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19720808 City Council Minutes• SECOND READING PROPOSED LITTER ORDINANCE 99 Much discussion was held on the proposed litter ordinance, and it was noted that if the city should pass this, it could go into effect following the November elections when a state litter proposal will be on the ballot. It was therefore moved by Councilman Nordquist, seconded by Councilwoman Shippen that proposed Ordinance #1610 be passed, with effective date to be November 219 1972. Motion carried. CAO REPORT CAO Ron Whaley reported that it was a.pleasure once again to see another city department receive an award; that the Fire Department had received a placque for placing third in the state for 1971 on fire prevention programs. The award had been made last week in Walla Walla and was based upon the entire program of fire prevention for part -paid departments throughout the state, of which there are approximately 30. There was no further business, and the meeting adjourned at 11:05 P.M. v Irene Varney Mor , City Clerk August 81 1972 Harve H. Harrison, Mayor • ROLL CALL Meeting of'the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:45 P.M. by the Mayor Protem John Nordquist with all council members present except Nelson, who is on leave to Illinois and Mayor Harrison, who is in Alaska. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the meeting of August 1 had been mailed and posted, and with the substitution of -the last paragraph on page 3, were approved as modified. Mayor Protem Nordquist at this point introduced the Deputy City Clerk, Eleanor Quealey, and asked that anyone wishing to speak step up to the rostrum and give name and address to her for the records. He also introduced the City Attorney, John Wallace and the CAO, Ron Whaley. COUNCIL PARTICIPATION Councilman Tuson stated that there had been a -bad automobile accident this evening at 2nd and Bell, with apparently two injured persons. Mr. Tuson noted that there are two blind corners at this intersection, one with a large hedge and one with a hotel. Mr. Whaley suggested checking the frequency of accidents at this location. A motion was made by Councilman Tuson and seconded by Councilman Winters to replace the Yield Sign presently in existence at 2nd and Bell with a Stop Sign. Motion carried. Councilwoman Shippen asked Assistant City Engineer Dick Allen if he knew what size light standards the State Highway Department is going to use for the remainder of the freeway. He replied that right now from Dayton to Fifth Avenue they are going • to use the standard 40' mast with the. -arm mount. Mrs. Shippen said she would prefer the-30' standards and does not think it is appropriate to have the 40' standards going through a residential area. She stated that she -hoped the City would negotiate to reduce the size of the standards for the rest of the freeway. Mrs. Shippen noted that the area she was referring to is from Dayton Street to the south city limits. Mr. Allen explained that there would have to be more 30' light poles in order to aomply with the State Highway lighting standards. He said he would investigate this and see what powers we have to make changes in the size of the light standards. Ron Whaley stated that there has been a standard proposed nationally by some associations which highway departments are following and obviously, when you go into the City of Seattle they are meeting this criteria with regard to intensity of:.,lights on streets, both residential and arterial. The CAO stated further that we in the City of Edmonds are not used to these standards or this intensity_of light. The intensity is for two purposes as the Highway Department sees it (1) for traffic safety and (2) for protection of the neighborhood against vandalism, burglaries, etc. Mr. Whaley suggested that rather than going through this time and time again it would be advisable to come up with a standard that is acceptable to what we want for the City of Edmonds. Mr. Shippen stated that she thought we should have more choice in the height and style of lighting and would like the staff to review the entire matter. Councilwoman Shippen asked the City Attorney what was the difference between a franchise and a business permit that we now have with Cable T.V. or do we have franchises with a utility. The City Attorney answered that he did not believe we had franchises with any utility. He said basically with a franchise the difference would be that you are relegating a specific area to the franchisee and no one can compete with it, however there is some question as to'the validity of a franchise in any situation. Mr. Wallace stated that generally a franchise does import exclusivity. Mrs. Shippen said that when the City charges a B & 0 or utility tax, that the tax is passed on by the company or by the utility to the r� U 300 citizens of Edmonds; whereas if they had a franchise they would absorb the tax as an operational expense and not be able to tell the people they are taxing that it is the City that is responsible for levying the tax on the company in the first place. She would like to have this discussed further at the Capital Improvements Meeting. The Mayor Protem said he would like.to encourage the Council to attend Staff Meetings, which are held at 10 A.M. on Tuesday mornings. CAO Whaley tendered a formal invitation to the Council to do so. Mr. Nordquist mentioned that Governor Evans will be in Edmonds for a brief visit on next Monday morning to make -an announcement, and that he hoped some of the Council Members could attend that meeting, which will,be at the Senior Citizens' Center. Councilman Gellert asked if the announcement would be with regard to the Senior Citizens! Center and he was answered in the affirmative. - The Mayor Protem mentioned that Dr. William Bingham's wife was killed in an auto crash in Mt. Vernon on the 7th of August. The City purchased the Seaview Park property from Dr. Bingham some years ago. JAYCEE REPORT ON JAPANESE VISITORS Before introducing,the.guests to the Council, Mr. NNordquist mentioned that he had recieved a•call from John Emil,"who had just returned from Japan. Mr. Emil stated that his group was given a tremendous reception and the Mayor of the city they visited had provided a bus and sightseeing tours all over the city, and even called school into session for one day so that the visitors could meet with the school children. At this point the Mayor Protem introduced Bill.Nims, Assistant Engineer with the City of.Edmonds and Chairman of the Edmonds Jaycee "Otir Home is Your Home" program. Mr. Nims introduced Mr. Jim Anderson, president of CTC Education Systems, Inc. and he explained how the arrangements were made to bring the visitors here from Japan. Mr. Anderson explained that they were contacted about a year ago by a representative of the third largest private high school in Japan asking if CTC would be willing to set up an educational and cultural exchange between this school and the people from Japan and CTC'and some of the people from this area. A series of educational seminars were set up and this was mainly for the purpose of enlightening the Japanese on the American way of life. It included for example, our problems with integration, bussing, etc. CTC then asked the Edmonds Jaycees if they would be willing to house the Japanese in a family type environment. The Jaycees indicated they would be more than willing and this turned out to be more important than the more formal parts of the trip. Mr. Nims stated that the 25 Japanese people were involved in quite a few activities during the twelve days they stayed. Mr. Tadagashu Nashuda, who stayed with Mayor Harrison, was on KBIQ for a half hour radio showy: plus Cliff Hansen's Hot Line Show on KURB Radio. Visits were made to a bowling alley, hamburger stand, the City Offices, a walk on the beach, picnic in the park and the Edmonds -Kingston Ferry.. There.was also a weekend campout at Cornet Bay, American style. During their stay, the Japanese.group went to Seattle and purchased the ingredients for a complete meal and prepared an authentic Japanese dinner for their hosts. They wore dress kimonos and performed all of their rituals. They demonstrated flower arranging, Japanese dancing, judo, karate and folk singing. Mr. Jim Krider said he felt one of the important things to mention was the start of the visit when they entertained the Japanese at a party the evening after their arrival. At that time they were given the Keyvto the City of Edmonds, and right away they realized they were getting something more than the usual tourist. Mr. Krider mentioned that he had two girls staying at his home. One of them was 25 years.old and had a tremendous experience in education at the college level. She was an advanced student in English Conversation. The other was a 36 year old flower arrangement teacher,, who was just like a Japanese doll. During a day of visiting in Seattle they had to stop by Mr. Krider's office -to see what a secretary who made 195,000 Yen a month looked like. They were very curious about salaries, since their average income is something like $4,000 or less annually.. They consider their school very expensive since they,have to pay $150 per year for schooling. Mr. Krider said he saw more of Washington during the two weeks the Japanese visitors were here than he has seen during the 22 years he has lived here. At this point Mr. Nims introduced Mr.. Wayne,Cobbs. Mr. Cobbs stated that from the time the'visi.tors arrived until -they left -two weeks later, their impression of America was Edmonds. They said they thought Edmonds was one of the finest places in the world. In conclusion, Mr. Nims said he has been appointed ambassador to Japan by the president of the Washington State Jaycees, and is in the process of planning a trip to Japan in November. PROPOSAL FOR CREATION OF SOUTHWEST SNOHOMISH COUNTY -PUBLIC TRANSIT BOARD Mr. Fremont Case, who was present in the audience, submitted a petition signed by about 150 people asking the Council's consideration'of this agenda item. 1 • G • 0 13 0 1 • Mayor Protem Nordquist took this opportunity to read a letter dated July 24, 1972 received from Gary Nelson, Chairman of the Southwest Snohomish County Public Transportation Study Committee; urging the Council to enter into an agreement to create a Southwest Snohomish County Transit Board to plan and operate a Public Transit System. Mr. Nordquist also mentioned a'letter received from Mary'. L. Hale, President of the'League of Women Voters of Snohomish County, urging approval of this plan." Mr. Vic Suud, Public Transportation Programmer, was in the audience. Councilman Gellert -asked Mr. Suud how this tri-city program would tie in with the Metro System. Mr. Suud said the King County Plan which has now been prepared and is going to ballot on September 19th, will provide service as far as the county line. Our local busses would interconnect with King County busses at the.county line. Under the regional plan, express service to Everett would .be provided from Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace. Mr. Suud asked the Council to bear in mind,that the King County Plan is out of Snohomish County and most probably we will have very little to say. Here we would have a system which we can control ourselves. This is geared to our true needs and -',convenience, convenience being the major factor. In answer to a question from Councilwoman Shippen, Mr. Suud stated that this is not a final plan, but only a basis for a further in-depth study. After some further discussion, a motion was made by Councilman Gellert that Edmonds enter into an agreement to create a Southwest County Public Transit Board to plan a public -transit system. Councilman Tuson seconded'the,•motion.' After considerable Council discussion regarding methods of financing, the motion carried. REPORT ON BIDS OPENED AUGUST 4 ON ONE TON TRUCK Director of Maintenance and Operation J. Herb Gilbo reported that the City Clerk had opened bids on August 4th at 2 P,M. in the office of the Mayor for the'pur- chas.e of a one ton truck. Present at the bid opening were CAO Ron Whaley, Director Gilbo, City'Clerk Irene Varney Moran and Eleanor Quealey, Deputy City Clerk. The bids were as follows: VALLEY MOTORS $5,018.89 WILSON FORD 5,002.69 Both bidders specified a delivery date during the latter part of September. Mr. Gilbo said this was a $3,.500 bedgeted item for this year, therefore it is $1,500 short and could be financed from the "B" Fund. It was moved by Councilman Haines and seconded by'Coun'cilman Tuson to purchase the 1973 F..ord one ton truck from Wilson Ford with additional money to be taken out of the "B" Fund. Motion carried.` REPORT ON BIDS OPENED AUGUST 7 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BU':.`:LKHEAD AT SUNSET BEACH Director of Parks and Recreation Rod Garretson reported that the City Clerk had opened bids on August 7th at 2 P.M. in the Council Chambers for the construction of the bulkhead at Sunset Beach. Present at the bid opening were Director Garretson, City Clerk Irene Varney Moran,Assistant City Engineer Richard Allen, Wayne Jones, Eleanor Quealey, Deputy City Clerk and bidders. The bids were as'follows F.R. CATTRON $ 9,914.00 • F::.R:.BOURGAULT CONSTRUCTION CO.,INC. 9,990.63 SEA & SHORE PILE DRIVING COMPANY 1311700*00 ICONCO (IVERSEN CONSTRUCTION CO) 15;884.00 LARSEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 169065.00 WILCOX CONSTRUCTION, INC. 19 747.59 HURLEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 217232.00 WILLAMETTE WESTERN CORP. 34,395.00 After some discussion regarding whether or not the bids included sales tax or not it was decided to hold the matter off until later in the evening,. A motion was made by-Councilman'Tusori and' seconded by"Counci•lman Haines'to postpone this until later'in the agenda to make sure that the bid included sales tax. Motion carried. When this item was taken up a motion was made by Councilman Haines and seconded by CouncIYAP Gellert to accept the low bid of F.R. Cattron subject to the amount of $9,914 as stated on our sheets includes Washington State Sales Tax and any other applicable fees. Motion carried. A further motion was made by Councilman Tuson and seconded by Councilman Haines that in the future when the Council votes one way or the other to accept a bid that the documents be available at the Council Meeting. Motion.carried. POLICY ON COUNCIL PROCEDURE IN REGARD TO METHOD OF OPERATION AT COUNCIL MEETINGS: 1ST AND 3RD TUESDAYS AND ALL ALTERNATE TUESDAYS. • Councilman Gellert stated that his major concern is with the Planning Commission 3-02 actions regarding rezones, subdivisions and the like. He thinks that on complicated items such as these that the first time it comes before the Council it should'be explained by the Planning official or the City Engineer and then not take any action until the next meeting. Mr. Nordquist mentioned that a new policy has been instituted whereby a packet of information regarding agenda itmes and other pertinent data is mailed to each Councilman on Friday afternoon so that it can be studied over the weekend. CAO Whaley stated that he has asked the staff to get any information pertaining to future agenda items to him several days in advance of.the scheduled meeting, so that this data can be included in the packets being mailed to the Council Members. After much Council discussion a motion was made by Councilman Tuson and seconded by Councilman Haines to instruct the City Attorney to amend Ordinance #1606 to read that all City Council Meetings begin at 7:30 P.M. Motion carried. Councilman Gellert made a motion seconded by Councilman Tuson to instruct the attorney to amend Ordinance #1606 to make all Council Meetings alike and that there be no restriction.on passing ordinances, resolutions and hear special notice hearings. Motion carried. SET HEARING DATE ON APPEAL FROM RECOMMENDATION IN PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION #386 - RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE'OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE FROM.BN TO BC PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN PLANNING COMMISSION FILE R-4-72. A motion was made by Councilman Haines and seconded by Councilman Tuson to set August,15th as the hearing date on Planning Commission Resolution #386. Carried. SET DATE FOR HEARING ON PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION #387 - RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE FROM'RML AND RS-8 TO RD PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN PLANNING COMMISSION FILE R-5-72. • A motion was made by Councilman Haines and seconded by Councilman Tuson to set August 15th as the hearing date on Planning Commission Resolution #387. Motion carried. MINI -PARK: DESIGN LOCATION OF PUBLIC REST ROOM Mt. Whaley was asked to give the Council a brief explanation of circumstances regarding this iem. He quoted paragraph 4 of the original agreement between the City and the State Highway Department which said, "The City will make available that portion of James Street necessary for the construction of the rest room facilities and agrees that no future access to the park area from the properties to the east will be granted". Based upon that paragraph the rest room facilities were designed to be located in what is the R/W of James Street. The Council received last week a letter from an adjacent"-' property owner questioning the possibility of damages to his property in being cut off from access in the event he would like to subdivide that property some day. City Attorney John Wallace stated that the construction of such a permanent facility in the R/W for other than street purposes is a use inconsistent with the permission granted. It was his recommendation not to place the rest foom there. After some discussion a motion was made by Councilman Tuson and seconded by Councilman Haines to move the rest room facilities 69, north out of the R/W Councilman Gellert suggested that unless it becomes financially prohibitive (1 difference of $200) that consideration be given to complete reversal of the rest rooms. Councilwoman Shippen made an amendment seconded by Councilman Gellert to instruct the Highway Department to include landscaping the R/W. The amendment to the motion carried, and on call for the question the motion as amended carried. Councilman Tuson made a motion that in the negotiations with the State Highway Department that the City provide work and materials to extend the utilities to a point so that it will be the same as when the contractor figured the job in exchange for no financial outlay. Councilman Winters seconded and the motion carried. REQUEST OF GUARDIAN AMBULANCE CO. TO CHANGE NAME TO LYNNWOOD AMBULANCE, INC. After a brief discussion Mayor Protem Nordquist said he thought this item should be postponed since Mr. Gary Hall was not present. Councilman Haines asked for Acting Police Chief Neuert's thoughts on the matter. Chief Neuert said the request for the change could be covered in an open meeting and that if that is denied, then there should be a meeting with the Staff before bringing it before the Council. A motion was made by Councilman Tuson that the transfer of license from Guardian Ambulance to Lynnwood Ambulance, Inc. be denied. At this point. the City Attorney asked -if there had been any action taken to revoke the license. He said this can be done only at a public hearing upon notice to the licensee of the date and time of the hearing. A motion was made by Councilman Haines and seconded by Councilman Gellert that a hearing be held on the possible revocation of the license of Guardian Ambulance Service be held on August 15th. Motion carried. A motion was made by Councilman Gellert and seconded by Councilman` Haines that if all licensing requirements are met the Council will act on the application of Lynnwood Ambulance, Inc. on August 22, 1972.- Motion carried. CAO REPORT CAO Whaley reported on the pool site earth removal matter. The City Attorney said we have been having a continuous dispute with the contractor J.D. Dutton. This stems from the fact that under the contract the city had agreed to remove 1 C� D 1 11 0 303 • all excavated material from the pool site without cost to the contractor. Due to the heavy snows last winter the City trucks -were sometimes not available for earth removal so the contractor elected to bring in his own trucks to supplement the City trucks. They have now submitted a bill to the City in the amount -of $2,766.16. There has also been a bill presented from the soil engineers for $741.58. Mr. Wallace said he believes the City does owe money to J-.D. Dutton for the use of his trucks. It was his recommendation that the City pay the balance of the contract which was,withheld, $500 and an additional $2,000 for the extra -trucking that.they have done, and that we resolve the matter ourselves with the soil engineers. -A motion was made by Councilman Tuson and seconded by Councilman Haines that the City accept the Attorney's recommendation to settle. Motion carried. Mr. Whaley mentioned that he had received a letter from Mr. Hopkins with the Washington Housing Authority requesting to pass his resolution which he had - prepared. In June a resolution,was passed authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with the Housing Authority for 60 units. His application and his letter both indicate 180 units. Mr. Hopkins is asking the City Council to co-sign a loan application to HUD for $72,000. Mr. Whaley has replied to Mr. -Hopkins_ letter reminding him that it was for 60 units and enclosing a copy of the minutes, asking him if this is an error and what is the loan for.. There being no further business to come before Council', the meeting was adjourned at 10:35 P.M. • Irene Varney Morefh, City Clerk August 15, 1972 ROLL CALL Meeting of the Edmonds City Council was Protem John Nordquist with all council on leave of absence and Mayor Harrison, INTRODUCTIONS Harve H. Harrison-, Mayor called to order at 8:00 P.M, by Mayor members present except Nelson, who is on vacation. Mayor Protem Nordquist explained that Councilman Nelson was in Illinois"on business and Mayor Harrison on vacation in Alaska. He then introduced the CAO and members of the City Staff and made the request of anyone in the audience wishing to address the council please step up to the rostrum and state name and -address for the City Clerk's records. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the meeting of August 8-had been posted and mailed. Councilman; Haines stated that under the item of proposal for creation of a Southwest Snohomish County Public Transit Board, -his motion had been deleted. He asked that this be included in the record, which was a motion calling fora date for consideration of submitting an advisory ballot for the people to decide on subsidizing the Edmonds portion of the transit system, and that this be set for the first meeting in April 1973: Motion had been seconded by Councilman Nordquist, and carried. Minutes were then approved as amended. • ANNOUNCEMENTS Mayor Protein Nordquist announced that the projected date for the annual City Picnic was September 9, and participation by council members was invited. Mr. Nordquist mentioned having had it brought to his attention that people in the back of the council chambers had difficulty hearing most of the proceed- ings. He wondered if it would be advisable to place a microphone in front of each council member. CAO Whaley suggested that 'the'mikes could be picked up and held when.speaking.. Councilman` -Gellert felt that perhaps additional speakers,installed in the chambers might help the problem. DRIFTWOOD THEATRE PRESENTATION Mayor Protem Nordquist-announced that he felt it was'valuable to'bring to the attention of the community anything of general interest, and the -Jaycee report on the Japanese Visitors had been•one,it.em. This'week, he stated that Council- woman Shippen had invited Mr. Dave McNeil to speak on the Driftwood Playhouse. Mr. McNeil was introduced and spoke about how fortunate Edmonds was to have live stage theatre productions right here in the community, and yet there perhaps still were people in Edmonds who were not award of this fact. He mentioned the season ticket sale wherein for $10.50 you would see five shows for the price of four, and stated that the season opens in.October. He then' announced the schedule of plays planned for the coming season and asked for support for the theatre from the members of the community, the council, and the City of Edmonds. •