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AGENDA
Planning & Development Committee Regular Meeting
4:00 PM - Thursday, February 23, 2017
Council Conference Room, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way
1. SUNSET COURT FEE WAIVER REQUEST
a) AB - 1851 Community & Economic Development Department recommends approval of a
100-percent fee waiver of the estimated development and impact mitigation fees in the
amount of $460,599 for the Renton Housing Authority's Sunset Court Apartments project.
2. DOCKET #12
3. EMERGING ISSUES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- New Development
- Code Compliance
- Project Status
AB - 1851
City Council Regular Meeting - 13 Feb 2017
SUBJECT/TITLE: Sunset Court Fee Waiver Request
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to Planning & Development Committee
DEPARTMENT: Community & Economic Development
STAFF CONTACT: Matthew Herrera, Senior Planner
EXT.: 6593
FISCAL IMPACT SUMMARY:
N/A
SUMMARY OF ACTION:
Renton Housing Authority (RHA) has requested a 100-percent waiver of eligible development and impact
mitigation fees for the Sunset Court Apartment development project. The proposed 50-unit affordable rental
housing development is a component of the Sunset Terrace Redevelopment Master Site Plan and meets the
criteria for a fee waiver as provided in RMC 4-1-210C. The fee waiver will assist the RHA in providing new
affordable rental housing and support the City’s ongoing redevelopment efforts in the Sunset Area.
EXHIBITS:
A. Issue Paper
B. Site Plan
C. Fee Waiver Table
D. RHA Fee Waiver Request
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approve a 100-percent waiver of the estimated development and impact mitigation fees of $460,599.00 for
the Sunset Court Apartments as provided for in RMC 4-1-210C. RHA shall execute and record an approved
affordable housing restrictive covenant prior to the Certificate of Occupancy of the first completed building.
AGENDA ITEM #1. a)
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ISSUE PAPER
DATE:February 6, 2017
TO:Armondo Pavone, Council President
Members of the Renton City Council
VIA:Denis Law, Mayor
FROM:C.E. “Chip” Vincent, CED Administrator x6588
STAFF CONTACT:Matthew Herrera, Senior Planner X6593
SUBJECT:Fee Waiver Request – Renton Housing Authority
Sunset Court Apartments
ISSUE:
Should the City waive certain development and mitigation fees for the Renton Housing
Authority (RHA) Sunset Court Apartments development project?
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve a 100-percent waver of the eligible development and mitigation fees as
provided in Renton Municipal Code (RMC) 4-1-210C4 for the RHA Sunset Court
Apartments and require the applicant to execute and record an approved affordable
housing restrictive covenant prior to Certificate of Occupancy of the first completed
building.
BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
RHA has requested a waiver of development and mitigation fees for the Sunset Court
Apartments. This project includes 50 affordable housing units comprised of 10
townhomes and 40 apartment flat units located at 1144 Harrington Ave NE in the
Sunset Area. The subject property is 1.95 acres and located within the Center Village
(CV) zoning designation.
The subject property is also a component of the Sunset Terrace Redevelopment Master
Site Plan initially approved 2014 and further modified in 2016 to include the former
Sunset Court Park that recently went through the disposition process.
The City Council approved a fee waiver in 2016 for the Sunset Court Apartments and
two other RHA development projects as part of the Choice Neighborhoods
Implementation (CNI) grant. The waiver approval was contingent on receipt of a CNI
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February 6, 2017
grant, which was not awarded; therefore RHA is requesting a separate fee waiver for the
Sunset Court Apartments.
The “Waived Fees – Rental Housing Incentive,” RMC 4-1-210C was adopted on August 1,
2011 with the purpose of encouraging new rental housing in the CV, RMF, and R-14
zones within the Sunset Area. As such, RHA has requested that the following permit
fees, impact mitigation fees, and system development charges be waived for the Sunset
Court Apartment development project:
Building permit and plan review fees;
Public Works plan and inspection fees;
Fire, Transportation, and Parks mitigation impact fees; and
Water, Surface Water, and Wastewater system development charges.
The estimated total fees requested to be waived for the Sunset Court Apartments
development project are $460,599.00. If approved, these waived fees would represent
an estimated savings of $9,212.00 per housing unit for RHA.
Per RMC 4-1-210C.5, a fee waiver request for an eligible project must be made prior or
by the administrative site plan review period unless otherwise approved by the City
Council. The applicant requested the fee waiver on December 21, 2016 prior to the
issuance of the site plan review decision and therefore meets the application process
criteria.
Per RMC 4-1-210C.6, if the fee waiver is approved by City Council, the applicant will be
required to submit a restrictive covenant for the property for review and approval by
the Community and Economic Development Administrator. The restrictive covenant
must indicate that at least 50-percent of the units will be set aside and rented as
affordable housing. The restrictive covenant must be executed and recorded at the
applicant’s expense prior to the issuance of the building permit, unless otherwise
approved by City Council. Staff is recommending deferring the execution and recording
of the restrictive covenant document to prior to Certificate of Occupancy of the first
completed building. This deferral will assist the RHA in avoiding potential delays in
acquiring building permits, which were submitted in early December and already under
review.
CONCLUSION:
RHA Sunset Court Apartments, a new 50-unit affordable housing development and
component of the approved Sunset Terrace Redevelopment Master Site Plan, meets the
criteria for the waived fees referenced above as provided for in RMC 4-1-210C.4. The
fee waiver will assist RHA in providing new affordable rental housing and support the
City’s ongoing redevelopment efforts in the Sunset Area.
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RHA – Sunset Court Apartments Waived Fees
Building Permit Fee $46,500
Building Permit Plan Review Fee $30,225
Water System Development Charge $90,636
Surface Water System Development Charge $35,494
Wastewater System Development Charge $56,050
Public Works Plan Review and Inspection Fees $16,705
Fire Impact Fee
@495.10 per unit
$24,755
Transportation Impact Fee
@1,923.83 per unit
$96,192
Parks Impact Fee
@1,280.84 per unit
$64,042
Estimated Waived Fees $460,599.00 AGENDA ITEM #1. a)
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RENTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
PO.Box 2316 'Renton,WA 98056-0316
Office 425/226-1850 'Fax 425/271-8319
Mr.Chip Vincent,Planning Director
City of Renton
1055 S.Grady Way
Renton,WA 98057
Re:Sunset Court Apartments
Rental Housing Incentive Fee Waiver Intent
Dear Mr.Vincent:
The Renton Housing Authority (RHA)respectfully requests waiver of development and
mitigation fees associated with the Sunset Court Apartments in accordance with the Section 4-1
210 of the Renton Municipal Code (the “Code”),which permits waiver of fees associated with
certain affordable rental housing projects.
RHA requests waiver of the fees given that Sunset Court is a new construction affordable
housing rental project service entirely low income households as de?ned in Section 2 of the
Code.Sunset Court Apartments consists of 4 buildings in the Sunset Area of Renton containing
?fty (50)units all of which will be characterizedas affordable housing units.In accordance with
the Code,we are seeking a 100%waiver of the following fees as outlined in Section 4 of the
Code:
Section 4.a.Fees which may be waived:
Building permit fees:
Buildingpermit plan review fees;
Water,surface water,and wastewater system development charges;
Public works plan review and inspection fees;and
Fire,transportation,and parks impact mitigation fees.
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Pursuant to Section 4.b of the Code,100%of the fees set forth above may be waived if the
project is an eligible housing project in which at least 50%of the units are set aside as
affordable.Because all of the units will be set aside as affordable units,Sunset Court is an
eligible housing project for a full waiver of fees under the Code.
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As you know,the Renton City Council approved a fee waiver for the Sunset Court Apartments
earlier this year as part of our combined efforts to apply to HUD for a Choice Neighborhoods
Implementation(CNI)grant.That original fee waiver request and approval was for RHA’s three
proposed new housing development projects in the Housing Strategy of the CNI application (the
Sunset Court Apartments and two other proposed Sunset Area projects which are not funded at
this time).Since the City Council’sapproval for all three projects was contingent upon receipt
of a CNI grant,we are now requesting a separate fee waiver approval for the Sunset Court
Apartments project.We expect to complete construction and occupy the project before the end
of20l8.
Relief from these fees to the extent permitted under the Code enables RHA to place its resources
in the best possible position to meet RHA’s and the City’s mutual housing objectives.We
appreciate your ongoing support and assistance with our affordable housing efforts within the
City of Renton.
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