Second SeaTac City Council meeting for January
Tue, 02/03/2015
By Tim Clifford
On Jan. 27 the SeaTac City Council held its last meeting for the month of January. A higher attendance was counted with nearly 30 people present. Deputy Mayor Tony Anderson continues to be skyped into the meeting with a computer screen placed in front of his seat. Here are the highlights of the discussion:
• The council was presented with numerous complaints from citizens concerning parking on 33rd and 34th. The local residents are losing parking space and having their garbage pick-ups delayed by the employees from the airport who are using the residential street for free parking. Other problems included littering, speeding down the street, loud noise, an influx of rats and constant arguing between residents and the employees.
These residents were assured that the council will be meeting to figure out a solution to this problem.
• Lawrence Pitre was awarded a certificate after being appointed as an alternate to the Human Services Advisory Committee.
• The school bond was again a central issue of discussion with presentations against the proposed bond from Sensible Spending On Schools (SSOS). One speaker cheekily called the bond “Inflate-gate”. All council members were given time to voice their argument “for” or “against” the proposed bond with the majority of the members citing the crumbling state of disrepair to the buildings. A vote was taken after the presentations by the council members on the bond issue with five council members voting “in favor” and two against.
• There is still striping work that is required to be done on Military Road before the project can officially be completed. It is still slated to be finished by the end of the month.
• Special mention and kudos was given to the Seahawks, SeaTac police, and King County Sheriff’s Office concerning the Seahawks sendoff event held outside of SeaTac airport last Sunday. No arrests or complaints were made during the event. The Seahawks organization was able to arrange for the event to take place on relatively short notice.