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Council discusses Sound Transit parcels downtown; staff urged to seek joint land‑plan MOU
Summary
Federal Way — Community Development Director Keith Niven urged the City Council to consider partnering with Sound Transit to prepare a joint land plan for two downtown parcels not yet in an RFP, giving the city more influence over future uses amid contamination and remediation work.
Federal Way — Keith Niven, the city’s community development director, told the council that Sound Transit has issued a request for proposals for parcels 1 and 2 near the future downtown station but that parcels 3 and 4 — sites with known contamination from a past gas station and a dry cleaner — represent the principal opportunity for Federal Way to shape future uses.
Niven said Sound Transit is already moving parcels 1 and 2 through an RFP process and that the city would be disadvantaged trying to intervene midway, but added that parcels 3 and 4 remain on a longer timeline because of remediation questions. “One of the things you asked me to…
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