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19740514 City Council Minutes129 Pat Welling, in.behalf of the Beautification Committee, stated that•this was fsomething.they have wanted for a long-time. However,basing some of it on the weeds ordinance is not to their_ liking, because the weed ordinance"is something they have had on their agenda, as -the committee -feels -it is'abso iitely useless. Another item, on the enforcement, says 45 days to make an adjustment, and 45 days would be the whole-summer=•as.far as vegetation is concerned, and this seems to•be too long a,period for this., City.Engineer.Leif Larson commented that in the referral to the word "pedestrian", he -would suggest "public use" to include pedestrians, bicyclists, horseback.riders,-•or any other use of.the public right- of-way.- -Another-member-of•the Beautification -Committee -told council*that it seemed anytime something.needs to be done, you would have to complain,and she did not feel,government--,should.-be run on complaints. In regard to the enforce- ment noted in the ordinance, she said,she was -confused that in the old ordinance it mentions the City Superintendent, and in the proposed new one, it says'' -the' Director of M. & 0. She was assured that this was the same person, except for a change in title since the old ordinance was written. ON -CALL FOR THE QUESTION, THE MOTION CARRIED REPORT ON MOSQUITO PROBLEM.•IN-BALLINGER AREA City Engineer Leif Larson reported that the mosquito problem which council had brought to its attention via letter-, was.originating from ponding.on private property. There was no immediate solution on the part of the city without an expenditure, and he felt the Snohomish Health District could advise the people on dealing with their problems. Councilman'Gellert-wondered if the ordinance couldn't be amended to deal with mosquitoes along with caterpi:llers. -Capt.-- Shields,'in•the audience, reminded council that King County ran'into-'the problem of enforcing'its ordinance on itself as well as -the c.itizens,-and the • City of Edmonds would come up against this, too, with caterpil'ler tents -in the trees within the -city parks. APPROVAL.OF TOW TRUCK LICENSE = FIVE CORNERS TOWING & EXXON A request for, -.tow truck license had been received from Gerald D. Backus, -for Five Corners Towing &,Exxon., Police Chief Foster-reported,.that after police investigation procedrires,and with adequate insurance proof, and•with the City Clerk having on-fil,e a:business license for this establishment since July 1971, he•was•satisfied and recommended approval. MOTION: IT WAS. -THEREFORE -MOVED BY•-COUNCILMAN-GELLERT, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN FOR THE CITY CLERK -TO ISSUE A TOW TRUCK LICENSE TO GERALD D..BACKUS-FOR FIVE CORNERS TOWING & EXXON.' MOTION CARRIED'. CLAIMS FOR'DAMAGES The City Clerk -presented claims for damages from Herbert A. Larkins, Robert G. and Martha Sampson, William Moss, Carter W. Robins, and Joseph R. Poehlman. Most of these were due to water damage from a surge in water pressure. Council acknowledged receipt -of the claims and they were then referred to the City Clerk for processing. There followed some discussion -on requirement for control mechanisms to be placed -on home -hot water tanks, and some kind ofinspection needed for this. ADJOURNMENT. There was -no further business, and the meeting•adjourned at'10:35 P.M. Irene Varney MoranW City Clerk_ Harve H.-Harrison, Mayor May 14r 1974 =- ROLL CALL The work meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order by -Mayor Harve Harrison at 7:30 P.M. -All council members were present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES t ,Minutes -of the meeting of May 7, 1974 had been posted, --mailed and distributed. Councilman Anderson noted.that on.page 5, par,agraph.3, line 5, the minutes should. read "... AND THE PORT AND. OURSELVES, ... "rather .than ".•.OF THE-PORT—U. The.minutes were then approved.as corrected. COUNCIL PARTICIPATION. Councilman Nelson announced.that he had attended-Expo.174 representing the City ofEdmonds on Edmonds.,. Washington Festival -Day, which,was May 8, �• -974. -He...present.ed .the .Key. to the City of Edmonds to Mayor David Rogers of Spokane, .and invited the City of Spokane to'visit Edmonds during the Arts 7estival which is scheduled for June 21st through June 23rd. A plaque was presented 13,0 MOTION: MOTION: MOTION: to Councilman Nelson commemorating Edmonds Festival Day at Expo 174. Councilman • Nelson went on to say that�7Edmonds was well represented and that Edmonds and Woodway High School Bands and Chorale groups performed during the festivites. Mayor Harrison mentioned that there will be a dinner at the Globe Cellar Restaurant sponsored by the Puget Sound Governmental Conference. The dinner will be at 6:30 P.M., and the meeting following will be in the Conference Offices across the street. The meeting will be Thursday, May 16, 1974. Mayor Harrison also announced that there will be a meeting of the Association of Snohomish County Cities and Towns at the Frontier Village Restaurant in Lake Stevens on Thursday, May 237 1974 at 6:30 P.M. The Mayor ran through the agenda and among the items is a presentation by Councilman Nelson regarding the Public Transportation Authority. CORRESPONDENCE The Deputy City Clerk noted that a petition for vacation of a portion of 84th Avenue West, off Olympic View Drive, has been received. It was signed by the abutting property owners and the signatures have been verified in Everett by the City Clerk's Office. Council acknowledged receipt of the petition. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GELLERT AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON TO INSTRUCT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION SETTING JUNE 189 1974 FOR HEARING ON THE PETITION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. DISCUSSION ON FINANCING OF PARKING There was considerable general discussion on parking lot locations, methods of financing and deficiencies. Mayor Harrison thought a public parking lot should be'operated by the City and should be free. The Mayor asked if he could poll the council on some points regarding parking. He asked their opinion on maximum distance from the improvement. Four council members voted that four blocks would be appropriate; two voted for three blocks and one for six blocks as a maximum. In further discussion regarding methods of financing, Mayor Harrison thought perhaps it would be proper for our bonding consultant to advise us on this matter. Judge Goulder asked how the deficiencies are determined. The Mayor answered that they are based upon what type of business it is and the parking spaces needed for that type of business according to the present code. Councilman Nelson suggested that perhaps the 10 acre tract between SR 104 and railroad tracks could be used as a municipal parking lot with free public transportation provided from the lot to the downtown area. He also suggested that we provide a canopy covering one side of Dayton Street for those persons wishing to walk. The parking lot could be used by persons wishing to park boat trailers for the day; persons that wish to use the beach or the proposed £shing pier. Councilman Winters.disagreed with this solution to the problem and Councilwoman Shippen thought the James Street location would be better suited. Following more discussion, Mayor Harrison said that he would compile a survey based upon some of the recommendations made tonight. DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED ORDINANCE CREATING "AID CAR FUND" Ron Whaley, M.A.A. reported that this is a proposed ordinance establishing a fund for a special purpose, ie. for providing maintenance and improvements to the emergency aid car and training for the personnel operating said equipment. Part of the money in this fund has been donated by private citizens who have been benefitted by the emergency aid service. There was some concern expressed regarding city or Fire Department solicitation of funds. Chief Cooper stated that this has never been done in the City of Edmonds and it"is not anticipated that we will do sonift-4the future. There was a sum of $3,232.21 in the Firefighter's Association and all of that money has been applied to the purchase -of the new aid car. It was suggested that the heading of the proposed ordinance be changed to read,.'.'...0 and to provide training for personnel performing emergency aid services within the city". DISCUSSION ON HAGER BUILDING MATTER Mayor and council had been advised by letter from Deputy City Attorney, John Wallace, that this matter should be resolved soon, and that, we were at the point where a decisienomust be made whether or not to litigate the matter. Following some discussion, a MOTION.WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WINTERS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NELSON THAT WE DO NOT PROCEED WITH ANY LITIGATION WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER. MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMAN WELLING VOTING "NO". AUTHORIZATION TO.PROCEED ON SIGNALIZATION WITH TRAFFIC.LIGHT AT 76TH & 212TH City Engineer, Leif Larson, reported on this matter and referred to a memo that he had directed to the Mayor.and Council. This project was originally intended to be done with Federal participation, however the program which allows for Federal particiaption is just getting sta.*tedand it is anticipated that it will be 9 months before Federal funds could be obtained. In view of the fact that this is the highest accident intersection, Mr. Larson feels that we should proceed immediateccicr­and asked for council authorization to proeeed� A MOTION WAS MADE.BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST AND 'SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ENGINEER TO PROCEED WITH THE SIGNALIZATION AT 76TH AND 212TH. MOTION CARRIED. • 1 • 1 1 is 131 • PRESENTATION OF COMPUTERIZED DATA BASE INFORMATION (JOE WALLIS) City Planner, Joe Wallis, reported one the land use study that was started approximately one year ago. He used slides of maps indicating the percentage of residential property and commercial property; slope of the land and soil conditions in various areas. Mr. Wallis stated that Fire Department personnel was utiliteddto make a field survey to establish whether there wasstructure .a on each parcel of land. When this was completed Dia Processing keypunched . the information and then it was programmed to give additional information. There is included in the study an analysis of dwelling units indicating development and net potential development; the number of sub -standard lots was determined,'etc'. Mr. Wallis thought this information would be invaluable in making our Space Needs Study and in revising the Comprehensive Plan to establish policies in the various uses: He said the next step in this process will be an update through March which would coincide with our census. He said he would like to further refine the data through a Business License Questionaire. Mr. Wallis slid that the staff submits a budget annually for funding and that this is.where a portion of that money is spent. In the Fire Department alone there was $2,560 spent in man hours; in Data Processing about $29345 and in the Planning Department about $2,322 and that does not reflect some $386 in CTC funds. This makes a total of $7,614, but would have been 2.5 times that amount to have MOTION: a consultant do it. 'A MOTION WAS MADE BYCCOUNCILMAN GELLERT AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON TO HAVE A SPACE NEEDS STATUS REPORT ON JUNE 11TH. CARRIED. ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATION FOR LANDSCAPING ISLANDS ON EDMONDS WAY WEST OF WESTGATE BETWEEN 226TH & i02ND PLACE City Engineer, Leif Larson, reported that there are two proposals on the landscaping islands between 102nd Place S.W. and 226th Street S.W.. One • S allows for holding lanes and turning for 102nd Place .W.; the other plan proposes a left turn entrance for westbound traffic to 102nd Place S.W. Mr. Larson said that in checking it was determined that there should be two means of'egress and ingress to the Woodway High School. He showed sketches. of the proposed plans to the council members. Mr. Larson recommended -the plan which allows left turns at 102nd P1ace'S.W. subject to speaking with the property MOTION• ' owners. A MOTION WAS THEN MADE BY COUNCILMAN GELLERT AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON TO ACCEPT THE ENGINEERS RECOMMENDATION SUBJECT TO DISCUSSIONS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE CULDESAC. MOTION CARRIED. Mr. Larson noted that the State Highway Department would like to have a resolution stating that. the City.*will maintain the landscaping islands. EVGINEERIS COSTS_INVOLVED FOR 236th PROJECT City Engineer, Leif Larson, reveiwed this project and stated that the project estimates have not been revised since the council approved an additional amount of $23,000 as city participation at the meeting of March 14, 1972. The City Engineer from Mountlake Terrace has indicated that the design of the uncompleted section and construction estimates are presently being revised and should be ready by the first part of June. ACCEPTANCE OF TIMBER BULKHEAD CONSTRUCTION AT SENIOR CENTER -Engineer Larson reported that F..R Cattron has completed the bulkhead at the Senior Center. The semi-final payment.in the amount of $6,597.75 will be paid to the contractor this monthewith the 10% retainage in the amount of $694.50 being withheld for 30 days. He asked that the council accept the work and MOTION: thereby establish the 30 day lien period. A MOTION WAS.MADE BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WINTERS TO ACCEPT .THE TIMBER BULKHEAD CONSTRUCTION AT THE SENIOR CENTER. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOULSY. AUTHORIZATION FOR CONDEMNATION'IF REQUIRED ON 196TH UAB PROJECT MOTION: A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NELSON TO INSTRUCT THE ATTORNEY TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION IF REQUIRED ON THE 196TH AND 220TH UAB PROJECTS. MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILWOMAN SHIPPEN VOTING AGAINST. SET DATES_FOR_HEARING ON PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTIONS #434, #435-. and #439, MOTION: COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NELSON TO SET MAY 28TH AS THE HEARING DATE FOR THE ABOVE RESOLUTIONS. MOTION CARRIED. There being no further business to come before council, the meeting adjourned at 11:00 P.M. Eleanor Quea , De y City Clerk Harve . Harrison, Mayor May 21, 1974 ROLL CALL The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order by Mayor Har-.ve, arrison at 7:30 P.M., with all council members present. 9