LUTC MINS 07-02-2001
MEETING SUMMARY
In attendance: Committee members Dean McColgan, Chair, Jeanne Burbidge and Eric Faison; Deputy Mayor
Linda Kochmar; Director of Community Development Services Kathy McClung; Public Works Director Cary Roe;
City Attorney Bob Sterbank; Assistant City Attorney Karen Kirkpatrick; Senior Planner Margaret Clark; Traffic
Engineer Rick Perez; Administrative Assistant Sandy Lyle; David Graves, Madrona Planning Contract Planner.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair McColgan called the meeting to order at 5:33 pm.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the June 18, 2001, meeting were approved as presented.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment on any item not included in the agenda.
4. BUSINESS ITEMS
A. Miscellaneous Code Amendments – As part of the 2001 Planning Commission work program,
staff proposed code amendments related to clarifications to provisions related to code interpretations
and Process I appeals; clarifications to provisions related to land use application notices; siting
Emergency Preparedness containers at school sites; clarifications to provisions related to senior
housing; and siting of Personal Wireless Service Facilities (PWSF). The proposed code amendments
would incorporate regulations into Federal Way City Code (FWCC) Chapter 22 and clarify existing code
provisions. Following staff presentation and subsequent Committee discussion, recommendation of
approval was m/s/c to the City Council at its July 17, 2001, meeting.
B. Adoption of 2002-2007 TIP – The six-year Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) and Arterial
Street Improvement Plan (ASIP) respond to the Growth Management Act concurrency requirements as
well as other emerging needs. Projects are selected based on criteria adopted in the City’s
Comprehensive Plan TP81, which reads: Prioritize transportation projects considering concurrency,
safety, support for non-SOV modes, environmental impacts, and cost effectiveness. The scoring criteria
are shown in Attachment C. The proposed plan does not significantly differ from the previous year’s
plan. However, construction costs have been updated for all projects based on the latest bid results. It
has been proposed for three completed projects to be deleted. Eight projects have had revisions of
scope. Three new projects have been proposed to be added to the six-year TIP and ASIP. Those three
include First Avenue South from South 320th Street to South 330th Street, South 336th Street from 18th
Avenue South to I-5, and Design Study for a new interchange at South 312th Street at I-5. After
discussion, the Committee amended the TIP/ASIP to include the SR161/SR18/I-5 Triangle Study and
m/s/c recommendation of approval to the City Council at its July 17, 2001, meeting.
C. Housing Targets – Staff presented historical information about how housing targets were
established in the early 1990’s. Over the years the City of Federal Way has become uncomfortable with
the methodology originally used to determine those household targets. The 2000 Census showed
Federal Way’s population to be 83,259 as of April 1, 2000. For the same period the state’s Office of
Financial Management (OFM) estimated City population at 77,010, a difference of 6,249 people. The
suggestion is that there is either a higher person per household ratio or higher occupancy rate in
Federal Way than assumed by OFM. Originally, targets were intended to accommodate future
population based on a 20-year population projection by the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC).
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Population was converted to housing units because it is easier to measure additional residential units
through the building permit process than it is to measure additional people. This, then, leads to the
belief that Federal Way may actually be closer to its population targets that the number of new housing
units may imply. When assigning new targets and converting population to housing units, it may be
appropriate to factor in person per household ratio and occupancy rate. As a result, City staff will be
conducting its own research on how the numbers were originally derived.
5. FUTURE MEETINGS
The next meeting will be held in Council Chambers at 5:30 pm on July 16, 2001.
6. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 6:50pm.