April 20, 2007

TO:             Chelan City Council Members

FROM:      Jay Witherbee, Mayor

RE:             SPECIAL CHELAN CITY COUNCIL / CHELAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORKSHOP MEETING

DATE:       Thursday, May 3, 2007

TIME:       6 PM

PLACE:    Chelan City Hall Council Chambers

                  135 E. Johnson, Chelan WA 98816

I have called a Special Chelan City Council Meeting with the Chelan County Commissioners on Thursday, May 3^rd with a starting time of 6 PM. The purpose of this workshop meeting is to discuss the consideration of entering into an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement for Planning & Coordinating South Shore Urban Services & Facilities.

As background information, City staff has been meeting with Chelan County officials for the past several months to explore the feasibility of regional planning efforts. Concurrent discussions and planning/development considerations have also taken place regarding South Shore development and the establishment of an interlocal agreement between the City and Chelan County. Council was provided with a report on these joint planning initiatives at the February 22, 2007 City Council meeting. At the same meeting Council unanimously approved a motion to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Chelan County and the Washington State Department of Community, Trade & Economic Development regarding regional planning initiatives. (See attached MOU)

Regarding the consideration of entering into an interlocal agreement with Chelan County, the County entered into a similar agreement with the City of Wenatchee for Planning and Coordinating Olds Station and Sunnyslope Urban Services & Facilities. (See attached Interlocal Agreement)

Several points of discussion planned for our joint workshop meeting will include:

• CONFORMANCE WITH STATE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT
• INCLUSION OF SOUTH SHORE IN THE CITY’S URBAN GROWTH AREA
• THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS
• EXTENDING UTILITIES OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS/MUNICIPAL CODE
• CITY ANNEXATION & UTILITY SERVICE RATES/ MUNICIPAL CODE
• WATER SERVICE
•  WATER RIGHTS TRANSFER ORDINANCE
• SEWER SERVICE
• SOUTH SHORE SEWER DISTRICT CONSIDERATIONS
• GENERAL FACILITY CHARGES/WATER & SEWER HOOK-UPS
• PRELIMINARY COSTS FOR PLANNING & ENGINEERING
• REVENUE SHARING
• CITY’S PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE
• PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS/PROCESSING A PROJECT PERMIT
• TIMEFRAME FOR ENTERING INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT

As you can see the workshop agenda is detailed and ambitious. There’s a lot of ground to cover as Council and the County Commissioners discuss cutting edge policy considerations regarding cooperative regional planning and development.

Cc:   City Administrator

        City Department Heads

        City Attorney

        Chelan County Commissioners

        Chelan County Community Development Director