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February 71 1966
The meeting was called to order at 12345 P.f';. at the Reef Restaurant in Kent,
Washington.
Mr. Ken 'Weeeks$ President, ask for a discussion of the General Neeting, held
on January 25, 1966 at Renton, Washington. lt: was felt by everyone concerned,
it turned out be a very profitable one. i,.r. Ouldy 5ammis stated it was the only
way to have a meeting, that would involve all of the memtsrs. Mr, weeks felt
this type of meeting should be done at least every 90 days in order to see just
what has been accomplished on each project. l ordon Ericksen, of Renton, suggested
perhapo a dinner irteeting could be held before the General Nesting each month, with
the Executive Committee Coordinator and the members involved in his committee.
It was araread to have the ",eneral Meeting tart at 7a30 instead of the usual bs00
P. i'ii., in order to have individual committees plan and maize their reports of what
they have accomplished. A very brief report may be fiven by each Executive s-oor-
di-sator before the Speaker oil the evening.
€4r. Robert ding brought up the wuestien of the serious problem between the Streets
and planning commission of Algona an racific and the state Highway Uepartment.
He feel the Valley Regional donning Commission will be put to a test over this
matter. ilr. Jan 't;lippert said we need a ataff Coordinator to fallow through with
each Ckty as their opinion of the situation of routing the Valley Freeway through
the above mentioned Cities. The 4uiley Regional Planning Go,amission will do every
thing possible to arrange a meeting bet°weeef-, the State highway Department and the
cities concerned, With the Valley Regional Planning Lorommission to be the moderator.
Nr. Fournier gave a brief report of the meeting that was held in his office on
January 25, 1366. The tentative date of the 6eminar has been set for April ll,
196U', to be held at the Rent€,n Innp Renton, Washington. This will take place in
the VIP Room.. ,sir. Stewart Neel is working out a program to be suggested. Another
meeting will be held at 9:OC A. ±.. �jn February l5th at the Valley Regional plan-
ning Officsj rLgardine, the subiP-ct. VT. de k& suggested it would be very nice if
the Valley rtEr Tonal +Tannin, t::offfidosion could have small duplicates of ti7e maps to
hand out to everyone at tier: 5eoinar. In t;is wary everyone could actually sag the
present area industrial growth and pattern of expectad events in the Valley over
the next fifteen, yaars. `r. 3arftrai : •-,aid we should aavote at least one half an hour
to the conference at the veneral :�eaeting to be hold on teburaty 15th. This should
be done in order to review what we are dfaing and what is expected to be donel appoint
committees; and receive total participation in the event.
Baldy 5ammis3 suggested perhaps- i ir. Jo Spain could speak can the County 'Roads for
twenty or thirty fainutes at tree next aiaeting. This is a subject very much in need
of discussion, at the prevent Lim--. Juhn Fol.;rnicr mentioned that by then we would
knovi if the FUnR:iARD l7RJ;;T had k.,aased and, i;' ia- had, jalley Regional s4anning
Commission will have quite a loot to work an in the very near future.
The Nose Maps are going to be rerriducad and brought up tee date through the ind-
estrial anV employment Gra s. +,'r. savitnis was ask to write to the Chamher OF
ommerce a each City, arskinf t3 have the latent inf-rmation on thins sputajact.
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Xr. Erickson will have one of the Engineers in his office work an them to supply
them to all cities. flair. John Fournier stated he also wanted to have a set. A
tentative budget of '20O.OG was established to support costs of refining and re-
producing the maps. An urgent need for clear and accurate bass (naps of the Valley
Regional Planning Commission area was expressed.
lalayor Stan W;inklers of the City of Tukwila, has stated he has established a new
committee within the City Council Members to discuss the mutual prableris 3F joint
stream;, planning, flood control, etc. It was suggested the Valley Regional Plan-
ning exchange information concerning joint problems of the cities. Also to
infori,; all City Councilmen of the forth coming meetings, era they would be encouraged
to attend.
at:; , ie presentative Paul Barden wrote to Ken Weeks, regarding the applications for
star : cross*ng of state highways by railroad tracks in the Green River Valley.
He , :c:17 he lklley 'Regionwl Plannim� could be the psr' -.wt vehicle For th3 formulation'
Ci= a plan tc; study higfit°wu,� railrci,d cr:;�sln the �u� -cursmittee on n;ustrial
Dave I jJfisrit and, t'ia 6ub--cCff1Mit`vee_ z, ;:s ,.lai.n an i ighways
have scheduled studies on thin, above niernticncd. Thal will be held in gent un the
:path of February, wIot ring is going to co;atact svuel uicknoll to see iF he can work
wn t7 s item. fo . Wing strted he could be &U16 to si<= sast a , much as posaibl.e. it
v:111 be a long involved undertaking, that will requira a great assunt of work in
bringing it together. Mir. iJseks said perhaps it caauld be formulated similar to the
Seminar to be held, only an a smaller scale. Mr. Harden could be a Speaker. Wo
should start the outline of the conference now; set a budget; produce naps; select
legal councal and try to work the subject in briefly at the siring Seminar. It may
become necessary to request the State, County, Cities, and the Railroads to cont-
ribute financially to hire a Consulting Firm to make an angineering studtpof the
project. A major question is, early determination of legal authority of communit-
ies and agencies involved, considering the critical urgenc)6 of the situation.
The next General Fleeting of the Valley Regional planning will: be held at Auburn
City Hall, Auburn Washington at 7::30 P. t;. -There are several imaportant discussions
and decisions to be made. Your attendance is urgently needed to help the VRpC to
become a vital force in the fast rising tempo of events affecting our area
Respectfully,
Gordon L. Hall
Sacretary-Treasuror
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