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City Council Community Development & Neighborhoods Committee
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
February 27, 2018 - 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall
Councilmembers: Kate Kruller, Chair, Kathy Hougardy, Zak Idan
Staff: Nora Gierloff, Rick Still, Robert Eaton, Carol Lumb, Andrea Cummins, Minnie
Dhaliwal, Laurel Humphrey (by phone)
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Kruller called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
I. BUSINESS AGENDA.
There was consensus to consider a request to apply for King County Conservation Futures Trust Tax
Levy grant funding as the first order of business.
A. Grant Application: King County Conservation Futures Trust Tax Levy (CFT)
Staff is seeking Committee approval to apply for CFT grant funding to purchase property on
South 116th Street along the Green River, due by March 5, 2018. The current property owner has
expressed enthusiastic interest in having his property help meet riverbank restoration needs
and provide recreational opportunities. The property is located in close proximity to City major
capital investments for habitat improvements and salmon restoration such as Codiga Park and
North Winds Weir. The CFT program would require a 50% local match, and staff intends to
pursue other funding sources to meet this. If unsuccessful, the CFT funding would be returned.
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.
B. Resolution: Foster Golf Bridge Naming
Staff is seeking Council approval of a resolution that would name a bridge at Foster Golf Links
the "Joe and Hazel Aliment Memorial Bridge" pursuant to a request by the Foster Golf Links
Men's and Women's Clubs. Joe Aliment worked at the course beginning in 1924 and
purchased it with his wife Hazel in 1951. The Aliments sold the course to the City of Tukwila
in 1978. The Park Commission unanimously approved the request in November 2017. If
approved by the Council, there will be a small expenditure associated with signage.
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO MARCH 26, 2018 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
C. Ordinance and Resolution: Foster Golf Links Green Fees
Staff is seeking Council approval of a resolution and an ordinance that would amend the
Green Fees at Foster Golf Links to maintain proper price points, stimulate growth, and work
toward revenue goals. The draft resolution would establish the new fees and the draft
ordinance makes housekeeping amendments to Tukwila Municipal Code Chapter 12.12,
"Foster Golf Links Fees." The fee increases are modest and in line with regional courses. If
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play in 2018 is equal to the past two years' average, the increase would yield approximately
$40,000 in revenue. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO MARCH 5, 2018 REGULAR
CONSENT AGENDA.
D. Tree Code Ordinances
Staff is seeking Council approval of ordinances to amend Tukwila Municipal Code Chapters 18.06
and 18.54 to implement new urban forestry Comprehensive Plan goals and policies and add
definitions that address modern urban forestry and landscaping terminology. This update has
been a lengthy and thorough process, beginning with a reconvening of the Tukwila Tree and
Environment Advisory Committee, which drafted regulations for Planning Commission review.
Community input was also sought and incorporated into the proposed ordinances. The
proposals primarily impact single family zones, as commercial zones were addressed by the
Landscaping Code update adopted in 2017. Currently there are no restrictions on the number of
trees that can be removed from a single-family home unless sensitive areas are present, but since
the Comprehensive Plan outlines goals for retainingthe City's tree canopy, these new regulations
would establish more restrictions. The City would require a permit for removing a tree within a
Critical Root Zone, pruning more than 20% of the existing crown of a Heritage Tree, removing a
tree over 8" in diameter, or removing more than the number of trees allotted in a 36 -month
period. Since the last Committee discussion, staff identified several additional changes and a
new recital as described in the February 21, 2018 memo. Committee members asked clarifying
questions and decided it is ready for Committee of the Whole deliberation. UNANIMOUS
APPROVAL. FORWARD TO MARCH 26, 2018 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
E. Foster High School Reader Board
The City Council received public comment at the February 5, 2018 Council meeting to consider
granting a variance for the Foster High School pole sign, which is non -conforming. In
residential zones the height limit for signs is 5 feet and the maximum area is 30 square feet
per face, and the Foster High sign is 14.5 feet tall and has a face of 36 square feet. To conform
to the sign code, the School District could lower the existing sign or install the reader panel on
the side of the building. The Sign Code Advisory Committee included representatives from
the City Council, the Planning Commission, and the residential and business community, and
disallowing pole signs was a key recommendation for the revised sign code in 2010. The
Foster High sign was in a 10 -year grace period but immediate compliance was triggered when
the Foster High remodel/expansion went through design review last summer. At that time,
the District asked for a sign variance but put the request on hold when informed that DCD
would not recommend approval on the grounds it would not meet the variance criteria in TMC
19.28.030. If the City Council were to amend the sign code the changes would need to apply
to all signs in residential zones. Chair Kruller mentioned that there is a limited number of
churches and schools who would take advantage of such a change. Because this was raised
at public comment at a Council meeting, Chair Kruller requested that staff put together a list
of policy options to be emailed to the full Council in case there is interest in pursuing anything
further. DISCUSSION ONLY.
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II. MISCELLANEOUS
As follow up to the February 13, 2018 Committee discussion on Parks fleet purchase, staff distributed
an updated memo that clarifies that the estimated resale value of the 21 -passenger bus to be
$10,625.
Adjourned 7:44 p.m.
7;/(2,/ Committee Chair Approval
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