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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg 2005-09-19 Item 9 - Purchase - Adjacent Property for Duwamish Riverbend Hill Park COUNCIL A GENDA SYNOPSIS i o; t \(5).51'' to ITEM No. r Q P 4l 9 Meeting Date Prepared Initials ared Gy Mayor's review j Council re new 0.,--fir' t 0 I 09/19/05 1 BF I r�� If fch rig I I I I I I ITEM INFORMATION 1 CAS NUMBER: 05-125 1 ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE. SEPTEMBER 19, 2005 AGENDA ITEM TITLE Proposed Real Estate Purchase. CATEGORY Discussion Motion Resolution Ordinance Bid Award Public Heanng Other Altg Date 09/19/05 Mtg Date 09/19/05 Mtg Date Mtg Date Mtg Date Mtg Date Mtg Date SPONSOR Council Mayor Adm Svcs DCD Finance Fire Legal (ZIP &R Police Ply SPONSOR'S An opportunity is available to purchase 10,000 square feet of property adjacent to the City SUMMARY owned Duwamish Riverbend Hill Park. The property adjoins the eastern park border on South 115 The current owner has potential plans to develop a w arehouse construction project on the site. Parks Recreation would like to make an offer to purchase the property, and extend the current park boundaries keeping the area along the Duwamish River green. REVIEWED BY COW Mtg CA &P Cmte F &S Cmte Transportation Cmte Utihties Cmte Arts Comm. Parks Comm. Planning Comm. DATE. September 13, 2005 RECOMMENDATIONS: SPONSOR /ADMIN Recommend purchase, forward to Council for discussion and approval. COM1MITTEE Recommend purchase, forward to Council for discussion and approval. COST IMPACT 1 FUND SOURCE EXPENDITURE REQUIRED AMOUNT BUDGETED APPROPRIATION REQUIRED $N /A $N /A $N /A Fund Source: IAC PARKS GRANT FUNDED. Comments: MTG. -DATE RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION MTG. DATE ATTACHMENTS 09/19/05 Memo to CA &P from B. Fletcher dated 09/08/05. CA P M i it Lir ci nil) rt 9I 1.1 05. 1 <<.;? ~ / :MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Mullet Community Affajrs & Parks Committee " ~ FROM: Bruce Fletcher, Director of Parks & Recreation c-"pf SUBJECT: Park Property Purchase DATE: September 8, 2005 The City owns the new Duwamish Riverbend Hill property (8.7 acres) and is currently under phase I park development. A potential opportunity has corne up to acquire additional property adjoining the eastern park boarder on South 11Sth Street across from the Duwamish River. From an appraisal standpoint, the properties highest and best use is for development with industrial use The owner has been into the DCD permit center for a pre-application meeting regarding the development of a small warehouse construction project on the site. The Parks & Recreation Department would lIke to make an offer to purchase this property to expand the current Duwamlsh RlVerbend Park and to keep the area green along the Duwamish River. The Cascade Land Conservancy has been m discussion with the property owner. An appraisal has been ordered and completed to determine the fair market value The market value determined by Terra Property AnalytIcs, is within the amount that is available through the lAC parks grant that was successfully awarded last year. It is the recommendation of the Parks and Recreation Department to move forward with negotiations to purchase the 10,000 square feet of property along South I I 5th Street. Community and Parks Committee September 13,2005 Present. Joe Duffie, Chair; Joan Hernandez, Dennis Robertson Jack Pace, Bruce Fletcher, Moira Bradshaw, Lucy Lauterbach, Matt Martel- Homesight -* 1. Proposed Real Estate Purchase The City now owns Grandmother's Hill. The 8.7 acre property is not a perfect square. There is a property in the southeast portion that is a separate parcel. It is the flat green space from which the toe of the slope begins. That property, which has Light Industrial zoning, has recently been asked about for use as a small warehouse. Cascade Land Conservancy has had discussions with the ovvner. There are still funds left in the lAC grant from last year, and those funds can orly be used for acquisition. The Committee recommended pursuing the purchase. Recommend purchase reQuest to Regular Meeting. 2. Macadam Winter Garden Bid Result When no bids were submitted for the Macadam Winter Garden, staff approached five consultants and asked them to submit bids. Only two followed up, and only one bid was received. That bid was $325,555, when the budget is $235,000. Staff will pursue other ways to get the park built. Recommend resolution rejecting bid to COW. 3. Housing Options Program This issue was introduced at Council and Committee, then sent to the Planning Commission which held a public hearing. The purpose of the draft proposal is to allow flexibility in housing options in Tukwila by allowing cottages, compact houses, and duplexes on a trial basis. The Committee went through the draft ordinance carefully and discussed some issues that were raised by the Planning Commission. In the end they recommended keeping the ten neighborhoods, but limiting the number of demonstration projects to three. They thought those three projects should be in process within three years of the ordinance adoption. Parking garages are not part of the square footage allowances. In housing types, they agreed that 1,500 feet was an adequate size for compact single- family homes, rather than 1,750 feet. To resolve this question they estimated how much space 1,500 feet was, deciding it was generally one floor size ofa single-family home built before the 1990's. The Committee was hesitant to allow triplexes, and decided against allowing them. Dennis raised the fear that these projects would be built in the middle of single-family residences, and Moira suggested language that would ensure this would not happen. Raising the issue oftumover of housing that increased renters rather than home owners, the Committee hoped there was a way to make certain the homes would be occupied by home owners, at least for some time after they were built. The Committee removed an option to allow 50% of the parking to be on-street, as too many cars now crowd many streets. They also added the minimum size of cottages to be 800 feet. After discussing the community building requirements that would be useful in smaller home developments, they thought common space should be required in the larger developments, such as for projects of compact houses or duplexes over 20 units. These changes will be brought to a CO\V, hopefully in late September. Recommend option to CO\V.