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City Council Community Development & Neighborhoods Committee
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
November26, 2019 - 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall
Councilmembers: De'Sean Quinn, Chair; Dennis Robertson, Kathy Hougardy
Staff: David Cline, Minnie Dhaliwal, Meredith Sampson, Lynn Miranda, Rachelle
Ripley, Tami Eberle -Harris, Derek Speck, Joel Bush, Jack Pace, Joseph Todd,
Laurel Humphrey
Guests: Mike Pruitt, Segale Properties, LLC; Nicole Deleon, Cairncross & Hemplemann;
David Halinen, Halinen Law
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Quinn called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
PRESENTATIONS
II. BUSINESSAGENDA
A. Grant Award: Housing Action Plan
Staff is seeking Council approval of an Interagency Agreement for receipt of $100,000 in
grant funding from the Department of Commerce to be used to create a HousingAction Plan
in alignment with requirements of House Bill 1923. Funding is available through June 2021
and no City match is required. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO DECEMBER 2, 2019
REGULAR CONSENT AGENDA.
B. Contract: Permit Tracking System
Staff is seeking Council approval of a contract with Superion that will move Trakit, the City's
permit tracking system, to a hosted cloud environment. This will stabilize the system and
will include an update to a supported version of Trakit called Community Development and
a replacement online portal called Citizen Engagement. The total cost of moving to the
Cloud and the 15t year hosting fees is $57,582. Superion agreed to waive 2017 and 2018
maintenance fees and to apply 2019 maintenance fees toward the new
contract.Counci[member Sea[ pointed outthatthe word "citizen" should be avoided in local
government. Staff noted that the City can customize the public facing displays and will use
the word "community" in place of "citizen." UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO
DECEMBER 2, 2019 REGULAR CONSENT AGENDA.
C. Southcenter Plan Implementation
Staff provided an overview on current status of projects completed or underway in the
Southcenter Plan area in the categories of public space/amenities, street/circulation
network & facilities, and pedestrian & bicycle facilities. Staff recommends that resources
continue to be allocated toward implementation of the Southcenter Plan, including
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continuing the master planning process for Tukwila Pond Park, working with private
developers and other agencies on redevelopment opportunities, improving and monitoring
Tukwila Pond water quality, updating the Transit Plan, and connecting the Interurban Trail
to West Valley Highway. Councilmembers and staff discussed challenges and opportunities
in the area. DISCUSSION ONLY.
D. Ordinance: Critical Areas
Staff is seeking Council approval of ordinances that will update the Critical Areas
regulations to reflect current best available science as required by the Growth Management
Act. The Committee reviewed Attachment A, staff's response to comments submitted at the
September 23, 2019 Public Hearing and made the following recommendations:
18.45.80 Wetlands Designations, Ratings and Buffers
• Add language to clarify that interrupted buffer waivers will only be available to those
that are pre-existing.
• In 18.45.80(F)(2)(i), strike "legally approved" as there is no difference between legally
constructed and legally approved.
18.45.190 Time Limitation, Appeals and Vesting
• Clarify that the new language around vesting only refers to residential projects.
Staff will return to Committee with an update reflecting these changes. The Department of
Ecology has not submitted its comments yet, so final presentation to Council will not occur until
2020. RETURN TO COMMITTEE.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
Adjou04,
6:27 p.m.
Committee Chair Approval