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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-08-28 Committee of the Whole MinutesAugu 28, 1995 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OFFICIALS SPECIAL PRESENTATION CITIZEN'S COMMENTS SPECIAL ISSUES Briefing on status of Devel. Regs. Counc. review process TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING MINUTES None. Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Council President Ekberg called the Committee of The Whole Meeting to order and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. JOE DUFFLE; JOAN HERNANDEZ; ALLAN EKBERG, Council President; DENNIS ROBERTSON; STEVE MULLET; PAM CARTER; JIM HAGGERTON. JOHN MCFARLAND, City Administrator; LINDA COHEN, City Attorney; STEVE LANCASTER, DCD Director; GARY SCHULZ, Urban Environmentalist; PHIL FRASER, Public Works Senior Engineer. Carleigh Barnes, Community Affairs Liaison for the Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce, presented the Chamber's semi annual update on services accomplished from January through June of 1995. She also announced that Sarah Skoglund had accepted the position of President with the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce. Steve Lancaster, DCD Director, briefed the Council on the review and consideration of the proposed Developmental Regulations. He said the Comprehensive Plan can be adopted by early December, 1995. In order to accomplished this, the City Council and staff must focus their efforts on some vital aspects of the Developmental Regulations, i.e. the Planning Commission's recommended Developmental Regulations; the Washington State Legislature's change in the laws governing how developmental applications are accepted and processed; a shift in staffing due to Rick Beeler's departure; and the uncertain outcome of the Referendum 48 vote. He suggested what might help the Council move more efficiently through the work ahead is for staff to prepare briefing papers for each zoning district, focusing on key policy issues. Council could use these papers to provide staff specific direction on code changes, and staff could come back at the next meeting Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes August 28, 1995 Page 2 Briefing on Devel. Regs (Cont' d) Surface Water Regional Needs Assessment Report REPORTS with specific language proposals. He said this might save considerable amounts of Council time by freeing them from the task of working out specific language. Phil Fraser, Public Works Senior Engineer, informed the Council that since 1994 staff and some elected officials have been working on establishing a forum to work with surface water issues. Together they have recommended that a Regional Needs Assessment (RNA) forum be established. The recommendations are basically to handle surface water by watersheds, recognizing that all the water from an area eventually makes it to a major river and thus to Puget Sound. The July 20th RNA report provides for a watershed -based approach to surface water management because it brings together the people who best know their own basin and its needs. This approach encourages participation by the locals of each watershed and encourages consideration of unique features and goals of each watershed. The report proposes forums be established in four of the six watersheds in King County, with King County providing $1.5 million /year over the next three years for support staff for these forums for this interim period to help them get established. Fraser said it is recommended by staff that Tukwila provide qualified endorsement of the July 20, 1995 RNA report recommendations, and agree to provide meeting room as interim convener for Green/Duwamish Watershed RNA meetings. Additionally, further discussions of funding policies are recommended after watersheds needs and priorities have been formulated. Mayor Rants presented the 1995 Second Quarter Report. He stated that staff continues to stay more than busy with the day -to -day activities and the many important projects such as neighborhood revitalization, which was a central focus with the opening of negotiation for the siting of a police store -front on Highway 99; the staging of a community -wide Spring Clean -up and junk car removal campaign; and the completion of another gateway project at 53rd Avenue South and Southcenter Blvd. The Mayor's Office began the coordination of the review of the draft Comprehensive Plan. Mid -year budget execution and program goal reviews were conducted with each department We continued participation in the ACC Technical Committee and membership on the King County Airport Noise Advisory Committee was established. Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes August 28, 1995 Page 3 Reports Second Quarter Report (Cont' d) ADJOURNMENT 9:45 P.M. After a brief question and answer period, the Council applauded the Mayor and staff a job well done. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, TO ADJOURN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. MOTI RIEr� ,1 I an Ekberg, Council Preside r Celia Square, eputy City Clerk