METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF HEARING

Proposed Substitute Ordinance 2011-0227

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Metropolitan King County Council will hold a public hearing in the Council Chambers on the 10th Floor of the King County Courthouse (516 Third Avenue, Seattle Washington) on Monday, the 7^th day of November 2011 beginning at 1:30 p.m. The purpose of the public hearing is to consider adoption of Proposed Substitute Ordinance 2011-0227 establishing a demonstration project to establish a master use review process to evaluate a potential expansion of Pacific Raceways.

The complete text of Proposed Substitute Ordinance 2011-0227 is available in the Council Clerk’s office, Room 1200, King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle Washington. A copy of the ordinance will be mailed to you upon your request to the Clerk at (206) 296-1020. .

SUMMARY

Proposed Substitute Ordinance 2011-0227 would authorize a demonstration project for the purpose of testing a master planning process to be used for the review of a potential expansion at Pacific Raceways and includes provisions that:

• Limit the demonstration project to the Pacific Raceways site,
• Allow consideration of uses that would support the primary activities of the raceway,
• Outline the requirements for application submittal,
• Specify the minimum requirements for an agreement that controls future development and operations of the site,
• Require screening of buildings and racing surfaces from adjacent properties,
• Require compliance with specific criteria in order to impact critical areas,
• Require compliance with surface water management standards,
• Require site improvements and designs for reducing noise impacts,
• Establish a specific timeline for project review,
• Allow as part of their deliberations, the council to use the King County Hearings Examiner as a fact-finder,
• Establish an effective period and provisions for extension of the effective period,
• Require on-going monitoring and reporting,
• Require a report evaluating the master planning process,
• Require the preparation of an environmental impact statement by an independent consultant, and
• Outline the process for consultant selection and consultant responsibilities

Dated at Seattle, Washington, this 6th day of October, 2011.

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

Anne Noris
Clerk of the Council