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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLUTC MINS 02-06-2006G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2006\02-06-06 LUTC Minutes.doc City of Federal Way City Council Land Use/Transportation Committee February 6th, 2006 City Hall 5:30 pm Council Chambers MEETING MINUTES In attendance: Committee chair Jack Dovey; Committee member Dean McColgan; Council Member Linda Kochmar; Interim City Manager Derek Matheson; Community Development Director Kathy McClung; Street Systems Manager Marwan Salloum; Council Member Jeanne Burbidge; Public Works Director Cary Roe; Public Works Deputy Director Ken Miller; Planner Deb Barker; Deputy City Attorney Karen Kirkpatrick; Community Development Deputy Director Greg Fewins; and Administrative Assistant Marianne Stiles. 1. CALL TO ORDER Councilman Dovey called the meeting to order at 5:29 pm. Councilmember Eric Faison was excused due to illness. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The January 9th, 2006, minutes were approved. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT none 4. BUSINESS ITEMS A. Lakehaven Utility District ILA; Preliminary Engineering Services Amendment No. 1 Cmte PASSED staff recommendation to fwd Option 1 to the February 21st Council Consent Agenda. MOVED by Councilman McColgan. SECONDED by Councilman Dovey . PASSED Unanimously. B. S 333rd Street and 1st Way South Traffic Signal – 100% Design Approval and Authorization to Bid Ken Miller provided background information to the committee. Cmte PASSED staff recommendation to fwd Option 1 to the February 21st Council Consent Agenda. MOVED by Councilman Dovey. SECONDED by Councilman McColgan. PASSED Unanimously C. Pena Final Plat Deb Barker provided background information to the committee. Cmte PASSED staff recommendation to fwd Option 1 to the February 21st Council Consent Agenda. Date was amended from the February 6th to February 21st Council Consent agenda. MOVED by Councilman McColgan. SECONDED by Councilman Dovey. PASSED Unanimously . D. 2006 Planning Commission Work Program Kathy McClung provided background information to the committee. She asked if she had prioritized things correctly on the list, and was she missing any items? She noted that she has heard from Eric Faison that he wanted to look at the Core/Frame after the planned action SEPA is completed. Committee member McColgan asked about vegetation retention; has the City learned where improvements can be made and want to make them? Chair Dovey noted that vegetation is disappearing faster than the Council can consider the issue. Can the cmte make this more of a priority before it’s too late? Committee member McColgan approved. Kathy McClung asked if it should go before the Citizen Initiated Improvements. Dovey and McColgan said they would like to see the retention of trees as a higher priority than some of the citizen initiated requests. Jeanne Burbidge also supported moving forward on the vegetation retention issue. Land Use/Transportation Committee Page 2 February 6th, 2006 G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2006\02-06-06 LUTC Minutes.doc Committee member McColgan asked if the City could hang banners across 320th street to advertise upcoming events. Cary Roe responded that Community Development (CD) determines if that is permitted. Public Works (PW) determines if it is possible. Kathy McClung stated that current code does not allow signs in the public ROW. Mr. Roe noted that ‘strain poles’ would have to be put up across 320th. Cmte PASSED amended staff recommendation to fwd recommendation to the February 21st Council Consent Agenda. MOVED by Councilman McColgan. SECONDED by Councilman Dovey. PASSED Unanimously . E. Update on King County Annexation Model Project Kathy McClung provided background information to the committee and passed around a letter from Auburn. King County has asked cities to agree on development standards between cities that will be annexing unincorporated areas. King Co. wants to see cities commit within 18 months to all annexations and join with King Co. staff to work towards this goal. A letter from Auburn does not agree with King Counties timeframe. Auburn suggests a five-year plan, which is much more realistic in the city’s view. Cary Roe says that, on any new development in these areas, this would apply. Committee member McColgan asked: if no action was taken after five years, would these areas revert? According to Auburn’s letter, as long as cities act in good faith they will be able to renew after five years if necessary. Kathy McClung stated that the 18-month time frame King Co. has laid out is so short that the City [Federal Way] will get very little in return for entering into an agreement. Voters must still approve each annexation. King Co. wants the City to promote the annexations; doing so would prove ‘good faith’. Committee chair Dovey asked, if the city does not put annexation to vote with in five years, have we showed ‘bad faith’ by not letting folks vote? Cary Roe answered that staff needs to work through some of the legal issues. Committee member McColgan stated that the LUTC can not decide this issue until it has been discussed by the full Council. He approves of the five year plan, as long as it can be extended if necessary. Karen Kirkpatrick said that any ILA must go to the full Council. The direction to move forward with this to the Council is agreed upon? Cary Roe asked if this issue should go to the full Council at this time. Council member Jeanne Burbidge supported sending it to the full Council at this time. McColgan agreed, stating that the City must know beforehand what they are agreeing to. Cary Roe said an agenda bill can capture this question and send it to the full Council, then staff can pursue the ILA. Derek Matheson suggested that LUTC adopt a motion to agree with Auburn’s proposal. Chair Dovey directed staff to send a memo (including Auburn’s letter) to the full council about this issue and then bring it back to LUTC. IF there is no response from the Council members, assume acceptance. Cmte passed recommendation but it will return to the LUTC committee, pending on clarification with the committee chair 5. FUTURE MEETINGS The next scheduled meeting will be March 6th, 2006. 6. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 6:14 p.m.