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Home My WebLink About1990-06-04 Regular MinutesJune 4, 1990 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OFFICIALS Amend Agenda SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Swearing in of Police Officers Resolution No.1145 Accepting Donations to the D.A.R.E. Van Fund and Thanking Contributors APPOINTMENTS AND PROCLAMATIONS Proclamation Recognizing Ralph Trepanier Appointment of George Malina to Position #5 on the Planning Commission TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting MINUTES Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Mayor VanDusen called the Regular Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. DENNIS ROBERTSON, CLARENCE MORIWAKI; ALAN EKBERG, JOHN RANTS. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY LAWRENCE, TO EXCUSE COUNCILMEMBERS DUFFLE, HERNANDEZ, AND LAWRENCE DUE TO ILLNESS. MOTION CARRIED. JOHN COLGROVE, City Attorney; RICK BEELER, Director, Office of Community Development; ROSS EARNST, Public Works Director; JOHN McFARLAND, City Administrator; RON WALDNER, Chief of Police MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, THAT ITEM 7F BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND MOVED TO ITEM 4B. MOTION CARRIED. Councilmember Lawrence arrived at 7:08 p.m. Chief Ron Waldner introduced Police Officers Mark Byrnes, Harold "Tom" Stock, and Steven Mayes. Mayor VanDusen administered the Oath of Office and welcomed the new officers to the City. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY EKBERG, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. Attorney Colgrove read a Resolution of the City of Tukwila, Washington, accepting donations to the Police Department for the D.A.R.E. van fund for use in promotion abstinence from drugs and thanking those who made contributions. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY RANTS THAT RESOLUTION NO. 1145 BE APPROVED AS READ. Chief Waldner recognized the following representatives in the audience and thanked them for their donations to the D.A.R.E. van fund: Paul Seely, The Boeing Co.; Ron Smith, Skinner Foundation; Bill Arthur, M.A. Segale, Inc.; Marvin Forslund, Green River Optimist Club; Bob Lattimar, Southcenter Rotary Club; Tony Scoccolo, South Central Kiwanis; Vicki Hopkins, Retalco Company; Dick Mullert, Ramlyn Engraving. Chief Waldner noted that Officer Brendan Kerin was instrumental in obtaining the pledges for the van fund. *MOTION CARRIED. Mayor VanDusen introduced Ralph Trepanier, retiring Street Division Crew Chief, and read a Proclamation thanking him for his 20 years of service to the City. Mr Malina briefly outlined his qualifications for the position and answered questions from the Council. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY RANTS, TO CONCUR WITH THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE MALINA TO POSITION #5 ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED. Minutes Regular Meeting June 4, 1990 Page 2 APPOINTMENTS (Con't) Appointment of Jane Cantu to Position of City Clerk; Oath of Office Administered Recess 7:30 p.m. 7:55 p.m. CITIZEN COMMENTS CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC HEARINGS Petition for Waiver to Ord. #1550 (Moratorium) Linardic Design Group OLD BUSINESS Budget Transfer for Design Engineering and Construction Contract Fund- ing for Interurban Ave. Storm Drainage Work MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY RANTS, TO CONCUR WITH THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF JANE CANTU TO THE POSITION OF CITY CLERK. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor VanDusen administered the Oath of Office. Mayor VanDusen announced that he would be leaving the meeting for a brief time. In the Mayor's absence, Councilmember Robertson called the meeting back to order with Councilmembers in attendance as listed above. Ed Bauch, resident and former Mayor, stated his support of the Council on the re- structuring of the Planning Commission to an all citizen board. a. b. Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting 5/07/90 Approval of Vouchers General Fund $182,211.42 City Street 55,304.22 Arterial Street 264,089.72 Land Acq., Building, Dev. 127,182.56 Water Fund 36,808.36 Sewer Fund 4,343.10 Water /Sewer Construction 125,754.53 Foster Golf Course 8,874.44 Surface Water (412) 16,426.09 Equipment Rental 7,680.65 Firemen's Pension 2,889.80 TOTAL $831,564.89 c. Acceptance of Southcenter Retail Building Phase II Development Easement Turnover. d. Resolution adopting the local Hazardous Waster Management Plan for Seattle -King county. e. Award construction contract for 52nd Avenue South Storm Drain Replacement and Ryan Way Sidewalk to R.L. Alia Company in the amount of $60,713.06 MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY EKBERG, THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AS SUBM11'1 ED. MOTION CARRIED. Rick Beeler, Director of the Department of Community Development requested a continuance of the Linardic Design Group's hearing to the June 18th meeting in order to clarify issues concerning the waiver. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE LINARDIC DESIGN GROUP TO THE JUNE 18 REGULAR MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Ross Earnst explained that the budget transfer is to move money in the surface water account into the project for the design engineering and construction of Interurban Avenue storm drain. The transfer would make the money available for this project when Council gives permission to waive the SAO for that area. The option is to move the construction money into the ending fund balance, and if approval for the waiver is granted, to move the money back into the construction amount. Minutes Regular Meeting June 4, 1990 Page 3 OLD BUSINESS Won't) Budget Transfer REPORTS ADJOURNMENT 8:32 p.m. *MOTION CARRIED. D537 MOVED BY EKBERG, SECONDED BY MORIWAKI, TO PROVIDE THE BUDGET TRANSFER FOR THE INTERURBAN AVENUE/FOSTORIA STORM DRAIN SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,234,000. Councilmember Ekberg reported that this issue had been discussed in the Utilities Committee and that committee members had concurred with the request. Councilmember Rants clarified that at the May 21 meeting Council had granted a waiver to allow the SEPA to continue but not to allow construction to begin. Mr. Earnst responded that the request is to have the money moved to a construction account for access upon approval to proceed with the project The construction money cannot be spent; the design money can be spent. He added that a fisheries expert from the state has been invited to discuss the project and give his opinions on what is being done and what should be done. He is the individual who will issue the hydraulics permit to allow us to do this. Discussion of the project and a field tour with the hydrologist will be scheduled. Several Councilmembers indicated their desire to attend the meetings. John McFarland reported the Mayor has directed development of a draft classification description for a Human Services Liason. It will be presented with the mid -year budget package. He added that the Urban Environmentalist classification will also be included in the mid- year request. Due to the pending annexation, Mr. McFarland requested that Council concur with the authorization to begin recruiting and for police officer positions. He explained that the procedure at this time would not include actual offers of employment, but would involve updating the eligibility list, background investigations, and physicals. Councilmember Rants questioned hiring more police officers to service 2,100 additional residents. Councilmembers Lawrence and Robertson commented on the incidents of crime and the number of service calls in the area. Both indicated they expected a need for additional patrolmen. Councilman Ekberg stated that it was his understanding that the Cascade View area numbers of calls requested surpasses the statistics for "old" Tukwila. Also, Pacific Highway South no longer falls under the jurisdiction of the state highway patrol, and therefore indicates a need for added police enforcement in the area. Councilman Rants commented that the large jump in service calls is because of a different way of communicating with the Police Department. Every call goes through Valley Com. He urged Council to review the figures prior to making a final decision. Council reached consensus to proceed with the recruitment process. Councilman Robertson reported on the items discussed at the Transportation Committee. Councilman Moriwaki reported on the South Central Educational Summit meeting over the weekend. He was impressed that the majority of the participants were aware of the socio economic change in the district. Councilman Ekberg reported on Utilities Committee agenda items. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY RANTS, THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. MOTION CARRIED. Gaf L. Van Dusen, Mayor Jane Cantu, City Clerk