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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-01-03 Regular MinutesJanuary 3, 1989 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER and PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL OFFICIALS CONSENT AGENDA AMEND AGENDA Select Council President NEW BUSINESS Ordinance #1497 To define "Develop- ment to provide expanded scope of review by the Board of Architectural Review TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting M I N U T E S Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Mayor Mayor Van Dusen called the Regular Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. EDGAR D. BAUCH; MABEL J. HARRIS, Council President; MARILYN STOKNES; JOAN HERNANDEZ; DENNIS ROBERTSON; CLARENCE MORIWAKI. MOVED BY BAUCH, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DUFFIE BE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. JOHN COLGROVE, City Attorney; MAXINE ANDERSON, City Clerk; RICK BEELER, Planning Director; ALAN DOERSCHEL, Finance Director; TOM KEEFE, Fire Chief; LUCY LAUTERBACH, Council Analyst; JOHN MCFARLAND, City Administrator; RON WALDNER, Police Chief; DON WILLIAMS, Parks and Recreation Director. a. Approval of Vouchers Claims Fund Vouchers #37545 Current Fund City Street Arterial Street Water Fund Sewer Fund Water /Sewer Construction Foster Golf Course Equipment Rental Water /Sewer Revenue Bonds #37664 29,240.53 3,830.51 10,155.35 19,310.47 1,566.73 4,700.47 4,688.08 4,944.72 129.13 78,565.99 MOVED BY BAUCH, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, THAT THE AGENDA BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE SELECTION OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT AS ITEM 6D. MOTION CARRIED MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Colgrove read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Wash., amending Chapter 18.06 and Section 18.60.030 of the Tukwila Municipal Code to define "Development" and to provide expanded scope of review by the Board of Architectural Review. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1497 BE ADOPTED AS READ.* MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY BAUCH, THAT SECTION 2, (2) A 2. BE AMENDED BY ADDING "OR" TO THE LAST LINE TO READ "GREEN /DUWAMISH RIVER OR THAT REQUIRE A SHORELINE PERMIT" AND 3. BE CHANGED IN THE SAME MANNER. MOTION CARRIED. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING January 3, 1989 Page 2 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Ordinance #1497 (Cont.) Ordinance #1498 To meet regulations for flood plain management model flood damage preven- tion policies Annexation Planning Fiscal policy issues MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, THAT SECTION 2, (2) B, BE AMENDED TO ADD "COSMETIC ALTERATIONS" AFTER RECONSTRUCTION, IN THE FIRST SENTENCE. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY BAUCH, THAT SECTION 2. (2) B, BE AMENDED BY CHANGING FIFTY PERCENT TO "TEN PERCENT" AND ADD "BUILDINGS" TO THE THIRD LINE TO READ BUILDING'S ASSESSED VALUATION. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY MORIWAKI, THAT SECTION 2 (2) B, BE FURTHER AMENDED TO ADD "PO" AND C1" TO ZONING DISTRICTS. MOTION CARRIED. *MOTION CARRIED TO ACCEPT THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED. MOVED BY STOKNES, SECONDED BY MORIWAKI, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Colgrove read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Wash., amending Ordinance No. 1462 and Chapter 16.52 of the Tukwila Municipal Code to meet regulations for flood plain management and model flood damage prevention policies as required of jurisdictions participating in the National Flood Insurance Program. MOVED BY MORIWAKI, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1498 BE ADOPTED AS READ.* MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, THAT SECTION 1, CRITICAL FACILITY, BE AMENDED TO ADD "OR" IN THE FOURTH LINE BETWEEN "INSTALLATIONS, INSTALLATIONS." MOTION CARRIED. *MOTION CARRIED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE AS AMENDED. Mayor Van Dusen explained that Council needs to discuss ser- vice levels, what is acceptable and what are the impacts of the pending annexations. In some cases, it may require modi- fication of standing policies to meet these demands. John McFarland, explained that Council has been provided a planning schedule related to the preparations for assumption of responsibilities for Fire District #1. We are now bringing before Council the first of a series of issues which is the assumption regarding revenues and whether they are acceptable or not. In addition staff would like to address service levels. Alan Doerschel, Finance Director, addressed the question, "Will it be a policy of the City to require that operating expenses not exceed revenues in the newly annexed areas? Mayor Van Dusen said we don't know what the impact of these annexations will be. There is no way we are going to provide the same level of service to the newly annexed areas on day one. There will be a gradual increase in services. Council Member Robertson suggested a transition period of 2 years to have the expenses exceed the revenues, however, this only means Council will consider it. He wants to study staff proposals and determine whether the request is necessary. Council Member Bauch commented that he will look at the justification for all requests. Some of the arguments used before will not be valid now because the ratio of population to business is changing. Whatever it costs us to do it, we are going to to it and designate some funds later on. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING January 3, 1989 Page 3 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Annexation Planning Fiscal policy issues (cont.) 7 5 Council President Harris said she doesn't like to hear it said that we are going to have a reduced level of service. We probably have a level of service that no one else has. Sometimes we over -do. We can give the same level of service for every part of town and still not lower the service of the existing residences. Alan Doerschel explained that the City has an ordinance that designates the second half -cent sales tax to Capital only. This is the way we have been doing it since 1983. The EIS statements did not separate that money out; they put it in the operating revenue. We need to decide whether this money should be kept in the operating revenues for basic services or should it be pulled out and restricted for Capital. We need some guidance from Council. Council Member Bauch proposed it be left the way it is until we see how things are. We can take money out of this reserve. Council Member Moriwaki commented we are fortunate the City has a strong retail base, a strong assessed valuation of pro- perty and the revenue projections are always below the actual revenue. We want good services for all citizens. We don't want the needs for annexation to cover up a management problem. Council Member Bauch proposed that on Item 1 there is a con- sensus of the Council that the City may exceed revenues in 1989. There is a consensus on Item 2 that there will be an integrated budget. Council President Harris commented that capital improvements will be done as time and money permits. Council Member Bauch continued, on Item 3 there is consensus that the current policy will remain (restricted revenue allo- cation) until it becomes necessary to make a change. And, on Item 4, this Council has seldom questioned the revenue forecasts. John McFarland, City Administrator, explained that they will be running a double accounting system to determine what the operational costs are for the annexations the first year. This will show trends for the long -range impact. Just because we double the size of the City doesn't mean we double the work force. We have gone into detail on the number of new employees we need to do the job. It includes cost, when we need them on board, why they are needed, the consequences of not hiring them, and the alternative. We need Council to look at this, approve of it or disapprove of it, so we can move to the next step. On the 16th, we will start talking about staffing levels and implementation plans. Council reviewed the 1989 -1990 revenue projection schedule. Fire District #1 projection is 1989 $1,356,000 and 1990 $2,262,000 Foster /Riverton /Thorndyke show 1989 $607,000 and 1990 $1,286,000. Department Heads all attended this meeting to discuss pro- posed service levels with Council. Police Chief Waldner explained that the response time will remain the same assuming a new patrol district is set up for Fire District #1. Traffic is the most obvious problem they TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING January 3, 1989 Page 4 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Annexation Planning Fiscal policy issues (cont.) will have in that area. There will be some theft in parking lots, burglaries associated with commercial areas, and inter- nal assaults and theft of property in the large businesses. Tom Keefe, Fire Chief, noted they are already staffed for Fire District #1 but will need to add additional people to cover Foster, Thorndyke and Riverton. When Cascade View comes on line, it would not be necessary to add more staff. Council Member Hernandez said she is pleased that staff has worked this out so well already. Council wants to provide a high level of service to the newly annexed area. Ross Earnst, Public Works Director, reported that they are looking at a phase in process for personnel over the next two budget cycles. We will double the number of signals as a result of the annexations. We will still contract with the County for signal maintenance. They have not proposed addi- tional staff for the utilities; water and sewer will stay with their current provider of service. This will need to be looked at as time goes on. It may not make sense to have five or six separate utilities providing water. We will have a big job of inventorying traffic signs. There is a legal requirement we have to meet. Don Williams, Parks and Recreation Director, reported that he has had a short telephone conversation with the County Park Director. They want to continue to operate the Forward Thrust Pool. There is a pea patch lot across the river also at Earlingtonand There is park property; both of these are leased out and until such time as the City feels it's necessary, those will probably continue to be leased out. There is Southgate Park near the Community Center that they would like to turn over to the City. The County has a thirty year lease on the Crestview School Park. This was not turned over to the City at the time of annexation and they would like to turn this over to the City also. We are planning to handle park maintenance and recreation with the staff we have. Take a look at it be the end of 1989. It was noted that signs that are legal now would be grand- fathered in. There are some 13 billboards in the annexation area. Council Member Robertson reviewed that basic services, as they have been defined, would be implemented as fast as staff can be employed and put on the job. There will be some peak requests for service but then things should level out. We are changing from a predominately retail area to heavy industrial and residential. We expect staff to do the best job they can in estimating what it will take. Basic emergency services will have to be provided. In general, when we are talking about service levels, they will be the same across the City as fast as we can move in and do it. John McFarland explained that the City can do this fast if Council wants to dedicate the revenues. We hope to employ people in the emergency service area and put them to work immediately upon annexation and spread services across the City on an equal basis. Council will receive these costs in the next couple of weeks. Election of COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS NOMINATED COUNCIL MEMBER STOKNES TO Council President BE THE 1989 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. NOMINATION SECONDED BY BAUCH. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING January 3, 1989 Page 5 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Election of Council Pres. (cont.) ADJOURNMENT 9:30 p.m. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS COST A UNANIMOUS BALLOT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER STOKNES; SECONDED BY ROB6(TSON, AND IT CARRIED. Council President Harris said she has been with the City for 26 years, and this has been one of the most exciting years to be Council President. The new Council people did a fabulous job; it was a challenge. She was proud to be Council President. Newly elected Council President Stoknes asked Council Members to submit their preferences for Committee appointments. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY STOKNES, THAT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. Ga, La: u 7 Dusen, Mayor Max ne Anderson, City Clerk