Council MINS 01-19-1999 Regular
FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL
Council Chambers - City Hall
January 19, 1999 Regular Meeting
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MINUTES
I.
CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Mayor Gintz called the regular meeting of the Federal Way City Council to order at 7:07 PM in
the Council Chambers, City Hall, Federal Way, Washington.
Councilmembers present: Mayor Ron Gintz, Deputy Mayor Michael Park, Councilmembers
Jeanne Burbidge, Mary Gates, and Linda Kochmar.
Council members Jack Dovey and Phil Watkins were excused.
Staff present: City Manager Kenneth Nyberg, Deputy City Manager Philip Keightley, Assistant
City Attorney Pat Richardson, City Clerk Chris Green, and Deputy City Clerk Laura Ulanowski.
II.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Councilmember Kochmar led the Pledge of Allegiance.
III.
PRESENTATION
Weyerhaeuser Donation to Public Safety D~artment
Deputy Public Safety Director Tom Chaney presented a plaque to Weyerhaeuser representatives
Michael Kerr, and Maura Hines and Lt. Steve Neil thanking them for their collaborative effort
in making a $13,000 grant to the Public Safety Department for purchase of bomb disposal
equipment.
IV.
CITIZEN COMMENT
Donna Welch - expressed concern for the Arts Commission budget.
ORIGINAL
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v.
CONSENT AGENDA
Minutes/January 5. 1999 Regular Meetin~
Council Bill #212/Residential Desilrn Guidelines/Enactment Ordinance
SW 340th & Hoyt Rd Final Design! Authority to Bid
SW 3l2th & 14th Ave SW Pedestrian Project/Final Acceotance
Plannin!! Commission 1999 Work Plan
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Ap.proval
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Deputy Mayor Michael Park moved to approve the consent agenda. Councilmember Burbidge
second.
Mayor Gintz pulled items b and e.
Councilmember Burbidge moved to approve consent items a, c, d, and f. Councilmember Gates
second. The motion carried 5-0 as follows:
Burbidge
Gates
Gintz
yes
yes
yes
Kachmar
Park
yes
yes
Consent Item b - Council Bill #2l2/Residential Design Guidelines: Mayor Gintz asked to amend
Section 22-1638-16 to state: Residential design features, including but not limited to entry
porches, projecting window bays, balconies or decks, individual windows (rather than strip
windows), offsets, and cascading or steeped roof forms shall be incorporated into all buildings.
Councilmember Gates asked for a friendly amendment to insert the word "of' in section 22-1638-
15 line 4.
Councilmember Gates moved to approve sections 15 and 16 as amended. Deputy Mayor Park
second. The motion carried 5-0 as follows:
Burbidge
Gates
Gintz
yes
yes
yes
Kochmar
Park
yes
yes
Council member Gates moved to approve Council Bill #2l2/Residential Design Guidelines for
adoption. Deputy Mayor Park second. The motion carried 5-0 as follows:
Burbidge
Gates
Gintz
yes
yes
yes
Kochmar
Park
yes
yes
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Consent Item f - Planning Commission Work Plan - Mayor Gintz asked Deputy Community
Development Director Kathy McClung if a Junk Vehicle Ordinance would be included in the 1999
Work Plan. Ms. McClung stated a draft ordinance has gone before the Planning Commission and
will be coming before the City Council at a later date.
Mayor Gintz moved to approve the 1999 Planning Commission Work Plan. Deputy Mayor Park
second. The motion carried 5-0 as follows:
Burbidge
Gates
Gintz
VI.
yes
yes
yes
Kachmar
Park
yes
yes
CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS
a.
City Manager Executive Search
Councilmember Gates moved discussion of this item be delayed until all seven members of the
City Council could be present and moved discussion take place at the up-coming (date to be
determined) Council mini-retreat. Councilmember Kachmar second. The motion carried 5-0 as
follows:
Burbidge
Gates
Gintz
b.
yes
yes
yes
Kachmar
Park
yes
yes
Arts Commission Appointments
Councilmember Gates moved to appointJoanne Piquette, Jacqueline Peterson, Lorene Fortini, and
J ung Ho Kim as full term members of the Arts Commission and moved to appoint Frances Velling
as alternate #1, Maria Meneses as alternate #2, and Dwayne Henderson as alternate #3.
Council member Kochmar second. The motion carried 5-0 as follows:
Burbidge
Gates
Gintz
yes
yes
yes
Kachmar
Park
yes
yes
City Manager Ken Nyberg asked to add an item to Council Business: Juvenile Accountability
Block Grant.
Mayor Gintz moved to fold the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Application into the King
County Coalition Grant Application. Councilmember Kochmar second. The motion carried 5-0
as follows:
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Burbidge
Gates
Gintz
yes
yes
yes
Kochmar
Park
yes
yes
VIT.
CITY MANAGER REPORT
City Manager Kenneth Nyberg announced Community Development Director Greg Moore will
leave the City effective January 30, 1999 to go into the private sector, and he has appointed
Development Services Manager, Stephen Clifton to the position. Mr. Nyberg also stated Police
Lt. Keith Schenkel will be leaving the city at the end of the month to take a position for the State
of Pohnpei.
VIII.
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS
Councilmember Burbidge stated she attended the Suburban Cities Association Meeting last week
and attended the South King County Transportation Board meeting this morning.
Councilmember Gates announced the Finance/Economic Development and Regional Affairs
Committee will meet on January 26th at noon, and updated the audience on Regional Express and
transportation issues.
Councilmember Kochmar stated she also attended the Suburban Cities Association Meeting last
week, and thanked Economic Development Executive Debra Coates for her participation and
update at the Economic Development Forecast Breakfast. Councilmember Kochmar also thanked
Derek Matheson, Assistant to the City Manager, for his efforts on the Martin Luther King Jr.
Celebration on January 18, 1999.
Deputy Mayor Park thanked staff for their participation at the MLK Celebration.
Mayor Gintz stated that Debra Coates' update at the Economic Development Forecast Breakfast
will serve as her quarterly update to the Council.
IX.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Federal Way City Council, Mayor Gintz adjourned the
meeting at 7:41 PM.
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ura Ulanowski, Deputy City Clerk