LUTC PKT 05-20-1996
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City of Federal Way
City Council
Land Use/Transportation Committee
COMMITTEE OF THE \VHOLE
May 20, 1996
5:30pm
City Hall
Council Chambers
AGENDA
1.
CALL TO ORDER
2.
APPROV AL OF MINUTES
3.
PUBLIC COMMENT ( 3 minute limit)
4.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Discussion: Community Design
Guidelines
Action
Michaelson-Schill
5.
OTHER ITEMS
6.
FUTURE MEETINGS/AGENDAS
7.
ADJOURN
Committee Members:
Phil Watkins, Chair
Ron Gintz
Gates
City Staff:
Greg Moore, CDS Director
Sandy Lyle, Administrative Assistant
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City of Federal Way
City Council
Land Use/Transportation Committee
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
May 6, 1996
5 :30pm
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SUMMARY
In attendance: Committee members Phil Watkins (chair), Ron Gintz and Mary Gates; Mayor Skip Priest; Councilmembers Jack
Dovey, Hope Elder, Michael Park; City Manager Ken Nyberg; Deputy City Manager Philip Keightley; Community Development
Services Director Greg Moore; Public Works Director Cary Roe; City Attorney Londi Lindell; Assistant City Attorney Jim
McNamara; Assistant City Attorney Bonnie Lindstrom; Surface Water Manager Jeff Pratt; Surface Water Management Project
Engineer Marwan Salloum; Assistant Community Services Director Kathy McClung; Principal Planner Greg McCormick; Senior
Planner Mike Thomas; Senior Planner Lori Michaelson-Schill; Streets Engineer Ken Miller; Administrative Assistant Sandy Lyle.
1.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 5:30pm.
2.
APPROV AL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the April 15, 1996, meeting were approved as presented.
3.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Kurt Smelzer, Land Use attorney representing John Amman expressed the concerns of his client regarding the non-residential
code provision limiting street intersections to one gasoline service station.
Elaine Mansoor of the Sea- Tac Mall supports eighty foot building heights and five foot landscape buffers.
Rob Roeber expressed his concerns regarding modulation requirements of long buildings. He would prefer to have issues of
scale addressed in the Code.
Dan Casey of Gateway Center stated his concerns that at some time in the future, but not necessarily at the present time, that
requiring buildings to front sidewalks with parking in the rear is not working. Building two separate entrances, one off the
sidewalk and one accessible to parking areas is too expensive. Designing a building so its "back" side abuts the sidewalk then
exposes back-of-building items such as meters and loading bays to street views.
4.
BUSINESS ITEMS
A. Pu¡:et Sound Reeional Council (pSRC) Transportation Prqjects - PSRC has requested local and county governments
to submit a regionally-oriented list of priority transportation projects that could be accomplished withing six years and
be fmancially constrained by an assumed 4.6 percent increase in the Local Option Gas Tax. The increase equates to
$11, 049,576 over six years for the City. The proposed list of projects, taken from the approved 1995/96
Transportation Improvement Plan, will be used by PSRC to develop a Six-Year Action Strategy that is intended to
help shape a possible 1997 Legislative transportation revenue package. The Committee reviewed the list and
approved the priority transportation project list for Federal Way. It was m/s/c to move the approved list to the City
Council at the May 7, 1996, meeting for consideration.
B.
South 336th and Kitts: Re¡:ional Storm Water Stora¡:e Facility - The design plans and specifications for the 336th &
Kitts project are complete, and represent, with one exception, consensus of the involved stakeholders. Acquisition
nine of twelve parcels is complete. In order to begin construction this year it may be necessary to redesign the
project around the three parcels not yet acquired through a pipeline wholly contained withing SR99 right-of-way and
already obtained easements. The Committee agreed that Alternative II - proceeding with redesign and project bidding
with the SR99 reroute. The Committee also agreed to approve formal appropriation of the project reserve fund in the
amount of $260,658. It was m/s/c that staff recommendations be sent to Council for consideration at the May 7,
1996, meeting.
c.
Discussion: Non-residential Code Revisions/Desi~ Guidelines - The Committee determined the discussion format
would first include zoning text amendments; second, discussion of the zoning map; third, discussion of design
guidelines. Each proposed amendment to each non-residential code was discussed. It was m/s/c to retain existing
code language regarding the screening of parking from rights-of-ways. The Committee also m/s/c the adoption of a
maximum building height of ninety-five feet. Changes were made to the zoning map to comply with the
Comprehensive Plan adopted by Council in November of ]995. Discussion of Design Guidelines was tabled due to
the late hour until the special meeting to be scheduled at 5:30pm, May 13, 1996.
5.
OTHER ITEMS
There was no other business.
6.
FUTURE MEETINGS/AGENDAS
The discussion on Design Guidelines will continue at the May 13, 1996, meeting.
7.
ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 9:10pm.
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