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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Economic and Community Development Committee - 06/11/2018 (2) Page 1 of 5 Approved Economic and Community Development Committee CC ECDC Regular Meeting Minutes June 11, 2018 Date: June 11, 2018 Time: 5:00 PM Place: Chambers East Attending: Bill Boyce, Committee Chair Toni Troutner, Councilmember Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember Agenda: 1. Call to Order 5:00 PM Chair Boyce called the meeting to order and introduced the Council members and Secretary. 2. Roll Call Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Bill Boyce Committee Chair Present Toni Troutner Councilmember Present Satwinder Kaur Councilmember Present 3. Changes to the Agenda Kurt Hanson, Director of Economic & Community Development wishes to add a brief Director's report at the end of the meeting. Chair Boyce says this change will be allowed. 4. Approval of May 14, 2018 Minutes MOTION: Move to approve the minutes for the meeting of May 14, 2018 as submitted by Rhonda Bylin. RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Toni Troutner, Councilmember SECONDER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember AYES: Boyce, Troutner, Kaur 5. Economic Development Update - Information Only Bill Ellis provided update on Economic Development Team activities since the last meeting. 1. Food truck pilot launched at June 2nd Kent Farmers Market, and June Sixth at Town Square Plaza, is generating positive social media response. 2. Bill Attended the NAOIP Breakfast meeting as a featured speaker and got to discuss the Kent Valley to a group of 200+ developers as a place to do Economic and Community Development Committee CC ECDC Regular Meeting Minutes June 11, 2018 Kent, Washington Page 2 of 5 business, and not just the types of business people usually associate with the valley. 3. As a Founding sponsor of the CAMPS group, ECD Staff attended the annual conference in Bellevue where Dana Ralph was scheduled to speak, Bill was able to make a number of new connections which he has good follow on since the event. Membership in the group has increased from 162 to over 200 since last year. 4. KDP Auction Dinner featured the Lunar Rover Commemoration as its fund a need item. It also featured Mike Lombardi, Kent Resident and Beoing Archivist and Historian who spoke about the Lunar rover and a number of other amazing things that have been made in Kent. 12,700 was raised to help fund that project. Bill met the CEO of the Robbins Co., based in Kent, which manufactures tunneling equipment, most famously the equipment that completed the Chunnel Project between London and France. 5.ECD has committed to sponsorship of the NewSpace conference, to be held in September at the Renton Hyatt Regency, featuring speakers from Blue Origin providing multiple opportunities to showcase Kent as a hub new space manufacturing. Washington First Robotics, also a sponsor and also based in Kent, will highlight local efforts to develop the skilled workforce to serve the industry. 6. A Round table breakfast held at AJAC (Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee) for regional employers was another effort to get the word out about the areas work force development efforts. 7. Staff will be pursuing its 3rd grant from the Port of Seattle for Economic Development efforts, which for a city of Kent's size would be 65K requiring only a 32.5k match from the city. That grant had been used in the past to fund the kitchen build at Feast. Chair Boyce expressed appreciation that ECD staff efforts aligned very well with strategic goals. Then he asked when Sonic was opening, which Bill didn't know. 6. Malik Ridge Neighborhood Council Resolution Malik Ridge is a newer community with only 11 homes, just east of Kent Kangley and 132nd, but they are excited to participate and foster community among their neighbors. Council represented by Leisha Richards President and Parnish Singh Vice President. Motion: Recommend Council adopt a resolution that recognizes the Malik Ridge Neighborhood Council, supports its community building efforts, and confers all opportunities offered by the City’s Neighborhood Program. Economic and Community Development Committee CC ECDC Regular Meeting Minutes June 11, 2018 Kent, Washington Page 3 of 5 RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember SECONDER: Toni Troutner, Councilmember AYES: Boyce, Troutner, Kaur 7. North Scenic Hill Neighborhood Council Resolution Large Community of 174 homes, the area encompasses Cemetery, a park and the senior Center. Had an active association previously for about 8 years, but it kind of faded out. Fran McNet and Tim Betzel, president and vice president respectively, are planning a big neighborhood event for National Night Out in August. MOTION: The North Scenic Hill neighborhood consists of 774 households and is located on the East Hill of Kent. On May 30, 2018, the North Scenic Hill neighborhood submitted an official registration form to request that the City recognize their neighborhood council and allow the neighborhood to take part in the City’s neighborhood program. The neighborhood has now completed the process to be recognized as a neighborhood council. RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Toni Troutner, Satwinder Kaur AYES: Boyce, Troutner, Kaur 8. Ordinance Amending the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map - Recommend Three Comprehensive Plan Amendments are recommended by staff for the council to approve: 1. 2017-4 - 2 tax parcels totalling .59 acres rezoned from SR-8 to MU. Located south of Canyon Drive and West of 100th Place SE, are adjacent to parcels designated MU and also Medium density multifamily on other side. Low impact change to encourage development. 2. 2017-5 - 9 parcels totalling 9.3 acres in size, currently zoned SR-8, located North of Kent Kangely and west of 116th Ave SE. Located on a major arterial, but with a variety of buildings and uses, but previous concerns about wetlands, and property owner buy in have been eased by new information that wetlands were not as extensive as previously thought, and property owners who were not on board with the proposed change were actually deceased. Recommend changing to Medium Density Multifamily. 3. 2017-6 - 1 2.3 acre tax parcel which already has two zoning designations on it, located next to a transit facility along the southern boundary of Kent's West Hill. Southern Half of the property is MU and the Northern half is MDMF. Recommend zoning whole to MU to create a more attractive investment given the constraints of the property. Increase in setback from Commercial to residential addresses neighbors concerns about a buffer between residential and commercial use. Economic and Community Development Committee CC ECDC Regular Meeting Minutes June 11, 2018 Kent, Washington Page 4 of 5 MOTION: Recommend Council adopt Ordinance No._____, which amends the Comprehensive Plan land use map designations relating to annual docket applications CPA-2017-4, CPA-2017-5, and CPA- 2017-6, as recommended by staff. RESULT: RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember SECONDER: Toni Troutner, Councilmember AYES: Boyce, Troutner, Kaur 9. Sound Transit Agreements - Information Only Information Only Item, full agreements presented to Council most likely in August. Highlights are: 1. ST has agreed to city's request for pavement restoration in impacted areas. 2. ST has agreed to a conceptual design for storm water management at the KDM and S. 272nd Stations, on ST surplus property, for both the current needs and acknowledging the city's interest in capacity to serve future development. Open to explore partnership in that effort. 3. ST to provide Utility stub-outs for future development if the city can provide detailed scope of work and evidence of utility provider buy-in. 4. Wrestling for control of Master Design Plan for surplus properties within the city. 5. Advanced Design concept only currently available for the canopy portion of the stations, which is a little disappointing. 10. Infraction Ordinance - Recommend Matt Gilbert briefly summarizes the benefits of moving to infractions, and Ify Monu, assistant city attorney, speaks to the capacity of the municipal court to handle them. While the precise load is not known at this point, they do have the ability to add capacity with Pro-tem judges should the burden be greater than anticipated. It is hoped that a speedier process and actual court before a judge, may reduce the recidivism rate among property code violators. MOTION: Recommend that the City Council adopt the civil infractions ordinance as presented by staff. Economic and Community Development Committee CC ECDC Regular Meeting Minutes June 11, 2018 Kent, Washington Page 5 of 5 RESULT: RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Toni Troutner, Councilmember SECONDER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember AYES: Boyce, Troutner, Kaur 11. Directors Report presented by Kurt Hanson Kurt delivered some breaking news regarding the city owned property located at 412 West Titus across from the Police Station. The lot currently contains a small single story home which is in disrepair and has begun to cause a few problems with animals and transient activity, leading to the decision to demolish the house as soon as it can be arranged. Due diligence will be done but the job is not thought to be complicated by tanks or anything else unusual or unusually costly. The home will be removed and the lot seeded as future plans are not determined. Kurt will report back with hard numbers when they are available, either here or directly to the Council. 12. Adjournment 5:50 PM Committee Secretary