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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-03-21 Committee of the Whole MinutesMarch 21, 1994 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL ISSUES ACC Interlocal Agreement Family Child Care Ordinance Citizen Comment PRD Emergency Ordinance TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING MINUTES Council President Mullet called the meeting to order at 7:46 p.m. following the adjournment of the Regular Meeting. Mayor Rants introduced discussion on the City's involvement with the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) noting that the citizen comments he had received had been primarily "do not spend money for fighting the third runway Most of the council favored continued funding of the ACC, and agreed that citizen input was critical. Mayor Rants suggested an advisory ballot might be useful to determine citizens' wishes in this matter. Some Councilmembers favored this method. Others favored holding public hearings to gather citizen input. Council requested data regarding the costs of an advisory ballot. Following a lengthy discussion it was the consensus of the Council to move this issue forward to the Consent Agenda at the next Regular Meeting. In addition, the Mayor would develop a proposal for additional planning staff to analyze the City's costs of King County and SeaTac airport issues. Council Analyst Lucy Lauterbach explained that the state legislature has made the decision to prohibit cities from putting any more burden on childcare service workers, i.e., the City cannot limit these businesses based on traffic and noise impacts. The proposed ordinance requires family childcare service workers to comply with the City's municipal code and obtain a business license. It would take the childcare centers out of the home occupation code and handle them as a separate business. Following discussion, it was the consensus of the Council to direct DCD to proceed with the SEPA review and ready the ordinance for adoption. Seth Kelsey, Childcare Resources, thanked Council for recognizing the need for family childcare services in the City. Council discussed their concerns with the current ordinance and suggested amendments to the PRD chapter which included adopting a minimum lot size provision for a single famly home lot. They agreed that the ordinance as currently written, makes it a very Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Tukwila City Council Committee of the Whole March 21, 1994 Page 2 Special Issues (con't) Citizen Comments on PRD Requirements for Reports Going to Council Rapid Transit Authority REPORTS Mayor expensive process for both the City and the developer to go through. Following a lengthy discussion, it was the consensus of the council that the administration would prepare an interim zoning ordinance for Council's consideration in the near future. Fred Sherman, 13715 42nd Ave. So., said he'd like to see something done immediately before the City is inundated with massive housing projects. Pam Carter, 4115 So. 139th St., agreed with Sherman. Carter expressed her belief that the proposed changes to the PRD would plug up the holes that currently exist in the City's ordinance. Using Councilmember Robertson's proposed resolution as a basis for discussion, Council discussed the Mayor's recommendation to develop a joint policy that would formalize a format for reports going to council. John McFarland proposed that he and the council analyst work together to prepare a standardized format and then test the format with one of the upcoming land use issues. Council agreed with McFarland's recommendation. Mayor Rants announced the promotions of Dave Haynes and Doug Partlow to the rank of lieutenant in the Police Department. Councilmember Robertson explained that SKATBD wants Tukwila to take a stand on RTA's route proposal. He urged the Mayor and Council to take the following position: 1) the East Marginal route is strongly preferred and should be looked at again over the Rainier Valley route; 2) a very strong position that Tukwila's major concern is the route going down Highway 99 and skipping Southcenter. The City should state that it would fight the ballot measure if it shows a route that goes down Highway 99 and doesn't stop at Southcenter. Council concurred with Robertson's recommendation. Mayor Rants said he'd sent a letter to the Executive Directors of RTA and Metro requesting a meeting with the two of them so that he could see how they will interface with each other. Tukwila City Council Committee of the Whole March 21, 1994 Page 3 Reports (con't) Councilmember Duffle stated he would support the development of Council a gun buy -back program for the City as well as the initiation of a curfew for minors. ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, THAT 9:55 p.m. Regarding the Beaverbend site, Councilmember DeRodas commented that in her opinion, the Duwamish community would definitely support the idea of a new fire station at that location. THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. MOTION CARRIED. V I L ck Steve Mullet, Council President Jaffe E. Cantu, City Clerk