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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-09-20 Regular MinutesThe minutes of the previous Council Meeting were approved. September 20, 1971 r The regular meeting of the Tukwila City Council was called to order by Mayor Stan D. Minkler at 8 :00 P.M. The following members of the Council were present: R. A. Bowen, D. R. Gard— ner, J. R. Johanson, G. D. Hill, A. G. Radford and J. D. Sterling. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS Mr. Bowen made a motion claims approved by the Finance Committee be paid with warrants drawn in their respective amounts. Motion seconded by Mr. Gardner and carried. Following the claims: Claims Fund Warrants No. 985 through 1049 in the amount of $24,470.30 and Building Fund Warrants No. 24 and 25 in the amount of $19,727.44. AWARD OF BID FIRE DQUIPMENT Mr. Johanson made a motion the bid of L. N. Curtis in the amount of $4,509.88 for the base bid on the fire ladders and the four alternates be accepted. Motion seconded by Mr. Sterling and carried. RAPID TRANSIT Mr. Larry Caufman of Metro was present and spoke to the Council on the proposed Rapid Transit Study and Tukwila's share of the cost of the study. The Metro Rapid Transit ques— tion will be submitted to the voters in the spring of 1972 and the study is necessary prior to putting the question on the ballot. Tukwila's share on a per capita assessed valua— tion basis is $1,416. Much discussion on the proposed system, cost of operation, and the financial aid to the present private system followed. No action was taken by the Council at this time. Mr. Spellman and Mr. Collins will be present at the special meeting of the council Monday, September 27th to further explain the need for emergency monies to keep the private transit system operating until the Rapid Transit proposal can be placed on the ballot. PUBLIC NUISANCE 14209 58th Avenue South Mr. Hodge reported the 144 hours given the property owner to clean up the property has expired and nothing has been done. There was some discussion as to whether the property owner had received notice of the Council action. Two separate notices were sent by certi— fied mail but were not claimed by the property owner. Mr. Hodge reported another notice was given to a process server and would be served. After some discussion of _Further action Mr. Radford requested additional time to enable him and Mr. Bowen to talk to the property owner. Their attempts to contact him thus far have been unsuccessful. The council con— curred on Mr. Radford's request. The contact is to be made prior to the October 4th meeting and if it is made prior to that time, Mr. Zepp is to be informed. STREET COMMITTEE REPORT EVANS BLACK AND TREC DRIVE Mr. Hill reported he and Mr. Sterling had investigated the proposal the City accept the deeds to Evans Black Drive, Treck Drive and an unloading dock in the Andover Industrial Park. Their investigation showed the streets were not up to city standards, as they are only 30 2 feet in width. It would be extremely expensive to widen the streets and they will never 1' be through streets. One street is breaking up and the other needs a final lift. Mr. Hill made a motion the City inform Puget Western the streets are not adequate and the City will not accept them at this time. Motion seconded by Mr. Sterling and carried. APPOINTMENT OF S. R. SAVISKY TO UNEXPIRED TERM OF OFFICE COUNCIL Mr. Bowne reported the Council had taken under consideration Mr. Dunning's recommendation that Mr. Savisky be elected by the Council to fill the remainder of Mr. Dunning's unexpired term of office on the Council and it was their recommendation Mr. Savisky be elected. Mr. Bowen nominated Stanley R. Savisky for the position. The nomination was seconded by Mr. Hill. There being no further nominations Mr. Savisky was declared elected by a unani— mous vote of the Council. Mayor Minkler gave the oath of office to Mr. Savisky and he was seated at the Council table. ANNEXATION DAVID JENSEN AND GUSA PROPERTIES MACADAM ROAD A petition for annexation of certain properties on Macadam Road (All of Tract 15 and por— tions of Tract 14 and 16, Fostoria Garden Tracts) was received. This petition had previ— ously been submitted for Council action but at that time the Council had requested that other properties be included in the request for annexation. It has not been possible to September 20, 1971 Page 2 get the consent of all the owners involved and Mr. Jensen requests further consideration of his petition. The petition was turned over to the Annexation Committee for further study. Mr. Bowen made a motion the Council accept the annexation petition in its intent and set a date for a Public Hearing on on October 18th, 1971. Motion seconded by Mr. Sterling and carried. SOCIAL SECURITY WITHDRAWAL Mr. Hodge reported he had been asked to review the City of Bellevue Plan for withdrawal from Social Security and adoption of a new retirement plan for City Employees. It was his recommendation the proposal be further studied before any action is taken. It was the consensus of the council all facts be further studied before a proposed resolution is adopted. Mr. Sterling was appointed to contact Mr. Cabot Dow of Bellevue and arrange a meeting with members of the Council. TOPICS PROGRAM Mr. Hill reported the Street Department wished to incorporate a traffic signal on St3uth— center Boulevard at the S —Line Bridge in their 1972 budget and would like to proceed with the survey for the TOPICS program. He recommended the City retain Mr. Cottingham's firm for this purpose. Mr. Zepp reported he has been working on the survey and has the application completed with the exception of a few figures. Mr. Hill was requested to work with Mr. Zepp so there will be no duplication of efforts. The City is to prepare the application with no consultants at this time. BOUNDARY REVIEW BOARD ANNEXATION OF SEWER DISTRICTS Mr. Gardner reported he had received a letter from the Boundary Review Board concerning a proposed annexation by the Des Moines Sewer District certain property Southwest of South 180th. Mr. Stack reported this area does not fall within the City of Tukwila's Comprehen— sive Sewer Plan, therefore no action was taken by members of the Council. Mr. Gardner questioned if any further information has been received on the proposed annex— ation by the Val Vue Sewer District. Mr. Hall reported the date for a meeting on this subject has not been set as yet. OTHER BUSINESS A letter was received from Mrs. Robert B. Anderson thanking the Council for the resolu— tion in memory of former Councilman Anderson. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:00 P.M. 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