CITY OF BURIEN
Shared Conference Room
15811 Ambaum Blvd. SW
Burien, Washington 98166
SPECIAL MEETING
6:00 p.m.
and
QUARTERLY WORKSHOP MINUTES
September 24, 2007
7:00 p.m.
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SPECIAL MEETING
Mayor McGilton called the Special Meeting of the Burien City Council to order at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of holding an Executive Session to discuss litigation per RCW 42.30.110(1i).
Present: Mayor Joan McGilton and Councilmembers Sue Blazak, Jack Block, Jr., Lucy Krakowiak, Sally Nelson and Gordon Shaw. Absent: Deputy Mayor Rose Clark.
Administrative staff present: Mike Martin, City Manager, and Mike Kenyon, Counsel.
No formal action was taken.
SPECIAL MEETING ADJOURNMENT TO REGULAR SESSION
The Special Meeting was adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
1.CALL TO ORDER
Mayor McGilton called the Quarterly Workshop of the Burien City Council to order at 7:00 p.m.
2.ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Joan McGilton, Deputy Mayor Rose Clark (arrived at 7:59 p.m.), Councilmembers Sue Blazak, Jack Block, Jr., Lucy Krakowiak, Sally Nelson and Gordon Shaw.
Administrative staff present: Mike Martin, City Manager; Dick Loman, Economic Development Manager; Scott Hardin, Finance Director; and Angela Chaufty, Acting City Clerk.
3. DISCUSSION
ITEMS
Introduction of Alliance Property Group, Inc and Wasatch Advantage Group, LLC to Council and Question and Answer Opportunity Concerning Development of a City Hotel Site
Economic Development Manager Loman introduced Harley Searcy, CEO of Alliance Property Group, Inc. and Kip Sheppard, CEO of Wasatch Advantage Group, LLC.
Mr. Sheppard informed Council that their preliminary impression is that Burien can support a mid-level hotel.
Mr. Searcy provided examples of the firms’ efforts to gather community input in their plan development process.
Follow-up
At their October 1, 2007 meeting, Council will consider a motion to award exclusive negotiation rights for hotel development to Alliance Property Group, Inc. and Wasatch Advantage Group, LLC.
4. AGENDA
REVISION
Action/Direction
Motion was made by Councilmember Nelson, seconded by Councilmember Krakowiak, and passed unanimously to modify and adopt the agenda as follows:
a. Staff introduction of Alliance Property Group, Inc. and Wasatch Advantage Group, LLC (completed)
b. Strobel Family Investments
c. Year-to-Date Budget
d. City Work Plan
e. Council Protocols
f. Good to Great Presentation (if time allows)
g. Executive Session to discuss potential litigation per RCW 42.30.110(1i).
5. DISCUSSION
ITEMS
Strobel Family Investments
Action/Direction
Motion was made by Councilmember Nelson, seconded by Councilmember Krakowiak, and passed unanimously to authorize the City Manager to serve a statutory thirty day offer to counsel for Strobel Family Investments, if necessary, in an amount between $1,110,000 and $765,000.
Year-to-Date Budget
Finance Director Hardin displayed the year-to-date expenditure report. Through August, 57% of the budgeted General Fund balance has been spent.
In order to avoid a surplus, Council requested that future estimates be more in line with actual needs while maintaining adequate reserves.
At 7:59 p.m., Deputy Mayor Clark joined the meeting.
Follow-up
The 2008 preliminary budget will be presented to Council as follows:
10/1 – Presentation of memorandum regarding 2008 Preliminary Budget and discussion
10/15 – Presentation of 2008 Preliminary Budget document
10/22 – Continuation of budget discussion
Council asked that an application process for agencies receiving money from the City be established in order to maintain accountability and order.
In the future, staff will study the feasibility of providing police, legal, and IT services in-house.
City Work Plan
Follow-up
There was a general discussion regarding the
usefulness of the work plan and general concensus that a simplified document
would be preferred.In
the future, a more user-friendly, consolidated work plan with measurable
performance standards will be developed.
Council made the following comments regarding the Work Plan:
Councilmember Krakowiak
· Want more support from staff but concerned with overloading them.
· No. 7 - No current Council liaison for seniors.
· No. 27 – Conduct a study matching wages to housing in Burien. (Possibly discuss this at the yearly workshop.)
Mayor McGilton
· No 16 – Coordinate project with BEDC.
· No. 21 – Utilize BEDC in an advisory role.
· No. 80 – Provide date when Council will see design.
· No. 85 – Provide a project update in the City Manager’s report.
Councilmember Nelson
· No. 54 – Inform Council if the project has been bid yet.
Councilmember Block
· Consider the development of a human services delivery center in a centralized location.
Council Protocols
Internal Communication
Follow-up
Council concurred that a section regarding Councilmember Reports should be added to the City Manager Report. Each Councilmember will be responsible for submitting a brief narrative of the meetings/events they have attended. In addition, Councilmember Reports should be added to the end of the meeting agenda for any needed verbal clarification.
In order to allow interested Councilmembers an opportunity to attend various meetings, Council concurred that staff should notify them of all upcoming meetings with other elected officials, meetings pertaining to significant issues, and/or meetings that involve Council. The notification should indicate whether only one Councilmember should attend.
Interaction with staff
Follow-up
Council
will continue to directly contact staff at the director level. The City
Manager should be copied on all e-mail to staff.
Suburban Cities Association (SCA) Appointments
Action/Direction
Individual Councilmembers expressed an interest in the following SCA Committees:
Regional Policy Committee – Councilmembers Blazak and Nelson.
Regional Transit Committee – Mayor McGilton
Economic Development Policy Board – Councilmember Blazak will consider.
King County Growth Management Planning Committee – Councilmember Krakowiak.
Regional Law, Safety and Justice Committee – Councilmember Nelson.
Committee to End Homelessness – Councilmember Krakowiak.
King County Consortium Joint Recommendation Committee for CDBG/JRC – Councilmember Blazak will consider.
Solid Waste Advisory Committee – Mayor McGilton.
Council concurred to discuss senior and teen representatives at the Annual Workshop.
ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION
Action/Direction
At 9:29 p.m., motion was made by Deputy Mayor Clark, seconded by Councilmember Block, and passed unanimously to adjourn the regular meeting and reconvene in executive session to discuss potential litigation.
No formal action was taken.
SPECIAL MEETING ADJOURNMENT
The executive session adjourned in open session at 9:55 p.m.
/s/ Joan McGilton, Mayor
/s/ Angela M. Chaufty, Acting City Clerk