01-05-2021 Council Agenda - RegularThe City Council may add items and take action on items not listed on the agenda.
Regular Meetings are recorded and televised live on Government Access Channel 21.
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CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
**AMENDED AGENDA**
Remote Meeting
January 5, 2021 – 6:30 p.m.
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PRESENTATIONS
a. AWC Retro Pool Refund – Peter King and Brian Bishop of AWC
b. Mayor’s Emerging Issues and Report
• Eyes on Federal Way App – Launched December 15
• COVID-19 Vaccine Update – Emergency Manager Ray Gross
• Paint the Plow Recap – EJ Walsh. Public Works Director
• MLK Jr. Celebration
c. Council Committee Reports
• Parks/Recreation/Human Services/Public Safety Committee (PRHSPS)
• Land Use/Transportation Committee (LUTC)
• Finance, Economic Development Regional Affairs Committee (FEDRAC)
• Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC)
• Regional Committees Report (PIC)
• Council President Report
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
Please email comments to COUNCIL@cityoffederalway.com or complete a citizen comment request form (found
here) prior to the meeting, to provide comments via telephone during the meeting. All comments are limited to 3
minutes each.
Notice: Pursuant to Governor Inslee’s Proclamation 20-28, all in-person meetings are prohibited until further
notice. The Mayor and Council encourage you use one of the following ways to participate in the meeting:
• Watch the meeting live via Federal Way YouTube Channel
• Call in and listen to the live meeting: (888) 788-0099 or 253-215-8782
• Public Comment may be submitted via email here, or sign up to provide live comments here
• Zoom meeting code: 363 503 282 and passcode: 738163
The City Council may add items and take action on items not listed on the agenda.
Regular Meetings are recorded and televised live on Government Access Channel 21.
To view Council Meetings online please visit www.cityoffederalway.com.
5. CONSENT AGENDA
Items listed below have been previously reviewed in their entirety by a Council Committee of three members and
brought before full Council for approval; all items are enacted by one motion. Individual items may be removed by a
Councilmember for separate discussion and subsequent motion.
a. Minutes – December 1, 2020 Regular and Special Meeting Minutes; Summary of
December 15, 2020 Special Meeting – Legislative Breakfast
b. Downtown Staircase – Project Acceptance
c. SW Dash Point Road at 47th Ave SW Compact Roundabout – 85% Design Report
and Authorization to Bid
d. Pacific Hwy S Non-Motorized Corridor – 30% Design Report
e. S 314th St Improvements - 30% Design Report
f. Lakota Middle School Safe Routes to School 85% Design Status Report and
Authorization to Bid
g. Authorization to Accept Grant Funding for Transportation Improvement Projects
h. Award Concrete Beveling Services - Trip Hazard Removal Contract
6. COUNCIL BUSINESS
a. S 320th Flagpole Rehabilitation Project Acceptance
b. Federal Lobbyist Contract
c. (ADDED ITEM) Discuss Regarding Working with Other South King County Cities
on Housing Action Plans
7. ORDINANCES
First Reading
a. Council Bill #795: School Speed Limit Ordinance Amendment
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO
SPEED LIMITS; AMENDING FWRC 8.30.020, 8.30.030, 8.30.040; AND ADDING A
NEW SECTION TO FWRC 8.30. (AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 90-29, 92-145, 93-
177, 96-259, 00-364, 03-449, 10-668, 10-669, 10-675, 13-740, 15-807, AND 17-832)
Staff Report: Rick Perez, City Traffic Engineer
Public Comment – 3 minutes each
City Clerk reads Ordinance Title
b. Council Bill #796: Amendments to the Federal Way Revised Code (FWRC)
Chapters 4 and 19 related to Wireless Telecommunication Facilities
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES; REPEALING AND REPLACING
FEDERAL WAY REVISED CODE CHAPTERS 4.23 (SMALL WIRELESS
DEPLOYMENT), 4.24 (ELIGIBLE FACILITIES REQUESTS – FEDERALLY REQUIRED
REVIEW PERIODS), AND 19.256 (WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES) IN
THEIR ENTIRETY; REVISING CHAPTER 4.22 (FRANCHISE FOR USE OF RIGHT-
OF-WAY); AND ADDING NEW CHAPTER 19.257 (ELIGIBLE FACILITIES
REQUESTS). (REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 20-890, 20-833, 19-862, AND 18-850
AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 17-833, 18-863, AND 18-851)
The City Council may add items and take action on items not listed on the agenda.
Regular Meetings are recorded and televised live on Government Access Channel 21.
To view Council Meetings online please visit www.cityoffederalway.com.
Staff Report: Desiree Winkler, Deputy Public Works Director
Public Comment – 3 minutes each
City Clerk reads Ordinance Title
c. Council Bill #797: Comprehensive Plan Amendment/Rezone
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE
FEDERAL WAY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP, AND
ZONING MAP, AND APPROVING A CITIZEN INITIATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
MAP AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AND LEGISLATIVE REZONE OF 5.48
ACRES LOCATED EAST OF PACIFIC HWY AND SOUTH OF THE REDONDO
HEIGHTS PARK AND RIDE, PARCELS 720480-0172, 720480-0174 AND 720480-0165
FROM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (RS 7.2) TO MULTIPLE FAMILY (MF 1800).
(AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 90-43, 95-248, 96-270, 98-330, 00-372, 01-405, 03-
442, 04-460, 04-461, 04-462, 05-490, 05-491, 05-492, 07-558, 09-614, 10-671, 11-683,
13-736, 13-745, 15-796, 15-798, 18-843 AND 19-866)
Staff Report: Doc Hansen, Principal Planner
Public Comment – 3 minutes each
City Clerk reads Ordinance Title
8. COUNCIL REPORTS
9. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council may add items and take action on items not listed on the agenda.
Regular Meetings are recorded and televised live on Government Access Channel 21.
To view Council Meetings online please visit www.cityoffederalway.com.
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Remote Meeting
January 5, 2021 – 6:30 p.m.
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PRESENTATIONS
a. AWC Retro Pool Refund – Peter King and Brian Bishop of AWC
b. Mayor’s Emerging Issues and Report
• Eyes on Federal Way App – Launched December 15
• COVID-19 Vaccine Update – Emergency Manager Ray Gross
• Paint the Plow Recap – EJ Walsh. Public Works Director
• MLK Jr. Celebration
c. Council Committee Reports
• Parks/Recreation/Human Services/Public Safety Committee (PRHSPS)
• Land Use/Transportation Committee (LUTC)
• Finance, Economic Development Regional Affairs Committee (FEDRAC)
• Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC)
• Regional Committees Report (PIC)
• Council President Report
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
Please email comments to COUNCIL@cityoffederalway.com or complete a citizen comment request form (found
here) prior to the meeting, to provide comments via telephone during the meeting. All comments are limited to 3
minutes each.
Notice: Pursuant to Governor Inslee’s Proclamation 20-28, all in-person meetings are prohibited until further
notice. The Mayor and Council encourage you use one of the following ways to participate in the meeting:
• Watch the meeting live via Federal Way YouTube Channel
• Call in and listen to the live meeting: (888) 788-0099 or 253-215-8782
• Public Comment may be submitted via email here, or sign up to provide live comments here
• Zoom meeting code: 363 503 282 and passcode: 738163
The City Council may add items and take action on items not listed on the agenda.
Regular Meetings are recorded and televised live on Government Access Channel 21.
To view Council Meetings online please visit www.cityoffederalway.com.
5. CONSENT AGENDA
Items listed below have been previously reviewed in their entirety by a Council Committee of three members and
brought before full Council for approval; all i tems are enacted by one motion. Individual items may be removed by
a Councilmember for separate discussion and subsequent motion.
a. Minutes – December 1, 2020 Regular and Special Meeting Minutes; Summary of
December 15, 2020 Special Meeting – Legislative Breakfast
b. Downtown Staircase – Project Acceptance
c. SW Dash Point Road at 47th Ave SW Compact Roundabout – 85% Design Report
and Authorization to Bid
d. Pacific Hwy S Non-Motorized Corridor – 30% Design Report
e. S 314th St Improvements - 30% Design Report
f. Lakota Middle School Safe Routes to School 85% Design Status Report and
Authorization to Bid
g. Authorization to Accept Grant Funding for Transportation Improvement Projects
h. Award Concrete Beveling Services - Trip Hazard Removal Contract
6. COUNCIL BUSINESS
a. S 320th Flagpole Rehabilitation Project Acceptance
b. Federal Lobbyist Contract
7. ORDINANCES
First Reading
a. Council Bill #795: School Speed Limit Ordinance Amendment
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO
SPEED LIMITS; AMENDING FWRC 8.30.020, 8.30.030, 8.30.040; AND ADDING A
NEW SECTION TO FWRC 8.30. (AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 90-29, 92-145, 93-
177, 96-259, 00-364, 03-449, 10-668, 10-669, 10-675, 13-740, 15-807, AND 17-832)
Staff Report: Rick Perez, City Traffic Engineer
Public Comment – 3 minutes each
City Clerk reads Ordinance Title
b. Council Bill #796: Amendments to the Federal Way Revised Code (FWRC)
Chapters 4 and 19 related to Wireless Telecommunication Facilities
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES; REPEALING AND REPLACING
FEDERAL WAY REVISED CODE CHAPTERS 4.23 (SMALL WIRELESS
DEPLOYMENT), 4.24 (ELIGIBLE FACILITIES REQUESTS – FEDERALLY REQUIRED
REVIEW PERIODS), AND 19.256 (WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES) IN
THEIR ENTIRETY; REVISING CHAPTER 4.22 (FRANCHISE FOR USE OF RIGHT-
OF-WAY); AND ADDING NEW CHAPTER 19.257 (ELIGIBLE FACILITIES
REQUESTS). (REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 20-890, 20-833, 19-862, AND 18-850
AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 17-833, 18-863, AND 18-851)
The City Council may add items and take action on items not listed on the agenda.
Regular Meetings are recorded and televised live on Government Access Channel 21.
To view Council Meetings online please visit www.cityoffederalway.com.
Staff Report: Desiree Winkler, Deputy Public Works Director
Public Comment – 3 minutes each
City Clerk reads Ordinance Title
c. Council Bill #797: Comprehensive Plan Amendment/Rezone
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, AMENDING
THE FEDERAL WAY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP, AND
ZONING MAP, AND APPROVING A CITIZEN INITIATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
MAP AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AND LEGISLATIVE REZONE OF 5.48
ACRES LOCATED EAST OF PACIFIC HWY AND SOUTH OF THE REDONDO
HEIGHTS PARK AND RIDE, PARCELS 720480-0172, 720480-0174 AND 720480-0165
FROM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (RS 7.2) TO MULTIPLE FAMILY (MF 1800).
(AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 90-43, 95-248, 96-270, 98-330, 00-372, 01-405, 03-
442, 04-460, 04-461, 04-462, 05-490, 05-491, 05-492, 07-558, 09-614, 10-671, 11-683,
13-736, 13-745, 15-796, 15-798, 18-843 AND 19-866)
Staff Report: Doc Hansen, Principal Planner
Public Comment – 3 minutes each
City Clerk reads Ordinance Title
8. COUNCIL REPORTS
9. ADJOURNMENT