CITY OF SHORELINE

SHORELINE CITY COUNCIL

SUMMARY MINUTES OF DINNER MEETING

Monday, June 23, 2003

Shoreline Conference Center

6:30 p.m. Highlander Room

PRESENT: Mayor Jepsen, Deputy Mayor Grossman, Councilmembers Chang, Gustafson, Hansen, Montgomery and Ransom

ABSENT: none

STAFF: Bob Olander, Deputy City Manager; Joyce Nichols, Communications and Intergovernmental Relations Director; Paul Haines, Public Works Director; Jill Marilley, City Engineer; Kirk McKinley, Aurora and Interurban Trail Project Manager; Kris Overleese, Project Engineer; and Jan Knudson, Economic Development Coordinator

GUEST: John McKenzie, consultant from CH2MHill

Mayor Jepsen convened the meeting at 6:25 p.m.

Bob Olander, Deputy City Manager, introduced Jan Knudson, Economic Development Coordinator.

Ms. Knudson provided an update on Phase II of the Buxton Retail Study. She reminded Council that the goal of this phase is to identify retailers and restaurants that best fit the market trade area from the Phase I study by Buxton.

Ms. Knudson said she will continue to work with retailers to try to find interested parties. She said that Sears is the major property owner (16 acres) at the Aurora Square site. The Joshua Green Corporation also owns approximately five acres near the Westminister Triangle area. Ms. Knudson is working with representatives of both Sears and Joshua Green.

The next item discussed was the Interurban Trail Bridge crossing. Kirk McKinley, Project Manager for both the Interurban Trail Project and the Aurora Corridor Project, introduced John McKenzie from CH2MHill, the consultants working on the design and related bridge issues.

Mr. McKinley described the five segments of the trail project and the status of each. He said that bridge design will be studied by the City in a $50,000 project which will develop a design and cost estimates by October.

Deputy Mayor Grossman arrived at 6:50 p.m.

Mr. McKinley noted that several years ago the OTAK estimate for the bridge was $3.4 million. In current dollars, this would be approximately $4.2 million. The proposed CIP budget for the bridge is $3.6 million.

Mr. McKenzie showed a diagram of the preliminary design process. The process includes: 1) identifying problems, issues and stakeholders; 2) developing and evaluating alternatives; 3) summarizing findings; and 4) recommending a preferred alternative to the City Council.

Mr. McKinley then reviewed the proposed evaluation criteria:

• access/connectivity provided;
• constructability;
• meeting agency guidelines;
• expressing community identity;
• visual impacts to businesses;
• anticipates/promotes future development;
• cost; and
• maintenance.

He concluded by saying that the study will come back to the City Council in October and that staff will keep Council informed of the schedule of meetings and open houses.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m.

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Joyce Nichols, Communications and Intergovernmental Relations Director