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19720118 City Council Minutes2 3o • APPOINTMENT TO SNOHOMISH HEALTH'DISTRICT The Mayor appointed Councilman John Nordquist to represent the City of Edmonds at the Snohomish Health District, and a motion was made by Councilman Kincaid, seconded by Councilman Tuson to confirm the Mayor's appointment of Councilman Nordquist. Motion carried. PLAT OF SHARON HEIGHTS NO. 2 City Planner Merlin"Logan presented the preliminary plat of Sharon Heights No. 2, and after giving a brief report and following some discussion, it was moved by Councilman Tuson, seconded by Councilman Slye that the preliminary plat of Sharon Heights No. 2 be approved. Motion carried. SET HEARING DATES ON PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTIONS City Planner Merlin Logan presented the following Planning Commission Reso- lutions to Council and recommended that all three hearings be set for February 1: #365 - Recommending approval of an amendment to the official zoning ordinance, changing list of permitted land uses, and establish- ing a building line in the CW zone - File ZO-3-71; #369 - Recommending approval of an amendment to the official zoning ordiance, revising Sect. 12.16.070, conditional uses - File. ZO-9-71; #370 - Recommending approval of an amendment to the official zoning ordinance, revising Sect. 12.13.290, C.,.General Commercial Districts, - File ZO-7-71. It was moved by Councilman Haines, seconded by Councilman Nordquist to set the hearing date of February 1 for Planning Commission Resolutions 365, 369, and 370. Motion carried. RESOLUTION COMMENDING D. C. LAWSON A proposed resolution of commendation for CAO D. C. Lawson was presented, and in accordance with the suggestion of Councilman Kincaid that the motion be made and seconded unanimously be all seven councilmen, it was moved by Councilman Nordquist, seconded by Councilman G611ert that the motion be made and seconded by all seven councilmen to pass Resolution 250, commending D. C. Lawson for his many years of service to the City of Edmonds, and the motion carried unanimously. There was no further business, and the meeting adjourned at 9:50 P.M. _._ Irene Varney Mor n, City Clerk January 18, 1972 Harve Harrison, Mayor 0 1 • OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS • South District Court Judge William Atwell administered the oath of office to Mayor" J Harve Harrison and then to each newly elected council member in turn individually: Councilman John;Winters, Councilwoman Natalie Shippen, and Councilmen John Nordquist and Gary Nelson. A bouquet of red roses was presented to Councilwoman Natalie / Shippen, by her family. Mayor Harrison stated that he appreciated the vote of confidence given him by his. re-election and he had enjoyed working with the city staff and council during the past four years and looked forward to working with the new council. He announced that the theme for the next four years would be "efficiency in city government'", and he planned to work for continued development of storm and sanitary sewers;'rec- reational paths and school walkways; a central dispatching system incorporating the 911 emergency number.; continued cork toward a south county transfer station for � solid waste disposal; and to improve public relations and communications. ROLL CALL Meeting was then called to order by Mayor Harrison, with all councilmen present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the meeting of January 4 had been posted and mailed, and with no ommis- sions nor corrections, they were approved as written. 0 • HEARING: PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 357 :31' Hearing was held on Planning Commission Resolution 357, recommending an amendment to the comprehensive thoroughfare plan to establish a recreation street system, as set forth in Planning Commission File CP-1-71. This had been continued from the meeting of August 17. City Planner Merlin Logan briefed council on the views expressed by the Commission at its hearing, and added that this street system would provide a five mile trail for pedestrians, bicyclists and equestrians to use and enjoy the beauty offered in particular areas from the north to south city limits. Larry Bailey, representing the Park and Recreation Advisory Board, reported on the suggestions and approval offered by that group regarding the development of a trail system, and he recommended the city start on a small scale with the plan and pro- ceed slowly with future development as suggested. He added that the engineering estimate for cost of drainage, culverts, etc., along the route within the proposed system as designed would be approximately $70,000.00. The route was explained as following along scenic areas and leading from north Edmonds to Woodway via Third Avenue, to eventually connect with the trail there. Hearing was then opened. Mr. Leyda asked for an explanation of the route, and the City Planner traced the proposed streets from noth or Perrinville to the City Park on Third Avenue. No one else in the audience wished to comment, and the hearing =4as closed. Councilman Tuson suggested that council s.tudiy this matter at a work meeting, and it was thought that perhaps if the recommendation were adopted, development could be accomplished on a progressing basis by city crews doing much of the work. Council- , • woman Shippen noted that the original plan was to provide for horses and this should be discussed also at the work meeting. Mayor Harrison was in favor of making a def- inite move now and at least begin on the system. Councilman Haines favored some fur- ther discussion and looking into how this system would tie in with the county trail system. Following discussion, it was moved by Councilman Haines, seconded by Councilman Nordquist that this hearing be postponed to,the February council meeting, and the motion carried. HEARING: PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 367 Hearing was held on Planning Commission Resolution 367, recomr�,,:nding denial of a proposed amendment to the official street map, establishing a street system for the area between 230th and 232nd, as set forth in Planning Commission File ST-6-71. City Planner Logan reported that at the Planning -Commission hearing it was determin- ed by the members that a street was not necessary. Mr. Logan, however, cited the difficulty in servicing the area businesses on Highway 99, and a street development at this location would be valuable to the development of property. Western Commer- cial Co., owner of a parcel of land, wished to expand to the west and had applied to Edmonds for a rezone. This proposal for a road -way had grown from that request, and in order to allow other types of development as well. At the Commission*hear- ing, however,*some property owners had voiced objections. The hearing was then open- ed. Gene Chard, 23124 -.76th W., said he was a property owner in this area and he was not complaining against the loss,of property to a roadway, but felt all the resi- dents in the neighborhood were interested only in keeping their homes at the present time and did not wish the residential area to become commercial. He said he felt the Planning Commission had rejected the proposal partly because of bhe objection of the property owners in the area not wanting this roadway. No one else wished to comment, and the hearing was closed. Council then asked questions of both the City Planner and Mr. Chard for clarifica- tion purposes. Councilman Haines mentioned that the street might be a prevention of future problems and would merely be placed on the comprehensive street plan for future construction if needed. Richard Dickson, Planning Commission chairman, was in the audience and stated that the Planning Commissibhvwas taking a comprehehsive look at all apartment areas citywide for recommendation to council, and until this is resolved, some apartment areas may very well be recommended for a change in zon- ing. There was much discussion, and it was then moved by Councilman Haines, second- ed by Councilman Nelson that council approve the street plan between 230th and 232nd with the alignment as proposed by the City Planner and the east boundary of the street coincide with the west boundary of property abutting 76th. A roll call vote ' showed Councilmen Haines and Nelson voting in favor; all others against, and the motion failed to carry. A motion was then made by Councilman Haines, seconded by Councilman Nordquist that the city council uphold the recommendation in Planning Commission Resolution 367 and,deny the proposed amendment to the official street map. This motion carried. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1' Mr. Bruns, 816 Walnut, said he was present because he had been under the impression that the waterfront question was being taken up tonight. However, this is on the agenda for February 1_. He then asked (1) did the city receive aprroval from the Port Commissnn via a copy of Harbor Improvement, and (2) has the city passed an ordinance • to make egress to public property trespassing. Police Chief Marlo Foster answered that the ordinance dealing with the dock area was to control trespassing on the floats 232 • by persons not owning watercraft tied to these floats, and the trespass ordinance stating "public place" referred to that ordinance passed some time ago to deal with trespassing especially on school grounds by unauthorized persons. COUNCIL PARTICIPATION Mayor Harrison recognized retiring Coin Gilman A.L. Kincaid in the audience, who then offered his congratulations to all the new council members as well as to the Mayor. Mayor Harrison then suggested a formal recognition of the many years of service given by retiring Councilman Kincaid and Slye as members of the Edmonds City Council. A motion was made by Councilman Nordquist, seconded by Councilman Nelson to instruct the Attorney to prepare resolutions of commendation for the two councilmen. Motion carried. Councilman Tuson reported that he would be on vacation and therefore absent from council meetings the entire month of February, returning the first meeting in March. Councilman Gellert also reported that he would be out of town and absent from council meetings through the month of Fe�jruary and suggested that no items involv- ing major policy matters not previously discussed be taken up while both council- men are away on vacation. Mayor Harrison answered that matters of significance will be deferred to a full council. MAYOR PRO-TEM �ouncdman Tunn state tW he had beTn tie Ma or Ptr2-item for 15 yvgzs, and att • his ime wou ci sugges a someone e sele ap�oin e o serve in is capacity fbr perhaps a' one '-year period` on =a ltotat onebd';is '_so 'that eat member -of= the coun- cil would have a turn acting as Mayor Pro-tem. Mayor Harrison recommended that Councilman Nelson be nominated for this position and submitted his name for con- sideration. Councilman Gellert stated that he felt each councilman should have the opportunity for a turn to serve in this capacity. At this point, a five min- ute recess was declared. Following the recess, a motion was made by councilman Gellert, seconded by Council- man Tuson that it be the policy of the council of the City of Edmonds to elect a Mayor Pro-tem on a one year basis, and as long as there are members of the council who have not served in this capacity, no individual who has served be nominated in succeeding years; that the annual election for this position be held the second meeting in January of each year. This motion carried. It was then moved by Councilman Gellert, seconded by Councilman Tuson that Council- man Gary Nelson be nominated for the position of Mayor Pro-tem for the first year beginning January, 1972. Councilman Tuson made the motion, seconded by Councilman Gellert that nominations be closed. A roll call vote on closing the nominations carried with all councilmen voting in favor except Nordquist. Councilman Gellert then made the motion, seconded by Councilman Tuson that the election of Councilman Gary Nelson for Mayor Pro-tem for the first year be made unanimous. This motion This motion carried, and vote on the original motion to nominate Councilman Nelson then also carried. Councilman Nelson commended Councilman Tuson on the fine job he had done over the 15 years he had been Edmonds Mayor Pro-tem. Councilm an Nelson then thanked the council members for their vote of confidence in electing him to serve as their Mayor Pro-tem for the next year. • CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES Claims for damages were acknowledged from John Royce Busenbark, Gerald S. Johnson and Eugene & Marye McLaughlin. These were referred to the City Ckerk for process- ing. AUDITTNG 'OF'IBILLS Acting Finance Director Allen Tuttle explained a change in procedure in submitting the final bills for 1971 to the Auditing Committee and in payment of same. In ac- cordance with the RCW, any bills for the preceding year may be held until the 20th of January for payment, but this year warrants for the regular bills would also be held - held until these supplenental bills are ready to be processed. Following discussion it was decided that since the payment of the regular bills should not be held until the February meeting, the entire list, including the contractor's estimates on the Water -Sewer Revenue bond issue, should be paid as soon as possible after the 20th. It was decided that this council meeting should therefore be recessed to next Tues- day the 25th of January in order to expedite payment of all the bills. FIRST READING OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES First reading was held on the following proposed ordinances: (1) Amending Section 10.10.070 of the City Code, and Ordinance 1568, by adding a new subsection requiring replacement of substandard water mains with the installation of permanent street or highway improve- ments. u 233 1 1 • 1 (2) Amending Chapter 11.02 of the Code by creating a new section 11.02.040, providing for performance bonds and exoneration thereof for demolition permits, and new section 11.02.061, providing that guardrails in cer- tain residential construction may be 36 inches high. (3) Amending Chapter 11.32 of the Code, setting forth requirements for bond exoneration for permits to move buildings and amending the penal- ty provisions of said chapter. J (4) Proposed amendment to Ambulance Operator ordinance. REPORT ON BIDS FOR GASOLINE AND OIL REQUIREMENTS FOR 1972 CAO Ron Whaley reported on the binds received for gasoline and oil requirements for 1972. An unofficial report to the C ity Clerk by telephone from the County Commissioners' office gave the following information on the bids received by the County: Fuel Oil (Diesel) - Bid of Atlantic Richfield Tankwagon - .1248 No truck and trailer bid for Edmonds Gasoline - Bid of Shell Oil, Company Premium - .2157);,, Regular - .1967..,Truck & Trailer delivery Bid Received by City of Edmonds on Diesel - Opened Dec. 20, 1971 Fuel Oil (Diesel) - Bid of Sound Oil Co., Edmonds .1240 (firm for period 1/1 thru 12/31/72 A motion was made by Councilman Nelson, seconded by Councilman Tuson that the low bids be accepted in all cases; fuel oil at .1240 from Sound Oil Co., Edmonds, and participation in the county bid from Shell Oil Co., for gasoline at .2157 for premium and-.1967 for regular, delivered .by truck and trailer. Motion carried. PERMISSION TO SELL SURPLUS OFFICE EQUIPMENT BY BID Authorization was requested to offer for sale surplus office equipment, including machinery,no longer used due to the compute handling these jobs. It was moved by Councilman Nordquist, seconded by Councilman Nelson to authorize the sale of the surplus office equipment by bid with minimum prices es:iablished as part of;the bid. Motion carried. It was stated that these advertisements for bids be widely pub- lished, incmud.ing the Western City magazine and the Daily Journal of Commerce, as well -as the local and area newspapers. AUTHORIZATION TO CALL FOR BIDS TO PURCHASE AID CAR Fire Chief Cooper explained that $6400.00 of federal funds had been authorized for purchase of an aid car that would cost an estimated $8000.00 total, and asked per- mission for calling for bids. It was moved by Councilman Tuson, seconded by Coun- cilman Nelson to authorize a call for bids for -an Aid Car for the Fire Department, to be opened.on.February 14. Motion carried. Councilman Nordquist suggested ad- vertising in the Everett Herald as well as the local papers and Daily Journal of Commerce. Councilman Haines asked that suppliers of this particular type of ve- hicle be contacted in addition to the advertisement for bids. REAPPOINTMENT TO LIBARARY BOARD Mayor Harrison made the reappointment of Stephen Gerhardt to the Library Board, and a motion was made by Councilman Gellert, seconded by Councilman Nelson to confirm the Mayor's reappointm ent of Stephen Gerhardt to the Library Bard, and the motion carried. APPROVAL OF ARTS FESTIVAL USE OF CIVIC CENTER A. L. Kincaid, in behalf of the Edmonds Arts Festival, requested permission for the use of the Civic Center facilities for the annual festival which will take place the third weekend in June. The tse of the facilities would.include 10 days before and 3 days after the festival. A motion was made by Councilman Tuson, seconded by C:.ounailm-Itan Nelson to approve the use of the Civic Center facilities during this specified period in June by the Edmonds Arts Festival. Motion carried. There was no further business to come before tonight's meeting, and it was there- fore moved by Councilman Haines, seconded by Councilman Nelson to recess until Tuesday, January 25, at 8:00 P.M. in ordertr take care of payment of the bills. Motion carried, and the meeting was recessed at 11:00 P.M. Irene Varney Mor4h, City Clerk Harv6 H. Harrison, Mayor