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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-01-09 Committee of the Whole MinutesJanuary 9, 1978 8:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVAL OF MINUTES DISCUSSION Signalization at South 180th and Andover Park West Planning Commission Recommendation on Density: Schneider Apartment Site on 65th Avenue South TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING Tukwila City Hall M I N U T E S Council Chambers Council President Hill called the Tukwila City Council Committee of the Whole meeting to order at 8:05 P.M. BOHRER, HARRIS, HILL, JOHANSON, SAUL, TRAYNOR, VAN DUSEN. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 27, 1977, COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING BE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED. CARRIED. Mayor Bauch explained that all that is needed at this time is authorization for the Mayor to enter into a contract with Stevens, Thompson and Runyan, Inc. for design and preliminary engineering on the signal system at South 180th and Andover Park West. It was noted that this is the same firm that did the design on the last signal project. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY MRS. HARRIS, THAT THIS ITEM BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 16, 1978. MOTION CARRIED. Kjell Stoknes, OCD Director, explained that the City Council considered the waiver requested by Gerald Schneider to build an apartment complex on 65th Avenue South on November 21, 1977, at a regular meeting. The request was for a 48 -unit complex. At that time, a motion was made to refer this item back to the Planning Commission with the request that they recommend the density for this site. The Planning Commission considered this item on December 21, 1977, and recommended that the City Council allow a total of 36 units on the project site. This decision was based on two factors: 1) in consideration of the high density of the Maple Crest and Canyon Estates apartment complexes already established and 2) anything less would be an undue hardship to the subject site. Councilman Saul noted that the site was designated "medium- density residential" on the Plan Map and that staff recommended a maximum of 24 units. He asked for the Attorney's opinion on granting the 24 units. City Attorney Hard stated that if Council does this, they stand a chance of the action being challenged. Basically, the applicant feels he has vested rights. The Building Permit Application was submitted long before Ordinance No. 1035 was passed. They feel they are not regulated by Ordinance No. 1035 or No. 489. They also feel they can develop the land as the zoning now stands today regardless of what the Comprehensive Plan says. Their argument is that they need to put so many units on the property to justify the cost and we don't know the number. Councilman Harris asked Attorney Hard if he had any idea what the minimum number of units Council could get by with and win if it went to court. Attorney Hard stated that the attorney representing Schneider said 48 would be acceptable. He suggested meeting with their attorney and see if a number could be agreed upon. Councilman Traynor asked about the density of the Maple Crest and Canyon Estates and was told the units per gross acre (including the slope) for the Maple Crest is 18.8 while the Canyon Estates is 24.9. Councilman Bohrer stated that it is not the City Ordinances causing the problem it is the site that poses the problem. If either the Canyon Estates or Maple Crest were presented to Council at the present time, he doesn't believe this body would accept either one of them. He cannot see using them as a justification for building this one. This parcel of land is not unique in the City of Tukwila and Council doesn't want to set a precedence here by accepting this. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE f1EETING January 9, 1978 Page 2 Discussion Cont. Planning Commission Recommendation on Density: Schneider Apartment Site on 65th Avenue South Cont. ADJOURNMENT 8:55 p.m. ,()33 Councilman Bohrer explained that on November 21, 1977, Council denied the waiver and asked if that didn't discharge the Council's responsibilities? Attorney Hard suggested Council would be safer to consider it again and either grant or deny the waiver under Ordinance No. 1035. Council did send it to the Planning Commission for determination of density and it could be taken that Council meant to reconsider it again. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY VAN DUSEN, THAT THIS ITEM BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 16, 1978. Councilman Bohrer asked, to clarify, if it is the intent to reconsider the waiver that was requested with the new density recommendation? Attorney Hard stated yes. In November a motion was made to accept the waiver and it was denied. This left it at zero; it was not a denial. He recommended that Council schedule this for next Monday and notify the applicant. Then, make the decision that night. *MOTION CARRIED. Resolution transferring Mayor Bauch explained that this Resolution is the result of Community Dev. Block information received from the City Attorney that the City cannot Grant Monies for spend federal sharing money for undergrounding assistance. Underground Assist. This item was discussed at the Committee of the Whole Meeting of December 27, 1977. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 16, 1978. MOTION CARRIED. Dictating Machine Mayor Bauch asked for Council approval of the purchase of a recorder and transcriber for the Mayor's Office. Total cost will be $600. He explained that he had intended to ask for this at the time the full -time Mayor position was not approved. This will allow him to do some of his work at home. Council approved the purchase. Cable TV Rate Councilman Traynor noted that next Monday is the Public Hearing Increase on the rate increase for Cable TV. The basic rate increase was challenged by Seattle and King County in 1976. The Hearing Examiner determined that the 13.4 increase for TelePrompTer was fair and reasonable based on the other public utilities. Just after that they increased their rate 8.2. The rate increase they are asking for now is the 5.2 to make up the difference. Mr. Hurd, Office of Cable Communications, feels that, based on the Hearing Examiners findings, this is justified. Looks like this is cut and dried. If we don't want to go to court we will probably have to accept it. TelePrompTer has a total of 30,000 subscribers. When they sent the rate increase notice out they received only 72 calls and one disconnect. The Office of Cable Communication had five calls. The majority of the subscribers in Tukwila live in apartments. The rate increase amounts to 45¢ per subscriber per month. Fire Fighters' Councilman Traynor announced that he is going to replace Mrs. Pesicka Negotiations in the Fire Fighters' negotiations. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. Maxine Anderson, City Clerk