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19790529 City Council Minutes380 May 29, 1979 - Work Meeting The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order. at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Pro tem Ray Gould in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center.. All.present joined in the flag salute, following which Mayor Harrison arrived. PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Mike Herb John Nordquist Ray Gould„ Tom Carns' Larry Naughten CONSENT AGENDA ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Katherine Allen Charles Dibble, M.A.A. Leif Larson, Public,Works Director John LaTourelle, Community-Devel. Dir. Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Fred Herzberg, City Engineer Marlo Foster, Police Chief Art Housler, Finance Director Jack Weinz, Asst. Fire Chief Wayne Tanaka, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk Councilman Gould asked that Item (C).be removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMAN CARNS MOTION: MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN.- OUNCILMAN NORDQUIST,, TO APPROVE THE BALANCE.OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED.'''The approved portion of the Consent Agenda included the following: MOTION: MOTION: (A) Roll call. (B) Approval of Minutes of May 22, 1979. (D) Authorization for Mayor to sign contract rezone for Lot 5, Willowbrook Division #1, and adoption of Ordinance 2072 rezoning such property, in accordance with Council action of May 22, 1979. (E) Passage of Resolution 440, setting June 26, 1979 as date for hearing on preliminary assessment roll--5th.Ave..sidewalks. PROPOSED ORDINANCE VACATING PORTION OF.,75TH.AVE. W. AND PORTION OF NORTH MEADOWDALE ROAD IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL ACTION.TAKEN MAY 15, 1979. LItem C on Consent Agenda] Councilman Gould stated that during.the recess following the subject action a number of people had talked to him and indicated -they did not understand what the City was doing. He suggested it might be appropriate to have a second reading of the ordinance to give the people a second chance to voice their concern. Other Council members fe.l.t.it would be all right to discuss the action to clarify to the public what was -happening, but they felt there should not be another public hearing and there should be no more testimony. COUNCILMAN GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN, TO SCHEDULE A SECOND READING OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO VACATE A PORTION OF 75TH AVE. W. AND A PORTION OF NORTH MEADOWDALE RD. ON JUNE 11, 1979. MOTION CARRIED. COUNCILMAN CARNS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN, TO PASS RESOLUTION 441 (not on the agenda')`, COMMENDING JACK F. COOPER FOR HIS SERVICES AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD. MOTION CARRIED. This resolution will be presented at a ceremony on.May 31. COUNCIL Councilman Nordquist introduced Scott.Danielson of Parsons & Brinkerhoff who discussed the final draft of the intermodal study. Mr.. Danielson explained their recommendations regarding the long-term intermodal transporation terminal study. He noted that the City was considering making the traffic on Railroad Ave. one-way and -he suggested a delay of that decision. Copies of the study will be provided to the Council. Councilman Carns asked if there had been a report from the State Highway Department regarding SR524 indicating they will comply with the Council's decision that right-of-way will betaken equally from both -sides of that street. Public Works Director Leif Larson responded that they had indicated they were going ahead with the first phase and they are studying the second phase and will be replying.to the City. Councilman Carns asked that the State Highway Department be requested to send the City a letter stating that they intend complying with the Council's intent -that 5' will be taken from each side of the street for the right-of-way. MAYOR Mayor Harrison advised there would be a short Executive Session following this meeting to discuss personnel and property matters. Mayor Harrison stated two people were in the audience from.the Seaview Park area and they had brought to his attention that the problem of noise and traffic.still existed there. He suggested a possible solution to the problem may be to restrict the use of that park to children 10 years of age and less." He said he would like to work with the Parks and Recreation Division to -see if they could reschedule the older users to other parks. The Council indicated the Park Board should work.on this problem. COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GOULD, THAT THE SEAVIEW PARK PROBLEMS BE REFERRED TO THE PARK BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION AND THAT A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION BE GIVEN THE COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY. AFTER THE NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Carns was not present for the vote. DISCUSSION OF BRACKETT'S LANDING, UNION OIL BEACH, AND LAEBUGTEN.WHARF AREA 1 1 1 1 1 The Staff had prepared a report stating the problems and suggested solutions. 'Community Development Director John LaTourelle noted that one solution had been to move the traffic one 0 May 29, 1979 - continued 1 1 • 1 0 1 1 way (north) on Railroad Ave., and.he.suggested that be deferred in light of the.intermodal report given this evening: Councilman Carns said,he had been going to the waterfront frequently'and.had noted a large increase in police activity. Police Chief Marlo Foster.said'they have been averaging 10-20 citations at Brackett's Landing each evening, mostly"for.parking and illegal possession and consumption of alcohol. Councilman Carns said the Police Department:is.down in manpower and he could not imagine this amount of police activity being.continued without other areas suffering. He discussed the various solutions the Staff had suggested.and did not.fi'nd'them adequate, some of them requiring funds which are not available. He noted that last evening.he.had seen more Edmonds residents at Brackett's.Landing than in the past, and he attributed that..partly.to the policing which has been occurring, but he felt the problem would.. increase as soon as the policing is reduced. He suggested that all parking, except for the handicapped,'be eliminated...from Brackett's Landing as he did not feel the City should tolerate the illegal activities occurring.ther.e. Mr. LaTourelle responded that parking is needed in the area. He -said the problem occurs. -mainly in the evening hours, but the beach is used on summer afternoons by families. One of the solutions the Staff had suggested was to close the parking lots at Union Oil Park and Brackett's Landing at 8:00. p.m. It was now suggested that those lots be closed to entering traffic at 8:00 p.m. so that families spending the evening there would not have to leave. Councilman Gould noted that there are two schools of thought regarding the waterfront. One group of residents along the beach is looking to the City for protection of their property and privacy. Another group says the beaches are a part of the City and they should be able to utilize them. He felt.the Council should be careful -not to take the kind of.action that defeats the use of the beaches. Councilman Herb'commented that everybody can use the beaches but they must comply with the rules, and the young people who go down there do not observe the rules and it intimidates everybody else, so that one group takes over the beaches. He noted that there is very much to do in this area for recreation, and that the City had no obligation to preserve either of these beaches for anyone who was not willing to follow the rules. He was opposed to eliminating MOTION: the parking. COUNCILMAN CARNS THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN, THAT THE PARKING LOTS Amended AT UNION OIL BEACH AND BRACKETT'S LANDING BE CLOSED TO ENTERING VEHICLES AT 8:00 P.M., STARTING IMMEDIATELY, AND THAT THE SITUATION.BE REVIEWED AT THE OCTOBER.2,.1979 COUNCIL MEETING. Councilman Gould suggested it might be better to.,go by daylight instead of a definite 8:00 p.m. It was also commented that October was too far away to reassess the situation. COUNCILMAN.CARNS, WITH THE Amendment APPROVAL OF THE SECOND, AMENDED HIS MOTION TO SET JULY .3, .1.979'. FOR�'.REVIEW'-OF`=THE; SITUATION.' :COUNCILMAN Amendment HERB THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GOULD, THAT THE CLOSING TIME BE ONE -HOUR BEFORE SUNSET. (14ithdrawn)Police Chief Foster stated that by that.time of night the activity will have increased beyond control. He also was not -in favor of such an indefinite time. THE MOTION TO AMEND WAS WITHDRAWN, AS WAS THE SECOND. THE MAIN MOTION THEN CARRIED. DISCUSSION.OF DEVELOPMENT ADMIN.IST,RAT.ION.:PROCESS Community Development Director John LaTourelle had submitted.a report outlining the proposed program. The first part of the program consists.of.an analysis of the City's development review procedures and is being done by a consultant,..Fel,.ix Reisner. He had recommended that the City adopt a hearing examiner system and create a permit coordinator position —The second part of the program involves rewriting and revising the City's development regulations... Several chapters of a proposed Community Development Code were submitted.. .Councilman Carns expressed concern about 20.80.020 B of the proposed new Code because he felt it was too structured. He felt that people should not be required. to speak or provide input at a public,.hearing in such a specific order. The intent of this section was discussed. Felix Reisner gave.a brief summary of the hearing.examiner concept. The Council felt all board and commission members should know about the proposal to have a hearing examiner. MOTION: COUNCILMAN HERB MOVED, SECONDED BY,COUNCILMAN GOULD, THAT.EACH AFFECTED BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBER BE SENT A WRITTEN NOTICE TO ATTEND..THE.SCHEDULED JUNE-11, 1979 DISCUSSION OF THE ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. MOTION CARRIED..: Mr. Reisner asked if he should continue work on the hearing MOTION: examiner process. COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST,MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, THAT THE HEARING EXAMINER CONCEPT BE PURSUED IN DETAIL. MOTION CARRIED. REPORT FROM SENIOR CENTER ON VIEWING TOWER MOTION: Councilman Nordquist said he had attended. the Senior Center. Board of Directors' meeting and he reported that they do not want the viewing -tower but they would like to have the funds put into the expansion of�a part of building...He noted, however., that progress has already been made into the working drawings and that it would be wise to set aside those funds for contingencies which undoubtedly will arise as work progresses. COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, THAT THE LETTER FROM THE SENIOR CENTER BOARD OF,DIRECTORS BE ACCEPTED,.IN WHICH THEY STATE THAT THEY DO NOT WANT THE VIEWING TOWER, BUT THAT.THE.000NCIL RECOMMENDS THAT THOSE FUNDS BE USED WHERE NEEDED IN THE VERY NEAR -FUTURE ; BUT NOT FOR BUILDING EXPANSION,'WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WILL BE A CONTINGENCY FUND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING FUND. MOTION CARRIED. There was no further business to come before the Council, and..the meeting adjourned to Executive Session at 8:55 p.m. IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Ci Clerk i HARVE N. HARRISON, Mayor