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19780411 City Council Minutes'f 240 April 4, 1978 - continued WITiH*.COUNCIL MEMBERS NAUGHTEN, NORDQUIST, CLEMENT, AND ALLEN VOTING YES, AND WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS GOULD AND CARNS VOTING.NO. COUNCILMAN HERB WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. There was.no further business to come before the.Council, and the meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m. IRENE VARNEY MORAN, gATY CLERK HARVE H. HARRISON, MAYOR Apri-1 011;,1 1978 - Work Meeti ng The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:40 p.m. by Mayor Harve Harrison in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT "ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor ::•Katherine Allen John LaTourelle, Community Dev. Dir. Mike Herb Art Housler, Finance Director Phil Clement John Mellor, Civil Engineer John Nordquist Jack Cooper, Fire Chief Ray Gould John Wallace, City Attorney Tom Carns Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Harrison advised that Item (C) on the Consent Agenda, proposed ordinance amending the budget, should be removed and rescheduled as the requirement of five days' notice had not been MOTION: met. COUNCILMAN CARNS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN, TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The balance of the Consent Agenda contained the following. (A) Roll call (B) Approval of Minutes of April 4, 1978. COUNCIL Councilman Carns made note of the scheduled Council/Staff luncheon, April 13, at 12:00 noon at the Meatmarket Restaurant. Topic of discussion.will be possibility of some form of publication to go out to the public regarding the City. All interested parties were invited to attend on a no -host basis. Councilman Carns also stated that the SNOCOM Board had met last week and had approved .: a revised interlocal agreement. He presented documents for review and asked that copies be MOTION: distributed in the Council packets. A.MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL- MAN GOULD, TO PLACE ON THE APRIL 18 AGENDA AN ITEM TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE AMENDED INTER_-._ LOCAL SNOCOM AGREEMENT. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Clement noted that the City Clerk had suggested the July 4 Council meeting be re - 'scheduled to Monday, July 3, because Tuesday will be the national holiday. She also suggested the Council may want to cancel the June 12 work meeting which was scheduled for a Monday because of the Association of Washington Cities convention that week. COUNCILMAN HERB MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, THAT THE JULY 4 COUNCIL MEETING BE RESCHEDULED TO MONDAY, JULY 3. It was commented that this meeting could be cancelled at a later date, depending upon agenda items. MOTION CARRIED. It was generally agreed that the June 12 work,,,! meeting should remain on the calendar inasmuch as it is the only work meeting for that month. . Councilman Gould.said he and. Councilwoman Allen had attended a recent meeting concerning the new Juvenile Court Act. At this meeting it was requested that each jurisdiction (the City of Edmonds is -a jurisdiction) have two people appointed to the Advisory Board. Those people will solicit candidates within their jurisdiction to serve on Community Conference Committees, which committees will review juvenile cases and determine the community service which will be required of certain classes of youthful offenders. Mayor Harrison invited suggestions from the Council as to who would be good members of the Advisory Board. Councilman Gould offered to serve and said Council- woman Allen had expressed an interest. He said the next meeting will be April 25. Councilman Clement referred to a current case report, Save the Valuable Environment vs. Bothell, et al, and said he had a question about the legitimacy of the City of Edmonds belonging to a CT-a-mFer of Commerce, given that decision. He asked if the Chamber of Commerce came here to lobby on any quasi-judicial proceeding would the decision automatically be thrown out because of being a member of the Chamber. City Attorney John Wallace responded that it would not when the City as a whole has purchased the membership, and that.the case cited inv6lved individuals who were members of various organizations. MAYOR Mayor Harrison said he had a memorandum from Community Development Director John Latourelle indicating that the applicant had withdrawn his application for rezone from RML to BN the property located south of 212th S.W. and east of 76th Ave. W. (P.C. Resolution 589), and therefore Mr. LaTourelle was requesting it be removed from the April 25 agenda. COUNCILMAN CARNS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, THAT THE HEARING ON P.C. RESOLUTION 589 BE DELETED FROM THE APRIL 25 AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Harrison advised that the grant from the State Office of Archeology and Historic Pres- ervation in the amount of $9,500 -for exterior preservation work on the Edmonds Museum had been April 11, 1978 - continued apprgve.d. Matching funds were required from the City and, although those funds were not so budgeted, the Council had gone on record as favoring the application with the indication that matching funds MOTION: would be provided. COUNCILMAN CARNS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE, AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR BE INSTRUCTED TO DESIGNATE A FUND FROM WHICH TO BORROW $9,500, FOR ONE YEAR, AT 5% INTEREST, TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS FOR THE MUSEUM GRANT. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Harrison read a statement in response to a challenge from the Police Department regarding the physical fitness test recommended for police officers and fire fighters. Mayor Harrison had commented that he could pass it, and was challenged to do so. He said he would take the test on Wednesday, April 26, at noon, at the Junior High School playfield across from the Civic Center, and he offered an invitation to anyone who wished to join him. DISCUSSION ON PUBLICATION OF AGENDAS City Clerk Irene Varney Moran had provided information regarding publication in the Western Sun similar to that which is done for the Everett City Council, including costs. Suggestions made were that the picture of the Mayor and Council be omitted, except perhaps once a month; that the names of the Mayor and the Council members be included; and that extraneous ma:ter:fa=l�s.udhas file numbers be omitted.. It was also suggested that a statement be included soliciting audience participation regarding matters not on the agenda. Councilman Carns did.not favor publication in the Western Sun because he said it reached only about 1,000 residences in the City of Edmonds when there are about 8,000 residences in the City. He felt this was too expensive a proposal for reaching so few residences. He felt the major issues discussed are well covered in the Western Sun, Enterprise,:zand Tribune Review, and that the communication problem was not great. Councilman Clement suggested a bulk mailing might reach more citizens at less cost than publication in the newspaper. Further discussion indicated most of the Council members approved of the concept and.it MOTION: was recommended that it be left to the Staff to develop the notice. COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, THAT THE STAFF -BE ADVISED TO PROCEED ON THE CONCEPT PRESENTED, •• AND THAT A FORMAT BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL F,O�R APPROVAL AT THE APRIL 25 MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. REVIEW SUBMISSION OF 201 FACILITIES PLAN FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND ALTERNATE PROPOSALS 1 • 1 1 The Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations portion of the Reid -Middleton -report had been provided for review. Community Development Director John LaTourelle stated that if the EPA accepts the recommendations of the report they will fund a formal environmental impact statement. Council- man Gould noted that the implementation section. calls for holding public hearings in each area. Allen deSteiguer of Reid, Middleton & Associates indicated one hearing would be held in each political area and that the State had requested an opportunity to review the report before the public hearings are held. Further, he said the way the plan was presented it basically said that the alternative. that expands the present plant appears to be the most cost effective at this point. Councilman Gould said the Council should be advised by the Staff when the comments come in from the DOE and EPA, and then they could look at the schedule.for public hearings. Councilman Nordquist said he had discussed the report with Public Works Director Leif Larson and that one of the problems is that one of the sites being considered involves expansion through acquisition of property. He said the existing site has two tracts adjacent to it -which. would be needed to carry out the project and it was his understanding that over the last year of so the adjacent property owners had been considering selling and had contacted Mr.`�Larson. Mr. Larson had indicated that they cannot continue to tell these people that a decision will be made and.then put it off. Councilman Nordquist noted also that if Public Works had to be expanded that.property might be used for such expansion. There was no action taken on this item. FURTHER DISCUSSION ON P.C. RESOLUTION 584, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO ZONING CODE TO ALLOW JOINT RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS USE OF BUILKINGS IN BN, BC, AND'CW ZONES (FILE ZO-8-77) (REVIEW ORDINANCE 1984, PASSED MARCH 21) Community Development Director John LaTourelle recommended that this matter be remanded to the Planning Commission for further review. Several problems had arisen since its passage which appeared MOTION: to need further Planning Commission study. Mr. LaTourelle briefly discussed them. COUNCILMAN GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEMENT, THAT P.C. RESOLUTION 584 (ORDINANCE 1985) BE REMANDED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND•RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING PENTHOUSES, BUILDING HEIGHT, ALLOWABLE UNITS, SETBACKS, PARKING, LOT.COVERAGE, AND DENSITY, AND THAT THEIR FINDINGS BE RETURNED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED. ::Councilman Carns inquired of the City Attorney whether applications for building permits already in process under Ordinance 1985 would proceed, and he replied that they would, that the ordinance became effective five days after passage and posting. There was no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. IRENE VARNEY MORAN, CYTY CLERK Apr.i;l v18, 1978 The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called -to order at 7:45 p.m. by Mayor Harrison in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT ABSENT STAFF PRESENT n LJ Harve Harrison, Mayor Phil Clement Charles Dibble, M.A.A.