PRHSPSC MINS 09-11-2018City of Federal Way
City Council
PARKS RECREATION HUMAN SERVICES & PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE
Tuesday September 11, 2018
5:00 p.m.
SUMMARY
Committee Members in Attendance: Committee member Koppang, and Committee member and
Moore.
Council Members in Attendance: Deputy Mayor Honda
Committee Members Excused: Chair Johnson
Staff Members in Attendance: Eric Rhoades, Assistant City Attorney, John Hutton, Parks Director, and
Mary Jaenicke, Administrative Assistant Il.
Guests: Amer Randev, Michael Anderson and Jordan Plummer, King County Housing Authority
Committee member Koppang called the meeting to order at 5:00pm
Commission Comment: None
Public Comment: Lyn Idahosa, Federal Way Collective has met with local business owners located in
the Pacific Highway area to discuss the possibility of doing a coat drive. They are asking them if they
would be willing to put out a coatrack / bin in front of their business. This would allow people to leave a
coat on the rack, and people would be able to take a coat off the rack. She is asking if the City would be
willing to partner with them in advertising this service. She would like to discuss this further at a later
time.
Committee member Koppang motioned to move item B to item C, and have a presentation from King
County Housing Authority as item B.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Approval of Minutes
Committee member Koppang motioned to approve the August 14, 2018 minutes as written.
Committee member Moore seconded. Motion passed.
King County Housing Authority Presentation — Source of Income Protection
Amar Randev, Program Manager and Owner Liaison gave a presentation on the hardships that tenants of
Section 8 are facing when they are trying to find housing in Federal Way. He is proposing that the City of
Federal Way have something in place for families that are using subsidies as their income to prove that
they are eligible to rent housing. Many apartment complexes do not allow subsidies to be used as income
to qualify for being eligible to rent housing. Many surrounding cities have ordinances in place that
address this issue — Federal Way does not. There is a state law (Source of Income Discrimination)
(SOID) that will be effective September 30, 2018 to address some of the concerns. Landlords will no
longer be able to discriminate against tenants who use federal, state or locally issued benefits to pay their
rent. Committee member Moore stated that the Council has an interest in holding landlords accountable.
Committee member Koppang stated that there are two issues: 1) A rental inspection program, which
Community Development is researching. 2) Making sure that all subsidies are accounted for in the total
income for prospective renters in the evaluation process. Renton, Kent, Bellevue and Redmond have all
enacted ordinances that have begun the process of addressing this issue. Committee member Koppang set
up a policy priority that the staff look at the ordinances of Renton, Kent, Bellevue and Redmond and
have this information brought back to committee for review. Mr. Rhoades will also review the state
statute. Deputy Mayor Honda added that if the state is enacting a law on September 30, 2018, then it
may be unnecessary to create an ordinance.
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PARKS, RECREATION, HUMAN SERVICES & PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Summary
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Authorization to Allocate Additional Funds for the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan
Mr. Hutton reported that Parks Department staff expanded the scope of work for AHBL, and therefor
need to amend the contract to increase the compensation. The total increase in compensation is $26,000.
Committee member Moore moved to forward Option 1 to the September 18, 2018 Council consent
agenda for approval. Committee member Koppang seconded. Motion passed.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON EMERGING ISSUES
Mr. Hutton updated the committee on all the hard work that the We Love Our City volunteers have been
doing at the Blueberry Farm. The group has put together a video on the Blueberry Farm and would like to
present it to Advancing Leadership as a potential project for them next year. They want to continue to
make improvements at that site and have it become another amenity in the park system. There is some
concern from staff that a Master Plan has not been done for the site, and some of the improvements that
may be done to the site could potentially be removed in the future.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING
October 9, 2018
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 5:42p.m.
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