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CITY OF MOUNT VERNON CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA September 25, 2019 7:00 p.m. (Police Court Campus) I. OPENING CEREMONIES A. Call to Order B. Pledge of Allegiance C. Roll Call of Councilmembers II. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of September 11, 2019 Regular Council Meeting Minutes B. Approval of September 20, 2019 payroll checks numbered 109578 - 109613 direct deposit checks numbered 73164 - 73400, and wire transfers numbered 774 – 778 in the amount of $1,196,434.47 C. Approval of September 25, 2019 Claims numbered 5564, 5597 - 5802 in the amount of $1,913,761.77 III. REPORTS A. Committees 1. Finance and Parks & Enrichment Services 2. Development Services B. Community Comments (An opportunity for Mount Vernon residents to address their City Council. Please limit comments to 3 minutes or less. Under normal circumstances, the Mayor and Council will not respond immediately to Community Comments. If you would like someone to follow-up with you regarding the topic of your comments, please leave your name and contact information on the form at the entrance of the Council Chambers.) C. Councilmember Comments D. Mayor’s Report E. Committee Agenda Requests IV. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None V. NEW BUSINESS A. Closed Record Public Hearing – Highpoint Preliminary Plat Application (This is a closed record public hearing to consider the Highpoint Preliminary Plat application that will lead to the creation of 49 single-family residential lots and three tracts over 15.3 acres. The applicants are GB Emerald, LLC and Sita Enterprises.) (required action – resolution) (staff contact – Rebecca Lowell) COMMITTEE MEETINGS Finance and Parks & Enrichment Services 6:00 p.m. Next Ordinance 3791 Next Resolution 970  AGENDA ITEM: A DATE: September 25, 2019 TO: Mayor Boudreau and City Council FROM: Rebecca Lowell, Senior Planner SUBJECT: CLOSED RECORD PUBLIC HEARING - PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL OF HIGHPOINT – LAND USE NO. PLAN19-0042 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends that Council hold a closed record public hearing and then make a motion to authorize the Mayor to sign the accompanying resolution approving the preliminary plat for the Highpoint development. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: Proposed is a 15.3-acre preliminary plat that will create 49 single-family lots, two tracts containing stormwater facilities, one tract containing a wetland and its associated buffer, and one open space tract. The residential lots range in size from approximately 7,500 square feet (sf) to 11,800 sf with an average lot size of 8,061 sf. The project site is described by the Skagit County Assessor as parcels P126391 and P27513. The site is located on the north side of East Division Street immediately east of North 53 rd Street. See the vicinity map below that identifies the site location in yellow. SITE The applicant/property owners for this preliminary plat are outlined below: GB Emerald LLC SITA Enterprises Governed by: Governed by: Gurpreet Cheema Harjit Kaur Cheema Barinder Mayre On August 9, 2019 an open record hearing was held before the Hearing Examiner for this preliminary plat. The Hearing Examiner (HE) recommended conditional approval of the application in a decision dated August 29, 2019. No request for reconsideration of the HE recommendation of approval was received by the Development Services Department during the allotted 10 day period counted from the date of the HE recommendation. FINDINGS/CONCLUSIONS: The proposal is found to be consistent with the Mount Vernon Municipal Code and the Comprehensive Plan. The proposed preliminary plat was considered at a duly advertised public hearing before the Hearing Examiner who recommended approval of the application with conditions. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that Council move to adopt a resolution approving the preliminary plat for the Highpoint development. ATTACHED:  Proposed Resolution;  Preliminary Plat Map;  Hearing Examiner’s Recommendation; and,  Staff Report with its associated Exhibits.  RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO SUBDIVISION CONTROL AND ACCEPTING THE PRELIMINARY PLAT OF HIGH POINT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 16.08 OF THE MOUNT VERNON MUNICIPAL CODE. WHEREAS, an application for approval of a Preliminary Plat of a proposed 49-lots and four tract subdivision has been made pursuant to Chapter 16.08 of the Mount Vernon Municipal Code by the owner of the real property described in Exhibit "1" which comprises approximately 15.3 acres in Mount Vernon, Washington; and WHEREAS, the City of Mount Vernon issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (MDNS) on July 16, 2019; and WHEREAS, notices of the time, location and purpose of a public hearing for the purpose of giving approval, conditional approval or disapproval of the Preliminary Plat were sent pursuant to Chapter 14.05; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 16.08 of the Mount Vernon Municipal Code, a public hearing was conducted before the Mount Vernon Hearing Examiner on August 9, 2019; and WHEREAS, a Preliminary Plat map, Exhibit "2", has been reviewed and approved with conditions by the Hearing Examiner; and WHEREAS, the Hearing Examiner recommended, based on Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law listed within his recommendation, Preliminary Plat approval with conditions and restrictions listed in the accompanying Exhibit “3”. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, WASHINGTON AS FOLLOWS: That said Preliminary Plat known and described as HIGH POINT has been presented for acceptance, approval and filing and is hereby accepted, approved and ordered filed subject to the restrictions and conditions listed in Exhibit "3", attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference as though fully set forth herein. The real property comprising such plat is hereby described in Exhibit "1" and shown in Exhibit “2”, both of which are attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference as though fully set forth. Resolution No. High Point Preliminary Plat Page 1 of 6 Dated this 25th day of September, 2019: Signed in Authentication this ______________day of __________________ 2019 ______________________________ Jill Boudreau, Mayor Attest: ______________________________ Doug Volesky, Finance Director Approved as to form: _______________________________ Kevin Rogerson, City Attorney Resolution No. High Point Preliminary Plat Page 2 of 6  EXHIBIT "1": HIGH POINT PRELIMINARY PLAT LEGAL DESCRIPTION Resolution No. High Point Preliminary Plat Page 3 of 6  EXHIBIT "2" HIGH POINT PRELIMINARY PLAT PRELIMINARY PLAT MAP Resolution No. High Point Preliminary Plat Page 4 of 6  EXHIBIT "3": CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL HIGH POINT PRELIMNARY PLAT 1. The MDNS issued (see Exhibit 4c in Staff Report) pursuant to SEPA and the mitigation measures, as stated therein must be satisfied. 2. The Traffic Concurrency Recommendations, as set forth in the Transportation Concurrency Review completed by Transportation Solutions, Inc (see Exhibit 12 in Staff Report) shall be completed prior to final plat approval and payment of the requisite traffic impact fees shall occur consistent with MVMC Chapter 3.36. 3. There shall be no curb cuts or access off of East Division Street. The only curb cut on North 53rd Street shall be for proposed Road A. 4. Proposed Lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall install residential automatic fire sprinkler systems. 5. The north and east sides of the stormwater pond in Tract A and all four of the sides of the stormwater pond in Tract D shall have a six-foot tall black powder coated chain link fence installed with no less than a seven-foot wide landscape strip installed on the development side of the fence consisting of a mix of two-inch caliper deciduous trees and five-foot evergreen trees 15 feet on center with minimum five-gallon shrubs and two-gallon ground cover installed. The shrubs and ground cover shall be installed at a density that will fill 85 percent of the seven-foot wide landscaping strip within two years. The west and south sides of the stormwater pond in Tract A is subject to fencing and landscaping per the MDNS issued for this project (see Exhibit 4c in Staff Report). 6. Private driveways meeting the following requirements shall be constructed to serve lots 3 and 4, 5 and 6, and 30 and 31: A. The driveways shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width. B. The driveways shall be located in easements no less than 20 feet in width. C. They shall be located no closer than eight feet from property lines. 7. A note shall be placed on the final plat map stating the City’s intent that Crested Butte Boulevard be extended to East Division Street when property to the east of the subject preliminary plat is developed in the future. 8. A homeowner’s association be created for the development that shall be responsible for the maintenance all landscape areas, fencing around the perimeter of the plat and around the stormwater ponds, the wetland and associated buffer, sidewalks and street trees installed adjacent to sidewalks. The City will not be maintaining any of the areas the homeowner’s association is required to maintain. Resolution No. High Point Preliminary Plat Page 5 of 6  9. Codes, Covenants & Restrictions (CC&Rs) for the development shall be submitted to the Development Services Department for review and approval prior to final plat approval. The CC&Rs shall include a map that clearly shows the areas within the plat that the homeowner’s association is responsible for maintaining. Evidence that sufficient funds will be collected from each of the future residents shall be supplied to the City to ensure proper maintenance of these areas. The City approved CC&Rs shall be recorded with, and cross-referenced on, the face of the final plat. Resolution No. High Point Preliminary Plat Page 6 of 6