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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-07-14 Committee of the Whole MinutesJuly 14, 1981 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL 7:00 P.M. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER REPORTS Council Budget Message Acceptance of sewer deed. Funds for Project Planner. M I N U T E S City Hall Council Chambers Council President Van Dusen led the City Council and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance and called the Committee of the Whole Meeting to order at 7:06 P.M. ROLL CALL OF L. C. BOHRER, GEORGE D. HILL, J. REID JOHANSON, DORIS C. PHELPS, COUNCIL MEMBERS Council President GARY L. VAN DUSEN. Council President Van Dusen said he was writing a budget message for the 1982 budget for Council approval. He requested Council members to submit anything they might want included in the message. Council President Van Dusen said he wanted to have the City Attorney talk about the need of a motion to accept a sewer quit claim deed which deals with the sanitary sewer line. There has been a question as to whether we need a motion or a resolu- tion. Larry Hard, City Attorney, has said that all that is needed is a motion. With the approval of the Council, he said he would bring it forward to the Regular Meeting of the Council on July 21, 1981. Councilman Bohrer said it was his understanding that last Thursday the Finance and Personnel Committee considered a budget transfer within the Planning Department to extend the financing for the Project Planner. He said the budget would provide for services through the month of September. It was his feeling during the budget hearings last fall that it was expected to fund this position through the zoning ordinance discussions. He said it was hoped Council would support continued funding of the position through the completion of the zoning ordinance. September is getting close, excluding the legal review that will be required. Council President Van Dusen said he discussed this matter with the Planner and the Finance Director. The position is funded through the Department and there is no need for a budget motion transfer. Since specific arrangements were made for a specific period of time, the Council should be aware of it. There will be a cost overrun on it. It was funded for six months. Councilman Phelps said the funding for the extended period for the Planning Technician will come from excess funds that are in the Planning Director's salary. Brad Collins, Director of Planning, said because it is within the budget he felt it was appropriate to do this without asking for additional funds. The monies are there and this would be an appropriate use of the funds. Councilman Bohrer said if there is Council concurrence on this it will not be necessary to bring it forward to the next meeting. Presentation by represen- Brad Collins, Director of Planning, introduced Mary Bundy, tative from King County representative from King County Planning Divsion who is head of Planning Division on the Growth Management Program for King County Planning Division. the 2nd draft of the King Co. General Dev. Mary Bundy said this is an important time for King County. They Guide. are in the process of revising the Comprehensive Plan and it will have a lot of impact on all of the cities and unincorporated areas in King County. When adopted it will be the basis for land use and spending decisions in King County for a long time. Her office is taking this time to go out and meet cities and organizations about the document. It is a draf document and there is still a lot of time to make changes to it. There is currently a Comprehensive Plan which was adopted in 1964. It is basically a good plan. It has won some national awards. It is called a policy plan; basically a set of policies that guide land use decisions and a map illustrates it. Many things have happened since 1964 and this revision is the result. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 2 REPORTS Contd. Presentation by repre- sentative from King Co. Planning Div. on 2nd draft of King Co. General Dev. Guide contd. 3 The 1964 plan has been amended about 30 times. When you come in to use the plan you get a neat document, but there are many other things that go with it and they are not written in the same format and do not integrate together. It has been a housekeeping concern as to how to get the planning in order so the documents can be used and be consistent. Some things have happened since 1964; changes in the country and in this part of the country. The whole energy issue was not foreseen in 1964. The existing plan does not relate land use to energy. In doing an analysis it was found that 40% of the energy that is used in all of King County is for travel, for transportation. Eight -four percent of that is for personal travel. If our land use plan could address that issue we could be part of not using as much energy. Another thing that has happened is that the County's inability to provide public services along with plan for growth. A good example is in the Soos Creek planning area where a commitment for urban type development was made and it was not coordinated for providing adequate facilities and services. We have some severe road problems. The concern is that our existing plan does not relate all of these things. Another concern is the relationship to the city. Our existing plan does not call out for King County would relate to each of the cities within King County. How can we plan together towards a plan for all of King County. We have started doing a number of community plans; functional plans we are calling them, such as trails plan or sewer plan. How do those 13 community plans we develop in King County add up to a total? We are often challenged on this. We started doing the community plans in the early 70's. Those were not foreseen by the existing plan. Meanwhile, the County is growing. All of King County had about one million people in 1960; by 1980 it was 1.2 million. Within the next 20 years within the unincorporated portion of King County alone we expect to have 185,000 additional people. That would be 22 Bellevues or 6 Rentons. A lot of people are forecast. The shift of population has been from the City of Seattle to the smaller suburban cities and to the unincorporated areas. For these reasons we are getting our house in order, addressing some issues from changes and circumstances. Because of our concern about accommodating growth, we have started revising the Comprehensive Plan. We started three years ago, came out with some background studies of information. Last year we came out with the General Development Guide. It is a term for the Comprehensive Plan. It is a revision to the existing Comprehensive Plan. The first draft came out last year and went to the County Council for their review. They were concerned about getting a chance to see it before it was done. We went through meetings with the Growth Management Committee of the Council on the concept of the plan. We received direction from the Council and went back to work on it and came out with the second draft of the General Development Guide in May. We are now in process of reviewing that document. It is a draft, and we are solicitating your opinions about the document and what can be changed about it to make it a better one. Ms. Bundy said she would like to go through three important things about the the document that set the stage for more speci- fics. It has all of the road standards and how many units per acre, where and how you treat a wetland, what you do about streams. and what kind of roads go where, how you treat historic sites. There are overall things about it which establish the framework for the more specific things. One, it does define the relationship to the cities, how the cities in unincorporated King County can work together towards a plan for all of King County. It relies on a plan for a place for the cities of King County to work out together what type of growth, what type of area they are going to be in the future. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 3 REPORTS Contd. Presentation by repre- sentative from King Co. Planning Div. on 2nd draft of King Co. General Dev. Guide contd. Each of the cities in King County has still not done the modifying or amending of the King Subregional Plan. That would be the way that we could all work together to come to some agreement on what type of development would be occurring where. It then calls for a second step of interlocal agreements. She said she was given Tukwila's spheres of influence which is compatible with what they have asked for. Spheres of influence agreements between King County and each of the cities for the areas adjacent to them is what they want. Obviously one of the first steps is for the cities to define what is their spheres of influence. What portions of unincorporated King County are they concerned about the annexation of the area or land use. It would set out a procedure for doing planning between King County and each of the cities and the adjacent areas. It would have a procedure for development permits that come through to review, and hopefully there would be a way to resolve conflicts. If there were a conflict or disagreement there would be a procedure for resolving the conflict. The emphasis of the Guide is to work out a way that the cities in the County can cooperatively work on these adjacent areas. That is one of the important things that it does. Another thing it does, on the second page of the handout, it puts the house in order. It tells how the different parts of planning relate to each other. The diagram shows that the General Development Guide, if adopted, would be the overall policy docu- ment for King County. It would set the overall policies for land use physical planning. Those would be implemented in the more specific type of documents such as the community plans and the functional plans. This has been a concern that the community plans in King County be consistent with the overall plans. As we work on community plans we hope to find things that we have not worked on or adequately addressed in the past. Some of the best things we have done have been through the community plans. The mixed -use development came out of the community plans, sensi- tive areas, ordinances, the whole idea of how you would phase growth. This would be the relationship. The Guide has policies to this effect. The third thing is the concept of the Guide and what it is trying to do. The concept has a land use pattern, what the document would be achieving, what it is setting out to do; and how you would go about doing it. The land use pattern is similar to the existing Comprehensive Plan. The existing Plan has a development concept that is called the Urban Center Development Concept. The land use pattern that is being proposed by the document is fairly similar. It is on the map on the wall. It has three parts. It has urban /suburban communities, it has rural areas, and it has open space. This would be if the County were fully developed so the ultimate land use pattern would happen fifty to one hundred years in the future. This is type of development pattern that would happen. The purpose of the development pattern is to encourage growth in such a way so as to control public cost by using existing facilities and services; by encouraging some higher density levels in some portions of the County, to help provide affordable housing, to conserve energy so that jobs, services, and housing are closer together, protect the environment and natural resources of the County. On the handout there is a bubble diagram that shows the first part of the urban /suburban communities on page 3. These would vary depending on where you were in the County and depending on what type of development and natural features you have. These communities would be the portion of the County in the western part of the County where residential and employment growth would be encouraged in King County. They have three basic parts. They have urban centers; they have residential areas; and neighborhood centers. The urban centers, whether they are incorp- orated or unincorporated would be the parts of the County that would be the focal point of the community where the employment services, high density housing would be encouraged to occur. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 4 REPORTS Contd. Presentation by repre- sentative from King Co. Planning Div. on 2nd draft of King Co. General Dev. Guide contd. 33 c Residential areas around those would have a variety of densities and types, but there would be an emphasis on higher densities than we have had in the past in King County. We still would because of the existing development pattern or the environmental issues; we would have some of the larger lots (one -half to acre lots); and we would have apartments. There is a concern about the whole range and need calls for some smaller lots, single family, and some townhouse development because of the energy problem and cost of housing problem. Within the residential areas would be the neighborhood centers similar to what our existing plan is calling for; convenient shopping, some services located within the residential area. This is a similar plan to the existing Comprehensive Plan. If the County were to develop under this land use pattern we would have a series or urban /suburban communities, differing depending upon the circumstances throughout the western half of the County. There is also open space as a second part of the land use pattern. Its function would be to provide separation between these communities and smaller open spaces within. The diagram on page 3 illustrates this. Instead of having a slur of urban development suburban development across the County the Guide would be encouraging some buffers and separations to give some distinct identity to communities. The Guide takes a crack at defining open space. It is a hard issue and everyone has a different idea as to what open space is. It takes the different elements that are within the open space system from the resource land, wildlife habitats, steep slopes, wetlands, and calls them out. That is the brown on the map. The important thing it treats them as the type of land that they are. Your open space does not mean that you cannot put any development on it. It means that you would be addressed by the specific policies within the document that addressed that type of land. The third part of the rural areas, the purpose of that is to encourage a long term operation of resource based industries and provide for rural life style. The diagram on page 5 shows the type of land within that area; rural towns, resource land and rural residential areas. Rural towns would be the counterpart of the urban centers. The places where convenience goods and services would be located, some of the smaller lots for single family housing and maybe some apartments. Resource lands would be the main purpose of these areas, a way to manage wisely our resources within King County. In some rural residential areas there would be small farms. There was a concern of the County Council that some people would prefer to live in these parts of the County. They would not be commuting into the cities and they should be provided for. If the document is adopted and it were fully implemented by the Council within the next 50 to 100 years you would expect to see a series of urban /suburban communities; you would have open space providing some separation between and some open space within and a rural area for the resources that they contain. The second part of the planned concept is how you go about doing this. This has been the weakness in the existing Comprehensive Plan. The first draft of the Development Guide that came out a year ago recognized the problem of our inability to implement the existing plan well enough. We came up with a complicated strategy on how you would implement it, but we did not call out what it was we were implementing. When we went to the Council last summer they said the issues seemed to have been worked out but they wondered what the development pattern was that the document was trying to address. We hope we have come up with a document that takes both what it is we are trying to achieve and a process for getting there. The overall premise of the strategy, and this has been a County policy for some time, is that we accommodate the growth that is forecast within the County. The residential and employment growth that is forecast TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 5 REPORTS Contd. Presentation by repre- sentative from King Co. Planning Div. on 2nd draft of King Co. General Dev. Guide contd. within the unincorporated portions of the County, there is a commitment to accommodate that. We are not encouraging growth but we want to insure that those who do come that there is room for them. The first draft talked about planning ahead for 10 years. The County Council felt there should be a longer time horizon. We needed to be able to be service providers over a long period of time and growth; also to insure that we are not part of driving up the housing costs by just planning for 10 years. This document calls for planning ahead for 20 years and it would accommodate the growth that is forecast to occur within that period. We want to be sure that land is ready from the County side. We cannot assue that it is for sale, but to insure from the actions the County takes that the land is appropriately zoned within the local service area so sewers can be provided; it is vacant and environmentally unconstrained. We would have an annual growth report. We currently have a land development information system that is able to show where growth is occurring, where building permits, short plats, sub- divisions are occurring in King County. On an annual basis we would change the format a little; we would be able to show where we stand related to the most recent forecasts for growth. Do we have 20 years of land vacant that is planned for residen- tial growth? It is an ongoing check that we have enough land available for growth. The map on the left has designated urban /suburban communities; it has a growth reserve which is always a controversial part; it has rural areas. The designated urban /suburban communities on the map is the area within King County where currently the decisions for urban /suburban growth had been made through the community planned process. The County designated those lands for urban /suburban areas. The North Shore plan up in the north corner has been approved and the next time the map is printed it will be shown that the area is for urban /suburban development. It is a status report for community planning. Ms. Bundy said the County is having trouble coming up with enough money to carry the project. They are looking for options that are available. The document talks about in some instances where the developer is not able to provide the facilities and the County does not have the capacity or ability at the time, for an interim period some subdivisions may need to be turned down. We do not want to cram people in. We want roads that can be used and a good quality of life. The growth reserve, as shown on the map, is a portion of the County which ultimately would be developed in the urban /suburban land use pattern. The question is not what would be expected to occur in the future but when. It is a time issue. In the past there has not been a commitment as to what you would expect of the reserve. This makes a commitment. The annual growth report would be monitoring the supply and as it was found we were short, we needed more land, to meet this 20 year target we would be giving direction to community plans in those areas. The guide establishes criteria for community plans to look at so it can be standardized. We have to look at the adequacy of the sewers, the transportation facilities, the water, the schools, the parks within that portion of the County. If growth is encouraged can those services facili- tate them. Also, are people travelling long distances to employ- ment in that part of the County, and thus it would be a more difficult place for more residential. Ms. Bundy said she was sure Tukwila was interested in how King County would work with the City. A good example to use is Issa- quah. On the map you will note that the line goes to Issaquah and then halts. This is partly due to fear of making a decision for Issaquah. They are going through a great deliberation of whether they are going to be an urban center or a rural town. We did not make that decision for them and we are looking for them this summer to make that decision as part of their Comprehensive Plan. Then they will be adopting the King Subregional Plan, TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 6 REPORTS Contd. Presentation by repre- sentative from King Co. Planning Div. on 2nd draft of King Co. General Dev. Guide contd. amending it or adopting it as it now stands. If Issaquah decides to become a major urban center our annual monitoring would reflect where growth is forecast there would be a great deal of land planned for that type of development. If Issaquah decided to be a small little town, there were people travelling long distances, there was a need for more employment growth, Bellevue did not see accommodating that, we have policies in the guide for designating new areas in unincorporated King County. The policies first rely on looking to existing centers for that type of growth. If those centers were fully developed then we would be looking to those portions of unincorporated King County where there could be development. It would be similar with all of the cities. This is a draft and we are interested in specific comments. The end of the week we will be sending out a letter asking for comments by September 30, 1981. We would be interested if you have some preliminary comments in options or language changes. We hope you will put them in writing so they will be for everyone to see. Public hearings are being held throughout the County, also they have asked to meet with special purpose districts. We want to be able to determine the adequacy of facilities and services. An environmental impact statement will be out in August and comments on that will be due the end of September. There will be a series of public hearings during September. It is expected to take all of the comments and summarize them. We want to take all of the bugs out of it now and make the changes and then submit it to the County Council. Councilman Bohrer said we have an area of town where the City has a Comprehensive Plan, there is the Highline Community Plan, the King County General Development, what sort of hierarchy would they have in the County's mind? Ms. Bundy said this document, if adopted, would have the hierarchy. It would be the overall policy document for King County. As it relates to Highline Community Plan, anything that is inconsistent with the document we would recommend an amendment to it. That is the controversy that is caused. We are saying for a full range of density, some acre and half -acre lots for apartments, but also some of the 5,000 square foot lots and there is not that much vacant land. On a case by case basis within the Highline planning area these missing categories would be considered. The Highline Plan would have to be consistent. The second part would be to work out a way for Tukwila, a formal agreement between Tukwila and the County, for the adjacent area and to work on agreeing to the land uses and then to reviewing the development permits that come through. Councilman Bohrer said then we would make the Community Plan agree with the County Plan. Ms. Bundy said it was hoped that everyone could come to an agreement as to the use of the adjacent areas and then a mechanism through an interlocal agreement to insure that if subdivisions or rezones are coming through that we would have a way to look at them and resolve any differences. Councilman Bohrer said from the population figures given the County grew 36% from 1960 to 1980. You are projecting 24% growth from 1980 to year 2,000. Ms. Bundy said one was for all of King County and one was for unincorporated King County. It was not a good comparison. Councilman Bohrer suggested that both census figures be put in the Development Guide. Councilman Bohrer asked how often the County expected to revise the Guide? It has been 16 years since the last one. P1s. Bundy said Comprehensive Plans are long range plans. If there is no change of circumstances it may never need to be done again. We did not foresee the energy situation. Amendments can go directly into the document. It will be kept up to date. Councilman Bohrer said the City has a consultant who advises us on transportation policy and he usually tells us we should be realistic about transit and growth in the City of Tukwila. Could TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 7 REPORTS Contd. Presentation by repre- sentative from King Co. Planning Div. on 2nd draft of King Co. General Dev. Guide cotd. RECESS 8:10 8:25 P.M. 33 .3 you be realistic about transit and tell us what we ought to expect here? Ms. Bundy said they have relied on Metro's bus system and following where the growth is. It is in dense development that transit begins to pay for itself. The Guide relies or uses the transit system as part of getting people to work and services. From meeting with Metro they see this as a realistic way of proceeding. We want to encourage development in such a way that the bus system can be the major way of transit. Councilman Bohrer said at the present time the City has no residential developments in the downtown area. To put in high density in that area would be very much compatible with your plans. Lis. Bundy said that decision is very much the decision of the City of Tukwila. You will be the ones making that decision. The Guide is encouraging that mix of uses. Councilman Bohrer said that is at the discretion of the developer, it is not up to the City at this point. Councilman Bohrer said he noted reference to pedestrian traffic and bicyle traffic. Do you really expect to have people ride bikes to work? Ms. Bundy said they are talking about urban centers as a whole mix of uses so people can get from one place to another. It is less auto oriented in that sense. In the emphasis of trying to not use cars quite as much, to have office uses adjacent to retail, the attempt is to facilitate so people can actually walk if they are interested. Maybe they will never walk from one place to another, but if it is not provided or made possible they never will walk. Brad Collins, Director of Planning, asked how the General Develop- ment Guide addresses the question of annexation to incorporated areas. Does it address it directly? Would it provide incentive for areas to annex? Ms. Bundy said it is a State statute that affects that and the County is not proposing a change. It has been the policy in the past for King County not to stop annexation. The concern would be if we felt people were getting away from something we felt was important. We might make some strong language to 3oundary Review Board about this. Generally the Guide does not make a difference whether they are within that City or incorporated as an additional City. It is not looking at the revenue loss. Annexation is covered on Page 51 of the Guide. Councilman Bohrer said he would recommend that Staff look at the accuracy of the document and work with it. He said he noted several discrepancies. I'ls. Bundy said the map was not meant to be site specific. Mayor Todd asked for the source of the maps that designate certain areas as land slide areas. Ms. Bundy said they are from the King County sensitive areas portfolio. An analysis was done about 3 years go. There is debate about the criteria. Caroline Berry, Planner, asked what kind of feedback the County has received on the Guide. Ns. Bundy said they have received quite a lot of negative feedback. The environmental groups feel it is too weak. Some feel it is over regulated. Some have problems with the language. The response has been that they have tried to be professional. She said she would look forward to specific comments from the City. Councilman Bohrer said the City has just gone through a similar analysis by going through the Comprehensive Plan and he felt sure the City would have comments to make. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. MOTION CARRIED. The Tukwila City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting was called back to order by Council President Van Dusen, with Council Members present as previously listed. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 8 OLD BUSINESS Approval of Minutes: June 15, 1931 Zoning Ord. Review June 22, 1981 Zoning Ord. Review June 23, 1981 Committee of the Whole Mtg. NEW BUSINESS Prop. Ord. prohibiting weapons capable of prod- ucing bodily harm on premises where alcoholic beverages are dispensed by drink imposing penalty for violation. Claim for Damages: Hugh H. Henderson. Approve call for bids for consultant's propo- sals for engineering services to establish final profile grade and alignment of Interurban. *MOTION CARRIED. 33 MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 15 AND JUNE 22, 1981 ZONING ORDINANCE REVIEW MEETING AND THE JUNE 23, 1981 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING BE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED. MOTION CARRIED. Police Chief Lowery said the cases they have received are about one -half of the instances that have taken place. Two people have to respond to a call regarding a weapon. In some cases the person will not take offense, but sometimes they do if they have been drinking. It opens up an area of liability. By passing the proposed ordinance it will give the Police Department more ammunition. Chief Lowery said some of the surrounding cities have similar ordinances. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE JULY 21, 1981 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. Councilman Bohrer said he thought the word "whereas" as an introduction to the Sections would strengthen the document. He said he noted that language in Section 3, tenth line, does not agee with the sign to be posted. Chief Lowery said it is a typographical error and will be corrected in the ordinance. Ted Uomoto, Director of Public Works, said the Public Works review of the claim indicates that the chuck hole that caused damage to Mr. Henderson's vehicle was located within the legal boundaries of the City. The City had previously denied his claim as it was felt the location of the hole was in King County and not Tukwila. King County made a closer review of the legal description of the boundary of the two entities and field surveyed the boundary and concluded the boundary location is located in Tukwila. Council President Van Dusen said he thought Council should develop a policy about the claims. People have to drive carefully on a street that is not smooth. Councilman Bohrer asked for the depth of the hole. Mr. Uomoto said it was about 11' wide and 6" deep. The car was a sports model and at first it was thought damage had not been caused, but it developed that it was thrown out of line. If it had been a large car there would not have been damage. Mayor Todd said he thought it was a surveyor's hole. It seems they are not repairing the damage they are doing. Mr. Uomoto said the Public Works Department did not know about the hole or they would have filled it in. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE CLAIM FOR DAMAGES BY HUGH H. HENDERSON BY ON THE AGENDA OF THE JULY 21, 1981 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Ted Uomoto, Director of Public Works, said the Public Works Commit- tee recommended Council approve the request to publish notice to seek engineering proposals to establish future final grade and location of Interurban Avenue and its sidewalk between I -405 and I -5. Councilman Hill asked if the proposal will establish the right -of- way and where all of the access and egress should be. Mr. Uomoto said he was not sure about establishing the boundary lines. This will be based on what money will be available. This would be more expensive. Councilman Hill asked if we could ask for specific things and thereby get the most for the money. If you bring a line from Kent and one from Georgetown all of a sudden there will be a 10' difference right in the middle of town. Where will the survey start from? Mr. Uomoto said in establishing boundaries a company would have to make research and find the monuments that TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 9 NEW BUSINESS Contd. Approve call for bids for consultant's propo- sals for engineering services to establish final profile grade alignment of Interurban. contd. show discrepancy. By doing it that way and having it recorded they would be in a better position in a court decision. Mayor Todd said flcDuffy established a lot of the monuments in Tukwila. Councilman Bohrer said he would like to see it broken down so we have something to bid on. He said this seems a lower level of study than what we are looking for. Ted Uomoto, Director of Public Works, said for $20,000 you cannot get a final design. He said he felt the City engineering Depart- ment will have to do some more work to establish elevation. It is likely the work will have to be done on the City's own time. This proposal will give the City information to work on. We are not trying to tell the consultant how to do the work. We will receive quite a number of proposals. Councilman Hill asked if it would be better to have all of the information needed, including right -of -way, so we can go and find where the right -of -way is if it is staked. Would it be better to get three fourths of the street complete the way we want it or would it be better to get the whole thing done and get about two thirds of what we need. Mr. Uomoto said he would prefer the latter because the City can ask a developer to provide sidewalk elevation. We could tell them where the monuments are located. The burden of increased inspection would be up to the developer. The benchmark could last for years. Councilman Bohrer referred to the third paragraph of "Study Considerations," fifth line, where it says, "consideration can be given to waiver for Council decision. He said he would like to delete "to waiver." There is another alternative. An alterna- tive would be to consider acquiring the land. He said he would prefer saying we are going to have information for Council decision rather than implying we are going to have a waiver. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE CALL FOR BIDS FOR CONSULTANT'S PROPOSAL FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES TO ESTABLISH FINAL PROFILE GRADE AND ALIGNMENT OF INTERURBAN AVENUE BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE JULY 21, 1981 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, WITH THE CHANGE SUGGESTED BY COUNCILMAN BOHRER IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF THE "STUDY CONSIDERATIONS." MOTION CARRIED. (1) Deletion of the oil Ted Uomoto, Director of Public Works, said the oil rejuvenation Rejuvenation Program for program for the streets last year was evaluated and, based on City Streets. the evaluation, it was conclued that the program is not as effec- (2) Ditch cleaning tive as anticipated. Placement of oil requires ideal conditions along Interurban. which are difficult to meet, such as hot weather at the time of application and restricted traffic for at least one day. Also, the remaining streets not oiled are in a deteriorated condition that indicates it is too late for this type of treatment. The rejuvenation program was budgeted for $15,000. Mr. Uomoto said the Public Works Committee has recommended Council approval to delete the oil rejuvenation program and divert the budgeted funds toward the high priority ditch cleaning along Interurban Avenue. Debris build -up in ditches covers the outlet of the storm drain pipes which receive run -off from Interurban Avenue. The ditch work could be accomplished by Public Works staff with rental equipment. The cost impact would be $10,000. He said a budget transfer is not necessary as funds are within the City Street Maintenance budget. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT COUNCIL ACCEPT THE DELETION OF THIS BUDGET ITEM AND IT BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE JULY 21, 1981 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Phelps said it will be a narrative change in the budget. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 10 NEW BUSINESS Contd. McAllister Condo Waiver to build 48 units on property lying east of Tukwila Park. 3a Brad Collins, Director of Planning, said the McAllister application was reviewed by the Council in January and was found to be incom- plete. The Council requested the applicant to revise the layout to address the following topics of concern: adequacy of fire access, built -form intensity, adequacy of on -site recreation space. The applicant has responded to the concerns and they have worked with Planning, Fire, and Recreation Department staff members. Staff feels that plan represents a substantial improvement of the previous design concept and appears to resolve Council's concerns about the original proposal. Councilman Phelps said there had been a dispute on the property line between the City Park and the developer's property. Mr. Collins said this has been resolved. Councilman Bohrer asked if the road slopes have been reviewed and if they are feasible. Mr. Collins said this had been a concern and they had worked with Jim Hoel of the Fire Department on this matter. Mr. Stapper, architect representing McAllister, said there was a 142% slope throughout the property. During the course of the redesign they met with the Fire Department and others and reques- ted of them a criteria. They indicated in writing that they would be satisfied with the plan where the slopes exceed 122 Originally, all of the buildings were located on the steep slopes. In the new plan we have a fair portion of the building sites located on relatively gentle slopes, some less than 5 The maximum slope of roadways on the side is 122 He said it is his understanding that will meet the Fire Department requirements. This was one of their prime efforts. The redesign was to reduce the slopes from what they had. Councilman Bohrer said he did not understand how they could do that from what the slopes were orignally. From a 142% slope you have gone all of the way down a long hill. Now you say you have made that 122 Mr. Stapper said they are now entering the site from a different location from the original plan. Originally they were coming right off the entry road onto the site and they have now moved the entry location down. We were being penalized in the design just by the configuration we were working with. By coming in at the new location it allows them to access the units to the north at a much lower elevation than they were before. This works to their advantage all of the way down. Councilman Bohrer said it would have to be explained better than that. Starting with the old plan it said the slopes from the entry road to the end is 142 Moving the entry way is not going to change getting to the end of the street which is 153rd. Mfr. Stapper said if you study the contours on the site there have been a lot of revising in locating the roads. They are not coming down as much as they were in the original plan. If you were to scale these off you would find they were 122 He said they are looking at a different plan now than the original one. They are not coming down to 140th as they were in the other plan. The effort was to try to keep the level up. They are taking advan- tage of a portion of the slope to get into the site. In order to make the units fit on the site they had to keep a road up. Councilman Phelps said in looking at the map that the new roadway configuration is more westerly than the original driveway access to the property where the contour lines on the map show it a little wider than where the roadway was originally placed. They are narrower in the original proposal. This is the south end. Mr. Stapper, said one of the big concerns expressed was the Fire Department access to the structures and particularly to the downhill slope. They met on several occasions with Fire Department personnel and their effort to do that combined with another one of the comments which was the thought that the density of the TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 11 NEW BUSINESS Contd. McAllister Condo Waiver to build 48 units on property lying east of Tukwila Park contd. 33 project looked a little high. In taking staff guidance and trying to explore some other approaches to the site they looked at what would happen if they reduced the density. They reduced the density of the site by 10 units, which is significant. In doing that there is a bench area,which you may recall when you walked the site earlier in the year, which works along the mid -level of the site. Our efforts were to achieve a fire access lane that would somehow get access to the lower units. This was discussed with the Fire Department and they felt that would be a valid approach to that problem. We have proposed a gravel road which would also start to work a bit into the recreational aspect of the development, trying to develop a road that will serve the requirements of the Fire Department access and yet may gently work around the existing trees or terrain as much as possible. At the base of that we would create a 70' turn around which would allow the Fire Department to get out. There are two means of turn around for the Fire Department; there is one at the base of the last units and if they have to achieve access through the fire line there is a 70' turn around at the other end. This concept has been reviewed by the Fire Department and they have given their indication it is a workable solution. The buildings remain completely sprinklered and we continue to have fire hydrants at the appropriate intervals. Mr. Stapper said another comment on the original plan, they had some fairly long units put together and there was concern about getting access between those units. They have endeavored, in reducing the density, to group the buildings in smaller units to help mitigate that problem. Mr. Stapper said basically the three things that they saw that were the concerns that Council had were the slopes of the roadway grades which have been reduced; the Fire Department access that has been addressed adequately; and the density that has been reduced approximately 20 Another item that was not specifically addressed but which they felt was important to resolve at this time was the recreation provided on the site. It had not been addressed in specific terms. They met with the Recreation Director and, in conjunction with them, developed this approach for this particular site, recognizing it a steep slope and trying to develop recreation within the constraints of the site that would be adequate. They have basically given their concur- rence with this approach. Councilman Bohrer asked if there is a grading plan that goes with the plan? Mr. Loveland said the grades that have been developed are shown on the plan. Councilman Bohrer asked if there is anything that indicates their cut? Mr. Stapper said it could be derived from the plan. With the new configuration there is less cut and fill than on the original drawings. They have pulled the main roadway back toward the park side and by doing that they were able to work around a fairly large rock out- cropping rather than cutting right through the middle as the original plan had done. Council President Van Dusen asked if the parking will be under the units? Mr. Loveland said yes, for each unit there is one covered stall and one open stall. Councilman Bohrer said when you look at where the buildings on the old plan were sited, and he did not think the new ones were in a significantly different location, what you found was the slopes under those buildings range from 40 to 60% down the hill. One of the policies of the King County Development Guide says you should leave slopes over 40% undeveloped. We have not done that here, but the thing that will happen in this development is that you will absolutely clear it of any vegetation and there will be not a single foot of ungraded area on the entire site. You will clear it all and then reconstruct it. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 12 NEW BUSINESS Contd. Mcallister Condo Waiver to build 48 units on property lying east of Tukwila Park contd. Mr. Stapper said that was not totally true. He said they will be grading a substantial portion. They have endeavored in developing this piece of property to hold the units as far up the hill as possible so they can keep as much vegetation as possible on the lower portion of the property, which is what is going to screen those units from the highway. He said he thought there would be a fairly good screen on that level. He said he did not concur that the entire property would be stripped of vegetation. Councilman Bohrer said he was not very hopeful that they would be able to do better than was done on the property behind the City Hall, when their slopes are four or five times as great as that site. Mr. Loveland said the buildings set into the hillside to minimize the gradings. As much as possible will be left in its native state Councilman Bohrer said he thought by the time the buildings were located they will grade at least 80% of the site. Mr. Stapper he thought there were ways to achieve their design without clearing the hillside. Councilman Bohrer said he would like to hear how they are going to do it because no one else has been able to achieve it. Mr. said this is a different situation than behind the City Hall. Councilman Bohrer said he would like to see a discussion on the percentage of the site to be graded and how they propose to save more than one tree on the site. Council President Van Dusen asked that Mr. Stapper be prepared to discuss this subject next week. Mr. Stapper said he would be prepared. Councilman Phelps said we do have a diferent designation for zoning under Draft 4 and she was not sure how the development fits into the draft recommendation of the Planning Commission. She felt the R -4 designation is more appropriate than the R -3. Brad Collins, Director of Planning, said this question was raised in the staff report and because of the designation in effect on the northeast part is R -1 and the designation on the southwest part is R -3 and trying to determine that line and running it through the property and calculating space, as near as they could figure it may end up a few units short as far as the designation of those units at this point. This was brought to the attention of the applicant. The other things that gets sticky is in the draft ordinance it talks about a nonconforming structure and it talks about existing structures. His presumption is that the ordinance will probably be passed before the structures are existing, or at least completed. He felt it was his responsibility to point out to the applicant that there is a potential of ending up with some sort of nonconforming density or structure. It could not be calculated what that was very easily. Councilman Phelps said there are about 10 development units per gross acres on the site with 48 units, but how do you determine net acres? Now that they have been redesigned what would be the number of development units per net acre? Mr. Collins said the net acreage figure for the development is 4.68 as he recalled. In trying to make a calculation as to how much is R -3 and how much is R -1 we determined there was a possiblity of coming up with somewhere between 42 and 46 units. That is using a PRD type of bonus clustering concept as well. The other notion is that the R -1 area is zoned R -1- 20,000. As you calculate that into the area you lose another unit or two because of the lot size in that area being consistent. The other question we have is that the area to the north and west is proposed for R -3 also and it is his understanding that those units are at R -4 or greater density. The question that staff intended to raise under unresolved issues sometime this month was is that the appropriate designation for those areas. What is the purpose that is served by making all of those units nonconforming. Councilman Bohrer asked how many acres are on the portion of the site that you plan to develop and how many are on the site that you plan to leave untouched? Mr. Stapper said he had not.calcu- lated that exactly at this time. Councilman Bohrer asked that TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 13 NEW BUSINESS Contd. McAllister Condo Waiver to build 48 units on property lying east of Tukwila Park contd. P &L Co. Comprehensive Plan Amendment request to redesignate 3.1 ac. no. of adjacent to Xerox bldg. on South center Blvd. from medium density resi- dential" and "low den- sity residential" to "office" use. Prop. Ord. amending the 1981 Budget to approp. unanticipated revenue. Report on Public Mtg. on East Side Green River Watershed Project held July 8, 1981. this be addressed at the next meeting. 33c2 Councilman Phelps asked if with the recreation spaces that are provided for in the revised plan would they serve as a mitigating factor to the extra units on the site or could it? Mr. Collins said he would assume that is part of the notion of doing it that way. Councilman Bohrer asked Staff to tell him if there is any site in the City where there is multi family that is steeper than this slope. He asked that this information be supplied at the next regular meeting. Councilman Phelps said the Terrace Apart- ments are on a steep slope, they might be a similar comparison Councilman Johanson asked about the water system. Mr. Stapper said they had not determined how they are going to handle all of the utilities, they have been busy with density and slope. Mr. Collins said the Fire Department has determined the water flow and they are aware of it. Mr. Stapper said it is their feeling in looking at the present zoning that the owner of the property is being penalized by the designation of R -1 on a portion of the property which he is unable to develop in the R -1- 20,000 because of the steepness. It was mentioned by the Council that multi- family was the proper usage for that site. The Council has put a zoning on that property that makes it undevelopable. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE MCALLISTER CONDOMINIUM WAIVER TO BUILD 48 UNITS ON PROPERTY LYING EAST OF TUKWILA PARK BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE JULY 21, 1981 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Brad Collins, Directof of Planning, said the applicant would like to continue the discussion on the P &L Co. Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Committee of the Whole Meeting on July 28, 1981. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE P &L CO. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE JULY 28, 1981 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Phelps said the purpose of the proposed ordinance is to place into the 1981 budget Block Grant Funds that are available but not included in the budget. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE JULY 21, 1981 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Ted Uomoto, Director of Public Works, reported there were 200 to 250 people in attendance at the meeting. There were comments by the local residents. The comments were pros and cons and he felt there were more people not favoring the various aspects of the program, including the method of assessment. The only major land owner who attended and made comment was The Boeing Company. They made reference to their concern about the 18 million dollars they would be assessed. They must have made their own calculation. Many of the local people were not too clear as to what the project was about and how it would serve the area. The people seemed to be confusing Howard Hanson Dam control in the Green River and what the East Side Green River Watershed Project provided. Before Howard Hanson Dam was built the river was uncontrolled and flows exceeded 12,000 on a regular 12,000 CFS basis. The existing levees were not capable of containing the flow so consequently the water overflowed its bank. After Howard Hanson Dam was built, one of the requirements was to control the flows at Auburn at 12,000 which was supposed to contain the water within the levee. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COPIMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 14 NEW BUSINESS Contd. Report on Public Mtg. on East Side Green River Watershed Project held July 8, 1981 contd. MISCELLANEOUS Checking of Fire Hyd- rants F. D. or PWD ,33 30 Once this was achieved there was a secondary problem of local inflow that could not flow into the Green River. The East Side Green River Watershed Project would then pump the water into the Green River. After Howard Hanson Dam was built the development continued which increased the local inflows in that area. Soil Conservation Services design allows for a local inflow that will receive a 100 year possibility. This is the reason they have to have a large holding pond to store that 100 year flow that is possible. Questions were raised and King County is giving a little more thought to it at this time. Boeing statement is that maybe a little more water around might not cause that much damage 18 million dollars of damage. Some of the things there were no answers to questions of this nature. Studies were not that far into the project. Mr. Uomoto said he attended the meeting last night in the Renton City City Council. In hearing the Renton City Council comments they were divided in their opinion. Some felt that the project was an oversize project. Others felt perhaps they should go to the local people and con- struct an LID drainage program. Others felt a building moratorium should be imposed until they have a better idea as to what to do. Renton City Council deferred decision until there could be further discussion in the next Committee of the Whole Meeting. In talking to one of the attendees at the Kent meeting, they came to about the same decision as Renton. In talking with King County, they sense the project may not fly so they are trying to look at another alternative. This other alternative is what would happen, what area would actually flood if the pumping plant was not constructed. What would be the actual damages to the many property owners around this area with the new development in this basin? King County has recently received the valley topography plan from the Corps of Engineers. Their topo draing of the valley is a scale of 1" for 50' which is one of the most detailed drawings he has seen of the valley. This is the best information that is available that shows the ground contour lines existing features. King County is anticipating further delay to the project. They may possibly recommend that if they can obtain these holding pond areas at no cost, which they believe they will be able to get through donations, this may keep the project alive. This is what they are working towards. Councilman Phelps said one of the holding ponds was about 70 acres in the northeast corner of the Renton valley along the freeway. It is marshy and cattails. That was identifiec as an area that could serve as storage. Two political impressions that she came away with was that one of the major property owners protested on the basis that the assessments as proposed in the preliminary would show on the basis of a per acre factor that he would be paying about two million dollars over the term of the project in assessments. He was not sure that he would sustain two million dollars worth of damage to his property should it flood and no project were built. That was tought to answer. Councilman Bohrer said he was frustrated or amused, without understanding the magnitude of some of the assessments. The whole project will cost about 40 million dollars and Boeing says they are going to pay 18 million dollars. Another says he is going to pay 5% of the cost. Does he have 5% of the property? Councilman Phelps said these were public audience comments and were made without explan- ation. People were allowed comment. Council President Van Dusen said there is a question as to TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING July 14, 1981 Page 15 MISCELLANEOUS Contd. Checking of Fire Hydrants Fire Dept. or Public Works Dept.? contd. for the six years she was employed in the City the policy has Professional Office allows the related commercial uses not to exceed 50% of the d evelome zzt t erox ui ing retail use. ADJOURNMENT 10:20 P.M. 3 3 3/ whom should check the fire hydrants the Fire Department or Public Works Department. Councilman Phelps said it should be up to the Fire Department to check the fire hydrants. Council President Van Dusen said the Fire Department should check them and if there was no water they should go to the Public Works Department. Councilman Phelps said this matter was discussed in the Finance Committee and it was determined there that the Fire Department should take over the checking of the fire hydrants. Councilman Hill said in the Public Works Committee they checked with five cities and it was found in a number of them the Fire Department does the checking. Council President Van Dusen said ,the Police Department checks their police cars before they go out on patrol. Councilman Phelps said the- pe4ey- fer -s- years -bas been that the Fire Department check the fire hydrants. If they are broken or need to be elevated, etc., it is referred to the Public Works Department Councilman Phelps said an ad she read placed the Xerox building as a retail outlet. That- w4- 14- be- ge}eg -aga4n st- the- gen4ng. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE PFET-4NCADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. 45Iek-/1.01 Norft Booher, Recording Secretary 7- i Gary L.' Tan Di'sen," Council President