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06/22/1993 City CouncilEDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES June 22, 1993. The work meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:00 p.m: by Mayor Pro Tem Dave Earling at the Library Plaza Room, 650 Main St., Edmonds. The meeting was preceded by a flag salute. ELECTED OFFICIALS STAFF Laura Hall, Mayor, ABSENT (attending AWC Convention) Paul Mar, Community Srv. Dir Dave Earling, Council President Art Housler, Admin. Srv. Dir. Steve Dwyer, Councilmember Buzz Buzalsky, Fire Chief Michael Hall, Councilmember Dan Prinz, Police Chief William Kasper, Councilmember Bob Alberts, City Engineer John Nordquist, Councilmember Noel Miller, Public Works Supt. Jeff Palmer, Councilmember Rhonda March, City Clerk Tom Petruzzi, Councilmember Barb Mehlert, Recorder Sara Belz, Student Representative EXECUTIVE SESSION ON LABOR NEGOTIATIONS The Council recessed to an Executive Session to discuss labor negotiations at 7:01 p.m., and 5f//dv✓ reconvened in Council Chambers at 7:47 p.m. J` 5W,itj Mayor Pro Tem Earling suggested Consent Agenda items be discussed following item 7 on the regular Ov�� agenda. Councilmembers agreed. W RECOGNITION OF STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SARA BELZ L Mayor Pro Tem Earling thanked Ms. Belz for her time and input as Student Representative to the City Council and presented her with a plaque. Ms. Belz thanked the Council for the opportunity.to serve. REPORT BY RAY LLOYD OF COMMUNITY TRANSIT AND DECISION ON FINAL REGIONAL TRANSIT PLAN PROPOSAL Mr. Lloyd reported the draft plan was released in the Fall of 1992. The final system plan emerged and was amended by the JRPC in meetings on May 14 and May 28. Mr. Lloyd explained the major differences between the two plans: 1) Alternatives = only the rail based alternative survives; 2) n e�l�'v Funding - the RTA is directed to work with the Federal Government, the Governor and the Legisla- ture to seek the majority of the project funding from them; 3) Vote - is to be further delayed r J until summer of 1994, and then to be only on the local portion of the taxes; 4),Inter.im and sup- porting services - the allocation of 22% of the 0.9 cents sales tax equivalent has been increased G') to 25% for this element of the system; 4) TSM capital construction - $1.6 billion (up from $1.2 billion) will be allocated to local transit agencies, in proportion to revenues generated in their area for this element; 5) Commuter Rail - about 50 miles of additional commuter rail has been added to the scope of the project study including Seattle to Everett and Seattle to Renton. Commuter rail operation is to commence within two. years of local funding commitments. Service to Everett has been added by the Everett Ad Hoc committee; 6) Rapid rail - this, the most expensive and controversial portion of the plan, has dropped any pretenses of being "light rail" , rapid or otherwise. This element has been increased from 88 miles to 105 miles, with a commensurate in- crease in cost from $6.2 billion to $7.5 billion. Service to Everett, Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Redmond, and Totem Lake is scheduled for 2010 (fifteen years from project commencement; even thou h the Snohomish County resolution required that it be within ten years of project commence- ment; 7) Alignments - portions of highway 99 and I-5 have been dropped at the request of the Everett Ad Committee. Highway 99 as a whole will remain unstudied after 23 years; 8) Phasing - sequential build out from Seattle at the RTA's discretion and in accordance with funding assis- tance opportunities will determine phasing. Snohomish County representative's two phasing propos- als have been killed; 9) Land use - transit integration - a new section outlines integration on regional, corridor and community levels; 10) Miscellaneous - citizen involvement and private sector participation are called for in new sections. Mr. Lloyd said Community Transit has some concerns with the system plan, both at the board level and staff level. Mr. Lloyd said concerns include the cost; following years of orderly planning efforts, the cost of the project increased by more than $3 billion dollars in one three hour meeting on May 14. Mr. Lloyd said Community Transit does not feel this is good stewardship of public funds. Mr. Lloyd said Bill Brubaker, Snohomish County Chair for the JRPC, has indicated the project is now up to $12 billion and the County Council staff, who put together the briefing papers, have indicated it is over $13 billion. Mr. Lloyd said Community Transit also has concerns with the financing of the project, as the financial portion of the plan was gutted, and as yet unidentified a new level of government who will develop the financing plan over the next year. Mr. Lloyd said other concerns Community Transit has with the plan is the process utilized in changes to the system plan. Mr. Lloyd said changes to the system plan were extensive and were being made by amendments put on the table as late as the May 28, 1993 meeting. The result of this is that neither staff or elected officials had time to adequately review the changes. Mr. Lloyd said this brings another concern in that the final plan differs significantly from the plan that the EIS addressed when the EIS was released in March. Mr. Lloyd said the EIS preceded the final plan. Mr. Lloyd cited other concerns including land use issues. Mr. Lloyd said it was not a good idea to take away various parts of the alignments to be studied, because land use decisions have not been made by the counties and the cities. Mr. Lloyd said Community. Transit is also concerned that there are no alternatives in the plan, and feels that a lower cost choice should be added, not just the heavy rail proposal. Mr. Lloyd said Community Transit made a great effort to listen to the many groups who have studied the transportation problems, such as the Snohomish County Citi- zens for Improved Transportation, Puget Sound Light Rail Society, the Boeing Corporation, and many others. Mr. Lloyd said Community Transit felt that a lot of the private sector had many good ideas which were not adequately reviewed or considered. Mr. Lloyd said a majority of the problems the system plan addresses can be handled for about 1/3 of the cost and said expansion of the system of busses on accelerated and. enhanced state funded HOV lanes, transit demand management and transit system management treatments, and commuter rail on existing rights of way could be accomplished for than less than four tenths of a cent sales tax equivalent. Mr. Lloyd said Community Transit has decided not to offer an opinion to the Cities and Counties on whether to opt in or opt out of the RTA. Mr. Lloyd said there are several Community Transit Board Members who serve on County councils and City councils, and rather than put them in that position, it is the decision of the Board and recommendation of the Staff that C.T. does not take that position, but only to bring the plan forward as directed and point out has best as possible, the problems Community Transit sees with the plan. Mr. Lloyd said Community Transit is recommending to the various cities that they send to the County, their concerns about the system if there are additional concerns over what Community Transit has expressed. Mr. Lloyd said, however, some of the cities have indicated that they are going to send a statement recommending to opt in with a list of conditions, and Councilmember Ross Kane of the County Council has made it clear that this is a yes or a no, and conditions will not apply or carry any weight. Councilmember Kasper asked if there are any provisions at a later date for public election of board members to the RTA. Mr. Lloyd said not at this time. Mr. Lloyd said it is the preference of Senator Vognild that initially the RTA will be a federated board, and later he would amendable to allowing it to be an elected board. Councilmember Palmer said he believes the City of Edmonds should make a recommendation to opt in or opt out tonight for reasons including he believes the recommendation of the size of cities such as Edmonds still have significant weight even with decision makers in other- counties. Coun- cilmember Palmer said from his read of the plan and the proposal itself, he believes it is too costly. Councilmember Palmer said he feels the voters are never going to approve an expenditure of this size given the state of the local and national economy, especially a request that doesn't get the job done. Councilmember Palmer said the proposal relies too much on single solutions in- stead of vary.ing the solution by the needs of even subregions within the three county area. Coun- cilmember Palmer said he is opposed to the plan because it does not provide the public with any options, along with the fact that there is a lack of direct election of representatives. Council - member Palmer said as a result of this, there is a loss of local control. Councilmember Palmer said he does not like the idea of building from Seattle outward, as he believes the City will end up paying for decades for a system that will be built in Seattle and probably never reach Snohomish County before it runs out of funding. Councilmember Palmer said it is his recommenda- tion that the City of Edmonds respond that we opt out of the plan. Councilmember Kasper agreed and said his big concern is the structure of the RTA, in that it is not an elected board. Councilmember Kasper said he cannot imagine one solution of heavy rail, and believes the busway is a major method of accomplishing transportation until light rail has proven up and land use is all in place, especially outside Seattle proper. Councilmember Dwyer said over the course of the last few years, has had much difficulty with those organizations which are not directly accountable for what they do. Councilmember Dwyer said he has concerns because essentially, the people who are there to run the organizations were elect- ed to do other things, and gave PSCOG as an example. Councilmember Dwyer said he believes the EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES Page 2 June 22, 1993 same problem exists on the RTA, and said it is very reminiscent of the Metro Council, who was populated by people who are elected to do something else. Councilmember Dwyer said this problem along with the problem of a super majority requirements, which really isn't a super majority requirement, as it is so approprius in the way the things are weighted. Councilmember Dwyer said essentially, we are talking about a $14 billion dollar government run by a consortion of people in their spare time. Councilmember Petruzzi agrees that the City should opt out of the plan. Councilmember Petruzzi said he does not like the idea of another federated body. Councilmember Petruzzi said it is uncomprehensable that no other alternative is given besides heavy rail and said by allowing High- way 99 as a whole to remain unstudied after 23 years of discussion, is unbelievable. Councilmem- ber Petruzzi said it is also unbelievable that the cost of the project escalated a minimum of $3 billion, probably more like $5 billion dollars in one three hour meeting. Councilmember Petruzzi said if you can escalate the cost in three hours by this much, he is afraid of what the project will end up costing by the year 2015, when it is supposed to be completed. Mayor Pro Tem Earling said he has been constantly bothered by the process utilized by the JRPC. Mayor Pro Tem Earling said many times, the information given to the public does not look like anything at all like what it looks like now. He said he very much wants to see a public transpor- tation system developed in the three county area, but because of the process followed and because of the increased costs, he can't support the way the proposal has unfolded. Mayor Pro Tem Earling said he believes along with informing the County that the City of Edmonds is "opting out", a letter be sent stating the concerns of the City, in which he would draft. COUNCILMEMBER PALMER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, TO RECOMMEND TO THE SNOHOMISH COUN- TY COUNCIL THAT WE OPT OUT OF THE RTP PROJECT AND DIRECT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO PROVIDE A LET- TER NUMERATING THE REASONS BEHIND THAT DECISION. MOTION CARRIED. PROPOSAL ON THE USE OF TELEVISION IN COUNCIL MEETINGS BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL �Lte vtS((J citieslwho bdo or er l dor rnot telex isemtheirnCouncilpmeetings.emoradum reared by tCouncilmembersHallnsaidsithe Council Asistat �appearsrthat C 0 WV--t the cities who have the highest success rate in televising council meetings, are those who have rtG negotiated that into their cable franchise agreement, resulting in little or no cost to the city. Councilmember Palmer agreed the City should have have government access to the local network franchise a Cable channel, however had some concerns regarding the parameters surrounding the taping. Councilmember Kasper questioned the principal of the total' taping of the hearing, and said thought should be given to taping only certain parts Some councilmembers expressed interest in pursuing this, and asked Councilmember Hall to gather more information various cities, what the effect on this subject including: actual taped recordings of council meetings from parameters in which the cities operate under when taping the Council meetings, on the Council proceedings are because of the taping, what actual benefit is obtained from the outcome of taping, what problems they have experienced because of the taping, 1� and costs of staffing due to the taping. UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION PLAN Bob Alberts, City Engineer, referenced the agenda packet summarizing materials presented to date by the consultant. The purpose of the discussion is to give direction to the consultant in prepar- ing a draft transportation plan. Once a draft report is prepared, public comments will then be solicited. Mr. Alberts said specific direction from the Council is needed on several areas includ- ing: 1) Level of Service, 2) Functional Classification Criteria; 3) Arterial Street Designation and Improvements; 4) City -Wide Neighborhood Traffic Control Program on Neighborhood Streets and; 5) Origin Destination Study. Consultant Dave Zlinsky presented overhead transparencies illustrating and detailing the above five subjects. Councilmember Kasper said he asked questions previous and still does not have the answers. Coun- cilmember Kasper said one of the view foils provided to the Council indicates that 3rd Avenue North is planned for three lanes, however, if this is the access to the ferry now and probably the north access to the ferry in the future, why would not it be three lanes on 3rd Avenue South. Councilmember Kasper said Main street to 9th Avenue to 6th Avenue, is probably the most congested streets in town and is really used as an arterial. Councilmember Kasper said it appears to him that the Transportation Plan is protecting the parking surrounding the business district. Council - member Kasper believes the Plan is not very far sighted, and said he has never seen any records whereby 9th Avenue North was ever changed to a minor arterial, as it has been a collector arteri- al for a long time. Councilmember Kasper said today, 9th Avenue it acts more like a connector instead of a collector. Councilmember Kasper said the plan suggests increasing the traffic through 9th Avenue and said the plan does not address the costs of implementing some of the pro- 'EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES Page 3 June 22, 1993 posed improvements such as on -site parking. Councilmember Kasper said Seattle has reported "is- lands" costs at $2500 without water, not, $1500 as portrayed in the study. Councilmember Kasper said it appears to him that the Citywide protection of the neighborhoods is going increase drasti- cally, the volume on the main arterials, which will result in making people going farther than they have to go on the streets in order to get to the area they want to get. Councilmember Kasper said the Council also needs to further discuss the ramifications of the functional classification criteria. Also, this plan shows no expansion of through street that could relieve both neighbor- hoods and arterials, example 88th tied to 84th With regards to the traffic control program, Councilmember Dwyer said he is convinced after read- ing all of the materials submitted, including the documents forwarded by the police, fire, engi- neers, along with visiting other cities, that a series.of speed humps is not the answer. Council - member Dwyer said the public safety officials have all been against that, and said if the City is going to go in this direction, a series of traffic islands or circles should be implemented. Councilmember Dwyer said because of the cost of these, and if the City is serious about further looking into this, the appropriate direction to go is to run an excess levy request on the Septem- ber ballot so the City will have time to implement this in the 1994 budget. Councilmember Dywer said there are several hundred signatures on petitions asking for neighborhood traffic controls, and said it i,s very well possible along the lines of an excess levy request will be approved by the citizens. Councilmember Palmer said he shares concerns, one of which is being able to numerate the effects of closing off certain areas of the City. Councilmember Palmer said the City has not heard from some of the other providers of services throughout the City including residential garbage pickup, U.S. Postal service, as to what those kinds of plans would do to their level of service. Council - member Palmer suggested the City examine particular neighborhood problems as they arise and look to the recommendations of the police and fire department and other users of that particular route of the neighborhood. Councilmember Petruzzi said he believes going to the public is the correct route to take. Council - member Petruzzi referenced comments made by the Police Department whereby they suggest taking a look at the cost of each concept and divide it into three stages, implementing only one stage at a time, then evaluating it to see if stage one solved the problem. .. Mr. Alberts asked for authorization to proceed with a draft report, which would be followed by Council review of the report. 1 Councilmember Kasper said he would like answers to his questions before this is done. Councilmem- bers agreed. Bob Alberts said the Council will receive answers to their questions in memo form 0LX,*, ', before proceeding with the Draft Report. It was noted this process will take approximately 3 - 4 weeks. v(f V REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY Noel Miller, Public Works Superintendent, said the architect has now completed the second phase of the design contract, and is required by contract to receive written approval of the work prior f1 GSA to proceeding with the next phase. Mr. Miller said the project was presented to the Architectur- al Design Board and final approval was given. The Planning Division has reviewed the environmen- tal impacts of the project via the SEPA process and issues a Determination of Nonsignificance on (.,*June 10, 1993. In addition, a wetlands mitigation study has been completed and accepted by the S Planning Division. Mr. Miller introduced Randy Cook, Project Architect, who updated the. Council on the project to date. Mr. Cook displayed and explained the design of the project. Councilmember Kasper said he is concerned about City staff getting involved in the actual con- struction of pieces of this project as to how these costs are being charged out. Councilmember Kasper asked what projects are not being done in lieu of this one. Councilmember Kasper said he would like to discuss this at the next committee meeting. Councilmember Kasper said he would like to see a list showing priorities for unit deletions in the case that some items cannot be complet- ed due to budget. Mr. Miller said City staff does a number of capital improvement, projects in house, and this project would be the majority of capital improvement work, as far as storm drainage installation, roadway work, etc. Mr. Miller said he will provide a list showing the projects that will not be done in lieu of this one, and present it at the next committee meeting. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PETRUZZI, TO APPROVE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF WORK FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE CENTER AND AUTHORIZE MERRITT + PARDINI TO PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT. MOTION CARRIED. 90 C/o UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC WORK FACILITY 1% FOR ART PROJECT EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES Page 4 June 22, 1993 Christine Sidwell, Arts Coordinator, said $24,000 has been allocated for the new Public Works Facility be located at 72nd and 212th as a result of the 1% for the Art Ordinance. At their meet- ing on June 7, the Arts Commission approved the project budget, timeliness and prospectus. The commission will be awarded through a public selection process. Artists proposals will be reviewed by a jury consisting of a representative from City Council, Arts Commission, Architectural Design Board, Public Works Department, a citizen -at -large, and a professional arts consultant. Mr. Sidwell said the selection of the artist must be approved by the Arts Commission prior to presen- tation to Council. Ms. Sidwell said it is the wishes of the Arts Commission to have Council President Dave Earling serve as the Council's representative, or if he cannot, to appoint another member of the Council. Councilmember Kasper said the allocation is premature as the cost of the public works project might have to be lowered at some point. Ms. Sidwell said this is not a problem and the figure will be changed in accordance with the cost of the project. Councilmember Kasper pointed out cost for 1% are for above ground improvements - on site, not street or water -sewer. Councilmember Palmer expressed concern with having a professional arts consultant, when the very capable arts commission is present. Ms. Sidwell assured Councilmember Palmer that -the Arts Commis- sion will have final say, and said they have recommended the process outlined in the agenda memo. As a procedural matter, COUNCILMEMBER PETRUZZI MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL TO EXTEND THE MEETING MOTION CARRIED. CONSENT AGENDA Items (B), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), and (I) were removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER PALMER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DWYER, TO APPROVE THE BALANCE.OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The approved items are as follows: (A) ROLL CALL yc, (C) APPROVAL OF CLAIMS WARRANTS FOR WEEK OF JUNE 14, AND PAYROLL CLAIM WARRANTS FOR JUNE 15, C C�tyV•8 1993. (J) AUTHORIZATION TO SALE SURPLUS AND OFFER FOR SALE THE MINI -PUMPER (K) AUTHORIZATION FOR MAYOR TO SIGN AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO EXTEND WSDOT AGREEMENT NO. GC-9771 FOR MULTI -MODAL FACILITY PLANNING ASSISTANCE TO DECEMBER 31, 1993. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 15, 1993 (Item (B) on the Consent Agenda) n 0 V'" COUNCILMEMBER DWYER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PETRUZZI, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JUNE 15, l- WITH THE CORRECTIONS NOTED IN A MEMORANDUM. MOTION CARRIED. _✓ REPORT ON RE -BID OPENED JUNE 14, 1993, FOR PURCHASE OF A 10-YARD DUMP TRUCK FOR -THE STREET SEC - OF TION AND AWARD OF CONTRACT TO MOTOR TRUCKS, INC.74,333.62 INCLUDING SALES TAX Item (DT on the Consent Agenda 5 Councilmember Petruzzi asked if Mr. Miller is asking for additional funds on top of those already in the budget. for this item, and Mr. Miller replied affirmatively. Councilmember Petruzzi said he is very concerned with spending $75,000, thus spending the balance of the B fund to purchase this item, especially in light of the current state of the economy. Councilmember Palmer agreed and said the re -bid is substantially higher than the first bid, which was rejected at the time by the Council because it was over budget. Councilmember Palmer said he cannot see the Council approving the re -bid, when the first one was rejected. Councilmember Palm- er noted the budgeted amount for this item is $57,000. Councilmember Hall feels the Council should listen to the Staff and approve the expenditure, as it is in the budget which was approved by the City Council. Councilmember Palmer said the amount is up and above what was approved in the budget. Councilmem- ber Petruzzi said he believes Mr. Miller's proposal to purchase a 10-yard dump truck versus a 5-yard dump truck, is a good concept, in which he totally agrees, however, does not feel the City can afford to spend $75,000 at this time. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PETRUZZI, TO REJECT THE BID. MOTION CARRIED with Councilmember Hall voting against the motion. •EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES Page 5 June 22, 1993 APPROVAL OF FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW REGARDING A DECISION TO OVERTURN THE.HEARING DIAMOND PARKING/FILE NOS. AP-93-82/CUP-93-28) (trom June 1. 1993 hearing) (item (E) on the Con- Councilmember Dwyer said at the June 1st meeting, Councilmember Hall seconded the findings of the Hearing Examiner, however, abstained from voting as he left the room. Councilmember Dwyer said at the direction of the City Attorney, the motion now needs to be made with another person seconding the motion and with Councilmember Hall once again abstaining. COUNCILMEMBER DWYER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PETRUZZI, FOR APPROVAL OF FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW REGARDING A DECISION TO OVERTURN THE HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION TO DENY A TEMPORARY PARKING LOT AT 105 SECOND AVE. N. MOTION CARRIED with Councilmember Hall abstaining, as he was not present in Council chambers for the entire hearing, Councilmember Kasper abstaining, as he was not present for the meeting of June ist and Councilmember Palmer voting no. p 1. UTHORIZATION FOR MAYOR TO SIGN ANNUAL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE SNOHOMISH REGIONAL NARCOTICS G-� G TASK FORCE cont'd from June 1, 1993 Item F on the Consent Agenda Councilmember Palmer said he did not get an answer as to the commitment of federal funding for the duration of the agreement. Police Chief Dan Prinz said the federal monies have been committed for the duration of the agreement. Chief Prinz noted, however, that federal funding has decreased compared to previous years. AUTHORIZATION FOR MAYOR TO SIGN SOUTHWEST SNOHOMISH COUNTY CITIES SWAT AGREEMENT 04�(,COUNCILMEMBER DWYER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PETRUZZI, TO APPROVE AUTHORIZATION FOR MAYOR ►/J TO SIGN SOUTHWEST SNOHOMISH COUNTY CITIES SWAT AGREEMENT. MOTION CARRIED with Councilmember Kas- per abstaining, as he was absent for the June 1 presentation, when this was discussed U AUTHORIZATION TO CALL FOR BIDS TO DEMOLISH HOUSE ON THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE & OPERATION PROPERTY Item H on the Consent Agenda Councilmember Palmer asked where this item is included in the budget. Noel Miller, Public Works Superintendent, reported it is all inclusive in the budgeted amount for the Public Works project and will be debited against that amount. I( Councilmember Hall said as removal of the house may range from $12,000 to $15,000, he suggested CO it be donated to a charitable cause in case anyone is interested in it. ^ COUNCILMEMBER HALL MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PETRUZZI, TO APPROVE REMOVAL OF THE HOUSE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS SITE, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DONATING IT TO A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED, WITH UP TO A $15,000 EXPENDITURE. MOTION CARRIED. AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR H.V.A.C. IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUB- LIC SAFETY BUILDINGS. Item (K)on the Consent Agenda Councilmember Palmer noted this was not budgeted for in the 1993 budget, and asked why an appro- priation is now being requested. Noel Miller, Public Works Superintendent, said Staff, was not aware of the problem until after the budget process was completed. Councilmember Kasper agreed and said he and the Mayor were advised of the situation well after budget time. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, FOR AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATE $4,000 FROM THE ENDING CASH BALANCE OF THE 116 FUND FOR H.V.A.C. IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING. MOTION CARRIED with Councilmember Palmer voting against the appropriation and Councilmember Dwyer voting no because of the funding source. AUTHORIZATION TO FUND VACANT MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK POSITION (cont'd from February 16, 1993 tL µI Councilmember Palmer referenced Municipal Court Clerk Sherrie Gursley's memo where she stated that by'not approving the position, the Court may have to close down at lunch, and asked why that could not be done anyway. Ms. Gursley said as a public service, it must be accessible to the public as much as possible. Councilmember Dwyer said the Court Administrator and Staff have done an excellent job in light of their staffing situation, and complimented Ms. Gursley on their efforts and success in collec- tions of court fines. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DWYER, FOR AUTHORIZATION TO FUND VACANT MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK POSITION. MOTION CARRIED. -EEDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES Page 6 June 22, 1993 AUTHORIZATION TO FUND VACANT WATER METER READER POSITION y�0 �1 (N` Councilmember Kasper said this department has a floater position, in which he feels discussion needs to take place in the future. Councilmember Kasper said he is not sure whether this position '[" T "�� is needed. Noel Miller, Public Works Superintendent, said the position Councilmember Kasper is light increasing federal regulations and stan- referring to is greatly needed, especially in of dards. �; COUNCILMEMBER DWYER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, FOR AUTHORIZATION TO FUND VACANT WATER METER READER POSITION. MOTION CARRIED. COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON CITY NEWSLETTER (from May 18, 1993 Council Goals Discussion) This item was deferred to the July 27, 1993 Council Work Meeting. INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL REPORTS/UPDATES ON RESPECTIVE BOARD MEETINGS Councilmember Dwyer said at the suggestion of Mayor Pro Tem Earling, he recently testified to the AWC Resolutian Committee concerning the City Council's Resolution asking that AWC support the Council's desire to be able to hire their own staff person. Councilmember Dwyer said he felt very good about the way it went, and in the end when a vote took place, there was only one person, the Mayor of Fife, who voted against the AWC adopting the resolution. Councilmember Dwyer said every- one seemed to be in favor of it. Petruzzi distributed to the Council, the Edmonds Visitors Bureau 1993 Budget and JCouncilmember 117. Chamber of Commerce Business Directory. Councilmember Petruzzi said the EVB Booth at the Arts Festival was very well received . Mayor Pro Tem Earling said he talked with Bill Stevens of the Port and said the City Council will July. have a joint meeting with them at their chambers at the end of Councilmember. Kasper said the City should seriously consider joining SCCIT (Snohomish County l� Citizens for Improved Transportation) as it is a very worthwhile organization. Councilmember S GL Kasper volunteered to act as the City's representative. With no further business before the Council, Mayor Pro Tem Earling adjourned the meeting at 10:32 p.m. THE ORIGINAL SIGNED COPY OF THESE MINUTES, AS WELL AS A PERMANENT TAPED RECORDING OF ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS CAN BE LOCATED IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. Ox/ Laur H 1 a o i9busler, Rhon a Marc , City C rk 'EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES Page 7 June 22, 1993 W AGENDA EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL PLAZA MEETING ROOM - LIBRARY BUILDING 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. June 22, 1993 SPECIAL WORK MEETING - NO AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 6:15 P.M. COUNCIL TOUR OF MOUNTLAKE TERRACE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES AT 6402 215TH ST. S.W. MOUNTLAKE Witt 1 INU MUM CALL TO ORDER FLAG SALUTE 1. (15 Min.) EXECUTIVE SESSION ON LABOR NEGOTIATIONS 2. (10 Min.) CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS (A) ROLL CALL (B) APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 15, 1993 (C) APPROVAL OF CLAIMS WARRANTS FOR WEEK OF JUNE 14, 1993 AND PAYROLL CLAIM WARRANTS FOR JUNE 15, 1993 (D) REPORT ON RE -BID OPENED JUNE 14, 1993, FOR PURCHASE OF A 10-YARD DUMP TRUCK FOR THE STREET SECTION AND AWARD OF CONTRACT TO MOTOR TRUCKS, INC. ($74,333.62 INCLUDING SALES TA)) (E) APPROVAL OF FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW REGARDING A DECISION TO OVERTURN THE HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION TO DENY A TEMPORARY PARKING LOT AT 105 SECOND AVE. N. (APPLICANT/APPELLANT: DIAMOND PARKING/FILE NOS. AP-93-82/CUP-93-28) (from June 1, 1993 hearing) (F) AUTHORIZATION FOR MAYOR TO SIGN ANNUAL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE SNOHOMISH REGIONAL NARCOTICS TASK FORCE (cont'd from June 1, 1993) (G) AUTHORIZATION FOR MAYOR TO SIGN SOUTHWEST SNOHOMISH COUNTY CITIES SWAT AGREEMENT (H) AUTHORIZATION TO CALL FOR BIDS TO DEMOLISH HOUSE ON THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE & OPERATION PROPERTY (1) AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR H.V.A.C. IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDINGS (J) AUTHORIZATION TO SURPLUS AND OFFER FOR SALE THE MINI -PUMPER (K) AUTHORIZATION FOR MAYOR TO SIGN AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO EXTEND WSDOT AGREEMENT NO. GC-9771 FOR MULTI -MODAL FACILITY PLANNING ASSISTANCE TO DECEMBER 31, 1993 3. (3 Min.) RECOGNITION OF STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SARA BELZ 4. (20 Min.) REPORT BY RAY LLOYD OF COMMUNITY TRANSIT AND DECISION ON FINAL REGIONAL TRANSIT PLAN PROPOSAL 5. (30 Min.) PROPOSAL ON USE OF TELEVISION IN COUNCIL MEETINGS BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL 6. (45 Min.) UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION PLAN 7. (30 Min.) A REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY 1 % FOR ART PROJECT 8. (10 Min.) AUTHORIZATION TO FUND VACANT MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK POSITION (cord'd from February 16, 1993) 9. (10 Min.) AUTHORIZATION TO FUND VACANT WATER METER READER POSITION 10. (15 Min.) COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON CITY NEWSLETTER (from May 18,1993 Council Goals Discussion) 1. (10 Min.) INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL REPORTS/UPDATES ON RESPECTIVE BOARD MEETINGS 2. (5 Min.) MAYOR 3. (5 Min.) COUNCIL Parking and meeting rooms are accessible for persons with disabilities. Contact the City Clerk at 771-0245 with 24 hours advance notice for special accommodations. The Council Agenda appears on Chambers Cable, Channel 32