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CITY OP AUBURN
COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
September 7, 1982 8:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
I. A. Flag Salute
The regular meeting of the City of Auburn Council was called
to order by Mayor Bob Roegner at 8:00 p.m. in the City of
Auburn Council Chambers. Mayor Roegner led those in atten-
dance in the pledge of allegiance.
B. Roll Call
Those in attendance included Mayor Bob Roegner; Council -
members Colburn, Craig, Hitchcock, Kurle, Larson, Lea and
Wisner; and staff members Jack Bereiter, City Attorney; Len
Chapman, Parks & Recreation Director; Dan Clements, Finance
Director; Pat Dugan, Planning Director; Police Chief Jim
Gibson; Acting Fire Chief Jim Gintz; Bill Herold, Personnel
Director; John Holmes, Library Director; Coralee McConnehey,
City Clerk; Pat Nevings, Public Works Director; Lynn Rued,
Senior Planner; and Clark Walker, Cemetery Supervisor.
C. Mayor's Announcements and Appointments - None
D. Agenda Modifications - Add -on Consent Agenda Items IV E 3,
4 and 5 and Add -on New Business item Ordinance 3802.
CITIZEN INPUT, PUBLIC HEARINGS & CORRESPONDENCE '
II. A. Public Hearings
1. William and Marie NashRezone from Unclassified to C-3 -
4536 Auburn Way North_ (f3-82)
William Nash, 712 12th St. N.E., was in the audience to
answer any questions. MOTION by Hitchcock, SECOND by
Lea, to close the public hearing. MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY.
MOTION by Hitchcock, SECOND by Colburn, to approve the
request of William and Marie Nash, Application 13-82,
to rezone from Unclassified to C-3 and to instruct the
City Attorney to prepare the necessary ordinance.
14OTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
2. Helmut Deissler Rezone from R-4 to C-1 - "A" Street and
3rd Street N.E. (22-82)
Helmut Deissler stated lie was asking for the rezone so
he could out in a small business. Angie Richie,
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II. A. Public Hearinis (Cont.)
2. Deissler Rezone (Cont.)
speaking for her sister Mary Ruth, 310 "E" St. N.E.,
noted her sister had bought her home so she could be
near the business area. Now she feels she is being
forced into another life style. MOTION by Hitchcock,
SECOND by Colburn, to close the public hearing. MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Hitchcock expressed concern over water and parking
problems. Nevins stated that he was not aware of any
particular water problem. Rued stated the C-1 classi-
fication requires a minimum of 5 parking spaces and that
the Nash's may have to eliminate one garage but it could
be done.
Kurle wondered about resolution of the water problems.
Rued stated he was not aware of any problems either. Craig
noted these questions went beyond the rezone question.
He said he thought staff should look into it. He noted
also the studies of this particular area did not
indicate any particular problem.
Craig added the area had been expected to commercialize.
He asked Rued if the Comprehensive Plan called for only
commercialization to the first tier. Rued indicated the
plan called for it going to Fifth Street. Craig noted
this rezone was in accordance with the Comprehensive
Plan and the only problem is that the area was in tran-
sition. He noted the Mayor had indicated regardless of
the rezone he would look into the water problems men-
tioned.
' MOTION by Craig, SECOND by Wisner, to approve the
request of Helmut Deissler, Application 22-82, to rezone
from R-4 to C-1 and instruct the City Attorney to pre-
pare the necessary ordinance. MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY.
3. Feroy Annexation - "A" and "D" Streets S.E.
No one spoke for or against the proposed annexation.
MOTION by Hitchcock, SECOND by Wisner, to close the
public hearing. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Lea noted there would be a problem with improvement of
the street because half of it was in the County. Nevins
stated that this was true and that it would continue to
be a problem until all the street was in the City.
MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Criag, to recommend approval
of the annexation and to instruct the Planning
Department to forward the Notice of Intention to the
King County Boundary Review Board. MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY:
4. Admissions Tax Ordinance
Bruce Gardner, Bellevue, spoke to the problems the
ordinance would cause for legitimate theaters. He
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II. A. Public Heari.n,js (Cont.)
4. Admission Tax Ordinance (Cont.)
stated the ordinance would tax the full amount of the
revenue derived and would take 5% of their revenues.
He noted it would also affect paid entertainment in such
places as the Elk's, the Sonic's superchannel subscrip-
tions and HBO. Gardner felt there had not been enough
exposure of the proposed ordinance to the public.
Ron Thompson, attorney, 1919 First Interstate Plaza,
Tacoma, representing Auburn Properties which own the
Valley Drive -In, suggested a B & 0 tax would be more
equitable. He said he felt an admissions tax was
singling out a particular industry. Thompson also
stated the cost of enforcing the ordinance would exceed
the results since it would also cover cable television,
Elks' programs, cabarets, restaurants, food and refresh-
ments where free entertainment, recreation and amuse-
ments are provided and more. He said they would expect
all businesses to be collected from. Thompson noted RCW
35.21 only permitted exemptions for elementary and
secondary schools but the proposed ordinance exempts
non-profit organizations. He said there is no legisla-
tive authority to do this. He noted also the tax repre-
sents a tax against businesses which is not easily
passed on to the consumer. He suggested the tax should
be spread over a larger base.
Bonnie Hart, 17025 S. E. Wax Road, representing ACT I,
spoke in opposition to the proposed ordinance. She felt
the ordinance was discriminatory and would place a
real hardship on their business. She noted as it was
now their business is 50% subsidized.
Mayor Roegner stated the ordinance was before the '
Council partly to get an indication from them on their
feelings about such an ordinance. He suggested the City
Attorney could review the ordinance in light of the
issues brought out. MOTION by Hitchcock, SECOND by
Larson to close the public hearing. MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY.
Larson noted that the performing arts would only be
taxed if their facilities was used by a profit making
organization.
MOTION by Larson, SECOND by Craig, to instruct the City
Attorney to draft and ordinance to be introduced at
the next regularly scheduled Council meeting. MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >
COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
III. A. Utility Committee - Chairman Ron Craig - No report.
B. Airport Committee - Chairman Don Kurle
Auburn Flight Gas Discount - MOTION by Kurle, SECOND by
Wisner, to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute
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II. B. Council Committee Reports - Airport Committee (Cont.)
Auburn Fli ht b.rvi.ce Ga:; Discount (Cont.)
an amended contract with Auburn Flight Service to
reflect an 8% discount on the gas price with a six month
proviso and that Auburn Flight Service be required to
buy all their gas from the City of Auburn. MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
C. Plannin Committee - Chairman Linda Wisner - No report.
D. Finance_ Committee - Chairman Bud Larsen - Matters requiring
action are on the agenda.
E. Public Safety -Committee - Chairman Lewis Hitchcock - Minutes
are of public record.
F. Buildin2Committee - Chairman Gene Colburn - No report.
G. Street Committee - Chairman John Lea - No report.
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CONSENT AGENDA
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Q IV. A. Minutes - September 7, 1982, Regular Meeting
Q B. Vouchers
1. Claims #10385 - 10687 in the amount of $490,674.83.
2. Payroll #30668 - 31250 in the amount of $427,571.82.
C. Call for Public _Hearing - Mount Rainier Vista Amended
Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
D. Master Solicitor License - Arthur Russo - Mobile home
repair and maintenance. '
E. Bid Awards
1. Water_ Improvement 129 - Well No. 3A to Armstrong
Drilling Inc. - $64,155.60 including tax.
2. Sanitary -Sewer Improvement 54 - Various sewer improve-
ments to �odarte Construction Co. - $71,145.89 including
tax. Refer to Utility Committee.
3. L.I.D. 325 & Water _Im r.ovement No. 148 - 18th Street
N.E., to R. W. -Scott Construction Company on their low
basic bid of $185,875.09, including sales tax contingent
upon execution of the Notice to Proceed subject to Mayor,
City Attorney and Public Works Director approvals.
4. L.I.D. 328 - Auburn Way South Sidewalks, to Valley
Cement Construction, Inc. on their low gross bid of
$19,791.00 contingent upon approval by Ring County Dept.
of Planning & Community Development.
F. National League of Cities Delegates - Mayor Roegner as
Voting Delegate; Councilmembers Lea, Hitchcock and Wisner as
alternates.
MOTION by Craig, SECOND by Larson, to approve Consent. Agenda
Items A through F with the exception of Item E 5. MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5. L.I.D. 308 - "E" Street N.E. improvements to R. W. Scott
Construction Company on their low gross bid cf
$82,246.96 including sales tax contingent upcn final
11 right-of-way acquistion being complete and approval of
the Mayor, City_Attorney and Airport Committee.
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IV. CONSENT AGENDA (Cont.)
E. 5. L.I.D. 308 (Cont.)
MOTION by Kurle, SECOND by Lea, to approve Consent Agenda Item
IV E 5. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
V. OLD BUSINESS - None
OLD 1USINESS
NE'W BUSINESS
VI. Ordinances and Resolution
A. ordinance 3797 - All West Properties Conditional Use Permit
- 37th Street-N.W. MOTION by Lea, SECOND by Colburn, to
refer to the Street Committee. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
B. Ordinance 3798 - Fire Stations Bond Issue. MOTION by
Hitchcock, SECOND by Colburn, to introduce and adopt
Ordinance 3798. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
C. ordinance__3799 - Street and Storm Drainage Improvements Bond
Issue. MOTION by Lea, SECOND by Hitchcock, to introduce and
adopt Ordinance 3799. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
D. Ordinance 3800 - Library Bond Issue. MOTION by Colburn,
SECOND Kurle, to introduce and adopt Ordinance 3800. MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
E. Ordinance 3801 - Admissions Tax - Referred back to the
Attorney-
F. Resolution 1355 - Authorizes agreement with Foster &
Marshall/American Express for underwriting services.
MOTION by Larson, SECOND by Lea, to adopt Resolution 1355.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
G. Resolution__1356 - Police Mutual Aid Agreement with Des
Moines, _ Kent, Normandy Park, Renton, Tukwila, and the Port
of Seattle. MOTION by Hitchcock, SECOND by Colburn, to
adopt Resolution 1356. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
(Note: This was misnumbered on the agenda as Res. 1354)
H. Ordinance 3802 - Authorizes issuance of $2,000,000 Limited
Tax Generla Obligation Bonds. MOTION'by Craig, SECOND by
Larson, to introduce and adopt Ordinance 3802. MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
VII. Mayor's Report - None
MAYOR'S REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
VIII. Adjournment - There being no further business to come before the
Council the meeting was adjourned to an executive session at
9:38 p.m. tc, 'scuss Fire Department negotiations.
BOB ROEGNER, MAYOR
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CORALEE MCCONNEHEY, CITY C ERK
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