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Council MIN 02-06-2007 Regular MINUTES FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING . Council Chambers - City Hall February 6, 2007 - 7:00 PM (www.cityoffederalway.com) ***** 1. MEETING CALL TO ORDER Mayor Park called the meeting to order at 7:06 PM. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Cub Seout Troop 1t366 Jolm Wilde. Councilmember Dean McColgan led the flag salute. MOTION: Councilmember Burbidge moved to add Community Business and Officers Working Together to Detect and Arrest Copper Wire Suspects to the agenda following the presentation by Dr. Anderson (item b). Deputy Mayor Ferrell second. The motion carried 7-0. 3. PRESENTATIONS 3. PUGET SOUND ENERGY GRANT PRESENTATION (MOTION REQUIRED) - Parks Planning & Development Coordinator B. Sanders introduced PSE Representative, Joel Jackman. Mr. Jackman presented the Council with a PowerPoint slideshow detailing energy and gas conservation measures (the Community Center has been designed and built with an energy- savings rate of25 - 33% above the Washington State Energy Code - one of the strongest in the country). PSE has awarded the City a grant in the amount of$55,440 for its energy saving measures. MOTION: Councilmember Burbidge, on behalf of the Council, thanked Mr. Jackman for the recognition. Councilmember Burbidge moved to accept the Puget Sound Energy Grant and to authorize the City Manager to sign. Deputy Mayor Ferrell second. The motion carried 7-0. b. FUNDRAISING EFFORT FOR DEFIBRILLATORS IN ALL FEDERAL WAY SCHOOLS - Dr. Steve Anderson announced a fundraising effort, "The Heart of Federal Way Schools" with a goal to place an AED "Automatic External Defibrillator" within three minutes of every student in Federal Way. Dr. Anderson demonstrated the use of AED's on a patient suffering from sudden cardiac arrest. He stated that 325,000 people experience sudden cardiac arrest each year, and each year 7,000 students die. A fundraising dinner has been set for March 17, 2007 at 6:30 PM in the King County Aquatic Center. Citizens were encouraged to attend and to contact Kathy Schmidt (kathvschmidt@fhshealth.org) with questions or offers to help. ~. COMMUNITY BUSINESS AND OFFICERS WORKING TOGETHER TO DETECT AND ARREST COPPER WIRE SUSPECTS - Chief Wilson recognized Officer Manny Mairs and Puget Sound Energy Employee Mark Warner for the arrest of two suspected copper thieves apprehended while apparently in the act of stealing a large quantity of cab Ie from a PSE facility. Mr. Art Francis accepted on behalf of Mr. Warner. de. CITY MANAGER -INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES: Mr. Beets announced Federal Way's newest member to the Police Department, Officer Eric Walden. Although Officer Walden was unable to attend this Council meeting, he will be introduced and sworn in on February 20,2007. eEl. CITY MANAGER - EMERGING ISSUES - Mr. Beets stated that the grand opening of the Federal Way Community Center has been set and invited Donna Hanson to provide additional details. Ms. Hanson announced the grand opening has been set for March 31, 2007 and will kick off with a VIP breakfast to be followed by free activities and tours of the facility for the public. Staff will move from the Klahanee Lake location to the new Community Center on March 2 and will be giving tours and selling passes on site. To date, approximately 200 passes have been sold. Citizens were encouraged to take a tour! 4. CITIZEN COMMENT JOHN WILDE: Deputy City Clerk Kelsey read his letter into the record which expressed concerns regarding public outreach during and after the December wind storm and subsequent power outage. Mr. Wilde offered several suggestions for improvements. H. DAVID KAPLAN encouraged citizens to attend future Council retreats and remarked on the business conducted at the retreat. Mr. Kaplan further commented that citizens who do not attend the retreat miss an opportunity to connect face-to-face with their councilmembers. PEGGY LAPORTE stated she would like the Council to require or encourage outdoor public art for all new major development projects in the city; specifically the development of the AMC Theatre site. CARROL CLEMENS agreed with the comments made by Ms. LaPorte and expanded on the need for fine, outdoor art in Federal Way. . NORMA BLANCHARD questioned the number of open code violation cases and asked how many police officers are on the force. Mayor Park recommended she contact Community Development Director Kathy McClung. BRUCE LEE endorsed the comments made by Peggy LaPorte. MAGGIE ELLIS spoke regarding the upcoming Writers' Retreat at Dumas Bay on April 27 & 28 which will feature a writing competition for high school students to include a first and second place prize to be awarded to two students at each of the four high schools. Local authors and teachers will give workshops, lectures and seminars. JANN PEREZ supported the Arts Commission and public art downtown. JOHN WILDE apologized for not bringing his Boy Scouts Troup to lead the flag salute and stated he hoped they would be ready on February 20. 5. CONSENT AGENDA a. Minutes: Approval of the January 3, 2007 Special Meeting Minutes; January 16, 2007 Regular Meeting Minutes - PASSED b. Vouchers - PASSED c. City Hall HV AC Modifications - PASSED d. Arts Commission 2007 Contracts for Service - PULLED e. Arts Commission 2007 Work Plan - PASSED f. Lakehaven Utility District Interlocal Agreement - Preliminary Engineering Services Amendment No.2 - PULLED g. S. 348th Street at I 51 Avenue South Intersection Improvement Project - 30% Design Status Report - PASSED h. Demolition of Former AMC Theater Building - PASSED 1. 2007-2008 Litter Control Services Agreement - PASSED Councilmember Kochmar pulled agenda item f; Councilmember Burbidge pulled agenda item d. MOTION: MOTION: MOTION: Deputy Mayor Ferrell moved to approve items a, b, c, e, g, h & i. Councilmember Kochmar second. The motion carried 7-0. Councilmember Burbidge recused herself from voting on item d as her husband serves as Chair of the Federal Way Chorale, an organization with a funding request under consideration. Councilmember Kochmar moved approval of the Arts Commission 2007 contracts for services funding. Deputy Mayor Ferrell second. The motion carried 6-0 (Burbidge Recused). Councilmember Kochmar recused herself from voting on item f as she is an employee of Lakehaven Utility District. Councilmember Burbidge moved to authorize staff to execute an amendment to the lnterlocal agreement between the City of Federal way and Lakehaven Utility District for preliminary engineering services for water and sanitary sewer infrastructure related to transportation and surface water management project to extend the term to December 31,2007, to revise the payment, and to authorize the City Manager to approve, sign and execute all written agreements amending Paragraph III, Payments and Paragraph. V, Duration. Deputy Mayor Ferrell second. The motion carried 6-0 (Kochmar Recused). 6. INTRODUCTION ORDINANCES 3. COUNCIL BILL #428 - CITY CENTER SEP A PLANNED ACTION ORDINANCE An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Federal Way, Washington, establishing the city center planned action pursuant to RCW 43.21.031. MOTION: b. MOTION: Deputy City Clerk Kelsey read the ordinance title into the record. Counci/member Dovey moved to forward the ordinance to a second reading on February 20, 2007. Deputy Mayor Ferrell second. The motion carried 7-0. COUNCIL BILL #429 - 35TH AVENUE SOUTH STREET V ACA TION REQUEST ApPROVAL An ordinance ofthe City Council of the City of Federal Way, Washington, vacating a portion of 35th Avenue South in the vicinity north of South 336th Street. Deputy City Clerk Kelsey read the ordinance title into the record. Councilmember Dovey moved to forward the ordinance to a second reading on February 20, 2007. Councilmember McColgan second. The motion carried 7-0. 7. COUNCIL REPORTS COUNCILMEMBER DOVEY announced the final Metropolitan Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee (MSW AC) meeting and deadline for final comments as detailed during recent Land Use & Transportation Committee Meetings. Anyone with comments was encouraged to contact Public Works Director Cary Roe or himself before Friday so their concerns could be brought forward. COUNCILMEMBER BURBIDGE announced February 13, 2007 at 6:00 PM as the date for the next Parks, Recreation and Public Safety Committee meeting and briefly reviewed the agenda topics for consideration. She announced plans to attend the South County Area Transportation Board meeting next week and encouraged citizens to attend the Center Stage Theater production of Absurd Person Singular playing February 9 - 25 at the Knutzen Family Theatre. Councilmember Burbidge was also pleased to recognize and congratulate the following Parks personnel for recently becoming nationally accredited as follows: Certified Playgrounds Inspectors - Recognized by the National Playground Safety Inspector Training Program (NPSI) are Tony Collins, Jason Gerwen and Tim Dickinson. Certified Arborist - Recognized through the International Society of Arb ori st (ISA), is Tim Dickinson COUNCILMEMBER KOCHMAR recognized Deputy City Clerk Kelsey for her efforts to organize the City's second annual Souper Bowl; an event made possible by the donations from City staff. This year's Souper Bowl resulted in a contribution to the Multi-Service Center Food Bank of approximately 3,500 cans of soup and other non-perishable food items. Councilmember Kochmar also announced the Association of Washington Cities' annual Legislative Conference in Olympia on February 14 and 15. Last, she announced the next meeting of the City's Finance Human Services and Regional Affairs Committee meeting which will include information on homelessness and temporary emergency shelters. MA YOR PARK announced the State of the City address at the Chamber of Commerce Luncheon at the Twin Lakes Golf & Country Club on Wednesday, February 7 at 11:30 PM and announced the next Lodging Tax Advisory Committee meeting on Friday, February 9. Mayor Park also stated that he, along with several Councilmembers and City Manager Beets plan to meet with the 30th District Legislators during the A WC Conference February 14 and 15. 8. CITY MANAGER REPORT The City Manager reported that the executive session would last approximately 20 minutes. 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION a. .Potential Litigation Pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - Council recessed to Executive Session at 8:01 PM. 10. ADJOURNMENT With no further business to consider, the Mayor adjourned the meeting at 8:09 PM. ATTEST: