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MEETING SUMMARY
In attendance: Committee members Eric Faison, Chair, Deputy Mayor Dean McColgan, and Mike Park; Mayor Jeanne
Burbidge; Councilmember Linda Kochmar; Assistant City Manager Derek Matheson; Director of Community Development
Services Kathy McClung; Public Works Director Cary Roe; Deputy Director of Public Works Ken Miller; City Attorney Bob
Sterbank; Assistant City Attorney Karen Kirkpatrick; Traffic Engineer Rick Perez; Administrative Assistant Sandy Lyle.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Faison called the meeting to order at 5:35 pm.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The summary of the March 18, 2002, 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. Regional Transportation Package – In the state adopted Transportation Bill, a regional transportation district was
also created to authorize a regional transportation package to be presented to voters. The new regional
transportation district must consist of King County plus either one or both Pierce and/or Snohomish Counties. The
planning committee that develops the package is to be made up of all the county council members of all involved
counties and will have a seven member executive board. The regional package will be presented to voters after the
statewide vote in November to give cities time to go back to the Legislature and amend the regional bill to give cities
a greater role in planning and governance of the regional transportation district. The City will press the planning
committee to actively involve cities in project and fund source selection, and will work with other cities through
forums such as the Puget Sound Regional Council, Suburban Cities Association, and other subregional
transportation boards to promote City involvement in the process. The Committee m/s/c to recommend to the City
Council to approve projects in and near the City (I-5/SR18/SR161 Triangle;I-5 & 272nd Street; SR99 Phase III & IV;
SR167; and SR509) and amended the slate to also include I-5 HOV Lanes.
B. Update of Housing Targets – Housing target numbers have been finalized by King County Planning Directors for
the Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC) packet for the May 22, 2002, meeting. There will be a vote in
July. Federal Way’s housing targets were significantly reduced from the total numbers originally assigned in 1992
to 650 above housing capacity. Many ways are being considered to meet these new, lowered numbers.
C. Update of Permit Process Review – Data from the 388 Permit Process Surveys has been input. The stakeholders
on the committee for the review of the Permit Process Survey met and began their discussions of the information
received. The same questions were answered by all respondents regardless of the size and scope of their projects
(i.e., mechanical change-out to major land use issues). The Committee will meet a total of five times through June
and will consider such things as how well the different entities in the Permit Process (City Departments, Fire
Department, Lakehaven Water/Sewer) interact with each other in producing successful projects and satisfied
clients.
5. FUTURE MEETINGS
The next meeting will be May 20, 2002.
6. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
City of Federal Way
City Council
Land Use/Transportation Committee
May 6, 2002 City Hall
5:30 pm Council Chambers