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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-04-12 Committee of the Whole MinutesApril 12, 1993 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT OFFICIALS CITIZEN'S COMMENTS PUBLIC HEARING Request for vacation of a portion of S. 147th Street. Public Hearing opened. Public Hearing closed. SPECIAL ISSUES Discussion of CDBG 1994 Prog. Policies and allocations. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING MINUTES Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Council President Lawrence called the Committee of the Whole Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. STEVE LAWRENCE, Council President; JOE DUFFIE, JOAN HERNANDEZ, DENNIS ROBERTSON, CHARLIE SIMPSON, ALLAN EKBERG, STEVE MULLET. JOHN MCFARLAND, City Administrator; LINDA COHEN, City Attorney; LUCY LAUTERBACH, Council Analyst; RICK BEELER /GARY SCHULZ/UMETSU, DCD; ROSS EARNST, Public Works; DON WILLIAMS, Parks; EVELYN BOYKAN, Human Services. None. Ross Earnst explained that the street vacation involves a small portion of right -of -way in South 147th Street, located between Interurban Avenue and a point 250 feet west. He said the existing right -of -way is 20 feet wide and is partially occupied by a City trail. The petitioner owns the property abutting the right -of -way to both the north and south. Earnst stated that the City trail will not have to be relocated. Council President Lawrence opened the public hearing at 7:15 p.m. Council President closed the public hearing at 7:20 p.m. Ron Allen, 7608 Madrona Drive N.E., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 commented that construction on the Plaza One Building was completed in early 1982. He was not aware of the encroachment problem until he received a letter from the Public Works Director on or around May 4. The encroachment is a Building Code non compliance condition. While this is not an immediate problem, it would be for future tenant improvement permits. He requested Council approval for street vacation and rededication of the right -of -way adjoining the Plaza One Building. After a brief discussion, it was the consensus of the Council to forward the request for Street Vacation (Plaza One Building) to the next Regular Council Consent Agenda, or to the next earliest possible Council date. Councilmember Hernandez informed the Council that this item had been to the Community Affairs and Parks Committee and it was the consensus of the Committee that the 1994 allocation estimates, totalling $122,853, be used for Planning and Administration (up to $10,181); up to $16,070 can be used for Public Services/Human Services; and $80,000 for King County Housing Repair Program (15% would go towards administrative costs.) Hernandez said the Administration will come back to the Council in September of October with their final recommendation. Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes April 12, 1993 Page 2 Discussion of CDBG 1994 Program Policies (Con't). Discussion of 1992 King Co. Open Space Bond Interest Earnings. Discussion on redirection of funds for King County Open Space Projects. Regarding the CDBG Policies, Boykan explained that they are generated by the City. Each City develops what its priorities and guidelines are going to be as a foundation for how they will select projects to be funded. Evelyn Boykan, Human Services Coordinator, informed the Council that the County expects input in the areas of Public Services and Planning and Administration. We cannot exceed the dollar amount established in those two categories. The Housing Repair Program would be one piece of Capital Projects. The categories do not add up to the full amount of $122,853 because the intention is not to plan out fully what the 1994 funds will be used for, this is just the level of information that the County needs now (in addition to having the local program policies adopted) in order to go forward. Councilmember Hernandez commented that the $122,853 is based on the 1990 census tract information. Therefore, it's entirely possible that we may be eligible for even more than that amount. Councilmember Robertson suggested a couple of amendments to the policies: under the heading "Removal of Architectural Barriers," remove the word "of' following "responsibility" and replace with 'for"; remove the phrase available to following services and replace with "for". Robertson asked had there been changes to the policies since last year. Boykan responded there had been some slight modifications in the policies. Robertson suggested that in the future, Boykan provide the Council with a copy of both a draft and the final document so that the Council is aware of the changes. Council President Lawrence requested Boykan place a copy of the census tract information, referenced in the "OVERVIEW STATEMENT," in the Councilmembers mailboxes for review. It was the consensus of the Council to forward (with amendments) the Program Policies for participation in the 1994 King County Community Development Block Grant Consortium and the resolution establishing the same to the next Regular Council Consent Agenda for adoption. Councilmember Hernandez informed the Council that the Community Affairs and Parks Committee's recommendation was to apply the 1992 interest earnings as follows: $41,907 to the Tukwila Pond purchase and $70,000 to the Macadam Wetland project. It was the consensus of the Council to forward the 1992 King County Open Space Bond Interest Earnings Assignment to tonight's Special Meeting for approval. Councilmember Hernandez explained that within the King County Open Space Interlocal Agreement, there is a requirement that the City Council must take legislative action to seek County approval to redirect purchase funds from our list of proposed purchases to new parcels. Discussion ensued surrounding the resolution. The Council made the following amendments: Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes April 12, 1993 Page 3 Discussion on redirection of funds for King Co. Open Space Proj. (Con't). Discussion of King Co. Conservation Futures Grant request. Discussion of topics for joint City Counc. /Sch. Bd. mtg. REPORTS in the second "Whereas" clause, following the word "considered," "necessary" was replaced with the word "primary." Under the heading "Section 1 Findings," in item number 1 following the word "lands," "meet" was replaced with the word "support. Item number 2 was revised to read: "The Maoletree Greenbelt on 65th Ave. S. contains wetlands which will be preserved by the developer based on current permit application, and therefore acquisition of the complete site is not necessary at this time and..." Under the heading, Section 2 Reallocation, the first paragraph was numbered as #1. An additional paragraph was added as #2 to read as follows: Should no sale of the Tukwila Pond site be consummated. the funds shall revert to the original projects planned and from which these funds are being reallocated. Robertson said he had several points to make regarding this issue; however, he felt they should be made in Executive Session since the subject of discussion is focusing on land purchases. He suggested amending the agenda to move the Executive Session forward. The Council agreed to amend the agenda when tonight's Special Meeting convenes (following the C.O.W). It was the consensus of the Council that further comments on this issue will be addressed following the Executive Session that will be held in tonight's Special Meeting. Councilmember Hernandez explained that this item had been to the Community Affairs and Parks Committee. Their recommendation is a request for Mayor authorization to apply for two different King County Conservation Futures grants as part of the application process: one for 1993 Conservation Futures funds and one for the bonded Conservation Futures funds for local projects. It was the consensus of the Council to forward the King County Conservation Futures Grant request to tonight's Special Meeting. The Council discussed the joint City Council /School Board meeting agenda topics. City Administrator McFarland requested the Council decide on their high priority items for discussion. He will meet with the School Superintendent this week to come up with a workable list in preparation for April 19 joint meeting. Councilmembers agreed that the topics should address Human Services, facilities, programs and policies. Councilmember Ekberg suggested the Teen Council be invited as spectators only. The Council agreed that their attendance would be welcomed. The Mayor reported that he and Debbie Mothershead had attended the Tukwila Breakfast Club Rotary for the presentation of a check in the amount of $2,000 to the P.R.I.D.E. Pak Program at Cascade View Elementary School. Councilmember Hernandez reported she had attended a recent Chamber of Commerce meeting where King County Executive Tim Hill was the Guest Speaker. Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes April 12, 1993 Page 4 R (Con't) ADJOURN TO SPECIAL MEETING: 8:30 P.M. CALL TO ORDER 8:35 P.M. Amend Agenda CONSENT AGENDA ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION: 8:45 P.M. ADJOURN EXECUTIVE SESSION: 9:40 P.M. Council President Lawrence reported he had recently attended the PSRC meeting on the third runway. He said most of the proposals by the RCAA group did not pass. There was one significant modification to the earlier resolution which previously required that any proposal for a new airport would have to be demonstrated through an EIS. That portion of the requirement was dropped. It would only have to be demonstrated through a basic study now. Therefore, a much broader window of opportunity to locate a new site for a second airport is feasible. Councilmember Ekberg reported he had also attended the Chamber of Commerce meeting where Tim Hill spoke. He says Hill is supporting the issue of transportation in the Puget Sound corridor. One issue he's supporting is the heavy rail system that Burlington Northern is supporting. Apparently, it would stop at 12 locations for Boeing workers and would have a ridership of about 12,000. Boeing says they might have 20,000 to 25,000 riders at those 12 different sites. Burlington Northern believes it will only cost about 250 million dollars to establish site facilities such as loading and off loading patrons. Ekberg said, per Tim Hill, there are several locations being discussed to build a new horse race track. Ekberg stated he would be willing to support a future resolution from the Council endorsing that the horse race track be built in the City of Auburn. Tim Hill backs this concept also. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, TO ADJOURN TO THE SPECIAL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Steve Lawrence, Council President Celia Square, eputy City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING Mayor Rants Called the Special Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order with those present as noted above. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY LAWRENCE, TO MOVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FORWARD ON THE AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. a. b. Approval of Minutes: 3/22/93 (Spec. Mtg.) An ordinance recognizing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a legal holiday for City employees. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY LAWRENCE, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS SUBMITTED. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY LAWRENCE, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE LAND PURCHASES AND TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES FOR APPROXIMA'T'ELY ONE -HOUR. MOTION CARRIED WITH DUFFIE VOTING NO. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY LAWRENCE, TO ADJOURN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION CARRIED. 1/ 3/ Special Meeting Minutes April 12, 1993 Page 5 SPECIAL MEETING RECONVENED 9:40 P.M. OLD BUSINESS A motion assigning interest revenues from King Co. Open Space Bond. Resolution #1249 redirecting funds. Formal application for Conservation Futures funds. Bonded Conservation Futures funds for local projects. AD.TOURNMENT 9:55 P.M. Mayor Rants called the Special Meeting back to order with those present as noted above. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY EKBERG, TO APPROVE A MOTION ASSIGNING 1992 KING COUNTY OPEN SPACE BOND INTEREST EARNINGS IN THE AMOUNT OF $111,907 TO COMPLETE THE MACADAM WETLAND PURCHASE AND THE TUKWILA POND PURCHASE. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY LAWRENCE, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, TO READ THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Linda Cohen read a resolution of the City Council of Tukwila, Washington, redirecting the allocation of King County Open Space Bond funds for land purchases in the City. A brief discussion ensued and amendments were made in various sections of the proposed resolution. MOVED BY LAWRENCE, SECONDED BY SIMPSON, THAT RESOLUTION NO. 1449 REDIRECTING THE ALLOCATION OF KING COUNTY OPEN SPACE BOND FUNDS FOR LAND PURCHASES IN THE CITY -BE ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENTS. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT A FORMAL APPLICATION TO KING COUNTY CONSERVATION FUTURES GRANT FUNDS. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY LAWRENCE, TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT A FORMAL APPLICATION FOR BONDED CONSERVATION FUTURES FUNDS FOR LOCAL PROJECTS AMOUNTING TO $470,000. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, TO ADJOU N THE SPE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. W. Rants, Mayor `42-y -e Celia Square, Del)* City Clerk %j3