BURIEN BUSINESS and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
(BEDP)
MEETING MINUTES
Date: August 8, 2003
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 AM
Members Present: Chad Campbell, Lucy Krakowiak, Doug Moreland, Kevin Fitz, John Roberts, Ryan Warnes, Debra George, Tom Gehl, Harvey Aulgur, David Elliott and Kris Jensen
Absentees: Dean Parkins, Bob Ewing, Nancy Damon, and Mark Minium
Staff: Gary Long, City Manager, Dick Loman, Ecomonic Development Manager, Joline Wright, Economic Development Assistant and Scott Greenberg, Community Development Director
Guests: Councilmember Joan McGilton, and Clare Gallagher, Port of Seattle
Minutes: Harvey Aulgur moved to approve the minutes; John Roberts seconded the motion. Motion passed and minutes were approved.
Chair’s Report: Lucy Krakowiak did not have a report for this meeting.
City Manager Report: - Gary Long
Gary Long reported that the Council approved the financial plan. The City has a balanced operating budget for the next two years.
Capital Program:
· Reconstruction of 1st Avenue South – Phase I
· Rebuild of Sylvester at 160th – 6th SW, scheduled for next summer.
· Maplewild – Scheduled for late this year. This is a $6.5 million project to fix 800 feet of road hanging off the cliff.
Park Projects:
· Branson property successful. This was an acquisition of seven acres with $320,000 local money invested and $700,000 development cost.
· Seahurst Park – Core of Engineers working on a permit for over $1M to remove a failing seawall. $160,000 acquired through City cash and local money.
The roundtable meeting with Senator Cantwell and Burien business representatives went well. The meeting was followed with a walking tour of SW 152nd Street and the Farmer’s market. Also did a tour of the airport buyout area.
Discover Burien Report – Debra George
SW 152nd Street – Done with the exception of finishing up etching lines in concrete. There are some poles that need to be turned around and graffiti to be removed from light poles.
Farmers Market – Doing very well and have added music during the lunch hour.
Worldfest will be held August 16-17 in Gottschalk’s parking lot.
1st Avenue South – Compiling figures on LID and putting together support letter.
Proposed SPA-4 Zoning & Design Standards – Scott Greenberg
At the last Partnership meeting (7/25) Scott asked the members to study the proposed SPA-4 Zoning and Design Standards and asked for their recommendations to be presented to City Council. There were several questions presented to Scott who advised he would return to the September 12 meeting for more discussion and answers. The BEDP questions and issues were as follows:
· BMC 19.15.070.1.G.is (Page 2) Clarify that “pervious paving materials” does not mean gravel.
· BMC 19.15.070 – Use Zone Charts: Clarify that although there is no minimum lot area for a given use, there is a 2 acre minimum lot area for a subdivision or development agreement.
· BMC 19.15.070.4 (Page 3): Look into basing the required minimum number of parking spaces to the number of employees as an alternative. These uses have large floor areas that may not require a lot of parking.
· BMC 19.15.070.5 (Page 3): Look into whether a rental car business should be allowed. Consider allowing flexibility in impervious surface coverage (auto dealers need a lot of paced surface). Consider basing the required minimum number of parking stalls on the net floor areas of the interior sales space rather than on all net floor areas (which could include service department, parts department, etc.)
· BMC 19.15.070.6 (Page 4): Parking requirement is “1 space”. Is this per person, per a certain amount of floor areas, per unit, etc.?
· BMC 19.15.070.15 (Page 6: Discussion was on possibly limiting adult entertainment facilities to SPA 4B and/or SPA 4C.
· BMC 19.15.070.17 (Page 6): Consider whether we need a maximum diameter requirement for a monopole (in SPA 4 and/or the city as a whole).
· BMC 19.17.040.5 (Page 13): Consider whether the small metal containers used for air cargo shipping should be defined and regulated as a “cargo container” or as another type of container that would be allowed as a primary use.
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SW 152nd Street Storefront Improvements – Debra George
Debra reported that Discover Burien’s Economic Development Committee would be getting involved with storefront improvements by calling store owners and handing out information, but advised it is going to be a challenge to get store owners to upgrade. Members thought maybe offering incentives would be a good approach. Debra reported that supplying the paint and crews would be one of the incentives. Peer pressure may be another incentive; when one business upgrades other businesses may follow.
Round the Table:
David Elliott advised the members that a four hour meeting was held on August 6 to interview two potential developers. There was a round of questions asked of each company and now the committee is following up with background checks. Both companies are very confident that they can do the job.
Doug Moreland said we need to be ambassadors of change. It is the business owners who need to encourage others to make changes to their storefronts.
Ryan Warnes suggested going after the businesses who want to change.
Gary Long said he had his first lunch on a Burien sidewalk and it was very pleasant. Gary also wanted to add that on the Federal and State lobbying efforts – Adam Smith has made the SR 518 corridor funding a priority in this session.
Harvey Auglur advised he is on the board for the Small Business Administration, which helps small business with facilities, council businesses, etc.
John Roberts mentioned the Farmers Market and how it is bringing people back to Burien.
Kevin Fitz added that the developer selection is a very complicated process and we are very fortunate to have received the caliber of developers that we have in these two companies.
Next Meeting: September 12, 2003, 7:00 a.m.
Adjourned: 8:30 am.