HomeMy WebLinkAbout04082024_CDS Study Session Briefings KITTITAS COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC WORKS—BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
2024 STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT
STUDY SESSION DATE: April 8, 2024
TOPIC: Community Development Services Planning Support Services SOQ
Results
ACTION REQUESTED: Support Staff Decision to Award Professional Services
Agreements
LEAD STAFF:
Mark R. Cook
RECOMMENDATION:
Award professional service agreements to Kimley-Horn and BHC consultants.
BRIEFING SUMMARY:
• Planning support services were solicited via a statement of qualifications (SOQ)
process and properly advertised.
• An internal selection committee scored the responders and were split on selected
the first and second selections.
• Staff recommend awarding service contracts to the first and second selections
from the review committee.
BACKGROUND:
Following the termination of DCB Watershed as CDS' task order consultant, CDS
solicited for planning support services through an SOQ process. Four firms responded to
our solicitation. An internal review committee reviewed the four submittals, ranking
them for selection.
DISCUSSION:
Two of the review committee members selected Kimley-Horn as number one and two
selected BHC as number one. Given the youth of the current planning staff and the large
workload looming with the ten-year required update to the comprehensive plan, staff
recommend awarding both firms professional service contracts.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
Professional services are budgeted in the department's 2024 annual budget.
ATTACHMENTS:
EXHIBIT 1: SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE SELECTION RESULTS
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Public Works"Work Session Staff Report",2023
EXHIBIT 1: SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE SELECTION RESULTS
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Public Works"Work Session Staff Report",2023
2024 Planning Services SOQ
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Reviewer First, Second and Third Score
Cook Kimley Horn 140 1
BHC 130 2
Maul Foster Alongi 110
Atwe I I 75
Bala Kimley Horn 140 1
Maul Foster Alongi 135 2
BHC 130
Atwe I I 110
Ayling BHC 125 1
Maul Foster Alongi 120 2
Kimley Horn 110
Atwe I I 90
Pedersen BHC 130 1
Atwell 120 2
Maul Foster Alongi 135
Kimley Horn 105
KITTITAS COUNTY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES—BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
2024 STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT
STUDY SESSION DATE: April 8, 2024
TOPIC: Title 17 Code Amendment
ACTION REQUESTED: Authorize CDS staff to proceed with code amendment out of
docket cycle.
LEAD STAFF: Jamey Ayling, Planning Manager
RECOMMENDATION: Direct Staff to pursue a code amendment of Title 17 separating animal
slaughter and meat preparation from agricultural processing definition and adding new section to
17.15 allowed uses.
BRIEFING SUMMARY: Working on the siting of multiple agricultural processing facilities and
seeing the controversy associated with the location of certain uses has suggested that staff should
utilize the Planning Commission to pursue a code amendment to separate animal slaughter and
meat preparation from the agricultural processing definition and consider appropriate zones these
specific uses should be permitted or allowed by conditional use.
BACKGROUND: Commissioner Wachsmith met with planning staff and requested this topic be
presented to the board for consideration at a study session. The intended outcome of the study
session is to determine if this should be forwarded on to staff to conduct research and analysis
for a code amendment out of docket cycle. Meat processing facility inquiries and applications
have increased recently, some more controversial than others leading Commissioner to consider
necessity of revising the siting criteria in an attempt to eliminate some of the controversial land
use applications in the future.
DISCUSSION: Planning Manager Ayling met with Commissioner Wachsmith and discussed the
pros and cons of removing agricultural processing as a conditional use from the allowed use
table completely. It was suggested to separate the animal slaughter and meat processing from
agricultural processing and bring that forward to the rest of the commission to determine if this
should be considered.
FISCAL IMPACTS: No fiscal impacts are anticipated.
ATTACHMENTS:
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Community Development Services"Study Session Staff Report",2024
EXHIBIT 1:
17.15.060 Allowed uses in rural non-LAM IRD lands
17.15.060.1 Rural Non-LAM IRD Use Table
P Permitted Rural Non-LAMIRD
PA Permitted Administrative
CU Conditional Use Rural Rural Rural Rural
ACU Admin.Conditional Use Residential Working Recreation Residential
&Rural
*See KCC Chapter 77_08 Recreation
Definitions Ag 549 Rural 549 Ag 2P Forest& Master General Rural PUD
Range Planned Commercial Recreation
A.Agriculture
Agricultural Enhanced Uses* p55 P55 P55
Agricultural direct marketing P62 P62 P62 P62
activities*
Agricultural seasonal harvest P63 P63 P63 P63
festivities*
Agricultural expanded seasonal C C C C
harvest festivities*
Animal boarding* P P P P CU CU
am® am®
so lit' lid 0
Agriculture production* P24 P P P24 P24 P24 pea Pea
Farm Stand,* P22/ P22/ p22/AC51 p22/AC51 P22/AC51 P p22/AC51 P22/AC51
AC51 AC51
Agriculture Sales,* CU Cu P
23. Hay processing, and small-scale processing of agricultural products produced on the premises are
permitted without a conditional use permit.
17.08.032 Agriculture processing
"Agriculture processing" includes but is not limited to feed mills, canneries, preparation of agriculture
product (produce washing, boxing, bulk packaging, baling, etc.), animal slaughter and meat
preparation. (Ord. 2013-001, 2013)
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Community Development Services"Study Session Staff Report",2024