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RENTON CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting
January 10, 2005 Council Chambers
Monday, 7:30 p.m. M I N U T E S Renton City Hall
CALL TO ORDER Mayor Kathy Keolker-Wheeler called the meeting of the Renton City Council
to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
ROLL CALL OF
COUNCILMEMBERS
TERRI BRIERE, Council President; MARCIE PALMER; DON PERSSON;
RANDY CORMAN; TONI NELSON; DAN CLAWSON; DENIS LAW.
CITY STAFF IN
ATTENDANCE
KATHY KEOLKER-WHEELER, Mayor; JAY COVINGTON, Chief
Administrative Officer; ZANETTA FONTES, Assistant City Attorney;
BONNIE WALTON, City Clerk; GREGG ZIMMERMAN,
Planning/Building/Public Works Administrator; DEREK TODD, Assistant to
the CAO; COMMANDER KENT CURRY, Police Department.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
King County: Year in Review
Julia Patterson, Metropolitan King County Councilmember for District 13,
presented a year in review report for King County. Ms. Patterson reviewed
events that affected the South King County area such as the Economic Engine
Luncheon where a study was discussed which determined that the area has
enormous growth potential, businesses established in the area tend to stay, and
CEOs of major businesses in South King County do not live in the area.
Another event was the Art and Cultural Summit, which resulted in the formation
of the South King County Cultural Coalition.
Continuing, Ms. Patterson reported that all of the food banks in South King
County are struggling. She also reported that the King County Council
unanimously adopted their 2005 budget in the total amount of $3.4 billion, and
the general fund amounted to $538 million. She reviewed issues facing South
King County, including the redistricting of King County (voters approved a
charter measure to reduce the number of King County Councilmembers from
thirteen to nine), transportation project priorities, and annexation concerns.
Ms. Patterson commended Renton on its working partnerships with entities such
as Valley Medical Center, Renton School District, Chamber of Commerce, and
Renton Technical College, noting that Renton serves as a model for other cities.
Additionally, she pointed out that King County is striving to find a stable,
continuous revenue source for human services, and has implemented policies
that have resulted in a significant reduction in the jail population.
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 2005 and beyond. Items noted included:
The City's website, www.ci.renton.wa.us, registered 2,083,433 overall page
views in 2004, an increase of over 7% from 2003.
The S.T.A.R. (Special Theater Arts of Renton) production of Grin and Bear
It will be presented at Carco Theatre on 1/28/2005 at 7:00 p.m.
At a series of public open houses in January, Washington State Department
of Transportation will present proposed designs and environmental study
approaches to the I-405 Bellevue Nickel Project, I-405 Renton Nickel
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Project, and two SR-518 projects. WSDOT will hold an open house in
Renton on 1/27/2005, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at Renton High School.
CONSENT AGENDA Items on the consent agenda are adopted by one motion which follows the
listing.
Council Meeting Minutes of
January 3, 2005
Approval of Council meeting minutes of January 3, 2005. Council concur.
Release of Easement:
Lakeshore Landing Site,
Boeing, RE-04-001
City Clerk submitted City-initiated request for release or partial release of seven
easements and one agreement granted by The Boeing Company for the
Lakeshore Landing site development project (RE-04-001; BSP-04-081). Refer
to Planning and Development Committee.
Annexation: Anthone´, Talbot
Rd S & S 55th St
Economic Development, Neighborhoods and Strategic Planning Department
submitted 60% Notice of Intent to annex petition for the proposed Anthone´
Annexation, and recommended a public hearing be set on 1/24/2005 to consider
the petition and future zoning; 4.84 acres located east of Talbot Rd. S. and south
of S. 55th St. Refer issue of boundary expansion to Planning and Development
Committee; set public hearing on 1/24/2005.
Annexation: Maplewood
Addition, Maple Valley Hwy
Economic Development, Neighborhoods and Strategic Planning Department
submitted 10% Notice of Intent to annex petition for the proposed Maplewood
Addition Annexation, and recommended a public meeting be set on 1/24/2005
to consider the petition; 60.5 acres bounded by Maple Valley Hwy. and the
Cedar River. Council concur.
Plat: Cottages at Honey Creek,
NE Sunset Blvd, PP-04-085
Hearing Examiner recommended approval, with conditions, of the Cottages at
Honey Creek Preliminary Plat; 27 single-family lots on 3.7 acres located at
4821 NE Sunset Blvd. (PP-04-085). Council concur.
CAG: 03-168, Maplewood
Water Treatment Facility
Improvements, Economic and
Engineering Services
Utility Systems Division recommended approval of Addendum No. 2 to CAG-
03-168, contract with Economic and Engineering Services, Inc., for
construction phase assistance in the amount of $116,510 for the Maplewood
Water Treatment Improvements and Golf Course Improvements Project. Refer
to Utilities Committee.
MOVED BY BRIERE, SECONDED BY CORMAN, COUNCIL APPROVE
THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. CARRIED.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Finance Committee
Finance: Vouchers
Finance Committee Chair Persson presented a report recommending approval of
Claim Vouchers 233148 - 234008 and three wire transfers totaling
$4,835,094.10; and approval of Payroll Vouchers 54878 - 55313, two wire
transfers, and 1137 direct deposits totaling $3,712,831.56. MOVED BY
PERSSON, SECONDED BY NELSON, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE
COMMITTEE REPORT. CARRIED.
NEW BUSINESS
School District: Informal
Meeting (1/13/2005)
Council President Briere announced an informal meet and greet with the Renton
School Board, Renton School District Administration, Issaquah School Board,
Issaquah School District Administration, Renton City Council, and Renton
Mayor at the Liberty High School library on January 13th, from 4:00 p.m. to
6:00 p.m.
Council: Meeting (1/17/2005) Ms. Briere also announced that Council will not meet on January 17th in
observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Transportation: School Zone
Traffic Signage
Noting that some cities have school zone traffic signs that state "20 miles-per-
hour" as compared to Renton's signs that state "20 miles-per-hour when children
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are present," it was MOVED BY PALMER, SECONDED BY PERSSON,
COUNCIL REFER THE ISSUE OF SCHOOL TRAFFIC SIGNS THAT
STATE "20 MILES-PER-HOUR WHEN CHILDREN ARE PRESENT" TO
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. CARRIED.
Sound Transit: Sound Move
Phase II Planning Process
Councilwoman Palmer expressed the Transportation Committee's support for
Mayor Keolker-Wheeler's letter to Joni Earl, Executive Director of Sound
Transit, regarding potential Sound Transit Sound Move Phase II projects in
Renton.
ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY PERSSON, SECONDED BY NELSON, COUNCIL ADJOURN.
CARRIED. Time: 8:00 p.m.
Bonnie I. Walton, CMC, City Clerk
Recorder: Michele Neumann
January 10, 2005