HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-03-08 Community Affairs and Parks MinutesCOMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND PARKS COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
City of Tukwila
Community Affairs and Parks Committee
March 8, 2010 5:00 p.m.; Conference Room #3
PRESENT
Councilmembers: Joe Duffie, Chair; Joan Hernandez and Verna Seal
Staff: Jack Pace, Nora Gierloff, Shelley Kerslake, Brandon Miles, Evie Boykan, Steve Lancaster and
Kimberly Matej
Guests: Bill Hobson, Executive Director of DESC and Cynthia Kennedy, Attorney for Graham Dunn
CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair Duffie called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
I. PRESENTATIONS
No presentations.
II. BUSINESS AGENDA
A. Zonine Code: Sensitive Areas Regulations
Staff is seeking Committee approval to forward changes to the Sensitive Areas Ordinance and Map
(Tukwila Municipal Code 18.45) to the Planning Commission for review and subsequent recommendation
to full Council.
Amendments to the ordinance include clarifying special studies, revising wetland classification system,
clarifying off -site buffer mitigation, and removing sensitive areas from the Map that do not meet the
sensitive area criteria. FORWARD TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW.
B. Zoning Code: Crisis Diversion Facilities and Interim Services Facilities
Staff is seeking full Council approval of a draft ordinance amending Title 18 of the Tukwila Municipal
Code updating the Code, defining diversion facility and diversion interim services facility, and clarifying
the definition of convalescent /nursing home, outpatient medical clinic and hospital.
The Planning Commission recommends, and staff concurs, that crisis diversion facilities and crisis
diversion interim service facilities be allowed within a one -half mile walking distance from the Transit
Center located on Andover park West in the Tukwila Urban Center. Additionally, the Planning Commission
recommends that crisis diversion facilities and crisis diversion interim service facilities be required to
obtain an Unclassified Use Permit from the City. This type of permit will allow for a transparent and public
process for the siting of the aforementioned diversion facilities. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.
FORWARD TO MARCH 15 REGULAR FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
Meeting adjourned at 5:11 p.m.
Next meeting: Monday, March 22, 2010 5:00 p.m. Conference Room #3
AA Committee Chair Approval
Mir tes by KAM. Reviewed by SK.