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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOW 2015-05-26 Agenda Front SheetTukwila City Council Agenda in°° ❖ COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ❖ Jim Haggerton, Mayor Counci /members: • :" Joe Duffie • :" Dennis Robertson David Cline, City Administrator •:" Allan Ekberg • :" Verna Seal Kate Kruller, Council President •:" Kathy Hougardy • :" De'Sean Quinn Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 7:00 PM Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER / RAISING OF COLORS (COLOR GUARD) / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. SPECIAL a. Recognition of Memorial Day. PRESENTATIONS b. Update on AileyCamp. Vicky Lee, Education Director, and Shawn Roberts, Dance for Parkinson s Coordinator, Seattle Theatre Group 4- The Seattle Theatre Group (STG) was selected by New York based Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre to offer "AileyCamp" during the summers of 2016, 2017, and 2018. STG has chosen the Tukwila Community Center to house the six -week camp, which will be the first AileyCamp offered in the Pacific Northwest. The only other AileyCamp on the west coast is in Berkeley, CA, and eight other sites are located throughout the US. The camp is offered to at -risk middle school youth with a goal of offering opportunities in dance, personal development, and creativity. STG will present more information about AileyCamp and the opportunities that come with hosting the program in Tukwila. 3. CITIZEN COMMENT At this time, you are invited to comment on items not included on this agenda (please limit your comments to five minutes per citizen). To comment on an item listed on this agenda, please save your comments until the issue is presented for discussion. 4. SPECIAL ISSUES a. A contract for inspection services. Pg.3 b. Landscape Conservation and Local Infrastructure Program Feasibility Pg.13 Analysis. Matt Hoffman, Heartland, LLC, and Nick Bratton, Forterra. c. Discussion and consensus on Sound Cities Association Public Issues Pg.65 Committee (SCA PIC) items. 5. REPORTS a. Mayor b. City Council c. Staff d. City Attorney e. Intergovernmental 6. MISCELLANEOUS 7. EXECUTIVE SESSION 8. ADJOURNMENT Tukwila City Hall is wheelchair accessible. Reasonable accommodations are available at public hearings with advance notice to the City Clerk's Office (206- 433 -1800 or TukwilaCityClerk @TukwilaWA.gov). This notice is available at www.tukwilawa.gov, and in alternate formats with advance notice for those with disabilities. Tukwila Council meetings are audio /video taped. IL HOW TO TESTIFY If you would like to address the Council, please go to the podium and state your name and address clearly for the record. Please observe the basic riles of courtesy when speaking and limit your comments to five minutes. The Council appreciates hearing from citizens but may not be able to take immediate action on comments received until they are referred to a Committee or discussed under New Business. COUNCIL MEETINGS No Council meetings are scheduled on the 5th Monday of the month unless prior public notification is given. Regular Meetings - The Mayor, elected by the people to a four -year term, presides at all Regular Council Meetings held on the 1 st and 3rd Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m. Official Council action in the form of formal motions, adopting of resolutions and passing of ordinances can only be taken at Regular Council meetings. Committee of the Whole Meetings - Council members are elected for a four -year term. The Council President is elected by the Council members to preside at all Committee of the Whole meetings for a one -year term. Committee of the Whole meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Issues discussed are forwarded to the Regular Council meeting for official action. GENERAL INFORMATION At each Council meeting citizens are given the opportunity to address the Council on items that are not included on the agenda during CITIZENS COMMENTS. Please limit your comments to 5 minutes. Special Meetings may be called at any time with proper public notice. Procedures followed are the same as those used in Regular Council meetings. Executive Sessions may be called to inform the Council of pending legal action, financial, or personnel matters. PUBLIC HEARINGS Public Hearings are required by law before the Council can take action on matters affecting the public interest such as land -use laws, annexations, rezone requests, public safety issues, etc. Section 2.04.150 of the Tukwila Municipal Code states the following guidelines for Public Hearings: The proponent shall speak first and is allowed 15 minutes for a presentation. 2. The opponent is then allowed 15 minutes to make a presentation. Each side is then allowed 5 minutes for rebuttal. 4. Citizens who wish to address the Council may speak for 5 minutes each. No one may speak a second time until everyone wishing to speak has spoken. 5. After each speaker has spoken, the Council may question the speaker. Each speaker can respond to the question, but may not engage in further debate at this time. 6. After the Public Hearing is closed and during the Council meeting, the Council may choose to discuss the issue among themselves, or defer the discussion to a future Council meeting, without further public testimony. Council action may only be taken during Regular or Special Meetings.