HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0470What does the County get out of the deal? Lauer said, "It will support the county's
land -use goals -- ultimately to reduce transportation costs for schools. It will facilitate city -
county coordination. It will avoid delegating approval authority, and it will help increase the
predictability for rural residents."
What is in the agreement? Lauer said, "An outline for the agreement has been provided
(based on the contract), and there have been discussions since that time. The agreement contains
several different sections. For example: (1) it contains the findings and how everything will be
authorized, (2) it advises of a Joint Planning Committee that will need to be established, (3) it
sets up Development Procedures, Improvement Standards, and what Development Standards will
be followed, (4) it establishes the boundaries and the fees, (5) it describes how the agreement
will be amended, (5) it notes how to resolve disputes, and (6) it lists the term of the agreement."
Lauer continued by saying, "The Joint Planning Committee is left somewhat vague
intentionally. We initially thought about having three county commissioners and three city
council members, but decided to leave that up to the legislative bodies in each case. Staggered
terms of three years have been set up. The quorum (4) has been set and they will determine their
own rules of order. Their responsibilities are as follows:
1. To hear and make recommendations to the participating public agencies on
amendments to the USA boundaries.
2. To recommend changes to the agreement.
3. To hear and decide on appeals to city or county staff regarding a determination that a
use is inconsistent with applicable zoning standards.
4. To hear and make recommendations regarding the consistency of any other proposed
development application that the staff finds to be inconsistent with the comprehensive
plan, development regulations, and/or the agreement.
5. To hear and recommend action on requested exceptions to the adopted public
improvement standards."
On development procedures, Lauer said, `Basically anything that comes through is going
to get dual staff review. While the county will be asked to adopt many of these regulations, the
county is really not in the urban development business. The city is more familiar with urban
subdivisions that have centralized facilities. It will require the city's expertise to look at this,
since the city officials are more familiar with the city's zoning standards."
Lauer said, "The county staff will continue to approve all of the administrative permits
they approve today. They ultimately will have the approval authority. The board of
commissioners will continue to approve everything its members approve today plus any major
subdivisions will be directed to the board of commissioners."
Mr. Lauer said, "The city council will have only one area where its approval is
mandatory, and this is if there is a deviation from an improvement standard. In other words, `If I
come in with a development, and I say I would like to create a subdivision, but I don't want to
put in this size of a sewer line.' Then, because the city is going to ultimately take over the
improvements, the city should have the authority to say whether or not there may be a deviation
in standards."
Lauer continued by saying, "Improvement standards shall be designed to comply with
the city's adopted street improvement standards (including streets, curbs, gutters and sidewalks)
stormwater management, water, and wastewater system improvements. The county will adopt
and apply the city's zoning districts for the USA and the subdivision standards. There is an
exception on the subdivision process. If the city manager finds that city services can't be
provided within five years, the city can authorize the county to approve a development that is not
on centralized services. The reason for this is because there is a large area in the USA. It
represents an area where the city thinks it can reasonably provide services within twenty years.
There may be some areas that someone wants to develop now, instead of waiting, and they can
approve what is called interim development by following standards as follows: