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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-01 Hazelnut Newsletter - Volume1 Issue 4THE HAZELNUT Vol. 1 Issue h January 1960 PUBLIC HEARI\G A Riblic Hearing will be held on, January 11, 1960, at 8:00 P.M.,- in the Tukwila Town Hall. The following coni `-ig will be dis- cussed. The Tukwila:Flaming Commission has recommended to- the Town Council that all that area lying immediately to the north and adjacent to South 15hth Street (Renton Three Tree Point Road) which is presently zoned E -R-0, be re- zoned to C-1. The Planning Commission also recom•- meaded to the Town Council that a por- tion of the existing R-1-9.6 zone, roughly described as having a northerly boundry at approximately So. Third St. extended, easterly boundry adjoining the existing westerly boundry of the C-1 zone, a southerly boundry at ap- proximately So. 152nd Street extended and awesterly boundary running north- erly along the center lines of 65th Ave, So. to So, 1h9th St, then westerly to :Division St., then northerly -along. Division St. to So. 147th St, Then westerly to a line extended from the easterly border of the first tier of lots lying easterly of 59th Ave„ So, then northerly along this line to point of beginning, be rezoned to R-4. COMMUNITY CLUB. The next regular meeting of the Tukwila Community Club will be held January 12th at 8:00 p,n1. in the Com- munity Hall. Election of officers will be held. All residents of Tukwila are invited to attend. Membership dues are $2.00 per family a year and are due and payable.before.April 1st.. . The Christmas; i?arty for members and their families held Decenber. i3thwas a big success. The children entertained with singing. and dancing. .Pot luck dinner was served, after which the children were:presented with. gifts from under the Christmas tree,' '. The next club luncheon will be held Thursday, January 21st at 12:00. noon at the Community Hall. IIastesses for the day will be Mrs. John Strander and`Mrs. Glen Duxbury, Everyone is welcome. FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS JAN. Stn Filing for Mayors office, three councilmen for 4 year terms, and one 'Councilman for a 2 year unexpired term can be done at the home of Mss, Lois Newton between January 8th and 22nd. T U K W I L A r! DE --)A RTE\T The Tuke:ril.a • Fire Department wishes to exp': ass its aeereciation to the citi- zens of Tuhmyla for the fire erccee:cei>n observed during the Holiday eleminating any home fires. .2:he men hope you will continue to be as cautious threeghout the new year, The Christmas tarty held at the fire hall December 20th was a big success. Approximately 260 children attended and received candy and oranges from Santa and were treated to a ride on the fire truck tbY the volunteer firemen_, The excess candy and oranges were given to the boys at Brisco School, The Tukwila Fire Department wishes to thank everyone who contributed to its Christmas and Easter -arty fends for the benefit of our Tukwila children, The money collected. is kept in a sepa- rate fund to be spent only on the annual Christmas party at the Fire Hall and the Easter:Party at Tukwila 2ark. Our thanks also to'' the members of the Madrigal choral group mho volunteered their services at the Christmas Party and added so much to the success of the afternoon,• The Christmas tree decorated by the men :of the Fire Department received 'Honorable mention in the Times Christmas Trail. Contest. THANKS A thank you goes out to all who helped to address envelopes for the Lrochur.e that was nailed. Those people helping on it were: Mrs; Stanley Stith Mrs,,' George Drew -Mrs. Enaline Gott Mrs: T. 0, Robertson Mfrs. Kenneth Reed Mrs. Lester Beals Mrs. Wynn Anderson Mus. Mac Harding Mrs. Del Hayes Mrs. Truman Shilling Mirs. ,E.11iam Hopper MS's. Dale Enger Mr. Frank Kreidler CITI ZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 2Gir, 8:00p.-rr. TOW N HALL i THE HAZELNUT Rtblished monthly by the Communication. Committee .of the Citizens Advisory Council. Sponsored by ; the Tukwila Community -Club and The Firemaids. Chairman Freda Leahy Staff Pat Hopper Telephone Chair Virginia Reed Cathri ne Pipal Arlie Scott Jane Merkle • Helen italkup } t TOWN NL, I L .wnomr+�nw.er+saaan�atiw,�+..m�rx.v,... Excerpts from the Town Council Meeting Minutes for December. The regular meeting of the Tukwila Town. Council was called to order by The P'ayor, Charles 0. Eaker, at 8:C0 P.M, December 7,, 1959„ ' Councilmen present were tan Miukler,A,C„Radford ynn Anderson, and R. K. Doyle, A letter of resignation from Council man L.RQ Frese was received and read. Mr. Frese has been transferred` to Florida for an indefinite period, of time. It was moved,' seconded and carr ied that his resignation be acceptcd. . The Council as1ed for time to consider someone to fill the vacancy. It was moved a Resolution be drawn up in app- reciation for Mr. Frese services as Councilman, seconded and carried, 'ir, Minkler reported 1 building per- mit issued in November . Application was received from David Taylor, Merchant Parolman, for a bus- iness license. Mr. Minkler reported that Mt. Taylor had appeared before the lblice Commission and had the app: - royal of that body. It was moved, se- conded and carried that the license be granted, Mr. Doyle reported on the recent flood. He thanked the firemen who an”. swered the call to help sand bag a dike. He proposed a co-ordinated eff- ort for flood emergency and suggested a survey of the damage done. Iir.Bakr appointed lir. Zepp to work with Mr. Doyle on this. survey. Mayor Baker re,_ ported he had received many calls from people thanking the firemen and%membeas: of the Council for their faithful work at that .time. Mr. Baker read letters exchanged be- tween Mr. %Inters, County engineer,re garding flood control, T , 'Inkier presented the request of the Contractor for John Graham Co, for an extension of the completion date for the opening of 57th Are.So., south of So. 152nd St. to June, 1960, as a matter of public safety. _ After some (Const to Col 2) Page 2 CHURCH NEWS -- TUKWIA PA tT I$T CHURCH Rev, Biker follows: 9:45 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 6:30 San. Eve. 7:30 Sun, Eve. nednesday Eve. Services are as Sunday School Church Young feoples Meeting Church Frajer Meeting . FOSTLIti TUK ILA IR.E5BYTERIAN CHURCH Rev, Harold Lang Sunday School 9:45 A..N. Church 11:00 A. 1. Ltbmenls Assoc. 1st .ednesday of Month 12:00 noon vbstminster Fellowship -Sunda,- Evening J` unH ar i_,gh Fellowship and C.•to r Thursday at 600 ?0 P34. �� Ser:.c c',.,:i.r Thursday ab o , :' p i ST. 7H AS CA'TI-DLIC CHU?C'i Rev. Azithc; Sunday Masses 7:00 8:00 9,15 _'C,'?J AA 5:30 4'i. aI r'3.ay Mass 7:30 AM, Baptism, Sunday 12130 P 31 Confessions Saturday 7:30 P.M. Adult Inquiry Classes M.id.., 8:00 P.M. Instruction Grades 1•'5 Sat. 10:00 A.M. Instruction Grades 9-12' Thurs,7 30P.M, (Const from Col. 1 P.2.) discussion it was moved by It. Doyle tat this request be granted and. that in:the interest of public s:I ety 57th Ave, So„, soith of So, 152rd,St.should remain closed as a -ublic _io?oughfare until June, 1960: but a temporary road for ,emergents vehicles should be 'Iut through ' immediately and maintained, the road to be barricaded at each end seconded by hr. Minkler and carried. Meeting recessedto Dec._21," The recessed meeting of the Tukwila Town Council was called to order by the Mayor, Charles 0,„ Baker, at 7:30P.M. Councilmen present were Stam Mi..kler, A,GRadford, 4flan Anderson. hi.. Stanley Smith was recommended to fill the vacancy on the council caused by.the resignation of Nrr. Frese, It was moved and seconded that lir. Smith be appointed to this office. Mayor Baker administered the oath of office to Mr. Smith. Mr. Baker announced that the terms of Mr. .1ells McCurdy and -:r. E..Ives as members of the Planning Cortr:ission expire of January 2, 1960. The appointel them.to''succeed thereelves as members of the Planning Commission,their terms _to expire "January 2, 1966, - Mr. wAnkler- moved the adoption of Resolution to.121, in which the Town Council' petitions:the ung Coule,;- School Organization Committee to give favorable attention•to petitions o•7' Tukwila citizens who wish to tranp:P into the South Central School Distric*.,, Seconded and carried. VALLEY INDUSTRIAL COVMISS ION By Mayor Charles 0, Baker $roperty owners in the valleys front Renton Junction (Soo 154th) to 48th Ave, So,, contacted the Annexation Committee and • ree;teeted annexation to Tukwila, This was our second annexation, the first occurred in 1918 vhen the Golden Arrow Dairy came into Town, This ex tended our east boundary from the center. of the river to the railroad, bringing into town another 200 acres of Valley land. Shortly afterwards, Renton announced their intention of annexeng all of the Valley, including the land south. of doff 154th and west to 51st Ave. So, 2re perty owners, west of the Green River, in this area, had already started an annexation petition to join Tukwila. In all out drive developed between our Annexation Committee and Renton. Cur group actually worked hundreds of hours :and within thti'ty days brought this 917 :acres into Tukwila, Renton lost their entire effort to annex the Valley. In this tract is the land being developed es,. Andover and South Center. This was our third annexation and Tukwila was three times its original size, The 75 acre Codiga E3tste was the fourth to come into town. Number five was the Mary Liston Estate, bringing in another 130 2.ores, gaMber six was south of So. 180th and brought in the 103 acres of Desimone and Ratolo, This had all been accom- plished before the end of 1957; During this time the Tukwila Planning Commission had continued to work on our Comprehensive Zan and Zoning Ordinance, Their plan called for the Valley lard to be zoned for the highest possible land use and still protect the adjacent hillsides for homesites for the people who would live here and work in the Industrial area, Tukwila, at this point, had become much stronger, Outside groups now re- cognized us and asked to meet with our officials, The Fort of Seattle re- quested a meeting with the Council, This meeting was at our Town Hall on the evening of October 16, 1957, The only Ebrt people attending were their engineer, attorney and public relations officials, The Council tried to map out a program of cooperation for the development of the Valley, but very little was accomplished since the Fort Commissioners, although in.=iced,.•, did not attend. Those present,representing the lbrt of Seattle, could not,, enter-. it . to Rolicy on any matter under discues_an. On December 19, 1957, officials of the town were invited to a joint meeting of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, the Ibrt of Seattle, (still no Commi asioner a) (Cont, to Col. 2, .1 . 2) Page 3 (Confit, from Col. 1, it. 3) the Seattle Area Industrial Council and representatives of Andover and the Allied Stores, This meeting was held in the hoard room of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, The meeting was called to try to work Out the problems that existed be- tween Tukwila and the R r4, It de- veloped into an a.1.1 -eat attack o;, Tukwila by the Seattle Area Industrial Council and the ibrt people. Tukwila officials defended their position and stated that, while they were walling to cooperate with the Fort; they wanted to retain their :home rule and do the zoning. At this meeting Frederick Baker, public relations Consultant for the Fort, admitted that the ..ort's plan to put heavy industry in the narrow part of the Valley in the vicinity of Foster Golf Course,would destroy the hil.lsidee for Thome, and that it was unfert. nate that people in Tui^;fila rfcu.st'scf•. it is necessary for progress. p,_ , ... c� stated that our roman would alit j..st as many industries and jobs bat c.till save the residential areas. During this meeting, the members of the U. S. Army Engineers Corps and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce supported our posi- tion. The ibrt of Seattle and the Seattle Area Industrial Council still insisted that their pian was the only ons and uoold be carried through, They would condemn all the Valley land, includi.ng Andover, South Canter and private khan; do the zoning and place any '.ndustry they desired here. Afterwards ttwy started News Releases to the cross. You probably recall those articles, They were unfrienday and often untrue, Sine?, they refused to cooperate and had started publicity to further their pro- gram, we found it necessary to defend our position, This would also be done through the Press. Last month in the Valley Industrial Commission Article, we made a one word. mistake that we would like to correct at this tine, The sentence read like this: "It in time that, King Coq~ty, Tl e tort of Seattle and the Cit* of Seettl have anent money andmade plans for -`ne development of this Valley and Riroe trough our torn," The wordt i_:.i., gas incorrect. The Sentence sheulT c3d, "It is true that King County, ? e &:rt of Seat le and the City of Seattle have spent money and made plans for the de- velopment of this Valley and River through our town." (=iLE MAIDS The next regular meeting of the Fire Maids will be held at the Fire Hall on January 21st at 8:00 P.M, CALENDAR FOR JANIUIRX 1960 Jan. 4 Town Council Town Hall 5 I mens Association Foster -Tukwila Pres. Church 6 Fire Dept. Practice Fire Hall 12 Community Club Meeting Tukwila Community Hall 13 Fire Dept. Meeting Fire Hall 13 Annual Church Meeting Foster -Tukwila Pres Church. and :rot Luck 19 Mrs. Lois ITewton Circle 20 Fire Dept Practice Fire Hall 20 K. O. B. A. Circle 21 Community Club Luncheon Tukwila Community Hall 21 Fire raids Fire Hall 21 Planning Commission ,Town Hall 25 School Advisory Council; Foster Jr. -Sr, High 26 Citizens Advisory Council Toun Hall 26 Jesse Gibore y Circle 27 Fire Dept. Meeting Fire Hall 8:00 P.M. 12:00 noon 7:00 P.M. 8.:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 6:00 P.I. 7:30 P.M. 7.00 P.M, 7:30 P.M. 12:00 noon 8 :0:) P.M. 8:00 P,u.. 8:00 P.'li, 8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. Permit No. 1 I3e',,d- Tukwila, Ghshington