HomeMy WebLinkAbout4204ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, amending the Parks and
Recreation Element and the Capital Facilities
Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan related
to the adoption of a Park and Open Space Plan.
(CPA -2016-3).
RECITALS
A. Pursuant to the Growth Management Act (GMA), the city's
comprehensive plan provides for planning activities and capital budget
decisions that are consistent with the comprehensive plan. RCW
36.70A.120.
B. The city council's strategic goals include the creation of
neighborhood urban centers, connections for people and places, fostering
inclusiveness, and beautifying Kent.
C. The GMA requires the city of Kent to establish procedures
governing amendments to the comprehensive plan that limit amendments
to once each year unless certain circumstances exist. RCW
36.70A.130(2). The city has established a procedure for amending the
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comprehensive plan in Chapter 12.02 of the Kent City Code (KCC) that
permits amendments in addition to the standard annual update if an
emergency exists. An emergency is defined as an issue of community
wide significance that promotes the public health, safety, and general
welfare of the city of Kent. KCC 12.02.010(A).
D. On January 11, 2016, the Economic and Community
Development Committee moved to direct staff to update the Park and
Open Space Plan. On January 19, 2016, the Kent City Council passed
Resolution No. 1919, which authorized staff to move forward with the
comprehensive plan amendment. The recitals of Resolution No. 1919 are
incorporated herein by reference.
E. The 2016 Park and Open Space Plan update continues with
the significant shift in both approach and goals that was started in the
previous update and anticipated in the 2015 update of the Kent
Comprehensive Plan. When the Park and Open Space Plan is integrated
into the Parks and Recreation Element of the city's comprehensive plan, it
will direct future development, acquisition and renovation of parks and
open spaces for the short and long-term future. The Parks and Recreation
Element provides the foundation and guidance for the park system within
the City. The Parks and Recreation Element includes an inventory of
existing parks and open spaces, level of service standards, a summary of
public participation, goals and policies, and opportunities for regional
coordination.
F. In general, the Capital Facilities Element of the city's
comprehensive plan provides guidance for the provision and maintenance
of public services and capital facilities required to support anticipated
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growth over the next 20 years. The Capital Facilities Element includes a
summary of park facilities and level of service standards that need to be
amended with the information from the updated Park and Open Space
Plan.
G. The Park and Open Space Plan has undergone an extensive
public process. In 2012, Kent Parks put together a citizens' committee to
review the parks asset analysis and prioritize a list of parks capital
projects. City staff, assisted by the newly -formed Parks Commission,
reached out to the public in a variety of ways over the summer of 2015.
Staff and Commissioners attended several community events, and invited
attendees to participate in an informal online survey about the park
system. A second, more formal, survey was mailed to randomly selected
residents in late summer of 2015; that survey received 603 responses.
H. On March 17, 2016, the city provided the State of
Washington the required 60 -day notification under RCW 36.70A.106 of the
City's proposed amendments, via email. No comments were received.
I. On April 18, 2016, the city's State Environmental Policy Act
(SEPA) Responsible Official issued an Addendum to the City of Kent
Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned Action
Environmental Impact Statement and City of Kent Downtown Subarea
Action Plan Planned Action Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement. The Addendum did not identify any additional significant
adverse environmental impacts associated with the proposed
comprehensive plan amendments.
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). On March 28, 2016, the Land Use and Planning Board
("LUPB") held a workshop to discuss the update to the Park and Open
Space Plan as well as associated amendments to the Capital Facilities and
Parks and Recreation Elements of the Kent Comprehensive Plan. On April
25, 2016, the LUPB held a public hearing to consider the matter. At the
close of the public hearing, the LUPB voted to recommend approval of the
comprehensive plan amendments.
K. The Kent City Council's Economic and Community
Development Committee considered the LUPB's recommendation at its
regularly -scheduled meeting on May 9, 2016 and forwarded its own
recommendation to the full City Council. The Park and Open Space Plan
update was also considered by the City Council's Parks and Human
Services Committee on April 21, 2016 and May 19, 2016.
L. On June 7, 2016, the City Council approved incorporation of
the Park and Open Space Plan into the comprehensive plan by reference
as well as corresponding amendments to the Parks and Recreation
Element and the Capital Facilities Element of the comprehensive plan.
These amendments were made in accordance with KCC 12.02.050.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
ORDINANCE
SECTION Y. -Incorporation of Recitals. The preceding recitals are
incorporated herein.
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SECTION 2. - Amendment. The 2016 Park and Open Space Plan is
incorporated into the Kent Comprehensive Plan by reference and attached
as Exhibit "A." The Parks and Recreation Element and Capital Facilities
Element of the City of Kent's Comprehensive Plan are amended as
attached and incorporated as Exhibit "B" and Exhibit "'C," respectively.
SECTION 3. -Severability. 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, -Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon
approval of the City Attorney, the City Clerk and the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the
correction of clerical errors; references to other local, state or federal
laws, codes, rules, or regulations; or ordinance numbering and
section/subsection numbering.
SECTION 5. -Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force 30 days from and after the date of passage as provided by law.
OKE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
TOMp BRUBAKERp, CITY ATT RNUEY
PASSED: day o -P4ay, 2016.
APPROVED: day of-P4ay°, 2016.
PUBLISHED: day of , 2016.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No. , passed
by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved by the
Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon indicated.
(SEAL)
RONALD F. MOORE, CITY CLERK
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