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June 2011 Meeting Minutes
7:00 PM
Roll Call
Absent:
Don Butler, Susan Dawson, and Patrick Siever
Review and Approve Agenda
Approval of Minutes
7:15 PM
Harry Reinert of DDES discussed the upcoming King County Code Amendments for this year. He stressed that these were technical clarifications for this year.
8:15 PM
Greg Wingard from the Middle Green River Coalition updated the council on recent actions at Pacific Raceways and their expansion plans. Wingard shared that, should Pacific Raceways succeed in their new plans for expansion in the manner they seem to be using, there would be far ranging effects on expansion for other projects in King County.
8:50 PM
Tom Carpenter of Four Creeks Unincorporated Area Council explained the elaborate methods his council is using for mapping their area and how this may be useful for their residents and those having business with their council. These tools may have significant benefits for the rest of the unincorporated areas of the county.
9:05 PM
Peter Rimbos reported on current status of the BDMPD’s. Two motions were passed by council:
First, Peter Rimbos, Growth Management Chair, was directed to send a letter to King County Council’s Growth Management Planning Commission expressing concern over recommendations about transportation and schools policies.
Second, Peter Rimbos, Growth Management Chair, and Gordon Moorman, Transportation Chair, were directed to send a letter to King County Council urging their T, E and E committee take an active roll in the BDMPD’s.
[Subsequent to the meeting, Councilmember Rimbos along with our neighboring unincorporated area councils as signatures (Steve Hiester, Chair Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council; Pete Eberle, President, Four Creeks Unincorporated Area Council; Nancy Stafford, Chair, Upper Bear Creek Unincorporated Area Council) proposed a letter to King County Council expressing opposition to KC school districts requesting exemption for building permit status and also expressing “strong support for the GMPC draft policies” (limiting) :the appropriate size and scale of facilities sited in the Rural Area.” GMVUAC council voted (on their part) to send this to Growth Management Planning Council c/o King County Department of Development and Environmental Services.]
9:20 PM
Steve Hiester reported on current actions of County Executive Dunn’s office to resolve the future of King Counties UA’s. Funding ends June 20 and our council’s status is in limbo.
9:50 PM
Adjournment