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Home My WebLink AboutCouncil MIN 07-06-2004 Special FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL Council Chambers - City Hall Special Meeting July 6, 2004- 6: 15 p.m. Minutes 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER Deputy Mayor Kochmar called the Special Meeting of the Federal Way City Council to order at the hour of 6:20 p.m. Councilmembers present: Deputy Mayor Linda Kochmar, Councilmembers Jeanne Burbidge, Jack Dovey, Eric Faison, Jim Ferrell, and Mike Park. Deputy Mayor Kochmar excused Mayor McColgan's absence, who later joined the meeting at 6:40 p.m. Staff present: City Manager David Moseley, City Attorney Pat Richardson, and City Clerk Chris Green. II. COMMUNITY CENTERJBADMINTON COURT City Manager David Moseley gave a brief introduction and asked Interim Parks, Recreation, Cultural Services Director Donna Hanson to introduce the citizens who will be addressing Council on this issue. COUNCILMEMBER FERRELL MOVED TO SUSPEND COUNCIL RULES TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO SPEAK MORE THAN THE ALLOTTED THREE MINTUES PER PERSON; COUNCILMEMBER FAISON SECOND. The motion passed unanimously as follows: Burbidge Dovey Faison Ferrell yes yes yes yes Kochmar McColgan Park yes absent yes Dr. Su, spoke in support of placing a badminton facility in the new community center. H. David Kaplan, spoke in opposition to making modifications at this point to the community center facility for requests made from a small fraction of the community. Peter Townsend, spoke in support of modifications being made to the community center facility to allow a badminton tournament court. ORt GINAL Federal Way City Council Special Meeting Minutes July 6, 2004 - Page 2 (?l2 Councilmembers discussed the potential costs in making the requested modifications, and further discussed the various program cutbacks and modifications that have already been made to keep the project within the budget. COUNCILMEMBER DOVEY MOVED TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER PLANS AS IS; MAYOR MCCOLGAN SECOND. The motion passed 6-1 as follows: Burbidge yes Kochmar yes Dovey yes McColgan yes Faison yes Park no Ferrell yes III. ADJOURNMENT There being nothing further to discuss regarding this matter, Deputy Mayor Kochmar adjourned the Special Meeting at 7:01 p.m.