19631119 City Council Minutes. .Engineer Wayne Jones wished approval to get bond from Hubbard for.work permit on
Highway on Senior High sewer. It was.moved by Tuson, seconded by Smets that the
Mayor be authorized to sign a bond for engineer on LID 119. Motion carried.
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November 199' 1963
ROLL CALL
Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor McGinness with all councilmen present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
All councilmen having received a copy of .the minutes of the previous .meeting, it was
moved by Councilman Tuson-, seconded by Councilman Smets that the minutes of November
5b be approved as outlined. Motion carried.
CORRESPONDENCE
The City Clerk read a letter. from Wm. George Carley, 9103-22414 S.W., requesting
permission to petition the area from 91h Ave. to 88SI Ave. W. and from Edmonds Way to
the Edmonds city limits north of 2200- S.W... excluding Aurora Heights Division #3 and
area north . of 232nd Pl. ff. W. for the purpose of .annexation to. the City of Edmonds..
Councilman.Simpson stated he would like to see.it investigated further to see if the
area could be.enlarged to include.on east toward Highway .#999 rather than annexing
piece -meal. Councilmen Smets and Christensen expressed their opinion that Mr. Carley
should. be . encouraged to go ahead with the .peti.ti on. Councilman Tuson questioned the
possibility of sewer trouble.if.the area were taken in,piece-meal.
It was moved by Councilman Slye and -seconded by Councilman Tuson that the Council
authorize Mr. Carley to.circulate a petition with the understanding that the peti-.
tioners will assume. their fair share. of the .bonded indebtedness. of the Ci-ty, -.and -
that the City Attorney -assist in drawing up of a proper petition.
Councilman Christensen questioned the merits of.the assumed bonded indebtedness part
of the motion, since when the North Area was annexed without this, i.t.was decided to
consider this feature individually on the merits of each area.to be annexed. Should
the engineer look at the area to see.if there is any difference in this than in the
area to the North? Councilman Simpson stated he felt we should have a report back
from the Engineer, Supervisor, and Fire and Police -Chiefs-, to see what costs might be
to service this area. Mayor McGinness expressed the thought that the matter should
perhpas be deferred for two weeks until the next, council meeting. Councilman
Christensen moved the motion be tabled, and this was.seconded by Councilman Sorensen.
A roll call vote showed all `councilmen in favor except,Smets, and the.motion carried.
This was referred to Supervisor Lawson for consideration wi-th all departments,- and a
report to be back at the next meeting.
DATE FOR BID OPENING ON LID.#124
Next order of business was setting the date for' opening of bids on LID #i249 paving
Laurel Street. Councilman Sorensen moved the date of December 3 be set for opening
of bids..on.LID.#124 which would be paving of approximately 200 ft. The motion was
seconded by.Councilman Slye, and carried.
DATE FOR BID OPENING ON. POLICE..CAR
It Was moved by Councilman Sorensen,.seconded by Councilman Slye that the Police Dept.
be authorized to call for bids to be -opened on December.3 for the purchase ofa new
Police car, specifications to be supplied by the .Police Chief. 'Motion carried.
1964 GASOLINE REQUIREMENTS
Mayor McGinness read a letter from Snohomish Comity, Commissioners asking if the City
of Edmonds would like to join in purchasing gasoline for 1964 through the county.
According to the price quoted in.the letter, it was reported we paid roughly 2¢ per
gallon more. -last year through our local bid.... ..Lynnwood and..Mountlake Terrace partici-
pated -last year ,through the county. This is by tank truck delivery. James Astell,
Fire Chief, wgs asked for his opinion. He stated he felt the c all for bids was made
at too early a date, and if .the call is made at a later..date, there would be a price
advantage. He said. we should.call for bids around January lst.
Police Chief Grimstad reported we have only a small .tank,,. and .if. we. should purchase
through the county and run out on a weekend, we would have. no alternate. The only
solution in that case would be to enlarge the storagg tank....:It..was agreed, after
discussion, not to participate with the county, but to call -for our own bids.locally.
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE
The City Attorney presented Emergency Ordinance #1029 calling for the transfer of
funds within the 1963 budget to meet outstanding indebtedness not provided for due
• - to the newly annexed areas. Hearing on the Emergency Ordinance will be held on
December 3, 1963.
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RESOLUTION FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS
Attorney Murphy presented Resolution #67 authorizing the transfer of funds withindepartments, in
accordance with the recent instructions of the State Auditor. It was moved by Councilman
Simpson, seconded by Councilman Slye that Resolution #87P authorizing the transfer 6f funds
within Current Expense be adopted. Motion carried.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SEWER SERVICE'CHARGE
Councilman Tuson reported the Committee had met, and felt the thing to do was to instruct
the City .Attorney to contact the Attorney General and request a written opinion from him.
As yet there has been no reply.; but as soon as the opinion is received, the report on it
will be made. Mr. Lee, attorney who had represented some residents in the north end
annexed area opposing this charge,.. was• present. and he stated he was satisfied with this
move.
The Mayor called on anyone in the audience who wished to speak. Frank Miller commented
on the sidewalk repair on 414 N. not completed, and endangering school children and others
walking there. It was reported the inclement weather had delayed completion of.new side-.
walks, and this would be corrected as soon -as possible.
Another gentleman in the audience commented on the danger of children walking on 1969.
The Mayor reported he is having a meeting with Mr. Paul McKay.of the State Highway Dept.
tomorrow, and.he would .mention this as the state had begun to widen that street some time
ago.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Councilman Sorensen reported on the request to.establish a 2 hour parking limit on Dayton
between 4A and 5!. Chief Grimstad also felt that this was a wise .move ---as the city ex-
pands, the 2 hour limit should be used in more areas. It was therefore decided by council
that the city would establish this 2 hour limit on Dayton between 49'and 59.
Councilman•Christensen gave his report on the Park Board. He stated that at the next
council meeting on December 3 they expect to bring to the council a recommendation of a
plan of acquisition of park sites, for either direct action by council or to have a hearing
if council sees fit. In connection with the Thayer property, 250 ft: of waterfront north
of the ferry dock to Bell Street, which purchase by the City was referred back to the Park
Board, the Park Board now recommends that the council move ahead to acquire.this property
by purchase.- The Attorney for Mr. Thayer advises the property is still available at the
price of $1259000 with a down payment of $35,0009 and the balance to'be paid off over a
ten year period with interest at 3%. The Park Board feels the acquisition of this pro-
perty is the key to suitable recreational waterfront development. Whereupon Councilman
Christensen moved that the City buy the Thayer property at the previously negotiated price
of $1259000,•with a $35,000 down paymentt and the balance on contract over a ten year
period @ 3% interest. This was seconded by Councilman Tuson.
The question was then asked concerning applying for federal matching funds of 30%.
Councilman Christensen stated he understood the application must be,made prior to the
actual purchase��and•that when federal funds were available they would be allocated
according to the order of application by the ci ties. At present this is 300, . with a
possibility of 50%.
Councilman Simpson stated he cannot see'that price.for that property. He feels there
is better property for that money, considering the cost of the property plus development,
and another $199000 on condemnation of the Marvin Smith tidelands..
Mr. Kenneth Killien,•in the audience, asked about the possibility of forming.a Park District
in South Snohomish County, and let the people pay their share of it, since.residents of all
the cities in South County would be using the recreational areal Councilman Christensen
replied this could be considered, but the problem at present.is the acquisition of the
property, not its development.
A roll call vote was called for and resulted in Harrison, Smets, Tuson, and Christensen
voting yes; Simpson, Slye, andorensen voting no, and the motion carried 4 to-3 in favor
of purchasing the Thayer property.
Councilman Harrison reported that the "701" funds application was rejected by the federal
government, and -sent back on the basis it did not qualify under regulations as a regional
planning area because the population was in•excess of 509000. It was recommended that the
application be resubmitted as a group of adjacent communities not exceeding 509000 popu
lction.�- Harrison said that there was to be a meeting on the 209 of November to determine
the fate of the South County Joint Planning Council, and at the next meeting of the city
council there will be a report on the outcome of what the other communities have decided.
Lynnwood, at their council meeting, had voted to drop out.
Mr. Lawson reported that before application for federal funds is made on the comprehensive
plan for sewers, Mr. Jim Reid requests a meeting of the Water and Sewer Committees and the
Mayor for November 26A at the Civic Center.
Announcement was made of the open meeting on -both Thursday and Friday nights to inform the
public on the City Manager versus Mayor forms of government and the election to be held on
November 26k. It was also reported that there are on file with the City Clerk, available
to the public, letters from twelve of the cities in the state having the City Manager form
of government.
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