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MEETING MINUTES
In attendance: Committee members Jack Dovey, Chair, and Council Members Eric Faison and Michael Park;
Mayor Dean McColgan; Deputy Mayor Linda Kochmar; Council Members Jeanne Burbidge and Jim Ferrell; City
Manager David Moseley; Director of Public W orks Cary Roe; City Attorney Pat Richardson; Surface W ater Manager
Paul Bucich; Traffic Engineer Rick Perez; and Administrative Assistant E. Tina Piety.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Dovey called the meeting to order at 5:34 pm.
2. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
The minutes of the January 24, 2005, meeting were approved as presented.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
4. BUSINESS ITEMS
A. AG 04-108, Lakota Creek Restoration Improvement Project – Project Acceptance – This project is
complete with the exception that landscaping will be maintained by the contractor for two years and portions
of the landscaping cost will be paid after the end of the maintenance period. This project includes a
contingency and when asked why, staff responded it is needed because of water flows at this time of year. It
was m/s/c to authorize final acceptance of the completed Lakota Creek Restoration Improvement Project,
constructed by W agner Development, Inc., in the amount of $807,131.55 as complete, and place it on the
March 1, 2005, City Council Consent Agenda.
B. Status of the I-5, SR161, SR18 Interchange Project – Mr. Perez introduced Bruce Nevitt and Paul
Johnson from the W ashington State Department of Transportation (W SDOT). Mr. Nevitt is the project
engineer and gave an overview of the project. They currently have three alternatives (down from an
originally 11), from which the technical advisory committee will choose a preferred alternative at their
February 23rd meeting. Following this decision, W SDOT will begin work on the environmental analysis and
access decision report (this report researches traffic impacts). Mr. Johnson, the project manager, went over
the specifics of the three alternatives. In order to choose the preferred alternative, they have developed a
series of criteria (on such items as environmental, noise, and construction impacts, and traffic operations
and safety) and will assign points to each alternative based on these criteria. Mr. Faison commented that
due to the amount of traffic, he feels it is important to have a road connecting the proposed frontage to
Home Depot and Costco. The preferred alternative will be presented to the public at an Open House in
March. WSDOT has the funds for the environmental and access decision reports, but will need to seek
funding for the final design, right-of-way purchases, and construction. The Committee discussed funding
possibilities, and W SDOT said the project could be constructed in phases. Because the Council feels it
would be a way of informing the public about this issue, the Committee requested that this issue be placed
on the February 15, 2005, City Council Agenda.
5. FUTURE MEETINGS
The next scheduled meeting will be February 28, 2005, because February 21st is a holiday.
6. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
City of Federal Way
City Council
Land Use/Transportation Committee
February 7, 2005 City Hall
5:30 p.m. Council Chambers