2019-11-05 Council MIN - Special AOL
CITY OF
Federal Way
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Council Chambers - City Hall
November 5, 2019 — 5:00 p.m.
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Mayor Ferrell called the meeting to order at 5:06 p.m,
City officials in attendance: Mayor Jim Ferrell, Deputy Mayor Susan Honda, Councilmember Lydia
Assefa-Dawson, Councilmember Jesse Johnson, Councilmember Hoang Tran, Councilmember Mark
Koppang, Councilmember Martin Moore, and Councilmember Dini Duclos.
City staff in attendance: City Attorney Ryan Call and City Clerk Stephanie Courtney.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Ferrell led the flag salute.
3. STUDY SESSION — CITY CENTER ACCESS
City Traffic Engineer Rick Perez provided an updated briefing on the City Center Access Project to the
City Council. Mr. Perez noted this project is to improve economic vitality and quality of life due to
congested corridors, poor multimodal mobility and delayed emergency response in the City Center.
He spoke to the evaluation criteria in the screening process and how each determination was
selected.
Mr. Perez noted the preferred option should provide benefits to all modes of transportation; ease
traffic congestion and provide better future access to City Center. He reported on the key issues
brought forward in the public outreach, which included: traffic congestion; interchange modification
recommendations; local impacts; multimodal options and safety; project coordination (with Sound
Transit and other projects); and environmental and open space. Open houses, both online and in-
person, were held along with stakeholder briefings and interviews; social media outreach; tabling
events and environmental justice group briefings.
He reviewed the timeline for the project includes Council adopting a preferred alternative for Phase I
of the Environmental Process at the November 19 regular Council meeting. The project team will
begin preliminary design and environmental documentation beginning on January 1.
Council thanked Mr. Perez for his presentation and asked various clarification questions. Questions
included specifics regarding funding and lobbying efforts, and which portion of the project would be
constructed first.
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4. CITIZEN COMMENT
No citizen comment was given.
5. ADJOURNMENT
There being nothing further on the agenda; the Special Meeting was adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Attest:
p H anie Courtney
City Clerk
Approved by Council:
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