Council MIN 04-04-1995 Special
FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL
City Council/Planning Commission Joint Public Hearing
Council Chambers - City Hall
April 4, 1995 - 5:30 p.m.
MINUTES
I.
CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Mayor Gates opened the Federal Way City Council/Planning Commission joint public hearing
at 5:35 p.m., in Council Chambers, City Hall, Federal Way, Washington.
City Council present: Mayor Mary Gates, Deputy Mayor Phil Watkins, Councilmembers Jack
Dovey, Hope Elder, Ron Gintz, Skip Priest, Ray Tomlinson.
Planning Commissioners present: Mark Freitas, Duane Denny, Diana Noble-Gulliford, Rick
Feutz.
City Staff present: City Manager Ken Nyberg, City Attorney Londi Lindell, City Clerk Chris
Green.
II.
PUBLIC HEARING/Comprehensive Plan Vision
COPP Director Larry Springer provided the briefing on the Comprehensive Plan Vision.
Mayor Gates then opened the public hearing at 5:55 p.m., and invited citizen comment.
CITIZEN COMMENT
Tom Bigford - feels the Good Guys building is a poor example of structures permitted in the
City; Alex Klovza1 - supports a multi-family high density designation for his property; Raymond
Frey, representing a group of property owners - supports business park zoning for light and
heavy industrial use of their property; Dave Hopkins - supports multi-family usage for his
property; Rodger Anderson, representing the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors -
offered assistance to the City for establishing low/moderate housing and furnished written
material showing current housing availability in Federal Way and surrounding communities;
Greg Powers, Chair of the Federal Way Chamber - feels the City Council is doing a good job
and said the Chamber would like to see the selection of a Korean Sister City in the future; David
Kaplan, speaking as a private citizen - addressed the capital facilities (pages 26 and 27)
concerning the level of service for parks and feels there is a need for additional discussion to
identify park properties; David Harris - feels the City has adequate parks at this time and prefers
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FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
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quiet neighborhood parks to larger ones; Rob Rueber - expressed concern that the proposed
business park usage for the 348th Street area has growth limitations, and said he feels the City
should support expansion for that area, as it won't compete with the 320th area; Cal King -
supports relaxed standards for gravel roads in undeveloped areas; Margaret Nelson - read a
memo written by former City Manager Brent McFall with respect to future park properties and
said she feels the capital facilities plan needs to be rewritten; Nancy McEleney - stated we are
not the owners of land, only the caretakers, and said there must be a balance in all areas.
There being no additional citizen comment, Mayor Gates closed that portion of the public
hearing at 6:45 p.m., and Mr. Springer responded to additional Council inquires.
ill.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Gates thanked the Planning Commissioners for their attendance, and adjourned the joint
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N. Christine Green
City Clerk