Council MIN 06-22-1993 Special
FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION/CITY-WIDE CAPITAL FACILITIES FORUM
Sherwood Forest Elementary School
June 22, 1993
MINUfES
I.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Mayor Stead welcomed guests and opened the forum at the hour of 7:00 p.m., at Sherwood
Forest Elementary School, Federal Way, Washington.
Councilmembers Present: Mayor Bob Stead, Deputy Mayor Joel Marks, Council members Ray
Tomlinson, Mary Gates, Ron Gintz, Skip Priest. Absent: Council member Lynn Templeton.
II.
PRESENTATIONS
Attached hereto as Exhibit "A" is a memorandum from City Manager McFall dated July 1,
1993, which summaries the levels of services discussed during the forum.
The forum ended at 9:55 a.m..
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Deputy City Clerk
ORIGINAL
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City of Federal Way
MEMORANDUM
Date:
July I, 1993
To:
Mayor Stead & City Council
From:
J. Brent McFall, City Manager
Subject:
City Facilities Plan Fomm
The CFP forum held on June 22 at Sherwood Forest Elementary School was attended by nearly
70 elected officials, board and commission members, and citizens of Federal Way. Small
groups ranging in size from six to ten people discussed levels of service for parks and
transportation and revenue strategies for funding needed improvements. Each group gave a brief
report on their discussions and recommendations on levels of service and funding strategy.
The following is a summary of those small group results with a recommendation to council for
level of service and funding sources for purposes of analysis only through the environmental
impact statement, which is now being prepared for the City's comprehensive plan process.
Levels of Service
Parks
The worksheet used for the forum classified parks into community/neighborhood, linear/open
space, and special facilities. A level of service was set for each park type as well as an overall
level of service for park facilities. The following is"a summary of the range of level of service
by park type and for total parks developed by the small groups.
Community/Neighborhood
Range - 2.8 to 9 acres per 1,000 population
Average - 4.5 acres per 1,000 population
Median - 4 acres per 1,000 population
Mode - 4 acres per 1,000 population
Linear/Open Space
Range - 3 to 9 acres per 1,000 population
Average - 5.25 acres per 1,000 population
Median - 5 acres per 1,000 population
Mode - 5 acres per 1,000 population
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Special Facilities
Range - 0 to 2.5 acres per 1,000 population
Average - 1.2 acres per 1,000 population
Median - 1 acre per 1,000 population
Mode - 1 acre per 1,000 population
Total Darks
Range - 5.8 to 20.5 acres per 1,000 population
Average - 10.9 acres per 1,000 population
Median - II acres per 1,000 population
Mode - 10 & 11.5 acres per 1,000 (both occur twice)
Transportation
The worksheet used a level of service in terms of congestion. Congestion was expressed as a
percentage of increased congestion over and above existing conditions. The following is a
summary of the transportation level of service results from the small groups.
Range - 50% to 93 % additional congestion
Average - 71 % additional congestion
Median - 61 % additional congestion
Mode - 61 % additional congestion
Revenue Options
The worksheet included several alternative sources of revenue available to the City to finance
needed capital projects. Those sources included property tax, utility tax, impact fees, street
utility, voter approved bonds, and a business and occupation tax. The following is a summary
by revenue type.
Property tax
Range - maintain existing levy to 2.5 % annual increase in levy rate
Average - 1.7% annual levy rate increase
Median - 2 % annual levy rate increase
Mode - 2 % annual levy rate increase
Bond issue
Range - $2 - $10 million annual bond issue
Average - $5.6 million annual bond issue
Median - $5 million annual bond issue
Mode - $5 million annual bond issue
Utility tax
Range - 0% to 6% tax rate
Average - 3% tax rate
Median - 3% tax rate
Mode - 2.5 % & 3 % tax rate (both occur twice)
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Street utility
Range - $0 to $24 annual charge per household or employee
Average - $10.5 annual charge
Median - $12 annual charge
Mode - $12 annual charge
Business & Occupation tax
None of the groups used this revenue source.
Impact fees - transportation
Range - $0 to $3,000 charge per new dwelling unit
Average - $1,750 charge per new dwelling unit
Median - $2,000 charge per new dwelling unit
Mode - $2,000 charge per new dwelling unit
Impact fees - parks
Range - $0 to $1,500 charge per new dwelling unit
Average - $750 charge per new dwelling unit
Median - $500 charge per new dwelling unit
Mode - $1,500 per new dwelling unit
Conclusions and Recommendations
Despite some wide variation on ranges in some areas, there are some consistent results from the
CFP forum. Levels of service for parks and transportation were consistent enough to draw some
conclusions regarding parks and transportation facilities. In terms of the revenue options, some
very clear results were gathered. No group proposed implementing a business and occupation
tax, while most groups favored the other revenue strategies to a greater or lesser degree. Most
groups favored a tax on utilities, slight increases in property taxes, and bond levies. All but two
groups favored a street utility and all but one group indicated that impact fees for new
development should be used to construct parks and transportation facilities.
As noted earlier in this report, levels of service and revenue strategy direction is being sought
for use in the analysis being performed in the CityShape environmental impact statement. This
information will be used to evaluate the impact of the different land use scenarios on these
facilities. The following are the recommended levels of service and revenue strategies for use
in the EIS analysis:
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Levels of Service - Parks
Community/Neighborhood parks
Linear parks/Open Space
Special Facilities
Total parks
- 4.5 acres per 1,000 population
- 5.25 acres per 1,000 population
- l. 25 acres per 1,000 population
- 11 acres per 1,000 population
Level of Service - Transportation
Level of additional congestion - 61 % (34 new arterial lane miles)
Revenue Sources
Annual bond issue
Property tax
Utility tax
Street utility
Impact fees -
parks - $750 per new dwelling unit
transportation - $1,750 per new dwelling unit
- $5 million
- 2 % annual increase in levy rate
- 3 % rate
- $12 per household/employee per year
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