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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-12-12 Special MinutesDecember 12, 1994 Tukwila City Hall 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES ROLL CALL TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL CALL TO ORDER Mayor Rants called the Special Meeting to order and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. JOE DUFFLE; JOAN HERNANDEZ; STEVE MULLET, Council President; DENNIS ROBERTSON; ALLAN EKBERG; JOYCE CRAFT; DOROTHY De RODAS. OFFICIALS JOHN McFARLAND, City Administrator; LINDA COHEN, City Attorney; LUCY LAUTERBACH, Council Analyst; ROSS EARNST, Public Works Director; RON CAMERON, City Engineer; DOUG MICHEAU, Public Works Coordinator; DON WILLIAMS, Parks and Recreation Director; ALAN DOERSCHEL, Finance Director; RICK BEELER, DCD DIRECTOR; VIKI WITSCHGER, Administrative Services Director; RON WALDNER, Police Chief. CITIZEN'S COMMENTS Roger Baker, 11662 42nd Avenue South, thanked the City, Parks Department and all those involved in the dedication of the maze, park, and the memorial to his grandmother that was commemorated in a ceremony at the Duwamish Park this past Saturday. His family is very please and honored that the City recognized the contribution his family made as early pioneers in this City. BID AWARD Ross Earnst, Public Works, explained that Metro's contractor will install waterline using materials provided by the City with the sewer construction on 43rd Avenue South, South 122nd Street, and 44th Avenue South. The material list was advertised and bids received. Earnst recommended the contract be awarded to Western Utilities Supply in the amount of $30,983.46. MOVED BY EKBERG, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO AWARD CONTRACT TO WESTERN UTILITIES SUPPLY IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,983.46 FOR THE ALLENTOWN WATERLINE PIPE MATERIALS. MOTION CARRIED. Special Meeting Minutes December 12, 1994 Page 2 PUBLIC HEARING Legislative: an ordinance renewing a moratorium along Hwy 99 Mayor Rants opened the public hearing at 7:10 p.m. Rick Beeler, DCD, explained that the ordinance is to extend a moratorium on specific developments along Highway 99 because the current ordinance expires December 20, 1994. Council President Mullet inquired as to how many more times will this ordinance require extending. Beeler responding that the development regulations are currently being discussed. However, after the discussions have taken place, it will be up to the Planning Commission to review. Beeler anticipates this issue going before the Planning Commission around the latter part of June 1995. He said this doesn't prohibit the moratorium from being discussed sooner, though, as a separate issue. Dwight L. McClean, 13015 38th Avenue South, distributed copies of a letter he had drafted to all those concerned. The letter, in summary, stated that the emergency moratorium has created a state of emergency along the Pacific Corridor. Tukwila has made it possible for the rest of the state and nation to see it's dirty laundry exposed on camera. Will the City continue to blindly support a moratorium that maintains this status quo. Is the City really concerned about the children who reside in this high crime community. Please revise the moratorium and allow current business to invest, upgrade, remodel, or tear down and replace these structures which attract the maggots of society. (A copy of the letter in its full contents is on file in the City Clerk's office.) Win Fan Lin, dba/Econolodge, 13910 Pacific Hwy South, commented that by not issuing building permits for the buildings along Hwy 99, it only worsens the situation. The ordinance is self defeating. Anna Bernhard, 14241 59th Avenue South, urged the Council to extend the moratorium because she believes if the moratorium is lifted, the whole area will deteriorate. Special Meeting Minutes December 12, 1994 Page 3 Public hearing closed (Moratorium along Hwy 99) Cont'd Ordinance #1721 renewing a moratorium along Hwy 99 Mayor Rants closed the public hearing at 7:30 p.m. 5 o Rants briefed the Council that the Tukwila Tomorrow Committee's aim is to focus on urban revitalization along Hwy 99. A contract has been drafted to have a consultant review this issue and a design report will be analyzed by the Hwy 99 Task Force. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Linda Cohen read an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington, relating to land use and zoning in the C -2 Zone along Highway 99 from South 137th to South 154th Street; renewing a moratorium on acceptance of applications for, and issuance of, new business licenses and building permits for certain uses. Councilmember Robertson clarified that though the Tukwila Tomorrow Committee's report is an exemplary one; it is not the official City position. The process goes as follows: The citizens' group (Tukwila Tomorrow Committee) prepared a recommendation that went to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission is holding public hearings and discussing the issue. The Planning Commission will in turn prepare a recommendation that will come to the Council. The Council will then debate the issue, take more public input and finally establish a City position on land use issues based on the Comp Plan, the new Zoning Map and on some Zoning Code changes. Robertson said the moratorium is something the Council believes is necessary to ensure that we don't continue to see the kinds of developments on Hwy 99 that have been occurring in the past; and that is believed to have contributed to some of the problems we're currently experiencing. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 1721 AS READ.* Councilmember Hernandez said it appears that the comments that have been made tonight on this issue favor neighborhood livability; there were only some disagreement about what was the Special Meeting Minutes December 12, 1994 Page 4 Ord. #1721 renewing moratorium along Hwy 99 (Cont' d) OLD BUSINESS An ordinance levying property taxes for 1995 Ordinance #1722 levying property taxes for 1995 best method to preserve it. She said in her opinion the continuation of the moratorium is the best way to do this because it would allow for time to weigh a recommendation from the Task Force. This should result in an upgrade of the businesses that are there and any others that continue to relocate there. The moratorium does have a waiver process for those who feel it is a hardship. *MOTION CARRIED. 55I Alan Doerschel, Finance, briefed the Council that estimated property tax revenues for 1995 are due to County Assessor's by December 14, 1994. The actual County worksheet will not be available until later. Adjustments to this ordinance will be made at that time. He said we have learned that the City will be impacted in 1995 with the fall in property values. The decline in assessed valuation from 1994 is $114 million. Although we received $41 million from the Oxbow annexation and $20 million in new construction valuation, the decline in base valuation will not allow the 6% increase in tax collections for 1995. This will result in a reduction of $452,000 in the anticipated revenues reflected in the Proposed 1995 Budget and a resulting decrease in the six -year planning model. The model has already been adjusted to reflect lowered property tax expectations for the years 1996 through 2000. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Cohen read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Washington, levying the General Taxes for the City of Tukwila in King County for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1995, on all property, both real and personal, in said City which is subject to taxation for the purpose of paying sufficient revenue to carry on the several departments of said City for the ensuing year as required by law. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 1722 AS READ.* Special Meeting Minutes December 12, 1994 Page 5 Ord. 1722 levying prop. taxes (Copt' d) Authorize Mayor to sign Golf Course Restaurant Concession agreement Amend Agenda Doerschel recommended that the estimated assessed valuation in Section 1 of the ordinance be changed from $2,464,000.000 to $2.472.897.974: the rate per 1.000 be 3.18000: and the amount changed to $7.863.000 for the Regular Levv and 145.000 for the Special Tax Levv (golf course bonds): for a total of $8.008.000. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY CRAFT, TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED.** *MOTION CARRIED *MOTION CARRIED Lynn Devoir, Parks Department, reviewed the additional changes that had been made to the contract since the last Council meeting where the Council authorized the Mayor to negotiate the agreement with Terry Elliott. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, TO AMEND THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH ON PAGE 5 OF THE AGREEMENT, UNDER EOUIPMENT- -The second sentence. delete the words "notice to" and add the words "approval of." Thus, the sentence should read: "No other leased eauinment of furnishings shall be provided by the Concessionaire without prior approval of the City." MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY MULLET, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO ACCEPT THE GOLF COURSE RESTAURANT CONCESSION AND AGENCY AGREEMENT EXTENSION AS AMENDED. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY RANTS, SECONDED BY MULLET, AMEND THE AGENDA TO MOVE ITEM "5c" TO FOLLOW "6e" UNDER NEW BUSINESS. MOTION CARRIED. Special Meeting Minutes December 12, 1994 Page 6 NEW BUSINESS Resolution #1312 granting MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT a wage adjustment to non- THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. represented MOTION CARRIED. Ord. #1723 fixing the compensation of the Mayor Authorize Mayor to sign contract with KASK Con- sulting, Inc. for EIS City Attorney Cohen read a resolution of the City of Tukwila, Washington, granting a wage adjustment to non represented employees of the City, and amending the non represented employees salary schedule contained in appendix "A" of Resolution 1287. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION #1312 AS READ. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Cohen read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Washington, amending section 2.08.010 of the Tukwila Municipal Code to fix the compensation of the Mayor; repealing ordinance 1682; providing for severability; and setting an effective date. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY MULLET, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 1723 AS READ.* Councilmember Robertson questioned the Mayor's benefits of medical, dental and pension, which amount to about $1,667 per year. Robertson thinks this figure is too low. The Administration will check into the issue to see if this is an error. *MOTION CARRIED. Rick Beeler, DCD, explained that as part of Tukwila's comprehensive plan preparation process, an environmental impact statement is required prior to City Council action; and, non -urban center alternatives are needed for Tukwila Tomorrow Committee review of the Southcenter business district. The department solicited consultant services to assist in preparing these documents. Special Meeting Minutes December 12, 1994 Page 7 Authorize Mayor to sign Contract with KASK Consulting Firm (Cont'd) Ord. #1724 amending the 1994 Budget Resolution #1313 ordering cancellation of past due check write -offs Recess 8:30 p.m. Statements of qualifications from eight consultant groups before finally recommending the team lead by Kask Consulting, Inc. The required $83,968 fee has already been budgeted. After a brief discussion, the Council agreed to authorize approval. MOVED BY MULLET, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN CONTRACT WITH KASK CONSULTING, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $83,968 TO ASSIST IN THE PREPARATION OF THE COMP PLAN ENVIRONMENT IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) AND NON URBAN CENTER ALTERNATIVES. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Cohen read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Washington, amending the 1994 Budget, adopted by Ordinance No. 1681, to provide for unanticipated expenditures in the general fund; and establishing an effective date. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 1724 AS READ. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY DUFFLE, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Cohen read a resolution of the City of Tukwila, Washington, ordering the cancellation of past due accounts receivable and returned check write -offs. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 1313 AS READ. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Rants called the meeting back to order with those present as noted above. Special Meeting Minutes December 12, 1994 Page 8 OLD BUSINESS (Cont'd) Continued review of the 1995 ADJOURN TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 8:35 D.M. The Council agreed to continue review of the Proposed 1995 Budget for one hour. (Please refer to the Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes attached hereto.) MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY CRAFT, TO ADJOURN TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR ONE HOUR TO CONTINUE REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED 1995 BUDGET. MOTION CARRIED. Joh'I W. Rants, Mayor Celia Square( eputy City Clerk