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19800708 City Council Minutes• July 1, 1980 - continued 1 1 1 1 Ray Martin, 18709 94th Ave. W., asked if it would be indicated.on the.postings for setback adjust- ments to be made by the Community;:Development.Director that.the neighbors could request a hearing, and he was told it would. He said he would like to see the Hearing Examiner be a person not influ- enced by, -planners or City officials,. so he can be intelligent,and..use his best judgment. Mr. Martin noted that.there are some fine .PRDs:, but he felt there is a.potential for some bad ones, and he felt _very tight:control should be exercised over them. He felt.there could be a density problem. He observed that a PRD might be a small segment of the development of the'City, but it would be very big in the local neighborhood. Falk Kelm, Director of the Snohomish County Master Builders Association, congratulated the Planning staff on their foresight in drafting,the Code as presently -proposed.. He stated that.in each instance where his association had seen the land use hearing examiner system adopted they had found it worked extremely well. As to qualifications, he said an.attorney.is not necessarily.better qualfied than a person who has dealt in land use matters or as a planner, engineer, or in an allied field. However, if an attorney is considered, .he felt it should be one who has experience in land use issues, and he said that when .that person is hired it is important that everyone agree that this is a nonpolitical appointment and neither the Mayor nor the Council can exert pressure on him. Mr. Kelm felt that in appeals -'de novo hearings would defeat the use of a land use hearing examiner --any appeal should be on the record. -Regarding PRDs, he said they allow for.a.mix-of housing. Bi'orn.Thuesen responded to Mrs..Kasmar's comments regarding increased density caused by PRDs. He said there is no such thing as a piece of land that is unbuildable--but there is the option of better development such.as in saving trees. He said it,was his intention to ask a number of builders to band together informally to see if they can work with,the Council of Concerned Citizens as he would.l-i-ke.to see the information which is.being disseminated.be factual. Lloyd Ostrom said they welcomed that kind of sentiment,:and.that they never wanted.to,be.in a position of fighting City Hall or being -anti -builders. He said they would be delighted to work with the builders and developers. Councilman Gould asked the Staff to prepare, before the July 15 review of Title 20, some.sketches of the existing five PRDs in the City and demonstrate what they would have looked like fully developed in the underlying zone, including trees, impervious surfaces,.etc.. Councilman Kasper felt drainage also should -be included, as one of the main benefits of PRDs is the ability to reduce runoff. The Staff responded that drainage is very complex and it would.be difficult to do that in anything but a cursory manner for this purpose. Greg Farrar_, 133 4th Ave. N., said he was one of the youngest people present, and he was grateful for the values he had learned in growing.up in Edmonds and for the benefits of having small neigh- borhoods. He asked that the -Hearing Examiner be someone who has a value.system and that everybody in the neighborhoods be made aware of what is happening. Jim Shields, 709 6th Ave. N. said he hoped the Hearing Examiner. hearings Would be scheduled at a time convenient to the citizens, which probably would be evenings. - There was no further business to come before the Council.,.and the meeting was adjourned'at 12:00 p.m., the scheduled Executive Session being cancelled because of the late hour. IRENE VARNEY14ORAN, C' y Clerk HARVE.H. HARRISON, Mayor July 8, 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 Bill Kasper Katherine Allen John Nordquist Ray Gould Larry Naughten Mary Goetz CONSENT AGENDA ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Jo -Anne Jaech Charles Dibble, M.A.A. Irene Varney Moran,.City Clerk John LaT-ourel.le, Planning Consultant Mary Lou Block, .Pl anni.ng ..Division .Mgr. Jim Adams.,.City Engineer. Marlo Foster; Police Chief. Jack Wei nz, Fire Chief Art Housl-er,• Finance Director, Bill Nims, Traffic, Engineer Steve Simpson, Recreation Administrator Ji'm Murphy, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy. City Clerk . MOTION: COUNCILMAN GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN,.TO:.AP.PROVE.THE CONSENT AGENDA, INCLUDING A CORRECTION TO THE MINUTES [ITEM (B.) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA] -SUBMITTED BY THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK. The correction to the Minutes was a notation that Councilman Gould's name.had been omitted from 40 76 July 8, 1980 - continued • the listing of those present,.at last week's meeting. THE MOTION CARRIED., (Councilman Kasper was not present for the vote,,•arriving at 8:25 p...m.).. The approved -items -on the Consent Agenda included the following: (A) Roll call. (B) Approval.of Minutes of July 1, 1980, as corrected. (C) Setting date of July 29, 1980 for Report and Discussion of Downtown Parking. MAYOR Mayor Harrison advised that the Association of Snohomish County Cities & Towns will meet at, 6:30 p.m., July 24, 1980, at Edmonds Community College, and he asked that those planning to attend advise his office. Mayor Harrison also announced that there would.be a management breakfast meeting.at 7:00 a.m., July 18, 1980, at the.Pancake.Haus, for presentation of the midyear financial review. Mayor Harrison stated that on advice of the City Attorney he would withdraw his application for membership in the Edmonds Council.of Concerned.Citizens. He said there is enough doubt cast regarding the Appearance of Fairness Doctrine that it -would be better..that he not be a member. City Attorney Jim Murphy had prepared and distributed to the.Mayor-and Council an opi.nion regarding "Appearance of Fairness Doctrine, Membership in Nonprofit Adversary or. other Parti- cipatory Groups," in which he concluded that the most cautionary.step for City officials would be to refrain from any membership in associations or other advisory -groups which may'.take a, position on an action which may come before the City official. COUNCIL Councilman Naughten.reported on the Finance.Committee meeting, held earlier this evening. One of the subjects discussed was the possi.bility.of insurance pooling.. Results of a recent study of a number of cities' insurance programs indicated that Edmonds had the least number of claims paid. The'Finance Committee felt the Council should discuss the question of insurance pooling. MOTION: COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN THEREFORE MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, TO SET FOR DISCUSSION ON AUGUST 5, 1980 THE SUBJECT OF INSURANCE POOLING. Discussion will.include advantages, disadvantages, and cost effectiveness of joining a pool. Councilman Nordquist•asked to see the loss claims. for the other cities involved. THE MOTION CARRIED. (Council.man Kasper was not present for the vote.) Another subject.discussed by the Finance Committee was the midyear financial report, and although it is scheduled as the subject of a management breakfast, it was felt --it should also be on a MOTION: City Council agenda. COUNCIL-MAN*NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, THAT THE MIDYEAR FINANCIAL REPORT BE PLACED ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA OF JULY 22, 1980. MOTION CARRIED. (Councilman - Kasper was riot present for the vote.) The requested museum elevator had been discussed by the Finance Committee, although they did not have,the data which had been furnished regarding this request (it was in the hands of the Public Works/Community Development Committee which will consider it on July 29, 1980). One . suggestion which came out of the discussion.was that the museum be moved to the Senior Center. The last item -discussed by the Finance Committee was the 1981 budget. .The committee agreed with the Mayor that some early discussions should be held regarding the budget. Councilman Naughten asked that each Council member submit a 1 ist of those expense items he or she would like to review in depth, and also that each submit a "wish list." He suggested that there be • an early fall budget meeting for a day to discuss all of it. MOTION: Councilwoman Allen brought up the subject of Fourth of July fireworks and suggested a street dance -on Labor Day to help finance fireworks for 1981. Several Council members felt there would be a positive response to requests for donations to provide fireworks next year. Council- man Nordquist will correspond. with the; Chamber of Commerce to offer City cooperation with the Chamber's efforts towards a fireworks display next year. Councilman Nordquist requested an Executi.ve.Session following this evening's meeting regarding a personnel matter and he asked that the Mayor and the City.Attorney attend. HEARING ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR SIX -YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT.PROGRAM, 1981 THROUGH 1-987 Traffic'Engineer Bill Nims reviewed the items listed on the plan and gave a slide presentation . to demonstrate the streets proposed for improvement. (During.this presentation Councilman Kasper arrived.) The hearing was opened to the public, no one wished to speak, and the public portion of the hearing was closed. Councilman.Gould suggested that the plan be submitted but also that the Finance Committee be asked to look at the road restoration and reconstruction section (1/2�.gas tax money) to see what roads really will be able.to be done. Then, he felt there should be some discussion about priorities to determine if the priorities remain the same. Mr. Nims commented that he had checked .with the State this,date and the 1/2� nas tax money will be approximately $11,600 per month -this year, whereas it had been $12,500 per month last year. COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN GOETZ,.THAT RESOLUTION 471 BE APPROVED, ADOPTING THE SIX -YEAR -TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO BE FILED WITH THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS AND THE URBAN ARTERIAL BOARD.: MOTION CARRIED. LJ July 8,. 1980 - continued 'IN VITATII.ON..TO JOHN. C: ,BROWNSON.,;".DI,RECTOR OF SNOHOMhS.H COUNTY DEPARTMENT_OF..EMERGENCY :. SERVICES-,.: TO;E�XPLAIN SERVLCES .P,ROV>IDED" AND. THEIR REQUEST. ,FOR. 'ADD'LTIONAL .ASSESSMENT . Mr.,Brbwnso'n'described the 6cti'vitie.s,.-:of2the Department of Emergency Services (DES). He discussed the reorganization of that department and the shortfall of $23,000 in federal funds upon which their .budget was dependant. The increased activity at Mount St. Helens had impacted them, as well as inflation and modification oftheir communications.systems. Mr. Brownson felt that federal.funds'had been diverted which should have gone to them as they are one of only three DESs in Washington counties which meet the staffing standards. Their guidelines indicate that departments which are fully staffed should have a priority on the funds, and they have plans to file suit on that basis. Anything they recover would be credited to the next year's assess- ment. He was asking for an increase of 8t or 11t per capita. The City's assessment for this year is 15t per capita. Councilman Gould asked how the City's Fire and Police Chiefs felt about the additional assessment: Fire Chief Weinz responded that South County had been overlooked by the DES. He.noted that when.DES hired the additional man last year that additional person was promised to South County for assistance, but he had not been seen. In fact, Chief Weinz felt there had not been much from DES of great importance until -Mount St. Helens erupted. He said'he was aware that they are underbudgeted, and maybe they needed this money in order to help South County more, but more help was needed locally. He noted that the DES used to have surplus property which could be obtained, but that no longer is.available; and he said nobody from DES had ever checked the fallout shelter. supplies. He added that the Ash Fallout Contingency Plan was prepared by the City of Edmonds and sent to them. Mr. Brownson acknowledged that it was a good plan and he briefly discussed the other matters. Councilman Naughten suggested that more input be MOTION: obtained before making a decision. COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN.MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, THAT • THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE REQUEST FROM THE SNOHOMISH.COUNTY-DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT BE CONTINUED TO JULY 29, 1980 IN ORDER TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INPUT. MOTION CARRIED. I DISCUSSION...OF LONG-RANGE PLAN..E.OR A PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING 1 40 1 1 Councilman Kasper, as Chairman of the Public Safety Committee, reported that the committee had reviewed the highlights of the retreat discussion -on this.subject and decided that the Council should study it further. They felt the Council should start thinking about what will be wanted so that in another year or so they canbe ready if funds should become available. Councilman Kasper noted that the major items to be determined would be what size site would be needed, the location of the site, and the design of the building. The committee suggested -that Police Chief Foster attend an upcoming International Association of Chiefs of Police training program on "Police Facilities Planning and Design," which"should"bean excellent source in the planning process. In looking forward to a ballot proposal at some future election, the committee felt the Planning Department should prepare an outline of the procedure, timetable, and.cost estimates for contracting the professional -services for an architect's rendering, floor plans, site plan, and cost estimates. Fire Chief Weinz said his biggest concern was the storage of the -firefighting equipment, and he felt Chief Foster's attendance at the seminar would be beneficial.to his planning also. Councilman Kasper cautioned that all site alternatives would have to be.considered and there should be investi gations into such things as empty school buildings which could be converted. COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOTION: MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN., THAT A COMMITTEE BE FORMED TO WORK ON THE LONG-RANGE PUBLIC ' SAFETY PLAN, THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIST.OF THE POLICE CHIEF,.THE FIRE CHIEF, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND -THE CHAIRMAN OF THE,PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE: MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Harrison commented that, -.there was a problem of which he would advise''the Council later, after MOTION: discussing it with the Staff. COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED,.SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, THAT A PROGRESS REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE BE SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 30,. 1980. MOTION CARRIED. DISCUSSION�REGARDING.ATTENDANCE-REQUIREMENTS ON BOARDS AND.COMMISSIONS At the onset of this discussion Mayor Harrison said he thought the City Attorney should write an opinion as to who nominates, confirms., etc. City Attorney.Jim.:Murphy responded that the statute states that the Mayor will appoint all employees, but i.t.does not say anything about commissions or boards. However, he said a written opinion would be forthcoming. . This discussion was initiated' because a member of the Edmonds Arts Commission had missed three.consecutive regular meetings and Ordinance 2033 calls for removal in -such instance. It.had been.suggested that the Council may want to review the ordinance. Councilman Naughten stated that.he was comfortable with the present ordinance regarding attendance requirements. In.response to a request from the audience, COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOTION: MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN., TO OPEN THE DISCUSSION.TO.ACCEPT INPUT FROM CHAIRMEN OF BOARDS AND.COMMISSIONS. MOTION CARRIED.. Harry Hise,;Chairman of the Edmonds Arts Commission, said, he had written a letter to the Mayor and Council which had not yet been.delivered but which requested that this ordinance be amended to give the chairman of each.'board or commission the authority to determine .if an absence is excused. He suggested several reasons which would be an acceptable MOTION: excuse...It was agreed that his suggestion should be given consideration. COUNCILMAN GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION -REGARDING ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS ON' BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO JULY 29, 1980. MOTION CARRIED. There was no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting adjourned to Executive Session at 9:30 p.m. IRENE VARNEY MORAN, City,1erk r HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor C�