2012/07/25 Council Agenda Packet

ti City Council Staff Report Rezone of City owned Forgotten Creek property, located west of downtown. A. Introduction: This is an action affecting one vacant property located west of the City Core area, along Forgotten Creek,just off Bond Street. Current Situation: Northern portion of the property is zoned M-2 (Heavy Manufacturing),while the southern portion of the same property is zoned R-1 (Single Family). Underlying Comprehensive Plan map designation is 1.2 (Single Family) on the entire property,which is inconsistent with the M-2 (Heavy Manufacturing)zone. The proposal is to rezone the property from M-2 (Heavy Manufacturing)to R-1 (Single Family). B. Background: 1. The subject property is in the Port Gardner neighborhood. Staff met with the Neighborhood on this action on February 13th of this year. 2. This action is taking place on a single property that contains two zones, M-2 (Heavy Industrial) on the north side, and R-1 (Single Family)on the south side. 3. The property is owned by the City and managed by the Public Works/Utilities Department. Below are some questions which have come up in the process and have been answered by Heather Griffin the Public Works project engineer. Is soil at the Forgotten Creek CSO facility clean, or are there remaining issues? The cleanup at the Bond Street site was completed in 2008. The City received a No Further Action letter and the site was removed from the list for toxic sites. The only thing that remains underneath the soil is the foundation of the old power house. Is public access available now? If not,when? The City Utilities Department purchased the Bond Street property to construct a required water quality facility for controlling combined sewer overflows. The City received partial funding and is building the conveyance lines (finishing by this summer). Construction of the actual facility (largest cost)is waiting for funding,but has to start no later than 2015 to be completed 1 150