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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLUTC MINS 09-18-2006G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2006\09-18-06 LUTC Minutes.doc City of Federal Way City Council Land Use/Transportation Committee September 18, 2006 City Hall 5:30 pm City Council Chambers MEETING MINUTES In attendance: Committee Chair Jack Dovey and Committee Member Dean McColgan; Committee Member Eric Faison was excused; Council Member Jeanne Burbidge, Community Development Services Director Kathy McClung; Community Development Services Deputy Director Greg Fewins; Senior Planner Deb Barker; Public Works Director Cary Roe; Deputy Director Ken Miller; City Traffic Engineer Rick Perez; Assistant City Attorney AmyJo Pearsall; Administrative Assistant II Tina Piety; City Manager Neal Beets; Assistant City Manager Derek Matherson 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Dovey called the meeting to order at 5:33 pm. Chairman Dovey stated that Council Member Eric Faison is excused due to a conflict. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The September 11, 2006, minutes were approved. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Dovey Passed: Unanimously 3. PUBLIC COMMENT None 4. BUSINESS ITEMS A. Tuscany – Final Plat Deb Barker provided the background information on this item. She informed the Committee that the agenda bill incorrectly states that this is a 23-lot single-family residential subdivision; the correct number of lots is 22. She provided a corrected agenda bill. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Dovey Passed: Unanimously Committee PASSED the staff recommendation on to the October 3, 2006, City Council Consent Agenda. B. Triangle Project Status Rick Perez provided the background information on this item. Bruce Nebbitt of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) was available to answer any questions. The City Council adopted Alternative F for this project on April 18, 2006. This issue is returning to the Committee because of issues described below. Since adoption, WSDOT conducted additional analysis and concerns were raised about the impact of providing local access to adjacent property on the segment of South 356th Street between Enchanted Parkway and I-5. City staff concurs with WSDOT’s conclusion that queuing on this ramp would conflict with the provision of access to adjacent property, resulting in queues that would compromise the function and safety of the freeway Land Use/Transportation Committee Page 2 September 18, 2006 G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2006\09-18-06 LUTC Minutes.doc off-ramp in the design year 2030. As a result, WSDOT will need to completely acquire these properties, totaling approximately 4.4 acres of BC-zoned land. Development of these properties would depend on the land value exceeding the cost of developing access through adjacent parcels. It is unknown when this might occur. WSDOT has developed new cost estimates for the project. Depending on the assumptions for inflation of highway construction costs, the estimate ranges from $194 million to $234 million. Current funding is $114 million. WSDOT is proposing two alternatives for phasing the project to maximize the safety and capacity benefits within the currently available funding. Scenario 1 would construct the westbound-to-southbound flyover and the southbound off-ramp to Enchanted Parkway and South 356th Street. Scenario 2 would build the eastbound-to-northbound flyover ramp instead of the Enchanted Parkway off-ramp, bout would allow for right- of-way acquisition for the off-ramp to South 356th Street. Moved: McColgan Seconded: Dovey Passed: Unanimously Committee PASSED Option 1 on to the October 3, 2006, City Council Consent Agenda. C. LUTC Meeting Schedule Revision Cary Roe provided the background information on this item. Because Council Member Faison has a conflict on the first and third Mondays of the month, the Committee is considering moving the meetings to the second and fourth Mondays of the month. One concern with this move is that the Parks, Recreation, and Public Safety Committee (PRPSC) currently meets on the second Monday of the month. A second concern is how the change might affect the timing of development projects that go to the City Council and issues forwarded from the city commissions. Currently, there is a two week lead time between the LUTC and Council meetings. This change would cut that time to a week. Would this shortened time line have a detrimental effect on projects? Chairman Dovey commented that at times, development project issues are addressed and decisions made during those two weeks. A third concern was when this change could be implemented. If the City Council must vote on the change, then implementation would not occur until the last meeting of the year. Council Member Burbidge, who is chairperson of the PRPSC, commented that as long as the other concerns are favorably addressed, she has no objection to moving the meeting. Council Members McColgan and Burbidge commented that they believed that changing the date of a committee meeting does not require a full council vote. Staff was requested to research these concerns to determine what impact changing the meeting dates would have on the timing of development projects and coordination of issues with other committees and the city commissions. 5. FUTURE MEETINGS The next scheduled meeting will be October 2, 2006. 6. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 6:19 p.m.