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Home My WebLink AboutLUTC MINS 02-04-2002G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2002\Feb 4, 2002 LUTC Minutes.doc MEETING SUMMARY MEETING SUMMARY In attendance: Committee members Eric Faison, Chair, Deputy Mayor Dean McColgan, and Mike Park; Mayor Jeanne Burbidge and Linda Kochmar; City Manager David Moseley; Director of Community Development Services Kathy McClung; Community Development Services Deputy Director Patrick Doherty; Senior Planner Margaret Clark; Senior Planner Lori Michaelson; Associate Planner Rox Burhans; Public Works Director Cary Roe; Public Works Deputy Director Ken Miller; Street Systems Manager Marwan Salloum; Traffic Engineer Rick Perez; Street Engineer Al Emter; Assistant City Attorney Karen Kirkpatrick; and Administrative Assistant E. Tina Piety. 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Faison called the meeting to order at 5:34 pm. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The summaryof the January 28, 2002, meeting was approved as presented. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT There was no public comment on any item not included in the agenda. 4. BUSINESS ITEMS Chair Faison requested that item E. be moved to just after item A, and that Deputy Mayor McColgan chair the Committee this evening. A. Christian Faith Center Development Agreement – City staff and Christian Faith Center (CFC) have been working together on the development agreement and having arrived at a tentative consensus, they are asking the LUTC for direction prior to requesting CFC prepare a development plan (this is not approval of the development agreement, which will come later in the process). Acting Chair McColgan opened the meeting to public testimony. Glen Sawyer – He is a resident of the area and presented the Committee with pictures of 20th Avenue South that show the road is not safe for pedestrians. Many vehicles travel the road in order to avoid Pacific Highway South. The City has said it would work with the neighborhood on traffic calming devices, but Mr. Sawyer does not feel they would help very much and is concerned the City will not have the funds to pay for them. He would like CFC be required to pay for road improvements to the north of the site. Gil Hulsmann – He represents CFC and offered to answer any questions. CFC agrees with what the staff has presented. He noted the site plan meets current code. CFC intends to have community meetings. They will prepare a TIA and perform any mitigation required. Shirley Gulbraa – She is a resident of the area and stated that currently, the amount of traffic on 20th Avenue South makes it difficult to get out of her driveway; Fridays are especially bad. She is concerned over the City using CFC for events because it will cause more traffic and more noise. The traffic impact is growing worse daily. The speed vehicles travel and the number of vehicles has increased since the June 6 traffic count. Elizabeth Kari – She is a neighbor and complained that they did not receive notice of this meeting until Saturday and there was no information on the topic of the meeting. She is offended that the City is meeting with CFC but not the neighbors. She stated that the comprehensive plan’s goals and policies call for the protection of neighborhoods, but the City is not following them in this situation. CFC intends to have a TV show, wedding chapel, and bookstore, which will bring traffic every day. A speed bump will not help. CFC also holds conferences, are these factored in? She stated this would destroy our quality of life. Barry Turnbull – He is a resident and asked the Committee to consider what has happened in other neighborhoods that have mega-churches. They have caused a lot of problems. The Burien mega-church failed. This project would take 50 acres of prime property from the tax rolls. What about development of a road from Pacific Highway South to Weyerhaeuser? He is concerned that people from outside of the City have been heard, but not the neighborhood. Elizabeth Kari – She is concerned with using a religious institution for City functions. City of Federal Way City Council Land Use/Transportation Committee February 4, 2002 City Hall 5:30 pm Council Chambers G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2002\Feb 4, 2002 LUTC Minutes.doc Jeff Stock – He owns property in the area. He feels the developer has a responsibility to the City and public and should make the effort to communicate with both. He is concerned with traffic and where is the traffic information coming from. He supports using CFC for City events. In regards to the notification issue, the City is not required to send notification of the LUTC meeting to parties of record, but are doing so due to the nature of this project. In the future, staff will endeavor to send notification earlier. In regards to meeting with CFC but not the neighborhood, the City is not treating CFC differently because for projects in the past, we have met with developers but not the public. The Committee is concerned with dictating the use of CFC for City events, neighbor issues, and traffic. Discussion was held on all of these items. The Committee is concerned with the timing of construction and requested staff research a time frame for construction. The Committee discussed limiting access to 20th Avenue South. Staff replied that it would limit access to residents as well. A better choice would be to make the road less attractive through the use of traffic calming devices. The Committee discussed the college and placing a limitation on the size and number of students. For the use of CFC for City events (numbers 11 and 12 in the staff report), the Committee would like staff to consider a year-to-year or five-year agreement instead of including this in the development agreement. It was m/s/c to approve the direction staff is going with the development agreement and include the time frame for construction, limitation of size and number of students in the college, and year-to-year or five- year agreement for use of CFC for City events. E. City Center Code Amendment Status Report – City staff has been directed to develop a code amendment intended to exclude large discount retail establishments from locating within the City Center-Core (CC-C) zoning district. Staff believes that prohibiting these types of uses from locating with the CC-C could inhibit economic investment and has therefore, developed four alternate code amendment concepts that would permit these types of uses to locate within the CC-C. Alternative I would establish a maximum gross floor area (GFA) limit and additional development standards for discount retail establishments in the CC-C zoning district. Alternative II would impose the maximum GFA limit and additional development standards to all retail establishments in the CC-C zoning district. Alternative III would impose the maximum GFA limit and additional development standards to all retail establishments, including medium sized retail establishments that are clustered together into large shopping centers in the CC-C zoning district. Alternative IV would impose the maximum GFA limit and additional development standards to all retail establishments, including medium sized retail establishments that are clustered together into large shopping centers in the CC-C and City Center-Frame (CC-F) zoning districts. The staff also suggests amending the nonconforming code so that these changes would not cause a building to become nonconforming. After discussion, the Committee directed staff to proceed with Alternate IV. B. Pacific Highway South HOV Lanes Phase I Improvement Project (South 312th to 324th Street, 100% Design Approval and Authorization to Bid – It was m/s/c to: 1) approve the 100% design plans for the Pacific Highway South HOV Lanes Phase I (South 312th to South 324th Street) Improvement Project; and 2) authorize staff to bid the project contingent upon receiving necessary Grant funding agencies approval and return to the City Council for permission to award the project to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder. C. SR509 and 8th Avenue SW Traffic Signal, 100% Design Approval and Authorization to Bid – It was m/s/c to: 1) approve 100% Design and Authorization to bid on SR509 (Dash Point Road) and 8th Avenue SW Traffic Signal and Road Improvement Project (The costs are estimated and within the proposed available budget amount.); and 2) authorize transferring $355,481 of unappropriated street bond interest and $11,054 of unappropriated Traffic CIP funds into this project. D. Sea Tac Mall Detention Phase II Final Acceptance and Retainage Release – It was m/s/c to: accept the SeaTac Mall Phase II Drainage Improvement Project construction contract as complete and authorize the City Attorney to interplead the final payment and retainage into the King County Superior Court per the January 15, 2002 letter; and 2) authorize staff to return $547,461.62 to the Public Works Trust Fund. F. Planning Commission 2002 Work Program – It was m/s/c to adopt the Planning Commission Work Program and timeline as presented by staff. 5. FUTURE MEETINGS Due to a holiday on February 18, 2002, the LUTC will meet on February 25, 2002, only if necessary, otherwise the next meeting will be March 4, 2002. 6. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.