CITY OF BURIEN

Educational Resource & Administrative Center (ERAC)

15675 Ambaum Blvd. SW

Burien, Washington 98166

 

 

 

RECEPTION FOR RETIRING

AND NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS

6:30 p.m.

and

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

7:00 p.m.

December 17, 2007

 

To hear Council’s full discussion of a specific topic or the complete meeting, the following resources are available:

 

·         Watch the video-stream available on the City website, www.burienwa.gov

·         Check out a DVD of the Council Meeting from the Burien Library

·        Order an audio cassette tape recording or a DVD of the meeting from the City Clerk, (206) 241-4647

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

Mayor McGilton called the Regular Meeting of the Burien City Council to order at 7:01 p.m.

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

Mayor McGilton led the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

OATH OF OFFICE

 

Oath of Office Administered by The Honorable Vicki Seitz, King County District Court Judge, to Councilmembers Kathy Keene, Lucy Krakowiak, and Gordon Shaw

 

The Honorable Vicki Seitz, King County District Court Judge, administered the oath of office to Councilmembers Kathy Keene, Lucy Krakowiak, and Gordon Shaw.

 

ROLL CALL

 

Present: Mayor Joan McGilton, Deputy Mayor Rose Clark, Councilmembers Sue Blazak, Jack Block, Jr., Lucy Krakowiak, Sally Nelson and Gordon Shaw.

 

Administrative staff present: Mike Martin, City Manager; Lisa Clausen, Government Relations Specialist; Angie Chaufty, Human Resources Manager; Janet Stallman, Administrative Assistant; Richard Loman, Economic Development Manager; Scott Hardin, Finance Director; Scott Greenberg, Community Development Director; Stephen Clark, Public Works Director; and Monica Lusk, City Clerk.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS

 

Mayor McGilton noted that on December 13, the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding allowing the Lora Lake Apartments to be reopened took place.  Those signing the agreement were King County Executive Ron Sims, King County Housing Authority Executive Director Stephen Norman, Port Commission President John Creighton, Sung Yang, Chief of Staff for Seattle City Light; who signed on behalf of Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, and myself.

 

CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE RECORD

 

a.        

Email Dated December 7, 2007, from Mark Pitzner Regarding Aggressive Panhandling.

 

b.       

Email Dated December 10, 2007, from Jim Branson Regarding Vicious Animal Ordinance.

 

 

AGENDA CONFIRMATION

 

Direction/Action

Motion was made by Deputy Mayor Clark, seconded by Councilmember Nelson, and passed unanimously to confirm the December 17, 2007, Agenda.

 

CITIZENS' COMMENTS

 

The following people spoke for allowing retail uses in SPA-4 without restrictions on the size or type of retail business in the Comprehensive Plan:

 

Kathy Keene, 14208 6th Avenue South

Jim Clingan, 14682 22nd Avenue SW

Doug Moreland, 3560 SW 172nd Street

 

Eric Dickman, 15007 24th Avenue SW

Mr. Dickman gave a brief report on Burien Little Theatre’s latest play, Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge.

 

Ed Dacy, 2016 SW 146th Street

Mr. Dacy congratulated Councilmembers Lucy Krakowiak and Gordon Shaw on their re-election and wished them the best over the next four years.  He also congratulated his opponent Kathy Keene on her victory and also wished her a productive next four years on the city council. 

 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

a.        

Approval of Vouchers: Nos. 17933 through 18032, Nos. 18034 through 18080, and No. 918033 for a Total Value of $1,515,309.54.

 

b.       

Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting, December 3, 2007; Study Session, December 10, 2007.

 

c.        

Motion to Approve Arts Commission Recommendation for 2008 Arts & Culture Funding.

 

d.       

Motion to Adopt Ordinance No. 483, Amending Section 6.05.300 of the Burien Municipal Code Relating to Animal Control Enforcement.

 

e.        

Motion to Authorize the City Manager to Execute Contracts with Ball Janik, Discover Burien Association, Kenyon Disend, PLLC, Microflex and Mike Doubleday.

 

 

Direction/Action

Motion was made by Deputy Mayor Clark, seconded by Councilmember Nelson, and passed unanimously to approve the December 17, 2007, Consent Agenda.

 

BUSINESS AGENDA

 

City Manager’s Report

City Manager Mike Martin noted the following:

 

·        At the December 7 Burien Business & Economic Development Partnership (BEDP) meeting, the motions to support the efforts of the cluster initiative in Burien, and to include retail in the pending Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the Northeast Redevelopment Area passed.

·        Hydrology in the Shorewood area landslides, which is a mixture of public and private property, is being determined.

·        A community satisfaction phone survey will begin this week to gauge citizens’ levels of satisfaction with a wide range of City services.

·        The emergency information on the City’s website will be expanded with more phone numbers and other resources citizens can use in an emergency.  The website address, http://www.burienwa.gov/news/emergency.htm, was given. 

·        The Seattle City Council voted to continue to include the Potential Annexation Area in their Comprehensive Plan, and to adopt a Memorandum of Understanding with the King County Library System to transfer two libraries to the city if the annexation is successful.

 

Motion to Adopt Proposed Ordinance No. 476, Amending the Burien Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map

 

Direction/Action

Motion was made by Deputy Mayor Clark, seconded by Councilmember Nelson, to Adopt Ordinance No. 476, Amending the Burien Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Map.

 

Motion was made by Councilmember Block, seconded by Councilmember Blazak to amend the motion to strike the word “retail” on Packet Page 72, Policy SE1.5, second paragraph and add “moderate sized retail (less than 80,000 square feet)” and to allow the Planning Director to make such language changes that are necessary in the Comprehensive Plan Amendment to limit the size of any retail spaces in the Northeast area to 80,000 square feet.

 

A vote was taken on the amendment to the main motion.

 

Motion failed 3-4.  For: Councilmembers Blazak, Krakowiak and Block.

Against: Mayor McGilton, Deputy Mayor Clark, and Councilmembers Nelson and Shaw.

 

Motion was made by Councilmember Krakowiak, seconded by Councilmember Blazak to amend the original motion to remove all proposed changes to Policy SE 1.5 except for the Implementation Section, which would take the retail out, and postpone the decision on retail until the master plan is finished.

 

A vote was taken on the amendment to the main motion.

 

Motion failed.  2-5.  For: Councilmembers Blazak and Krakowiak.

Against: Mayor McGilton, Deputy Mayor Clark, and Councilmembers Block, Nelson and Shaw. 

 

A vote was taken on the main motion.

 

Motion carried 5-1, 1 abstention.  Against: Councilmember Krakowiak.  Abstained: Councilmember Block.

 

Motion to Adopt Ordinance No. 479, Relating to Zoning Code Amendments

 

Direction/Action

Motion was made by Deputy Mayor Clark, seconded by Councilmember Nelson, and passed unanimously to adopt Ordinance 479 relating to Zoning Code amendments.

 

COUNCIL REPORTS

 

No reports were given.

 

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

 

Tentative Agenda for: Meeting on December 24, 2007, is canceled

 

January 7, 2008, 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

         Election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor

 

Election of Mayor

 

 

Election of Deputy Mayor

 

         Announcements/Presentations

         Consent Agenda

 

Approval of Vouchers:

 

 

Approval of Minutes:

 

 

Motion to Authorize the City Manager to Execute Contracts.

 

         Business Agenda

 

City Manager’s Report.

 

 

Motion to Approve Burien City Council Local and Regional Appointments

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

The Regular Meeting of the Burien City Council was adjourned at 8:35 p.m.

 

 

/s/ Joan McGilton, Mayor

 

/s/ Monica Lusk, City Clerk