11-08-2023 Council Agenda - RegularCITY OF
Federal Way
Centered on Opportunity
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
City Hall - Council Chambers*
November 8, 2023 - 6:30 p.m.
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CALL MEETING TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. MAYOR'S EMERGING ISSUES AND REPORT
• Recent visit from Mayor of Rivne, Ukraine (10/27)
Recent Community Events: Multi -Service Center MSC Helps Luncheon (10/19); 2023
Great Washington Shake -Out (10/19); Tricks n' Treats Funfest at the Federal Way
Community Center (10/28); Federal Way Farmer's Market Season Finale (10/28)
• Upcoming Events: Paint the Plow Event, November 9 - Boys & Girls EX3 Teen Center;
Family Movie Night — Knutzen Family Theatre on November 10 at 5:30 p.m. "DC League
of Super -Pets"
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
RULES: In accordance with State Law, the City of Federal Way prohibits any testimony regarding any campaign for
election or promotion of, or opposition to, any ballot proposition during the public comment. City Council Rules of
Procedure prohibit any personal, impertinent, threatening or slanderous remarks during public comment.
The Mayor may interrupt comments that continue too long or violate the rules of conduct. No speaker may convey
or donate their time for speaking to another speaker. The Mayor has the authority to preserve order at all meetings
of the Council, and to cause the removal of any person from the meeting forbeing disorderly. All individual comments
are limited to 3 minutes each.
5. PRESENTATIONS
a. Proclamation: Native American Heritage Month — November 2023
6. COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND REGIONAL COMMITTEE REPORTS
• Parks/Recreation/Human Services/Public Safety Committee (PRHSPS)
• Land Use/Transportation Committee (LUTC)
• Finance, Economic Development Regional Affairs Committee (FEDRAC)
• Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC)
• Deputy Mayor & Regional Committees Report
• Council President Report
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7. CONSENT AGENDA
Items listed below have been previously reviewed in their entirety by a Council Committee of three members and
brought before full Council for approval; all items are enacted by one motion. Individual items may be removed by
a Councilmember for separate discussion and subsequent motion.
a. Minutes: October 17, 2023 Regular and Special Meeting Minutes
b. Monthly Financial Report — September 2023
c. AP Vouchers 09/16/2023 — 10/15/2023 Payroll Vouchers 09/01/2023 — 09/30/2023
d. 2024 Highline College Small Business Develop Center Interagency Agreement
8. PUBLIC HEARING
a. Ordinance: 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Midyear Amendment (as required by RCW 35A.34)
• Staff Report: Steve Groom, Finance Director
• Public Comment — 3 minutes each
b. Ordinance: 2024 Property Tax Levy (as required by RCW 84.55.120)
• Staff Report: Steve Groom, Finance Director
• Public Comment — 3 minutes each
9. COUNCIL BUSINESS
a. Council Discussion on 2024 Legislative Agenda
• Staff Report: Bill Vadino, Policy Advisor
b. Resolution: Declaration of Intent to Reimburse
• Staff Report: Steve Groom, Finance Director
10. ORDINANCES
First Reading:
a. Council Bill #866/ Ordinance: 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Midyear Amendment
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON RELATING TO
AMENDING THE 2023-2024 BIENNIAL BUDGET (Amending Ordinance Nos. 22-941, 23-959
and 23-966).
• Staff Report presented at Public Hearing: Steve Groom, Finance Director
• Public Comment — 3 minutes each
b. Council Bill #867/ Ordinance: 2024 Property Tax Levy
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON RELATING TO FIXING
THE PROPERTY TAX AMOUNT FOR THE YEAR 2024.
• Staff Report presented at Public Hearing: Steve Groom, Finance Director
• Public Comment — 3 minutes each
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c. Council Bill #865/Ordinance: Ordinance relating to a Concomitant Zoning Agreement
Amendment for the WinCo Food Property
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO
APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE WINCO FOODS CONCOMITANT ZONING
AGREEMENT TO REMOVE THE APPLICABILITY OF THE CONCOMITANT ZONING
AGREEMENT TO THE WINCO FOODS PROPERTY. (Amending Ordinance No. 91-99)
• Staff Report: Chaney Skadsen, Senior Planner
Second Reading/Enactment:
d. Council Bill #862/Highline Water District Franchise Ordinance
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, GRANTING HIGHLINE
WATER DISTRICT, A NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO OCCUPY RIGHTS -OF -WAY IN THE
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, WITHIN THE SPECIFIED FRANCHISE AREA FOR
THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING, MAINTAINING, OPERATING, REPLACING, AND
REPAIRING A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM WITHIN AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF
FEDERAL WAY.
e. Council Bill #863/ Establishing the Time of Payment, Interest and Penalties to be
imposed on Delinquent Annual Special Assessment for Lake Management District
Number 1 Steel Lake
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, ESTABLISHING THE
TIME OF PAYMENT, INTEREST, AND PENALTIES TO BE IMPOSED ON DELINQUENT
ANNUAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR LAKE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1 FOR
STEEL LAKE.
Council Bill #864/ Development Agreement Code Amendments
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO
AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 19.85 FWRC, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS; AMENDING
FWRC 19.85.010, 19.85.020, 19.85.030, 19.85.050; 19.85.060; 19.85.070; 19.85.080;
19.85.090; 19.85.110; 19.85.120; 19.85.130; 19.85.140; 19.85.150; 19.85.160; 19.85.180;
19.85.190; 19.85.200; AND 19.85.210 (AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 02-426 AND 09-594).
11. COUNCIL REPORTS
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