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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-08-21 Regular MinutesAugust 21, 1972 8:00 pm FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS MINUTE APPROVAL VOUCHER APPROVAL APPOINTMENTS Park Board Appeals Board ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Ord. #722 Petty Cash Funds Ord. #723 Investment of City Funds Prop. Ordinance Investment Committee Current Fund Street Fund Water Fund Sewer Fund Emerg. Empl. Fund W/S Construction Warrant #1124 L.I.D. #17 Control Warrant #C -24 (Revenue Warrant #13 to Seattle First) 23,589.92 52.50 52.50 331 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING M I N U T E S Mayor Todd led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order. Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers GARDNER, HILL, JOHANSON, STEVENS, CRAIN. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY HILL, TO EXCUSE COUNCILMEN STERLING AND TRAYNOR. CARRIED. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY STEVENS, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 7, 1972. CARRIED. MOVED BY CRAIN, SECONDED BY HILL, TO APPROVE THE VOUCHERS FOR PAYMENT. CARRIED. Vouchers #2242 #2309 $6, 856.55 5,215.77 7,063.10 369.30 440.24 19,944.96 Mayor Todd asked Council concurrance on the appoint- ment of Bill Moore to the Park Board. Mr. Moore had been recommended by Ann Altmeyer, Park Board Chairman: MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY STEVENS, TO CONCUR IN THIS APPOINTMENT. CARRIED. Mayor Todd announced his appointment of Col. Blaine Butters to the Uniform Building Code Appeals Board replacing C.M. "Mac" Harding. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO READ ie: PROPOSED ORDINANCE. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read Ordinance establishing petty cash funds within the current expense fund and the water fund. MOVED BY STEVENS, SECONDED BY HILL, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 722 AS READ. CARRIED. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY HILL, TO READ PROPOSED ORDINANCE. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read Ordinance approving and authorizing the investment of City funds. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY STEVENS, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 723 AS READ. CARRIED, MOVED BY STEVENS, SECONDED BY HILL, TO READ PROPOSED ORDINANCE. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read Ordinance authorizing the City Clerk and Mayor to act as an investment committee. MOVED BY STEVENS, SECONDED BY HILL, TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE AS READ. Councilman Johanson questioned the need for a committee. Attorney Parker stated that the City has been operating illegially as there is no Ordinance authorizing the City Treasurer to perform these duties. City Treasurer, May Harris, stated that she could not legally invest due to the lack of an Ordinance authorizing her to do so. Councilman Johanson stated he wanted more time to study the TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING Page 2, ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS cont. CORRESPONDENCE AND CURRENT BUSINESS Val Vue Sewer District Attorney Parker stated that he has submitted the contract to Val Vue, however, he has not had any final word on it as of yet. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY STEVENS, TO TABLE THIS MATTER UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. CARRIED. Notice of Public Hearing Shirlee Kinney, City Clerk, reminded all present Zip Code Change of the Public Hearing to be held on Sept. 5th at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Re: Zip Code change. Municipal Court Dept. of Ecology 332 Investment Comm. cont. Ordinance. It was then MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY STEVENS, TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE THE TREASURER. Opposing votes brought roll call vote 2 Ayes: Hill, Stevens, 3 Nos: Gardner, Johanson, Crain. THE MOTION FAILED. It was then MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY CRAIN, TO STRIKE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK FROM THE ORDINANCE AND ADD THE 'TREASURER only. Councilman Stevens objected as he wanted time to study the matter further. COUNCILMAN CRAIN THEN WITHDREW HIS SECOND, THE MOTION FAILED DUE TO LACK OF SECOND. Mayor Todd then asked the Treasurer if she had any large investments to make before Council could act on an Ordinance. The Treasurer stated that she could wait. Animal Control Attorney Parker read a letter from Phyllis Lamphere, of the Seattle City Council. She suggested that the City of Tukwila consider contracting with the Seattle -King County Animal Control Program for the required services: Council will study a proposed Ordinance on this matter at a work meeting to be held on August 28th in the Council Chamber. r Water District 75 Councilman Gardner read a letter from Water District #75 which stated that the City of Tukwila is look- ing into the possibility of utilizing Water District No. 75 for peak demand and storage requirement. A preliminary review of Tukwila usage and Water District No. 75 capability indicate that such a concept might well be feasible. A final determination awaits further study. Boundary Review Board Councilman Johanson read a letter from the Boundary Review Board which indicated that this Board, at the request of the County Executive, now examines all water and sewer franchise applications. The Board has established August 24, at 8:30 p.m. as the date and time for an informal conference. The meeting will be held in the Council Hearing Room, 4th floor of the King County Courthouse. It was noted that Councilmen Johanson and Gardner will attend. The subject of a Municipal Court was brought before the Council. Mayor Todd asked that it be tabled until a later date. MOVED BY STEVENS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO TABLE. CARRIED. fly- Mayor Todd read a letter from Russell Taylor of the Department of Ecology in which the City was informed that the State grant has been raised by $47,280; therefore the City's total state grant is now $144,480 and total Federal grant is $317,000. These grants now cover projects I, II III, all the EPA Projects. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING Page 3, OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS Call for Bids Bridge Design Annexation Fee Business License Impound Lot Call for Bids LID 18 Construction DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE REPORTS 33 3 Garbage The subject of Southgate Disposals garbage proposal was brought before Council again; because there was no one representing the company, it was MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY STEVENS, TO TABLE THIS MATTER UNTIL A LATER DATE. CARRIED. Bid Award: Base Councilman Johanson felt that the low bid of 8•r. Station Radio Mobile Seattle Radio Supply was not adequate for the City's Radio Units needs. Councilman Hill suggested that they accept the next highest bid which was R.C.A. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY CRAIN TO ACCEPT THE BID MADE BY R.C.A. CARRIED. Discussion followed after which it was MOVED BY HILL SECONDED BY CRAIN TO ACCEPT THE BID OF G.E. IF R.C.A. CAN NOT COMPLY. CARRIED. Mr. Steve Hall, Public Works Director, presented the specifications and design maps of Strander Bridge to the Council. Mr. Kent Stephens, of Wilsey and Ham, Consulting Engineers of the project stated that the total improvement, including the fridge will be 1,000 feet long and that there will be adaquate street lighting for vehicles and pedestrians, also there will be a fully lit walk -way under the bridge. They also plan a mini -park concept with benches and shrubs. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY STEVENS, TO CALL FOR BIDS ON THE BRIDGE DESIGN. CARRIED. Specifications will be available on August 28th, with bid opening to be held Sept. 18th, 1972 at 3:00 p.m. There was much discussion as to the cost involved to individuals who wish to annex to the City. Mayor Todd stated that this cost is stopping some who would otherwise want to annex. MOVED BY STEVENS, SECONDED BY HILL, TO PUT THIS ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THEIR WORK MEETING ON AUG. 28TH. CARRIED. The City Clerk stated that she could not issue a Business License to Mr. Melvin Dickey for an W'`" impound lot as the lot does not meet specifications under M -1 zoning. Mr. Dickey replied that he will be able to comply by Sept. 1st 1972. Chief of Police, John Sheets, said that there will be no selling of parts involved and that this lot would be a special- ized parking lot where impounded cars would probably be kept for 3 days at the longest. There was some discussion as to the location and the fact that the lot can be seen from the freeway. MOVED BY STEVENS, SECONDED BY HILL, TO ISSUE A CONDITIONAL 1 YEAR LICENSE. CARRIED. Mr. Harstad told the Council that he has the =a specifications and maps as submitted thru HUD, he also reported that he should be able to obtain all the easements by the time construction starts. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO SET BID DA'Z'E, ON LID 18, FOR SEPT. 18, 1972 AT 3:00 p.m. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. CARRIED. Sewer and Water Councilman Gardner read the report from Hill, Ingman and Chase, which stated that 98% of the sanitary TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING Page 4, DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEE REPORTS cont. Sewer and Water cont. Annexation Committee Fire Department Parks Public Works Building Planning Mayor Street 334 interceptor pipe has been installed for Andover Park West and that testing of this interceptor sewer has been satisfactorily completed. The electrical control panels for the Lift Station are scheduled to be installed this week. Councilman Johanson commented that school district 406 is being incouraged to annex. The school board will meet August 22nd at 7:30 p.m. at Schowalter School to discuss this matter. He then noted a work meeting on Aug. 23rd at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Councilman Johanson read the report submitted bY1►7 the Fire Chief. The report stated that there were a total of 42 calls, 15 first aid, 8 automotive, 10 mechantile, 4 residential, 2 inter departmental assist and 3 misc. Fire loss was held to approx- imately $1,230.00 for this period. Jim Hoel has been appointed Fire Prevention Officer. Ann Altmeyer reported on the proposed King County trail system, she stated that she had gone over this proposed trail on foot and that she considers it to be very dangerous to all forms of traffic due partly to the Rail Road tracks that run through part of the trail. She also said that a Soils Analyst has been hired to do a study on the proposed tennis court in the park. She thanked everyone for their participation in Tukwila Days Celebration. Steve Hall, Director of Public Works brought the Council up to date on the status of the projects they are working on. John Richards, Office Engineer reported on a letter from Cabot, Cabot Forbes which stated that they are looking at some property in the Andover Industria] Area and will be going through the A.C.C. for approval. Del Moss, Planning Coordinator, stated that A.C.C. has approved the Cabot, Cabot Forbes project, he also said that the Planning Commission has begun a study on revising sections of the Municipal Code, in reference to zoning. They are trying to process shoreline permits about every 12 weeks and are also processing Environmental Impact Statements for the City. Mayor Todd stated that the City will apply for I!V more grant monies for Andover Park West through the E.D.D. "Jobs Now" program. He then read a letter from the Community Affairs Agency Re: Shop and Office Facilities. Mayor Todd stated that the application and forms have been submitted and he hopes that we will get favorable consideration by September. Gene Isler, Field Superintendant, reported that there has been repeated vandalism to the Freeway fence on 53rd 54th; the fence has been cut and torn down. He also stated that 18 signs have been vandalized and that there are three lights at this time that are out due to someone breaking the lense. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING Page 5, DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEE REPORTS cont,. Lighting AUDIENCE COMMENTS Councilman Gardner requested the Public Works Director to check into the possibility of getting more street lights along West Valley Highway going into Longacres. Ron Mettler discussed the traffic turning situation on the S line bridge with John Sheets, Chief of Police. Mayor Todd informed the Council that there would be a meeting on Tues. Aug. 22nd at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers regarding the traffic situation in and out of Southcenter. ADJOURNMENT 9:45 p.m. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY STEVENS, THAT THE MEETING ADJOURN. CARRIED. Attest: Frank Todd, Mayor i Shirlee A. 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