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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Economic and Community Development Committee - 07/09/2018 Page 1 of 3 Approved Economic and Community Development Committee CC ECDC Regular Meeting Minutes July 9, 2018 Date: July 9, 2018 Time: 5:00 PM Place: Centennial Center - 1St Flr Attending: Bill Boyce, Committee Chair Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember Marli Larimer, Councilmember 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 3. Changes to the Agenda Chair Boyce proposed switching items 4 and 5 so that approval of minutes would take place prior to Bill Ellis' update on recent Economic Development activities. Kurt Hanson also proposed that the Action Item for Urban Separators could be changed from Action to Information only. Committee Members decided not to decide that until they had heard Danielle's presentation. Committee members agreed to these changes. 4. Approval of Minutes dated June 11, 2018 MOTION: Move to approve the Minutes dated June 11, 2018 RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember SECONDER: Marli Larimer, Councilmember AYES: Boyce, Kaur, Larimer 5. Update on Economic Development Activities Note this item was really #5 after approval of the minutes. Bill opened by discussing the new organization which is forming to replace the Economic Development Council. It will be called Seattle Partners, and they have recruited Rose McGowan, late of the Obama administration and also of the Atlanta Beltline Urban Redevelopment project. Bill believes this background will create a shift in focus for the group from straightforward business development and business recruitment activities, to a more Economic and Community Development Committee CC ECDC Regular Meeting Minutes July 9, 2018 Kent, Washington Page 2 of 3 multidisciplinary approach of attracting Economic Development by improving communities and creating cross connections among groups/areas/businesses through large scale public improvement projects. 6. Reappoint Randall Smith to the Public Facilities District Board - Recommend Kurt recommended the reappointment of Randall Smith based on recommendations from the KDP, Mr. Smith's own communicated and demonstrated interest, having served on the Public Facilities District Board since its inception. If approved by Council Mr. Smith's new appointment will expire August 31, 2022. MOTION: Recommend the Council reappoint Randall Smith to Position Number 3 of the Public Facilities District Board, for a 4-year term that will expire on August 31, 2022. RESULT: RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL [UNANIMOUS] Next: 8/21/2018 7:00 PM MOVER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember SECONDER: Marli Larimer, Councilmember AYES: Boyce, Kaur, Larimer 7. Urban Separators Alternatives The motion was made to table until a later date. Chair Boyce encouraged the committee members to look over the information provided and if necessary reach out to the staff who worked on the alternatives for more information. Concern was expressed by all committee members that the staff recommendation did not hew to the stated desires of either the larger community or the Land Use and Planning Board. MOTION: Recommend to the full City Council: (option 1) no action regarding Urban Separators, as recommended by the Land Use and Planning Board. (option 2) amend the land use plan map and zoning designations for a portion of the urban separator area west of Panther Lake along 108th Avenue SE, as drafted in “Alternative 2 Draft Ordinance”. (option 3) amend clustering requirements and allowed uses in urban separators and the SR-1 zoning district, as drafted in “Alternative 3 Draft Ordinance” and as recommended by staff. Economic and Community Development Committee CC ECDC Regular Meeting Minutes July 9, 2018 Kent, Washington Page 3 of 3 RESULT: TABLED [0 TO 0] Next: 8/13/2018 5:00 PM MOVER: Bill Boyce, Committee Chair SECONDER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember ABSTAIN: Kaur, Larimer AWAY: Boyce 8. King County Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) King County Cities contribute monies to a shared fund support climate change efforts in the region. The dollar amount is small and it provides a "seat at the table" to participate in discussion of climate related issues in our region and how they might be addressed at the municipal level. 9. Sound Transit Access Improvements Update Danielle Butsick summarized recent developments in the restarted Kent Station Transit Access Improvements project, initially authorized in 2008 but put on hold due to the recession. A new parking structure is the main feature and Kent is closely following the work ST is doing to ensure that Kent's long range planning goals of pedestrian friendly yet adaptive to accommodate future growth in transit use are kept in mind as design work progresses. The two alternatives proposed for the parking structure located at East James and Central Avenue will both require the reorientation of railroad avenue and raise concerns among Kent staff about the designs' ability to adapt to future needs for service capacity. Comments and recommendations were provided to ST in writing but there has been no response from ST at this time. 10. Economic Development Website Update Michelle Wilmot discussed the importance of a robust and useful website as a tool for attracting new businesses to Kent, citing market research which states that 98% of commercial site selectors expect to obtain relevant data online. Though upgraded significantly in the past 2 years, Kent's website does lack a GIS-enabled component which many of our neighboring competitor/collaborator cities have available to those "shopping" for future commercial homes. Partnerships and creative funding ideas are being explored to purchase an add in program called Zoom Prospector to give the City's Economic Development Website this capacity. 11. Adjournment Committee Secretary