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September 3, 1991 Tukwila City Hall
7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
Regular Meeting
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER Mayor VanDusen called the Regular Meeting of the
Tukwila City Council to order and led the audience in
the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL JOE DUFFIE; DENNIS ROBERTSON, Council President; JOAN
HERNANDEZ, CLARENCE MORIWAKI; ALLAN EKBERG;
STEVE LAWRENCE, JOHN RANTS.
OFFICIALS MIKE KENYON, City Attorney; JOHN McFARLAND, City
Administrator; ROSS EARNST, Public Works Director; DON
WILLIAMS, Parks Recreation Director.
Amend Agenda MOVED BY EKBERG, SECONDED BY RANTS TO MOVE THE
BID AWARDS FORWARD TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION CARRIED.
CITIZEN'S COMMENTS Wendy Morgan, 15144 65th Ave. So., 3404, Tukwila, requested
Council submit a letter to the Arts Heritage Cultural Division of King
County in support of a grant application for $6500 to fund a project
chronicling the history of Longacres racetrack. There would be no
costs incurred by the City. A brief video presentation, produced by the
grant applicant, Stephen Sadis, was shown.
MOVED BY DUFFLE, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, TO
SUBMIT A LETTER TO THE ARTS HERITAGE CULTURAL
DIVISION OF KING COUNTY IN SUPPORT OF THE GRANT
APPLICATION.*
Councilmember Hernandez inquired whether this action would
compete with funds Kay Reinartz might apply for in regard to the
history book. Ms. Morgan responded that unless Reinartz was
applying for a cultural tourism grant, there would be no conflict.
Hernandez commented that although Ms. Reinartz had discussed the
possibility of applying for the grant with her, she was not aware that
Reinartz had followed through on it.
*MOTION CARRIED.
Regarding the sewer project on 42nd, George Malina, 15617 42nd
Ave. So., suggested Public Works crews monitor the condition of the
side streets at the end of the work day to identify potential safety
hazards associated with the project and equipment left on -site.
CONSENT
AGENDA a. Approval of Minutes: August 19, 1991
b. Approval of Vouchers
General Fund $76,176.83
City Street 14,869.29
Arterial Street 102,431.79
Land Acq., Building, Dev. 93,466.74
Water Fund 1,333.08
Sewer Fund 2,350.49
Water /Sewer Construction 0.00
Foster Golf Course 4,158.18
Surface Water (412) 105,500.46
Equipment Rental 9,057.10
Firemen's Pension 0.00
TOTAL $409,343.96
c. A resolution supporting Referendum 42,
providing state -wide enhanced 911 service.
d. Award construction contract for Christensen
Road improvements to Rivera and Green Inc. in
the amount of $454.407.15 plus sales tax
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Consent Agenda (con't)
OLD BUSINESS
Res. 1191 Renaming
Portions of Macadam Rd.
Corps 205 Levee Improvement
Project Easements
NEW BUSINESS
Budget Transfer Motion
in Support of Foster Park
Construction
REPORTS
Mayor
e. Award construction contract for Interurban
Ave. So. and Fostoria/Interurban Ave. so.
project to Volker Stevin Pacific Inc. in the
amount of $4,253,995.06 plus sales tax.
f. Award construction contract for Foster Park
Addition to JLR Inc. in the amount of
4498,741.50 plus sales tax.
MOVED BY DUFFLE, SECONDED BY RANTS, TO APPROVE
THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED. MOTION CARRIED.
MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY MORIWAKI, THAT THE
PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ BY TITLE ONLY.
MOTION CARRIED.
City Attorney Mike Kenyon read a Resolution of the City Council of
the City of Tukwila, Washington, changing portions of 42nd Ave. S.,
S. 138th Street, S. 136th Street, S. 135th Street, and 53rd Avenue S. to
Macadam Road South.
MOVED BY EKBERG, SECONDED BY RANTS, TO APPROVE
RESOLUTION NO.1191 AS READ.*
It was noted that all residents to be affected by the address change had
been informed of the name change.
*MOTION CARRIED.
MOVED BY RANTS, SECONDED BY EKBERG, TO
AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN CORPS 205 LEVEE
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT EASEMENTS REQUIRING
FORMAL ACCEPTANCE. MOTION CARRIED.
MOVED BY RANTS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, TO
AUTHORIZE A BUDGET TRANSFER MOTION IN THE
AMOUNT OF $106,000.00 TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION OF
FOSTER PARK*
Councilmember Moriwaki commented he had hoped to find a project
that had been budgeted for but not spent so the reserve funds would
not be affected. John McFarland explained that the issue is to try to
preserve some of the ending fund balances to establish a beginning
fund balance at the end of the year and identify projects that truly are
going to be deferred that will then free up cash for the ending fund
balance for 1991 and give the City a healthy beginning fund balance
for 1992.
*MOTION CARRIED.
Mayor VanDusen introduced a presentation on Growth Management.
He suggested the City move slowly on this issue, however, keeping in
mind that deadlines set by the Growth Management Act would be
met. Rick Beeler outlined the following key points of the Growth
Management Act and discussed their impacts on the City.
.Links City Comprehensive Plan with county and state growth
decisions;
.The City must plan for the year 2010;
.A financial plan must be developed to show how the City can afford
the growth;
.Links schools and utility districts;
.Permit decisions would become dependent on the CIP and vice- versa.
Following further discussion, council agreed that Councilmembers
Rants and Robertson would represent Tukwila at the September 5th
King County Organizational Meeting on the countywide planning
requirements of the 1991 GMA.
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Reports (con't'l
Council
Staff
Councilmember Duffle requested that all local candidates in the
audience introduce themselves. Charlie Simpson, Joe Egan, George
Malina, and Steve Mullet complied with his request.
Council President Robertson distributed a budgeting process proposal
he developed for review by the council and administration.
City Administrator John McFarland reported that the Rabanco FEIS
was issued on August 22nd. The final mitigation document has not yet
been issued, so no appeal deadline has been established at this time.
Two items in the draft mitigation the City did not feel were addressed
sufficiently were noise and esthetics. Copies of staffs comments on
the draft mitigation document will be distributed to council.
McFarland briefly reviewed a copy of a letter from Seattle K.C.
Department of Public Health to WSDOT clarifying the closure
requirements for the fill site requirements on WSDOT which include:
covering the soil to ensure there's no permeability, grading the surface
slopes to less than two percent and side slopes to not more than 30
percent, adding a final covering of 6 inches of topsoil, and vegetating
with an appropriate ground cover. WSDOT has indicated the
requirements are acceptable. DOE, Seattle King County Public
Health, and the City are monitoring the site for compliance.
Regarding the outdoor burning issue, McFarland reported that the
Environmental Protection Agency had promulgated rules that would
prohibit outdoor burning in the Seattle/Everett corridor effective
September 1st. Tukwila stopped issuing the outdoor burn permits at
that time; however, the EPA has been delayed in the issuance of rules
that will require certain metropolitan corridors to cease outdoor
burning. Consequently, Council needs to determine whether they
want to re -issue outdoor burning permits until the EPA mandates that
we cease outdoor burning or continue with the City's current "no burn"
policy enacted on September 1st. Councilmember Duffy inquired how
outdoor burning can be enforced when we're unable to enforce rules
for indoor burning. He was referring to his neighbor who has been
burning all types of materials in an indoor fireplace for the past three
years. Although Duffy has reported the situation many times, the
resident continues these activities without any action being taken.
McFarland responded that this would be the next piece in the whole
clean air movement, to be able to look at a fireplace smokestack and
determine the amount of emission by the opaqueness of the smoke
and then issue a citation or a warning that the individual has to clean
up his burning practices. Regarding Duffy's neighborhood situation,
McFarland suggested referring the issue to one of the subcommittees
to look at legislation, adding that King County has proposed some very
stringent legislation for the use of outdoor fireplaces. Tukwila needs
to get into position to be able to enforce legislation and not rely wholly
on Puget Sound Air Pollution Control because they are not staffed to
address the issue. Councilmember Hernandez inquired how much
notification residents had been given prior to the burn ban.
McFarland responded that the notification is on its way, but there has
not been a satisfactory way to notify everyone. Hernandez
recommended a five day grace period to allow all residents to be
notified of the burn ban as well as to provide time for people to burn
the things they had planned to dispose of. Councilmember Lawrence
felt the present ban should be kept in effect. Robertson suggested a
fall cleanup period until the burn ban goes into effect. McFarland
explained that the cost of disposing yard waste at the dump is very
high. The City will be attempting to mulch and chip as much as
possible; however, blackberry vines do not chip well. Councilmember
Rants commented he was uncomfortable knowing that residents were
not notified of the burn ban prior to the stoppage. Councilmember
Moriwaki excused himself from the issue as his wife has complained to
the City regarding the burn ban. Councilmember Ekberg commented
he favored the ban, but suggested a notification period that would run
through the Tukwila Days cleanup week in October (King County
Recycling Week, October 14 -20). McFarland added that if the EPA
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re- established its "no burn" policy during the City's grace period, the
City would have to comply.
MOVED BY EKBERG, SECONDED BY RANTS TO ALLOW
OUTDOOR BURNING UNTIL THE WEEK OF TUKWILA DAYS
CLEANUP IN OCTOBER (KING COUNTY RECYCLING WEEK,
OCTOBER 14 -20) AFTER WHICH TIME OUTDOOR BURNING
WOULD BE BANNED.
Councilmember Lawrence opposed the motion stating if the City is
providing a way for residents to dispose of their burnables, and it's
done correctly and for free, it's reasonable enough. The only people
this service doesn't address are those with blackberries, and they can
still haul them to the county for a minimal charge.
Councilmember Rants withdrew his second. Councilmember
Robertson offered a second to the motion.
*MOTION CARRIED WITH LAWRENCE VOTING NO AND
MORIWAKI ABSTAINING.
ADJOURNMENT: MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY LAWRENCE, THAT THE
8:27 p.m. MEETING BE ADJOURNED. MOTION CARRIED
Gait' L. Vari Dusen, Mayor
ink E. Cantu, City Clerk