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19630507 City Council Minutes• The Attorney also reported that the Writ of Prohibition served at the last council meeting will be dismissed. • 1 • 1 L The petition received for paving of "A" St. from Elm to Fir contained more than the sufficient number of signatures, according to Attorney Hall, so a motion was made by Councilman Slye, seconded by Councilman Sorensen that Resolution of Intention #166 be passed, to improve "A" -St. from Elm to Fir with paving,.curbs and gutters, and the hearing on the preliminary assessment roll be held on May 21. Motion carried. The Chairman of the Street Committee proposed an LID for Third Ave. from Main to Elm, for asphaltic paving, curbs, and sidewalks, 25% of the cost to be borne by,the Street Dept. arterial funds, and Monday, Aprill 22, 1963 would be set as the date for an informal hearing with the property owners involved.. Councilman Sorensen also reported that the Street Committee proposed an LID for Bowdoin Way -from 111' Ave. to 17k S. or Five Corners with pavement, sidewalks and curbs; 91� to 11k with sidewalks only; and that this project, if accepted by the property owners, would also benefit. from the city's participation of 25% with street arterial funds. An informal hearing will be held with the property owners involved on Monday, April 304. Chairman Sorensen also said that the Street Committee suggests that the City Attorney draw up an ordinance to include the requirement of sidewalks as well as curbs and paving on all Plats. It was also recommended that Aloha Street be put through and straightened on the comprehensive plan. At the request of Miss Suzanne Lindsay to change 1892' P1. S.W. to Lindsay Place, there were no objections to this from the Street Committee, but there had been objections to her request of changing Sound View Place to 99 Ave. Therefore, a motion was made by Councilman Sorensen, seconded by Councilman Slye that 1891 Pl. S.W. be changed to Lindsay Place, but the name of Sound View Place remain as is. Motion carried. It was moved.by Councilman Tuson, seconded by Councilman Smets that the hearing on the final assessment roll for LID #1109 Fifth Ave. curbs, be set for May 21. Motion:.carried. A motion was made by Councilman Tuson, seconded by Councilman Smets that the City install a Bublic Address system for the Council chambers at a cost not to exceed $500.00. A roll call vote showed five councilmen in favor, Slye and Sorensen against, and the motion carried. A letter was received from James Irwin, 23329 Highway ##99, asking to meet with a committee working on a kennel ordinance for Edmonds. Mr. Irwin operates a small kennel and had a license to do so from Snohomish County. This was referred to the Chairman of the Planning Commission with the request -that he contact Mr. Irwin and arrange for him to meet with a committee to consider this matter. A letter of suggestion on the off-street parking areas from Mrs. Fred Fourtner was referred to the committee working on the -off-street parking problem. Mayor McGinness then appointed Councilman Don Tuson as the council member on the Planning Commission, effective as of April 15, 1963. It was moved. by Councilman Simps.on.,.. sumDdddd by Councilman Slye that the City accept the final plat of Maplewood Village #3. Motion carried. A motion was made by Councilman Slye, seconded by Councilman Sorensen that the City accept the final plat of Sea Lawn Terrace, Division "A". Motion carried. The Safety Committee reported that the Lions Club had met with them in regard to the selling. of safe and sane fireworks in the City of Edmonds for the 4� of July. There was a great deal of discussion pro and con, and a motion was made by Councilman Christensen, seconded by Councilman Tuson that the City of Edmonds request the adjacent cities to pass legislation prohibiting the sale of all fireworks, including safe and sane fireworks, and that this request was being made for the sake of achieving uniformity for the south part of the county. There were five councilman for, Smets and Slye against, and the motion carried. Meeting was then adjourned. City Clerk i May 71 1963 Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor McGinness with all councilmen present, except Smets, who arrived later. Hearing was held on the final assessment roll - LID #113. There was one written objection from Mr. Barker on patching and storm drainage. This was discussed, and a motion was made by Councilman Christensen, seconded by Councilman Slye that Ordinance #985 be passed, approving and confirming the assessment roll on LID ##113, paving of Cedar from 7� to 9j�, and 0 from Cedar to Spruce. Motion carried. Hearing was held on the final assessment roll for LID ##115. There were no objections, and a motion was made by Councilman Tuson, seconded by Councilman Harrison that Ordinance #986 be passed, approving and confirming the assessment roll for LID ##115,• 12'u' Ave. watermains. Motion carried. 0 128 It was moved by Councilman Slye, seconded by Councilman Sorensen that the regular monthly • bills be paid and authorization given to the City Clerk to draw warrants against the respective funds. Motion carried. A motion was made by Councilman Slye, seconded by Councilman Sorensen that the following bills against LID #108 be paid: Jerald C. Hall, $2500.00 for last half attorney's fee; Olympic View Water District, $76.24; Reid, Middleton & Associates, Inc., $7248.67.for final engineering fee; Reid, Middleton & Associates, Inc., $1215.00 for obtaining C'7 easements; and Taylor Utilities Construction Co., contractor's final estimate, $40,156.49. Also that the City Clerk be authorized to issue interest -bearing warrants in the total amount of $51,196.40 to Southwick, Campbell, Waterman Co. to cover the bills. Motion carried. Councilman Slye made the motion, seconded by Councilman Sorensen that the bills against LID #113 be paid with interest warrants as follows: Reid, Middleton & Associates, Inc., $896.09 for final engineering fee, and Edmonds Tribune -Review, $18.22 for publishing. Motion carried. It was moved -by Councilman Slye, seconded by Councilman Tuson that the bills against LID #115 be paid: Reid, Middleton & Associates, Inc., $451.12 for final engineering fee, and Edmonds Tribune -Review, $19.98 for publishing. Motion carried. A motion was made by Councilman Slye, seconded by Councilman Simpson that the following bills against LID #116, Admiral Way and Dayton paving be paid: Joplin Paving Co., $4561.91 for contractor's final estimate; and Reid, Middleton & Associates, Inc., $1392.79 for final engineering fee; and -the City Clerk be authorized to issue interest -bearing warrants to Grande & Co., Inc. in the total amount of $5,954.38 to cover these bills. Motion carried. A motion was made by Councilman Tuson, seconded by Councilman Slye that Resolution of Intention #167 be passed, to improve the Senior High School area with the installation • of sanitary sewers, and the hearing date for the preliminary assessment roll be set for June 18. Motion -carried. Wayne Jones stated that a quick estimate showed that the price of this improvement might be in the vicinity of $5.80 per zone front foot, which seemed to ibe fairly high, so he suggested that the city might participate in this LID. After further discussion on city participation, a motion was made by Councilman Tuson, seconded by Councilman Slye that the City participate in this proposed LID to the extent of the City standing the cost of the highway crossing, and that the crossing be kept out of the LID. Motion carried with Simpson voting no. Chairman Sorensen of the Street Committee reported on the informal hearings which had been held in connection, with paving arterials, with city participation. The response from property owners had not been encouraging, and he added that there was a trend all over the state for the cities to pay. 35% on overall cost of arterial. improvements, rather than the 25% which the City of Edmonds had suggested. .After discussion, it was moved by Councilman Slye, seconded by Councilman Smets that the City of Edmonds adopt the policy of participating 35% on arterial improvements instead of 25%. There were 6 Councilmen for, Christensen against, and the motion carried. A petition for street improvements on Third Ave. from Main to Eli had been received and with the recommendation of the street committee, a motion was made by Councilman Sorensen, seconded by Councilman Slye that Resolution of Intention #168 be passed, to improve Third Ave. from Main to Elm with 3 types of assessments; paving, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks, all where such does not presently exist. Motion carried. At the informal hearing on Third Ave., a sewer problem on Third between Pine and Elm had been discussed, and a petition was presented to the Council for this improvement. A motion was made by Councilman Tuson, seconddd by Councilman Slye that the Attorney be • instructed to draw a Resolution of, .Inten.tion..to..i.nstall. sanitary sewer on the east side of Third Ave. from Pine -to Elm, and the motion carried. The Street Committee report on the Bowdoin Way informal hearing was that on the 9k to llk sidewalk improvement, there had been 7 for and 9 against; and.6 for, 18 against on the Bowdoin Way street improvement. This had been verbal, but the Street Committee would make no recommendations on this basis. However, after discussion, a motion was made by Councilman Slye, seconded by Councilman Smets that the Attorney be instructed to draw a Resolution of Intention for improving Bowdoin Way with paving, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks; sidewalks only from 9PI to 111�; sidewalks from Walnut to Dayton bn 9th; and on Dayton from 7.1' to 91'; and on 9M from Dayton to Main. There was a roll call vote, with Slye and Tuson in favor, all other councilmen against, and the motion failed to carry. A motion was made by Councilman Sorensen, seconded by Councilman Slye that the City call for bids to be opened June 18 on LID #114, paving of Pine. from 6k to 7k. Motion carried. It was moved by Councilman Sorensen, seconded by Councilman Slye that June 4 be set as the date for .opening bids on LID #1179 paving of Hemlock, 714 to 8. Motion carried. Councilman Tuson made the motion,. seconded by Councilman Smets that June 4 be set as the date for the final assessment roll hearing on LID #108, Ballinger sewers. Motion carried. A motion was made by Councilman Smets, seconded by Councilman Christensen that the final assessment roll hearing on LID #116, paving of Admiral Way and Dayton be set for June 18. Motion carried. It was moved by Councilman Slye,-seconded by Councilman Simpson that Ordinance #987 be passed, amending the subdivision code, to make sidewalks mandatory in. all future plats. Motion carried. The City Clerk was directed to notify the Planning Commission of this • action. 129. • A motion was made by Councilman Tuson, seconded byCouncilmanSimpson that the Attorney be instructed to draw a Resolution of Intention for an LID for watermains for "Fruit - dale on the Sound", the specific area described in the petition received by the Council. Motion carried. It was announced by Supervisor Lawson that we had been notified that the County Commissioners will hold an open hearing at 11:00 A. M. May 20 on the proposed "South Central" and "North End" annexations to the City of Edmonds. A petition was received opposed to any plan which would cause Brookmere Drive and Hindley Lane to be cut through, extended, or joined together in one continuous street. This was referred to the Planning Commission. A petition was received from residents of the Ballinger area complaining of a water drainage problem from the Aurora Village drainoff. This had been referred to the consulting engineers, as well as the Attorney for study. A letter was received from Roger Bueing, 23202 7621 W. requesting allowance of a trailer on his property to house his mother and disabled father. Someone in the area had objected to the trailer, and Supervisor Lawson stated that the two reasons for allowing a trailer to be occupied on a person's property had always been either extreme illness, or a period not to exceed 6 months while a home is being built; both instances to be granted by special permission from the Mayor. In this case, no permission had been asked or given. The problem is to b6 handled at the administrative level. Mayor McGinness appointed Councilmen Harrison and Smets delegates to the Association of Washington Cities convention in June. Mayor McGinness read a letter of resignation from Dr. Carl Schwedes from the Edmonds Board of Adjustment. Dr. Schwedes had been a member of the Board since its inception., • and Mayor McGinness had sent him a letter of regret in accepting his resignation, and also at this time wanted to publicly express his appreciation and that of the city for the fine job Dr. Schwedes had done for such a long period of time... 1 • Mayor McGinness stated that it would be the city's program in the future to widen all streets to the full 60 ft. width where indicated; that this was being put into practice since more and more people, especially children walking to and from school, are using sidewalk areas. This would mean that property owners would be asked to remove any shrubs, etc. in the R/W back. onto .their own property... The City late_ r hopes to construct side- walks wherever, and. -:as, streets are improved. There was no further business, and the meoting was adjour City Clerk May 219 1963 Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor McGinness with all councilmen present. Hearing was held on the final assessment roll for LID #110, Fifth Ave. curbs and gutters. There were 2 written objections: Bud Palmer objected to the curbing leaving no access to the Fifth Ave. Superette and -a traffic problem resulting, and Mr. Meeks objected to the cleanup work between his place and the Beck Funeral Home, and this was referred to Supt. of Public Works Moran to investigate. Motion was then made by Councilman Christensen, seconded by Councilman Sorensen that Ordinance #988 be passed, approving and confirming the assessment roll on LID #1109 curbs and gutters on Fifth Ave. from Elm to Wlanut, and the motion carried. Hearing was held on the preliminary assessment roll on LID #118, paving of "A" Street, Elm to Fir. There were no written objections, and a motion was made'by Councilman Sorensen, seconded by Councilman Slye that Ordinance #989 be passed, providing for the improvement of "A" Street, Elm to Fir with paving. Motion carried. It was moved by Councilman Sorensen, seconded by -Councilman Slye that the City call for bids to be opened June 18k on LID #118, paving of "A" Street, and the motion carried. A motion was made by Councilman Tuson, seconded by Councilman Simpson that Resolution of Intention #170 be passed, declaring the intention of installation of water mains for the area known as "Fruitdate on the Sound", and the hearing on the preliminary assessment roll be held on July 2. Motion carried. Councilman Tuson nade the motion, seconded by Councilman Smets that Resolution of Intention #169 be passed, for sewers on the E. side of Third from Pine to Elm, and the hearing on the preliminary assessment roll be set for June 18. Motion carried. A motion was made..by Councilman Slye, seconded by Councilman Smets that Ordinance #990 be passed, amending section three of Ordinance #9599. changing the date of issuance of bonds on LID #107 from March 25 to May 25. Motion carried. 0 _J Attorney Hall reported that the County Commissioners had approved the annexation elections for the "North End" and "South Central" areas, and the County Auditor had set the election date for July 2. In.refference to these annexation elections, Attorney Hall pointed out that it takes a simple majority to carry the election, but that 60% must vote in favor of sssuming the indebtedness of the city. Also that it takes a 40% turnout of those who voted at . the last general election to validate the vote, and that on the basis of the results, the J