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Agenda 03/13/2014 S1Tk4 ne Spokane Valley Planning Commission Agenda City Hall Council Chambers, 11707 E. Sprague Ave. March 13, 2014 - 6:00 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: February 27, 2014 Minutes VI. COMMISSION REPORTS VII. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT: On any subject that is not on the agenda. IX. PUBLIC HEARING: CONTINUED Public Hearing and Deliberations: 2014 Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendments. X. COMMISSION BUSINESS: XI. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER XI. ADJOURNMENT COMMISSIONERS CITY STAFF CHRIS SNEIDER JOHN HOHMAN,COMMUNITY DEV DIRECTOR KEVIN ANDERSON SCOTT KUHTA,PLANNING MANAGER CHRISTINA CARLSEN- VICE CHAIR MARTY PALUNIAK,CITY PLANNER ROBERT MCCASLIN CARY DRISKELL,CITY ATTORNEY STEVEN NEILL JOE STOY-CHAIR DEANNA HORTON,SECRETARY MIKE PHILLIPS W W W.SPOKANEVALLEY.ORG CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY Request for Planning Commission Review Meeting Date: March 13, 2014 Item: Check all that apply: ❑consent ❑old business ❑ new business ®public hearing ❑information ❑admin.report ❑pending legislation AGENDA ITEM TITLE: 2014 Comprehensive Plan Amendments—Public Hearing PREVIOUS ACTION TAKEN: Public Hearing - Continued BACKGROUND: On February 27, 2014, the Planning Commission opened a public hearing and heard public testimony on the three site specific 2014 Comprehensive Plan Amendments (CPAs), but did not take testimony on the text amendments. Following lengthy testimony on CPA-03-14 the public hearing was continued to the present meeting. All comments received subsequent to the February 27 meeting are attached for your information. Also attached is a spreadsheet listing all written public comments received to date and a petition submitted at the public hearing. The spreadsheet also identifies the date the Planning Commission received the comments. The Planning Commission will review the following Comprehensive Plan Amendments (CPAs) and make a recommendation to City Council. City Council may choose to adopt the individual amendments as recommended by the Planning Commission, deny the amendments, or modify and adopt the proposal. If the Council chooses to modify a proposal, they must either conduct a public hearing or refer the proposal back to the Planning Commission for further consideration. 2014 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS: The Community Development Department received two privately initiated requests for site-specific Comprehensive Plan amendments. In addition, the City is initiating one site-specific Comprehensive Plan amendment. Sites approved for a Comprehensive Plan amendment will automatically receive a zoning designation consistent with the new land use designation. The Comprehensive Plan text amendments include amendments to six Comprehensive Plan Elements: Chapter 2 - Land Use, Chapter 3 — Transportation, Chapter 4 — Capital Facilities and Public Services, Chapter 6—Private and Public Utilities, Chapter 7—Economic Development, and Chapter 11 - Bike and Pedestrian. The amendments may also entail minor changes to other elements referencing the proposed amendments. OPTIONS: The Planning Commission may recommend approval, approval with modifications, or denial of each amendment proposal. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROPOSALS: Comprehensive plan amendment proposals are organized into individual reports consisting of application materials, staff reports, comprehensive plan maps, zoning maps, aerial maps, vicinity maps, and comments submitted to date to assist the Commission's review. Each item will be reviewed separately. 1 of 2 STAFF CONTACT: Lori Barlow, AICP, Senior Planner ATTACHMENTS: Exhibit 1: Table of Comments Received as of March 6, 2014 and comments received subsequent to the February 27th meeting. Exhibit 2: Petition Received at the February 27th Meeting Note: The exhibits should be added to the Yellow Binder behind Tab 3. 2 of 2 Comments Received by Meeting Date Distributed to Planning Commission Scott Jutte Adrienne Schoenberg Allan Holcomb Spokane Tribe Andrew Phillipson Blair Chalpin Ben and Kari Jones Donna Leestma Petition#1 Clyde &Zita Smith Jim Schroath Caroline Kroko Kathry Cote Casandra Calvin Kayloni Bonner Chelsea Woodward Kevin Dunne COSV Sean Messner Sandy Jutte Dallas Williams Robb53 Danielle White Scott Jutte Danyel Currier David Weathers Dean Byrns Petition#2 Deborah Farnsworth Dewayne Bridges Diana Smith Doug Nelson Eric Davis Gene Werden George Conrad Hal And Cindy Nelson Jackie Williams Jane Hardesty Jeff Smith Jennifer Binczewski Jerry Cline Kay Yoke Larry Johnson Lisa Smalley Lou Managhan Mark Miles Matt Seybold Michael O'Dea Norm Woodward Peter Lawton Robert Doty Roger and Carol Scheurer Shelley Boucher Shelly Roberts Stormy Jones Taylor Smith Terri Senson William Hammond RECEIVED 241 Spokane Valley Community Development Department City of Spokane Valley SPOKANE VALLEY 11707 E. Sprague Ave, COMMUNITY oevsLoPmtm Spokane Valley, WA 99206 Attention: Lori Barlow, Senior Planner Re: Zoning of the North East Parcel fronting on the corner of Barker Road and E. Sprague I live in the Corbin tract just east of the above property. The only ingress and egress by vehicle is via E. Sprague, or to circle eastbound to Hodges, then northbound to Laberry, and then exit past the Post Office onto Barker Road. 90% of my travel is westbound to Spokane Valley services or northbound via Barker Road to the Freeway or Trent Ave. My guess that this is typical for most of the people that reside in this tract of homes_ Are their corresponding plans to widen both E. Sprague and N. Barker Road? Are their plans for a traffic signal or round-a-bout? For added police presence and availability? Both Barker Rd. and Sprague Ave. are single lane in each direction, with a four-way stop at the intersection. Ail of the single family homes traffic using this intersection is already considerable. With the Valley Real Life Church, and the cutting in of Chapman Road to Barker Road added in the last couple of years, the traffic congestion is heavier, The crime numbers usually rise with high density housing, and the law enforcement agencies are already spread thin, Sale-ability and property values of the existing homes will suffer. The schools are already crowded. Spokane Valley already has MF-2 zoning on other parcels. I see new construction of single family homes in the area. To build single family homes could still be profitable for the builder. The original zoning of R-3 for the property was adopted for good reason. Let's continue to honor the wisdom used to enact it. I recommend that the zoning remain R-3. Thank you. If Comment regarding Planning Division Public Hearing February 27, 2014 Lori Barlow, Senior Planner 11707 East Sprague Ave, Suite 106 Spokane Valley, WA 99206 LBarlow @spokanevalley.org Project Number : CPA-03-14 Application Description: Low Density Residential (LDR)with Single-Family Residential (R3)zoning to High Density Residential (HDR)with a High Density Residential (HDR)designation with a High Density Multifamily Residential (MF-2)zoning classification. Dear Lori Barlow: I am writing to comment on the zoning change request for parcel number 55173.1005 located on the corner of Sprague and Barker in the 99016 Spokane Valley area. An MF-2 classification change for the parcel will have a negative impact on our community that will last forever. It is bad for the overall zoning scheme of our community and does not preserve the appearance and ambience of neighboring properties. This change will also cause other open property owners or recent property buyers to request a high density multifamily zoning change to cash in on quick real estate money with no regard for the long term impact, eventually leading to the overdevelopment of our area in Greenacres. Greenacres Jr High is consistently filled beyond capacity. New students from this area are currently bussed to Evergreen Jr High. It is clear schools in the area will not be able to support the increase brought by the large MF-2 apartment development that is proposed. Barker Rd and Strague Ave are narrow two lane roads and Barker Rd is the primary access route to large Saltese residential areas like Turtle Creek and Saltese Meadows. The intersection of Sprague and Barker has a 4 way stop sign which borders the requested zone change location. Today our limited roads become highly congested during each morning and evening commute. Heavy traffic congestion continues along the stretch of Barker to Interstate 90. The roads as built will not support the increase in traffic volume brought by the MF-2 change. All of my neighbors on 2nd Ave feel the same about the above statements. Please understand our concerns and reject this change. Sincerely, Blair Chalpin 18818 E Second Ave PH: (509)927-8718 E-MAIL: bpchalpin @yahoo.com Cari Hinshaw From: Donna Leestma [cornerstonejd @comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 4:10 PM To: Lori Barlow Subject: Apartments Thank you for speaking with me on the phone. I have lived in Greenacres for over 50yrs. I have watched since a child the growth of the area. I am not against developing our area. But it needs to be the right type of growth for our area. There are many good areas for apartments but I do not feel this part of Greenacres is the correct place. It would not be a good thing for our roads, our schools, and our neighborhoods. This area was designed to be a mix of rural, (horses, etc) easing into smaller lots, with single family homes. When the sewer went thru a couple of years ago, they did not even make the road as wide as we were told it would be. There are no shoulders, we didn't get the turn lanes, etc. I know change is coming but I, and my family are hoping that this will not be one of the changes. We already have so many new apartments in the surrounding areas that are not even full. I think that single family homes is a much better fit for our neighborhood. Thank you Donna & Jon Leestma 1 Cari Hinshaw From: Schroath [schroath @gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 5:21 PM To: Lori Barlow Subject: CPA-03-14 Hi Lori, I won't be able to attend the public hearing tonight to discuss project CPA-03-14. I wanted to pass along my concern about amending the designation of the property from Single-Family Residential to a High Density Multifamily Residential zoning classification. I travel Barker everyday and I have been noticing increase in traffic due to the building of homes in Twin Bridges and in the Morningside areas. I have concerns about traffic at Barker/Sprague, Barker/Appleway and Barker/freeway entrances. The significant increase in traffic from a high density will cause congestion that could bottleneck Barker or increase accidents. I wanted to let you know that I am oppose to the re-zoning. I trust you will make an informed decision. Thanks, Jim Schroath 1 Cari Hinshaw From: MckKathryC©aol.com Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 8:34 AM To: Lori Barlow Cc: mckkathryc©aol.com Subject: rezoning 3/1/14 Lori I'm Kathryn Cote I live on the South east corner of Sprague and Barker rd, I spoke to you regarding this rezoning property on the NE corner of Sprague and Barker. I am really opposed to having apartments built on that section, it's going to cause increase in traffic and I agree with taking away our privacy and an increase in crime in our area, which right know is quite. Doesn't the planning commission think of us that live here or only on how much money it will put in their pockets that includes the developer, It's sad to think that money rules all. I would agree to having houses NOT APARTMENTS. I had to miss the the 1st meeting but I believe there's a 2nd meeting on the 13th. Please put this with the other complaints and thank you for listening. Kathry Cote &South Barker RD Spokane Valley, WA email MckKathryC @aol,com 1 Cari Hinshaw From: Kevin Dunne [kevindunne©q.com] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 5:30 PM To: Lori Barlow Subject: CPA-03-14 Dear Ms Barlow, I would like to convey my extreme concern with the proposed rezoning regarding the property at 4 N Barker Road. I live at 18422 E 8th Ave Spokane Valley, WA 99016. Our area is predominately single family homes and a rezoning to allow an apartment complex would significantly change the landscape of our community. Our schools are already over capacity & Barker Road already has more traffic than it can handle. Please do not allow this rezoning to occur. Greenacres is rooted in it rural background& larger lots & this apartment complex would be the next step in destroying our community. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. I can't imagine that anyone other than the property owner is in favor of this. As such, please do what the voters are asking and disallow this project. -Kevin Dunne- 1 Cari Hinshaw From: robb53 @comcast.net Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 5:05 PM To: Lori Barlow Subject: BRAKER AND SPRAUGE PROPERTY -SAYING NO TO APARTMENTS I LIVE AT 19007 E VALLEYWAY.. I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 47 YEARS..AND THIS AREA HAS BEEN A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND BRING UP YOUR KIDS...THIS WHY THESE HOME SHOULD BE BUILT HERE..WERE NEW FAMILY CAN MAKE A NEW START..THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD...AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY...AN THE AREA WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT ZONED FOR APARTMENTS.. AND YES I KNOW THAT IS WHAT THE BUSINESS OR THE COMPANY WOULD LIKE TO DO, IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE PARCEL LOCATED ON BARKER AND SPRAUGE.. PUT I'M SAYING ( NO !!!! )TO BUILDING THESE APARTMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME NEW HOMES GO IN THIS WAY, THE HOME I LIVE IN WON'T GO DOWN IN VALUE AND I CAN REST AT NIGHT KNOW YOU ARE DOING YOUR JOB FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THANK YOU VERY MUCH...THE FAMILY AT 19007 E VALLEYWAY 1 Cari Hinshaw From: Sandy Jutte [sandy steiner @hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 8:32 PM To: Lori Barlow Subject: Rezoning parcel at Barker&sprague Hi Lori, I would like to make sure the council is aware that my family and I strongly oppose a rezoning of the parcel of property across from our home. This area is rural with single family homes. It is not an appropriate place for high density Apartments. Nothing is above two stories for many blocks in this area. I am concerned about an increase in crime and traffic on Barker among many other issues that will surely arrive with that type of housing in this location. Single family homes would be appropriate here but not apartments. I urge the council to say no to rezoning this piece of land. Thank you, Sandy Jutte 18722 e sprague Ave 509.981.5067 Sent via the Samsung Galaxy ST II SkyrocketT, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone. 1 Cari Hinshaw From: Scott Jutte [sjutte©leone-keeble.com] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 2:47 PM To: Lori Barlow Cc: Philip Kole Subject: FW: CPA-03-14 Lorie: I'm having troubles getting this to go through. I am trying just sending it to you to see if that works. Your server keeps rejecting it. Can you forward to the folks hat need to see it please? Esteemed Mayor and Council Members: Pursuant to my previous e-mail sending, which is attached below, I attended the Planning Commission Meeting last night to listen to the comments for justification for this proposed re-zoning, as well as the massive community response to the same. I would like to further comment on a few items that were brought to my attention at this meeting. The first thing that I would note is the anger that was evident at the meeting. There were a lot of people, myself included, who felt betrayed by the City's decision to proceed with even considering the re-zone of this property to MF-2 in what is essentially a diffuse, quiet, rural community. The betrayal goes deeper than just considering this change, it continues into the manner in which the City has approached this consideration. For instance, many property owners that are outside of the 400' radius were not informed of this plan. Many people who attended last night's meeting only heard about it the night before, because their neighbors told them. I understand that the City is only required to notify people within a 400' radius of the property, but is it the City's policy to only perform the absolute bare minimum when it comes to notifying people who will be impacted by such a drastic change to their community? I'd argue that this is bad faith, and I'd urge you all to reconsider this the next time something like this comes up. When traffic already backs up for 6 blocks down Barker Road during rush hour, why would the city even consider making it worse by changing this zoning, and then ignore the people that it is going to effect? At the meeting, several points were made, to which I'd like to respond: • The City of Spokane Valley needs more MF-2 property in the 5 plus acre size. I get it. That doesn't mean that the City should blindly move forward with a plan to change THIS property to MF-2, because that doesn't change the fact that it is entirely inappropriate to construct high density residential in a rural area. There are plenty of other options, in places more appropriate. • The property meets all of the "criteria"to be re-zoned. The criteria used do not consider the most important part, which is the appropriateness of the project as it is situated in the greater community. There are no sidewalks. No streetlights. There are narrow, marginally maintained roads that barely handle the traffic there, now, and intersections that are already dangerous, with no foreseeable pathway to improve any of this due to a lack of funding. The neighborhood is one that attracted a more rural set: people who wanted acreage, who didn't want to live in the city, who wanted to have animals and be away from the hustle and bustle of city life. This proposal may meet the limited criteria for a re-zoning, but it meets NONE of the criteria for common sense. (And not to beat a dead horse, but that MF-2 property to the north that "allows" this property to be re- zoned? It's a cow pasture). • The development is supposed to be "low-income." This is a buzz word that many well-meaning people also used when a "low-income" development was proposed in my old hometown of Snohomish, WA. The building was built, and I helped build it. Within two years,the smell of the thing, even from blocks away, was repulsive. People who had clogged their toilets had just gone ahead and used their bathtubs instead of fixing the toilet (once it filled up,first). Garbage was piled up everywhere within the living spaces. The building was literally rotting down around the residents,few of who seemed to care. I know, because I got the service calls to go out there and fix all of this. After the third wheelbarrow load of waste and used toilet paper was hauled down the stairs, as we tried to clean out one of the offending bathtubs, I decided then that I was going to college and getting out of the trades, once and for all. Crime skyrocketed in that neighborhood. People moved out in droves to get away from a neighborhood that was once low crime, and a good place to live. They started finding needles in their yards, and being disrupted by the constant police presence and criminal activity. My brother was a City of Snohomish Police Officer, and they used to joke about the fact that they got called out to that development 3 or 4 times, daily for various reasons. "Low-income" feels like a good idea—after all, who doesn't want to help the less fortunate? The reality is that there are a good portion of these people who are "low-income" because they've made, and continue to make, horrible decisions that lead them to their lot. Beyond that, there are a few points that I'd like to elaborate on, and I would expect to have answered: • This will absolutely lower my property value. Who will compensate me for that? Is it fair that Viking Homes should make a profit off of my back? That they should walk away a winner, and leave me a loser that has to deal with my 330 new "low-income" neighbors directly across the street from me? Loud music at 2 am? Crime? Garbage? Traffic? Why should they be able to steal my hard earned equity so that they can pocket it? • When I purchased my home, I did my due diligence to ensure that it was bounded on all sides by low density residential, because I did not want to live next to high density complexes. Had this property across the street been MF-2 at the time, 1 would never have purchased my home. If this zoning changes, I will have bought my home under false pretenses, and my desire to live next to high density, low income housing hasn't changed in the last ten years. If I can, I will likely have to sell my house and move. Is that right? Is that just? So that Viking Homes can make a bit more profit over just building a LD residential development, as the property is currently zoned? Maybe? Will Viking Homes help me find a new home? Will they cover moving costs? • One of the attractions to Greenacres was the large lots, the low crime rate, and the low density of people there. I bring expensive equipment in and out of my property all the time. How long before one of the 330 new pairs of eyes watching this happen gets avaricious and I've got to go down to the aluminum recycler to reclaim my stolen, destroyed property? Will Viking Homes remunerate me for that? Will the City? Of course not. It will be MY burden to bear, all so that Viking can make a buck. This plan is as wrong as wrong can be. I don't know if the public comments at the meeting last night swayed your view of this or not, but it certainly made me realize that there is a very angry backlash occurring as a result of this plan. If this were somewhere else more appropriate, even if it effected me, I'd mark it down to the march of progress, and take my medicine. But this plan is just obscene. A 330 person low income development does not belong in the middle of a quiet, rural, middle-class neighborhood full of single family homes. Go there and look around. It is flat there, so you can see for quite a ways in all directions. Find another apartment complex. Find anything at all besides single family homes and churches. I assure you, you'll be unable. Scott Jutte 2 From: Scott Jutte Sent:Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:58 AM To: 'dgrafos @spokanevalley.org' Cc: 'awoodard @spokanevalley.org'; 'rod.higgins @spokanevalley.org'; 'ed.pace @spokanevalley.org'; 'chafner @spokanevalley.org'; 'bwick @spokanevalley.org'; 'bill.bates @spokanevalley.org'; 'cityhall @spokanevalley.org'; 'Ibarlow @spokanevalley.org' Subject: Project CPA-03-14 Esteemed Mayor and Council Members; I am writing in regard to a proposed zoning change to a piece of property in Spokane Valley. The Project Number is CPA- 03-14,for parcel #55173.1005. I am the homeowner for parcel 55202.0803, so you can see I'm directly across the road from that project location. My concern with this is the appropriateness of this change. When I first caught wind of this sale and this project, I called the City and was assured that the only zoning change that would be allowed for this property would be to up the low- density residential value from an R-3 to an R-4 or R-5, meaning that the only thing that would be allowed would be 7 to 10 dwelling units per acre, resulting in this being a housing development, or possibly townhouses. When I received the notice that the owner is attempting a re-zone from an R-3 to an MF-2, I was really quite shocked. Planning had told me that this would not be possible, and I can tell you that such a project,with 22 dwelling units per acre allowed, would be wholly and totally inappropriate for the neighborhood in which it is being proposed. I suggest that you all go there and see it,to see what I mean. This is a low density residential neighborhood. Most of the lots are an acre or bigger. To put a high density housing development would be a little out of place there. To put a 22 unit per acre apartment complex there would be totally inappropriate. When I bought my home, I checked to make sure that it was surrounded on all sides by low density residential land, specifically to avoid the chance that we'd end up living next to a property with 330 people (at 3 people per dwelling, average) in it. Right now, I have seven neighbors. You are trying to give me 330 more. Doesn't that seem inappropriate? I feel like if this is approved,that I will have bought my home under false pretenses. I bought a home in a low density residential area, and the City is now trying to force high density on me, complete with the traffic,the noise, and, let's face it,the crime associated with high density housing. There are a couple of things to consider about this parcel "meeting" the criteria for this re-zoning: • Yes, technically, the property to the north is a high density property. However, it currently has a farmhouse sitting on it and is being used as a cattle field—all 5 acres of it. So it isn't like we've got a record of any high density housing in the area. I don't even think we've got any duplexes anywhere nearby. • The area is borderline rural. My property is one of the smaller parcels in the area, and I'm at an acre and a half. I urge you to reconsider. I urge you to deny this zoning change, and keep the appropriateness of the planned development within reason. It would be a shame if the City that was created by frustrated residents, who felt that the county was not listening to their needs,were to continue with this re-zoning and therefore become the very hateful thing that they were created to destroy in the first place. Scott Jutte 3 PETITION OPPOSING REZONING The following homeowners are adamantly opposed to the proposed zoning change to the property located at 4 N. Barker Road—Parcel 455173,1005 (intersection of Barker Road • ` C+E II E D co F Sprague Ave; further located in the SE 1/4 of Section 17, Township 25 North, Range 45 : '. Vs/illarnette Meridian, Spokane County, Washington. FEB 17 2014 By signing this petition you confirm your opposition to the rezoning of above said pro $O NE VALLEY Low Density Residential (LIAR)with Single-Family Residential (R-3) to a High Dens { it1NS�1F DE f�LC�F'f��t ° , Residential (MR) designation with a High Density Multifamily residential(MR-2). Pi int Name Written Signature Phone # Address Dale ..4t- L 4A(j..v i V-041-1.--113'A C-L- N, i J 3 i 4 1 ( ( ( ..] C 4 611 / `r i ..5 1r':.• ifs Mt a M inimi •St ik1. ,)I,avwj FRIMIIIM ' F ti' t flu-44e4 /1 ilc v62„... ii t /PO 211 atz., puL., /, / 4 ; -nf Pic / 44d 1 1 a - ,- / I c s ,� gist I �f � J ,L� " ; r �i/ J I -.-•' 6.1 rot. ! —; ,.;flf1'31 � - 3(:j O fV ' `: .11-,2'4,le_�1' /1 ,i Arclef [Y ; . 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Barker Road-Parcel ##55173 IC105 (intersection of Barker Road and Sprague Ave; further located in the SE 114 of Section 17, Township 25 North, Range 45 East, Willamette Meridian, Spokane County, Washington, By signing this petition you confirm your opposition to the rezoning of above said property from Low Density Residential (LDR)with Single-Family Residential(R-3)to a High Density Residential(HDR)designation with a nigh Density Multifamily residential (MR-2), Print N:iiue Written Signature Phonne ; Addrooi Date i' . '4,-- : .'-'‘-- 2'2 (i)',-C-1> i 11()7- P ' 1.-'' Z--- 2-A, kl CK it a , 1 ., .. I. Ls4. 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Barker Road—Parcel#551711005 (intersection of Barker Road and Sprague Ave; further located in the SE 1/4 of Section 17, Township 25 North, Range 45 East, Willarnette Meridian, Spokane County, Washington. By signing this petition you confirm your opposition to the rezoning of above said property from Low Density Residential (LDR) with Single-Family Residential (R-3)to a High Density Residential R) designation with a High Density Multifamily residential(MR-2). Print 'dame Written Signature Phone Address Date 61 i/7 A 1144,1")41--Yt 2//e/ TIPA 5 S h A t4 : F - 5*.c! -1r11-(51 a 1 I j I {LOtr Jb• PETITION OPPOSING REZONING The following homeowners are adamantly opposed to the proposed zoning change to the property located at 4 N. Barker Road —Parcel #55173.1005 (intersection of Barker Road and Sprague Aye; further located in the SE 1/4 of Section 17, Township 25 North, Range 45 East, Willamette Meridian, Spokane County, Washington. By signing this petition you confirm your opposition to the rezoning of above said property from Low Density Residential (LDR)with Single-Family Residential (R-3)to a High Density Residential (IDR) designation with a High Density Multifamily residential (MR-2). Mat Name NVritten Signature Phone# Address Date Aft F re p r f � r J ,jet ; . -CI ` e t<0 • • • The following signatures are adamantly opposed to the proposed,zoning change to the pro._ Page 1 of 1 Jackie Williams qDr,__§,_ "i From: Skelley Boucher[aloud:er38z+eamcast.net] RECEIVED Sent Friday, Febr,Jery 2',2014 10.26 AM To: Jackie Williams Subject:FW,Petition Opposing Rezoning FEB 2. 1 2014 Here Is the f im, 1 Shelley SPOKANE V L-1 ir1i<iiT From:2lta Smith [rrailto:c2smith390msn,co m] Sent:Monday, February 17,2014 11:41 AM To:'Sboucher3S©camcast.nee Subject: Pekin Opposi RenanIng,t 3t }1 PETITION OPPOSING REZONING The following homeowners are adamantly opposed to the proposed zoning change to the property located at 4N.Barker Road-Pared #55173.1005(intersection of Barker Road and Sprague Av.;firther located in the SE 114 of Section 17,Township 25 North,Range 45 East,Willamette Meridian,Spokane County, Washington. 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By signing this petition you confirm your apposition to the raring of above said property from Low Density Residential (LDR)with Single-Family Residential (R-3) to a High Density Residential (HDR) designation with a High Density Multifamily residential(I W-2.). 2u r -,- 5 t Print Name 'Written Sign mu Fe Ph one-4 Address Mite 1741/t I) -) , A ., ,, ,1fr'+�* 6-Z. -if 07 ' f o`2.. 0- ct c -7--2,S-11 1 . i ! " s° ... 0,1,±. ''' '-'r-- ‘"219".Y 1 I/ 5 61 OL-i 12 11 9_,- )_4,- -20('" _ ) I f 1i ' ' 0.,f r • Alt g-0,,,,,_ c / , _. ii. 1 .. .f-k '+ j f r cf, -Ass_c 5 � 0 .1 i,,,(,,c ( . 01 '-71 4-39g60—..?'0/t' tAiLi-4 'tzbfr --i_gi ,12.2-.54.bri ig,i1.3 6- .E4,4, 'Z'26-/CL )`. i-e s L. td, .A ./ 1- ( _y')2 /f -- -/ .1, Lci e 1 1FM= ,.c s ti r . 1 pip ei,Y i1[ r Le + . i ' f,,. r" 4-t'r- -o~ i — 3 Ve0111, R - r t°I c cog .f 4 etlef,R. 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Ry signing this petition you confirm your dppositit+tl to the rezoning of above said property from Low Density Residential(LDR)with Single-Family Residential(R-3)to a High Density Residential(i3DR)designation with a High Density Mullifemily residential(MR-2). Print Nnme Written Si'nature Phone# Address Date / r 1 1 tRVINON IIIIINIMMi MIFIRMIlikWANI _7 .4) 4r IFSIMERE ,::-1 - c.P. - ' EMINgl ,1-1 ,Z---L .6 - sollEMINI 2 —_,_,L --/ MEMO lit 1 1 A., CIS '1,1 '5 $ 23 -E. I 61‘12(kletik ti # F ,240( , , /ei .ii 'I - .k #r it 11%-z. MEMMIMEIMES � • le-k �'� Sri � 1 112 � _ — a 4 I g ' . 1 i Al i i, •,. ,I. .. -: ; ' - A i -7'. ild-A iir - MEM --d 4 r ei.—ow ri kii dim•mi 4q- 00 REMIEll - --,2:(3.-.0-4 Ififiniffffiffir (09 -2!:g•-,'. t 11.,:l HI-((A ''' - -' -- (I KT.1 I 1 M!111. °,, t1 r.-.4-f MA • a rgileirit : )...C/ 11 '-1.2s31 FraiSMEMIEWA te;1 f _...C.- /1, .,.. ( 2, -26'.-- /c INENIEMEMIZI il 21,iai-e ' (of ' - --,---7_6, , - EMU--- '-: Ptc-,' et'E-i( r I-) -4- :27-f. 1 L - FE/11ELFINIMIMI Zag-'W-"a5P - 5. . 4.. .,,,,, z- Le-67 VII TOMS' IN - . el reffirra ... ..d —I bl:' '..-- - ..-. --.1 I 7 1 Miff 11191M f it w c ,i yollEi , Vii- ''` itue5 . mod'' X Li 5 75 r < weiec 2/ i a 55 2/2112014 The following signatures are adamantly opposed to the proposed zoning change to the pro... Page 1 of 1 Jackie Williams From: Shelley Boucher Ishouchser38 @eorneast.net] Sent: Friday,February 21,2014 1C:26 AM To: Jackie Wiliam Suh]ont::FW:PeWon apposing Rezoning Here is the form. Shelley From:2ita Smith[mailto:czsmith39;,msn.camJ Sent:: Monday,February 17,2014 11:43 AM To: 'Sooucher38+'corncast, at Subject Petition OpposinLReaanJn9 PETITION OPPOSING REZONING The following homeowners are adamantly opposed to the proposed zoning change tc the property located at 4 N.Barker Road®Parcel 0.55173.1005(intersection of Darker Road and Sprague Ave;further located in the SE 1/4 of Section 17,Township 25 North,lunge 45 East,Willamette Meridian,Spokane County,Washington. By signing this petition you confirm your opposition to the rezoning of above said property fm Low Density Residential(LDR)with Single-Family Residential(R.3)to a High Density Residential(HDR)designation with a High Density Multifamily residential(MR-2). Print Name S1'ritten Signature Phone I# Address_ Date 1112MMI 2 Y (Y 5- a , MEM Minfigal OEM 1111 4 NI loieq414;941-•:E 11.7 1 earter- MEM DIPIONNERIWAPATAIMELI e EariM Ju A ltigatCr'go' rg .501 i&r. —A(C7— I I I IM or- MS I- t (3 F: 3. .s t C MI I IN MI Mi"MIMI r P" itb WPM Inflagini OVIi -MOM NM! 2/21/2014 Minutes Spokane Valley Planning Commission Council Chambers—City Hall, February 27,2014 Chair Stoy called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Commissioners, staff and audience stood for the pledge of allegiance. Ms. Horton took roll and the following members and staff were present: Kevin Anderson John Hohman,Community Development Director Christina Carlsen Cary Driskell,City Attorney Bob McCaslin Lori Barlow, Senior Planner Steve Neill Marty Palaniuk, Planner Mike Phillips Sean Messner, Sr. Traffic Engineer Chris Sneider Deanna Horton, Secretary Joe Stoy Commissioner Carlsen moved to accept the February 27, 2014 agenda as presented. Motion passed seven to zero. Commissioner Carlsen moved to accept the February 13, 2014 minutes as presented. Motion passed seven to zero. COMMISSION REPORTS: The Commissioners had no report. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: Planning Manager Scott Kuhta explained the advanced agenda had the public hearing and deliberations for the Comprehensive Plan amendments for the Feb. 27 meeting. Staff suggested holding deliberations at the next meeting on March 13. He said it would push back the Shoreline Management Update to March 27th, 2014. April 24th 2014 is scheduled for the public hearing but staff will wait to see if an additional study session is necessary. PUBLIC COMMENT: There was no public comment. "- COMMISSION BUSINESS Public Hearing — Comprehensive Plan Amendments: Chair Stoy opened the public hearing at 6:05 p.m. Vice-Chair Carlsen read the rules for a public hearing, asking all audience members to try to keep their remarks to three minutes. Senior Planner Lori Barlow began by discussing an overview of the Comprehensive Plan process and discussed the criteria for review. Ms. Barlow said she would be the lead for one map amendment and all chapter amendments, and Marty Palaniuk would be the lead planner on the other two site specific map amendments. CPA-01-14 - Planner Marty Palaniuk explained CPA-01-14 was a City initiated site specific map amendment. The property is located northeast of Mirabeau Park, near the new Veterans Center. It is next to the parking lot for the Centennial Trail. The property abuts the Centennial Trail, but does not include the Trail. Mr. Palaniuk explained the property owner to the north of this parcel also owns land near Pines Rd. (SR 27). Additional property will be needed in order for the Pines expansion associated with the Bridging the Valley project. This property owner would like to enter into a letter of understanding with the City to exchange the property needed for the Bridging the Valley project for this parcel. Currently this property is designated as Parks and Open Space. The request is to change it to Mixed Use Center. At the study session,the Commissioners asked how the draft shoreline plan would affect development of the property. Mr. Palaniuk said there would be a 10 foot setback from the draft shoreline buffer, leaving approximately 32,000 sq. ft. of developable land. This land would also have to support landscaping and parking requirements. Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 1 of 20 CPA-02-14—Mr. Palaniuk said CPA-02-14 was a privately initiated site specific map amendment requested by the property owner, Spokane Regional Animal Protection Service (SCRAPS). The property is located directly behind the new SCRAPS facility and is currently vacant. The request is to change the designation from Low Density Residential to Mixed Use Center. The property is bordered by light industrial on the west,residential on the north,mixed use on the south and east. SCRAPS has stated they will be using the property for dog walking and a meet and greet area for prospective adoptees. CPA-03-14—Ms. Barlow said CPA-03-14 was a privately initiated site specific map amendment located at the corner of Barker Rd. and Sprague Ave. The request is to change approximately five acres from Low Density Residential to High Density Residential, and to change the zoning from R-3 to MF-2. The development surrounding the subject parcel is residential, with a church located at the southwest corner of the intersection. The designations surrounding the parcel are Low Density Residential (LDR)to the east and south, Medium Density Residential (MDR)west, and a parcel which is High Density Residential (HDR) to the north. Because the parcel to the north is already HDR, it meets the criteria of being contiguous to the requested change. The parcel to the north is currently being used as pasture. Farther to the north is a mobile home park. Ms. Barlow noted that the City's Sr. Traffic Engineer, Sean Messner, was present to answer traffic questions. Ms. Barlow stated at the study session the Commissioners had asked if the City needed additional multifamily development. Ms. Barlow said staff had done a quick analysis using GIS to determine if there was land available for development. This was, not a market analysis. Staff determined there are approximately 568 vacant parcels, totaling 553 acres currently in zones which allow multifamily. Only 88 of those parcels are actually zoned High Density Residential. Four hundred forty three of those parcels are one acre or less. Of the 443 parcels equaling one acre or less,very few were located next to each other. Staff presented maps that highlighted the vacant land by size. Ms.Barlow said, at the time the Planning Commission packet was completed very few comments had been received. Those comments had been placed in the packet. Since then45 additional comment letters had been received and the Planning Commissioners would receive them at this meeting. Also, she had received 1-2 comment letters just before the meeting and would make sure the Commissioners received those as well. CPA-04-14 — Ms. Barlow explained staff annually reviews the Comprehensive Plan to update general information contained therein. Changes to the Land Use chapter of the Comprehensive Plan, include an update to the land capacity analysis and growth projections. Staff added a goal and policies to support infill development in residential zones. Last, staff has removed all references to a city center land use scenario, land use designation and all associated goals and policies. Removing all city center references will also impact several other chapters of the Plan. Ms. Barlow said the Commissioners previously asked what kind of tools could be developed to encourage infill development. She stated the policies were written for single family development only. Ms. Barlow displayed a map which showed typical long lots in the Valley. The lots showed what typical development may look like under the current community standards - a long dead end private road serving the lots maintained by a home owners association and not built to City standards. The next design showed an example of what could be possible with proposed infill standards to provide connectivity between lots. The road could be slightly narrower, sidewalk only on one side of the street,and smaller lots could be some of the trade-offs to get the connectivity the City is looking for. The road would be a public road,built to City standards, and maintained by the City. Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 2 of 20 CPA-05-14—Ms. Barlow said CPA-05-14 was an update to the Transportation chapter to remove references to the City Center and to update Map 3.1,Arterial Street Plan. CPA-06-14 — Ms. Barlow said CPA-06-14 was an update to the Capital Facilities chapter including updating the 6-year Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) and other plans, programs and capital projects to reflect Council policy direction and approved financial plans. CPA-07-14 — Ms. Barlow said CPA-07-14 was an update to the Utilities chapter to remove the references to the city center. CPA-08-14 — Ms. Barlow explained CPA-08-14 was updating the Economic Development chapter by removing the references to the city center and updating Map 7.1 Development Activity. CPA-10-14 —Ms. Barlow stated CPA-10-14 was an update to the Bike and Pedestrian Element. It included bike and pedestrian improvements which have been completed throughout the year and adding a proposed shared use path along Barker Commissioner McCaslin asked if property owners of the `infill lots' were looking for solutions to develop those lots, and what was the purpose behind developing the ittfill standards. Ms. Barlow responded the City is seeing some demand. . Property owners have struggled to develop these lots, especially to incorporate the street standards into their limited area Staff was seeing a high number of private roads and private drives. It was difficult to get connectivity in these types of lots, which is advantageous for everyone. Planning Manager Kuhta stated, the City is seeing development of the smaller lots. However, they are being developed with dead-end streets when standards cannot be met. This proposal is intended to provide flexibility for the property owners if these policies are passed and regulations are developed. Chair Stoy remi a' < in attendance the Planning Commission is a recommending body to the City Coun The following testimony was provided: CPA-01-14—No testimony provided. CPA-02-14 Nancy Hill, Regional Director Spokane Animal Protection Service (SCRAPS)—Ms. Hill stated she was a proponent for the change to Corridor Mixed Use. SCRAPS is currently retrofitting the former Harley Davidson dealership into a new regional animal shelter facility. The parcel being discussed tonight adjoins that parcel to the north. SCRAPS intends to use the parcel for a meet and greet and exercise area. Any future development of the parcel would be consistent with applicable zoning regulations. SCRAPS requests the item be moved forward to the Spokane Valley City Council for approval, and we concur with the analysis presented in the staff report. Commissioner Anderson stated he did not remember during the presentation to the City Council whether this parcel was discussed for development. Ms. Hill responded when the property and building were placed for sale it was bundled. At that time SCRAPS was focusing on the regional facility. The vacant land was there and it is a nice buffer between the facility and the residential neighborhood. There is a bit of space immediately behind the building, but upgrades to the building make the space unusable. It is nice to have a space for volunteers to be able to get out and walk a dog on a leash, and to have some small areas where someone can take a dog and get to know it a bit better outside the building. Commissioner Sneider asked if the zoning on the property currently would allow the walking of dogs on the property. Planning Manager Kuhta responded that an animal control facility is not permitted in a LDR zone. Walking dogs would be a function of the animal control facility and would not be permitted. It would not be as simple as one person walking a dog, and it would have a higher impact than that. Commissioner Sneider Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 3 of 20 stated he wanted to clarify the change was needed in order for them to be able to do what they wanted. Mark Schollenburger, 2205 N Bradley Rd.: Mr. Schollenburger stated he was an opponent of CPA-02-14. Mr. Schollenburger passed a picture of his backyard in former time. He then read a statement saying on or around the beginning of February a sign was posted on the site in question. In summary it said, declaration of predetermination of zoning change with no environmental concerns. It will have a horrific impact on the neighborhood as well as the environment. It would have an avalanche effect on businesses around the neighborhood as well. The brick company, Mutual Materials,would be able to change their use of land and would no longer have to maintain a 20-foot beauty zone as they would no longer be bordering residential property. They would even be closer to him. He said living next to them had never been pleasant. Traffic problems on Bradley Rd. are horrible. He has had to deal with large trucks, semi-trucks, Mutual Materials trucks, White Block trucks, NAPA trucks, Rouses towing, Avista and Interstate Batteries. Bradley Rd. is clearly posted NO TRUCKS, but nobody obeys the sign. The companies who are currently working on the SCRAPS building do not obey the signs either. The asphalt at Trent and Bradley is becoming well-worn and starting to crumble from the heavy loads. There are frequently dead bodies of dogs, cats, rabbits, squirrels, and birds from the traffic on Bradley. He will not tolerate any increase in traffic on Bradley. He stated the request was to change a third and fourth lot back from Trent to commercial, which he felt was atrocious. He said after driving from Trent and Waterworks to Trent and Sullivan there are only a few secondary lots which had been rezoned. There would be an increase in pedestrian traffic as well. He asked how many more pedestrian fatalities would be acceptable, five, ten, more? He stated the one fatality at Trent and Bradley in the early 70's was one too many. He wanted to know what precautions would be in place for the neighborhood pets. He said last fall Spokanimal had to euthanize every cat due to a virus. He said if any of his animals become sick because of SCRAPS God help you. He said his property taxes would sky rocket, his real property value would plummet, and there would be an increase in noise, air and light pollution. He said last fall a neighbor's dog had bitten him, it had been a puppy and puppies are not very smart. He said if any of SCRAPS animals escape and he felt threatened,he would use any kind of force he deemed necessary to protect his environment. He said the request was seeking to intrude into a low density residential area. It will ruin the environment of this neighborhood and destroy his environment. He felt it would destroy the environment for rabbits, skunks, raccoons, pheasants, red tail hawks, garden snakes and frogs. He asked if anyone had a conscience, morals, intestinal fortitude,backbone or spine. He said do what is right,no rezone. Gabrielle Slemp, 2121 N Bradley Rd.: Ms. Slemp stated she was attending to express her opposition to the proposed zoning change to the property bordering her home to the west and south. She and her husband purchased their home in Nov. of 2012,prior to SCRAPS purchasing the old Harley Davidson shop and the vacant lot next to it. In the process of purchasing their home, they were assured the vacant lot between the old shop and their home was zoned residential so that no commercial or industrial(uses)could occur. When they found out SCRAPS had purchased the property they were unsure how it would affect the noise level, privacy, and more importantly, the property value. Ms. Slemp stated her husband called and spoke to Nancy Hill to inquire about the vacant lot, and if they had plans for it. Ms. Hill assured Mr. Slemp there were no plans for the lot; the focus was on the main building. Mr. Slemp inquired if Spokane County would be interested in selling the vacant lot to the Slemps, Ms. Hill responded they were not interested in selling the land. Ms. Slemp stated in reviewing the Planning Commission minutes from January 13,2014"Mr. Palaniuk advised he believed the intent for the parcel was to be used as an exercise and greeting yard for animals and guests. Commissioner Anderson questioned the intention as he recalled the original proposal was to leave the vacant parcel as a buffer to the neighborhood and it bothered him that SCRAPS had originally proposed one thing Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 4 of 20 and now had changed it. Ms. Slemp and her husband are also bothered by this. Commissioners also asked, per the meeting minutes, if the current designation of Low Density Residential would prevent the property owner from using the property now, as it is, from using the property as a dog walking yard. Mr. Palaniuk had advised at the time it would not prevent them from using it as such now. Ms. Slemp asked then why rezone it. She continued with the only reason it would need to be rezoned to Corridor Mixed Use would be to develop commercial structures on it. If the Slemps home is bordered on commercial buildings on two sides, their privacy and property values are sure to diminish. She said they had bought their home with the intention of living in a nice family neighborhood. She said there are the trains, the distant noise from Trent, along with the sound of airplanes from Felts Field. She said she grew up in Millwood and these sounds have become tolerable, if not comforting. With the rezone of the vacant lot, next to and behind them, the close proximity of commercial noise will be anything but comforting. We plan to start a family in the near future and we want a home with privacy and security. Further encroaching on the neighborhood with commercial activities will not provide those things. Ms. Slemp said they also have a concern about reselling their home if the proposal is approved. When they looked into the purchase of their home, they were wary of the old Harley shop's close proximity. However after checking on the buffer parcel, and seeing the neighborhood was quiet, they fell in love with the home and bought it. If the parcel is commercially developed and compromises the enjoyment of our home, we may be forced to move. If our property is surrounded on two sides by commercial activity, it will make it much more difficult to sell. Honestly, she continued, we would not have bought the home if the parcel had been zoned as such. She asked if others would purchase a home which was bordered on two sides by commercial. She asked to have her statements considered in the decision to approve or deny this request. She asked for assistance in retaining her residential neighborhood and for support of the citizens of Spokane Valley. She offered her statement as a letter of record. CPA-03-14 Todd Whipple, Whipple Engineering, 2528 N Sulliva' 'd.: Mr. Whipple stated he was representing the owner Mr. Wendell Olson. Mr. Whipple also said Mr. Mark Krigbaum was also attending with him and would be submitting additional testimony. Mr. Whipple said he has a minor housekeeping issue regarding the trip generation letter. He said on Table 1,page 4 the title for the chart was listed as Trip Generation Rates for Land Use Code 220 Apartment. It should have said Trip Generation Rates Land Use Code 210 Single Family. Mr. Whipple said if you read the text and the Trip Generation letter it refers to single family. The table was mislabeled. Mr. Whipple said tonight the Commission would hear several themes — traffic, g schools, compatibility to adjacent existing property. Mr. Whipple said he felt staff did a good job. The property is adjacent to MF-2, which is one of the criteria. It is adjacent to a minor arterial and a collector,which are criteria for multifamily high density residential properties. Mr. Whipple said he is here almost every year presenting high density residential property. He said staff had represented to the Commission what the community finds many times. The City does not have enough of any one type, of anyone kind, in any one place, which is available (for sale) or available to congregate to make any kind of residential development. Mr. Whipple said he would like to explain how the development community arrives at the process to bring forward an HDR Comprehensive Plan change, and why they do it. Mr. Whipple passed a packet to the secretary for the Commission. Mr. Whipple said most of the projects his firm brings forward are larger than five acres. Mr. Whipple hoped staff would be able to do a more in-depth analysis of property available for multifamily development. Mr. Whipple pointed out there is a significant portion of the population which cannot afford to live in single family homes. They can't afford to buy them, they need to live in apartments, duplexes and other types of rental facilities. Mr. Whipple said for information purposes the vacancy rates for HDR-MF apartments Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 5 of 20 in the City of Spokane Valley is running between 3-5%. He said this is an extremely low vacancy rate. Mr. Whipple said they are pretty much all full. We keep building them, and they keep filling up. The older ones do not seem to be diminished by the newer ones going in. In the handout shared, he tried to share the processes when property, such as the proposal, comes available for sale.Vice-Chair Carlsen reminded Mr. Whipple his time had run over. Mr. Whipple said the Commission had the prepared handout, and Mr. Krigbaum would be following him. When the evening was over, the applicant would be a small voice in the wilderness. He thanked the Commission for the opportunity to present and asked for their recommendation to move this proposal forward to City Council Mark Krigbaum,Whipple Consulting Engineers, 2528 N Sullivan Rd.: Mr. Krigbaum stated he was there to speak on behalf of the applicant. Mr. Krigbaum stated the staff report provides a thorough discussion of the proposed amendment. He said he would like to highlight the key points which make this change appropriate. He said regarding Spokane Valley Municipal Code (SVMC) 17.80.140 regarding Comp Plan amendment approval criteria, the change first provides a transition from a high volume intersection to the surrounding low density housing. He said this intersection has been identified by the City as one which will be upgraded in the next five years with either a signal or roundabout. He said this would not be a very appealing location to try and market for single family housing. The site is located near a transit route at Barker Rd and Appleway. The amendment will make this property consistent with the property to the north. Additional factors the City must consider include: the physical characteristics of the property include flat terrain, which would allow for high density residential. There are no known critical areas located on this parcel. Current land use regulations, including the multifamily height to set back ratio will provide separation and buffering to adjacent properties. There are adequate public facilities to serve the property. Based on the ITE Trip Generation Guidelines this change would result in only 39 a.m. and 47 p.m. peak hour trips above the current zoning. He said the Growth Management Act encourages infill with a variety of housing types and residential densities. This change helps fulfill that by providing housing in the area for a variety of economic situations. The City's Comp Plan only has 4% of the City designated for high density residential use. Adding this site will allow for the City to provide more housing for younger low income households, as well as senior households on limited income. The property is adjacent to major streets. This proposal is less than 1/4 mile from transit and commercial zoning. Overall the change would have minimal impact on population density. Regarding Title 19 Zoning regulations, changing the zoning from R-3 to MF-2 provides a chance to have a range of housing types, provides a transition from a high volume intersection, and provides a site near commercial zoning and transit routes. This change is consistent with Comprehensive Plan goals because it encourages a wide range of housing types, encourages housing for seniors and other populations. To address adequacies of public facilities the property is served by public water and sewer, served by minor arterials adjacent and to the north by Sprague and Barker, is bordered by a collector on the south side of Sprague and has a major arterial less than a 1/4 mile away at Appleway. It is served by Spokane County Fired District #1, the Spokane Valley Police Department, and again the transit service is less than a 1/4 of a mile from the site. In conclusion Mr. Krigbaum said this is a non-project action. When a project is proposed the applicant will have to complete project specific studies and reports covering the details of the project which may include a project specific environmental checklist and traffic letter or study Robin Boosalis, 19007 E Valleyway: Mr. Boosalis stated he was representing his family. As long as he has lived there, there has been little crime. He said building there would bring crime. He said he knew the Commission would want to live in a really nice neighborhood, where there was hardly any crime. He said he was saying no to it and hoped the Commission would help Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 6 of 20 them and recommend that as well. He said he would like to see homes go there. He questioned the applicant's statement of people not being able to afford a home. He shared that everybody's goal as a young couple is to have their own home, so they can raise their own family. He said if the homes are not built, then they can't be found, and they would struggle to be in apartments. He questioned if others had ever lived in an apartment. He had, and he said he did not like it and would not do it again. He thanked the Commission for the opportunity Scott Jutte, 18722 E Sprague: Mr. Jutte stated the packet of comment letters was a thick packet, with a lot letters from people who don't want the project put in. He said he wrote a letter a week and a half ago,which was not included in the packet he had in his hand. He wondered how many others had also not been included. Commissioner Carlsen commented to Mr. Jutte that the Commission had received his letter in their packets. Mr. Jutte said the property might meet the criteria, but he felt it was still inappropriate. He said he had one of the smaller lots and his was 1.5 acres . He said the area was low density and rural. He had neighbors who had chickens and goats. The property to the north,which was the reason this proposal could be proposed because it was multifamily high density, is a cow field. He said when hp bought his home he did his research to make sure everything around him was an R-zone bee - he had no desire to be next to multifamily high density residential. If this change is approved, he would feel like he bought his home under false pretenses. Currently he has seven neighbors This proposal is trying to give him another 300, assumed on three people per residence. He asked the 'Commission to think about it - from seven to 300. He said he felt this was not appropriate for thiighborhood. He would like to see continued research for the proposal. He said he had worked with Mr. Whipple before and had respect for him. However, Mr. Whipple was going to work in the best interests of the property owner, as he would be expected to as the owner's rep. He wondered if it was a conflict of interest for them (Whipple Engineering) to do the traffic study and not someone who was unbiased. He asked the Commission to consider this carefully before making a decision. He said the City could very well need more high density land. If they do, go find it somewhere else where it is appropriate. This place is not appropriate. He encourages everyone to go out and stand on the property, look around and think if there should be apartments on it. He felt the answer would be no. Mary Ellen James, 18724 E 2°d Ave.: Ms. James said she bought her home 20 yrs ago. It was a quiet neighborhood,with low crime. When she moved there,her children were being transported out of the Greenacres Elem. School service area because it was overcrowded at that time. There are no sidewalks to walk on. The kids have to cross Barker. Traffic has increased and this is a concern for the small children which live on her street. She said she is concerned because the development to the south on Barker Road has never been addressed. She also said there is a development down the road, at Sprague and Hodges which will also increase the traffic at Barker and Sprague, then the apartment complex. She said she never anticipated something like this would ever happen in that area. She said she appreciates the quietness and does not want this in her neighborhood. She felt something better could be developed on the corner Doug Nelson 18902 E Sprague Ave.: Mr. Nelson said he felt this would be a bad mistake. He said it would be overloaded with people; the schools are over crowed right now. He said he had spoken with the police and that every time you get an apartment building there is an increase in crime activity, car prowling, and transient activity, which he said everyone was aware is drug dealing. He said he felt it would be a bad mistake and he had a petition with 70 of his neighbor's signatures. He turned the petition into the secretary. Dallas Williams, 18903 E. Sprague Ave.: Mr. Williams said he lives right next to the proposal. At least twice a week, emergency vehicles are going down Sprague, and it is an older neighborhood. He said he did not understand how there are 37 extra trips out of an apartment complex. He said he has four people in his home which drive, two trips a day, which makes Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 7 of 20 eight. He said if I have seven neighbors, and they have four people - seven times eight, that is over 50. He said the travel trips were flawed. Mr. Williams said from Sprague at 6:00 to over the freeway takes him 25 minutes. He said you will add 200 trips from 100 apartments. He shared his daughter lived in an apartment complex off of Sullivan Rd for a year. In that time, his daughter's car was broken into three times. So he believes there will be an increase in crime. Mr. Williams said the applicant stated there were few apartments available. He said he drives for a living, all day long, in the Valley, and he sees signs at every apartment complex in the Valley, "Apartments for rent, starting at $525.00." He feels the figure of availability is flawed, because there are available apartments out there. This project does not fit in this neighborhood. Mr. Williams said there is plenty of property over near Barker and Trent for example. Apartments off of Flora and Sprague have not been rented yet. He is requesting the Commission look at the proposal. He said houses would be fine. Houses would fit, with cows to the north of an apartment complex just would not fit. Mr. Williams stated he also had a petition with over 60 names and he would like to submit it for the record. The petition was handed to the secretary. Stephanie Colombo, 18921 E Valleyway Ave.: Ms. Colombo stated when they chose their home they were looking for a single family home to raise their kids. Since they bought the home, there has been lots of growth down Barker,down Sprague they are building more. The traffic has gotten worse. She cannot imagine,with apartments,verse just the houses which have been built, with the traffic there. She said she gets stuck at the 4-way stop for 6-7 cars. Then after you get around the corner you get stuck at the light at Appleway through 3-4 cycles to get to the freeway. Traffic is just going to get worse. She said people have mentioned the schools are over-crowded. Both the elementary school and the middle school, kids have to be bussed, or they are put in portables. Ms. Colombo said her children were not getting the attention they needed so she currently home-schools her children. However she still sees the need for other children. She said she knows that only people who were 400 feet from the property were notified. Yet she can see the house, and she was not notified. She said she wanted to bring this up for the future. This is going to affect more people than those just bordering the property. She drives down Sullivan and sees signs for vacancies, which is only two miles away. She did not feel it was necessary to build apartments in this area where it is all single family. She was worried that the apartments would be taller, people would be able to see into her backyard and it would affect her privacy. She is concerned her taxes will group to help pay for road changes, and yet she feels her property value will go down. It will be more difficult for her to sell because of having apartments next to her. Her family is opposed to this proposal. Richard Patterson, 19104 E Riverside Ave.: Mr. Patterson said everyone had covered what he had to say, but he wanted to go on record. He feels the schools are a big problem, traffic, noise, and a big thing for him is property values. He said he can't see that anyone would want to buy next to an apartment complex. He would not. He bought his home because it was all R-3 Low Density. They are building homes in the area, all single family. Why not on the subject parcel? This property might be bordering multifamily on one side,but it is also bordered by single family as well. He would like to see it remain single family. William Currier, 110 N Barker Rd.: Mr. Currier stated he lives on the parcel between the proposal and the piece which is already zoned MF-2. Mr. Currier asked how the parcel to the north of him was changed to high density. He wanted to know if it was contiguous to another parcel which was high density, or was it always high density. He said he did not remember when he purchased his property if the parcel to the north was zoned as high density. He said about 8 cows live on it. He said he could not stress enough how this would affect him and his family. He and his father-in-law both have PTSD. But sitting in their backyard was better than any medicine. Chair Stoy informed the audience the parcel to the north, which is already MF-2,was rezoned sometime prior to City incorporation,under Spokane County in approximately 1996. Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 8 of 20 Keith Atkins, 11 S Barker Rd.: Mr. Atkins said he had found out yesterday that a 100 unit apartment complex was going up. He thought it was just going to be houses just like other projects in the neighborhood, which was fine with. He had a problem with an apartment complex. He had lived in his house since 1989, and he has never had a problem with crime, except for the duplexes which were put in on Sprague. He said there was some drug activity, which the police took care of. He said he could not imagine what it would be like with 100 units. He said the neighbors have had drug issues with duplexes. What are the apartments going to be like? He felt they would be horrible. He said this was a residential area, full of families. He said putting an apartment complex amongst home owners would drive up crime and drive good people away from their homes. He said people with families don't want to live next to apartments; they would sell their property and move on. He said it would lower property values. He asked how it would be addressed, by putting in four lanes on Barker. He said the schools had been brought up. He said it was a poor place. He felt there were plenty of apartments available. Any complex you drive by has a sign looking for renters. We don't need this apartment complex in this location. Brian McMinn, 19115 E Nixon Ave.: Mr. McMinn said he was sorry he did not get to sign the petition. He said that although his house was on the picture (being displayed on the screen) he did not get a notice. He said he did not know if anyone remembered the Spokane millennium baby. He said that baby was born premature,because the north-south traffic on Barker has a high propensity for not stopping at the stop sign. He said if the City of Spokane Valley wants to make money,they just need to put an officer there and they can pay for everything in,a very short time period, because the north-south traffic does not like to stop. Now that you have Chapman Rd, Morningside, Turtle Creek, Saltese and several new developments on Sprague, we get even less traffic stopping. He said they just slow down to 15 mph and then just go through. He said he works at Kaiser. Some days when he goes to work, after he pulls off of Sprague onto Barker, traffic to the freeway is backed up that far. He does not understand how the numbers of 39-47 trips actually applies. He said consideration needs to be given to putting a traffic light in sooner than 2019. If you go against those of us who live in the area and raise farm animals this is going to make people like myself want to move away and take our farm animals with us Russ Voucher, 10 N Harmony Rd.: Mr. Voucher said he was questioning how the parcel was designated High Density Residential. He feels it was a mistake back then; that having apartments in this area, right now is a bad idea because it is rural. The HDR parcel stands out like a sore thumb (referring to the picture on the screen). He said it was not well thought out, even though the City did not make the change. Mr. Voucher said he has property which touches the subject parcel, and he feels the roads and schools are already crowded. He said he has raised three children and they all went to Central Valley; he went to Greenacres himself. He said he felt low income housing would be a really bad idea in an area which was all residential right now. He said he hoped the Commission look at this proposal and see how it does not fit the area. Shelly Voucher, 10 N Harmony Rd.: Ms. Voucher said she has lived in the area since 1970. She said she has grown up in the area, she and her husband returned to the area and now live next door to her parents. She raised three children in the area. She said it is a nice community,family driven, rural area. Most of the homes are on a 1/4 acre to an acre lot and most of the neighbors have yards to play in. But,there are no parks to play in that area. She said the proposal is to put 100 apartments on a 5-acre parcel; where would these kids go to play? She said it was the possibility of senior housing was mentioned, but it will be young kids, or teenagers. What would these kids do,there is nowhere to go. She said if kids don't have something to do,mischief goes on. She said the staff report says it is 100 feet from Appleway and Sprague, which is commercial. She said apartments usually go into a more commercial environment. She said we are a rural environment. She said in 100 feet, you have two gas stations, which are convenience Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 9 of 20 stores. Near is Greenacres Shopping Center with a few bars, a dry cleaner, she wondered what there was for these people. She said we don't have restaurants; we don't have anything for these apartment complex people to walk to. She said the bus route is on Appleway and Barker. However she said it isn't a developed bus route. She said there aren't any seats for people to sit in. She said if you have 100 people,who go to the bus route, she wondered what they would do. Would they go to the convenience store on a rainy day and wait for the bus. She felt this was not well thought out. She said everyone knew Mrs. Anderson who had owned the property, and the neighbors had reconciled themselves to homes. She said this was the worst possible scenario they would have pondered. Beverly Enyeart, 15111 E 12th Ave.: She said she was concerned about the schools; her son's school has to have a portable put in. Now we are going to put in an apartment building to bring in more children to our schools. She said she had moved from the U-Hi district so her children could attend CV High School, and she is hearing rumors there could be a cut off at Sullivan Road which would mean her children would have to go to U-Hi, instead of CV where she is within walking distance. She asked the Commission to deny the proposal. She said this was not needed; Our kids need our schools. She said until `you guys' start building more schools to accommodate more apartments,don't build. Gene Warden, 18924 E Nixon Ave.: Mr. Warden said he did receive a notice about the project. He said the previous testimony had covered pretty well the issues which had gone through is mind. He said he would like to hear from the traffic engineer because he believes the City already thinks there should be a round-a-bout or a traffic signal at Barker and Sprague without 100 apartments. If you are going to have to have apartments there, he feels the traffic circle should be there first. He said he did not really want the apartments; It was a quiet neighborhood„ but not completely crime free. Mr. Warden said he plans on being in his home for a long time. He said between the traffic crime, and the rural single family atmosphere, he recommends it be kept at R-3. Neldon Mitchell, 223 S. Barker Rd.: Mr. Mitchell said the attraction to the neighborhood was the size of the lots and being close enough to an urban area to get groceries, but have a rural environment. Mr. Mitchell said he would demonstrate how his life has changed already. Currently he gets off the freeway about 5:30. The freeway to Appleway is already full of cars; it takes multiple cycles to get through the light; it is not unusual for cars to be backed up 2 blocks to get north bound on Barker, even on a Sunday; if there was a light at Sprague it would not help the traffic situation. He said his daughter came to his home today concerned about the impact this would have on the schools. He said he loves coming home, looking down the road, having an unobstructed view of the hills; it would be a sore thumb and like a jab in the eye to drive down Barker Rd. and confront an apartment complex; this would not be a good fit and he would recommend this proposal be denied. Taffy Hunter, 18820 E Sprague Ave.: Ms. Hunter said everyone here has the same concerns. She said she was here speaking for her son. Ms. Hunter said she is a single mother of 3; her 9-yr old son is autistic; this home was her once in a life time opportunity; if she had to move from this home, she would not be able to purchase a home again. She said the increased traffic, increased population, increased noise, increased crime, increased special needs students in our schools will all highly impact her son and his ability to function. She said she picked her home because it had land, it was quiet, it was rural, and her son could play in the fenced back yard; He cannot keep himself safe. She said she did not have to worry about cars honking noise which can send him into a tantrum; an apartment complex across the street from her home would highly impact his ability to function; they used to live in an apartment,which their therapist advised them to get out of. She said she knows she is not the only special needs mother in the community. She knows her child has to be bused to another school for speech when there is a school down the street. She Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 10 of 20 said the birds, animals, lack of traffic have a calming effect on all of her children. She said she has been low-income. She understands how important it is to have affordable housing. She said she supports this effort. But in this community, in this place, where there are families who are established,who have plans and goals,this is not the place to put apartments. George Kovacs, 19122 E Valleyway Ave.: He said he and his wife just bought the house not too long ago; it is a 1/4 acre lot and close to his son's school; His son is a special needs child and he personally takes him to school every day. Mr. Kovacs said when he first looked at this he thought this was the worst idea; If you look it clearly shows low density (referring to the map). He wondered where anyone would put high density. He also wondered who would think this would be a good idea. He said the money it would cost the City for the police, fire, medics would far drain resources for any money which he feels the City would make off of the project. . He shared the plan has no thought.He said it was a great job,he loved the way it was done, it looked good. However he felt that people needed to look at where all the crime is. He said if you look west of the City, a lot of crime. If you look at where those crime stats are they are all going to be in places like rentals, high density, and up and down Division and in the West Central neighborhood. He said he most certainly was not going to buy a house there. He wondered why anyone would want to put in a 100 unit apartment complex when our schools are already on overflow; luckily his son does not have to go to Adams,because he was going to have to take two buses. He said for a special needs child to have to take two buses is ridiculous. He said there was no thought process in there. He said we bought the place because we knew it was going to be a nice area; His in-laws live seven houses down; they have been living there for years; they have never had a problem; if you look at the crime stats on any crime map there is almost nothing in our area. But, if you look west of the City, north of the City, then there is lots of crime and it is because it is all high density. He said there is absolutely no thought process put into this other than how can we make money and develop it. He said there won't be any money made. He said we need to decide this is not a good idea; A few houses is a good idea. He said no one would want to buy a house here; 100 apartments, 300 people - there is no thought there. Jackie Williams, 18903 E Sprague Ave.: Ms. Williams said she lived next to the proposed project; she has lived there eight years with her three children. It is a small community, nice houses, older people, and mature adults. Ms. Williams said the proposal was to bring in low income, younger adults which otherwise would not be able to buy a house; Putting them in with grown mature homeowners is not the right thing; She lives on Sprague and out her front window is traffic, traffic, traffic; If 100 apartments are added it is only going to add to it. She said it did not take a 2nd grader to do the math. She said she did not get it, it did not make sense. She said you have 100 apartments, you could expect at least 100 trips. She said they leave once a day; they come back once a day, which are 200 trips. She said she felt it was unethical that Whipple did the traffic study and she disagreed with it. She said she wanted to point out the other lot, which houses cows, was done before the City incorporated; There was a reason the City incorporated; it was because the County didn't do things it was supposed to do. She said now we are stuck with this rezone. She said she hoped the Commission did not follow the County. She said she too, likes to sit on her back porch and watch the sun set; apartments, three stories high with people looking into her backyard,would violate her privacy. She said there are no parks in her area and the children from the apartments would find the need to play in her backyard and in her hot tub. . She said schools and traffic have been discussed. She said a 6-foot fence would not take care of a 30-foot building. She asked again for the Commission to not follow the County and not to rezone this property. Robert Harvey, 19011 E Valleyway Ave.: Mr. Harvey stated he was speaking for myself, his wife and his children. He said they hoped the Commission would deny the change. He said he was most worried about kids. He said he has an older daughter who grew up in apartments, and Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 11 of 20 it was full of Section 9. He said he was not saying all Section 9 people are bad,he was sure there are some good ones,he had experience with the kind of people who live in those apartments. He said he lives two blocks from the proposal and it would be close enough for the kids who live in the apartments to mob his entire neighborhood. He said he firmly stands opposed to the change for his children's sake,amongst all the other reasons other people have brought up. Lee Nelson, 101 N Barker Rd: Mr.Nelson said he lived across the street from the island home, and he looks directly at this subject parcel. He can see Mica Peak out his front window. He felt it would be a wonderful place to raise a family. He said the cows belonged to him and there is nothing HD about that pasture; the parcel is completely surrounded by single family homes,there are no exceptions. He said the proposal did not fit; there are many long term neighbors in the area and he is concerned about the height blocking the view; he is worried about the transient nature which is typically attracted by apartment complexes; It was a fact of who they are. People are seeking to move on to single family, apartments are a stepping stone. He said he did not know if people are good or bad, it was just the transient nature which does not exist now in the neighborhood. He said he felt the island would be the apartment complex because it would be the thing which did not fit with the single family homes; since he has lived there some pastures have been converted to duplexes but those are not out of character. A multi-story apartment complex on such a small parcel would be out of character. Another thing he would like to point out is the flaw in the study. It is ok as far as this study, but we need the rest of it. What we really need reported is what are we doing here tonight, and look at the number of parcels you could develop assuming you rezone them like is considered tonight, that number would be considerably larger. Plus as people have pointed out there is a whole lot of rental around which is presently available. Darrin Peha, 18920 E Sprague Ave.: Mr. Peha said he has lived in the neighborhood for 13 years; it is rural, my neighbors have sheep, chickens; this doesn't fit. He said all the way to Greenacres Elem. is single lane roads with no sidewalks; This would add proportionately more kids to the school system than would single family homes developed on the same property; Crime would go up if you cram that many people into that small of an area. He said he left apartment living,near the Valley Hospital when traffic and crime increased. He asked the Commission not make him leave this area, he really likes it. He asked the Commissioners to take 20 minutes to drive out and see if they felt the apartments belonged there. Heather Graham, 18320 E 10th Ave.: Ms. Graham said she did not want to repeat a lot of what had already been said because she agreed 100%; she wanted to go the approval criteria, specifically supports public safety. She said there had been a lot of talk about the traffic on Barker, Appleway and even east on Sprague. West on Sprague,is a cut off which will connect to Appleway;people turn left on Sprague to use the cut off instead of waiting to travel to the light at Appleway and Barker. She is concerned the school district will change the cutoff for busing and many children in the area will be required to walk, needing to cross the intersection at Sprague and Barker in order to get to Greenacres Middle School. She is also concerned there are no sidewalks and no proposal to improve the area. She said it would actually require the City to maintain the streets during the snowing wintertime,which is inadequate at best. She stated again she was speaking against the proposal. Karen O'Shogay, 105 S Barker Rd.: Ms. O'Shogay said she would like to address the traffic. She said she gets stuck in driveway, not at the corner, not able to get out. She stated everything else had been said. Allan Holcomb, 18920 E Nixon Ave.: Mr. Holcomb said his house is within 200 feet of the pasture. He said Greenacres was rural and country. He said he would like to make a point. He said approximately 3.5 years ago the County tore up the road and put in the sewer. He said the main pipes are 8" plastic pipes. He feels the piping was designed for that kind of residential Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 12 of 20 sewage traffic. He feels the sewage system was not designed to accommodate a 100 unit apartment complex. He wondered how the builder would surmount this problem. Mr. Holcomb said he felt the Commission should recommend denial of the project. Donna Leestma, 710 S Beige Lane: Ms. Leestma stated she received her notice yesterday. She said she felt most of the neighbors did not know this is happening. She said she has lived in the area all of her life. She has watched it through many changes. She does not feel this is a good change. She currently lives on a private road, on an acre. She is aware her neighbors are writing letters. She does not feel many people in the area are aware of the proposal and as the word spreads there will be more of what she had seen this evening. She said when the sewer went down Barker her understanding was they would widen the road. She said not to two lanes but enough a car would not slide off into the flood ditch. She said she was concerned about the children from the apartment complex. She said they will have to walk to school,her children did, and it is not safe, along that area. She feels the crime will go up. She is concerned about the drug problems increasing. This area is rural, it was named Greenacres because it was meant to have horses and cows. She said she did not know how the `other' parcel was rezoned,the area was all supposed to be 3.5 (UR-3.5), then a developer managed to sneak in when none of us noticed and this is right around the corner from us, and he got the larger lots. She said we then had the troubles of keeping away the 7-10(lots per acre). She said the smaller lots weren't too bad but an apartment complex was. She said there were plenty of other areas, places on Sprague, a place formerly owned by Rice which had cows, those are great places where the apartment density already is. She wanted to know why it was necessary to bring it into one of the last areas where it has the cows and the lifestyle they want to live. She feels in the coming days the Commission would receive more letters regarding this project. She said she knew that her family made multiple trips a day, so she knows the apartment complex will bring much more traffic. She is aware of several more development coming from farther south on Barker and those will impact the traffic, so what would an apartment do. The other developments belong, apartments don't. John Bymers, 18011 E 8th Ave.: Mr. Bymers said he was sympathetic to the people who live in the area of the project. He lives on 8th, where a new road was just put next to his home. He said he believed they were building 15 new homes. He said he used to be able to sit on his deck and see Mt. Spokane, now he sees a 30-foot house, which is 10 feet from his fence. He said he could not imagine what the other people were going to have to see. He said he cannot imagine the traffic increase; it has gotten worse in the 8 years he has lived there. He commented maintenance of the roads during the winter does not happen in this area David Colombo, 18921 E Valleyway Ave.: Mr. Colombo commented on the maintenance of the roads. He said his daughter had a car in front of her pull off barely to the side of the road. When she went to go around the car, there was a snow berm in the road because he felt it was poorly maintained. When she hit the snow berm, she flipped sideways and hit the car. He said if a kid had been walking along the side of the road, in the road where the kids walk when it snows, she would have hit a kid. Mr. Colombo stated he also has a child with autism. He said the schools told him there was not enough help for his son. He said they also took his daughter out of the school. He wondered if there were not enough help in the schools for his children, how would there be enough help for the children coming from the apartments. He feels the schools cannot take any more children. He said he opposes this change. He said he understands the Commission has to look at things differently than the neighborhood, but he hoped they would consider if they lived in the neighborhood how they would vote. Wayne Vincent, 117 N Barker Rd.: Mr. Vincent said he lives across from the proposal. He said the one thing he has not heard about is the emergency responses from fire and police. He said from 4:30 to 6:00 traffic is backed up from Sprague, back to Appleway, all the way back to the freeway. He watched an ambulance headed northbound on Barker have to drive on the Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 13 of 20 opposite side of the road around an island, because the traffic would not yield. He said the neighborhood needs help for the fire and police department to be able to get to them, and it isn't coming.He said he opposes this change,it is wrong. Ron James, 18724 E 2°d Ave.: Mr. James said a lot of things have been mentioned, but it does not take into account the 42 houses being built just east of the neighborhood by Mr. Olson of Viking Construction. He said this would also impact the traffic. He said when he moved out there,his children could not ride the school bus because the cut off was two miles away. He said they were too close for his children to ride the bus, but there were no sidewalks for the kids to walk on. He said he understood the Barker Bridge over the freeway was outdated and it would be updated but he has never heard anything about it again. He says there has been a problem with traffic for some time. He said the only people who would benefit from this (proposal) would be the trick-or-treaters on Halloween. William Currier: Mr. Currier wanted to know if the neighborhood could propose a change to the other high density property, requesting to change it to low density. Commissioner Stoy explained the owners would have to apply for the change. Mr. Kuhta stated the Comprehensive Plan would be going through a complete update in the next two or three years. He said there could be an opportunity for the community to be involved in the process. He said staff would not be proposing a lot of changes such as this through that process, but that would the time to get involved. Dallas Williams: Mr. Williams wanted to say there were no more federal funds available for Bridging the Valley. He wanted to know if the neighborhood could get together and pay for a traffic study. Ms. Barlow said staff had been making notes of the many questions they had heard throughout the evening and when everyone was done testifying they would address those questions. Rob Boosalis: Mr. Boosalis said he was confused and wanted to know if Ms. Barlow and Mr. Kuhta worked for the City (which was confirmed). He said, so we pay you, our taxes pay you. He continued, so you work for us, you don't work for these people who are trying to build here. Ms. Barlow responded it was true they worked for the City and their role in the process is to present the information to the Planning Commission, so they can make a decision as well as to provide the audience the opportunity to understand the process, and to understand the criteria that is being considered in order to arrive at a conclusion. She continued saying staff does not work for the developer. She said this is not a City initiated proposal. Staff is facilitating a privately initiated proposal for consideration by the Planning Commission. She said our role is to present the facts based on the criteria which is in the Comprehensive Plan, She said staff is not for or against this project. Staff is facilitating the process so everyone has the information they need in order to make an informed decision. Mr. Boosalis asked when the sewer was taken into consideration, with the pump station which was installed when the sewer was brought to the area. Ms.Barlow stated those types of things are taken into consideration at the time the building permit is considered. It is at that time those types of specific infrastructure are extended to the site. She said at this time the comments should be geared toward the appropriateness of the land use to give the Commission information to make a decision. She said staff is available for specific land use development questions, but staff has a list of general questions which could be answered and the end of the testimony. Chair Stoy asked for an opinion from City Attorney Cary Driskell regarding how to proceed if the Commission did not feel they could finish tonight. Mr. Kuhta conferred and responded the Commission could continue the hearing to a date certain if the Commission has not concluded the rest of the Comprehensive Plan amendments. Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 14 of 20 The Commission chose to take a 10 minute break, at 8:42 p.m. The Commission returned at 8:50 p.m. Commissioner Carlsen moved to extend the meeting to 9:30 p.m. Commissioner Carlsen said she felt it was necessary in order to try and fmish up tonight's discussion. This motion passed seven to zero. Commissioner Carlsen said the next meeting of the Planning Commission is March 13, 2014. She encouraged people to attend. Donna Leestma: Ms. Leestma asked if people will be able to make more comments or if the decision will be made. Commissioner Stoy said if the Commission were able to get through the rest of the items on the agenda and the public hearing were closed, then there would be no other public comment. However, if items are not finished then the public hearing would still be open and then additional comments could be made. He also said additional comments can be submitted to the City and will be provided to the Commission prior to the 13th meeting. Ms. Leestma wanted to know if the community could request to have the public hearing left open so the community could comment. Mr. Kuhta stated it would be up to the Commission to make the decision. If the Commission decides they have heard enough testimony in order to make an informed decision or if they feel they need to hear more they could extend the hearing. Ms. Barlow offered another option of leaving the written co u i ent period open, while closing the verbal testimony portion. Dallas Williams: Mr. Williams returned to ask if written testimony would include petitions. He said they still had petitions out in the neighborhood. Mr. Kuhta said written comment of any kind can be submitted until the date the Commission determines it will not accept any more input Ms. Barlow said she would defer traffic questions to Sean Messner, Sr. Traffic Engineer; she would touch on some of the other questions heard through the night. She wanted to clarify some process questions. Ms. Barlow said more written comment can be. taken. She said the public hearing sets itself apart from what happens in front of the Council. Persons testifying tonight become a party of record. Council will take public comment, but it will not be in the form of a public hearing. A public hearing is a special process with rights of appeal. She said she would be happy to discuss appeals with anyone interested, at a later date. All comments, in any form, will be forwarded to the City Council. Ms. Barlow said she wanted to address some of the issues which had been mentioned during the evening. She said there have been comments about some people receiving notice and other people not. The City has a set of standards which are defined the SVMC and state law which require noticing to be done in a certain manner. The requirements are to post notice on the site, written notice within 400 feet. The list of names is acquired through ai certain process and although staff works to make sure everyone on the list receives notice, it is possible for one or two to be missed. She did say she wanted to commend the neighborhood for coming together and showing how the process is supposed to work. She said Ms. Leestma said she just got her notice; that was because her notice was from the neighborhood effort, because she lives beyond the noticing distance requirement. Ms. Barlow said she wanted to address the issue of comments received. Ms. Barlow said all of the comments she had received as of(02-20-14), were in the Planning Commission packet. She said Mr. Jutte's comments had been received and were included in the packet for the Commission which was sent to them the week previously. All of the comments received since 2-20-14 were in the packet which was laid out for people and given to the Commission this evening. Ms. Barlow said she did receive a couple more comments at 5:00 and they will also be forwarded to the Commission. Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 15 of 20 Ms. Barlow said the Central Valley School District was noticed and they did not comment. This is not uncommon, the school districts seldom comment on projects. At this stage where there is no real "project," they may not understand this is the appropriate time to comment in terms of capacity. Ms. Barlow said however generally when they do comment, the City gets a standard letter which almost always says the same thing similar to "the schools are available but that they cannot guarantee persons living at certain addresses will go to the neighborhood schools." She said some of the schools are over capacity, some are under capacity and this causes the bussing situation. Ms. Barlow said the City has a set of standards when applicable to multifamily project level review, which provide not only parking and landscaping but also provide open space near the residences. She said it would not address all of the issues which were brought up but this is the City's process to ensure onsite area for play. Ms.Barlow said there was discussion about the parcel to the north which is currently zoned MF-2 and HDR. She said her research indicated that these pieces, in addition to the pieces the mobile home park are located on, were rezoned in 1996. Those pieces are owned by a single property owner and they applied to the County in 1996 to have the property re-designated as HDR. She said through recent conversations, the owners still prefer to have it remain HDR. She said regarding the question about re-designating it, the property owner might not be interested in participating. Ms. Barlow said that this is a privately initiated proposal. The City is not encouraging this property be re-designated as HDR for the purpose of facilitating apartment complexes. The City is neutral on this. Staff is simply providing the facts to the Commission and then to the Council. Ms. Barlow said the Fire Dept. was also notified and did not comment. She said that would be common at this stage. The Fire Dept. would not get involved until there is actually a project. Sean Messner, Sr. Traffic Engineer began to address the traffic concerns mentioned and future improvements planned for the area. Mr. Messner said he counted about 15 different issues which had been brought up. 1. The traffic study. Normally Comp Plan amendments at this level do not require a traffic study. He said the traffic study being submitted fits many comments heard tonight. He said generally we would ask for a trip generation/distribution letter once the site is more defined. Which would likely lead in this case,to a formal traffic impact study. We would ask the applicant to look at the intersections we have identified as a concern and do a detailed analysis of those intersections. 2. The traffic generation letter. The traffic generation letter submitted by Mr. Whipple uses the ITE (The Institute of Transportation Engineers) trip generation rates. It is a standard/national practice for traffic engineers to use the ITE manual to determine the number of trips generated by a particular land use. The reason it is used is the manuals have several hundreds of studies which are taken across the United States, and come up with average rates for trips which are generated for projects such as this. He said the trip generation rates correspond with the ITE rates. It seems counter-intuitive to a lot of people that apartments would generate fewer trips than single family residential. He said part of the study through ITE indicates the range of trips entering and leaving the apartments is far greater than a single family residential. Not only that,but typically there is a higher occupancy rate in a single family residential than in apartment units. So the trip generation rates are counter-intuitive. The study looked at two hours of the day,the AM and PM peak hours. He said, again apartments have a wider range of distribution of traffic. The number of trips which were spoken tonight and were included in the trip generation statement, are in fact accurate,based on ITE trip generation rates. He said this was just for this site, it does not include any other site being developed. The City did not ask them to look at the intersection operations there as part of this process. This is just a trip generation statement and after his review of it, it Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 16 of 20 corresponds with all ITE standards. He continued saying as part of the development process staff would require more formal reports, staff would review them. City staff is impartial and would review them objectively and would provide comments back to the applicant. 3. The current operation of Sprague and Baker. He said recently Chapman Rd. opened up to serve additional residential units. The City has not taken counts since the opening of the road.He said there is probably some additional traffic which has not been accounted for. As part of the process and what the City is planning this spring, is to do traffic counts at that intersection since Chapman Rd. has opened to do an internal analysis. This intersection is already on the City horizon for improvements. Some of the developments which have come in have contributed to the design for those improvements. Improvements have not been identified yet because staff is still looking at different concepts. The level of service of the intersection before the opening of Chapman Rd. was still at an acceptable level, since the opening he is not sure. He said he has heard the testimony tonight and he has not personally been out there since the opening. 4. Freeway interchange. He said the Washington State Dept. of Transportation (DOT) owns the interchange and has been doing a study on the interchange. He said there have been some improvements which have been identified, and the City is actively involved with the process. As time permits, the City will continue to be involved in the process and hopefully over time it will be improved. He said any improvements would be subject to available funding. 5. Traffic noise. Mr. Messner said anytime you have an increase in traffic, you have an increase in noise. He said the City was looking into ways to facilitate the traffic, thereby also hoping to help facilitate the noise. 6. Travel time to and from the freeway—Barker Rd. is a minor arterial and it is the primary north south destination to and from the freeway. As part of the analysis of the intersection, it is also to consider what happens between Sprague and the freeway and what improvements may or may not be needed. It would also be looked at as part of a formal traffic study for this development, if it moved forward. The City would review it objectively and provide comment. Part of the traffic study would be to look at current conditions, future conditions, and any improvements which might be needed to help mitigate the traffic. Mr. Messner said he tried to answer the large majority of the questions he heard, and would answer any additional of the Commission. Commissioner Carlsen said there was concern about sidewalk improvements for the children having to walk to bus stops, the lack of bus stops, and walking to schools. She asked if the City had any plans for sidewalks in the area regardless of an improvement of this size. Mr. Messner did not know if there was a sidewalk infill project. From a traffic engineering perspective, he said he is looking into Safe Routes to School for the different schools which are here. He said there are very few schools in our City which have Safe Routes to School. Part of the reason for this program is the safety of the students. One of the ways to help build these is federal grants; Safe Routes is one of the federal grants we are looking into. Commissioner Anderson stated the trip statement is written such that it says above and beyond what the property is currently zoned. Does that mean you would also have to add in the current zoning trips on top of the number in order to get the true number? Mr. Messner responded he knew the numbers were a concern to everyone. He said right now there is only one residential unit on the property. He said the difference would be what the property is currently zoned to be able to accommodate and what is being proposed.. He said the letter states 15 single family dwelling units could be built on the property. Mr. Kuhta said the property could potentially have 30 units. Mr. Anderson asked if you would add that number to the number on the letter. Mr. Messner said the letter described 15 units, and the comparison is from 15 units to the 100 Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 17 of 20 apartment units. He said the trips generated by 30 units of single family and 100 apartment units then the difference would be lower than the letter states. Commissioner Carlsen said this does not make sense, 30 units would make 30 trips but 100 units would only make 39 trips. Mr. Messner said the 30 single family units would generate 30 peak hour trips,but the 100 apartment units would generate 62 peak hour trips. The difference between the two would be 32 peak hour trips. The statement submitted by Whipple is identifying the difference. Commissioner Anderson said he was looking at was above and beyond then the true number would be more like, 30+47=77 as the capacity of the new system if it was installed. Mr. Messner said no. Ms. Barlow said that was how many trips would generated, not capacity and also, she said something more important to keep in mind was Mr. Messner's point that the intersection is already impacted. There are a number of developments happening out in the County which are going to further impact this intersection. Whether or not this land use designation is changed this intersection is going to continue to see an increase in traffic, and this development isn't going to affect that any more so because of all the other development that is already happening. Mr. Messner said that was mostly true. The other developments which are surrounding this, which are generating more traffic going through this intersection and generate more trips than the proposed apartments would. It is partly because the developments farther south have higher numbers of residential units associated with them. He said as that happens, and it becomes developed, additional traffic will continue to go through this intersection. He said the important thing is the intersection has already been identified for improvements because of what we are seeing today and developments which have already been approved. He said the apartment complex would add additional trips to the street network but has already been identified as needing improvements based on other developments coming on line. Commissioner Stoy asked if there were adequate right-of-ways at the intersection to do whatever improvements are going to be required. Mr. Messner said the short answer is no there is not enough right-of-way, specifically at the intersection for proposed improvements. He said the City had not gone through the design yet. He said the conceptual look at the intersection indicated the City would need to acquire more right-of-way to install improvements. He said they are still looking at different concepts for the intersection, so nothing is set in stone, and we have not gone thought the formal design process. Conceptually there would need to be slivers of land purchased or acquired at the corners. Commissioner Stoy asked if this would be necessary with or without this proposed development. Mr. Messner confirmed yes. Commissioner Carlsen asked if there was a plan for a traffic study in the near future. Mr. Messner said it was on his list to get counts sometime in March. He would like to get counts and get a closer look; primarily from the traffic engineering prospective he wants to understand what kind of trips are there since the opening of Chapman Rd. He said he had some real concerns about it. Commissioner Neill asked if studies say further improvements are needed for this intersection even without the apartment going in,he wanted to know where the money would come from. He said he recalled the Sullivan Bridge was having problems getting money now and it was a major project. Mr.Messner said some of the developments which have already come on line have made contributions,based off of trips being generated. Those contributions won't cover the the cost of design at this point. He said there were three stages in the process, design, right-of-way and construction. He said it was partially funded through the design; the right-of-way and construction are still unfunded. He said there are several grant applications which have recently come out. Staff is looking to get this intersection qualified in order to go after those grants. He said it was an application process and it was federal dollars. It is a competitive process. He said at this time there is no construction money allocated for this project. Commissioner Neill said this project would further compact that already compacted intersection, yet there are no real Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 18 of 20 concrete plans or ability to correct that problem. Mr. Messner said as part of the development process the developer would be required to improve their half street. Mr. Messner said he would defer to Community Development staff for the process, however there could likely be some mitigation which would be identified by a traffic study but he said he was saying this without seeing (the traffic study). He said he felt if there were items which were identified it would become part of the development process. Mr. Kuhta added whether the property was developed as multifamily or single family the frontage of Sprague and Barker would be analyzed and if the City needed more right-of-way and improvements for sidewalks, those would be required. The trips which are generated from the site would be analyzed and the intersections would be analyzed through the process Mr. Messner described. He said there has already been some mitigation contributed to this intersection. The City would ' ; y have to get grants. There is not going to be enough money from any of the developments a ong here to fix that intersection. There would be some more developer contributions, no matter how this site is developed in the future. Commissioner Carlsen moved to extend the meeting to 10:00 p.m. Commissioners discussed the meeting could keep going, or it could be continued to the next meeting, discussed the deliberations being at the next meeting. By a show of hands the 'lotion fails. Two (Carlsen, Neill)to five. Todd Whipple: Mr. Whipple said he understood there was a lot of misconception about the trip generation letter. When it was put together,we looked at the site for 15 units; 30. If you read the handout given to the Commission this evening,the members will understanI why we used 15; maybe we should have used 18. By using a smaller number for residential units and the normal number for apartment units the increase is actually greater. He said he felt Mr. Messner explained it well. He said if they had used 30, it would have been 62 PM trips minus the 30 that would have been there had it developed as a single family development, so the increase in PM would have only been 32. We are saying there is an increase of 47 trips. Even though it is five acres you are only going to get between 15-18 lots that is just the way it works. He said more importantly though there is another table which demonstrates the change in total daily trips. We demonstrate there will be an increase of 522 daily trips. Commissioner Carlsen moved to extend the meeting to 9:35 p.m. Commissioner Carlsen said they need to allow Mr. Whipple to finish his statement and for the Commission to make a decision about the remainder of the public hearing. Motion passes seven to zero. Mr. Whipple continued with the apartment on the site, with 100 units, it would generate 62 total trips. A single family dwelling unit development with 15 units, would generate somewhere between 15-30 trips. This is all the increase was,it wasn't meant to change anything other than to just say that is what the actual increase was. There was also some number thrown out that (the apartment)would only generate only 200 trips a day. That is not true,the trip generation letter is real clear. It says that single family residential subdivision would generate 143 total trips in a day, and an apartment project would generate 665 total trips in a day. Apartments are busier than single family and that increase was 522. Commissioner Stoy asked Mr. Messner if he would be able to provide the current traffic counts for the intersection at Sprague and Barker. Mr. Messner said he could provide the most recent count which was conducted in 2012. Commissioner Carlsen made a motion to continue the public hearing to March 13, 2014. Motion passed seven to zero. GOOD OF THE ORDER: Commissioners thanked those in attendance for coming. ADJOURNMENT: There being no other business the meeting was adjourned at 9:32 p.m. Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 19 of 20 Joe Stoy, Chairperson Deanna Horton, secretary Date signed Attached: Vacant land maps Planning Commission Minutes 02-27-14 Page 20 of 20 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Analysis of vacant land which allows Multifamily—Maps—City as a whole and sections of the City enlarged. 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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING DIVISION SCITY �Valley STAFF REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION CPA-01-14 STAFF REPORT DATE: February 4,2014 HEARING DATE AND LOCATION: February 27,2014,beginning at 6:00 p.m., Spokane Valley City Hall Council Chambers,Valley Redwood Plaza Building, 11707 East Sprague Avenue, Suite 101, Spokane Valley,Washington 99206. Project Number: CPA-01-14 Application The application is a city initiated site-specific comprehensive plan map Description: amendment requesting to change the designation from Parks/Open Space (P/OS)with a Parks/Open Space (P/OS)zoning classification to a Mixed Use Center(MUC)designation with a Mixed Use Center(MUC)zoning classification. Location: Parcel 45101.9068; generally located 800 feet east of Pinecroft Way and Mirabeau Parkway on the east side of Mirabeau Parkway as it bends to the south and east; further located in the NE 1/4 of Section 10,Township 25 North, Range 44 East,Willamette Meridian, Spokane County,Washington. Applicant(s): City of Spokane Valley 11707 E Sprague Ave, Ste 102 Spokane Valley,WA 99206 Owner(s): City of Spokane Valley Date of Application: November 1,2013 Date Determined November 1,2013 Complete Staff Contact: Martin J Palaniuk,Planner (509)720-5031 mpalaniuk@spokanevalley.org APPROVAL CRITERIA: Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan, Spokane Valley Municipal Code (SVMC) Title 17 General Provisions,Title 19 Zoning Regulations, and Title 21 Environmental Controls. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Division, after review and consideration of the submitted application and applicable approval criteria, recommends that the Planning Commission approve CPA-O1-14. ATTACHMENTS: Exhibit 1: Vicinity Map Exhibit 2 Comprehensive Plan Map Exhibit 3: Zoning Map Exhibit 4: Aerial Map Exhibit 5: Priority Habitats Map Staff Report CPA-01-14 A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1. PROPERTY INFORMATION: Size and The site is approximately 1.11 acres in size. The SEPA checklist Characteristics: states the site is generally flat and consists of rocky soil. Comprehensive Plan: Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Zoning: Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Existing Land Use: Vacant property with the Centennial Trail traversing across the Northeast boundary of the site and an old gravel road paralleling the trail on the southwest side. 2. SURROUNDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,ZONING,AND LAND USES: North Comprehensive Plan—Parks/Open Space(P/OS) and Mixed Use Center(MUC) Zoning—Parks/Open Space (P/OS) and Mixed Use Center(MUC) Existing Land Uses—Centennial Trail and vacant land South Comprehensive Plan—Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Zoning—Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Existing Land Uses—Paved public parking area for Centennial Trail East Comprehensive Plan—Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Zoning—Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Existing Land Uses—Forested riparian public open space area between Centennial Trail and the Spokane River. West Comprehensive Plan—Parks/Open Space(P/OS) Zoning—Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Existing Land Uses—Public Park with paved parking area and outbuildings for Mirabeau Meadow park. B. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO SEPA 1. Findings: Pursuant to SVMC Title 21 (Environmental Controls),the lead agency has determined that this proposal does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). The Planning Division issued a Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) for the proposal. This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. Comments were offered by Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and are addressed under the Agency Comments section of this report. 2. Conclusion(s): The procedural requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and SVMC Title 21 have been fulfilled. C. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 1. Compliance with Title 17 (General Provisions) of the Spokane Valley Municipal Code a. Findings: SVMC 17.80.140(H). Comprehensive Plan Amendment Approval Criteria Page 2 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 i. The City may approve Comprehensive Plan amendments and area-wide zone map amendments if it finds that(analysis is italicized): (1) The proposed amendment bears a substantial relationship to the public health, safety, welfare, and protection of the environment; Analysis: Mixed-use Center developments are characterized by differing land uses which are developed pursuant to a coherent, approved plan of development. Compatibility between uses is achieved through design which integrates certain physical and functional features such as transportation systems, pedestrian ways, open areas or court yards, and common focal points or amenities. The proposed amendment will create a mixed use opportunity due to the near proximity to Mirabeau Meadows Park, Discovery Playground, Center Place, and the Centennial Trail. The amendment is generally consistent with the long-term objectives of the Comprehensive Plan and should have merit and value for the community as a whole. The Centennial Trail lies within the boundaries of the property. This is unusual in that all other segments of the Centennial Trail fall upon publicly owned land. Maintaining the Centennial Trail is important to the City. Actions to protect the trail in this area will be taken prior to any development and will be determined at that time. The public health, safety, and general welfare should be promoted by standards established by the state and the City's regulations. (2) The proposed amendment is consistent with the requirements of Chapter 36.70A RCW and with the portion of the City's adopted plan not affected by the amendment; Analysis: The Growth Management Act (GMA) stipulates that the comprehensive land use plan and development regulations shall be subject to continuing review and evaluation by the City. The amendment provides a suitable land use designation consistent with the City's GMA compliant Comprehensive Plan. (3) The proposed amendment responds to a substantial change in conditions beyond the property owner's control applicable to the area within which the subject property lies; Analysis: The amendment does not respond to a substantial change in conditions. The amendment is a reasonable extension of the existing Mixed Use Center designation located north of the property. The surrounding land uses are complimentary in nature to the concept of mixed use development. (4) The proposed amendment corrects an obvious mapping error; or Analysis: The amendment does not correct a mapping error. (5) The proposed amendment addresses an identified deficiency in the Comprehensive Plan. Analysis: The amendment does not address an identified deficiency in the Comprehensive Plan. ii. The City must also consider the following factors prior to approving Comprehensive Plan amendments: (1) The effect upon the physical environment; Page 3 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 Analysis: The Centennial Trail runs along the eastern boundary of the property and may present challenges for future development with regards to setbacks and access. An existing sidewalk runs along the western boundary and would likely require border easements along that boundary to accommodate the sidewalk. However, this is a non project action and future development will be evaluated for compliance with all development, building and environmental requirements. (2) The effect on open space, streams,rivers, and lakes; Analysis: The site and surrounding area are located within the Critical Aquifer Recharge area. The site is also identified in the City's Priority Habitats map as Urban Natural Open Space. The Comprehensive Plan states "urban landscaping, parks, and open spaces supplement natural area in providing habitat for a wide variety of wildlife." The eastern half of the parcel lies within the Shoreline and has been designated Pastoral in the Shoreline Master Plan. There are no known frequently flooded areas or geologically hazardous areas. It should be noted that this site has already experienced significant development. A portion of the Centennial Trail has been built across the east side of the property. Mirabeau Parkway runs along the western boundary and a sidewalk, swales and street trees are located on the site along the street. The pavement remains of an old street parallel the Centennial Trail and cuts across the northern boundary. Parking lots for the Centennial Trail and Mirabeau Meadows Park lie south and west of the site. Any future development will be subject to SVMC Title 21, Environmental Controls which addresses the State Environmental Policy Act, Critical Areas, and the Shoreline Management Act. (3) The compatibility with and impact on adjacent land uses and surrounding neighborhoods; Analysis: The mixed use development of this parcel is viewed as a positive opportunity to mix commercial or office use with the surrounding parks and open space areas. Development and enforcement of the City's land use regulations will ensure compatibility with the existing natural areas and surrounding parks and open space uses. If required, the use of buffers,fencing, and screening will provide visual separation and mitigate impacts on surrounding uses. (4) The adequacy of and impact on community facilities including utilities,roads,public transportation,parks,recreation,and schools; Analysis: The amendment will have a minimal impact on existing facilities given the constraints environmental factors will impose on developing the site. The parcel located north of the site was previously developed with an office use. In general, the roads, utilities, public transportation, parks, recreation, and schools are all considered adequate and any impacts will be addressed at time of development. Policy CFP-9.1 of the Comprehensive Plan recommends a concurrency management system for transportation, sewer, and water facilities. The City of Spokane Valley's Parks and Recreation Plan outlines an implementation strategy including a capital facilities plan, which identifies costs and revenue sources for new parks. (5) The benefit to the neighborhood, City,and region; Analysis: The proposed site-specific map amendment is likely to provide a positive benefit to the community. Future development will enjoy the natural environment Page 4 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 afforded by the Mirabeau Meadows Park, the health benefits associated with nearby access to the Centennial Trail, and the use of the Center Place community facility. Close proximity to the YMCA and a Spokane Transit Authority bus route are also desirable features. The proposed amendment will allow for a desirable mix of commercial, office and parks/open space. (6) The quantity and location of land planned for the proposed land use type and density and the demand for such land; Analysis: As shown in Figure 2.1 of the City's adopted Comprehensive Plan, 3.5% of the land in the City is designated for Mixed Use Center. The Mixed Use Center designations allows for two or more different land uses within developments. These developments can include employment uses such as office, retail and/or lodging along with higher density residential uses, and in some cases community or cultural facilities. Compatibility between uses is achieved through design which integrates certain physical and functional features such as transportation systems, pedestrian ways, open areas or court yards, and common focal points or amenities. The Corridor Mixed Use designation represents an opportunity to integrate an office or retail development into the community parks, pedestrian ways and natural open space found at this location. (7) The current and projected population density in the area; and Analysis: The amendment will have little impact on population density and does not demand population analysis. (8) The effect upon other aspects of the Comprehensive Plan. Analysis: The amendment is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and will have minimal impact on other aspects of the plan. 2. Compliance with SVMC Title 19 Zoning Regulations a. Findings: The proposal is to change the comprehensive plan designation from Parks/Open Space (P/OS) with a Parks/Open Space (P/OS) zoning classification to Mixed Use Center (MUC) designation with a Mixed Use Center(MUC)zoning classification. Pursuant to SVMC 19.30.030 (B) all site specific zoning map amendments must meet all the following criteria: a. The requirements of SVMC 22.20,Concurrency; As stated in previous analysis the proposed amendment meets concurrency requirements. b. The requested map is consistent with the Comprehensive plan; As stated in previous analysis the proposed amendment is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. c. The map amendment bears a substantial relation to the public health, safety and welfare; As stated in previous analysis the proposed amendment bears a substantial relation to the public health, safety and welfare. Page 5 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 d. The map amendment is warranted in order to achieve consistency with the Comprehensive Plan or because of a need for additional property in the proposed zoning district classification, or because the proposed zoning classification is appropriate for reasonable development of the subject property; The proposed amendment and zone change is reasonable as part of this development. e. The property is adjacent and contiguous (which shall include corner touches and property located across a public right-of-way) to property of the same or higher zoning classification; The property located north of the subject property has a Mixed Use Center land use designation in the Comprehensive Plan and a Mixed Use Center zoning designation. The subject property meets the requirement. f. The map amendment will not be materially detrimental to uses or property in the immediate vicinity of the subject property; The surrounding land uses include Mirabeau Meadows Park, the Centennial Trail and parking area, and an office building. The City of Spokane Valley Center Place, the YMCA and STA Mirabeau Point bus station are all located in close proximity. As stated previously the amendment will allow mixed use development which may include a mix of office and retail with open space and community and cultural facilities. The existing land uses are compatible with the proposed land use designation and zoning district or will be made compatible with the application of development regulations. g. The map amendment has merit and value for the community as a whole; The amendment will provide an opportunity to redevelop a property that is currently overgrown with weeds, partially covered with remnants of an old road, and containing the remains of a rusted portion of guard rail. The MUC designation would allow for commercial development as an amenity to trail users and park patrons. b. Conclusion(s): Pursuant to RCW 36.70a.130(2)(a), proposed updates to the Comprehensive Plan will be processed only once a year except for the adoption of original subarea plans, amendments to the shoreline master program, the amendment of the capital facilities chapter concurrent with the adoption of the City budget, in the event of an emergency or to resolve an appeal of the Comprehensive Plan filed with the Growth Management Hearings Board. The proposed amendment is consistent SVMC Title 19 and state law regarding Comprehensive Plan amendments. 3. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan a. Findings: The Mixed Use Center designations allows for two or more different land uses within developments. These developments can include employment uses such as office, retail and/or lodging along with higher density residential uses, and in some cases community or cultural facilities. Compatibility between uses is achieved through design which integrates certain physical and functional features such as transportation systems,pedestrian ways, open areas or court yards, and common focal points or amenities. The Mixed Use Center designation represents an opportunity to integrate an office or retail development into the community parks,pedestrian ways and natural open space found at this location. Page 6 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 The proposed amendment will complement the existing community and cultural facilities, the pedestrian ways and the existing office development north of the site. The amendment is generally consistent with the following Comprehensive Plan goals and policies. Goal LUG-9: Encourage the development of Mixed-use areas that foster community identity and are designed to support pedestrian, bicycle and regional transit. Goal EDG-1: Encourage diverse and mutually supportive business development and the expansion and retention of existing businesses within the City for the purpose of emphasizing economic vitality, stability and sustainability. Goal EDG-6: Establish a balanced approach to environmental sustainability which complements the utilization of area resources and economic growth. b. Conclusion(s): The proposed amendment is consistent with the City's Adopted Comprehensive Plan. 4. Adequate Public Facilities a. Findings: The Growth Management Act(GMA) and the City's Comprehensive Plan requires that public facilities and services be adequate to serve the development at the time the development is available for occupancy. The amendment is currently served with both public water and sewer. Mirabeau Parkway, a collector,provides roadway access and ties into Indiana Avenue to the south and Pines Road to the west. Pines Road is a designated state roadway and Indiana Avenue is a minor arterial road according to Map 3.1 of the City's adopted Arterial Street Plan. Spokane County Fire District No. 1 will provide fire protection service, the City of Spokane Valley Police Department will provide police service and Spokane Transit Authority (STA) will provide public transit service. b. Conclusion(s): The proposed amendment will have adequate urban services at the time of development. D. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC COMMENTS 1. Findings: Staff has not received any public comments to date. 2. Conclusion(s): No concerns are noted. E. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO AGENCY COMMENTS 1. Findings: Staff received comments from the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (State Parks). State Parks is an agency with environmental expertise under SEPA and is an adjacent property owner of the Centennial Trail. State Parks would prefer to see the parcel retained as open space but understands the public benefit gained from the action. State Parks also expressed concern with having higher intensity development and uses immediately adjacent to the Centennial Trail. Page 7 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 Should the proposed rezoning action be approved, State Parks requests the decision-makers consider adding the following conditions to the license (MO U)governing future development and use of the parcel: • Potential Adverse Impacts: Trespassing, dumping, and uncontrolled trail access • Recommended Mitigation: Surveying,permanent marking, and recording of the common property line by a professional surveyor licensed in the State of Washington. Fencing the common property line to help prevent trespass, illegal dumping, and uncontrolled trail access. A legal easement from State Parks must be secured for any future access from the referenced parcel to the Centennial Trail. • Potential Adverse Impact: Noise, Light, Glare • Recommended Mitigation: Planting of a vegetative buffer along the common property line with 6' tall conifers planted at a maximum of 20' on-center, per an approved landscaping plan prepared by a professional landscape architect. The buffer should be maintained for the life of the project. Any lighting should be shielded and directed to prevent "wash"onto adjacent parcels. 2. Conclusion(s): The Centennial Trail is located on the subject property. Questions as to the common boundary and the site of the fence and buffer would need to be determined prior to inclusion in any sort of licensing or development agreement. Protection of Centennial Trail from unfettered access, noise and light intrusion will be addressed by the City prior to any development on the parcel. 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Map 8.3 Fish & Wildlife Habitat Legend I-7 City of Spokane Valley Boundary Cliffs/Bluffs White Tailed Deer Moose ▪Elk Habitat Urban Natural Open Space -Riparian Zone —Waterfowl I Urban Growth Area Water Bodies DNR Stream Type (S)Designated Shoreline (F)Fish Habitat (N)Non-fish Habitat Effective Date:XX/XX/XXXX Ordinance No.:X --+X XXX Ual_-�p Map Location d 04 0 0.5 1 2 Miles I I I Notice:The information shown on this map is compiled from various sources and is subject to constant revision.The City makes no claims or guarantees about the accuracy or currency of this map and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in its contents. To confirm accuracy contact the City of Spokane Valley,Community Development Department,Division of Planning,(509)921-1000. Product or the City or Spokane Valley,community Development Department COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING DIVISION SCITY �Valley STAFF REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION CPA-02-14 STAFF REPORT DATE: February 5,2014 HEARING DATE AND LOCATION: February 27,2014,beginning at 6:00 p.m., Spokane Valley City Hall Council Chambers,Valley Redwood Plaza Building, 11707 East Sprague Avenue, Suite 101, Spokane Valley,Washington 99206. Project Number: CPA-02-14 Application Description: The application is a privately initiated site-specific Comprehensive Plan map amendment seeking to change the Comprehensive Plan land use designation from Low Density Residential(LDR)with a Single- Family Residential Suburban (R-2)zoning classification to a Corridor Mixed Use (CMU)designation with a Corridor Mixed Use (CMU) zoning classification. Location: Parcel 35124.0813; generally located 500 feet north of the intersection of Trent Avenue and Bradley Road; further located in the SE 1/4 of Section 12,Township 25 North,Range 43 East,Willamette Meridian, Spokane County,Washington. Applicant(s): Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Services 2521 N Flora Road Spokane Valley,WA 99216 Owner(s): Spokane County 1116 W Broadway Ave Spokane,WA 99260 Date of Application: October 28,2013 Date Determined Complete November 1,2013 Staff Contact: Martin Palaniuk,Planner (509)720-5031 mpalaniuk@ spokanevalley.org APPROVAL CRITERIA: Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan, Spokane Valley Municipal Code (SVMC) Title 17 General Provisions,Title 19 Zoning Regulations, and Title 21 Environmental Controls. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Division, after review and consideration of the submitted application and applicable approval criteria, recommends that the Planning Commission approve CPA-02-14. ATTACHMENTS: Exhibit 1: Vicinity Map Exhibit 2 Comprehensive Plan Map Exhibit 3: Zoning Map Exhibit 4: Aerial Map Staff Report CPA-02-14 A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1. PROPERTY INFORMATION: Size and The site is approximately 1 acre in size. The SEPA checklist states Characteristics: the site is generally flat and consists of gravelly soils. Comprehensive Plan: Low Density Residential(LDR) Zoning: Single-Family Residential Suburban District(R-2) Existing Land Use: Vacant with no existing use in place. 2. SURROUNDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,ZONING,AND LAND USES: North Comprehensive Plan—Low Density Residential(LDR) Zoning—Single-Family Residential Suburban District(R-2) Existing Land Uses—Single-family residential South Comprehensive Plan—Corridor Mixed Use (CMU) Zoning—Corridor Mixed Use (CMU) Existing Land Uses—Commercial-Formerly a Harley-Davidson dealership, currently undergoing renovations to house the new regional SCRAPS facility East Comprehensive Plan—Low Density Residential (LDR) Zoning—Single-family Residential Suburban (R-2) Existing Land Uses—Single-family Residence West Comprehensive Plan—Light Industrial(LI) Zoning—Light Industrial(I-1) Existing Land Uses—Light Industrial -Mutual Materials Company—building material sales B. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO SEPA 1. Findings: Pursuant to SVMC Title 21 (Environmental Controls),the lead agency has determined that this proposal does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). The Planning Division issued a Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) for the proposal. This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. 2. Conclusion(s): The procedural requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and SVMC Title 21 have been fulfilled. C. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 1. Compliance with Title 17(General Provisions) of the Spokane Valley Municipal Code a. Findings: SVMC 17.80.140(H). Comprehensive Plan Amendment Approval Criteria i. The City may approve Comprehensive Plan amendments and area-wide zone map amendments if it finds that(analysis is italicized): Page 2 of 7 Staff Report CPA-02-14 (1) The proposed amendment bears a substantial relationship to the public health, safety, welfare,and protection of the environment; Analysis: The Corridor Mixed Use (CMU) designation will allow the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Services (SCRAPS) to utilize the property for expansion of their services. SCRAPS is in the process of moving from their current location on Flora Road to the upgraded facility at 6815 E Trent Avenue. SCRAPS provides regional animal protection services and serves the City of Spokane, Spokane County, Liberty Lake, Airway Heights, Millwood, and the City of Spokane Valley. The amendment is consistent with the long-term objectives of the Comprehensive Plan and should have merit and value for the community as a whole. The proposed amendment is located near services and a designated Spokane Transit Authority (STA) bus route. The public health, safety, and general welfare should be promoted by standards established by the state and the City's regulations. (2) The proposed amendment is consistent with the requirements of Chapter 36.70A RCW and with the portion of the City's adopted plan not affected by the amendment; Analysis: The Growth Management Act (GMA) stipulates that the comprehensive land use plan and development regulations shall be subject to continuing review and evaluation by the City. The amendment provides a suitable land use designation consistent with the City's GMA compliant Comprehensive Plan. (3) The proposed amendment responds to a substantial change in conditions beyond the property owner's control applicable to the area within which the subject property lies; Analysis: The site lies between the future SCRAPS facility, a light industrial use, a single family residential use, and a street. The current designation allows single family residential. Due to the nature of the adjacent uses, the existing single family residential would benefit from a designation that allows a transitional use to buffer the impacts of a commercial and light industrial use on a single family residential use. The site is no longer conducive to single family residential and is better suited to higher intensity use. The site lies north of and adjacent to the former Harley Davidson building located at 1615 E Trent Avenue. SCRAPS is currently undergoing improvements to the building and will relocate to the site in April 2014. If approved,_ the site will be used to extend the yard and animal exercise area in the future. The amendment is a reasonable extension of the existing Corridor Mixed Use designation located directly south of the property. The light industrial uses located to the west are complimentary to the proposed corridor mixed use designation. (4) The proposed amendment corrects an obvious mapping error;or Analysis: The amendment does not correct a mapping error. (5) The proposed amendment addresses an identified deficiency in the Comprehensive Plan. Analysis: The amendment does not address an identified deficiency in the Comprehensive Plan. ii. The City must also consider the following factors prior to approving Comprehensive Plan amendments: (1) The effect upon the physical environment; Page 3 of 7 Staff Report CPA-02-14 Analysis: There are no known physical characteristics that could create difficulties in developing the property under the proposed designation. This is a non project action and future development will be evaluated for compliance with all environmental requirements. (2) The effect on open space, streams,rivers,and lakes; Analysis: There are no known critical areas associated with the site, such as wetlands, aquifer recharge areas,fish and wildlife habitat areas,frequently flooded areas or geologically hazardous areas. The site is not located within the shoreline jurisdiction and there are no known surface water quality or quantity issues. (3) The compatibility with and impact on adjacent land uses and surrounding neighborhoods; Analysis: The site lies within the Airport Hazard Overlay zone and may be subject to substantial noise impacts. Development and enforcement of the City's land use regulations will ensure compatibility with the existing neighborhood. The use of fencing and screening will provide visual separation and physical buffers between land uses. New multifamily development is required to meet a 1:1 height to setback ratio when abutting a single family use or zone and a 10 foot minimum setback. New commercial development must meet 20 foot setbacks when adjacent to a residential use or zone. In addition Type 1 screening is required for commercial development adjacent to any residential zone (4) The adequacy of and impact on community facilities including utilities,roads,public transportation,parks,recreation,and schools; Analysis: The City of Spokane Valley addresses adequacy of community facilities on a citywide basis through capital facilities planning. Policy CFP-9.1 of the Comprehensive Plan recommends a concurrency management system for transportation, sewer, and water facilities. At the time of development, an additional SEPA review may be required to evaluate the impacts of the use(s) and proposed structure(s)on the physical environment and transportation. (5) The benefit to the neighborhood,City,and region; Analysis: The proposed site-specific map amendment has significant regional benefit. The amendment will provide additional area for an upgraded and necessary regional animal control facility. The impacts of an upgraded and expanded facility will be felt throughout the region. Additionally, if the SCRAPS facility plans were to change, the proposed designation will allow for transitional uses more suitable to the location that may act as a buffer between the existing uses. (6) The quantity and location of land planned for the proposed land use type and density and the demand for such land; Analysis: As shown in Figure 2.1 of the City's adopted Comprehensive Plan, 4.2% of the land in the City is designated for Corridor Mixed use. Corridor Mixed-use is intended to enhance travel options, encourage development of locally serving commercial uses, multi family apartments, lodging and offices along major transportation corridors identified in the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. The Corridor Mixed-use designation is primarily used along Sprague and Trent Avenues between the commercial centers clustered at the major intersections. The site lies north of the new SCRAP facility and east of light industrial use. Residential uses lie north and east of the site. The site characteristics would permit Page 4 of 7 Staff Report CPA-02-14 development as a residential property. However the property is owned by Spokane County and residential development is not desired. The property was purchased by Spokane County with the hope of expanding the SCRAPS facility by using the area as an exercise area and "meet and greet" area for prospective new pet owners. Spokane County has established a demand for the CMU designation with a substantial capital investment in the property. (7) The current and projected population density in the area; and Analysis: The amendment will have little impact on population density and does not demand population analysis. (8) The effect upon other aspects of the Comprehensive Plan. Analysis: The amendment is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and will have minimal impact on other aspects of the plan. 2. Compliance with SVMC Title 19 Zoning Regulations a. Findings: The proposal is to change the comprehensive plan designation from Low Density Residential (LDR) with a Single-Family Residential (R-2) zoning classification to Corridor Mixed Use (CMU)designation with a Corridor Mixed Use (CMU)zoning classification. The site is located within the Airport Hazard Overlay and may be subject to heightened levels of noise hazard from aircraft operations on Felts Field located northwest of the property. Future development on the site will be subject to the provisions in SVMC 19.110. Pursuant to SVMC 19.30.030 (B) all site specific zoning map amendments must meet all the following criteria: a. The requirements of SVMC 22.20,Concurrency; As stated in previous analysis the proposed amendment meets concurrency requirements. b. The requested map is consistent with the Comprehensive plan; As stated in previous analysis the proposed amendment is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. c. The map amendment bears a substantial relation to the public health, safety and welfare; As stated in previous analysis the proposed amendment bears a substantial relation to the public health, safety and welfare. d. The map amendment is warranted in order to achieve consistency with the Comprehensive Plan or because of a need for additional property in the proposed zoning district classification, or because the proposed zoning classification is appropriate for reasonable development of the subject property; The property is to be developed as part of the SCRAPS regional animal control facility. The proposed amendment and zone change is reasonable as part of this development. As stated in previous analysis, the proposed amendment will allow higher intensity uses that are more suited to the property. e. The property is adjacent and contiguous (which shall include corner touches and property located across a public right-of-way) to property of the same or higher zoning classification; The property located south of the subject property has a Corridor Mixed Use land use designation in the Comprehensive Plan and a Corridor Mixed Use zoning designation. The subject property meets the requirement. Page 5 of 7 Staff Report CPA-02-14 f. The map amendment will not be materially detrimental to uses or property in the immediate vicinity of the subject property; As stated above existing land uses are compatible, or will be made compatible, with the application of development regulations at the time of development.- g. The map amendment has merit and value for the community as a whole; The amendment will allow the expansion of the SCRAPS regional animal control facility which has merit and value to the community-. b. Conclusion(s): Pursuant to RCW 36.70a.130(2)(a), proposed updates to the Comprehensive Plan will be processed only once a year except for the adoption of original subarea plans, amendments to the shoreline master program, the amendment of the capital facilities chapter concurrent with the adoption of the City budget, in the event of an emergency or to resolve an appeal of the Comprehensive Plan filed with the Growth Management Hearings Board. The proposed amendment is consistent SVMC Title 19 and state law regarding Comprehensive Plan amendments. 3. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan a. Findings: The Corridor Mixed Use (CMU) designation provides for expansion of the SCRAPS animal control facility being sited on the adjacent property to the south. The animal control facility provides an essential public service throughout the region. The proposed amendment is compatible with the Corridor Mixed Use south of the site and the Light Industrial use located west of the site. The amendment is generally consistent with the following Comprehensive Plan goals and policies. Goal CFG-1: Provide facilities and services that the City can most effectively deliver, and contract or franchise for those facilities and services that the City determines can best be provided by a special district, other jurisdiction, or the private sector. Goal EDG-1: Encourage diverse and mutually supportive business development and the expansion and retention of existing businesses within the City for the purpose of emphasizing economic vitality, stability and sustainability. Goal EDG-2: Encourage redevelopment of commercial/industrial properties within the City. b. Conclusion(s): The proposed amendment is consistent with the City's Adopted Comprehensive Plan. 4. Adequate Public Facilities a. Findings: The Growth Management Act(GMA) and the City's Comprehensive Plan requires that public facilities and services be adequate to serve the development at the time the development is available for occupancy. The amendment is currently served with public water and sewer. Trent Avenue and Bradley Road will provide transportation access. Trent Ave, located approximately 450 feet south of the site is designated a State Route according to Map 3.1 of the City's adopted Arterial Street Plan. Spokane County Fire District No. 1 will provide fire protection service, the City of Page 6 of 7 Staff Report CPA-02-14 Spokane Valley Police Department will provide police service and Spokane Transit Authority (STA) will provide public transit service. b. Conclusion(s): The proposed amendment will have adequate urban services at the time of development. D. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC COMMENTS 1. Findings: Staff has not received any public comments to date. 2. Conclusion(s): No concerns are noted. E. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO AGENCY COMMENTS 1. Findings: Staff has not received any agency comments to date. 2. Conclusion(s): No concerns are noted. Page 7 of 7 35111 0001 0 444e— SPOKANE 35115.0102 35115.0202 35111.0186 Vicinity Map Comprehensive Map Amendment CPA-02-14 35122.0013 Ul NJ NJ P. 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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING DIVISION SCITY �Valley STAFF REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION CPA-03-14 STAFF REPORT DATE: February 5,2014 HEARING DATE AND LOCATION: February 27,2014,beginning at 6:00 p.m., Spokane Valley City Hall Council Chambers,Valley Redwood Plaza Building, 11707 East Sprague Avenue, Suite 101, Spokane Valley,Washington 99206. Project Number: CPA-03-14 Application Description: The application is a privately initiated site-specific comprehensive plan map amendment requesting to change the designation from Low Density Residential(LDR)with a Single-Family Residential(R-3) zoning classification to a High Density Residential(HDR)designation with a High Density Multifamily Residential(MF-2)zoning classification. Location: 4 N. Barker Road- Parcel#55173.1005 generally located at the NE intersection of Barker Road and Sprague Ave.; further located in the SE I/4 of Section 17,Township 25 North,Range 45 East,Willamette Meridian, Spokane County,Washington Applicant(s): Whipple Consulting Engineers 2528 North Sullivan Road Spokane Valley,WA 99216 Owner(s): Wendall and Teresa Olson 4 N. Barker Road. Spokane Valley,WA 99016 Date of Application: October 30,2013 Date Determined Complete October 30,2013 Staff Contact: Lori Barlow,AICP, Senior Planner (509)720-5335 LBarlow@spokanevalley.org APPROVAL CRITERIA: Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan, Spokane Valley Municipal Code (SVMC) Title 17 General Provisions,Title 19 Zoning Regulations, and Title 21 Environmental Controls. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Division, after review and consideration of the submitted application and applicable approval criteria, recommends that the Planning Commission approve CPA-03-14. ATTACHMENTS: Exhibit 1: Vicinity Map Exhibit 2 Comprehensive Plan Map Exhibit 3: Zoning Map Exhibit 4: Aerial Map Staff Report CPA-03-14 A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1. PROPERTY INFORMATION: Size and The site is approximately 5 acres in size. The SEPA checklist Characteristics: states the site is generally flat and there are no known critical areas. Comprehensive Plan: Low Density Residential(LDR) Zoning: Single-Family Residential District(R-3) Existing Land Use: The site contains a single-family residence,outbuildings and pasture land 2. SURROUNDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,ZONING,AND LAND USES: North Comprehensive Plan—Low Density Residential(LDR)and High Density Residential(HDR) Zoning—Single-Family Residential District(R-3) and High Density Multi-family Residential(MF-2) Existing Land Uses—Single-family residential and vacant land South Comprehensive Plan—Low Density Residential(LDR) Zoning—Single-Family Residential District(R-3) Existing Land Uses—Single-family residential and a church(located at the SW intersection of Barker and Sprague) East Comprehensive Plan—Low Density Residential(LDR) Zoning—Single-Family Residential District(R-3) Existing Land Uses—Single family residential West Comprehensive Plan—Medium Density Residential (MDR) Zoning—Medium Density Multifamily Residential(NIF-1) and Single-Family Residential District(R-3) Existing Land Uses—Single-family residential B. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO SEPA 1. Findings: Pursuant to SVMC Title 21 (Environmental Controls),the lead agency has determined that this proposal does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). The Planning Division issued a Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) for the proposal. This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. 2. Conclusion(s): The procedural requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and SVMC Title 21 have been fulfilled. C. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 1. Compliance with Title 17(General Provisions) of the Spokane Valley Municipal Code a. Findings: SVMC 17.80.140(H). Comprehensive Plan Amendment Approval Criteria Page 2 of 7 Staff Report CPA-03-14 i. The City may approve Comprehensive Plan amendments and area-wide zone map amendments if it finds that(analysis is italicized): (1) The proposed amendment bears a substantial relationship to the public health, safety, welfare, and protection of the environment; Analysis: The High Density Multifamily Residential (MF-2) designation represents an opportunity to provide a range of housing types to accommodate anticipated residential growth with densities not to exceed 22 units per acre. Multifamily residential zones should be used as transitional zoning between higher intensity land uses, such as commercial and office, or even high volume roadways, to medium and lower density single-family neighborhoods. High density residential areas should be located near services and high capacity transit facilities or transit routes. While the site is not adjacent to office or commercial uses, it lies at the intersection of a minor arterial and collector. According to Table 4.36 of the Capital Facilities Element a round-a-bout or signal will be installed at that intersection prior to 2019. The amendment is generally consistent with the long-term objectives of the Comprehensive Plan and should have merit and value for the community as a whole. The proposed amendment is located near a designated Spokane Transit Authority (STA) bus route at the intersection of Barker and Appleway, ensuring that transportation options are available to all services. The public health, safety, and general welfare should be promoted by standards established by the state and the City's regulations. (2) The proposed amendment is consistent with the requirements of Chapter 36.70A RCW and with the portion of the City's adopted plan not affected by the amendment; Analysis: The amendment provides a suitable land use designation consistent with the City's GMA compliant Comprehensive Plan. The designation is consistent with the existing land use designation to the north, maintains the residential land use in the area and allows for encourages infill of an underutilized lot. (3) The proposed amendment responds to a substantial change in conditions beyond the property owner's control applicable to the area within which the subject property lies; Analysis: The amendment responds to a substantial change in conditions that has caused additional traffic on Barker Road. Chapman Road was extended in 2013 so that it now connects with Barker just south of 12th Avenue. The extension provides a more direct route to I-90 for the rapidly growing Morningside neighborhood, located west of Barker off of Saltese Road, diverting traffic from the congested Sullivan Route. The amendment is a reasonable extension of the existing High Density Residential designation located directly north of the property. The Church use, located at the southwest intersection of Barker and Sprague, is complimentary to the proposed high density residential designation and numerous commerial uses are located approximately 1000 feet to the north. However, parcel #55173.1018 would become an island of Low Density Residential. Including the property as High Density Residential should be considered, if not now, then in the future during a comprehensive update process. (4) The proposed amendment corrects an obvious mapping error; or Analysis: The amendment does not correct a mapping error. Page 3 of 7 Staff Report CPA-03-14 (5) The proposed amendment addresses an identified deficiency in the Comprehensive Plan. Analysis: The amendment does not address an identified deficiency in the Comprehensive Plan. ii. The City must also consider the following factors prior to approving Comprehensive Plan amendments: (1) The effect upon the physical environment; Analysis: There are no known physical characteristics that could create difficulties in developing the property under the proposed designation. This is a non project action and future development will be evaluated for compliance with all environmental requirements. (2) The effect on open space, streams,rivers, and lakes; Analysis: There are no known critical areas associated with the site, such as wetlands, fish and wildlife habitat areas, frequently flooded areas or geologically hazardous areas. The site is not located within the shoreline jurisdiction and there are no known surface water quality or quantity issues. (3) The compatibility with and impact on adjacent land uses and surrounding neighborhoods; Analysis: Development and enforcement of the City's land use regulations will ensure compatibility with the existing neighborhood. Required fencing and screening will provide visual separation and physical buffers between land uses. Also, new multifamily development is required to meet a 1:1 height to setback ratio when abutting a single family use or zone and a 10 foot minimum setback. (4) The adequacy of and impact on community facilities including utilities,roads,public transportation,parks,recreation,and schools; Analysis: The City of Spokane Valley addresses adequacy of community facilities on a citywide basis through capital facilities planning. Policy CFP-9.1 of the Comprehensive Plan recommends a concurrency management system for transportation, sewer, and water facilities. The City of Spokane Valley's Parks and Recreation Plan outlines an implementation strategy including a capital facilities plan, which identifies costs and revenue sources for new parks. All utilities, roads, public transportation, and school facilities are available to serve the site. A Trip Distribution letter submitted by the applicant indicates that the designation change may increase the AM and PM peak hour trips by 39- 47 trips above the development under the current designation. As indicated previously, a round-a-bout or signal will be installed at the Barker/Sprague intersection prior to 2019. At the time of development, the site-specific amendment may have an impact on transportation. At the time of the submittal of any building permit applications, an additional SEPA review may be required to evaluate the impacts of the uses to transportation. (5) The benefit to the neighborhood,City,and region; Analysis: The proposed site-specific map amendment should not affect the existing character of the surrounding neighborhood and will likely promote the most appropriate use of property. The amendment will assist the City in providing housing needs for all economic segments of community. Page 4 of 7 Staff Report CPA-03-14 The GMA encourages a variety of residential densities and housing types. The proposed amendment will allow for a variety of residential densities and housing types. (6) The quantity and location of land planned for the proposed land use type and density and the demand for such land; Analysis: As shown in Figure 2.1 of the City's adopted Comprehensive Plan, 4% of the land in the City is designated for high density residential use. The Comprehensive Plan states that the high density residential designation provides housing opportunities for younger, lower income households in the City who may not yet be able to afford a home of their own. The Comprehensive Plan further states that this designation is appropriate for land which is located adjacent to the arterial street system served by public transit, and is in close proximity to business and commercial centers. The High Density Residential designation represents an opportunity to provide a variety of housing types to accommodate projected residential growth. The proposed amendment is located at the intersection of a minor arterial and collector. Public transit can be accessed at the intersection of Barker Road and Appleway, providing service to Liberty Lake and the Valley Transit Center. The site is approximately 1000 feet south of a commercialized intersection zoned, Corridor Mixed Use (CMU). (7) The current and projected population density in the area; and Analysis: The amendment will have little impact on population density and does not demand population analysis. (8) The effect upon other aspects of the Comprehensive Plan. Analysis: The amendment is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and will have minimal impact on other aspects of the plan. 2. Compliance with SVMC Title 19 Zoning Regulations a. Findings: The proposal is to change the comprehensive plan designation from Low Density Residential (LDR) with a Single-Family Residential (R-3) zoning classification to High Density Residential (HDR) designation with a High Density Multifamily Residential (MF-2) zoning classification. The High Density Multifamily Residential (MF-2) designation represents an opportunity to provide a range of housing types to accommodate anticipated residential growth with densities not to exceed 22 units per acre. Multifamily residential zones should be used as transitional zoning between higher intensity land uses, such as commercial and office, to medium and lower density single-family neighborhoods. High density residential areas should be located near services and high capacity transit facilities or transit routes. b. Conclusion(s): Pursuant to RCW 36.70a.130(2)(a), proposed updates to the Comprehensive Plan will be processed only once a year except for the adoption of original subarea plans, amendments to the shoreline master program, the amendment of the capital facilities chapter concurrent with the adoption of the City budget, in the event of an emergency or to resolve an appeal of the Comprehensive Plan filed with the Growth Management Hearings Board. Page 5 of 7 Staff Report CPA-03-14 The proposed amendment is consistent SVMC Title 19 and state law regarding Comprehensive Plan amendments. 3. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan a. Findings: The High Density Residential (HDR) designation provides for existing multi family residential development developed at a density in excess of 12 units per acre. HDR provides housing opportunities for younger, lower income households in the City who may not yet be able to afford a home of their own. Moreover, this designation provides housing options for people looking to "downsize"from a single family dwelling on an individual lot, or for those known as "empty-nesters" whose children have moved out of the household and a large single family home is no longer needed. Generally, this designation is appropriate for land which is located adjacent to the arterial street system served by public transit, and is in close proximity to business and commercial centers. The proposed amendment will complement the existing development to the north (commercial) and southwest (church) as well as offer reasonable development options for property abutting an arterial. The amendment is generally consistent with the following Comprehensive Plan goals and policies. Goal LUG-2: Encourage a wide range of housing types and densities commensurate with the community's needs and preferences. HP-1.6: Encourage the development of housing for seniors and other special populations along transit corridors and within walking distance of shopping and medical facilities. b. Conclusion(s): The proposed amendment is consistent with the City's Adopted Comprehensive Plan. 4. Adequate Public Facilities a. Findings: The Growth Management Act(GMA) and the City's Comprehensive Plan requires that public facilities and services be adequate to serve the development at the time the development is available for occupancy. The amendment is currently served with public water and sewer. Barker Road and Sprague Avenue will provide transportation access. Barker is a designated Minor Arterial, and Sprague is designates as a minor arterial to the west of the intersection and as a collector to the east of the intersection. Appleway Avenue located approximately 1000 feet north of the site is designated a principle arterial on Map 3.1 of the City's adopted Arterial Street Plan. Spokane County Fire District No. 1 will provide fire protection service, the City of Spokane Valley Police Department will provide police service and Spokane Transit Authority (STA) will provide public transit service. b. Conclusion(s): The proposed amendment will have adequate urban services at the time of development. D. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC COMMENTS 1. Findings: Staff has not received any public comments to date. Page 6 of 7 Staff Report CPA-03-14 2. Conclusion(s): No concerns are noted. E. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO AGENCY COMMENTS 1. Findings: Staff has not received any agency comments to date. 2. Conclusion(s): No concerns are noted. Page 7 of 7 lin-64t1 l F ral Cataldo Av Cataldo Av, D e I v 90 a _ r u Broadway Av— .,ji"'w Liiiiii 1 ono Vicinity Map CPA-03-14 MI ion. 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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING DIVISION CITY OF pokane STAFF REPORT TO THE 40000 Valley° PLANNING COMMISSION J 2014 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENTS CPA-04-14,CPA-05-14,CPA-06-14,CPA-07-14,CPA-08-14,CPA-09-14, and CPA-10-14 STAFF REPORT DATE:February 5,2014 HEARING DATE AND LOCATION: February 27, 2014,beginning at 6:00 p.m., Spokane Valley City Hall Council Chambers, Valley Redwood Plaza Building, 11707 East Sprague Avenue, Suite 101, Spokane Valley,Washington 99206. PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION: The 2014 Comprehensive Plan amendments include amendments to six Comprehensive Plan Elements: Chapter 2 - Land Use, Chapter 3 - Transportation, Chapter 4 - Capital Facilities and Public Services, Chapter 6 — Private and Public Utilities, Chapter 7 - Economic Development, and Chapter 11 — Bike and Pedestrian. The amendments may require minor changes to other elements that reference the proposed amendments. Chapter 2 —Land Use: Updated section 2.2.1 City Center Plan and section 2.5.3 City Center, to remove the land use scenario and associated land use designation; removed all goals and policies supporting the City Center concept and all references within section 2.3 Relationship to Other Comprehensive Plan Chapters, updated section 2.4.1 Projected Growth and Table 2.1 Land Capacity Analysis, and added policy language to support infill and connectivity in residential zones. Chapter 3—Transportation: Removed section 3.2.7.3 City Center to be consistent with the removal of the City Center Concept in Chapter 2, and updated Map 3.1 Arterial Street Plan to reflect the removal of Appleway Boulevard extension, the minor arterial upgrade of a portion of Mission Avenue, and the removal of a section of Forker and Progress Roads that lie outside city limits. Chapter 4 — Capital Facilities and Public Services: Updated the following tables: Table 4.4 Population Projections, Table 4.9 Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) Station Locations, Table 4.10, SVFD City Responses, Table 4.11 SVFD Capital Projects Plan, Table 4.13 Park Facilities, Table 4.15 Future Park Demand, Table 4.17 Parks Capital Facilities Plan,Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis, Table 4.37 Pavement Preservation Revenues and Expenditures, and all tables associated with the 6-year Transportation Improvement Program; added Stormwater Capital Improvement Plan, Table 4.34 Stormwater Management Budget Summary of Revenues and Expenditures, and Table 4.35 Stormwater Capital Improvement Plan Summary. Chapter 6—Private and Public Utilities: Removed all references to City Center Plan Concept. Chapter 7 —Economic Development: Removed all references to City Center Plan Concept, and updated Map 7.1 to reflect the latest Development Activity. Chapter 9—Parks and Recreation: Staff intended to update the chapter consistent with the updated Parks and Recreation Plan. Due to the adoption date of the Plan, this has been postponed to the next update cycle. Chapter 11 —Bike and Pedestrian: Updated the following maps to reflect improvements occuring during Staff Report and Recommendation Comprehensive Plan Text Amendments the 2013 development cycle: Map 11.1 Existing Bike Facilities, Map 11.2 Recommended Bikeway Network, also added a proposed Shared Use Path extension from the City limits to the Appleway Trail along Barker Road, Map 11.3 Existing Sidewalk Network, and Map 11.4 Recommended Pedestrian Network. 1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1. APPLICATION PROCESSING: Docket Approved: November 11,2014 Issuance of Determination of Non-Significance(DNS): February 7,2014 End of Appeal Period for DNS: February 21,2014 Published Notice of Public Hearing: February 7,2014 Mailed Notice of Public Hearing: February 7,2014 2. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO SEPA 1. Findings: Pursuant to SVMC Title 21 (Environmental Controls),the lead agency has determined that this proposal does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). The Planning Division issued a Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) for the proposal. This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. 2. Conclusion(s): The procedural requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and SVMC Title 21 have been fulfilled. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 1. Compliance with Title 17(General Provisions) of the Spokane Valley Municipal Code a. Findings: SVMC 17.80.140(H)Comprehensive Plan Amendment Approval Criteria i. The City may approve Comprehensive Plan amendments and area-wide zone map amendments if it finds that(analysis is italicized): (1) The proposed amendment bears a substantial relationship to the public health, safety, welfare, and protection of the environment; Analysis: The Washington State Growth Management Act limits the City to amending the Comprehensive Plan to once a year. The City provides a process each year for individuals, groups, City departments, and elected officials to propose updates to address changing conditions so the plan will reflect ongoing work or new information. The proposed amendments primarily focus on the removal of the City Center Plan Concept as directed by the Council, specific policy areas and update information in the plan. Page 2 of 5 Staff Report and Recommendation Comprehensive Plan Text Amendments The 2014 proposed text amendments will ensure that internal plans, such as the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), special purpose district's and other service provider's plans are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The public health, safety, welfare, and protection of the environment are furthered by ensuring the Comprehensive Plan is reflective of regional policy and current with other plans. (2) The proposed amendment is consistent with the requirements of Chapter 36.70A RCW and with the portion of the City's adopted plan not affected by the amendment; Analysis: The Growth Management Act (GMA) stipulates that the comprehensive land use plan and development regulations shall be subject to continuing review and evaluation by the City. The proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are not in conflict with Chapter 36.70A RCW (Growth Management Act) and do not result in internal inconsistencies within the plan itself (3) The proposed amendment responds to a substantial change in conditions beyond the property owner's control applicable to the area within which the subject property lies; Analysis: The proposed amendments are not privately initiated site-specific requests. The criteria does not apply. (4) The proposed amendment corrects an obvious mapping error; or Analysis: The proposed text amendments will not result in changes to specific properties. (5) The proposed amendment addresses an identified deficiency in the Comprehensive Plan. Analysis: The City is adding policy language to encourage infill development in residential zones and removing the City Center Plan scenario from the Land Use Element and other elements affected. The majority of the amendments update or correct information contained in the Plan. The City Center land use scenario is being removed at the direction of the Council. The City previously eliminated the implementing regulations, known as the Sprague Appleway Revitalization Plan, and removed the City Center land use designation from the Land Use map. At this point, staff has not identified any deficiency in the Comprehensive Plan. ii. The City must also consider the following factors prior to approving Comprehensive Plan amendments: (1) The effect upon the physical environment; Analysis: Pursuant to Title 21 (Environmental Controls) of the City of Spokane Valley Municipal Code, the lead agency has determined that the proposed amendments do not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. (2) The effect on open space, streams,rivers, and lakes; Analysis: The proposed amendments are primarily policy oriented and non project amendments. (3) The compatibility with and impact on adjacent land uses and surrounding neighborhoods; Analysis: The proposed amendments are primarily policy oriented and non project amendments, with the exception of the removal of the City Center Land Use Plan concept. The City Center Plan describes a strategy and identifies policies to create "City Center." The City Center land use designation was removed from the Land Page 3 of 5 Staff Report and Recommendation Comprehensive Plan Text Amendments Use Map by Council through a comprehensive plan amendment action redesignating the affected property commercial in 2011. The text remained in the plan as the City Center scenario provided the basis for future planning efforts. A new visioning process will occur during a future overall update of the Comprehensive Plan. The text removal will not affect land uses since the designation is not implemented on the map. However, without a growth preference, the plan establishes a pattern of support for the current conditions. (4) The adequacy of and impact on community facilities including utilities,roads,public transportation,parks,recreation,and schools; Analysis: The City of Spokane Valley addresses adequacy of community facilities on a citywide basis through capital facilities planning. Policy CFP-9.1 of the Comprehensive Plan recommends a concurrency management system for transportation, sewer, and water facilities. The City of Spokane Valley's Parks and Recreation Plan outlines an implementation strategy including a capital facilities plan, which identifies costs and revenue sources for new parks. (5) The benefit to the neighborhood,City,and region; Analysis: The proposed amendments primarily add or modify policy direction in specific policy areas and update information in the plan to ensure consistency with other internal plans within the City. The public benefit is furthered by ensuring the Comprehensive Plan is reflective of regional policy and current with other internal plans. Removal of the City Center Scenario has no bearing on regional policy since this is reflective of local input at this time. (6) The quantity and location of land planned for the proposed land use type and density and the demand for such land; Analysis: The proposed amendments are primarily policy oriented and do not address land quantity or land use designations. (7) The current and projected population density in the area; and Analysis: The proposed amendments are primarily policy oriented and non project amendments. At this point, the proposed amendments do not demand population analysis. (8) The effect upon other aspects of the Comprehensive Plan. Analysis: Removing the City Center Concept and supporting references will result in a plan that maintains the current land use patterns. The proposed amendments are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and will have minimal impact on other aspects of the plan. D. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC COMMENTS 1. Findings: Staff has received no public comments to date. 2. Conclusion(s): No concerns are noted. Page 4 of 5 Staff Report and Recommendation Comprehensive Plan Text Amendments E. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO AGENCY COMMENTS 1. Findings: 2. Staff has received no agency comments to date. 3. Conclusion(s): No concerns are noted. Page 5 of 5 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan CHAPTER 2 — LAND USE 2.0 Introduction The Land Use chapter serves as the foundation of the Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan (SVCP) by providing a framework for Spokane Valley's future physical development and by setting forth policy direction for Spokane Valley's current and future land uses. Development of land, according to adopted policies and land use designations discussed in this chapter, should result in an appropriate balance of services, employment, and housing. The land use policies are supplemented by a Comprehensive Plan Map (Map 2.1) that provides a visual illustration of the proposed physical distribution and location of various land uses. This map allocates a supply of land for such uses as retail, office, manufacturing, public facilities, services, parks, open space, and housing to meet future demand. 2.1 Planninct Context State and locally adopted county-wide land use policies provide a statutory framework for the development of City land use policies. It is important to briefly review state and county level policies to better understand historical conditions that have shaped the goals and policies in this chapter. 2.1.1 Growth Management Act The Growth Management Act (GMA) acknowledges that, "...a lack of common goals expressing the public's interest in conservation and the wise use of our lands, pose a threat to the environment, sustainable economic development, and the health, safety and high quality of life enjoyed by residents of this state'." The GMA provides a framework for content and adoption of local comprehensive plans. The GMA provides 14 goals to be, "...used exclusively for the purpose of guiding development of comprehensive plans and development regulations." GMA goals pertaining to land use include: • Urban Growth — Encourage development in urban areas where adequate public facilities and services exist or can be provided in an efficient manner. • Reduce Sprawl— Reduce the inappropriate conversion of undeveloped land into sprawling, low density development. • Housing— Encourage the availability of affordable housing to all economic segments of the population of the state, promote a variety of residential densities and housing types, and encourage preservation of existing housing stock. • Open Space and Recreation— Encourage the retention of open space and development of recreational opportunities, conserve fish and wildlife habitat, increase access to natural resource lands and water, and develop parks. • Environment — Protect the environment and enhance the state's high quality of life, including air and water quality and the availability of water. • Public Facilities and Services— Ensure that those public facilities and services necessary to support development shall be adequate to serve the development at the time the development is available for occupancy and use without decreasing current service levels below locally established minimum standards. • Historic Preservation — Identify and encourage the preservation of lands, sites, and structures that have historical or archaeological significance. 1 RCW 36.70A.010 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 1 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan • Property Rights — Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation having been made. The property rights of landowners shall be protected from arbitrary and discriminatory actions pursuant to state and federal law. The GMA requires that Comprehensive Plan land use elements: • Designate the proposed general distribution, location and extent of the uses of land for housing, commerce, industry, recreation, open spaces, public utilities, public facilities, and other appropriate land uses; • Population densities, building intensities, and estimates of future population growth; • Provide for protection of the quality and quantity of ground water use for public water supplies; • Review drainage, flooding, and stormwater runoff in the area and nearby jurisdictions and provide guidance for corrective actions to mitigate or cleanse those discharges that pollute water of the state. 2.1.2 County Wide Planning Policies The County Wide Planning Policies (CWPPs) required by GMA2 provide a regional framework to achieve the goals of the GMA. The CWPPs are a refinement of policy direction contained in the GMA and are a result of a collaborative process between Spokane County and the cities and towns within the County. The CWPPs provide a policy framework for both the county and its respective cities. Adherence to these policies ensures that plans within the county are consistent with one another. These policies address such issues as the designation of urban growth areas, land use, affordable housing, provision of urban services for future development, transportation, and contiguous and orderly development. The following are specific CWPPs that relate to the Land Use Element3: Policy Topic 1 -Urban Growth Areas Policies 1. Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) are areas within which urban growth shall be encouraged and outside of which growth can occur only if it is not urban in nature. Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) shall include areas and densities sufficient to permit the urban growth that is projected to occur in the county for the succeeding 20-year period4. "Urban growth" refers to growth that makes intensive use of land for the location of buildings, structures and impermeable surfaces to such a degree as to be incompatible with the primary use of such land for the production of food, other agricultural products or fiber, or the extraction of mineral resources5. Urban growth should be located first in areas already characterized by urban growth that have existing public facility and service capacities to serve such development, and second in areas already characterized by urban growth that will be served by a combination of both existing public facilities and services, and any additional needed public facilities and services that are provided by either public or private sources. Further, it is appropriate that urban government services be provided by cities, and urban government services should not be provided in rural areas6. Rural government services may be provided in rural areas. However, Urban Growth Areas may be established independent of incorporated areas. Within these independent Urban Growth Areas (UGAs), urban governmental services may 2 RCW 36.70A.210 3 Note to reader: The following policies are numbered according to the policy number in the CWPPs, resulting in non-sequential numbering in this document. 4 RCW 36.70A.110 5 RCW 36.70A.030(17) 6 RCW 36.70A.110(3) Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 2 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan be provided by other than cities. Some cities may rely on contracts from Spokane County for provision of urban services. Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) include all lands within existing cities, including cities in rural areas. 9. Within Urban Growth Areas (UGAs), lands that fall within planned high-capacity transportation corridors should be designated for sufficient intensity of land use to support the economic provision of multimodal transportation. 11. Where applicable, comprehensive plans should contain land use policies which provide protection for the continued viability of Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane International Airport, Felts Field, Deer Park Airport and other publicly owned airports within Spokane County. 12. Jurisdictions should work together to protect critical areas and open space within Urban Growth Areas (UGAs). Policy Topic 2 -Joint Planning within UGAs Policies 1. The joint planning process should: a. Include all jurisdictions adjacent to the Urban Growth Area and Special Purpose Districts that will be affected by the eventual transference of governmental services; b. Recognize that Urban Growth Areas are potential annexation areas for cities; c. Ensure a smooth transition of services amongst existing municipalities and emerging communities; d. Ensure the ability to expand urban governmental services and avoid land use barriers to expansion; and e. Resolve issues regarding how zoning, subdivision and other land use approvals in designated joint planning areas will be coordinated. 2. Joint planning may be accomplished pursuant to an interlocal agreement entered into between and/or among jurisdictions and/or special purpose districts. Policy Topic 3 — Promotion of Contiguous and Orderly Development and Provision of Urban Services Policies 5. All jurisdictions shall coordinate plans that classify, designate and protect natural resource lands and critical areas. 7. Each jurisdiction's comprehensive plan shall include, at a minimum, the following policies to address adequate fire protection: a. Limit growth to areas served by a fire protection district or within the corporate limits of a city providing its own fire department. b. Commercial and residential subdivisions and developments and residential planned unit developments shall include the provision for road access adequate for residents, fire department or district ingress/egress, and water supply for fire protection. c. Development in forested areas must provide defensible space between structure and adjacent fuels and require that fire-rated roofing materials be used. 10. Each jurisdiction shall include provisions in its comprehensive plan for equitable distribution of essential public facilities. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 3 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 13. Each jurisdiction shall plan for growth within UGAs which uses land efficiently, adds certainty to capital facilities planning and allows timely and coordinated extension of urban governmental services, public facilities and utilities for new development. Each jurisdiction shall identify intermediate growth areas (six to ten year increments) within its UGA or establish policies which direct growth consistent with land use and capital facility plans. Policy Topic 4— Parks and Open Space Policies 2. All jurisdictions should cooperate to identify and protect regional open space lands, natural areas and corridors of environmental, recreational and aesthetic significance to form a functionally and physically connected system which balances passive and active recreational uses. Each jurisdiction shall identify open space corridors within and between urban growth areas. All jurisdictions shall identify implementation, management, preservation and conservation strategies through both regulatory and non-regulatory techniques, to protect identified lands and corridors to sustain their open space benefits and functions. Implementation and management strategies should include collaboration and coordination with land trusts and other land preservation organizations. 3. Each jurisdiction shall require the development of parks and open space as a means to balance the impacts associated with higher-density development. 5. Each jurisdiction shall make appropriate provisions for parks and recreation areas. Policy Topic 5 -Transportation Policies 5. Local jurisdictions shall develop and adopt land use plans that have been coordinated through the Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC)to ensure that they preserve and enhance the regional transportation system. These plans may include high-capacity transportation corridors and shall fulfill air quality conformity and financial requirements of Federal Transportation Laws and Regulations, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and the GMA. 6. Local jurisdictions shall designate within land use plans areas that can support public transportation services. These areas shall include existing as well as new development. Each jurisdiction's land use plan, the regional transportation plan and the Spokane Transit Authority's (STA) Long Range Transit Plan shall support, complement and be consistent with each other. 11. Each jurisdiction shall address land use designations and site design requirements that are supportive of and compatible with public transportation, for example: a. pedestrian-scale neighborhoods and activity centers; b. mixed-use development; and c. pedestrian friendly and non-motorized design. Policy Topic 7—Affordable Housing Policies 2. Each jurisdiction's development policies, regulations and standards should provide for the opportunity to create affordable housing in its community. Such policies may include regulatory tools, such as inclusionary zoning, performance/impact zoning, mixed-use development and incentives for increasing density to promote greater choice and affordable housing in its community. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 4 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 6. In conjunction with other policy topics, coordinate housing, transportation and economic development strategies to ensure that sufficient land and densities for affordable housing are provided in locations readily accessible to employment centers. 2.2 Land Use Plan As shown in Figure 2.1 below, the majority of land is designated residential (62%) under this Plan. Of the land designated residential, 54% is designated as Low Density Residential with densities up to six dwelling units per acre. Twenty percent of the land area is designated as Heavy and Light Industrial. The remaining land is designated as commercial, office, mixed use or parks/open space. Figure 2.1: Land Use by Comp Plan Category Office Parks and Regional Community Neighborhood 2 0% Open Space Commercial Commercial g o Corridor Mixed Use Commercial 2'2/0 iRiIintIal/ Residential 4.1% Heavy Industrial Light Industrial_/ 15.2% 5.1% Low Density Residential 54.2% 2.2.1 City Center Plan This scenario presents concepts and strategies for creatinga definable and vibrant "City Center" for the City of Spokane Valley. The purposes of creating a Spokane Valley City Center are: 1. Create an identifiable city center that is a social and economic focus of the City; 2. Strengthen the City overall by providing for long term growth in employment and housing; 3. Promote housing opportunities close to employment and services; /I. Develop land use patterns that support the development of a more extensive regiona4 transportation system, whatever the ultimate configuration may be; 6. Consume less land with urban development; 7. Maximize the public investment in infrastructure and services; 8. Provide a central gathering place for the community; and 9. Improve the quality of design for development throughout the City. There are several reasons why a definable, vital City Ccntcr is important to Spokanc Vallcy'� future. These include: Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 5 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 1. The development of a more intensive, multi use city ccntcr is a natural step in Spokanc Valley's evolution. Most new urban areas start out as bedroom communities. Retail and commercial uses thcn develop to serve thc new residential population. Office and industrial activities next begin to locate at key transportation crossroads, adding jobs and strengthening the employment base. Spokane Valley has experienced these evolutionary phases and is now ready for a defined City Center. 2. Economic Development Spokane Valley has an opportunity to transform itself from an cssentially residential community with retail and service based economy to a sub regiona4 3. Community Support A survey of Spokane Valley area citizens prior to incorporation overwhelmingly indicated that the lack of identifiable "downtown" and a community gathering place was of conccrn to a majority of respondents. Community support was tested again when the city conducted a statistically valid survey in the spring of 20011. The support to create a City Center was reiterated throughout the community meetings held during the development of the comprehensive plan and thc city's informal community survey. A discussion of the results of the city's survey is included in Section 2.10. The following could be components of the City Center: 1. Location: Generally located along the Sprague/Appleway corridor. 2. Size: Between 300 and 1100 acres in size. 3. Streets: New streets could be added at every 200 to 1100 feet to create an internal grid street system to provide an urban atmosphere. /1. On street parking would be provided on internal grid streets. 5. Ground floor retail on both sides of streets. 6. Building out to the edge of the right of way and include wide sidewalks to encourage a lively street scene. 7. Office/Employment uses provided in high visibility locations with adequate parking and adjacent to p1 asant surroundings such as open space, retail shops and services. 8. Multifamily housing that is safe, sccurc, and located so that it is buffered from traffic noicc and provides a pedestrian friendly strcctscapc with connections to parks, schools, shopping, services and transit. 9. Civic/public uses such as city hall, community library, performing arts center, city center, park, green space or other public uses that would attract people to downtown over an Other characteristics of this land use scenario include the following: 1.Neighborhood/community retail centers current land use patterns dictate that residents travel to would provide for smaller scale, less intensive retail/commercial centers in the south end and northeast portions of the city. Potential locations for these centers would be focused at intersections of arterials at the periphery of the city, such as Highway 27/32' �^,venu° an 2.Office zoning districts currently, there is no specific zoning district or comprehensive plan designation for professional office uses. The county has used the UR 22, Multi family zoning district as its office district, which has resulted in a number of issues related to rezones and uses would be re designated to an "Office" comprehensivc plan dcsignation and zoning districts the policies of the comprehensive plan. Specific areas in the city include the Evergreen corridor north of Sprague Avenue; Mission east of Pines Road in the Valley Hospital/medical office area; Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 6 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan inventory process. 3."Auto Row" Overlay Thc city has several new auto d alcrchips located along Sprague Avenue. The majority of these dealerships are located between Argonne Road and Thierman Road. Two dealerships are located just west of Dartmouth Road, near the U City Mall. New car d alcrships provide the city with substantial sales tax revenue on one hand, on the other hand auto d alcrships can have a significant visual impact on a community and have somewhat unique needs related to development standards, such as signage and street frontage landscaping. This scenario recognizes these circumstances and designates the areas identified above appropriately, and 'l.Mixed use this scenario suggests reducing the strip commercial on Sprague Avenue by Mixed use or some other appropriate designation, which would encourage conversion of these vacant and/or dilapidated commercial ar as into ar as of office/employment, residential, light manufacturing and specialty retail. 5.Industrial areas would not be significantly changed or altered under this or any other scenario. Permitted uses and development standards would be reviewed for appropriateness and changes 6.The majority of land in the City of Spokane Valley is dedicated to single family residential zoning and land use. Thc majority of the single family residential areas are designated Low Density Residential under the interim comprehensive plan. This plan designation allows for residential densities from one to six dwelling units per acre. Under this scenario, the existing single family residential zoning districts would be evaluated, and a series of single family districts with minimum lot sizes ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 square feet would be considered. Reducing overall lot sizes multi family zoning to accommodate the city's 20 year population growth projection. 7—Areas previously platted in 1-q acre lots There arc ar as in the City that were platted as allowed to maintain a small number of livestock such as horses, cows, or llamas in keeping with the rural character of these neighborhoods. 2.3 Relationship to Other Comprehensive Plan Chapters Until a new land use scenario is developed through a full comprehensive plan update the existing land use patterns are maintained. This e land use concept set forth in this chapter is consistent with all SVCP chapters. Internal consistency among the chapters of the SVCP translates into coordinated growth and an efficient use of limited resources. Below is a brief discussion of how the Land Use chapter relates to the other chapters of the SVCP. 2.3.1 Economic Development Spokane Valley's economy is disproportionately divided. Dr. Grant Forsyth, Assistant Professor of Economics at Eastern Washington University prepared a report based on year 2000 Census information for the Spokane Valley area. This report, "A Demographic and Economic Analysis for the City of Spokane Valley" indicates that there were nearly 3,000 employer firms employing approximately 43,305 people in the year 2000 with an average annual payroll per employee of approximately$29,000 (in 2000 dollars). Dependence on retail trade and service occupations stems primarily from the City's evolution into a regional shopping destination for eastern and southern Spokane County and counties in northern Idaho. Increased regional competition from other retail areas, such as Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene and the City of Spokane, may impact the City's ability to capture future retail dollars. To improve Spokane Valley's economic outlook, the economic development strategy is to promote a Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 7 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan more diverse economy. A diversified economy would achieve a better balance between jobs and housing and support the City's desired quality of life. In conjunction with the Economic Development chapter, this Land Use chapter promotes the following: 1. A City Center composed of mid rise office buildings, mixed use retail, and housing. 2-1.Redevelopment and development of the Sprague Avenue/Appleway Boulevard corridor into an area of quality commercial and Mixed-use development. 3-2.Establishment of design standards. 4.3.Preservation of existing single family neighborhoods. The land use map designations support development necessary to achieve the above (see the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map 2.1). A complete discussion of economic development is set forth in the Economic Development chapter. 2.3.2 Capital Facilities Capital facilities provided by the City include: transportation and streets, parks and open space, and surface water management. The amount and availability of urban services and infrastructure influences the location and pace of future growth. The City is responsible for the construction and maintenance of parks and recreation facilities, streets and transportation improvements, and surface water facilities. Providing for future growth while maintaining existing improvements depends upon the community's willingness to pay for the construction and financing of new facilities and the maintenance of existing facilities. As outlined in the Capital Facilities Plan, new infrastructure and services may be financed by impact fees, grants, designated capital taxes (real estate excise tax, fuel tax, utility tax), money from the City's general fund or voter approved bonds. To capitalize on the City's available resources for urban services and infrastructure, this Land Use chapter recognizes that concentrating growth is far more cost effective than allowing continued urban sprawl. Concentrating growth also supports the enhancement of future transit improvements. Annexation of Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) to the City of Spokane Valley may be a logical progression to ensure centralized planning and prevention of urban sprawl. A major goal of the GMA is to reduce urban sprawl by encouraging development in urban areas where adequate public facilities exist. GMA further states that cities are the logical provider of urban government services. Prior to annexation, the City of Spokane Valley will consider the economic impacts of providing municipal services at a level consistent with other areas within the City. The City will not provide a lower level of service in areas being considered for annexation that were in existence in the proposed areas at the time immediately preceding the annexation process. The City will consider Potential Annexation Areas' (PAAs) topography, land utilization, and population density when determining service levels. Water Availability— Potable water is provided to residents of Spokane Valley by thirteen water and irrigation districts. All drinking water used by residents in Spokane Valley is drawn from the Spokane Valley/Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer. Water Quality - Maintaining a clean source of water is vital to the health and livability of the City. Preserving water quality ensures a clean source of drinking water and continued health of the City's streams and lakes. Maintaining water quality is also important for maintaining the health of the aquifer that relies on surface water for recharge. Contamination of an aquifer by contaminated surface water can lead to serious health concerns and/or expensive treatment requirements. To address this concern and impacts of new development, the City has adopted a Stormwater Management Plan. The plan specifies actions to ensure water, quality including the development of detention/retention facilities to control rate and Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 8 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan quality of water runoff. Furthermore, development of a wellhead protection program with the various water providers should provide guidelines to avoid possible contamination. Policies contained in the Natural Environment chapter provide direction for development near wellheads and in aquifer recharge areas. For a complete discussion of water resources and water purveyors in the City of Spokane Valley, refer to the Capital Facilities chapter. 2.3.3 Parks and Open Space One of the most important and valued elements of a high quality living and working environment is a parks and open space system. Providing parks and open spaces contributes to a reduction in environmental impacts such as noise and air pollution; increases the value of adjacent properties; provides areas for passive and active recreation; and helps preserve the natural beauty of the City. 2.3.4 Natural Environment Spokane Valley's natural beauty is apparent. Streams, wetlands, surrounding mountains and the Spokane River provide a scenic backdrop as well as a source for active and passive recreation for the citizens of Spokane Valley. The Land Use chapter seeks to protect Spokane Valley's unique natural resources through policies that support the preservation of these areas for future generations. The Natural Environment chapter also includes a discussion of critical areas as defined by GMA. For a complete discussion, please refer to the Natural Environment chapter. 2.3.5 Housing Housing is a basic human need and a major factor in the quality of life for individuals and families. An adequate supply of affordable, attractive, and functional housing is fundamental to achieving a sense of community. The central issue related to land use is supplying enough land to accommodate projected growth for a range of incomes and households. Presently, housing is provided primarily in single-family subdivisions. This plan sets forth strategies to increase housing options and choices. The Land Use chapter advocates changes to current development codes to increase flexibility in platting land and encourage housing as part of mixed-use developments in commercial areas. The latter provides an opportunity to locate housing closer to employment and shopping, and to create affordable housing. A complete discussion of housing can be found in the Housing chapter. 2.4 Current and Projected Population 2.4.1 Projected Growth Current population is estimated at the city, county and state level by the state's Office of Financial Management (OFM). The most recent OFM estimate for the current population of Spokane Valley (as of April 1, 20122013) is 90,55091 940. The City's estimated population capacity is the current OFM population estimate plus the potential population increase of 15,11814 891 (see Table 2.1 Land Capacity Analysis). The City's estimated population capacity is 44576-64106 831. RCW 36.70A requires that at least every ten years the incorporated and unincorporated portions of the designated UGAs and the densities permitted therein, be reviewed and revised to ensure that the UGAs are sufficient to accommodate the urban growth that is projected by OFM to occur in the county for the subsequent 20 year period. On June 9, 2009, the Board of County Commissioners approved via Resolution 09-0531 a population allocation of 18,746 for Spokane Valley for planning purposes. The 2013 City's Land Capacity Analysis estimated a population capacity of 15,11814 891 leaving X81,355 people to be accommodated within the existing County UGAs, This estimate considers the population increase within the City since 2009, and adjusts the amount remaining to be absorbed within the County UGA. 2.4.2 Land Capacity Analysis The GMA requires a Land Capacity Analysis, or the theoretical holding capacity of the designated Urban Growth Areas, which by definition includes cities. By assigning the expected population Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 9 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan growth to the results of the Land Capacity Analysis, the area required to accommodate the population growth is shaped. Countywide population forecasts are identified by the CWPPs, as one criterion for consideration in developing a regional methodology or countywide population allocation. The countywide growth target is based on the OFM growth management population forecast for Spokane County. The Land Quantity Analysis Methodology for Spokane County was developed through the efforts of the Land Quantity Technical Committee between March 1995 and October 1995. The Growth Management Steering Committee of Elected Officials adopted that methodology on November 3, 1995. The adopted methodology is patterned after the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development's (CTED) land quantity inventory guidebook entitled Issues in Designating Urban Growth Areas Part I-Providing Adequate Urban Area Land Supply. Use of that document was specified by the adopted Countywide Planning Policies (Policy Topic 1 (Urban Growth Areas Policy#3). However, the step-by-step CTED process was modified somewhat by the Land Quantity Technical Committee to reflect unique circumstances in Spokane County. The following steps of the regional methodology were followed by Spokane Valley in conducting the land capacity analysis: 1. Identify lands that are potential candidates to accommodate future growth - vacant, partially-used and under-utilized land (in other words, subtract all parcels committed to other uses). 2. Subtract all parcels that the community defines as not developable because of physical limitation. 3. Subtract lands that will be needed for other public purposes. 4. Subtract all parcels that the community determines are not suitable for development for social and economic reasons. 5. Subtract that percentage of land that the community assumes will not be available for development within the community plan's 20-year time frame. 6. Build in a safety factor. 7. Determine total capacity. Spokane Valley prepared a land capacity analysis of the city based on the above regional methodology. The results of the land capacity analysis are contained in the table below: Table 2.1 Land Capacity Analysis (updated October 20l2December 2013) Vacant and Net Developable Potential New Potential Area Partially Used Population Acres Dwelling Units Land Increase Spokane Valley (Incorporated Area) 3,3782271 12451,265 6$986909 15,11814,891 2.4.3 Potential Annexation Areas As part of the implementation of the Growth Management Act (GMA), Spokane County established the Urban Growth Area (UGA) in 2001. Land inside that boundary is defined as urban, and must have urban densities, and land outside the UGA is to remain rural. UGAs are established by Spokane County, in cooperation with cities and towns, to accommodate projected population growth, both residential and commercial, throughout the County over the next twenty (20) years. These areas are under Spokane County's jurisdiction until they are annexed into an adjacent jurisdiction. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 10 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan The purpose of this section is to identify the unincorporated areas within the existing Spokane County UGA that are adjacent to the City of Spokane Valley, which would comprise potential annexation areas for the City. Map 2.2 indicates Potential Annexation Areas (PAAs)for the City of Spokane Valley. Several UGAs are contiguous to Spokane Valley and would be logical areas for future annexation to the City of Spokane Valley. When a city annexes new areas, the new residents and businesses may be subject to the same taxes that are in place in the city at the time annexation takes place. If annexation occurs, the City would likely provide a consistent level of service throughout its new boundaries. Subsequently, the city would need to determine the cost of providing the current service levels to the annexation area. This process would include identifying public services and capital improvements that would need to be in place to serve the PAAs current and future land use pattern. 2.4.4 Development of Goals, Policies, and Actions for Annexation The Growth Management Act (GMA) requires counties to designate Urban Growth Area (UGAs) within which urban growth shall be encouraged RCW 36.70A.110 (1). UGAs are to include sufficient land to accommodate the twenty-year population growth projected for the county. The GMA imposes planning requirements to influence the ability of a city to annex UGAs. A city is required by GMA to adopt policies for land use, housing, capital facilities, utilities, and transportation within the city's UGA. In order to meet this requirement the City `' . ::.• of Spokane Valley has developed policies and goals to provide policy • ,g x guidance for annexation of territory "- '* ,;;- within UGAs. Annexation will have financial impacts on the city; it may be positive or negative. The City may need to develop an annexation study to '' �� Y . assess the financial impacts especially " } `w '_., f for larger annexations. The Capital Facilities chapter identifies current ° service providers within the Potential Annexation Areas (PAAs) as a starting point for the detailed analysis that may be needed prior to annexation. 2.5 Land Use Desiclnations The land use designations in the SVCP recognize the relationships between broad patterns of land uses. The designations set forth location criteria for each specific class of uses consistent with the long-term objectives of the SVCP. These designations provide the purpose and intent for specific zoning districts. The location of the comprehensive plan land use designations are shown on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map (Map 2.1). 2.5.1 Residential The demand for and development of single-family housing is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Single-family development will occur as in-fill development of vacant or under developed lots scattered throughout existing neighborhoods, and as subdivisions on vacant tracts of land. To address future housing needs, the Land Use chapter encourages new techniques for developing single-family housing. Such techniques include clustering, planned residential developments, lot size averaging, zero lot line development, accessory dwelling units and special needs housing. Low Density Residential Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 11 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan The Low Density Residential (LDR) Comprehensive Plan designation addresses a range of single- family residential densities from one dwelling unit per acre up to and including six dwelling units per acre. This designation would be implemented through a series of zoning designations as described below. Implementing zoning for the LDR designation will include a series of zones allowing a range of minimum lot sizes. Existing lot sizes and community character t _ will be strongly considered when developing the City's zoning map. For example, areas such as Rotchford Acres l , L� and Ponderosa will likely require minimum a � Ly _: u f� r�' lot sizes close to an acre in size. These . large lot developments currently allow for .� horses and other large animals and have a distinct character that should be preserved - to the greatest extent possible. The majority of the LDR designation will provide for densities ranging from four to LLB ` L six dwelling units per acre. Typical lot 11111 sizes will range from 6,000 to 10,000 square feet. Some areas designated as LDR still lack necessary urban services and infrastructure, mainly sanitary sewer facilities. Upon provision of urban services, such as water and sewer, and transit services, an increase in density in some areas may be warranted. However, the City will adopt strict criteria to evaluate zone changes to ensure that future development is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood. Medium Density Residential The Medium Density Residential designation represents an opportunity to provide a range of housing types to accommodate anticipated residential growth. The increase in population, decline in average family size, and increased cost of single-family homes have created increased demand for new housing types. The Land Use chapter encourages the development of housing types, such as duplexes, townhouses, and condominiums in existing multi-family areas and within mixed-use development in commercial areas. Multi-family uses, in large part, are in areas currently zoned for multiple-family development. Zoning will allow densities up to 12 dwelling units per acre in the Medium Density Residential designation. Opportunities for new development will occur through redevelopment and build-out of remaining parcels. Multi-family residential zones should be used as transitional zoning between higher intensity land uses such as commercial and office, to lower density single family neighborhoods. Additionally, Medium Density Residential areas should be located near services and high capacity transit facilities or transit routes. Residential design guidelines that address design and appearance of multiple-family developments should be considered. The primary goal of residential design guidelines is to develop multiple-family housing that is reflective of the community's character and appearance. High Density Residential This designation provides for existing multi-family residential development developed at a density in excess of 12 units per acre. Additionally, High Density Residential (HDR) designated areas are also located in areas near higher intensity development, such as a City Center. HDR provides housing opportunities for younger, lower income households in the City who may not yet be able to afford a home of their own. Moreover, this designation provides housing options for people looking to "downsize" from a single family dwelling on an individual lot, or for those known as "empty- nesters" whose children have moved out of the household and a large single family home is no longer needed. Generally, this designation is appropriate for land which is located adjacent to the Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2- Land Use Page 12 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan arterial street system served by public transit, and is in close proximity to business and commercial centers. Offices are permitted in the High Density Residential areas in order to provide some of the service needs generated by high-intensity land uses and to allow conversion of existing single- family homes into office use. 2.5.2 Commercial Designations Existing commercial areas are auto-oriented and characterized by one-story low intensity development. In the future, these areas will become more intensively developed and pedestrian oriented, and in some designations, accommodate housing. Transforming existing areas into places where people want to live, shop, and work requires changes. Commercial areas should contain street furniture, trees, pedestrian shelters, well marked crosswalks, and buildings oriented to and along the street to provide interest and allow easy pedestrian access. Regional Commercial The Regional Commercial designation encompasses two major retail areas of the . City. It covers the "strip" retail areas along Sprague Avenue which includes the automobile dealerships located along the western end of the Sprague Avenue corridor and the "big box" retail area found in the , - r Sullivan Road area from Sprague Avenue north to the Interstate 90 interchange, and • includes the Valley Mall and Wal-Mart. ,., _ _ .� Regional Commercial allows a large range of uses. A wide range of development types, w appearance, ages, function, and scale can be 4 found along Sprague Avenue. Older, single- story developments provide excellent opportunities for redevelopment. To create retail areas that are aesthetically and functionally attractive, revised development standards should be applied through Regional Commercial zoning, along with the adoption of Community Design Guidelines, which address design quality, mixed-use, and the integration of auto, pedestrian, and transit circulation. Site design, modulation, and setback requirements are also addressed. Community Commercial The community commercial classification designates areas for retail, service and office establishments intended to serve several neighborhoods. Community Commercial areas should not be larger than 15-17 acres in size and should be located as business clusters rather than arterial development. Community Commercial aln centers l `T may be designated through the adoption of the - _ comprehensive plan, comprehensive plan amendments or through sub-area planning. Residences in conjunction with business and/or multifamily developments may be allowed with performance standards that ensure compatibility. In addition, light assembly or other unobtrusive uses not traditionally located in commercial zones may be allowed with appropriate performance standards to ensure compatibility with surrounding uses or zoning districts. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 13 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Neighborhood Commercial The neighborhood commercial classification designates areas for small-scale neighborhoods serving retail and office uses. Neighborhood business areas should not be larger than two acres in size, and should be located as business clusters rather than arterial strip commercial developments. Neighborhood business centers may be designated through the adoption of the comprehensive plan, comprehensive plan amendments or through neighborhood plans. Auto-Row Overlay The City of Spokane Valley is home to several major new automobile dealerships. While these land uses provide a positive economic impact on the community, they can also have less positive impacts on the aesthetics of the community. Auto dealerships typically have vast areas of pavement to store new and used vehicles for sale. These land uses also have unique requirements for landscaping and signage. Unlike many commercial uses whose stock in trade is contained within a building, it is necessary for auto dealerships to have their vehicles clearly visible from the street. This makes traditional street side landscaping (consisting of low growing shrubs and bushes, and trees) not viable for these uses. An overlay designation is being suggested rather than a zoning district because the negative effects on the non-auto dealer - uses in the area will be minimized or • _�. - — eliminated. 2.5.3 City Center The intent of " establishing a City Center in Spokane use designation where office, retail, - . szeme government uscs, and residential uscs arc ,- concentrated. The City Ccntcr will also be r located at ono of the major hubs of the _ 4- adattlit region's high capacity transit (HOT) system. - - - City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan higher density housing is more • affordable than traditional cinglc family housing. Sccond, the • convenience and proximity to work, - - - ,.LH.,- ' $ .. 1.. -P. fp "� ;:VI/.� ' ;ti 11 , v needed services and cultural activities is very desirable for +``3 A J 2.r.• I t O.. b l yu many people. Finally, many people find that they do not�- ; gyp, need a large, single family detached house. Given their .' ,r-r t'` {'i . "$ ° lifestyle, they appreciate the low maintenance and security °y ? .��� ii ! ,..' ,' i'{. r of higher density living. There is a mutually cupportivc i� "� r relationship between higher density residential uses and '/ °'" commercial and retail activities. The presence of housing the core area also activates the streets in the city center, day and night. the regional HCT system. Existing low density development does not generate sufficient levels of demand to optimize the return on investment in transit. Promoting higher density uses within walking distance of transit facilities will improve the viability of this significant infrastructure investment. Moreover, concentrating the highest density of development in the City Center, where a significant number of jobs and recidences will be within walking distance of a transit station, helps reduce the dependency on the automobile and improves pedestrian mobility. The City Center emphasizes pedestrian, bicycle, and transit mobility but will not be unfriendly to the use of automobiles. The City Center area will also be the central gathering place for the community a place where the whole community can congregate and celebrate. Accordingly, the City Center should include an outdoor square, park, or commons with amenities such as fountains, sculptures, and unique landscaping. Other civic amenities or buildings including city hall or a performing arts center could be grouped around the core area square or park. The City currently holds an annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in the area designated as the City Center. Additional such events throughout the year will enhance the feeling of community in Spokane Valley. An appropriate street network is a critical component of the City Center. The current network of collector streets and arterials, the disjointed grid, and large block sizes contribute to a lack of identity in the City. The solution is not necessarily to construct wider streets. Streets become less efficient as the number of lanes incr aces. Building new streets versus widening existing streets can be more cost effective, yields greater capacity, and will have a more positive impact on the City Center. Automobiles are likely to continue as a dominant mode of transportation for the foreseeable future. driving choices. To the extent possible, the City should connect streets and construct new streets to form a tighter grid system within the City Center, especially in the core area, by negotiating new public rights of way and building new streets. This "interconnectivity" serves to shorten and disperse trips, and consequently reduce travel on existing congested arterials. Pedestrian and bicycle mobility is a vital part of the future City Center transportation system. Improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists should support increases in transit services and Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 15 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan promote the development of the City Center. As the street system is developed to better accommodatc thc nccds of pcdcstrians and bicyclists, a network of facilities for people on foot and bikcs should be cstablishcd. Reducing the size of the street grid, improving auto circulation and cr ating pcdcstrian linkagoG through larger parcels is critical to establish walking patterns that reduce dependency on the auto. As individual sites are designed and developed to be more pedestrian friendly and improved pedestrian linkages are provided, the pedestrian system will handle an increasing share of trips. Special street design standards should be developed for the City Center. Special standards for extra widc sidcwalks (12 to 20 fcct in width), pcdcstrian scalc strcct lighting, and additional amcnitics including bcnchcs, trash rcccptacics, and landscapcd corncr tr atmcnts should be included. Transforming the existing commercial core area into the proposed City Center is an ambitious task. It requires a significant transformation from a low density, automobile oriented, largely retail area, to a highcr intcnsity, morc pcdcstrian oricntcd Mixed use area. The City Center section of the Plan acknowlcdgcs that thc City Ccntcr will takc somc timc to dcvclop. The City can facilitatc thcsc changes through a series of small steps takcn ovcr timc. This is cspccially truc if thc stops arc. social and demographic trcnds. As is -( the intent of this Plan, the phasing A scenario presented here accounts for U7 s.. the timing of market projections and future actions. I1 r+I. �/. ago eat- .� li _ _ _ - - e" .cam . '�"_ _��'. # _ strategy is keyed to projcctcd trcnds ^ �N' and rcgional planning goals. Its form.4,,, f° and charactcr, as cnvisioncd in this srawvitk 46=0"GYR6 r � e rz' Plan, are dramatically different frorr� anything that now cxists in thc proposed City Center area. It will community to redirect its cncrgy and invcstmcnts to producc dcvclopmcnt that responds to thc direction of the Plan. The demand for more intense developmcnt opportunitics in thc City Ccntcr is. not forecasted within the next few years. In the meantime, the City should discourage continued low-scale investment in this area since new development will take several years to be amortized, renovations, it should be possible to gain some basic improvements. However, the City should not cxpcct full implcmcntation of the vision for thc City Ccntcr until major property owncrs in thc ar a arc r ady to install long tcrm, major development projects. The figures (computer generated as part of the TOD Study) at the beginning of this section first show the existing conditions of the City Center; the second figure illustrating potential redevelopment of the area over time. The pictures are taken from approximately Farr Road looking ast toward thc U City Mall ar a. The photos do not necessarily indicate specific recommendations for the area, but are merely an illustration of how a viable City Center could evolve through several coordinated, 1111.111111111,111- incremental steps taken over time. ... .-�. i rf��P'i i°f r'AE 2.5.43—Office Designation 4 ` " NE - Spokane Valley has areas of quality office '` .� µ development. Several developments within the Argonne/Mullan Couplet, Pines Road, and - Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2- Land Use Page 16 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Evergreen Road corridors embody good design and are representative of desired future office development. Office development will provide new job opportunities within the community. This comprehensive plan designation is intended primarily for office development with limited retail or commercial uses. Retail and commercial uses are limited to Resi rm those that are clearly subordinate to the Ili. primary office use, or the retail function primarily serves the office uses in close _ — 7 ` ■; lEM proximity to the retail or commercial use Primary uses which are representative of � p " this comprehensive plan category, include 1_7-7.�_ � ' [ R. - medical and dental facilities, education - "'"'` services, insurance, real estate, financial institutions, design firms, and legal services. Areas designated as Office can serve a variety of functions. They can stand alone as major employment centers. They can also act as buffers or transition areas between higher intensity land uses and lower intensity land uses. For example, Office areas can provide a transition between industrial or commercial uses and residential areas. Office uses work well for this because they tend to generate less traffic and noise, operate shorter hours and are often smaller in scale then industrial or commercial areas. The Office comprehensive plan designation will be implemented through a series of office zoning districts. 2.5.54 Mixed-use The concept of "Mixed-use" has been around for centuries. Prior to the advent of the automobile and the proliferation of the road and highway system, Mixed-use was a predominant urban form. The "rediscovery" of this development type may be due in part to the negative impacts of sprawl, which have resulted in traffic congestion, decline in air quality, and inefficient use of resources and infrastructure. Mixed-use development has several potential benefits: • Land and infrastructure resources are used more efficiently; • Pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods; • Jobs are located near housing; • Opportunities to revitalize commercial corridors; • Opportunities for infill residential development (primarily in corridors); • Encourage new housing and innovative retail that is less auto dependent; and • Compatibility with existing transit access along local corridors. Mixed-use may be either "horizontal Mixed-use" or "vertical Mixed-use." Horizontal Mixed-use means that residential, commercial, office and other uses are adjacent to each other typically as part of an overall master plan for a site. However, not all projects within a "Mixed-use" designated area must be Mixed-use to achieve the goals of this plan. For example, a new residential-only project that is appropriately designed and located adjacent to an older existing commercial building may help stimulate renovation and reuse. This would be a more likely scenario in the Corridor Mixed-use area rather than the Mixed-use area. Vertical Mixed-use means that residential and nonresidential uses are stacked over each other. Typically, residential uses are placed over ground level retail, offices and/or restaurant uses. This Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 17 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan development type would be more likely to occur in the C ty Center or in the areas designated as Mixed-use. Corridor Mixed-Use Corridor Mixed-use is intended to enhance travel options, encourage development of locally serving commercial uses, multi-family apartments, lodging and offices along major transportation corridors identified on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map (Map 2.1). Corridor Mixed-use recognizes the historical low-intensity, auto-dependent development pattern, and focuses on a pedestrian orientation with an emphasis on aesthetics and design. The Corridor Mixed-use designation is primarily used along Sprague Avenue in order to space the areas designated commercial. Mixed-Use Center The Mixed-use Center designation would allow for two or more different land uses within developments under this designation. As described above, Mixed-use developments can be either vertical or horizontally mixed, and would include employment uses such as office, retail and/or lodging along with higher density residential uses, and in some cases community or cultural facilities. Mixed-use developments in this designation are characterized by differing land uses which are developed pursuant to a coherent, approved plan of development. Compatibility between uses is achieved through design which integrates certain physical and functional features such as transportation systems, pedestrian ways, open areas or court yards, and common focal points or amenities. 2.5.65 Industrial Designations Providing for industrial land is important for the economic health of Spokane Valley. Industrial businesses help drive the local economy and create an economic multiplier effect throughout the region. Providing an adequate supply of usable land with minimal environmental constraints and infrastructure in place helps ensure that Spokane Valley will be an attractive place for industrial businesses to locate and prosper. (See Chapter 7, Economic Development, for additional policies that encourage recruitment and retention of industrial business.). Heavy Industry Heavy industry is characterized by intense , �r industrial activities, which include, but are not - 41 ',, x' „' 1' limited to manufacturing, processing, fabrication, r4i aR assembly/disassembly, freight-handling and w 1!I t `y, similar operations. Heavy industry may have I01 significant noise, odor or aesthetic impacts to r r f•11-1b PARK surrounding areas. F �, Commercial, residential and most recreational uses should not be allowed in areas designated for heavy industry, except for small-scale ancillary uses serving the industrial area. The conversion of designated industrial lands to other uses should be limited. Limiting incompatible uses ensures a competitive advantage in business recruitment by providing adequate industrial land supply, reducing land use conflicts and preventing inflation of land prices. Moreover, allowing a wide variety of commercial, retail and other uses in the Industrial areas would be in conflict with other portions of this Plan related to concentrating major commercial growth in nodes at the intersection of major streets. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 18 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Light Industry The Light Industry designation is a planned industrial - area with special emphasis and attention given to aesthetics, landscaping, and internal and community compatibility. Uses may include high technology and low-impact industries. Light Industry areas may incorporate office and commercial uses as ancillary ro+ M A uses within an overall plan for the industrial area Non- � ° EAD- 5� )r industrial uses should be limited and in the majority of cases be associated with permitted industrial uses. The Light Industry category may serve as a transitional - Z category between heavy industrial areas and other less intensive land use categories. The category may also serve as a visual buffer for heavy industrial areas adjacent to aesthetic corridors. • - ' 2.5.7-6 Parks/Open Space The Parks and Open Space designation is intended to protect parks, open space, and other natural physical assets of the community. 2.6 Development Review Process The Land Use chapter provides the policy foundation for implementing zoning and development regulations. In developing policy concerning future land use regulations, or revisions to existing regulations, every effort has been made to instill certainty and efficiency in the development process. State legislation has focused on developing streamlined and timely permit processing. Through the goals and policies of this Plan, the City will continue to strive to provide an efficient and timely review system. 2.7 Urban Design and Form In addition to guiding development, the Land Use chapter also guides the quality and character of the City's future development pattern through goals and policies related to the form, function, and appearance of the built environment. These priorities and implementation strategies, related to quality development, serve and will continue to serve as a basis from which to develop appropriate implementation measures. The design of our urban environment has a significant effect on community identity. Well designed communities contribute to a healthful, safe and sustainable environment that offers a variety of opportunities for housing and employment. An attractive and well planned community is invaluable when recruiting new business and industry to an area. Some of the concepts considered include: Community appearance, including signs and placement of utilities; • Neighborhood considerations in the review of development projects; • Integration and linking of neighborhoods including bicycle and pedestrian facilities; • The effect of traffic patterns and parking on neighborhood character; • Encouragement of high quality development through the appropriate use of planned unit developments; and • Consideration for public art. 2.7.1 Aesthetic Corridors Aesthetic corridors are intended to protect the visual appeal of Spokane Valley along major transportation routes entering and exiting the city. Aesthetic corridors provide special design Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 19 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan standards for aesthetics along major transportation routes to help create a quality image of Spokane Valley. Another component of aesthetic corridors is the "gateways" into the city. There are several entrances into the City of Spokane Valley along major transportation corridors, including Sprague Avenue, Trent Avenue, State Route 27 and a number of interchanges on Interstate 90. Design elements and landscaping treatments should denote a sense of arrival into the City, a neighborhood or other special areas such as the city center. 2.7.2 Planned Unit Developments Building flexibility into the subdivision process is important to allow for new concepts and creative site design. Planned residential developments (PRDs) provide the city a tool for allowing flexibility, while ensuring a design meets overall health and safety standards, and is consistent with neighborhood character. PRDs allow for deviations from the typical zoning standards in exchange for designs that protect the environment, provide usable open space, and exhibit exceptional quality and design. 2.8 Historical and Cultural Resources 2.8.1 Background In many ways, Spokane Valley's historic and cultural resources are �_�,7 similar to our rich natural resources. Like wetlands, rivers, lakes, p, i streams and other natural resources, historic properties are a finite and endangered resource. Also like our natural resources, once an } historic or archaeological property is destroyed, it is lost forever. Cultural resources such as historic buildings, monuments of historic p�,L events and archaeological sites are statements of Spokane Valley's 7-_:,;* .a. identity. People especially value our authentic, homegrown cultural -r resources that set us apart from other areas of the state. th..ilo l+ r Spokane Valley is the location of several "Firsts" to occur in the . _ Spokane Region. The first permanent settler in the Spokane area 4°"7- was Antoine Plante, a retired French-Canadian trapper. Plante builtw ' a cabin near the Spokane River in 1849, from which he operated a small Hudson's Bay Company trading post. Plante also constructed and operated the first ferry on the Spokane River. Other settlers began arriving in this area between 1865 and 1882. "Firsts" to occur in Spokane Valley include the first settler in 1849, first business and ferry in 1850, the first store and bridge in 1862, the first house in 1866 and the first post office in 1867. All of these "firsts" occurred before the arrival in 1873 of James Glover who was considered the "Father of Spokane." A large part of Spokane Valley's identity is derived from its heritage. From the Native Americans who first established trading centers to the continuing waves of newcomers from around the world, all have left their mark. Cultural resources include historic structures and landscapes engineered and built by man: a. Historic buildings- houses, barns, commercial buildings, churches, schools. b. Historic structures- bridges, dams, stone fences. c. Historic districts- a grouping of buildings with related historic character. d. Historic objects- statues, monuments, sculpture. e. Landscapes—gardens, parks, urban and rural. Cultural resources include properties that were held in spiritual or ceremonial honor or by a cultural group or tribe. Cultural resources include properties which may no longer show evidence of man- made structures, but retain an historical association with an event or period. Archaeology sites Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 20 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan include such areas as battlefields, campsites, cemeteries, burial sites, rock carvings, pictographs, trails, village sites, fishing sites, trading sites, religious and ceremonial sites. 2.8.2 Cultural and Historical Resource Issues Documenting Cultural Resources Many historic homes, farms and sites exemplify the history and culture of the Spokane Valley area, but proportionally few have been written in historic register nominations. Designation requires owner consent, does not pose undue restrictions to the property owner, and can be a planning tool for government by identifying significant properties. Archaeological Sites and Security State laws require the protection of archaeological sites on both public and private land by directing that the locations of sites be kept confidential within the assigned office because archaeological sites are highly susceptible to "treasure hunters and grave robbers." Existing lists need to be checked to confirm that evidence of the site/building remains, and a better means to identify and preserve evidence of significant archaeological sites is needed. Cultural resources are deemed important when they are over 50 years old, so identification and evaluation of them is a constant, ongoing process. Moreover, cultural resources are perceived as less important than other immediate, short-term City programs; therefore, funding and support for the preservation program is provided on an annual rather than an ongoing basis. 2.8.3 Spokane Valley Historic and Cultural Resources The Spokane Valley developed as irrigated agricultural tracts in five and ten- acre lots. The apple orchards of Otis Orchards were supported by warehouses, a, packing plants, and box manufacturers. The apple industry which thrived in the Ab early century was destroyed by killing frost of the 1950s. Newman Lake supplied the EU water that irrigated these orchards via the .. Spokane Canal Company. The flow -.Au. 4 control gate at Newman Lake (a great _ _ Imrel fishing spot) remains as a ruin with its story only in fading memory. Open canal ditches, concrete flues, cultivated fields and apple orchards were part of growing up in the valley until the late 1950s. A canal ran behind Otis Orchards High School, neither of which now exists. The picture on page 25 shows an Otis Orchards irrigation canal. The Opportunity Township Hall was designed by Opportunity resident and noted Spokane architect C. Harvey Smith and constructed in 1912 by Opportunity builder and businessman C.E. Johnson. Built as Opportunity's government seat, the Opportunity Township Hall also served as the area's community hall and a meeting place for various philanthropic and other organizations including the Opportunity Moose Lodge, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, church groups, dance studios, and wedding parties. The Opportunity Township Hall is significant as a rare local example of Spanish- Mediterranean style architecture and for its association with the early settlement and development of the Spokane Valley and the town of Opportunity. 2.9 The Land Use/Transportation Connection 2.9.1 Street Connectivity Street design can have a significant impact on community development. It is important that neighborhoods be connected is such a manner that cars, bicycles and pedestrians can pass with Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 21 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan ease from one neighborhood to an adjacent neighborhood via collectors and arterials. Such a pattern promotes a sense of community. All new developments should give special consideration to emergency access routes. 2.9.2 Traffic Calming Traffic calming can be defined as measures that physically alter the operational characteristics of the roadway in an attempt to slow down traffic and reduce the negative effects of the automobile. The theory behind traffic calming is that roads should be multiuse spaces encouraging social links within a community and the harmonious interaction of various modes of travel (i.e., walking, cycling, auto, transit). 2.10 Citizen Participation The City of Spokane Valley adopted a Public Participation Program for the preparation of the comprehensive plan. This program identified actions the city would take to meet the GMA requirements of "early and continuous" public participation in the development of the city's plan. Two of the public participation techniques identified in the Public Participation Program is citizen survey and a series of public meetings hosted by the city's planning commission. In the spring of 2004, the City hired Clearwater Research to conduct a statistically valid survey of Spokane Valley residents on a number of issues. Clearwater Research conducted a telephone survey with a random sample of 400 Spokane Valley adults. Survey data was collected from March 18 to April 7, 2004. The majority of respondents (83%) indicated they thought Spokane Valley was headed in the right direction. However, respondents did identify a number of important issues facing Spokane Valley. Concerns about the economy and planning related matters were among the top issues respondents identified as facing the City. 2.10.1 City Center/Community Identity City Center. Sixty-one percent of 100% respondents indicated that having a $0°%c ■n=395 recognizable downtown or city center was important to the future of Spokane Valley 80% (figure right). Female respondents, 35% respondents at lower income levels, and 40% 26% respondents residing in one or two person 17% households were most likely to report that 20% °' "0 having a recognizable downtown was 0°fe important to the future of Spokane Valley. There was strong support among Very Somewhat Neutral Somewhat Very unimportant unimportant important important respondents for spending public money to create a city center. Seventy-four percent of respondents either somewhat or strongly supported Spokane Valley officials using public money to develop a city center. Only two percent strongly opposed the use of public money to create a city Other 5°i° center. • n=233 Most Ideal Location for a City Everygreen and Sprague 12% Center Pines and Sprague 15% Over half of the respondents (52%) Mirabeau Point 18% felt the University City area would be the most ideal Spokane Valley University City area 52% location for a city center. Other areas considered appropriate for 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% the City Center included Mirabeau Point, Pines and Sprague, and Evergreen and Sprague. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 22 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Importance of Spokane Valley Having Community Identity Community Identity. Only 26% of respondents thought Spokane Valley had a distinct identity or something that made it unique. Interestingly, almost the same percentage of respondents who said Spokane Valley does not have a community identity (74%), indicated that having a community identity was important to the future of Spokane Valley(76%). While many respondents (47%)felt community identity could be developed through social changes, others believed physical changes (28%) or a combination of both physical and social changes (25%)were the best means for accomplishing the development of community identity. 2.10.2 Community Aesthetics The typical pattern of development along the major streets of Spokane Valley did not appear to be of great concern to respondents. Just 22% expressed dissatisfaction with the current type of development along major streets. Further underscoring the general lack of concern about the typical pattern of development along major streets, only 23% of respondents indicated adding street trees and landscaping to major streets should be a high priority for City officials. Lower income respondents were more apt than higher income respondents to report that making streets pedestrian-friendly should be a high priority for City officials. Support/Opposition to Development of Small Commercial Centers Close to Residential Neighborhoods Respondents' opinions (graph right) regarding the development of small commercial centers close to residential neighborhoods, were also sharply divided. Just under half of the respondents (46%) were supportive of developing small commercial centers close to residential neighborhoods. Priority Level: Stronger Controls on Signs and Billboards in Spokane Valley Opinions regarding the priority City 100% officials should place on stronger •n-398 sign and billboard controls were 80% very mixed. However, 67% of respondents indicated that Spokane 60% Valley officials should place a 33% 34% 33% medium or high priority on stronger 40% sign and billboard control and as such, it is probable that the majority 20% of residents would be supportive of 0% stronger billboard control and sign regulations. Low priority Medium priority High priority 2.10.3 Results of"Unscientific" Survey During the community meetings held on the comprehensive plan, city staff made available the survey questions contained in the city's community survey. Meeting attendees were asked to complete the survey and either return it before the end of the meeting, or to complete the survey at 1000/ home and mail it to the city. In many cases the ■n=177 I; responses to the questions were similar to the 80% responses of the formal survey conducted by 60% Clearwater Research. These question numbers 40% 33% are right of the survey itself. The following are the o 26% 18% 19% results of the"unscientific"survey: 20% ■ I ■ a% ■ How important to the future of Spokane Valley Very Somewhat Neither Somewhat Very is having an area of the City that is recognized important important important unimportant unimportant as the "downtown"? Would you say...? nor unimportant The responses to this question are very similar to Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 23 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan those received during the formal community survey. The results above reflect that out of the total responses of 177 on this issue, 102 or nearly 58 percent felt that Spokane Valley having an identifiable downtown or city center was either somewhat important or very important. This is compared to 40 responses or 22% indicating that an identifiable city center was either somewhat or very unimportant. If you feel a developing a "downtown" is important, which of the following areas of Spokane Valley would be the most ideal location for a downtown? Those respondents who indicated that having an identifiable city center overwhelming (73%) felt that the University City area was the most appropriate location for establishing a city center for Spokane Valley. In your opinion, does Spokane Valley have an identity or something that makes it unique? The result of this survey question is 100%- somewhat different from the results of the - •n=156 I formal community survey. In the formal 80% survey only 26% of the respondents felt 48% that the City of Spokane Valley has an e60%0 52% identity or something that makes it 40% unique. The results in the graph at the - right indicate that a majority of those 20% surveyed at the community meetings o% (52%) felt there was something unique No Yes about Spokane Valley. How important to the future of Spokane Valley is having a "community identity? Would you say...? When asked how important to the future of Spokane Valley is having a distinct community identity, an overwhelming majority of the respondents (73%) felt it is either somewhat important or very important that Spokane Valley have a distinct identity. This is consistent with the results of the formal community survey where 76% of respondents felt it is important for the city to have a community identity. 100% - ■ n=170 80% - 60% - 39% 34% 40% - 13% 20% 5% 9% 0% Very Somewhat Neither Somewhat Very important important important nor unimportant unimportant unimportant Would development of a "community identity" best be accomplished through physical changes, such as the development of a city center or the building of gateways at the major points of entry into the city, or through 100%— social changes, such as more •n=160 1 community events like Valleyfest? 80% When asked what types of changes 60% 57% would be needed to develop a community — Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) 40% 28% E 20% 15% ■ PagE 0% Physical Changes Social Changes Both Changes Equally Important City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan identity, a majority (57%) felt that both social and physical changes would be necessary to accomplish developing an identity for the city. This is somewhat different than the formal survey where only 26% of the respondents felt that both physical and social changes were equally important to develop the city's identity. Do you consider adding street trees and landscaping to major streets in Spokane Valley a high, medium, or low priority for city officials? In terms of community aesthetics, a majority of the respondents (59%) felt that adding street trees and landscaping to the major streets in the city should be either a medium or high priority for city officials. This result was identical to the result of the city's formal community 100% survey where 59% of respondents felt •n=166 I this should be either a medium or high 80%- priority for the city. 60%- 41% 41% 40%- 18% 20% 0% Low Priority Medium Priority High Priority Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 25 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 2.11 Goals and Policies Residential Goals & Policies Goal LUG-1 Preserve and protect the character of Spokane Valley's residential neighborhoods. Policies LUP-1.1 Maintain and protect the character of existing and future residential neighborhoods through the development and enforcement of the City's land use regulations and joint planning. LUP-1.2 Protect residential areas from impacts of adjacent non-residential uses and/or higher intensity uses through the development and enforcement of the City's land use regulations and joint planning. LUP-1.3 Review and revise as necessary, existing land use regulations to provide for innovation and flexibility in the design of new residential developments, accessory dwelling units and in-fill development. LUP-1.4 Encourage the development of transportation routes and facilities to serve residential neighborhoods. Special attention should be given to pedestrian circulation. LUP-1.5 Encourage the development of parks and the dedication of open space in and adjacent to residential areas. Open space dedication shall be proportionate to the size of the development. LUP-1.6 Preserve site characteristics that enhance residential development (trees, bodies of water, vistas, and similar features) using site planning techniques such as clustering, planned unit developments, transfer of development rights and lot size averaging. LUP-1.7 Allow zone changes within the Low Density Residential category only when specific criteria are met. Criteria may include: • Substantial changes within zone change area. • Clear mapping errors. • Adequate facilities and services (e.g. sewer, water capacity). • Consistency with densities in the vicinity of the zone change. LUP-1.8 Development agreements in conjunction with comprehensive plan amendments may be used where the project is larger in scope and has potentially larger impacts than normal, or where the city council may desire to place certain restrictions on proposal. LUP-1.9 Development agreements in conjunction with comprehensive plan amendments shall not be used to waive requirements associated with a proposed use. LUP-1.10 Office uses are allowed in the High Density Residential (HDR) category. Office uses must conform to all the development standards established for high density multifamily development. Goal LUG-2 Encourage a wide range of housing types and densities commensurate with the community's needs and preferences. Policies LUP-2.1 Allow and encourage a variety of housing types in designated Mixed-use areas, Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 26 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan LUP-2.2 Use design and performance standards for residential developments to achieve integration in commercial and Mixed-use developments. Performance standards should focus on scale, appearance, and compatibility. Encourage variations in facades and rooflines to add character and interest to multi-family developments. LUP-2.3 Encourage the development of transportation routes and facilities to serve residential neighborhoods. Special attention should be given to walking, biking and transit uses. LUP-2.4 Residential development should be designed to provide privacy and common open space. Open space areas shall be proportionate to the size of the residential development. LUP-2.5 Consider special development techniques (e.g., zero lot lines, lot size averaging, and planned unit developments) in single-family areas, provided they result in residential development consistent with the quality and character of existing neighborhoods. LUP-2.7 Consider and possibly implement programs facilitating purchase or retention of existing open space lands, such as transfer of development rights (TDR) or purchase of development rights (PDR). Goal LUG-3 Encourage the development of underutilized residential areas to improve connectivity. Policies LUP-3.1 Develop infill regulations that offer incentives when specific infill criteria is met. LUP-3.2 Infill regulations should allow smaller lots and flexibility from other residential zone dimensional standards when development promotes connectivity. LUP-3.3 Allow narrower public street sections that are economically viable for infill development, meet transportation, emergency access, and pedestrian needs while reducing stormwater impacts. LUP-3.4 Promote a public street network that provides connected neighborhoods for pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles. . Commercial Goals & Policies Goal LUG- 4 Transform various commercial business areas into vital, attractive, easily accessible mixed use ar eas that appeal to investors, consumers and residents and enhance t he community image and economic vitality. Policies LUP-44.1 Encourage transformation of Sprague Avenue Regional/ Community Commercial corridor into a quality mixed-use retail area. Retail development along the corridor, exclusive of the City Center, should be concentrated at arterial intersections and designed to integrate auto, pedestrian, and transit circulation. Integration of public amenities and open space into retail and office development should also be encouraged. LUP-44.2 Encourage large bulk retailers to locate in the designated Regional Commercial nodes around arterial intersections. LUP-44.3 Development agreements in conjunction with comprehensive plan amendments may be used to ensure compatibility between non-residential developments and residential zones by regulating height, scale, setbacks, and buffers. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 27 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Goal LUG- 5 Provide neighborhood and corn munity scale retail centers for the City's neighborhoods. Policies LUP-54.1 Integrate retail developments into surrounding residential areas with attention to quality design and function. LUP-45.2 Encourage pedestrian and bicycle access to neighborhood shopping and services. LUP-45.3 Encourage retail and personal services to group together within planned centers to allow for ease of pedestrian movement. LUP-45.4 Encourage Mixed-use residential and commercial and office development in Neighborhood Commercial designations where compatibility with nearby uses can be demonstrated. LUP-54.5 Ensure compatibility between mixed-use developments and residential areas by regulating height, scale, setbacks, and buffers. LUP-45.6 Develop community design guidelines to promote common open space, public art, and plazas in commercial and office developments. LUP-45.7 Develop design guidelines that encourage quality design and pedestrian and vehicle circulation in commercial, office and Mixed-use developments. LUP-45.8 Develop design guidelines to encourage commercial development to locate along the street edge (where deemed appropriate)to provide pedestrian street access. LUP-45.9 Identify and designate streets where on-street parking can be safely provided without unduly slowing traffic flow or jeopardizing traffic safety. LUP-45.10 May provide incentives to encourage developers to include housing in mixed-use projects. Goal LUG-56 Identify appropriate locations for the Auto Row Overlay designation. Policies LUP-56.1 Identify other appropriate automobile related uses within the Auto Row Overlay designation that are complementary to automobile dealerships. LUP-56.2 Develop appropriate development standards for permitted uses within the Auto Row Overlay designated area. City Center Goal LUG 6 Create an identifiable City Center that serves as the social, cultural, Policic, LUP 6.1 Define a City Center with distinct boundaries, unique building types, and special features. LUP 6.2 Strengthen existing connections of the City Center area to the region's high capacity transit system. through appropriate development regulations and design standards. LUP 6.11 Develop land use regulations that allow higher intensity development in the City (FAR) and permitted uses. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 28 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan LUP 6.5 Coordinate with urban service providers to cnsurc sufficicnt capacity-k, available LUP 6.6 Allow for a variety of uses and mixcd use development within buildings or the character of the surrounding residential and commercial area. LUP 6.7 The City should always consider City Center sites regarding potential civic and cultural uses the City develops, such as a City Hall. LUP 6.8 Provide incentives to attract cultural and civic uses to the City Center over which the City does not have direct control, such as libraries or recreation facilities. LUP 6.9 Develop land use regulations that encourage higher density residential uses on the periphery of the City Center area in close proximity to high capacity transit. High density housing should be accompanied by residentially oriented retail and service uses. LUP 6.10 Provide amenities such as community services, parks and public spaces to meet the residential nccds in the City Ccntcr. LUP 6.11 Provide an effective transition between the periphery of the City Center and Goal LUG-7 Provide a bal anced transportation network that accommodates public transportation, high occupancy vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, automobiles and integrated parking. Policies LUP 7.1 Improve traffic circulation around and through the City Ccntcr by extending the street network and creating smaller blocks. LUP-7.21 Encourage pedestrian and bicycle circulation by providing public sidewalks, street trees, street furniture and other amenities. LUP-7.23 Require clear and safe pedestrian paths to enhance the pedestrian network. LUP-7.43 Connect the main entry of buildings to public sidewalks by an identifiable walkway. LUP-7.5.4 Allow for on-street parking on the internal City Center street network. LUP 7.6 Encourage transit use by improving pedestrian and bicycle linkages to the existing and future transit system. Office Goals & Policies Goal LUG-8 Create appropriate development standards for Office designated areas. Policies LUP-8.1 Allow commercial, residential and recreational uses in conjunction with permitted uses in Office designated areas. LUP-8.2 Integrate sidewalks, bike lanes, landscaping, and area lighting in office areas to provide a safe and attractive working environment. LUP-8.3 Allow office uses in high density residential zones to provide some of the service needs generated from multifamily development. Mixed-use Goals & Policies Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 29 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Goal LUG-9 Encourage the development of Mixed-use areas that foster community identity and are designed to support pedestrian, bicycle and regional transit. Policies LUP-9.1 The characteristics of a Mixed-use area should include: • Housing and employment densities to support regional transit service; • Public transit connections; • Safe, attractive transit stops and pedestrian and bicycle ways; • Buildings that front on wide sidewalks with attractive landscaping, benches and frequent bus stops; • Multi-story buildings oriented to the street rather than parking lots; and • Parking space located behind or to the side of buildings or in parking structures. LUP-9.2 The mix of land uses allowed in either the Corridor Mixed-use or Mixed-use Center designation should include: • A variety of housing types including apartments, condominiums, town houses, two-family and single family dwellings on small lots; • A full range of retail goods and services including grocery stores, theaters/entertainment, restaurants, personal services and specialty shops; • Public/quasi-public uses and/or open space; • Professional Office and other employment oriented uses; and • Commercial uses that require large land areas but have low employment density and are auto-dependant, such as lumber yards, plant nurseries, warehouses, and auto dealerships, should be prohibited from either Mixed- use category. Industrial Goals & Policies Goal LUG-10 Provide for the development of well-planned industrial areas and ensure the long-term holding of appropriate land in parcel sizes adequate to allow for future development as industrial uses. Policies LUP-10.1 Plan capital facility expenditures to assist the development of lands designated for industrial uses. LUP-10.2 Encourage a diverse array of industries to locate in Spokane Valley. LUP-10.3 Encourage shared-use parking, pedestrian access and transit incentive programs in industrial development projects. Goal LUG-11 A variety of strategically located heavy industrial areas should be designated and protected from conflicting land uses. Policies LUP-11.1 Commercial, residential and recreational uses should be limited or not allowed in areas designated for industry, except for small-scale ancillary commercial and recreational uses intended to primarily serve the industrial area. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 30 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan LUP-11.2 Conversion of designated industrial lands to other uses should be strictly limited to ensure an adequate land supply. LUP-11.3 Provide appropriate buffering, landscaping and other development standards for industrial areas. LUP-11.4 Retail outlets shall be allowed for industrial businesses that manufacture and/or assemble products on-site. Goal LUG-12 Designate and protect a variety of strategically located light industry areas. Policies LUP-12.1 Commercial, residential and recreational uses shall be limited or not allowed in areas designated for light industry except for small-scale ancillary commercial and recreational uses primarily to serve the industrial area. LUP-12.2 Light industry areas shall include lighting, sidewalks, bike lanes and landscaping to provide a safe and attractive working environment. LUP-12.3 Retail outlets shall be allowed for industrial businesses that manufacture and/or assemble products on-site. Development Review Goals & Policies Goal LUG-13 Develop and m aintain an efficient and timely development review process. Policies LUP-13.1 Maximize efficiency of the development review process by continuously evaluating the permitting process and modifying as appropriate. LUP-13.2 Assist developers with proposals by continuing to offer pre-application meetings in order to produce projects that will be reviewed efficiently. Urban Design and Form Goals & Policies Goals LUG-14 Improve the appearance and function of the built environment. Policies LUP-14.1 Use performance and community design standards to maintain neighborhood character, achieve a greater range of housing options, and to create attractive and desirable commercial and office developments. LUP-14.2 Adopt specific regulations for designated aesthetic corridors that: • Provide incentives for aesthetic design; • Require landscaping buffers adjacent to roadways; • Limit sign height and size; • Provide performance standards to adequately screen intensive land uses that have exterior clutter such as outdoor storage, exterior heavy equipment and/or exterior fabrication/assembly. • Prohibit off-premise signage and billboards. LUP-14.3 Establish standards for the scale and intensity of commercial, retail and industrial signage that protect views and minimize signage clutter while allowing adequate business identification. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 31 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan LUP-14.4 Establish a "cap and replace"system for billboards. LUP-14.5 Designate aesthetic corridors along major transportation routes to provide a positive image of Spokane Valley. Aesthetic corridors shall be located along the following routes: • State Route 27 from 16th south to 32nd and Mansfield to Trent; • Appleway Boulevard (south side from Park to Dishman Mica); • Mirabeau Parkway from Pines to Indiana; • Dishman Mica Road from 8th Avenue, south to City limits • 32nd Ave. within the City limits • Appleway Blvd. from Barker to Hodges Historic and Cultural Resources Goals & Policies Goal LUG-15 Identify and protect archeological and historic sites and structures. Policies LUP-15.1 Continually identify and evaluate archaeological and historic sites to determine which should be preserved. LUP-15.2 Link cultural resource preservation with local economic development strategies. LUP-15.3 Establish and maintain relations with Native American tribes for the preservation of archaeological sites and traditional cultural properties. LUP-15.4 Publicize the community's heritage through interpretive trails, historic plaques, art and other public displays. Land Use/Transportation Connection Goals & Policies Goal LUG-16 Provide a street system that connects neighborhoods. Policies LUP-16.1 Encourage new developments, including multifamily projects, to be arranged in a pattern of connecting streets and blocks to allow people to safely get around easily by foot, bicycle, bus, or car. LUP-16.2 Develop street, pedestrian path and bike path standards that contribute to a system of fully connected routes. LUP-16.3 Require adequate emergency evacuation routes prior to approving new development or redevelopment. LUP-16.4 Connect neighborhood services, public open space and parks with multi-modal paths. Joint Planning Goals and Policies Goal LUG-17 The City of Spokane Valley should continue to coordinate with Spokane County and neighboring cities for adjacent urban growth areas. Policies LUP-17.1 The City should coordinate with Spokane County to ensure appropriate service provision and land development prior to City annexation. Methods to allow for coordination may include, but are not limited to, execution of an interlocal agreement between the City of Spokane Valley and Spokane County to: Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 32 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan • Establish guidelines for development plan review, impact fees and SEPA mitigation; and • Define service delivery responsibilities, level of service standards and capital facility implementation consistent with the goals and policies of this Plan. LUP-17.2 Through regional planning efforts, the City and County should ensure that planning is compatible with the Cities of Spokane and Liberty Lake. LUP-17.3 The City should continue coordinated planning efforts between Spokane County, appropriate fire districts, school districts, and water service providers to assure managed growth in urban growth areas. Potential Annexation Area Goals and Policies Goal LUG-18 Identify Potential Annexation Areas for the City of Spokane Valley that are consistent with the Spokane County regional urban growth area boundary. Policies LUP-18.1 Within the existing urban growth area, identify potential annexation areas that are contiguous to the city limits and not assigned to another city. LUP-18.2 Coordinate with adjacent cities and Spokane County to review and update the regional urban growth area boundary consistent with the Countywide Planning Policies and RCW 36.70. LUP-18.3 Propose changes to the regional urban growth area boundary necessary to accommodate Spokane Valley's 20-year population allocation. LUP-18.4 The City will not accept requests to annex unincorporated territory located outside the designated urban growth area. LUP-18.5 Complete necessary capital facilities planning for any newly proposed urban growth areas in accordance with the Countywide Planning Policies. Goal LUG-19 Collaborate with adjacent cities, Spokane County, and of fected residents. Policies LUP-19.1 Pursue interlocal agreements with Spokane County to support collaborative joint planning within potential annexation areas to ensure consistent development. LUP-19.2 Inform affected residents, property owners, and businesses in the annexation process. LUP-19.3 Include language in an interlocal agreement utilizing the tool of annexation, prior to urban development, to control the type, quality, and location of development in potential annexation areas. LUP-19.4 Coordinate with Spokane County to work with affected neighborhoods upon annexation to provide a smooth transition from Spokane County to the City of Spokane Valley administration. Goal LUG-20 Promote orderly growth within potential annexation areas. Policies LUP-20.1 Perform a fiscal analysis and provide a service plan for all areas proposed for annexation. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 33 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Lup-20.2 Incorporate potential annexation areas in the Capital Facilities Plan including proposed locations for new capital facilities. LUP-20.3 Strive to retain neighborhood integrity in adjusting potential annexation areas boundaries. Goal LUG-21 Develop an annexation process for potential annexation areas Policies LUP-21.1 Evaluate annexations within the potential annexation areas based on the following criteria: • The City's ability, either in house, by contract, or by special purpose district, to provide public services at the City's adopted level of service • The annexation boundary should provide a contiguous and regular boundary with current City limits • The annexation boundary, where appropriate should use physical boundaries, including but not limited to, bodies of water, existing or future right-of-way, roads, and topography • Assessment of staff time and expense involved in processing the annexation request • Review right-of-way issues prior to defining boundaries of individual annexations to determine logical inclusions or exclusions • The annexation boundary, where appropriate, should adjust any impractical or irregular boundaries • When the proposed annexation is located in the vicinity of a public facility, the City should evaluate the feasibility of modifying the annexation boundary to include the public facility LUP-21.2 Process annexations in accordance with State annexation laws in a timely and efficient manner. LUP-21.3 Generally, the City of Spokane Valley prefers the Petition Method of Annexation. LUP-21.4 Ensure that newly annexed territory accepts its equitable share of the City's bonded indebtedness. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 2— Land Use Page 34 of 34 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan CHAPTER 3 — TRANSPORTATION 3.0 Introduction Transportation systems should provide for the safe and efficient movement of people and goods. Modes of transportation which impact Spokane Valley include roadway, transit, air, rail, bicycle and pedestrian. Each of these modes is addressed independently, although the development of an efficient and truly multimodal transportation system requires an evaluation of the interaction and interdependency of each mode in relationship to others Airport, rail and arterial roadways have implications for regional freight mobility. Transit, pedestrian and bicycle systems form part of larger systems with localized implications for the movement of people. Citizens should have a variety of viable transportation choices and the plan focuses on providing citizens with transportation options and reducing dependency on driving because: • The transportation preferences and needs of all people should be respected. All citizens, including those who cannot or choose not to drive, should have viable transportation options; • In the future, increasing numbers of people may not physically or financially be able to drive; • All people are pedestrians at some point; and • Continued dependency on driving may not be sustainable in the future, either economically and/or environmentally. Alternatives to driving must be truly viable. All transportation options must be safe, accessible, convenient and attractive. For instance, people might be more likely to use public transportation if service is frequent, routes to transit stops are pedestrian friendly and shops and services are located near stops. Safety is a critical factor; people will not choose transportation options they perceive to be unsafe. Safety is similarly important in the efficient movement of goods since they share road and rail transportation corridors. System design, direct routes and conflict reduction are key considerations in establishing a multimodal transportation system which provides mobility choices, moves people and goods effectively and safely, is coordinated with land use, maintains or improves air quality and mitigates impacts to the environment. 3.1 Planninci Context The Transportation Element of the Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan (SVCP) establishes the framework for providing a transportation system (facilities and services), and focuses on actions needed to create and manage the transportation infrastructure and services. 3.1.1 Growth Management Act The Growth Management Act (GMA) (RCW 36.70A.020 [3]) "...encourages efficient multimodal transportation systems that are based on regional priorities and coordinated with county and city comprehensive plans." In addition, the act outlines guidelines for the preparation of the transportation plan, which is a mandatory element of the Comprehensive Plan. Specifically, these guidelines (RCW 36.70A.070 [6]) include: • The land use assumptions used in the plan; • Facility and service needs, including: 1. An inventory of existing facilities; Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 1 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 2. Level of service standards for all facilities and services; 3. An action plan for brining system deficits up to standard; 4. Forecasts of future traffic growth; and 5. Identification of system expansion and transportation system management needs. • A financing plan which includes: 1. A comparison of funding needs versus available resources; 2. A six-year financing strategy; and 3. An assessment of how funding deficits will be managed. • Intergovernmental coordination efforts; • A demand management strategy; and • A concurrency management strategy. Moreover, the GMA requires that the Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC) certify the transportation elements of local comprehensive plans. Certification is based upon conformity with state legislation related to transportation elements, and consistency of the City's element with the Metropolitan Transportation Plan. 3.1.2 County Wide Planning Policies Regional transportation planning services are provided by the SRTC, and coordinated by the Spokane Transit Authority (STA) and local jurisdictions, in accordance with federal and state planning requirements, and the Countywide Planning Policies for Spokane County (CWPPs). The CWPPs provide a policy framework for the County and its respective cities. Adherence to these policies ensures that plans within the County are consistent with one another. These policies address such issues as the designation of urban growth areas, land use, affordable housing, provision of urban services for future development, transportation, and contiguous and orderly development. The following are specific CWPPs that relate to the Transportation Element:1 Policy Topic 3 — Promotion of Contiguous and Orderly Development and Provision of Urban Services Policies a. Each jurisdiction shall include policies in its comprehensive plan to address how urban development will be managed to promote efficiency in the use of land and the provision of urban governmental services and public facilities. The [GMA] Steering Committee has accepted a regional minimum level of service standards for urban governmental services with the exception of police protection within Urban Growth Areas (UGAs). Local jurisdictions may choose higher standards. In its comprehensive plan, each jurisdiction shall include, but not be limited to, level of service standards for: a. fire protection; b. police protection; c. parks and recreation; d. libraries; e. public sewer; f. public water; g. solid waste disposal and recycling; h. transportation; and 1 Note to reader: The following policies are numbered according to the policy number in the CWPPs, resulting in non- sequential numbering in this document. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 2 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan i. schools2 3. Each jurisdiction shall include policies in its comprehensive plan to ensure that obstructions to regional transportation or utility corridors are not created. In addition, each jurisdiction should include policies in its comprehensive plan to ensure sustainable growth beyond the 20-year planning horizon. Policy Topic 5—Transportation 1. Regional transportation planning shall be conducted by the Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC). The SRTC shall coordinate with local jurisdictions and the Spokane Transit Authority (STA) to ensure that the regional transportation plan and local jurisdiction's land use plans are compatible and consistent with one another. 4. Comprehensive plans shall include, where applicable, the master plans of identified major transportation facilities to ensure that they are reasonably accommodated and compatible with surrounding land uses. Such facilities shall include, but not be limited to, airports, state highways, railroads and major freight terminals. 5. Local jurisdictions shall develop and adopt land use plans that have been coordinated through the Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC) to ensure that they preserve and enhance the regional transportation system. These plans may include high-capacity transportation corridors, and shall fulfill air quality conformity and financial requirements of the Federal Transportation Laws and Regulations, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and the Growth Management Act (GMA). 7. In the long term, growth and change will necessitate the designation of specific transportation corridors which can support high capacity transportation. These corridors shall: a. be identified for the specific purpose of preserving the right-of-way necessary to implement a high-capacity transportation system and to provide a development density that will support such a system; b. be recognized in each jurisdiction's comprehensive plan and development regulations. These plans and codes should provide the authority to establish high- capacity transportation activity centers and urban villages having a land use pattern of mixed use density and intensities; c. be incorporated into capital facilities programs to provide a unified approach for preserving the character and quality of neighborhoods; d. be evaluated to identify both interim and ultimate transportation strategies for each corridor; e. encourage capital infrastructure investment to facilitate high-capacity transportation and supporting land uses; and f. be supported through a public education process. 8. The regional transportation plan and comprehensive plan of each jurisdiction shall include roads, air and rail service that accommodates the need for freight and goods movement. 9. Recognizing the need to maintain existing rail lines for shipments of commodities, which reduces the impacts of shipping commodities by roads, local jurisdictions should protect rail facilities to the extent possible. 2 (Spokane County has not proposed a level of service for school districts to be adopted as part of the comprehensive plan. Individual school districts determine their own level of service standards. However, if any jurisdiction within Spokane County [itself]chooses to implement impact fees for schools at any future time,each school district must develop a capital facilities plan consistent with the GMA). Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 3 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 10. Each jurisdiction should coordinate its housing and transportation strategies to support existing, or develop new, public multimodal transportation systems. 11. Each jurisdiction shall address land use designations and site design requirements that are supportive of and compatible with public transportation, for example: a. pedestrian scale neighborhoods and activity centers; b. mixed use development; and c. pedestrian friendly and non-motorized design. 13. Each jurisdiction's transportation facilities shall be planned within the context of countywide, multi-county and bi-state air, land and water resources and shall not cause or contribute to exceeding federal or state environmental quality standards. 14. Each jurisdiction shall strive, through transportation system strategies, to optimize the use of and maintain existing roads to minimize the construction costs and impacts associated with roadway facility expansion. 15. In accordance with regional minimum level of service standards specified by the Steering Committee, each jurisdiction shall establish roadway standards, level of service standards and methodologies and functional road classification schemes to ensure consistency throughout the region and to support the use of alternative transportation modes. 16. Each jurisdiction shall address energy consumption/conservation by: a. designing transportation improvements for alternatives to the single-occupant vehicle; b. locating and adopting design standards for new development to support pedestrian or non-motorized travel; c. providing regulatory and financial incentives to promote efforts of the public and private sector to conserve energy; and d. reducing the number of vehicle miles traveled and number of vehicle trips. 17. The transportation element of each jurisdiction's comprehensive plan, where transit service exists, will include level of service standards for transit routes and services. Each jurisdiction will coordinate the level of service standards with all adjacent jurisdictions and appropriate agencies. 18. Each jurisdiction shall use its adopted level of service standards to evaluate concurrence for long-range transportation planning, development review and programming of transportation investments. 20. Transportation elements of comprehensive plans shall reflect the preservation and maintenance of transportation facilities as a high priority to avoid costly replacement and to meet public safety objectives in a cost-effective manner. 21. Each jurisdiction, Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC) and other transportation agencies shall identify significant regional and/or countywide land acquisition needs for transportation and establish a process for prioritizing and siting the location of transportation corridors and facilities. 3.1.3 Concurrency and Level of Service Concurrency as defined in the GMA3 means: 3 RCW 36.70A070(6) Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 4 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan ".."local jurisdiction must adopt and enforce ordinances which prohibit development approval if the development causes the level of service on a locally owned transportation facility to decline below the standards adopted in the transportation element of the comprehensive plan, unless transportation improvements or strategies to accommodate the impacts of development are made concurrent with development. These strategies may include increased public transportation service, ride share programs, demand management, and other transportation system management strategies. For purposes of this subsection (6) "concurrent with development" shall mean that improvements or strategies are in place at the time of development or that a financial commitment is in place to complete the improvements or strategies within six years. (emphasis added) SRTC has been appointed by the Spokane County Growth Management Steering Committee to coordinate the development of regional transportation Concurrency Management Systems (CMS). Spokane County's CMS consists of regional and local concurrency reviews as described below. Regional: SRTC is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the performance of regional transportation facilities as affected by land use and transportation improvement decisions. SRTC uses travel times to assess performance or regional transportation corridors. A review of regional concurrency occurs on an annual basis. Local: Local jurisdictions are responsible for reviewing land use proposals within their jurisdiction and making determinations as to whether concurrency requirements are met as specified by their ordinance. The state is responsible for establishing performance standards on all highways of statewide significance, which are not subject to local concurrency requirements. Additional discussion of roadway concurrency is included in Section 3.2 below and in Chapter 4 Capital Facilities. 3.2 Streets & Roadways 3.2.1 Highways of Statewide Significance& Connectivity Spokane Valley is served by a network of publicly maintained streets and highways connecting local communities and urban centers in the greater Spokane region. Interstate 90 runs east/west through the city and provides direct linkages from the Spokane region west to the Seattle/Puget Sound region and east across the country. Spokane Valley also has two (2) state highways, State Route 27 (Pines Road) and State Route 290 (Trent Avenue). SR-27 provides access from Spokane Valley south into southeastern Spokane County and Whitman County. SR-290 provides Spokane Valley access to the east into areas around Rathdrum, Idaho. Both of the roadways provide important regional access to Spokane Valley. 3.2.2 Roadway Inventory and Functional Classification Functional classification is the grouping of highways, roads and streets by the character of service they provide, and was developed for transportation planning purposes. Basic to this process is the recognition that individual routes do not serve travel independently. Rather, most travel involves movement through a network of roads. Comprehensive transportation planning, an integral part of total economic and social development, uses functional classification to determine how travel can be channelized within the network in a logical and efficient manner. The Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has the primary responsibility for developing and updating the statewide highway functional classification in rural and urban areas to determine functional usage of the existing roads and streets, and must cooperate with responsible local officials in developing and updating the functional classification. The results of the functional classification are mapped and submitted to FHWA for approval. Once approved, the map serves as the official record for Federal- aid highways and is the basis for designation of the National Highway System.4 4 23 CFR 470 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 5 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan "Ort "44, MAiti;44 A ROAD RIGHT OF WAY BIKE LEFT TURN BIKE LANE - ' LANE ft SIDEWALK / SIDEWALK LANDSCAPING/ LANDSCAPING AND DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE COLLECTOR ARTERIAL TYPICAL SECTION — N.T.S Interstate Freeway: The interstate is a controlled access, multi-lane, high speed, high- capacity roadway intended exclusively for motorized traffic. All access is controlled by interchanges and bridges separating local road crossings. Interstate 90 is the only freeway within the Spokane Valley city limits. Principal Arterials: Principal arterials serve the major centers of activity in urbanized areas and include the highest traffic volume corridors, serve the longest trips and carry a high proportion of the total urban travel, even though they constitute a relatively small percentage of the total roadway network. The principal arterial system carries most of the trips entering and leaving the urban area, as well significant intra-area travel, such as between central business districts and outlying residential areas. The system also carries important intra-urban and inter-city bus routes. Service to abutting land is subordinate to travel service to major traffic movements.5 Ifie p ROAD RIGHT OF WAY 1 vi C 81KE LEFT TURN � � 81KE LANE LANE LANE SIDEWALK SIDEWALK LANDSCAPING LANDSCAPING AND DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL TYPICAL SECTION — N.TS Minor Arterials: The minor arterial street system interconnects with and augments the principal arterial system. It accommodates trips of moderate length at a lower level of travel mobility than principal arterials. This system places more emphasis on land access than the principal arterial system. Such a facility may carry local bus routes and provide intra- community continuity, but ideally does not penetrate identifiable neighborhoods. The spacing of minor arterials may vary from one tenth to one half mil (1/10 — 1/2) in central business districts, and two (2) to three (3) miles in suburban fringes, but is normally not more than one (1) mile in fully developed areas. Collector Streets: The collector provides both land access and traffic circulation within residential neighborhoods and commercial and industrial areas. It differs from the arterial system in that facilities from the collector system may penetrate residential neighborhoods, distributing trips from arterials through the area to their ultimate destinations. Conversely, the collector system also collects traffic from the local streets in residential neighborhoods and 5 FHWA Functional Classifications Guidelines Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 6 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan channels it into the arterial system. In a central business district or other area of similar development and traffic density, the collector system may include the entire street grid. The collector street system may also carry local bus routes. Collectors may be separated into principal and minor designations, or into industrial or neighborhood classifications. Local Access Streets: The local access street system includes all facilities not designated as either an arterial or collector. It primarily permits direct access to abutting lands and connections to higher order systems. It offers the lowest level of mobility and usually contains no bus routes. Service to through-traffic movement is usually deliberately discouraged. Table 3.1 Roadway Mileage Summary for Spokane Valley STATE CITY TOTAL Functional Class Miles % Miles % Miles % 11 Urban Interstate 10.11 2.22% 10.11 2.22% 14 Urban Principal Arterial 11.46 2.52% 29.37 6.46% 40.83 8.98 All Principal Arterials 21.57 4.74% 29.37 6.46% 50.94 11.20% 16 Urban Minor Arterial 1.60 0.35% 59.53 13.09% 61.13 13.44% All Arterials 23.17 5.10% 88.90 19.55% 112.07 24.65% 17 Urban Collector 43.81 9.63% 43.81 9.63 All Collectors 43.81 9.63% 43.81 9.63 19 Urban Local Access 298.85 65.72% 298.85 65.72% All Local Access 298.85 65.72% 298.85 65.72% Totals 23.17 5.10% 431.56 94.90% 454.73 100.00% Source: Spokane Valley Public Works Department The procedures for classifying all roads and streets into functional systems are based on the most logical use of the existing facilities to serve present travel. A "future year" functional classification plan is based on projected "future year" population, land use and travel and will include, in addition to existing facilities, such new facilities as will be needed to serve "future year" land use and travel. Some of this new mileage will consist of new streets in expanding urban areas. Additional "new streets" may be identified in cases where adequate standards cannot be provided on the original location, or where an existing routing is excessively circuitous. In developing a "future year" classification, consideration has been given to the impact of foreseeable developments in other modes of transportation including high-speed rail service and improved air service. Population estimates for 2025 were made using the SRTC Visum model. The base for the Spokane Valley"future year" population is the 2000 Decennial Census. A basic assumption in assigning facilities to logical functional groupings is that higher order systems should generally serve the longest trips. Only comparatively few miles or urban streets and highways serve trips of any great length; a somewhat greater mileage serves trips of moderate length; and a substantial mileage serves comparatively short trips. Facilities which serve relatively long trips (including trips passing through urban area, trips between the suburbs and central city, trips between outlying communities, and long trips occurring within the central city) are likely to be functioning as arterials and should be considered for inclusion in the preliminary arterial system. The mileage for the functional classification is summarized on Table 3.4: The functional classification system is illustrated on Map 3.1. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 7 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 3.2.3 Safety Street design and construction standards should accommodate the characteristics of vehicles utilizing the roadway, making adequate provision for weight, size and turning radius requirements. The four (4) general classes of design vehicles include passenger cars and light trucks, buses, large trucks and recreational vehicles. Bicycles are to be considered a design vehicle where bicycle use is allowed on the roadway. Traffic safety must consider roadway capacity, the type of traffic utilizing the roadway, terrain, access management, traffic volumes and congestion. Access management requires the management of access to land development while simultaneously preserving the flow of traffic on surrounding road systems in terms of safety, capacity and speed. The capacity of an arterial is often dominated by the capacity of individual signalized intersections. Intersection design improvements and signalization modifications should be considered as cost effective alternatives to the addition of additional travel lanes. Intersections must be designed to maintain visibility for the safety of motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. Particular care is exercised at school crossings and in areas frequented by the elderly and disabled. 3.2.4 Transportation Systems Management (TSM) Transportation Systems Management (TSM) focuses on maximizing use of the existing systems travel capacity. The concept was first originated in the mid-1970s by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Since that time, it has been applied in a host of different ways in cities and metropolitan areas around the country. More recently, the 199 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) expanded the vision of TSM, introducing the term Congestion Management Systems (CMS). TSM options can be grouped into the following categories: • Geometric Improvements • Signalization Improvements (including synchronization) • Access Management • Capacity Enhancements • Circulation 3.2.4.1 Geometric Improvements The term Geometric Improvements refers to projects intended to "re-shape" the physical layout of roads. Through reported problems and periodic monitoring, isolated improvements can be defined which will improve the operation of traffic and increase safety. Such improvements are under the City's control. While there are national and state level guidelines, the City's adopted design standards guide the design of these improvements. Sometimes called Spot Improvements, their low cost and net increase in efficiency make them particularly popular. 3.2.4.2 Signalization Improvements Signalization Improvements include traffic signal installation or removal, and operational strategies. To date, the City has relied on other agencies to service its traffic signals. Spokane County has maintained all signals that were previously under County control, while the state has operated those on certain state routes. This has produced a fragmented approach to traffic control. Traffic along Spokane Valley's major transportation corridors such as Sprague, Broadway, Argonne/Mullan and Sullivan would benefit from synchronization and improvement to signal timing and phasing. The cost of such improvements would likely be recovered by reduction in delay to drivers. Air quality would also be enhanced due to fewer unnecessary stops. In addition, Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 8 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan transit reliability would increase as a result of these actions. Map 3.3 shows existing signalized intersections. 3.2.4.3 Access Management Access Management is another means to manage traffic flow efficiency, controlling intersection and driveway spacing to improve the safety and preserve capacity of major streets. Traffic conflicts are responsible for a high percentage of roadway crashes. By reducing the number of driveways and turning movements through shared access to multiple parcels, and restricting turning movements in congested areas, the safety and efficiency of the City's streets can be maintained. Access to adjacent property is one (1) of the major factors influencing functional classification. The State of Washington requires that access onto state facilities be granted by permit, and that such access conform to an access management classification system.6 Access management may reduce the number of driveways, the allowable movements or modify existing access points where recurrent problems have been observed, including those related to safety, traffic flow and maintenance of roadway capacity. 3.2.4.4 Capacity Enhancements Capacity Enhancements typically include road widening and/or redesign to assure an existing road segment operates as efficiently as nearby segments. For example, where a section of freeway carries more local, short tips than long distance through trips by adding a parallel frontage road, the freeway might operate more efficiently. Another example might consist of two (2) heavily-used streets being grade-separated at their intersection point to accommodate flow. Capacity enhancements typically are higher in cost than other TSM strategies. Funding from outside sources is limited. Therefore, such projects must be carefully justified. 3.2.5 Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Transportation Demand Management (TDM) is an approach to solving transportation problems that focuses on reducing the demand for automobile travel rather than increasing the system capacity (supply) for automobile travel. TDM strategies should be particularly aimed at reducing the volume of single-operator vehicles. TDM is a valuable tool with which to address transportation problems because it generally avoids the high environmental, financial, and human costs associated with capacity-oriented solutions, such as road construction. The Commute Trip Reduction Program provides TDM techniques locally. TDM involves two (2) types of strategies. One (1) strategy reduces the demand for single- operator vehicles (SOVs). This is accomplished through programs such as: • Employer-subsidized bus passes and other financial incentives for transit use; • Infrastructure changes, such as providing safe and convenient bicycle parking and safe and convenient bikeways from residential to work locations, or increasing the use of non- motorized modes of transportation; • Parking management that reduces the amount of easy and inexpensive parking for employees, provided this does not lead to an unacceptable reduction in available parking for residents in adjacent areas; • Preferential parking for car pools and vanpools; • Park and Ride facilities convenient to Interstate 90; • Construction of shelters at transit stops; 6 RCW 47.50,WAC 468.51 and 468.52 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 9 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan • The building of lockers, change rooms, and shower facilities for bicyclists; and • Ride match services. The other TDM strategy reduces the overall need for travel by any means. This is accomplished through programs, such as: • Flexible work schedules, including four(4)-day work week; and • Tele-working (using telecommunications and computer technology to work from home to another location). Several pieces of legislation have led the City into the realm of TDM. These include the State GMA, Commute Trip Reduction Act (CTRA), and federal level requirements under both TEA-21 and Clean Air Act Amendments as reflected in the State Implementation Plan. The GMA cites the need for a variety of "management actions" including the requirement that the transportation chapter of each plan include an identification of system expansion needs and TSM needs to meet current and future demands. The Act goes on to note: "After adoption of the Comprehensive Plan...local jurisdictions must adopt and enforce ordinances which prohibit development approval if the development causes the level of service on transportation element of the comprehensive plan, unless transportation improvements or strategies to accommodate the impacts of development are made concurrent with the development. These strategies may include ...demand management and other transportation systems management strategies (emphasis added)." While TDM actions are aimed at reducing travel demand or, at least, shifting it to more opportune travel times, several focus on consolidating person trips to fewer vehicles. The City views transit/HCT use as key to reducing travel demand over the time horizon of this plan. 3.2.5.1 Commute Trip Reduction Act The Commute Trip Reduction Act (CTR) was passed by the State Legislature in 1991, and revised in 1997. It is also a part of the State Clean Air Act. The intention of the law is to improve air quality, reduce traffic congestion, and decrease fuel consumption. It focuses attention on larger employers with the intent or reaching concentrations of workers who might use shared-ride and non-motorized modes to travel to and from work. Working from 1992, or employer's survey year data as the base year, employers are encouraged to reduce SOV use and vehicle miles of travel (VMT) by 15 percent (15%) in the first two (2) years, 20 percent (20%) in four years, 25 percent (25%) in six (6) years and 35 percent (35%) in twelve (12) years. The City adopted Ordinance 03-087 in November of 2003, to address the requirements of CTR. The ordinance establishes the requirements for employers with over 100 employees (affect employers) under CTR. 3.2.6 Roadway Concurrency Level of service (LOS) is a quantitative standard for the operating characteristics of the transportation system. The definitions for each level of service and methodologies for calculating LOS are contained in the Transportation Research Board Special Report 209, Highway Capacity Manual (2000). The GMA requires LOS standards for all arterials and transit routes and also requires that the standards be coordinated regionally. GMA does not define the procedure for measuring LOS. Many communities rely upon Highway Capacity Manual procedures, measuring LOS in terms of vehicle delay at intersections. This methodology does not account for the impact of mid-block left-turn lanes, curbs and gutters, sidewalks and other facilities. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 10 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Levels of Service for Roadways are defined below: Level of Service Flow Characteristics A � Free flow operations at average travel speeds, usually about 90% of the free-flow speed for the arterial class. Vehicles are completely unimpeded in their ability to maneuver within the traffic stream. Stopped delay at signalized intersections is minimal. B - Reasonably unimpeded operations at average travel speeds usually about 70% of the free - flow speed for the arterial class. The ability to maneuver within the traffic stream is only slightly restricted and stopped delays are not bothersome. Drivers are not subjected to appreciable tension. C =c.._r Stable operations. The ability to change lanes and maneuver in mid-block locations may be more restricted than in LOS B, and longer queues and/or adverse signal coordination may contribute to lower average travel speeds of about 50%of the average free-flow for the arterial class. Motorists will experience appreciable tension while driving. D T7.- Small increases in flow may cause substantial increases in approach delay and decreases in arterial speed. This may be due to adverse signal progression, inappropriate signal timing, high volumes, or some combination of theses. Average travel times are about 40% of free- flow speeds. E - Characterized by significant approach delays and average travel speeds of one-third (1/3)the free-flow speed or lower, cause by adverse signal progression, high signal density, extensive queuing at critical intersections and inappropriate signal timing or some combination of these. F Arterial flow at extremely low speeds below one-third to one-quarter (1/3 — 1/4) of free-flow speed. Intersection congestion is likely at critical signalized locations, with high approach delays resulting. Adverse progression is frequently a contributor to this condition. Many of the roadways in Spokane Valley were built as rural facilities. Some have been improved using rural road design standards to carry higher traffic volumes, but are not supporting of the character and desires of an urban community. Therefore, the City will pursue a two (2)-tiered LOS standard: • Intersections. Intersection LOS is calculated using standard Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) analysis procedures for the AM or PM peak hour, whichever is worse. • Roadway Segments. Roadway segment LOS will be based on allowable average daily traffic (ADT) on a roadway segment as a function of roadway characteristics. The allowable volumes will be developed following completion of the Comprehensive Plan. SRTC is tasked in the adopted countywide planning policies with establishing level of service standards for the regional street network. SRTC establishes travel time standards in the principal travel corridors. Table 3.2 indicates the corridors within the City of Spokane Valley for which travel time LOS has been established. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 11 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 3.2 SRTC Congestion Management System travel Times 1999 TModel2 2020 Roadway AVI From To Average SB NB EB WB Sullivan Havana 7:45 8:41 1-90 Havana Sullivan 8:03 10:46 Sprague 1-90 2:23 2:13 Argonne/Dishman/Mica 1-90 Upriver Dr 5:59 6:34 Sullivan Argonne 7:00 6:37 Sprague Avenue Argonne Sullivan 6:45 7:10 University Road Sprague 32nd Ave 3:34 3:46 Sprague 1-90 2:41 2:23 Pines Road 1-90 SR 290 2:28 3:11 Sprague 1-90 2:03 1:40 Sullivan Road 1-90 SR 290 4:12 4:25 Upriver Drive Frederick Sullivan 12:46 12:17 Source: Spokane Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan, November 1999. Updated 2002. The Washington State Transportation Commission sets the level of service standards for highways of statewide significance. The Commission coordinates the SRTC to establish level of service standards for state routes not on the highways of statewide significance system. Table 3.3 Roadways Exceeding 80%of Capacity 2025 Roadway From To Functional V/C Ratio Class 1-90 Sullivan Barker Freeway 0.83 1-90 Havana Carnahan Freeway 0.84 1-90 Sprague Argonne Freeway 0.84 1-90 Broadway Argonne Freeway 0.84 SR 27 Urban Boundary 32nd Ave Collector 0.97 Barker Road Sprague 4th Ave Minor Arterial 0.99 Source: SRTC 2025 Forecast 11/2004 The specific levels of service and resulting capital facilities plans are included in the Capital Facilities Element of this plan. Please refer to the Capital Facilities Element for a more detailed discussion of level of service, concurrency and the city's transportation facilities plan. SRTC has identified roadway segments expected to exceed 80% of volume/capacity ratio by 2025 (Table 3.3). Planning for additional capacity should be considered when traffic volumes reach this level. The SRTC Metropolitan Transportation Plan notes that intersection deficiencies impede the flow of traffic, even when sufficient capacity is otherwise available. Table 3.4 shows intersections expected to exceed 90% of capacity by 2025. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 12 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 3.4 2025 Intersection Deficiencies Exceeding 90%of Capacity Roadway Cross Street Functional Class V/C Ratio 1-90 Sprague Expressway 0.91 1-90 Argonne EB On-ramp 1.01 1-90 Pines EB On-ramp 092 1-90 Pines EB Off-ramp 096 1-90 Evergreen EB On-ramp 096 1-90 Sullivan EB Off-ramp 091 Sprague University Principal 0.91 Barker Sprague Minor Arterial 1.04 SR 27 Belle Terre Collector 1.22 Appleway Park Principal Arterial 0.96 Appleway Thierman Principal Arterial 1.01 Source: SRTC 2025 Forecast 11/2004 3.2.7.1 Land Use The transportation system should be adequate to serve existing land uses and planned to meet future transportation demand. The adequacy of the system to meet local circulation needs, as well as regional transportation objectives, will be determined by existing and future land uses. The City of Spokane Valley street system is primarily a traditional grid with principal arterials laid out at approximately one (1) mile intervals, and minor arterials located approximately midway between principal arterials. Deviations from the grid result primarily from topographical limitations. Except in these areas, the grid distributes local residential traffic relatively evenly to the arterial network, although there is more direct access (properties fronting arterial roadways) than is desirable for the functional classification. The roadway network in non-residential areas is well developed, with little or no segregation of freight and passenger traffic. As the city grows, it should be anticipated that conflicts between the two (2) will increase. In commercial areas, the lack of access management on arterials has reduced roadway capacity significantly. At intersections in particular, placement of driveways may limit the effectiveness of design or signalization improvements. Local circulation and access along commercial corridors such as Sprague Avenue will be improved substantially by requiring shared and cross access between commercial properties as part of redevelopment. Changes in residential densities will increase the demand for transportation services. Encouraging higher densities along transit corridors will expand the mode choice, provided that pedestrian connections are planned appropriately. Safety and accessibility are primary concerns in providing access to schools and in providing for the elderly and the disabled. Expediting the flow of freight traffic and improving intermodal connectivity are important in creating attractive venues for business and industrial development. Land use plans should consider strategies for segregating freight movement from passenger traffic where possible. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 13 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 3.2.7.2 Neighborhood/Sub-area Circulation Plans: Much of the future growth within Spokane Valley will occur as infill development or redevelopment. As neighborhoods make a transition from large lots and a rural character to smaller lots and higher density, it will be important to ensure connectivity of local roads and neighborhood collector streets. The purpose of developing neighborhood circulation plans is to determine the location of future local roads while the properties are undeveloped or underdeveloped. 3.2.7.3 City Center Through the public participation process, a "Preferred Land Use Alternative" was developed that includes the development of an identifiable city center in Spokane Valle A major component of the City Center ,/,......, a a street pattern withine the city center. As the ' .- ■■, .r =El illustration indicates, a possible grid pattern - • , of approximately 300 X00 feet would bo .r ideal for the development of a city center. Pedestrian and bicycle mobility is a vital part LI &V 0,,, Or ;IV, 044 -OAD RIGHT OF BUILDING Q A 10, BUILDING FACADE 1 FACADE r DN STREET GN STREET 4.Ilk�� PARKING -- - PARKING f L A A m 0° J SIDEWALK/ },\ SIDEWALK TREE WELL \\TREE WELL CITY CENTER TYPICAL SECTION - N.T.S of the future City Center transportation system. Improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists should support increases in transit a .r., services and promote the development of the City Center. As the �' street system is developed to better accommodate the needs of s(` ' 4411* %3 pedestrians and bicyclists, a network of facilities for people on foot s 1 and bikes should be established. C. , Reducing the size of the street grid, improving auto circulation and , '' r_ creating pedestrian linkages through larger parcels is critical to - . establish walking patterns that reduce dependency on the auto. As individual sites are designed and developed to be more pedestrian friendly and improved On-street parking and wide sidewalks, with street trees and other pedestrian amenities are important assets in promoting a pleasant shopping experience. Landscaped medians should be incorporated into the roadways adjacent to the City Center to channelize and control traffic movements. Block lengths within the City Center should be relatively short. Intersections should Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 14 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Special street design standards should be developed for the City Center. Special standards for oxtra wide sidewalks (12 to 20 feet in width), pedestrian scale street lighting, and additional amenities including benches, trash receptacles and landscaped corner treatment are typically included. 3.2.7.43 Freight& Goods Roadways should be designed for the type of traffic they serve. Designation of truck routes will expedite the flow of commercial traffic in other areas of the City and limit adverse impacts on residential neighborhoods. In order to prolong pavement life, minimizing the number of stops and starts along these routes and interconnecting signals for progressive movement should be considered. An important consideration in the establishment of truck routes is connectivity with sources of supply and distribution located outside the City, as well as major freight terminals and intermodal connections. Map 3.2 identifies truck routes within the City of Spokane Valley. The Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) classifies state highways, county roads and city streets according to the tons of freight that are transported each year. The freight and goods transportation system (FGTS) identifies the highways and roadways most heavily used by trucks and provides factual data to support funding for projects that improve conditions for freight transportation. The information is updated every two (2) years, and inclusion of data may be requested by the City Engineer. The tonnage classifications used for designating the FGTS are as follows: T-1: More than 1 million tons per year T-2: 4 million to 10 million tons per year T-3: 300,000 to 4 million tons per year T-4: 100,000 to 300,000 tons per year T-5: At least 20,000 tons in 60 days For purposes of this analysis, trucks are defined to include all trucks with two (2) rear-axles (six (6) tires) or larger. They also include larger two (2) rear-axle (four (4) tires) delivery vehicles such as express package delivery vans, bread trucks or any commercial vehicle. Private pickups, vans or recreational vehicles are not included. To aid in calculating annual tonnage, trucks are divided into categories, as shown below: Single Units—A single vehicle including dump trucks and mixers, regardless of the number of axles. A • Double Units — A two (2)-unit vehicle, normally a truck and trailer, generally with four (4) to six (6) axles. This category is basically any truck up to 80,000 lbs.; older double trailers can be included in F I. this category. Trains — Normally a tractor and two (2) trailers. Trucks rated from 80,000 lbs. to 105,000 lbs.; except gasoline tankers. In calculating the approximate freight tonnage, the following average weights were used: Singles: 7 tons Doubles: 27 tons Trains: 42 tons Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 15 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Truck routes regulate through truck traffic and do not apply to freight movements with origination or destination on any roadway. The designation of truck routes is intended to direct through-truck movements to arterials designed for such traffic, and to limit the adverse impact of such traffic on adjacent land uses. Residential land uses are particularly sensitive to heavy truck usage. The designation of freight corridors generally improves traffic flow and freight mobility. 3.3 Non-Motorized Transportation (See Chapter 11 — Bike and Pedestrian Element) 3.4 Transit Spokane Valley is located in the East Planning Region of the STA. The STA currently provides local bus and express bus to downtown Spokane, as well as paratransit service within the City of Spokane Valley. In the spring of 2004, a local option election authorized an additional three tenths of 1% sales tax for transit, with a sunset clause of June 2009. The STA currently operates two (2) Park & Ride facilities within Spokane Valley; one (1) located at University Road and Appleway Boulevard and the other on Indiana Avenue at Mirabeau Parkway. Facilities and routes are shown on the diagram below. STA Transit Routes in effect January 2007 Schedules (Levels of Service) for Spokane Valley fixed routes presently vary between 30 to 60 minutes as shown in Table 3.4-1: The STA evaluates its system on a regular basis to consider more direct routing, better connectivity and improved travel times to increase ridership. Table 3.4-1 Transit Levels of Service Sunday/holiday service is operated 8 a.m.to 8 p.m. No. Route Name Weekday Saturday Sunday — 31/32 Garland/Trent/Indiana 30 60 60 New Year's Day — New Year's Federal/State Holiday 72 Liberty Lake Express 30 None None Observed(January 1.) — 73 VTC Express 30 None None Memorial Day — Labor Day 74 Valley Limited 30 None None — Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day 91 Mission 60 60 60 — Christmas Federal/State Holiday Observed(December 25) 94 E.5th Street 30 30 60 — A special schedule is in effect for 95 Millwood 30 60 60 Independence Day 8:00 AM to approximately 10:30 p.m. (Service 96 Pines 30 60 None after the fireworks). 97 South Valley 30 60 60 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 16 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan The STA evaluates its system on a regular basis to consider more direct routing, better connectivity and improved travel times to increase ridership. Paratransit van service is for individuals whose disability prevents them from using the regular fixed route buses. This means that a person must be unable, due to a disability, to get to or from the bus stop, get on or off the bus, or successfully travel by bus to or from the destination. Currently, paratransit service is provided Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m., with service on Sundays and holidays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (last pickup at 7:00 p.m.)throughout the paratransit service area. All paratransit trips must begin and end within the Public Transportation Benefit Area (PTBA). Currently, all of the area within the corporate limits of the City of Spokane Valley is within the PBTA. This area also includes Cheney, Medical Lake, Airway Heights, Millwood, Fairchild Air Force Base, Liberty Lake and the City of Spokane. STA provides bike racks on all their buses with the exception of the streetcars used on the Plaza/Arena Shuttle. The racks hold two (2), single-seat, two (2)-wheeled, non-motorized bicycles. t, • Millwood R+r" • a Spokane Valley "' rti4 a s . w _ Greenacres n*; .=. i u N. !�'- _.� � c x 3 su .iru�,saae� °A l 6 :e 8 c o. .. r`. . c - r— e ssum., w f j-tr ,g7 Each bicycle can be secured independently. The Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) provides for a high capacity transportation (HCT) system to be developed in the future, that would extend from the City of Spokane's central business district through Spokane Valley to Liberty Lake. "High-capacity transportation system" means a system of public transportation services within an urbanized region operating principally on exclusive rights or way, and the supporting services and facilities necessary to implement such a system, including interim express services and high occupancy vehicle lanes, which taken as a whole, provides a substantially higher level of passenger capacity, speed and service frequency than traditional public transportation systems operating principally in general purpose roadways. RCW 81.104.015(1). The future route begins at the STA Plaza and the downtown alignment runs less than a mile along Riverside Avenue. The Convention Center and the Spokane Intermodal Center are within walking distance to the nearest station. East of Downtown, the alignment shares approximately six (6) miles of existing railroad right-of-way (BNSF and UPRR) to Dishman Mica Road. The route continues east from Dishman Mica Road the alignment is along the existing Appleway Boulevard right-of-way to its terminus in Liberty Lake. Appleway Boulevard is improved east to University Road where unimproved right-of-way exists to Tschirley Road. Portions of the Appleway right-of- way east or University Road is not of sufficient width required to accommodate both the future HCT facilities and planned improvements by the City. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 17 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Ate: _.i'.✓X 3 �..� illimomarlo lir 9 lftrtof recamonded operadons Sharing segments of VAR Tracks J LEGEND Light Rai Stations City of Liberty Lake M Rai S�t+eis with Park&Rids City of Spokane • � City o}Spokane Valley bpi i1 Pali Alignment HCT Stations and Preliminary Alignment through Spokane Valley If approved, the long range success of HCT will depend on redevelopment of commercial corridors and location of higher density housing in close proximity to transit routes. There are new park and ride facilities proposed within Spokane Valley at the Fairgrounds, Argonne, Pines, Sullivan and the Appleway/I-90 Interchange. They range in size from 50 to 200 spaces. The Appleway Park and Ride could eventually be expanded to accommodate up to 1,000 cars. 3.5 Aviation Spokane International Airport, the Airport Business Park, and Felts Field Airport are owned by the city and county of Spokane, and are operated and maintained by the Spokane Airport Board. Felts Field Airport's history traces back more than 85 years with its beginning as a landing field in a park area next to the Spokane River in the Spokane Valley. The airport's heritage includes the original site of the Washington Air National Guard. In the 1930's and 1940's, Felts Field served as Spokane's municipal airport with scheduled airline service from the airport terminal. That building, along with others at the airport is now on the National Register of Historic Places. All but approximately 10 acres of the 410-acre Felts Field is located in the City of Spokane. Ten acres are located within the City of Spokane Valley. The airport is located at the North end of Fancher Road in the western Spokane Valley, and is now an active General Aviation airport with 320 based aircraft and more than 72,000 annual aircraft operations. Information for the combined Spokane Airport System is summarized in the table below: Table 3.5 Spokane Airports Data s/o Dec-06 Dec-05 %Change YTD 2006 YTD 2005 Change Total Passengers 283,078 278,986 1.47% 3,224,423 3,197,440 0.84% Enplaned Passengers 141,283 140,147 0.81% 1,612,457 1,600,258 0.76% Deplaned 141,795 138,839 2.13% 1,611,966 1,597,182 0.93% Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 18 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Passengers Total Cargo(U.S Tons) 4,913.20 5,918.50 -16.99% 57,369.30 57,623.00 -0.44% Total Freight 4,891.30 5,080.10 -3.72% 49,947.50 50,459.00 -1.01% Freight On 1,970.00 2,212.10 -10.94% 20,867.20 21,768.00 -4.14% Freight Off 2,921.30 2,868.00 1.86% 29,080.30 28,691.00 1.36% Total Mail 21.9 838.4 -97.39% 7,421.80 7,164.00 3.60% Mail On 5.3 311.4 -98.30% 2,495.90 2,919.00 -14.49% Mail Off 16.6 527 -96.85% 4,925.90 4,245.00 16.04% Total Operations 7,036 6,588 6.80% 95,168 98,545 -3.43% Air Carrier Operations 3,315 3,589 -7.63% 39,539 42,081 -6.04% Air Taxi Operations 1,467 1,620 -9.44% 19,417 19,580 -0.83% Itinerant General Aviation 1,010 859 17.58% 19,419 18,958 2.43% Local General Aviation 1,168 450 159.56% 15,508 16,019 -3.19% Military Operations 76 70 8.57% 1,285 1,907 -32.62% As of September 2001, Fed Ex began carrying mail,which is reported as freight. Freight, mail and cargo are reported in U.S.tons Source: Spokane Airports-Updated February 5,2007 Felts Field is classified as a reliever airport in the Washington State Aviation System Plan. The airport is located adjacent to the city boundary; a portion of the southeast corner lies within Spokane Valley city limits. Felts Field has 361 based aircraft, including 289 single-engine aircraft and 24 multi-engine piston-powered aircraft. Annual general aviation operations totaled 29,000 in 2002. Airport facilities and affiliated properties support the local economy through a variety of activities. For example, a recent study estimated that the average general aviation trip generates approximately $700 in food, lodging and entertainment spending. According to the 2001 WSDOT Aviation Forecast and Economic Analysis study, the airport generated about 250 jobs with an annual payroll of$4.5 million, and 16.5 million in total annual sales output. Felts Field has two (2) runways, Runway 3R/21 L. Information about each runway is shown in Table 3.6. Table 3.6 Runway Attri butes 3L121R 3R121L Length 4,500 3,059 Width 150 75 Elevation 1,952.9 1,946.5 Surface concrete asphalt Runway, 3L has runway end indicator lights, visual approach slope indicators (VASI) providing vertical guidance, and VOR and GPS and NDB non-precision approaches. Runway 21R is equipped with VASI's, as well as a medium density approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights (MALSR), which, in conjunction with an instrument landing system, provides a CAT I precision approach to this runway end. The MALSR is pilot controlled when the tower is not in Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 19 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan operation. There is a published non-precision approach to Runway 3R/21L rather than a specific runway end. The Felts Field Airport Master Plan, adopted in October 2005, is a 20-year needs assessment providing recommendations for improvements. The major recommendations of the master plan include construction of new taxiways, new development to the north along the river, and an extension of 550'to the main runway in the next 15 years to accommodate larger aircraft. The master plan also provides recommendations for the seaplane base located on the river adjacent to Felts Field. It is the only one (1) of its kind in Eastern Washington. The water landing is 6,000' long and 100' wide and accommodates approximately 450 landings annually. The Felts Field Master Plan calls for expansion of the airport's seaplane facilities over the next 20 years, including the construction of an additional dock, upgrades to existing docks, and improvements to the ramp. Map 3.4 Airport Hazards identifies regulated airspace pursuant to the Felts Field Airport Master Plan and 14 CFR Part 77 Subchapter E, Objects affecting Navigable Airspace and RCW 36.70A.510, RCW 36.70.547 within which structures exceeding specified heights and incompatible land uses may represent a threat to airport operations and the safe operation of aircraft utilizing Felts Field. Map 3.5 Land Use Compatibility identifies areas where restrictions on incompatible land use serve to protect persons and property adjacent to the airport. 3.6 Rail 3.6.1 Freight Freight rail service is provided by Burlington Northern Santa Fe # .l : , (BNSF) and Union Pacific I ,, s.- Railroad (UPRR). BNSF services - yT' - F ty - j , an east-west route from Chicago to Seattle and Portland. The °" ?NIA, o -° " UPRR provides service to a- Canada, the Yakima Valley and - Portland. 'Ort? ' ; � ' 3.6.2 Bridging the Valley ` " 4 77 1• -I. —we ' The Bridging the Valley (BTV) 1° a °_ _! �. project is a community-initiated ,� °" project to explore the creation of " a iL___-_- one (1) common railroad corridor ; from which BNSF and UPRR WASHINGTON STATE would operate between Spokane, m WR RAIL SYSTEM Washington and Athol, Idaho. This 42 mile corridor presently has 72 railroad crossings (46 SPOKANE VALLEY AREA RAILROAD NETWORK in Washington) with over 494 trains in operation per week. °5°nd pint'. Growth in train traffic is forecast to increase annually by .=e 3.4% over the next 20 years. Traffic accidents, traffic - °°` congestion from roadway closures, increased carbon monoxide emissions in the serious non-attainment area and `-sa^di-ntd-- noise significantly affect the economy, health, safety and osl 72 AC9rad° Tackaee Project Area general welfare of the public in Spokane and Kootenai ° Hom ea LLBef Ao,Counties, and therefore, the Inland Northwest. P°sCoeur Falls d'Alene —680- - �NaPa The BTV project would eliminate approximately 51 at-grade ,off °° crossings through closure (35 in Washington), and V',, WA ID n relocation of the Union Pacific Railroad mainline into the s 9u Northern Santa Fe Railroad Nnl°n Pacific°n Burlln ton Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway corridor. The N°;°nfngPaefan fiaRa,had NnrthatnSanlaFeRal�° Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3-Transportation Page 20 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan remaining twenty-one (21) crossings are wither currently grade separated (five existing grade separations in Washington) or would be grade separated (six in Washington) as part of this project. This approach would concentrate public investment into eight (8) railroad grade separations within Washington State into one (1) corridor to cross two (2) railroads rather than spread out public investment into 61 railroad crossings spread across 87 miles or railroad track. With an estimated total project cost of $252 million in 2001 dollars ($165 million in Washington/$87 million in Idaho), the Benefit/Cost ration of 1:4 indicates that the project makes economic sense and has benefits far exceeding its cost to the public ($80 million in net present value). Ultimately, by 2008 this project will create a triple track railroad corridor with a completely grade- separated roadway system. Both railway and roadway systems will be able to operate more efficiently and effectively throughout the corridor. The public can expect a significantly safer transportation system with less congestion and delay, as well as an environment with less carbon monoxide and substantially less noise pollution from train whistle blowing at the 35 at-grade crossings that currently exist in Washington. A summary of the crossings within the City of Spokane Valley affected by this project are shown in Table 3.7. Table 3.7 Bridging the Valley BNSF Crossing Proposal Current Proposed Havana At Grade Grade Separated Park At Grade Grade Separated Vista At Grade Close Argonne Grade Separated Modify Grade Separation University At Grade Close Pines At Grade Grade Separated Evergreen At Grade Close Sullivan Grade Separated Modify Grade Separation Flora At Grade Close Barker At Grade Grade Separated Wellesley Grade Separated Remove Grade Separation Passenger rail service is provided daily by the Amtrak Empire Builder, with service to Seattle and Portland to the west and Chicago and Minneapolis to the east, as shown in the graphic below. Empire Bulkier Seattle,WA Spokane;WA Fargo, • Fart!-cl,�R {) Minneapolis-St.Paul,MN Empire Builder Route Chicago,IL'' Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 21 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 3.7 Pipelines Pipelines are an integral part of the overall transportation picture. A number of pipelines are located within Spokane County and the metropolitan area. Yellowstone Pipeline Company (operated by Conoco/Phillips) maintains a high pressure petroleum pipeline and intermodal facilities located within Spokane Valley. Williams Pipeline and Pacific Gas & Electric transmission natural gas pipelines are located in within the unincorporated area of Spokane County. (See Map 6.1A). 3.8 Multimodal/Intermodal Transportation The CWPPs, Policy Topic 5, Policy 3 states that "alternative modes of transportation to the automobile, including public transportation, pedestrian facilities, bikeways and air and rail facilities" shall be included in the regional transportation plan. "Multimodal transportation planning focuses on system choices, and adapts a generic, non-mode specific approach to defining and evaluating transportation problems. It then attempts to provide an unbiased estimate of each mode's contribution, singly or in combination, to solve the problem. Intermodal transportation planning, on the other hand, examines the policy and service interactions between modes, focusing on ensuring ease of movement for both people and goods when transferring from one (1)mode to another".' 1. Multimodal Transportation: a. Market preferences for low density residential development results in increased amounts of auto-dependency, particularly in suburban areas with a large number of commuters. The lack of transportation system connectivity in many residential areas often obviates alternative transportation options available to individuals, including walking, bicycle and public transit. This is particularly the case where the lack of infrastructure for such alternatives is limited or non-existent. b. Public transit depends on ridership to remain a viable option, since systems depend on revenues generated by fares. Low density development and access limitation impede the attractiveness of transit in many suburban areas, both for the individual and the service provider. Bus transit utilizes the same street system utilized by automobiles, and the location of transit stops is an important consideration in evaluating mobility within the street network, particularly on two (2)-lane roads without bus pull-outs. HCT overcomes the adverse impact on the roadway system where located within a dedicated right-of-way. c. Bicycles also utilize the street network, although bicycle access can be supplemented with trails and shared pathways. Both bicycle routes and pedestrian ways should be separated from roadways designed for heavy commercial traffic as a safety measure. Regulations which prohibit parking in bicycle lanes is necessary to maintain the functionality of a bicycle system. d. Pedestrian mobility depends on the availability of well-maintained sidewalks and/or linked trails to destinations such as schools, employment and shopping. The utility of both pedestrian ways and bicycle routes may be compromised by inclement weather, particularly in areas of snow accumulation. Distance from schools, shopping and employment again is a significant factor in the effectiveness of the pedestrian network, as are pedestrian comfort and perception of safety. e. Truck acceleration and movement differs significantly from that of passenger cars and light trucks using the roadway. Truck acceleration/deceleration is generally slower, *SEE CHAPTER 6-UTILITIES Technical Assistance Report, MULTI MODAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN VIRGINIA:, PAST PRACTICES AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES,Stephen C. Brich and Lester A. Hoel. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 22 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan particularly in hilly terrain, and turning movements require additional space. It is advisable to segregate freight movement on the roadways from commuter routes on arterials with numerous stops or those without carefully synchronized signals. Trucks are usually the only alternative for the local delivery of commodities, and unlike passenger vehicles, are especially dependent on intermodal facilities such as airports, rail hubs or pipeline terminals. Adequate roadway access to these modes of freight transportation is a key consideration in improving overall mobility. f. Rail and pipelines operate within dedicated rights-of-way. Both modes are best suited to the movement of large quantities of particular types of goods. They necessarily rely on efficient linkages with other modes to make local deliveries. They generally represent conflict with other modes of transportation at the point on intersection, such as in the case with at-grade railroad crossings. These conflicts can occasionally cause serious issues of both mobility and safety. g. Aviation relies on successful and efficient links with other modes of transportation serving both passenger traffic and freight movement. The nature of aviation is such that flight corridors have significant effects on adjacent land uses and the transportation serving those uses. 2. Intermodal Transportation The importance of the various types of intermodal transportation depends to a high degree on the service required and the land uses served, and the length of trips involved. a. In residential areas, a choice of mode favoring the individual is of greater importance. Transportation system choices for individuals will depend on the relative convenience, access and pricing of the alternatives. Public policy may seek to change the relative value of individual choices. They could no this by various means, including public improvement, offering financial/non-financial incentives, or adopting regulations. i. Public improvements. Improved pedestrian access to transit corridors, shopping and schools makes walking and public transportation more attractive to individuals using those facilities. Planning for higher density land uses adjacent these mode alternatives. Similarly, bus shelters and similar amenities which increase individual comfort and convenience will encourage additional utilization of alternative modes of transportation. ii. Incentives. The Commuter Trip Reduction (CTR) program encourages car and van- pooling through corporate sponsorship. Additional incentives include telecommuting, company sponsored bus passes, and flexible work scheduling, which allows workers to avoid peak traffic periods. Where High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes are in place, vehicles with at least two (2) occupants benefit from reduced travel time. iii. Regulation. Local governments adopt regulations which have the affect of encouraging alternative modes of transportation. a. Decisions concerning freight movements are determined almost exclusively by the needs of suppliers and markets, but competitive pricing is probably the most significant factor in mode choice. "Just in time" delivery has replaced warehousing in most commodity markets, where delay is a cost factor. The efficiency of intermodal connections, loosely defined as that point where two (2) or more modes of transportation come together, e.g. roadways connecting airports, railroad loading facilities and freight terminals, pipelines and terminal facilities, depend more on the availability and adequacy of infrastructure and linkages. Through freight traffic should be segregated from origination/destination traffic to improve flow. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 23 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan iv. Signalization on roadways should be synchronized for commercial trucks to limit stopping and starting. v. Infrastructure in commercial and industrial areas should be designed to facilitate freight movement, including wide radii at intersections. vi. For goods moving on dedicated rights-of-way; reducing or eliminating points of conflict with other modes will facilitate mobility. 3.9 Citizen Participation The City conducted a citizen survey in the spring of 2004 to solicit community opinion on several general and other more specific transportation issues. The survey was a telephone survey conducted by Clearwater Research and was a statistically valid survey contacting over 400 households within the City of Spokane Valley. The majority of survey respondents (92%) traveled less than fifteen minutes 100% to work and nine out of ten drove to ° The Sprague/Appleway ■n=393 work. A majority of the respondents 80% couplet has beenauseful (69%) believed that the construction of 60% improvement oadwa cyst mthe overall 60/o roadway system. the Sprague/Appleway Couplet had 44% been a useful transportation 40% 25% improvement and should not be returned to two (2)-way traffic. The 20% ° 0 graph right indicates responses rating ° the statement "Sprague/Appleway 0% Couplet has been a useful improvement Strongly Somewhat Neutral Somewhat Strongly to overall roadway system." disagree disagree agree agree Further, 69% of the respondents indicated either strong support or somewhat supported extending Appleway Boulevard east beyond its current terminus at University Road. 10070 Although 56% of the respondents Should making the streets •n=399 indicated that they either strongly or 80% friendlier for pedestrians and somewhat supported the extension of bicyclists a low,medium,or the Couplet to Evergreen Road, fi0% hiohrninritv for the City? 44% another 35% were either strongly or 34% 40% somewhat opposed to this 22% proposition. 20% Surveyors also asked citizens about 0% the priority level for making major streets friendlier for pedestrians and Low priority Medium priority High priority bicyclists. Forty-four percent of the respondents said that the City should make this a high priority, while 22% stated that this should be a low priority for the City as indicated in the graph above. At the eight community workshops that were conducted during the spring and fall of 2004, an informal survey was taken which was based on the survey discussed above. The results from this informal survey generally supported the results of the statistically valid survey conducted by the Clearwater Research. The Spokane Valley Planning Commission held five (5) public hearings in June, July and September 2005. The Spokane Valley City Council held eight (8) public hearings on the Comprehensive Plan, concluding their deliberation on April 25, 2006. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 24 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 3.10 Goals and Policies Streets and Roadways Goals & Policies Goal TG-1 Establish appropriate design standards for transportation facilities. Policies TP-1.1 Street design should provide for connectivity between residential neighborhoods and collectors. Discourage cut-through traffic. TP-1.2 Develop access management standards for each functional classification of roadway. Work to consolidate or remove existing access points when a roadway does not meet appropriate standards. Goal TG-2 Ensure that roadway systems are designed to preserve and are consistent with community character. Policies TP-2.1 Street design should complement adjacent development. TP-2.2 Discourage private roads as a principal means or access to developments. Private roads should be designed and constructed to public street standards. TP-2.3 Encourage landscaping, street lighting and beautification in the design standards for local access streets, collectors and arterials. TP-2.4 Ensure that Appleway Boulevard right of way is the minimum width necessary to accommodate future street and regional high capacity transit improvements. Goal TG-3 Improve local circulation and emergency access consistent with community character and safety. Policies TP-3.1 As funding allows, bring unimproved and rural cross sections up to adopted street standards. TP-3.2 As funding allows, make intersection improvements and increase storage capacity where appropriate. Goal TG-4 Minimize the negative impact from transportation systems on the natural environment, air quality, noise levels and fuel consumption. Policies TP-4.1 Restrict high-speed traffic from residential neighborhoods and utilize traffic calming strategies to reduce vehicular speeds where appropriate. TP-4.2 Complete local traffic circulation plans for areas experiencing new development. TP-4.3 Continue the retrofit of signal lights to lower-energy LEDs. TP-4.5 Reduce the amount of vehicle idling within the City through implementation of signal synchronization and driver awareness. Transportation System Management (TSM) Goals & Policies Goal TG-5 Extend the functional life of the existing transportation system and increase its safe and efficient operation through the application of TSM strategies. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 25 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Policies TP-5.1 Implement traffic signal synchronization projects as the primary component of a TSM program. As funding permits, monitoring or traffic operation should be carried out to assure efficient timing of traffic signals. TP-5.2 Use Access Management measures, such as placing restriction on left turns across major arterial streets to reduce accident rates and extend capacity of major arterials. TP-5.3 Consider grade-separated railroad crossings where appropriate. TP-5.4 Ensure that pedestrians, bicyclists and the physically handicapped are taken into account when developing signalized intersections. Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Goals & Policies Goal TG-6 Encourage all Commute Trip Reduction affected and voluntary employers in Spokane Valley to achieve the CTR Act travel reduction goals. Policies TP-6.1 Encourage car-and van-pooling, telecommuting, flexible work schedules and other strategies identified in the CTR to reduce overall travel demand. TP-6.2 Use video-conferencing and conference calling for off-site meetings where feasible. Freight & Goods Goals & Policies Goal TG-7 Provide for safe and efficient freight mobility. Policies TP-7.1 Discourage development of low-density residential development in close proximity to designated freight corridors and intermodal freight facilities. TP-7.2 Designate appropriate truck routes in the City of Spokane Valley. TP-7.3 Design designated freight corridors to improve traffic flow and freight mobility. TP-7.4 Disperse traffic throughout commercial districts rather than concentrating it on a single arterial. Goal TG-8 Adapt street and roadway design and facilities to manage traffic demand, address the need for freight movement, resolve traffic conflicts, and complement land use and urban features. Policies TP-8.1 Use the City's transportation system and infrastructure to support desired land uses and development patterns. TP-8.2 Allow for variety of services within neighborhoods that are convenient to and meet the needs of neighborhood residents, decreasing the need for driving. Non-motorized Transportation Goals & Policies (See Chapter 11- Bike and Pedestrian Element) Transit Goals & Policies Goal TG-10 Support the provision of a safe, efficient, and cost-effective public transportation system. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 26 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan TP-10.1 Work with STA to ensure that transit shelters, bus benches and other amenities that support transit use are provided in appropriate locations for users of the system. TP-10.2 Work with STA in planning and developing safe and efficient bus loading and unloading points. TP-10.3 Support the continued planning and development of other transit options, including but not limited to a high-capacity transit system. TP-10.4 Encourage use of fuel-efficient vehicles in the public transportation system. Goal TG-11 Encourage land uses that will support a high-capacity transportation system. Policies TP-11.1 Ensure that street standards, land uses, densities and building placement support the facilities and services needed along transit routes to make transit viable. TP-11.2 Work with STA to facilitate neighborhood business areas are served by transit. TP-11.3 Ensure that Appleway Boulevard right-of-way is the minimum width necessary to accommodate future street and high-capacity transit improvements. Aviation Goals & Policies Goal TG-12 Support the expansion of general aviation and freight uses at Felts Field in accordance with the approved Airport Master Plan. Policies TP-12.1 Encourage the full development and utilization of airport properties at Felts Field. TP-12.2 Encourage commercial, educational and logistical support industry in close proximity to the airport. Goal TG-13 Encourage land use and development compatible with airport uses and regulated airspace. Policies TP-13.1 Enforce regulations protecting airspace from encroachment. TP-13.2 Discourage incompatible land uses and residential densities adjacent to the airport. Rail Goals & Policies Goal TG-14 Support and encourage the continued viability of the passenger and freight rail system in the region. Policies TP-14.1 Participate with other jurisdictions to facilitate safe and efficient rail systems. TP-14.2 Support the "Bridging the Valley" project to reduce the number of at-grade railroad crossings in the City of Spokane Valley and to reduce the adverse noise impact on adjacent properties of railroad operations. TP-14.3 Discourage incompatible land uses and residential densities along rail corridors. Pipeline Goals & Policies Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 06-06-2012) Chapter 3—Transportation Page 27 of 28 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Goal TG-15 Cooperate with pipeline operators to maintain safe operating conditions at intermodal facilities and along pipeline easements. Policies TP-15.1 Establish guidelines for the development/redevelopment of properties adjacent to pipeline corridors. TP-15.2 Develop regulations governing the use, handling and transportation of pipeline products. TP-15.3 Evaluate the need for designation of hazardous cargo routes associated with pipeline products as well as other hazardous materials. TP-15.4 Include provisions in the Hazard Mitigation Plan for mitigation of and response to product leakage, spillage and explosion. Intermodal/Multimodal Goals & Policies Goal TG-16 Encourage improved intermodal connections to facilitate freight movements in and between strategic commercial and industrial locations, and to provide mode choice for citizens and businesses. Policies TP-16.1 Remove obstructions and conflicts between roadway corridors and bicycle/pedestrian/transit modes. TP-16.2 Encourage freight intensive operations to locate along designated truck routes and intermodal terminals. TP-16.3 Evaluate the need for public improvements, incentives and regulation to increase intermodal fluidity. 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Product of the City of Spokane Valley,Community Development Department Ili- uc .n Fercel D� �•nY { o 'ea F. `#etaex ! °B1kssa ae ` •• ems�vi'a� ° Mop er�smae ` a ' ia a _' 'Q= •h Piet F am., " City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan CHAPTER 4 — CAPITAL FACILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES 4.0 Introduction The Growth Management Act (GMA) requires new development to be directed to areas that either currently have adequate public facilities and services, or to areas where facilities and services can be delivered within the 20-year time frame of the Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan (SVCP). Facilities and services that are required for new development must be adequate and available at adopted levels of service (LOS). Locally established LOS help to define and contribute to Spokane Valley's quality of life. 4.1 Planning Context This section provides a review of the policy directives included in the State's Growth Management Act (GMA) and the Countywide Planning Policies relating to capital facilities planning. 4.1.1 Growth Management Act The GMA refers to capital facilities planning in two (2) of the thirteen (13) statewide planning goals. The two relevant goals are: • Urban Growth. Encourage development in urban areas where adequate public facilities and services exist or can be provided in an efficient manner. • Public facilities and services. Ensure that those public facilities and services necessary to support development shall be adequate to serve the development at the time the development is available for occupancy and use without decreasing current service levels below locally established minimum standards. More specifically, the GMA mandates that the City prepare a capital facilities plan which contains the following components: • An inventory of existing facilities owned by public entities, showing the locations and capacities of the facilities. • A forecast of the future needs for such facilities. • The proposed locations and capacities of expanded or new facilities. • At least a six-year financing plan that will finance such facilities and clearly identify sources of public money for such purposes. • A requirement to reassess the Land Use chapter if probable funding falls short. 4.1.2 Countywide Planning Policies The Countywide Planning Policies (CWPP), originally adopted in 1994, contain a number of goals and policies regarding capital facilities and the provision of urban services. Those CWPP relevant to capital facilities planning are as follows:1 Policy Topic 1 — Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) Urban Growth Area Designation Process for New Incorporated Cities: 1. The Steering Committee of Elected Officials will assign new incorporated cities an interim population allocation based on the Office of Financial Management population forecasts and previous allocations to the former unincorporated area. 1 Note to reader: The following policies are numbered according to the policy number in the CWPPs, resulting in non-sequential numbering in this document. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 1 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 2. The new city will conduct a land capacity analysis using the Land Quantity Methodology adopted by the Steering Committee. a. The city will first determine land capacity inside its limits and then will examine the capacity of unincorporated UGAs adjoining the jurisdiction's boundary. 3. The new city will develop the Urban Growth Area proposal as part of its comprehensive planning process. a. The proposed UGA shall be presented to the Steering Committee at a public meeting. The new city must justify its UGA proposal, showing how the interim population allocation will be accommodated. b. The city must show how the area will be providing a full range of urban services within the 20-year timeframe of the comprehensive plan. c. All Urban Growth Areas lying adjacent to the new city should be analyzed and either proposed as the jurisdiction's UGA, a Joint Planning Area (JPA), or proposed to be removed from the UGA and converted to rural land. d. The city will show its work by presenting its land capacity analysis, urban service analysis and other information as appropriate. 4. The Steering Committee will conduct a public hearing on the population allocation and the Urban Growth Area and/or the (or Joint Planning Area) proposal. The Steering Committee will vote on the proposal and will forward a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners via minutes from the public hearing. 5. The Board of County Commissioners may conduct a public hearing on the proposed Urban Growth Area, and/or the proposed Joint Planning Area, and population allocation. After the hearing, the Board will approve and adopt, modify or return the proposal to the city for revision and/or adoption. a. The new city shall include the approved or modified UGA and/or the JPA in its comprehensive plan. b. The new UGA or JPA will become an amendment to the Spokane County Comprehensive Plan by incorporation. Policies 1. Urban Growth should be located first in areas already characterized by urban growth that have existing public facility and service capacities to serve such development, and second in areas already characterized by urban growth that will be served by a combination of both existing public facilities and services and any additional needed public facilities and services that are provided by either public or private sources. Further, it is appropriate that urban government services be provided by cities, and urban government services should not be provided in rural areas. Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) include all lands within existing cities, including cities in rural areas. 2. The determination and proposal of an Urban Growth Area (UGA) outside existing incorporated limits shall be based on a jurisdiction's ability to provide urban governmental services at the minimum level of service specified by the Steering Committee. Jurisdictions may establish higher level of service standards in their respective comprehensive plans. 5. Each jurisdiction shall submit proposed interim and final Urban Growth Area (UGA) boundaries to the Steering Committee, including: a. Justification in the form of its land capacity analysis and the ability to provide urban governmental services and public facilities; b. The amount of population growth which could be accommodated and the analytical basis by which this growth figure was derived; and Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 2 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan c. How much unincorporated land is required to accommodate growth, including maps indicating the additional areas? 8. Each municipality must document its ability to provide urban governmental services within its existing city limits prior to the designation of an Urban Growth Area (UGA) designation outside of existing city limits. To propose an Urban Growth Area (UGA) designation outside of their existing city limits, municipalities must provide a full range of urban governmental services based on each municipality's capital facilities element of their Comprehensive Plan. 11. Each jurisdiction's comprehensive plan shall, at a minimum, demonstrate the ability to provide necessary domestic water, sanitary sewer and transportation improvements concurrent with development. Small municipalities (those with a population of 1,000 or less) may utilize approved interim ground disposal methods inside of Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) until such time as full sanitary sewer services can be made available. Each jurisdiction should consider long-term service and maintenance requirements when delineating Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) and making future land use decisions. 12. Within Urban Growth Areas (UGAs), new developments should be responsible for infrastructure improvements attributable to those developments. 18. Extension of urban governmental services outside of Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) should only be provided to maintain existing levels of service in existing urban like areas or for health and safety reasons, provided that such extensions are not an inducement to growth. Policy Topic 2—Joint Planning within Urban Growth Areas Policies 1. The joint planning process should: a. Include all jurisdictions adjacent to the Urban Growth Area and Special Purpose Districts that will be affected by the eventual transference of governmental services. b. Recognize that Urban Growth Areas are potential annexation areas for cities. c. Ensure a smooth transition of services amongst existing municipalities and emerging communities. d. Ensure the ability to expand urban governmental services and avoid land use barriers to expansion; and e. Resolve issues regarding how zoning, subdivision and other land use approvals in designated joint planning areas will be coordinated. 2. Joint planning may be accomplished pursuant to an interlocal agreement entered into between and/or among jurisdictions and/or special purpose districts. Policy Topic 3 — Promotion of Contiguous and Orderly Development and Provision of Urban Services Policies 1. Each jurisdiction shall include policies in its comprehensive plan to address how urban development will be managed to promote efficiency in the use of land and the provision of urban governmental services and public facilities. The Steering Committee shall specify regional minimum level of service standards (see Table 4.1) for urban governmental services with the exception of police protection within Urban Growth Areas (UGAs). Local jurisdictions may choose higher standards. In its comprehensive plan, each jurisdiction shall include, but not be limited to, level of service standards for: Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 3 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan a. fire protection; b. police protection; c. parks and recreation d. libraries; e. public sewer; f. public water; g. solid waste disposal and recycling; h. transportation; i. schools. Table 4.1 Regional Level of Service Standards FACILITY LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD(LOS) Domestic Water Supply - Minimum Levels of Service for storage capacity and flow shall be consistent with the Washington State Department of Health requirements and the Spokane County Coordinated Water System Plan requirements(where applicable). System Design — Minimum Levels of Service for pipe sizing, flow rate, and systematic grid Domestic Water development shall be consistent with the Washington State Department of Health requirements and the Coordinated Water System Plan requirements(where applicable). Fire Flow—Fire flow rate and duration as well as fire hydrant specifications and spacing shall be consistent with local fire authority requirements or the Fire Code,whichever is more stringent. Incorporated areas will be provided with wastewater collection and transport systems in accordance with the adopted sewer concurrency requirements of the jurisdiction. Unincorporated urban growth areas will be provided with wastewater collection and transport systems in accordance with the requirements for sewer concurrency as set forth in Spokane County's Development Regulations. Collection systems and transport systems will be designed for peak flow conditions so that overflows, backups, and discharges from the system do not occur under normal operating situations. Specific design criteria shall conform to the requirements of the Washington State Department of Ecology and local regulations. Wastewater collection and transport systems will convey wastewater to centralized wastewater treatment facilities. Centralized wastewater treatment and effluent disposal facilities will be planned, designed, and Sanitary Sewer constructed to provide effluent that does not adversely impact the quality of surface or ground water of the State of Washington. Planning and design for wastewater treatment and effluent disposal facilities will be based on 20 year projections of population growth and current water quality criteria as established by the Washington State Department of Ecology. (Centralized wastewater treatment facilities shall be a part of a sewage system owned or operated by a city, town, municipal corporation, county, political subdivision of the state or other approved ownership consisting of a collection system and necessary trunks, pumping facilities and means of final treatment and disposal and approved or under permit from the Washington State Department of Ecology.) Transportation Maintain travel corridor time as established by Spokane Regional Transportation Council. Flooding of property outside designated drainage-ways, de-facto drainage-ways, easements,flood zones or other approved drainage facilities, during the design precipitation or runoff event prescribed in the standards of the governing local agency or jurisdiction,shall be prevented within the reasonable probability afforded by such standards. Impact to buildings and accessory Stormwater structures shall be avoided to the maximum extent practicable by evaluating the effects of a 100- year rain event, and implementing measures to ensure that the runoff attendant to such event is directed away from such buildings and accessory structures. Any stormwater discharge to surface or ground waters must meet federal, state, and local requirements for water quality treatment, stormwater runoff and infiltration. Each jurisdiction shall specify in its Comprehensive Plan a level of police protection that addresses Law Enforcement the safety of its citizens. Libraries Each jurisdiction will specify its own level of service. Parks Each jurisdiction will specify its own level of service. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 4 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.1 Regional Level of Service Standards FACILITY LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD(LOS) Solid waste processing will meet Federal and State regulations, including maintaining any required Solid Waste facilities licenses. Each jurisdiction within the non-attainment area shall develop and use a street cleaning plan, coordinating with Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority (SCAPCA) as the oversight agency, to meet mandated Particulate Matter dust standards. Each jurisdiction's street cleaning plan will describe the programs and methods to be used to reduce particulate matter emissions from paved surfaces. Each plan shall address but not be limited to the following: 1) Street Street Cleaning sweeping frequency and technology to be employed. 2) Factors for determining when and where to initiate street sweeping following a sanding event, with the goals of expeditious removal when safety and mobility requirements have been satisfied. 3) Sanding reduction goal. 4) Sanding materials specifications to be employed. 5) Locations, application rates and circumstances for use of chemical de-icers and other sanding alternatives. 6) Identification of priority roadways (over 15,000 average daily traffic count). Jurisdictions within the Public Transit Benefit Area (PTBA) shall have policies consistent with the Public Transit level of service adopted by the Spokane Transit Authority Board of Directors. Urban areas jurisdictions in excess of 5,000 population, or once a population of 5,000 persons is achieved,shall be served by Fire District with at least a(Washington Survey and Rating Bureau of Insurance Services Office)Class 6 Insurance Rating or better. For the purposes of GMA minimum Levels of Service, Class 6 or better shall be based on the ISO Grading Schedule for municipal fire protection, 1974 edition,as amended, by using the fire district,fire service communication, and fire safety control portions of the grading schedule. The total deficiency points identified in these portions of the ISO or Washington Survey and Rating Bureau schedule shall not exceed 1,830 points. All jurisdictions, regardless of size,shall ensure that new development has a Fire Flow and Fire and Emergency hydrant placement per the International Fire Code adopted by that jurisdiction. Urban areas must Services be within 5 road miles of an operating fire station that provides service with a "Class A" pumper, unless structures are equipped with fire sprinkler(s)that are rated in accordance with the edition of the International Fire Code adopted by the jurisdiction, and is located within 5 road miles of an operating fire station that provides service with a Class "A" rated pumper. Urban areas shall be served by a state certified basic life support (BLS) agency. Urban areas should be served by an operating basic life saving unit within 5 miles; and an operating advanced life support unit within 6 miles or 10 minutes response time for those jurisdictions with urban areas in excess of 5,000 in population;and basic life support and advanced life support transport service. Public Schools To be determined by individual school district CFP. 2. Each jurisdiction and other providers of public services should use compatible information technologies to monitor demand for urban governmental and regional services and the efficiency of planning and services delivery. 3. Each jurisdiction shall include policies in its comprehensive plan to ensure that obstructions to regional transportation or utility corridors are not created. In addition, each jurisdiction should include policies in its comprehensive plan to ensure sustainable growth beyond the 20-year planning horizon. 7. Each jurisdiction's comprehensive plan shall include, at a minimum, the following policies to address adequate fire protection. a. Limit growth to areas served by a fire protection district or within the corporate limits of a city providing its own fire department. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 5 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan b. Commercial and residential subdivisions and developments and residential planned unit developments shall include the provision for road access adequate for residents, fire department or district ingress/egress and water supply for fire protection. c. Development in forested areas must provide defensible space between structure and adjacent fuels and require that fire-rated roofing materials be used. 9. Wellhead protection plans should be coordinated with water purveyors and implemented by local jurisdictions. The Steering Committee shall pursue strategies for regional (to include Idaho jurisdictions) water resource management, which sustain projected growth rates and protect the environment. 10. Each jurisdiction shall include provisions in its comprehensive plan for the distribution of essential public facilities. 13. Each jurisdiction shall plan for growth within Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) which uses land efficiency, adds certainty to capital facilities planning and allows timely and coordinated extension of urban governmental services, public facilities and utilities for new development. Each jurisdiction shall identify intermediate growth areas (six to ten year increments) within its Urban Growth Area (UGA) or establish policies which direct growth consistent with land use and capital facility plans. Policy Topic 9— Fiscal Impacts Policies 1. Each jurisdiction shall identify, within the capital facilities element of its comprehensive plan, capital resources that will be available to accommodate the additional development which is anticipated within Urban Growth Areas (UGAs). 4.2 Essential Public Facilities The City of Spokane Valley is required to plan for essential public facilities (EPFs) pursuant to GMA. Spokane County adopted through the CWPPs "Growth Management Essential Public Facilities Technical Committee Report" in 1996, which set forth a model project review process for the siting of EPFs. All jurisdictions within the County are required to provide a mechanism in the Comprehensive Plan to utilize the model project review process either verbatim or as a model. More recently, the Washington State Legislature passed two laws addressing siting of EPFs. In June 2001 the state enacted ESSB 6151, and in March 2002 the state enacted ESSB 6594. These laws require counties and cities fully planning under GMA to include a process in their Comprehensive Plans to provide for the siting of Secure Community Transition Facilities (SCTFs). A"secure community transition facility" (SCTF) is the statutory name for a less restrictive alternative residential facility program operated or contracted by the Department of Social and Health Services. As stated in RCW 71.09.020, "...a secure community transition facility has supervision and security, and either provides or ensures the provision of sex offender treatment services." The program offers 24-hour intensive staffing and line-of-sight supervision by trained escorts when residents leave the facility. A less restrictive alternative (LRA) placement is defined in the state law as a living arrangement that is less restrictive than total confinement. In response to these new state laws, planning staff from all jurisdictions in Spokane County formed a task force to cooperatively develop a regional siting process for all essential public facilities, including SCTFs. The Essential Public Facilities Task Force, with assistance from the Washington State Office of Community Development (OCD), the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and technical staff from the jurisdictions developed a regional siting process for essential public facilities titled Spokane County Regional Siting Process for Essential Public Facilities. Table 4.2 below lists EPFs that are either wholly or partially located within the City. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 6 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan The regional process provides for a review process with a location analysis. Public involvement takes place throughout the process with public comment periods as well as public hearings. The review process requires the applicant for an EPF to assume responsibility for the bulk of the analysis and processing of the proposal. The analysis includes two parts. First, an analysis of functional criteria of all potential sites is conducted to select the highest-ranking ten (10) semi- finalist sites. Second, these ten semi-finalist sites are analyzed using more qualitative criteria and resulting in selection of at least three (3) preferred sites. Both analyses include public comment periods. Next, the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) conducts a public hearing on the Preferred Site List to allow for further public comment, identify strategies to address any issues associated with particular sites, and rank the finalist sites. The BoCC ranking is advisory to but not binding on the applicant. Last, the applicant, after selecting a specific site, will work directly with a local jurisdiction and its regulatory requirements to permit construction and operation of the EPF. The regional siting process is based on a coordinated inter-jurisdictional approach, which in combination with consistent development regulations among the jurisdictions will implement the requirement of equitable distribution of EPF of a statewide or regional/countywide nature. Table 4.2 Inventory of Essential Public Facilities Significance Category Name Address Statewide Regional Transportation Facilities Interstate 90 N/A Statewide Regional Transportation Facilities Centennial Trail N/A Regional Regional Transportation Facilities Pence-Cole Valley Park&Ride and 414 S. University Rd Transit/Transfer Center E. Montgomery, Pines Rd Regional Regional Transportation Facilities Pines Road/I 90 Park&Ride &I-90 Regional Regional Transportation Facilities STA Maintenance—Bowdish(Fleck 123 S. Bowdish Service Center) Regional Regional Transportation Facilities SR-27(Pines Road) N/A Regional Regional Transportation Facilities SR-290(Trent Avenue) N/A Regional Solid Waste,Wastewater&Water Valley Recycling-Transfer 3941 N. Sullivan Rd Facilities Regional Social Service Facilities Valley Hospital&Medical Center 12606 E. Mission Ave Regional Social Service Facilities American Behavioral Health Systems 12715 E. Mission Ave 4.3 Goals and Policies The following goals and policies are consistent with the goals and policies of the GMA and the Countywide Planning Policies. The City of Spokane Valley will implement the goals and policies for services provided by the City. Special purpose districts, such as water, school, and fire, are encouraged to implement the goals and policies that are under their control. Spokane Valley intends to coordinate with special purpose districts when they adopt and amend their own system plans and capital improvement programs. General Goal CFG-1 Provide facilities and services that the City can most effectively deliver, and contract or franchise for those facilities and services that the City determines can best be provided by a special district, other jurisdiction, or the private sector. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 7 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Policies CFP-1.1 Review plans of service providers within Spokane Valley to determine consistency with the SVCP. CFP-1.2 The City should seek a balance between the quality and cost of providing public facilities and services. CFP-1.3 Optimize the use of existing public facilities and promote orderly compact urban growth. CFP-1.4 Coordinate the construction of public infrastructure with private development to minimize costs whenever practicable and feasible. Capital Facilities Planning and Level of Service Goal CFG-2 Adopt and implement a Capital Facilities Plan to ensure public facilities and services meet Level of Service Standards. Policies CFP-2.1 Facilities and services shall meet the following minimum Level of Service standards: Table 4.3 Spokane Valley Level of Service Standards Facility or Service Level of Service Standard Domestic Water Meet the minimum Regional LOS* Sewer Public sewer required for new development LOS D for Signalized Intersections Transportation LOS E for Un-signalized Intersections Stormwater Meet the minimum Regional LOS* Law Enforcement No minimum LOS adopted Parks 1.92 acres per 1000 residents Libraries Library District to set LOS Solid Waste Meet the minimum Regional LOS* Street Cleaning Meet the minimum Regional LOS* Public Transit Meet the minimum Regional LOS* Fire and EMS Meet the minimum Regional LOS* Public Schools School Districts to set LOS *See Page 4 for Regional LOS standards CFP-2.2 Update the City's Capital Facilities Plan annually to ensure that services and facilities are provided efficiently and effectively and to help establish budget priorities. CFP-2.3 Planned expenditures for capital improvements shall not exceed estimated revenues. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 8 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan CFP-2.4 If adopted level of service standards cannot be maintained, the City shall increase funding, reduce level of service standards or reassess the Land Use Element. Public Safety - Fire and Police Goal CFG-3 Provide police protection efficiently and cost effectively to Spokane Valley residents. Coordinate with fire districts to ensure adequate fire protection and emergency services for Spokane Valley citizens. Policies CFP-3.1 Encourage inter-jurisdictional cooperation among law enforcement agencies and fire districts to further develop, where practical, shared service and facility use. CFP-3.2 Develop a comprehensive emergency management plan that meets the needs of the City and coordinates with regional emergency planning efforts. CFP-3.3 Require adequate emergency vehicle road access and water supply/pressure for new development within the City. CFP-3.4 Encourage property owners to create a defensible space between structures and adjacent fuels and require that fire rated roofing materials are used on buildings in forested areas. Water and Sewer Goal CFG-4 Plans for water and sewer service should be consistent with the SVCP. Policies CFP-4.1 Review water and sewer plans to determine consistency with anticipated population growth, future land uses, comprehensive plan land use policies and development regulations. CFP-4.2 Coordinate sewer planning with appropriate jurisdictions for consistency with the SVCP. CFP-4.3 Support continued planning for domestic water needs in partnership with water purveyors, the Joint Aquifer Board, Washington State Department of Health and the Washington State Department of Ecology. CFP-4.4 Encourage public and private efforts to conserve water and to provide public education regarding the safe and appropriate use of the waste treatment system (i.e., NOT using drains and toilets for pharmaceuticals, grease, diapers, etc.). CFP-4.5 Discourage new, private domestic wells within the Spokane Valley City limits. CFP-4.6 New development must connect to public sewer and water. CFP-4.7 Consider grey water re-use and rainwater harvesting technology when and where appropriate and feasible. CFP-4.8 Encourage use of less water-intensive, native vegetation where possible. Solid Waste Goal CFG-5 Promote the reduction, re-use and recycling of solid waste. Policies CFP-5.1 Establish a City Hall recycling program to present a positive example of civic and environmental responsibility. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 9 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan CFP-5.2 Participate in updates to the Spokane County Comprehensive Solid Waste Management plan and support its implementation. CFP-5.3 Work toward reducing waste at City-sponsored events through the provision of recycling canisters and other means. CFP-5.4 Provide links to reduction, re-use and recycling information on the City web site. CFP-5.5 Encourage the recycling of construction site waste. Stormwater Goal CFG-6 Ensure the provision of stormwater facilities and related management programs that protect surface and groundwater quality, prevent chronic flooding from stormwater, maintain natural stream hydrology, and protect aquatic resources. Policies CFP-6.1 Require stormwater management systems for new development. CFP-6.2 Create and implement a stormwater management plan to reduce impacts from urban runoff. CFP-6.3 Best management practices should be utilized to treat stormwater runoff prior to absorption of runoff into the ground. CFP-6.4 New development should include the multiple uses of facilities, such as the integration of stormwater facilities with recreation and/or open space areas, when possible. CFP-6.5 Encourage the use of alternatives to impervious surfaces, including permeable pavers, pervious pavement, subsurface drainage chambers and garden roofs. CFP-6.6 Consider programs limiting the use of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers containing phosphates or other harmful chemicals. Library Service Goal CFG-7 Promote efficient and cost effective library service to Spokane Valley residents. Policies CFP-7.1 Encourage continued free, reciprocal library services among all libraries within the Spokane region. CFP-7.2 Land use regulations should allow siting of library facilities in locations convenient to residential areas. CFP-7.3 Work collaboratively with the Spokane County Library District to develop long- range library plans consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Schools Goal CFG-8 School sites and facilities should meet the education needs of Spokane Valley citizens. Policies CFP-8.1 Develop land use designations that allow new schools where they will best serve the community. CFP-8.2 Consider the adequacy of school facilities when reviewing new residential development. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 10 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan CFP-8.3 Assist school districts in their planning processes. CFP-8.4 Encourage educational and vocational institutions to develop programs that will result in local employment opportunities for graduates. CFP-8.5 Coordinate with school districts to use school facilities as community centers where appropriate. Concurrency Goal CFG-9 New development shall be served with adequate facilities and services at the time of development, or within the time frame consistent with state law. Policies CFP-9.1 Implement a concurrency management system for transportation, water and sewer facilities. Financing Growth Goal CFG-10 Consider a variety of revenue sources and funding mechanisms including, but not limited to, impact fees. Policies CFP-10.1 Identify and pursue sources of revenue for financing public facilities. Essential Public Facilities Goal CFG-11 Collaborate with all Spokane County jurisdictions in determining the best locations for public and private essential public facilities. Policies CFP-11.1 Follow the process for siting essential public facilities as set forth in the Spokane County Regional Siting Process for Essential Public Facilities. Potential Annexation Areas Goal CFG-12 Provide capital facilities to serve and direct future growth within the City of Spokane Valley Potential Annexation Areas Policies CFP-12.1 Plan and coordinate the location of public facilities and utilities in the potential annexation areas CFP-12.2 Considering, in advance, property acquisition opportunities for future facilities including but not limited to parks, police facilities, stormwater facilities, greenbelts, open space, and street connections CFP-12.3 Coordinate with adjacent jurisdictions in developing capital improvement programs and studies addressing multi-jurisdictional issues 4.4 Capital Facilities Plan 4.4.1 Introduction The Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) provides an analysis of the facilities and services required to support the future land use and growth projected in the Comprehensive Plan. The CFP includes a six-year capital projects and a financing plan for facilities provided by the City. The finance plan identifies specific revenue sources that the City reasonably anticipates will be available in the year Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 11 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan the project is scheduled to be constructed. The CFP includes Level of Service (LOS) standards for each public facility or service and requires that new development be served by adequate facilities. The purpose of the CFP is to use sound fiscal policies to provide adequate public facilities consistent with the land use element and concurrent with, or prior to, the impacts of development. 4.4.2 Growth Assumption On June 9, 2009, the Spokane County Board of Commissioners (BoCC) approved a population allocation of 18,746 people for the City of Spokane Valley. The allocation is the amount of people the City can accommodate within its current municipal boundary. In addition, the BoCC approved a population allocation of 8,138 people for the unincorporated Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) adjacent to the City of Spokane Valley. The City of Spokane Valley has identified the adjacent UGAs as Potential Annexation Areas (PAAs). The City has identified existing service providers to help determine the effects on existing levels of service in the event of annexation. Capital facilities planning activities within these UGAs continue to be the County's responsibility. The following population data is used for capital facilities planning purposes: Table 4.4 Population Projection Year 204314 201-920 203334 . Population 91,94028 95,33296,657 1-05,668106 831 4.4.3 Level of Service Cities are often defined by the quality of facilities and services that are provided to its residents. Good road, sewer and water infrastructure are typical criteria used by businesses considering relocation. Park and recreation facilities are increasingly used to judge the quality of a City. Businesses want to locate where they can attract the best employees, and quality of life issues are often the deciding factor for a person to move to a new area. Level of service standards are quantifiable measures, such as acres of parks per 1000 people, or the amount of time it takes to travel a road segment during peak morning and afternoon "rush hours," the higher the level of service the higher the cost. This element establishes levels of service which will be used to evaluate the adequacy and future cost of urban facilities and services. 4.4.3 Concurrency The Growth Management Act introduces the concept of concurrency, which requires new development to be served with adequate urban services at the time of development, or within a specified time thereafter. The GMA allows six years for necessary transportation improvements to be constructed as long as a financial commitment is made at the time of development. The GMA strongly encourages concurrency for water and sewer, and it is good public policy to require the same. 4.4.4 Financing Facilities and Services The City is limited in its ability to finance all desired capital facility projects. Options must be available for addressing funding shortfalls or decisions must be made to lower levels of service for public facilities. In deciding how to address a particular shortfall, the City will need to balance current needs versus future growth requirements; existing deficiencies versus future expansions. Capital facilities plans must be balanced. When funding shortfalls occur, the following options should be considered: a. Increase revenues, b. decrease level of service standards, c. decrease the cost of the service or facility, Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 12 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan d. decrease the demand for the service or facility, e. or some combination of the above. The following table presents possible financial resources available to the City for capital projects. Table 4.5 Funding Resources Funding Category Funding Source General Fund(Sales Tax,fees, property tax, utility tax,etc.) Current Revenues Real Estate Excise Tax(REET) Impact Fees Non-voted General Obligation Voted General Obligation Bonds Revenue(payable from a particular utility or enterprise) Local Improvement District(Assessment Bonds) Surface Transportation Program Bridge Replacement Funds Federal Grants Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) Land and Water Conservation Fund Community Development Block Grants Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account(ALEA) Transportation Improvement Account Centennial Clean Water Fund Public Works Trust Funds Interagency for Committee for Outdoor Recreation(IAC) State Grants/Loans Arterial Street Fund(Motor Fuel Tax) Urban Arterial Trust Account(UATA) Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Hazardous Bridge Replacement Community and Economic Revitalization Board Water Pollution Control Fund Developer Contributions Other Donations Local Improvement Districts 4.4.6 Impact Fees New growth creates a demand for new and expanded public facilities and services. The GMA authorizes local governments to impose and collect impact fees to partially fund public facilities to accommodate new growth. Impact fees can be used to pay for new or expanded facilities and cannot be collected to address existing infrastructure deficiencies. The GMA allows impact fees to be assessed on the following: • Public Streets and Roads • Public Parks Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 13 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan • Schools • Open Space • Fire Protection Facilities • Recreation Facilities The City has not enacted impact fees as a funding mechanism for capital facilities, but may study the issue as directed by future City policy. 4.4.7 Community Facilities This section of the CFP includes civic buildings such as government offices, community centers, and entertainment facilities. As a new City, Spokane Valley does not have a significant inventory of community facilities. Inventory of Existing Facilities Spokane Valley completed construction of CenterPlace at Mirabeau Point Park, in the summer, 2005. The facility houses the Spokane Valley Senior Center, conference facilities, classrooms and a "great room" for events. CenterPlace has a dining capacity of 400 and includes a full commercial kitchen. Spokane Valley leases office and meeting space for employees and City Council in the Redwood Plaza office building, located at 11707 East Sprague Avenue. Spokane Valley also leases precinct and court space at the Valley Precinct Building located 12710 East Sprague. Level of Service Spokane Valley does not propose to adopt a level of service standard for community facilities. Forecast of Future Needs The need for new community facilities is difficult to quantify and depends on the future structure of City government. If Spokane Valley continues to contract for services such as police, parks and road maintenance, the need to acquire and maintain facilities will be minimal. However, if Spokane Valley begins providing these services, there will be a corresponding need for administrative office space and other facilities. For example, if Spokane Valley assumes responsibility for parks maintenance, a new maintenance facility would have to be constructed to house equipment and employees. At some future point, Spokane Valley will likely purchase an existing building or construct a new building to house City Hall. This decision must be made with thought and vision. In the right location, City Hall will be the center for civic affairs and community events and will influence economic development in the area where it is constructed.. The location should be centralized and accessible to all citizens. Locations and Capacities of Future Facilities Spokane Valley currently has no specific plans to construct new community facilities. The City must decide the location of a permanent City Hall and/or other civic buildings. Future updates to the Capital Facilities element will include information on locations and capacities for community facilities. Capital Projects and Financing Plan Spokane Valley anticipates either constructing a new City Hall building, or purchasing and remodeling an existing building within the six year time frame of this CFP. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 14 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 4.4.8 Domestic Water The City of Spokane Valley does not own or operate a public water supply system. Rather, water is provided to Spokane Valley residences and businesses by special purpose districts, associations, and public and private corporations. Water service is coordinated by Spokane County through the Coordinated Water System Plan (CWSP), which identifies service .n 114 boundaries, establishes minimum design standards and ,,� -.f ti promotes the consolidation of regional water resource �t., ',lit, management. The CWSP is updated as needed at the r rr, 1A ) ±ti,,• - direction of the Board of County Commissioners or the _),- w�� ' Washington State Department of Health (DOH). '_ The City of Spokane Valley is supportive of existing regional water supply planning, water use efficiency programs and plans, watershed planning, wellhead protection plans, water quality plans, and planning for reclamation and reuse. Water Systems Water systems are categorized generally by the number of connections served; Group A systems provide service to 15 or more connections while Group B water systems serve fewer than 15 connections and fewer than 25 people per day. Group B water systems are regulated under chapter 246-291 of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC). In 2009, the Governor and the Legislature set a new direction for regulating Group B public water systems by eliminating all state funding for this program and providing regulatory flexibility. They did this because Group B systems serve a small population, and the cost to provide regulatory oversight is relatively high. The law authorized the State Board of Health (Board) to: • Establish requirements for the initial design and construction of a Group B water system. This change allowed the Board to eliminate ongoing requirements after initial approval of the system. It also allows local health jurisdictions (health department or health district) to establish Group B requirements that are more stringent than state requirements. • The law also authorized the Board to eliminate some, or all, regulatory requirements for Group B systems serving four or fewer connections. The current rule only eliminates requirements for some one and two connection Group B systems. Spokane Valley has 25 Group A systems and 13 Group B systems providing water service within the City. A detailed inventory of water systems is shown below in the inventory section. Water System Plans The Washington State Department of Health recommends that all water purveyors prepare a water system plan to determine future needs for water facilities within their service areas. The plans must include an existing facility inventory, project future needs for water supply, conservation strategies, and identify and provide for the protection of aquifers against contaminates. Once a water system plan is adopted, it must be updated every six years. The Department of Health is the approval authority for water system plans. Water purveyors meeting the following criteria are required to have water system plans approved by DOH. 1. Systems having 1000 or more connections. 2. Systems required to develop water system plans under the Public Water System Coordination Act of 1977 (Chapter 70.116 RCW). 3. Any system experiencing problems related to planning, operation and/or management as determined by the Department of Health. 4. All new systems. 5. Any expanding system. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 15 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 6. Any system proposing to use the document submittal exception process in WAC 246-290- 125 (documents such as project reports and constructions drawings). In 2003, the Washington State Legislation passed what is commonly referred to as the "Municipal Water Law" (MWL), amending sections of the State Board of Health Code (RCW 43.20); the laws governing Public Water Systems (RCW70.119A); and sections of the state's Water Code (RCW 90.03). The MWL requires that water system planning documents must be consistent with Spokane Valley's Comprehensive Plan and development regulations. The Department of Health is developing procedures that water systems must follow to ensure coordination with local jurisdictions and consistency with growth planning. Water Rights Washington State water law requires all prospective water uses to obtain a water right permit from the Department of Ecology (DOE) before constructing a well or withdrawing any groundwater from a well. However, the law does allow a water right permit exemption, referred to as the domestic exemption, which states that no water right permit is required for the withdrawal of up to 5,000 gallons of water per day from a well when the water is being used for the following: 1. Livestock watering. 2. Single or group domestic water supply. 3. Industrial purposes. 4. Irrigation of no more than one half acre of lawn or noncommercial garden (RCW 90.44.050). For many years, Ecology issued water right certificates to water suppliers based on projected future use, rather than actual "beneficial use." The unused portions of those certificates or rights are known as "inchoate" rights, which could potentially be taken away by Ecology if not put to beneficial use. This situation was troubling to municipal water suppliers. Public water systems need a level of certainty to obtain financing for capital facilities as well as to issue letters of water availability to development interests. The "Municipal Water Law: of 2003" clarified that cities are entitled to inchoate (unused) water for the purpose of serving expanding areas. This ensures that municipalities have sufficient water for anticipated growth based on the communities' comprehensive plans and water and supply plans. Watershed Planning In 1998, Washington State passed the Watershed Management Act to develop a "thorough and cooperative method of determining what the current water resource situation is in each Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) of the state and to provide local citizens with the maximum possible input concerning their goals and objectives for water resource management and development" (RCW 90.82.005). In late 1998, a Planning Unit was formed for WRIAs 55 and 57, or the Middle Spokane-Little Spokane River watersheds, with Spokane County designated as the lead agency. The Watershed Management Act requires the Planning Unit to address water quantity issues and allows water quality, habitat and in-stream flows to be considered in the process. The watershed planning effort is expected to produce information on how water is used in the Water Resource Inventory Areas and recommendations for how it should be used in the future. The Planning Unit may also formulate a recommendation for in-stream flows for the Spokane and Little Spokane Rivers. The Department of Ecology may establish minimum water flows or levels for streams, lakes or other public waters for the purpose of protecting fish, game, birds or other wildlife resources, or recreational or aesthetic values of said public waters whenever it appears to be in the public interest to do so. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 16 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan The data, information and recommendations generated by the Planning Unit may be used by the Department of Ecology to assess the ability to issue new water rights for the Spokane Valley- Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer. The WRIA 55 and 57 planning process will provide a basis for better understanding of potential water resource limits and will be incorporated into future updates to this capital facilities plan. Inventory of Water Systems Most of the water used by Spokane Valley residents and businesses is provided by water and irrigation districts and small water systems, listed in Tables 4.7 and 4.8 and shown on the Water Districts and Wellheads map, located at the end of this chapter. The City of Spokane provides water to the western portions of Spokane Valley, totaling approximately 620 connections. Group A water systems are those which have 15 or more service connections or regularly serve 25 or more people 60 or more days per year. Group B water systems serve two to 14 connections and are not subject to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Instead, they must meet state and local requirements for water quality and operations. Table 4.7 Spokane Valley Water Purveyors-Group A Systems Current Residential Current Non Residential Storage Group A Systems Connections Connections Capacity (gallons) Bayou On Barker 0 4 0 Burger Royal 4 1 50 Carnhope Irrigation District 7 495 31 i 0 Central Pre Mix-Sullivan Rd 4 4 0 City Of Spokane* 59700* 0 Not reported Consolidated Irrig Dist 19 System 1 3349 196 2,750,000 Consolidated Irrig Dist 19 System 2 5168 125 2,200,000 East Spokane Water Dist 1 1700 94 1,277,000 Hutchinson Irrigation Dist#16 790 0 1,200,000 Honeywell Electronic Mfg LLC 0 1 0 Irvin Water District#6 1597 154 1,900,000 Kaiser Alum-Trentwood Works 0 2 21,200 Model Irrigation Dist#18 2518 6 550,000 Modern Electric Water Co 7424 824 1,500,000 Orchard Avenue Irrigation Dist 6 1255 4 0 Pinecroft Mobile Home Park 143 0 400 Puerta Vallarta 0 1 0 Spitfire Pub And Eatery 0 2 87 Spokane Business&Industrial Park 0 252 478,000 Spokane Co-Mirabeau Park 0 2 200 Spokane Co Water Dist#3 9788 426 6,880,000 Trentwood Irrigation District 3 1727 162 1,120,000 Vera Water&Power 9259 390 8,650,000 Woodland Park Trailer Court 30 0 0 *Approximately 620 connections within City of Spokane Valley Source: Washington State Department of Health Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 17 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.8 Group B Systems Group B System Connections Holiday Trailer Court 12 Janzen&Janzen 1 Levernier Const.Water System 1 Mercer Trucking Co Inc 1 Middco Tool&Equipment 1 Systems Transport Inc 1 Tci Water System 6 Tds 2 Union Pacific Railroad-Trentwood 1 Westco S Apparel Service 3 Western Structures Inc 2 WSDT-Pines Road Maintenance 1 Source: Washington State Department of Health Level of Service The Countywide Planning Policies were amended in 2004 to defer level of service standards for water supply and fire flow to the requirements of the Department of Health and local fire codes respectively. Forecast of Future Needs Spokane Valley adopts by reference water system plans for all water purveyors providing service within the City of Spokane Valley. Locations and Capacities of Future Facilities Spokane Valley adopts by reference water system plans for all water purveyors providing service within the City of Spokane Valley. Capital Projects and Financing Plan Spokane Valley adopts by reference capital project and financing plans for all water purveyors providing service within the City of Spokane Valley. Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Service Fire protection, rescue, and emergency medical services (EMS) are provided by Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) and Spokane County Fire d 111 District No. 8. SVFD serves over 90% of the Valley, while District 8 serves a few small areas in the southern part of the City (see Fire Districts Map at the end of this chapter). Both districts serve the ;,� �= s - City with a full range of fire suppression and EMS services. Spokane Valley voters chose to annex = ,° into SVFD and District No. 8 in September, 2004. Insurance Rating Fire departments are assigned a numerical fire protection rating by the Washington Surveying and Ratings Bureau. Insurance companies fund the Bureau to perform on-site inspections of fire Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 18 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan districts to determine the rating. The Bureau analyzes five main areas: average response time, water supply, communication network, schedule of fire inspections and fire station evaluations (which focus on age of vehicles), personnel training and staffing of facilities. Insurance companies use the fire protection rating to help determine insurance rates on all fire insurance policies. The rating is on a scale of one to ten, with one representing the best score. Quality of fire service can have a significant impact on fire insurance rates, particularly for commercial businesses. SVFD has a Fire Insurance Rating of three (3) and District No. 8 has a Rating of five (5), both indicating excellent fire protection services. Inventory of Existing Facilities and Apparatus The Fire Districts Map shows the location of fire stations and service area boundaries for SVFD, District No. 8 and surrounding fire protection districts. All fire agencies have mutual aid agreements to assist each other in major emergencies. SVFD 2014 apparatus inventory includes 9 Type I Engines, =`2 Type II Engines, 3 Class A pumper/ladders, three brush trucks. 1 heavy rescue and other miscellaneous vehicles for staff, training, rescue, maintenance, prevention and command. SVFD has ten stations, including seven within the City of Spokane Valley. Locations of the stations are as follows: Fire District No. 8 has one fire station inside the City limits, station 84 in the Ponderosa neighborhood, located at 4410 South Bates. The District has two stations located outside the City Table 4.9 Spokane Valley Fire limits providing additional coverage, No. 81 at 6117 Department Station Locations South Palouse Highway and No. 85 at 3324 South Linke Road. Stations 81 and 84 each have two University Station * 10319 East Sprague Class A engines and two wild land brush engines. Millwood Station 2 9111 East Frederick Station 85 has one Class A engine and one wild land Liberty Lake Station-3 2218 North Harvard brush engine. Otis Orchards Station 4 22406 East Wellesley Level of Service — Sullivan Station-5* 15510 East Marietta The Level of Service goals for response time are Edgecliff Station* 6306 East Sprague described in SFVD's Standard of Cover. SVFD's Standard of Cover is consistent with the regionally Pindecroft Station 1121 South Evergreen adopted minimum level of service for fire protection Evergreen Station* North 2110 North Wilbur and emergency services. The following table shows South Valley Station Q* East 12121 East 32nd the number of calls per year. Greenacres Station' East 17217 East Sprague J * Inside Spokane Valley City Limits Table 4.10 Spokane Valley Fire Department City Responses Year 2096 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 City y Responses 9,144 10,080 9,480 9,394 9,663 10,141 10,998 The Countywide Planning Policies for Spokane County establishes minimum levels of service for fire and emergency medical services as follows: • Urban areas are required to be serviced by a Fire District with at least a Class Six Insurance rating. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 19 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan • Urban areas must be within five road miles of an operating fire station that provides service with a "Class A" pumper, unless structures are equipped with fire sprinklers. • Urban areas shall be served by a state certified basic life support (BLS) agency within five miles and an operating advanced life support unit within six miles or ten minutes response time. Both SVFD and 8 meet the minimum countywide level of service standards. Forecast of Future Needs The northeast area of the City is underdeveloped at present but as the City grows over the next ten to fifteen years, SVFD recognizes that a new station will need to be constructed to provide an adequate level of service. Station 11 will be constructed at Barker and Euclid. Locations and Capacities of Future Facilities Station No. 11 will be located in the vicinity of Barker and Euclid and will have 3 bays with 1 fire apparatus. Construction for Station 11 is tentatively planned for 20162017 or when growth in the area will support the investment and ongoing costs. Capital Projects and Financing Plan SVFD is a junior taxing district and supplements its regular taxes with special levies. As the restrictions on the taxes generated from the regular tax go down, special levies are proposed to maintain needed funding. Special levies must be approved by voters served by SVFD. The Department does not use its bonding capacity to fund capital projects. The Department's philosophy is to reserve funds generated through its regular revenues for future capital needs. The following table represents SVFD planned capital expenditures. Table 4.11 SVFD Capital Projects Plan Project 281-3 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Total Fire Station No. 11 (New construction) $9 $0 $0 $0 $1,800 $0 $1,800 (Am-aunts-Dollars are in times$1,000) 4.4.9 Library Service Library services are provided by the Spokane County Library District (District).The District is a municipal VALLEY corporation established by voters in 1942 under provisions of RCW 27.12.040. An independent special nE Broadway Aw purpose district, The District's sole purpose is to `I-■ Valley Bran. provide public library services to the unincorporated a. E e4B.oa county and affiliated municipalities. A five-member Board of Trustees appointed by Spokane County Commissioners governs the District. A Board-appointed ' > E101Au library director serves as chief administrator. Inventory of Existing Facilities Spokane Valley has one library located inside its boundary, the District's Valley Branch, located at 12004 East Main. This resource library is the District's largest facility, measuring 22,950 square feet, including branch administrative space. The District has two other libraries within the greater Valley area located at 4322 North Argonne and 22324 East Wellesley in Otis Orchards. As of January 2013, approximately 36,000 Spokane Valley residents were District cardholders. Valley Library was the primary branch of registration, with Argonne second and Otis Orchards third. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 20 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Spokane County Library District has a reciprocal borrowing agreement with the City of Spokane with over 1,600 Spokane Valley residents having a Spokane Public Library card. Library Facility Master Plan The District currently provides library services to the residents of Spokane Valley primarily from a 22,950 square foot library. The Spokane Valley Library was built in 1955 and expanded in 1986. The Spokane Valley Library is one of the busiest libraries in Washington. In March 2008, voters defeated a proposal to establish a proposed Greater Spokane Valley Library Capital Facility area and to issue General Obligation Bonds for construction of a new main library and a new neighborhood branch in the eastern area of the City. The District subsequently undertook a capital facilities planning process for its entire service area, resulting in the July 2010 Board of Trustees approval of a 20-year Library Facilities Master Plan (LFMP). The LFMP proposed a capital investment totaling $50.8 million (2010 dollars). In 2013, the Board of Trustees approved a Strategic Plan (Plan) to guide allocation of resources to support programs and services that are responsive to community needs. The Plan is based upon community conversations held in every library facility along with interviews with individuals actively engaged in the community. The Plan identified four service response priorities for the next three to five years. • Create Young Learners • Support Job Seekers & Local Businesses • Inspire people of all ages to discover plan and learn • Connect Community As part of the planning process the Board of Trustees took a fresh look at the LFMP. They recognized that the changing role of public libraries and the current economic environment required a critical evaluation of all future building projects. New facilities will support early learning, workforce development, creative learning and community connections by being open, flexible spaces that adapt to changing roles and emerging services. With the increasing use of digital content and the emerging role of library as a place to gather, meet and exchange information, the physical library is an information commons as well as community knowledge center. Future Facilities for the City of Spokane Valley The existing Spokane Valley Library has served residents of the valley for nearly 60 years. The split design is not efficient and the layout does not meet current needs. In 2012, the District entered into an agreement with the City of Spokane Valley to purchase 8 acres on Sprague between Farr and University adjacent to Balfour Park. A jointly funded site plan that will include a one story 30,000 square foot library placed within a City park was initiated in 2013. The goal is to develop a park with amenities to enhance the library experience and create a welcoming civic destination. The District also owns property south of Sprague along Conklin Road and intends to build a 12,000- 15,000 square foot library. The building will offer an open, flexible floor plan providing meeting rooms, study rooms, children's learning areas, information commons and space to browse library materials. The combined square footage for library facilities in the City of Spokane Valley is planned to be between 42,000-45,000 square foot. The agreement with the City of Spokane Valley allows the District up to five years to begin building on the Sprague property. The Board of Trustees is currently evaluating the possibility of putting a proposal before the voters in 2014 to fund the capital investment in two libraries that will be built within the City of Spokane Valley. If successful, the District would break ground in 2015 on the first building and shortly after on the second. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 21 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Operational Costs The District anticipates that efficient building design and continuing staff productivity improvements, a larger Spokane Valley Library and an eventual new branch can be operated at normal District funding levels of$0.50 per$1,000 of assessed valuation. 4.4.10 Parks and Recreation[Ib1] { Spokane Valley has a wide range of recreational opportunities available to residents and visitors. City S: ` parks, school play fields, golf courses, trails, County '. ` parks and conservations areas are all within close vicinity to Spokane Valley residents. The City provides a system of local parks that is managed by the Spokane Valley Parks and -� Recreation Department. The Parks Department is in the process of updating its developing a new Parks, and Recreation, and Open Spaces Master Plan. When finished, this plan will offer a detailed picture of - - the park, recreation and open space system, including changes and improvements that will be made in the future. This section of the Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) provides summaries of the parks inventory, level of service (LOS), future park needs, proposed projects, and a financing plan for the next six years. Park Types Parks are classified by their size, service area and function. Spokane Valley uses the nationally recognized Park, Recreation, Open Space and Greenway Guidelines, to establish standard for parks planning. Major classifications include mini-park, neighborhood, school-park, community, large urban, various trail designations and special use facilities. The Parks Element, Chapter 9, provides a thorough description of park types used for planning purposes. Inventory of Existing Facilities The Parks Map, found at the end of this Chapter, shows the location of all parks within Spokane Valley. Table 4.13 provides an inventory of park and recreation facilities owned by Spokane Valley. These parks are used to calculate Spokane Valley's level of service for parks. The Parks Master Plan provides the most detailed inventory of parks, including equipment, structures and other miscellaneous park facilities. Table 4.13 Spokane Valley Park Facilities Spokane Valley Parks Acreage Status Neighborhood Parks Balfour Park 2.86 Developed Browns Park 8.293 Developed Castle Park 2.74- Minimally Developed Edgecliff Park 4.74 Developed Greenacres Park 8.3 Developed Terrace View Park 9.24 Developed Subtotal 35.988 Community Parks Valley Mission Park 24.01.91 Developed Sullivan Park 16.1 Developed Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 22 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.13 Spokane Valley Park Facilities Spokane Valley Parks Acreage Status Subtotal 40.1 21,01- Large Urban Parks Mirabeau Point Park 4201.91 Developed Subtotal 42_01-94 Special Use Areas Park Road Pool 2.08 Developed Sullivan ParkWestern Dance Hall 16.07 Developed CenterPlace 13.68 Developed Subtotal 31.67 Undeveloped Park Land Myrtle Point Park 31.187 Undeveloped Valley Mission Park(South) 7.22 Undeveloped Valley Senior CenterBalfour Park Expansion 2:8984 Undeveloped Subtotal 46_79.38 Total Park Acres 180.3171.75 Level of Service The Countywide Planning Policies for Spokane County requires all jurisdictions to adopt a level of service (LOS) standard for parks. Spokane Valley has the flexibility and freedom to adopt a LOS standard for parks that reflects the expressed need and desire of our community. -," The National Recreation and Parks Association s 't suggest that cities adopt LOS standards for different park types, such as mini (pocket), ;. neighborhood, community and major parks. r• .11 ' Spokane Valley does not have a well-developed park system and will use total City-owned park _ acres for its LOS measurement. , In 2006, Spokane Valley adopted a LOS of 1.92 '` acres/1000 people as its minimum LOS standard. z ' ,A �; �f ,-- . Spokane Valley recognizes that schools, = � ..: y ;, churches, natural areas and commercial q enterprises all provide recreation opportunities for Spokane Valley residents. These will all be taken into consideration when Spokane Valley determines the best location to purchase new park land. Forecast of Future Needs Spokane Valley has the capacity to accommodate an additional 15,118,14 891 people over the next 20 years within the current City limits. In order to maintain the adopted LOS of 1.92 acres/1000 people, Spokane Valley would have to add about 25 acres of park land over the next 20 years, with 5 acres in the first six years, as shown in Table 4.15. The Parks and Recreation Master Plan provides a more detailed analysis of park and recreation needs by dividing the City into smaller service areas. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 23 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.15 Future Park Demand Total Park Acres Acres Required at Year Population Available 1.92 acres/1000 Net Deficiency Acres I 204320144 91,94090,559 180.3471-75 ' 176.5247346 (3.78)2.11 I 20492020 96,65795,332) 180.3474,74 185.58183.04 5.28-1-12.9 I 20332034 i 106 8314057668 180.3471.75 205.1220213 24.8231.13 I *Assumes 20-year growth of 14,89118 people Locations and Capacities of Future Facilities In order to maintain the adopted 1.92 acres/1000 level of service standard, Spokane Valley would need to add 5 acres of park land by the year; _ :.-2020. Capital Projects and Financing Plan The following table details Spokane Valley's six year Parks and Recreation capital improvement financing plan. The table details projects that address level of service deficiencies (capacity projects) and other capital improvements (non-capacity) projects. INote: Amounts in$7 000 Proiect 2043 22044 2045 2016 12017 2031 Total Park Improvcmontc ' $1-99_ $400 $1-99 $499 $1-99 $400 $699 Total $499 $499 $490 $499 $499 $499 $600 I Revenue-Sear-4e ��_ __�1 Q��1�1 I General Fund $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 q3w REET#1 $59 $59 $59 $50 $50 $50 $399 I Grants $s $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Total $498 $499 8409 8499 $400 $499 $600 Table 4.17 Parks Capital Facilities Plan Note:Amounts in$1,000 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Project Total Park Improvements 263 i 100 100 _ 100 100 100 $763 Total 263 100 100 100 100 100 $763 Revenue Source _ _ _ _ _ _ General Fund 193 100 100 100 100 100 $693 REET#1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fund balance 70 0 0 _2_1_ 0 0 §a3 Total 263 100 100 100 100 100 $763 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 24 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 4.4.11 Public Safety The Spokane Valley Police Department is a contract law enforcement agency, partnering with the Spokane County Sheriff's Department to provide a safe environment for the citizens, businesses, and visitors of the City of Spokane Valley. This unique contracting relationship allows for the sharing of many of our resources, allowing both agencies to operate at peak efficiency without duplicating services. Spokane Valley also contracts with Spokane County for judicial, jail and animal control services. The total contract for public safety for 2011 totaled over$$15.3 million, including approximately 100 commissioned police officers. Spokane Valley supports community oriented policing and recognizes it as an important complement to traditional law enforcement. In Spokane County, community policing is known as S.C.O.P.E., or Sheriff Community Oriented Policing Effort. The community policing model balances reactive responses to calls for service with proactive problem-solving centered on the causes of crime and disorder. Community policing requires police and citizens to join together as partners in the course of both identifying and effectively addressing these issues. About 364 Spokane Valley citizens are S.C.O.P.E volunteers. Community Survey The Community Preference Survey included questions to gauge the public's perception of police services. Results show that 85% of Spokane Valley residents believe police services are good, very good, or excellent, indicating a generally high level of confidence in the police force. Only 27% of respondents expressed a willingness to pay additional taxes to have improved police services. Inventory of Existing Facilities The Spokane Valley Police Precinct is located at 12710 E. Sprague and houses patrol and detective divisions, the traffic unit and administrative staff. The Precinct also includes a Spokane County District Court. Spokane Valley is served by four S.C.O.P.E. stations, shown in the following table. Table 4.18 Spokane Valley S.C.O.P.E stations Neighborhood Location Neighborhood Location University 10621 East 15th Trentwood 2400 N.Wilbur#79 Edgecliff 522 S.Thierman Rd. Central Valley 115 N. Evergreen Rd. Level of Service Public safety is a priority for the City of Spokane Valley. It is difficult to determine at this time, an adequate and measurable level of police protection. Spokane Valley will monitor the performance of the Spokane County Sheriff's Department and will adjust the contract for services as necessary to ensure an adequate level of police protection. Forecast of Future Needs Future needs for police protection will be determined as a part of the annual budget process. Locations and Capacities of Future Facilities Spokane Valley is not planning to construct any new law enforcement facilities at this time. Capital Projects and Financing Plan Spokane Valley is not planning to construct any new law enforcement facilities at this time. 4.4.12 School Facilities Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 25 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Four public school districts provide service within Spokane Valley: East Valley, West Valley, Central Valley and Spokane School District 81. Spokane Valley must coordinate with each district to ensure consistency between the City's plan and school districts' plans. There are also a number of private schools that provide service to Spokane Valley area children. Inventory of Existing Facilities The School District Map, found at the end of this Chapter, shows district boundaries and locations of all public schools within Spokane Valley. Tables 4.19 through 4.21 shows capacities of all schools located within Spokane Valley. School districts use portable classrooms at some school sites as interim measures to house students until permanent facilities can be built. Portable units are not included in capacity figures. School capacity figures are reported by the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction and are based on square footage per student. Table 4.19 Central Valley School Inventory Elementary School Sq.Ft.Area Capacity Adams 46,879 521 Summit(Formerly Blake) 34,823 436 Broadway 40,648 499 Chester 38,388 480 Greenacres 55,875 680 Keystone 33,669 421 Liberty Lake 60,477 756 McDonald 46,504 563 Opportunity 42,388 521 Ponderosa 51,377 642 Progress 37,573 452 South Pines 45,956 499 Sunrise 53,673 662 University 37,867 455 Total Elementary Permanent Facilities 626,097 7,587 Junior High Schools Sq. Ft.Area Capacity Bowdish 74,738 743 Evergreen 76,075 751 Greenacres 91,803 908 Horizon 84,795 838 11,044 North Pines 105,368 Total Junior High Permanent Facilities 432,779 4,284 Senior High Schools Sq. Ft.Area Capacity Central Valley 239,540 1,988 - University 1 239,540 1,986 Total Senior High Facilities 479,080 3,974 Source: Central Valley School District Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 26 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.20 East Valley School Inventory Elementary School Sq.Ft.Area Capacity East Farms 47,047 579 Otis Orchards 51,789 629 Skyview 42,140 509 Trent 58,482 713 Trentwood 47,274 573 Total Elementary Permanent Facilities 246,732 3,003 Junior High Schools Sq.Ft.Area Capacity East Valley 84,561 831 Mountain View 82,544 816 Total Junior High Permanent Facilities 167,105 1,647 Senior High Schools Sq.Ft.Area Capacity East Valley 203,248 1,686 Total Senior High Facilities 203,248 1,686 Source: Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Table 4.21 West Valley School Inventory Elementary School Sq.Ft.Area Capacity Millwood Early Childhood Ctr. 27,164 340 Ness 33,440 418 Orchard Center 34,094 426 Pasadena Park 34,002 425 Seth Woodward 35,941 449 Total Elementary Permanent Facilities 164,641 2,058 Middle Schools Sq.Ft.Area Capacity Centennial 89,870 875 West Valley City School 30,258 307 Total Junior High Permanent Facilities 120,128 1,182 Senior High Schools Sq.Ft.Area Capacity West Valley 149,128 1,207 Spokane Valley 13,902 116 Total Senior High Facilities 163,030 1,323 Source: West Valley School District Level of Service The Countywide Planning Policies for Spokane County requires that all jurisdictions adopt a Level of Service standard for schools. Spokane Valley defers this responsibility to the individual school Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 27 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan districts providing service within the City. Individual school districts may request that Spokane Valley adopt a Level of Service standard in future updates to the Capital Facilities Element. Forecast of Future Needs Central Valley School District The Central Valley School District (CVSD) is experiencing a period of high growth in student population, particularly towards its eastern boundary. Liberty Lake and Greenacres Elementary Schools are currently over capacity. In response to this growth, the District initiated its "Community Linkages" planning process in the fall of 2004 to develop strategies and alternatives for accommodating its present and future students. The committee developed student population projections through the 2008/2009 school year for the entire district by analyzing growth trends in student population, building permit activity and proposed housing developments. The data will be used to guide decisions on where to locate school facilities. Table 4.23 shows the number of students enrolled in Central Valley Schools in 2005 for each school in the District and projections through the 2008-09 school year. In 2005, 11,480 students were enrolled in CVSD schools, with 9,363 of those students living within the City of Spokane Valley. Table 4.23 Central Valley Enrollment Projection Student New Projected Student Student School Attendance Area Enrollment 2005 Enrollment in 2008-2009 Increase Elementary Schools Broadway 492 517 25 Progress 291 311 20 Opportunity 339 366 27 Adams 466 503 37 University 419 435 16 South Pines 331 332 1 McDonald 356 364 8 Sunrise 490 532 42 Ponderosa 334 337 3 Chester 322 352 30 Greenacres 588 686 98 Liberty Lake 727 876 149 Total 5155 5611 456 Middle Schools North Pines 525 551 26 Bowdish 574 589 15 Horizon 440 462 22 Evergreen 578 630 52 Greenacres 644 757 113 Total 2761 2989 228 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 28 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.23 Central Valley Enrollment Projection Student New Projected Student Student School Attendance Area Enrollment 2005 Enrollment in 2008-2009 Increase High Schools University High 1922 2055 133 Central Valley High 1642 1804 162 Total 3564 3859 295 Total Student Enrollment 11,480 12,459 979 Source: Central Valley Linkages Committee-John Bottelli, Spokane County GIS The following table shows enrollment projections for Central Valley School District from the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The table provides historic and projected school enrollments for the years 2001 through 2010. Table 4.24 Central Valley School Enrollment Actual Enrollment Projected Enrollment Grade 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 K-6 5,873 5,817 5,965 6,272 6,433 6,686 6,980 7,332 7,697 7,985 7-8 1,800 1,823 1,819 1,817 1,899 1,942 1,900 1,897 1,926 2,090 9-12 3,410 3,544 3,555 3,602 3,653 3,862 K-12 11,083 11,184 11,339 11,691 11,985 12,323 12,668 13,018 13,451 13,937 Source: Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction East Valley School District East Valley School District has experienced a significant decline in enrollment in recent years. In 1999, enrollment peaked at just under 4,700 students down to 4,355 students enrolled in the fall of 2004. The following table indicates that East Valley will continue to lose students through the year 2010. Table 4.25 East Valley School Enrollment Actual Enrollment Projected Enrollment Grade 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 K-6 2,355 2,288 2,167 2,139 2,082 2,022 1,974 1,964 1,931 1,917 7-8 743 735 732 716 690 681 659 599 572 564 i 9-12 1,592 1,565 1,544 1,500 1,396 1,354 1,322 1,337 1,292 1,217 K-12 4,690 4,588 4,443 4,355 4,168 057 3,955 3,900 3,795 3,698 Source: Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction East Valley School District estimates that out of 4,240 total students enrolled in the District in September, 2005, 2,378 lived within the City of Spokane Valley. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 29 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan West Valley School District West Valley School District has grown in student population consistently since 1998 and is projected to continuing growing through the year 2010, as shown in Table 4.25. Table 4.26 West Valley School Enrollment Actual Enrollment Projected Enrollment Grade 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 K-6 1,591 1,552 1,614 1,581 1,605 1,610 1,632 1,710 1,728 1,750 7--8 545 566 575 528 542 560 567 503 519 589 9-12 1,469 1,502 1,503 1,534 1,510 1,538 1,554 1,559 1,576 1,493 K-12 3,605 3,620 3,692 3,643 I 3,657 ' 3,708 3,753 3,772 3,823 3,832 Source: Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Locations and Capacities of Future Facilities Central Valley School District The most urgent need for the CVSD is to add more elementary classroom space in the east end of the District. The District recently acquired two properties in the north Greenacres area for a new elementary school. The District will need to construct a new high school and middle school in the 20-year time frame of this comprehensive plan. The district has a site for a middle school adjacent to the Liberty Lake Elementary School. A number of elementary schools need to be completely remodeled, including Opportunity, Greenacres and Ponderosa. East Valley School District East Valley is not planning to construct any new facilities within the six year time frame of this capital facilities plan. Future updates to this plan will incorporate new capital projects. West Valley School District West Valley is remodeling its High School and will add elementary school classroom space. Capital Projects and Financing Plan West Valley School District passed a $35 million bond measure in 2004 that is being used to remodel West Valley High School, construct new elementary school classrooms and a new gymnasium. Central Valley School District is in the process of developing a Capital Improvement and Financing Plan. 4.4.13 Sewer Service Background In 1980, Spokane County initiated the Septic Tank Elimination Program (STEP) to bring sewers to houses and businesses located in the Aquifer Sensitive Area (ASA). Since that time, approximately 25,000 residences and businesses in the greater Spokane Valley area have been connected to the County's sewer system. The STEP will be completed in 2012. Residences and businesses with sewer available will be required to connect to the public sewer system by 2015. Upon incorporation, the City of Spokane Valley entered into an interlocal agreement giving Spokane County lead agency authority to provide sewer service. In 2009 another interlocal agreement was adopted which established a wastewater management advisory board and gave Spokane County the exclusive authority to provide sewer service to the City of Spokane Valley. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 30 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan In 1996, the County adopted the 1996 Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan Update (1996 CWMP). The intent of the 1996 CWMP was to develop strategies to expedite the sewer program for protection of the Aquifer, and to satisfy regulations established by the Washington State Departments of Health (DOH) and Ecology (DOE) and the Spokane County Health District. In 2001, Spokane County again updated the CWMP, which focused on reprioritizing the remaining STEP projects under an accelerated construction schedule, policy updates, and addressing conformance with the requirements of the Growth Management Act (GMA). Most significantly, the CWMP updated population and wastewater flow forecasts and produced a revised Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Spokane County will update the CWMP in 2012. Spokane Valley adopts by reference the most current CWMP. Wastewater Facilities Plan Spokane County adopted a Wastewater Facilities Plan (WFP) in 2002 that identified wastewater facilities and programs required to meet the long-term wastewater treatment needs of the County. The WFP focuses on developing a long-term wastewater management strategy for the County. The WFP provides an in-depth analysis of various wastewater treatment technologies available, in addition to exploring the wide range of related environmental considerations. Public participation was fully integrated into this extensive planning effort. The WFP was updated in 2006, 2007. It was approved by the Department of Ecology in 2008. The Plan was again updated in 2010. This Plan is in its implementation phase, with the recent completion and start-up of a new regional water reclamation facility. Spokane Valley adopts by reference the most current WFP. Wastewater Treatment In 1980, Spokane County and the City of Spokane signed an interlocal agreement wherein the County agreed to purchase ten million gallons per day (mgd) of capacity in the City's Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility (RPWRF). Spokane County is currently using approximately 3 MGD of this capacity, as a result of the new Spokane County Regional Water Reclamation Facility (SCRWRF) coming on line recently. Wastewater from the City of Spokane Valley is now conveyed through Spokane County's sewer system to the recently completed SCRWRF. This facility is at the old Stockyards site north of 1-90 and east of Freya. The SCRWRF has a capacity of 8 million gallons per day (MGD) and produces effluent meeting Class A Reclaimed Water Standards prior to discharge into the Spokane River. In the future, when the flow from the Spokane Valley area exceeds 8 MGD, the additional flow will be directed to the City of Spokane Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility (RPWRF) for treatment and discharge into the Spokane River, until the capacity of the SCRWRF is expanded. The site will support expansion of the SCRWRF up to 24 MGD in 4 MGD increments. The SCRWRF was designed and constructed by CH2M Hill, pursuant to a "Design-Build-Operate" contract with Spokane County. The contract provides for up to 20 years of facility operation by CH2M Hill. Inventory of Existing Facilities Sewer facilities within Spokane Valley are a system of pipes and pumping stations that move untreated sewage to two main interceptor lines. The interceptors are known as the Spokane Valley Interceptor(SVI) and North Valley Interceptor (NVI). These interceptors then convey the sewage to the County's SCRWRF through pumping stations or to the City's RPWRF by gravity flow. Major elements are summarized as follows: Interceptor Sewers: 32 Miles Major Pump Stations: 6 Collector Lines: 455 Miles Local Pump Stations: 10 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 31 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Level of Service The Regional Minimum Level of Service Standards state that incorporated areas will be provided with wastewater collection and transport systems in accordance with the adopted sewer concurrency requirements of the jurisdiction. Spokane Valley requires all new development to be served with public sewer. Only existing residential, commercial and industrial lots may be served by septic systems/drain fields (approved by the Spokane County Health District) and only if public sewer is unavailable. Forecast of Future Needs Spokane County currently has about 37,500 customers within its sewer system area. Since some customers generate more flow than others, it is common to define an Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) as a way to project future flows and to set the sewer service rates. Spokane County assigns one ERU to each 800 cubic feet of water use per month, or about 200 gallons per day. The 37,500 customers account for about 52,900 ERU's, based on an average of 1.41 ERU's per account. The following table shows that there are about 24,800 accounts within the City of Spokane Valley, representing approximately 71% of the County's total ERU's. Table 4.30 Current Spokane County Sewer Customers and ERU's Customer Type City of Spokane Other County Service Total for County Valley Areas Service Areas Accounts ERU's Accounts ERU's Accounts ERU's Single Family 20,860 20,860 11,820 11,820 32,680 32,680 Duplex and 2,160 9,220 610 2,290 2,770 11,510 Multi-Family Commercial 1,767 7,210 270 1,230 2,037 8,440 Mobile Home 13 270 0 0 13 270 Parks TOTAL 24,800 37,560 12,700 15,340 37,500 52,900 Source: Spokane County Utilities Department Note that the number of accounts in the next three years is expected to increase substantially, due to the County's continuing emphasis on the enforcement of sewer connection deadlines within the Septic Tank Elimination Program areas. Anticipated growth in the number of accounts for the Spokane County sewer system overall is reflected by the following projections: YEAR No. of Accounts No. of ERUs 2012 38,900 54,800 2013 40,500 57,100 2014 42,100 59,400 Locations and Capacities of Future Facilities Sewer Construction The County's Septic Tank Elimination Program (STEP) will be completed in the late spring of 2012. The purpose of the STEP is to expedite the construction of sanitary sewers and dramatically reduce the number of on-site sewage treatment facilities over the Spokane-Rathdrum Aquifer; and to satisfy regulations established by the State Departments of Heath and Ecology, Spokane County Health District and other regulatory agencies. The Sewer Projects Map found at the end of this chapter shows the areas where sewer has been extended as a part of the STEP program. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 32 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan The industrial area in the far northeast corner of the City currently does not have public sewer service. To encourage economic development and job creation, Spokane Valley may consider projects that would extend public sewer to this area. New Wastewater Treatment Plant The Spokane County Water Reclamation Facility (SCRWRF) was completed in 2011. The new plant has a current capacity of 8 MGD. It is projected that this capacity will last until approximately 2030. Additional phases will likely be made in 4 MGD increments. The SCRWRF site can be expanded to 24 MGD to accommodate up to 50-years of anticipated future growth. Capital Projects and Financing Plan Wastewater Treatment Spokane County has programmed capital expenditures for its share of upgrading the City of Spokane Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility (RPWRF) for the years 2011-2016, per the Six- Year Sewer Construction Capital Improvement Program. The upgrades must be undertaken to meet State and Federal effluent quality requirements. In 2011, Spokane County completed Phase 1 of the SCRWRF at a cost of$173 million. Phase 2 is estimated at$42 million (in 2011 dollars) for an additional 4 MGD of capacity. Spokane Valley adopts by reference the most current Spokane County Six-Year Sewer Construction Capital Improvement Program. Sewer Construction The Sewer Projects Map, as presented in the County's Six-Year Sewer Construction Capital Improvement Program, shows the location of the sewer projects planned in the Spokane Valley, both inside and outside the City boundary. Note that no specific new projects are currently planned, due to the completion of the Septic Tank Elimination Program in early 2012. Spokane Valley will continue to support the replacement of septic systems with public sewers and will consider the feasibility of extending public sewer to currently un-served commercial and industrial areas to encourage economic development and job creation. 4.4.14 Solid Waste In 1988, the intergovernmental agency known as the Spokane Regional Solid Waste System (System) was formed by interlocal agreement between the City of Spokane, Spokane County and all other cities and towns within the County. The System is responsible for implementing solid waste management plans, planning and developing specific waste management programs and updating solid waste plans for the entire County. The System is managed by the City of Spokane, which uses its structure to carry out the various solid waste management programs for our region. In Spokane Valley, solid waste services are provided by private haulers licensed by the Washington Utility and Transportation Commission (W.U.T.C.) through franchise agreements. Waste Management of Spokane provides residential and commercial garbage services and weekly curbside recycling collection; Sunshine Disposal provides only commercial services. At this time, Spokane Valley residents are allowed to self-haul their garbage to an appropriate dumping site. Inventory of Existing Facilities The Regional Solid Waste System includes a Waste to Energy facility located at 2900 South Geiger, and two recycling/transfer stations. One of the stations is located within Spokane Valley at 3941 N. Sullivan Road south of Trent and across from the Spokane Industrial Park; the other is located in north Spokane County at the intersection of Elk-Chattaroy Road and Highway 2. Landfills are necessary to provide disposal for solid waste that cannot be recycled or incinerated, or that exceeds the capacity of the WTE Facility. The Spokane County Regional Health District licenses six privately owned landfills in Spokane County. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 33 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Level of Service The minimum Regional Level of Service Standards requires solid waste services to meet all State and Federal regulations. Forecast of Future Needs Spokane Valley is participating on the update of the Spokane County Waste Management Plan (SCWMP). The SCWMP update process will determine future needs for solid waste disposal. Locations and Capacities of Future Facilities The updated Spokane County Solid Waste Management Plan will provide information on future regional solid waste facilities. Finance Plan The updated Spokane County Solid Waste Management plan will include a financing plan for future regional solid waste facilities. 4.4.15 Stormwater Facilities Stormwater runoff in Spokane Valley flows to a combination of public and private facilities. In developed areas, runoff infiltrates into the ground or flows to drywells in public road rights-of-way, drywells on private property and grassy swales with overflow drywells in easements on private property. There are advantages and disadvantages to relying on on-site facilities for all stormwater management. One advantage is that on-site facilities are typically constructed with private funds and can be integrated into the development as a green space amenity. However, on-site facilities are sometimes not well maintained. Their capacity may be diminished over time or they may fail entirely during large runoff events. On-site facilities may take up large portions of a development site, thereby reducing the effective density that can be accommodated in that area. In 2004, the Spokane Valley City Council created a stormwater utility to develop and maintain storm drainage systems on City owned land. To create revenues for the stormwater utility operations, the Council adopted an annual fee per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU). Residential ERUs are based on the number of single-family dwellings, while Commercial ERUs are based on the square footage of impervious surface associated with a business or commercial development. Inventory of Existing Facilities Spokane Valley's inventory of stormwater facilities, most of which are integral to the safe function of our street system, consists of about 7,200 drywells, 1900 bio-infiltration swales, 61 detention ponds, and one retention pond. Other facilities include curb inlets, bridge drains, and culverts, all of which require monitoring and maintenance. The retention pond, located at Dishman-Mica Road. and 32nd Ave., was constructed as a part of a road project and provides a disposal point for water flowing from Chester Creek. The inventory does not reflect stormwater structures located on private properties that do not serve the public street drainage system. Level of Service The Spokane County Board of Commissioners adopted new regional level of service standards for stormwater in 2004 as a part of the Countywide Planning Policies update: "Flooding of property outside designated drainage-ways, defacto drainage-ways, easements, flood zones or other approved drainage facilities, during the design precipitation or runoff event prescribed in the standards of the governing local agency or jurisdiction, shall be prevented within the reasonable probability afforded by such standards. Impact to buildings and accessory structures shall be avoided to the maximum extent practicable by evaluating the effects of a100 year rain event, and implementing measures to ensure that the runoff attendant to such event is directed away from such buildings and accessory structures. Any stormwater Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 34 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan discharge to surface or ground waters must meet federal, state and local requirements for water quality treatment, stormwater runoff and infiltration. " The standards reflect current best practices that are established in adopted stormwater design guidelines. Spokane Valley follows said guidelines in reviewing and approving new development and is therefore in compliance with the regional LOS standards for stormwater runoff. Forecast of Future Needs Spokane Valley will continue to use private, on-site treatment facilities for new development and will install drywells, swales and other facilities as needed for new street improvement projects. Locations and Capacities of Future Facilities Location and capacities of future facilities is dependent on the location and size of new development, future public street projects, and projects that will address current problem areas within the City. Future updates to this Capital Facilities Plan will incorporate capital programming for stormwater facilities. Capital Projects and Financing Plan The 2014-2019 Stormwater Capital Improvement Plan was developed to give guidance and direction on which priority projects should be advanced for design and construction during the next six years. The document outlines the current goals of the Capital Program, the 2014-2019 plan development, immediate year proposed budget levels, project summary listing, and proposed project locations, descriptions, and planning level cost estimates. The City currently charges a $21 annual stormwater utility fee per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) to generate revenues for stormwater facility engineering, maintenance and administration. The stormwater fee is expected to generate $1.8 million annually. Table 4.34 provides -a summary of the Budget, and Table 4.35 provides a summary of the projects from 2014 through 2019. Table 4.34 Storm Water Mana•ement Bud•et Summar of Revenues and Ex•enditures 2011 2012 2014 Actual Actual 2013 Bud•et Bud•et Revenues _ _ _ _ _ _ Stormwater Management fees 1,785,381 1,789,489 1,800,000 1,835,000 Investment Interest 2,833 _ 2,601 _ 1,800 _ 2,500 _ Miscellaneous 47,571 45,308 0 0 Nonrecurring Grant Proceeds 373,861 64,838 200,000 0 Total Revenues 2,209,646 1,902,236 2,001,800 1,837,500 Total Expenditures 1,633,017 _ 1 587 563 _ 2,707,991.0 _ 2,823,978.0 _ Revenues over(under) expenditures 576,629 314,673 (706,191) (986,478) Beginning fund balance 2,697,333 1,991,142 Ending fund balance _ _ _ _ 1,991,142 _ 1,004,664 _ Table 4.35 2014-02019 Stormwater Capital Improvement Plan Summary Dollars are in$1 000's Note: A means the A•uifer Protection Area Fund and G means Grant Proiect 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Totals G A Annual Small Works Protects $600 $600 $300 $300 $300 $300 $2,400 x Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 35 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Retrofits w/Pavement Preservation Protects $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $1,800 x x Broadway, Havana to Fancher SD Retrofit 1100 '.1 200 '.1 300 x x Havana-Yale Diversion $300 _ _ _ _ _ $300 x x Ponderosa Surface Water Diversion $250 _ _ _ _ _ $250 x x Strategic Property Acouisition(s) $250 $250 x Chester Cr Wetland Overflow Improvements _ $200 _ _ $200 x x SE Yardly Retrofits (Area SE of Fancher/Broadway _ $100 $900 _ _ _ $1,000 x x Wellhead Protection Study and Pre-Design _ $80 _ _ $80 x x_ Dishman-Mica Infiltration Facility Plan _ _ $40 _ _ _ $40 x x Glenrose Surface Water Diversion $300 $300 x x Montgomery, Argonne to Mansfield Retrofit 1115 '.1 185 '.1 300 x x Petroleum Transport Routes Sill Protection '.200 '.200 x x NW Yardly Retrofits (Area NW of Fancher/Broadway _ _ _ $100 $1,150 _ $1,250 x x Dishman-Mica, 16th to Appleway Retrofits _ _ _ $300 _ _ $300 x x NE Yardly Retrofits (Area East of Fancher & North of 1-90 _ _ _ $100 _ $900 $1,000 x x Veracrest Groundwater/Stormwat erConve ay nce _ _ _ _ $350 _ $350 _ x Argonne, 1-90 to Montgomery Retrofits _ _ _ _ _ $400 $400 x x Sloan's Addition (15th/Stanley) _ $250 $250 _ x Totals $1,800 $2,480 $2,155 $2,285 $2,100 $2,150 $12,970 Transportation Facilities Inventory of Existing Facilities This section of the Capital Facilities Plan includes transportation facilities within Spokane Valley, including streets, bridges, pathways and sidewalks. Street maintenance is not included as a part of the Capital Facilities Plan. Spokane Valley is responsible for about 455 miles of public roads, including 51 miles of Urban Principal Arterials, 61 miles of Urban Minor Arterials, 44 miles of Urban Collectors, and 298.85 miles of Local Access Streets. Table 4.36 provides a list of all arterial intersections within Spokane Valley. Level of Service Spokane Valley uses arterial intersection delay as its transportation level of service (LOS). This LOS is based on travel delay and is expressed as letters "A"through "F", with "A" being the highest Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 36 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan or best travel condition and "F" being the lowest or worst condition. The lowest acceptable LOS for signalized arterial intersections is set at "D"; the lowest acceptable LOS for un-signalized arterial intersections is set at "E". This LOS standard conforms to the latest edition of the Highway Capacity Manual, Special Report 209, published by the Transportation Research Board. Table 4.36 provides a six and twenty year level of service analysis for all arterial intersections in Spokane Valley. The analysis uses the regional transportation model prepared and maintained by the Spokane Regional Transportation Council as its basis for forecasting future intersection volumes. Levels of service calculations follow Highway Capacity Manual methodologies. The last column in the table cross-references to capital projects listed in Table 4.38. These projects will address capacity deficiencies at the corresponding intersection. Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2008 2014 2014 2030 2030 2010-2015 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier 4th/Adams 2007 4 way stop 4th �ewrdich 2007 2 way stop 4th/Carnahan -EST-2008 2 way stop 4th/Dishman Mice -EST-2008 2 way stop 4th/Evergreen 2006 2 way stop 4th/Farr -EST-2008 2 way stop 4t4-44sDonald 2007 2 way stop 4th/Park 2996 2 way stop 4th/SR 27 EST 6006 2 way stop 13 4th/Sullivan 2007 Sal 4th/Thierman 2007 4 way stop 4th/University 2996 dal 8tla rAAda�°mc 2007 4 way stop Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 37 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2008 2014 2014 2030 2030 2010-2015 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 38 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2008 2014 2014 2030 2030 2010-2015 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier 16th/McDonald 2008 4 wa=r 16th/Pincs 2008 2 way stop 16th/Saltcoc EST-2008 2 way stop B 16th/SR 27 2008 Signal S 16th/Sullivan 2004 Signal B 16th/University 2008 Signal - 24th/Adams 2007 4 way stop - - 24th/Blakc EST-2008 4 way stop A - - Bowdislh 24th/Bowdish 2007 2 way stop S S TWLTL from 8tho 2 dnd 24th/Evergreen 2008 4 way stop A TWLTL O 16th 32nd 24th/McDonald EST-2008 2 way stop - - 24th/Pincs EST-2008 2 way stop 24th/SR 27 2007 2 way stop 24th/Sullivan 2008 Signal B 24th/University EST-2008 2 way stop 32nd/Bowdish 2005 Signal Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 39 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2008 2014 2014 2030 2030 2010-2015 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier 32nd/Dishman Mice ES-T-2005 2 way stop 32nd/Evergreen ES-T-2005 2 way stop 32nd/Pines 2005 &gnat 32nd/SR 27 2005 Signal 32nd/University 2005 Signal '1,1th/Schafer EST 008 .1 way stop Appleway /Barker 2005 Signal. Appleway /Dishman Mica. 2008 SigRa4 Appleway /Farr 2008 SigRa4 Appleway /Park 2008 Signal Appleway /Thierman 2005 Signal Appleway /University 2008 Signal. Appleway /Vista 2008 Signal Blake/SR 27 EST 008 2 way stop Broadway/Adams 2005 2 way stop 43 Broadway/Argonnc 2008 Signal Broadway/Barker EST 008 2 way stop Broadway/Bowdish 2005 Signal Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 40 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2008 2014 2014 2030 2030 2010-2015 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 41 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2008 2014 2014 2030 2030 2010-2015 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 42 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2008 2014 2014 2030 2030 2010-2015 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 43 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2008 2014 2014 2030 2030 2010-2015 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Sprague/Barker Sprague/Bowdish Sprague/Conklin 2009 Sprague/Evergreen 2006 Sic Sprague/Fancher 2007 Signal Sprague/Farr 2906 Signal Sprague/Flora 2905 Signal Sprague/190 WB On Ramp SST-2996 Signal Sprague/McDonald 2909 Signal Sprague/Mullan 2906 Signal Sprague/Park 2906 Signal Spraguc/Pines 2008 Signal Spraguc/Progress 2008 Signal Sprague/Sullivan 2008 Signal Sprague/Thierman 2005 Signal Sprague/University 2008 Signal Sprague/Vista 2008 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 44 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2008 2014 2014 2030 2030 2010-2015 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Thorpe/Dishman Mice ST 008 2 way stop Thorpe/Madison 2007 2 way stop Tren+ ne 2098 Signal _ Trent/Barker 2007 2 way stop 9 F/B West Trent TWLTL Trent/Evergreen 2008 Signal 43 - - BPI-- Trent/Flora 2003 2 way stop F Eliminate NB Movement Trent/McDonald 2007 2 way ctop - - BPI-- Trent/Park 2998 Signal 43 BIG Resonfigeire Intersection Trent/Pincc 2998 Signal - - Trent/Progress 2007 2 way stop - Trent/Sullivan N Ramp 2007 Signal - Trent/Sullivan S Ramp 2007 Signal - - Rte/ Trent/University 2008 2 way stop S Eliminatc I ntercection Trent/Vista 2008 Signal 43 - - Wellesley/Evergreen 2005 4 way stop - - Wellecley/McDonald 2998 4 way ctop - - Wellesley/Progrccs 2007 4 way ctop A Bigelow 9 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 45 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2008 2014 2014 2030 2030 2010-2015 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Wellesley/Sullivan Gulch Install al Broadway/Thierman 2009 - Broadway/190 WB Ramp 2009 Broadway/190 EB Ramp 2009 Argonne/190 WB Ramp 2008 Argonne/190 EB Ramp 2096 Mullan/190 WB Ramp 2096 Mullan/190 EB Ramp 2096 Signal Indiana/Pincc 2096 Signal Pines/190 EB Ramp 2096 Signal Evergreen i 190 W6 Ramp 2009 Signal Evergreen/190 EB Ramp 2009 Signal Indiana/Sullivan 2007 Signal Sullivan/190 WB Ramp 2006 Signal Sullivan/190 EB Ramp 2006 Signal Indiana/190 WB Ramp 2006 Signal Barker/190 WB Ramp SST-2008 Signal Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 46 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2008 2014 2014 2030 2030 2010-2015 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Barker/190 EB Ramp EST008 Signal Note: See Table 4.38 for a listing of capital improvement projects - **Intersection may be impactcd by Applcway Extension projcct, but analysis was not completed due to uncertainty of ROW - - - - - - - "'Improvement options are still under evaluation - - - - BTV: Bridging the Valley - - Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2018 2040 2013-2019 2012 2018 2040 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier 4th/Adams 2007 4-way stop A A - A - - 4th/Bowdish 2012 2-way stop C D - D - - 4th/Carnahan 2012 2-way stop A A - B - - 4th/Conklin 2005 2-way stop B B B 4th/Dishman Mica EST-2012 2-way stop C D _ E _ _ 4th/Evergreen 2006 2-way stop C C _ D - _ 4th/Farr-North 2008 2-way stop A A _ B - _ 4th/Farr-South 2008 2-way stop A A _ A _ 4th/McDonald 2007 2-way stop C C _ E _ _ 4th/Park 2008 2-way stop B B _ C _ _ 4th/SR 27 EST-2012 2-way stop C C - C - - Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 47 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2018 2040 2013-2019 2012 2018 2040 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigd LOS ojec LOS ate Mitigated LOS Identifier 4th/Sullivan 2011 Signal A A - B - - 4th/Thierman 2007 4-way stop A B - C - - 4th/University 2008 Signal A A - A - - 8th/Adams 2007 4-way stop A A - A - - 8th/Barker 2012 2-way stop B B - D - - 8th/Bettman 2012 2-way stop B B - C - - 8th/Bowdish 2012 2-way stop C C C 8th/Carnahan 2012 4-way stop B B - F - - 8th/Dishman Mica 2008 Signal B B - B - - 8th/Evergreen 2011 Signal A A - A - - 8th/Farr 2007 2-way stop B B - C - - 8th/McDonald 2007 2-way stop C C - F - - 8th/Park 2010 2-way stop B B _ C _ _ 8th/SR 27 2011 2-way stop B C _ C _ _ 8th/Sullivan 2007 Signal B B _ C _ _ 8th/Thierman 2010 2-way stop B C _ E _ _ 8th/University 2008 Signal A A _ B _ _ 16th/Adams 2008 4-way stop A A _ B _ _ Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 48 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2018 2040 2013-2019 2012 2018 2040 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigd LOS ojec LOS ate Mitigated LOS Identifier 16th/Bowdish 2008 4-way stop D D F 16th/Carnahan EST-2012 2-way stop B C - F - - 16th/Dishman Mica 2004 Signal B B - B - - 16th/Evergreen 2011 Signal A A - A - - 16th/McDonald 2008 4-way stop B B _ B _ _ 16th/Pines 2012 2-way stop F F F 16th/Saltese EST-2012 2-way stop B B _ B _ _ 16th/SR 27 2012 Signal C C D 16th/Sullivan 2012 Signal B B _ B _ _ 16th/University 2009 Signal B B _ C - _ 24th/Adams 2007 4-way stop A A - A - - 24th/Blake EST-2012 4-way stop A A - A - - 24th/Bowdish 2007 2-way stop C C C 24th/Evergreen 2008 4-way stop B B B 24th/McDonald EST-2012 2-way stop A B - B - - 24th/Pines 2012 2-way stop B B - C - - 24th/SR 27 2012 2-way stop B B E _ _ 24th/Sullivan 2012 Signal B C _ C _ _ Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 49 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2018 2040 2013-2019 2012 2018 2040 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigd LOS ojec LOS ate Mitigated LOS Identifier 24th/University EST-2012 2-way stop A A _ A _ _ 32nd/Bowdish 2011 Signal B B B - 32nd/Dishman Mica EST-2012 2-way stop B B _ C - - 32nd/Evergreen 2008 2-way stop B B C - 32nd/Pines 2009 Signal B B _ C - - 32nd/SR 27 2012 Signal C C C - - 32nd/University 2011 Signal A A _ B - - 44th/Schafer EST-2012 4-way stop A A _ A - - Appleway /Barker 2012 Signal C C _ D _ _ Appleway /Dishman Mica 2009 Signal B B _ B _ _ Appleway /Farr 2009 Signal A A _ A _ _ Appleway /Park 2010 Signal B B _ D _ _ Appleway /Thierman 2011 Signal C D _ F _ _ Appleway /University 2008 Signal B B _ B _ Appleway /Vista 2009 Signal A A _ A _ _ Blake/SR 27 2012 2-way stop B C _ D _ _ Broadway/Adams 2009 2-way stop C C _ C _ _ Broadway/Argonne 2010 Signal B B _ C _ _ Broadway/Barker 2012 2-way stop C C _ E _ _ Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 50 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2018 2040 2013-2019 2012 2018 2040 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigd LOS ojec LOS ate Mitigated LOS Identifier Broadway/Bowdish 2010 Signal A A - A - - Broadway/Conklin 2012 2-way stop B C - C - - Broadway/Evergreen 2005 Signal C C - D - - Broadway/Fancher 2009 Signal D E - F - - Broadway/Farr 2012 2-way stop C C - C - - Broadway/Flora 2008 RDB A A C Broadway/Heacox 2009 2-way stop E F _ F _ _ Broadway/McDonald 2012 Signal A A _ A _ _ Broadway/Mullan 2010 Signal B B _ C _ _ Broadway/Park 2008 Signal D D F Broadway/Pines 2010 Signal C C _ D _ _ Broadway/Sullivan 2012 Signal C C _ C _ _ Broadway/University 2010 Signal A A _ B _ _ Broadway/Vista 2007 Signal A A _ A _ _ Broadway/Yardley 2006 2-way stop B B _ D _ _ Buckeye/Park EST-2012 2-way stop A B _ B _ _ Buckeye/Vista EST-2012 2-way stop B B - B - - Dishman Mica/Bowdish 2011 Signal B B - B - - Euclid/Park 2005 2-way stop B B - B - - Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 51 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2018 2040 2013-2019 2012 2018 2040 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Euclid/Sullivan 2010 4-way stop C C - C - - Euclid-West/Barker 2011 2-way stop B B - C - - Euclid-East/Barker 2011 2-way stop B B - D - - Euclid-West/Flora 2007 2-way stop B B - C - - Euclid-East/Flora 2007 2-way stop B B - C - - Indiana/Evergreen 2009 Signal B B - B - - Indiana/Mirabeau 2009 Signal A A - A - - Knox/Argonne 2008 Signal C C - C - - Knox/Vista EST-2012 2-way stop B B - B - - Mansfield/Mirabeau 2009 2-way stop C C - C - - Mansfield/Pines 2012 Signal C B - D - - Mirabeau/Pines 2012 2-way stop F F B F B Install Signal Mission/Adams 2005 2-way stop B B - B - - Mission/Argonne 2005 Signal B B - C - - Mission/Bowdish 2012 2-way stop C C - E - - Mission/Flora 2009 RDB A A F Mission/McDonald 2011 Signal A A - A - - Mission/Mission Conn. 2008 2-way stop B B - B - - Mission/Mullan 2005 Signal B B - B - - Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 52 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2018 2040 2013-2019 2012 2018 2040 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Park Road Mission/Park 2006 Signal B C D Broadway- Indiana Mission/Pines 2007 Signal D D _ E _ _ Mission/Sullivan 2012 Signal B B _ B _ _ Mission/Thierman 2012 2-way stop A A _ B _ _ Mission/University 2008 2-way stop C D _ F _ _ Mission Conn./Evergreen 2007 Signal A A _ A _ _ Montgomery/Argonne 2008 Signal D D E Montgomery/Mansfield 2011 RDB A A - A - - Montgomery/University 2008 2-way stop C C - F - - Rutter/Park 2003 2-way stop B B - B - - Saltese/McDonald 2012 4-way stop A A - A - - Saltese/Sullivan 2008 2-way stop C F F Install Signal Schafer/Dishman Mica 2008 Signal B B - D - - Sprague/Adams 2011 Signal B B _ B - _ Sprague/Appleway 2006 Signal B B _ B - _ Sprague/Argonne 2009 Signal B B _ B _ _ Install Signal Sprague/Barker 2012 4-way stop B F B F C or Roundabout Sprague/Bowdish 2008 Signal C C _ C _ Sprague/Conklin 20012 Signal A B _ B _ _ Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 53 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2018 2040 2013-2019 2012 2018 2040 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Sprague/Evergreen 2011 Signal C C _ C - Sprague/Fancher 2009 Signal C D _ D - - Sprague/Farr 2009 Signal A A _ A _ _ Sprague/Flora 2005 Signal B B _ C _ _ Sprague/1-90 WB On Ramp EST-2012 Signal B C _ C _ _ Sprague/McDonald 2009 Signal C C _ C _ Sprague/Mullan 2009 Signal B B - B - - Sprague/Park 2010 Signal A A - B - - Sprague/Pines 2008 Signal D D - E - Sprague/Progress 2011 Signal A A - B - - Sprague/Sullivan 2012 Signal D D - E - - Sprague/Thierman 2011 Signal B B - B - - Sprague/University 2008 Signal C C _ C _ Sprague/Vista 2009 Signal A A _ A _ - Thorpe/Dishman Mica 2012 2-way stop A A _ B _ _ Thorpe/Madison 2007 2-way stop A B _ B _ _ Trent/Argonne 2008 Signal D D _ D _ _ Trent/Barker 2007 2-way stop D E F - West Trent TWLTL Trent/Evergreen 2008 Signal B B - C - - Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 54 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2018 2040 2013-2019 2012 2018 2040 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier BTV- Trent/Flora 2012 2-way stop C C F Eliminate NB - Movement Trent/McDonald 2007 2-way stop D E - F - - BTV- Trent/Park 2008 Signal B B D Reconfigure Intersection Trent/Pines 2010 Signal C C _ F _ _ Trent/Progress 2007 2-way stop C C _ D _ _ Trent/Sullivan-N Ramp 2013 Signal A A _ A _ _ Trent/Sullivan-S Ramp 2013 Signal A A _ A _ _ BTV- Trent/University 2008 2-way stop B B _ C _ Eliminate Intersection Trent/Vista 2008 Signal B B _ B _ _ Wellesley/Evergreen 2011 4-way stop B B - C - - Wellesley/McDonald 2009 2-way stop D D - F - - Wellesley/Progress 2013 4-way stop C D F Bigelow Gulch Bigelow Wellesley/Sullivan 2011 4-way stop E F F Gulch Install Signal State Controlled Intersections Broadway/Thierman 2009 Signal A B - A - - Broadway/1-90 WB Ramp 2009 Signal A B _ A _ - Broadway/1-90 EB Ramp 2009 Signal B C _ B _ - Argonne/1-90 WB Ramp 2008 Signal C C _ C _ _ Argonne/1-90 EB Ramp 2008 Signal B B _ B _ _ Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 55 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.36 Intersection Level of Service Analysis 2018 2040 2013-2019 2012 2018 2040 Intersection Count Control LOS LOS Mitigated LOS Mitigated Project LOS LOS Identifier Mullan/1-90 WB Ramp 2008 Signal B B _ E _ _ MuIlan/1-90 EB Ramp 2008 Signal C C _ D - - Indiana/Pines 2008 Signal D E _ F _ Indiana e/o Pines/1-90 WB 2010 Signal C A D Ramp - Pines/1-90 EB Ramp 2008 Signal D D _ F - - Evergreen/1-90 WB Ramp 2009 Signal C B _ C _ _ Evergreen/1-90 EB Ramp 2009 Signal B B _ B _ _ Indiana/Sullivan 2011 Signal D E _ F _ - Sullivan/1-90 WB Ramp 2011 Signal B B _ C _ _ WSDOT Sullivan/1-90 EB Ramp 2012 Signal F F F planned low- cost safety Indiana e/o Sullivan/1-90 WB 2012 Signal B B B Ramp WSDOT Barker/1-90 WB Ramp 2012 Signal A A A Barker - - Interchange - WSDOT Barker/1-90 EB Ramp 2012 Signal A B B Barker Interchange BTV: Bridging the Valley _ _ - - - - - - Regional Level of Service The Countywide Planning Policies require that LOS standards be adopted in accordance with the regional minimum level of service standards set by the Growth Management Steering Committee of Elected Officials. The Steering Committee approved the use of corridor travel time for use in establishing the regional transportation system. The Spokane Regional Transportation Council is determining annual average corridor travel time through a travel time study. This study is still in progress and corridor travel time Level of Service standards will be adopted upon its completion. Uses of Level of Service Standards As measures of transportation effectiveness, LOS standards can help jurisdictions identify where and when transportation improvements are needed, and when development or growth will affect Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 56 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan system operation. Level of service provides a standard below which a transportation facility or system is not considered adequate. Level of service standards can be used to evaluate the impact of proposed developments on the surrounding road system. They can also be used to identify problems, suggest remedial actions and apportion costs between public and private sources. LOS standards are a cornerstone in the development of equitable traffic impact fee systems, which makes development pay some of the costs for improvements to the transportation infrastructure. The Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC) performed traffic modeling for the urban area, considering future population growth and distribution. This model examines the performance of the entire urban transportation system. Improvements to provide for the increased traffic volumes shown by the model at the adopted level of service standards, are included in this plan. More information on the transportation modeling based on future land use assumptions is contained in Chapter 3, Transportation. Relationship to Concurrency Management Concurrency involves matching public facilities and new development. The concept of concurrency predates the Growth Management Act for some public facilities, specifically through SEPA mitigation requirements. The GMA extends concurrency to transportation facilities by requiring that new development be served by adequate roads and public transportation service, and that development is not permitted to cause these transportation facilities to operate below level of service standards that are adopted by local governments in their comprehensive plans. "Adequate capacity refers to the maintenance of concurrency" (WAC 365-195-835). State Transportation Facilities The Growth Management Act requires local jurisdictions to include inventory and Level of Service information for state transportation facilities in their Comprehensive Plans. State facilities are divided into two categories: Highways of Statewide Significance (HSS), and Regionally Significant Highways (non-HSS). The Growth Management Act requires non-HSS facilities to be subject to concurrency. Interstate-90 (1-90) is designated a HSS and is not subject to concurrency. SR-27 (Pines Road) and SR-290 (Trent Avenue) are designated non-HSS and are subject to concurrency. State Transportation Level of Service The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) requires state transportation facilities in urban areas (inside the UGA) to maintain a minimum Level of Service standard "D." In rural areas (outside the UGA), the minimum LOS standard is "C." Those areas lying outside the UGA that may have urban characteristics can be evaluated by the WSDOT in conjunction with the City on a case-by-case basis to determine which standard is the most appropriate fit. Intergovernmental Coordination Transportation plans were distributed for comment to all jurisdictions that may be impacted by, or impact, Spokane Valley's transportation system, including adjacent towns and cities, Spokane County, Spokane Transit Authority, Washington State DOT, and Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC). SRTC has overall responsibility for intergovernmental coordination of transportation plans. Each jurisdiction in the region must submit transportation plans to SRTC for inclusion in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan. SRTC responsibilities include: 1) Certifying the transportation elements of comprehensive plans adopted by the County, cities and towns in the region for consistency with the Metropolitan Transportation Plan; 2) Maintaining consistency between infrastructure plans and land use development plans, and 3) Reviewing LOS thresholds for transportation facilities in the Spokane Region. SRTC is also responsible for monitoring and evaluating the performance of regional transportation facilities as affected by land use and transportation improvement decisions. Concurrency management is linked to the planning process. Any amendments to the comprehensive plans require a concurrency management system analysis and must meet thresholds before their Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 57 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan adoption. SRTC will annually assess the regional transportation system with respect to regional concu rre ncy. Capital Facilities Projects and Financing Capital Projects Table 4.38 contains a complete list of transportation related capital projects. The City updates the six year TIP throughout the year as project priorities and funding changes. This Plan adopts by reference any updates to the TIP occurring between Plan update cycles. The current TIP is available for viewing online at www.spokanevalley.org. These projects address capacity issues at intersections and safety improvements. Following is a discussion of potential funding sources. Funding Sources Funding for the operation and expansion of the City's transportation system falls into several categories, which include federal, state and city funds. Some sources consist of reliable annual funds while others are periodic, such as grants. The use, availability and applicability of these various sources are not always at the discretion of the City. Spokane Valley will develop a track record with funding agencies as time goes on, which will help make to make more reliable funding assumptions. A summary of expected federal, state and local funding sources for the City's six year Capital Improvement Program is shown in Table 4.39. The following is a summary of transportation funding options. Federal Assistance These funds are authorized under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (SAFETEA-21) and are administered by the Federal Highway Administration through Washington State Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Planning Organization (Spokane Regional Transportation Council). Federal funding programs include Bridge Replacement (BR), Congestion Management and Air Quality (CMAQ) and the Surface Transportation Program (STP). State Assistance The Washington State Transportation Improvement Board administers State transportation programs, including the Urban Corridor Program (UCP), the Urban Arterial Program (UAP), and the Sidewalk Program (SP). City Funds Spokane Valley contributes revenues from the General Fund and the Real Estate Excise Tax funds for transportation projects. The City also receives State Motor Fuel Tax and Restricted State Fuel Tax. Pavement Preservation Fund The Pavement Preservation Fund was created during the 2011 Budget development process for the purpose of setting money aside for future street capital improvement projects. In the 2012 budget, the City opted to transfer 100% of the General Fund unreserved fund balance in excess of$26,000,000 to the Pavement Preservation Fund. In the 2013 budget, the City committed to financing pavement preservation at a level equivalent to 6% of 2013 General Fund. Financing pavement preservation at an amount equivalent to 6% of General Fund expenditures through the aforementioned plan is sustainable for approximately 4 years. Beyond that point, we anticipate the financial commitment to pavement preservation is sustainable at an annual level of no less than $1,437,857. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 58 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Because this is a Capital Project Fund whose sole purpose is to provide for Pavement Preservation projects, any money not expended in a given year will remain in the fund and will be available for reappropriation in subsequent years. Revenues and expenditures for the Pavement Preservation Program are shown in Table 4.37. 2042 2044 204-5 2046 2047 2048 - Revenues General Fund $855, 57 $855, 57 $855,857 $855, 57 $855, 57 $855, 57 Street F un.J Civic Facility Replacement Funct $4-1-67284 $554,9,96 REET 1 $150,000 $159;000 $450,000 $1597000 $1597000 $1597000 BEET 2 $4507090 $450,000 $450,000 $450,000 $450,000 $450,000 Total-Revenues $2,051,111 $2 054 141 $2 054 141 $1992 7853 $1 437 857 $1 437 857 > > > > ,> > > > > > Total Expenditures $2,051,111 $2,051,111 $2,051,111 $17992853 $1,137,857 $1,137,857 Fund-Balance $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Table 4.37 Pavement Preservation Revenues and Expenditures 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Revenues General Fund $888,823 $888,823 $888,823 $888,823 $888,823 $888,823 Street Fund §2nCHO §2nCHO 282 000 §2nCHO §2nCHO §2nCHO Civic Facility Replacement Fund $616,284 $616,284 $554,996 REET 1 $184,472 $184,472 $184,472 $184,472 $184,472 $184,472 REET 2 14 472 184 472 184 472 184 472 184 472 184 472 Grants $2,763,272 $971,032 KJ Total Revenues $4,919,323 $3,127,083 $2,094,763 $1,539,767 $1,539,767 $1,539,767 Total Expenditures $3,595,521 $2,156,051 $2,156,051 $2,156,051 $2,156,051 $2,156,051 Beginning Fund Balance $264,354 $1,588,156 $2,559,188 $2,497,900 $1,881,616 $1,265,332 Fund Balance $1,588,156 $2,559,188 $2,497,900 $1,881,616 $1,265,332 $649,048 2013 (dollars in thousands) Primary City Total Item-# Pro', Name Source Amount Amount - 1- Argonne Read 190 to Trent CMAQ MG $882 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 59 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 2013 (dollars in thousands) 2 Mission Ave. Flora Rd.to Barker Rd. (PE/RW} STP(U) $69 $659 3 Sidewalk Infill Program OMA4 $65 $324 4 Sullivan Road Wcct Bridgc 314 $242 $47206 5 2,1th Ave Sidewalk Adams to Sullivan City $432 $258 6 Mansfield Ave Connection Pines(SR 27)to 200 ft East of Houk Rd UCP $64 $47544 Other- 7 Sidewalk&Transit Stop Accessibility Project FTA $22 $44-4 8 Spokane Valley Millwood Trail SCC to Evergreen Rd(PE} STP(E) $8 $559 6 Sullivan Rd/UPRR Overpass Bridge Recurfacing Project 314 $92 $464 40 University Rd/I 90 Overpass Study OMAO $26 $436 Oher 44 Wellesley/Adams Sidewalk Project Statc $2 $570 12 Park Road #2 Broadway to Indiana(RW&CN} STP(U) $20 $450 Oher 43 Park Road#1 Sidewalk Project Sinto Ave.to Indiana Ave. Statc $2 $49 Other 44 Park Road#2 Sidewalk Project Marietta Ave.to Buckeye Ave. Statc $4 $23 45 Sprague Ave Resurfacing Fancher to Dollar City $249 $249 43 Sprague Ave Resurfacing Havana to Fanchcr(EB Lanes} City $590 $590 47 Sullivan/Euclid Concrete Intersection(RW/CN} STP(U) $24-4 $47562 'S Sullivan Road Corridor Traffic Study 190 to Wellesley STP(U) $27 $299 2013 Totals: $1724-1- $9,494 20-14 (dollars in thousands\ City Total Item-# Project-Name a Amount Amount 4 Sullivan Road Wcct Bridgc Other--Peel. $21-3 $8.440 42 Park Road #2 Broadway to Indiana(RW&CN} STP(U) $388 $278-77 Other 43 Park Road#1 Sidewalk Project Sinto Ave.to Indiana Ave. State $4-9 $385 Other 44 Park Road#2 Sidewalk Project Marietta Ave.to Buckeye Ave. Statc $6 $428 49 Argonne Road Resurfacing Sprague to Broadway City $295 $295 20 Broadway @ Argonne/Mullan Concrete Intersections(CN Only) STP(U) $285 $27140 21- Euclid Ave Reconstruction Flora to E City Limit° City $17648 $17610 22 Evergreen Road Resurfacing Sprague to Mission City $995 $995 23 Greenacres Trail Sullivan to E City Limits(RW&CN) STP(E) $0 $4095 24 Mission Ave. Flora Rd.to Barker Rd. (CN} UAP $683 $37446 25 Mullan Road Recurfacing Dishman Mica to Broadway City $295 $295 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 60 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan - ' CTS $400 Sprague Ave Resurfacing Herald to University City $405 Sullivan Road Concrete Pavement Phase 1 Marietta to Euclid STP(U) $236 201-4-Totals $5,2 $22,379 2015 (dollars in thousands) Total larimafy City Item-# Project-Name a Amount Amount 4 Sullivan Road West Bridgc nth Fed $24-3 $87440 25 Spokane Valley Millwood Trail SCC to Evergreen Rd(RW&CN) STP(E) $0 $2440 28 Sullivan Road Concrete Pavement Phase 1 Marietta to Euclid STP(U) $335 $2,485 29 Appleway Trail University to Evergreen STP(E) $0 $400 30 Dishman Mica Resurfacing Sands to Thorpe City $353 $353 31- Euclid Ave Reconstruction W end to Sullivan City $555 $555 32 Flora Road Reconstruction Euclid to Trent City $4495 $47395 333 Madison Road Reconstruction 40th to Thorpe City $47550 $4 7550 34 Mission Ave Resurfacing Argonne to Herald City $4-7G $4-70 35 Mullan Road Resurfacing Broadway to Mission City $314 $344 36 Sprague Ave Resurfacing Argonne to Herald STP(U) $96 $740 37 Sullivan Road Resurfacing Broadway to Mission STP(U) $38 $280 2015 Totals: $5,317 $1 9 201-5 (dollars in thousands) Total larimary City Itemf Projest-Name a Amount Amount 25 Spokane Valley Millwood Trail SCC to Evergreen Rd(RW&CN) STP(E) $0 $2440 29 Appleway Trail University to Evergreen STP(E) $0 $400 38 Appleway Blvd Resurfacing Vista to Dishman Mica City $1,1-55 $471-55 39 City $362 $362 40 • . . City $289 $289 44- Dishman Mica Road Resurfacing Thorpe to S City Limit City $249 $240 42 Euclid Ave Reconstruction Sullivan to Marietta STP(U) $285 $271-1-0 43 Farr Road Reconstruction 4th to 8th City $525 $525 44 Progress Road Reconstruction Wellesley to Crown City $485 $485 45 Sprague Ave Resurfacing Vista to Argonne STP(U) $90 $670 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 61 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan - I QTR $143 $849 2016 Totals. $3,505 $847-7 2017 (dollars in thousands) Primary City Total Item-# Project-Name Source Amount Amount 2Q Appleway Trail University to Evergreen STP(E) $9 $4700G 39 City $276 $2776 47 Barker Road/BNSF Grade Separation(PE&RW Only} Other-Fed $404 g 48 Euclid Ave Reconstruction Marietta to Flora City $47435 $47435 49 Evergreen Road Resurfacing 190 to Indiana City $289 $289 59 Farr Road Reconstruction Appleway to 4th City $259 $259 51- Sprague/Fancher Concrete Intersection STP(U) $21-2 $--1757-2 52 Sprague Ave Resurfacing Flora to Corbin STP(U) $58 $439 533 Sprague Ave Resurfacing Park to Vista STP(U} $89 $5 95 54 Sprague Ave Resurfacing Sullivan to Conklin STP(U) $94 $695 55 Sullivan Road Concrete Pavement Phase 2 Euclid to Kiernan STP(U) $39 $294 2017 Totals: $5,325 $1-0T074 204-8 (dollars in thousands) Primary City Total Item-# Project-Name Source Amount Amount 29 Appleway Trail University to Evergreen STP(E) $9 $a 7999 47 Barker Road/BNSF Grade Separation(PE&RW Only} Other-Fed $256 $1899 55 Sullivan Road Concrete Pavement Phase 2 Euclid to Kiernan STP(U) $444 $37069 56 Sprague/Argonne Mullan Concrete Intersection& City $2,342 $2,342 2018-Totals: $3,012 $8.31-0 Table 4.38 Six-Year Transportation Capital Facilities and Financing Plan 2014 (dollars in thousands) Primary Cam( Total Item# Project Name Source Amount Amount 1 Argonne Road-190 to Trent CMAQ $79 $582 2 Mission Ave.-Flora Rd.to Barker Rd. (PE/RW) STP(U) $74 $548 3 Spokane Valley-Millwood Trail-SCC to Evergreen Rd(PE) STP(E) K0 $440 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 62 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 4 Sullivan/Euclid Concrete Intersection(PE) STP(U) E 52 5 Sullivan Road West Bridge BR $893 $8,440 6 Mansfield Ave Connection-Pines(SR-27)to 200-ft East of Houk Rd UCP $13 $951 7 Adams St Resurfacing Proiect-4th to Sprague CDBG 27 $195 8 Citywide Traffic Sign Proiect Other Fed L $100 9 SR-27 Pines &Grace Ave. Intersection Safet Other Fed '.0 '.523 10 Sullivan Road Corridor Traffic Study-1-90 to Wellesley STP(U) $11 $80 11 A..lewa Trail Phase 2-Universit to Evergreen RW&CN CMAQ $343 $2,542 12 Park Road-#2-Broadway to Indiana(RW&CN) CMAQ L 26 13 Sidewalk Infill Program -Phase 3 CMAQ '§ §E 7 14 Sprague Ave Resurfacing-Argonne to Herald STP(U) $98 $725 15 Sprague Ave Resurfacing-Vista to Argonne STP(U) $91 $670 16 2014 Street Preservation Project City $2,000 $2,000 2014 Totals: $3,652 $17,961 Table 4.38 Six-Year Transportation Capital Facilities and Financing Plan 2015 (dollars in thousands) Primary Cam( Total Item# Proiect Name Source Amount Amount 5 Sullivan Road West Bridge BR $893 $8,440 12 ITS Infill Project, Phase 1 CMAQ $41 $302 13 Sidewalk Infill Program -Phase 3 CMAQ E7 53 17 Appleway Trail Phase 3-Evergreen to Corbin CMAQ 29 $214 18 A..lewa Trail Phase 4-Universit Rd.To Balfour Park TA '.68 '.500 19 Bowdish Sidewalk-8th to 12th SRTS $14 $97 20 Mission Ave.-Flora Rd.to Barker Rd. (CN) UAP $683 $3,416 21 Park Road#1 Sidewalk Proiect-Sinto Ave.to Indiana Ave. SRTS L5 40 22 Sullivan Corridor ITS-Indiana to Trent(SR 290) CMAQ $105 23 Sullivan Road Resurfacin. -Broadwa to Mission STP U '.4 '.30 24 Sullivan Road Resurfacing-Sprague to Broadway STP(U) $113 $840 25 2015 Street Preservation Project City $2,000 $2,000 2015 Totals: $3,871 $16,037 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 63 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.38 Six-Year Transportation Capital Facilities and Financing Plan 2016 (dollars in thousands) Primary Cam( Total Item# Proiect Name Source Amount Amount 13 Sidewalk Infill Program -Phase 3 CMAQ $70 $515 17 Appleway Trail Phase 3-Evergreen to Corbin CMAQ $386 $2,860 18 Appleway Trail Phase 4-University Rd.to Balfour Park TA § =1 $700 19 Bowdish Sidewalk-8th to 12th SRTS 68 $504 21 Park Road#1 Sidewalk Project-Sinto Ave.to Indiana Ave. SRTS '.56 '.416 22 Sullivan Corridor ITS-Indiana to Trent(SR 290) CMAQ $109 $809 26 Barker Road/BNSF Grade Separation(PE&RW Only Other Fed $101 $750 27 Broadway Improvement Project-Flora to Barker UAP $309 $1,543 28 2016 Street Preservation Project City $2,000 $2,000 2016 Totals: $3,193 $10,097 Table 4.38 Six-Year Transportation Capital Facilities and Financing Plan 2017 (dollars in thousands) Primary City Total Item# Proiect Name Source Amount Amount 26 Barker Road/BNSF Grade Separation(PE&RW Only Other Fed $256 $1,899 27 Broadway Improvement Project-Flora to Barker UAP $833 $4,163 29 Barker Rd-S.okane River to Euclid UAP '.81 '.403 30 Broadway @ Argonne/Mullan Concrete Intersection(CN Only) STP(U) $285 $2,110 31 Park Road#2-Broadway to Indiana(RW&CN) STP(U) $20 $150 32 Sullivan/Euclid Concrete Intersection(RW/CN) STP(U) $211 $1,562 33 2017 Street Preservation Project City $1,400 $1,400 2017 Totals: $3,086 $11,687 Table 4.38 Six-Year Transportation Capital Facilities and Financing Plan 2018 (dollars in thousands) Primary City Total Item# Proiect Name Source Amount Amount 26 Barker Road/BNSF Grade Separation(PE&RW Only Other Fed $263 $1,950 29 Barker Rd-Spokane River to Euclid UAP $580 $2,899 31 Park Road#2-Broadway to Indiana(RW&CN) STP(U) $388 $2,877 34 2018 Street Preservation Project City $1,400 $1,400 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 64 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 35 Argonne Road Concrete Pavement -1-90 to Mont.omer City $359 $359 36 Spokane Valley-Millwood Trail-SCC to Evergreen Rd(RW&CN) STP(E) $14 $100 2018 Totals: $3,004 $9,585 Table 4.38 Six-Year Transportation Capital Facilities and Financing Plan 2019 (dollars in thousands) Primary City Total Item# Project Name Source Amount Amount 35 Argonne Road Concrete Pavement-1-90 to Montgomery City $2,749 $2,749 36 S.okane Valle -Millwood Trail-SCC to Evergreen Rd RW&CN STP E '.289 '.2 140 37 2019 Street Preservation Project City $1,400 $1,400 38 Barker Rd-Euclid to 0.1 mi. S.of Trent Ave(SR290) UAP $114 $571 2019 Totals: $4,552 $6,860 Table 4.39 Six Yeasportation Improvement Program Summary 2013 through 2018(in$1,000) - Secured-Projects - - Planned Projects - Totals Y-e4r Federal State Other City Total Federal State Other City Total Federal State Other City Total 2012 $37878 $47485 $477 $75,9 20388 $2023 $59 $0 $17482 $2494 $57904 $4755.5 $477 2454 $9,191 2013 $7-7227 $47008 :.e $21-3 $8440 $54-4.3 $37213 :.e $4704. $43,939 $42,940 $424 :.e $5722F $22,379 2014 $7227 $17000 $8 $243 $8;440 $4244 $0 $8 $57-184 $107349 $427472 $17000 $0 $.97.1-1- $4889 2015 :.e :.e ::e :.e :.e $6-272 ::e :.! 5 $87877 $67372 ::e ::e 5 $87877 2016 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $4714 $0 $38 $g42$ $4074 $44-41 $0 $38 $g7,32-5 $407074 2017 $e $57203 $95 $3,042 $87340 $4293 $95 $3,41-2 $873-1-8 Tet l $18,332 $3,486 $177 $1,185 $23,180 $28,267 $3,282 $133 $23,064 $54,743 $46,599 $6768 $310 $24,246 $77,923 Table 4.39 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program Summary 2014 through 2019(in $1,000) Secured Projects Planned Projects Totals Year Federal State Other City Total Federal State Other City Total Federal State Other City Total 2014 18325 3542 146 1293 $13,306 2296 0 0 2359 $4,655 10621 3542 146 3652 $17,961 2015 15550 2750 0 1010 $9,310 1133 2733 0 2861 $6,727 6683 5483 0 3871 $16,037 2016 1 0 0 0 0 30 5632 1234 38 3193 $10,097 5632 1234 38 3193 $10,097 2017 1 0 0 0 0 30 4854 3652 95 3086 $11,687 4854 3652 95 3086 $11,687 2018 1 0 0 0 0 30 4164 2319 98 3004 $9,585 4164 2319 98 3004 $9,585 2019 1 0 0 0 0 30 1851 457 0 4552 $6,860 1851 457 0 4552 $6,860 Total $113,875 $6292 $146 $2,303 $22,616 $19,930 $10,395 $231 $19,055 $49,611 $33,805 $16,687 $377 $21,358 $72227 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 65 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 4.40 Six Year Transportation Improvement Program 2014 Through 20482019(in$1,000) Projects without Local Match within Existing Resources Project Name Project Description Total Cost Arterial Improvement Projects Sprague to 8th: Inlay&Enhancement;8th to 16th: Bowdish Road-16th to Sprague Reconstruct as 2-lane section w/curb,sidewalk,bike lanes $2,851 858 and new stormwater facilities; Bowdish Road-24th to 16th Reconstruct Roadway as 2-lane section w/curb,sidewalk $2,846-00 and new stormwater facilities; Bowdish Road-32nd to 24th Reconstruct Roadway as 2-lane section w/curb,sidewalk $2,63709 and new stormwater facilities; Sullivan Road North Extension(Bigelow Reconstruct and widen the Sullivan Road extension north Gulch) also known as Bigelow Gulch Road to a 4-lane roadway $55-09 with 8-foot shoulders and a 12-foot two way left turn lane. Wellesley Realignment @Barker/SR290 Realign connection of Wellesley to Barker Rd and SR290, $5,1879 3-lane section, Part of Barker/BNSF Grade Separation Bridge Projects Barker Road/BNSF Grade Separation Construct Grade Separation at Barker/BNSF RR/Trent (CN Only) (SR290) $3?000-0944,500 I Park Road/BNSF Grade Separation Reconstruct Park Road to separate the grades of Park Road $16,520-99 and the BNSF railroad tracks. Pines Road/BNSF Grade Separation Construct grade-separation at Pines Rd(SR-27)/Trent Ave $45,000 (SR 290)/BNSF RR Sullivan Rd/BNSF Grade Separation Upgrade and widen grade separation at Sullivan/BNSF/ $45,000 Improvements Trent(SR290) Congestion Improvement Projects Evergreen ITS Improvements Traffic Control Systems Upgrades for Evergreen(Broadway 0 to 16th) Pines Corridor ITS:Sprague to 16th Traffic Signal Control System for Corridor $785-09 Saltese/Sullivan Traffic Signal Improvements to Intersection, Install Traffic Signal(In $586-o9 coordination w/Spokane County) Sprague/Barker Traffic Signal Install Traffic Signal $594 SR-27(Pines /Mirabeau Parkway Traffic Install Traffic Signal $575 Signal Pedestrian/Bicycle Projects Bowdish Sidewalk-12th to 16th Construct Sidewalk along both sides of Bowdish $557 Greenacres Trail-Sullivan to E City Limits Construct Shared Use Pathway on abandoned railroad right-of- $1,095 (RW&CN) way Park Road#2 Sidewalk Protect-Marietta Construct sidewalk along one side of Park Road and 160-ft gap $143 Ave to Buckeye Ave. on north side of Buckeye Ave east of Park Road Reconstruction Projects Sprague I Fancher Concrete Intersection Reconstruct Intersection in concrete pavement $1,572 Sprague/Thierman Concrete Intersection Reconstruct intersection in concrete pavement $1,243 Sprague/University Concrete Intersection Reconstruct Intersection in concrete pavement; $1,660 Sullivan/Kiernan Concrete Intersection Reconstruct Intersection in concrete pavement; $1,423 Sullivan/Marietta Concrete Intersection Reconstruct intersection in concrete pavement $1,493 Sprague/Argonne-Mullan Concrete Reconstruct intersections in concrete pavement $2,342 Intersections Sullivan Road Concrctc Pavement Phase Concrete Pavement OCI:37.28(2013} $2,933-09 3 Inland to Marietta Sullivan Road Concrctc Pavement Phase Concrete Pavement; OCI:37.28(2013} $27398-00 4 Spokane River to Inland Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 66 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Sullivan Road Concrete Pavement Phacc Concrete Pavement; OCI 37A5(2013} $2,720.00 5 Kiernan to Trent Street Preservation Projects '- - -- --- - -- -•• ! - Annual ctreet preservation projects per PMP $39700 '- - --- - ! Annual street preservation projects per PMP $4,229.00 Pavement Management Program 2015 Annual ctreet preservation projects per PMP $3,806 700 - --- - -- -•• ! = Annual ctreet preservation projects per PMP $3,206 700 - --- - ! Annual street preservation projects per PMP $314-00 - -__ •• - __ -•• ! _ Annual ctreet preservation projects per PMP $4,200 700 Pavement Management Program -Local Annual street preservation projects $427000,0011664 Access Total $1-1-3,7-22v00190,335 Potential Annexation Areas/Urban Services The Growth Management Act requires that counties designate urban growth areas (UGAs). The City of Spokane Valley identified lands adjacent to the City within existing UGAs that would likely be developed for urban uses and potentially be annexed to the City. In order to assess the need for capital facilities, the City has identified existing service providers within the Potential Annexation Areas (PAAs). This assessment should help identify the effects a potential annexation area will have on existing levels of service. Table 4.41 Existing Urban Service Providers within Potential Annexation Areas(PAAs) PAAs Northwood Northeast East Southeast South Ponderosa Edgecliff Domestic Water Pasadena Park Consolidated Consolidated Vera Vera S.C.W.D.No.3 East Spokane Hutton Settlement Consolidated S.C.W.D.No 3 Fire&Emergency F.D.No.1&9 F.D.No.1 F.D.No.1 F.D.No.1&8 F.D.No.1&8 F.D.No.8 F.D.No.1&8 Services Law Enforcement Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Libraries S.C.Library Dist. S.C.Library Dist. S.C.Library Dist. S.C.Library Dist. S.C.Library Dist. S.C.Library Dist. S.C.Library Parks&Open Space Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Public Schools W.V.S.D.&S.D.81 E.V.S.D C.V.S.D. C.V.S.D. C.V.S.D. C.V.S.D. W.V.S.D.& C fl 01 Public Transit Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available Sanitary Sewer Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Not Sewered Spokane County Solid Waste/Recycle Waste Mgmt. Waste Mgmt. Waste Mgmt. Waste Mgmt. Waste Mgmt. Waste Mgmt. Waste Mgmt. Storm water Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Street Cleaning Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Transportation Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County Spokane County The City of Spokane Valley has adopted Levels of Service (LOS) to measure a public facility or service's operational characteristics to gauge its performance. The following analysis will assess current levels of service in the PAAs to provide a context of how annexation could affect the City's LOS and provide guidance for phasing of annexations. Additionally, the analysis will provide City staff and elected officials information to assist in the planning and budgeting of public service delivery as a result of annexation to the City of Spokane Valley. The following study includes LOS analysis for sanitary sewer and parks and open space. Analysis is not provided for services where the City has adopted the minimum regional LOS. Services excluded from Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 67 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan this analysis are domestic water, fire protection, law enforcement, libraries, public schools, public transit, sanitary sewer, solid waste/recycle, storm water, street cleaning, and transportation. If a level of service is measured on a per capita basis, the population assumptions are based on Table 2.1(Land Capacity Analysis) in the Land Use chapter and Spokane County's estimated current population in the Metropolitan Urban Growth Areas (UGAs). The City of Spokane Valley's land capacity analysis is based on the adopted regional methodology. Sanitary Sewer The City of Spokane Valley does not provide sanitary sewer service at this time. Spokane County provides wastewater collection and transport systems within the City of Spokane Valley. Incorporated areas must have wastewater collection and transport systems in accordance with the adopted sewer concurrency requirements. The table below provides a sewer assessment within the PAAs. Level of service is categorized as sewered, within the 6-year sewer plan, or not planned for sewer. Table 4.42 Sewer assessment within Potential Annexation Areas(PAAs)in Acres PAAs Total Sewered Within 6-year Sewer not Percentage CIP available Sewered Northwood 1,820 1,397 0 423 77% Northeast 48 5 0 43 11% East 380 64 207 109 17% Southeast 791 443 0 347 56% South 1,041 669 0 371 64% Ponderosa 47 0 12 35 0% Edgecliff 298 21 0 276 7% Currently, Spokane County owns a capacity allocation of 10 million gallons per day (mgd) in the Spokane Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant (SAWTP). By the year 2020, the County's flow is projected to reach 21 mgd. In 1999, Spokane County began a Wastewater Facilities Plan process to evaluate long- term regional wastewater needs, and to determine alternatives to meet those needs. The result was a decision by the Board of County Commissioners to build a new Spokane County Regional Water Reclamation Facility (SCRWRF). Spokane County is proposing to construct a new regional wastewater treatment plant at the Stockyards site in the City of Spokane. The new treatment plant and associated facilities will provide additional capacity for increased wastewater flows generated by the County's Septic Elimination Program and for projected growth in the County's service area. Many of the PAAs have sewer services, however new development will continue to add demand for new sewer services. The City should evaluate existing sewer treatment capacity and infrastructure prior to annexation. Parks and Open Space The City of Spokane Valley has an adopted level of service of 1.92 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. In 2007, Spokane County commissioned a fiscal study of the Urban Growth Areas (UGAs). The report focuses on the services provided by Spokane County to the metropolitan UGAs and the revenue generated for Spokane County in these areas. The report established a base population in the metropolitan UGAs using 2000 Census data and building permits. The estimated population for the UGAs adjacent to the City of Spokane Valley was determined to be 7,294. The City of Spokane Valley 2007 Land Quantity Analysis (LQA) estimated the land capacity in the PAAs could potentially add 13,406 additional residents. Using the population estimate from Spokane County's fiscal study and the City of Spokane Valley's estimated land capacity there is the potential of 20,700 residents at build out in the PAAs. Currently there are no parks in the PAAs. If the City annexed all the PAAs 40 acres of parkland would be needed to meet the current level of service of 1.92 acres. According to the City's Park Master Plan, many residents in the City of Spokane Valley are not conveniently located near a park. The City's Park Master Plan states that parks should be one of the Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 68 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan highest priorities for the City. The plan also states that meeting Park needs can be a challenge in neighborhoods where little vacant land exists. Many residents expressed a desire for sports fields (complexes); these facilities generally require large vacant properties. The City should consider purchasing parkland prior to annexation to ensure adequate facilities will be available to serve neighborhoods in Potential Annexation Areas (PAAs). Adopted April 25, 2006 (Updated 07-24-2013) Chapter 4- Capital Facilities Page 69 of 69 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan CHAPTER 6 — PRIVATE & PUBLIC UTILITIES 6.0 Introduction City of Spokane Valley residents rely on facilities and services that help define their quality of life. These facilities include those provided by several privately owned utilities in the region. Although these utilities are privately owned and regulated at either the state and/or federal level, coordination and conscientious planning at the local level is essential to ensure that adequate utility service is available to all citizens. Sanitary sewer and potable water are typically considered "utilities" however, for purposes of the City's comprehensive plan sewer and water are addressed in the Capital Facilities Element of this Plan. Privately and publicly owned electrical, natural gas, and line telephone utilities are regulated by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC). Wireless telephone communication companies are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Cable television companies are regulated by the FCC and the Communications Acts of 1934 and 1996. Utilities must have a franchise agreement to place utilities in the public right-of-way. Franchise agreements give each utility the non-exclusive right to provide its category of service within the City. The City acknowledges that it would not have been possible to prepare this element without the assistance of local utility providers. 6.1 Planning Context This element satisfies the Growth Management Act (GMA) requirement that cities prepare a Utilities element. This element describes the location of existing utilities and the proposed location of new utilities, as well as the capacity of existing and proposed utilities. The GMA requires the Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan (SVCP) to have internal consistency. This means that the Private and Public Utilities element must be fully coordinated with other appropriate elements of the SVCP. 6.1.1 Growth Management Act In accordance with WAC 365-195-320(2)(c), this Private and Public Utilities element includes plans for natural gas, electricity, telecommunications, and cable television service for the City. Each utility section will describe and analyze existing and proposed utility systems within Spokane Valley and improvements necessary to meet growing consumer demand. In most cases maps and other graphics are provided to illustrate the existing system and proposed improvements. Plans for water supply and sewer are found in the Capital Facilities element of the SVCP. Specifically, the GMA requires a Utilities Element to include the following information: • General location of existing utility facilities; • Proposed location of future facilities; and • Capacity of all existing and proposed facilities. The City sees the GMA requirement to prepare a Private and Public Utilities element as an opportunity to identify ways of improving the quality of services provided within the City. The City will use this element to identify priorities and develop implementation strategies to ensure that provision of utilities is properly coordinated with land use. 6.1.2 County Wide Planning Policies Development of the Countywide Planning Policies (CWPPs) is required by GMA in order to provide a regional policy framework to achieve the overall goals of GMA. The CWPPs was coordinated by the Spokane County Steering Committee of Elected Officials and adopted by the Spokane County Adopted April 25, 2006 Chapter 6— Private & Public Utilities Page 1 of 9 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Board of County Commissioners. The following are the CWPPs relevant to private and public utilities:1 Policy Topic 3 — Promotion of Contiguous and Orderly Development and Provision of Urban Services Policies 11. The Steering Committee shall oversee the preparation of a regional utility corridor plan for incorporation into local comprehensive plans that includes the following elements: a. Protection of existing and designation of future regional corridors. b. Dimensional guidelines for regional corridors. c. Provision for multiuse corridors for compatible utilities. d. Measures to mitigate impacts on adjacent areas. e. Land uses which are appropriate on or adjacent to corridors. f. Vegetation clearance guidelines for electrical transmission and distribution lines in order to reduce fire hazard. Note: The Spokane County Regional Utility Technical Committee prepared a Regional Utility Corridor Plan that was adopted by the Spokane County Steering Committee of Elected Officials on December 15, 1995. 18. Each jurisdiction in its comprehensive plan should provide policies that support the compatible incorporation of utilities, greenbelts and open space within common corridors. 19. Each jurisdiction shall review environmental and health issues regarding regional utility corridors sited within its boundaries for use in the decision making process by respective agencies. 20. Each jurisdiction shall plan for growth within urban growth areas (UGA) which uses land efficiently, adds certainty to capital facilities planning, and allows timely and coordinated extension of urban government services, public facilities and utilities for new development. Each jurisdiction shall identify intermediate growth areas (six to ten year increments) within its UGA or establish policies which direct growth consistent with land use and capital facilities plans. 6.2 Electricity Utilities ° LEGEND 6.2.1 Bonneville Power ''.°Aw°re Administration .t: _ �^ t, mime The Bonneville Power `+., . Administration (BPA) was � , • n established in 1937 and is a federal _ __. agency under the U.S. Department Wad d1'loming of Energy that markets wholesale electrical power. BPA operates andP '. , ... t a markets electrical transmission Oregon services in the Pacific Northwest. 4 a' The power that is marked by BPA is Cafifoanio _ ° Ncvada Woh generated at 31 federal hydro- electric projects, one non-federal Figure 6.1 -BPA's Transmission System& Federal Dams nuclear plant and several other non- 1 Note to reader: The following policies are numbered according to the policy number in the CWPPs, resulting in non-sequential numbering in this document. Adopted April 25, 2006 Chapter 6— Private & Public Utilities Page 2 of 9 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan federal power plants. In addition to the power generating plants, BPA manages 15,397 circuit miles of transmission lines and owns 284 substations. BPA operates a 500 kV line just north of the existing city limits in portions of the Spokane County urban growth area (UGA). Additionally, BPA operates two substations and 115kV transmission lines within the City of Spokane Valley. The hydro-electric projects and the electrical system are known as the Federal Columbia River Power System. About 45 percent of the electric power used in the Northwest comes from BPA. BPA's transmission system accounts for approximately 75 percent of the region's high-voltage grid and includes major transmission links with other regions. BPA is a self-funding agency, which pays for its costs through power and transmission sales. BPA's customers include publicly owned and investor-owned utilities, as well as some large industries. BPA also sells or exchanges power with utilities in Canada and the western United States. 6.2.2 Avista Utilities - Description of Utility Avista Utilities' primary market area is eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Avista serves nearly 310,000 electric customers in their market area and is the principal electricity provider in the City of Spokane Valley. Avista owns and operates eight hydroelectric plants on the Clark Fork and Spokane Rivers. These hydroelectric facilities produce about 60 percent of the total electrical energy used by Avista customers. Avista also owns and operates coal, gas, and wood-waste combustion plants in five Washington, northern Idaho and eastern Montana locations. Avista has a number of substation facilities and 115 kV (Kilovolt) transmission lines in the City of Spokane Valley. Map 6.1 indicates those facility locations and describes that portion of Avista's transmission system that covers Spokane Valley. A grid provides the link between the BPA bulk transmission system and the �e,a local distribution system that connects Pnexr Et wc,a;� - with customers. PedOrof.Rnr► saryaceA,ge ., h The "Bulk Transmission System" is Carel&R er operated by BPA, which operates a region wide, interconnecting, ' ` lake road Dad& A yoloss.. `� transmission system that supplies Aik i :.11- ., electric power to utilities from federal •Spakan c ClarR Park Rite,► hydroelectric projects east and west of the Cascades. The primary service Coeur d'Alene BPA provides to Avista and other N[R,I raw�Aal ' "' �`°`"'dAfeArRfx<r electricity utilities is wheeling electrical energy throughout the region. A majority of the transmission lines Figure 6.2-Avista Hydro Facilities supplying Spokane Valley are energized at 115kV. There is an existing Avista 230kV line that cuts across the north-eastern portion of the City in the Barker Road area. These lines supply power into the Spokane Valley distribution system and provide connections to other providers of electricity in Spokane Valley. Power is transferred from the transmission system to Spokane Valley's local distribution system at six distribution substations. The following substations are located within Spokane Valley: Boulder Park, Barker Road, S.I.P., Opportunity, Chester, and 9th &Central. Adopted April 25, 2006 Chapter 6— Private & Public Utilities Page 3 of 9 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 6.2.3 Vera Water& Power-Description of Utility Vera Water and Power is a publicly owned utility that supplies water and electricity to the Veradale area in the City of Spokane Valley. Vera operates three substations in Spokane Valley including: Valleyway located on Valleyway, east of McDonald Road; Sullivan, located on the northeast corner of Sullivan Road and Valleyway; and Vera located on the northwest corner of Sullivan Road and 36th Avenue. Vera plans a new substation (Central Valley) on the southwest corner of Sullivan Road and 16th Avenue slated to be constructed in approximately 2006. Vera purchases a majority of its power from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) which is then distributed to its customers through an underground and overhead electrical distribution system. Vera takes delivery of power from BPA at the three local substations indicated above. Vera serves over 8,700 electric customers in the City of Spokane Valley. 6.2.4 Modern Electric Water Company-Description of Utility Modern Electric began operations in the Spokane area in 1905 as part of the development of the Valley by the Modern Irrigation and Land Company. Modern Electric provides water and electricity to approximately 10,000 households in Spokane Valley. Modern's electrical supply system consists of three Ne yelem ° a �IIeY PEN° oNewp° FERRY F OREILLE DOI substations including the Locust station, located south of "0Me° °n ke ° ° Naaeimere.- °sp�,geale &�°n3ro c I °am �r m sTe�NS r Nan Interstate 90 on the west side of Locust Street; Nelson station, N N= ppkane F b LFN located south of 4th Avenue east of Walnut; and the LINCOLNaN ne Mleben b°r re°° alls Naveen ,..: P°s Falls Opportunity station located at Modern's main office site ona°„ R°°Ty°�° pokanE° Oauenp°rt ,kra-ale k Pines Road, north of Broadway. Mdlaal�ke Ham'ng[ °Canby 5°Nh-% neY W°ley° Od O°wns Fairt -PIS Rahn 6.2.5 Inland Power& Light- Description of Utility T She bm°m Oakesele ensed Rhzuille !°kl0 ° Inland Power& Light (IP&L) began operation in 1937 providing JpaMen Lne Hlllcres[° °Caamar SICNne GaHieltl electrical service to some 160 farms and homes northeast of Bangs° e�°L°Ifa. °Pal°°ae Spokane. IP&L's now serves electrical customers in 13 sh °°AM 6 aCrv, ° WHITMAN gbi°n „ ScM VtiasMe H°per � counties in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. IP&L's Rep h ft customer customer base has grown to over 33,000 customers with a relatively small number located in the southern portion of the Figure 6.3 -Inland Power& City of Spokane Valley. Light Service Area 6.3 Natural Gas Utilities 6.3.1 Avista Utilities -Description of Utility The North Operating Division (NOD) of Avista Utilities provides natural gas to more than 174,000 customers primarily in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. The yr winnal f" - A:. lir . Spokane area is the largest metropolitan "�- region served by Avista with a population of tSa :7.7244 over 350,000. # ,. �" Avista is advantageously located on two interstate natural gas pipelines. Williams �';J Pipeline -West, (still referred to as Northwest r ' Pipeline Corporation - NWP), provides both firm and interruptible natural gas transportation service to access both British Columbia and domestic Rocky Mountain gas. Pacific Gas & Electric Transmission - Figure 6.5 -Natural Gas Supply System Northwest (PG&E GT-NVV) provides both firm and interruptible transportation to access Alberta natural gas. Adopted April 25, 2006 Chapter 6- Private & Public Utilities Page 4 of 9 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan The NOD consists of approximately 3,000 miles of gas distribution mains, through which it delivers annual volumes of just fewer than 350 million therms. This gas is received at more than 40 points along the interstate pipelines and distributed to Avista's residential, commercial and industrial customers. Avista is unable at this time to identify how many customers are located within the new corporate limits of Spokane Valley. As that information becomes available, it will be included in a future update to this plan. Gas Supply Mains: These are generally larger diameter (six-inch steel and larger) mains designed to operate at higher pressure (100 to 250 pounds per square inch gauge (psig)) to deliver natural gas from the supply source to pressure reducing stations. Pressure Reducing(District Regulators) Stations:These are located at various locations throughout the system to reduce supply main pressure to a standard distribution operating pressure of approximately 60 psi. Distribution Mains: Distribution mains are fed from District Regulators. These are typically 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1.25 inch in diameter. The pipe material is typically polyethylene (PE). 6.4 Telecommunications Utilities The telecommunications section focuses on wire telephone, wireless communications, Internet service, and cable television. Telecommunications is not only important for voice transmission, but also provides the infrastructure for the transmission of images and electronic data. In Spokane Valley, Qwest Communications provides local wire telephone service, wireless telephone service, and Internet connection. A number of other wireless communications providers operate networks in Spokane Valley as well. Comcast provides cable television services and Internet connection to Spokane Valley residents. The telephone (both wireless and wired) portions of the telecommunications industry are extremely competitive and for that reason, the City had difficulty obtaining detailed information about operations and plans. As a result, the section of the plan addressing telephone services: 1) reflects the City's commitment to allow for the provision of advanced telecommunications services; 2) provides a general description of how the existing system works; and 3) describes the process for improving service delivery. 6.4.1 Telephone System (wired) Existing Facilities and Operations — Qwest Communication, Inc. provides telecommunication service to the Spokane Valley planning area as regulated by WUTC. A local exchange area is served by a central office (CO), which contains various kinds of switching equipment. From a CO, there are typically four main cable routes extending relatively north, south, east, and west. From each main cable route there are branch distribution routes. These facilities may be aerial or buried, copper or fiber. Extending from the branch distribution routes are local lines that can be used for voice or data transmission by subscribers. In December of 2005, Comcast began offering wired phone service to the Spokane Valley area. Comcast • utilizes existing telecommunications infrastructure for service. Comcast is regulated by the WUTC as ,,N,,�,,,d, - well 3 '{ Proposed Improvements — Qwest and Comcast are n rah required by law to provide adequate telecommunications services on demand. Accordingly, Qwest and Comcast provide facilities to k. accommodate whatever growth pattern occurs within the City. Due to advances in technology, additional Figure 6.5-Cricket Wireless Coverage Area capacity is easily and quickly added to the system. Adopted April 25, 2006 Chapter 6— Private & Public Utilities Page 5 of 9 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan 6.4.2 Telephone System (wireless) Existing Systems — The City of Spokane Valley is currently served with a number of wireless communication service providers. Wireless communication is becoming increasingly important in the telecommunications world. It is a combination of a portion of the radio frequency spectrum with switching technology, making it possible to provide mobile or portable telephone service to virtually any number of subscribers within a given area. Transmission quality is comparable to that provided by conventional wire line telephones, and the same dialing UV A , capabilities and features available to wire line users are i i available to cellular users. The wireless/cellular • Ork r communications sector of the economy is growing rapidly. r _ 11:1: '11 I m # 1 pow:, k.CO Pulima Amu!. Ee'F`a. G H d. Figure 6.7-T-Mobile Coverage Area orlitry FEa , „I HpiKl1-■ dale IIII .1.= A � Law De ..ark A ioI 4p, ajllip Spok C eur d'Alene Figure 6.6-Qwest Wireless Coverage Area Wireless or personal communication services (PCS) works Figure 6.9-Sprint Wireless by splitting a region into smaller geographic areas called Coverage Area cells that are each served by a transmitter receiver or "base station." As a caller moves across the landscape, the call is passed or"handed-off" from one base station to another. Each base station is connected to a mobile telephone switching office, which is linked to the land based phone network serving the home or office. Individual base station locations are selected based on a number of considerations related to topography, distance from other base stations, proximity to traffic corridors, and other technical features. Wireless engineers utilize computer modeling and radio testing to determine potential sites. Because PCS base stations consist of very low powered transmitters which cover a relatively small geographic area, there is limited flexibility in site selection. Typically, the coverage radius of a PCS facility is one-half to three miles and is affected by the topography and eI h AVIV :®e_• vegetation of the area. Radio frequency engineers must ■ • =� " design and optimize cell site heights and locations within the PCS network to enable sufficient overlap between �ti� ln� t cells to provide continuous coverage. Staff has identified the major wireless providers in the • Spokane Valley area. The maps and graphics indicate the individual wireless providers service areas. Information regarding current and future predicted Figure 6.8-Cingular Coverage Area number of subscribers is considered by the purveyors to Adopted April 25, 2006 Chapter 6— Private & Public Utilities Page 6 of 9 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan be proprietary, and no data were furnished in this regard. However, given the increasing number of wireless subscribers and the introduction of hand sets that access the Internet, send text messages and other information and data features, it is !:kiri::fr cmr•t anticipated that subscriber numbers will t • H:: continue to increase over the time horizon of Wive r this Plan. 1AtF cil F• t Forecasting for new cellular facilities uses a =al Is piD k,�ne i relatively narrow time frame of typically two • r� 4.i 'n • r years. Expansion of the wireless system is OppOrtunity demand driven; therefore wireless providers Chimes yeti r Spokiirie_ i Afen Figure 6.10-Nextel Wireless Coverage Area must maintain a short response time and a tight planning horizon. Future cell sites are considered proprietary information by the wireless companies and are not shared for purposes of local comprehensive planning. Figure 6.11 -Verizon Wireless 6.4.3 Internet Service Coverage Area Internet service is presently provided by telephone, cable, wireless facilities and satellite. Qwest provides Internet service via telephone lines and Comcast provides Internet service via cable. Several PCS providers, if not all, include internet access service options. In addition, as streets are constructed or reconstructed, conduits to assist in the installation of fiber optic communication systems should be included as part of the road project. 6.4.4 Cable Television On November 18, 2002, Comcast and AT&T Broadband merged to form the new Comcast Corporation. Comcast Corporation, which is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest U.S. cable company serving more than 21 million customers in 41 states, as of 2003. The illustration below is a general description of the components of the cable TV (CATV) system and shows supply from source to customer. One of the primary components of a cable system is the headend siteCan electronic control center where the information signal is processed for distribution through the cable system. The signal can be received either off a hard line _ ��.� (cable), satellite dish, microwave antennas, and/or TV antenna. rn.m Main trunk cable lines (coax and fiber) distribute signals throughout Spokane Valley. Feeder ` L. � cables branch from the main trunk cables to ' III distribute the signals to neighborhood areas. From there, individual connections are made to the customer's service entry. Comcast attempts to provide service to all Figure 6.12-Cable Television Schematic residents within its franchise areas. Factors Adopted April 25, 2006 Chapter 6— Private & Public Utilities Page 7 of 9 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan considered in extending service are overall technical integrity, economical feasibility, and franchise requirements. Provided subscribers are less than 150 feet from a distribution or feeder line, cable television installations are made to new subscribers at published rates, either to new dwelling units or to a much smaller degree, to residences who have not previously opted for cable television. Connections requiring longer runs are charged on a time and material basis. Most public work considerations, such as tree trimming, work in the right-of-way, restoration of property, and so on, are covered in the City's Franchise Agreement. Comcast now offers digital service (includes internet access) to Spokane Valley customers. Comcast has also begun replacing existing copper cable trunk lines with fiber optic, which can be configured to carry video or data transmission signals. 6.5 Goals and Policies The Private and Public Utilities element provides an opportunity for the City to assist utility companies in delivering efficient service to customers and to seek to reduce potential negative impacts on the natural and built environments. This section builds upon system descriptions to identify issues and sets forth policies to coordinate the provision of utilities with City planning. The GMA requires that the utilities element include the general location, proposed location and capacity of all existing and proposed utilities. This has resulted in cities and counties becoming more actively involved in the way in which utilities are sited and provided. In order to protect both citizens and utility customers, the City will work in accordance with the following priorities and strategies: Goal PUG-1 Work with utility providers to allow them to provide service in a way that balances cost-effectiveness with environmental protection, aesthetic impact, public safety, and public health. Goal PUG-2 Process permits for utility facilities efficiently and expeditiously, in accordance with franchise agreements, development regulations, the SVCP, and adopted codes. Goal PUG-3 Ensure that development regulations are consistent with public service obligations imposed upon utilities by federal and state law. Policies PUP-3.1 The City's right-of-way permitting process should not unnecessarily delay the expansion or improvement of the utility network. PUP-3.2 Promote joint planning and coordination of public and private utility activities by providing timely notice to affected private and public utilities of City construction projects, including the maintenance and repair of existing roads. PUP-3.3 Promote the co-location of new utility transmission, distribution and communication facilities when consistent with industry practices, Department of Transportation requirements, and building and electrical codes. (Examples of facilities that may be shared are trenches, rights-of-way, towers, poles and antennas.) PUP-3.4 The City will encourage the development of Citywide communication networks using the most advanced technology available, to increase internal and external connectivity. PUP-3.5 Based upon applicable regulations, the City should require the under grounding of utility distribution lines in new subdivisions. The City should encourage under grounding of utility distribution lines in new construction and significantly reconstructed facilities, consistent with all applicable laws. Adopted April 25, 2006 Chapter 6— Private & Public Utilities Page 8 of 9 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan PUP-3.6 Based upon applicable regulations, the City should work with utilities and appropriate entities in preparing a plan for under grounding utilities in areas where their visual impact is critical to improving the appearance of the City, such as : Sprague Avenue and identified aesthetic corridors. PUP-3.7 The City should work with appropriate entities to prepare right-of-way vegetation plans to ensure that the needs of landscaping and screening are balanced with the need to prevent negative impacts to utilities. PUP-3.8 Require the placement of cellular facilities, substations and antennas in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts on adjacent land uses and utilizes existing structures where feasible. PUP-3.9 Coordinate with utility providers to ensure that sizing, locating and phasing of utility systems are consistent with the SVCP. PUP-3.10 The City and utilities should be encouraged to develop an integrated Geographic Information System (GIS)to better serve mutual needs and those of the public. PUP-3.11 The City should adhere to the Policies and Actions identified in the current Regional Utility Corridor Plan. Adopted April 25, 2006 Chapter 6— Private & Public Utilities Page 9 of 9 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan CHAPTER 7 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 7.0 Introduction and Purpose A city can foster economic development to achieve its goals by anticipating and responding to changes in the local, regional, national and international economies. For Spokane Valley, these goals include providing for economic stability through economic diversity and encouraging a broad range of jobs to help employ the community's residents. A city's economic development actions can include activities primarily directed toward economic development and those undertaken for other reasons, but that also produce economic benefits. Examples of activities primarily directed toward economic development include allocating land for manufacturing uses, extending water and sewer systems to business sites, providing tax credits and incentives, and advance planning to accommodate growth. Examples of activities with economic benefits as secondary impacts include providing an efficient transportation system, encouraging high quality schools, providing for affordable housing, streamlining permit processes and providing park and recreation facilities and activities that improve the quality of life. Market-driven economic growth depends upon the decisions of individuals and firms; most jobs and investments are generated by private businesses. Local governments must also contend with forces beyond local control, such as changes in the regional, national and international economies. These changes result from numerous individual decisions and changes in economic and social trends. However, local governments can plan to take advantage of favorable trends and lessen the impact of unfavorable trends. Local governments also can hinder economic development through ill-advised policies, such as fiscal zoning which involves zoning more land than is needed for uses that produce relatively high tax revenues. 7.1 Planning Context 7.1.1 Washington State Growth Management Act The Growth Management Act (GMA) includes economic development as one of its basic goals. It considers the need to stimulate economic development throughout the state, but requires that these activities be balanced with the need to protect the physical environment. It encourages the efficient use of land, the availability of urban services, and the financing strategies necessary to pay for infrastructure. Finally, the GMA mandates that communities do their planning and then provide the zoning and regulatory environment so that appropriate development can occur. GMA recognizes that while the public sector can shape and influence development, it is the private sector that generates community growth. The GMA goal regarding economic development provides: RCW 36.70A.020(5) Economic development — Encourage economic development throughout the state that is consistent with adopted comprehensive plans, promote economic opportunity for all citizens of this state, especially for unemployed and for disadvantaged persons... and encourage growth... all within the capacities of the state's natural resources, public services, and public facilities. The GMA requires an economic development element be included in comprehensive plans (RCW 36.70A.070 (7)). An economic development element must include the following: • A summary of the local economy such as population, employment, payroll, sectors, businesses, sales, and other information as appropriate; • A summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the local economy defined as the commercial and industrial sectors and supporting factors such as land use, transportation, utilities, education, work force, housing, and natural/cultural resources; and, Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7— Economic Development Page 1 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan • An identification of policies, programs, and projects to foster economic growth and development and to address future needs. 7.1.2 County Wide Planning Policies The Spokane County Wide Planning Policies (CWPPs) required by GMA (RCW 36.70A.210) and adopted in 1994 with subsequent amendments in 1996, 1997 and 2004, provide a regional framework to achieve goals of the GMA. The CWPPs establish overall policy direction that calls for greater cooperation and coordination between the private sector and government in measuring both the performance of the local economy and the relationship between economic development and preservation of the area's natural environment and quality of life. In addition, the CWPPs emphasize the need for a regional (Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho) approach to the critical environmental issues of water and air quality; recognize the importance of central business areas, and the benefits of locating housing and regional transportation facilities in close proximity to employment centers. CWPP pertinent to the City of Spokane Valley include: Policies: 1. Include an economic development element in each jurisdiction's comprehensive plan that establishes local goals, policies, objectives, and provisions for economic growth and vitality and a high quality of life. The element shall include: a. a summary of the local economy such as population, employment, payroll, sectors, businesses, sales, and other information as appropriate; b. a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the local economy defined as the commercial and industrial sectors and supporting factors such as land use, transportation, utilities, education, work force, housing, and natural/cultural resources; and c. an identification of policies, programs, and projects to foster economic growth and development and to address future needs. A city that has chosen to be a residential community is exempt from the economic development element requirement of the GMA. 2. Jurisdictions should adopt in their comprehensive plans economic development policies which will help protect the environment as a key economic value in the region. 4. Maintain the integrity of downtowns (Central Business Districts) as centers for retail, business and cultural activity. 5. Each jurisdiction should designate sites for industrial and service employers to encourage them to locate throughout urban areas in proximity to housing and regional transportation facilities (including public transportation). 7.2 Summary of Local Economy Economic data, including employment information, is collected by the State of Washington at both the County level and for the Spokane Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Table 7.1 summarizes 2011 employment data in the Spokane MSA in comparison with the state of Washington. From September 2009 to September 2010, Spokane County posted the largest employment loss among large counties in Washington State, down 1.7 percent. Nationally, employment increased 0.2 percent during the same 12 month period.' U S Department of Labor, Bureau of Land Statistics,Third Quarter 2010 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7— Economic Development Page 2 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 7.1 2011 Employment Spokane MSA Spokane, Washington September 2011 September 2011 Total#Employed 206,650 3,194,560 % Unemployed 8.6 8.5 Average Monthly Earnings $3,550 $4,685 Source:Workforce Explorer. Table 7.2 shows November 2011 Spokane MSA Employment statistics by industry category. Employment figures include the self-employed. Industries which saw the largest increase in employment include natural resources, information and state educational services. Table 7.2 Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment in the Spokane Metropolitan Statistical Area(Spokane County) (in thousands) "NAICS INDUSTRY TITLE(numbers in thousands) Nov'11 %Change from Nov'10 TOTAL NONFARM 206.3 -0.9 TOTAL PRIVATE 169.9 -0.8 GOODS PRODUCING 24.4 -1.6 NATURAL RESOURCES and MINING 9.3 -8.8 MANUFACTURING 15.1 3.4 SERVICES PROVIDING 181.9 -.08 TRADE,TRANSPORTATION,and UTILITIES 41.4 0.2 Wholesale Trade 9.4 0 Retail Trade 25.8 0 Food and Beverage Stores 4.3 0 General Merchandise Stores 6.2 3.3 Transportation,Warehousing,and Utilities 6.2 1.6 INFORMATION 2.7 -6.9 FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES 12.0 0 Finance and Insurance 9.0 -1.1 PROFESSIONAL and BUSINESS SERVICES 21.1 -.09 EDUCATION and HEALTH SERVICES 39.6 -2.9 Health and Social Assistance 34.1 -1.2 Ambulatory Health Care Services 13.8 0.7 Hospitals 8.7 3.6 LEISURE and HOSPITALITY 19.4 2.6 Food Services and Drinking Places 14.0 -.07 OTHER SERVICES 9.3 1.1 GOVERNMENT 36.4 -1.6 Federal Government 4.6 0 Total State Government 11.0 -5.2 State Government Educational Services 6.1 -6.2 Total Local Government 20.8 0 Local Government Educational Services 11.8 0 Workers in Labor/Management Disputes 0.0 0.0 11 Excludes proprietors,self-employed, members of armed forces,and private household employees. *Prepared by the Labor Market and Economic Analysis branch using a Quarterly Benchmark process. Source:Washington State Employment Security Department Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7- Economic Development Page 3 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan The Spokane MSA has experienced a decrease in employment over the previous three years, as indicated in Figure 7.1. During the same period, the local unemployment rate has declined, as indicated in Figure 7.2. Figure 7.1. Non-Farm Employment Trends Nonfarm industry employment,not seasonally adjusted,in Spokane County(Spokane MSA) 212,006-..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 210,66 0-.............. ................. .......................................... ................. ................. .......................................... ■ 2010 20i,066-.............. ................. ................. ................. 2011 26 ,666 .............. ................. ,666 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: Washington State Employment Security Department,Labor Market and Economic Analysis Branch Figure 7.2 Unemployment Trends Unemployment rates,not seasonally adjusted,in Spokane County(Spokane MSA) 12.0% 11.0% ........................................................................:. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16.6%-...................... ................................ ,............................................................................................................................................................................................................... ,...................... - zoos a 2010 - 2011 9.0%-...................... ...................................................................... .......�. .. .w�R ....... -1....................... 8.0% + Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: Washington State Employment Security Department,Labor Market and Economic Analysis Branch The 2009-2019 employment forecast by industry for Spokane County is shown on Table 7.3. The highest growth is expected in the fields of computers and mathematics, followed by building and grounds maintenance and personal care and service occupations. Table 7.3 Employment Forecasts Avg. Avg. Avg. Estimated Annual Annual Annual Show All Occupations Employment Growth Opening Total Rate Due to Openings Growth Occupation Group 2009 2014 2019 2009-2014-2009-2014-2009-2014- 2014 2019 2014 2019 2014 2019 TOTAL ALL OCCUPATIONS 231,053 246,731 265,391 1.3% 1.5% 3,126 3,702 8,507 9,454 MANAGEMENT OCCUPATIONS 8,562 9,099 9,711 1.2% 1.3% 109 120 292 356 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OCCUPATIONS 8,754 9,409 10,008 1.5% 1.2% 129 118 296 331 COMPUTER AND MATHEMATICAL OCCUPATIONS 4,059 4,575 5,226 2.4% 2.7% 102 129 177 228 ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING OCCUPATIONS 3,174 3,389 3,719 1.3% 1.9% 46 65 105 141 LIFE, PHYSICAL,AND SOCIAL SCIENCE OCCUPATIONS 1,908 2,031 2,227 1.3% 1.9% 25 38 81 98 COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES OCCUPATIONS 5,577 5,854 6,310 1% 1.5% 55 90 164 228 LEGAL OCCUPATIONS 1,984 2,126 2,253 1.4% 1.2% 28 25 59 65 EDUCATION,TRAINING,AND LIBRARY OCCUPATIONS 14,295 15,056 16,049 1% 1.3% 148 195 436 541 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7- Economic Development Page 4 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 7.3 Employment Forecasts Avg. Avg. Avg. Estimated Annual Annual Annual Show All Occupations Employment Growth Opening Total Rate Due to Openings Growth Occupation Group 2009 2014 2019 2009-2014-2009-2014-2009-2014- 2014 2019 2014 2019 2014 2019 ARTS, DESIGN, ENTERTAINMENT,SPORTS,AND MEDIA OCCS 4,107 4,324 4,553 1% 1% 42 43 158 169 HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS 15,907 17,127 19,085 1.5% 2.2% 239 392 529 794 HEALTHCARE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS 8,073 8,545 9,315 1.1% 1.7% 94 153 177 276 PROTECTIVE SERVICE OCCUPATIONS 4,696 4,918 5,269 .9% 1.4% 44 69 202 213 FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVING RELATED OCCUPATIONS 18,654 19,389 20,338 .8% 1% 150 188 895 754 BUILDING AND GROUNDS CLEANING AND MAINT. OCCS 9,920 11,113 12,267 2.3% 2% 240 230 397 439 PERSONAL CARE AND SERVICE OCCUPATIONS 11,436 12,594 13,975 1.9% 2.1% 233 274 544 571 SALES AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS 25,835 27,669 29,233 1.4% 1.1% 368 311 1,206 1,029 OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS 37,200 39,810 42,578 1.4% 1.4% 521 552 1,302 1,406 FARMING, FISHING,AND FORESTRY OCCUPATIONS 861 872 890 .3% .4% 2 4 25 25 CONSTRUCTION AND EXTRACTION OCCUPATIONS 11,932 12,152 13,425 .4% 2% 40 251 233 503 INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE,AND REPAIR OCCUPATIONS 9,074 9,586 10,051 1.1% 1% 99 94 266 309 PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 11,522 12,665 13,551 1.9% 1.4% 232 175 465 440 TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIAL MOVING OCCUPATIONS 13,523 14,428 15,358 1.3% 1.3% 180 186 498 538 Source: Workforce Explorer,Washington State Employment Security Department, Labor Market and Economic Analysis Branch Table 7.4 estimates the type of employment by job classes within Spokane Valley, compared to the County and State. In 2010, the majority of jobs were in sales as well as management and professional occupations. Table 7.4 Occupations of the City of Spokane Valley Area Residents,2010 Census Percent Employment by Category within Spokane Valley Spokane County State (in thousands) Valley Management, Professional and Related Occupations 11.3 71.2 1,183.0 Service Occupations 6.4 41.4 538.4 Sales and Office Occupations 12.7 58.7 715.6 Natural Resources,Construction and Maintenance 3.6 14.4 295.1 Production,Transportation and Material Moving Occupations 6.9 25.3 337.9 Total 40.9 211.0 3,070.0 Source: American Fact Finder 2,2010 Census Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7- Economic Development Page 5 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Taxable sales within Spokane Valley by business category is shown in Figure 7.3 and Table 7.5. T Figure 7.3 2010 Taxable Sales by Business Category Retail Trade,63.91 Accommodation &Food Services,9.6 Construction, 6.84 Administrative. waste Management, Remediatian Services,1.+49 Wholesale Real Estate Rental Trade,5.18 Information,3.81 I Leasing,1.72 Other Services.5.46 Manuracturing,1.99 Source:Spokane Community Indicators Table 7.5 2010 Taxable Sales by Business Category Category Total Taxable Sales Percent of Total Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry 465,244 0.03 Utilities 158,527 0.01 Construction 108,424,546 6.84 Manufacturing 31,595,586 1.99 Wholesale Trade 82,092,127 5.18 Retail Trade 1,012,831,614 63.91 Transportation and Warehousing 1,625,684 0.10 Information 60,372,526 3.81 Finance and Insurance 8,407,401 0.53 Real Estate Rental and Leasing 27,185,713 1.72 Professional,Scientific and Technical 12,140,247 0.77 Administrative&Support and Waste Management& 23,560,170 1.49 remediation Services Educational Services 1,190,899 0.08 Health Care and Social Assistance 3,386,226 0.21 Arts, Entertainment and Recreation 7,974,085 0.50 Accommodation and Food Services 152,221,399 9.60 Other Services 51,041,524 3.22 Public Administration 215,261 0.01 Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7—Economic Development Page 6 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan The gross taxable sales for the City, from 2004 to 2010, is shown in Figure 7.4 and Table 7.6. Figure 7.4 Gross Taxable Sales r J •2004 •2005 14 2006 •2007 112008 14 2009 2010 Table 7.6 Gross Taxable Sales 2004—2010 Year Total Taxable Sales 2004 1,539,680,299 2005 1,731,672,576 2006 1,882,594,225 2007 1,966,515,200 2008 1,797,852,179 2009 1,613,410,134 2010 1,585,010,451 Source:Spokane Community Indicators Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7—Economic Development Page 7 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan A comparison of the County of Spokane, City of Spokane and Spokane Valley gross taxable sales and annual growth rate is illustrated in Figure 7.5. Figure 7.5 Total Taxable Retail Sales and Annual Growth Rate: City Data 5,00 25.0% 20,0% 4.00 o 15,0% P a. 3.00 ... 10.0% a S i - 2.00 5.0°/0 a I0.0% 1,00 .1,0.00 - r -10,0% 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Year • Total Retail Sales(Billions),City of Spokane Total Retail Sales(Billions),City of Spokane Valley . Annual Growth Rate,Spokane County . Annual Growth Rate,Ckty of Spokane Annual Growth Rate,City of Spokane Valley Year City of Spokane Valley City of Spokane County of Spokane 2004 Taxable Retail Sales(in 1.54 3.29 N/A billions) Annual Growth Rate N/A 2.2% 5.9% 2005 Taxable Retail Sales(in 1.73 3.48 N/A billions) Annual Growth Rate 12.5% 5.7% 7.9% 2006 Taxable Retail Sales(in 1.88 3.84 N/A billions) Annual Growth Rate 8.7% 10.3% 9.2% 2007 Taxable Retail Sales(in 1.97 4.00 N/A billions) Annual Growth Rate 4.5% 4.5% 5.6% 2008 Taxable Retail Sales(in 1.80 3.92 N/A billions) Annual Growth Rate -8.6% -2.1% -4.2% 2009 Taxable Retail Sales(in 1.61 3.73 N/A billions) Annual Growth Rate -8.3% -4.9% -6.9% 2010 Taxable Retail Sales(in 1.59 3.67 N/A billions) Annual Growth Rate -1.8% -1.4% -1.8% Source: Community Indicators Initiative of Spokane, Eastern Washington University Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7- Economic Development Page 8 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Property taxes are part of the cost of doing business. The 2011 Property taxes in Spokane Valley include County, City, Library Bond, State School, Fire District and local school taxes, as illustrated in Table 7.7, for individual Tax Code Areas (TCA) Table 7.7 2011 Property Tax Rates within Spokane Valley per$1,000 valuation Levy Rate TCA 140 TCA 141 TCA 144 TCA 145 TCA 146 TCA 148 County:General 1.195057 Conservation Futures 0.044188 Road 1.332306 City of Spokane Valley 1.503003 State School 2.241034 Library 0.50000000 Subtotal 6.815588 6.815588 6.815588 6.815588 6.815588 6.815588 6.815588 SD 081 Spokane 5.654338 5.654338 5.654338 SD 356 Central Valley 4.490794 4.490794 4 4.490794 SD 361 East Valley 3.538868 3.538868 SD 363 West Valley 6.633464 6.633464 Fire 01 Spokane Valley 3.157323 3.157323 3.157323 3.157323 3.157323 Fire/EMS 08 Moran 2.121076 2.121076 2.121076 Total 15.627249 14.591002 14.463705 13.427458 13.511779 16.606375 Source: Spokane County Assessor A significant indicator of economic vitality is construction activity. Figures 7.6 through 7.8 summarizes levels of construction activity, valuation and permit revenue since 2004. Figure 7.6 Building Permit Activity t' 1 Figure 7.6 New Construction Permits Issued r --■ 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 ■Commercial 2:;9 :. I •5 45 •Multi-Family EMEEMEi MEME6 EM E6 •' •Single Family/Duplex EmlingEmE EmENEIREE Source: Spokane Valley Community Development Department-Building&Code Compliance Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7-Economic Development Page 9 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Figure 7.7 Construction Valua 2004 2005 2006 2007 ■2008 20 Figure 7.8 Permit Revenue t4' T2004 2005 2006 2007 ■2008 •2009 •2010 ■2011 Tables 7.8 and 7.9 show the largest office / business parks and the leading industrial parks in the City of Spokane Valley, ranked by total square footage. Table 7.8 Largest Spokane Valley Office and Business Parks (Ranked by total square footage) Park Name/Address Total Square Footage Space Available as of Number of 1-1-12 Buildings Pinecroft Business Park 350,000 DND 12 12310—12825 E. Mirabeau Parkway Riverview Corporate Center 250,000 158,000 1 16021 E. Indiana Redwood Plaza 107,400 12,900 3 11707 E. Sprague CenterPointe Business Park 68,000 10,000 3 200 N. Mullan Argonne Mullan Plaza 54,000 8,000 2 920 N. Mullan Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7—Economic Development Page 10 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 7.8 Largest Spokane Valley Office and Business Parks (Ranked by total square footage) Park Name/Address Total Square Footage Space Available as of Number of 1-1-12 Buildings Montgomery East Commercial Center 53,000 11,710 4 11616 E. Montgomery Broadway Avenue Business Park 52,700 17,000 4 5501 E. Broadway North Valley Business Park 51,300 6,390 3 11303, 11306&11327 E. Montgomery North Pines Center 51,000 2,000 6 1014 N. Pines Argonne Forrest Office Park 44,360 3,860 3 8815-8775 E. Mission Mullan Center 43,000 4,200 2 1410&1420 N. Mullan North Pines Professional Center 37,580 8,940 7 1005 N. Pines Montgomery CommerCenter 29,050 2,300 2 2721 N.Van Marter Boulder Creek 25,000 2,300 2 505 N.Argonne Argonne Mullan Center 20,000 775 2 708&720 N.Argonne Pinestone Business Center 7,900 1,550 3 2310-2314 N.Cherry DND did not disclose; FTE means full-time equivalent; NA means not available Source: January 2012 Book of Lists, Spokane County Journal of Business Table 7.9 Leading Industrial Parks (Ranked by total square footage) Park Name Total Square Space Available Park Number of Zoning Address Footage as of 1-1-12 Size(acres) Buildings Spokane Business and Industrial Park 3,800,000' 425,000 615 55 LI 3808 N.Sullivan Central Business Park 513,000 180,000 300 26 LI 11016 E. Montgomery East Spokane Industrial Park 110,000 none 8.5 5 I Broadway and Fancher Montgomery Business Park 105,800 4,100 6.8 2 LI 9922 E. Montgomery Bielec Industrial Park 105,000 25,000 14.5 4 HI 18001 E. Euclid Vista Industrial Park 95,600 9,000 18 8 HI 111 N.Vista Empire Industrial Park 90,000 2,200 7.5 13 LI 12009 E. Empire Trent Center 56,700 none 4.2 7 LI 6206 E.Trent Argonne Commercial Center 56,600 5,100 2.4 3 LI 9516-9608 E. Montgomery Fancher Bridge Business Park 56,000 15,300 3 5 HI 5805 E. Sharp Carstens Industrial Park 48,000 none 5 3 I 415 N.Thierman Van Mailer Warehouse 45,000 none 3 1 LI 2701 N.Van Mailer Farr Industrial Park 44,500 none 3.6 3 LI 9708 E. Montgomery Ella Industrial park 40,000 none 3 6 I 525 N. Ella Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7- Economic Development Page 11 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Table 7.9 Leading Industrial Parks (Ranked by total square footage) Park Name Total Square Space Available Park Number of Zoning Address Footage as of 1-1-12 Size(acres) Buildings Thierman Warehouse 30,000 none 1.5 2 HI 1419 and 1507 N.Thierman Alki Industrial Park 13,000 1,800 DND 2 HI 6002—6010 E.Alki includes office and felx space I Industrial; HI Heavy Industrial; LI Light Industrial; DND did not disclose; FTE means full-time equivalent; NA means not available Source: January 2012 Book of Lists, Spokane County Journal of Business The largest employers within the City of Spokane Valley are summarized in Table 7.10. Table 7.10 Largest Spokane Valley Employers (Ranked by number of full time equivalent employees) Name FTE Employees FTE Employees Parent Organization, Business Spokane Valley Elsewhere Location Activity 11/1/11 11/1/10 11/1/11 11/1/10 Wal-Mart Stores 1,332 1,362 DND DND Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Retail Sales Bentonville,AK Central Valley School 1,248 1,245 0 0 Spokane Valley Public School District Kaiser Aluminum 850 800 DND DND Foothill Ranch,CA Aluminum Production Valley Hospital 485 457 0 0 Spokane Hospital/Health Care Yokes Foods, Inc. 426 408 317 282 Spokane Valley Retail Grocery Appleway Automotive 360 340 18,000 17,500 AutoNation, Inc. Auto Sales, Group Ft. Lauderdale, FL Service, Repair Spokane Industries, 282 211 3 3 Spokane Valley Stainless Steel Inc. Products Wagstaff, Inc. 279 259 67 66 Spokane Valley Machinery Design and Manufacturing SCAFCO Corp. 200 225 66 47 Spokane Valley Grain Storage System Manufacturing Alliance Machine 176 201 206 DND Spokane Valley Corrugated Box System International Handling and LLC Machines KeyTronicEMS 176 166 2,480 1,842 Spokane Valley Contract Manufacturing Good Samaritan 175 168 27,000 27,000 Sioux Falls,SD Retirement Society Community Principal Financial 169 177 DND 14,200 Des Moines, IA Investment, Group Insurance, Banking Hotstart, Inc. 166 162 6 4 Spokane Valley Engine Heaters Servatron Inc. 163 160 0 0 Spokane Valley Electronic Manufacturing Cascade Windows 162 200 374 200 Spokane Valley Vinyl Window Manufacturing DND did not disclose; FTE full-time equivalent; NA not available Source: January 2012 Book of Lists, Spokane County Journal of Business 7.3 Strengths &Weaknesses 7.3.1 Strengths Spokane Valley is sheltered from harsh continental climate by the Cascades and Bitterroot Mountain Ranges, and has a mild climate with four seasons. Its proximity to Idaho and the mountains provides excellent recreational opportunities throughout the year. Sportsmen appreciate the opportunities for hunting and fishing within the Inland Northwest. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7— Economic Development Page 12 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Spokane Valley is strategically located along Interstate-90 with an excellent transportation system linking air freight, rail and freight terminals. It has an ample supply of land designated for commercial and industrial purposes. Plentiful vacant and underdeveloped land is located in close proximity to the scenic Spokane River. The Spokane Industrial Park located on SR 290 (Trent Road) houses a 325,000 square foot Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) designated by the U.S. Department of Commerce in November 2002 and activated in February 2004. The FTZ was allocated by the Spokane International Airport System from Felts Field to its present location in Spokane Valley. FTZ benefits importers by allowing them to defer import duties on shipments until the cargo is transshipped to another location within the United States, or to avoid those duties when imported freight is exported out of the country. Inland Empire Distribution Systems (IEDS) operates the FTZ, providing third party logistics and a public warehouse. The FTZ is also the site of the only U.S. Customs authorized Container Freight Station (CFS) which allows sealed in-bound containers to clear Customs in Spokane Valley. CFS is a federal service provided to individuals and businesses through the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area. IEDS also provides the only public railroad transloader service in the Inland Northwest (Spokane/CDA Area) for both the BNSF and Union Pacific Railroads. Because of its location adjacent to the City of Spokane, Spokane Valley may be eligible to seek expansion of the Spokane Community Empowerment Zone for qualified Census block groups. Expansion of the Empowerment Zone will allow participating businesses to take advantage of sales tax deferrals and Washington business and occupation tax credits in exchange for expanding the employment opportunities available to low and moderate income individuals residing within the area. A wide variety of retail outlets provide goods for the region. Of major importance in Spokane Valley are automotive and recreational vehicle sales concentrated along Sprague Avenue at 1-90. These businesses and others in manufacturing, service, transportation, and wholesale/distribution are well represented by the Valley Chamber of Commerce, the sixth largest chamber in the State of Washington, which boasts over 900 members. (Valley Chamber 2010 Annual Report) The Spokane area hosts a number of accredited institutions of higher education including community colleges, universities (both public and private) and private technical and business schools. Local K-12 public and private school programs have sought partnerships with these institutions to meet the training needs of a future work force. These institutions, particularly the community college system, have been active in seeking to meet the re-training needs of older workers displaced by losses of manufacturing jobs, and are receptive to developing partnerships with the local business community. Among these, the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI) is a Washington State-funded, economic development agency that advances the growth of emerging technology companies in the Inland Northwest. SIRTI's commercialization services aim at helping clients bring innovative technologies to market while positioning them to compete globally. These services include: strategic planning, market research, business plan development, marketing, connections to technology managerial talent, and access to funding sources, as well as providing flexible, state-of-the-art incubator facilities. SIRTI also helps to build the Northwest's technology workforce by providing paid internships to eligible students from regional colleges and universities. The Small Business Development Center(SBDC) is a cooperative effort between Washington State University and the US Small Business Administration. Counselors provide one-on-one, confidential assistance at no charge for management and technical business affairs, such as start, purchase or the sale of a business, choosing and incorporating new technology, financial management, business plan development, market plan development, and business research. In 2010, small businesses in Washington State saw their sales decrease an average of one percent. However, clients who worked with SBDC advisors saw their sales increase an average of nearly four percent. (SBDC,2011) Advances in technology and local investment in fiber-optic cable networks represent a significant competitive advantage in attracting information-based business to Spokane Valley. Spokane Valley is also the beneficiary of high quality medical facilities which serve a wide region, extending beyond Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7— Economic Development Page 13 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Washington. The presence of these facilities has attracted a large number of active retirees who represent a well-educated and highly-skilled resource for local employers. Housing in the Spokane Valley is of high quality and affordable in all density ranges. Plentiful water and power is provided by local utility purveyors at rates that are reasonable. In addition to the many businesses focused on the prosperity of Spokane Valley, the City is fortunate to have a large number of professional, volunteer, service and faith-based organizations committed to community development and improvement. Citizens are engaged in the development of the new city and have dedicated countless hours to developing ideas which would promote economic development and job creation. Another important piece of the regional economic development picture is Greater Spokane Inc. (formerly Spokane Area Economic Development Council). . Since 1974, Greater Spokane Inc. (GS!) has established a proven track record, strong leadership, and solid industry expertise as "the starting point" for regionally focused economic development. The role of GSI is to implement a business-focused strategy that proactively promotes the region's business identity, facilitates job growth and business expansion, and leverages available resources to provide effective solutions. While organized as an independent not-for-profit corporation funded by both public and private entities, GSI works collaboratively with key partners across the region. Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs (SNAP) provides programs to empower low income individuals and families with opportunities promoting financial independence. The SNAP Economic Development programs offer financial tools and education to promote sound money management and investment in assets, including business ownership, home ownership, higher education and transportation. The MicroEnterprise Development Program is operated by SNAP, along with public and private partners, to help qualified individuals develop a business plan, acquire capital and start or expand a business. Perhaps the most important aspect of economic development is the City's continuing efforts to streamline the permitting process and to ensure regulations are fair and predictable for businesses. Efficient permitting processes are a key factor for companies searching for suitable locations to build or expand their business operations. In order to remain competitive, the City must continually evaluate its permitting process to ensure a timely and predictable outcome. Regulations must also be continually monitored and amended as necessary to make sure the City is not unduly burdening businesses. 7.3.2 Weaknesses The City of Spokane Valley has yet to establish its own unique identity within the region. The lack of an identifiable city center and an overabundance of marginal commercial centers and strip development from an earlier era remain a part of the urban landscape. While they represent opportunities for redevelopment, they present very real challenges for economic development in the present. The costs of redevelopment are significantly higher than those with new development, and regulatory barriers often represent considerable obstacles to reinvestment in an aged infrastructure. Property subdivided in the past may need to be reassembled to meet development objectives at a significant cost to the investor in both time and money. The development experience of the last twenty years has shown the importance of attracting the proper tenant mix in a successful commercial project. To be successful today, retail development must be clean, well lit, landscaped and attractive, with convenient parking. More importantly, it must be perceived as safe with easy access. Existing buildings and properties are often not easily redeveloped to meet this criteria. Land development in the Spokane Valley has not had the advantages of urban planning at critical periods in its development. As a result, incompatibilities exist between adjacent land uses. This will be corrected over time as the City directs its own development. Development standards of the past have focused on rural rather than the urban types of development now mandated by the Growth Management Act. In some cases, the area continues to experience the effects of poor environmental practices in the past. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7— Economic Development Page 14 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan As the information age advances, industrial development has moved from traditional manufacturing activities to business parks which combine corporate offices, call centers and electronic assembly of parts in an office/campus environment. Traditional warehousing has been replaced with "just in time" delivery and an increased dependence on efficient transportation movements. Business reliance on Internet access has replaced other more traditional methods of communication and sales. Unfortunately, many industrial properties have yet to be retrofitted to different standards. Because the historical economic base was predicated on manufacturing, as is the case within the entire Spokane area, the local labor force has not always adapted quickly enough to these changes in market conditions. Losses in manufacturing have displaced local workers without the skills required for work in highly technical jobs. Spokane Valley's location, only minutes from the Idaho state line, represents a significant challenge to local economic development efforts. The many services supported by the State of Washington's complex wage and tax structure place business and industrial development at a competitive disadvantage when compared with similar ventures in Idaho only a few miles away. Many of these weaknesses may be more perceived than real, but all have contributed to an image which will require time and focused community effort to correct. 7.4 Community Survey The statistically valid Community Survey conducted in the spring of 2004 identified economic growth as the single most important issue facing Spokane, followed closely by job creation and urban planning issues. Sixty-one percent of respondents also felt that having a city center was important to the City's future, and seventy-four percent supported spending public funds to create a city center. Not surprisingly, roughly three quarters of survey respondents felt that the establishment of a unique community identity in the City of Spokane Valley was important. Although nearly half of respondents (47%) felt that the development of a community identity could best be accomplished through social changes, another 28% indicated physical changes would be the best way to develop a community identity. One-quarter of respondents (25%) felt physical and social changes were equally important to the development of a community identity. During community workshops conducted in the spring and early summer of 2004, participants were asked to express their opinions on many of the same issues. Results of these informal surveys generally tracked the results of the larger survey. 7.5 Goals and Policies This section provides goals and policies that support cooperation and coordination at a regional level to ensure sustainable economic development. There are a number of established organizations in the region that are engaged in economic development activities. It is in the best interest of the City of Spokane Valley to collaborate with these regional organizations. By focusing on common goals and allocating resources accordingly, government and private organizations can work together regionally to maximize successful business start-up, retention, expansion and recruitment efforts. As with many cities, Spokane Valley will have limited funds with which to pursue its economic development goals. The City will have to use its resources in a focused and prioritized manner to have a positive impact on the local economic base. It will be imperative that Spokane Valley make strategic investments of the limited resources available and where possible, leverage resources in cooperation with other governmental and private agencies. Goal EDG-1 Encourage diverse and mutually supportive business development and the expansion and retention of existing businesses within the City for the purpose of emphasizing economic vitality, stability and sustainability. Policies Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7— Economic Development Page 15 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan EDP-1.1 Strive to provide the necessary public facilities, infrastructure and services to support economic development. EDP-1.2 In conjunction with appropriate entities, encourage market feasibility studies to identify and target economic opportunities. EDP-1.3 In partnership with the business community and appropriate entities, encourage the development of a comprehensive marketing strategy customized for Spokane Valley and supportive of regional economic development objectives. EDP-1.4 Consider establishment of a public interactive web-based geographic information system to facilitate economic research for businesses. EDP-1.5 Encourage the development of business incubators to promote the creation of new business enterprises. EDP-1.6 Encourage creation and retention of home-based businesses that are consistent with neighborhood character. EDP-1.7 Encourage State and Federal agencies to locate in the City of Spokane Valley. EDP-1.8 Encourage local organizations engaged in business retention, expansion and recruitment. EDP-1.9 Encourage public and private programs and activities that diversify the economy and labor force. EDP-1.10 Encourage the full utilization and expansion of the Foreign Trade Zone. EDP-1.11 Seek expansion of the Spokane Community Empowerment Zone to include income-eligible Census block groups within the City of Spokane Valley. Goal EDG-2 Encourage redevelopment of commercial/industrial properties within the City. Policies EDP 2.1 Develop appropriate urban design and infrastructure standards for the City Center area. EDP-221—Develop zoning, permitting, and incentives that encourage prioritized development consistent with the SVCP. EDP-2.32 Focus economic development resources through specific redevelopment areas as appropriate. Goal EDG-3 Promote the development of a qualified labor force that is globally competitive and responds to the changing needs of the workplace. Policies EDP-3.1 Encourage the region's world-class education consortium. EDP-3.2 Encourage post-secondary education and technical schools to locate and expand offerings within the City of Spokane Valley. EDP-3.3 Encourage community colleges and technical schools in the development of customized training programs for businesses. EDP-3.4 Encourage K-12 education to include skills-based training and creative partnerships with business. EDP-3.5 Encourage public/private partnerships in training and education, through continuing employee education. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7– Economic Development Page 16 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan EDP-3.6 Encourage cooperation among businesses, schools, labor unions and other organizations in developing job training through apprenticeships, mentoring and other programs. EDP-3.7 Promote opportunities that employ Spokane Valley residents in Spokane Valley. Goal EDG-4 Encourage regional tourism as a sustainable provider of jobs and markets. Policies EDP-4.1 Encourage the development of a comprehensive tourism promotion plan that supports the marketing efforts of regional tourism agencies, attractions and events. EDP-4.2 Encourage the development of local attractions, recreational, cultural and sports events which take advantage of the four seasons. EDP-4.3 Encourage and promote the marketing of appropriate facilities that are consistent with Spokane Valley's tourism objectives. EDP-4.4 Expand and develop neighborhood and regional linkages and improvements to the Centennial Trail and Spokane River frontage. Goal EDG-5 Collaborate with other governmental agencies and the business community to promote a sustainable, strong, diverse and healthy regional economy. Policies EDP-5.1 Improve the effectiveness of capital improvement programs by encouraging greater communication and coordination between local governments and the private sector. EDP-5.2 Develop and implement strategies to identify and use appropriate Federal, State and regional economic resources and incentives. EDP-5.3 Encourage the continued support and funding of active duty, reserves and National Guard components of the United States Armed Forces. EDP-5.4 Collaborate with other local governments and business organizations in promoting legislation in support of economic development when appropriate. EDP-5.5 Encourage development of and participation in a recognition/certification program for businesses and non-profits moving toward local, sustainable practices in their operations. EDP-5.6 Encourage development of and participation in a "buy local" campaign. Goal EDG-6 Establish a balanced approach to environmental sustainability which complements the utilization of area resources and economic growth. Policies EDP-6.1 Encourage the retention, development and recruitment of environmentally friendly businesses. EDP-6.2 Encourage programs that foster and promote sustainable business practices. EDP-6.3 Encourage the development of clean technologies. Goal EDG-7 Maintain a regulatory environment that offers flexibility, consistency, predictability and clear direction. Adopted April 25, 2006 (Update 06-06-12) Chapter 7— Economic Development Page 17 of 18 City of Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan Policies EDP-7.1 Evaluate, monitor and improve development standards to promote compatibility between adjacent land uses; and update permitting processes to ensure that they are equitable, cost-effective, and expeditious. EDP-7.2 Review development regulations periodically to ensure clarity, consistency and predictability. 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Corker ^� _ "Petl C- _ a • wf ie s COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING DIVISION SCITY .00.` Valley REVISED STAFF REPORT TO THE �/ J PLANNING COMMISSION CPA-01-14 STAFF REPORT DATE: February 18,2014 HEARING DATE AND LOCATION: February 27,2014,beginning at 6:00 p.m., Spokane Valley City Hall Council Chambers,Valley Redwood Plaza Building, 11707 East Sprague Avenue, Suite 101, Spokane Valley,Washington 99206. Project Number: CPA-01-14 Application The application is a city initiated site-specific comprehensive plan map Description: amendment requesting to change the designation from Parks/Open Space (P/OS)with a Parks/Open Space (P/OS)zoning classification to a Mixed Use Center(MUC)designation with a Mixed Use Center(MUC)zoning classification. Location: Parcel 45101.9068; generally located 800 feet east of Pinecroft Way and Mirabeau Parkway on the east side of Mirabeau Parkway as it bends to the south and east; further located in the NE 1/4 of Section 10,Township 25 North, Range 44 East,Willamette Meridian, Spokane County,Washington. Applicant(s): City of Spokane Valley 11707 E Sprague Ave, Ste 102 Spokane Valley,WA 99206 Owner(s): City of Spokane Valley Date of Application: November 1,2013 Date Determined November 1,2013 Complete Staff Contact: Martin J Palaniuk,Planner (509)720-5031 mpalaniuk@spokanevalley.org APPROVAL CRITERIA: Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan, Spokane Valley Municipal Code (SVMC) Title 17 General Provisions,Title 19 Zoning Regulations, and Title 21 Environmental Controls. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Division, after review and consideration of the submitted application and applicable approval criteria, recommends that the Planning Commission approve CPA-O1-14. ATTACHMENTS: Exhibit 1: Vicinity Map Exhibit 2 Comprehensive Plan Map Exhibit 3: Zoning Map Exhibit 4: Aerial Map Exhibit 5: Priority Habitats Map Staff Report CPA-01-14 A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1. PROPERTY INFORMATION: Size and The site is approximately 1.11 acres in size. The SEPA checklist Characteristics: states the site is generally flat and consists of rocky soil. The lot is covered with natural vegetation. Comprehensive Plan: Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Zoning: Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Existing Land Use: Vacant property with the Centennial Trail traversing across the Northeast boundary of the site and an old gravel road paralleling the trail on the southwest side. 2. SURROUNDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,ZONING,AND LAND USES: North Comprehensive Plan—Parks/Open Space(P/OS) and Mixed Use Center(MUC) Zoning—Parks/Open Space (P/OS) and Mixed Use Center(MUC) Existing Land Uses—Centennial Trail and vacant land South Comprehensive Plan—Parks/Open Space(P/OS) Zoning—Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Existing Land Uses—Paved public parking area for Centennial Trail East Comprehensive Plan—Parks/Open Space(P/OS) Zoning—Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Existing Land Uses—Forested riparian public open space area between Centennial Trail and the Spokane River. West Comprehensive Plan—Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Zoning—Parks/Open Space (P/OS) Existing Land Uses—Public Park with paved parking area and outbuildings for Mirabeau Meadow park. B. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO SEPA 1. Findings: Pursuant to SVMC Title 21 (Environmental Controls),the lead agency has determined that this proposal does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). The Planning Division issued a Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) for the proposal. This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. Comments were offered by Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and are addressed under the Agency Comments section of this report. 2. Conclusion(s): The procedural requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and SVMC Title 21 have been fulfilled. Page 2 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 C. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 1. Compliance with Title 17(General Provisions) of the Spokane Valley Municipal Code a. Findings: SVMC 17.80.140(H). Comprehensive Plan Amendment Approval Criteria i. The City may approve Comprehensive Plan amendments and area-wide zone map amendments if it finds that(analysis is italicized): (1) The proposed amendment bears a substantial relationship to the public health, safety, welfare, and protection of the environment; Analysis: Mixed-use Center developments are characterized by differing land uses which are developed pursuant to a coherent, approved plan of development. Compatibility between uses is achieved through design which integrates certain physical and functional features such as transportation systems, pedestrian ways, open areas or court yards, and common focal points or amenities. The proposed amendment will create a mixed use opportunity due to the near proximity to Mirabeau Meadows Park, Discovery Playground, Center Place, and the Centennial Trail. The amendment is generally consistent with the long-term objectives of the Comprehensive Plan and should have merit and value for the community as a whole. The Centennial Trail lies along the eastern boundary adjacent to the property. Maintaining the Centennial Trail is important to the City. Actions to protect the trail in this area will be taken prior to any development and will be determined at that time. The public health, safety, and general welfare should be promoted by standards established by the state and the City's regulations. (2) The proposed amendment is consistent with the requirements of Chapter 36.70A RCW and with the portion of the City's adopted plan not affected by the amendment; Analysis: The Growth Management Act (GMA) stipulates that the comprehensive land use plan and development regulations shall be subject to continuing review and evaluation by the City. The amendment provides a suitable land use designation consistent with the City's GMA compliant Comprehensive Plan. (3) The proposed amendment responds to a substantial change in conditions beyond the property owner's control applicable to the area within which the subject property lies; Analysis: The amendment does not respond to a substantial change in conditions. The amendment is a reasonable extension of the existing Mixed Use Center designation located north of the property. The surrounding land uses are complimentary in nature to the concept of mixed use development. (4) The proposed amendment corrects an obvious mapping error;or Analysis: The amendment does not correct a mapping error. (5) The proposed amendment addresses an identified deficiency in the Comprehensive Plan. Analysis: The amendment does not address an identified deficiency in the Comprehensive Plan. Page 3 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 ii. The City must also consider the following factors prior to approving Comprehensive Plan amendments: (1) The effect upon the physical environment; Analysis: The Centennial Trail runs along the eastern boundary of the property and may present challenges for future development with regards to setbacks and access. An existing sidewalk runs along the western boundary and would likely require border easements along that boundary to accommodate the sidewalk. However, this is a non project action and future development will be evaluated for compliance with all development, building and environmental requirements. (2) The effect on open space, streams,rivers, and lakes; Analysis: The site and surrounding area are located within the Critical Aquifer Recharge area. The site is also identified in the City's Priority Habitats map as Urban Natural Open Space. The Comprehensive Plan states "urban landscaping, parks, and open spaces supplement natural area in providing habitat for a wide variety of wildlife." The eastern half of the parcel lies within the Shoreline and has been designated Pastoral in the Shoreline Master Plan. There are no known frequently flooded areas or geologically hazardous areas. It should be noted that this site has already experienced some development. The Centennial Trail has been built along the east boundary of the property. Mirabeau Parkway runs along the western boundary and a sidewalk, swales and street trees are located on the site along the street. Pavement remains of an old roadway run parallel to the Centennial Trail along the eastern boundary. Parking lots for the Centennial Trail and Mirabeau Meadows Park lie south and west of the site. Any future development will be subject to SVMC Title 21, Environmental Controls which addresses the State Environmental Policy Act, Critical Areas, and the Shoreline Management Act. (3) The compatibility with and impact on adjacent land uses and surrounding neighborhoods; Analysis: The mixed use development of this parcel is viewed as a positive opportunity to mix commercial or office use with the surrounding parks and open space areas. Development and enforcement of the City's land use regulations will ensure compatibility with the existing natural areas and surrounding parks and open space uses. If required, the use of buffers,fencing, and screening will provide visual separation and mitigate impacts on surrounding uses. The site is 48,352 square feet in area. A setback of 20 feet will be required along Mirabeau Parkway and along Centennial Trail. Zoning setbacks are not required when adjacent to other MUC zoning. The maximum building height in the MUC zone is 60 feet. A considerable area along the eastern boundary lies within the Shoreline and will be subject to the Shoreline Master Plan. Screening requirements for MUC adjacent to P/OS is not addressed in the SVMC. Landscaping and parking is based on a project basis and will be determined when new development is proposed. (4) The adequacy of and impact on community facilities including utilities,roads,public transportation,parks,recreation,and schools; Analysis: The amendment will have a minimal impact on existing facilities given the constraints environmental factors will impose on developing the site. The parcel located north of the site was previously developed with an office use. In general, the Page 4 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 roads, utilities, public transportation, parks, recreation, and schools are all considered adequate and any impacts will be addressed at time of development. Policy CFP-9.1 of the Comprehensive Plan recommends a concurrency management system for transportation, sewer, and water facilities. The City of Spokane Valley's Parks and Recreation Plan outlines an implementation strategy including a capital facilities plan, which identifies costs and revenue sources for new parks. (5) The benefit to the neighborhood, City, and region; Analysis: The proposed site-specific map amendment is likely to provide a positive benefit to the community. Future development will enjoy the natural environment afforded by the Mirabeau Meadows Park, the health benefits associated with nearby access to the Centennial Trail, and the use of the Center Place community facility. Close proximity to the YMCA and a Spokane Transit Authority bus route are also desirable features. The proposed amendment will allow for a desirable mix of commercial, office and parks/open space. (6) The quantity and location of land planned for the proposed land use type and density and the demand for such land; Analysis: As shown in Figure 2.1 of the City's adopted Comprehensive Plan, 3.5% of the land in the City is designated for Mixed Use Center. The Mixed Use Center designations allows for two or more different land uses within developments. These developments can include employment uses such as office, retail and/or lodging along with higher density residential uses, and in some cases community or cultural facilities. Compatibility between uses is achieved through design which integrates certain physical and functional features such as transportation systems, pedestrian ways, open areas or court yards, and common focal points or amenities. The Corridor Mixed Use designation represents an opportunity to integrate an office or retail development into the community parks, pedestrian ways and natural open space found at this location. (7) The current and projected population density in the area; and Analysis: The amendment will have little impact on population density and does not demand population analysis. (8) The effect upon other aspects of the Comprehensive Plan. Analysis: The amendment is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and will have minimal impact on other aspects of the plan. 2. Compliance with SVMC Title 19 Zoning Regulations a. Findings: The proposal is to change the comprehensive plan designation from Parks/Open Space (P/OS) with a Parks/Open Space (P/OS) zoning classification to Mixed Use Center (MUC) designation with a Mixed Use Center(MUC)zoning classification. Pursuant to SVMC 19.30.030 (B) all site specific zoning map amendments must meet all the following criteria: a. The requirements of SVMC 22.20,Concurrency; As stated in previous analysis the proposed amendment meets concurrency requirements. Page 5 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 b. The requested map is consistent with the Comprehensive plan; As stated in previous analysis the proposed amendment is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. c. The map amendment bears a substantial relation to the public health, safety and welfare; As stated in previous analysis the proposed amendment bears a substantial relation to the public health, safety and welfare. d. The map amendment is warranted in order to achieve consistency with the Comprehensive Plan or because of a need for additional property in the proposed zoning district classification, or because the proposed zoning classification is appropriate for reasonable development of the subject property; The proposed amendment and zone change is reasonable as part of this development. e. The property is adjacent and contiguous (which shall include corner touches and property located across a public right-of-way) to property of the same or higher zoning classification; The property located north of the subject property has a Mixed Use Center land use designation in the Comprehensive Plan and a Mixed Use Center zoning designation. The subject property meets the requirement. f. The map amendment will not be materially detrimental to uses or property in the immediate vicinity of the subject property; The surrounding land uses include Mirabeau Meadows Park, the Centennial Trail and parking area, and an office building. The City of Spokane Valley Center Place, the YMCA and STA Mirabeau Point bus station are all located in close proximity. As stated previously the amendment will allow mixed use development which may include a mix of office and retail with open space and community and cultural facilities. The existing land uses are compatible with the proposed land use designation and zoning district or will be made compatible with the application of development regulations. g. The map amendment has merit and value for the community as a whole; The amendment will provide an opportunity to redevelop a property that is currently overgrown with weeds, partially covered with remnants of an old road, and containing the remains of a rusted portion of guard rail. The MUC designation would allow for commercial development as an amenity to trail users and park patrons. b. Conclusion(s): Pursuant to RCW 36.70a.130(2)(a), proposed updates to the Comprehensive Plan will be processed only once a year except for the adoption of original subarea plans, amendments to the shoreline master program, the amendment of the capital facilities chapter concurrent with the adoption of the City budget, in the event of an emergency or to resolve an appeal of the Comprehensive Plan filed with the Growth Management Hearings Board. The proposed amendment is consistent SVMC Title 19 and state law regarding Comprehensive Plan amendments. 3. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan a. Findings: Page 6 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 The Mixed Use Center designations allows for two or more different land uses within developments. These developments can include employment uses such as office, retail and/or lodging along with higher density residential uses, and in some cases community or cultural facilities. Compatibility between uses is achieved through design which integrates certain physical and functional features such as transportation systems,pedestrian ways, open areas or court yards, and common focal points or amenities. The Mixed Use Center designation represents an opportunity to integrate an office or retail development into the community parks,pedestrian ways and natural open space found at this location. The proposed amendment will complement the existing community and cultural facilities, the pedestrian ways and the existing office development north of the site. The amendment is generally consistent with the following Comprehensive Plan goals and policies. Goal LUG-9: Encourage the development of Mixed-use areas that foster community identity and are designed to support pedestrian, bicycle and regional transit. Goal EDG-1: Encourage diverse and mutually supportive business development and the expansion and retention of existing businesses within the City for the purpose of emphasizing economic vitality, stability and sustainability. Goal EDG-6: Establish a balanced approach to environmental sustainability which complements the utilization of area resources and economic growth. b. Conclusion(s): The proposed amendment is consistent with the City's Adopted Comprehensive Plan. 4. Adequate Public Facilities a. Findings: The Growth Management Act(GMA) and the City's Comprehensive Plan requires that public facilities and services be adequate to serve the development at the time the development is available for occupancy. The amendment is currently served with both public water and sewer. Mirabeau Parkway, a collector,provides roadway access and ties into Indiana Avenue to the south and Pines Road to the west. Pines Road is a designated state roadway and Indiana Avenue is a minor arterial road according to Map 3.1 of the City's adopted Arterial Street Plan. Spokane County Fire District No. 1 will provide fire protection service, the City of Spokane Valley Police Department will provide police service and Spokane Transit Authority (STA) will provide public transit service. b. Conclusion(s): The proposed amendment will have adequate urban services at the time of development. D. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC COMMENTS 1. Findings: Staff has not received any public comments to date. 2. Conclusion(s): No concerns are noted. Page 7 of 8 Staff Report CPA-01-14 E. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO AGENCY COMMENTS 1. Findings: Staff received comments from the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (State Parks). State Parks is an agency with environmental expertise under SEPA and is an adjacent property owner of the Centennial Trail. State Parks would prefer to see the parcel retained as open space but understands the public benefit gained from the action. State Parks also expressed concern with having higher intensity development and uses immediately adjacent to the Centennial Trail. Should the proposed rezoning action be approved, State Parks requests the decision-makers consider adding the following conditions to the license (MO U)governing future development and use of the parcel: • Potential Adverse Impacts: Trespassing, dumping, and uncontrolled trail access • Recommended Mitigation: Surveying,permanent marking, and recording of the common property line by a professional surveyor licensed in the State of Washington. Fencing the common property line to help prevent trespass, illegal dumping, and uncontrolled trail access. A legal easement from State Parks must be secured for any future access from the referenced parcel to the Centennial Trail. • Potential Adverse Impact: Noise, Light, Glare • Recommended Mitigation: Planting of a vegetative buffer along the common property line with 6' tall conifers planted at a maximum of 20' on-center, per an approved landscaping plan prepared by a professional landscape architect. The buffer should be maintained for the life of the project. Any lighting should be shielded and directed to prevent "wash"onto adjacent parcels. 2. Conclusion(s): The Centennial Trail is located on the subject property. Questions as to the common boundary and the site of the fence and buffer would need to be determined prior to inclusion in any sort of licensing or development agreement. Protection of Centennial Trail from unfettered access, noise and light intrusion will be addressed by the City prior to any development on the parcel. Page 8 of 8 Draft Shoreline Master Program Jurisdiction and Proposed Buffer i - c 1.'1-, i. c y I. { Ili, lit q LA .1‹.....\,,„„„ ..... 4 w ir P ! �1 4 I II' --11NI., 10/11r - .iik; Alt : \ N« , CPA 2014-0001 Request: Applicant: City of Spokane Valley Community Change the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map Development Department designation from Parks/Open Space to Mixed Parcel#: 45101.9068 Use Center,MUC; Address: The site is vacant and is not addressed and Buffer Ordinary High Water Line Parcels Shoreline Jurisdiction Subsequent Zoning change from Parks and Open Space, P/OS to Mixed Use Center, MUC. To: Lori Barlow (City of Spokane Valley- Community Development) CC: From: Jim Red (Spokane County- Division of Utilities) Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Planning/Building #: Subject: CPA-2014-0001 Stage: Preliminary Phase: 1.37 Acres into 2 Commercial Lots Address 13501 E MIRABEAU PKY AO01 Any new use will be required to connect to the sanitary sewer system. Sewer connection permit is required. Commercial developments shall submit historical and or estimated water usage prior to the issuance of the initial building permit in order to establish sewer fees. Cari Hinshaw From: Scott Jutte [sjutte @leone-keeble.com] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:58 AM To: Dean Grafos Cc: Arne Woodard; Rod Higgins; Ed Pace; Chuck Hafner; Ben Wick; Bill Bates; City Hall; Lori Barlow Subject: Project CPA-03-14 Esteemed Mayor and Council Members; I am writing in regard to a proposed zoning change to a piece of property in Spokane Valley. The Project Number is CPA- 03-14,for parcel #55173.1005. I am the homeowner for parcel 55202.0803, so you can see I'm directly across the road from that project location. My concern with this is the appropriateness of this change. When I first caught wind of this sale and this project, I called the City and was assured that the only zoning change that would be allowed for this property would be to up the low- density residential value from an R-3 to an R-4 or R-5, meaning that the only thing that would be allowed would be 7 to 10 dwelling units per acre, resulting in this being a housing development, or possibly townhouses. When I received the notice that the owner is attempting a re-zone from an R-3 to an MF-2, I was really quite shocked. Planning had told me that this would not be possible, and I can tell you that such a project,with 22 dwelling units per acre allowed, would be wholly and totally inappropriate for the neighborhood in which it is being proposed. I suggest that you all go there and see it,to see what I mean. This is a low density residential neighborhood. Most of the lots are an acre or bigger. To put a high density housing development would be a little out of place there. To put a 22 unit per acre apartment complex there would be totally inappropriate. When I bought my home, I checked to make sure that it was surrounded on all sides by low density residential land, specifically to avoid the chance that we'd end up living next to a property with 330 people (at 3 people per dwelling, average) in it. Right now, I have seven neighbors. You are trying to give me 330 more. Doesn't that seem inappropriate? I feel like if this is approved,that I will have bought my home under false pretenses. I bought a home in a low density residential area, and the City is now trying to force high density on me, complete with the traffic,the noise, and, let's face it, the crime associated with high density housing. There are a couple of things to consider about this parcel "meeting" the criteria for this re-zoning: • Yes, technically, the property to the north is a high density property. However, it currently has a farmhouse sitting on it and is being used as a cattle field—all 5 acres of it. So it isn't like we've got a record of any high density housing in the area. I don't even think we've got any duplexes anywhere nearby. • The area is borderline rural. My property is one of the smaller parcels in the area, and I'm at an acre and a half. I urge you to reconsider. I urge you to deny this zoning change, and keep the appropriateness of the planned development within reason. It would be a shame if the City that was created by frustrated residents, who felt that the county was not listening to their needs,were to continue with this re-zoning and therefore become the very hateful thing that they were created to destroy in the first place. Scott Jutte 1 February 17,2014 City of Spokane Valley Community Development Department Planning Division 11707 E. Sprague Ave., Suite 106 Spokane Valley, 99206 Attention: Lori Barlow,AICP, Senior Planner This letter is regarding the Notice we received about the application for zone change to the property located at 4 N.Barker Road—Parcel#55173.1005 (intersection of Barker Road and Sprague Ave;further located in the S 1/4 of Section 17, Township 25 North,Range 45 East,Willamette Meridian, Spokane County,Washington. We want to submit our reasons for opposing this application to change the zoning from Low Density Residential(LDR)with single-Family Residential(R-3)to a High Density Residential(HDR)designation with a High Density Multifamily Residential(MR-2). FIRST: The traffic on Barker Road is already very heavy and at peak hours it can back up at least a quarter mile or more. With high density multifamily buildings,basically large apartment buildings,the traffic would become horrendous. Barker Road is a fairly narrow two-lane road. Currently,there are two new residential areas being built on 8th Avenue,a new one in the process,McMillan Estates,at Sprague and Hodges Roads and another one on Henry Road. Traffic comes in all the way from Saltese Flats on Barker Road where large housing developments have been built. Turtle Creek is a very large residential area on Barker Road at Saltese and Morning Side residential,which is also very large, has just opened an access road down to Barker Road. They are planning to build more houses in this area. Traffic comes to Barker Road from East on Sprague as far as Henry Road and even from West on Sprague as it's the only through road to the freeway between Sullivan Road and Harvard Road at Liberty Lake. SECOND: Greenacres Middle School is already overcrowded due to so many students living in this area, south and north on Barker Road and east and west on Sprague -plus students coming in to the middle school from Liberty Lake. If there were multiple families in the high density apartments who had children in school they couldn't handle it. There just wouldn't be room. Greenacres Elementary School is full to capacity. Central Valley High School was so full it has started changing it's boundaries and they have brought in portable units to try to accommodate the overcrowding. THIRD: We have lived here since 1970 and our large neighborhood has always been a mostly peaceful quiet single family residential area. With high density multi-family apartment buildings there would be a big increase in noise from so many people and their cars coming and going and trying to use Barker Road. We live practically next door to this area,just across the street in the first block so it would really affect us. We are retired and just want to enjoy the peace and quiet of our neighborhood. Parcel 55173 1019 was zoned HDR before 1996 by the County,but wouldn't qualify under current standards which in all fairness disqualifies 55173 1005 from HRD. We strongly oppose letting this area be rezoned to include the High Density Multifamily Residential buildings. If this rezoning is allowed to go through it will create multiple problems and headaches for our schools and all the people who currently live here now. Would you like to have big apartment buildings built in your single family residential neighborhood? Please don't rezone this area to High Density(HDR or MR-). 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