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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-03-24 Committee of the Whole MinutesMarch 24, 1980 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT APPROVAL OF MINUTES AUDIENCE COMMENTS Home Repairs for the elderly. Crestview Annexation vote failure. DISCUSSION Presentation by Entranco Engineers on Transportation Improvement Plan. M I N U T E S c 7�a TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL City Hall COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING Council Chambers Council President Saul called the Tukwila City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting to order. LIONEL C. BOHRER, J. REID JOHANSON, DORIS E. PHELPS, DANIEL J. SAUL, Council President. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING HELD MARCH 10, 1980 BE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED. Councilman Phelps requested a correction be made to the Minutes on Page 6, Standing Committee Reports, Finance and Personnel Committee, which should read: "The Finance and Personnel Committee will discuss green fees," rather than the "Interurban Corridor study" at their next meeting. *MOTION CARRIED, AS CORRECTED. P-larcelle Regel, 14201 56th Avenue South, Tukwila, stated she appreciated the repairs that have been made to her home. It is now safer and easier to heat. She said she reported cracks in the sidewalk and street to Mr. Fraser and they have been repaired. Council Bohrer expressed disappointment that the Crestview annexation vote had failed and the fact that the area is not going to be part of the City of Tukwila. He said Tukwila will still try to be a good neighbor. Mr. Dennis Neuzil, Entranco, presented the analysis of the comprehen- sive transportation study with a slide projector. He identified existing traffic deficiencies, what must be done to meet short range needs, and provided a program for accommodating longer range traffic and travel requirements. Council Members asked for explanations on various parts of the Transportation Improvement Plan. Councilman Bohrer said he had some criticism of the plan in that it was not broad enough. Of the 129 pages of the Plan, 122 of them deal with automobile traffic, 5 pages deal with transit, 1 with bike traffic, and one -half with pedestrian traffic. He said he thought there was little pedestrian traffic because there are no sidewalks. He thought the City needs to look at a broader plan. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING A TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE APRIL 7, 1980 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. Councilman Bohrer said he found it difficult to look at the plan and find out where sidewalks are planned. He asked when the priori- tizing would be done? Ted Uomoto, Public Works Director, said the priorities are listed in order in the six -year plan. Councilman Bohrer said he would like to propose an alternate course of action and that would be to create an ad hoc committee to develop an interim transportation plan that would deal with all of those alternate methods of transportation, not only streets and traffic improvements, but it should deal with sidewalks, bikeways, transit policy that deals with buses and rapid transit, people movers, skating, and it should deal with energy. He said he suggested the ad hoc committee be composed of Councilmen Phelps, Saul, Mayor Todd, Mr. Caughey, and himself. Mayor Todd said the City Council can adopt the 6 -year plan and wait for the sidewalk plan that is being prepared. It is not a grants eligible plan. One of the reasons for putting them in the order they are in is because there are grants available. The plan can be adopted and then changed at any time. The plan has to be adopted by April, 1980, and it has to be updated from time to time. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING March 24, 1980 Page 2 DISCUSSION Contd. Presentation by Entranco Engineers on Transportation Improvement Plan contd. Prop. Res. adopting rev. 6 -year Trans- portation Plan. Chartwell Dev. Co. Modification of Res. No. 656. *MOTION CARRIED. Mr. Mann, Entranco, said the funding agencies will look at the plan as an administrative tool. Signalization grants provide 100% financing for certain types of traffic signals, either onto or from State highways. Councilman Bohrer said the priorities he sees are not his priorities and he feels they are not the City's priorities. The ad hoc committee should be able to make some progress. He said he thought the prioritization should be done to the 1981 plan. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP AN INTERIM TRANSPORTATION PLAN WITH PRIORITIES AND IT BE COMPOSED OF MAYOR TODD, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HEAD OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, COUNCILMAN SAUL, COUNCILMAN PHELPS, AND COUNCILMAN BOHRER BE CHAIRMAN. MOTION CARRIED. Phil Fraser, Public Works Department, said the proposed resolution revises the previously adopted resolution. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING A REVISED SIX YEAR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH RCW 35.77 BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE APRIL 7, 1980 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Mark Caughey, Planning Department, said the developers of the Tukwila City Center Project to be located at the southwest corner of Strander Boulevard and Andover Park West have been informed that an action to rezone this site from C -M (light industrial) to C -P (Planned Business Center) is required to construct their project as currently proposed. Chartwell must now provide parking for approxi- mately 2,500 more vehicles, due to the higher floor area to spaces ratio of the C -P zone, or reduce the scope of their proposal. After analyzing their alternatives relative to the City's rezone requirements, Chartwell has indicated their wish to pursue approval of the project without reduction in scope and to seek C -P zoning approval. To accomplish these objectives, though, the developers wish to utilize some of the site surface now allocated for retention of the site's existing wetlands to contain the aforementioned additional parking. Thus, some of the existing standards in Resolution No. 656 would have to be modified or eliminated before additional filling of the existing wetlands can be proposed. The proposed resolution is Chartwell's proposed modification of Resolution No. 656. Mr.Kelth Cinnamon, Chartwell, said they are going to lose some acreage in order to increase the parking for the new zoning. Councilman Johanson said the City has always been interested in preserving the pond and keeping it as a wildlife habitat. Item 2 of the proposed resolution pretty well does away with the pond. He said the City has had a lot of representation from the people and they all wanted to keep the pond. If there is a change to be made he felt the people of the City should be in attendance to offer discussion. He said there are only four Council members present at this meeting. Councilman Bohrer asked if the only reason Chartwell is here asking for a change is due to the rezoning? Mr. Cinnamon said that was right, they would just like to proceed with the project as planned. He said they had gone along with the understanding of what could be done and now find they have to go in another direction. Councilman Bohrer said, in briefly reviewing the history, that the Council had received the original request dated December 15, 1978. Under date of January 4, 1979 there had been a memorandum to the mayor which stated a rezone to C -P would be required for the develop- ment contemplated by Chartwell. Mr. Cinnamon said they had been TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING March 24, 1980 Page 3 DISCUSSION Contd. Chartwell Dev. Co. Modification of Res. No. 656_ contd. oty notified that it would not be necessary to rezone. He said at the present time with the run -off from the streets and roads it has been found that oil and grease have collected in the pond making it unfit for anything except the breeding of mosquitos. In order to attract wildlife it is necessary to have clean water. Councilman Bohrer asked Mr. Cinnamon if they intend to have a pond. Mr. Cinnamon said the word "pond" is going to have to, he defined. When the Entranco Study has been implemented there will be a street on the southern boundary. Councilman Bohrer said he does not agree with everything that is in the Entranco Study and that point is one that he does not agree with. He said he understands it is a recommendation of the study and he is not in agreement with it. Mayor Todd said the Council approved a waiver and then the signals were changed when Planning said they could not build under that zoning, it would have to be changed. Mark Caughey, Planning Department, said correspondence indicates that in January 1979 it was tossed back and forth as to whether the property should be zoned C -P or C -M. Mr. Satterstrom, Planning, thought it should be zoned C -P and the rezone would be necessary. In September 1979 this was agreed upon. Mr. Stoknes, Community Develop- ment Director, reversed the decision and said the proposal was appro- priate on that zoning. Upon that decision Chartwell went forward with their plans. Mr. Stoknes resigned his position the end of January 1980 and Mr. Caughey said he tried to reconcile the two opinions. On February 14, 1980 he wrote to Mr. Chauncey, Chartwell, and told him that in his opinion the C -P zoning was the correct zoning for the Chartwell proposal. This change in zoning makes it necessary for Chartwell to provide 1500 to 2000 additional parking spaces. Councilman Phelps asked if the Planning staff has reviewed the draft? Mr. Caughey said the Planning staff helped draft the proposed resolution. He said their position is one of philosophy. He said he recommended that Resolution No. 656 be altered. Councilman Bohrer said his concern is that the City has been trying to keep the pond for at least six or seven years. Mayor Todd stated that Chartwell, thinking they did not need to rezone, had gone to the expense of having an EIS developed, which had cost about one quarter of a million dollars. City Attorney Larry Hard said he believed the process the Council is following is the proper one it is up to the City Council to consider the terms of the proposed resolution. Council President Saul said he had not considered the possibility of a five acre pond. Mayor Todd said when the decision was first made that they would have to rezone they had thought they would have to fill in the whole pond. Gary Huff, Attorney for Southcenter Shopping, said it was only for a short time Chartwell had thought it would not be necessary to rezone. Mayor Todd said the complete EIS was filed and finalized with the fill application in 1975 and it is still on file. The fill applica- tion was not approved by the Planning Commission and that decision was upheld by the Council. It goes with the City Light property. The original EIS is the property of City Light. There is a three million dollar suit pending on that action. Dave Glavin, Seattle Audubon Society, said Chartwell purchased the property knowing there were certain guidelines attached to the property. He asked that the Council consider the original intent of the City Council and not change the resolution. Councilman Bohrer asked what the construction value on the project would be? Mr. Cinnamon said it would be approximately one hundred sixty to one hundred seventy million dollars. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING March 24, 1980 Page 4 DISCUSSION Contd. Chartwell Dev. Co. Modification of Res. No. 656. contd. RECESS 8:07 8:20 P.M. E. F. McNamara ltr. re. construction of 33 condominium units at 53rd So. So. 158th. Fencing for TCC. Lighting for Tukwila Park. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 656 AND SPECIFYING GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THAT 38.9 ACRE PARCEL AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF STRANDER BOULEVARD AND ANDOVER PARK WEST COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE "CITY LIGHT" OR "TUKWILA CITY CENTER (CHARTWELL)" SITE BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING WHEN ALL SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE PRESENT. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. MOTION CARRIED. The Tukwila City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting was called back to order with Council Members present as previously listed. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY BOHRER, TO CONSIDER ITEM 13 AT THIS TIME. MOTION CARRIED. Larry Hard, City Attorney, said the subject property is presently zoned RMH and is shown on the Comprehensive Plan as single family zoning. Mr. Hard said it appears there are two decisions the Council can make. It is possible they could notify Mr. McNamara to submit another application and go through the process again or buy the property from the owner. If nothing is done it appears the owner will seek relief in the courts. Councilman Bohrer asked what the present appraised value would be. Mayor Todd replied the City would have to have it appraised. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE LETTER FROM EDWARD F. MCNAMARA CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF 33 CONDOMINIUM UNITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF 53RD AVENUE SOUTH AND SOUTH 158TH STREET BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE APRIL 7, 1980 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Johanson said the matter has come from the Public Works Committee. The Committee agreed they would like to put a fence around the Tukwila Community Center. The Committee would like a four foot cyclone fence. This would keep some of the people off the property at night. Don Williams, Recreation Supervisor, said the fence would be on the north and east sides of the property with a gate on the east side. The Bayley Company submitted the low bid of $2,000.70; the other bids were $2,271 and $2,333. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT A BUDGET TRANSFER MOTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF THE BAYLEY COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000.70 BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE APRIL 7, 1980 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Bohrer asked if the other sides of the site are protected by shrubs or banks? '1r. Williams said there is a retaining wall on one side and dense underbrush on the other. Councilman Johanson said the matter of lighting for Tukwila Park was discussed in the Public Works Committee. The Police Department feels the lighting should be adequate so they can patrol. He said they had obtained three bids in two parts. The first part of the bid would be the addition of one light to the westerly area of the park. The rest of the lighting system has deteriorated in the ground and has to be repaired. Renton Light offered a bid of $4,109 for the repair and $450 for the new light; Holmes Electric offered a bid of $1,780 for the repair and $1,110 for the new light; another bid was $3,534 for the repair and $800 for the new light. The recommendation from the Committee and Public Works Department was to accept the bid from Holmes Electric in the amount of $2,890. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT A BUDGET TRANSFER MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BID OF HOLMES ELECTRIC IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,890 FOR TUKWILA PARK LIGHTING BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE APRIL 7, 1980 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING March 24, 1980 Page 5 DISCUSSION Contd. Block Grant Coordinator's position, Budget Motion No. 80 -5. Prop. Ord. adopting the 1979 Uniform Bldg. Code w /amend. Prop. Res. allowing for participation of City w /solid waste management board of Puget Sound Council of Govts., in the preparation of an updated solid waste management plan for King County. Upgrade of Public Works Shop secretary. Reclassification of Administrative Assistant. d� 016 MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT ITEM 9 OF THE AGENDA BE CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME. MOTION CARRIED. John McFarland, Administrative Assistant, said the position of block grant coordinator is needed. It is possible the City is losing the opportunity to explore other grants. The position would not be limited to community block grants but would benefit all City grant requests. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT BUDGET FORMAL MOTION NUMBER 80 -5 IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,600 FOR A BLOCK GRANT COORDINATOR BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE APRIL 7, 1980 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Al Pieper, Building Official, said most of Ordinance No. 1092 has been worked into the Code. The Fire Department has said the City can adopt the 1979 ordinance without any reservations. Items No. 5 and 6 (Major Revisions) will be of great use. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 1979 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, WITH AMENDMENTS, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1012 AND ORDINANCE NO. 1092 BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE APRIL 7, 1980 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Phil Fraser, Public Works Department, said the proposed resolution would update the previous program. It will cost the City $108. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY BOHRER, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION ALLOWING FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA WITH THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF THE PUGET SOUND COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, IN THE PREPARATION OF AN UPDATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR KING COUNTY BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE APRIL 7, 1980 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. John McFarland, Administrative Assistant, said he would like to see the position upgraded. An employee began working this date as Public Works Field Secretary. He proposed the matter of upgrading be tabled until such time as the Public Works Director has time to analyze the job and the applicant has the time to learn the job. He said the applicant is working under the previous job description. Councilman Phelps asked who is doing the work that will be added to her job? Mr. McFarland said the Public Works Secretary is doing the work at the present time. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT CONSIDERATION OF THE UPGRADE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SHOP SECRETARY BE PLACED BACK IN THE FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Phelps, Chairman of the Finance and Personnel Committee, said this is the first job description that has existed for an administrative assistant. With respect to the position specifications, the education requirement was discussed. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE LAST LINE OF ITEM 1, EDUCATION, OF THE POSTION SPECIFICATIONS, SHOULD READ: "AND A GRANDUATE DEGREE IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OR FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THESE FIELDS." MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY BOHRER, THAT THE MAYOR PRESENT A BUDGET MOTION FOR SALARY ADJUSTMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND IT BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE APRIL 7, 1980 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY BOHRER, TO AMEND THE MOTION, SO ITEM 5, LINE 2, OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION DESCRIPTION READS: "POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WITHIN THE GUIDELINES SET BY MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, PROVIDES FOR EMPLOYEE PLACEMENT THROUGH." MOTION CARRIED. *MOTION CARRIED, AS AMENDED. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING March 24, 1980 Page 6 DISCUSSION Contd. Formal Motion re Procedures for presenting items at City Council Meetings. Prop. Ord. relating to Exec. Sessions amending Ord. #1008, Sec. 1. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS OTHER Council Synopsis ADJOURNMENT 11:01 P.M. Councilman Bohrer said he had prepared the motion so information at meetings could be better presented. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT A FORMAL MOTION REGARDING PROCEDURES FOR PRESENTING ITEMS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE APRIL 7, 1980 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE RELATING TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1008 BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE APRIL 7, 1980 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Finance Personnel The Finance and Personnel Committee reported that green fees at Committee the Golf Course will be discussed on April 3, 1980. John McFarland, Administrative Assistant, said a Council synopsis form would be presented on all agenda items and will be kept in the City Council files, so Council members will know the status of all items. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY BOHRER, THAT THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. Norrlt Booher, Recordi, Secretary i c Daniel J. Saul, Ci y ¢oun°ctT President it