LUTC MINS 01-05-2015City of Federal Way
City Council
Land Use /Transportation Committee
December 1, 2014 City Hall
5:30 p.m. Council Chambers
MEETING SUMMARY
Committee Members in Attendance: Committee Chair Bob Celski and Committee members Kelly Maloney and Lydia
Assefa- Dawson. Council members in attendance: Deputy Mayor Burbidge.
Staff in Attendance: Public Works Director Marwan Salloum, Assistant City Attorney Ryan Call, Assistant City Attorney Mark
Orthmann, City Traffic Engineer Rick Perez, Interim Streets Manager John Mulkey, Senior Transportation Planning Engineer
Sarady Long, and Administrative Assistant II Shawna Upton.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Committee Chair Celski called the meeting to order at 5:30 PM.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT (3 minutes)
No public comment was received.
3. COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Topic Title/ Description
A. Approval of Minutes: December 1, 2014
Committee approved the December 1, 2014, LUTC minutes as presented.
Moved: Assefa- Dawson Seconded: Maloney Passed: Unanimously, 3 -0
B. Grant Funding for Transportation Improvement Projects — Authorization to Accept Grant
Funding
Mr. Mulkey provided a background on the scoring methods used by the State
Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) to determine grant awards and the current
status of the grant applications that were submitted for consideration. Grant funding was
awarded for the S 352nd Street Extension project for right of way and construction.
Forward to
Council
N/A
January 20, 2015
Consent
Committee forwarded Option #1 as presented.
Moved: Maloney Seconded: Assefa- Dawson Passed: Unanimously, 3 -0
C. Code Amendment for Temporary Suspension of Transportation Impact Fees for Change in January 20, 2015
Use Consent
Mr. Long presented information on Transportation Impact Fees (TIF) and noted that the
City collects traffic mitigation on all new development projects that generate traffic and
this includes change of use as well. In December of 2011, the Council passed a 3 -year
temporary suspension of transportation impact fees charged for changes in use that do
not add new square footage. The temporary suspension is set to automatically expire on
December 31, 2014. To encourage and promote development activity, the Mayor
Committee Members City Staff
Bob Celski, Chair Marwan Salloum, P. E., Public Works Director
Kelly Maloney, Member Shawna Upton, Administrative Assistant II
Lydia Assefa- Dawson, Member 253- 835 -2703
proposes to extend the temporary suspension for another three years until
December 31, 2017. If this temporary suspension is successful, higher traffic volumes
may result with less financial capacity to fund roadway improvements needed to
accommodate new development. Further discussion continued regarding positive and
negative aspects of another extension, how much money has been lost due to the original
extension, and the possibility of extending it for a shorter term.
Committee forwarded Option #1 as amended to modify the proposed FWRC
text amendments by reducing the suspension for one year instead of three
years and recommending City Council adoption of the FWRC text amendment
as modified and forward the proposed Ordinance to First Reading on
January 20, 2015.
Moved: Maloney Seconded: Assefa- Dawson Passed: Unanimously, 3 -0
4. OTHER
5. FUTURE MEETINGS /AGENDA ITEMS:
The next LUTC meeting will be Monday, February 2, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers.
6. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 6:17 PM.
COMMITTEE APPROVAL:
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Kelly Mal y, Member
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Committee Members City Staff
Bob Celski, Chair Marwan Salloum, P. E., Public Works Director
Kelly Maloney, Member Shawna Upton, Administrative Assistant II
Lydia Assefa- Dawson, Member 253- 835 -2703