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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-09-28 Committee of the Whole MinutesSeptember 28, 1987 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL 7:00 P.M. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING CALL TO ORDER Council President Morgan called the Committee of the Whole Meeting to order. COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT OFFICIALS PRESENT REPORTS Council President Community Affairs Chairman Duffie reported he has received complaints about stray cats. Parks Committee Finance Safety Others CITIZEN COMMENTS Green Fees Sidewalk Policy SPECIAL ISSUES CIP New Initiatives M I N U T E S 7 City Hall Council Chambers MABEL J. HARRIS, JOE H. DUFFIE, EDGAR D. BAUCH, WENDY A. MORGAN (COUNCIL PRESIDENT), CHARLES E. SIMPSON, MARILYN G. STOKNES, JOHN M. MCFARLAND. Mayor Van Dusen, Maxine Anderson (City Clerk), Rick Beeler (Planning Director), Alan Doerschel (Finance Director), Ross Earnst (City Engineer), Jim Haney (City Attorney), Don Morrison (City Administrator), Don Pierce (Chief of Police). Council President Morgan reported on correspondence between the Southcenter View Condominiums and the City. A memorandum has been written to Mayor Van Dusen outlining the four items they are addressing. These concerns will be addressed at the next meeting of the Council. Mr. Duffie reported the residents are bringing forth a petition for a 4 -way stop at 147th and 58th. With respect to the block grant funds, Councilmember Duffie asked that the Council reconsider the decision they made and apply the funds to the rehabilitation of the tennis courts. The Council will be asked to rescind the motion at the next regular meeting. Chairman Bauch reported the Police Department has approximately $10,000 from seized property. The Public Safety Committee will consider purchases to be made. Chairman Bauch reported the City has applied for a grant for drug enforcement in amount of $204,000 to be used as a Joint Task Force (Tukwila, Auburn, Renton and Kent) for one year for drug prevention. It will pay for itself in seized property. The budget will be presented in a new format. Rick Beeler, Planning Director, reported the King County Energy Resource Recovery (KCERR) has chosen 30 sites. The nearest is the Black River Quarry site which is fourteenth on the priority list. The top six sites will be chosen from the list. The EIS on Fire District #1 annexation is ahead of schedule. Gene Jaeger, Community Affairs Division of the Tukwila /SeaTac Chamber of Commerce, distributed a letter to the Council requesting there be no change made in the green fees for Foster Golf Links. Jan Thoresen, Tukwila /Sea -Tac Chamber of Commerce, stated the Chamber would like a mailing sent to the business district so they will know about and can offer input to the sidewalk policy. There are five issues still unresolved. The Council discussed what they would like to see built, what can be moved up in schedule, and what can be delayed. Moving the schedule up will have important implications for projects planned in 1988 and 1989. The Transportation Committee's initiative for the Southcenter Boulevard /Interurban /Grady Way Improvements was discussed. It was recommended that $30,000 be programmed in the 1988 budget to design the temporary improvements to these two congested inter- sections. UKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING eptember 28, 1987 age 2 IISCELLANEOUS ,nnexation nformatibn DJOURNMENT Council President Morgan distributed the annexation packets that have been prepared by the Planning Department. They are to be given to people requesting information on annexation. Council President Morgan declared the meeting adjourned at 9:1 p.m. Wend A. Morg Council P sent Norr,Booher, Recording Secretary