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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-04-06 Regular MinutesApril 6, 1987 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER and PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL OFFICIALS REPORTS Appointment of Tom O'Keefe to the Sister City Committee Resignation of Administrative Sec./ Personnel Spec. Councilman Duffie "Trade -Off" Plan suggested Sister City Park ETS Project TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting M I N U T E S Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Mayor Van Dusen called the Regular Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. MABEL J. HARRIS; JOE H. DUFFIE; WENDY A. MORGAN, Council President; EDGAR D. BAUCH; CHARLES E. SIMPSON; MARILYN G. STOKNES; JAMES J. MCKENNA. JAMES HANEY, City Attorney; MAXINE ANDERSON, City Clerk. BYRON SNEVA, Public Works Director; RICK BEELER, Planning Director. Mayor Van Dusen requested Council's concurrence with his appointment of Tom O'Keefe to position #5 on the Sister City Committee. MOVED BY MORGAN, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT COUNCIL CONCUR WITH THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF TOM O'KEEFE TO THE SISTER CITY COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Van Dusen announced that Ellen Callahan, Administative Secretary /Personnel Specialist has resigned her position to take a job in Mayor Royer's office at the City of Seattle. He will present a proposal on this position to the Finance and Personnel Committee. Councilman Duffie reported that he has discussed the possibi- lity of painting a house for a citizen of the McMicken Height area. He is making this public information to avoid being accused of a conflict of interest with the appeals hearings being held. He stated this would, in no way, affect the way he will vote. Council President Morgan reported on a sculpture by artist, Richard Byers, she has seen in Kirkland. This piece was purchased by a developer as a mitigation for tearing down an historic building. She suggested Tukwila consider this kind of trade -off. Council Member Stoknes asked how the decision was arrived at to locate the Sister City Park at City Hall. Mayor Van Dusen explained that it was an informal process. At one time it was discussed at the Council table, and it was consensus to proceed and have it completed in time to dedicate while the citizens of Ikawa visit Tukwila. Council Member Harris said this location was discussed and seemed to fit the ideals. The site is small as are many Japanese Gardens; there is an existing pond which has been there for many years, and it already contains some nice plantings. Don Williams, Parks Director, said $15,000 is in the 1987 Budget for this pro- ject, however, there have been some suggestions that volun- teers could do part of the project. Byron Sneva, Public Works Director, reported that the funding agreement for the remaining projects to be done under the Metro ETS construction project has been settled. It has taken approximately 6 weeks to arrive at a consensus for a cash settlement to terminate the Metro agreement except for the loss of revenue addendum. The settlement arrived at is a cash payment from Metro of $1,165,000. This will be paid to the City directly. One of the reasons for concluding this with a cash payment is the fact that it now allows the City to determine what they want to do as far as prioritizing and scheduling the projects. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING April 6, 1987 Page 2 CONSENT AGENDA Resolution #1038 Budget Trans. #87 -03 BID AWARDS Foster Golf Links Restoration Project NEW BUSINESS a. Approval of Minutes: March 2, 1987 b. Approval of Vouchers Claims Fund Vouchers #29703 #29902 Current Fund City Street Arterial Street Fire Equip. Cum. Reserve Land Acq., Bldg., Dev. Water Fund Sewer Fund Water /Sewer Construction Foster Golf Course Equipment Rental Firemen's Pension 89,573.64 33,722.53 25,676.28 836.69 4,904.26 17,029.31 1,596.73 13,092.27 12,090.94 21,146.50 49.42 $219,718.57 c. Release the $8,400 for a Records Management System that is in the City Clerk's Budget. d. A resolution of the City of Tukwila accepting a donation of kitchen equipment from the Co -Tuk Boutique to be used at the Tukwila Senior Center. e. Authorize administration to advertise for a consultant for analysis of funding street improvements. f. Budget Transfer No. 87 -03 to fully fund the construction contract for the Bicentennial Restroom and Parking Expansion and Foster Golf Links Restroom. MOVED BY MORGAN, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY MCKENNA, THAT THE BID BE AWARDED TO NORTHWEST LANDSCAPING INDUSTRIES, INC., FOR THE FOSTER GOLF LINKS RESTORATION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $341,763.00. MOTION CARRIED. Ordinance #1420- MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY SIMPSON, THAT THE PROPOSED Amending the 1987 ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. budget to reallocate expenditures to pro- City Attorney Haney read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, vide two additional Wash., amending the 1987 budget adopted by ordinance No. 1414 positions and office of the City, passed by the City Council on December 15, 1986, space for the Engineer- to reallocate expenditures and revenues between the arterial ing Division street and current funds; and to provide two additional positions and office space rentals for the engineering divi- sion and establishing an effective date. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1420 BE ADOPTED AS READ.* City Attorney Haney noted that Section I should be corrected to read "The following line items within the final budget..." Council agreed with this change. Mayor Van Dusen explained that the adopting of this ordinance does not give any authority to expand City Hall. This issue has not been brought to Council at this point. MOVED BY BAUCH, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, TO AMEND THE SECOND WHEREAS TO READ, "THE CITY COUNCIL DEEMS IT DESIRABLE TO APPROPRIATE REVENUES FOR TWO CONTRACT POSITIONS, A SENIOR ENGINEER AND A SECRETARY, OFFICE RENTAL SPACE AND RELATED COSTS." MOTION CARRIED. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING April 6, 1987 Page 3 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Ordinance #1420 (cont.) Ordinance #1421 Relating to Council Procedures Resolution #1039- Establishing program policies for partici- pation in the 1988 Block Grant Consortium Council President Morgan commented that she would like to see a Master Plan for the use of space, what the City's employment projections are for staff and how this translates into square footage available in this building and alter- native space use that is economical and convenient. This would be a long term project. Mayor Van Dusen commented this is a proposed five year plan. *MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY MORGAN, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Haney read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Wash., amending various sections of Chapter 2.04 of the Tukwila Municipal Code relating to Council Procedures. MOVED BY MORGAN, SECONDED BY MCKENNA, THAT ORDINANCE N0. 1421 BE ADOPTED AS READ.* MOVED BY SIMPSON, SECONDED BY BAUCH, THAT PAGE 2, E OF THE ORDINANCE BE AMENDED TO READ, "IN THE ORDER OF SENIORITY, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL MAKE THEIR FIRST CHOICE FOR CHAIRMANSHIP OR OF MEMBERSHIP ON ONE COMMITTEE. MEMBERHSHIP ON A SECOND COMMITTEE WILL BE CHOSEN BEGINNING WITH THE MOST SENIOR AND PROCEEDING TO THE MOST JUNIOR MEMBER. ROLL CALL VOTE: HARRIS NO DUFFIE NO MORGAN NO BAUCH YES SIMPSON YES STOKNES YES MCKENNA NO *MOTION FAILED: 4 NO; 3 YES. MOVED BY SIMPSON, SECONDED BY MCKENNA, THAT THE ORDINANCE BE AMENDED TO DELETE "STORM DRAINAGE, RIVER BASINS AND LEVEES FROM PAGE 2, (1), 4TH LINE UNDER TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY SIMPSON, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE ORDINANCE BE AMENDED TO EXCHANGE ITEMS 11 AND 12 ON PAGE 5. MOTION CARRIED. *MOTION CARRIED AS AMENDED. MOVED BY MORGAN, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE ORDINANCE SUMMARY BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Haney read a resolution of the City of Tukwila, Wash., establishing general local program policies for par- ticipation in the 1988 King County Community Development Block Grant Consortium. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY SIMPSON, THAT RESOLUTION NO. 1039 BE ADOPTED AS READ. MOTION CARRIED. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING April 6, 1987 Page 4 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Endorse recommended Scope of work for EIS consultant con- tract for Fire Dist. No. 1 Annexation -5Y /R Council President Morgan expressed concerns related to the SEPA Guidelines and what the environmental elements are that are included in a checklist. She listed them. The scope of work proposed for the EIS for Fire District No. 1 includes land use, infrastructure, service and fiscal. (1) There is an imbalance between what is considered environment on the Environmental Checklist and what is considered environment in this scope of work. (2) This Council approved a policy that says we are not bound to do infrastructure installments in the same way in which we do them within the original boun- daries of the City. This is a critical issue to this environmental impact scope of work. The policy says the City is not required to integrate the infrastructure needs in newly annexed areas into the regular planning cycle. (3) The Capital Improvement Plan is driven by the amount of dollars available and the desires of the City Officials, therefore, a priority list will be created for this annexa- tion area which will create an unreal set of expectations and unreal expenditures. (4) The City's revenue is based on, primarily, a single source of revenue -the sales tax. This scope of work should include a number of different revenue sources that are not being dealt with at this time. When you look at cost versus revenues for this annexation, it will appear to be a very expensive area. This is not there if one looks at alternative ways of producing revenue. (5) There will be some adjustments necessary in response time for ser- vices when the mileage of the City is increased. A scope of work which says the comparison line is the actual service delivery now within the City is not reasonable; there should be some other figure in there. (6) One of the missing links in this process is that we have not told Administration what the criteria will be in looking at the EIS as a tool to decide whether we will proceed with the annexation process. She read the criteria the Boundary Review Board uses in deciding annexations. The final document should be one the City can really use and be creative with. Mayor Van Dusen said that the proposal contains the minimum information he would like to see in the EIS. We need to look more at the fiscal impact of this area. The EIS is an infor- mation document, not a deciding document. If Council wants to expand it; I am in favor of that. Rick Beeler, Planning Director, said that some good ideas have been suggested and they would like to incorporate them in the EIS. One of their concerns is what is the expectation of the annexation petitioners. Do they want the same level of service and the same level of improvements within a reasonable period of time. They will use the existing annexation policy plan for looking at alternatives for level of service. Are there some big CIP issues that need to be addressed? The EIS is not a law; it is an information tool. An EIS has to be based on existing regulations at the time a proposal is made. Councilman Simpson commented that Fire District 1 annexation is definitely going to have an impact on the City. I am not looking at what it is going to cost the City on a short term; I am looking at what is going to happen in 20 years. This is the real issue. It is going to cost the City money, but the benefits will be well worth it; it is an investment. I would like to see the EIS address this as an investment. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING April 6, 1987 Page 5 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Endorse recommended Scope of work for EIS consultant con- tract for Fire Dist. No. 1 Annexation (cont.) ADJOURNMENT 9:00 p.m. Council Member Harris explained that the home owners in the area are concerned that the City will initiate LID's to pay for sewers, sidewalks and street improvements, so annexation will cost them money. We need to look at the area as it is and let it grow gracefully with the City rather than to paint a picture of gloom for the citizens. Councilman Duffie expressed his opinion that the City needs to grow. It may cost us now, but we need to look to the future. Councilman Bauch maintained that the City does not need an EIS. We are not impacting the environment. We do need a report and all of these elements are essential in that report. The county wants cities to annex contiguous urban areas and provide the services for them that we provide our own citizens. We are already providing services for many county citizens in our programs. It is not the role of con- sultants to project budgets and things like that; it is not their goal. Why do you have to mitigate anything if people say they want to come into the City. They know they are taking a chance as to what they are going to get. Those decisions are political. It is four or more people at the Council table who decide what improvements you are going to have when they adopt a budget. Councilman McKenna said he would like to see some mitigation methods put in by the Environmental Impact Statement. He would like to see the financial impact. One of their con- cerns when they annexed was how much it was going to cost them. The more facts people have, the better the decisions they can make. It is important that the concerns of the people in the annexation area are made known. We need to clarify certain things and get the people involved. Council President Morgan proposed that this item be kept as a matter of discussion for the Committee of the Whole meeting. Mr. Beeler said they want to begin formulating a citizen par- ticipation process in Fire District #1. Council President Morgan asked to have the plan brought before them before it is implemented. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY SIMPSON, THAT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. arvL. an Dusen, Maw Maxi e Anderson, City Clerk