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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-10-02 Regular MinutesOctober 2, 1972 8:00 pm FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS MINUTE APPROVAL VOUCHER APPROVAL APPOINTMENTS Municipal Court Judge ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Proposed Resolution Initiative 261 Ord. #732 Amending Ord. #264 by Ord. #383 Ord. #733 Open Space 349 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers 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. GARDNER, HILL, JOHANSON, STERLING, STEVENS, TRAYNOR CRAIN. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY STERLING, TO APPROVE THE M'JNUTES AS READ. CARRIED. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY HILL, TO APPROVE THE VOUCHERS FOR PAYMENT. CARRIED. Vouchers #2436 #2497 Current Fund #2436 #2479 Street Fund #2480 #2488 Water Fund #2489 #2492 Sewer Fund #2493 #2495 Emerg. Empl. Fund #2496 #2497 (LID 17 Cash 25 (LID 17 Rev. R -14 8,051.05 2,354.35 112.76 94.63 136.15 $10,748.94 1,131.98) 1,131.98) Mayor Todd announced his appointment of Frank W. Payne to the position of Municipal Court Judge. Mr. Paynes' appointment is for a four year term ending January 14, 1976. Councilman Johanson stated that he did not want to vote,as a body,to endorse this Resolution and further stated he would abstain from voting. MOVED BY CRAIN, SECONDED BY HILL, TO READ PROPOSED RESOLUTION. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read Resolution relating to initiative 261, private sale of alcoholic beverages and declaring the opposition of the Mayor and Council of the City of Tukwila on this initiative. There was discussion on the wording of the Resolution and the amount of taxes now derived on the sale of liquor. MOVED BY GARDNER, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO DISREGARD THIS RESOLUTION. CARRIED. MOVED BY STEVENS, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, TO READ PROPOSED ORDINANCE. CARRIED. Attorney Parker read Ordinance amending section 6 of Ordinance 264 as amended by Ordinance 383. MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY STERLING TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 732 AS READ. CARRIED. rl MOVED BY STEVENS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO READ D v PROPOSED ORDINANCE. CARRIED. Planning Coordinator, Del Moss,then indicated on the map the exact location of the area being considered for open space class- ification. Mrs. North, a Councilwoman from North Bend was then introduced to Council. Attorney Parker read Ordinance approving request for open space land classification as provided by R.C.W. 84.34. MOVED BY STEVENS, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 733 AS READ. CARRIED. Mrs. North then thanked the Council, Planning Commission, Mayor the Staff for their assistance in this matter. CORRESPONDENCE CURRENT BUSINESS n4 \j- Dept. of Game Councilman Johanson read a letter addressed to the Fisheries City from the Department of Fisheries. The letter was in regard to the City's request for time extension for pier construction. The time extension was granted, deadline date is December 31, 1972. However, an additional time extension will be reviewed upon request. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING Page 2, CORRESPONDENCE CURRENT BUSINESS cont. Bid Award Radios, Police Dept. OLD BUSINESS City Hall Site DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE REPORTS Park Department Annexation Committee Street Committee Sewer Water Comm. Police Announcement Public Works Director 350 14 Shirlee Kinney, City Clerk, read the result of the bid call. Chief of Police, John Sheets, stated that a grant from the Law Enforcement Assistant Administra- tion will fund a portion of this cost and the rest will be paid through budgeted City funds. He further stated that this equipment will allow better control to the City and other government units. He then recommended the purchase of this equipment. As Motorola C E was the one only and therefore lowest bid it was MOVED BY JOHANSON, SECONDED BY CRAIN, THAT THE BID, AS SUBMITTED BY MOTOROLA C E, BE ACCEPTED. CARRIED. Mayor Todd had requested Del Moss to submit a City Hall site justification in letter form. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, TO MAKE COPIES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND TO DISCUSS THIS ON OCT 10TH. CARRIED. Del Moss stated that at the Wed. night work meeting there will be discussion and opinions on the City Hall site in order to broaden areas and ideas. Councilman Traynor reported that the rockery has been placed around the fire station in the park. Councilman Sterling announced that there will be a meeting of the Annexation Committee to be held Wed. Oct. 4th, 1972, at 8:00 pm in the Council Chambers. Mr. Moss stated that there would also be a discussion on land analysis at that time. Councilman Hill reported that the TOPICS program has been accepted with a grant to the City of approximat- ely 4,400 dollars. It has been approved by the Federal Highway Department and is awaiting signing. Councilman Gardner read the report from Hill, Ingman Chase. The report stated that the preliminary testing of the pumping units at the lift station has been satisfactorily completed and that land- scaping around the station has begun. On September 13, 1972, a meeting was held with the Environmental Protection Agency for a preliminary review of the final construction plans and specifications on LID 19. Councilman Hill asked Chief of Police, John Sheets to comment on the Cadet program in South King County. John Sheets said that this would be a pilot program that is being studied at this time. The program would complement the Tukwila Police Dept. with young people from our community and hopefully encourage young people to enter police service. It would also offer an opportunity for these young people to understand how a police dept. runs. The City could utilize these cadets during school hours to patrol Southcenter and direct young people back to school and communitys where they belong. He stated he felt this program would benefit merchants, community and police because there would be less crime. He further stated that this would need Federal funding. Councilman Johanson announced that there will be a Suburban Mayors meeting on Wed. Oct 4, 1972, at Redmond, Washington. Reservations are required. Steve Hall, Public Works Director, reported that repairs have been made to the water pipes at the Rendering works on Strander Blvd. Sewers are being relocated at the VIPS site. He stated that Mr. Del Moss and himself had attended a seminar on water front areas and he explained some of the things found interesting. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING Page 3, DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE REPORTS cont. Planning Engineer LID 18 Engineer LID 19 LID 18 AUDIENCE COMMENTS O.M.C. Title Change Business License Announcement o c Fnk Todd, Mayor Attest: Shirlee A. Kinney, C .ty Clerk 351 Planning Coordinator, Del Moss, stated that there will be two rezone applications coming up on the 10th of Oct. 1972. He also stated that there will be a field trip on Sat. Oct. 7th to look at the site of a variance application. Mr. Harstad of Harstad Associates, reported that all essential easements have been obtained for LID 18. He further stated that the City should obtain a bond to King County in the amount of $45,000 to open county streets. All that remains is for HUD to act. Mr. Bob Hawkins of Hill, Ingman Ej Chase reported that the final plans and specifications are complete and have been submitted to the State f Federal Regulatory Agencies for their review and approval. He also stated that Steve Hall the Public Works Director for the City of Tukwila has reviewed and approved the plans and specifications. Mrs. Harris, City Treasurer, stated that there will hopefully be offers of financing on this project by the next meeting. Mrs. Cathryn Harris addressed Council stating her objections to the wording on the OMC ballot title and offered alternative wording. Mrs. Harris then read a letter addressed to the City Clerk from Ralph Dillon, Department of Records and Elections regard- ing the propositions wording. Attorney Parker said that he had approved the wording as it is now and sent it back to the King County Election Department. He then read Resolution 280 which is the resolution of the Council proposing the Optional Municipal Code. Mayor Todd stated that if there were any questions as to wording they should be taken up with the King County Election Department as they were the ones who received the request and drafted the wording. He further stated that he felt the wording to be correct and that to delete the phrase "Mayor- Council form of government" would be misleading to the public and cause only confusion. Attorney Parker said he was not in agreement with the request to change the proposition title. The question of business operation of Mrs. Marie Gardners, was stated by Mrs. Gardner as being licensed and legal. Mayor Todd assured her that there was nothing to worry about as she is licensed and the business is legal. Mayor Todd then announced a regular Council Meeting to be held on October 10th at 8:00 pm in the Council Chambers.