HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-05-05 Committee of the Whole MinutesMay 5, 1977
7:00 P.M.
CITY OF TUKWILA
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING
M I N U T E S
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City Hall
Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER Council President Hill called the Committee of the Whole Meeting to
order at 7:10 P.M.
ROLL CALL OF
COUNCIL MEMBERS
DISCUSSION
GARDNER, TRAYNOR, HILL, SAUL, MRS. PESICKA, VAN DUSEN, BOHRER.
Proposed Council President Hill stated the purpose of the meeting was to set
Comprehensive up a procedure by which the Council and the public could review and
Land Use Policy adopt the proposed City of Tukwila Land Use Policy Plan.
Plan
Kjell Stoknes, Director of Community Development, stated the Comprehen-
sive Plan was budgeted in 1974 and again in 1975. He said the Planning
Commission and City Council adopted a set of goals for the Plan;
the Planning Staff then utilized these goals to prepare element
plans for citizen review groups; the citizen groups, in turn, reviewed
each element plan, one at a time; each element plan was then presented
to the Planning Commission and City Council for adoption, one at a
time; finally, the maps were adopted and all elements were combined in
one volume to form the Comprehensive Plan. Once the Comprehensive Plan
has been adopted, the administration can begin a similar process for
updating the implementing tools, such as the zoning ordinance, park
plan, transportation and utilities plan, etc. The plan can give
guidance to any plan the City desires.
Council President Hill said he would like to request the City Council
consider the Comprehensive Plan item by item. He said he felt if the
Council tries to cover this Plan in continuous sessions they would
get tired. It is too important not to receive careful consideration.
He said he thought they should take one night and go through the
planning process; the Tukwila planning area, general goals, the
environment, the procedures, the objectives, and review all of them so
they would all be in agreement before they start on the maps. That
way everyone knows how everybody else feels so when we move to the
comprehensive land use map everyone is working along the same lines.
Then if the map is divided up into sections, as a suggestion from
Interurban Avenue we will take everything east of Interurban down to the
Freeway #405). We could do that in one night and make sure we are of
the same opinion. We could probably take everything east of Interurban.
Then, if we could take #405 south and the Freeway over to Interurban
to the South City limits. If the meeting has to be continued it can
be done. In that area everything is pretty well laid out. Then
we could take from Interstate 5 west from #405 to the south City limits.
Then as the final one from #405 north and from the western City limits tc
Interurban, so they would finish up with the large residential area
on the hill. That way knowledge will be gained as we go along. That
is the reason for leaving that area until last. The Council is then
going to have to consider the areas that are in the planning area to
see if they are in agreement with Staff. Councilman Van Dusen
said he would like to see the Council go as a group to look at the
areas as they are considered. Council President Hill said the Council
could go on the proposed field trip the night before the area is
considered in public hearing. Councilman Pesicka said she liked the
idea of doing the residential sections last.
Council President Hill set up the following schedule for public hearings.
STUDY AREA NO. 1
May 10, 1977 7:45 P.M. Tour area to be considered.
May 11, 1977 7:00 P.M. Public Hearing. Area: Consider
elements and area east of Interurban
Ave. from the north City limits to the south city limits to the eastern
City limits.
STUDY AREA NO. 2
May 17, 1977 7:00 P.M. Tour area to be considered.
May 18, 1977 7:00 P.M. Public Hearing. Area: Andover Park
and Southcenter area from Interstate
#5 north to #405 east to Interurban and south to City limits.
CITY OF TUKWILA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING
May 5, 1977
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DISCUSSION Contd.
ADJOURNMENT
8:15 P.M.
STUDY AREA NO. 3
May 24, 1977 7:00 P.M. Tour area to be considered.
May 25, 1977 7:00 P.M. Public Hearing. Area: Tukwila Hill
and everything north of #405,
east of I -5, west of West Valley Highway to the northern City limits.
STUDY AREA NO. 4
May 31, 1977 7:00 P.M. Tour area to be considered.
June 1, 1977 7:00 P.M. Public Hearing. Area: McMicken
Heights area which is west of I -5
to the City limits from the south City limits to #405.
STUDY AREA NO. 5
June 7, 1977 7:00 P.M. Consider the land use of the County
area that is within the planning area.
This meeting will be continued to Wednesday, if required.
TOTAL PLAN ALL MAPS AND POLICIES
June 13, 1977 7:00 P.M.
MOVED BY SAUL, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, THAT THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ADJOURN. CARRIED.
45.-i.-kgA)
Norma Booher, Recording Secretary