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19760608 City Council Minutes49 June 8, 1976 ROLL CALL The regular meeting of the Edmonds City'Council was called to order at 7:30 p.m.by Mayor Harve Harrison in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds,Civic Center with.all councilmen present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the regular meeting of June,l;_1976 had been posted,.mailed and distributed, and.'with no -corrections or omissions they were approved as written. COUNCIL PARTICIPATION Councilman Anderson reminded the Council of the luncheon meeting on Friday, June 1. He also advi-sed..the Council he would be absent from the July 13 meeting. Councilman Gellert had a question about the warrant register, a $6,300 item.for the Seaview Park irrigation project. M.A.A. Ron Whaley explained that it was for sprinkling which had been omitted from the contract but which was needed, and had sprinkling would have been too expensive. Councilman Gellert asked where the project stands in connection with the budget and M.A.A. Whaley said a report would be given on July 6 regarding scope of the original project, change orders and whereit:is within the grant money. Councilman Gould announced he would not be present at the June 29 meeting. He asked about a petition which had been received from residents of the Lund's Gulch area regarding speed control bumps. He was advised that would come up on June 22 at the Meadowdale Beach problem hearing. • Counci*lmanGould also inquired whether the letter from W. C: Bogart, District Engineer of the Department of Highways would be discussed. Mayor Harrison said a letter or resolution expressing the City's need for parking for the Trident project employees who take the ferry from Edmonds might add strength to Mr.Bogart's recommendation to the Highway Commission. City Attorney MOTION: Wallace advised MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON,-SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, THAT THE MAYOR SEND A LETTER TO THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO EMPHASIZE'THE-CRITICAL NEED FOR PARKING FOR THE WALK-ON PATRONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRIDENT PROJECT AND THE FERRY. It was felt a copy of the letter should also be sent to the Puget Sound Council of Governments. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Gellert referred to a letter received by Mrs. J. H. Whiteleather regarding the parking on 76th Avenue. Councilman Gell.ert suggested a letter be sent to her saying there is to'be no change in parking. MOTION: Councilman Nordquist announced he would not be present at the June 29 meeting. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS,.THAT THE SECOND REPORT ON THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BE SET AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR JULY 20. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Nordquist requested a response from the Mayor's office by the next.meeting regarding progress on a proposed new sign ordinance.- He mentioned recent signs having been erected which he thought were contrary to what was to be intended in the new sign ordinance. Councilman Nordquist also mentioned the new four-way stop at 9th and Main Streets. He noted he was surprised at it being there as there used to be council discussion before such installations. City Engineer Leif Larson replied that there had been a number of severe accidents there and that he had taken it upon himself as Traffic Engineer to install the signs. Councilman Nordquist thought that was as it should be but asked that the Council be advised when such actions are taken because they so receive telephone calls about such things and would like to have the in- formation to answer the calls. Councilman Clement referred to a Public Transportation Benefit Area letter regarding termination of the contract with Metro as soon as the new transportation contract can be worked out. A MOTION: MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CLEMENT, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GOULD, THAT THE MAYOR BE GIVEN AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN THIS WITHDRAWAL LETTER. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Wallace said he would like to check the contract with Metro to determine what the withdrawal requirements are. Councilman Carns noted that at this time of year all kinds of signs regarding garage sales seem to appear, that they are unsightly, and that it is against the ordinance to put them up in the public right-of-way. He wondered if it were possible for the Public Works people to remove them. In this connection.Councilman Anderson questioned whether it was legal to put up the City's ownrnot°icescon telephone poles and the City AttcrnL-y advised that it is. Councilman Anderson noted that the notices say it is illegal to remove them and suggested it might be better if they said they could be removed after the date of the hearing. A.MOTION WAS THEN MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARNS THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE DOWN ALL UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS 'IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WHEN POSSIBLE. Councilman Gellert suggested utilizing the Litter Control '•Officers in this area. Public Works Director Herb Gilbo said the Public Works personnel do try to do this anyway. He said it is not very effective because they are replaced with such frequency and his personnel connot keep up with them. Councilman Herb was opposed to removing the signs. - He said he felt that would be restriction,-of°freedom of speech and, in.addition, there were many more important things to be done. It was agreed that this was not a high priority problem. COUNCILMAN GELLERT SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION PASSED WITH COUNCILMAN HERB OPPOSED. Councilman Carns mentioned that a letter from Bob White indicates the Mountlake Terrace Council appears to be expecting -to meet jointly with the Edmonds City Council on June 11. After some discussion Councilman Clement said he would see that Bob White is notified that the Edmonds Council cannot make the June 11 date. • Mayor Harrison said he would be out of town on June 18 when the Edmonds Arts Festival would begin and asked for representation at the opening. Councilman Anderson, Nordquist and. Clement will be present, with Councilman Anderson speaking as Mayor Pro-Tem. MOTION: At:the request of M.A.A. Ron Whaley, A MOTION WAS;MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON, TO SET FOR HEARING ON JULY 6 THE FOLLOWING PLANNING DEPARTMENT RESOLU-.' TIONS: #513, AMENDING OFFICIAL STREET MAP; #514, AMENDING OFFICIAL STREET MAP. MOTION CARRIED. M.A.A. Whaley announced that the previous evening at 10:00 p.m. SNOCOM had been notified by Sno-King Ambulance Service that they were out of business permanently. He reviewed the history of Sno-King Ambulance Service and said it appears that only one ambulance has been in service recently. He said that four times in the last six months they had temporarily canceled their service for short periods and that this message was that it was canceled permanently. He said life threatening situations are being handled by Baker's Ambulance Service in Everett and Shepard Ambulance Service in Seattle for outside of the City of Edmonds, and that we are handling those within Edmonds. There is a meeting scheduled for June 9 at Stev.ens's Memorial Hospital regarding ambulances and Jack Weinz will be at the meetingand will bring back a report. There followed some discussion regarding the possiblility of an area -wide inter -local agreement that MOTION: aid cars handle this service. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GELLERT, SECONDED BY COUNCIL- MAN GOULD, THAT AN AGENDA ITEM BE SET FOR JUNE 22 TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE REVENUES AND COSTS INVOLVED IN AID CARS PROVIDING AMBULANCE SERVICE, AND THAT FIRE CHIEF COOPER BE ASKED TO PROVIDE ESTIMATES. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Harrison introduced Dave Larson, Chairman of the Downtown Parking Committee, who commented on the informal meeting the evening before which was set up to get input from the property owners downtown. He said another meeting was set for June 15 and he thought it appropriate to get some comments from the City Council prior to that meeting. He also pointed out newspaper articles regarding the Parking Committee have been very inaccurate insofar as statistics are concerned. Addressing the press, he asked for the opportunity to review their articles for • accuracy of statistics before publication. He said they are still in the formative stage and as yet have presented no actual plan to the Council, that the property owners will have a right to protest it out and negative reporting could' impair the efforts of the Parking Committee. He also said there will be Parking Committee meetings every Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the Mayor's office until the problem is resolved. Discussion followed and it was the general consensus of the Council that they could not offer comments at this point, that they would want input from the people they represent before offering comments. Councilman Anderson said he did have an interim opinion which he would submit in memo form, and Councilman Carns indicated if the Committee could present a plan that the property owners would approve, since the property owners would be paying for it the Council would undoubtedly be receptive to*wthe plan. The question of funding.a parking plan was discussed, and the problem of a formula by which the entire business area could make a MOTION: contribution appeared difficult to reach. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HERB, THAT A HEARING DATE BE SET FOR JULYS6 TO DISCUSS THE PARKING COMMITTEE'S LATEST PROPOSAL. MOTION CARRIED. STREET USE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR HARBOR HOUSE RESTAURANT City Engineer Leif Larson staged the Harbor House Restaurant owner had presumed, -on the basis of approval by the Amenities Design Board, that the had authority to complete the installation of the signs and landscaping applied for, and, therefore had completed the installation, although the permit had not be issued. Mr: Larson did recommend approval. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL- MAN CARNS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEMENT, THAT THE PERMIT BE APPROVED, SUBJECT TO PROVIDING THE CITY OF EDMONDS WITH A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD THE CITY HARMLESS FROM ALL CLAIMS AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, NAMING THE CITY OF EDMONDS AS AN ALSO INSURED. MOTION CARRIED. REPORT FROM M.A.A. ON STATUS OF EDMONDS' DISABILITY PAYMENTS M.A.A. Whaley presented a report on LEOFF members presently on disability retirement, together with a letter from the State of Washington LEOFF System which indicated the monthly retirement • allowance presently being received by those on disability retirement. These two items were discussed at length. The question arose as to whether the City could make a policy not to hire people who have gone on disability. City Attorney Wallace advised that would not be discrimin- ation in non -civil service jobs, but on civil service jobs you must take people off an eligibil- ity list and could not make such a policy. It was also pointed out that such a policy could shortchange the City insofar -as ability and experience are concerned. Further, that the entry requirements are much more strict now which will preclude occurrence of some of these situations in the future. M.A.A. Whaley added a point not previously mentioned, that the LEOFF Act specifically alows any covered member, if he is injured while on duty, to receive all the allowed benefits and then to sue the City for negligence., REPORT ON BIDS FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION ATTACK�UNIT Fire Chief Cooper reported no bids had been received on the attack unti because of nonavailabil- ity of the chassis requested. This has been changed to,a more available unit and Chief Cooper requested permission to reissue a call forbids to be opened -July 15, with a report to the Council MOTION: on July 20. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST,+,SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GOULD, THAT PER- MISSION BE AUTHORIZED TO REISSUE A CALL FOR BIDS ON JULY,15, IN THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. MOTION CARRIED. REPORT ON BIDS OPENED JUNE lffFOR STREET MAINTAINER Public Works Director Herb Gilbo reported two bids had been received, both with a trade-in allowance on the present unit. He. summarized the results of the bids. Orie bid was for a unit equipped with a diesel engine only, that company haying discontinued production on diesel engines for an unknown period of time; the other was for a unit equipped with a gasoline engine only, that company having diesel engines only as special production items. Discussion followed regarding replacement time schedules and diesel vs._gasoline engines. A MOTION WAS THEN MADE LJ 441 MOTION: BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, TO ACCEPT THE BID FROM-SAHLBERG EQUIP- MENT -CO., INC., FOR THE 1976 LIGHT DUTY MAINTENANCE GRADER EQUIPPED WITH,THE GASOLIINE ENGINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,694.15 WHICH•INCLU'DES WASHINGTON SALES TAX AND TRADE-IN. MOTION CARRIED. REPORT ON BIDS OPENED JUNE 7 FOR SMALL METAL BUILDING ON FIFTH AVENUE Public Works Director Herb Gilbo reported only one bid had been received. The bid opening had been properly advertised and the only bid was for $420.40 including -Washington State MOTION: sales tax. Public Works Director Gilbo recommended acceptance. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL- MAN GELLERT, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEMENT, THAT THE BID FOR $420..4o..INCLUDING WASHINGTON STATE SALES TAX BE ACCEPTED.FOR THE SMALL METAL BUILDING LOCATED ON FIFTH AVENUE. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Harve Harrison then announced that he had submitted the bid and was purchasing the building for sentimental reasons as it had been the first Public .Works building. FINANCIAL REPORT ON BUDGET FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 1976 Finance Director Lila Crosby reviewed the report as of the end of April. .She pointed out problem areas, especially -that of termination pay, and strongly recommended a separate fund being set up in 1977 for unforeseen terminations. There was general discussion regarding the report and the Finance Director was commended for an outstanding report. DISCUSSION ON CONSENT AGENDAS City Clerk Irene Varney Moran had distributed information regarding Consent -Agendas which had been compiled by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. Samples of formats :were -given, as well as typical items and methods of utilization. Councilman Carns said it .,would-be acceptable to him.as long as one Councilman could remove an item-from,the Consent Agenda and there not bea requirement that four Councilmen were required to do so. City • Attorney Wallace said.t.he Council has the authority to set its own rules on this., Council- man Gould stated that although he would like to discuss each item, he realized this could be a time saver. He suggested a trial period wherein both a regular Agenda and a Consent MOTION: Agenda were used and comparisons made. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST,. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON, THAT THE MONTH OF JULY BE USED AS A TRIAL PERIOD FOR COMPARING CON- SENT AGENDAS AND -REGULAR AGENDAS. MOTION CARRIED, DATES SET FOR HEARINGS ON PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS MOTION: A.MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN.CARNS,TO SET A HEARING iFDR PLANNING COMMISSION FILE SM-4-7,6, "BROOKACRES" SHORELINE. SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, ON JUNE 22. .MOTION CARRIED. MOTION: A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, TO SET A HEARING DATE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION FILE SM-3;-76, WASHINGTON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION SHORELINE SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR CLEAN GRAVEL FILL AT EDMONDS FERRY TERMINAL, ON JUNE 22. MOTION CARRIED. I 1 MOTION: A MOTION WASSMADE BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, TO SET A HEARING DATE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION FILE SM-5-76. SOUTH COUNTY SENIOR CENTER SHORLINE SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR ADDITION AND REFURBISHING OF EXISTING_ BUILDING, ON JULY 6. MOTION CARRIED. There was.no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting was adjourned -at .9:45 p.m. IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Ci Clerk H. H. HARRISON, Mayor June 22, 1976 ROLL CALL The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:30 p.m.. by Mayor Pro-Tem Robert Anderson in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center with all'Councilmen present except Councilman Nordquist. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the regular meeting of June 15, 1976 had been posted, 'mailed and distributed, and with no corrections.or omissions they were approved as written. COUNCIL PARTICIPATION Mayor. Pro-Tem Anderson.read..a statement.by Governor Evans regarding the -Neil Armstrong Plaza in which Governor Evans declared July 4 as Neil Armstrong Plaza Day in Washington State.. Park Director Rod Garretson had submitted a letter .requesting 'a,meeting .dat_e of � city .represen- tatives with Bob Bignold, of O.R.B. in Renton, to decide on general concepts or styles of pool enclosures to be studied for sonsideration by the City. A meeting date of July 8, at 7:30 p.m., in the .Council Chambers, was established. Mayor Pro-Tem Anderson read a'letter from Councilman, Sheehan of Mountlake Terrace regarding the closure of Ballinger Elementary School and asking for City of Edmonds support in'trying to keep it open. No action was taken by the Council. • MOTION: A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GOULD, THAT AN AGENDA ITEM BE SET