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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-05-13 Regular MinutesMay 13, 1974 8:00 P.M. FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS MINUTE APPROVAL APPOINTMENTS Board of Adjustment G. J. Colin, P.E. Roger Brown Anne Altmayer Eugene Montgomery Ann Crain ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Res. #430, National Flood Insurance Program CORRESPONDENCE AND CURRENT Approval of Segale Project #734 Bid Award: Traffic signals at Strander Blvd. Andover Park East BUSINESS TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 70/ Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Mayor Todd welcomed Boy Scout Troop #350 to the meeting and asked Scout Tom Moore to lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Todd called the meeting to order. GARDNER, STERLING, TRAYNOR, DAVIS, HARRIS, SAUL. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY HARRIS, TO EXCUSE ABSENT COUNCILMAN JOHANSON. CARRIED. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE REG- ULAR MEETING OF MAY 6 AND 8, 1974 BE TABLED. CARRIED. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, TO CONFIRM THE MAYOR'S APPOINT- MENTS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.* Councilwoman Harris questioned the appointment of Mr. Colin because he is not a resident of Tuk- wila. Mayor Todd stated he was complying with the ordinance which created the Board of Adjustment in that appointments must be made within 30 days. He stated there is a waiver of residency provided in the ordinance by majority approval vote of the Council. He stated Mr. Colin's professional expertise would no doubt aid the new Board a great deal. Mr. Colin is Vice President of Hugh S. Ferguson Construction Co. If any apparant conflict of interest ever arose, Mr. Colin would of course refrain from voting. Council- man Traynor stated the Council must be confident these new members who are volunteers will want to make Tukwila the best place to live. Mayor Todd pointed out he purposely gave Mr. Colin the shortest term of appointment; he is only one vote on the Board and the residents have longer terms and more votes. *MOTION FAILED FOR LACK OF MAJORITY 3 AYES; 3 NOS. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read proposed resolution authoriz- ing the Mayor to make application to qualify property owners of the City of Tukwila for federally subsidized flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY GARDNER, THAT RESOLUTION #430 BE ADOPTED AS READ. CARRIED. Steve Hall, Public Works Director, presented the site plan and elevations to the Council as approved by the Planning Commission. Mr. Ron Mettler, Chairman of the Planning Commission, recommended the Council approve the Project as presented. He stated all per- mits through the various agencies have been approved, including Shorelines. Councilman Sterling asked if the approval of this Project would affect the drainage and pending law suit. Attorney Parker stated every square foot of development has an affect on the drainage and every bit of drainage has an affect on the law suit. Councilwoman Harris asked if after the charges have been filed in court, can there be further charges filed adding to the case. Attorney Parker stated yes. Mayor Todd stated he had signed the developers agreement with Doces' and Lincoln Properties today. Steve Hall read a letter from Gary Crutchfield, Planning Technician, to Mr. Mario Segale regarding the action of the Planning Commission. Mayor Todd stated whatever facilities are approved, they will have to conform to the Comprehensive Plan. Attorney Parker stated any action of the Council will affect the law suit. Mr. Segale also has the right to amend his pleadings. All along, the authority of the Council to approve building permits has been highly question- able. So far, none have been turned down. He stated it was his recommendation that this Project be approved. Councilman Saul stated after this building is approved, there is no more capacity for drainage in that area. Councilman Gardner and Steve Hall dis- cussed the types of pumping facilities proposed. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT SEGALE PROJECT #734 BE APPROVED. CARRIED. Steve Hall reviewed the bids submitted and read a letter from Mr. Ken Cottingham, Stevens, Thompson Runyan. Steve Hall recommended accepting the lowest bid with the exception of the temporary signals because all bids were over the estimate. The lowest bid was sub- mitted by General Service Electric for permanent signals only in TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING May 13, 1974 Page 2 CORRESPONDENCE AND CURRENT BUSINESS Cont. Bid Award Cont. Zip Code Questionnaire results Metro Transit re: Continuing bus service Andover Park Fire Station power service Extra Work Order City Shop Phase II Proposed adoption of food service estab- lishment of rules and regulations by King County Board of Health Discussion: New aid car 70.1. the amount of $44,400. He stated there is $43,500 available for this purpose and the Public Works Department Shop Equipment fund will make up the difference. Attorney Parker concurred with this recommendation. A resolution will be presented to the Council at the next regular meeting. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT THE BID BE ACCEPTED FROM THE LOWEST BIDDER, GENERAL SERVICE ELECTRIC, IN THE AMOUNT OF $44,400 INCLUDING TAX FOR THE PERMANENT SIGNALIZATION, DELETING THE TEMPORARY SIGNALS, AT STRANDER BLVD. AND ANDOVER PARK EAST. CARRIED. Mayor Todd read the Zip Code Questionnaire results as compiled by City Clerk Shirlee Kinney. He stated he would personally forward these statistics to the Post Master. Mayor Todd read a letter from Metro Transit regarding continued service for the transit bus and additional service at the expense of Metro to cover a greater area within Tukwila. Larry Coffman, Metro Transit, presented facts and figures on the annual, monthly and daily passenger use of the transit bus and stated the bus in Tukwila has been a worthwhile project. A discussion followed on extending the bus services. Councilman Saul suggested having a public hearing. Councilwoman Davis stated she had asked the Mayor to have a survey of the citizens in order to find out their bus scheduling preferences two months ago. Mayor Todd stated he did not recall the request. Larry Coffman stated Metro would cooperate in this survey. Councilwoman Davis stated many residents are inter- ested in Saturday service. Larry Coffman stated it could be arrang- ed, but some weekday service would have to be cut. Councilwoman Harris stated she would be interested in seeing the bus drivers' reports, especially those continents on unruly children passengers. Larry Coffman stated those types of comments are included in their "red card system in the past, there have been comments that the buses are being used as a babysitting service but these comments do not occur often enough to be significant. Metro's 1980 Plan for the County was discussed in relationship to proposed services for Tukwila. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY GARDNER, TO REVIEW THE CON- TRACT WITH METRO TRANSIT, THE RIDERSHIP STATISTICS, AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE.* Mayor Todd stated there may not be time for this review since the contract runs out May 20. Councilman Saul proposed funding the bus until June 1 and plan to review all the information in that time. *ROLL CALL VOTE: 2 AYES GARDNER, HARRIS; 4 NOS STERLING, TRAYNOR, DAVIS, SAUL. MOTION FAILED. MOVED BY SAUL, SECONDED BY DAVIS, THAT FUNDING BE PROVIDED FOR THE BUS UNTIL JUNE 1, 1974 AND THAT THE COUNCIL REVIEW FUNDING PROPOSALS FOR THE TRANSIT BUS AT A SPECIAL MEETING WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1974 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. ROLL CALL VOTE: 5 AYES STERLING, TRAYNOR, DAVIS, HARRIS, SAUL; 1 NO GARDNER. CARRIED. Steve Hall suggested this item be Tabled until the next meeting. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY DAVIS, TO TABLE TO MAY 20 MEETING. CARRIED. Steve Hall read his letter addressed to Council President Traynor requesting approval of the Extra Work Order. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, TO APPROVE THE EXTRA WORK ORDER AND TO REQUEST A RESOLUTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE AT THE NEXT MEETING. CARRIED Mayor Todd stated now that the County has approved a program, there is no need to discuss this until we hear further from the County. Fire Chief Hubert Crawley stated his Department now has enough money to buy an additional aid car, but stated he was disappointed in the results of the fund- raising efforts. He stated the Fire Station here on the hill would be short the necessary personnel to man the aid car if it were based at this station. Volunteer fireman would man this station with one professional Fireman on duty. Mayor Todd asked how many more men are needed. Chief Crawley replied nine more men. He stated the aid car would be fully equip- ped at a cost of $19,000 plus another $3,000 for radio gear. He TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING May 13, 1974 Page 3 CORRESPONDENCE AND CURRENT BUSINESS Cont. Discussion: New aid car Cont. 703 stated there is $18,000 of left over sales tax revenue from 1972 which the City Treasurer invested plus $2,000 in donations. He is asking for an additional $2,000 for the aid car. Councilman Saul asked about ambulance service. Chief Crawley stated their service is not fast enough; he stated the Fire Department can answer a call within the City in three minutes. Councilwoman Davis stated there is a lot of concern from the citizens about leaving the station on the hill to the volunteers. It doesn't make sense to have an aid car up here without someone to man it. Why can't P.E.P. people be used. Chief Crawley stated the funding for fire departments is nearly defunct. He stated he has six men on duty each shift which means five men at the Andover Park Station and one on the hill. Councilwoman Harris stated homeowners insurance may be affected by this. It is a breach of faith to the residents to pull out all the professional fire fighters. If we need to hire more men, then we should consider it. She asked about response time from the Andover Park Station as compared to the station here. Chief Crawley stated it takes about two additional minutes to come from the Andover Park Station to any place on the hill. Council- man Saul stated he would like to wait until more donations are received from the businesses. City Treasurer Mae Harris stated serious thought should be given to manning the station here before buying a new aid car for it. Chief Crawley stated one man is not enough to operate the aid car; it takes at least three men. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY DAVIS, TO TABLE THE DISCUSSION. CARRIED. Federal Revenue Sharing Mayor Todd stated this was placed on the Agenda at his request and proposed use report pointed out it is merely a proposal for the money submitted in com- pliance with the State and Local Assistance Act of 1972 to the U.S. Treasury. He stated the Council is entitled to submit its own pro- posal. Councilman Sterling stated there are many other uses for this money. We should set up a work meeting to discuss this and get some citizen input. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY HARRIS, TO SET MAY 29, 1974 AT 8:00 P.M. FOR A SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING PROPOSALS.* A discussion followed on meet- ing dates regarding the transit bus funding and Federal Revenue Sharing funds. Mrs. Velma Lee stated the Council should decide on the Federal Revenue Sharing before discussing the bus. The Council does not know if the people want the bus yet or not. Have a public hearing and talk about both subjects at the same time. *MOTION AND SECOND WITHDRAWN. It was decided the meeting set for May 22 was sufficient to cover the funding proposals for the bus which includes Federal Revenue Sharing funds. RECESS Mayor Todd called for a five minute recess. Mayor Todd called the 10:25 P.M. 10:30 P.M. meeting back to order with all Council Members present as previous- ly listed. Hold harmless agreement MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE Southcenter Shopping THE HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHCENTER SHOPPING CENTER CORP- Center Corporation ORATION. CARRIED, WITH GARDNER AND HARRIS VOTING NO. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT PROPOSED HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT BE READ. CARRIED, WITH GARDNER AND HARRIS VOTING NO. Attorney Parker read proposed resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a hold harmless agreement with Southcenter Shopping Center Corporation and read the Hold Harmless Agreement. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION #431 AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT AS READ. CARRIED, WITH GARDNER VOTING NO. Foster Marshall Mr. Ron McLaughlin, Foster Marshall, presented proposals for uti- proposal re: LID #18 lity financing on LID #18. He stated the interim financing has been financing arranged through one of the local banks by the City Treasurer, and now we must arrange the long term financing. He stated there are two methods for obtaining this financing, one of which the Council is asked to approve. First, the information is prepared on LID #18 and distributed to commercial banks and loan institutions and a bid is requested on the bonds which amount to $160,000. Or, there is a negotiated sale of bonds. The City would request a bid from us and we put the package together and submit it for your approval. We would submit an interest rate with respect to the current market. With this method, there is less time and expense. Mr. McLaughlin TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING May 13, 1974 Page 4 CORRESPONDENCE AND CURRENT BUSINESS Cont. Foster Marshall proposal re: LID #18 financing Cont. Foster Marshall presentation re: City's bonding capacity Val Vue Sewer citizens' petitions 70 it then submitted the proposal for a negotiated sale of bonds to the Mayor and City Council. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY STERLING, TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL OF FOSTER MARSHALL FOR LID #18 BONDS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE PROPOSAL. CARRIED. Mr. Ron McLaughlin presented the alternate methods of financing a purchase such as the Foster Golf Links. He stated there are five standard sources of funding available: (1) General obligation bonds which require approval of 60% of the 400 of those citizens who voted in the last election. This would be 1 3/4 mills for a $2 million bond issue; (2) Non -voted debt capacity with a bonding limit of 1 1/2% of assessed valuation and you would have to pay debt service within 7 1/2 or 8 mills of operating budget or other funds. This would allow $1 1/2 million of councilmanic bonds. (3) Revenue bonds which would require the bonds be paid by the revenue generated by the facility being financed; (4) Federal grants which at this time are not available for a purchase of this type; (S) Cash con- tributions from funds within the City. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY HARRIS TO HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE FOSTER GOLF COURSE AND FUNDING PROPOSALS.* Attorney Parker cautioned the Council he does not think this is a proper subject for the Council to hold Execu- tive Session since there is no clear indication the price of the property will increase if proposals are discussed publicly. There may be a violation of the Open Meeting Law. *MOTION WITHDRAWN. Steve Hall requested this time before the Executive Session to bring to the Council's attention the current status of the citizens and the proposed Val Vue sewer facilities. He stated the City may form an LID and sign an agreement with the Val Vue Sewer District. Mayor Todd suggested the citizens proceed with signing the petitions and when they get enough signatures, they can request Council to pass an ordinance to form an LID which may take only two weeks with this paper work. Mr. Fry stated the problem for him is that Val Vue will be digging on his street this week and he sees no stub outs being provided. Mayor Todd stated he was told that all lines will be stubbed. Mr. Fry stated he and five neighbors are willing to pay cash to get this service. He stated he was told what to do by Val Vue and the City is now telling him something else. Alternative solutions to providing sewer facilities were discussed. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY SAUL, TO DIRECT STEVE HALL TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO DRAW UP AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VAL VUE SEWER DISTRICT AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS. CARRIED. Discussion: Foster Mr. Bill Aliment stated he was contacted by the City and asked if Golf Links offer to the Golf Course was for sale. We prepared an appraisal two years sell ago. We are now prepared to sell and are offering the City first refusal on the appraised amount before we offer it on the open mar- ket where the price will be higher. Mr. Ron McLaughlin stated he reviewed the information in the appraisal and suggested some alter- native financing suggestions for the City if it wishes to purchase the Golf Course. Mr. Ben Aliment stated the City can forget ever retiring the bonds. The City has the choice of buying it or not. You have to decide if you want to retain the last large remaining piece of green open space. He stated the City will save $13,000 to $14,000 each year on property taxes to the County and will be able to operate it at a profit. Councilman Saul asked about the agree- ment to operate the Golf Course by the Aliments after the City has purchased it. Mr. Bill Aliment stated it is and always has been a family business, but it would only take himself or his brother to operate and manage it for the City. Mr. McLaughlin stated other municipal courses usually are financed with substantially more cash from other sources that what Tukwila is considering with the bond issue. Councilwoman Harris asked what the current valuation of the Golf Course is. Mr. Wesley Hodge, Attorney representing the Foster Golf Links, stated since the time of the appraisal, surrounding property has sold for substantially higher in comparison. Infla- tion has had its effect. We feel $2.9 million is very accurate fair market value. Mayor Todd asked if it is the intent to offer the Golf Course to the City and limit its use to a golf course only. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING May 13, 1974 Page 5 CORRESPONDENCE AND CURRENT Discussion: Foster Golf Links offer to sell Cont. ADJOURNMENT 12:15 A.M. BUSINESS Cont. 705 Mr. Hodge replied no, he can see many uses for a portion of the Golf Course the City may want to incorporate. Councilman Sterling stated he would like to include the proposals for purchasing the Golf Course with the advisory ballot for a City Hall site. Mrs. Anna Bernhard stated she felt the City should consider buying the Golf Course before buying any other property. We could lose it if we wait. City Treasurer Mae Harris stated according to her figures the purchase price comes to about $1 per square foot which is very reasonable. Councilwoman Harris asked if any State grants are available. Mr. McLaughlin stated there may be funding through Referendum #28, but it is unlikely you would get it for purchase of a golf course. Golf courses are low on the priority list. Mayor Todd stated there is some E.D.A. money available after July 1 if a proposal is submitted which a public works project. If we combined the City Hall site with the Golf Course, there is a chance for that funding if the people would approve the bond issue. Mr. Hodge suggested the Council appoint a committee to look at all the possibilities and decide whether or not you want the Foster Golf Links or not, but you must decide soon. Mayor Todd suggested taking the matter up again at the next Council meeting to get more public response. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE MEETING ADJOURN. CARRIED. V2tr72.4 Frank Todd, Mayor Rickey /L. Gr, Deputy City Clerk