2017 - COFW Legislative Agenda CITY OF
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Public safety is the number one priority of the City of Federal City Center Access Project(1-5 Interchange at S 320th Street):
Way. The City urges the Legislature to provide adequate Scope:
and sustainable funding to maintain high-quality statewide
training for law enforcement personnel. In addition to this Complete environmental documentation and Interchange
Justification Report(IJR)for the City Center Access
request, Federal Way seeks a capital budget funding in
the sum of $250,000 to add new and replace outdated or Project. The proposed project will incorporate one of two
obsolete Safe City cameras. alternatives for modifying current access at the interchange
POLICE of 1-5 with South 320th Street in Federal Way.
Purpose and Need:
The environmental documentation and IJR are the first
step in improving traffic flow conditions resulting from the
failing safety and level of service(LOS) at the S 320th/1-5
Interchange. This will combine local city street intersection
Federal Way is seeking funding to combat the dire improvements with new arterials to improve poor traffic
conditions of persons without shelter. These monies flow conditions resulting from the failing safety and level of
would address homeless services, such as the Federal Way service (LOS) at the South 320th Street/1-5 interchange.
Homeless Services Encampment Initiative–a four-tiered
approach which focuses on: Schedule:
• Coordination of service providers from the city and region,- Complete IJR: 2018.Start Right-of-Way Acquisition: 2019.
Budget/Funding: $1.5 Million
• Providing care, compassion, and referral of available Earmark Request: $1.0 Million
services to those in need,-
The City of Federal Way supports fully funding the Public
• Initiating the cleanup of encampments to address Works Trust Fund in order to keep up with the growing
environmental concerns and damage to public and demand for infrastructure improvements and to support job
private property; and creation, economic vitality, and enhance quality of life.
• Work with referral services to assist those afflicted with
drug addiction.
The City of Federal Way is also seeking capital funds to help
secure a center for homeless youth to be run in coordination • A
with Auburn Youth Resources or similar
community resources. The City of Federal Way is seeking $1 million in capital
funds for a kitchen upgrade to the Performing Arts & Event
Center. This upgrade will be utilized by the Native American
Culinary Institute in partnership with the Muckleshoot
• • • Indian Tribe. The new Performing Arts & Event Center will
be a year-round conference &event center
Federal Way supports updating the Public Recordswith a 716-seat theater hosting world-class
Act so cities can continue to provide open talent, as well as art education and culinary
and transparent government services to —_- education programs.
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Legislative Priorities
The City of Federal Way recently completed Protect our communities by investing _
a higher education needs assessment. in core public health services. The 40%
This assessment shows a clear need for increased higher per capita decrease in public health
educational opportunities in our community. Federal funding since 1999 is reaching crisis levels
Way has been in communication with the University of across the state. The funding shortfall
Washington-Tacoma and Washington State University to has left Public Health—Seattle& King County unable to
determine their interest in a downtown Federal Way site fully investigate disease outbreaks. The Washington State
location. Federal Way asks the Legislature to support this Department of Health is requesting $54 million for local
endeavor and provide the necessary assistance to allow this public health jurisdictions to fill critical gaps in disease
exciting venture to come to fruition. prevention and response, and to pilot shared services to
improve the efficiency of the overall system.
Federal Way strongly urges the Legislature to fund basic
• • • . public health in Washington State.
Property tax is the largest revenue source for Washington's • �� INEEMEN
cities, supporting critical services such as justice, health, and
safety. Property taxes are capped at a level that creates an L
The City of Federal Way, in
ever-widening gap between the cost of providing public partnership with Federal Way Public Schools, encourages the
services to a growing population and the revenue available State Legislature to:
to pay for them. A new property tax limit should correspond
to what it actually costs local governments to continue • Continue to work toward meeting the constitutional
providing services, and keep up with increased public requirements as outlined in the McCleary ruling,-
demand.
uling;demand.
• Fully fund the cost of basic education and specifically, this
The City of Federal Way urges the Legislature to give local means compensation costs so that Federal Way Public
governments the option to replace the arbitrary annual Schools can continue to attract the best and the brightest,-
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rightest;1% cap on property tax
revenues with a growth • Create a fair state tax structure to lessen property tax-
limit whose maximum is based public education inequities. Federal Way taxpayers
inflation plus the rate of 1661616 pay more to raise $1000 than most taxpayers in King
population growth. County due to significant variations in assessed valuation;
and
• Local levies and local effort assistance(LEA) are headed
off a funding cliff. Address the Levy Cliff. If this is not
addressed, FWPS will have to lay off a significant number
The Legislature should maintain funding for the Municipal of staff(equivalent to the number of staff it takes to run 8
Research and Services Center(MRSC)to provide vital elementary schools).
support for local government performance. In order to ensure Federal Way's more than 22,000
scholars are able to learn and thrive in the competitive
environment of the 21st century, the city of Federal Way
strongly urges the legislature to take these requests into
serious consideration.