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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-03-17 Regular MinutesMarch 17, 1975 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL 7:00 P. M. REGULAR MEETING FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS MINUTE APPROVAL VOUCHER APPROVAL M I N U T E S //3.2 Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Public Works Director Steve Hall led the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Todd called the regular meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order. GARDNER, STERLING, TRAYNOR, DAVIS, HARRIS, SAUL, JOHANSON MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY DAVIS, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 27, 1975 BE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED. CARRIED. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 3, 1975 BE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED. CARRIED, WITH DAVIS VOTING NO. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE BILLS BE ACCEPTED AND WARRANTS BE DRAWN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AMOUNTS.* Councilwoman Harris questioned Voucher #5152 for the services of the court reporter at a City Council meeting of March 3 in the case of a grievance filed by Verna Aal, Secretary in the Fire Department. She stated at a previous Council meeting, it was determined to deny those vouchers for which the court reporter appeared at a City Council meeting. She also questioned Voucher #5151 for the court re- porter as to whether this might have been for the arbitration committee or not. She stated the Council has not received transcripts for any reports made on February 18 or February 20. Councilman Traynor stated he picked up a copy of the February 20 transcript but had not received a copy of the February 18 docu- ments. Councilman Saul stated although he had voted against paying the bills for the court reporter to appear at Council meetings previously, he felt the Mayor was right in the position that the transcript of the court reporter would be legally correct and acceptable whereas the reporting of the City Clerk's staff who is involved directly may at some time be questioned. It would seem more fair to provide this protection for everyone involved. Councilwoman Davis stated the bill now being discussed was in reference to March 3 discussion of Mrs. Aal's grievance. Mayor Todd stated Resolution #365 clearly states there should be an accurate record kept and he felt the court reporter was necessary. Councilman Saul stated he felt this is not too much money to spend for those accurate records. Councilwoman Davis stated not all of the arbitration committee's meetings were docu- mented, that they did meet in closed session without minutes taken. She stated she saw no reason for that. Councilwoman Harris stated she had seen a copy of the February 18 transcript and on that day the committee met with the court reporter, adjourned at lunch and then met again in closed session. She stated this does not conform with Resolution #365. Councilwoman Davis stated the Mayor has withheld the February 18 and February 20 minutes from the Council. Councilman Traynor stated he had in his possession the minutes of February 20 and requested all other Council Members be provided copies. Mayor Todd stated when the bills are paid for the transcripts, copies will be released. *MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY GARDNER, THAT THE VOUCHERS BE APPROVED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VOUCHER #5152 WHICH IS DENIED. CARRIED, WITH SAUL VOTING NO. Mayor Todd stated he was surprised that no one has comments on Voucher #5194 in payment to the Council's legal counsel. He stated part of this bill was for work on the case for the Council regarding the Bennett vs. Sheets case and Mr,. Hard had stated this was not a bill of the City. Councilwomen Harris and Davis denied that Mr. Hard had made such a statement. CUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 'age 2 JOUCHER APPROVAL Cont. 3ID AWARDS ublication of legals ZECESS 7:22 Y.M. 7:30 P.M. 4igh velocity sewer jet ksphalt paving machine Fire Department automobile Vouchers #5151 #5334 Current Fund #5151 #5267 $30,826.54 (Except #5152 #5258) Emer. Empl. #5258 #5270 70.47 Street Fund #5271 #5297 9,805.57 Water Fund #5298 #5318 6,755.39 Sewer Fund #5319 #5334 12,835.09 Total $60,293.06 LID #19 LID #20 Cash 42, 43, 44 45 $129,356.67 Rev. 33 129,356.67 Cash 20 3,738.20 Rev. 15 3,738.20 //33 Councilman Traynor stated the Highline Times is the only responsible bidder that complied with the City's bid specifications. Councilman Traynor then read the specifications regarding costs to be submitted per column inch. He stated the Record Chronicle submitted a cost per column inch with additional publi- cations costs per line. Mr. Ed Robinson stated he wanted to raise an objection to the selection of bidders: (1) The Highline Times did not publish the call for bids correctly; (2) The Record Chronicle did not bid correctly; and (3) he stated it was his understanding that the bids were to be submitted and opened at the Council meeting tonight. MOVED BY HAR- RIS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO RECESS IN ORDER TO CHECK THE CALL FOR BIDS NOTICES IN THE HIGHLINE TIMES AGAINST THE SPECIFICATIONS. CARRIED. Mayor Todd called the meeting back to order with all Council Members present as previously noted. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY DAVIS, THAT ALL BIDS RECEIVED BE REJECTED AND THAT THE CITY REPUBLISH CALL FOR BIDS SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUBLICATION OF LEGALS.* Councilman Traynor explained that the notice was published in error the first time it appeared in the Highline Times so that only one correct publication had appear- ed. *CARRIED. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE CALL FOR BIDS BE PLACED IN THE PAPER AND THAT DATES OF PUBLICATIONS BE ARRANGED SO THAT THERE IS A FULL TWO -WEEK PERIOD BETWEEN FIRST DATE OF PUB- LICATION AND DATE BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT CITY HALL. CARRIED. Steve Hall, Public Works Director, read his letter of March 17, 1975 recommending bid award to Sahlberg Equipment Co. in the amount of $15,305.36, low bidder. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY GARDNER, THAT LOW BIDDER SAHLBERG EQUIPMENT CO. BE GRANTED THE SEWER JET BID AWARD. CARRIED. Steve Hall read his letter of March 17, 1975 stating that he and Gene Isler wished to delay the award of bid until they complete a review of the operation of the equipment. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY DAVIS, THAT THE BID AWARD BE DELAYED UNTIL APRIL 7 COUNCIL MEETING FOR STAFF REVIEW. CARRIED. Mayor Todd read a letter dated March 17, 1975 from Fire Chief Hubert Crawley recommending that all auto bids be rejected due to the irregularity in the bids and the fact that in checking over the vehicles for which bids were received, it was found that necessary equipment could not be carried adequately. Chief Crawley explained that in order to be able to carry the equipment, we would have to add several optional TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING Karch 17, 1975 Page 3 BID AWARDS Automobile Cont. Mini- pumper /Aid unit OLD BUSINESS Approval of profess- ional services agree- ment with Wilsey Ham re: LID #25 Discussion: Proposed Police Station /City Hall 1/3 items to the vehicles. He stated the vehicles as they were submitted in the original bid were not usable. He stated in discussions with the dealers initially it was not made clear that the vehicles he was looking at included these optional items. He stated he would now go to the State bid. Councilwoman Harris asked if the space needs were stated in the call for bids notice. Chief Crawley replied no, but that we do reserve the right to reject any and all bids as stated in the notice. He stated he explained all the requirements for the vehicles at the time he met with the dealers but no mention was made that some of the items were not standard equipment. Attorney Parker stated there is no problem in reject- ing these bids. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, TO REJECT ALL BIDS REGARDING AN AUTOMOBILE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. CARRIED. Chief Crawley's letter as read above included a recommendation that the bid for the mini pumper /aid unit be awarded to Emergency One West. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT THE BID SUBMITTED FOR MINI PUMPER /AID UNIT BE AWARDED TO EMERGENCY ONE WEST. CARRIED. Councilwoman Harris stated this was discussed at her Community Affairs Committee meeting. Since this agreement is pursuant to an existing resolution, she stated she felt it would be more applicable to have a formal numbered motion assigned and prepared for the Mayor to approve on behalf of the City. This would be a formal action without the time constraints of a resolution. Attorney Parker stated it would be appropriate for the Council to approve this agreement by motion only. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WILSEY E{ HAM, INC. BE APPROVED,AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN. CARRIED. Councilwoman Davis read a letter from Ballaine Halliday as requested by the Public Safety Committee. A copy of the letter is on file in the City Clerk's office. Councilwoman Harris stated the Committee of the Whole discussed the item further as a result of the Public Works Committee meeting with Mr. Dudley who designed the King County Housing Authority Build- ing. She stated the Committee needs assistance now from the Administration to accomplish certain phases of the project. We will need a list of equipment in specified offices of City Hall and a brief resume of what each individual employee is doing. She requested this information be provided to both the Public Safety Committee and to the Public Works Committee by March 20. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY DAVIS, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE MAYOR TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AS DISCUSSED TO THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES BY MARCH 20, 1975.* Police Chief Sheets stated a space study is a service provided by an architect. He stated if the Council wants a bunch of rank amateurs doing this then you will get an amateur job. He suggested the Council retain the services of a professional archi- tect. Councilwoman Harris stated this information was requested by the architect. Councilman Sterling added that this is something we can provide to the other architects to see how much their charges would be. We would want an estimate of charges for a City Hall. If we can take care of this in- house, we will be able to save some money. He stated the Council has contacted two or three architects so far. This TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 4 OLD BUSINESS Cont. Proposed Police Station /City Hall Cont. NEW BUSINESS Discussion: Tow truck license rates Approval of Change Order #2 re: LID #19 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS Bicentennial Committee //3,r information will help us in our decision regarding the Aeronautical Radio building. *CARRIED. MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THIS ITEM BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.* Chief Sheets stated that all companies have complied with the requirements of the Police Department. Kjell Stoknes, Planning Director, stated all except Regan's Towing, have complied with zoning requirements. City Clerk Shirlee Kinney explained that these firms were issued licenses to operate initially under a type of grandfather clause arrangement since the ordinance regarding tow trucks was approved some time after the businesses had been licensed. This will be the first time the Council is approving the rates for a new year. Discussion continued. Councilwoman Harris felt the licenses could be granted and the rates set by Council later. Attorney Parker stated the rates must be set by the City Council and be made a matter of record. Kjell Stoknes stated this is the first year the Planning Department has become involved with the review of business licenses. He stated Regan's business is established in King County while the others had previously never complied with landscaping requirements of the City. MOVED BY HARRIS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY FURNISH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WITH A LEGAL OPINION AS TO WHETHER A LICENSE MAY BE ISSUED TO TOW TRUCK OPERATORS WITH OR WITHOUT ACCEPTING THE RATES. MOTION RULED OUT OF ORDER BY THE CHAIR DUE TO EXISTING MOTION ON THE TABLE. Councilwoman Harris stated licenses have been issued to tow truck companies last year since this ordinance was adopted. Councilman Saul stated he wished to recognize Regan's since they are in the area of McMicken Heights service area. *CARRIED. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY FURNISH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WITH A LEGAL OPINION AS TO WHETHER A LICENSE MAY BE ISSUED TO TOW TRUCK OPERATORS WITH OR WITHOUT ACCEPTING THE RATES. CARRIED. Steve Hall, Public Works Director, read his letter of March 13 recommending approval of the change order. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY GARDNER, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONCUR WITH CHANGE ORDER #2 REGARDING LID #19. CARRIED. Councilman Saul distributed copies of a letter from Rustic Log Structures regarding the log cabin propo- sal and cost. He stated the Committee is also work- ing with the school district to study and put together a history of Tukwila and he hoped to get some funds for this. Mr. Burton Lutes stated he has fill dirt available for the site of the log cabin and the Committee has applied for a Shorelines permit for the building. Councilman Saul stated he has many volunteer helpers lined up for construction of the longhouse. After completion, it will be available to the public for meetings and a boat ramp will be built along the River. Revenue Sharing monies are proposed for the construction of the longhouse in the amount of $2,500. Mayor Todd recommended $5,000 be alloted to the Bicentennial Committee to cover any contingency costs of the project. MOVED BY SAUL, SECONDED BY STERLING, TO REFER THE MATTER OF FUNDING FOR THE BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE TO THE FINANCE COMMIT- TEE TO SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. CARRIED. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 5 SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES Proposed ordinance LID #27 //3' MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY.* Steve Hall stated he was directed by the Council to draw up two legal descriptions for the LID one with the R -A and R -1 zoning included and one with this zoning deleted. Mayor Todd stated the Council should dispose of the amended description in this proposed ordinance first. Councilwoman Davis stated after some reflection on this item that she felt there should be no amendments to the LID. She stated the R -1 areas do contribute to the drainage problem, as well as the R -A areas. Mayor Todd referred to the Council Minutes of March 3 meeting where action was taken to delete the R -1 and R -A zoning from the LID. Attorney Parker stated the motion to read this ordinance will be the ordi- nance as originally prepared on February 18. He stated the late comers agreement as contemplated is not possible as he found in his discussion with the bonding attorneys. *MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY GARDNER, THAT THE MOTION ON THE TABLE BE WITHDRAWN BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY COUNCIL VOTE. Councilman Sterling asked if those people involved in the R -1 and R -A properties had been contacted after the last Council work meeting. Steve Hall replied he had not had the chance to contact them. Discussion continued. *CARRIED WITH STERLING, TRAYNOR AND SAUL VOTING NO. Kjell Stoknes, Planning Director, stated from a land -use standpoint, he would prefer to see the R -1 and R -A zoning deleted. He stated he would like to see the Valley floor developed according to the plan before anyone on the hill goes to commercial zoning. It seems there would be a commitment to rezone if these areas were included. Attorney Parker stated in discussion with the attorneys for Segale and Sammamish Commercial, he felt there was no way any kind of late comers agreement would be acceptable in order to permit R -1 and R -A zoning to contribute at a later date to the cost. He recommended the City Council pass the ordinance including the original description of all property. There are alternatives of deleting the R -1 zoning or of deleting the R -1 and R -A zoning. These are the only considerations for the Council regarding the LID. MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY HARRIS, TO RECONSIDER THE ACTION OF THE COUNCIL ON MARCH 3 IN THE MOTION REGARDING LID #27.* Councilwoman Davis stated she felt the area does contribute to the entire problem in the Valley and that it should be reconsidered as part of the drain- age problem. Councilman Gardner stated the City has no guarantee that the hillside property would not become apartments and add more to the problem later. Mr. Roy Martin stated he lived on the hill and there is no way the City Council can tell him that the North and South Canyons were even close to him. He stated he would like to sign a petition to go back into the County. Councilman Johanson stated if we delete anything now, it will not be a contributor to the cost of the LID at that later date when it may be developed. He stated now is the time for the Council to either delete it or not delete it at all. Mr. Al Pieper stated part of the North canyon drains off his property and that water has been running off the hill there for thousands of years. It is the people in the Valley that have developed and dammed up the natural drainage into the River that have created a problem, not the people on the hill. Steve Hall, Public Works Director, stated that he and Jon Stack of Harstad Associates have discussed these deletions as a possibility in light of reducing the size of the storage facilities in the pumping station. The maximum number of pumps would be built, TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 6 SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES Cont. LID #27 Cont. Ord. #919, Amending T.M.C., Authorizing Board of Adjustment to consider appeals exceptions re: Sign Code //3 7 but reduction in the amount of underground storage would reduce the costs in the LID to the remaining participants. At a later time, the lift station could be upgraded with the cost charged to the properties developed at that time. Mrs. Eleanor McLester stated if it is not certain that the reduc- tion in costs by reduction of lift station facilities would compensate for the increased costs to the parti- cipants of the LID by deletion of R -1 and R -A zoning until the engineers complete their study, how would these people have a chance to protest within the 30- day time period. Steve Hall explained that after final adoption of the ordinance creating the LID there are then 30 days to submit positive or negative comments. Mrs. McLester asked if 30 days is enough time for the engineers to come up with these figures. Steve Hall stated if the Council allowed Harstad to go immediately into final design phase, it could be done. *ROLL CALL VOTE: 4 AYES GARDNER, DAVIS, HARRIS, JOHANSON; 3 NOS STERLING, TRAYNOR, SAUL. CARRIED. RECESS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE MEETING 7755 P.M. 9:10 P.M. RECESS. CARRIED. Mayor Todd called the meeting back to order with all Council Members present as previous- ly noted. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THIS SUB- JECT BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING.* Councilwoman Harris explained the Council has now voted to reconsider the action of March 3, we are back to the original ordinance with all properties included and we have new information from Steve Hall and Harstad to consider. Mr. Jon Stack stated he is working on ideas to reduce the cost of the LID in conjunction with reduction of the area of the LID. There are some things we may be able to do but we will not be sure until the final design stage of the pro- ject which is now about 90 days away; we need a com- pleted design to make these reductions. The pumping pond structure is the most obvious method to do this by deleting the underground structure. He stated this reduction does not amount to the $42,000 which would represent the increased cost to the LID by deletion of R -1 and R -A zoning however. We are not sure of any additional savings at this time and we need direction from the Council as to what to design. Councilman Johanson asked if the parties to the liti- gation were parties to the determination of the LID boundaries. Attorney Parker stated the original boundaries were contemplated by the parties to the litigation. If there are any deletions, you may have objections or perhaps legal action. The people who proposed it need it and they would not object too much to anything. In any case, as soon as the Council takes action on the ordinance, the 30 days begins to run. Councilman Traynor stated he felt Segale and Sammamish Commercial have involved the entire City in order to build storm drainage to solve their pro- blem. Mayor Todd stated he would veto the ordinance if the R -1 and R -A zoning were not deleted. *CARRIED, WITH SAUL VOTING NO. Steve Hall stated he would notify all participants in the R -1 and R -A zoned areas of the Council's action. Councilwoman Harris stated this proposed ordinance has come out of the Community Affairs Committee with a "do- pass" recommendation. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ IN FULL FOR ITS SECOND READING. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read proposed ordinance amending Sections 19.12.060 and TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 7 SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES Cont. Ord. #919 Cont. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES Proposed ordinance Consolidated LID #19/ #20 bonds and Bond Fund Proposed ordinance Amending T.M.C. 13.08.040 re: underground utilities Proposed ordinance Todd rezone from R -3 to RMH /131 19.12.080 of the Tukwila Municipal Code Title 19, Sign Code, and Ordinance 773 authorizing the Board of Adjustment to consider appeals from and exceptions to the Sign Code provisions. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECOND- ED BY DAVIS, THAT ORDINANCE #919 BE ADOPTED AS READ. CARRIED. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, THAT PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY TO BE READ IN FULL AT THE NEXT READING. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read proposed ordinance establishing Consolidated Local Improvement District No. 19/20 and "Consolidated Local Improvement Fund, District No. 19/20;" and fixing the amount, form, date, interest rate, maturity and denominations of the Consolidated Local Improve- ment District No. 19/20 Bonds and directing the issuance and sale thereof to Foster E Marshall Inc. of Seattle, Washington by title only. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY DAVIS, TO REFER THIS ITEM TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.* Councilman Johanson, Chairman of the Finance Committee, stated this had been discussed previously in Committee with Ron McLaughlin of Foster Marshall and there is no point of returning it to committee. MOTION FAILED WITH HARRIS VOTING YES. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read proposed ordinance amending Section 13.08.040 of the Tukwila Municipal Code regarding utility underground ing requirements allowing certain facilities to be excepted from Chapter requirements by the addition of a new Sub section (6), as corrected. Councilwoman Harris stated there is another ordinance regarding underground utilities for the committee to consider and she felt they both should be considered at the same time. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE REFERRED TO THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. CARRIED. Mayor Todd relinquished the gavel to Council President Traynor and joined members of the audience. Council President Traynor asked for comments. Councilwoman Davis stated the applicant had requested a public hearing on this and she felt the Council should comply with that before the ordinance is read. Frank Todd stated he had felt this request for a public hearing had been denied at a previous meeting. Councilwoman Davis stated it had not been denied, the matter had been placed in committee. MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 21, 1975 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING FRANK TODD REZONE FROM R -3 to RMH. CARRIED. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT NO FURTHER ACTION BE TAKEN ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.* Frank Todd stated this matter has been improperly handled by the Council when his request for a public hearing was refused. There is nothing to prevent the Council from reading the ordinance for the first reading tonight it can always be denied at the next meeting. The time constraints are outlined in the law. How long do these things have to boil before a deci- sion is made? It would be no imposition upon anyone to read the ordinance for the first time tonight and it would relieve the extension I am now facing. Councilwoman Davis stated she would rather not have a second reading on the same night as the public hearing. *CARRIED. Mr. Todd thanked the Council for their consideration. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 8 RESOLUTIONS Proposed resolution Repealing Reso. #313 naming Benjamin F. McAdoo as City Hall architect Mr. McAdoo VER BATIM TRANSCRIPT: n39 Mayor Todd yielded to Mr. McAdoo who had prepared a statement to the City Council. I was informed that possible action such as this was contemplated and I was told that I would be notified by the Council President. Except for my vigilance in checking on what was going on, not having had any communication from the City Council, I found out that this motion was going to be before the City Council tonight. I would like to preface my remarks by saying that I have been in the process of designing a City Hall for the City of Tukwila since 1972. It is now 1975. It will soon be three years that this process has been going on. I perused my file today and I've found there's any number of letters and meetings that have been held with the City Council, Department Heads and of course with the general public that was attending the Council meetings. In addition, I've had conferences with County officials regarding the possibility of locating a County office in Tukwila and various meetings in determining the requirements that would be necessary for the proposed City Hall. I have a file, this is not all of it, which is very unusual for a schematic design file. I am forced to say as a result of all that has happened that since this Council was elected, I apparently didn't have a chance of ever designing a City Hall. The reason I say that is because I believe that the record as I have it contained in my file correspondence, minutes, notes indicates there never was a serious intent on the part of the City Council to agree to the design of the City Hall as I have proposed it. Take one example. We had a meeting around March, 1973 at which the Planning Commission had chosen or had selected what is known as Site 10 as a preferable site for the City Hall. The City Council, notwith- standing the public sentiment for Site 10, insisted that Site 6 be considered, Site 6 being the approxi- mately little over 2 acre site that the City currently owns on 154th above the freeway. At that time, it was understood there was going to be an advisory ballot prepared, there was going to be an election to determine the sites. Thus far this election to my knowledge, although things have happened that I've had to ferret out but I haven't ferreted out any information that such an election was held. I am a member of the American Institute of Architects and I practice as ethically as I possibly can. I happen to have done one of the larger buildings in the Andover Industrial states. I happen to be the archi- tect for a very sizable post office currently nearing completion in this area, the Riverton Heights Post Office. I think we know something about designing buildings. It so happens that the architect which we had working a great deal on the design of the Tukwila City Hall and incidently, I have two exhibits which I would like to leave both for the City Council after they take whatever action they take as well as for the public because I think there is a lot of misinformation and I'm going to come to some newspaper reporting that's verified by some comments out of the minutes which I consider libelous, slander- ous and I'm discussing with my attorney now what further action to take. If I could just fasten these up to the wall. I encourage the public to take a look at these drawings after the meeting so that you can go by some real evidence and not hearsay. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 9 RESOLUTIONS Cont. Proposed resolution (A few moments were taken to display the designs Cont. on the backboard in the Council Chambers.) I /6'o I also brought along some drawings which I will not attempt to show which include three schematic designs of proposed City Halls, two of them for Site 6 which is the site that is partially owned by the City of Tukwila and one design for Site 10 down on the River. I was saying earlier that we had as an architect designing these buildings one of the designers from Naramore, Bain, Brady Johanson which is a larger firm in Seattle an architect working for me who had quite a bit to do with the design. Now I read from the newspapers supported by the minutes that I will no longer be handling the design. I want to say at this point that I don't want to handle the design if I have to handle it the way the City Council has performed up to now. If the City Council would abide by the agreement and abide by the ethical stan- dards of the profession, I would have no objection to continuing. But upon the basis that I've experienced thus far, I'm not interested in proceeding with the Tukwila City Hall. One of the misstatements that were contained said that I received $14,000 for work done on the project which is not so. There was $3,000 or $4,000 that went for consultants fees. I've followed all the normal procedures that can conceivably be followed. I got estimates, I brought them to the City Council, I wrote letters, I came back to the City Council and the City Council gave me the authori- zation to hire these consulting services. A statement was made that I was paid $14,000 it indicates that somebody is not doing their homework. And then the statement was made that the designs were not to the liking, they were cold, they were this and they were that. I would like to point out to the City Council that on at least two occasions I wrote letters asking members of the City Council to visit my offices which are a prominent part of Seattle, very easily found. I got no responses to the first letter so I wrote a second letter. When I wrote the second letter I got no responses, except from two of the City Councilmen, Mr. Sterling and Mr. Saul, who visited my office and we also had a visit from Mr. Hall who accompanied them. When statements are made that I didn't follow the City Council's wishes, I'd like to point out that at the very onset we prepared a space study. We were, uh I've found from the evidence that was presented to me, no one on this City Council with minor exception ever really read the space study seriously or really knew what was in the space study. Now there's been a lot of duplication caused by this failure to do so. I even hear propo- sals now to get information from the City that we've already obtained years ago, which I think is a wasted effort, wasted motion, wasted expense. The space study was quite exhaustive. We found out when we were ordered to provide some schematic designs that the needs of the City after going to the heads of the Departments again had changed, in fact they were greater than what they had been before, and we acted accordingly, feeling we were doing what a responsible architect was supposed to do under the circumstances. Then I later learned from Mr. Traynor that there was criticism that the building was too large. Nothing was ever said to me during the course of designing that the building was too large. We were told to design a building for the needs of the City. I might also add that there's several cities, close by cities, that have built city halls and as far as I have been TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 10 RESOLUTIONS Cont. Proposed resolution Cont. Councilman Saul Mayor Todd Councilman Saul Mr. McAdoo able to determine, they have built them on the basis of what the Department heads say the space require- ments were. Now, I was presented by Mr. Traynor with a figure something around 16,000 square feet which of course was far, far below anything that had ever been contemplated before with the full knowledge of the City Council. But seeking to take every measure to try and please the City Council, I indicated that I would be willing to attempt to design a 16,000 sq. ft. building although this had never been suggested to me. Now I have talked to the architects whose names appear in the last City Council minutes. They are members of the American Institute of Architects. When I told them the situation, they said they didn't want to have anything more to do with Tukwila. I can assure you that any architect you get, if he is a competent and an ethical architect, he won't have anything to do with it either. Now figures have been raised here of about $150, getting some plans for $150 well, good luck, that's all I've got to say. I didn't speak to Mr. Jessop, I spoke to the other gentleman and he said when he learned of what the circumstances were, he decided to withdraw. There are two newspapers here and I'm not going to take the time to read what I consider to be libelous, but they're supported by the minutes. And I have discussed with my attorney and one other attorney, Mr. Hennessey, perhaps you know Mr. Hennessey, what further action to take. But I want to tell you this, I want this to be clearly understood, is that I accepted the design of this City Hall on the basis that when it was funded, it was agreed it was going to go to a bond issue and if it passed, that I would be paid a normal A.I.A. fee which I did not charge and which it was understood I did not charge. If the City Council sees fit to term- inate my services at this point not having fulfilled their end of the agreement, I am going to court and I plan to sue for a full fee plus whatever other damages that can accrue to me. And I would heartily recommend that there be no more defamatory statements made about the architect. The record shows that I have served you well and I have not been overpaid for it under any normal architectural arrangement. There is much more that could be said on the subject, but I'll plan on seeing you in court. I might add before I leave that I've sought to main- tain a neutral position. I've never had anything from the Mayor to the injury of the City Council and as far as I know, no City Council Member has said any- thing of the type that would be construed as an injury to the Mayor. But I can say this, I feel beyond all shadow of a doubt that there's never been a fair con- sideration of my work and I've been caught in the middle of petty political nonsense and as far as I'm concerned, this Council represents the best argument I've seen against universal suffrage. (Audience applause; Mrs. McLester booed) Can I ask him a question? If he wants to answer. Were you indeed not hired to do a space studies need? I was hired to do the entire architectural design of the City Hall. We started out with a space needs study and schematics as necessary to put this on the ballot and get approval of the citizens of Tukwila. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 11 RESOLUTIONS Cont. Councilman Saul Mayor Todd Councilman Saul Mayor Todd Councilman Saul Mr. McAdoo Mayor Todd Councilman Johanson Mayor Todd Councilman Johanson Mayor Todd Councilman Johanson Mayor Todd Councilman Johanson Mayor Todd Councilman Johanson Mayor Todd This was never done. In the meantime, you've fritter- ed away thousands of dollars by the escalation in construction costs which have gone up by at least 30% or 40o since I was originally hired. And, you know, I made a prediction that unless you do hire an architect and get going and go another four years, you can use that log cabin that you're proposing for a City Hall because I think you'll need it. Sir, I didn't want a speech anymore I've heard your speech. (Gavelled) All right, Mr. Saul. Well, I have. Let's just not cause any more friction here between anybody and anybody. Let's be decent both ways. It's my understanding that you never had, that we don't have any agreement to do the complete work anyway. It was to I have correspondence. I think one of the problems is that you folks don't read the records. I took a little time out today and read the records and I had my attorney read the records and there is definitely an understanding that I am supposed to do the work through the City Hall, the design, predicated upon an election for a bond issue to finance the construc- tion of the City Hall. I took the risk that if this bond issue failed, then I naturally could not proceed with my work. But if it did, I was to be paid a full A.I.A. fee and that is in the records. Thank you very much. Thank you. ll.a. Mr. Mayor? Go ahead. Regarding like that, I'd like to recall that the resolution as introduced concerning Mr. McAdoo as architect was never at the time of passing construed by anyone on this Council that I was aware of, for sure myself, as to be an iron -bound contract with Mr., with this architect. Mr. Johanson, I'm not going to discuss It was never construed as that. We were so instructed at a later date that it looks like we were bound to this guy. I'm not going to discuss the pros and cons of the original resolution with anybody because it looks like we're going to court, and anything I might say might be used against me. So I'm going to keep still. Go ahead. Well I have to ask this question. Are you saying then we're forced to buy a design that is not acceptable? I'm not saying anything. Somebody should say something. Your turn first. You speak. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 12 RESOLUTIONS Cont. Councilman Johanson Well, you allow people to stand up there and say anything they want to say. Now I should think Mayor Todd Councilman Saul Mayor Todd Mr. McAdoo Councilwoman Harris Mayor Todd Councilwoman Harris Mr. McAdoo Councilwoman Harris Mr. McAdoo Mayor Todd That Philip Burton is a good attorney. Mr. McAdoo That's right. He's a member of the general public and he's privileged and entitled to say anything he wants as long as it isn't libelous, slanderous or insulting and within the realm of good judgment. I felt everything he said he felt to be the facts and I don't see anything wrong with that. He said that we had correspondence that made this the way it is. Well, I've never seen this corres- pondence. Is there any way that we can see this correspondence? He was paid for a particular job on two occasions for doing two particular things that never said that we had to He talked about ethics and its ethics on both parts. Its ethical to break off a contract with an A.I.A. man any time both of you don't agree on something and obviously we don't agree. And if we got correspondence saying that we're tied to the contract, I'd sure like to see that correspondence. I don't know what correspondence Mr. McAdoo refers to. I know that he has in his possession minutes of every meeting where any of this City Hall business was dis- cussed and I think he is repeating more or less ver batim some of those. But, to my knowledge there is correspondence regarding Mr. McAdoo's position when the Council authorized him to do, as an example you know, surveys, soils reports, hire a structural engineer I believe was one or something of that nature, and the resolution itself. And that's all I want to say about the thing. I, uh, Mr. Mayor, to enlighten Mr. Saul the corres- pondence I refer to is both correspondence to me as well as correspondence from me, correspondence from third parties. I would be happy, although I don't feel like taking any additional time or going into the hole any further on this enterprise, but if you went down to my office you were there once before I would be happy to sit down with you and to go through some of this on the advice of my lawyer. The correspondence I refer to is correspondence which I have written, correspondence which I have received and correspondence from third parties regarding the City Hall. I have a question. Go ahead. Mr. McAdoo, could you give us the name of your attorney. Is it Mr. Hennessey? I did give you the name of Mr. Hennessey. Mr. Hennessey? Who is associated with Sammamish Commercial Company? //q3 The same Hennessey that I think all the Council is aware of. I said I have not made a definite selection but I talked to two attorneys my own attorney and his name is Philip Burton and Mr. Hennessey. Yes, he is. He's in the Seattle -First National Bank Building. I think he's a competent man. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 13 RESOLUTIONS Cont. Mayor Todd Councilman Saul Mr. McAdoo Councilman Johanson Mr. McAdoo Councilman Johanson Councilwoman Harris Mr. McAdoo Councilman Sterling He really is. If I had a gun, I'd shoot myself. I'd just like to leave this thought and then I'm going. I do not want to work with the City Council of Tukwila any further on the basis that I've been under. I've read the minutes, I think the statements, I think can prove those statements that are made in there are just not the facts. For example, he's been given $14,000 I have not been given $14,000. That's just a simple statement of fact: I have not been given $14,000. Now, I'm perfectly willing to continue working, although I with the City Council and I want this to be clearly understood that it would have to be under strict terms of the agreement with both parties honoring their commit- ments and that's the only way. What agreement, sir? What agreement would that be? You've got an agreement already. Oh, I don't I have one more question. Mr. McAdoo, as a profess- ional man, don't you think that it is very important to the success of a project for yourself and your client to have a good rapport and get along well? I mean, these things that have led up to, and especi- ally this evening, has destroyed a good will feeling and it is going to be a deterrent to the project perhaps. So, I mean, if you don't want to work with the City of Tukwila, would you like to resign? No, I've not said that. I would be very pleased to work with the City of Tukwila. I've felt the City of Tukwila is an important city, it needs a decent City Hall all you have to do is look around to see that. I'm willing to design a smaller City Hall if the City Council has changed its mind and no longer wants the size City Hall as it was determined on the basis of interviews with Department Heads. I'll design a smaller City Hall. I just want the City Council to recognize the ethical way to deal with these matters and if that's agreed to, I'm perfectly willing to work with the City of Tukwila. I've put an awful lot of time, I've put an awful lot of myself in it. And the statement is made you don't design a building the way you folks like it but you folks, when you were given the opportunity to come in and give me advice, your advice and your suggestions and so forth, you never came. And as a result of the one meeting, I have three plans. I have three plans that are two perspectives, but I have three plans for City Hall right here in this roll. And Mr. Sterling likes one of the plans better than he liked the last one that was submitted and I think we made arrange- ments for him to have a copy of it. I've tried to do everything and the record will show, and when I say the record I'm talking about what's contained here and what's contained in your own files, to show that I have made every attempt to honor your commitments. I have gotten consultants to do the work on property that wasn't even owned by the City, I've done every- thing that I was requested to do and I have not dragged my heels at any point. Mr. McAdoo, are you saying then that the first time you heard that we were disappointed with the size was through these newspaper articles? TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 14 RESOLUTIONS Cont. Mr. McAdoo Councilman Sterling Mr. McAdoo //VS' The first time I heard it, I don't think the newspaper article talked about the size. The newspaper article dealt with, well, this article in the Record Chronicle says they are criticized as being concrete and too cold and let's make the decision to put it on the hill. Of course, we had previously I just have worn that subject out. I told the City Council that if they wanted it on hill, just say so and we would design a building for the hill. The City Council never did that. The City Council said they were going to have an advisory ballot which somehow never materialized. But I don't believe, in direct answer to your question, that the matter of the size, uh, that first came from Mr. Traynor after I contacted him and he indicated that there was a lot of criti- cism about the size of the building. This came as quite a shock because I had never been given any in- structions to design a 16,000 sq. ft. building. Although I've said in spite of all the time and expense that has gone into doing what we'll do, we'll design a 16,000 sq. ft. building. Now, you must realize that the site on Site 6 as the Planning Commission's report calls it, will not no architect can design a building of the size I was designing with the parking requirements that are required as well as the height limitations for that site. They cannot design it on that site without additional land. Now I think that its really not, as far as I'm concerned, very candid to suggest that it can be done by some other architect. Now, I think it was Newell who was the architect that you had here. I talked to him, I think his name was Newell and the other one's last name was Jessop, I talked to him today on the phone. And you won't get any A.I.A. architect as far as I know to deal with this problem, the design of this building, without a satisfactory arrangement with the previous architect which is me. And I reiterate again that I don't have any hard feelings against the City Council. I've criticized the City Council on what I think are some real correct basis, but I'm still willing to work with the City Council if the City Council wants to work on what I call an ethical and professional basis. Could I ask you two more questions, just for clari- fication. Have any members of the Council or the Council itself asked you to design a building for Site 6. You indicated that we've never asked. No, no. If I said that I didn't mean that. You had specifically asked me to design a building for Site 6 and for Site 10. Councilman Sterling Right. Mr. McAdoo Right. Councilman Sterling Good, I wanted to get that clarified. Mr. McAdoo That was going to go on the advisory ballot for the citizens to give you their choice. Councilman Sterling Yeah, did any member of the Council ever discuss disappointment in the size of either or both, uh both buildings? Mr. McAdoo I was told by Mr. Traynor Councilman Sterling Prior to when Mr. Traynor talked to you. Mr. McAdoo No. No, no one ever said anything to me about the TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 15 RESOLUTIONS Cont. Councilman Sterling Mr. McAdoo Councilman Sterling Mr. McAdoo Councilman Sterling Mr. McAdoo Councilman Sterling Councilwoman Davis Mr. McAdoo Mayor Todd Mr. McAdoo Mayor Todd Mr. McAdoo Mayor Todd Mr. McAdoo Mayor Todd Mr. McAdoo size of the building. Nothing. That was absolutely never discussed. Never. There's no record that this was ever discussed. When you brought this design out to show us for that site, wasn't there discussion at that time about the size? No, there hadn't. You're asking me whether I got any instructions to design a smaller building I never did until, and I don't know whether you can call that an instruction or not but in conversations with Mr. Traynor, he indicated there had been criticism about the size of the building. And I said to him at that time, well, I was designing it according to the space needs study which was based upon information we obtained from City Departments and no one had ever approached me and told me that they could use a 16,000 sq. ft. building. We had from the beginning been talking about a building over 30,000 sq. ft. And weren't you in a discussion with the Council about the 30,000? Not really. Well, we felt at the time that 30,000 was way too big. Didn't we ever tell you that? No. You won't find that in the minutes any place. You search for it. Thank you. I'd like to point out to the record too that I did at some time between those letters that Mr. McAdoo wanted us to come down, I found it very, very hard at that time to make the special trip to go down. So, I did put on the agenda for Mr. McAdoo to come and give a presentation here and be able to talk with him. And I was told the night that it was on the agenda that he wasn't ready for the presentation. So, I think we had a lack of communication of who wanted to get together. I was ill. The first letter I wrote incidentally on that subject Ben, why don't you come up here and sit down in the front seat. All right. It sounds like to me we're going to be here a while. The first time I wrote on that subject was on May the 3rd this is to the City Council. And I invited Mr. Traynor and other City Council members to the office. I also sent another letter on the 3rd invit- ing Mayor Todd to the office also. Would you care to report whether he showed up or not? Yeah, Mayor Todd came by. Thank you, for the record. I later wrote another letter which I said I believe it would be beneficial for you and other Council mem- bers to review my work, etc. That's not the entire TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 16 RESOLUTIONS Cont. letter; that's just a part of it. Nobody showed up that time except I think that was the meeting or subsequently after that a meeting was arranged at which Councilman Saul and Councilman Sterling visited the office accompanied with Steve Hall. There was never any communication from the City Council at that period till after the design was completed about coming to show the design. And so the answer to that is if you couldn't make it, I never had any word to that affect. And let's be talking about the same periods. After June 3rd of course we completed the schematics and then we were asked to come to the City Council and present the schematics to the City Council and to the public. But on May 3rd and on June 3rd there was never any response to my requests except as I have already noted. Councilman Sterling Mr. McAdoo, is this the design you showed us that night for Site 6? Mr. McAdoo Councilman Sterling Mr. McAdoo Councilman Sterling Mr. McAdoo Councilman Sterling Mr. McAdoo Mayor Todd Mayor Todd On Site 6, if you recall, there was some criticisms about the plan although that's the plan that you liked. We subsequently This one here? Yeah. No, no. Councilman Traynor Read it, I don't care. That's the one you showed us that night? No, I didn't show you that one. We subsequently re- designed that Site 6 because of the height limitation of 35 feet. And this design is based upon what the zoning is in that area. But we have two plans for that and one perspective for that site. But this isn't the design we were looking at that night, right? No, I think I sent that by. If you want to see that one I think I have it out in the hall. And we have as I say two, uh two, uh, you've got a choice of two for this and for the Site 10 we only have one design. Attorney Parker Mr. Mayor, I'd like to be excused. I have something to Mayor Todd Yeah, go ahead Wayne. I know that you have something going tomorrow. (Attorney Parker was excused from the meeting at 10:25 P.M.) Perhaps it would be well for me to remind the Council to reread the resolution passed by the Council, No. 313, and see if we can get anything out of that, if that's all right with you "A Resolution designating Benjamin F. McAdoo and Com- pany as architects for the proposed City Hall. The City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington resolve as follows: That Benjamin F. McAdoo and Company be employed as architect for the proposed Tukwila City Hall in accordance with the following provisions: That the architect be authorized to continue with the space needs study for a City Hall. That he be paid $7,200.00 for this work. That the above payment of $7,200.00 will apply to the standard A.I.A. fee which the City will pay to the architect TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING Marvh 17, 1975 Page 17 RESOLUTIONS Cont. Councilman Sterling Mr. McAdoo Councilman Saul Mr. McAdoo Councilman Saul Mr. McAdoo Unidentified Mr. McAdoo Councilwoman Harris Mayor Todd Proposed resolution Authorizing Mayor to enter into an agree- ment re: Graphics illustrator for Planning Dept. He wasn't paid for this, right? if the project is funded. Passed by the City Council and approved by the Mayor this 18th day of September, 1972." Were you ever paid the $7,000? I was paid the $7,000. I was asked subsequently by the City for the advisory ballot to prepare schematics and estimates, construction costs estimates, perspec- tive sketches for two sites, for the Site 6 and for the Site 10 for the advisory ballot that the Council proposed to put before the people. No, I have been paid well, as far as being paid for it, it raises an interesting point because I plan on billing you now according to the A.I.A. fee sched- ule for the work that I have done and, uh, before I feel your obligations are discharged to me, to me as the architect. And I haven't made that billing, no. I don't feel I have been paid according to the agree- ment. If you say I have been paid according to the $7,200.00 and to some figures that were in a March letter regarding schematics on the basis of the agree- ment that I was going to do the building if it was funded, that money has been paid as far as I can re- call. I got one more question. I don't The schema- tics money was paid or not paid and how much money was that? Was that $10,000 or what? I'll tell you what I'm going to do. This is all in your file, but refer, have them get you out, from 1974 a letter dated March the 18th. The hour is late and I've waited a long time to be able to present this and I realize that time is being delayed, so I won't read the letter. There are a number of letters in here I could read, but I won't read them. There's a three -page letter of March the 18th which '74? March the 18th, 1974 addressed to the Honorable Dwayne Traynor. Mr. Mayor, I would like to make a motion. Well, are there any further questions of Mr. McAdoo? If not, we'll dispose of this conversation and then I'll ask what the Council's pleasure is regarding proposed resolution 11.a. Thank you Mr. McAdoo. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE PLACED ON ITS FIRST READING TO BE READ IN FULL. CARRIED. City Clerk Shirlee Kinney read proposed resolution terminating the services of Benjamin F. McAdoo Co. as architect for the pro- posed City Hall. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ. CARRIED. City Clerk Shirlee Kinney read proposed resolution granting the Planning Director the authority to expend professional services monies to hire a graphics person on a contractual basis and authorizing the Mayor to enter into a con- tract for such services for the City. Kjell Stoknes, Planning Director, stated this position would be advertised shortly. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 18 DEPARTMENT REPORTS Treasurer's monthly report of investments MISCELLANEOUS AND FURTHER AUDIENCE COMMENTS /P/9 Council President Traynor read the February report of investments submitted to the Council by City Treasurer Mae Harris. Group Health insurance City Clerk Shirlee Kinney explained the latest corres- rate increase and pondence from Group Health regarding a rate increase Ordinance #920, for those employees covered by this insurance plan. transferring funds She stated there was some comments made at the Com- to cover rate increases mittee of the Whole meeting that this item for pro for Group Health posed ordinance had been placed in committee, but medical coverage she was not able to find any reference to it being effective 4 -1 -75 placed in any committee. Councilwoman Harris stated she noted in the budget that some benefits were not cut back according to the positions that were not authorized in the preliminary budget discussions. Shirlee Kinney stated not all benefits are computed according to the number of employees. She stated that in reference to Group Health, they will not release any information about rate increases in advance which means we were not able to budget at all for these increases. Councilwoman Harris stated the City is required to budget in advance for a full year and the insurance companies should be acting accordingly in order to cooperate with the financial arrangements of governmental agencies like this. Shirlee Kinney stated she would like direction from the Council for this next payroll so that we can pay the increased costs which are due April 1, 1975. Fire Chief Crawley stated he was present at the meeting of Group Health members as a representative of the City last month and until that time when a vote was taken by the members to increase the cost in order to keep the same amount of health coverage, no one knew what the increase would be. MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE ITEM 11.b. OF THE MARCH 3, 1975 AGENDA REGARDING GROUP HEALTH FUNDING. CARRIED. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE SECOND READING. CARRIED. City Clerk Shirlee Kinney read proposed ordinance transferring funds from the Con- tingency Fund to the Current Fund, Emergency Employ- ment Fund, and the City Street, Water and Sewer Funds to cover rate increases for Group Health medical cov- erage for employees and dependents, effective April 1, 1975 by title only. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY DAVIS, THAT ORDINANCE #920 BE ADOPTED AS READ. CARRIED, WITH HARRIS VOTING NO. Proposed Police Police Chief John Sheets asked if any action has Station discussion taken place regarding the M.A.I. appraisal for the Aeronautical Radio building. Councilwoman Davis referred to a letter dated March 17, 1975 from Ballaine Halliday stating the estimated cost of appraisal from the firm would be $800. The report would include comparable sales and rental information. Mr. Halliday in reply to an inquiry by Councilwoman Davis stated in his letter that an estimate regarding the cost of remodel- ing the building for the purpose of a Police Station facility would be better obtained from an architect. Councilwoman Davis stated no one wants the M.A.I. appraisal made at this time. Councilman Johanson stated we will have to wait until we make a decision to purchase it in order to have an appraisal made. Chief Sheets stated he assumed from the Council's inactivity that they wanted this matter to die. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 17, 1975 Page 19 MISCELLANEOUS AND FURTHER AUDIENCE COMMENTS Cont. Bicentennial Committee RIBCO volunteers City Hall discussion Mrs. Marilyn Patton asked what did happen to the advisory ballot regarding site selection for City Hall Mayor Todd stated the City Council has, as the record will show, made a commitment on that. Mr. Al Pieper stated he would not like the Council to accept a design that is not acceptable because of a threat of a law suit. Ordinance numbers Attest: /SO Councilman Saul announced a meeting of the Bicentenn- ial Committee on Tuesday, March 18 at 7:30 P.M. at Fire Station No. 2. Mayor Todd announced he was soliciting volunteers for the new RIBCO Plan study. Mr. Ed Bauch volun- teered. Mayor Todd stated he would like to receive letters from anyone who is interested. Councilwoman Harris stated the Council approved two ordinances, one regarding amending the Tukwila Municipal Code and another regarding Group Health rates. She requested the City Clerk to announce the ordinance numbers. City Clerk Shirlee Kinney stated the ordinance amending the Tukwila Municipal Code authorizing the Board of Adjustment to consider appeals to and exceptions from the Sign Code was Ordinance #919 and the ordinance regarding a transfer of funds to cover cost of increased Group Health Insurance rates was Ordinance #920. She stated she has provided the leading ordinance and resolution numbers at each meeting at the top of the Agenda. ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY STERLING, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, THAT THE 10:55 P.M. MEETING ADJOURN. CARRIED. Frank Todd, Mayor Shirlee A. Kinney, City Clerk'