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Home My WebLink AboutLUTC MINS 03-06-2006G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2006\03-06-06 LUTC Minutes.doc City of Federal Way City Council Land Use/Transportation Committee March 6th, 2006 City Hall 5:30 pm Hylebos MEETING MINUTES In attendance: Committee chair Jack Dovey; Committee member Dean McColgan; Committee member Eric Faison; Council Member Jeanne Burbidge; Council Member Linda Kochmar; Interim City Manager Derek Matheson; Public Works Director Cary Roe; Community Development Director Kathy McClung; Street Systems Manager Marwan Salloum; Surface Water Manager Paul Bucich; City Traffic Engineer Rick Perez; MIS Director Iwen Wang; Senior Planner Margaret Clark; Deputy City Attorney Karen Kirkpatrick; Streets Project Engineer Al Emter; Streets Systems Engineer John Mulkey; and Administrative Assistant II Marianne Lee. A. CALL TO ORDER Councilman Dovey called the meeting to order at 5:32 pm. B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The February 6th, 2006, minutes were approved. C. PUBLIC COMMENT none D. BUSINESS ITEMS A. 2006 Asphalt Overlay Project Bid Award Cmte PASSED staff recommendation to the March 21st, 2006 Council Consent Agenda. B. S 336th Street @ 1st Way South Intersection Improvement Project Bid Award Cmte PASSED staff recommendation to the March 21st, 2006 Council Consent Agenda. C. S 320th Street @ 1st Avenue South Intersection Improvements Projects - 85% Design Status Report Cmte PASSED staff recommendations on to the March 21st, 2006 Council Consent Agenda. D. S 373rd Street Bridge Replacement - WSDOT & LUD ILA's Cmte PASSED staff recommendations on to the March 21st, 2006 Council Consent Agenda. E. Joe's Creek Habitat Restoration Project - 100% Authorization to Bid Cmte PASSED staff recommendations on to the March 21st, 2006 Council Consent Agenda. Items A – E: MOVED, SECONDED & PASSED Unanimously. F. Comprehensive Plan Amendment Selection Process Margaret Clark presented background information on all 12 of the requested changes. 1. Quadrant - Cmte PASSED staff recommendations on to the full Council. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Faison Passed: Unanimously 2. Trimble - Cmte PASSED staff recommendations on to the full Council. Cmte voted on setting it at 9.6. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Dovey Passed: Unanimously Committee members agreed that staff needed proof that the Trimble’s neighbors would join in the request and that Mr. Trimble accepted the change in his land use request from SE (Suburban Estate) to RS9.6. With that verified, they would not have a problem accepting his request. Chair Dovey asked why not move all the way to RS9.6, since the surrounding area already is? Land Use/Transportation Committee Page 2 March 6th, 2006 G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2006\03-06-06 LUTC Minutes.doc 3. Lee - Cmte directed staff to do additional research on area-wide costs (includes #3 & #10) and bring them back to LUTC on March 20th. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Dovey Passed: Unanimously Chair Dovey noted that Daniel Lee wants the same thing as Lifeway Church (#10), to be rezoned to a higher density. Mr. Lee is currently zoned at RS15 and wants to be at RS9.6. Gil Hulsman, representing Lifeway Church, also spoke. He noted that they and their neighbors are ready to go. Waiting hurts them financially. Lifeway wants to be rezoned to RS7.2. Staff does not want to set a precedent of rezoning to 7.2, but might find 9.6 acceptable given the area. Committee member Faison asked Mr. Hulsman if the church would accept 9.6. He said that it could, assuming the grid roads are connected and isolated areas are dealt with. PW Director Cary Roe noted that part of staff’s hesitancy is a result of the intersections on SR99 that would be impacted by the development of both of these sites. The affected intersections are already at a failing Level of Service (LOS) and are Transportation Improvement Projects (TIP). Increased density will exacerbate the problem before the City can begin correcting it. Committee Chair asked, if the developments equal 30 additional cars, how much will that impact traffic? The committee agreed that this should be further researched this year. They directed staff to get the numbers back on how much it would cost to study the area before Land Use and Transportation Committee on March 20th, 2006. 4. Gramor - Cmte reversed staff recommendations on to the full Council and directed staff to contact the School District. Margaret Clark confirmed that staff will contact them. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Faison Passed: Unanimously 5. Rodia - Cmte PASSED staff recommendations on to the full Council. Moved: Faison Seconded: McColgan Passed: Unanimously 6. Velasco - Cmte PASSED staff recommendations on to the full Council. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Faison Passed: Unanimously 7. Bonney Watson - Cmte PASSED staff recommendations on to the full Council. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Faison Passed: Unanimously 8. Taylor - Cmte PASSED staff recommendations on to the full Council. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Dovey Passed: Unanimously 9. Yen - Cmte directed staff to look at the issue comprehensively and report back to LUTC on March 20th. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Dovey Passed: Unanimously Committee Member McColgan asked why Linda Yen is asking to rezone from BP to BC. Staff responded that developers say BP won’t sell. Staff noted that BC in this area does not fit into the city’s plans. Committee member Faison asked if the City would end up with an oversupply of BC? Faison suggested staff study whether BC is better than BP, looking at the entire area between 348th & 356th on SR99. Staff directed to research issue and report back to LUTC. 10. Lifeway Church - Cmte directed staff to do additional research on area-wide study costs (includes #3 & #10) and bring it back to LUTC on March 20th. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Dovey Passed: Unanimously 11. Magnum Construction - Cmte reversed staff recommendation and will NOT move this revision forward. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Dovey Passed: Unanimously Jack Hundun, of Magnum, agreed with staff recommendation. Committee member Faison asked how creative the designs of the company are. Committee member McColgan asked staff for the current ratio of single-family to multi-family development. Chair Dovey noted that Federal Way became a City because residents did not want any more multi-family development. 12. Waller Road - Cmte reversed staff recommendations on to the full Council. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Dovey Passed: 2-1, Faison opposed. Cmte PASSED the recommendations as noted above. Items #3 (Lee), #9 (Yen), and #10 (Lifeway Church) will go back to the LUTC on March 20th. All items will be sent to Council as a group, at a future date. Land Use/Transportation Committee Page 3 March 6th, 2006 G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2006\03-06-06 LUTC Minutes.doc Committee member Dean McColgan said that he supports non-aerial light-rail was excused at this point and did not participate in items ‘g’ or ‘h’. G. Sound Transit Phase II Rick Perez presented background information on Sound Transit’s request for comment on its Phase II plan. The plan estimates a worst-case cost scenario of an all-aerial track along SR99 with three stations at current Park-N-Ride locations. Cmte PASSED staff recommendations on to the March 21st, 2006 Council Consent Agenda. Moved: Faison Seconded: Dovey Passed: Unanimously (McColgan not attending) Chair Dovey posed the primary questions for the Committee’s consideration: Q1: Does the Committee support Light Rail (of any sort) in Federal Way? A1: Committee member Faison said yes, Councilwoman Kochmar said that she needed more information. Chair Dovey said yes, as did Councilwoman Burbidge. Q2: What alignment does the Committee/Council support? i) SR99 @ grade will stimulate economic development but mean shorter trips. It will not solve commuter issues. ii) I-5 alignment will be faster and move more people. Cary Roe asked what points staff should capture for the letter, due to ST by the 21st? Councilwoman Kochmar noted that putting light rail in the median along SR99 is the best choice, but noted that there is no median on SR99 south of 356th. The City needs to get public input and she wants more information on elevating the track over major intersections. Committee member Faison prefers no elevation. Chair Dovey stated that the City wants to send a strong letter supporting light rail; the details can be worked on later. Federal Way is interested in light rail from both directions (north and south). Committee members directed Rick to draft a letter to send to ST. H. Repeal Citizen Advisory Committee Provision contained in Ordinance 95-420 Cmte PASSED staff recommendation on to the March 7th, 2006 Council Consent Agenda. Moved: Dovey Seconded: Faison Passed: Unanimously (McColgan not attending) 5. FUTURE MEETINGS The next scheduled meeting will be March 20th, 2006. 6. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 7:52 p.m.