HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-07-2000I. CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Chair Sue Singer
Members and guests present: Chair Sue Singer, Vice Chair Rich Wagner, Cotmcilmember Trish
Borden, Mayor Chuck Booth, Chief Bob Johnson, Chief Jim Kelly, Pub. Works Dh-. Christine
Engler, Solid Waste Supvr. Sharon Conroy, Plan. Dir. Paul Kranss, Finance Dir. Diane Supler,
Airport Mgr. John Anderson, Guest Alan Tumidge-TAS Enterprises LLC, Guest Jamelle Garcia-
Auburn Flight Service.and Secretary Jeanne Herold
H: CONSENT:
Sky Services Lease Assumption: Paul Krauss explained that Jamelle Garcia has been
subleasing lhe Sky Services hanger for approximately two and one half years and the City has a
40 year lease dated 1978 on the original property with Bill and Irene Blackwood. Mr. Blackwood
is basically looking to sell the building outright to Mr. Garcia's firm. In fact the lease had a
purchase provision in it. There are no issues that Mr. Krauss is aware of with the lease and it has
regular updates to it. This Committee and Council acted upon the terms last summer;
consequently the lease rote is current.
Mr. Krauss further explained that the City regards this as very positive development to have
Auburn Flight Service take over the property. Mr. Garcia has had discussions with the City
regarding the potential expansion of the facility. Mr. Garcia's firm is doing on field
maintenance, not only for their aircraft but also for the general public and it is a great service to
have on the field.
The City Attorney has reviewed the documents and found it to be all correct. Consequently, Mr.
ICa-ams recommended that the Committee approve this for Council to take action in two weeks.
Vice Chair Rich Wagner made a motion for approval of Resolution No. 3181. Councilmember
Trish Borden seconded the motion. Chair Sue Singer concurred.
Resolution No. 3168: Sharon Conroy asked for approval of Resolution No. 3168. A Resolution
of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to
execute an agreement for professional services for a Litter Control Program between the City of
Auburn and Vadis Northwest.
Sharon Conroy explained that this basically was a renewal contract and reflects a 2.5% increase
in 2000 for the same services as provided in 1999. This contract also includes an additional
service to be provided by Vadis. A second supervisor trained in traffic control will perform
flagging on Howard Road and Kersey Way. The additional cost over the budget from last year is
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$4,033 and that will provide for a second person available one day the first, second and third
week of the month.
The language on page 5, paragraph C and E of the Agreement for Services was questioned by
Councilmember Trish Borden and wondered if it needed to be in the contract. (~
prohibit its empltwees _from disturbing papers on desks, opening desk drawers and cabinets.
entering the central stores area. or using CITY telephones or o__~ce equipment. [E) E4DI$
prohibit small children _from being on a~v work site area during the time services are being
pe~_ormedI Diane Supler commented that this contract may be a standard contract and simply a
carry over. Councilmember Borden asked that it be clarified. Vice Chair Rich Wagner
questioned Item 6 of the Agenda Bill and wondered if it was something that should remain on
the list. 6) The VADI$ crew alsofills sandbaes as needed. Sharon Conroy explained that was
basically accessory or fill in type work. There is no extra charge for it. Vice Chair Wagner
asked that that be clarified. Discussions ensued regarding the litter control problem.
Chair Singer feels that the litter in Auburn is a major problem. Mayor Booth stated that the only
alternative is to appropriate funding t~om some other source. Vice Chair Wagner felt that it
might be worth having the entire Council discuss the matter of funding for litter control.
Vice Chair Rich Wagner made a motion for approval of Resolution No. 3168. Councilmember
Trish Borden seconded the motion. Atter further discussion, Chair Sue Singer concurred.
Ordinance No. 5345: Sharon Conroy asked for approval of Ordinance No. 5345. An Ordinance
of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington, approving reimbursement of funds in the
amount of Twenty-six Thousand Two Hundred Three and 00/100 dollars, ($26,203), and
authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a memorandum of understanding between the
Seattle-King County Department of Public Health and the City of Auburn to accept the
reimbursement of funds for implementation of a portion of the educational element of the Local
Hazardous Waste Management Program.
Vice Chair Rich Wagner made a motion for approval of Ordinance No. 5345. Councilmember
Trish Borden seconded the motion. Chair Sue Singer concurredl
III INFORMATION/DISCUSSION:
Valley Com Agreement[:
Diane Supler explained that she wanted the Committee to be aware of the major changes to the
Agreement. Valley Corn is owned by four cities and the Administrative Board, which Mayor
Booth is a representative of indicated that they would like to have Federal Way come in as a
partaer. Over the years there have been many modifications and changes so an attorney with the
City of Kent has been going through the changes. Staff has been going through those changes
and working on the agreement and Ms. Supler presented version three at tonight's meeting.
There is a meeting later on this month where the Administrative Board will also be reviewing the
agreement. Mayor Booth asked that some time be spent discussing this agreement. Diane
Supler agreed to walk the Committee through the more substantive changes.
Page 2. last paragraph-Talks about bringing in Federal Way as a t~artner. There was a lot of
discussion about whether Federal Way would stay with Valley Corn or whether they would move
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to South Com and they arc actually onc of thc largest users of thc system. In trying to do long
range planning, the strategy was to bring Federal Way in as a partner. In that process thc Federal
Way Fire District was also included, so over the coming years there are assurances for doing
projection and forecasting knowing that Valley Corn is not going to be losing it's membership.
Page 3. first paragra_nh-Talks about "In addition, the City qf Federal Wqv m~_ enter i~tO an
interlocal agreement with the Federal Way Fire De_oartment. ¢t¢, There were a lot of
discussions. The Fire Departmeot wanted to become part of Valley Corn but on the other hand it
wasn't felt that they sh6uld have ownership. The ownership should be the City of Federal Way.
If Federal Way then chooses, they can contract with the Fire District. Valley Corn and the
Administrative Board does not get involved.
Page 4. Item 3. Withdrawal and Termination. 3; l - Any Member City which is the owner may
withdraw membership on or before December 31a in any one year. That used to read July
but because of budgeting, by July 31'~ Valley Corn needs to know if any Member City is going to
be withdrawing because it is going to have a severe impact on their budget. Vice Chair Wagner
felt 3.1 was not clear. Ms. Supler agreed to take it back for clarification.
~ - The Member Cities used to be four cities, and now are five cities and in
order to terminate Valley Corn, a supermajority vote was added. That's majority plus one in
order to TERMINATE Valley Corn operations.
Page 5. Item 3. 3,$ - There were some changes to the language as far as the funding and
withdrawal.
~ - "All ~'eal and personal property purchased pursuant to this agreement
shall be distributed based on equal shares a.~nortioned to those Member Cities etc." In the past
the Member Cities were charged a percentage of the call volume. After much discussion it was
agreed that instead of the'mount changing every month, each of the five cities would pay an
equal share of 20%. Instead of never knowing how much the representative share would be from
year to year. Vice Chair Rich Wagner suggested that the Agreement should refer to the
paragraph where we pay for it later on in paragraph 14.
Page Z ton Rf page - "The pu~_ ose and duties Rt' the Operating Board shah be established O_l'
..... The Ops Board provides the day to day guidance to the Executive
Director and the Ops Board is composed of each city's police chief and fire chief. They
basically talk about the day to day operations, and the focus of the Administrative Staff. The
duties of this Board have never been defined so that responsibility needs to be clarified and
established by the Administrative Board.
Page 8. Paragraph 7. Personnel Policy. Item 7,2' In this particular section which reads,
"Valley Com shall give preference in hiring to those persons that were permanently appointed as
dispatchers in the Federal Way Fire Dent." Federal Way did a lot of dispatching. There's a lot
of people that as of the result of the fire department coming to Valley Com will be losing their
jobs and so they will have preference when it comes to hiring.
Page 11. Paragraph 12. Invento~- and Proper(v. 12.2. The original four cities contributed
money towards the acquisition of the existing facility. The agreement needed to be made clear
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that only the fohr cities and not Federal Way would get any proceeds back when it comes time to
sell that building.
Page 12. Paraerat~h 14 - Dispatch Facili~_. Financing. and Constructio~t. Vice Chair Rich
Wagner had a question regarding the statement, "The Mernbar Cities shall contribute to the
financing of the development of thc new dispatch facility on a pro-reta basis, each Member City
payin~ twenty percent (20%). Ms. Suplcr explained that as a Member City when it comes to
major capital investments, the five cities share in an equal pro-reta share but on a day to day
basis, call volume and equipment use for pagars and other things, they pay that based on a
percentage of their call volume to over-all volume.
Diane Supler basically went through the agreement to identify the changes and high lighted them
for the Committee. Mayor Booth will be meeting with the other Mayors toward the end of this
month. The Mayors will review the agreement in detail, make any additional adjustments and
then it does have to come back to full Council for passage. Discussion ensued.
Potentia! New Development at Auburn Airport
Paul Krauss explained that Alan Tumidge owns TAS Enterprises, which is housed at the Airport.
Mr. Tumidge~has been renting space for about three and one half years. Mr. Tumidge's business
is another success story and is growing by leaps and bounds. He basically buys and re-sells
aircraft and has recently gotten into an arrangement with Piper Aircraft to be a distributor for
new aimrafL He has spoken with the City of Auburn about potentially locating a new showroom
and sales office facility on the airport. Mr. Tumidge has also been talking to Mr. Kreuss about a
potential ground lease. It's right next to the building that Jamelle Garcia of Auburn Flight
Service would be owning and has good visibility and access on the airport.
Mr. Krauss offered Mr..Tumidge an opportunity to come to talk informally about his business.
Mr. Turmdge explained that his business continually needs to get higher profile space that would
lend itself better to the kinds of aircreft that he is now selling. He has been appointed as a Flight
Cret~ Sales Associate and awarded the new piper sales. It's through a distributor, which is Flight
Cra~ Sales, which is based in Portland, Oregon. The volume continues to grow. Discussion
ensued.
Essentially there are no improvements to the site other than the black top and Mr. Tornidge
would have to bring in utilities and whatever else has to be done. A ground lease is the best way
to go and is up for negotiations and subject to Council apProval.
IV. ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
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