04-04-2022 LUTC Minutes - Regular
Committee Members City Staff Jack Dovey, Chair EJ Walsh, P.E., Public Works Director Hoang V. Tran, Member Sara Gilchrist, Administrative Assistant II Jack Walsh, Member (253) 835-2706
City of Federal Way
City Council
Land Use & Transportation Committee
April 4, 2022 City Hall
5:00 p.m. Council Chambers
MEETING SUMMARY
Committee Members in Attendance: Committee Chair Jack Dovey, Council Member Jack Walsh, and
Council Member Hoang Tran
Other Councilmembers in Attendance: Deputy Mayor Susan Honda, Council President Linda Kochmar, Council Member Erica Norton, and Council Member Lydia Assefa-Dawson. Staff in Attendance: Public Works Director EJ Walsh, Public Works Deputy Director Desiree Winkler,
City Traffic Engineer Rick Perez, Sound Transit Liaison Ryan Medlen, Planning Manager Keith Niven, City
Attorney Kent van Alstyne, and Administrative Assistant II Sara Gilchrist.
Citizens Presenting:
1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:02 PM
2. PUBLIC COMMENT: 3 public comments submitted
3. COMMITTEE BUSINESS:
Topic Title/Description
A. Approval of Minutes: March 7, 2022
Committee approved the March 7, 2022 LUTC minutes as presented.
● Moved: Tran
● Seconded: Walsh
● Passed: 3-0 unanimously
B. SW 320th Street Preservation – Project Acceptance Senior Capital Engineer John Mulkey presented the SW 320th St Preservation project for acceptance, including a summary of the project work completed. Questions and discussion followed.
Committee forwarded Option #1 (Approve project acceptance.) to the April 19, 2022
Consent Agenda for approval.
● Moved: Walsh
● Seconded: Tran
● Passed: 3-0 unanimously
Committee Members City Staff Jack Dovey, Chair EJ Walsh, P.E., Public Works Director Hoang V. Tran, Member Sara Gilchrist, Administrative Assistant II Jack Walsh, Member (253) 835-2706
C. SW 356th Street Preservation – Project Acceptance
Senior Capital Engineer John Mulkey presented the SW 356th St Preservation project for acceptance,
including a summary of the project work completed. Questions and discussion followed.
Committee forwarded Option #1 (Approve project acceptance.) to the April 19, 2022
Consent Agenda for approval.
● Moved: Tran ● Seconded: Walsh ● Passed: 3-0 unanimously
D. Final Acceptance – Steel Lake Maintenance Building Repair Public Works Deputy Director Desiree Winkler presented the Steel Lake Maintenance Building Repair for final acceptance, including project costs. Questions and discussion followed.
Committee forwarded Option #1 (Approve project acceptance.) to the April 19, 2022 Consent Agenda for approval.
● Moved: Tran
● Seconded: Walsh
● Passed: 3-0 unanimously E. ORDINANCE: 2021 Various Code Amendments and Code Cleanup
Planning Manager Keith Niven presented various code amendment changes, including details into each
change. Questions and discussion followed.
Committee forwarded items 1, 4-9, 11 and 12 to the April 19, 2022 Consent Agenda for
approval. Committee moves to forward item 10 as amended orally to change the notice
requirement to zero. Committee moves to forward items 2 and 3 for discussion to the full
Council as part of the Ordinance.
● Moved: Dovey
● Seconded: Walsh
● Passed: 3-0 unanimously
F. Project Update on Sound Transit Projects in Federal Way Sound Transit Liaison Ryan Medlen reported on current activities regarding Sound Transit projects,
including details on upcoming work. Questions and discussion followed.
4. OTHER:
5. FUTURE MEETINGS/AGENDA ITEMS: Schedule a topic of discussion to cover items brought
forward by the public.
6. The next LUTC meeting will be held May 2, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers
(or Zoom meeting, per State Guidance).
7. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 07:15 p.m.
Attest: Approved by Committee:
Sara Gilchrist, Administrative Assistant II Date
4/4/22