A. The October 21, 1996 meeting of the VMICC was called to order at 7:30PM, Bill
 Tobin presiding.
B. There were a number of announcements of general interest
 1. Noinations for Board candidates remained open until 9:00PM, Oct. 21.
 2. The First Annual UAC Forum will be held Oct. 22 at Tukwilla City Hall.
 3. KC Solid Waste is soliciting members for a Citizens' Advistory
 Committee on the transfer station project. John Komorita, 296-4426
 4. KC Transportation is forming a CAC for guidelines for evaluating
 transit service. Radford Duckwith, 684-2165
 5. Mark Salkind has been appointed Vashon's stakeholder representative on
 the SR16 study.
 6. A permit application is pending for a new cell phone tower. The
 deadline for comment is October 28th, and the very late notice to the
 Community Council prevents any action absent an Emergency Motion.
C. The State Dept. of Transportation presented an outline of the SR16 congestion
 study process to date.
 1. The Legislature required them to consider all possible solutions to
 SR16 congestion, then narrow possible choices before beginning EIS
 process.
 2. Several proposed solutions include bridges through Vashon.
 a. This does not mean these proposals are at all feasible, merely that
 they have been included at the preliminary level.
 b. The initial decision to exclude Vashon from the list of
 stakeholders represents traffic patterns observed on SR16, not the
 potential impact of any solution to this congestion.
 c. Winnowing of the many proposals is now underway. It is not yet
 possible to say whether a Vashon bridge will be in the top five or
 ten choices.
 3. Detailed handouts on the SR16 process will be available at the Vashon
 Library.
D. Gardner Perry's Motion to adopt amended By-Laws as prepared by the By-Laws
 Committee was brought forward for debate.
 1. Major changes include elimination of the Precinct Representative
 system, which has been functioning poorly, if at all, for several
 years.
 2. With the elimination of Precinct Representatives, urgent motions must
 be approved by 2/3 of the Board and 2/3 of the members present. 
 Various other functions of the Precinct Representatives are also
 transferred.
 3. The Board members shall run and serve in a non-partisan capacity.
 4. The question was called and the motion passed.
 a. Aye 34 Nay 3 Abstain 25
E. J.P. Anderson's Motion to adopt the report of the Safety Committee on the
 Vashon traffic flow and parking study conducted by the Chamber of Commerce
 was to be brought up for debate, but the Maker and Seconder of the Motion
 agreed to withdraw it. Mr. Anderson submitted extensive written testimony
 on the subject, which is incorporated herein by reference. A copy will be
 included in the Minutes at the Vashon Library.
F. A Motion to oppose the report of the Safety Committee was brought up for
 debate.
 1. It was Moved that the motion be tabled. The Motion to Table failed.
 a. Aye 34 Nay 37
 2. Supporters of the Motion argued that while some parts of the traffic
 and parking study were worthwhile, others were contrary to the Town
 Plan and against long-standing Community Council positions. Rather
 than let the Chamber of Commerce study go to the County without
 comment, the Community Council should oppose it.
 3. Opponents of the Motion argued that instead of opposing the entire
 report, the Community Council should take the time to vote individually
 on its important recommendations.
 4. The question was called and the motion passed.
 a. Aye 47 Nay 8 Abstain 20
G. Pat Britz introduced, and Prle Mack seconded, a Motion to present a
 Certificate of Appreciation to Mark Madden for his long and helpful work
 with the Commnity Council in resolving Island road problems.