CITY OF BURIEN
Educational Resource & Administrative Center (ERAC)
15675 Ambaum Blvd. SW
Burien, Washington 98166
SPECIAL MEETING
North Classroom
6:00 p.m.
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STUDY SESSION MINUTES
October 8, 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(li).
Present: Mayor Joan McGilton, Deputy Mayor Rose Clark, Councilmembers Sue Blazak, Lucy Krakowiak, Sally Nelson and Gordon Shaw. Councilmember Jack Block, Jr. was excused.
Administrative staff present: Mike Martin, City Manager; Christopher Bacha, Interim City Attorney; and Scott Greenberg, Community Development Director.
SPECIAL MEETING ADJOURNMENT TO REGULAR SESSION
The Special Meeting was adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor McGilton called the Study Session of the Burien City Council to order at 7:0 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor McGilton led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Joan McGilton, Deputy Mayor Rose Clark, Councilmembers Sue Blazak, Lucy Krakowiak, Sally Nelson and Gordon Shaw. Councilmember Jack Block, Jr. was excused.
Administrative staff present: Mike Martin, City Manager; Richard Loman, Economic Development Manager; Scott Greenberg, Community Development Director; and Monica Lusk, City Clerk.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRESENTATIONS
Discover Burien – Lynda Isernio
Lynda Isernio, President of Discover Burien, introduced Patty Sader the new interim director. Ms. Isernio provided an update on the quarterly accomplishments of the organization. A recent survey that was sent to businesses was reviewed.
Ms. Sader reviewed the plans for the upcoming October 28 community event to be held from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. that will focus on 1st Avenue businesses.
Follow-up
Discover Burien staff will provide the Council with the results of the survey and a listing of the demographics of the businesses including their specialties.
Burien Early Learning Collaborative – New Futures & Para Los Ninos
Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of New Futures, provided an update on the Burien Early Learning Collaborative that grew out of the low Early Development Indicators (EDI) scores that indicated that Burien had the least ready children for kindergarten in King County.
Lupita Lopez, Director of Para Los Ninos, provided a description and an update of the Ready for K program, which is focused in Hazel Valley, Seahurst and Cedarhurst Elementary Schools with the next class scheduled for November 16 at Hazel Valley Elementary School. The program partners with two additional school districts.
CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE RECORD
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Email Dated October 1, 2007, from Anastasia Donovan Regarding Don’t Destroy Affordable Housing. |
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AGENDA CONFIRMATION
Direction/Action
Motion was made by Deputy Mayor Clark, seconded by Councilmember Nelson, and passed unanimously to affirm the October 8, 2007, Agenda.
City Manager’s Report
City Manager Mike Martin reported on the following:
· Ms. Bledsoe’s accessory dwelling unit issue regarding the new aircraft noise reduction requirements was resolved
· New security cameras have been installed at the skatepark
· Parks Department secured a $10,000 grant that will be used to replace several potters’ wheels
· Proposed Low Impact Development (LID) project site at SW 165th Street between 19th & 16th Avenues SW
· Shorewood Slide Repair Project should be complete by the end of this month
· City prevailed in the lawsuit by the Association to Defend Affordable Housing
Mayor McGilton and Councilmember Shaw will represent the community located by the proposed LID project to help bring perspective to the program.
Follow-up
Staff will place a notice on the security cameras at the skatepark, provide information on the business block watch, explore the possibility of scheduling Burien Police Officer Joe Gagliardi to speak on gang awareness at the local Boys and Girls Club, and schedule a discussion on Burien’s buildable lands.
Discussion on Latino Community Outreach Project
Direction/Action
Councilmember Nelson requested a follow-up meeting on outreach, that Council prioritize Maia Piccagli’s recommendations and then act on them. She preferred the recommendations to create a Latino advisory panel and to offer incentives to participate in events. She requested the cost of creating a staff liaison position tasked with following up on the recommendations.
Councilmember Blazak suggested placing a timeline on the implementation of some of the recommendations. She preferred the cultural competency training for Councilmembers and staff, and expanding the creation of an ad-hoc advisory panel broader than the Latino population. She advocated for having Certified Emergency Response Team (CERT) training in Spanish. She suggested continuing the discussion at the Council retreat.
Councilmember Krakowiak suggested allocating funding for the recommendations as a placeholder. She preferred the recommendations to create a liaison staff position and hire Latino Spanish-speaking city employees. She requested addressing the recommendations and the re-creation of the senior advisory board at the Council retreat.
Deputy Mayor Clark preferred the recommendation to offer incentives to participate in events and diversify the types of events, and the creation of a Latino advisory panel. She supported funding an expanded contract for Ms. Piccagli.
Ed Dacy, 2016 SW 146th Street
Mr. Dacy confirmed that the 11% Latino population in 1990 was the whole community not those that spoke Spanish.
Ms. Lopez voiced the importance of first working on the relationship with the Latino community and then on education.
Discussion on Sustainability
Direction/Action
Mayor McGilton suggested seeking another student from the University of Washington Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs to work on the sustainability project.
Follow-up
Staff will provide Council with the city of Seattle’s sustainable matrix and British Columbia’s Integrated Community Sustainability Planning Initiative for the October 22 Study Session discussion. Staff will work on organizing a staff sustainability volunteer group.
COUNCIL REPORTS
Councilmember Krakowiak stated the Growth Management Planning Council voted to recognize the PAA overlap at the meeting held on October 3.
Mayor McGilton and Deputy Mayor Clark met with Principal Sue Shields of the Puget Sound Skills Center. To address the Center’s decreased enrollment, it was suggested that Ms. Shields meet with the Business & Economic Development Partnership, and for the Council to write letters of support for lobbying efforts.
Direction/Action
Mayor McGilton suggested scheduling a meeting with the Highline Schools Board of Directors to discuss the math and science curriculum.
Deputy Mayor Clark requested a meeting with State Respresentative Skip Priest to get an understanding of his graduation criteria efforts.
Follow-up
Staff will provide a copy of a letter to the Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC) submitted by County Executive Ron Sims in the upcoming City Manager’s Report.
ADJOURNMENT
The Study Session of the Burien City Council was adjourned at 9:17 p.m.
/s/ Joan McGilton, Mayor
/s/ Monica Lusk, City Clerk