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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Economic and Community Development Committee - 10/08/2018 (2) Page 1 of 3 Approved Economic and Community Development Committee CC ECDC Regular Meeting Minutes October 8, 2018 Date: October 8, 2018 Time: 5:00 PM Place: Chambers East Attending: Bill Boyce, Committee Chair Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember Marli Larimer, Councilmember Rhonda Bylin, Committee Secretary Agenda: 1. Call to Order 5:00 PM 2. Roll Call Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Bill Boyce Committee Chair Present Satwinder Kaur Councilmember Present Marli Larimer Councilmember Present Rhonda Bylin Committee Secretary Present 3. Changes to the Agenda No changes to the Agenda. 4. Approval of Minutes dated September 10, 2018 MOTION: Move to approve the Minutes dated September 10, 2018 RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember SECONDER: Marli Larimer, Councilmember AYES: Boyce, Kaur, Larimer 5. Economic Development Activity Update Bill Ellis discussed the newly Published report on the Washington State Space Economy. Highlights of the report include that the economic impact (already in the billions) in the State of this employment sector is projected to reach 1.3 Trillion by 2040 and 2.2 trillion by 2045. Currently 1/2 of the direct space jobs are located in Kent, Wa. The multiplier for non-direct but related employment for the Space sector is calculated to be 2.13. In other words, each direct Space sector job creates an additional 2.13 jobs in a different economic sector. Economic and Community Development Committee CC ECDC Regular Meeting Minutes October 8, 2018 Kent, Washington Page 2 of 3 The takeaway is that there is a tremendous opportunity for Kent to optimize these community attributes by marketing the value of a Kent location to other businesses, and work with these employers to create work force development programs to employ Kent's citizens. 6. 2018 Annual Docket Items Annual List of items being considered to work on and bring before the Committees and the Council in 2019. See attachment to motion. MOTION: Approve/Deny/Modify the staff recommendation to move forward to the City Council the 2018 Annual Docket. RESULT: RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL [UNANIMOUS] Next: 10/16/2018 7:00 PM MOVER: Marli Larimer, Councilmember SECONDER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember AYES: Boyce, Kaur, Larimer 7. Meet Me on Meeker - Kent Elementary School Vision Planning Staff, both Long Range and Current Planning, have begun work on the 2nd phase of Meet Me on Meeker by conducting outreach with Kent Elementary School, which is oriented toward 64th, but has significant frontage on Meeker, which forms the border of its play-yard. The first stakeholders consulted were current students and staff at the elementary school, with a grant funded community based design firm creating concepts based on the input received from that outreach. The next step was to bring the School District on board so more recently these design concepts were presented to the District Facilities team in recognition that final decisions would be made at that level and their input would be crucial for the final design. A big takeaway from the outreach is that the school community, on site and at the district level is attached to their lovely big trees, which are located non-optimally, quite close to Meeker. That right of way is required for the pedestrian and multimodal pathways desired for that frontage though an innovative pervious pathway material, not previously used in Kent, could accommodate tree preservation. Alternatively, if an arborist determines the trees to be near the end of their life cycle, the same material would allow the extensive use of new more conveniently placed trees, in the design concept. 8. Adjournment 5:51 PM Meeting adjourned at 5:51, by Chair Boyce. Rhonda Bylin Economic and Community Development Committee CC ECDC Regular Meeting Minutes October 8, 2018 Kent, Washington Page 3 of 3 Committee Secretary