03-21-2023 Council Packet - SpecialCITY OF
Federal Way
Centered on Opportunity
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
City Hall — Council Chambers*
March 21, 2023 — 5:00 p.m.
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. STUDY SESSION — CITY CENTER ACCESS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY FINDINGS
AND UPDATE
• Staff Update: Desiree Winkler, Deputy Public Works Director
4. ADJOURNMENT
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COUNCIL MEETING DATE: March 21, 2023
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA BILL
SUBJECT: CITY CENTER ACCESS — PROJECT UPDATE
POLICY QUESTION: n/a — Info Only
COMMITTEE: LUTC
ITEM #: 3
MEETING DATE: March 6, 2023
CATEGORY:
❑ Consent ❑ Ordinance ❑ Public Hearing
❑ City Council Business ❑ Resolution ® Other
STAFF REPORT BY: Rick Perez, P.E., City Traffic Engineer DEPT: Public Works
Attachments: 1. Staff Report
Options Considered: n/a — Info Only
MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION: n/a — Info Only _
MAYOR APPROVAL:
DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: n/a - Info Only
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❑ovittee Chair Jack Walsh, Committee Hoang Tran, Committee
Member Member
PROPOSED COUNCIL MOTION: n/a — Info Only
(BELOW TO BE COAIPLETED BY CITY CLERK'S OFFICE)
COUNCIL
ACTION:
❑
APPROVED
COUNCIL BILL #
❑
DENIED
First reading
❑
TABLED/DEFERRED/NO ACTION
Enactment reading
❑
MOVED TO SECOND READING (ordinances only)
ORDINANCE #
REVISED
- 4/2019
RESOLUTION #
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 6, 2023
TO: Land Use & Transportation Committee
VIA: Jim Ferrell, Mayor
FROM: EJ Walsh, P.E., Public Works Directorlr,✓r�'�
Rick Perez, P.E., City Traffic Engineer 7
SUBJECT: City Center Access Project Update
Financial Impacts:
The cost to the City for the environmental phase of the City Center Access Project was included
within the approved budget under the Transportation Capital Budget 306 (Project 207). In
accordance with the approved budget, this item is funded by Real Estate Excise Tax (REST) and
Traffic Impact Fees (TIF). Funding for Phase I design and right-of-way acquisition is included in
the draft State Transportation Budget for Fiscal year 2023-2024.
Background Information:
The City Center Access Project was restarted in 2017 to address the congestion in the City Center
as a result of continued growth. Anticipated future growth and development in the City Center are
expected to worsen the existing strain, resulting in unacceptable levels of delays even with the
expansion of alternative transportation modes such as mass transit. The project team, consisting of
various partners including Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Washington State
Department of Transportation (WSDOT), Sound Transit, Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC),
King County- Roads, King County Metro Transit, Pierce Transit, South King Fire Department,
and Federal Way Police, developed the project purpose and need by engaging the community and
seeking input. The goal of the project is to improve quality of life and City's economic vitality by
improving mobility for all modes, maintaining or improving access to and from the City Center
and providing opportunities for traffic to travel around rather than through the city core. The
project team also engaged the public via neighborhood meetings, open houses (in -person and
online), business meetings, and tabling events for over two years, seeking public input throughout
the entire process.
On November 19, 2019, the Federal Way City Council voted unanimously to move forward with
planning a modified I-5 interchange with an overcrossing at S 324�h Street an extended 1-5 access
ramps serving S 320th and S 324`h streets. This was one of several design options reviewed by the
project team and the public.
Staff presented the refined alternative to the Land Use and Transportation Committee and City
Council in June 2021 and provided an update on the public outreach process and environmental
documentation. Staff have continued to meet with adjacent property owners and project
stakeholders including: IRG, LLC; Federal Way Commons, Belmor Park, King County Metro as
related to their Park and Ride Lot, Sound Transit to coordinate light rail extension, BPA as related
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Land Use and Transportation Committee
City Center Access Project Update
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to tower relocation, and WA Department of Fish and Wildlife as related to their North Lake Access
at the intersection if S 324th and Weyerhaeuser Way.
The Project Team and staff refined the preferred alternative while advancing the environmental
studies and documentation and continued public outreach.
Completed and current project tasks are as follows:
• Access Revision Report (Finalized and Signed by FHWA)
• Preliminary Design
• Fish Passage Culverts — Preferred Alternative Selected
• Public Outreach Report (revised and published 2022)
• Environmental Documentation
Next steps include:
• Agency review and concurrence with environmental documentation (March 2023-
December 2024).
• Preliminary Hydraulic Design for the culvert replacements within the project limits (June
2023).
• Design and right-of-way acquisition for Phase 1. 2024-2025.
Secure funding for Phase 1 construction and next phase(s) of design, right-of-way, and
construction.