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Home My WebLink AboutLUTC MINS 04-07-2008G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2008\4-7-08 Minutes.doc City of Federal Way City Council Land Use/Transportation Committee April 7, 2008 City Hall 6:00 pm City Council Chambers MEETING MINUTES In attendance: Committee Chair Linda Kochmar, Council Member Jim Ferrrell, Committee Member Dini Duclos, Council Member Jeanne Burbidge, Assistant City Manager/Chief Operations Officer/Emergency Manager Cary Roe, Acting Deputy Public Works Director Marwan Salloum, City Staff Attorney Monica Buck, City Traffic Engineer Rick Perez, Director of Community Development Services Greg Fewins, City Building Official Lee Bailey and Administrative Assistant II Darlene LeMaster. 1. CALL TO ORDER Committee Chair Kochmar called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The March 17, 2008 LUTC meeting minutes were approved. Moved: Duclos Seconded: Ferrell Passed: Unanimously, 3-0 3. PUBLIC COMMENT There was one public comment: Nancy Combs – Federal Way resident. Ms. Combs wanted to let the committee know how frustrated she is that the process to get a four-way stop at the intersection of SW 304th Street and 21st Avenue SW is taking so long as well as a variety of other issues, both past and present. ACM Roe responded that the petition for a four-way stop currently being processed at the subject intersection, has and will be handled in the same manner that all traffic calming petitions/requests are. In response to Ms. Combs allegation that Council changed residents’ votes on a previous ballot for the same location, ACM Roe stated that ballots summarize the process right on them. After the residents vote, the ballot results are presented to the Land Use and Transportation Committee followed by the full Council. The ballots are advisory to the City Council. Council may decide whether to concur with the ballot results or not. 4. BUSINESS ITEMS A. Code Compliance Update Lee Bailey provided background information on this item. Quite a bit of discussion ensued regarding the sign code. Committee Member Duclos commented that it is difficult for most people to determine what is legal/illegal as far as sign placement goes. Committee Member Duclos suggested including a diagram in addition to the proposed letter would be helpful information. Committee Member Ferrell illustrated the point by looking at a couple of the slides showing illegally placed signs. There seems to be a lot of confusion as to where the City right of way begins and ends in reference to sign placement. ACM Roe commented that staff would like to work in a proactive manner by education the public, campaigns and agencies, and agrees with Committee Member Duclos’ suggestion to include a diagram with the informational letter. Staff would rather inform the public in a proactive manner, versus having to pick up signs and manage the signs that are in lockdown. Committee Member Ferrell concurred with Committee Member Duclos and asked about the process for retrieving signs that have been picked up. Mr. Bailey said the current sign code states that signs are held for 14 days. Retrieval fees for the first offense are $5 and $7 for subsequent offenses. Committee Member Ferrell suggested that at a future time, staff could re-evaluate the sign code, modifying the cost and the process for retrieving signs. Mr. Bailey stated that the retrieval fee is part of the sign code and would require an amendment to the existing code. ACM Roe will follow up with the City Manager and bring the sign code Land Use/Transportation Committee Page 2 February 25, 2008 G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2008\4-7-08 Minutes.doc amendment to an upcoming LUTC meeting; the specific date is yet to be determined. Staff’s focus will be on educating the public on proper sign placement in hopes of reducing the amount of signs that are picked up and sent to “sign jail”. Council Member Burbidge appreciates staff’s efforts in tackling this issue and hopes for some flexibility in the signage code. Council Member Burbidge is also in support to finding a way to give a broad uniform example of how to determine the boundary of the public right of way that is also user friendly to the public. In regards to staff’s request for direction, the Committee is in favor of the letter addressing abandoned shopping carts. Committee Chair Kochmar asked who is responsible for the carts and getting them back to the store owners. Mr. Bailey stated that the goal of the letter is to put the responsibility for retrieving abandoned shopping carts back onto the stores themselves. As well, there as services available to stores; for a fee, will retrieve shopping carts and bring them home. Moved: Duclos Seconded: Ferrell Passed: Unanimously, 3-0 Committee PASSED Option 1 to the April 15, 2008, City Council Consent Agenda for approval. B. Lee House Demolition – Bid Award Greg Fewins provided background information on this item. Committee Member Duclos asked if the amount of the bid is enough to cover the work involved with this project. Mr. Fewins responded that he is confident the job can be completed for the bid amount. The bidder is responsible for completing the job for the amount of the bid. Committee Member Ferrell asked if the incident causing the home to be inhabitable was in 2004, how come it is 2008 before the City is doing something. Mr. Fewins explained that this project is an example of how the recent “Unfit Building” code amendments (Fall 2007) have benefited the City. The code amendments have enabled the City to proceed on properties such as the Le property, more efficiently. Committee Chair Kochmar requested the motion include the dollar amount of the bid. Ms. Buck added that this project is a recoverable cost based on a tax lien on the home. The Le home is in the foreclosure process. At the time the home goes to auction, these costs to the City for demolition will be recoverable. Moved: Ferrell Seconded: Duclos Passed: Unanimously, 3-0 Committee PASSED Option 1, as amended to include the amount of the bid in the motion, to the April 15, 2008, City Council Consent Agenda for approval. C. S 320th Schedule 74 Undergrounding Agreement with PSE and Reimbursement Contract with Quadrant Corporation Marwan Salloum provided background information on this item. There was no discussion. Moved: Ferrell Seconded: Duclos Passed: Unanimously, 3-0 Committee PASSED Option 1 to the April 15, 2008, City Council Consent Agenda for approval. D. Metro Service Partnerships Rick Perez provided background information on this item. As a member of the countywide transportation committee, Council Member Burbidge noted that there is an inequity of transit service provided by King County Metro, somewhat to the east (Bellevue) but especially to South King County (Federal Way) in great need of a solution. Moved: Ferrell Seconded: Duclos Passed: Unanimously, 3-0 Committee PASSED Option 3 to the April 15, 2008, City Council Consent Agenda for approval. 5. FUTURE MEETING The next regularly scheduled LUTC meeting will be held April 21, 2008 at 6:00 PM. 6. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 7:07 PM.