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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-09-20 Regular MinutesTUKWILA CITY COUNCIL September 20, 1982 Tukwila City Hall 7:00 P.M. Regular Meeting M I N U T E S Council Chambers FLAG SALUTE AND Mayor Van Dusen led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the Regular CALL TO ORDER Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order. ROLL CALL OF GEORGE D. HILL, MABEL J. HARRIS, LIONEL C. BOHRER, Council President, COUNCIL MEMBERS DORIS E. PHELPS, JOE H. DUFFIE, EDGAR D. BAUCH, WENDY A. MORGAN. OFFICIALS IN DANIEL D. W00, Deputy City Attorney; MAXINE ANDERSON, City Clerk; ATTENDANCE BRAD COLLINS, Planning Director; BYRON SNEVA, Public Works Director; DON WILLIAMS, Recreation Director. REPORTS Mayor Mayor Van Dusen said he was asked by Mr. Bill Turner, 13435 48th Avenue South, to, again, invite the Council to look at the property included in the Western Pacific Properties proposed annexation. Mr. Turner would like to come into Tukwila but wants his zoning to remain Single Family. Council Members Staff City Attorney Pro Parks Bond Issues CONSENT AGENDA He reported that negotiations with the Firefighters is at an im- passe. Mayor Van Dusen presented employee service pins to Steve Wheeler, Firefighter, who has been with the City for 10 years and to Ed Baskett, Police Sergeant, for his 15 years of service to the City. Councilman Duffie reported on complaints he has received from citizens. (1) The dogs are running loose; (2) They make messes in the park; (3) There are still complaints on the fire siren at the small station. Mayor Van Dusen will discuss the siren with the Fire Chief. Byron Sneva, Public Works Director, reported that the process to select the consultant for construction management on the Grady Way Bridge will begin on Friday. Dan Woo, Deputy City Attorney, reported that the Boundary Review Board tabled any action on the proposed City of Highline Incorpora- tion until after the lawsuits are settled. The attornies for all the individual groups that have filed appeals have agreed to con- solidate the cases. Mayor Van Dusen asked for a directive from Council on the Pro Parks Issue. Councilman Bauch said Council is not in favor of it and it should not be supported. Councilman Harris said that silence is an affirmative vote. Mr. Williams should attend the meeting and speak against it. Council President Bohrer said that Staff should support the Council's position. a. Approval of Minutes: September 7, 1982 b. Approval of Vouchers Claims Fund Vouchers #12794 #12893 Current Fund Street Fund Arterial Street Federal Shared Rev. Water Fund Sewer Fund Firemen's Pension 12777 -12793 VOID 52,770.47 77,022.58 594.20 129.29 6,431.69 20,967.76 386.40 $158,302.39 c. Approving the purchase of certain works of art to start a permanent collection as requested by the Arts Commission. d. Resolution 834 of the City of Tukwila designating the Public Works Director as representative and the Planning Director as alternate to serve on the Metropolitan Water Pollution Abatement Advisory Committee. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING September 20, 1982 Page 2 CONSENT AGENDA Cont. BID AWARDS Approval to call for bids on the 1982 street repair project PUBLIC HEARINGS 6 Year Park Open Space Plan OLD BUSINESS Ordinance #1273 regulating license fees for amuse- ment centers amusement devices e. Resolution 835 of the City of Tukwila accepting donations. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED.* Councilman Duffie asked to have Item 6c, purchase of art, re- moved from the Consent Agenda and to have it considered as Item lOb. *MOTION CARRIED. There being no comment, he closed the Public Hearing. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE PROPOSED 6 YEAR PARK PLAN BE PLACED ON A FUTURE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1273 BE ADOPTED AS READ.* Mr. Sneva reported that the streets to be repaired are South 180th, Andover Park East, Andover Park West, Interurban Avenue and 53rd Ave. So. if there is enough money. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT COUNCIL ALLOW THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO CALL FOR BIDS ON THE 1982 STREET REPAIR AND OVERLAY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. MOTION CARRIED. Don Williams, Recreation Director, explained that they have been working for some time on the 6 Year Park Plan. Input has been received from several sources. Mayor Van Dusen declared the Public Hearing on the proposed Park and Open Space Plan open for comment. Councilman Bauch said he takes the position that if citizens do not attend the meetings and comment, they are satisfied with the way things are being run. Deputy City Attorney Woo read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Washington, establishing and regulating license fees for amuse- ment centers and amusement devices. Council President Bohrer said he still has a problem with the definition of amusement devices. It is aimed at electronic amusement devices and excludes a number of other devices which are amusement devices in the same category. The definition is inconsistent. There is no rationale provided as to why the items are treated differently. He suggested going back to the original definition and include an exception which would make only the central television system as the taxable device. Councilman Bauch said he also has problems with this ordinance. We have omitted the theater from taxation. The Council has not heard of any problems in the City created by amusement devices. This is only a tax device. Joe Mathews, Police Department, said he is speaking for the Police Chief. Their interest in the ordinance is merely using it as an enforcement tool. It gives us the right to enter the business for routine inspections. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING September 20, 1982 Page 3 OLD BUSINESS Cont. Ordinance #1273 regulating license fees for amuse- ment centers amusement devices (cont.) RECESS: 8:15 p.m. Ordinance #1274 Adopting a re- vised code for the regulation of signs Councilman Harris said it is a good tool for the Police and is a good means of taxation. Councilman Phelps agreed. Councilman Bauch asked why we have to take the money just because it is there. Government gets a bad name because they are always trying to get more money because it is easy to get. Councilman Duffie said the City should proceed to license amuse- ment machines. Councilman Hill said this ordinance was introduced by the Police Chief to give his Department the tool to enter businesses to check on machines and clientele. He questioned why pinball machines were omitted; and the central television device should be taxed. Councilman Morgan said if the intent of the ordinance is to regulate games of skill, pool tables, billiard tables and shuffle- boards should be subject to the regulations. Deputy City Attorney Woo called attention to the confusion in the wording in Section 3. The intent of Council was $500 for the Amusement Center and $50 for each machine. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY MORGAN, THAT THE WORDS "PLUS $50 PER MACHINE" BE DELETED FROM SECTION 3A. MOTION CARRIED. Council discussed the definition of "Amusement Device." Several attempts were made to reword the section. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT COUNCIL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Van Dusen called the Regular Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order with all Council Members present. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER THE DEFINITION OF "AMUSEMENT DEVICE" AS PRESENTED IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY BOHRER, THAT SECTION 1C BE AMENDED BY DELETING THE WORDS "POOL, BILLIARD TABLES, SHUFFLEBOARD." MOTION CARRIED WITH HILL AND HARRIS VOTING NO. *MOTION CARRIED ON THE MOTION AS AMENDED WITH BAUCH VOTING NO. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. Deputy City Attorney Woo read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Washington, adopting a revised code for the regu- lation of signs, amending ordinance 773 and repealing ordi- nances 846, 919, 982, 1149, 1175, 1214, 1256 and 1261. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1274 BE ADOPTED AS READ.* Council President Bohrer asked if this draft of the sign contains all of the changes made at the last review. Mr. Collins assured him that it did. 3 2sa Council President Bohrer said that when Council set out to revise the Sign Code, they had some excellent objectives. The concerns were non conforming signs, the administrative process, and the intent was to have signs in the City used as location rather than advertisement. Somehow, they got off the track. There have been major liberalizations in the signage allowed. The sizes have been increased; the number that a business can have has increased and exceptions of all kinds have increased. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING September 20, 1982 Page 4 OLD BUSINESS Cont. Ordinance #1274 Adopting a re- vised code for the regulation of signs (cont.) NEW BUSINESS Resolution #836 Authorizing the Mayor to enter in- to an agreement with King Co., Renton, Kent Auburn to prepare a Surface Water Mgmt. Agreement Approving purchase of certain works of art There have been many people ask for special exceptions. Ap- proximately 90% of the commercial /industrial land area of the City is occupied and most of it developed under the current code. As the ordinance is currently written, he said he could not sup- port it. Councilman Bauch said he could not support it the way it is writ- ten in the area of billboards and freeway signs. *MOTION CARRIED WITH BOHRER AND BAUCH VOTING NO. Al Pieper, Building Official, said that Mr. Collins and Mr. Caughey should be commended for their work on the code. He suggested that this code be amended as problems arise instead of waiting until problems get so great the entire code has to be revised. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. Deputy City Attorney Woo read a resolution of the City of Tukwila, Washington, authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with King County and the Cities of Renton, Kent, and Auburn to prepare a Surface Water Management Agreement for the Green River. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT RESOLUTION NO. 836 BE ADOPTED AS READ.* MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE RESOLUTION BE AMENDED BY ADDING "FURTHER, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IS DESIGNATED AS TUKWILA'S OFFICIAL TO SERVE ON THE SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT COMMITTEE." MOTION CARRIED WITH HILL VOTING NO. Council President Bohrer suggested that the word "each" be added to Line 27 before "designate." Mr. Sneva said that it is the clear intent that each City will have a representative. There is no question. *MOTION CARRIED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. Councilman Duffie said he is against the purchase of works of art because art should be donated and we have a lot of places to use this money instead of decorating City Hall. 75/ Councilman Bauch reminded Council that most cities in King County have ordinances which designate 1% of the cost of all municipal projects to the arts. Tukwila chose not to do that. Al Pieper, citizen, said we are hearing about tight budgets and cut backs; now, we are proposing to spend tax monies on art. What is art to some is not art to others. The purchase of art is not a proper use of tax funds. Everybody he has talked to is opposed to spending money in this way. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY MORGAN, THAT THE SIX ITEMS PRO- POSED BY THE TUKWILA ARTS COMMISSION IN THEIR LETTER OF AUGUST 24, 1982, BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.* The Civic Arts Commission recommends purchase of the following art works for the City's permanent collection: 1. A pastel painting by Pat Friedel to be hung in the City Hall foyer near the City Clerk's desk. The painting is of lily pads and rushes in a pond. Cost: $750.00 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING Septemger 20, 1982 Page 5 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Approving purchase 2. A woven wall hanging by Kathy Hutchinson for the City Hall's of certain works Municipal Court. This is a hand woven blue and violet of art (cont.) hanging to be displayed in the overhead space behind the Fine Court desk. Cost: $220.00 Amend Ordinance No. 1274, regu- lating signs 3 2SO 4 3. Two water color paintings by R. A. Benson, title "Orange Fields" and "Boat Houses" for the City Hall. Cost: $125 each. 4. A metal plate lithograph with additional hand work by William Mair for the Police Entrance foyer. This is a work of geo- metric designs and cool colors. It will be completely covered by a large sheet of plexiglass for protection. Total Cost: $175.00. 5. The framing of several turn -of- the century photographs of Tukwila, now owned by the Historical Society. These new enlargements from the original glass plate negatives will remain the property of the Historical Society and will be permanently housed in the library, but will be rotated periodically among other City buildings. Cost: $251.10 (Bid by Valley Frame Shop) 6. A plexiglass wall box and brass dedication plate to display an antique toy fire engine which has been donated to the City by James Haseneau for display in the Fire Station entry. Councilman Hill said he doesn't like bear walls. He would like to see pictures that pertain to Tukwila or the Tukwila area. Councilman Harris said she believed the Arts Commission attempted to get Northwest Artists for the pieces they chose. We have created an Arts Commission and asked for their expertise, so Council should back them in their selections. Council President Bohrer agreed that art is a matter of taste. This should not cause a dispute; we should be willing to accept the other person's opinion. Councilman Phelps said there are old drawings in the City that could be reproduced and hung in the Council Chambers. Councilman Morgan said the two buildings where art will be dis- played are the library and City Hall. She noted that one of the items is the framing of Historical Society pictures of Tukwila. She said that we bring in things from other communities that enrich our lives and make this a better place to live. *MOTION CARRIED WITH DUFFIE VOTING NO. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY BAUCH, THAT ADMINISTRATION BE DIRECTED TO PURSUE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY REGARDING THE FRAMING OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND ALSO HAVE A RESOLUTION DRAWN ACCEPTING THE ANTIQUE TOY FIRE ENGINE. MOTION CARRIED. Mr. Collins noted that there is a mistake in Draft 7. Page 29, Line 3 should read "with a maximum of four NOT TWO such signs." This was a decision of the Council at an earlier time and should be corrected. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT DRAFT 7 OF THE SIGN CODE BE AMENDED TO CHANGE "TWO" TO "FOUR" ON PAGE 29, LINE 3. MOTION CARRIED WITH HILL, BAUCH AND BOHRER VOTING NO. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING September 20, 1982 Page 6 MISCELLANEOUS Gas Leak Councilman Duffie reported that the citizens at South 144th and 58th Avenue are concerned about the gas leak. ADJOURNMENT 9:30 P.M. Councilman Bauch said he heard that the Legion has decided not to pursue the use of the old Police Department building. Mayor Van Dusen said after he has had written confirmation of this, he will bring it back to Council for discussion. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. Aay('r 3 7S3