Council MIN 03-06-1990 Regular
FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
1'1arch 6, 1990
Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
FLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL OF
COUNCIL
STAFF PRESENT
PRESS ATTEN.
SPEC TAL
PRESENTATION
Ogden, Murphy
& Hal1ace, Law
Firm, John
Wallace, City
Attorney'...
'R, e sol uti 0 n o.f ,.
Incorporation
Municiual Buildin~
Council Chambers
MINUTES
Debra Ertel, Mayor, called the regular meeting of the
Federal Vay City Council to order.
Counci1member Marks led the Pledge of Allegiance to
the Flag.
DEBRA ERTEL, Mayor, MARY E. GATES, Deputy Mayor, JAMES
HANDMACHER, JOEL MARKS, ROBERT E. STEAD, LYNN TEMPLETON
AND JAMES E. WEBSTER.
ALLEN B. LOCKE, City Manager, PATRICK FLOYD, Assistant
City Manager, JOHN D. WALLACE, City Attorney, BRUCE
LORENTZEN, Building Official, GREG MOORE, Land Use
Manager, DELORES A. MEAD, City CLerk, CHRIS GREEN, Senior
Secretary.
KURT HERZOG, Federal Way News (Official City Newspaper),
MICHELLE FLORES, Seattle Times, GEORGE FOSTER, Seattle
Post Intelligencer, and DAN VOELPEL, News Tribune.
City Attorney Wallace, on behalf of his law firm and
himself, presented individual éouncil members with a
matted and framed original Resolution of Incorporation
of the City of Federal Way so each would have something
to commemorate the city incorporation. The Council
expressed thanks and appreciation for the thoughtful' arid
meaningful gift.
AUDIENCE COMMENT,
Federal Way ,à: ðiy~d Kaplan, 30240 27th Ave. S., Federal Way, on
Community oehalf of'the 'F'ederal Way Community Council, read items
Council of business from meeting of March 1, regarding procedures
Inquiry as for annexation for areas outside of the city. Also,
to procedúre procedures for scheduling SEPA or Plat Hearings such
'for'Annexa- as BALD was going to have and how will the city get in
tions and touch with participants for the hearings?
Plat/SEPA Councilmember Handmacher advised that hearings previously
Hearings scheduled by the County have been stricken per Hearing
Examiners notice to the City Attorney. No formal plan
is yet in place for processing those in the tity. The
first step will be to hire a Hearing Examiner. The SEPA
Ordinance is in place and will be applied as soon as the
Planning Department is ready. Notices will be well
publicized regarding hearings, no policy in place at
this time for processing annexations of properties.
Applicants/participants to have proper notice as per
legal requirements.
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FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
3/6/90
(cont.)
AUDIENCE COMMENT
(con to )
HOV Lanes 1-5
to Seattle
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VOU~HER APPROVAl¡
$ 3 9-, 1 D,s' .J 0..' . , ,
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519-6.27"63-, ,
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s. M. 344 t fi ,
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King C'ounty
Brenda Hancock, 34003 1st Circle S., Apt. A, Federal Way,
member of a group formed to get HOV lane~ on 1-5, ~etween
here and Seattle to ease traffic congest~on. Counc~l
support was requested. News article was presente~. .In
discussion it was noted Council has taken no pos~t~on
on the issue but would probably support the.pro~osa1.to
The (SHOVE) Committee was requested to prov~de ~nput
Council regarding where it is in the process, any
obstacles and help needed by Council. The.La~d U~e
Committee meets at 7:00 p.m. on Mondays,~~v~tat~o~
extended to attend. City Manager Locke adv~~ed a b~ll
passed by the Legislature over the weekend ~nc1udes
priority funding for the HOV lanes.
'Lisa G r i,m e s, 2120 South 2-7 9.t h. :e 1 ace, !' ed e1<~J, H~ !" ,9JL-ü.0.3. ,
on behalf of the Community CounciJ"exterrded i.nyltation
to council to be gues'ts at3/22/90-/forll'Iq.-'Iq.eeting at
Sti,n: Lqke Impro~ement Club, ],d.;O, p..rn,. Respr:sentatives,
£r~m various agencies to speak rega~ding sini1e familY-
mu1ti-Æamily housingâevelopment i,n a1<ea ofMilit~ry,
:Roa-â? So. 320th 5tr:e-et a,n'â Peasley Canyon Roa'â.
Notice .from, the SuDur:nan Citi,es Ass'n. WqS reGd a,dYJsi'~~
~f mee~ing to be he~d at Overlake ~olF and Country Club
Council invited to atte.nd~ March 14, 1990, at 6:00 p.m.
Invitation was extenâed council toa,ttend a Regiona,l
Services Committee meeting on 317 /90 a~ 2:30 p.~; ~t,
Tubdla Public Wqrks Con.--:t;eJ;'e.nce r,qom,
Councilmember r,ates, Chairman Q..f t,h.e Budget, Finfl,nce,
aníi I~n su ranc e Comm it t ee, report ed rev few a;nfl 4-pprova1
0 f 17 o-u c her s Nos. 5 1 9l~ 1- 4 R, 5 1 962 - 6 3 and 51 934 - 5 2 r¡ 0.7
in total sum of $39,103.70. Certification as to
receipt of merchandise and/or services received,
Counc il approval for naYPlent wae-r,ecQ'Iq'Iqe.nde-,d.: "
110VED BY STEAD, SECONDEDB¥' MARK'S? TO APP:ReYE: 'rBE:
VOU-CHERS. MOTION CARRIED>
,,'. 'Co-uncilrn,entbe,r Ha,nârn,ach.er,Cha:Lrman oÆi the Larrâ U--s~e:
an<i Tr an spO'I:'tat ion ~l anni,ng CoIl!,nrLft e.e.~rep9, pte:d'
receipt of K:i:ng County EI,S on s. :';7. 344th Stree.t
ex--ten~,ion. Them.atteJ;' oÆ alte'J;'n,~~e, ,Jioutes,ttn-de:1<
r:eY~ew, OJ the J:>laryn}ng,1H're'ctor, 'rJ;'a.£,fic Engineer
an'â the, Comnlit t ee ,J<e Po]! t to c oùnc i<1, ~ Q 4 q 1'1. ow;
n ex--t we e k.
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Pursuant to :Polygon Concomi,tant AgJëe-e:ment, Pu'bJ,i,c
Hearing-w.ill be held on 4/3/90 regarding preferable
~ight~of-way to be preserved for the 344th Street
extension.
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FEDE~AL WAY CITY COUNCIL
RE,GULAR MEET ING
376) 9~0 ~ (Con t .t
OLD BUSINESS
Committee Reports
Parks & Recreation
Cultural Arts
Committee
Comm it tee'
Meeting 3/7 /90,
7:30 a.m. to
study Comprehensive
Plan for Parks &
Recreation,3/21/90
at-7:.30 a.m.
, . ,
Personnel and
Facilities Committee
Meeting 3/14/90
7:30 a.m.
Data Processing
Equipment Bid
Award
Review of
prospective city
hall sites
Fire station-
city hall site
leased at no
charge at present
time.
Budget, 'Finance
and In sur an c e
Committee.
Meeting 3/J,619.!Ju
-9o-r-O-O.- ~ ..PJ"',
City Insurance
coverage
Human Se,rv ic e s
Committee
Meeting 3/15/9-0- ,
to be rescheduled
Draft in process for
Summer Teen Program
Councilmember Webster, Chairman of the
Parks & Recreation, Cultural Arts Committee,
announced meeting on 3/7/90 at 7:30 a.m. to
develop strategies on Comprehensive Planning
for Parks & Recreation and open space for
Federal way. Laurie Flemm, representative
for Interagency for Outdoor Recreation, will
make recommendations regarding advisory
committee. Also, Family Fest event at Steel
Lake in the summer will be discussed on
3/21/90.
Councilmember Stead, Chairman of the Personnel
and Facilities Committee, reported meeting
this a.m. and announced meeting on Wednesday,
3/14/90 at 7:30 a.m. The committee advised
of negotiations to commence for Data Process-
ing equipment for the city. Bids were received
between $140,000 and $273,000. The low bid
I.B.M. 400-Mini P.C., $140,000.00 meeting all
requirements and seeming to be the most approp-
riate. Also, city hall sites were reviewed
and narrowed to two locations, Seatac Executive
Center and the E. F. Hutton Building. Recom-
mendations will be forthcoming in the near
future.
The committee reported receipt of Lease
Agreement on the present city hall facility
without payment, the question of payment
reserved until later in the event of future
utilization of the building site for park
Department facilities. (Xing County Fire
station site, 31132 - 28th Avenue South.)
Councilmember Gates, Chairman of the Budget,
Finance and Insurance Committee, announced
meeting to be held on 3/16/90 at 9:00 a.m.
to close the fiscal year, 2/27/90 and to
review budgetary expenditures to that date.
Also, the committee will determine cost to
staff the city for the entire 1990 budget year
and will look at insurance, five million
dollar coverage presently in effect, the
insurance broker directed to secure an
additional five million dollars coverage.
Report will follow by the 16th.
-Cöu-nc ilmem beT Templeton ~ Cha i,rman of t he'Hu-~B;n
Services Committee, announ,cé.d p; 3/15-/9iL
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~eet~ng t6 be reschedu~ed. JackGa~bJ,e~~
Dep't of Social and Health Services reprè-
sentative to be present. Also, a draft for
a possible summer teen program will be dis-
cussed at that time.
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FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR ME.ET ING
3/6/90
OLD BUSINESS
Committee Reports (Cont.)
Land Use and
Transportation
Planning Committee
Building Height
in Zoning Code
Future Planning
Process under
study
?lann~ng Cømmission
applicants being
selected
Scope of Work
Lam Use I'nven tory
& Traffic
Modelling
Transportation
Plan
Councilmember Handmacher, Chairman of the Land
Use and Transportation Planning Committee, reported
meeting last night and regular meetings held
every Monday evening at 7:00 p.m. at city hall.
Topics of discussion included building height
adjustment in residential zones, builders to
appoint a committee to meet with the Planning
Director and the subject to be evaluated there-
after. Averaging the gable heights rather than
measuring to the top of the roofline a partial
solution. Also, Quail Run III apartment dispute
to be worked out between neighbors and developer.
In discussing future planning process, the
Planning Director was directed to proceed with
preparation of applications forms for completion
by persons interested in serving on the Planning
Commission, April 13, 1990 to be cutoff date,
process for criteria and -selection being formu-
lated. The Planning Director is also preparing
scope of work to be done beginning comprehensive
planning with inventory of Land Use and Traffic
Modelling. Also to be prepared is scope of work,
budget and timetable for a consultant to do a
transportation plan which needs to be completed
by June of this year, no long range planning
staff anticipated until fall.
ORDINANCE.S/RESOLUTIONS
QJ;d. No. 9,W-44 An Ordinance of the City of
Amend. Gambling was read amending Ordinance
0rd. to Inc. Social social card games.
Card Games
INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENTS BALD-
Permit Processing
of Vested'
Federal Way, Washington
No. 90-15 to permit
MOVED BY HANDMACHER, SECONDED BY GATES, TO SUSPEND
THE RULES AND WAIVE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
CARRIED.
MOVED BY STEAD, SECONDED BY WEBSTER, TO ADOPT THE
ORDINANCE AS READ. ROLL CALL VOTE RESULTED IN ALL
AYES. MOTION CARRIED.
Building and Land Development (BALD) Interlocal
Agreement was presented. Discussion ensued regar-
ding County's request that the City adopt County
-Code regulations by reference to be applicablito
vested City permits to be processed for the City
by BALD, substitive authority of the County deemed
terminated upon the Cityts incorporation. Interlocal
Agreement proposed to give authority to the County
to proceed, demands for the City to adopt the
County Code felt to be unreasonable, flexibility
and compromise onboth sides to resolve the matter
advisable and necessary. The matter was referred
to City Attorney Wallace to continue discussions
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FEDERAL BAY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
3/6/90
(cant.)
INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT S
BALD (cont.)
Real Property
Interlocal
Agreement
NEF BUSINESS:
EXECUTIVE
SESSIONS
3/8/90, 2:00p.m.
3/9/90, 8:00a.m.
City Manager
Interviews
AUDIENCE C0MMENT
Perm it delayed
until County-
City Interlocal
Agreement
final iz ed
Development
c'augbt in
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del a y. , (Qu ail
Run P't'ojecd
0 oj e c t ion t 0
Beauty Pageant
Incorporation
Party sponsored
by citizens,
groups and
órganizations
the Pageant a
Seafair event
C i,t y,/ Coun t y
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'? e"Ji.'nl i,t s'.i neEKl
f.g¡i~1:ca¡
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with the County and report back.
King County Real Property Interlocal Agreement
is in process,action deferred until finalizerl.
Mayor Ertel announced Executive Sessions scheduled -,
March 8, 1990 at 2:00 p.m. and on March 9, 1990 at
8:00 a.m. for the purpose of interviewing candidates
for the position of City Manager.
Roger Hill, 1918 S. Seatac Mall, stated he was caught
in the cracks of the permit process. He is moving from
one side of the Seatac Mall to the other, King County
not issuing permit pending execution of Interlocal
Agreement with the City. His concern regards commitment
dates, 3/15/90 target date for commencing the move,
Council urged to take expediate action.
, ,Jiame,s Young, 1024 S. 286th Pl., Federal Hay, represen-
ting Yo~ng Development, also caught in the permit
p~ocess. His ~uail Run Project, in process two years
with King County now delayed, pending resolve of City
differences. Risk of financial loss and consequence
of delay felt imperative, Coun¿il urged to meet with
the County to resolve the matters.
Mary Menard, 32109 33rd Ave. S.W., Federal Hay,
cong'Ji.'atulated the City on incorporation, expressing
disturbance at seeing teenage contestants at celebration
and inquiring regarding sponsorship of beauty queen
pageants which she feels objectify young women. Council
was urged to prohibit such activity.
Mary EhlJ,s advised citizens of Federal Hay had
organized the party; also, Community eoun¿il members
assisting, the young women present to serve non-
alcoholic beverages, and they were contestants in
Miss Federal Way pageant sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce in conjunction with Seafair. There is a Miss
Federal Way and these participants are runners~up.
Al Fr an k , 2 963 5 2 n d Pl. S . H., Fed e r ã 1 \-T a y , s tat e d Kin g
County and City problem a po1iticâl one. The Mayor
was urged to meet with County Executive Tim Hill and
to seek assistance of State Representatives for
persuasion pressure, sometimes necessary in dealing
with bureaucratic government agencies.
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FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
3/6/90 (cont.)
AUDIENCE COMMENT
Builder Awaiting
Resolve of Permit
Process
David Morrison, developer of single-family
lots in Federal Way, advised of being caught
up in City/County permit process inquiring
as to vesting. City Attorney Wallace advised
the state regulations are judicial doctrines
not statutes and are gregarious as to difinity
of application. When application is completed
and plat has been developed in compliance with
the building and other codes, it is considered
vested.
Adjournment
As there was no further audience comment and
no further business to come before the
Council, the meeting was adjourned.
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D'ELORES A. MEAD, C, CITY CLERK
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