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01/11/1994 City CouncilEDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES JANUARY 11, 1994 THESE MINUTES WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE JANUARY 18, 1994 CITY COUNCIL MEETING The special meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Laura Hall at the Library Plaza Room, 650 Main St., Edmonds. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT Laura Hall, Mayor John Nordquist, Council President Steve Dwyer, Councilmember Dave Earling, Councilmember Barb Fahey, Councilmember Michael Hall, Councilmember William J. Kasper, Councilmember Tom Petruzzi, Councilmember APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA STAFF Art Housler, Admin. Srv. Dir. Dan Prinz, Police Chief Buzz Buzalsky, Fire Chief Bob Alberts, City Engineer Rhonda March, City Clerk Barb Mehlert, Recorder 0-191) � Mayor Hall suggested two items be added to the regular agenda: Item 4: Approval of Planning Board Candidates; and 4) Executive Session on salaries. COUNCIL PRESIDENT NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA WITH THE ADDITION OF THE ITEMS SUGGESTED BY MAYOR HALL. MOTION CARRIED. APPROVAL OF TEAMSTER'S UNION LOCAL #763 LABOR AGREEMENT � _raj -- {�cc'"`^ J1 Brent Hunter, Personnel Manager, asked Council for approval of the agreement. Mr. Hunter said the i �`CY—' new agreement provides a 3% increase in wages for 1994, a one time only S100 bonus per employee, and an addition of one paid day off in 1994. Councilmember Kasper clarified the paid one day off is for 1994 only. Mr. Hunter replied affirma- tively. COUNCILMEMBER EARLING MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PETRUZZI, FOR APPROVAL OF THE TEAMSTER'S UNION LOCAL #763 LABOR AGREEMENT. MOTION CARRIED. PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1993 BUDGET AS A' RESULT OF UNANTICIPATED TRANSFERS AND EXPENDI- TURES OF VARIOUS FUNDS i Art Housler, Administrative Services Director, said this is a housekeeping chore necessitated by legal audit requirements because of several vouchers being paid after the 1993 amended ordinance was adopted on December 14, 1993. Mayor Hall opened this item to the public and invited interested members to come forward. As no member of the audience came forward, Mayor Hall closed the audience portion. COUNCIL PRESIDENT NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2965 AMENDING THE 1993 BUDGET AS A RESULT OF UNANTICIPATED TRANSFERS AND EXPENDITURES OF VARIOUS FUNDS. MOTION CARRIED. APPROVAL OF PLANNING BOARD"CANDIDATES Mayor Hall asked for confirmation of Gary Grayson for position 3 and Melody Tereski as alternate on the Planning Board. COUNCIL PRESIDENT NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL FOR APPROVAL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. MOTION CARRIED. EXECUTIVE SESSION ON SALARIES Mayor Hall and the Councilmembers recessed to an Executive Session from 7:00 p.m, to 7:20 p.m. At 7:20 p.m., Councilmembers adjourned to their respective committee meetings. APPROVED MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 11, 1994 JOINT MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE THESE MINUTES WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE JANUARY 25, 1994 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Following the Executive Session, the Public Safety Committee and Community Services Committee held a joint meeting on one agenda item, as both committees had the same item on their agenda. Councilmember Kasper, Chair of the Community Services Committee called the meeting to order. PRESENT STAFF William J. Kasper, Chair, Community Services Committee Debbie Dawson, Parking Enforcement Tom Petruzzi, Community Services Committee member Gordy Hyde, Engineering Coord. Steve Dwyer Chair, Public Safety Committee Michael Hall, Public Safety Committee member REVIEW OF PROPOSAL BY DOWNTOWN PARKING ADVISORY COMMITTEE Gordy Hyde, Engineering Coordinator, said there are approximately 15 people on the Downtown Park- ing Advisory Committee consisting of staff, citizens, and downtown business people. Mr. Hyde said discussions in past meetings included reducing enforcement problems in the downtown area, and at fl 5 the same time, encourage more of the downtown area employees to park in an all day type zone. Mr. �1� Hyde said this would help free up some downtown parking for patrons of downtown area businesses. (}_,( Another goal is to direct ferry parkers away from these parking areas designated for patrons and employees. e/ Debbie Dawson, Parking Enforcement, illustrated via an overhead transparency, existing parking restrictions in the downtown area. It was noted there are numerous variations in parking time �v limits throughout the downtown area. Mr. Hyde said a proposal from the Advisory Committee would be a standardized parking time limit. Mr. Hyde said for example, a three hour time limit would be (� p uniform throughout the downtown area, from 12:00 midnight to 6:00 p.m. This three hours t/ accomodates three hour limit which would eliminate overnight parking, but would still accommo- date patrons of local restaurants, movie theatre, and other —night time activities. It was noted this proposal comes from a consensus of the Advisory Committee, and would have to go before the Planning Board and entire City Council. Councilmember Petruzzi inquired on employee parking, and Ms. Dawson illustrated the areas via the overhead transparency. Mr. Hyde said basically, employee parking would be South of Dayton, except of 5th down to Walnut, as well of East of 6th and some portions of Edmonds Street, and East of 3rd and 4th, north of Bell Street. Mr. Hyde said these changes would provide an approximate 206 parking spots from today's standards that would be unrestricted parking. Councilmember Kasper questioned the no restriction proposal for 2nd (south), and said people riding the ferry could park there at 4:00. Ms. Dawson said they park there now. Mr. Hyde said the Advisory Committee has also discussed increasing parking fines. It was noted by Ms. Dawson that the parking fine is $10.00, but if it is paid within 24 hours, it decreases to $5.00. Ms. Dawson said as there are no restrictions on Sundays, people leave their cars all week- end, and if they paid their fine within 24 hours, it only cost them $5.00 to "park" for the week- end. Ms. Dawson said she believes Seattle's parking fines are approximately $28.00 with not a very high collection rate, and the City of Edmonds brings in about 80% face value of the tickets writ- ten. Councilmember Petruzzi believes a higher fine would be a deterrent. Ms. Dawson said she is not sure of her comfort level in raising the fees if the City does not provide the employers and employees a place to park. Councilmember Petruzzi inquired on the possibility of employ- ers/employees using a sticker/permit indicating they work at local businesses. Mr. Hyde said this was discussed, however, said it would take up too much staff time to go out and inspect for em- ployee/employer permits. Councilmember Petruzzi said he wishes a program could be set forth uti- lizing a permit for employees, as he believes that would alleviate many of the parking problems. Mr. Hyde said he would like to bring this discussion back to the Council at an upcoming work meeting. Councilmember Kasper said the proposal would generate an approximate 206 parking stalls for free, while impacting the neighborhoods where the stalls would be located in. Councilmember Kasper said as it stands now, Ms. Dawson does not have enough time for all the patrolling that needs to be done. Councilmember Kasper questioned why anyone should have free parking downtown, with the exception of customers. Councilmember Kasper questioned the city's ability to provide free park- ing for employers/employees. Councilmember Kasper said he believes a permit for employ- ers/employee should be studied further. Mr. Hyde said this will be brought up at the next Adviso- ry Committee meeting. Councilmember Petruzzi Following this discussion, the Public Safety and adjourned to their respec ve meetings. our qa, ayor Committee and Community Services Committee recessed onda J. rch, City Clerk AGENDA EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL PLAZA MEETING ROOM - LIBRARY BUILDING 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. JANUARY 11, 1994 SPECIAL MEETING CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE WORK MEETING (Second Tuesday of Each Month) 6:30 P.M. - INTERVIEW CANDIDATES FOR PLANNING BOARD CALL TO' ORDER AT 7:00 P.M. - FULL COUNCIL FLAG SALUTE 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA II 2. (5 Min.) APPROVAL OF TEAMSTER'S UNION LOCAL #763 LABOR AGREEMENT 3. (5 Min.) PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1993 BUDGET AS A RESULT OF UNANTICIPATED TRANSFERS AND EXPENDITURES OF VARIOUS FUNDS ADJOURN TO COMMITTEES The three City Council committee meetings are work sessions for the City Council and staff only, and are not public hearings. All committee meetings, however, are open to the public. 1. FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA: Room 113 (Conference Room), Frances Anderson Center (A) REVIEW OF TREATMENT; PLANT STAFFING (B) CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON FISHING PIER PARKING LOT (C) CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON BUSINESS LICENSE FEES (D) REVIEW OF PETTY CASH AND CREDIT CARD EXPENDITURES FOR THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER, 1993 2. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AGENDA: Small Plaza Meeting Room, Library Building (Second Floor) (A) REVIEW OF PROPOSED OUR -WAY STOP AT FIFTH AND WALNUT (B) REVIEW OF PROPOSAL BY DOWNTOWN PARKING ADVISORY COMMITTEE (C) DISCUSSION ON FUTURE POTENTIAL FIRE TRAINING SITES 3. COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE AGENDA: Large Plaza Meeting Room, Library Building (Second Floor) (A) REVIEW OF PROPOSAL BY DOWNTOWN PARKING ADVISORY COMMITTEE (B) DISCUSSION ON PRELIMINARY DRAFT TRANSPORTATION PLAN (C) STATUS REPORT ON SPACE NEEDS STUDY (D) DISCUSSION ON STORMWATER PLAN 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.