from an area of Kent near the north City limits, and Kent
students from a section of the West Hill of Kent attend Federal Way Schools. Detailed
inventories of school district capital facilities are contained in the capital facilities plan
of each school district. The capital facilities plans of the Kent and Federal Way School
Districts have been adopted as part of the City's Capital Facilities Element.
The geographic locations of schools in Kent are found on Figure 8.1.
PUBLIC LIBRARY FACILITIES
The City of Kent is served by the King County Library system in the Kent Library
building at 212 2nd Avenue West, which was built in 1992. Detailed information
regarding the King County Library System is contained in the King County Library
System, The Year 2000 Plan, September 1992.
The geographic location of the Kent Library building is found on Figure 8.1.
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CHAPTER SIGH?*"'
ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS
CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT
The following section outlines the capital costs, financing, and levels of service for the public facilities
which are provided by the City of Kent. This same information for the Kent and Federal Way School
districts is available in the districts' capital facilities plans, which have been adopted by reference as
part of the Capital Facilities Element.
CAPITAL COSTS
5,589
1,200
1,200
1,185
495
735 910
Table 8.1
1,069
4,857
1997 - 2002 Capital Facilities Plan
Project Cost Statistics
479 295 37,215
100
(In 000's)
��--
SUMMARY
2,354
5,702
NON UTILITY PROJECTS
689 505 42,960
1,516
TRANSPORTATION
1997 1998 1999 2000
2001 2002 TOTAL
Corridors
13,393 13,529 13,163 3,085
5,479 1,180 49,828
Arterials
3,188 2,863 5,962 108
109 2,457 14,687
Intersection Improvements
55 350 149
554
Other Improvements
1.294 1,030 757_ 848
879 1,530 6.338
SUBTOTAL TRANSPORTATION 17,930 17,771 19,883 4,189 6,467 5,167 71,408
PUBLIC SAFETY
Correctional Facility
Fire and Emergency Services
Police / Fire Training Center
Police Administrative Offices
SUBTOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY
PARKS AND RECREATION
Neighborhood Park Recreational Land
Community Park Recreational Land
Neighborhood Recreational Facilities
Community Recreational Facilities
Golf Complex
SUBTOTAL PARKS AND REC
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
118 25 143
2,985 601 721 521 496 496 5,820
3,103 626 721 521 496 496 5,963
Information Services / Automation 6,072 6,072
Government Facilities - Buildings / Mtc 2,310 150 8,290 150 1,650 250 12,800
Other 127 55 59 62 66 70 439
SUBTOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT 8,509 205 8,349 212 1,716 320 19,311
TOTAL NON UTILITY PROJECTS
UTILITY PROJECTS
Sanitary Sewer
Stormwater Management
Water Supply & Distribution
TOTAL UTILITY PROJECTS
TOTAL CAPITAL PROJECTS
31,896 24,304 61,458 6,127 9,368 6,488 139,642
2,813 I,259
5,589
1,200
1,200
1,185
495
735 910
210 210 3,745
1,069
4,857
30,220 295
479 295 37,215
100
350
350
800
2,354
5,702
32,505 1,205
689 505 42,960
Information Services / Automation 6,072 6,072
Government Facilities - Buildings / Mtc 2,310 150 8,290 150 1,650 250 12,800
Other 127 55 59 62 66 70 439
SUBTOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT 8,509 205 8,349 212 1,716 320 19,311
TOTAL NON UTILITY PROJECTS
UTILITY PROJECTS
Sanitary Sewer
Stormwater Management
Water Supply & Distribution
TOTAL UTILITY PROJECTS
TOTAL CAPITAL PROJECTS
31,896 24,304 61,458 6,127 9,368 6,488 139,642
2,813 I,259
5,589
281
291
303
10,536
5,941 4,669
3,154
949
460
478
15,651
1.320 11.625
375
286
897
1,184
15,687
10,074 17,553
9,118
1,516
1,648
1,965
41,874
41,970 41,858 70,576 7,643 11,016 8,453 181,516
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CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT CHAPTER EIGHT
FINANCING
The revenue sources that are available to the City of Kent for capital facilities include
taxes, fees and charges, and grants. Some sources of revenue for capital facilities can
also be used for operating costs. A comprehensive list of revenue sources and a
discussion of limitations on -the use of each revenue source is contained in the Capital
Facilities Plan. Existing City revenues are not forecast, nor are they diverted to capital
expenditures from maintenance and operations.
The financing plan for these capital improvements includes the revenues listed in the pie
chart below. The chart lists the major categories of Capital Improvement Projects (CIP)
revenue sources and the amount contributed by each source.
Table 8.2
City of Kent, Washington
Capital Facilities Plan
REVENUES BY SOURCE 1997-2002
Golf& Utility Fees ?` nie iZ R°i
LIDS 15.693 8.6°/
CIP Revenues 10.457 5.8%
Sale of Property / Misc 2.721 1.5%
sportation 23.528 13.0%
)3 57.3%
TOTAL REVENUE: $181,516
TOTAL REVENUES (in 000's)
Detailed project lists and financing plans are contained in the Capital Facilities Plan.
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ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS
CAPITAL COSTS
Table 8.1
DRAFT
1998 - 2003 CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN
PROJECT COST STATISTICS
(In Thousands)
SUMMARY
NON UTILITY PROJECTS
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 TOTAL
TRANSPORTATION
Corridors
15,820
19,250
7,420
600
1,200
1,500
45,790
Arterials
7,569
4,050
690
609
7,272
500
20,690
Intersection Improvements
750
650
450
1,300
0
250
3,400
Other Improvements
1,760
972
1,070
1,008
1,467
1,447
7,724
SUBTOTAL TRANSPORTATION
25,899
24,922
9,630
3,517
9,939
3,697
77,604
PUBLIC SAFETY
0
0
0
25
Corrections Facility
0
0
25
Police Administration
80
110
0
0
0
0
190
Fire and Emergency Services
425
4,138
521
496
496
496
6,572
SUBTOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY
505
4,248
546
496
496
496
6,787
PARKS AND RECREATION
Neighborhood Parks - Land
830
0
0
0
0
0
830
Community Parks - Land
2,015
1,675
1,200
0
0
250
5,140
Neighborhood Parks - Facilities
675
2,222
415
285
368
275
4,240
Community Parks - Facilities
2,931
5,427
16,459
472
21.309
1,292
28,890
SUBTOTAL PARKS AND RECREATION
6,451
9,324
18,074
757
2,677
1,817
39,100
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Facilities
4,350
2,613
7,368
4,860
523
362
20,076
Other
8,549
5,189
1,483
218
219
222
15,880
SUBTOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
12,899
7,802
8,851
5,078
742
584
35,956
TOTAL NON UTILITY PROJECTS
UTILITY PROJECTS
45,754 46,296 37,101 9,848 13,854 6,594 159,447
Sanitary Sewer
1,534
2,270
281
291
303
315
4,994
Stormwater Management
6,745
4,339
3,665
1,752
893
684
18,078
Water Supply & Distribution
2,426
1,677
7,542
3,615
1,915
1,204
18,379
TOTAL UTILITY PROJECTS
10,705
8,286
11,488
5,658
3,111
2,203
41,451
TOTAL CAPITAL PROJECTS
56,459 54,582 48,589 15,506 16,965 8,797 200,898
Table 8.2 D§HFF
CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON
CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN
(In Thousands)
REVENUES BY SOURCE
1998-2003
CIP Revenues
Grants $14,241 7.1%
$38,809 19.3% Street Revenues
$22,285 11.1%
LID's Utility Revenues
$17,425 8.7% $21,084 10.5%
Other
$8,537 4.2%
Bond Issues
$78,517 39.1%
TOTAL REVENUES: $200,898
CHAPTER EIGHT I... .,.,,c:APITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT
LEVEL OF SERVICE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CFP
Pie
fa�cilitics � �a.� t 2.V.�i S O� SQ.rv, � cA. adc�
Facility
Fire/Emergency Services
Neighborhood Rec. Facilities
Community Rec. Facilities
Sanitary Sewer .
Stormwater Management
Transportation
Water System
LOS Units
Units/1,000 pop.
Investment/Capita
Investment/Capita
Per DOE and METRO
Regulations
Per State Regulations/King
County Stds.
N/A
Per DSHS Regulations/King
County Stds
City Maintenance Facilities Sq. Ft./1,000 pop.
1 3 -LO CFP LOS
PPIOPOSED
8:-896 0.096
$151.52
$496-.M $496.26
539.0 625.0
Correctional Facility
Beds/ 1, 000 pop.
pM
9 ft 2.70
Police/Fire Training Center
Sq. Ft. /Employee
-32-:5- 28.3
City Admin. Offices
Sq. Ft./1,000 pop.
0• 1,325.0
- General Government
City Admin. Offices
Sq. Ft./1,000 pop.
436 T 396.0
- Police Headquarters
Neighborhood Park/
Acres/ 1,000 pop.
1-59' 2.53
Recreational Land
Community Park/
Acres/ 1,000 pop.
+0789 18.19
Recreational Land
Golf Courses
Holes/ 1,000 pop.
6:65" 0.56
KENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 8-I5
CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEj,. ,,IT r, CHAPTER EIGHT
CAPITAL FACILITIES GOALS AND POLICIES
Goal CFP -1 - As the City of Kent continues to grow and develop, ensure that an
adequate supply and range of capital facilities are available to provide satisfactory
standards of public health, safer}; and quality of life.
Goal CFP -2 - Encourage and support patterns of growth and development which are
consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan by concentrating capital facilities spending
in those areas where growth is desired.
Goal CFP -3 - Define types of public facilities, establish standards for levels of service
for each type of public facility, and in coordination with the Comprehensive Plan Land
Use Element, determine what capital improvements are needed in order to achieve and
maintain the standards for existing and future populations, and to repair or replace
existing public facilities. As growth and additional development occur in the City and
adjacent growth areas, consistently reassess land use, update the capital facilities data,
and use these data as a basis for making financial decisions regarding capital facilities
investment. Identify alternatives to spending and establish priorities.
Policy CFP -3.1 - Establish and maintain definitions of terms which apply
throughout this Capital Facilities Plan and related documents. Place the
definitions in the introduction to the Capital Facilities Plan and update them as
necessary.
Policy CFP -3.2 - The capital facilities provided within the City of Kent are
defined in the introduction and categorized below as A., B., and C. facilities.
Establish standards for levels of service for Categories A and B public facilities,
and coordinate with providers of Category C public facilities. Apply the
standards for Category A and B facilities and coordinate Category C facilities as
follows:
(i) Category A: Capital facilities owned or operated by the City of
Kent. Apply the standards for levels of service of each type of
public facility in Category A to development permits issued by the
City (as set forth in the City's Concurrency Ordinance) after the
adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the City's annual budget
beginning with the 1995 fiscal year, the City's Capital
Improvements Program beginning with the 1995 fiscal year, and
other elements of this Comprehensive Plan.
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(ii) Category B: Capital facilities owned or operated by the City of
Kent, but not subject to requirements for concurrency. Apply the
standards for levels of service of each type of public facility in
Category B to the City's annual budget beginning with the 1995
fiscal year, the City's Capital Improvements Program beginning
with the 1995 fiscal year, and other elements of this
Comprehensive Plan. The standards for levels of service in
Category B are for planning purposes only, and shall not apply to
development permits issued by the City.
(iii) Category C. Capital facilities owned or operated by federal, state,
county, independent district, and private organizations.
Coordinate levels of service and capacity with other entities who
provide capital facilities within the City, such as libraries,
Washington State Department of Transportation, school districts,
and transit service providers.
Policy CFP -3.3 - Provide standards for levels of service according to the
following:
(i) Category A Public Facilities
Transportation facilities:
Sanitary Sewer: State DOE and Metro Regulations
Stormwater Management: State Regulations and King County
Standards
Water: DSHS Regulations and King County Standards
(ii) Category B Public Facilities
Fire and Emergency Services:
0.096 fire aid units per 1,000 population
Law Enforcement:
Correctional facility: 2.70 beds per 1,000 population
Parks:
Neighborhood Park/Recreational Land: 2.53 acres per 1,000
population
Community Park/Recreational Land: 18.19 acres per 1,000
population
Neighborhood Recreational Facilities: $151.52 investment per
capita
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Community Recreational Facilities: $496.26 investment per capita
Golf Courses: 0.56 holes per 1,000 population
City Administrative Offices:
City Hall: 1,325 square feet per 1,000 population
Police Headquarters: 396 square feet per 1,000 population
City Maintenance Facilities:
625 square feet per 1,000 population
City Training Facilities:
Police/Fire training center: 28.3 square feet per employee
Policy CF7-3.4 - Determine the needed quantity of capital improvements as
follows:
The quantity of capital improvements needed to eliminate existing
deficiencies and to meet the needs of future growth shall be determined for
each public facility by the following calculation: Q = (S x D) - I.
Where Q is the quantity of capital improvements needed,
S is the standard for level of service,
D is the demand, such as the population, and
I is the inventory of existing facilities.
Use the calculation for existing demand in order to determine existing
deficiencies. Use the calculation for projected demand in order to
determine needs of future growth.
Policy CFP -3.5 - Consider the standards for levels of service to be the exclusive
determinant of need for a capital improvement except in the following
circumstances:
(i) Repair, remodeling, renovation, and replacement of obsolete or
worn-out facilities shall be determined by the City Council upon
the recommendation of the Mayor.
Capital improvements that provide levels of service in excess of the
standards adopted in this Comprehensive Plan may be constructed
or acquired at any time as long as the following conditions are
met:
(a) The capital improvement does not make financially
infeasible any other capital improvement that is needed to
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achieve or maintain the standards for levels of service
adopted in this Comprehensive Plan, and
(b) The capital improvement does not contradict, limit, or
substantially change the goals or policies of any element of
this Comprehensive Plan, and
(c) The capital improvement meets one of the following
conditions:
The excess capacity is an integral part of a capital
improvement that is needed to achieve or maintain
standards for levels of service (i.e., the minimum
capacity of a capital project is larger than the
capacity required to provide the level of service), or
The excess capacity provides economies of scale
making it less expensive than a comparable amount
of capacity if acquired at a later date, or
... The asset acquired is land that is environmentally
sensitive, or designated by the City as necessary for
conservation or recreation, or
.... The excess capacity is part of a capital project
financed by general obligation bonds approved by
referendum.
Policy CFP -3.6 - Encourage non -capital alternatives to achieve and maintain the
adopted standard for level of service. Non -capital alternatives, which use
programs, strategies, or methods other than traditional "brick and mortar"
capital facilities to provide the level of service standards, may include, but are
not limited to the following: (1) programs that reduce or eliminate the need for
the capital facility; (2) programs that provide a non -capital substitute for the
capital facility; (3) programs that reduce the demand for a capital facility or the
service it provides; (4) programs that use alternative methods to provide levels of
service; (5) programs that use existing facilities more efficiently in order to reduce
the need for additional facilities.
Policy CFP -3.7 - Include in the "CFP Projects and Financing Plan" contained
in the Capital Facilities Plan any capital improvement that is determined to be
needed as a result of any of the factors listed in Policy CFP -3.5. Approve all
such capital improvements in the same manner as the capital improvements that
are determined to be needed according to the quantitative analysis described in
Policy CFP -3.4.
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Policy CFP -3.8 - Assign relative priorities among capital improvements projects
as follows:
(i) Priorities Among Types of Public Facilities. Legal restrictions on
the use of many revenue sources limit the extent to which types of
facilities compete for priority with other types of facilities because
they do not compete for the same revenues. All capital
improvements that are necessary for achieving and maintaining a
standard for levels of service adopted in this Comprehensive Plan
are included in the financially -feasible "CFP Projects and
Financing Plan" contained in the Capital Facilities Plan. The
relative priorities among types of public facilities (i.e., roads,
sanitary sewer, etc.) were established by adjusting the standards
for levels of service and the available revenues until the resulting
public facilities needs became financially feasible. Repeat this
process with each update of the Capital Facilities Plan, thus
allowing for changes in priorities among types of public facilities.
Priorities of capital improvements within a type of public facility.
Evaluate and consider capital improvements within a type of public
facility using the following criteria and order of priority. Establish
the final priority of all capital facility improvements using the
following criteria as general guidelines. Use any revenue source
that cannot be used for a high-priority facility by beginning with
the highest priority for which the revenue can be expended legally.
(a) Reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, or
replacement of obsolete or worn-out facilities that
contribute. to achieving or maintaining standards for Ievels
of service adopted in this Comprehensive Plan.
(b) New or expanded facilities that reduce or eliminate
deficiencies in levels of service for existing demand.
(c) New public facilities, and improvements to existing public
facilities, that eliminate public hazards if such hazards
were not otherwise eliminated by facility improvements
prioritized according to (a) or (b), above.
(d) New or expanded facilities that provide the adopted levels
of service for new development and redevelopment during
the next six fiscal years, as updated by the annual review
of the Capital Facilities Plan. The City may acquire land
or right of way in advance of the need to develop a facility
for new development. Ensure that the location of facilities
constructed pursuant to this policy conform to the Land Use
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Element, and that speck project locations serve projected
growth areas within the allowable land use categories.
(e) Capacity of public facilities to serve anticipated new
development and applicants for development permits shall
be addressed in the City's concurrency ordinance.
09 Improvements to existing facilities, and new facilities that
significantly reduce the operating cost of providing a
service or facility, or otherwise mitigate impacts of public
facilities on future operating budgets.
(g) New facilities that exceed the adopted levels of service for
new growth during the next six fiscal years by either
Providing excess public facility capacity that is
needed by future growth beyond the next six fiscal
years, or
Providing higher -quality public facilities than are
contemplated in the City's normal design criteria
for such facilities.
(h) Facilities not described in policies (a) through (g) above,
but which the City is obligated to complete, provided that
such obligation is evidenced by a written agreement the
City executed prior to the adoption of this Comprehensive
Plan.
NO Evaluate all facilities scheduled for construction or improvement
in accordance with this policy in order to idents any plans of
state or local governments or districts that affect, or will be
affected by, the City's proposed capital improvement.
(iv) Include in the project evaluation additional criteria that are unique
to each type of public facility, as described in other elements of
this Comprehensive Plan.
Goal CFP4 - To ensure financial feasibility, provide needed public facilities that the
City has the ability to fund, or that the City has the authority to require others to
provide.
Pblicy CFP4.1 - In the estimated costs of all needed capital improvements, do
not exceed conservative estimates of revenues from sources that are available to
the City pursuant to current statutes, and which have not been rejected by
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referendum, if a referendum is required to enact a source of revenue.
Conservative estimates need not be the most pessimistic estimate, but cannot
exceed the most likely estimate. Revenues for transportation improvements or
strategies must be 'financial commitments" as required by the Growth
Management Act.
Policy CFP4.2 - Pay for the costs of needed capital improvements in the
following manner:
(i) Existing development shall pay for the capital improvements that
reduce or eliminate existing deficiencies and for some or all of the
replacement of obsolete or worn-out facilities. Existing
development may pay a portion of the cost of capital improvements
needed by future development.
Payments may take the form of user fees, charges for services,
special assessments, and taxes.
(ii) Future development shall pay its fair share of the capital
improvements needed to address the impact of such development.
Transportation impact fees, water, sewer, storm water
infrastructure fees, and the fee in lieu of parks shall continue as
established "fair share " payments. Upon completion of
construction, "future "development becomes "existing" development
and shall pay the costs of the replacement of obsolete or worn-out
facilities as described above.
Payments may take the form of, but are not limited to, voluntary
contributions for the benefit of any public facility, mitigation
payments, impact fees, capacityfees, dedications of land, provision
of public facilities, publiclprivate partnerships, voluntary funding
agreements, future payments of user fees, charges for services,
special assessments, and taxes. Future development shall not pay
impact fees for the portion of any public facility that reduces or
eliminates existing deficiencies.
(iii) Both existing and future development may have part of their costs
paid by grants, entitlements, or public facilities from other levels
of government and independent districts.
Policy CFP4.3 - Finance capital improvements and manage debt as follows:
(i) Finance capital improvements from City enterprise funds by:
(a) Debt to be repaid by user fees and charges and/or
connection or capacity fees for enterprise services, or
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(b) Current assets (i. e., reserves, equity or surpluses, and
current revenue, including grants, loans, donations and
interlocal agreements), or
(c) A combination of debt and current assets.
(ii) Finance capital improvements by non -enterprise funds from either
current assets (i. e., current revenue, fund equity and reserves),
debt, or a combination thereof. Consider in the financing
decisions which funding source (current assets, debt, or both) will
be a) most cost effective, b) consistent with prudent asset and
liability management, c) appropriate to the useful life of the
project(s) to be financed, and d) the most efficient use of the City's
ability to borrow funds.
NO Do not use debt financing to provide more capacity than is needed
within the "CFP Projects and Financing Plan " for non -enterprise
public facilities unless one of the conditions of Policy CFP-
3.5(ii) (c) is met.
Policy CFP -4.4 - Do not provide a public facility, nor accept the provision of a
Public facility by others, if the City or other provider is unable to pay for any
planned subsequent annual operating and maintenance costs of the facility.
Policy CFP4.5 - In the event that sources of revenue listed in the "CFP Projects
and Financing Plan " require voter approval in a local referendum that has not
been held, and a referendum is not held, or is held and is not successful, revise
this Comprehensive Plan at the next annual amendment to adjust for the lack of
such revenues, in any of the following ways:
(i) Reduce the level of service for one or more public facilities;
(ii) Increase the use of other sources of revenue;
(iii) Decrease the cost, and therefore the quality of some types of public
facilities while retaining the quantity of the facilities that is
inherent in the standard for level of service;
(iv) Decrease the demand for and subsequent use of capital facilities,
(v) A combination of the above alternatives.
Policy CFP4.6 - Condition all development permits issued by the City which
require capital improvements that will be financed by sources of revenue which
have not been approved or implemented (such as future debt requiring referenda)
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on the approval or implementation of the indicated revenue sources, or the
substitution of a comparable amount of revenue from existing sources.
Goal CFP -5 - Provide adequate public facilities by constructing needed capital
improvements which (1) repair or replace obsolete or worn-out facilities, (2) eliminate
existing deficiencies, and (3) meet the needs of future development and redevelopment
caused by previously -issued and new development permits. The City's ability to provide
needed improvements will be demonstrated by maintaining a financially feasible "CFP
Projects and Financing Plan" in the Capital Facilities Plan.
Policy CF7-5.1 - Provide, or arrange for others to provide, the capital
improvements listed in the "CFP Projects and Financing Plan" portion of the
Capital Facilities Plan. The capital improvements projects may be modified as
follows:
(i) Pursuant to the Growth Management Act, the "CFP Projects and
Financing Plan " may be amended one time during any calendar
year. Coordinate the annual update with the annual budget
process.
(ii) The "CFP Projects and Financing Plan" may be adjusted by
ordinance not deemed to be an amendment to the Comprehensive
Plan for corrections, updates, and modifications concerning costs;
revenue sources, acceptance of facilities pursuant to dedications
which are consistent with the plan; or the date of construction (so
long as it is completed within the 6 -year period) of any facility
enumerated in the "CFP Projects and Financing Plan. "
(iii) Any act, or failure to act, that causes any project listed in the
"CFP Projects and Financing Plan" of this Comprehensive Plan to
be scheduled for completion in a fiscal year later than the fiscal
year indicated in the "CFP Projects and Financing Plan" shall be
effective only if the act causing the delay is subject to one of the
following:
(a) Accelerate within, or add to the "CFP Projects and
Financing Plan " those projects providing capacity equal to,
or greater than the delayed project, in order to provide
capacity of public facilities in the fiscal year at least equal
to the capacity scheduled prior to the act which delayed the
subject project.
(b) For those projects which are subject to concurrency
requirements and which are authorized by development
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permits which were issued conditionally subject to the
concurrent availability of public facility capacity provided
by the delayed project, restrict them to the allowable
amount and schedule of development which can be provided
without the incomplete project.
(c) Amend the Comprehensive Plan (during the allowable
annual amendment) to temporarily reduce the adopted
standard for the level of service for public facilities until
the fiscal year in which the delayed project is scheduled to
be completed.
Policy CFP -5.2 - Include in the capital appropriations of the City's annual
budget all the capital improvements projects listed in the "CFP Projects and
Financing Plan" for expenditure during the appropriate fiscal year, except that
the City may omit from its annual budget any capital improvements for which a
binding agreement has been erecuted with another party to provide the same
project in the same fiscal year. Also include in the capital appropriations of its
annual budget additional public facility projects that conform to Policy CFP-
3.5(ii) and Policy CFP -3.8(d) (fl.
Policy CFP -5.3 - Adopt a concurrency ordinance to ensure that adequate
facilities, as determined by the City, are available to serve new growth and
development.
Policy CFP -5.4 - Determine the availability of public facilities by verifying that
the City has in place binding financial commitments to complete the necessary
public facilities or strategies within six years, provided that:
(i) The six-year "CFP Projects and Financing Plan " is financially
feasible.
(ii) The City uses a realistic, financially feasible funding system based
on revenue sources available according to laws adopted at the time
the CFP is adopted.
(iii) The Six-year "CFP Projects and Financing Plan " in this
Comprehensive Plan demonstrates that the actual construction of
the roads and mass to ansit facilities are scheduled to commence in
or before the fourth year of the six-year "CFP Projects and
Financing Plan. "
(iv) The six-year "CFP Projects and Financing Plan" includes both
necessary facilities to maintain the adopted level -of -service
standards to serve the new development proposed to be permitted
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and the necessary facilities required to eliminate existing
deficiencies.
Goal CFP -6 - Provide adequate public facilities to urban growth areas.
Policy CFP -6.3 - Make providers of public facilities responsible for paying for
their facilities. Providers may use sources of revenue that require users of
facilities to pay for a portion of the cost of the facilities. As provided by law,
some providers may require new development to pay impact fees rind/or mitigation
payments for a portion of the cost of public facilities.
(i) Use Policy CFP -4.2 as the guideline for assigning responsibility
for paying for public facilities in the Kent Urban Growth Area.
Coordinate with King County and other providers of public
facilities regarding collection of fees from development in their
respective jurisdictions for impacts on public facilities in other
jurisdictions.
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Policy CFP -6.1 - Ensure levels of service for public facilities in the urban growth
area are consistent,
and where possible,
identical for the City of Kent and the
unincorporated portion of the Kent Urban Growth Area (see Policy CFP -3.3).
Policy CFP -6.2 - Declare the primary providers of public facilities and services
in the unincorporated portion of.the Kent
Urban Growth Area to be:
Public Facility
Before Annexation
After Annexation
a.
Fire Protection and
Districts
City of Kent
emergency medical
b.
services
Law Enforcement
King County
City of Kent
Library District
c.
d.
Library
Parks & Recreation
Library District
King County
City of Kent
e.
Local roads, sidewalks,
King County
City of Kent
f.
lighting
State roads
Washington State
Washington State
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g.
Sanity sewer
Districts
City of Kent o
h.
i.
Schools
Solid waste disposal
Districts
King County
Districts
King County
j.
Storm Water
King County
City of Kent
k.
Transit
King County
King County
1.
Water
Districts
City of Kent �r
m.
General government
King County
City of Kent
offices
Policy CFP -6.3 - Make providers of public facilities responsible for paying for
their facilities. Providers may use sources of revenue that require users of
facilities to pay for a portion of the cost of the facilities. As provided by law,
some providers may require new development to pay impact fees rind/or mitigation
payments for a portion of the cost of public facilities.
(i) Use Policy CFP -4.2 as the guideline for assigning responsibility
for paying for public facilities in the Kent Urban Growth Area.
Coordinate with King County and other providers of public
facilities regarding collection of fees from development in their
respective jurisdictions for impacts on public facilities in other
jurisdictions.
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Policy CFP -6.4 -When possible, enter into agreements with King Counn• and
other providers of public facilities to coordinate planning for and development
of the Kent Urban Growth Area, including implementation and enforcement of
Policies CFP -6.1 - 6.3.
Policy CFP -6.5 - The City shall adopt the capital facilities plans of the Kent and
Federal Way School Districts by reference as part of this Capital Facilities
Element. The City will review these plans on an annual basis to assess the
districts' enrollment projections, levels of service, capacity, and financing plan.
Goal CFP -7 - Implement the Capital Facilities Plan in a manner that coordinates and
is consistent with the plans and policies of other elements of the City Comprehensive
Plan, Countywide Planning Policies, the Growth Management Act of the State of
Washington, and, where possible, the plans and policies of other regional entities,
adjacent counties, and municipalities.
Policy CFP -7.1 - Manage the land development process to ensure that all
development receives public facility levels of service equal to, or greater than the
standards adopted in Policy CFP -3.3 by implementing the "CFP Projects and
Financing Plan" contained in the Capital Facilities Plan, and by using the fiscal
resources provided for in Goal CFP -4 and its supporting policies.
(i) Ensure that all Category A and B public facility capital
improvements are consistent for planning purposes with the
adopted land use map and the goals and policies of other- elements
of this Comprehensive Plan. Ensure that the location of, and level
of service provided by projects in the "CFP Projects and
Financing Plan" maintain adopted standards for levels of service
for existing and future development in a manner and location
consistent with the Land Use Element of this Comprehensive Plan.
(ii) Integrate the City's land use planning and decisions with its
planning and decisions for public facility capital improvements by
developing, adopting, and using the programs listed in the
"Implementation Programs " section of the Capital Facilities Plan.
(Note: Plans to implement the Comprehensive Plan elements,
including a proposed concurrency ordinance, will be presented to
the Planning Commission at a later date.)
Policy CFP -7.2 - Ensure that implementation of the Capital Facilities Plan is
consistent with the requirements of the adopted Countywide Planning Policies.
Goal CFP -8 - The City shall participate in a cooperative interjurisdictional process to
determine siting of essential public facilities of a county -wide, regional, or state-wide
nature.
Policy CFP -8.1 - Proposals for siting essential public facilities within the City of
Kent or within the City's growth boundary shall be reviewed for consistency with
the City's Comprehensive Plan during the initial stages of the proposal process.
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Policy CFP -8.2 -When warranted by the special character of the essential facility,
the City shall apply the regulations and criteria of Kent Zoning Code Section
15.04.200, Special use combining district, to applications for siting such facilities
to insure adequate review, including public participation. Conditions of approval,
including design conditions, conditions, shall be imposed upon such uses in the
interest of the welfare of the City and the protection of the environment.
Policy CFP -8.3 - In the principally permitted or conditional use sections of the
zoning code, the City shall establish, as appropriate, locations and development
standards for essential public facilities which do not warrant consideration through
the special use combining district regulations. Such facilities shall include but not
be limited to small inpatient facilities and group homes.
Goal CFP -9 - The City shall participate in a cooperative interjurisdictional process to
resolve issues of mitigation for any disproportionate financial burden which may fall on
the jurisdiction which becomes the site of a facility of a state-wide, regional or county -wide
nature.
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