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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1961-03 Hazelnut Newsletter - Volume 2 Issue 6T H E HAZELNUT Vol. If]L Issue 6 March 1961 THANK YOU This month we wish to thank the following for their donations to THE HAZELNUT: Mrs. Newton, Er.and Mrs. Bob Leahy, Lr.George Jorgen- sen, Mr. George Sciford, Mir. and Mr s . Duxbury, Idr. . and Mrs .Charles Baker, T:Ir.and Mrs.L.G. Hill, Idr. Fred Kimball and Er. and LIr s . T. McGinness. Your ittarest is vary much appreciated. We are alwq.s pleased to hear from interested parties who Mould like to receive THE HAZELNUT. Our address: HAZELNUT Box 75, Tukwila, dashington. TUKWILA TOWN -- COUNCI L --- Excerpts from a Town Council Meeting minutes for February 1961 The regular meeting of the Tuk- wila Town Council was called to order by the Mayor, Charles 0. Baker, at 8:00 P. M. Councilmen present were Stan Iviinkler, A.G. Radford, E.W. Ives, R.K.Doyle and J.A. Hamilton. Current bills were read and upon motion paid. One bill, C.E.#6487, for pre- mium on insurance on two town bridges, was not approved. Mr. Ives moved we cancel this insur - ance on the bridges, effective Feb. 28, 1961, seconded by Mr. Doyle and carried. Mr. Long reported two building permits issued in January. He also reported Mr. Pettier desires to bring a building on his prop- erty up to the requirements of the town building code. Mr. Hamilton moved that, in the event Iir. Peltier does bring this building up to the standards of the Tukwila Building Code, a Bus- iness License will be issued to the occupants of this building, provided it meets the zoning re- quirements, seconded by Mr.Doyle and carried. 1r. Drew gave a very comprehen- sive rerort on Fublic Schools. He announced an election to be held in March. (cont, pg.2 col.1) EASTER EGG HU NT - Tukwila Firemen, assisted by the Firemaids, will sponsor the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Tukwila Park, Easter Sunday, April 2, at 1:30 P.M. All "Tukwi:;.a children (and parents and uandparents) invited to be there SENATE E3 LL 234 By Mayor Charles 0. Baker Monday, Feb. 21, 1961, just an- other usual, day in my life and the life of the town of Tukwila. For me it was a day of work with the usual night meeting to attend to the affairs of our town. The day is almost finished, and, as is my habit, late at night, an effort is made to study the events of the day. This consists of reading a smattering of the news, studying the bills in the legislature and listening to the last newscast. This had been a good day for me, and for our town until I heard the startling news that our Senate had passed the bill known as Senate Bill 234. This bill had passed with 47 vot- ing for and 2 voting against. This announcement stunned me for the very simple reason that our Senator Martin Durkan had written me a letter just two days prior stating that, at our request, he would help us to defeat this bill. With this assurance it is only natural that we felt secure. (cont. to pg. 3 - Col. 1) ADVISORY COUNCIL Lr. Harold Iverson was guest speaker at the Feb. meeting of The Tukwila Advisory Council. He gave a very informative talk on the Andover Industrial Park. The next Advisory Council meet- ing will be on March 28th at 8p.m. in the Town Hall. THE HAZELNUT Published monthly by the Communi- cation Committee of the Citizens Advisory Council. Supported by donations from in- terestedresidents and friends. of Tukwila. Chairman Staff.' --- .Virginia Reed Cathrine Pipal Scary Kreidler Pat Hopper (Council - cont. from pg.1 col 1) Strander reported the Plan- ning Commission . approved the Andover Flat and recommended the Council also approve same. M,yor Baker asked Mr. Ives to work with Mr.. I inkier and -the Planning Commission. on a Sub -Div- ision Ordinance. Halnil pan' moved. the. Council employ, the Firm of uVeter, Roberts and-Shefolman as bond Counsel' for' Andover .:Water & Sewer L.I D''s, seconded by ;I,r . Doyle` and carried Meeting. recessed 'until Feb. 13th:.:. February 13th, 1961. Mt. Druggee, with Harstad & Associate , presented'exhibits of the proposed iraprovemerts 'in the industrial areas in Tukwila,which' the :Council studied carefully:_ A proposal for Police radar equipment was- presented and dis- cussed. . . Radio equipment for the Police dept. and the Fire dept. was also discussed. Er. Hamilton moved tie town advertise for bids on ✓ tLo equipment -for the Police • Fire . c.epartments, bids to be ✓ ceived unti1,E:C0 P.M. March 6, 19.51, seconded by Mr. Doyle and carried.:: meeting adjourned. A.special.meeting of the Council was called to order on -Feb, 23. M' . A.P.Burze.aski, Project En- gineer for. Andover Corporation, was, present. to talk over,- with the " Council, Development plans ai1i proposals. Tha Council discussed Nath Mr. Burzenski complaints on the ccn- diti'n or relocated 57th Ave. Soy. Mr. Ra.d.-°ord - nozr.ed the ,Council request -tho De::.=_opers immediate- ly tepcir Ct..from54th• 'o. to.b?,h So. and the relocated portion .�T= .5 "th•. So. and maintain these rr.ads -continuously for two lane t-'.'c.T 471c;. to t,1J satisfaction cf Mr. Zapp, Tukwila Street. Supt. (cont. co1.2 page 2) page 2 Council - Cont. Mr. lankier and Mr. Burzinski discussed a complaint of a prop- erty owner regarding water back- ing. up on a ,certain piece of land Mr. Minkler pointed -out the fact that this problem is between the owner of the property -•-and the Developers. NIr. Jiinkler reported: on the condition of that portion of 53rd. Ave. So. which is falling away. He stated ' it must be repaired immediately since it is a hazard to -travel on the road. This street is on the main route of the school bus and a main• arter- ial'for several hundred property owners 'who live' south of :this area's Lr. Minkler stated that this road must bekept 'open• at all costs. He further stated that if this road should become totally '• impassable, fire and police equipment would be Sub- jected to a detour of several miles if called into the area be- yond thi's section of. road. in question. .Mr. Minkler reported numerous_ complaints from *surround, ing property.owners-•-whose land is sinking also. -The Council talked at Length with Ivir. Burzenski who a&reed to; do everything within his power to see that the problems discussed Would be. resolved t�' the.sa.tis- faction of all concerned. Mr. 'Burzenski, by the use of a map, showed the Council. a pro- posal to bioseend eliminate the- present Christianson Road and .re - piece 'it with 'a better : road through the Andover Industrial park. After careful consideration it was decided this plan would re- quire further study, and no act- ion was taken: By motion meeting adjourned at 9:35 P.M.. . T}/Zv/f l �/ • R. Rinehart For -fire or emergency ONLY phone Ch. 3-5353. For any other purpose: Chief Nick Heinz Ch, 2-8943.. Asst. Chief Dan Leahy .0n. 2-0894 'Town Clerk Ch.'3- 9906 February Fire Alarms: Feb. 26 - Vaaant house on River near Feb. Stsanders Nursery - 1524253rd. Ave.3o. Fl 6or furnace . page 3 UKVU LA C0MvUNI E Y CLUI3 The March meeting of the Tukwila Community Club will be held on Tuesday, Liarch 14, at 8 P.M. in the Community Club Hall. There is to be a speaker from the School District- to explain the. Bond issue and the H. & 0. Levy. Senate Bill 234 (const) Ey first question was, "Just what had happened to us?" Just why did this happen? Our day never ends when problems exist, so to the phone we go to find out just what 'has gone awry. It was very simple; not only had our good Senator Durkan forgotten to tell us there vas a hearing on this bill, but he had supported it and voted for it. Our immediate feeling was one of utter hopelessness. We had been betrayed. It would be al- most impossible to now sto. this bill before it entered the House. Just one chance remained; this bill must first pass; through the Committee on Cities and Counties. Our efforts must be devoted t0 stopping it in this Committee. Cur-chancee are one in a million. (Senate Bill 234 would permit the Port of Seattle to again come into our Valley.) With the assistance of a group of property owners we had once before fought the Port of Seattle Less than eighteen months ago we had received a decision from the supreme Court to the effect that their program was unconstitution- al. S.B.234 was merely an at- tempt on their part to correct those points upon which we had proven them wrong. Our Town would have been de- stroyed under their original bill liJe had to oppose it. S.B. 234 only rade it more difficult for all of us. It had passed the Senate. It must be stopped, but just how could we accomplish this Our first thought was naturally turned to those who would be effected by this measure. We felt certain it would impede our highway program; it would deprive our Cities and our school dist - ricts of revenue, and it would be in competition to private indust - 17, (const to next col.) SCHOOL ELECTION - Irarch 21, 1961 Polls open 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. DON'T FORGET TO VOTE. (const) We set out upon a program to defeat this bill that required hundreds of telephone calls and telegrams. We wanted to know just how many people in this State were opposed. Our survey revealed that zany City officials community leaders, school officials, and leaders in indust- ry were thoroughly opposed to Port programs. They were opposed but not organized. This indicat- ed the need to co-ordinate our opposition. This we proceeded to do. We worked days and camped in Olympia by night. We were caking progress, but needed more contact in Olympia, We moved John Strander to Olympia. He worked and rade contacts night and day. We, at home, continued our meet- ings and telephone calls, Those days, for all of us, became a nightmare, but we fought on. Some days we made gains, on others everything seemed to be lost. We continued to live through this until 5 P,I.1„ I.larch 3, 1961. At this time we appear- ed before the Committee to pre- sent our opposition. We were permitted ten minutes to plead for the life of Tukwila. The Mayor and, Town attorney were the spokesmen. We were successful and supposedly, the bill was dead But, tonight, March 5, as this article is being written an attempt is being made by the Port to force this bill out of commit- tee. Once again we are on the phones We must hold this bill until March 7. If we are successful it is dead. If we lose, our Town is lost. You, the people, and prop- erty owners, cannot afford the program of the Port of Seattle. It will take two-thirds of the Town from the tax rolls. All that remains well be taxed to support their development. It must be that way under their plans. You must provide them with police and fire protection. You must be taxed to support add- itional school requirements gen- erated by their program. Remember if we are to overcome the shadow of the Port of Seattle it will take the support of all of the people. Your officials have long been in this battle. Join us and help to defeat this thing that most certainly will destroy you. This problem cannot be covered in one article. Others will fol- low. CALMAR F0 R: MARCH 1 9 61 iLir.ch 8 Fire Dept. Meeting Fire Hall 8:00 P.M. 9 Associated Poster Community Hall 8:00 P.M. 9 All School Show roster High School 8.00 P.ii, 14 Community Club Tukwila Comm. Hall 8:00 P.Ii. 15 K. 0. B. A.. Circle Sirs. Fred Ford 12:00 moon 15 Fire Dept. Practice Fire Hall 7,00 P.M. 16 Planning Commission Town Hall 8:00 P.H. 21 School Election Community Hall 8:00 A.H.to 8.00 P.1,.. 22 Tire Dept, Meeting Fire Hal]. C;;00 Pc.SI. 23 Fire Raids 1Jrs. Art Stevens 8!D S?;ii. 28 Citizen's Advisory - Council • Town Hall 8:00 P.M. 29 Fire Dept. Practice Fire Hall 7:00 P.M. April 2 E .ster Egg Hunt Tukwila Park 1:30 P,Ii. 3 Town Council Town Hall 8:00 P.M. 5 Women's Association Poster-Presb. Church 12:00 :Toon 5 Fire Dept. Practice. Fire Hall 7:00 P.1. 8 Spring Festival Lake Wilderness 8:00 P.I•i. Don't forget the SPRING FESTIVAL of the Associated Improvement Clubs of South King County. This will be held at Lake Wilderness, on April 8th at 8:00 P.M. Prizes and fun for all. Get your tickets from your 'Coni uni ty Club members.