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LUTC MINS 03-07-2005G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2005\03-07-05 LUTC Minutes.doc City of Federal Way City Council Land Use/Transportation Committee March 7, 2005 City Hall 5:30 pm Council Chambers MEETING MINUTES In attendance: Committee members Jack Dovey, Chair, and Council Member Eric Faison (Council Member Michael Park was excused); Mayor Dean McColgan and Deputy Mayor Linda Kochmar; City Manager David Moseley; Assistant City Attorney Karen Kirkpatrick; Public Works Deputy Director Ken Miller; Community Development Services Director Kathy McClung; Senior Planner Margaret Clark; Code Compliance Officer Betty Cruz; Surface Water 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 5:30 pm. 2. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES There were no minutes. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT Bob Couper – He is from Lloyd Enterprises. He understands the Committee will be discussing the possibility of opening 376th Street to commercial trucks. He is in favor of this proposal. Being able to use that road for their trucks would help Lloyd Enterprises to be competitive. The triangle area is a determent to them and opening 376th would allow them to avoid the triangle area. 4. BUSINESS ITEMS A. PAA Sign Code Amendment – The main purpose of this amendment is to extend the sign code regulations to the newly annexed and future annexation areas, and to give the newly annexed areas a 10-year amortization period to bring their signs into compliance. There are also some minor changes intended for clarification. Ms. Clark commented that there is an error in the staff report. On page 6, at the bottom of the page where it talks about the definition for clearview zone, the reference should be for FWCC 22-1151, not 22-1511 as stated. Council Member Faison noted that on page 4, FWCC Section 22-335(i)(3)(a)(iv) gives the owner of the sign 90 days of the date the Consent Decree or Settlement Agreement was filed to apply for a sign permit. This seems quick to him. The Committee agreed that this deadline should be changed to six months. In addition, the Committee would like the staff to research offering an incentive to sign owners to bring their signs into compliance before the 10-year amortization ends. Staff will research this issue and return to the next LUTC with how many signs are in the newly annexed area, approximate cost to bring them up to code, and possible funding sources. It was m/s/c to recommend adoption of the proposed code amendments with the amendment that the 90 day deadline in FWCC Section 22-335(i)(3)(a)(iv) will be changed to six months. This item will go to the City Council for First Reading on April 5, 2005. B. SW 35th Street Regional Pond Fencing Contract Award – It was m/s/c to recommend awarding the SW 356th Street Regional Retention Facility Fence Project to SeaWest Construction, Inc., the lowest responsive, responsible bidder in the amount of $29,924.35; to approve a 10 percent construction contingency of 2,992.00, for a total of $32,916.00; to authorize the City Manger to execute the contract; and to place this item on the March 15, 2005, City Council Consent Agenda. Land Use/Transportation Committee Page 2 March 7, 2005 G:\LUTC\LUTC Agendas and Summaries 2005\03-07-05 LUTC Minutes.doc C. AG04-133 “Sewer Extension Bellacarino Woods” Project – It was m/s/c to recommend authorizing final acceptance of the completed Sewer Extension Bellacarino Woods Project, constructed by Brad Mason Trucking & Excavating, Inc., in the amount of $83,929.48 as complete, and to place this item on the March 15, 2005, City Council Consent Agenda. D. Commercial Vehicles in Residential Neighborhoods – Staff’s proposal is to revise the code to remove the time-of- day limitation (which would restrict commercial vehicles from residential neighborhoods), with exceptions listed for loading, unloading, and service delivery. Richard Keltner – He has a strong interest in maintaining neighborhoods. In the last several years he has noticed more influx of commercial vehicles into residential neighborhoods. He believes this is detrimental to the neighborhoods and supports the staff‘s proposal. Jean Atwell – She spoke in support of the proposal. She feels people are abusing the current code by moving their vehicle at midnight. This proposal would help neighborhoods to look residential. Marie Sciacqua – She supports the proposal, but for safety issues, would like to see all vehicles over 80- inches restricted from residential neighborhoods. She does not feel this would be costly to the City; it would only be an administrative cost. Enforcement would be complaint based and this would help neighborhoods that do not have covenants. Wally Aikala – He also spoke in favor of the proposal. He showed the Committee pictures of a truck that is parked in his neighborhood. He commented that he has come close to hitting children who have run out into the street from behind the truck. He commented that the pictures show how tall the truck is and how if there is a car parked on the other side of the street, only one vehicle at a time can use the street. He believes the pictures show this is a safety issue. The Committee expressed concern that if commercial vehicles cannot park in residential zones, where will they park? Will commercial zones be inundated with commercial vehicles parked overnight? There was concern that this proposal could place an unfair burden on small business owners who will have to park their commercial vehicle someplace other than their home. They asked staff to provide a map of areas that would allow on-street parking. The Committee expressed concern that there has not been much opportunity for the public to give testimony on this issue. Council Member Faison suggested that commercial vehicles be allowed to park in residential zones during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.). The Committee asked what the various neighborhood covenants say. Are they having problems with commercial vehicles? How much of a problem is this in Federal Way? The Committee chose not to make a decision on this issue and requested staff return to the next LUTC with a report on the issues discussed above. 5. FUTURE MEETINGS The next scheduled meeting will be March 21, 2005. 6. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.