Planning Commission PKT 01-17-2018City of Federal Way
PLANNING COMMISSION
1January 17, 2018 City Hall
6:30 p.m. Council Chambers
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
November 15, 2017
4. AUDIENCE COMMENT — UNRELATED TO COMMISSION BusINEss
5. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
6. COMMISSION BUSINESS
• First Item of Planning Commission Work Program — Examine the process
to select items to be considered on the docket.
• Message to the Council Regarding Recommendation to Deny the Rezones
and Comprehensive Plan Amendments From the November Hearing
7. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
8. ADJOURN
Commissioners
Lawson Bronson, Chair
Tom Medhurst, Vice -Chair
Hope Elder
Wayne Carlson
Tim O'Neil
Diana Noble-Gulliford
Dawn Meader McCausland
Anthony Murrietta, Alternate
Dale Couture, Alternate
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City Staff
Robert "Doc" Hansen, Planning Manager
Margaret Clark, Principal Planner
E. Tina Piety, Administrative Assistant
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Planning Commission Administrative Report
1. Sound Transit Status. The technical team for the Station 3 has decided to meet every other
week to work out issues and details related to the completion of the station. The last meeting was
June 20th to discuss four items of concern including:
• Crosswalk options crossing 320th between the station and the Commons area are still
being examined. Options reviewed include special lighting, speed bumps, identification
of City entry expecting slowdown, differing intersection material highlighting the
crosswalk, and shuttling passengers from parking areas.
• Based upon the wetland report that was submitted, there is only one wetland existing
outside the WSDOT right-of-way potentially affected by the construction of Sound
Transit. It will be reviewed for accuracy of the report. Consultant is being contracted for
this service at this time.
• Parking for persons using the Light Rail is still being discussed and will probably remain
an item for discussion. and what are options that exist including the parking garage?
• What other impacts will Transit Oriented Development (TOD) have on retail, road
systems and housing in the City?
2. Full Year. Due the large number of activities we have been charged by Council to completing, I
anticipate a large number of informative meetings and public hearings to be held this year. First
projection shows that we could have eight informative meetings for three major projects on our
schedule and a number of informative meetings to discuss docket items. I also expect four public
hearings, some of which may take several nights. For the benefit of all, I would like to know any
planned absences that you may have for the year. This information will allow us to efficiently
plan for such meetings, and insure that we have a majority when voting on particular issues.
3. Council Passim the Work Program Largely as Presented to You. Within your packet is the
Planning Commission Work Program passed by the Council on January 2nd and signed by the
Council on January 6. The program notes which items are indicated for consideration through the
"Docket" procedure and which ones will most likely be addressed as separate projects. There
may be some noted now as being within the "Docket" procedure, but if complex, that would be
considered as a separate item for consideration outside the docket. This new procedure is
intended to allow for more updates to the plan and regulations requiring a less number of public
hearings. The docket procedure is used throughout the region by various jurisdictions and has
been accepted as an appropriate means of updating plans and regulations implementing the plans
by the Growth Management Hearings Board.
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Docket Comparison and Questions to Discussed
• Choice: Federal Way's City Council, through public hearing in June, makes a choice as to what
items will be reviewed for docket and which ones will not. Other jurisdictions often require the
staff to submit a list based upon the workload to the Council or the Planning Commission to
determine final considerations. None of the other jurisdictions examined use a hearing method
to determine what or what not to consider within their docket. Sometimes a list is required for
review by the public before the council makes its decision as to what to consider within the
annual docket.
• Deadline for submittal: Federal Way has within its code that submittals requesting amendment
to the Comprehensive Plan must be made by September 30th to be considered the following
year. Some jurisdictions have no time indicated, two with dates similar to ours and one with a
deadline in the spring of the year to be considered. Tacoma has a deadline of May 30, after
which items still may be considered, but "may not be considered until the following annual
docket."
• Who can initiate a change. In all jurisdictions examined any person, organization or the
jurisdiction can request an item for docket review. In one jurisdiction, the Hearing Examiner can
make the request and several of the jurisdictions specifically name the Planning Commission and
the Director as ones who can make the request. Applications and fees are often associated with
private requests.
• Time for decision and review. Federal Way, the same as all the other jurisdictions examined,
has an "annual review" known as docket, which, as required by the State, happens no more
than once per year. But jurisdictions indicate no time when decision on the annual review, or
docket, has to be made. Most jurisdictions make decisions at the end or the beginning of a year.
There is no requirement by State when this has to be done.
There is also no time required within other jurisdictions to when decisions are made
determining which items will be considered for the annual docket. Only Federal Way
establishes a timeline for deciding which items will be heard for docket through its hearing
process which occurs in the middle of the year.
• Who Makes the Decision for Items to be Considered. In Federal Way, like in many jurisdictions,
the decision is made by the Council. In Tacoma, after items are presented to the public for
discussion, a report from staff is presented to the Planning Commission who makes the
determination of which items to be considered. In several cases, the items considered depends
upon the complexity of the issue and the amount of staff time necessary to complete review of
proposed amendments. The question is asked, "How much can we accomplish?" and can be a
"first come first serve" agenda.
• Regulation Review. The City of SeaTac has adopted a "Regulation Review' procedure within
their code which allows them to make changes to their code, without it being tied to the docket
procedure and when it does not deal directly with their comprehensive plan.
Questions to Consider in Review of the Docket Process.
1. Do we need a hearing to make determination of items to be considered on the annual docket?
2. Should there be a deadline for application for amendment to the Comprehensive Plan or
regulation, and if so, what should that deadline be?
3. Who makes the decision on what is to be considered on the annual docket?
4. Should there be a date when the docket item decision is made, and if so, what date?
5. Should there be a date when final docket is decided upon, or a date when it is presented to
Council?
6. Is "regulation review" a process that should be explored?
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
MEMORANDUM
DATE: January 10, 2018
TO: Lawson Bronson, Federal Way Planning Commission Chair
Brian Davis, Community Development Director
FROM: Robert "Doc" Hansen, Planning Manager
Margaret H. Clark, AICP, Principal Planner
SUBJECT: 2017 Comprehensive Plan Amendments
BACKGROUND:
During their January 2, 2018 meeting, the City Council forwarded approval of the Ordinance on
Requests 1-3 to the January 16, 2018 City Council meeting for enactment, tabled Requests 4-9, and
requested that the Planning Commission review a legislative rezone for the larger area presently
designated Single Family Medium Density Residential and Single Family (RS 35.0, one unit per 35,000
square feet) located between I-5 and the existing Single Family High Density Residential (RS 7.2) zoning
to the east.
The nine requests are described as follows:
File #15 -104981 -UP, Puget Center Property — Request for a comprehensive plan amendment
and rezone of parcels 082104-9074, 082104-9076, and 082104-9167 (4.03 acres total),
located north of South 312th Street and east of 1 st Avenue South, from Neighborhood
Business (BN) to Single Family High -Density Residential and Single Family (RS 7.2, one
unit per 7,200 square feet).
2. File #16 -105017 -UP, Campbell —Request for a comprehensive plan amendment and rezone
of parcel 322104-9059 (5.0 acres), located at 610 South 376th Street, from Single Family
Low Density Residential and Suburban Estates (SE, one unit per five acres) to Single Family
Medium Density Residential and Single Family (RS 35.0, one unit per 35,000 square feet).
File #16 -106141 -UP, Dematteis/Gabrielson Property — Request for a comprehensive plan
amendment and rezone of parcels 132103-9002, 132103-9091, and 132103-9036 (2.3 acres
total), located at 2200 SW 320th Street and 3201121 st Avenue SW, from Professional
Office (PO) to Single Family High Density and Single Family (RS 5.0, one unit per 5,000
square feet).
4. File #16 -104838 -UP, Johnson— Request for a comprehensive plan amendment and rezone of
parcel 322104-9086 (0.44 acres), located at 1424 South 372nd Street, from Single Family
Medium Density Residential and Single Family (RS 35.0, one unit per 35,000 square feet) to
Single Family High Density Residential and (RS 7.2, one unit per 7,200 square feet).
5. File #16 -105015 -UP, Neether — Request for a comprehensive plan amendment and rezone of
parcels 322104-9157 and 322104-9045 (2.66 acres total), located at 37222 Milton Road
South and 1301 South 272nd Street, from Single Family Medium Density Residential and
Single Family (RS 35.0, one unit per 35,000 square feet) to Single Family High Density
Residential and Single Family (RS5.0, one unit per 5,000 square feet).
6. File #16 -105016 -UP, Otteson — Request for a comprehensive plan amendment and rezone of
parcels 322104-9002 and 322104-9076 (4.18 acres total), located at 1408 South 372nd
Street, from Single Family Medium Density Residential and Single Family (RS 35.0, one
unit per 35,000 square feet) to Single Family High Density Residential and Single Family
(RS 7.2, one unit per 7,200 square feet).
7. File #16 -105019 -UP, Beard — Request for a comprehensive plan amendment and rezone of
parcels 322104-9114, 322104-9053, and 322104-9129 (4.52 acres total), located at 1331
South 372nd Street, 1311 South 272nd Street, and 1321 South 372nd Street, from Single
Family Medium Density Residential and Single Family (RS 35.0, one unit per 35,000 square
feet) to Single Family High Density Residential and Single Family (RS 7.2, one unit per
7,200 square feet).
File #16 -105020 -UP, Ellingson — Request for a comprehensive plan amendment and rezone
of parcels 322104-9036, 322104-9138, 322104-9136, and 322104-9050 (13.38.acres total),
located at 1110 South 376th Street and 1224 South 376th Street, from Single Family
Medium Density Residential and Single Family (RS 35.0, one unit per 35,000 square feet) to
Single Family High Density Residential and Single Family (RS5.0, one unit per 5,000 square
feet).
9. File #16 -105022 -UP, Dararak — Request for a comprehensive plan amendment and rezone of
parcel 322104-9064 (2.4 acres), located at 1423 South 372nd Street, from Single Family
Medium Density Residential and Single Family (RS 35.0, one unit per 35,000 square feet) to
Single Family High Density Residential and Single Family (RS 7.2, one unit per 7,200
square feet).
Staff will be preparing a legislative proposal to increase density of all parcels in this area as part of the
2018 Planning Commission Work Program. This will include environmental review and analysis and
evaluation of how the amendments comply with the Federal Way Comprehensive Plan, the King County
Countywide Policies, and the Puget Sound Regional Council's VISION 2040 Plan. Staff will then bring
the amendments with the Mayor's recommendation back to the Planning Commission for a public
hearing. However, because the Growth Management Act (GMA, RCW 36.70A.130 [2] [a]) limits
comprehensive plan updates to no more than once per year, except under certain circumstances, the
earliest action could be taken on these updates is January 2019.
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