HomeMy WebLinkAbout1289RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION of the City of Kent, Washington,
generally endorsing the policies contained
in King County's proposed Soos Creek Plan
Update, suggesting changes relative to annex-
ation/incorporation and traffic mitigation,
and encouraging adoption by the County
Council of the Update as modified.
WHEREAS, the easternmost boundary of the corporate limits of
the City of Kent (hereinafter the "City") abuts the King County
Soos Creek Planning area (hereinafter "Soos Creek"); and
WHEREAS, the City's Comprehensive Land Use Plan addresses a
portion of soos Creek; and
WHEREAS, the City provides water, sewer and fire services to
a portion of Soos Creek; and
WHEREAS, the Kent City Council finds that development in Soos
creek has a direct impact on the City, particularly with regard to
automobile traffic which can negatively affect the City's
transportation planning efforts; and
WHEREAS, The Kent City Council has reviewed King County's
proposed Soos Creek Plan Update (issued May, 1991), which sets
forth the land use and transportation policies to guide the County
in making development permitting decisions, and finds that the City
of Kent will be affected thereby; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON: '
Section 1. That the City generally endorses the proposed Soos
Creek Plan Update, recommends that the Update be modified as
described in this Resolution, and supports the King County
Council's adoption of such a modified Update.
Section 2. That the City favorably views the County's
acknowlegement in the Update that development in Soos creek may
cause adverse traffic impacts in other jurisdictions. In relation
thereto, the city proposes that language be added in the Update
which would tie the County's development phasing to traffic
mitigation, but eliminate any wording which would either assume or
require that local jurisdictions accept the County's Mitigation
Payment System as the only method to achieve this goal. Since the
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promotion of coordinated traffic mitigation payment programs within
the affected jurisdictions is desired, but no one program is
mandatory, it is also recommended that specific references to
inter local agreements implementing the Mitigation Payment System be
deleted.
Section 3. That the City is benefitted by the County's firm
acknowledgement that cities are the preferred areas for urban
growth because of the typically higher level of services they can
provide, and therefore recommends that stronger language be
inserted in the Update by the County Council to encourage Covington
and the areas described in the Plan as "Urban Phase I" to annex to
a city or incorporate prior to urban level development. In
conformance with the policies set forth in the Update and the
Growth Management Act, the City suggests that the Update also
contain addtional language to discourage incorporation and
annexation within rural areas of unincorporated King County.
Section 4.
Council support
Soos Creek Plan
the Soos Creek
arterials which
service "E."
The city of Kent requests that the King County
the concept of land use zoning provisions in the
which will preclude new urban development within
Planning area until such time as the roads and
serve such development are improved to level of
City of
the Passed at a regular meeting of the city Council of
Kent, Washington, thi~b day of August, 1991.
Concurred in by the Ma or of the City of Kent, this --f7-
day of Au~u~t, 1991.
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UTY CLERK
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
I hereby certify
Resolution No. lex Ef?
Kent, Washington, the
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