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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-05-11 Committee of the Whole MinutesMay 11, 1982 7:00 P.M. FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORTS City Council Presentation by Representative of Metro. CITIZEN COMMENTS 56th Ave. Bridge. PUBLIC HEARING Prop. revision to Sign Code (Draft 4). TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING M I N U T E S City Hall Council Chambers MOVED BY BAUCH, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT COUNCILMAN VAN DUSEN ACT AS CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING IN THE ABSENCE OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT BOHRER. MOTION CARRIED. Chairman Van Dusen led the audience and City Council in the Pledge of Allegiance and called the Committee of the Whole meeting to order. EDGAR D. BAUCH, JOE H. DUFFIE, DORIS PHELPS, GARY L. VAN DUSEN (Chairman). Councilman Duffie reported receiving citizen complaints regarding lack of police patrol on trails and in parks. Chairman Van Dusen said this matter would be reported to Don Williams, Director of Parks and Recreation, and to Police Chief Lowery. Mr. Gary Isaac, Superintendent of Operations, reviewed Metro's water quality budget. He outlined steps that have been taken by Metro in its efforts to meet the future water quality needs of the region. He outlined plans for rate increase and implementation of 201 program. Mrs. William Baker, 13039 56th Avenue South, said it has been two years since the collapse of the bridge. She had been told by King County Council office that money could be available in 1981 -82 but it was not available. Now it appears to be 1983. A meeting is proposed to be held in October. The Mayor took action and arranged a meeting with King County President. Several incidents have happened recently that could have isolated the people at Foster Point. Mayor Todd responded and said he was told he would have a response from King County Council by May 7, nothing has been received to date. Chairman Van Dusen opened the Public Hearing at 7:35 p.m. Chairman Van Dusen reported two letters (Nordstrom Stores, signed by John N. Nordstrom, and one from Tri -Land, signed by Jack Link, President) had been received regarding the sign code and they should be entered in the records of the meeting. Robert Sheehan, Chairman of the Board of Farwest Paint Manufacturing Company, 4522 South 133rd, and owner of the building where they are located said there was an ordinance passed some time ago after the sign on their roof was erected. The sign is important and it is their claim it is not subject to the ordinance. The value of the sign to them financially is about $1,000 to $1,500 per month. The life of the sign remaining should be about 25 years. He has written to City officials over the past years advising them of their position. Their attorney has been contacted and it is their intent, if they are required to take down the sign, to file a suit against the City in the amount of $450,000 for economic loss. Roger Ahroon, Grubb and Ellis Real Estate, said in his discussions with the City he has determined that someone in the Council might be regulating the type of signs to be put up on a temporary basis. He recommended that the Building Official should continue administering signs on a temporary basis because real estate brokers sometimes need to act quickly in order to get proper exposure to properties in the Tukwila area. They would like to have a fluid situation as far as temporary signs are concerned. It is a hardship, as one watches costs, to have to pay for a sign permit. As he understands it the City would consider allowing signs of 16 square feet to be permitted without a permit payment. He approved of that condition and felt it would be good for the brokerage community and he would like to see that enacted. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING May 11, 1982 Page 2 PUBLIC HEARING Contd. 3 Prop. revision to Anthony Fell, owner of Fell and Company, 360 Upland Drive, Tukwila, Sign Code (Draft 4) said he is an independent retailer and signs are important to him. contd. If he does not have a sign designating his location no one can find him. If no one can find him he is out of business and cannot pay taxes to the City. Some things in the sign code are detrimental to him, such as off premise signs. He is in a warehouse type of environment called a factory outlet of center. In these economic times people are looking to purchase merchandise at a very low cost. Tukwila is half industrial park. People are taking industrial parks and turning them into retail outlets. More and more warehouses have been turning into sales type outlets. This is retailing of the future. There should be some ordinance involved in industrial outlet signs. It should address itself to some sort of week -end sign variance allowing small signs such as he has so the public can find the location of the outlets. Another part of the sign code to be revised is the enforce- ment procedures. Another thing is the enforcing authority section. There should be some kind of a written warning given before a citation is given. The sign code basically is hard to enforce, especially in maintaining the off premise signs. There are auctions on week ends, there are special sales around Christmas time, there is nothing addressed to this type of signing. It is important for the retail environment. Real estate has been given the liberty to put signs out, but you have not given retailers this privilege. Retailers pay taxes on sales, real estate business does not. In his outlet store business has increased 63% over last year. This new concept has to be addressed. He felt "A- Frame" signs should be allowed in small spaces. The main objection by sign people is that it is dangerous. If the wind blows and it tips it goes to the ground. It does not go anywhere else. It is a safe sign and can stay in a permanent place; it does not get blown elsewhere. Celia Anderson, representing Business Advertising Council of Washington, 2600 Fairview East, No. 11, Seattle, 98102, which is the statewide association of on- premise sign companies and sign -using businesses, said she has been working with sign ordinances with various cities and counties for approximately 7 years. She has learned to dissect an ordinance and tell where its faults are going to lie. When she talks to a planner enforcing a sign ordinance she finds that is exactly what they are having problems with. In this ordinance the revisions are much needed, many of them are desirable. There needs to be more revisions and there are some revisions that are undesirable and will cause hardship on the business community, more hardship on the enforce- ment, and you could find the City in court unable to defend their sign ordinance because of the way it is written. In the Purpose Section a Scope Section is needed. What does this code not intend to do? Is a Coke machine a sign? Is a telephone booth a sign? Is a Goodwill container a sign? Is a headstone on a grave a sign? These things should be put in the very beginning in a Scope Section. The Scope Section can cover a lot of the hardship problems where you have to say, "But we do not mean this." The Definition Section needs a few more definitions. Terms are used in the code that are not defined in the Definitions Section and she wondered what they meant. She felt that would come up as a legal question. In the definition of Animated Signs do you mean changing message centers, time and temperature signs, public service signs. There is not an answer throughout the code. She recommended exempting changing message centers from Animated Signs. The area and background of a sign needs a better definition on how a sig area would be measured. The sign area can be used by defining it in an appropriate way. That section can be used to get some of the more desirable signs by measuring individual letters on a wall. As long as there is no change in coloring in the background to frame a sign and it is individual letters, why should those letters be squeezed together so they fit within the restrictions of the sign ordinance rather than spaced in an artistic pattern across the wall of the building? TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING May 11, 1982 Page 3 PUBLIC HEARING Contd. Prop. revision to If you measure by geometric form all around the sign the letters Sign Code (Draft #4) have to be squeezed in. If you measure each letter and total them contd. the sign can be a little larger but it is also a less obtrusive sign. You are encouraging the use of letters in that way. The definition of billboard includes flyers, advertising brochures, anything that you send out is a communication device for the purpose of advertising. It is much too braod. It is virtually the same thing as an off premise sign so you can define one or the other. She recommended going with an off premise sign, but also defining off premise directional signage so the ability is left for the small businesses in an adverse location to have the ability to come in for a special use permit. You can do that without dealing at all with other intentions that you have for off premise signs. The freeway interchange sign section is new and it would give special allowance for freeway interchange businesses indicating eating, lodging, and service station facilities. Definitely the shopping center signs should be included there. It is a freeway oriented poll, a lot of people come to Tukwila because of South center. Give the shopping center the ability to attract from the freeway the way the shopping center sign does now. It is of benefit to Tukwila and is of benefit to freeway consumers. The internal information sign leaves questions as to what is intended. Do they mean restrooms? Men? Women? Telephone? There went the four signs you are allowed. Do you mean restaurant versus cocktails, different entrances into a restaurant and the name above. If you do not mean that they cannot use the sign because they only get one sign to give the name of the restaurant and they cannot use the directional sign. What about an Ernst Hardware Store versus Ernst Malmo and the Lumber Store? There are usually three different portions to that business and each has to be identified. Internal information signs were not intended to include that, but she said she could argue they were intended to include it if she wanted to use the signs. That should be clarified. Under Portable Signs an exemption is given to signs that are permanently affixed to motor vehicles. She would add the language, "operating in normal course of business." We find people trying to get around a sign ordinance by that means. There is another section in the code that attempts to deal with that but they include all of the used cars on a used car lot by trying to do it the way they are doing it. We have a sheer directional sign which gives the ability for off premise directional signage for business in town. It is a great idea, but the City should also have the same ability for an individual business as explained earlier. Definition of Signs needs to be changed because everything has been included. The sign code should relate only to those signs viewable or visible from the traveled portion or public areas. You do not care about signs that are within a building that people cannot see from a public view, also within the lot if they are not seen from the public right -of -way. If you include that language, using letters and symbols in the language of the definition of your sign then you avoid the problem of a girl in a mini skirt being identified as a sign. She could be. Merchandise is included as a sign. That means used cars are a sign. Lawnmowers are a sign. You have a problem trying to get it all in the sign defintion. She said she would like to see the City define real estate and real estate directional signs separately and conflicting language problems could be avoided. Under traffic signs, Page 5 of the Code, it should deal with official traffic signs because trailer signs could be made with an arrow pointing to the business which would say traffic was being guided and it could be called a traffic sign and would be outside the Code. You do not want to leave those loopholes. You do not want to overrestrict business or cause them to come in with the undesirable things because they were overly restricted. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING May 11, 1982 Page 4 PUBLIC HEARING Contd. Prop. revision to The unique sign section needs clarification. It says a unique Sign Code (Draft #4) sign means a building or other structure of unique design and contd. exterior decor. Churches are generally of a unique design. They are prohibited. A car in a car lot because it says "statues, parts of an anatomy, airplanes, cars, boats, carriages," they are all unique signs and are prohibited. They cannot be in the City if they are there for the purpose of sale which means they are being advertised. There is an english problem under the application procedures on Permits. The Planning Director is called "it." Section Exceptions for Permits Not Required /conflicts with real estate signs and temporary signs whether or not they need a permit. When they need a permit it is conflicting in many places. Changing of advertising copy or message on a painted or printed sign many sign faces are readily repainted and changed. There could be a real battle over what is meant. In (N) of this section there is new language. In window signs, there is talk about the temporary nature and you can have 25% of the window for a temporary nature. What they intended to do there is give people the ability to display their specials for the week. They say signs in the window that are utilized for more than 30 days become permanent signs and need permits. That would conflict with Section (E) when you talk about whether or not credit cards are available there. Those are generally attached to the window. These should be the public need signs restrooms, etc. If it is a matter of public con- venience and does not advertise the business just leave it out- side the Code. The Variance Section has good changes in it. The language is good. Chapter 19.16, glare prevention is talked about. This gets into undefined words as to what is glare. It needs to be worked on. The internal information sign needs to be reworded. It refers to signs of identical size. If they are not of identical size is a permit necessary? There is a change in the setback requirements for free standing signs. Free standing signs which exceed 3 ft. in overall height above the average grade shall be set back at least 40 ft. It used to be 10 ft. This is extreme. You could say they should not block vision. Temporary Signs needs to be reviewed. Real Estate provisions should be taken out of there. It is not clear whether or not a permit is needed for temporary signs. If it is renewed three times is it a permanent sign? How is the real estate sign moved after that? Real estate directional signs the open house type sign should not be allowed to be displayed unless the property is actually open for viewing. Abuse could take place given the restriction of two signs per intersection and then allowing them to leave them there for 120 days. If you do not want your competitor to advertise his open house you could leave your signs there. Under prohibited signs, changing message signs should be exempt. They can be identified by naming them. Permanent off premise signs except directional signs of a design and in locations close to the premises what does close to the premises mean? More exact language is needed. Portable signs not permanently mounted permanently mounted on what a trailer? Does that mean trailer signs are allowed? Trailer signs should be defined and prohibited. We have signs painted or mounted on stationary motor vehicle trailers and related devices in order to circumvent the intent of this Code. You would have to prove by intent to try to circumvent the Code if one of these is used. It would be better to just say trailer signs are prohibited. Signs on vehicles are allowed if they are used in the TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING May 11, 1982 Page 5 PUBLIC HEARING Contd. Prop. revision to Sign Code (Draft #4) contd. normal course of business. They cannot put on a sign and leave it there as a sign in the normal course of business. In the nonconforming section there appears to be some problems. If there is a change in the use of the land or the building or tenant space within a building the sign becomes nonconforming. If we have a sign with a readily changeable repaintable face and the use is changed from "Paul's Grocery" to "Sally's Deli" why can't Paul sell Sally his sign and let her change it? Why should it become nonconforming. That is as bad as the amortiza- tion part. Section (B) should be taken out. The nonconforming section is a problem. Most cities feel what is the good of passing a sign ordinance if you are stuck with all of the existing bad signs. Most of the bad signs, if you go through and identify them, are problems of upkeep, problems with security of the facings, that you already have the ability to enforce through your building code. Studies on this have been conducted in other cities. It has been found if a business cannot get a new sign permit if they have any nonconforming signs, it has done away with the tendency of a business to add a sign to an existing bad sign. In the land use categories we have planned business centers there is a term in there and it was there before it is said under General Regulations, 19.32.020, Shared Directional Signs shall be appropriate for the specific area in which it is to be placed and shall not exceed 5 to 10 ft. in height. Why not just say 10 ft. Five to ten ft. leaves 5 choices. There is the same problem with 5 to 10 ft. in width. Section 19.32.050 talks about exposed neon tubing. It is one of the most artistic and aesthetically pleasing ways to adver- tise. Neon tubing is used in living rooms for art forms. While you would allow a back lighted plastic sign, you restrict neon tubing. It is an energy efficient use of signage, less bright, and some of the best effective signage that has won awards has been done with neon tubing. It used to be unsightly as the neon would leak out or a portion of the sign would be unlit and it would stay that way. This is now an obsolete problem. There is a term using average grade. That should be defined. The sign height defines what grade is to be used in the Definition Section. This should comply. There is new language in the term of the code that may be a problem. It is all signs in this subsection shall be approved by the Planning Commission. What is a subsection? If it is just that (B) relates to churches, schools, and public facilities, it is unknown why they would want to approve them and on what basis they are going to use them because they are already restricted as to what size they can be, etc. If all signs are going before the Planning Commission that will be a problem, because the City will have sign permits backlogged forever. This is a question of how far this is to go and for what purpose. In many sections hospitals are included. It means they get one sign for each street frontage. They will be in for a variance. They need more than one sign. Emergency area has to be defined, they have to be readily identifiable and they need correct signage more than a business does. Hospitals should be left out of all of these provisions which would eliminate a single sign or have to go before the Planning Commission. Their signage requires different perspective and a different need. Under 19.32.120 (D) it says: "All freestanding signs must be approved by the Planning Commission." These are signs that will abut or face single family zones. This conflicts with Section 1.9.32.060 which says there cannot be any free standing signs. We have to go one way or the other. The new code needs to be reviewed and problem areas worked over. She volunteered her assistance in helping the City. It needs to be reviewed with the people who work with it. o TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING May 11, 1982 Page 6 PUBLIC HEARING Contd. Prop. rev. to Sign Ron Mikulski, Tukwila /Sea -Tac Chamber of Commerce, said they Code (Draft 4) contd. believe the purpose of a sign codeshould be to allow Tukwila businesses to properly advertise themselves and the business they represent. Allowable signing should help their customers and the traveling public to easily identify a type of business, find the location, and aid in entering or exiting the facility. In respect to internal information signs, he believe a business should be able to put their name or logo on the signs. It seems unrealistic that you put "entrance" or "exit" but not name the business you are trying to identify. Free standing signs, he said, have been mentioned regarding the setback requirements. In setting back a sign equal to its height, that could be quite a distance back where the sign has no useful purpose. There should be some allowance if a piece of property, for instance, does not allow the sign to be set back to the back of the property but needs to be a bit closer to the front of the street and some allowance should be made through a hearing or the Planning Commission. You are being unfair when you ask a building to put up a free standing sign that is no taller than its building. Again, looking at Wendy's, or other similar buildings where you talk about a sign only as tall as the building yet other competing establishments have the ability to have a taller sign because they happen to have a taller building. You need to be fair. In multi- tenant office buildings, the sign committee voted that a building with no common entrance should permit every business in the building to have a sign. He referred to the building he is in. They are not trying to add clutter but they would like to have a sign on their building. He presented a drawing to the Council showing how attractive it would look. It is not a problem the City will have to worry about with a building of more than two stories. It is important that any business have the ability to have a proper sign. With reference to animated message signs, they are not offensive. The City has to decide with reference to billboards. They have to decide whether or not they are going to allow them. If allowed, they must be regulated. It should be determined how many there will be and where they can be put. Councilman Bauch said if signs are so important in locating a business within a community, why do the same businesses say they are in the City of Seattle? Mr. Mikulski said the Chamber of Commerce has fostered an identity program. Tukwila is positioned as the crossroads of commerce in the Northwest. It is taking effect. People are becoming aware of Tukwila. Dick Eichler, Executive Vice President of Southcenter Shopping Corporation, said they are changing their advertsing to say they are one mile north of Parkway Plaza. Norm Seethoff of their staff has been on the Sign Revision Technical Committee. Signs have been regulated in Southcenter from its beginning. He said he had a couple of problems with the code as proposed. One deals with the large tenants. At present there are three or four signs on the three or four elevations of the major units. Most people approaching a project the size of Southcenter and from a distance on a perimeter street usually try to identify a major unit. If the signs are restricted to two elevations, people will be unable to readily find the major units. The elevations of the buildings are large blank walls. The architec- tural treatment is not extensive and signs serve an architectural purpose. It breaks up large flat surfaces. He has not received a complaint about the large number of signs or their aesthetic quality. He would like the section reviewed and maintain at least three signs on the major units. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING May 11, 1982 Page 7 PUBLIC HEARING Contd. Prop. rev. to Sign Code (Draft 4) contd. RECESS 8:55 9:05 P.M. Prop. Ord. amending Ord. #1203 estab. green ees for Foster Munic. Golf Links. 3C 7/ In the matter of billboards, if the City eliminates billboards they should be eliminated outright. To write the Code so as to not allow billboard people to actually display their advertising because the sizing eliminates their ability is not a forthright way to approach it. He wished to continue to work with Council. Steve Hanson, Director of Community Relations, Ackerley Communications, said he presented his case at the previous meeting. At the previous meeting a comment was made that the Sign Committee and Planning Commission addressed all of the information he presented and reached a consensus of those groups. Not all of the information they are dealing with was available to them. He would also like to say he would hesitate to call it a clear consensus. There were at least two voices on the Sign Committee who were opposed to limiting billboards to 100 sq. ft. as well as to limit them to M -1 zoning. At the Planning Commission there was a motion made and seconded, and he knew of at least one person on the Commission who was willing to vote in that direction so that made 3 out of 7 who were willing to go with 300 sq. ft. There was a division between the groups as to what it should be. It has been left to the elected officials. The staff has recommened that there be no prohibition of billboards in the City. It is based on sound research. To ask them to operate with 100 sq. ft. signage asks them to break with codes they have had for over 50 years. Basically, the decision is to have or not to have. He would recommend that the City He said they did not want to interfere with the residential area. It would make for a wider range of choice for those who want to advertise in Tukwila. The market place can be narrowed to just Tukwila with billboard advertising. It would serve community interests. He recommended the City adopt his proposal as an amendment to the sign code. Councilman Phelps asked Mr. Hanson if he would be willing to remove the two signs on Interurban Avenue if billboards were allowed on the two ends of Interurban? Mr. Hanson said they would be willing to work with Council on this. They would be willing to relocate if they had a place to relocate. The M -2 zoning restriction put them in the corner as it would not satisfy their needs. They would like to relocate so they can get cross traffic exposure. Cris Crumbaugh, Segale Company, said in regard to shopping centers and putting more signs on the faces of buildings or retaining the signs they have, he would support that. Southcenter and Parkway Plaza have contributed much to the City in way of retail sales tax. Both centers have been responsible in how they have presented signs. Signs can benefit or be a burden. It is good to listen to the businesses and help facilitate the centers and keep them vital. CHAIRMAN VAN DUSEN DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AT 8:45 P.M. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING STAFF TO REVIEW THE COMMENTS MADE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COME FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED, WITH BAUCH VOTING NO. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE NONCONFORMING SECTION OF THE PRESENT SIGN CODE BE EXTENDED FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS. MOTION CARRIED, WITH BAUCH VOTING NO. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. MOTION CARRIED. Chairman Van Dusen called the Committee of the Whole Meeting back to order, with Council Members present as previously listed. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE MAY 18, 1982 REGULAR MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING May 11, 1982 Page 8 DISCUSSION Contd. Prop. Ord. repealing Sec. 2 of Ord. #1152 to increase Bldg. Permit Fees. Appointment to Pos. #2 on Planning Commission. Prop. Ord. fixing amt., form, date, interest rate, maturity denom. of LID #30 Bonds directing the issuance sale thereof to Foster Marshall, Inc. Prop. Ord. relating to Local Improvement Spec. Assessment amending Ord. #322. 6 -Year Comprehensive Street Plan. Funding for Grady Way Bridge Replacement. Accept Funds Conditions from King Co. Forward Thrust for neighborhood park. Green River Watershed Project. Signs in McMicken Heights. ADJOURNMENT 10:15 P.M. Brad Collins, Director of Planning, said Ordinance No. 1152 adopted the 1979 edition of the Uniform Building Code, but left fee schedule as shown in the 1976 edition. This ordinance repeals Section 2 to reflect the 1979 Edition. The City desires to finance the Building Division with the fees from building permits. MOVED BY DUFFIE, NO SECOND, THAT THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES BE LEFT AS THEY ARE. MOTION FAILED, FOR LACK OF A SECOND. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY PHELPS, TO TABLE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND IT BE BROUGHT FORWARD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY BAUCH, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE MAY 18, 1982 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE MAY 18, 1982 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE MAY 18, 1982 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Byron Sneva, Director of Public Works, said he has identified each of the projects as they have been prioritized. On June 7, 1982 there will be a public hearing on the plan. Council will receive information as to time schedules so they can be reviewed prior to the public hearing. Councilman Bauch said in the Public Works Committee their approach to prioritization on the plan was such that items with highest priorities were items with probability of getting State or Federal aid so they would reflect high in the street plan. MOVED BY BAUCH, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE FUNDING FOR GRADY WAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE MAY 18, 1982 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS AND CONDITIONS FROM KING COUNTY FORWARD THRUST FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE MAY 18, 1982 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE DISCUSSION ON THE GREEN RIVER WATERSHED PROJECT BE TABLED AND BROUGHT FORWARD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL CONCUR WITH THE MAYOR'S POSITION STATEMENT TO MR. GARY GRANT, KING COUNTY COUNCIL, ON THE GREEN RIVER WATERSHED PROJECT. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Todd said he would like it entered into the record regarding signs that are, or have been, in McMicken Heights, that the Mayor's staff is observing and complying with the law to the letter regarding any development in McMicken Heights. There is nothing devious going on, there is no contest being carried out for observing the law and providing the service required by law. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ,0F THE. WHOLE- G ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. E Gary Tail Dufen, Chairman Booher, Recording Secretary