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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-08-23 Committee of the Whole MinutesAugust 23, 1976 7:30 P. M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVAL OF MINUTES DISCUSSION Ltr. from City of Bothell requesting financial assistance Prop. Res. King Co. Compr. Solid Waste Manage- ment Plan Prop. Ord. Adopting Title 9A RCW which reclassifies and redefines criminal offenses in the St. of Wash. Ord. #883 Council Procedures CITY OF TUKWILA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING MINUTES Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Council President Hill called the Committee of the Whole Meeting to order. GARDNER, TRAYNOR, HILL, SAUL, VAN DUSEN. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY VAN DUSEN, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 9, 1976 AND AUGUST 11, 1976 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETINGS BE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED. CARRIED. Council President Hill announced the next item on the agenda, a discussion of the Optional Municipal Code by John Lamb, Association of Washington Cities, would be considered as soon as Mr. Lamb arrived. He had been delayed due to automobile trouble. Mayor Bauch said the law suit referred to in the letter from the City of Bothell had resulted mainly because Chamber of Commerce people were on the Planning Commission and they had voted to rezone farm land to Community Business for the purpose of building a regional shopping center. He continued this same issue could exist in Tukwila. That was one issue. The other issue is whether or not a City can spot zone, or develop in spots, and not be guilty of spot zoning in the regional sense in relation to County plans. Mayor Bauch said the Comprehensive Plan says land should not be developed where utilities are not in when there is land available with utilities. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT DISCUSSION OF THE LETTER FROM CITY OF BOTHELL REQUESTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE LAWSUIT BE TABLED. CARRIED. Mayor Bauch explained the need of the proposed resolution and cited the different ways surrounding cities have of disposing of their solid waste. He stated a public hearing has been set for this matter. Councilman Saul said he had garbage pickup for less in McMicken Heights than the people in this immediate vicinity. He said some cities have mandatory garbage pickup and Tukwila would have to have mandatory garbage pickup if people started throwing their garbage over the hill. Mae Harris, audience, asked if this would be a good time to have the City put this out on francise; the City might be able to make some money on this. Council President Hill said the Southgate Company had said if the City would give them a three to four year contract they would give the City $5,000 a year. They could set up rates that would be inexpensive. Mayor Bauch said he was sure the City could get three or four bids if it was put out for franchise. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 7, 1976. Councilman Gardner said it appears this proposed resolution has more to do with solid waste after it leaves the transfer station. Mayor Bauch agreed. *CARRIED. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 7, 1976. CARRIED. Councilman Saul said he would like to see the Council Procedures amended, especially with respect to the way bid openings are handled. He added he would like to see bids opened during working hours. Councilman Van Dusen said he would go along with Councilman Saul on the bids. He said he thought it was a waste of the Councilman's time to open them during Council Meetings. Councilman Gardner said he thought it had worked out well when bids were opened at 3:00 or 3:30 P.M. in the office. He added some of the City Council Members usually were present. Council President Hill said Section 8 which deals with bid openings could be replaced with something else. Councilman Van Dusen suggested it be changed to state bids will be opened at 3:30 P.M. by the City Clerk and presented to the City Council at the next regular meeting for approval. Mayor Bauch said CITY OF TUKWILA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING August 23, 1976 Page 2 DISCUSSION Contd. Ord. #883 Council Procedures Contd. John Lamb, AWC Optional Municipal Code Award of Bids Other Councilman Gardner left the meeting at 8:35 P.M. the bids come in and are evaluated. If there was any debate it could be done at the City Council meeting. Councilman Saul said there were other parts of the Council Procedures that need to be changed. Councilman Van Dusen said they could take one thing at a time. Councilman Traynor said the feeling is that Staff can open the bids, evaluate them, and then pass them on to the City Council. Council President Hill said the Mayor could call the City Attorney and see what he suggests; the City Attorney could also look at the sec- tion on the passage of resolutions and ordinances. Councilman Traynor said it seems there is a problem and it would be a good idea to list the problems and put them in committee. Council President Hill said everyone could get a copy of Council Procedures, Ordinance #883, read it over, and put down their pet peeves about it, then put it in Community Development Committee. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT ITEM 2 ON THE AGENDA BE CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME. CARRIED, WITH VAN DUSEN VOTING NO. Council President Hill introduced John Lamb, Association of Washing- ton Cities, and stated he would explain the Optional Municipal Code and answer any questions the Council might have. Mr. Lamb explained the Optional Municipal Code stating under the Code there are no classes of cities as such. It is a broad grant of power which says cities can do what they need to except where it is specified they must do it a certain way. He said approximately 70 cities have gone to the optional code. He said it would not change the taxing laws and it does not change the uniform personnel law. Councilman Saul asked if the Optional Municipal Code gave the Mayor more power; does it give the Council more power? Mr. Lamb replied no, but it gives the City greater power. Mae Harris, audience, said she had heard many people say the optional code makes it easier to annex. Mr. Lamb replied it is the same process except for islands of land of less than 50 acres. Councilman Saul asked how the Mayor felt about this as an Administrative Head. Mayor Bauch said it did not matter. The Optional Municipal Code gives the City more flexibility; there could be more regular City Council meetings; you could have a regular meeting then go into a Committee of the Whole meeting and then back into a regular Council meeting. Council- man Traynor said he would like to thank Mr. Lamb for coming to the meeting. Mr. Lamb stated the Association is always glad to be of help. Council President Hill said the good thing is that the Optional Code will give Tukwila the right to annex the same as a large city. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY VAN DUSEN, THAT THE BIDS SUBMITTED BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 7, 1976. CARRIED. Mayor Bauch explained the remainder of items not bid on would be declared as surplus and sold as such by the City. Councilman Saul said he thought the City of Tukwila should send a letter of thanks to the City of Renton for their part in not permitting Shell to build. Councilman Van Dusen stated the resolution and ordinance on the Foster Golf Course had been placed on the agenda for the first read- ing. He stated he thought the City should try and get the price reduced and he thought it would then be accepted by the voters. He said the City did not have to pay as much as the appraisal price. Councilman Saul suggested some of the Council Members go down and talk to Mr. Aliment. Mayor Bauch said he would go with Councilman Saul to talk about the price of the Foster Golf Course. He added it could be put in the Finance Committee. Mayor Bauch said the discus- sion should be as soon as possible, so amendments can be made. It has to be done before the 17th of the month in order to be on the November ballot. Councilman Van Dusen referred to the pollution caused by the local rendering plant. He said some kind of motion should be made to do something about it. Councilman Saul suggested one of the officers CITY OF TUKWILA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING August 23, 1976 Page 3 DISCUSSION Contd. Other Contd. of the company come and talk to the Council and offer suggestions as to what can be done about the matter. ADJOURNMENT 9:35 P.M. Mayor Bauch suggested the Council talk to the air pollution agency as the Council is limited in what they can do. He suggested the City staff make calls to the pollution control. Council President Hill said he could not understand why the City cannot control the matter. Mayor Bauch said it is a health problem and that is under the County. Councilman Van Dusen said he would do some checking and it will be on the agenda for the Committee of the Whole meeting on September 14. Mayor Bauch stated the City Council had received the space needs study and he would like the Council to concur with it so the architects will know that it is a working document. He added he had discussed it with Staff and they are willing to live with it as a reasonable need of space. He said he would like to know that what has been allocated is adequate; the space needs study has some common space depending on the type of building that is used. MOVED BY SAUL, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, THAT THE COMMITTE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ADJOURN. CARRIED. /11,(,,t,21.,4,) 4 d"it,i) Norma Booher, Council Secretary