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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Land Use and Planning Board - 02/08/2021 (2) Pending Approval Land Use and Planning Board Land Use Regular Meeting Minutes February 8, 2021 Date: February 8, 2021 Time: 6:05 p.m. Place: THIS IS A REMOTE MEETING Attending: Ali Shasti, Chair Shane Amodei, Vice Chair Dione Dittmar, Katherine Jones, Joseph O'Toole, Agenda: 1. Call to Order 6:05 p.m. Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Ali Shasti Chair Present Shane Amodei Vice Chair Present Dione Dittmar Present Katherine Jones Present Joseph O'Toole Present 3. Approval of Minutes dated January 11, 2021 MOTION: Move to approve the Minutes dated January 11, 2021 RESULT: APPROVED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Shane Amodei, Vice Chair SECONDER: Joseph O'Toole AYES: Shasti, Amodei, Dittmar, Jones, O'Toole 4. Changes to the Agenda 5. Comprehensive Plan Amendment Capital Facilities Element Incorporate Park Project List/Impact Fee Study Public Hearing Brian Levenhagen, Deputy Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services gave a brief review of the material he covered in the January 11, 2021 LUPB meeting. Mr. Levenhagen explained that the City of Kent is currently exploring the possibility of enacting a Park Impact Fee on new development to pay for additional parks and recreation facilities to meet the increased level of service capacity needed to support growth. In order to charge a park impact fee, a parks project list must be adopted as an amendment to the Kent Comprehensive Plan into the capital facilities element. Adding the park project list as an amendment to the capital facilities element of the Kent Page 1 of 4 Land Use and Planning Board Land Use Regular February 8, 2021 Meeting Kent, Washington Minutes Comprehensive Plan does not obligate the City of Kent to enact a Park Impact Fee. The project list is derived from the 2016 City of Kent Park and to the Kent Comprehensive Plan and consists of projects that were adopted in the Parks 6-year CIP as part of the 2021-2022 City of Kent Biennial Budget. Ali Shasti questioned why Kents fees per residence is so much lower than Issaquah and Sammamish. Mr. Levenhagen talked about differences in available developable land and consultant recommondations. MOTION: Adopt Ordinance No. _____, amending the Capital Facilities Element of the Kent Comprehensive Plan to incorporate an updated Park Project List and the 2021 Park Impact Fee Study RESULT: RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL \[UNANIMOUS\]Next: 3/2/2021 7:00 PM MOVER: Joseph O'Toole SECONDER: Dione Dittmar AYES: Shasti, Amodei, Dittmar, Jones, O'Toole 6. The Bridges Comprehensive Plan Amendment CPA 2018-1 - Public Hearing Matt Gilbert, Deputy Director of Economic and Community Development gave a presentation on the Bridges Comprehensive Plan Amendment. Mr. Gilbert explained that the City received this application for amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Land Use map in the proposal was tabled until the 2021 docket review process. No other Land Use Plan Map changes were proposed for this cycle. The site is a vacant 13.2-acre portion of the 155-acre Bridges PUD development, located at 12200 SE 304th Street. The site is in the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Kent but is non-contiguous with the rest of the City and surrounded by land within the City of Auburn. The proposal site was previously approved for commercial development, development was never constructed, and the owner now seeks to change the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map designation of the site from US, Urban Separator to LDMF, Low Density Multifamily. There were several public speakers and all agreed on three points; the decision should be made by The City of Auburn after the de-annexation from The City of Kent, Oakpointe originally advertised that this site would be developed as commercial property and that the public notice given for this application was not satisfactory. Page 2 of 4 Land Use and Planning Board Land Use Regular February 8, 2021 Meeting Kent, Washington Minutes Brian Ross of Oakpointe spoke and indicated that while this area had been previously approved for commercial development, demand for commercial uses has wane so that providing additional housing at this location was more desirable. Mr. Gilbert conceded that the comments were sensible and explained that annexing/de-annexing The Bridges from Kent to Auburn has been under serious consideration by the cities since 2018. As the current jurisdiction with responsibility for The Bridges neighborhood, Kent was legally obligated annexation, but as talks had stretched on for many months, they now wished to proceed. He further explained that the public notice was given according to the requirements of the Kent City Code. The members discussed the issues and considered delaying their recommendation to allow for additional public comment, but came to the conclusion that the residences would be able to comment at the City Council meeting so delaying the decision would not limit participation, or delay the other comprehensive plan amendments from going before the council. MOTION: Recommend City Council approve 2018 docketed comprehensive plan amendment CPA-2018-1, as proposed by the applicant. RESULT: RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL \[4 TO 0\] Next: 3/2/2021 7:00 PM MOVER: Joseph O'Toole SECONDER: Katherine Jones AYES: Amodei, Dittmar, Jones, O'Toole ABSTAIN: Shasti 7. Comprehensive Plan Amendment Updated Transportation Master Plan and Transportation Project List - Public Hearing April Delchamps, AICP, Senior Transportation Planner for Public Works gave a review of the material she presented at the January 11, 2021 LUPB meeting. Ms. Delchamps explained that the Transportation Master Plan (TMP) details through extensive public outreach and interdepartmental coordination. The project lists as well as the policies and actions are two of the most tangible outputs of the Transportation Master Plan update, but numerous other elements are documented in the TMP. The TMP sets a framework for understanding, prioritizing, measuring, and constructing a multimodal transportation network to help Kent achieve its goals. There were no comments from the public nor discussion among the board members. Page 3 of 4 Land Use and Planning Board Land Use Regular February 8, 2021 Meeting Kent, Washington Minutes MOTION: Adopt Ordinance No. _____, amending the Capital Facilities Element of the Kent Comprehensive Plan to incorporate an updated Transportation Project List, and amending the Kent Comprehensive Plan to replace the content of the Transportation Element with the updated Transportation Master Plan. RESULT: RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL \[UNANIMOUS\]Next: 3/2/2021 7:00 PM MOVER: Katherine Jones SECONDER: Shane Amodei, Vice Chair AYES: Shasti, Amodei, Dittmar, Jones, O'Toole 8. Adjournment 7:45 p.m. Tanya Kosen Committee Secretary Page 4 of 4