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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFebruary 14, 2011RENTON CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting February 14, 2011 Monday, 7 p.m. MIN UTES CouncilChambers Renton City Hall CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCILMEMBERS CITY STAFF IN ATTENDANCE AUDIENCE COMMENT Citizen Comment: Meyer- Renton History Museum Programs CONSENT AGENDA Council Meeting Minutes of 2/7/2011 Annexation: Gaile, SE 160th St & 131st PI SE Finance: Bad Debt Write Off Finance: 2011 Threshold and Sales Tax Rebate, Benson Hill Communities Annexation Transportation: ORCA Business Passport, King County, Sound Transit, Pierce Transit, eta I Mayor Law called the meeting of the Renton City Council to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. TERRI BRIERE, Council President; RICH ZWICKER; GREG TAYLOR; RANDY CORMAN; MARCIE PALMER; DON PERSSON; KING PARKER. DENIS LAW, Mayor; MARTY WINE, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer; MARK BARBER, Senior Assistant City Attorney; BONNIE WALTON, City Clerk; GREGG ZIMMERMAN, Public Works Administrator; ALEX PIETSCH, Community and Economic Development Administrator; IWEN WANG, Finance and Information Technology Administrator; DEPUTY CHIEF ERIK WALLGREN, Fire and Emergency Services Department; DEPUTY CHIEF CHARLES MARSALISI, Police Department. Sandra Meyer (Renton), President of the Renton Historical Society, stated that for Black History Month the museum presented a portrayal by actress Eva Abram of Bessie Coleman, the first female African American pilot, and on February 19 will present children's author Kunle Oguneye who will perform drumming, dancing, and traditional storytelling of Nigeria. Ms. Meyer also noted that Mary Michaelson will present the story of Phoebe Goodell Judson, a Washington state pioneer, for Women's History Month in March. Items listed on the consent agenda are adopted by one motion which follows the listing. At the request of Councilmember Zwicker, Item 5.f. was removed for separate consideration. Approval of Council meeting minutes of 2/7/2011. Council concur. Community and Economic Development Department submitted 10% Notice of Intent to annex petition for the proposed Gaile Annexation and recommended a public meeting be set on 2/28/2011 to consider the petition; 43.6 acres located in the vicinity of SE 160th PI. and 131st PI. SE. Council concur. Finance and Information Technology Department requested approval to write off bad debt in the total amount of $23,054.41. Refer to Finance Committee. Finance and Information Technology Department recommended adopting a resolution to set the threshold and state sales tax rebate for 2011, related to the Benson Hill Communities annexation. Refer to Finance Committee. Transportation Systems Division recommended approval of the 2011-2012 One Card for All (ORCA) Business Passport interlocal agreement with King County METRO, Pierce Transit, Sound Transit, Community Transit, Kitsap Transit, and the Washington State Ferries Division in the amount of $39,467.55 to continue the Commute Trip Reduction Program for City employees. Council concur. MOVED BY BRIERE, SECONDED BY CORMAN, COUNCIL APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM 5.f. CARRIED. February 14, 2011 Renton City Council Minutes Page 39 Separate Consideration Item 5J. Utility: Cascade Interceptor Agreement, Soos Creek Water & Sewer District UNFINISHED BUSINESS Utilities Committee Latecomer Agreement: Jones, Classic Concepts V, LA-10-001 Transportation (Aviation) Committee Transportation: Rainier Ave S & SW 27th St/Strander Blvd Funding, Sound Transit Utility Systems Division recommended approval of an addendum to CAG-64- 764, with Soos Creek Water and Sewer District, in the amount of $40,000, detailing certain responsibilities, including cost sharing, pertaining to needed maintenance and rehabilitation of the sanitary sewer line known as the Cascade Interceptor. Refer to Utilities Committee. MOVED BY ZWICKER, SECONDED BY BRIERE, COUNCIL CONCUR IN CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 5.f.* Councilmember Parker requested information regarding the utility tax collection negotiations being conducted with neighboring water and sewer districts. Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Wine remarked that the City has the authority to enter into interlocal agreements regarding the collection of utility tax and is in the process of negotiating those agreements. She remarked that she can brief Council at a future Committee of the Whole meeting. Mr. Parker stated that he is not opposed to this agreement. •MOTION CARRIED. (See page 41 for resolution.) Utilities Committee Chair Zwicker presented a report recommending concurrence in the staff recommendation to grant Classic Concepts V, LLC final approval of a latecomer agreement for a period of 15 years for the purpose of recovering a portion of the cost of extending a sanitary sewer main along SE 2nd PI. and SE 2nd St., adjacent to and west of Hoquiam Ave. NE. The application for latecomer agreement was submitted by Wayne Jones on 6/14/2010, and the preliminary costs were approved by Council on 8/2/2010. Construction of the project started 7/20/2010, and was completed 1/6/2011. Staff has received as-built plans, reviewed the final costs, and updated the assessment roll using the per-unit connection method and total cost of $137,146.56. The Committee further recommended that the final assessment roll be forwarded to the City Clerk, who will notify the affected property owners of the latecomer's potential assessment and the right to appeal, with Council retaining the right to rule on the final action. If no appeals have been submitted within 20 days of the date of mailing the assessment notice, the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to execute and record the latecomer agreement to finalize the matter. MOVED BY ZWICKER, SECONDED BY PARKER, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT. CARRIED. Transportation (Aviation) Committee Chair Corman presented a report recommending concurrence in the staff recommendation to approve an agreement with the Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority to reaffirm their commitment to providing funding in the amount of $18.9 million for the Rainier Ave. Arterial Improvements and the Strander Blvd./SW 27th St. Extension Project. The Committee further recommended that the resolution regarding this matter be presented for adoption. MOVED BY CORMAN, SECONDED BY PALMER, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT. CARRIED. (See page 41 for resolution.) February 14, 2011 Renton City Council Minutes Page 40 Finance Committee Community Services: Fee Waiver Request, CROPWALK Community Services: Fee Waiver Request, Liberty High School Golf Team Planning & Development Committee CED: HOF Award, Providence Health & Services CED: Title IV (Development Regulations) Docket #5 Finance Committee Chair Persson presented a report recommending concurrence in the staff recommendation to waive the Liberty Park and Riverview Park picnic shelter fees in the amount of $600 for the Renton Ecumenical Association of Churches (REACH) to conduct the Renton CROP (Community Responding to Overcoming Poverty) WALK on Sunday, 5/15/2011. MOVED BY PERSSON, SECONDED BY TAYLOR, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT. CARRIED. Finance Committee Chair Persson presented a report recommending concurrence in the staff recommendation to approve a waiver of approximately $2,900 in Maplewood Golf Course fees for the Liberty High School girls golf team for the 2011 season. MOVED BY PERSSON, SECONDED BY TAYLOR, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT. CARRIED. Planning and Development Committee Chair Parker presented a report recommending concurrence in the staff recommendation to approve a $25,000 award from the Housing Opportunity Fund to Providence Health and Services to help support the development and construction of Providence Renton House to provide affordable rental housing for low-income seniors. MOVED BY PARKER, SECONDED BY ZWICKER, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT. CARRIED. Planning and Development Committee Chair Parker presented a report recommending concurrence in the staff recommendation to adopt the following items on the 2010 Title IV (Development Regulations) Docket: D-50: Small Scale Research Facilities - Amend Title IV Zoning Use Table to add a land use to the table that allows for small scale research/education/ mitigation/demonstration projects. Add a definition of "Research Scientific (Small Scale)" to Title IV. D-52: Evaluation of Residential Development Standards - Amend Title IV to add, remove, and amend standards and conditions associated with Residential- 1 (R-l), Residential-4 (R-4), Residential-8 (R-8), and Residential-10 (R-10) zoning designations. Amend purpose statement for R-l zone to include the density bonus currently allowed for assisted living. D-53: Fee-ln-Lieu of Provision for Parks - Amend Title IV to add new provisions that would allow developers the opportunity to conduct the following in lieu of providing common space in a development: 1) Extend a Public Trail if it has been identified in the Renton Trails and Bicycle Master Plan, or the Parks, Recreation, Open Space, and Natural Resources Plan, or an adopted Community Plan; 2) Expand a Public Park if it has been identified in the Parks Recreation, Open Space, and Natural Resources Plan, or an adopted Community Plan; 3) Pay a fee-in-lieu for the common space if an off-site public park is within one quarter (1/4) mile of the site proposed for development, safe and easy pedestrian access is provided to such public park, and the public park is an integral part of the design approach of the development. The fee would be based upon the monetary value of the required improvements for the common open space plus the monetary value of the land area required to be placed in common open space. This fee would be allocated for park acquisition and development projects, not park maintenance. February 14, 2011 Renton City Council Minutes Page 41 RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES ADDED RESOLUTION #4082 Utility: Cascade Interceptor Agreement, Soos Creek Water & Sewer District RESOLUTION #4083 Transportation: Rainier Ave S & SW 27th St/Strander Blvd Funding, Sound Transit CED: 2010 Title IV (Development Regulations) Docket #D-50, Small Scale Scientific Research Facilities CED: 2010 Title IV (Development Regulations) Docket #D-52, Evaluation of Residential Development Standards D-56: Cedar River Pipeline Zoning - Amend Zoning Map to assign zoning designations to a small portion of the pipeline that annexed to the City with the Earlington Annexation and was previously not zoned with City zoning, as Residential-8 (R-8), and Residential-10 (R-10). The Committee further recommended that the ordinances regarding these matters be presented for first reading. MOVED BY PARKER, SECONDED BY ZWICKER, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT. CARRIED. (See later this page and page 42 for ordinances.) The following resolutions were presented for reading and adoption: A resolution was read authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an interlocal agreement with the Soos Creek Water and Sewer District regarding rehabilitation and maintenance of the Cascade Interceptor. MOVED BY ZWICKER, SECONDED BY BRIERE, COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS READ. CARRIED. A resolution was read authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an interlocal agreement with Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority regarding the Strander Blvd. project and the Rainer Ave. project. MOVED BY CORMAN, SECONDED BY PALMER, COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS READ. CARRIED. The following ordinances were presented for first reading and referred to the Council meeting of 2/28/2011 for second and final reading: An ordinance was read amending Subsection 4-2-060.A., Agriculture and Natural Resources, of Chapter 2, Zoning Districts - Uses and Standards, and Section 4-11-180, Definitions R, of Chapter 11, Definitions, of Title IV (Development Regulations), of City Code, amending the zoning use regulations regarding agriculture and natural resources by adding a use to the zoning use table specifying which zones allow for small-scale scientific research activities or uses, and adding a definition for "Research - Scientific (Small Scale)." MOVED BY PARKER, SECONDED BY ZWICKER, COUNCIL REFER THE ORDINACE FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING ON 2/28/2011. CARRIED. An ordinance was read amending Subsections 4-2-020.C, Residential One Dwelling Unit per Net Acre (R-l), 4-2-110.A, Development Standards for Residential Zoning Designations (Primary and Attached Accessory Structures), 4-2-110.B., Development Standards for Residential Development (Detached Accessory Buildings), and 4-2-110.D., Conditions Associated with Development Standards Table for Residential Zoning Designations, of Chapter 2, Zoning Districts - Uses and Standards, of Title IV (Development Regulations), of City Code, clarifying the regulations regarding development standards and conditions associated with the Residential-1 (R-l), Residential-4 (R-4), Residential-8 (R-8), and Residential-10, (R-10) zoning designations. MOVED BY PARKER, SECONDED BY ZWICKER, COUNCIL REFER THE ORDINACE FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING ON 2/28/2011. CARRIED. February 14, 2011 Renton City Council Minutes Page 42 CED: 2010 Title IV (Development Regulations) Docket #D-53, Fee-ln-Lieu of Provision for Parks CED: 2010 Title IV (Development Regulations) Docket #D-56, Cedar River Pipeline Zoning NEW BUSINESS Finance: Utility Tax Collection Agreements ADJOURNMENT An ordinance was read amending Chapter 1, Administration and Enforcement, Subsection 4-2-115.F.2., Open Space, of Chapter 2, Zoning Districts - Uses and Standards, and Subsection 4-3-100.E.4., Recreation Areas and Common Open Space, of Chapter 3, Environmental Regulations and Overlay Districts, of Title IV (Development Regulations), of City Code, by adding a new Section 4-1-240, Common Open Space Substitutions, and amending current regulations by adding provisions permitting trail and/or park dedications or a fee-in-lieu for common open space standards required in the Residential-10 (R-10) and Residential-14 (R-14) zone, Design Districts A,C, and D, and King County vested subdivisions. MOVED BY PARKER, SECONDED BY ZWICKER, COUNCIL REFER THE ORDINANCE FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING ON 2/28/2011. CARRIED. An ordinance was read establishing the zoning classification of certain properties annexed with the City of Renton (Cedar River Pipeline) generally located south of S. 134th St, east of Oakesdale Ave. SW, and west of Hardie Ave. SW, to R-8 (Residential Eight Dwelling Units per net Acre) zoning and R-10 (Residential Ten Dwelling Units per net Acre) zoning. MOVED BY PARKER, SECONDED BY ZWICKER, COUNCIL REFER THE ORDINACE FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING ON 2/28/2011. CARRIED. MOVED BY ZWICKER, SECONDED BY PERSSON, COUNCIL REFER THE ISSUE OF UTILITY TAX COLLECTIONS WITH WATER AND SEWER DISTRICTS TO THE UTILITIES COMMITTEE FOR AN UPDATE. CARRIED. MOVED BY PERSSON, SECONDED BY CORMAN, COUNCIL ADJOURN. CARRIED. Time: 7:24 p.m. •>*: Bonnie Walton, CMC, City Clerk Jason Seth, Recorder February 14, 2011 RENTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING CALENDAR Office of the City Cierk COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS SCHEDULED AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 14, 2011 COMMITTEE/CHAIRMAN DATE/TIME AGENDA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (Briere) MON., 2/21 NO MEETINGS (Council Holiday) MON., 2/28 Review of Insurance Funds; 5:30 p.m. Regional Issues; Quendall Terminals - Briefing COMMUNITY SERVICES (Palmer) MON., 2/28 CANCELED FINANCE (Persson) MON., 2/28 School District Impact Fees; 4 p.m. Emerging Issues in Revenue; Vouchers; Annexation Sales Tax Credit; Bad Debt Write Off PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT (Parker) THURS., 2/24 CANCELED PUBLIC SAFETY (Taylor) TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION) (Corman) THURS., 2/24 CANCELED UTILITIES (Zwicker) THURS., 2/24 CANCELED NOTE: Committee of the Whole meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted. All other committee meetings are held in the Council Conference Room unless otherwise noted.