HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-03-11 Committee of the Whole MinutesMarch 11, 1996
7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Update on Teen Program.
OFFICIALS
CITIZEN'S COMMENTS
SPECIAL ISSUES
A resolution setting a process
and plan for revitalization
TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING
MINUTES
None.
Tukwila City Hall
Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER Council President Pam Carter called the Committee of The Whole
Meeting to order and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.
JOE DUFFLE; JOAN HERNANDEZ; PAM CARTER, Council
President; ALLAN EKBERG; STEVE MULLET; PAM LINDER;
JIM HAGGERTON.
Debbie Mothershead, Youth Recreation Coordinator, updated the
Council on the various activities and programs that have been held
to address and promote teen issues. She stated that she had been
encouraged by the positive interest teens had shown in promoting
such programs as the After -hours Program for Showalter Middle
School students, which included floor hockey, cooking, movies,
basketball, bowling and Nintendo. Attendance for After -hours
during January February and March was approximately 518 teens.
The teens participated in many other programs and activities,
which proved to have been very successful in providing a safe
place for teens ages 12 19 to recreate. Mothershead thanked the
City Council, Administration, Staff, and especially the Police
Department for their support.
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.
Councilmember Mullet explained that the Community Affairs and
Parks Committee had discussed whether a revitalization policy that
had been introduced and debated but not passed in 1995 was still
relevant in 1996. The Committee agreed it was still relevant and
valid, and that there are still unfulfilled needs in neighborhoods.
The resolution addresses the need to establish a plan that would
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March 11, 1996
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Resolution setting process
for residential revitalization
(Cont' d)
Response from citizen
Discussion of Metro/RTA
issues
include strengths and deficiencies of neighborhoods, short and long
range plans, and financing to help deal with solutions.
Dwight McLean, 13015 38th Avenue South, asked the Council to
consider the impact of putting a divider in the highway will have
on businesses as they plan for revitalization.
After a brief discussion and minor amendments, The Council
agreed that the resolution setting a process and plan for residential
revitalization should be forwarded to the next Regular Meeting for
approval under Old Business.
Council President Carter commented that she and Ross Earnst,
Public Works Director, had attended the March 7th meeting of the
County Council's Transportation Committee. As the Tukwila Park
Ride Lot was discussed, Council members were very attentive
and asked some very good questions. Carter said Linda Smith,
Metro's Supervisor for Capital Planning, reported that the Crostick
lot was reopened as of yesterday, March 6. The property is being
rented for six (6) months at a rate of $1,000 per month for the 40-
stall lot. The property has been recently sold so this is only a
temporary solution. They are continuing to investigate other
possibilities for a "medium- term" solution when the lease expires.
It is possible that they may be able to reroute Metro route 941 to
serve parking at a lot at Associated Grocers. They will also be
encouraging carpools and vanpools using our Park Ride lot as a
rendezvous to use alternate sites such as the Church by the Side of
the Road lot. Carter said she and Mayor Rants will be meeting
with Vance next Thursday, March 14.
Carter requested that DCD provide zoning clarification in the
City's Zoning Code on Park Ride Lots because on the small
zoning map, the lot is now zoned Regional Commercial Mixed
Use; public parking lots and garages are permitted uses in that
zone.
Carter said she will be attending the South King County Area
Transportation Board (SKATBd) meeting tomorrow morning.
SKATBd has come up with guidelines (they adopted last
September) to support commuter rail that serves the South County
area. They support the concept of a regional bus system and
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March 11, 1996
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Discussion of Metro/RTA
issues (Cont' d)
Discussion of agenda items
for joint mtg. w /So. Central
School Board
REPORTS
enhanced local bus service. They want equal emphasis on
east/west as well as north /south service. Carter distributed RTA
handouts, some of which will be discussed at tomorrow's SKATBd
meeting.
The Council discussed agenda items for an upcoming joint meeting
with South Central School Board. Some of the issues suggested
for discussion were: Future Use of Foster Library Facility; Future
Use of Southgate School; and General Safety of Students Inside
and Outside of the School Grounds and the Residential
Neighborhoods.
Mayor Rants announced that the King County Open Space public
meeting will be held Monday, April 1, at the Renton Community
Center.
Councilmember Duffie reported that he has been requested by
Foster Library personnel that he discuss the need for the presence
of an undercover police officer at the library. He says "wannabe"
gang members are beginning to use that area to hang out.
Councilmember Hernandez reported that she had attended the
Chamber of Commerce Luncheon/Workshop last week along with
Councilmembers Carter and Linder. The agenda included some
very interesting RTA issues.
ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY MULLET, TO
9:50 P.M. ADJOURN THE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED.
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Pam Carter, Council President
Celia Square, Deputy City Clerk