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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-08-26 Regular MinutesAugust 26, 1974 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL 8:00 P.M. REGULAR MEETING FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS MINUTE APPROVAL SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Building Director: Seating capacity of Council Chambers M I N U T E S $o2.6 Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Mayor Todd led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order. GARDNER, STERLING, HARRIS, SAUL, JOHANSON. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBERS TRAYNOR AND DAVIS BE EXCUSED. CARRIED. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 12, 1974 BE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED.* Councilman Johanson asked to be excused from voting as he was not present at that meeting. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT COUNCILMAN JOHANSON BE EXCUSED FROM VOTING. CARRIED. Councilman Gardner questioned the sentence "All employees and ve- hicles are now insured." on Page 804. It was noted this comment came from the taped transcription of the meeting Councilman Gardner stated he would like to have the verbatim transcript of the conversation between Mayor Todd and himself regarding Attorney Parker's role in the Sammamish law suit. See Page 805, second paragraph. Mayor Todd stated he was sure it would be settled due to an alternate method of storm water drainage to be found. Attorney Parker stated we are awaiting a study prepared by Jon Stack, Harstad Associates. Mayor Todd requested the tape of the August 12, 1974 meeting be played to clarify the conversation and this tape was retrieved and played. Mayor Todd stated so far as the 60" storm drain on 180th, Mr. Stack and Mr. Wanamaker have indicated there is no problem. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT THE MINUTES BE AMENDED TO REFLECT VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF THIS CONVERSATION AND THAT THE MINUTE APPROVAL BE CONTINUED TO NEXT WEEK. CARRIED. *FAILED, APPROVAL CONTINUED. Barney Ruppert, Building Director, stated the Safety Committee reported the Building Code contains a state- ment that all public assembly areas without fixed seat- ing should have their occupancy load posted. A load limit of 50 has been posted in these Council Chambers because there is only one exit from the room. Mayor Todd stated the Council must now allow administration to install another door. Councilman Sterling stated he does not want to curtail residents from attending the meetings and it would be best to install another door. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY SAUL, TO INSTALL AN ADDITIONAL DOOR IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.* Council- man Saul asked who is on the Safety Committee. Barney Ruppert read the list of employees who are on the Safe- ty Committee. Councilman Saul asked about other im- provements listed on the Safety Committee's recommenda- tions. Barney Ruppert stated some of the recommenda- tions have no valid justification and are only sugges- tions from the Committee. Councilman Gardner asked how many more persons can occupy the room if the door is installed. Barney Ruppert replied 102 people can occu- py the room according to the square feet. Councilwoman Harris asked if the Safety Committee is pursuant to any law. Barney Ruppert replies it is a requirement of W.I.S.H.A. Councilwoman Harris stated municipal com- mittees established by and pursuant to a State require- ment would be done by legislative action. She stated she is not aware that this has occured, that there is no enabling legislation in the City of Tukwila estab- lishing a Safety Committee, setting forth appointments, terms of office, etc. Mayor Todd asked if the Motion on the floor is valid without first setting aside some funding for the project. He suggested the Contingency Fund. Councilman Sterling stated he would like to have a recommendation from staff for the money to go along with the recommendation for the project. *CARRIED. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 26, 1974 Page 2 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Ord. #881, Adopting by reference certain State statutes and amending TMC 9.16 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Cont. Seating capacity in Councilman Johanson suggested using the funds in the Council Chambers Building Maintenance Fund. Mayor Todd stated there is Cont. not enough to cover this expense and regular building maintenance expenses for the rest of the year together. Councilwoman Harris stated since the money for this improvement has not been budgeted, then an ordinance will be necessary to transfer the funds. Isn't there a fund for building improvements? Mayor Todd stated to his knowledge there is no money available in the established funds to cover this at this time. There are fund in excess available in the Contingency Fund. Councilman Johanson asked the status of the Safety Com- mittee. Barney Ruppert stated it is a requirement of State law and administration is given authority to set up and appoint a committee to maintain the health and safety standards under W.I.S.H.A. and the committee is advisory in its capacity. The City would be liable for a fine if we had no such committee. Mayor Todd stated if the complaints of the committee are not taken care of by administration, then the committee may file a complaint that we are substandard with W.I.S.H.A. or O.S.H.A. Mayor Todd noted the danger in the present electrical wiring of the building and this must be taken care of soon. Councilman Sterling stated if each of the recommendations on the list will require funding, he would prefer the department head to recommend that funding. Mayor Todd stated some of these improvements can slide until we compile the 1975 Budget, but the door in the Council Chambers for example cannot wait. Councilman Johanson stated he could not believe the building maintenance is depleted already and would like to have some research into the funding in order to word the ordinance with whatever funds are available. Mr. Gene Ives asked if the inspector from O.S.H.A. has been to City Hall yet. Mayor Todd replied no. Mr. Ives asked why the panic. Mayor Todd replied it becomes a panic when 51 people want to attend a meeting. Mr. Benny Woyvodich asked how many people are allowed in this room according to the square feet. Barney Ruppert stated 7 square feet is allowed per person. Mr. Woyvo- dich asked how many people can be seated in the room. Barney Ruppert replied 102 people. Mr. Woyvodich and Mr. Ruppert then discussed the differences in occupancy requirements at City Hall and at the Riverside Inn according to the Building and Fire Codes. Barney Rup- pert stated since the Riverside has more exits, more persons can be accommodated in the rooms at the River- side. Mr. Woyvodich stated the new door in the Council Chambers should not cost over $200, and if he were to put the door in, he would want to see the specification: first. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT PROPOSED ORDI- NANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read proposed ordinance adopting by reference certain statutes of the State of Washington and amending Chap- ter 9.16 of the Tukwila Municipal Code. Councilwoman Harris stated the title of an ordinance must clearly define its subject. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY JO- HANSON, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE AMENDED TO IN- CLUDE FOLLOWING "ORDINANCE RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS AND.* Attorney Parker stated the proposed ordi- nance also relates to stray animals, snow mobiles and other items and so the amendment is not totally effec- tive. Councilwoman Harris stated she was using the book "Motor Vehicle Laws of the State of Washington 1973 Edition" as a reference for the amendment. *CARRIED. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT ORD. #881 BE ADOPTED AS AMENDED. CARRIED. Office: Robert McQueen explained the subjects covered under Chapter 16.24 of the State laws. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 26, 1974 Page 3 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Cont. g;7 Proposed Ordinance Councilwoman Harris explained the Council procedures Council Procedures ordinance. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read proposed ordinance relating to Council procedures, repealing Ordinances 509, 705, 728, 804, and repealing Sections 2.04.010 through 2.04.200 of the Tukwila Municipal Code, Chapter 2.04. Council- man Sterling stated the proposed ordinance should be referred to the City Attorney before the Council votes to pass on it. Mayor Todd stated if the Council wishes to discuss this before making a Motion to pass or reject he would consider a Motion to waive Robert's Rules of Order. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT COUNCIL SUSPEND THE RULES OF ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. CARRIED. Councilwoman Harris stated this proposed ordinance is very much the same as the former proposed Council procedures ordinance and it incorporates some suggestions made by the Legal Services Division of the Association of Washington Cities. She then reviewed other documentation attached to the proposed ordinance for clarification. A copy of these documents is on file in the City Clerk's office. Discussion followed on the item of reading proposed ordinances twice be- fore the final vote. Councilman Saul stated he opposed the bidding procedure as outlined in the ordinance. He stated City staff can do this during office hours and the Council already has more than what it can do now. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO PRESENT PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO APPROVE AS TO FORM. CARRIED. Res. #446, Retaining tapes of Council meetings MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read proposed resolution setting forth policy regarding the tape recordings of certain Tukwila City Council meet- ings. Mayor Todd stated the approved published Council Minutes are the only legally recognized record of the City. Mayor Todd asked for the estimated cost of re- taining tapes for 5 years. Deputy City Clerk Doris Phelps replied approximately $1,100. Councilman Saul asked why the tapes need to be kept after once the written Minutes are approved. Councilwoman Harris re- plied the tapes are an excellent source of back up mat- erial. The Minutes themselves are extremely lengthy and it is expensive to pay the personnel to type them. The Minutes are not always accurate nor complete and sometimes not inclusive of everyone's statements. If they are going to be verbatim, then they should be ver- batim all the way down to the last period. Otherwise, they should be a brief summary. With tapes to back up a brief summary, you can be assured the complete infor- mation will always be available. Mayor Todd stated we have to publish a fairly accurate set of Minutes to keep as the official record of the City. It is not practical to play a 3 hour tape each week before approv ing the Minutes and it is not practical for everyone to take the tapes home for review as we can the copies of Minutes. Mrs. Phyllis Pesicka stated the tapes are excellent but wouldn't want the published Minutes to be discontinued. She stated the tapes and Minutes should be kept in two separate places. Mr. Gene Ives stated there have been many occasions in the past when tapes would have been helpful, for example, when Southcenter was being developed. Councilwoman Harris stated she is not making a formal suggestion to adjust the Minutes. Ms. Jenna Smith asked if the City tapes meetings anyway and does the City use the same tapes over and over again. Doris Phelps stated there is a Motion standing of the Council which directs the Clerk's office to retain tapes of the meetings by date for 90 days. Mrs. Anne Altmayer stated it seems to be double expense in keeping both complete Minutes and tape recordings. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 26, 1974 Page 4 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Cont. Res. #446 Cont. Res. #447, Authorizing parti- cipation in King County Law Justice Planning Program 802 8 Councilwoman Harris stated these Minutes are much longer than they need to be. Mrs. Altmayer stated the com- plete Minutes are very helpful to those citizens not attending the meetings. Councilwoman Harris stated the citizens have the availability of the tapes as well. Mrs. Pesicka stated if she was researching the Minutes of the past, she would not want to see them condensed. Councilman Sterling stated there is nothing in this proposed resolution dealing with changes in the Minutes, He stated the tapes could be invaluable some time in the future, for example the discussion of the lawsuit pending with Sammamish Commercial. Mrs. Eleanor McLes- ter stated the Council was asked tonight to approve the Minutes of the August 12 meeting. She stated she would think it difficult to remember all the conversation dur- ing the meeting of 14 days ago. She stated she was a bit disappointed in the Minutes published since the first of the year and they could use some back up by tapes. Mrs. Altmayer stated her point was that the Minutes should not be condensed and that she feels the tapes are a good idea. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT RESOLUTION #446 BE APPROVED AS READ. CARRIED. Mayor Todd asked for some source of funding from the Council for the purchase of the tapes. Coun- cilwoman Harris stated the Council's supplies budget is $100.25 in the red but there are funds in the transpor- tation budget. There is also the Contingency Fund and perhaps one of the Departments would be very generous to us with some excess money. She stated the Council needs to provide for the expense of tapes for the rest of the year and to cover the $100 deficit in its sup- plies. MOVED BY SAUL, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT PROPOSED RES- OLUTION BE READ. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read propos- ed resolution authorizing participation by the City of Tukwila in the King County Law and Justice Planning Program. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT RESOLUTION #447 BE ADOPTED AS READ.* Councilman Sterl- ing asked what other cities in our area are involved. Officer McQueen replied this Program covers the public defender and burglary programs; Kent, Auburn, Bothell, Redmond and Kirkland are involved and the Program is funded through Bellevue as the administrating City. Councilman Sterling stated he felt our Police Department could take care of itself and is always interested any time King County tells us we need their help. He stated he does agree with this Program however. Councilwoman Harris stated she also supported the principle of the proposed resolution which could achieve area -wide law and justice planning and coordination. She stated her reluctance to Section 2 in that this is a blanket autho rization for the Mayor. The Council would not know what or who is applying for the grants. She stated she has spoken to a person in the King County Executive's office who would be willing to discuss grant program review processes. Mayor Todd stated this resolution applies to only one particular program, "this program." Councilwoman Harris stated there is more involved with the Law and Justice Planning Program than just grants. She stated we need to establish a grant review program with the Council involved in part of the process. This proposed resolution leaves the Council out of any decisions. Councilman Sterling suggested amending the wording in Section 2 following "City of Tukwila" to include'iith City Council approval." Mayor Todd statec the resolution proposes it is with Council approval. With that wording included, two separate documents of approval are going to be necessary with each grant app- lication, one from the Mayor and one from the Council. Councilwoman Harris asked how many times has the Council TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 26, 1974 Page 5 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Cont. Res. #447 Cont. CORRESPONDENCE AND CURRENT BUSINESS Council Order #1 Xerox machine been presented with grant applications this year. Mayor Todd stated in every case with the exception of the verbal request from E.D.A. to give the City a grant to in part acquire the Golf Course and in part build a City Hall. In every other instance the Council has been aware of and approved of an application for a grant: this L.E.A.A. Program and a grant application to Referendum 27, State Funds, for a water hook up be- tween the City and Water District #75. The City has also re- applied to E.P.A. on existing grants for L.I.D. 19 and 20 which ran over the original estimate. Council- woman Harris asked if the Council has ever seen the paperwork involved in any of these grant applications. Councilman Sterling stated the Council has authorized the Mayor to do all of this for us. RECESS Mayor Todd requested a five minute recess. MOVED BY 9:45 P.M. 9:55 P.M. STERLING TO RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. Mayor Todd called the meeting back to order with all Council Members present as previously listed. Councilman Johanson asked for a clarification of "any and all documents Attorney Parker stated this relat- ed to the grant applications. He stated it is necess- ary to provide this authorization by September 5. Mayor Todd stated the money from the grant will be re- served for the City of Tukwila for its use as required in court. Councilman Johanson suggested striking "this program including Attorney Parker read a letter dated August 9, 1974 to the Mayor from Mr. M. H. Wilken! of the Law and Justice Planning Program. A copy of this and other related documents is on file in the City Clerk's office. Discussion followed on authorizing the Mayor to apply for this block grant money and how the Council would be involved in the process. Council- man Saul stated this is a job for administration. MOVED BY JOHANSON TO STRIKE "THIS PROGRAM, INCLUDING MOTION FAILED FOR LACK OF SECOND. Councilman Sterling stated perhaps the Council is being too cautious with this and does not see anything wrong with the way the proposed resolution is written. MOVED BY STERLING TO INCLUDE AFTER "CITY OF TUKWILA "SUBJECT TO CITY COUN- CIL APPROVAL." MOTION FAILED FOR LACK OF SECOND. MOVED BY HARRIS TO DELETE FOLLOWING "TO" IN THE THIRD LINE OF SECTION 2 DOWN. TO AND INCLUDING "FUNDING" AND TO INSERT "APPLY FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER AND BURGLARY PROGRAMS AS OUTLINED IN THE TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE LAW AND JUSTICE PLANNING PROGRAM." SECONDED BY JOHANSON.* Councilman Sterling stated if some other grant in the Program becomes available, we will have to go through this all over again. Councilman Johanson stated we wil: have to anyway since only two applications are included in this Program. *MOTION CARRIED ON THE ORGINAL MOTION AS AMENDED. Councilwoman Harris stated she requested this Order because some of the Council Members needing to use the Xerox machine after business hours are unable to use it MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT PROPOSED ORDER BE READ. CARRIED. Councilwoman Harris read pro- posed order. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT COUNCIL ORDER #1 BE ADOPTED AS READ.* Mayor Todd stated he felt he must explain why the machine has been locked after hours. The machine is equipped with a meter and after taking due notice that it was getting quite a lot of night use, some of which was not explain. able, the machine was then locked and the Police Depart. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 26, 1974 Page 6 CORRESPONDENCE AND CURRENT BUSINESS Cont. Council Order #1 Cont. Request for volunteer to up -date Tukwila Municipal Code books City Hall Site discussion Special Meeting date set City Hall site Council Attorney discussion 1130 ment was provided with a key. If the machine is going to be used in an abusive way, it becomes his business to then moniter its use. Councilman Sterling stated the Order does state the machine will be used for City business and sees no problem. Many times, different committees meeting here at night could have used the machine for copies. Mayor Todd stated the machine is expensive and is expensive to operate. There is little reason that any work to be done cannot be done by the staff members who are qualified to run the machine. Many times in the past, we have come in in the morning to find that machine jammed with paper. Councilman Gardner stated perhaps the reason it is needed after hours is because the Council gets its agenda on Fri- day and must work over the weekend on Council business to get ready for Monday. Councilman Saul stated any time he had copies to make, he left them at the office or came in during the day to copy papers himself. If the Council meets every other week, there is no need to use the machine after hours. He stated the term City business is a matter of interpretation. Council- man Gardner asked Councilwoman Harris if she felt this Order would be necessary if meetings changed to the first and third Mondays. Councilwoman Harris stated there are always unexpected things coming up. The ma- chine has always been available to anyone who needs to use it. It is City equipment and we have the right to use it and she cannot see where any public official should be denied the use of the tools to do the job at any hour. Councilman Sterling stated if a Member of the Council needs to use that machine, he should be allowed to use it. Deputy City Clerk Doris Phelps stated a key is available when necessary from the Police Department. *CARRIED, WITH SAUL VOTING NO. Councilman Johanson stated this notice indicates the Departments will be canvassed for Code books, does that mean we do not know where these books are? Doris Phelps explained the volunteer will be going from Department tc Department to up date the books so that the books will not be removed from the offices. Councilman Johanson stated we have paid professional people on our staff to handle this. Doris Phelps stated the staff in the City Clerk's office does not have time for this project. Councilwoman Harris stated she did not understand that. It only takes 10 minutes to update a book. Mayor Todd suggested this discussion be dropped. Councilman Gardner stated the Council had planned to get this item on an advisory ballot in November. Coun- cilman Sterling stated there is a deadline of September 20 to submit this to the Elections Department. He stated he had talked to Mr. McAdoo and would like to set up a special meeting to review the plans on Septem- ber 4. He stated the Planning Commission members should be invited to attend. Councilman Gardner stated this seems to be a duplication of effort since in 1969 the City spent $5,000 to study City Hall sites and at that time, the Van Woerden property was rejected. He stated the Golden Arrow Dairy site was originally con- sidered, and the next best site, Site #6, was finally selected. The Council decided to hold a Special Meet- ing on Wednesday, September 4 at 7:30 P.M. in the Coun- cil Chambers for the purpose of a presentation of City Hall plans by Mr. McAdoo, Architect. Councilman Gardner stated he felt the Council should have an attorney hired to look into the Sammamish law suit and report back to the Council. Mayor Todd asked who this attorney would be. Councilman Gardner stated he had one in mind, but the Council may not use him. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 26, 1974 Page 7 CORRESPONDENCE AND CURRENT BUSINESS Cont. Council Attorney discussion Cont. NEW BUSINESS Call for bids: Asphalt for pavement overlays and to rebuild Tukwila Parkway letter from Steve Hall, Public Works Director Golf Course Committee report '3/ MOVED BY GARDNER, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HIRE AN ATTORNEY TO LOOK INTO THE SAMMAMISH LAW SUIT AND REPORT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.* Council- man Saul stated the Council had gotten a report from the Mayor earlier tonight. Mayor Todd added Attorney Parker had also given a status report. Councilman Sterling stated the Council has never heard about any of the proceedings on this court case. He stated he would like a good report from the City Attorney. This summary we heard tonight was the first time we have heard from the City Attorney about it. Councilman Saul suggested the Council request a report from the City Attorney before hiring anyone else. Mayor Todd suggest- ed this report be given in an Executive Session so as not to jeopardize the case by going public with it. Councilman Gardner stated the State law says the Counci] can hire an attorney for a cause and we have money put aside for one. Councilman Johanson stated an outside attorney would certainly have to be discreet and would supply the Council with such a report as we have been discussing. He stated if we look at the track record, we have not won a suit yet with Mr. Parker and he is reluctant to give the Council reports. Mayor Todd stated Attorney Parker wins about 50 law suits a month through the Municipal Court. Councilman Gardner stated he would withdraw his Motion. Councilwoman Harris asked if the Motion had been repeated by the Chair. Doris Phelps replied no. Councilwoman Harris stated she agreed with Councilman Gardner in that the Council had been previously informed it could not engage an attorney at public expense when in fact it could. She then read an opinion from Association of Washington Cities dated February 7, 1964 in answer to the City of Pasco. A copy of this opinion is on file in the City Clerk's office. We are asserting that we are legally entitled to go to outside assistance in this particular instance. *MOVED BY GARDNER, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HIRE AN ATTORNEY TO LOOK INTO THE SAMMAMISH LAW SUIT AND REPORT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL V Councilman Sterling stated he would like to reserve the right to hire an attorney until we have heard from our City Attorney and perhaps we can use another attorney's assistance in the matter of a Council procedures ordi- nance at a later date. The City Attorney has in the past differed with us and the Association of Washington Cities. *ROLL CALL VOTE: 2 AYES GARDNER, HARRIS; 3 NOS STERLING, SAUL, JOHANSON. MOTION FAILED. Councilman Johanson requested an Executive Session following the Council's regular business meeting. Councilman Johanson read in part the call for bids and letter. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY SAUL, TO CON- CUR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO CALL FOR BIDS AS SUB- MITTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. CARRIED. Bids for pavement rehabilitation of Tukwila Parkway will be opened in the office of the City Clerk, Tukwila City Hall, on September 6, 1974 at 3:00 P.M. Bids for as- phaltic concrete overlay and parking lot paving will be opened at 3:30 P.M. on September 6 at the same lo- cation. Councilman Sterling stated two members of the Ad -Hoc Committee and two Council Members of the Ad -Hoc Commit- tee met with Mr. Ben Aliment and offered him $2.355 million as authorized by the Council for the Foster Golf Course. He refused because the City was using an old appraisal. After some discussion everyone attend- ing decided to ask the City Council to pay for an up- dated appraisal. He stated he called Blaine Halliday, TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 26, 1974 Page 8 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Golf Course Committee report Cont. AUDIENCE COMMENTS Paint for the Community Hall Bicentennial picnic in the Park and ice cream social Maul Avenue's street problems 3.2. the firm which compiled the existing appraisal, and was informed it will take them a few days to give us an estimate of the cost of a new appraisal, but indicated it will cost less than $1,000.00. Councilman Sterling stated he personally felt the City had made its offer with the $2.355 million figure and that we cannot up the offer if it is refused. If the Golf Course were to be condemned, we would have to have an up -dated apprai- sal. Mrs. Phyllis Pesicka, a member of the Ad -Hoc Com- mittee, stated the Committee's hands are tied until we find out what the property is worth and the Committee has no authority to authorize an up -dated appraisal. Mr. Gene Ives asked how many acres are included. Mrs. Pesicka replied about 75 acres and Mr. Aliment based his new figures on the square foot value based on the commercial property surrounding the Golf Course. Coun- cilwoman Harris stated the Council should find out what the County Assessor values the property at on its fair market value. She asked administration to check on the County Assessor's tax records of the Golf Course. Mayor Todd stated he would be interested to see the tax statement since the Golf Course is paying only $16,000 annually. Mrs. Pesicka stated she thought the taxes are based on zoning and if the Assessor is apprai- sing the property at $4 million, there is no way we can pass that on a bond issue. Mrs. Pesicka illustrat- ed on the board the layout of shorelines along the River and the land locked area of the Golf Course. Councilman Johanson stated if this proposal goes before the voters on a bond issue, the City will have to have a current appraisal available. Councilman Sterling stated perhaps the Golf Course is worth less than be- fore due to the restrictions of the Shorelines Manage- ment Act. He stated the Committee was very careful in wording their recommendation to the Council in that we would offer $2.355 million or the new appraisal amount if that amount is lower. Councilman Gardner stated he was not in favor of going as high as $2.355 because of the Shorelines Act and the proposed 3 to 5 foot high dike and additional pumping stations to be built along the River. Councilwoman Harris stated the citizens should have the opportunity to say whether or not they want it. We should wait another week to get more infor. mation and perhaps the full Council will be present. Councilman Johanson again stated a new appraisal will be needed if we take this matter to the voters. Mayor Todd agreed, and stated we will also need an agreement from the Aliments that they will accept the offer if the people approve it. Otherwise we will end up in court over a condemnation and we will not know what the price will be. Councilman Sterling expressed his appre. ciation for the tremendous job the Committee is doing and suggested the Council wait one week to get the addi• tional information on an appraisal. Mayor Todd stated he would check with the King County Assessor's office. Councilman Saul announced that Boy Scout Troop #487 will volunteer their time to paint the Community Hall. They are asking for paint brushes and paint scrapers to be donated. Councilman Saul announced the Bicentennial picnic in the Park and ice cream social on Sunday, September 1 at 2:00 P.M. in the Tukwila Park. Mrs. Viola Lutes stated she talked to several people about the trucks in the area and they are upset. She stated she believed that a few meetings ago, Councilman Traynor requested Councilwoman Harris to look into this TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 26, 1974 Page 9 AUDIENCE COMMENTS Cont. Maul Avenue Cont. ATTEST: 8' 33 Has this been done? Mr. Lloyd Hartong stated that Coun- cilman Traynor told him outside in the parking lot that he generally lights bonfires with those kinds of let- ters and he will have the opportunity to deny or concur with that when he returns. He suggested that Mrs. Lutes also pin Councilman Traynor down with her ques- tions. Mrs. Lutes stated she thought Councilwoman Harris had been appointed to investigate the situation, Something should be done down there. Councilman Sterl- ing stated we should contact Steve Hall to see how the street will have to comply with the new Flood Zone Act, and make it a policy to bring the streets up first be- fore the property is allowed to be developed or, on the other hand, let the property develop before fixing the streets. Once we begin to improve anything down there, it will have to conform to the Flood Program. Council- woman Harris, in regard to Mrs. Lutes' statement, stat- ed she had discussed the problem with Mr. Hartong and the Council did discuss this again last week. She stat- ed the Council is limited in its response to the citi- zens' problems and it must request administration to investigate the situation for a zoning violation pos- sibly in this case. It is not within the Council's responsibilities to direct a staff member, so a re- quest was made of administration. Council is not allow- ed to go down there and enforce the City's laws. Mrs. Pesicka asked about a complaint by Mr. Segale about the trucks using his private property. Councilman Sterling stated Mr. Segale will authorize the Police Department to go onto his property if necessary. He suggested the center line of Maul Avenue be monumented. Councilwoman Harris stated the streets and public rights of way are being used for uses not intended for by the trucking companies. There should be some kind of pro- visions for enforcement in some department. More dis- cussion followed. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY HARRIS THAT THE CENTER LINE OF MAUL AVENUE BE MONUMENTED BY COUNCIL DIRECTION TO ADMINISTRATION.* Councilman Johan- son stated that this is just one of a series of things that could be accomplished in that area. But is the Council going to issue Motions to administration to check each and every problem. There should be a plan of some consequence developed. *CARRIED, WITH HARRIS AND JOHANSON VOTING NO. EXECUTIVE SESSION MOVED BY SAUL, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO ADJOURN THE 11:37 P.M. 12:13 A.M. COUNCIL MEETING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. CARRIED. Mayor Todd excused the members of the audience. The City Council met in Executive Session to hear a report from Attorney Parker on the status of the Sammamish law suit, MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY SAUL, TO ADJOURN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. CARRIED. ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT THE 12:14 A.M. MEETING ADJOURN. CARRIED. rank Todd, Mayor Doris E. Phelps, Deputy City Clerk