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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-03-05 Regular MinutesMarch 5, 1990 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OFFICIALS APPOINTMENTS: Reappointment of Elanor McLestor to Position #3 on the Civil Service Commission Reappointment of Becky Reid to Position #3 on the Park Commission Appointment of Hubert Crawley to Position #4 on the Park Commission Appointment of Nancy Lamb to Position #4 on the Arts Commission Swearing In of New Police Officers CONSENT AGENDA TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting MINUTES yy4 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; JOAN HERNANDEZ, Council President; CLARENCE MORIWAKI; ALLAN EKBERG; STEVE LAWRENCE; JOHN RANTS. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY MORIWAKI, THAT COUNCILMEMBER DUFFIE BE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. JOHN COLGROVE, City Attorney; MAXINE ANDERSON, City Clerk; RICK BEELER, Director, Department of Community ROSS EARNST, Public Works Director; JACK PACE, Senior Planner; RON WALDNER, Chief of Police; DON WILLIAMS, Parks and Recreation Director. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, THAT ELANOR McLESTOR BE REAPPOINTED TO POSITION #3 ON THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, THAT BECKY REID BE REAPPOINTED TO POSITION #3 ON THE PARK COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY RANTS, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, THAT HUBERT CRAWLEY BE APPOINTED TO POSITION #4 ON THE PARK COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY EKBERG, THAT NANCY LAMB BE APPOINTED TO POSITION #4 ON THE ARTS COMMISSION.* Councilmember Robertson asked Mrs. Lamb to explain her reasons for wanting to serve on the Arts Commission. Mrs. Reid responded that she would like to give her volunteer time to the City. She has spent a lot of time working on the Art Docent Program with South Central School and feels she can bring a different perspective to the Arts Commission. She is especially interested in bringing a more balanced arts program in terms of the ethnic diversity we have in our area at this time. *MOTION CARRIED. Chief of Police Ron Waldner introduced the newest members of the Tukwila Police Department, Greg Victor and Mark Hayden. Mayor VanDusen administered the Oath of Office and welcomed Greg and Mark to the City. a. Approval of Minutes: 2 /20 /90-- Regular Meeting b. Approval of Vouchers General Fund City Street Arterial Street Land Acq., Building, Dev. Water Fund Sewer Fund Water /Sewer Construction Foster Golf Course $57,291.74 17,644.94 57,127.04 5,257.12 42,250.96 1,061.14 29,841.87 10,101.84 Regular Council Minutes March 5, 1990 Page 2 Consent Agenda (con'tl Approval of Vouchers PUBLIC HEARINGS Approval of Preliminary Plat Brigadoon Ridge/ Tukwila Junction, Requested by EMS, Inc. Citizen Comments Surface Water (412) Equipment Rental Firemen's Pension TOTAL MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY RANTS, THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AS SUBMIT1 ED. MOTION CARRIED. 97 58,433.57 53,206.71 972.60 $333,189.53 Jack Pace, Senior Planner, outlined the process followed for the approval of the preliminary plat for the 17 lot subdivision located at 14915 57th Ave. So., as requested by EMS, Inc. (Brigadoon Ridge/Tukwila Junction). Mr. Pace stated that the preliminary plat is a process of laying out a parcel of raw land into lots, street and public areas in order to transform the raw land into building sites. The Planning Commission has recommended approval with conditions. This site is next to the City reservoir. Most slopes on the site are between 10 and 20 percent. There are a few areas that are over 40 percent. With this subdivision is proposed a looped water system that would provide better water service to the area. Because of the extension of the sewer for this project, there will not be a need for an LID for this project. Another issue is the design of roads. There are three items that are being looked at: reducing the road right -of -way width from 50 feet to 43 feet; increasing the length of the cul -de -sac to 810 feet. This design of the cul -de -sac will allow for options for future connections to the north if the City and the property owners to the north should decide to do so. Cut and fill is another issue to be considered. Minimizing the cut and fill will help to reduce the impact on the slopes. The last item to be considered is trees. The Planning Commission has recommended that trees that must be removed be replaced with 2.5 inch caliper trees on a two for one basis. Council President Hernandez inquired who will maintain the open space buffers along the road and along Lots 8 and 9. Mr. Pace responded that the open space buffers along the road will be treated as a common area and be the responsibility of the homeowners. The other area is an open space easement and will be the responsibility of the individual property owner. Council President Hernandez questioned whether the end of the cul -de -sac would be wide enough for a fire truck to turn around. Mr. Pace commented that the cul -de -sac design is standard to the City and would allow for turn around of a fire truck; however, the area would be tight for a hook and ladder truck. Mayor VanDusen opened the Public Hearing at 7:39 p.m. and solicited comments from the public. Mike Bergstrom, P.O. Box 4393, Seattle 98104, represented his parents, Carl and Kathleen Bergstrom, who own the property immediately north of Brigadoon Ridge. He stated he and his parents are in favor of the proposal with one exception. He requests that options be left open to allow for So. 150th to be connected to the cul -de -sac in the future rather than to keep it a condition of the request for exception of the 600 foot length limitation on cul -de -sacs as recommended by staff. Mr. Bergstrom commented that he has no strong feeling one way or the other about having the connection as they already have access to 57th and 150th. Warren Chaney, 14937 57th Ave So., lives to the north of the property adjacent to the proposed 18 foot wide greenbelt. He is concerned about who will maintain the greenbelt area. Although he now has access to his backyard via an easement that runs alongside his property, he will lose that access once the street is put in unless the Regular Council Minutes March 5, 1990 Page 3 Citizen Comments (con't) applicant is willing to put a driveway across the greenbelt. Mr. Chaney would like to see parking on the street restricted to one side only or not at all. As his house is only six feet back from the property line, he would not like to see parking allowed on his side of the street. Gary Sherer commented that he is concerned about the heavy traffic that may appear with the development and the issue of water runoff as houses are built. Citizen comments concluded, Mayor VanDusen closed the Public Hearing at 7:51 p.m. Councilman Rants noted that due to the narrow width of the street, limiting parking to one side of the street would be very important especially in light of comments by the Fire Chief and Police Chief that they are not able to access the area as quickly as needed. Councilman Lawrence commented that his concern is about the street ever going through. If it does, with a curve, a slope, and a narrow street, it would be asking for trouble for an emergency vehicle to try to access the area. Also, if residents eventually start using it as a semi- arterial, more hazards will be created with pedestrians, bicycles, etc. The street is not suitable for an arterial but it may end up being used as one. Councilman Moriwaki noted that the letters from the Police and Fire Chiefs should be looked at very carefully. He feels that in an emergency fire call, they will take whatever fire apparatus is available. If property and life are threatened, they wouldn't wait for the short wheel based pumper, they would use whatever they had available at the time. Assistant Chief Olivas' recommendations require future connection to the two streets as soon as possible. Councilman Moriwaki noted that the Police Department had investigated the area extensively. They encourage the development of through street capability. Councilman Moriwaki commented that 144th is being used as access as well as other residential streets. Except for unusual situations, traffic in this area is not usually heavy. Councilman Robertson stated that most of the traffic in the area of the development will be generated by residents of the development and whatever comes to the property to the north. Councilman Moriwaki stated that in his opinion the issue of open space easements is still unclear in terms of how it will work. Councilman Robertson voiced his concurrence and made the following recommendations: 1) Clarify open space easements; 2) Investigate a complete street plan, including the Bergstrom property, for through access to 150th; 3) Develop an agreement to follow the house siding, painting,and shrubbery plans for all houses. Councilman Rants suggested including the use of landscape architects in the shrubbery plans. Brad Decker, developer, commented that there have been studies done, including extensive traffic studies, on this project since it began two years ago. There have been no exceptions to the code requested. They put together a plat according to the Tukwila Municipal Code. It has been changed since then according to City staff. They are following the recommendations of the staff to get to this point. Mr. Decker feels they have done every study that has been requested and have redesigned the plat completely. The City staff has requested the variances, not Mr. Decker's organization. Councilman Lawrence asked Attorney Hard what the City's liability would be if we forced the developer to leave the greenspace area in the southwest corner and a tree should happen to blow down on a $200,000 house. Attorney Hard responded that there would probably not be any City liability if the easement were worded clearly and the person who buys the property takes it with full notice of the requirements of what's on the property. Regular Council Minutes March 5, 1990 Page 4 Request for Approval of Preliminary Plat Brigadoon Ridge/Tukwila Junction (con't) 0 qvy Councilman Moriwaki asked Mr. Decker what plans he had for excavating the hillside. Mr. Decker responded that he does not plan to use explosives. They will only go along the grade. He plans to go on top of rather than into the hill. The road will be cut down to the proper location and size. Regarding the plot plan, Councilman Ekberg proposed that the lines for open space be drawn as proposed by the administration and to expand the open space and allow more buffer between the residents and open space. A second proposal would include approving the extension of the cul -de -sac to the 800 foot level with the turnaround. Also, with a street width of 30 feet, restrict parking to only one side of the street. In response to a question by Mayor VanDusen regarding the Draft Sensitive Area Ordinance requirements, Jack Pace noted that the Brigadoon development meets or exceeds the ordinance. The only area that does not meet the draft SAO requirements is the one knoll next to the reservoir which is over 40 percent; however, we are looking at changing the grade in that area so that it will match with the grades of the City reservoir. The reason for the waiver is to minimize the amount of cut and fill needed for the individual building sites in the sub division. If the roads are built to City standards, the houses will need to be taller because you will be putting them on the steeper portion of the property. Also, the draft ordinance requires the replacement of one tree for each one removed. We are requiring that two trees be replaced for each one removed. We are also requiring larger stature trees; instead of one and one -half inch caliper, we are requiring two and one -half inch trees. In most cases you will find that this development meets or exceeds the draft SAO requirements except for the one small area, and the reason for that is so it matches the final contours of the City reservoir. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY MORIWAKI, TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR BRIGADOON RIDGE/TUKWILA JUNCTION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT FINAL APPROVAL WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.* MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY EKBERG, THAT THE MOTION BE AMENDED TO ADD ITEM 3b OF THE STAFF REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, DATED JANUARY 18, 1990 WHICH READS, "EXPAND THE OPEN SPACE EASEMENT AREA AS SHOWN ON ATTACHMENT G MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY EKBERG, THAT THE MOTION BE AMENDED TO ADD A FULL DOCUMENT WITH A DEFINITION OF OPEN SPACE EASEMENT TO INCLUDE LEGAL LIABILITY OF BOTH PARTIES TO BE DRAWN UP BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. Attorney Hard commented that Council will have the easement defined and all those rights and responsibilities defined at the time of approval of the final plat. **MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY EKBERG THAT THE MOTION BE AMENDED TO LIMIT ON STREET PARKING TO ONE SIDE OF THE STREET FROM 57TH AVENUE SOUTH TO THE END OF WHAT IS NOW A CUL-DE-SAC.** Regular Council Minutes March 5, 1990 Page 5 Request for Preliminary Plat Approval Brigadoon Ridge/Tukwila Junction (con't) Recess 9:28 p.m. 9:41 p.m. Amend Agenda NEW BUSINESS Acceptance of Easements and Right -of -Way from Speiker Partners for Utilities /Sidewalks at Tukwila Pond Development Authorize Administration to Enter into Interlocal Agree- ment for Library Services Study and Expend Appropriate Funding **MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Ekberg requested the amendment be modified to read, "parking will be restricted on the north side of 150th Place Councilman Robertson agreed. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY LAWRENCE, TO RESCIND THE AMENDMENT WHICH ADDS ITEM 3b OF THE STAFF REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, DATED JANUARY 18, 1990, AND READS, "EXPAND THE OPEN SPACE EASEMENT AREA AS SHOWN ON ATTACHMENT G MOTION CARRIED WITH MORIWAKI VOTING NO. *ORIGINAL MOTION CARRIED AS AMENDED. THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE 17 LOT SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 14915 57TH AVENUE SOUTH, BRIGADOON RIDGE/TUKWILA JUNCTION IS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS. The meeting was resumed with Councilmembers in attendance as listed above. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, THAT ITEM 8a BE DELETED FROM THE AGENDA.* Council President Hernandez reported that the Embassy Suites Developer's Agreement was withdrawn from the Utilities Committee; therefore, Council is not prepared to discuss it at this time. *MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY EKBERG, SECONDED BY LAWRENCE THAT COUNCIL ACCEPT THE EASEMENTS AND RIGHT -OF -WAY FROM SPEIKER PARTNERS FOR THE TUKWILA POND DEVELOPMENT FOR UTILITIES /SIDEWALKS.* Councilman Rants asked for clarification of the developer's agreement. Ross Earnst explained that there are two developers involved, Southcenter and Speiker Partners. Southcenter was the first agreement; they agreed to 50 percent, up to $50,000. The other agreement was with Speiker Partners who paid $50,000 also and they did other improvements at Strander and Andover Park West. When we awarded the contract, we asked that the City pay $12,000 for construction inspection. The contract was awarded on that basis. *MOTION CARRIED MOVED BY EKBERG, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO AUTHORIZE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR A LIBRARY SERVICES STUDY AND APPROPRIATE FUNDING OF $6,000. Councilman Moriwaki expressed his concerns in using the Georgette Group to do the study. He feels the data collection phase could be done by the City, and the fact that there are communities so far away from Tukwila, he wonders how much emphasis we will get in terms of our needs. He would rather have done something with communities within our region to discuss regional needs. Regular Council Minutes March 5, 1990 Page 6 Interlocal Agreement to Authorize Interlocal Agreement for Library Services (con't) Sensitive Areas Ordinance Discussion REPORTS John McFarland responded that our concerns have been expressed to the City of Mercer Island who is acting as Lead Agency on this project. The project will be done is phases with reviews done at the end of each stage to insure that our expectations are met. If they are not met in terms of the quality and volume of the data and the conclusions drawn at the end of Phase I, we would terminate our participation in the project. This could be written into the interlocal agreement. The commonality that exists between the cities in this project is that none of us are annexed into the King County Library System. Councilman Ekberg agreed with Councilman Moriwaki's statement. He commented that according to the Mayor's letter of 2/28/90, if the phasing capacity is done and completed, it provides us the opportunity to discontinue study any time we determine He would like to have the phased in capacity added to the agreement. Mayor VanDusen assured him that it had been added. Councilman Ekberg suggested a second survey to determine what type of library service the residents would like to see. Councilman Lawrence suggested using the consultants through Phase II, but developing the conclusions in- house. John McFarland noted there are still areas needing to be worked out as part of the interlocal contract between the jurisdictions and the consultant. We will be able to get some of our specific needs tailored into the agreement. We will be able to get a sharper definition of the tasks we want emphasized in each phase. *MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Robertson suggested Council read and become familiar with the original draft Sensitive Areas Ordinance date 10/89 prior to reviewing the new draft in order to be able to identify the modifications. Council discussed holding joint hearings with the Planning Commission. This would be possible, but each body would have to make separate decisions as established by ordinance. Discussion ensued on the timeline for public hearings. Bill Arthur, Citizens Advisory Committee member, commented that the committee is aware of the complexity of the issues they are dealing with. He and other members of the committee would be willing to participate in public workshops to explain how they arrived at their final recommendations. Councilman Lawrence suggested a joint meeting with the Planning Commission. Rick Beeler suggested holding a citizens workshop as an informational session to provide an opportunity for citizens to ask questions regarding the ordinance Councilman Moriwaki commented that if more time is needed to complete the Sensitive Areas Ordinance, the moratorium be extended as well. Alternative timelines will be prepared for Council by Rick Beeler. Mayor VanDusen stated he will have to authorize a Change Order for Station #54 for $25,000 to repair a roof problem. Council President Hernandez has been appointed to the Jail Advisory Committee by the Suburban Cities Association. Regular Council Minutes March 5, 1990 Page 7 EXECUTIVE SESSION 10:36 11:OOp.m. Resolution No. 1134 Adopting a Schedule of Expenditures of Bond Proceeds Received from King County for the Acquisition of Open Space Projects. ADJOURNMENT 11:05 p.m. Council moved into Executive Session to discuss a property purchase. Council meeting resumed with Councilmembers in attendance as listed above. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor VanDusen read a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington, adopting a schedule of expenditure of bond proceeds received from King County for the acquisition of Open Space projects. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, THAT RESOLUTION NO. 1134 BE ADOPTED AS READ. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. MOTION CARRIED. Gary L. Van Dusen, Mayor Je Cantu, Deputy City Clerk