HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-05-13 Special MinutesOFFICIALS:
OLD BUSINESS:
TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL
May 13, 2002
Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers
Immediately following Committee of Whole
SPECIAL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Calling the meeting to order at 9:07 p.m. was Mayor Steven M. Mullet.
ROLL CALL:
Calling the roll of Council was Bob Baker, Deputy City Clerk. Present were Council President Richard Simpson; and
Councilmembers Joe Duffle; Joan Hernandez; Pam Carter; Jim Haggerton; Pamela Linder, and Dave Fenton.
Steven M. Mullet, Mayor; John McFarland, City Administrator; Lucy Lauterbach, Legislative Analyst; Bob Baker, Deputy
City Clerk; and Kathy Rohlena, Acting Director, Administrative Services.
MOTION APPROVING ADDITIONAL 2002 FUNDING TO AIRPORT COMMUNITIES
COALITION (ACC) IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000.00
HERNANDEZ MOVED; CARTER SECONDED; MOTION APPROVING ADDITIONAL 2002 FUNDING TO AIRPORT
COMMUNITIES COALITION (ACC) IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000.00.*
Discussion: Councilmember Haggerton spoke in favor of the motion to show continued support and commitment to
fighting the third runway. He spoke in favor of fighting the delivery and use of potentially contaminated soil from Vashon
and Maury Islands, from lead and arsenic, as a result of the Tacoma Smelter Plume. Councilmembers Hernandez and
Linder spoke in favor of additional funding for various reasons; while Councilmember Fenton spoke against the motion,
noting his fiduciary responsibility to the community members of Tukwila and the declining economy within Tukwila.
*The motion carried 6 -1; with Councilmember Fenton voting NO.
ADIOURNMENT:
9:15 p.m. HAGGERTON MOVED; DUFFIE SECONDED; TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING.
The motion carried 7 -0.
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Steven M. Mullet, Mayor
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Robert H. Baker, CMC
Deputy City Clerk
Date minutes approved: May 20, 2002