CITY OF SHORELINE

SHORELINE CITY COUNCIL

SUMMARY MINUTES OF DINNER MEETING

Monday, June 28, 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; Joyce Nichols, Community and Government Relations Manager

The meeting convened at 6:20 p.m. All Councilmembers were present.

City Manager Robert Deis reviewed a handout regarding legislative issues. He emphasized information regarding proposed Initiative 695, which would reduce the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax.

Community and Government Relations Manager Joyce Nichols discussed transportation funding. She noted that Shoreline did not receive funding related to Referendum 49, but she said the City has been successful in obtaining other transportation grant funds.

In response to Councilmember Gustafson, Ms. Nichols discussed reasons the City did not receive funding related to Referendum 49: 1) Shoreline is not represented on the Transportation Committee; and 2) Senate Transportation Chair Mary Margaret Haugen sought to fund innovative transportation projects.

Ms. Nichols mentioned that an 18-month State study of aging infrastructure is expected to demonstrate the need for investments for infrastructure repairs. She went on to discuss issues likely to reemerge during the next legislative session: buildable lands; gambling taxes; telecommunications rights-of-way; water/sewer assumptions; and issues related to the Endangered Species Act and water rights.

In response to Councilmember Ransom, Mr. Deis said staff is gathering information about water and sewer rates to present to Council. He stressed that this research is strictly fact finding.

Mayor Jepsen reported that he received a telephone call from someone claiming to represent the Christian Coalition who wanted to know what Council planned to do about gambling. He said there may be an effort to rally Christian pastors to oppose gambling in Shoreline.

Mr. Deis mentioned that some Aurora Avenue business owners oppose Aurora Pre-Design Study Alternative 2. He identified access as their primary concern and right-of-way as their secondary concern.

Mr. Deis and Council next discussed the Interurban Trail project.

Mr. Deis distributed copies of the agenda for the Point Wells Open House on July 27. He noted who had been invited to participate on the panels. He suggested that Mayor Jepsen and Councilmember King represent Council on the panel.

Assistant City Manager Larry Bauman distributed flyers from the King County Sheriff’s Office concerning two sex offenders who have located in Shoreline. He said these individuals will be the subjects of a notification meeting on July 14 at Kellogg Middle School.

The meeting adjourned at 7:22 p.m.

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Larry Bauman
Assistant City Manager