p. stephen dijulio 206.447.8971 | [email protected] port of kennewick vista field planning april 14,...

P. Stephen DiJulio206.447.8971 | [email protected]

Port of KennewickVista Field PlanningApril 14, 2009Kennewick, Washington

Port of KennewickVista Field Planning


Vista Field – Brief Chronology

1904 City of Kennewick

1915 Port of Kennewick

1942 City Begins Acquisition of Vista Field Properties

1991 Vista Field Transferred to Port (By Contract & Contract Addendum)



2002 Vista Field Master Plan Update

2006 Vista Field Master Plan Update

2008 (March) J.U.B. Technical Memorandum

2008 (July) Vista Field Development Alternatives (Belt-Collins for City)



2008 (May) First Amendment to Airport Contract


The City and Port amended the Contract in May 2008. The stated intent of the Amendment by Port and City is that it is

in the interest of facilitating the Port of Kennewick’s consideration of options for future operations at Vista Field Airport, [and] the City of Kennewick and the Port of Kennewick are in agreement that Section 10 of the Airport Contract should be withdrawn and declared void …

The Amendment withdrew and “declared void” Contract Section 10 , “Continued Airport Operation.”


1. Alternative #1, No Action

2. Alternative #2, Closure

2.1 Phased Closure/Contract Completion

2.2 Immediate Closure

3. Alternative #3, Expansion of Airport Facilities


State Environmental Policy Act

Chapter 43.21C RCW, and

Chapter 197.11 WAC


WAC 197-11-055 Timing of the SEPA Process

(1) Integrating SEPA and agency activities. The SEPA process shall be integrated with agency activities at the earliest possible time to ensure that planning and decisions reflect environmental values, to avoid delays later in the process, and to seek to resolve potential problems.


WAC 197-11-055 Timing of the SEPA Process

(2) Timing of review of proposals. The lead agency shall prepare its threshold determination and environmental impact statement (EIS), if required, at the earliest possible point in the planning and decision-making process, when the principal features of a proposal and its environmental impacts can be reasonably identified.

(a) A proposal exists when an agency is presented with an application or has a goal and is actively preparing to make a decision on one or more alternative means of accomplishing that goal and the environmental effects can be meaningfully evaluated.


WAC 197-11-070 Limitations on Actions During SEPA Process

(1) Until the responsible official issues a final determination of nonsignificance or final environmental impact statement, no action concerning the proposal shall be taken by a governmental agency that would:

(a) Have an adverse environmental impact; or

(b) Limit the choice of reasonable alternatives.


Port Planning

Adoption of Port “Harbor Improvement” Plan (RCW 53.20.010)

It shall be the duty of the port commission of any port district, before creating any improvements hereunder, to adopt a comprehensive scheme of harbor improvement in the port district, after a public hearing thereon . . .


Port Planning (cont.)

Planning for Airport Property (RCW 14.08.030)

Every municipality is hereby authorized, through its governing body, to acquire property, real or personal, for the purpose of establishing, constructing, and enlarging airports and other air navigation facilities and to acquire, establish, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, and regulate such airports and other air navigation facilities and structures and other property incidental to their operation, either within or without the territorial limits of such municipality and within or without this state; to make, prior to any such acquisition, investigations, surveys, and plans; . . .


Essential Public Facilities

Essential Public Facility (EPF) can be defined as a public or privately operated facility providing public services or publicly funded services that is difficult to site due to, but not limited to its environmental, economic, or social impacts; and that meets the Growth Management Act definition of Essential Public Facility (EPF) at RCW 36.70A.200.


Essential Public Facilities (cont.)

According to RCW 36.70A.200, Essential Public Facilities include those facilities that are typically difficult to site, such as airports, state education facilities and state or regional transportation facilities as defined in RCW 47.06.140 . . .


Essential Public Facilities Inventoried

STATE FACILITIES [sic]

5. Vista Field Airport

It is located on the east side of the Columbia Center Blvd., between Grandridge Blvd., and Deschutes Ave. It is currently under the Washington State Airport System Plan (WSASP) but not included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). City of Kennewick transferred the airport land to the Port of Kennewick for the operation of the airport.


Essential Public Facilities Inventoried (cont.)

Developments along the airport vicinity are regulated by the Kennewick Municipal Code (Airport Hazard Zoning, KMC 18.33 ), FAA and WSDOT. However, the area is undergoing rapid development with increasing market demand. After the lease expires, the land use compatibility and protection of airport hazard zone could be altered depending on the appropriate type of use replacing the airport land use.


Potential Schedule

ACTIONRESPONSIBLE

ENTITYSTART DATE

COMPLETION DATE

Consultant Selection Port May 2009 July 2009

SEPA Port Fall 2009 Spring 2010

Comp Scheme Port Fall 2009 Spring 2010

City Comp Plan City Fall 2009 December 2010*

Amend Airport Contract Port/City December 2009

P. Stephen DiJulio206.447.8971 | [email protected]

Port of KennewickVista Field PlanningApril 14, 2009Kennewick, Washington

p. stephen dijulio 206.447.8971 | [email protected] port of kennewick vista field planning april 14,...

Documents

vista field airport

port district

port commission

city of kennewick

city slide

wac slide

vista field master plan

washington slide