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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-11-05 Regular MinutesTUKWILA CITY COUNCIL November 5, 1990 Tukwila City Hall 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Regular Meeting MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Mayor VanDusen called the Regular Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL JOE DUFFIE; DENNIS ROBERTSON; JOAN HERNANDEZ, Council President; CLARENCE MORIWAKI; ALLAN EKBERG; STEVE LAWRENCE, JOHN RANTS. OFFICIALS MIKE KENYON, City Attorney; JOHN McFARLAND, City Administrator; RICK BEELER, Director, Department of Community Development; RHONDA BERRY, Assistant to the City Administrator; RON CAMERON, City Engineer; ALAN DOERSCHEL, Finance Director; RON WALDNER, Chief of Police; DON WILLIAMS, Parks and Recreation Director; VIKI WITSCHGER, Administrative Services Director. Amend Auenda MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, TO ADD ITEM 4d TO THE AGENDA AND TO MOVE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO 11'EM 5a. MOTION CARRIED. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS a. Viki Witschger, Director of Administrative Services, formally introduced the department's new Word Processing Technician, Chris Collins, to the Mayor and Council. b. Mayor VanDusen presented a engraved plaque and a 20 year pin to Bob Conner, Tukwila Police Department, upon his retirement from the City. c. Mayor VanDusen presented his proposed 1991 budget to the Council and gave a brief overview of the document noting that his priority remains that of basic services to Tukwila citizens. John McFarland outlined major initiatives contained in the 1991 budget. Finance Director Alan Doerschel briefly discussed the procedures for reviewing the budget in Council sub committees. The CIP will be reviewed at the same time as the budget. d. Rhonda Berry, Assistant to the City Administrator, reported on the county's criteria for evaluating three sites for the disposal of construction, demolition and land clearing debris. One site, Rebanco, is within Renton's city limits The county intends to complete their draft Environmental Impact Study (EIS) by mid January and are encouraging comments on the project. Ms. Berry listed traffic impacts, esthetic impacts and noise impacts as Tukwila's areas of focus. She will serve as the Mayor's Office representative on this project and will be working with Vernon Umetsu, DCD, and City Engineer Ron Cameron on technical issues. Councilman Moriwaki read a letter he sent to Jim Hansen, King County Solid Waste Division, in which he expressed his concerns for the proposed Rebanco construction waste transfer site. CITIZEN COMMENTS Janelle Baldwin, South Central School Board Chairman, expressed the concerns of the School Board regarding the Rebanco transfer site. The Board plans to send a letter to Jim Hansen, King County Solid Waste Division, addressing their concerns on the following issues: traffic noise in neighborhoods, truck traffic, safety of children as they walk to and from their bus stops, pollution caused by increased exhaust from trucks as well as dumping dust from cleaning out the transfer trucks, land use, and visual impacts. EXECUTIVE SESSION MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION CARRIED. Minutes Regular Meeting November 5, 1990 Page 2 MEETING BACK TO ORDER CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC HEARINGS Request for Waiver to Ord.1550 (Moratorium) McLeod Development Company for Property Bounded by Longacres Racetrack and Burlington Northern R.R., I -405, Union Pacific R.R., and 750 Feet South of a Strander Blvd. Extension to the East Mayor VanDusen called the meeting back to order with Councilmembers in attendance as listed above. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY RANTS, TO APPROVE THE TEAMSTERS SUPERVISORY BARGAINING UNIT CONTRACT FOR THE YEARS 1990 THROUGH 1992. MOTION CARRIED. a. Approval of Minutes: October 15, 1990 b. Approval of Vouchers General Fund $124,457.43 City Street 134,842.83 Arterial Street 51,955.78 Land Acq., Building, Dev. 6,250.71 Water Fund 64,643.68 Sewer Fund 547.34 Water /Sewer Construction 22,017.77 Foster Golf Course 11,609.88 Surface Water (412) 733.14 Equipment Rental 8,129.97 Firemen's Pension TOTAL $425,188.53 c. Authorize Mayor to sign WSDOT agreement accepting signals at Southcenter Parkway, Klickitat and I -5 ramp, SR181 /South 188th St. for maintenance and operation by the City. d. A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign the revised South King County Transportation Benefit District Agreement. e. Accept as complete Telemetry and Controls Project by Omega Contractors; authorize the Mayor to release retainage in the amount of $14,627.96. f. 1. A Resolution accepting the donation of a certain easement to the City by Helen Nelsen, releasing a previous easement, and authorizing the Mayor to accept the easement on behalf of the City. 2. A Resolution accepting the donation of a certain easement to the City by Puget Sound Power and Light, and authorizing the Mayor to accept the easement on behalf of the City. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY EKBERG, THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AS SUBMrYI'ED.* Councilman Robertson requested that Item fl be withdrawn from the Consent agenda and discussed under Old Business. *MOTION CARRIED. The Public Hearing was opened at 8:48 p.m. Rick Beeler, DCD Director, reported that earlier this year a waiver had been granted to permit the applicant to proceed with the SEPA process for his project. At this time the applicant is requesting a waiver so that he may proceed with all the approvals, permits, etc., that are necessary for him to begin the actual construction of the improvements. The applicant has done some additional work identifying the wetland on the very south part of the property. There may also be a wetland on the northern portion of the property. The applicant is requesting a waiver to allow all of the permits and construction to proceed unhindered by the moratorium. If a wetland is identified on the northern portion of the property along I -405, the appropriate mitigation, per the finally adopted SAO, would automatically occur. The applicant feels that delays in the processing of permits will cause a delay in the anticipated opening of the facility. The applicant has submitted an environmental checklist for the project. Minutes Regular Meeting November 5, 1990 Page 3 Public Hearings (con't) Public Hearing Closed 9:26 p.m. If it is determined that there are significant adverse environmental impacts, either an EIS or a mitigated DNS would be done. It is possible that the SEPA process could be completed before the EIS is required. Councilmember Ekberg commented that if grading was allowed on the north portion of the property prior to identifying any wetlands, it might be hard to recapture it as a wetland. He added that he would not hesitate to allow any permit processing up to that grading of the land. Mr. Beeler responded that the grading permit would not be approved until the SEPA was completed. Don Miles, project engineer for McLeod Development, summarized the project status to the present time. They are currently working on issues requested by the City. Those issues include: 1) Re- analysis of storm drainage (accomplished); 2) Traffic /transportation (currently developing scope of work for traffic engineer). Mr. Miles expressed his concern for being able to meet the projected timelines for opening the facility. Councilmember Rants clarified that this piece of property falls under the moratorium because it has a wetland(s) on it. Most of the proposed work is not affecting the wetland(s). Councilmember Moriwaki added that earlier this year Council had granted a waiver to allow the applicant to proceed with the SEPA review; however, the environmental impacts are still not known. There is now the possibility of a wetland on the northern portion of the property. He suggested denying the permits because the environmental information requested of the applicant two months ago has not been received. Councilmember Rants responded that a multitude of work could proceed as long as the wetlands were protected. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY DUFFLE, TO DENY THE PERMITS AND CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS UNTIL THE SEPA QUESTIONS ARE RESOLVED.* Councilmember Robertson commented that the purpose of the moratorium was not to allow Council to analyze people's projects, but to stop things from occurring that would violate the final SAO. If the waiver is granted, the applicant would still have to sign the normal contract agreeing to conform to the finally adopted SAO. Councilmember Hernandez responded she would like to be able to allow the applicant to proceed with some of the permits he needs. Hernandez noted that if voting for the motion would mean denying the applicant the opportunity to proceed with the permits, up to actual construction, she would probably vote against it. Councilmember Lawrence agreed, adding he saw no problem as long as there was no construction until the SAO is adopted. Councilmember Duffie voiced his concern for the possible damage done to the applicant if he is allowed to proceed under the draft SAO standards and the finally adopted SAO standards come back different. Councilmember Moriwaki again voiced his concern regarding the granting of this request without knowing the environmental impacts. *MOTION FAILS 5 -2 WITH MORIWAKI AND DUFFIE VOTING YES. MOVED BY EKBERG, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, THAT A WAIVER TO THE MORATORIUM TO ALLOW PERMITTING UP TO AND EXCLUSIVE OF ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT FOR CLEARING AND GRADING SUBJECT TO SIGNING A WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO HONOR THE SAO.* Councilmember Moriwaki spoke against the motion again expressing his concern that Council is going back on the decision made two months ago to delay any further decision on this issue until the environmental impacts were known. The information is still not available and a second wetland on the property has been discovered. Minutes Regular Meeting November 5, 1990 Page 4 Public Hearinas (con't) OLD BUSINESS Item f -1 from Consent Agenda NEW BUSINESS An Ordinance Adopting a New Cabaret Ordinance. REPORTS ADJOURNMENT 10:26 p.m. Rick Beeler responded that the applicant is providing information requested of him for the checklist. He does not expect the environmental review will produce anything unusual. *MOTION CARRIED WITH MORIWAKI AND DUFFIE VOTING NO. A resolution accepting the donation of a certain easement to the City by Helen Nelsen, releasing a previous easement, and authorizing the Mayor to accept the easement on behalf of the City. Councilmember Robertson asked if this item had been reviewed by the Utilities Committee. Councilmember Duffie responded that the issued had been discussed at tonight's committee meeting and approved unanimously. City Engineer Ron Cameron explained that the easement was approved in the last year. The wording in the easement agreement is standard language. MOVED BY RANTS, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO APPROVED ITEM f -1 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY RANTS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THIS ITEM BE MOVED TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor VanDusen reported he had attended the joint meeting of the SeaTac, Federal Way, Normandy Park, and DesMoines Councils last Monday evening along with Councilmembers Lawrence and Rants. The King County's Jail Siting Committee held a public hearing at the Tukwila Community Center last week. Greg Nickels also hosted a meeting in council chambers. Councilmember Duffie commented he would be reporting for jury duty on November 23rd. Councilmember Hernandez reported she attended a meeting regarding the Puget Sound Council on Government (PSCOG). Councilmember Moriwaki attended meetings with the Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce, the South Central 2000 Advisory Task Force, and the Executive Committee of Human Services Roundtable. Councilmember Lawrence attended a meeting of local human services at which John McFarland was a speaker. Regarding the joint meeting reported by Mayor VanDusen, Councilmember Rants commented he felt there were many issues that could be addressed by meeting together as small cities. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY RANTS, THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. MOTION CARRIED. Gar L Van Dusen, Mayor of Le ,.Jane E. Cantu, City Clerk