HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-10-30 Committee of the Whole MinutesTUKWILA CITY COUNCIL
October 30, 1995 Tukwila City Hall
6:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Councilmember absent
OFFICIALS
CITIZEN'S COMMENTS
SPECIAL ISSUES
Comprehensive Plan
Comments by Land Use
Attorney
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING
MINUTES
Council Chambers
Councilmember Dennis Robertson, Acting Council President,
called the Committee of The Whole Meeting to order and led the
audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.
JOE DUFFIE, JOAN HERNANDEZ, DENNIS ROBERTSON,
STEVE MULLET; PAM CARTER; JIM HAGGERTON.
It was the consensus of the Council to excused Council President
Allan Ekberg from tonight's meeting.
JOHN MCFARLAND, City Administrator; LINDA COHEN,. City
Attorney; LUCY LAUTERBACH, Council Analyst; STEVE
LANCASTER, DCD Director; JACK PACE, Senior Planner;
ANN SIEGENTHALER, Associate Planner.
Peter Thompson, 13450 51st Avenue South, commented that he's
concerned about the rezoning of the property located above the
Metro Park Ride on Interurban as Single Family Residence. He
said the property was annexed as Office and Multi- Residence
Zoning. He says his property abuts the Park Ride and he's never
going to use it for Single- Residence; and furthermore, no one will
ever buy it for that use. It needs to be developed either as Office or
as Medium Density Residential.
Councilmember Robertson informed Mr. Thompson that there will
be a public hearing on this issue next Monday night. He was
encouraged to attend so that his concerns might be addressed at
that time.
DCD Director Steve Lancaster introduced Bob Johns, Contract
Land Use Attorney, who then addressed the proposal regarding the
amendment process for the Comprehensive Plan. He said after he
had reviewed the draft proposal, he found it raised no legal issues
of concern. The changes that were made by the Council are within
the authority of the State's Growth Management Act.
Lancaster stated that his staff had met with Allan Ekberg today to
review previous Council decisions made on the Comprehensive
Land Use Map for accuracy.
Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes
October 30, 1995
Page 2
Develop. Regs Hwy. 99
Task Force Presentation
Discussion
REPORTS
ADJOURNMENT
10:00 p.m.
Dave Livermore, 13212 31st Avenue South; and Dwight McClain,
13015 38th Avenue South, both are members of the Highway 99
Task Force, addressed the priorities that should direct the
development strategy of this area: 1) Upgrade the safety and
security of the Highway 99 community; 2) Ensure the stability of
single family neighborhoods; and 3) Maintain a range of housing
opportunities as well as the City's current balance between housing
and commercial areas. There are several business owners on the
Task Force, and they are extremely concerned about what their
Non Conforming Use for business operations would mean in the
future. Other concerns are declining property values as a result of
rezoning. The Task Force feels that the Council has reached a
balance in land uses along the Highway. Neighborhood
Commercial areas with much more flexibility, however, is
supported by all the members of the Task Force.
Mayor Rants reported that the State is going to spend
approximately $700 thousand dollars in new signalization /new
channelization, etc. on the Safety Project on Hwy 99 for the 144th
intersection. However, they have discovered that the right -of -way
on the north side of 144th is not the same as the one on the south
side. Therefore, they need to purchase 10 ft. of right -of -way from
the owners of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). The owners of
KFC agreed to sell. In doing so, KFC would have to move their
sign. The City has an inflexible Code that says if the sign is
relocated on the property, it must then comply to the Tukwila Sign
Code. It will no longer be subject to the "grandfather clause."
This means several changes will have to be made to KFC's sign.
After learning of this, KFC decided against selling the right -of -way
to the State. The State's alternative then would be to condemn the
property. The State is not interested in doing that for a project of
this size The City Council has an option -they can (by majority
rule) make a determination by resolution to forgo the established
criteria for signs.
MOVED BY DUFFLE, SECONDED BY MULLET, TO
ADJOURN THE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED.
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Celia Square
Deputy City Clerk
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Acting Council President