Council MINS 04-20-1999 Special
FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL
Council Chambers - City Hall
April 20, 1999
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MINUTES
SPECIAL SESSION - 5:30 PM
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Gintz called the Special Session of the Federal Way City Council to order at 5:40 PM
in the Council Chambers.
Council Present: Mayor Ron Gintz, Deputy Mayor Michael Park, Council members Jeanne
Burbidge, Jack Dovey, Mary Gates, Linda Kochmar and Phil Watkins.
II.
BUILDABLE LANDS/HOUSING BRIEFING
Mayor Gintz announced Council would recess to Executive Session after the Special Session
and before the Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Senior Planner Margaret Clark updated Council on the Growth Management Act (GMA) and
King County Countywide Planning Policies (CWPPs), and addressed how the City of Federal
Way plans to meet the requirements of affordable housing targets.
Assistant to the City Manager Derek Matheson updated Council on the latest legislative action
from Olympia.
III.
ADJOURNMENT
At 6:25 PM, Mayor Gintz reported the Buildable Lands Briefing has been completed, and
announced the Council will recess and go into Executive Session to discuss Potential
Litigation/Pursuant to RCW 42.30.110 (l)(i); no final action expected.
Mayor Gintz announced he will convene the Regular Meetin
ORIGINAL
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The Growth Management Act (GMA)
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In 1990, the Washington State Legislature passed the Growth
Management Act (GMA)
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GMA adopted a number of goals to guide the development and
adoption of comprehensive plans and development regulations of
counties and cities planning under the Act
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Urban growth. Encourage development in urban areas where
adequate public facilities and services exist or can be provided
in an efficient manner
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Reduce sprawl. Reduce the inappropriate conversion of
undeveloped land into sprawling, low-density development
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Housing. Encourage the availability of affordable housing to
all economic segments of the population of this state, promote
a variety of residential densities and housing types, and
encourage preservation of existing housing stock
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GMA also required counties to establish an Urban Growth Area. The
Urban Growth Area is expected to include areas and densities
sufficient to permit the urban growth that is projected to occur in the
county for the succeeding 20-year period
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The King County Countywide Planning Policies (CWPPs)
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GMA also required that King County and its 35 cities adopt
framework policies, the King County Countywide Planning Policies
to guide the development of the jurisdictions' plans
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The CWPPs are very similar to the Growth Management policies
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Beginning in the fall of 1991, the Growth Management Planning
Council (GMPC) met jointly to develop and recommend countywide
planning policies for King County
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In 1994, the policies were adopted by the Metropolitan King County
Council and ratified by the cities
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King County Benchmark Program
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The purpose of the Benchmark Program is to evaluate ajurisdiction's
progress in implementing the Countywide Planning Policies
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The Benchmark Program tracks Economic Development, the
Environment, Affordable Housing, Land Use, and Transportation
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The system for the Benchmark Report was established by stating the
outcomes of the CWPPs; selecting relevant indicators for each
outcome, and then identifying quantifiable levels of achievements, or
targets, for some of the indicators
An example of an Outcome of Affordable Housing is Provide
Sufficient Affordable Housingfor all King County Residents
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Indicators measured include
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Supply and demand for affordable housing
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Percent of income paid for housing
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Homelessness
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Apartment vacancy rate
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WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN TO FEDERAL WAY?
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The GMA and the CWPPs set up a framework for our requirements
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The CWPPs set up Growth Targets for each city and unincorporated
King County
Growth targets are a jurisdiction's policy statement on how many net
new households it intends to accommodate in the future
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Federal Way has a 20 year household target of 13,425 to 16,566
households.
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Land Capacity -- Land Capacity is a measure of a jurisdiction's
ability to accommodate targeted or forecast household growth, based
on its land supply and development potential
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It is expressed in terms of housing units
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It accounts for constraints to development such as
critical areas and land needed in the future for right of
way and other public purposes
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It is not a forecast and is not equivalent to the amount of
growth expected in any 20 year period
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LAND CAPACITY AND TARGETS
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The original capacity numbers shown in the November 1995
Comprehensive Plan shows residential capacity in the City of
Federal Way of 16,723 to 23,994 dwelling units
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Federal Way has a 20 year household target of 13,425 to
16,566 households
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The 20 year household target means that within a 20-year time
period, those targets will be attained
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It does not mean that 1/20 of the target must be met each year
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As part of this year's update of the comprehensive plan, we
will be updating our capacity analysis
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It is unclear when the monitoring of targets should begin. The
CWPPs were adopted in 1994. However, the King County
Benchmark Program started tracking indicators on a yearly
basis in 1995
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For the years 1995 through 1997, the Benchmark Program
reports a total of953 new units constructed in Federal Way
We presently have the following units in the pipeline:
a 154 single family houses under construction
a 627 single family lots under subdivision review
a 955 senior housing under review
a 152 lots in the pre-application process
a 13 townhouses under review
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Affordable Housing Targets
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The Countywide Planning Policies requires each jurisdiction to plan
for affordable housing
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Affordable housing is not low income housing
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In general, rental housing is considered to be affordable if the
monthly housing payment is no more than 30% of a household's
monthly income
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An affordable home price is approximately three times the annual
household income
# Bedrooms 2 3
Household Size 3 4
50-80% of Median $42,480 x 3 = $127,440 $47,200 x 3 = $141,600
50% of Median $26,550 x 3 = $79,650 $29,500 x 3 = $88,500
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FEDERAL W A V'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGETS
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The CWPPs requires each jurisdiction to plan for a number of new
housing units affordable to households
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17 percent of projected net new household growth must be affordable
to those with incomes between 50 and 80 percent of the County
median
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Either 20 percent or 24 percent of projected net new household
growth must be affordable to households with incomes below 50
percent of median income
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The City of Federal Way's 20 year Affordable Household Target
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50 to 80 percent median income -- 2,282 to 2,815 households
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0 to 50 percent of median incoine- 2,685 to 3,311 households
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The total affordable housing target is 4,967 to 6,126 new
households over the 20 year period
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Urban Centers
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The incentive to become an Urban Center was the siting of the RTA
station (Now Sound Transit)
The City Center Core is the Urban Center
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LU 40 of the King County Wide Planning Policies states that Urban
Centers must meet the following criteria:
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Urban centers shall be up to one and one half square miles (960
acres) ofland
Federal Way's Urban Center is approximately 209 acres in size
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Urban Center Criteria
I14t a minimum, an average of 15 households per gross acre
We need to have 3,135 households in the City Center
The 1995 Comprehensive Plan states that the City Center Core
has a capacity for 3,272 units based on vacant and
redevelopable land
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Buildable Lands Legislation
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Amendments to the Growth Management Act (GMA) in 1997 created
a review and evaluation program, which is referred to as the
Buildable Lands Program
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The reason for the Buildable Lands Legislation is to provide a method
to compare anticipated growth against actual development over time
and answer two basic questions
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Do local governments have enough suitable land to
accommodate expected growth for the 20 year planning period
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Are urban densities being achieved in urban areas
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This legislation adopted in 1997 did not specify a starting date for
when tracking was to begin. It stated that participating jurisdictions
are required to gather data annually and evaluate, at five year
intervals the level and type of development occurring
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A full report, including data and evaluation for five years of
development activity, is due to the State in 2002
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In 2002 if there is inconsistency between what has occuITed since the
adoption of the CPPs and what was envisioned in those policies, local
governments need to take action to review and, if needed, revise their
plans and regulations to ensure that they comply with the GMA
F or the first report due to the legislature in the Year 2002, King
County and its cities will be tracking data for 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
and 2000. All cities will be using the same methodology for tracking
Everything that we have spoken about so far is related. Similar
information is tracked in the Benchmarks and Buildable Lands
Program; they all relate to how we are achieving our 20-year target.
The main difference is the reporting period
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Other Reporting Required of the City
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Office of Financial Management (OFM) -- Tracks building permit
activity as of April 1 of each year
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This information is used by the State Office of Financial Management
to estimate the official population as of April 1 of each year. These
estimates are published on June I of each year and are used as a basis
to distribute certain state revenues, e.g., local criminal justice sales
tax
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Census Bureau - The City is required to file a C 404 form with
number of building permits issued every month to the Census Bureau.
The Census Bureau uses this information to generate population
estimates. These population estimates are used as a basis for any
federal grants applied for by the City, e.g., Community Development
Block Grants
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Now that we have completed Buildable Lands Briefing, we will now recess and go into
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Announcement of Recess for Executive Session
executive session. The topic is potential litigation, under RCW 42.30.110(1 )(i). No final action is
expected.
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