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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-01-03 Regular MinutesJanuary 3, 1978 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL 7:00 P.M. REGULAR MEETING FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS OFFICIALS IN ATTENDANCE MINUTE APPROVAL VOUCHER APPROVAL CITIZEN'S COMMENTS OLD BUSINESS a. Discussion on the proposal to serve Tukwila residences with underground wiring by including 3 County houses in McMicken Hts. M I N U T E S a o 4 City Hall Council Chambers Mayor Bauch, presiding, led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the Regular Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order. LIONEL C. BOHRER, DWIGHT R. GARDNER, GEORGE D. HILL, Council President, PHYLLIS D. PESICKA, DANIEL J. SAUL, DWAYNE D. TRAYNOR, GARY L. VAN DUSEN. LAWRENCE HARD, Deputy City Attorney; JOHN MCFARLAND, Administrative Assistant; NORMA BOOHER, City Clerk Pro Tem. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 19, 1977 BE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED. Councilman Bohrer stated that the third paragraph from the bottom of page 3 does not properly reflect the statement that he made at that time. The statement that was made was that the applicant stated that the decision should be made based on the type of business proposed. He said the second sentence reflects the question that he asked the City Attorney. *MOTION CARRIED, AS AMENDED. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, THAT THE VOUCHERS BE ACCEPTED AND WARRANTS BE DRAWN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AMOUNT. CARRIED. Vouchers No. 4664 4742 Current Fund 4664 4726 $18,535.23 Street Fund 4727 4732 564.39 Fed. Shared Revenue 4733 340.48 Water Fund 4734 4738 7,138.74 Sewer Fund 4739 4742 1,468.05 $28,046.89 Mayor Bauch expressed a wish to everyone for a happy and prosperous New Year. Councilman Van Dusen requested the agenda be amended and Computer Systems be discussed as Item 6.b. under Old Business, rather than during the Executive Session. Councilman Saul said he had requested this discussion to take place as he had not been satisfied with the denial of underground power to five homes in McMicken Heights because it would be necessary to serve three lots on County property. Mrs. Saul, audience, said it was her under- standing the Council had denied undergrounding to five residences of Tukwila. She said even though they live on the edge of Tukwila, they are all citizens of Tukwila, they all pay their taxes here, and she would like the Council to reconsider. She said she understood the reason it was turned down was because it was going to benefit three people who live outside of Tukwila. She said she found that line of reasoning alarming; how about the police that patrol that street? She said she would appreciate the Council reconsidering the action they took at the last meeting. Councilman Pesicka said she wanted to add that one of the reasons some of the Council members may have felt they ought to turn this down was because one of the Council members lives on the street and they wanted to appear fair. She said she thought that should not be considered. She felt that if the City is going to spend money for recreation programs, senior citizen programs, etc., that not only help people who live in the City but encourages people who live in the County to par- ticipate, she cannot see why they should not spend $500 to $600 to aid five citizens when it also aids three or four other people. Council President Hill said he did not feel this was the reason the Council turned this down. At the present time the power line runs down the other side of the street. In front of his house and in front of some of the others he has noticed them putting the wires in. It may run down one side of the street now; when they put in the undergrounding TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING January 3, 1978 Page 2 OLD BUSINESS Contd. a. Discussion on the proposal to serve Tukwila residences with underground wiring by including 3 County houses in McMicken Hts. contd. b. Computer Services they put it down the other side of the street. It does not necessarily have to go where the poles are now. This is one thing the Council will have to wait until we get to that to see what Puget Power has in mind. He said he thought it would be a good idea to check with Dick Williams and have him contact Puget Power to see if they have laid it out yet because on 147th they have run it down the opposite side of the street. It may be up there if it is on one side and it is more economical and easier to put it in they may put it on the other side of the street. Councilman Saul said he had talked to Puget Power and they showed him what poles they were taking out. Councilman Traynor asked what difference it made if they put the power down the other side of the street, you still have to go to those other three houses. Council President Hill said if it is run down the other side of the street these people could still be connected overhead. Councilman Traynor said then it would be underground on one side and overhead on the other side. Council President Hill said if the people will look at the Council posi- tion on the senior citizen program, they have not tried to exclude any senior citizens who live outside the City. He said most of the Council intends to wait and see what happens when we get there. Councilman Bohrer said he was not so much concerned about the legality but about the City doing something to benefit three people outside of the City. He said he saw a great difference between the undergrounding and the recreation program or the senior citizen program. That is open to a great many people outside the City; whereas this would mean an expenditure of $500 per house outside of the City. Councilman Van Dusen said he would like to look into the possibility of bringing these people into the City or see if they would like to pay their share, then go ahead with it. He said he was against benefit- ing anyone outside the City directly. Mrs. Saul, audience, said these people outside the City do not want the benefits. She said they had gone to them and asked if they would participate in this so they could have undergrounding. She said the City was going to penalize five citizens rather than benefit three people who live outside the City. They did not have anything to do with drawing the lines and neither did the people who live up on that hill. Now they are put in a position to be annexed in order to get the benefits. Mayor Bauch said on the 27th of December he had written a letter to Dick Williams requesting information so he could go to these people and talk to them about annexation. He said he expected to appraoch each of these people and give them a reason as to why they should be annexed. Some parts of McMicken Heights are one year ahead of schedule with the undergrounding. We do have problems with 51st Street where the street is on the County line. We have problems on 53rd on this side of the freeway where the city limits are. When we come to the end of the undergrounding program we are going to have to face the problem Mrs. Saul has mentioned some of the people are being denied their rights. He said he would look into the problem and get a report back to the Council within two months. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED UNTIL THE REPORT IS RETURNED BY ADMINISTRATION. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Van Dusen said he, Councilman Traynor and Councilman Bohrer had contacted NCR, Honeywell, and IBM to discuss with them computer services for future use in the City. Honeywell had wanted the City to hire a consultant for $10,000. NCR and IBM were receptive. They said they would survey the City and make suggestions with respect to elec- tronic data processing equipment. Through the suggestion of Honeywell he said they contacted Compass Management Service which is a consultant firm. He said they also contacted the City of Port Angeles who is doing this data processing through the Compass Management group. Councilman Bohrer said one of the points made by Compass Management was the fact that their customers are only governmental agencies. They do not contract private industry. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING January 3, 1978 Page 3 OLD BUSINESS Contd. b. Computer Services contd. c. Council Salaries READING OF ORDINANCES Ord. relating to the position of Mayor Pro Tempore RESOLUTIONS Resolution 609 authorizing Mayor to negoiate execute a con- tract for land- scape architect for City Hall site .2o MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY PESICKA, THAT THE MAYOR BE DIRECTED TO WRITE A LETTER ASKING FOR AN ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING SURVEY BY IBM AND NCR. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Bohrer said with respect to Compass Management they have just done a survey for Port Angeles and much of the data they have developed would be valid for Tukwila. It had cost $2,000 per phase for five phases, but they indicated that since the City of Tukwila is much smaller and does not operate a public utility that the comparable ser- vice to Tukwila would be less expensive. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, THAT THE CITY ASK COMPASS MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR A QUOTATION ON ADVISING THE CITY ON COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR THE CITY OF TUKWILA SIMILAR TO THEIR PROPOSAL TO THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT ITEM 6.c., CITY COUNCIL SALARIES, BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME. MOTION CARRIED. Council President Hill said there are three Council members going off the Council at the old rate of $20 per meeting. The ordinance increa- sing the pay to $200 per month does not indicate how much is paid per meeting so there may be a problem in paying Councilman Pesicka and Gardner who will be replaced. Mayor Bauch said he recommended the matter be referred to the City Attorney for his opinion. Council President Hill said there are no provisions in the ordinance for prora- ting the Council salaries. Mr. Hard said he would look into the matter. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE MATTER OF COUNCIL SALARIES BE REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ. MOTION CARRIED. Deputy City Attorney Hard read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila relating to the position of Mayor Pro Tempore and amending Section III of Ordinance No. 1008. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY PESICKA, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED AS READ. Discussion took place as to wording that could be used to indicate at which regular meeting the election would take place to elect a Mayor Pro Tempore. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, TO AMEND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BY DELETING THE WORD "FIRST" IN THE FIRST LINE AND INSERT THE WORD "SECOND" SO THE FIRST LINE WOULD READ "AT THE SECOND REGULAR MEETING." MOTION CARRIED, WITH VAN DUSEN VOTING NO. Council President Hill stated he thought it would be better for a Mayor Pro Tempore to hold office for one year at a time because the person might find they could not devote the time necessary to the posi- tion for a two year period of time. Councilman Bohrer stated he felt it would be good experience for members of the Council to serve as Mayor Pro Tempore or Council President for one year at a time. At the end of a one year period of time, the Council could then elect that same person to another term of office if they desired. *MOTION CARRIED, AS AMENDED. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ, INSERTING THE NAME OF "JONGEJAN AND GERRARD AND ASSOCIATES" AS THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS FOR THE CITY HALL. MOTION CARRIED. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING January 3, 1978 Page 4 RESOLUTIONS Contd. Res. authorizing Mayor to neg. execute a con- tract for land- scape architect for City Hall Site contd. DEPARTMENT REPORTS a. Mayor's Report b. City Attorney Report EXECUTIVE SESSION Recess 8:17 8:24 P.M. 10:00 P.M. ADJOURNMENT 10:02 P.M. a s zy Deputy City Attorney Hard read the proposed resolution authorizing the Mayor to negotiate and execute a contract for a landscape architect for the City Hall site, inserting the name of Jongejan and Gerrard as the landscape architects. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY PESICKA, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED AS READ. Councilman Traynor said one thing that impressed him about Mr. Berger was the fact that he said City employees could do some of the land- scaping as it progressed. Mayor Bauch said this could be negotiated into the standard contract with Jongejan and Gerrard. Councilman Gardner said he liked Mr. Berger's plan for follow -up and a monthly schedule of things to be done. Council President Hill said he was sure that could also be negotiated into the contract. *MOTION CARRIED, WITH GARDNER AND VAN DUSEN VOTING NO. Mayor Bauch stated there would be a Special Meeting of the Council on January 9, 1978 at 7:00 P.M. for the purpose of seating the new members of the City Council. He said he would be bringing forth some special legislation so an interim person could be named to sign checks for the City until a Finance Director is hired. He said the Special Meeting could be adjourned and a Committee of the Whole Meeting could be held. Mayor Bauch said an offer of employment would be made for a Public Works Director and a Finance Director. If they accept, Mayor Bauch said he would ask for confirmation of the Council. Councilman Van Dusen suggested the Council have information on the proposed Public Works Director and Finance Director prior to the request for approval. Mayor Bauch said he would have both of them come to the Committee of the Whole Meeting so the Council could meet them. Deputy City Attorney Hard reported 1977 had ended with no new lawsuits. He stated the Kinney lawsuit had been decided; there was some activity by Benaroya about the sign code; and another lawsuit brought by Argonaut Insurance; the Esping lawsuit should be heard in February and a decision received in June or July. He said they are;;preparing for the lawsuit with Mr. Parker against the City and L.I.D. 25. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE COUNCIL RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES AND THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSAL BY JACK ANDERSON TO DEVELOP PROPERTY LOCATED AT 53RD AVENUE AND SOUTH 160TH STREET AND SUMMONS AGAINST THE CITY FILED BY ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY INVOLVING ANDOVER PARK WEST LIFT STATION PROJECT. CARRIED. The Council met in Executive Session. In addition to listed members of the Council, the Executive Session was attended by Mayor Bauch, Deputy City Attorney Hard, and Administrative Assistant McFarland. MOVED BY PESICKA, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY SAUL, SECONDED BY VAN DUSEN, THAT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. eActo Lg ,a4.te.1 Mayor Edges D. Bauch City Clerk Pro Tem Norma Booher