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RENTON CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting
October 13, 2003 Council Chambers
Monday, 7:30 p.m. M I N U T E S Renton City Hall
CALL TO ORDER Mayor Jesse Tanner led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag and called the
meeting of the Renton City Council to order.
ROLL CALL OF
COUNCILMEMBERS
KATHY KEOLKER-WHEELER, Council President; DAN CLAWSON; TONI
NELSON; RANDY CORMAN; DON PERSSON; KING PARKER. MOVED
BY KEOLKER-WHEELER, SECONDED BY CLAWSON, COUNCIL
EXCUSE ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER TERRI BRIERE. CARRIED.
CITY STAFF IN
ATTENDANCE
JESSE TANNER, Mayor; JAY COVINGTON, Chief Administrative Officer;
ZANETTA FONTES, Assistant City Attorney; BONNIE WALTON, City
Clerk; GREGG ZIMMERMAN, Planning/Building/Public Works
Administrator; ALEX PIETSCH, Economic Development Administrator;
DEREK TODD, Assistant to the CAO; COMMANDER FLOYD ELDRIDGE,
Police Department.
PROCLAMATION
World Population Awareness
Week - October 20 to 25, 2003
A proclamation by Mayor Tanner was read declaring the week of October 20 to
25, 2003, to be "World Population Awareness Week" in the City of Renton,
urging all citizens to conserve water whenever and wherever they can and to
reflect on ways to ensure adequate safe water supplies for future generations.
MOVED BY KEOLKER-WHEELER, SECONDED BY CLAWSON,
COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE PROCLAMATION AS READ. CARRIED.
ADMINISTRATIVE
REPORT
Chief Administrative Officer Jay Covington reviewed a written administrative
report summarizing the City’s recent progress towards goals and work programs
adopted as part of its business plan for 2003 and beyond. Items noted included:
The second annual Harvest Festival at the Piazza will be held on October
18. Sponsored by Piazza Renton and the City of Renton, this event builds
on the successful revitalization in downtown Renton.
Special thanks to the Wal-Mart Foundation for donating $1,000 to purchase
school supplies for the low-income children who attended the Summer
Lunch Program at Tiffany Park.
The Transportation Systems Division has initiated a study of the Rainier
Ave. corridor, and a presentation of existing corridor conditions will be the
focus of the first open house on October 21 at the Renton IKEA Performing
Arts Center.
AUDIENCE COMMENT
Citizen Comment: Ebertz - Hot
Tub (Spa) Regulations
Sueellen Ebertz, 3321 SE 7th St., Renton, 98058, requested that Renton
Municipal Code Section 4-5-110C, Fencing Required around Pools and Spas,
be amended. She detailed the problems she encountered with the installation of
a hot tub (spa) at her residence due to the City's fence height and construction
standards, and pointed out that the requirements substantially increased the cost
of the project. Ms. Ebertz recommended that the City decrease the fencing
requirements for hot tubs, and require that they have locking covers.
MOVED BY PARKER, SECONDED BY CLAWSON, COUNCIL REFER
THE SUBJECT OF HOT TUB (SPA) REGULATIONS TO THE PLANNING
AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. CARRIED.
CONSENT AGENDA Items on the consent agenda are adopted by one motion which follows the
listing.
October 13, 2003 Renton City Council Minutes Page 365
Council Meeting Minutes of
October 6, 2003
Approval of Council meeting minutes of October 6, 2003. Council concur.
Release of Easement: Building
C at Southport LLC (Southport
Short Plat), RE-02-001
City Clerk submitted application from Building C at Southport, LLC for partial
release of a fire main easement (RE-02-001) located in the vicinity of Gene
Coulon Memorial Beach Park and Lake Washington Blvd. within Lot 3 of the
Southport Short Plat (SHP-99-134). Refer to Utilities Committee.
CAG: 02-189, City Center
Parking Garage Signage, CK
Doty & Associates
Community Services Department submitted CAG-02-189, City Center Parking
Garage Signage; and requested approval of the project, authorization for final
pay estimate in the amount of $652.80, commencement of 60-day lien period,
and release of retained amount of $4,622.22 to CK Doty & Associates of WA,
Inc., contractor, if all required releases are obtained. Council concur.
CAG: 02-193, Veterans
Memorial Park, Athletic Fields
Community Services Department submitted CAG-02-193, Veterans Memorial
Park; and requested approval of the project, commencement of the 60-day lien
period, and release of retained amount of $9,248.22 to Athletic Fields, Inc.,
contractor, if all required releases are obtained. Council concur.
Plat: Honey Creek Estates II,
Hoquiam Ave NE, PP-03-001
Hearing Examiner recommended approval, with conditions, of the Honey Creek
Estates II Preliminary Plat; 16 single-family lots on 4.65 acres located at 1100
Hoquiam Ave. NE (PP-03-001). Council concur.
Finance: Business License
Requirement Exemptions
Legal Division recommended adoption of an ordinance to revise City Code
Section 5-5-3(D), Business License Requirement Exemptions, to allow
exemptions for translators, expert witnesses, court reporters, and certain
attorneys who have a business license in another jurisdiction. Refer to Finance
Committee.
Streets: Mountain View Ave N
& Lake WA Blvd Intersection
Closure for RR Crossing
Upgrade
Transportation Systems Division recommended a 12-hour temporary road
closure at the intersection of Mountain View Ave. N. (N. 33rd St.) and Lake
Washington Blvd., during a single day between October 14 and 31, 2003, for a
railroad crossing upgrade by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. Council
concur. (See page 366 for resolution.)
Utility: Maplewood Water
Treatment Facility
Improvements, Economic &
Engineering Services
Utility Systems Division recommended approval of a consultant contract with
Economic and Engineering Services, Inc. in the amount of $686,700 to perform
professional services during construction of the Maplewood Water Treatment
Facility and Golf Course Improvements Project. Council concur.
MOVED BY KEOLKER-WHEELER, SECONDED BY PARKER, COUNCIL
APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. CARRIED.
CORRESPONDENCE
Citizen Comment: Herchelrode
- Metro Bus #111, Western
Clinic Health Services Patrons
Correspondence was read from Steve Herchelrode, 3523 NE 6th St., Renton,
98056, regarding the offensive behavior displayed on King County Metro bus
#111 by some patrons of the Western Clinic Health Services (WCHS), an opiate
substitution treatment center, located within the Hilands Shopping Center. Mr.
Herchelrode recommended revocation of the clinic's business license or the
relocation of the clinic.
Councilman Clawson stated that he occasionally rides bus #111, and confirmed
that some clinic patrons display obnoxious behavior. Due to the number of
citizen complaints, he recommended that the City contact WCHS to discuss the
matter. Councilman Parker agreed that the clinic should be contacted.
Planning/Building/Public Works Administrator Gregg Zimmerman indicated
that the City can try to reduce the severity of the problem by discussing the
matter with the proprietors of the clinic, and by requesting that Metro provide
better policing on its buses. Mayor Tanner asked Mr. Zimmerman to contact
October 13, 2003 Renton City Council Minutes Page 366
both the clinic and Metro.
OLD BUSINESS
Finance Committee
CAG: 03-020, Explore Life
Project, Maura O'Neill
Finance Committee Chair Parker presented a report recommending concurrence
in the staff recommendation to approve Addendum #2 to CAG-03-020,
consultant agreement with Maura O'Neill for the Explore Life Project, in the
amount of $50,000. This amount will cover the cost of additional work done
from April through June 30, 2003, including the production of the Explore Life
Business Plan. This will conclude the City's financial commitment to the
Explore Life Project. The Committee further recommended that the Mayor and
City Clerk be authorized to execute Addendum #2. MOVED BY PARKER,
SECONDED BY CORMAN, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE
REPORT. CARRIED.
ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS
The following resolution was presented for reading and adoption:
Resolution #3661
Streets: Mountain View Ave N
& Lake WA Blvd Intersection
Closure for RR Crossing
Upgrade
A resolution was read authorizing the temporary closure of Mountain View
Ave. N. (N. 33rd St.) at the railroad grade crossing directly west of the
intersection with Lake Washington Blvd., for a period of 12 consecutive hours
during a single day between October 14 and October 31, 2003, for Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Railroad to make improvements to the railroad grade
crossing. MOVED BY CLAWSON, SECONDED BY NELSON, COUNCIL
ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS READ. CARRIED.
The following ordinance was presented for first reading and referred to the
Council meeting of October 20, 2003, for second and final reading:
Rezone: Clover Creek II, N
28th St, R-1 to R-5 (PP-01-
034)
An ordinance was read changing the zoning classification of approximately 4.43
acres located at 1317 N. 28th St., between N. 28th St. to the north and N. 26th
St. to the south, from R-1 (Residential Single Family; one dwelling unit per
acre) to R-5 (Residential Single-Family; five dwelling units per acre) zone;
Clover Creek II Preliminary Plat and Rezone (PP-01-034). MOVED BY
CLAWSON, SECONDED BY CORMAN, COUNCIL REFER THE
ORDINANCE FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING ON OCTOBER 20,
2003. CARRIED.
ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY PARKER, SECONDED BY NELSON, COUNCIL ADJOURN.
CARRIED. Time: 8:03 p.m.
Bonnie I. Walton, City Clerk
Recorder: Michele Neumann
October 13, 2003