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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Land Use and Planning Board - 02/22/2021 Pending Approval Land Use and Planning Board Land Use Regular Meeting Minutes February 22, 2021 Date: February 22, 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 Excused Katherine Jones Present Joseph O'Toole Present 3. Approval of Minutes dated February 8, 2021 MOTION: Move to approve the Minutes dated February 8, 2021 RESULT: APPROVED \[UNANIMOUS\] AYES: Shasti, Amodei, Jones, O'Toole EXCUSED: Dittmar 4. Changes to the Agenda 5. 2021 Kent Design and Construction Standards - Public Hearing Susanne Smith gave a brief summary of the presentation she gave at the December 14, 2020 Land Use and Planning Board meeting. Ms. Smith recommended that City Council adopt an ordinance amending chapter 6.02 of the Kent City Code to adopt the 2021 Design and Construction Standards. The Design and Construction Standards are general conditions and requirements for all improvements or extensions of public or private street, storm drainage, water system, or utility systems within the City of Kent. The Standards apply to all improvements made by public agencies, utility providers, and private developers. The purpose of this update is to revise these Standards, so that they conform with changes in state and local regulations, industry standard construction techniques and materials that have occurred since the last update in 2009. Page 1 of 5 Land Use and Planning Board Land Use Regular February 22, 2021 Meeting Kent, Washington Minutes There were several comments from board members and one from the public. Sally Brindle, a commenter from the public, asked the depth and breadth of the Regional Fire Authority's involvement in reviewing the standards. Ms. Smith gave a history of their involvement starting before the transition to the Regional Fire Authority. There was further clarification regarding the Fire Authority having direct comments for the water section of the Standards. The Master Builders Association (MBAKS) submitted comments on the 2021 Design and Construction Standards to Tanya Kosen on February 22, 2021 at 1:54pm which were included in the public hearing record. MBAKS previously submitted comments to the City, the City responded and MBAKS replied with the submitted document. Regarding MBAKS comments on Kent Standard Plans 6-42 6-45 and 6-46. Ali Shasti commented that he didn't feel that 4" crushed rock was necessary for residential driveways and that 2" would be enough. He also mentioned the use of uncoated chain link fence in the City and that the City should require vinyl coating. There was some discussion then Erin George, Current Planning Manager, gave some clarification from the Kent City Code regarding the use of only vinyl coated chain link fence around storm retention ponds and split rail fencing being required around critical areas. MOTION: Recommend that City Council adopt an ordinance amending chapter 6.02 of the Kent City Code to adopt the 2021 Design and Construction Standards, as presented by staff. RESULT: RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL \[UNANIMOUS\]Next: 3/2/2021 7:00 PM MOVER: Joseph O'Toole SECONDER: Shane Amodei, Vice Chair AYES: Shasti, Amodei, Jones, O'Toole EXCUSED: Dittmar 6. Parks Impact Fees & Recreation Facilities Ordinance Public Hearing Brian Levenhagen, Parks Deputy Director, gave a summary of some of the materials he presented at the January 11 and the February 8, 2021 meetings. Kent Parks Recreation and Community Services proposes adoption of a Parks Impact Fee to accommodate the increased park capacity required to meet the demands from a growing community and to provide additional funding for public park investments. This fee is supported by City plans and policies and is calculated using methods that are standard in the industry. Similar to School, Fire, and Traffic Impact Fees, the Parks fee will apply to all new developments requiring a building permit in Kent, to be assessed when building permit applications are submitted and collected when permits are issued. Fees collected will be utilized to construct improvements identified in Page 2 of 5 Land Use and Planning Board Land Use Regular February 22, 2021 Meeting Kent, Washington Minutes the Park Project List that is part of the facilities element of the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan. Jason Garnham, Senior Planner for Economic and Community Development presented a summary of information that he presented at the October 12, 2020 Land Use and Planning Board meeting. Open and recreation space is already required in subdivisions and most multifamily projects to provide Kent residents with convenient opportunities for passive and active outdoor recreation. While they effectively provide minimum space and location requirements, the standards for designing these spaces lack detail, which frustrates project designers and City staff and often results in construction of park facilities of poor quality or diminished utility. Further, many developers choose to place recreation facilities atop underground stormwater vaults, which were not previously allowed by the City, posing new design challenges that were not considered in the current standards. The proposed amendment is intended to provide clearer guidance for City staff and project designers, respond to changes in stormwater facilities design, and improve the value and utility of open and recreation spaces for Kent residents. Since the new Parks Impact Fee will apply to all new buildings in Kent and will impose additional costs for new development, this amendment also intends to offset some of those costs by increasing the size of subdivision projects required to construct on-site recreation facilities and decreasing the amount of recreation space required per lot. It also amends the related provisions for payment of a fee in-lieu of providing onsite recreation facilities in subdivisions to remain consistent with the proposed increase in project thresholds and generally clarifies that the in-lieu fee option is appropriate only where a development has safe and easy access to a public park. There was no public comment or questions from the board. MOTION: Recommend City Council adopt an ordinance imposing park impact fees in accordance with the 2021 City of Kent Park Impact Fee Study, and amending Chapter 12.04 of the Kent City Code to revise the recreation and open space requirements for subdivisions, as presented by staff. RESULT: RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL \[UNANIMOUS\]Next: 3/2/2021 7:00 PM MOVER: Joseph O'Toole SECONDER: Shane Amodei, Vice Chair AYES: Shasti, Amodei, Jones, O'Toole EXCUSED: Dittmar 7. Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) Update - Public Hearing Page 3 of 5 Land Use and Planning Board Land Use Regular February 22, 2021 Meeting Kent, Washington Minutes April Delchamps, Senior Transportation Planner and Kendra Breiland from Fehr & Peers gave a presentation on the Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) Update. The City of Kent has an adopted transportation impact fee (TIF) program that has been in place since 2010. The current program includes 28 projects with an estimated capital value of $462 million (2020 dollars). Projects on the list include intersection improvements, new street connections, roadway widenings, and railroad grade separations. Based on the capital value of the projects, the current TIF list could support a maximum rate of over $15,500 per PM peak hour vehicle trip (2020 dollars). Recognizing the realities of development and market forces, the City has consistently chosen to assess $5,381.98 per PM peak hour vehicle trip, with a reduction offered to development in Downtown. As part of the 2021 Transportation Master Plan (TMP) update, the City of Kent is updating its TIF program. The 2021 TMP update includes a wide variety of projects offering multimodal capacity, including intersection enhancements, complete streets projects, and stand-alone pedestrian/bicycle sting TIF program; the most significant change is the shift from vehicle trips to person trips, which helps link trip generation from new development to the need to expand the multimodal transportation network. The new, multimodal TIF retains the reduction for development in Downtown and adds reductions for development in Midway; these subareas are shown in Figure 1 in the Exhibit (Transportation Impact Fee Rate Study - February 2021). The subareas were ing code. The Midway subarea matches the boundary from the adopted Midway Subarea Plan, and the Downtown subarea follows the Downtown Subarea Plan, and also includes development within the GC, GC-MU, CC-MU, or MR-M zoning districts along the Meeker Street Corridor between 64th Avenue South and Kent-Des Moines Road. State law requires jurisdictions to allow independent fee calculations. This enables any development to submit justification for a decreased fee based on trip data specific to a development proposal. The Transportation Impact Fee Rate Study - February 2021 (Exhibit) describes the impact fee program methodology, the analyses performed, and the resulting recommendations. Impact Fee Eligible Projects on the TMP Prioritized Projects The total prioritized project list has a cost estimate of $253,783,588 and includes 96 projects. 50 of these projects are impact fee eligible and have a total cost of $227,693,588. After applying the existing deficiency calculation and multiplying by the percentage of growth within the city, the total eligible Page 4 of 5 Land Use and Planning Board Land Use Regular February 22, 2021 Meeting Kent, Washington Minutes impact fee cost comes to $98,285,193. This final cost is then divided by the growth in person trips from 2018 to 2040 to calculate the maximum allowable cost per PM peak hour person trip. Table 5 in the Exhibit (Transportation Impact Fee Rate Study - February 2021) summarizes the impact fee eligible costs. Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) Scenarios Staff ran a series of scenarios that reviewed the 55% and 65% of the maximum rate. The staff recommended rate is 55% of the maximum rate so there was a change to the motion as follows: ordinance amending Chapter 12.14 of the Kent City Code, entitled study for transportation impact fees and update other subsections accordingly, and MOTION: Recommend City Council adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 12.14 of the Kent City Code, entitl incorporate a new rate study for transportation impact fees and update other subsections accordingly. RESULT: RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL \[UNANIMOUS\]Next: 3/2/2021 7:00 PM MOVER: Joseph O'Toole SECONDER: Shane Amodei, Vice Chair AYES: Shasti, Amodei, Jones, O'Toole EXCUSED: Dittmar 8. Adjournment 7:30 p.m. Tanya Kosen Committee Secretary Page 5 of 5