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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-02-12 Committee of the WholeROLL CALL SPECIAL PRESENTATION Southwest King Co. Chamber of Commerce Year End Report OFFICIALS CITIZEN'S COMMENTS COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING MINUTES TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL February 12, 1996 Tukwila City Hall 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers CALL TO ORDER Council President Pam Carter called the Committee of The Whole Meeting to order and lest the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. JOE DUFFIE; JOAN HERNANDEZ; PAM CARTER, Council President; ALLAN EKBERG; STEVE MULLET; PAM LINDER;_ JIM HAGGERTON. Carleigh Barnes, Outgoing Community Affairs Liaison, Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce, says she will be relocating to Detroit, Michigan in about two weeks to pursue personal endeavors. She introduced Nada Hughes, Immediate Past President; Loretta Payne, General Manager; and Kirstie Weaver who will be replacing Barnes as the Community Affairs Liaison for the Chamber. Barnes reviewed the Chamber's 1995 contract accomplishments and thanked the Council, Mayor and Staff for the support given to her, the business community and the Chamber in total. The Mayor, on behalf of the Council and Staff, responded that the leadership the Chamber has and continues to provide to the City of Tukwila has been exemplary. He wished Carleigh the best as she takes on new challenges. JOHN MCFARLAND, City Administrator; LINDA COHEN, City Attorney; LUCY LAUTERBACH, Council Analyst; STEVE LANCASTER, DCD Director; RON WALDNER, Police Chief; ROSS EARNST, Public Works Director; RON CAMERON, City Engineer; DOUG MICHEAU, Public Works Coordinator; DON WILLIAMS, Parks Recreation Director; MOIRA BRADSHAW, Associate Planner; DIANA PAINTER, Associate Planner; JANE CANTU, City Clerk. Anna Bernhard, 14241 59th Avenue South, expressed concerns about the beautification of the City resulting from discussions held during the Vision Tukwila meetings. She asked the Council if they would take a look at a piece of property located at 144th Street and Macadam Road to see if they would be interested in purchasing and /or beautifying it. Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes February 12, 1996 Page 2 Citizen's Comments (Copt' d) SPECIAL ISSUES Hwy 99 Revitalization Plan Recess 8:40 Property Mitigation Policies for public benefit develop. Dwight McLean, 13015 38th Avenue South, thanked the Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of the Hwy. 99 Action Committee, for the role that they played in supporting the efforts of small businesses here in the City of Tukwila, Moira Bradshaw introduced the Task Force's recommended criteria for success of the Highway 99 Revitalization Plan. She stated that the Task Force met on January 23, 1996 to discuss their work plan and to review a final draft of the Criteria for Success Table. Regarding their work plan, they made recommendations to the City Council as follows: 99 alignment/roadway configuration and streetscape; commercial development standards and design guidelines including signage; a final revitalization plan including study area streetscape concepts and prioritization of street capital improvements in the area. The Criteria for the Success Table originated from the Revitalization Plan kick -off meetings with businesses and community members in March and April of 1995. The Table's list of goals and objectives will guide the development of ideas and designs for the Revitalization Plan. The Task Force recommends this Table to the City Council for review and approval as part of the overall Revitalization Plan. Council President Carter called the meeting back to order at 8:45 p.m. Mayor Rants commented that Tukwila, like other jurisdictions, faces increasing economic competition. The driving force in this competition is the desire to increase revenues within the jurisdiction. Depending upon a city's specific circumstance, economic development efforts may also be initiated to direct the re- development or force desired growth patterns to reverse deterioration, crime, or improve the character of a neighborhood. He said to attract new revenue sources through development or to spur re- development in specific areas, cities are turning to various economic incentives. He said in 1994, the City's property tax collection decreased by approximately $800,000. This meant that we had to amend the budget by cutting out some key projects to balance it. We also had to reduce the 1995 budget by $350,000 in property tax income. Rants said in order to maintain a viable business district; in order to make a real change on Highway 99; to Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes February 12, 1996 Page 3 Property Mitigation Policies (Cont'd) provide incentives; to implement change; to provide a way to increase revenues; we are going to have to look very seriously as an administration and policy makers at how these objectives are going to be achieved. Alan Doerschel, Finance Director, introduced a draft resolution of economic development proposed public benefit policies as a framework for making decisions on how the City can create meaningful and stable revenue sources to the City. The policies will also act to spur vitally needed development in deteriorated areas of the City. Doerschel said he had talked with various key people from the administration, staff, council, state auditor, Association of Washington Cities, and from our bond council firm Foster and Pepper to gain input in developing these policies. Hugh Spitzer, Municipal Finance Lawyer, Foster and Pepper, commented that policies such as these need to be fairly general; they need to be useful not only with respect to a specific project, but something that the City can use over and over again when considering improvements that are going to help, not necessarily just one particular area or project, but any area that is being considered for improvement. It is also important to make sure that the policies are consistent with the Comp Plan. The Council discussed the Proposed Economic Development Public Benefit Policies at length and made revisions as necessary. It was the consensus of the Council accept the Proposed Economic Development Public Benefit Policies as a basis for making decisions on how the city can create meaningful and stable revenue sources for City support of infrastructure improvements. The Council agreed to have Doerschel draft, in final form, the proposed policies per Council's revisions, and forward to the next Regular Council under Old Business. The Council voted 6 -1 (with mullet voting no) to accept Option #1 as a basis for making a decision on the current proposal from McCleod Development Company's exhibition hall project. The total amount of additional budget required is $113,500. Expanded Interlocal Agrmt. Don Williams, Parks Recreation Director, explained that over w /South Cntrl. Sch. Dist. the past several months he has worked with Kevin Furer, South Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes February 12, 1996 Page 4 Interlocal Agrmt w /So. Cntrl. Sch. Dist. (Cont'd) REPORTS Central School District Business Manager; and respective attorneys, to draft a new Interlocal Agreement to more fully define priority use, cost sharing, liabilities, and the option to add "special agreements" to this updated legal agreement. An expanded Interlocal Agreement is necessary to allow the City to make capital improvements to school facilities for City and community use. It will also provide a method for the City and District to formalize who will schedule, use, and maintain each facility. After a brief discussion, it was the consensus of the Council to forward the expanded Interlocal Agreement with South Central School District to the next Regular Council for approval under Consent Agenda. Mayor Rants read a letter from Annette and Larry Gray, who live at the San Juan Apartments, commending the City for the quick response and excellent service they were provided as a result of a recent mud slide. He also read a letter from the Washington State Department of Transportation's Options for Passenger Rail and the Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor Report. The report states that WSDOT is preparing their EIS from Portland Oregon to Vancouver B.C. and is interested in developing strong partnerships with local communities along the rail. Those partnerships will be called cooperating agencies. A cooperating agency is an organization that has a vested interest in a project for which an EIS is prepared." Rants says unless he hears from councilmembers, he will pass this information on to Ross Earnst and his staff for further monitoring. Councilmember Hernandez reported that she had attended the Human Services Round Table meeting Thursday. She said it was a good meeting, but poorly attended due to inclement weather. Hernandez says she had to Chair the meeting because the current Chair will not be returning to this committee. Hernandez also reported that Western Washington Chapter of the PGA voted Marty O'Brien Merchandiser of the year for public facilities. His name will now be submitted to Northwest Section Competition for Northwest States. Council President Carter distributed copies of two letters: one from a citizen complimenting the Council on their stand against the Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes February 12, 1996 Page 5 Reports (Cont' d) noise at Boeing Field; the other from Greg Nickels stating that he had reviewed the record and found that the closure of the Park 'n Ride Lot was no fault of Tukwila. She says she will communicate this information to the Director of Transportation. The Council discussed and agreed to send Allan Ekberg to the National League of Cities Conference in Washington D.C. this year. ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY DUFFLE, SECONDED BY MULLET, TO 11:10 P.M.. ADJOURN TO THE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Pam Carter, Council President A Celia Square, Dep4Vy City Clerk