FEDRAC MINS 03-09-2004City of Federal Way
City Council
Finance/Economic Develop ment/Regional Affairs Committee
March 9, 2004 City Hall
5:30 p.m. Mt. Baker Conference Room
MEETING MINUTES
In a t t enda nc e: C ommitt ee Members: Council Member s Eric Faison, Cha ir , a nd Jim F er r ell; J ea nne
Burbidge (abs ent); Mayor Dean McColgan; Cit y Ma na ger Da vi d Mos el ey; Dir ect or of Commu nit y
Development Services Kathy McClung; Deputy Dir ector of Community Development Services Patrick
Doherty; Management Services Director Iwen Wang; City Attorney Pat Richardson; and Administrative
Assistant E. Tina Piety.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Faison called the meeting to order at 5:33 pm.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
Ther e was no public comment.
4. COMMITTEE BUSINESS
A. Approval of the February 10, 2004, Minutes – It was m/s/c to adopt the February 10, 2004,
minut es as pres ent ed.
B. Korean Sports and Cultural Festival – Ms. Richardson commented that the draft opinion from
t he At t or ney G ener a l’s Office spoke of in t he Committee’s memor a ndu m is a ctua lly fr om t he
Auditor’s Office. Many cities feel it is a narrow interpretation and she feels using Lodging Tax
Advisor y Committ ee (LTAC) fu nds for the festival would be appropr ia te. T he C ommitt ee would
like t o see a copy of this opinion. The Committee discussed the funds for this project and how
t hey wi l l t a ke a large a mount of t he LT AC budget. Mr . Doher ty c omm ent ed t ha t the c onsulta nts
could produce an event to fit whatever budget the Cit y agrees upon; however, they feel a quality
event that will draw large numbers and will be a signature event for the City needs the amount
requ est ed. T he C ommitt ee wou ld like to s ee the i nc ent i ves f or t his fest i va l. T hey a lso wa nt ma jor
Kor ean or ga niza tions/business es t o commit funds so t ha t not a ll funds come from t he Cit y.
Concern was expressed that if the Cit y pays for most of the festival, it would remove the
incentive for others to donate. It was decided to table this issue to the next FEDRAC meeting.
C. Work Plan for Considering City Center Redevelopment Strategies– Chair man Faison
provided the Committee with a handout of possible work plan items divided into short-ter m,
medium-ter m, and long-ter m. He commented that FEDRAC should be working on the City
Center redevelopment, and then the rest of the economic development issues. Council Member
Ferrell stated that creating an identifiable downtown is key and one way to promote that is to
have a park, or some kind of gr een space, to build around. He would like the C ity to pursue
purchasing (or even condemning, which would only happen if the City wer e not offer ed fair
ma r k et va lu e) p r op er t y t o a ch i ev e t h is . O n e is s u e t o co n s id er is wh et h er t h e C it y wi l l a ct iv el y or
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passively pursue redevelopment. It was felt there should be a compromise between the City
actively purchasing property and having it developed, and passively having only plans that say
what the City wants the downtown to be. It was m/s/c to request the staff to pursue the work plan
(as outlined in the March 2, 2004, staff memo) associated with potential City Center
redevelopment strategies, provide progress reports at each monthly FEDRAC meeting, and bring
this issue back to the FEDRAC upon conclusion of the work plan for its consideration and
recommendations to the City Council, with the amendment that the work plan will include
consideration of property acquisition for a public park (or something similar) and other
development activity. The Committee discussed Chairman Faison’s work plan and were asked to
provide feedback at the next meeting.
5. FUTURE MEETINGS
The next scheduled meeting is April 13, 2004, 5:30 p.m., in the Mt. St. Helens Conference Room.
6. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 6:43 p.m.
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