19800429 City Council MinutesApril 29, 1980.- Work Meeting
The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order.at 8:00 p.m. by Mayor Harve
Harrison in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center.. All.present joined in the flag
salute.
PRESENT
Harve Harrison, Mayor
Jo -Anne Jaech
Bill Kasper
Katherine Allen
John Nordquist
Ray Gould
Larry Naughten
Mary Goetz
CONSENT AGENDA
STAFF PRESENT
Charles Dibble, M.A.A.
Fred Herzberg, Public Works Director
John LaTourelle, Planning Consultant
Mary Lou Block, Acting Planning Division Mgr.
Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk
Marlo Foster, Police.Chief
Gary McComas, Fire Marshal
Art Housler, Finance Director
Jim Jessel; Parks & Recreation Division Mgr.
Jim Murphy, City Attorney
Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk
MOTION: Item (E) was removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN.MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
NORDQUIST, TO -APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The approved.items
on the Consent Agenda included the following:
(A) Roll call.
(B) Approval of Minutes of Apr:il.22, 1980.
(C) Setting date of May 20, 1980 for hearing on proposed amendment to Official Street Map
for reduction of the dead-end.of 242nd St. S.W. from 60' to*40' at the west end of
242nd St. S.W. (File'ST-3-80)
(D) Authorization for Mayor to execute Edmonds Arts Commission's Arts Assistance Grant.
(F) Authorization for Mayor to.execute Personal Services Contract for Richard Pearson.'
(G). Adoption -of Ordinance 2132,for Comprehensive Plan amendment and contract rezone for
Port of�Edmonds.
AUTHORIZATION�FOR.MAYOR TO EXECUTE -AGREEMENT FOR SECURITY SERVICES'TO.,STEVENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Item E on Consent -Agenda
Police Chief Marlo Foster said the hospital administrator had asked the City for years to
provide security. • The services would be similar to those provided to.the Port of Edmonds., The
intent was to -hire three additional security officers and promote one.of the present security
officers to Senior Securit
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Y provide the flexibility of an officer to fill .
slots vacated by sickness, vacation, holidays., and compensatory time, and to assist with training.
Such flexibility is -lacking at this time. Chief Foster said the contract would be at no cost
to the City and there was -no administrative overhead built into it. Services were proposed to
begin June 1, 1980. Questions were asked about several parts of the contract, and the costs
MOTION: were discussed. COUNCILMAN GOULD THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN KASPER, TO APPROVE ITEM
(E) ON 7HE CONSENT AGENDA, AND ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE CONTRACT THE MONETARY AMOUNT IS TO READ
$3,491 PER MONTH. MOTION CARRIED.
MAYOR
Mayor Harrison said a letter had been received.from the Department of Transportation indicating
they are investigating the possibility of.constructfng,�a Park-.and<:Ride4 fte"i:n Edmonds, and
suggesting several possible areas. Mayor Harrison thought the suggested downtown sites were
inappropriate as the mission was to take.people to Seattle and pooling people to the downtown
MOTION: area of Edmonds to park would not be suitable: COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
GOULD, THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MAKE.A PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL MAY 13, 1980 REGARDING
THE PARK AND RIDE PROPOSAL. MOTION CARRIED.
Mayor Harrison had received a letter.from Stevens Memorial Hospital setting forth the long-
range plan for the hospital and asking for support through a letter., The South Snohomish
County Chamber of Commerce had written.a letter of support, and Mayor Harrison recommended
MOTION: that the City offer its support. COUNCILMAN .NOR Q
THAT THE REQUEST FROM STEVENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL..BEUMOVED, REFERREDTOSECONDED COUNCILMAN
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DEVELOPMENT DEPART-
MENT TO EXAMINE FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT, AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION BE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS/COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT' COMMITTEE,' AND :A'!REPORT".�MADE TO THE COUNCIL MAY 20
, 1980. Councilman Gould said he
had read the report and it appeared that the plan certainly would be a benefit to the community,
but there may be some community development impacts of which he was not aware. THE MOTION
CARRIED.
Mayor Harrison7said.the Planning.Division had requested a preannexation hearing for the Albertsons
property on May 6, 1980.E The adoption'hearing.was proposed..for June..7, 1980 and a preannexation
MOTION: hearing is required.30 days prior to .t.he adoption.hear..ing.. COUNCILMAN.NORDOUIST MOVED, SECONDED
BY COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, TO PLACE THE ALBERTSONS PREANNEXATION.HEARING.ON..THE MAY 6; 1980 AGENDA.
Councilman Gould noted that the agenda already was lengthy, and he felt this item should go at
the bottom. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL
Councilman.Nordquist asked that'Item 6 on the agenda (Discussion .on.Senior.Center Insurance) be
moved to position 5 as one of ,the.inv.olved.parties had another..commitment this evening. That was
agreeable to the Council.
Councilman.Gould.acknowledged.a.report.fr.om.the Parks and.Recreation Division Manager. regarding
Seaview Park...changes.
Councilman Gould noted that a request had,come from the.Pub Tic.Works Director for an ordinance
regulating the dumping by septi.c,tank pumper trucks within the City of Edmonds. He suggested that
there be one centrally located dump site at 2nd and Alder St..(on the west side of the Public Works
Department). where dumping can be monitored. A quarterly.fee.of.$125 (as required by the City of
Everett) would be -charged and the permit would be obtained at.the Public Works Department. The
permit application will require the name of the company., amount of sewage to be dumped, address
within the:City,of Edmonds that.,was..pumped, and the signature of the driver. The purpose would be
to provide. -a record of where there,may be.septic tank problems that the City may be able to help
MOTION: correct. COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN.GOETZ, TO INSTRUCT THE.CITY ATTORNEY TO
DRAFT AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THE CITY TO MONITOR AND CONTROL -THE DUMPING OF SEPTIC TANK PUMPERS AS
DESCRIBED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. MOTION CARRIED.
Councilwoman Allen advised that she would not be present at the May -13, 1980 meeting. Councilman
Gould also advised that he would not be.present at that meeting.
Council President Nordquist.called.for an Executive Session following this evening's meeting to
discuss the.evaluation of the. Mayor's Administrative Assistant, and he asked that the Council and
• the City. Attorney be in attendance.
Councilman..Nordquist comented that he was disappointed to see the removal of the cherry trees on 5th
Ave. where the new,5th Ave..Plaza Building has been constructed... He had checked the ADB review of
that development and saw that flowering crabapple trees will.be planted.as street trees, but he felt
thaf was a.poor-replacement for.mature cherry trees.
DECISION ON AMENDMENT TO OFFICIAL.STREET MAP TO DELETE A CUL-DE-SAC SHOWN ON THE OFFICIAL STREET MAP
AT THE NORTH END OF 6TH AVE. S. (ST-1-80); PROPOSED VACATION.OF A PORTION OF RIGHT -OF -WAY -OF 6TF
AVE. S. WHICH EXTENDS SOUTH FROM ELM ST..AND AMEND THE OFFICIAL.STREET MAP ACCORDINGLY; CONTRACT
REZONE FROM RS76 TO RMH AT 22200 6TH.AVE. S. (R-12-79); AND.ON A.50-UNIT PRD.AT 22200 6TH AVE. S.
AND SR 1.04 (°EDMONDS WAY) NEAR. THE :SOUTH. END OF 5TH AVE...S...(.PRD-4-.79)
This item. had been continued.from.last week when some of the Staff had expressed concern as to the
economics'of accepting a small park land property donation.. Since that time Public Works Director
Fred Herzberg and Parks and Recreation Manager Jim Jessel had walked the site and determined that it
would be a .valuable addition.to the park.system, that it,.should be left natural, and that maintenance
would be minimal. The members.of.the Parks Advisory Board had been polled and there was total
agreement that the property donation was more valuable than.the $300 per unit fee. Mr.' Herzberg and
Mr. Jessel recommended approval... City.Attor.ney Jim Murphy.said he had spoken -to the owners last
week after the hearing and theyindicated that they had been paid for the condemned property when
taken by -the State for SR 104. Councilman Kasper said.he felt that since Mr. Taylor was dedicating
the park property to the City the payment for the vacated property should be waived on the west
side, but he thought the City should -seek remuneration for the vacated east half of the street.
MOTION: COUNCILMAN KASPER THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, THAT THE AMENDMENT TO THE OFFICIAL
STREET MAP BE APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION;.AND, AS TO THE,VACATION OF THE
STREET, THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE WEST HAVING DEDICATED.THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY FOR PARK LAND, WILL
NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY ONE-HALF THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY; HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY OWNER
MOTION: TO THE EAST`OF 6TH AVE. WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY ONE-HALF THE VALUE OF THE DEDICATED RIGHT-OF-WAY.
• MOTION -CARRIED. COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GOULD, THAT ORDINANCE 2133 BE
ADOPTED, APPROV-ING THE CONTRACT REZONE/PRD.(R-12-79/PRD-4-79). MOTION CARRIED.
DISCUSSION OF -SENIOR -CENTER -INSURANCE
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MOTION:
Finance Director Art Housler stated that the discussion should include: (A) Who should pay the
premiums, (2) Whose insurance agent shouldmarket the insurance; and (3) Whether the City should
provide a waiver of subrogation. Leo Gese, attorney for the Senior Center, said the City had
provided insurance for the Senior -Center since 1973 and the Senior Center had not been billed for
it. He thought this probably had been an oversight. He said the issue was, beginning now, whether
the City should continue'to pay the premiums or pass them on to the Center. He said the Center's
budget is $80,000 per year with three. administrative personnel, and one-half of that budget is
raised by those personnel. He requested that no. further financial burden be placed on them.
Councilman Naughten said he saw.no reason why the City should not continue to pay the premiums, and
some of Council members expressed agreement. Councilman Nordquist noted that if the City includes
the Center with its other buildings for insurance the premiums are less than if ,the Center paid them
itself. Councilwoman Jaech observed that such places as this for senior citizens are extremely
worthwhile endeavors for an important segment of the citizens. City Attorney Jim Murphy said the
lease willchave to be renegotiated, and Councilman Gould.said,that insurance premium should be shown
in that section of next year's budget. COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN.MOVED, SECONDED BY -COUNCILWOMAN GOETZ,
THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE A NEW LEASE FOR.THE SENIOR CENTER TO INCLUDE THE
INSURANCE PREMIUM PLUS THE MUTUAL WAIVER OF SUBROGATION. MOTION CARRIED.
REVIEW OF ENTIRE. .SUNSET AVE TRAFF.IC..CONFIGURATION
Parks and Recreation Division Manager.Jim.Jessel said that.after detailed analysis the Staff determined
that one-way traffic north would.be the best configuration for.Sunset Ave. That took into consideration
views, areas for parking, and traffic. ..They then were asked. .to show what a two-way situation would
be, and they prepared a proposal.for.that. They then heard .from some of the residents who did not
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think the two-way configuration would.be satisfactory. Mr. Jessel now suggested that a community
meeting be ,held on Sunset -Ave. He had found one of the residents, Sproule McGinness, who was
willing to have a meeting at his home on Thursday, May 8,.and Mr. Jessel intended putting a
notice on every doorstep on Sunset Ave. and 2nd Ave. Councilman Kasper reported that the
Public Safety Committee recommended a.one-way street, northerly, on Sunset from Edmonds to
Caspers, with diagonal -parking on the west side only, and parking not to exceed the number of
cars presently able to park on the west side of Sunset. They also.recommended that 2nd Ave.-N.
be made one-way, northerly, from Edmonds to Caspers, with parallel parking on both sides. He
said they did not -want action on this recommendation until input was received from the residents.
MOTION: COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN, THAT THE DISCUSSION REGARDING
SUNSET AVE. BE CONTINUED TO MAY 20, 1980. MOTION CARRIED. This„item is to be placed on the
agenda prior to the Community Development Code.
DISCUSSION REGARDING PURCHASING SYSTEM -FOR CITY
Councilwoman Allen, Chairman of the Finance Committe, said one of the Ernst and Whinney comments
was that the City's purchasing is relatively small. They concluded that a purchasing agent was
not warranted. The Finance Committee recommended that purchases..up to $200 (without sales tax)
should be approved by the department head, and that any purchase over that amount should be
requested through the Mayor's Administrative Assistant. The Finance Committee would review all
purchases over $500 quarterly, and any purchases over $500 would require three telephone quotations.
A formal procedure based on these recommendations will be drafted and presented for consideration,
and the Finance Committee would like to see it May 20.
DISCUSSION ON PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD
MOTION:
COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, THAT.THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED TO
mended
JUNE 24, 1980, BECAUSE OF.THE ACTION TAKEN LAST WEEK TO PUT OFF -THE HIRING OF A HEARING EXAMINER
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Amendment
UNTIL JULY 1,-1980. COUNCILMAN GOULD_AMENDED THE MOTION, SECONDED, BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, TO
CHANGE THE CONTINUED'DATE TO JUNE 17, 1980 INASMUCH AS NEITHER WOULD BE PRESENT ON JUNE 241, -
1980, AND THEY WISHED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION. THE MOTION TO AMEND CARRIED. THE MAIN
MOTION, AS AMENDED, THEN CARRIED. There was then a brief discussion of the information drafted
for the proposed Community Development Code regarding the Planning.Advisory Board. Councilman
Gould stated that regarding appointment.to.the Board several alternatives were given, and he
felt it was the sense of the Council that the members of the Board should be appointed by the
Mayor from a list supplied by the City Council, wherein each Council member nominates three
people and each Council member may have the -veto right for any one name on the list. He further
suggested that future vacancies come from the existing.list, but the Coucil in general did not
agree with that suggestion. There would be no Council confirmation of the appointments.
Councilman Nordquist said he hoped all parts of the City will be represented on the Board.
Councilman Gould felt that before the Board is established the Council should give the candidates
an idea of the kinds of projects on which the Board will be asked .to work. He noted that there
already are 13 projects on the Council's list, and the Council may even prioritize them. Under
paragraph B, Alternate 2, relating the Aerm of the Board member to that of the Council member
who nominated him, is to be deleted. For future vacancies each Council member will nominate
one person, and the Mayor will appoint from a list of those persons.
Councilwoman Allen noted that the AWC convention in Olympia will begin on June 17, 1980, and
the Council traditionally has moved that Council meeting to the preceding Monday night. COUNCILWOMAN
MOTION:
ALLEN MOVED, -SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, THAT THE JUNE 17,.1980.COUNCIL MEETING BE RESCHEDULED
FOR MONDAY,.JUNE 16, 1980. MOTION CARRIED,.WITH COUNCILWOMAN GOETZ VOTING NO BECAUSE SHE HAS
ANOTHER COMMITMENT THAT NIGHT.
DISCUSSION.OF.HEARING.NOT.IFICATION SYSTEM
Councilwoman Jaech had.asked for this discussion because she felt the public is not satisfied
with the notification -system., The City Clerk and the City Attorney had provided information as
to notification requirements. Councilwoman Jaech questioned whether the requirements were
being met, and she was told that they were. There was a brief discussion regarding ideas
previously considered to try to inform the citizens, and the idea of a monthly newsletter again
was suggested. That idea had been discarded previously because of the exhorbitant cost. The
City Clerk was asked to contact the City of Mountlake Terrace to get:i.nformation regarding its
newletter to the citizens. That report was asked to be placed on. the May 6, 1980 agenda.
NEW SNOCOM CENTER -
Police Chief Marlo Foster stated that it was being proposed that the new SNOCOM center be built
adjacent to the present Lynnwood Police Department. The Lynnwood City -Council had agreed to
issue councilmanic bonds to fund this project, and the SNOCOM Board asked to know the Edmonds
City Council's position on entering,such an.agreement. The projected,cost is $400,000, and
Edmonds' share would be $12,350 per year ona 20--year payback or $11.,490 per year on a 25-year
payback. Chief Foster said -the transmitters are all remote so the actual site is.not important,.
but the important thing is to have everything together. He thought the site of the South -
District Court would-be the best. He.thought the SNOCOM Board was going,to suggest a rental
MOTION: fee instead that would include paying the interest on the bonds. COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN MOVED,
SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN GOETZ, THAT THE EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVE..THE CONCEPT OF THE NEW
SNOCOM CENTER, BUT NOT THE $12,000 ANNUAL COST.- MOTION CARRIED.
There was no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting adjourned to Executive
Session at 9:55 p.m.
IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Ci y Clerk HARVE.H. HARRISON, Mayor
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