HomeMy WebLinkAboutSpecial 2003-05-27 Item 2A - Presentation - Findings of Fact and Conclusions for Cascade Glen SubdivisionMeeting Date
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CAS Number: 03-062 I Original Agenda Date: 05 -05 -03
Agenda Item Title: Final Plat Approval Cascade Glen Subdivision
Original Sponsor:
I Timeline:
Sponsor's Summary:
Council
Recommendations:
Sponsor: Final Plat Approval
Committee:
Administration: Same as sponsor.
I Cost Impact (if known): Unknown
I Fund Source (if known): Unknown
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The applicant is requesting City Council approval of the final plat for the Cascade Glen
Subdivision, subdividing two parcels totaling 6.78 acres into twenty single family lots,
including one public street, stormwater detention pond, sidewalks and utilities.
'Preliminary Plat Approval Tukwila Subdivision (Now known as Cascade Glen)
1 Public Hearing Held. Record remains open for receipt of additional infor-
I mation from staff and would -be homeowners. Matter continued to 05- 19 -03.
'Public hearing concluded. Council voted to remove condition #4 from Prelim.
1 NOTEBOOK PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR
I CASCADE GLEN SUBDIVISION FINAL PLAT APPROVAL (APRIL 25, 2003)
None. COUNCIL STAFF TO BRING NOTEBOOK PREVIOUSLY
DISTRIBUTED.
Supplement to Staff Report Prepared May 9, 2003 (includes [new] Attachment
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Supplement to Staff Report Prenarer3 Mav 21- 2003 (includes Findings of F'ac1
Conclusions of Law and related motion to adopt same.
City of Tukwila
Department of Community Development Steve Lancaster, Director
SUPPLEMENT TO
STAFF REPORT
TO THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL
Prepared May 21, 2003
FILE NUMBER: L03 -008 Cascade Glen Final Plat
ASSOCIATED FILES: L99 -0023 Planned Residential Development
L99 -0024 Subdivision Preliminary Plat
E99 -0012 SEPA Environmental Review
MI200 -278 Land Altering Permit (road utilities)
APPLICANT: J. Keirouz, Dreamcatcher Homes
REQUEST:
STAFF CONTACT:
City Council approval of the final plat for the Cascade Glen
Subdivision, to subdivide two parcels totaling 6.78 acres into
20 single family lots, including one public street, sidewalks,
utilities and pedestrian connection to 38 Avenue South.
Carol Lumb, Senior Planner
PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY /COUNCIL DIRECTION TO STAFF TO,
PREPARE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
Testimony was presented at the public hearings on both May 5, 2003 and May 19, 2003
on the proposed pedestrian pathway connecting the Cascade Glen subdivision with 38
Avenue South. A condition of the preliminary plat approval required the construction of
the pathway and that it be constructed with concrete. From this testimony, new
information emerged that was not presented at the preliminary plat hearing on July 17,
2000. The testimony presented on May 5 and 19` concerned the safety of linking a
pedestrian path to a street that does not have sidewalks or street lights The pedestrian
pathway is granted through an easement that is also used by several property owners for
access to their property. These property owners also raised concerns about the safety of
cars and trucks backing over a pathway that would be used by pedestrians, bicyclists etc.
Steven M. Mullet, Mayor
6300 Southcenter Boulevard, Suite #100 Tukwila, Washington 98188 Phone: 206- 431 -3670 Fax: 206 431 -3665
Cascade Glen Final Plat
Supplemental Staff Report
May 21, 2003
The applicant provided a revised plan for addressing surface water runoff on the property
on which the pedestrian path is to be located if that condition is removed. This plan was
presented at the hearing on May 19, 2003 as Attachment P. The applicant will slope the
area where the pedestrian pathway was to be located 1% to the west and re- hydroseed the
area to divert any surface water runoff away from the adjacent property (13264 38
Avenue South).
As a result of this new information, staff was requested by a majority vote of the Council
on May 19, 2003, to prepare findings and conclusions to support the elimination of
Condition 4 of the preliminary plat, which required the entire pedestrian path connecting
the subdivision with 38 Avenue South to be concrete.
The City Council adopts the findings set forth in the original staff report dated April 24,
2003, and the May 9, 2003 and May 21, 2003 Supplemental Staff Reports as the
Council's Findings. Further Council finds that with respect to Condition #4, that new
information not available to the Council at the preliminary plat approval hearing came to
light during testimony presented at the May 5, 2003 and May 19, 2003 public hearings.
The Council finds that there are issues of safety identified during the testimony related to
connecting the pedestrian path to a street without sidewalks or street lighting. The
Council also finds there are issues of safety related to the access easements granted to
certain property owners that cross over the pedestrian pathway. These findings support
removal of Condition #4. Council finds that surface water run -off will be adequately
addressed through the applicant's plan presented at the May 19, 2003 hearing.
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FINDINGS
CONCLUSIONS
The Final Plat is approved with the following modification:
As stated at the hearing on May 5, 2003, the Council cannot add new conditions in its
approval of a final plat, but it may remove a preliminary plat condition if it finds changed
circumstances or substantive new information is made available that was not presented at
the preliminary plat hearing.
Based on the original staff report dated April 24, 2003, the two supplemental staff reports
dated May 9, 2003 and May 21, 2003 and the new information that came forward at the
public hearings on May 5, 2003 and May 19, 2003, the requirement for the pedestrian
pathway linking the subdivision with 38 Avenue south should be deleted due safety
considerations: the lack of a connecting sidewalk system on 38 Avenue South, the lack
of street lighting on 38 Avenue South and the hazards of vehicles crossing the
pedestrian pathway in the course of accessing adjacent private property.
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Cascade Glen Final Plat
Supplemental Staff Report
May 21, 2003
CITY COUNCIL ACTION
An appropriate motion to approve the Cascade Glen subdivision and eliminate Condition
#4 would be as follows:
I move the approval of the final plat for the Cascade Glen subdivision together
with the amendment to remove Condition #4 requiring the pedestrian pathway
based on the findings of facts and conclusions in the original staff report dated
April 24, 2003 together with the Supplemental Staff Reports dated May 9, 2003
and May 21, 2003 and the new information presented at the public hearings on
May 5, 2003 and May 19, 2003.
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