HomeMy WebLinkAbout1290RESOLUTION NO. ~~qo
A RESOLUTION of the City of Kent,
Washington, relating to urban growth and road
adequacy in south King county.
WHEREAS, the City of Kent is concerned about the
current and projected rate of growth for the Soos Creek planning
area; and
WHEREAS, many of the residents who reside in the Soos
Creek area now commute to the areas of employment using roadways
through and around the City of Kent; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kent wishes to support land use
planning policies, and service/infrastructure development
policies which will result in concurrency between such policies
as required by the State Growth Management Act; and
WHEREAS, such concurrency, as it relates to
transportation planning, can only be defined as land use plans
and roads development plans which, when implemented, will result
in an "adequate" level of transportation service within the
planning area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kent asserts that an "adequate"
roads/transportation level of service is defined as level of
service "E" or better; and
WHEREAS, already approved development in the Soos Creek
area will severely impact already congested roads to the extent
that the level of service on major eastjwest arterials will be
level of service "F" or worse; and
WHEREAS, Kent traffic engineers have projected that
unacceptable service levels stemming from the development
patterns previously allowed in Soos Creek might not improve to
level of service "E" even if the 277thj272nd corridor project is
constructed; and
WHEREAS, the Soos Creek Plan states that vacant and
partly developed properties shall only be considered for urban
density development when the County has adopted revised Road
Adequacy standards, but those standards have not been identified;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
section 1. That the city of Kent requests that the
King County Council support the concept of new eastjwest
arterials to serve already-approved development and alleviate
current congestion.
Section 2. The City of Kent requests that the King
County Council support the concept of land use zoning provisions
in the Soos Creek Plan which will preclude new urban development
within the Soos Creek Planning area until such time as the roads
and arterials which serve such development are improved to level
of service "E".
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Passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
of Kent, Washington this\cl.O day of ~ , 1991.
Concurred in by the M~~r of the City of Kent, this
day of ~u.-<JZ , 199 \
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DA~KELLEHER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy
of Resolution No. /;(90 , passed by the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, the c20 day of ~ , 1991.
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