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City to forward South Station countywide growth-center application to King County; designation unlocks PSRC funding eligibility
Summary
Staff recommended, and the committee forwarded to council, a resolution supporting submittal of the Countywide Growth Center application (South Station subarea). The designation would allow Federal Way to compete for Puget Sound Regional Council transportation grants and advance TOD-focused code changes and rezones.
Lucy Sloman, special projects planner in Community Development, asked the committee to adopt a resolution supporting submittal of the city’s countywide growth center (CGC) application for the South Station area to King County.
Background and purpose: Federal Way was designated a candidate CGC by the King County Growth Management Planning Council in December 2021 and later adopted the South Station subarea plan and center’s chapter in the comprehensive plan. Sloman said the CGC boundary (the orange line) differs from the broader subarea (green) and the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) district (yellow), and that the adopted boundary reflects…
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