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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-11-15 Regular MinutesROLL CALL: OFFICIALS: PROCLAMATION: CONSENT AGENDA: TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL November 15, 1999 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers City Hall REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor John W. Rants called the regular meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. City Clerk Jane Cantu called the roll of Council. Present were Council President Dave Fenton and Councilmembers Joe Duffle, Joan Hernandez, Steve Mullet, Pam Carter, Jim Haggerton and Pamela Linder. Assistant City Administrator Rhonda Berry; City Attorney Bob Noe; City Clerk Jane Cantu, Council Analyst Lucy Lauterbach; Deputy City Clerk Bob Baker; Public Works Director Jim Morrow; Finance Director Alan Doerschel; Department of Community Development Director Steve Lancaster; Parks Recreation Director Don Williams; Acting Police Chief Doug Part low and Associate Planner Moira Bradshaw. A Proclamation designating the week of November 14 -20, 1999, as "Education Week" with the theme "Students Today Leaders Tomorrow" Mayor Rants read from a proclamation naming November 14 -20, 1999, as Education Week in the Tukwila community and encouraging community members to support local schools by participating in school- sponsored and volunteer activities. CITIZEN COMMENT /CORRESPONDENCE: Ralph Danner, 16005 46 Ave. So., Tukwila, spoke of the increasingly troublesome traffic speeds on 160 and 42 through 51 Ave So.. He spoke of the need to control speeders as neighbors are intimidated to back out of their driveways. Mr. Danner said safety and noise are both at issue. He is in favor of implementing an aggressive education program and /or the use of a radar trailer to raise awareness and bring about control. Mayor Rants arranged to meet with Acting Police Chief Doug Partlow on November 16 to discuss possible solutions to this problem. a. Approval of Minutes: 11/01/99 b. Approval of Vouchers: #215107- 215414, in the amount of 971,270.36 City of Tukwila Page 2 of 8 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 15, 1999 Moved by Councilmember Hernandez; second by Councilmember Duffle; to approve the consent agenda as presented. The motion carried 7 -0. BID AWARD: Authorize Mayor to award a contract to Clements Brothers, Inc., in the amount of $1,044,117.19 (plus WSST) for construction of the Foster Golf Course Maintenance Facility and Additives A B. Mayor Rants spoke against including additives A B due to the yet unknown effects of the passage of I -695 and the potential need for those monies at a future date. All Councilmembers spoke in favor of including additives A B to protect the investment of existing equipment as well as those recently purchased. Moved by Councilmember Mullet; seconded by Councilmember Carter; to authorize the Mayor to award a contract to Clements Brothers, Inc., in the amount of $1,044,117.19, plus Washington State Sales Tax, for construction of the Foster Golf Course Maintenance Facility and Additives A B (two storage equipment sheds). The motion carried 7 -0. PUBLIC HEARING: Comprehensive Plan Amendment Process Revisions AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE CITY'S 1995 COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE 1757, TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS TO BE USED IN MAKING PERIODIC AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE 7:21 p.m. Mayor Rants opened the public hearing. Community Development Director Steve Lancaster provided Council with a very brief staff report. He noted that in 1998 the Tukwila Municipal Code (TMC) was revised to clarify and simplify the yearly process for amending the comprehensive plan. The revisions require an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to make the documents consistent with one another. The Planning Commission, Community Affairs and Parks Committee and Committee of Whole have considered the matter wherein this public hearing was recommended. CITIZEN COMMENT: No comments were received. 7:26 p.m. Mayor Rants closed the public hearing. Moved by Councilmember Hernandez; seconded by Council President Fenton; to have the proposed ordinance read by title only. The motion carried 7 -0. City Attorney Bob Noe read the title of the proposed ordinance. City of Tukwila Page 3 of 8 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 15, 1999 Moved by Councilmember Hernandez; seconded by Council President Fenton; to approve the proposed ordinance as presented. The motion carried 7 -0. APPROVED ORDINANCE NO. 1886 OLD BUSINESS: a. Ordinance updating business license regulations regarding peddlers and solicitors NEW BUSINESS: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 5.12 OF THE TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE REGULATIONS REGARDING PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS; REPEALING ORDINANCE NOS. 297 AND 411; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Moved by Councilmember Linder; seconded by Councilmember Haggerton; to read the proposed ordinance by title only. The motion carried 7 -0. City Attorney Noe read the title of the proposed ordinance. Councilmember Hernandez noted one minor correction to the proposed ordinance on page 5, Section 11. The hours of a.m. and p.m. must be reversed. The sentence shall read, "No person shall ...between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m." Moved by Councilmember Haggerton; seconded by Councilmember Linder; to approve the proposed ordinance as presented. The motion carried 7 -0. APPROVED ORDINANCE NO. 1887 b. Review of proposed 2000 budget (At request of Council President Fenton, this item was considered out of order, at the conclusion of New Business.) 8:37 p.m. The meeting was reconvened after a brief recess. Review of the proposed budget began on page 78 and continued throughout the document. Consideration of the proposed Financial Planning Model and Capital Improvement Program was also considered. This item will be further considered at the next Committee of Whole meeting, November 22, 1999. a. Briefing on Urban Renewal Plan Associate Planner Moira Bradshaw addressed the Council and provided background on this issue. She informed Council a public meeting was held by staff on October 14 which 20 people attended. Most came to understand more about the urban renewal process and to express interest in and support for the City's proposal. City of Tukwila Page 4 of 8 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 15, 1999 She also told Council the Planning Commission held a public hearing on October 28 where only one citizen attended and testified Fred McConkey. The Planning Commission concluded their deliberations on November 2 after considering some modifications to the draft language of the Comprehensive Plan. Ms. Bradshaw also discussed police analysis of the area in question (Tukwila International Boulevard and So. 144 The Police Department determined crime is 18% higher in the urban renewal district. Council will be asked to consider a resolution finding blight occurs in the area. A proposed ordinance will follow adopting the Comprehensive Plan amendments. Finally, Ms. Bradshaw asked if Council would like an additional public hearing. Council spoke in favor of one additional public hearing and decided upon the date of January 10, 2000. Council deliberations will follow the public hearing. b. Ordinance adopting amendments to the 1999 budget AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE 1999 BUDGET ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 1860 AND AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NOS. 1870 AND 1876, PROVIDING FOR UNANTICIPATED BOND PROCEEDS IN THE ARTERIAL STREET AND FACILITY REPLACEMENT FUND; AND PROVIDING FOR UNANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS IN THE GENERAL, ARTERIAL STREET AND FACILITY REPLACEMENT FUNDS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE Moved by Councilmember Haggerton; seconded by Councilmember Linder; to read the proposed ordinance by title only. The motion carried 7 -0. City Attorney Noe read the title of the proposed ordinance. Finance Director Alan Doerschel reported these items are bond related or those which have been previously discussed by Council. He also noted they are routine in nature. Moved by Councilmember Haggerton; seconded by Councilmember Mullet; to approve the proposed ordinance as presented. The motion carried 7 -0. APPROVED ORDINANCE NO. 1888 c. Ordinance levying general property taxes for the year 2000 (Discussion) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHIGNTON, LEVYING THE GENERAL TAXES FOR THE CITY OF TUKWILA IN KING COUNTY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2000, ON ALL PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, IN SAID CITY WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TAXATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING SUFFICIENT REVENUE TO CARRY ON THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF SAID CITY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR AS REQUIRED BY LAW; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE City of Tukwila Page 5 of 8 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 15, 1999 Finance Director Alan Doerschel informed Council it will actually take two ordinances to levy the general property taxes for the year 2000. He has spent time with the King County Assessor to ensure we adopt ordinances properly because of previous state legislation regarding property taxes. In light of increased assessed valuation, the City may have more criteria to shape our ordinances and perform our duties correctly. Three ordinances may actually be required for property taxes. Doerschel will continue to research the issue. Mr. Doerschel noted a change to the draft ordinance in the Regular Tax Levy Amount. It is to be changed from 8,600,000.00 to 8,528,318. The accompanying page must also be corrected in two places. The Expense Fund amount must be changed from $8,470,000.00 to $8,398,318.00. In addition, the Total Taxes Requested must be changed from $8,600,000.00 to $8,528,318.00. If the City anticipates receiving more money than the price inflator, they must create an ordinance acknowledging same. On November 22, the Council will consider two ordinances the draft ordinance in tonight's packet and one acknowledging the City will receive more money than the price inflator. He then presented Council with a handout of another (third) draft ordinance which is nearly identical to that passed two years ago stating the City must have a public hearing and present all revenues to be collected and the City's need for those collected revenues. This ordinance will be presented for consideration on December 6, 1999. d. Resolution authorizing the sole source purchase of 13 computer modems for police vehicles A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF THIRTEEN (13) MODEMS FROM MOTOROLA Moved by Councilmember Haggerton; seconded by Councilmember Duffie; to read the proposed resolution by title only. The motion carried 7 -0. City Attorney Noe read the title of the proposed resolution. Moved by Councilmember Haggerton; seconded by Councilmember Hernandez; to approve the proposed resolution as presented. The motion carried 7 -0. APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. 1433 Moved by Councilmember Linder; seconded by Councilmember Duffie; to authorize the purchase of 14, Pentium 233 MMX, laptop computers for installation into police vehicles, in the amount of 79,234.68 (which includes Washington State Sales Tax). Said purchase to be made based on a quote from the Data 911 Company. The motion carried 7 -0. City of Tukwila Page 6 of 8 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 15, 1999 e. Authorize the Mayor to sign the 2000 Airport Cities Coalition (ACC) contract in the amount of $50,000.00 Moved by Councilmember Linder; second by Councilmember Carter; to authorize the Mayor to sign the 2000 Airport Cities Coalition contract in the amount of $50,000.00. The motion carried 5 -2, with Council President Fenton and Councilmember Duffie voting no. f. Airport Cities Legislative Agenda (Discussion) Assistant City Administrator Rhonda Berry addressed the Council on this issue. She distributed a handout document which outlines potential topics for discussion in connection with a legislative breakfast to be held on December 9, at the Tukwila Community Center. She noted that for the past two months, staff representatives for the cities impacted by the SeaTac Airport (Burien, SeaTac, Des Moines, Tukwila) have been meeting to discuss the development of a legislative agenda for presentation to our local delegation. The agenda used earlier work completed by the City of Burien as a template and would provide guidance to our legislators as to what Tukwila would like to see come out of the next session in Olympia. From there, Ms. Berry discussed the proposed items one at a time and received input from Council. She noted desired changes to the document and will prepare the item in final format for the legislative breakfast. Items discussed included the environment, siting of essential facilities, the airport related act, support of schools, transportation, sales tax equalization, Sound Transit, human services, gambling issues and City Light. In the end, Council agreed Tukwila must be careful to build up, not tear down, relationships with neighboring cities and we must foster a sense of cooperation with all of them. 8:27 p.m. Mayor Rants called for a :05 minute recess before considering review of the proposed 2000 budget. (Item taken out of order) REPORTS: a. Mayor Mayor Rants reported receipt of a letter from Suburban Cities naming some bus routes that will be deleted in the City of Tukwila. Named routes include 124 and 154. Next, the mayor reported a meeting tomorrow wherein they will work on the interlocal agreement for the Duwamish Watershed. Finally, he reported a meeting today with King County Executive Ron Sims and will report on that item later. b. City Council Councilmember Duffie had no report. City of Tukwila Page 7 of 8 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 15, 1999 Councilmember Hernandez reported attendance at a Tourism Committee meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on November 3. On that same day, she attended a Suburban Cities Association meeting wherein they did brainstorming on creative solutions for the lack of funding due to the passage of I -695. She thanked Ryan Partee for conducting a tour of the Riverton Creek restoration project. She learned from the tour and can now be "more enthused" about the project. Finally, she reported a Transportation Committee meeting earlier this evening. Council President Fenton reported attendance at a November 10 AWC Legislative Committee at SeaTac. The main focus of that meeting was sales tax equalization. Many small cities were there asking what they would do since I -695 passed. Next, he reported another meeting would take place in the near future to discuss the same topic. On November 12, Mr. Fenton met with David Sabey and Michelle Driano to talk about Mr. Sabey's project on Southcenter Boulevard. Mr. Sabey will make a presentation to the Council sometime in January providing an update of recent events. Councilmember Mullet reported a November 12 meeting on housing with the cities of Kent and Auburn and several agencies who deal with first time home buying programs. The group committed to meet regularly to work on problems they share in common, as it relates to home buying. There is a Community Affairs and Parks Committee meeting tomorrow and he would like to see it canceled since there is only one agenda item. That was agreed upon by Council. The lone agenda item, a CTR agreement, will be placed on the next COW agenda. Councilmember Carter reported a November 16 SCATBd meeting. Next, Ms. Carter stated her belief that five (5) bus routes will be cut in Tukwila. Additionally, only one will remain on peak areas from the Fairwood area to Southcenter. Councilmember Haggerton reported attendance at the November 10 Suburban Cities Association meeting. Sales tax equalization, transportation and gambling were some of the items discussed. Councilmember Linder reported receipt of a letter from Jim White regarding an upcoming meeting to determine if various cities would like to form a South County Human Services Roundtable Committee. She would like to attend and stated her belief that it would be extremely valuable to be involved. c. Staff Assistant City Administrator Rhonda Berry, on behalf of the Tukwila Arts Commission, distributed admission tickets to Council for the RADOST production sheduled for Saturday, November 20, 1999, at 7:30 p.m., at the Performing Arts Center, Foster High School. d. City Attorney Mayor Rants noted the excused absence of City Attorney Bob Noe who became ill and left after consideration of new business items. City of Tukwila Page 8 of 8 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 15, 1999 MISCELLANEOUS: Councilmember Carter noted an e -mail of thanks to Senator Margarita Prentice for speaking up at the recent Sound Transit forum. Mayor Rants noted letters of thanks were also sent from the Sabey Corporation. Councilmember Haggerton acknowledged the Sabey Corporation for volunteering to give him a tour of their project on Southcenter Boulevard. 9:52 p.m. Moved by Council President Fenton; seconded by Councilmember Mullet; to recess the regular meeting to convene an executive session after a: 05 minute break. The motion carried 7 -0. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Potential Litigation 30 minutes Pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(11(i) 9:56 p.m. Executive session began. 10:28 p.m. Executive session ended. No action was taken. ADJOURNMENT: 10:28 p.m. Moved by Councilmember Duffie; seconded by Councilmember Hernandez; to adjourn the executive session, reconvene and adjourn the regular meeting. The motion carried 7 -0. 144i* W. Rants, Mayor 2f)c bitt Robert H. Baker, CMC, Deputy City Clerk Date Minutes Approved: /f/ a 2 /99 (SD i7/Grq)