CITY OF SHORELINE

SHORELINE CITY COUNCIL

SUMMARY MINUTES OF DINNER MEETING

Monday, February 22, 1999

6:00 p.m.

Shoreline Conference Center

Highlander Room

PRESENT: Mayor Jepsen, Deputy Mayor Montgomery, Councilmembers Gustafson, Hansen, King, Lee and Ransom

ABSENT: None

STAFF: Robert Deis, City Manager; Larry Bauman, Assistant City Manager

The meeting convened at 6:20 p.m. All Councilmembers were present with the exception of Councilmembers Hansen and Ransom, who arrived shortly thereafter.

Mayor Jepsen said he had been considering Councilmember King’s comments about the Council’s position on the wastewater treatment facility. He noted that King County Councilmember Maggi Fimia was seeking meeting minutes to determine what action Council had taken. Robert Deis, City Manager, said staff reviewed the Council meeting minutes of June and November of 1998 to determine what had occurred.

Councilmember King asserted that the question is whether the Council supports the County Executive’s preferred option for regional wastewater treatment.

Responding to Mayor Jepsen, Councilmembers discussed plans to attend the Shoreline Schools Foundation breakfast.

Councilmember Ransom arrived at 6:30 p.m.

Mayor Jepsen reported that he met with the mayors of Bellevue, Kirkland and Redmond and that the next meeting will be hosted by Kirkland in April. He said the other cities support the Referendum 49 coalition, and the cities agreed to support each other’s projects on the list of potential projects.

Councilmember Hansen arrived at 6:35 p.m.

Continuing, Mayor Jepsen said the mayors discussed problems in the Sound Transit plans, which do not include funding for projects or services for eastside communities or Shoreline. The mayors also discussed the distribution of court fees and the revised Growth Management Act targets for growth. The top issues for the group included transportation, neighborhood preservation, water allocation and the Endangered Species Act.

Mayor Jepsen reported that the cities also discussed Regional Finance and Governance to determine how to pursue resolution of the issue. He said he suggested that human services should be the first issue for discussion; however, most of the other cities would prefer to address annexation issues (e.g., Potential Annexation Areas) first. He mentioned that the eastside communities are also discussing the creation of a regional jail for the eastside. The cities also discussed legislation regarding gambling under consideration in Olympia.

Mr. Deis said King County is disinclined to deal holistically with the Regional Finance and Governance problem.

Councilmember King returned to the issue of the northend treatment plant.

Mr. Deis responded that Council authorized staff to hire a consultant to bring more information to the Council on this issue. He suggested one option to clarify the City’s role is to vote on whether there should be a third treatment plant.

Council discussed several alternatives for providing cities with more control over water resources.

Mr. Deis asked which Councilmembers plan to attend the National League of Cities Conference in Washington, D.C. All Councilmembers, except Councilmembers Hansen and Lee, expressed their intentions to attend.

The meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m.

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Larry Bauman
Assistant City Manager