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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 3379 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 3 3 7 9 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY STAFF TO INITIATE WORK, COMMISSION STUDIES, EXPEND FUNDS, AND TAKE OTHER STEPS TO STUDY THE REDEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE SHUFFLETON PLANT AREA LOCATED WEST OF LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF PARK AVENUE NORTH (SR-900) AND TO FACILITATE A "PLANNED ACTION" UNDER STATE LAW. WHEREAS, property commonly known as the Shuffleton Plant property is being marketed for redevelopment; and WHEREAS, the location of the Shuffleton Plant property along the shores of Lake Washington and immediately adjacent to Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park makes it both a highly desirable and a very visible parcel of property; and WHEREAS, this property represents one of the last major undeveloped or underdeveloped waterfront locations on Lake Washington, both within the City and in the King County area; and WHEREAS,this property has high visibility from I-405 and Lake Washington; and WHEREAS, this property has superior access to I-405; and WHEREAS, the City of Renton wishes to encourage quality development that provides an aesthetic landmark for the City and to ensure that this unique site is ultimately developed in a manner advantageous to the citizenry of the City of Renton; and WHEREAS, redevelopment of this property has a potential of providing a significant stable tax base and a substantial employment base for the City of Renton; and 1 RESOLUTION NO. 3 3 79 WHEREAS, redevelopment of the property offers an opportunity for increased public access to the shorelines of Lake Washington and provides an opportunity to join this waterfront site with Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park and the Cedar River Trail; and WHEREAS, the development of this property may create a significant demand upon the City's utilities and utility improvements, and upgrades are time consuming, expensive, and require coordination between service providers and between the service providers and customers; and WHEREAS, redevelopment of this property will provide challenges to the transportation infrastructure in the general area including ensuring easy access to and from I-405; and WHEREAS, transportation improvements are generally quite costly and time consuming and need to be planned as part of a functioning part of the entire transportation system; and WHEREAS, the City has been approached by SECO Development concerning the redevelopment of this property pursuant to a master planned phased development; and WHEREAS, the City is specifically authorized by state statute to designate a phased development proposal such as that proposed by SECO Development as a planned action; and WHEREAS, the process of determining whether a planned action should be designated will provide a method of providing a community forum to discuss issues related to the redevelopment of this property; and WHEREAS, consideration of designating a planned action will provide an opportunity for the City to study the general area of this proposed development before specific development plans have been submitted so as to provide the developer with guidance, conduct environmental review while in advance of the project in order to avoid unnecessary environmental consequences, and further to avoid conflicts with the City, the general public and the developer; and 2 RESOLUTION NO. 3379 WHEREAS, consideration of designating a planned action will provide an early opportunity for public participation in the environmental and permitting processes; and WHEREAS, consideration of designating a planned action will provide an early opportunity to study and address environmental impacts which might be caused by such planned action; and WHEREAS, consideration of designating a planned action will provide the opportunity to expedite the project permit process and increase regulatory certainty, thereby increasing the likelihood that the site will be developed to provide to the public those benefits identified in the planned action; and WHEREAS, should SECO Development not develop this property, the studies undertaken at this time will add certainty to later redevelopment projects which would encourage redevelopment; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. The above recitals are found to be true and correct in all respects. SECTION H. The staff is hereby authorized and directed to study the redevelopment of the Shuffleton site, which is generally known as the Shuffleton Plant area located west of Lake Washington Boulevard and north of Park Avenue North (SR-900), and graphically represented in the drawing attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein as if fully set forth. SECTION M. The staff is further authorized to meet with SECO Development and the public to engage in a collaborative process to answer planning, legal and other concerns about redevelopment of this property. In particular, the staff is to undertake an early and thorough environmental analysis of this project and to recommend to the City Council whether 3 RESOLUTION NO. 3379 the statutory prerequisites for a planned action designation of the site would be satisfied and whether a planned action should be designated. SECTION IV. The staff is directed and authorized to formulate the appropriate description of the planned action or range of planned actions including performance standards and environmental impact mitigation for the site, and to determine whether additional environmental analysis is necessary and the nature, extent, and form of such additional environmental analysis to satisfy SEPA's planned action authority. SECTION V. The staff is further directed that if it is to recommend to the Council that a planned action be designated, that staff draft a proposed planned action ordinance for phased development of the site pursuant to a developer agreement with the City. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 1st day of March , 1999. 114E _. ,. it Marilyn J. i7 t:en, City Clerk APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 1st day of March , 1999. cLe-44-4- c7;61.4%.1"-to Jes anner, Mayor Approved as to form: Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney RES.716:2/23/99:as. 4 SHUFFLETON VICINITY MAP i wil‘ , •.!