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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-02-06 Regular MinutesFebruary 6, 1995 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OFFICIALS SPECIAL PRESENTATION APPOINTMENTS OF THE MAYOR Arts Commission, Pos. #4 Planning Commission, Pos. #6 CITIZEN COMMENTS TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Mayor Rants called the Regular Meeting to order and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. Nada Hughes, Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce President, gave a brief overview of the Chamber's 1994 accomplishments. Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers JOE DUFFIE; JOAN HERNANDEZ; JOYCE CRAFT, Council President; STEVE MULLET; DENNIS ROBERTSON; ALLAN EKBERG. JOHN McFARLAND, City Administrator; LINDA COHEN, City Attorney; MOIRA BRADSHAW, Associate Planner; RON CAMERON, City Engineer; LYNN DEVOIR, Recreation Superintendent; ROSS EARNST, Public Works Director; STEVE LANCASTER, DCD Director; DON WILLIAMS, Parks Recreation Director; LUCY LAUTERBACH, Council Analyst. Mayor Rants requested Council's concurrence of his appointments of Sherry Howe to the Arts Commission and Henry Marvin to the Planning Commission. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF SHERRY HOWE TO POSITION #4 ON THE ARTS COMMISSION; TERM EXPIRES 12/31/96. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF HENRY MARVIN TO POSITION #6 ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION; TERM EXPIRES 12/31/99. MOTION CARRIED. Kathy Stetson commented that the Planning Commission is currently meeting at least once each week and plans to complete all of their deliberations on the comprehensive plan through capital facilities by March 2nd or 4th.. The Planning Commission hopes be able to present Council with both the comp plan and the zoning Tukwila City Council Regular Meeting February 6, 1995 Page 2 Citizens Comments (con't) CONSENT AGENDA OLD BUSINESS Reconsideration of Motion to Deny Waiver to Ord. 1721 (Hwy. 99 moratorium) by Wen Fan Lin; Econolodge code at the same time as one package. By March 9th the Commission will know whether or not this is possible. Wen -fan Lin, owner of the Econolodge Motel, 13510 Pacific Highway So., Tukwila 98168, complained of police undercover operations being conducted from his motel. Lin said this type of operation and the resulting arrests hurts the operation of his business. He requested police discontinue this type of law enforcement practice at this location. Mayor Rants asked John McFarland to look into this matter. a. b. Approval of Minutes: 1/23/95 (Sp. Mtg.) Approval of Vouchers: Nos. 76549 through 76784 in the amount of $487,945.34 MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS SUBMITTED. MOTION CARRIED Council did not support reopening the hearing They felt the verbatim transcript was clear and further clarification was unnecessary. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR WAIVER TO ORDINANCE NO.1721 (HWY.99 MORATORIUM).* Mayor Rants explained the applicant, Mr. Lin, had asked to be able to clarify some of his statements from the public hearing on January 17. However, the packet prepared by Mr. Lin contained new material. To consider this new information, Council would need to re -open the public hearing in two weeks. City Attorney Linda Cohen said it would be acceptable to clarify certain points that might have been confused on the record of the transcript due to a language barrier. In order to introduce more information or new information and make it part of the record, however, the public hearing would need to be reopened so that everyone would have an opportunity to review it. Councilmember Ekberg announced that he would not be part of the deliberation process since he was not in attendance at the January 17 public hearing. Tukwila City Council Regular Meeting February 6, 1995 Page 3 Old Business (con't) Reconsideration of Motion to Deny Waiver Request Econolodge Res. #1314 Approving Findings and Conclusions; Denying Waiver Request; Econolodge Councilmembers Hernandez and Craft agreed waiting two weeks to reconsider the motion to deny the waiver gave Council the opportunity to rethink their decision. Both felt Council made the right decision on January 17. *MOTION CARRIED 5 -0 (unanimous). Waiver is denied. MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY DUFFLE, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY MULLET, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO.1314 AS READ.* MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO AMEND PARAGRAPH #15 (BEGINNING WITH THE SECOND SENTENCE) TO READ AS FOLLOWS: THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION AND NEW DEVELOPMENT COULD ALSO FACILITATE OTHER REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA THAT WOULD BE A CONTINUATION OF A PATTERN THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY FEELS IS INAPPROPRIATE PENDING THE CONCLUSION OF THE DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY MULLET, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, TO AMEND PARAGRAPH #23 TO READ AS FOLLOWS: THE CITY CONSIDERED THAT CHANGING THE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS OF THE SITE COULD POSSIBLY AMELIORATE SOME OF THE HARDSHIPS LISTED BY THE APPLICANTS. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY CRAFT, TO STRIKE PARAGRAPH #26 AS IT IS UNCLEAR. MOTION CARRIED. Attorney Cohen read A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, DENYING THE REQUEST BY WEN FAN AND VIRGINIA LIN OF ECONOLODGE FOR A WAIVER FROM MORATORIUM ORDINANCE NO. 1721, AND ADOPTING FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS. Tukwila City Council Regular Meeting February 6, 1995 Page 4 Old Business (con't) Res.1314 Approving Findings and Conclusions; Denying Waiver Request Econolodge NEW BUSINESS Bridge Load Ratings Scour Project Contract Senate Bill 5038 Councilmember Robertson said he felt that once the findings were modified, they would fairly represent the testimony that was given and presented both verbally and in writing at the public hearing on January 17. The findings represent the discussion and conclusions that Council arrived at. Robertson said the issue of timing was an important factor in Council's decision in that the conclusions were fitting for the present time. Robertson emphasized that Council is anxious to move ahead and see the Comprehensive Plan speedily through to its completion so the City will have a new zoning code in place. *MOTION CARRIED AS AMENDED. RESOLUTION NO.1314 IS APPROVED AS AMENDED. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH INCA ENGINEERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,498.26 FOR THE BRIDGE LOAD RATINGS AND SCOUR PROJECT. MOTION CARRIED Mayor Rants told Council that Senate Bill 5038 authorizes local governments to enter into agreements regarding governmental services. The statute also states that the county legislative authority of every county with a population of 150,000 or more shall convene a meeting on or before March 1, 1995 to develop a process for the establishment of service agreements. Council has been invited to attend this meeting from 6 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 1995. John McFarland told Council that the information on SB 5038 included in their agenda packets does a good job of framing the enormity of this bill and some of the ramifications. It's possible that at the other side of the discussion on this bill we could find a reallocation of revenues that currently go to local jurisdictions, special districts, and the county itself for the provision of service. The County of King has 11,000 public employees which is almost Tukwila's population. This employee base has not downsized since the recent incorporations and annexations. Some of that employee base can be attributed to the Metro merger. However, at the Suburban Cities level, it is suggested that the County needs to do some serious consideration of downsizing and moving out of Tukwila City Council Regular Meeting February 6, 1995 Page 5 Old Business (con't) Senate Bill 5038 REPORTS Mayor those areas that no longer represent logical service areas for a county level of government. Instead, it's been suggested that King County concentrate on issues such as regional communications, emergency communications, regionalizing surface water management, as well as the acquisition of open space preservation, greenbelt preservation, and regional parks. Initially, attendance will include representatives from 162 districts of government within King County. The time and location for the meeting has not yet been confirmed. Suburban Cities will see a lot of effort in the next few months to form work groups to try to identify those issues that cities want to deal with first. There is no requirement to have all the answers by March 1st. The requirement is to develop a process and be moving towards service agreements by 1997. If service agreements are not cast in 1997, a report to the respective legislative committees as the state will be required. McFarland concluded that the intent of the act is to get counties and cities to start looking at regionalization of services and localization of services where those things make sense. It's an economization effort as well as an effort to avoid duplication. This issue will remain in front of Council so that the City will be prepared to take advantage of opportunities as they arise and also to be looking out for any situations that may not be in the City's best interest. Mayor Rants distributed copies of the Multimodal Corridor Study and the Pacesetter newsletter from CTR (Commute Trip Reduction). Rants also announced that the City of Seattle and Metro will each pay half of a $24 million fine levied for ecology problems in the Duwamish River and Elliott Bay. Sediment cleanup will occur at sites on the Seattle waterfront and two locations on the Duwamish River. The habitat restoration areas are the turning basin, which is right off the end of the Oxbow, Kellogg Island, and the Elliott Bay shoreline. Rants announced that the Foster Community Club will be hosting a meeting with RTA representatives and opponents of the RTA at Foster Commons next week. Former Councilmember Steve Lawrence commented that Foster Community Club members had expressed an interest in having the City Council take a formal position on the upcoming RTA vote. Following a brief discussion it was decided that Mayor Rants would draft a position paper Tukwila City Council Regular Meeting February 6, 1995 Page 6 Reports (con't) Council which will be forwarded for discussion at the Transportation Committee and the COW on February 13th. Mayor Rants provided a brief synopsis of the Vision 2020 update and the Metropolitan Transit Plan. Councilmember Duffie told Council that Murase architects had suggested a "Buy a Brick" program as a fundraiser for the Tukwila Pond Park project. Individuals could purchase a brick and have their name inscribed on it prior to it being set into the landscaping. Councilmember Hernandez reported she received a petition from Reena Davis requesting additional street lighting on her street. This issue will be discussed at the Transportation Committee on February 13th at 5 p.m. (53rd Ave. S. /S. 160th -S. 170th). Councilmember Craft announced she would attend an ACC meeting on February 7th. Councilmember Ekberg favored the brick program Councilmember Duffie reported on. Ekberg suggested the program be expanded to include the new community center. He asked that the issue be forwarded to the Community Affairs and Parks Committee for further review. Ekberg also reported he attended an excellent presentation on Gang Awareness sponsored by the South Central School District. Ekberg urged the City to move forward with the new Teen Center. Councilmember Mullet commented that many elderly people who live alone and find themselves housebound and/or in emergency situations. He suggested Council ask Human Services if there are programs that provide beepers /pagers to elderly residents. Mayor Rants commented that the City is not presently involved in such a program; however; a similar type of service was discussed several years ago. That plan proposed the program be run through the community center, be based upon a certain age and ability, and that 50 percent of the funding be borne by the City. Rants suggested this issue be considered at budget time. Tukwila City Council Regular Meeting February 6, 1995 Page 7 Reports (con't) ADJOURNMENT 9:13 p.m. Councilmember Hernandez said she felt the Council retreat was very successful. She asked for a report on pending legislation that could have a major impact on zoning codes. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY CRAFT, THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. MOTION CARRIED. Joh Vfrim W. Rants, Mayor Ja e E. Cantu, City Clerk