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Home My WebLink AboutLUTC MINS 06-02-2003G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2003\June 2, 2003, LUTC Minutes.doc MEETING MINUTES In attendance: Committee members Eric Faison, Chair, Deputy Mayor Dean McColgan and Councilmember Mike Park; Council Member Linda Kochmar; City Manager David Mosely; Public Works Director Cary Roe; Deputy City Attorney Karen Kirkpatrick; Senior Planner Margaret Clark; Assistant Traffic Engineer Raid Tirhi; Street Systems Engineer John Mulkey; Contract Planner Janet Shull; Administrative Assistant Sandy Lyle. 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Faison called the meeting to order at 5:28 pm. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The summary of the May 19, 2003, meeting was approved as presented. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT Bob Spaulding, speaking on behalf of his wife, Estelle Yamaki, M.D., and reading from a letter she submitted, stated that she wants to purchase the Fiesta Motel site to convert it to medical offices. Under current zoning, the property is both too small and medical offices are not allowed in the BP Zone. Mr. Spalding asked that this request be considered with the current code change being considered at this meeting. Without a code change allowing the Fiesta Motel location for Dr. Yamaki’s medical practice, she will have to move to Fife or Auburn. 4. BUSINESS ITEMS A. Code Amendment/Changes to Business Park Use Zone Charts – As required by the Growth Management Act (GMA) jurisdictions must respond to citizen proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan. Proposed changes to the zoning code allowing office as a permitted use were proposed. One was to allow office as a permitted use. Another was to calculate percentage usage on a per building or per lot basis up to 50% gross floor area as office on parcels less than 1.5 acres in size. The Planning Commission recommended allowing office use up to 50% of the total gross area of one or more buildings located on the same parcel in the BP Zone. Also recommended by the Planning Commission was to allow office use as a stand-alone use only on parcels in the BP Zone that are less than 1.5 acres in size, which were platted prior to incorporation and are not under common ownership. However, in order to fully review the request of Dr. Yamaki, the Committee tabled further discussion of this issue until staff could complete further research. Consideration of this code amendment and changes to Business Park Use Zone Charts will take place at the June 16, 2002, Land Use Transportation meeting. B. Green Gables NTS/Request for Speed Humps between South City Limits and SW 329th Way – Residents in the vicinity of 47th Avenue SW between south City limits and SW 329th have requested the installation of traffic calming devices based on concerns of high traffic speeds and cut-through traffic. On April 24, 2002 a neighborhood meeting was held to discuss potential traffic calming alternatives and consensus was reached to propose the installation of four speed humps on 47th Avenue SW between south City limits and SW 329th Way. A second neighborhood meeting to inform the residents about the balloting results and the remainder of the process was held on May 14, 2003. Thirty residents attended the meeting and none of them was opposed to the proposed speed humps. The Committee m/s/c the recommendation of do pass to the City Council at its June 17, 2003, meeting. City of Federal Way City Council Land Use/Transportation Committee June 2, 2003 City Hall 5:30 p.m. Council Chambers G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2003\June 2, 2003, LUTC Minutes.doc C. Weyerhaeuser Way/South 336th Street Roundabout and Turn Lanes Project/100% Design and Authorization to Bid – Construction of a round-about on Weyerhaeuser Way and South 336th will provide a left turn lane at Weyerhaeuser’s Headquarters driveway on South 336th Street as well as at the Weyerhaeuser Technology Center driveway on Weyerhaeuser Way. ICON Materials, the contractor for the 2003 Asphalt Overlay project has submitted a change order cost in the amount of $300,372.90. The engineers’ cost estimate is $314,924. Contingent on Weyerhaeuser Company approval and a funding agreement with Weyerhaeuser, the Committee m/s/c the recommendation of approval to the City Council of the Weyerhaeuser Way and South 336th Street Roundabout and Turn Lanes Project. The discussion will take place at the June 17, 2003, City Council meeting. 5. FUTURE MEETINGS The next scheduled meeting will be June 16, 2003. 6. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.