LUTC MINS 10-02-2000
MEETING SUMMARY
In attendance: Committee members Phil Watkins, Chair, Jeanne Burbidge and Dean McColgan; Mayor Michael
Park and Deputy Mayor Linda Kochmar; City Manager David Mosely; Interim Director of Community
Development Services Kathy McClung; Public Works Director Cary Roe; Assistant City Attorney Bob Sterbank;
Traffic Engineer Rick Perez; Development Services Manager Trent Ward; Senior Planner Lori Michaelson;
Assistant to the City Manager Derek Matheson; Contract Planners David Graves and Tim McHarg; Administrative
Assistant Sandy Lyle.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Watkins called the meeting to order at 5:33 pm.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The summary of the September 25, 2000, meeting was approved as presented.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment on any item not included in the agenda.
4. BUSINESS ITEMS
A. Windswept Preliminary Plat – The Committee m/s/c recommendation of approval to the City
Council of the Windswept Preliminary Plat located at South 296th Street and Military Road South.
The project is a 2.81acre family residential cluster subdivision. The proposed preliminary plat of
Windswept meets the code requirements for open spaces, drainage ways, streets, alleys, other
public ways, water supplies, sanitary waste, parks playgrounds, sites for schools, school grounds,
fire protection, and safe walking conditions. The proposed preliminary plat is consistent with the
Federal Way Comprehensive Plan, the RS-9.6 zone classification and satisfies all criteria for
intrusion into a stream setback and floodplain.
B. Keller Preliminary Plat – Following questions and discussion, the Committee m/s/c
recommendation of approval to the City Council of the Keller Preliminary Plat. The project
proposes 44 single family residential lots of 7,200 square feet on 14.03 acres East of the 34600
block of 21st Avenue SW. The application is vested and subject to the codes, policies, and
regulations in place on the date of complete application, December 1, 1998. The applicant shall
construct traffic calming devices consistent with an approved plan to discourage cut-through
traffic to neighboring Rosella Lane.
C. Belle Meadow Preliminary Plat – The Belle Meadow Preliminary Plat is adjacent to and north of
the Keller Plat. The project would place 37 single family residential lots with a minimum lot size
of 7,205 square feet within a 9.77 acre parcel of property abutting the east side of 21st avenue SW
between SW 344th and 346th Streets. The proposed preliminary plat complies with the Federal
Way Comprehensive Plan, the FWCC Design Criteria and the FWCC Development Standards.
Appropriate provision has been made for public health, safety, and general welfare for open
spaces, drainage ways, streets, alleys, other public ways, water supplies, sanitary waste, fire
protection, parks, playground, schools and school grounds, and safe walking conditions. The
public use and interest will be served by providing an attractive location for a single family
residential subdivision convenient to schools, parks, and shopping. The Committee m/s/c
recommendation of approval to the City Council at its October 17, 2000, meeting.
City of Federal Way
City Council
Land Use/Transportation Committee
October 2, 2000 City Council
5:30 pm Council Chambers
D. Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) Third Runway Flight Plan Proposal – Barbara Hinkle,
ACC Representative, presented a newly drafted color map of the proposed flight path of the
proposed Third Runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. She stressed the importance of
continuing a good rapport between the Port of Seattle and the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA). She further encouraged ACC communities to continue to study traffic, trends and
employment due to the fact that information presently used as a base was gathered years ago and
may no longer be relevant. She also recommended that the idea of a second, regional, airport
remain as a vision for the future of the Puget Sound area.
E. Growth Management Planning Council Update – Committee member Burbidge gave an update
from the recent GMPC meeting. She reported that, like Federal Way, other communities are also
concerned about congested traffic. They, too, are reluctant to willingly increase their residential
densities. The GMPC wishes to encourage the pursuit of new ideas and to review best practice
options. Affordable housing and encouraging developers to build homes that are within the
financial reach of low- and middle-income families remains the challenge of each regional
community.
5. FUTURE MEETINGS
The next meeting will be held in Council Chambers at 5:30 pm on October 9, 2000.
6. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 6:45pm.
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