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LUTC MINS 12-15-2003G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2003\December 15, 2003, LUTC Minutes.doc MEETING MINUTES In attendance: Committee members Eric Faison, Chair, Deputy Mayor Dean McColgan and Councilmember Michael Park; Council Members Linda Kochmar and Jack Dovey; Director of Community Development Services Kathy McClung; Director of Public Works Cary Roe; City Attorney Pat Richardson; Deputy Director of Community Development Services Greg Fewins; Deputy Public Works Director Ken Miller; Senior Planner Lori Michaelson; Traffic Engineer Rick Perez; Development Services Manager Jim Femling; Senior Traffic Engineer Maryanne Zukowski; Associate Planner Rox Burhans; Administrative Assistant Sandy Lyle. 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Faison called the meeting to order at 5:34 pm. 2. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES The summary of the November 17, 2003, 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. I-5 Access Study Presentation – The City awarded a contract on November 10, 2003, to the consulting firm CH2MHill to perform a feasibility study to determine access solutions to the congested interchange at South 320th Street and I-5. South of 320th, WSDOT has determined that I-5 is a High Accident Corridor (HAC) and the interchange at South 320th Street is a High Accident Location (HAL). The study area is generally defined as: • The Interstate 5 mainline between SR18 and South 272nd Street • The ramp termini intersections • An area including the City Center bounded by SR99 to the west • An extended corridor off-set and parallel ½ mile east of I-5 • South 272nd Street to the north and South 348th Street to the south Staff is organizing targeted public involvement to gain neighborhood representation and source links of communication for the project. Stakeholder representatives of neighborhood groups will participate in formal information sessions. Staff and CH2MHill are working on agency participation groups for the Support Group, Advisory Committee and Stakeholder members that will be reviewed by WSDOT on December 16, 2003. Beginning in January 2004, there will be additional public, LUTC and City Council briefings and updates. B. Big Box Retail in City Center – As part of the 2001 Planning Commission work program, staff was asked to develop a code amendment excluding discount retail establishments from the City Center Core (CC-C) in order to encourage multistory, pedestrian-scale, mixed-use development that more efficiently uses CC-C land and maintains compatibility with the Federal Way Comprehensive Plan. Incentive strategies approved to date include: •••• A limited property tax exemption for residential and mixed-use projects in the City Center. City of Federal Way City Council Land Use/Transportation Committee December 15, 2003 City Hall 5:30 p.m. Council Chambers G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2003\December 15, 2003, LUTC Minutes.doc •••• Staff is proceeding with a SEPA Planned Action and related code amendments/ordinances, slated for adoption in early 2004 •••• Redevelopment strategies and/or potential public-private partnership ideas and has decided to make this issue a key topic of the Council’s annually retreat in January 2004. Given the strong recommendations from the public for the City to explore and consider incentives, and given the previously cited Council and staff actions and work items, staff has dedicated its time to incentive- oriented strategies with the intention of reintroducing these code amendments as part of a bundle of proposals for City Council consideration to include the SEPA Planned Action ordinance, City Center code changes, and potential redevelopment strategies. C. Colella Estates Preliminary Plat – The Colella Estates site is located north of SW 320th Street at approximately 30th Avenue SW and extends from 315th Street to a future 310th Street. The majority of the developable portion of the site is located north of SW 312th Street. The Colella Estates project includes a 40-lot conventional subdivision for the southeasterly fourteen acres of the 59-acre site and a 46-lot cluster subdivision for the northwesterly forty-five acres of the site. The owner has agreed to pay the City $53,000 in mitigation fees and will perform an additional traffic study when 75% of the homes are occupied to determine the need for further traffic calming devices. The Committee m/s/c recommendation to the City Council to approve the Colella Estates Preliminary Plat at its meeting January 6, 2004. D. Work Program Progress Report – Staff reported many accomplishments in 2003. Those accomplishments included the 2002 Comprehensive Plan Update, the PAA Study, annexation work, and several code amendments. The Permit Stakeholder’s Recommendations were implemented; five major commercial projects were reviewed, including the Metropolitan Market and SeaTac Mall; four residential plats, three preliminary and one final, were reviewed and approved by Council; staff reviewed development applications for Christian Faith Center, Sound Transit, SeaTac Mall, City Hall tenant improvements and a new Community Center. The Building Official was instrumental in adoption of IBC Codes in the State Legislature, major upgrades to the Amanda Permit Tracking System, and was a major player in City Hall planning. Considerable work was accomplished with the Tourism and Economic Development Committees. A consultant was hired, a Public Scoping Meeting was conducted, and preliminary traffic results were reviewed for Planned Action SEPA for Downtown. Code amendments to facilitate development were identified; a team to plan publicity for the City was implemented and businesses were assisted with information about locating in Federal Way. A multi-family tax exemption for future City Center residential development was passed by Council. Twenty-six applications for Block Grants were processed and thirty- seven contracts for Human Services Funds were administered. Korean Community meetings were coordinated. CERT training was provided and a grant from King County EOC for equipment was obtained. Volunteers were recruited and then honored at a May “beach party” themed event. While the above accomplishments are not the entire list of great things accomplished in the last twelve months, Deputy Mayor McColgan thanked all staff for its hard work. He said that the bar is high here in Federal Way and the plate is always full. He acknowledged that Council is always adding more. But he also emphasized that the Council does appreciate all that staff does. Chair Faison echoed Deputy Mayor McColgan’s comments and added that he has enjoyed being LUTC Chair for the past two years. 5. FUTURE MEETINGS The next scheduled meeting will be January 5, 2004 6. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.