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Department of Ecology (Ecology) Required Changes to Tukwila Shoreline Master
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ITEM INFORMATION
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Department of Ecology (Ecology) Required Changes to Tukwila Shoreline Master
Program (SMP)
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Ecology requires changes to the City's SMP and implementing regulations before the SMP
can receive state approval. The required changes include adding: more detailed maps, a
use matrix, an aquatic shoreline environment, sign standards; modifying certain permitted
uses; and clarifying building height standards. A public hearing was opened 6 -27 -11
continued to 7 -25 -11 for testimony on the required changes; the hearing was closed and
staff directed to identify housekeeping items within the scope of DOE's changes.
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DATE: 05-11-11 WORK SESSION COMMITTEE UTAIR:
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SPONSOR /ADMIN. Department of Community Development
COMMITTEE Consensus to Move Forward to Public Hearing
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5/11/11 Council Work Session on Ecology Required and Recommended Changes to SMP
6/27/11 I Public Hearing on SMP ordinances; Council continued public hearing to7/25/11
7/25/11 Public Hearing reconvened, testimony accepted, public hearing closed, forward to 8/8/11
8/08/11 Forward to next Regular Meeting
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8/15/11 Informational Memorandum dated 8/10/11
Revised Ordinance Repealing Ordinance 2269 (refer to8/ 8C. O. w packet for ordinance attachments)
Revised Ordinance Repealing Ordinance 2270 (refer to 8 /8c.o packet for ordinance attachments)
Revised Ordinance Repealing Ordinance 2271
Revised Ordinance Repealing Ordinance 2272
Map 6, illustrating possible change in shoreline environment
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City of Tukwila
Jim Haggerton, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Haggerton
Members of the City Council
FROM: Jack Pace, Community Development Director
DATE: August 10, 2011
SUBJECT: Regular Council Meeting on Ecology Required and Recommended
Revisions to City Adopted Shoreline Master Program
ISSUE
Should the City adopt new ordinances incorporating the Department of Ecology required and
some recommended changes to the Shoreline Master Program as well as housekeeping items
that fall within the scope of the Ecology required or recommended changes?
BACKGROUND
At the Committee of the Whole meeting on August 8, 2011, Council moved the four ordinances
incorporating the Ecology required and some recommended changes as well as the
housekeeping items that fell within the scope of the Ecology required changes to the Regular
Meeting on August 15, 2011. The Council also heard from Mr. Joe Desimone, on behalf of the
Desimone Trust, who requested a change of shoreline environment designation to a portion of a
property the Trust owns on the Duwamish River. The map change would affect Map 6 of the
color quarter section maps of the shoreline environments.
Staff was asked to discuss with Ecology representative Dave Radabaugh whether the map
change falls within the scope of Ecology required /recommended changes and would therefore
be reviewed quickly with the other housekeeping items. As Mr. Radabaugh is out of the office
until Monday, August 15, 2011, staff will bring this information to the Council meeting on
August 15.
DISCUSSION
Staff was asked to provide information on the implications of the map change from High
Intensity to Urban Conservancy on two properties on the Duwamish River.
The buffer width is 100 feet for both the High Intensity and the Urban Conservancy shoreline
environments. The permitted uses in each shoreline environment are very similar these uses
are summarized on the Use Matrix found in the Shoreline Master Program in Section 8. One
major difference is that in the High Intensity Environment, footnote 8 applies i.e. non- water-
oriented uses may be allowed as a permitted use in the High Intensity environment where the
City determines that water dependent or water enjoyment use of the shoreline is not feasible
due to the configuration of the shoreline and water body. Footnote 8 is proposed to be removed
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from properties that are designated Urban Conservancy as one of the housekeeping revisions
proposed by the City.
The map change would affect two parcels. One parcel, owned by the Desimone Trust, is split
between the Urban Conservancy and High Intensity environment; the second parcel is owned
by another party. The two parcels border a small inlet to the Duwamish River on the north a
storm water pipe, which conveys storm water from State Highway 99, discharges into this inlet.
The banks are steep and the water level fluctuates due to tidal influence. This area is just south
of the Turning Basin, which is the end of the portion of the Duwamish River that is navigable for
large water craft.
RECOMMENDATION
At the August 15, 2011 Regular Meeting, the Council is being asked to adopt the four revised
ordinances that include the Ecology required and some recommended changes, as well as the
housekeeping changes that fall within the scope of the Ecology required /recommended
changes. If the shoreline environment change falls within the scope of the Ecology required
changes, staff recommends including that in the materials sent to the Department of Ecology for
review.
ATTACHMENTS
Revised Ordinance repealing Ordinance 2269, and adopting a new shoreline master
program (please refer to the 818 C. 0. W. packet for the attachment to this ordinance)
Revised Ordinance repealing Ordinance 2270, and adopting shoreline comprehensive
plan goals and policies (please refer to the 818 C.O.W. packet for the attachment to this
ordinance)
Revised Ordinance repealing Ordinance 2271, and establishing a new shoreline overlay
district, as codified in TMC 18.44; and
Revised Ordinance repealing Ordinance 2272, and establishing definitions, as codified in
TMC 18.06.
Map 6, illustrating possible change in shoreline environment from High Intensity to Urban
Conservancy for two parcels
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