Council MIN 11-09-1993 Regular
FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting
Council Chambers - City Hall
November 9, 1993 - 7:00 P.M.
MINUTES
I.
CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Acting Mayor Marks opened the regular meeting of the Federal Way City Council at 7:04 p.m.,
in Council Chambers, City Hall, Federal Way, Washington.
City Council present: Acting Mayor Joel Marks, Councilmembers Ray Tomlinson, Mary Gates,
Ron Gintz, Lynn Templeton, Skip Priest. Excused absence: Mayor Bob Stead.
City Staff present: City Manager J. Brent McFall, City Attorney Carolyn Lake, City Clerk
Maureen Swaney, Deputy City Clerk Chris Green.
II.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Scout Pack #334 led the flag salute.
lli.
PROCLAMATION
Acting Mayor Marks presented the "Scouting for Food" proclamation to Scoutmaster Ron
Buckner.
IV.
CITIZEN COMMENT
M. C. Scheerer - thanked Council for newly installed 11th Street signal light and made budget
suggestions; Rod Sweeney - discussed need for Steel Lake Park athletic fields improvement; Bill
Allen - requested more sports fields; Mary Ellen Stone - thanked Council for past support of
sexual assault assistance program and asked for continued support. Acting Mayor Marks
thanked the citizens for making their concerns known to the City Council.
v.
CONSENT AGENDA
a.
b.
c.
d.
Voucher/November 9, 1993
Minutes/October 19 & 22, 1993
Accept/File September 1993 Financial Report
S 316th St/20th Ave S Traffic Signal Project
S 320th StiSR 99 Signal Coordination Project
e.
ORIGINAL
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j.
f.
Council Bill #66/Enactment Ordinance/Natural Gas Franchise
APPROVED ORDINANCE NO 93-189
Council Bill #67/Enactment Ordinance/False Alarm Amendment
APPROVED ORDINANCE NO 93-193
Council Bill #68/Enactment Ordinance/Proposed Annexation
APPROVED ORDINANCE NO 93-190
Council Bill #69/Enactment Ordinance/Plat Alterations
APPROVED ORDINANCE NO 93-191
Council Bill #70/Enactment Ordinance!SEPA Process Amendment
APPROVED ORDINANCE NO 93-192
g.
h.
i.
Councilmember Gintz pulled item (g) of the consent agenda for purposes of additional
discussion.
Motion by Councilmember Priest to approve the consent agenda, with the exception of item (g);
second by Councilmember Gates. Consent agenda, excluding item (g), passed as follows:
Stead
Tomlinson
Gintz
Priest
excused absence
yes
yes
yes
Marks
Gates
Templeton
yes
yes
yes
Councilmember Gintz said he supports the proposed amendment to the False Alarm Ordinance,
but disagrees with the registration requirement as stated in Section 2.
Motion by Councilmember Templeton to approve the proposed amendment to the False Alarm
Ordinance under consent agenda item (g); second by Councilmember Gates.
Councilmember Gintz moved to amend the main motion to delete Section 2 of the proposed
ordinance, thereby omitting any reference to a registration requirement; second by Acting Mayor
Marks. Amendment failed as follows:
Stead
Tomlinson
Gintz
Priest
excused absence
no
yes
no
Marks
Gates
Templeton
no
no
no
Main motion to approve consent agenda item (g), ORDINANCE NO. 93-193 "False Alarm
Amendment", passed as follows:
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Stead
Tomlinson
Gintz
Priest
excused absence
yes
no
yes
Marks
Gates
Templeton
yes
yes
yes
VI.
CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS
Human Services Commission's 1994 Funding Recommendation
Richard Looney, Diane Jhueck, David Daniels, Stephanie Boschee, Lynn Roberts and Gary
Benton - identified areas of need for Human Services funding in 1994 budget allocations.
Human Services Chair Carolyn Cowan and Human Services Manager Nita Richardson presented
Councilmembers with newly revised 1994 Human Services general fund application and funding
recommendation charts, and addressed a variety of Council inquiries.
In the future, Councilmember Priest recommended all Human Services applications be reviewed
at Council Committee level, so Council concerns can be addressed prior to the budget review
process.
VII.
CITY MANAGER REPORT
Mr. McFall reminded Councilmembers of their upcoming budget study session on November
15th at 7:30 a.m., with no projected time for adjournment of the session. He reported the public
hearing and first reading of the proposed 1994 City budget ordinance will be conducted on
November 16th, with the ordinance enactment scheduled for December 7th.
VIII.
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS
Councilmember Priest presented an updated report on recent airport noise impact task force
meetings, and thanked Senior Planner Greg Fewins for his outstanding contribution during those
task force proceedings.
Councilmember Templeton reported the Land Use Committee has recommended the Planning
Commission review temporary uses and time processes of the City Code for recommendation
to and final approval by the full Council.
Motion by Councilmember Priest to direct the Planning Commission to review the temporary
use portion of the City Code, including time processes and uses, at its December 8th meeting,
and present its recommendation to the full City Council on December 21st; second by
Councilmember Tomlinson. Motion passed as follows:
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Stead
Tomlinson
Gintz
Priest
excused absence
yes
yes
yes
Marks
Gates
Templeton
yes
yes
no
Councilmember Templeton reminded ad hoc committee members (Councilmembers Gates and
Tomlinson) of the upcoming interview process to fill four vacancies on the Human Services
Commission and three on the Diversity Commission. They plan to schedule interviews for the
week of December 6th.
Councilmember Gates announced there will be a special meeting of the Regional Affairs/City
Improvement Committee on November 16th at 6:30 p.m., with the committee's next regular
meeting scheduled for November 23rd. She also reported the Transportation Caucus of King
County has just completed its scheduled work.
Acting Mayor Marks expressed his appreciation to Councilmember Gates for her excellent
representation of the City during the recent transportation meetings.
IX.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Council, Acting Mayor Marks adjourned the
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