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19730206 City Council Minutes• 407 February 6, 1973 ROT.T, (" AT,T, The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Harve Harrison, with all council members present except Gellert, Tuson and Nelson. MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT Mayor Harve Harrison announced the passing this evening of Don Lawson. Mr. Lawson served for 22 years as the City Supervisor. Mayor Harrison asked the Council and others present in the Chambers to join him in a moment of silence in memory of Mr. Lawson. APPROVAL OF MINUTES' Minutes of the meeting of January 30 had been posted, mailed and distributed and with no omissions nor corrections, they were approved as written. COUNCIL.' "PARTICIPATION Councilman Nordquist said he would like to have Items 6,7,8, 10, and 11 held over until there is a full council. He therefore made the motion to postpone these items to the next meeting. Councilman Haines seconded the motion and explained that he was in agreement with Councilman Nordquist as he also thought there should be a full council on at least some of the items. A second reason was that there would be less than a majority vote. City Attorney'John Wallace pointed out that • Item 46 was just to set a hearing. Councilman Nordquist then withdrew this item from his motion. On call for the question, the motion carried. CORRESPONDENCE The Deputy City Clerk read an Appeal to City Council received from Bennett A. Box wherein he appealed the engineering requirements imposed by the Edmonds Planning Commission at the hearing of 5-38-72. The Mayor asked the CAO to make arrangements to put this on the agenda. Mayor Harrison read a letter which had been received from Dan Coulter, Mayor of Mountlake Terrace, in which he stated that the recently completed -Snohomish County and North King County Transportation Study recommended a new arterial along the Snohomish -King County line from Interstate 5 east to Sign Route 527. He said they feel there would be great advantage to South Snohomish County and North King County in this arterial becoming a new alignment for Sign Route 104 eastward.' The letter also stated that the South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce and the City of Mountlake Terrace have passed Resolutions requesting legislators to introduce legislation required to direct the State Highway Department to study the feasibility of such a realignment of Sign Route 104. Mayor Coulter asked for City of Edmonds support and hoped we would pass a similar resolution. Mayor Harrison asked for Council consideration of this matter and if it is the desire of the Council it can be put on a future agenda. SET HEARING DATE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 4399 Planning Commission Resolution #399 had been received from the Planning Commission recommending approval of vacation of 25 ft. street R/W at 21080 and 21088 - 88th P1.W1 • as petitioned,by Bennett Box and Howard Parrett, owners. This item had been continued from the January 23 and January 30 since the attorney had advised that a petition must be received before a vacation can be heard. The City Clerk reported that a petition for Vacation had been received signed by four property owners representing two-thirds of the real property abutting the street to be vacated. Therefore, it was moved by Councilman Nordquist and seconded by Councilman Winters that proposed Resolution #270 be passed setting Tuesday, the 6th of March as the hearing date for determination by the City Council of said petition. Motion carried. AUTHORIZATION TO CALL FOR BIDS FOR PURCHASE OF PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES J. Herb Gilbo, Director of Maintenance and'Operations, asked for approval to purchase ten new vehicles. It was his recommendation that we go out,for bid in one set of specifications in order to receive a better price. A motion was then made by Councilman Nordquist and seconded by Councilman Haines to authorize . the Public Works Department to call for bids for purchase of vehicles as outlined in Mr. Gilbo's proposal and also for the disposition of any vehicles that result from this. Motion carried. Councilman Nordquist stated that some years ago the Council had specified that all City vehicles should be one color. He asked Mr. Gilbo if this would be the case with the new vehicles and Mr. Gilbo said that this can be made a part of the specifications. CAO REPORT CAO Ron Whaley reported that City Attorney Wallace had asked for clarification regarding two claims received by the City two weeks ago from Bennett A. Box and William A. Wilson, attorneys, for services performed as court appointed attorneys for indigent defendants. In going over the minutes of the meeting two weeks ago it was not clear how these claims were to be handled. City Attorney John Wallace 408 r LJ recommended that these claims be rejected, therefore, a motion was made by Councilman Nordquist and seconded by Councilman Winters that the claims submitted by Bennett A. Box and William A. Wilson two weeks ago for attorney fees be rejected. Carried. Mr. Whaley stated that he had received a letter from the IRS notifying us that our Application for Exemption has been approved effective January this year. Councilwoman Shippen questioned Councilman Nordquist about the.delay on item #10, the proposed amendment to the Salary Ordinance regarding the Planner and Assistant Planner. She was wondering if the proposed Assistant Planner would still be available. City Planner, Joe Wallis, stated that she would still be available. Mayor Harrison asked the Council what their position was on the resolution to support Mountlake Terrace's effort in regard to Sign Route 104 realignment. A motion was made by Councilman Nordquist and seconded by Councilwoman Shippen to make this an agenda item. Motion carried. There being be further business to come before the Council the meeting adjourned at 7:59 P.M. Irene Varney 46ran, City Clerk Harve R. Harrison, Mayor February 13, 1973 ROLL CALL The Edmonds City Council regular meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by • Mayor Harve Harrison, with all council members present except Tuson and Nelson. Councilman Nordquist arrived at 8:06 P. M. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the council meeting of February 6th had been posted, mailed and dis- tributed, and with no omissions nor corrections, they were Approved as written. COUNCIL PARTICIPATION Mayor Harrison announced that there would be a meeting of the Association of Snohomish County Cities and Towns at 6:30 P. M. on Thursday, February 22 at the Viking Restaurant in Stanwood, and he noted that reservations should be made and asked any council members who wished to attend to call the Mayor's secretary so that they would know how many would be going. Mayor Harrison read a memo from CAO Ron Whaley reminding him and council of the legislative hearing on Wednesday the 14th at 7:30 P. M. in Olympia. Councilwoman Shippen reminded council of the joint meeting with the Park Board, aa)so scheduled for Wednesday evening the 14th in the Mayor's office. CORRESPONDENCE The City Clerk advised council of the re ceipt of a new letter of Intent to commence annexation proceedings in the Chase Lake area. The petition had been signed by owners of not less than 10% of the assessed valuation of the area . requesting annexation, and the City Clerk noted that two separate petitons were being presented, each with a slightly different boundary on one end. The City Engineer explained that Petition A included the area south of`.the city limits and north of 220th between 76th W. and 85th Pl. W. Petition B was south of the Edmonds city limits and north of 220th between a line 127 feet east of 80th W. and 85th P1. W. The percentage of property owners signing the petition amounted to 26% in Area "A" and 28% in Area "B", being adequate on both. City Engineer Larson stated that a meeting had been held by the proponents for the proposed annexation, to which representatives of the City had been invited and attented. The result of that meeting was the submitting of the two petitions. Deputy City Attorney John Wallace advised that at this point, council could meet with the initiating parties to determine if the city will accept the proposed annexation, and whether the city will require the adoption of a proposed zoning regulation and assumption of existing city indebtedness. Approval must be a condition pre- cedent to circulation of the petition. Upon the Attorney's recommendation that this meeting for a hearing could be held tonight, since there were a group of property owners from the area present, it was moved by Councilman Gellert, seconded by Councilman Haines that this meeting be placed on tonight's agenda following the item of Correspondence. Motion carried. HEARING: ON LETTER OF INTENT TO COMMENCE ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS The hearing was opened on the letter of Intent to commence annexation proceed- ings for the Chase Lake area. Colleen Brown stated that from experience with obtaining signatures in the area now proposed, she felt they could quite easily get the required 75% and should be able to complete the petition quickly. She noted that the sewer problem in the area of the Chase Lake School was getting worse all the time. 0