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19820614 City Council Minutes456 June 14, 1982 0 The regular meeting of Harrison in the Council salute. PRESENT the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Harve Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center. All present joined in the flag ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor John Nordquist Jim Adams, City Engineer Jo -Anne Jaech Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Katherine Allen Mary Lou Block, Planning Director Ray Gould Art Housler, Finance Director Larry Naughten Jack Weinz, Fire Chief Bill Kasper Steve Simpson, Parks & Recreation Dir. Laura Hall Jim Jessel, Project Manager Wayne Tanaka, City Attorney Mark Eames, City Attorney Jackie Parrett., Deputy City Clerk Councilmember Nordquist had advised that he would be late in arriving because of another meeting he had to attend at 7:00 p.m., but the meeting adjourned before his arrival. CONSENT AGENDA Item (B) was removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, TO APPROVE THE.BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The approved items on the Consent Agenda included the following: (A) Roll call. • (C) Set date of July 6, 1982 for hearing on PAB recommendation for downtown parking requirements. (D) Adoption of Ordinance 2304, establishing restrictions for the parking use of the Fishing Pier Parking Lot. (E) Adoption of Ordinance 2305, reducing Utility Tax to 6%. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 8, 1982 [Item (B) on Consent Agenda] Councilmember Naughten noted that the City Clerk had called attention to a typographical error in the Minutes on page 5, the fifth line of the fourth paragraph, in that the height of a pitched roof was stated to be 50' and it should be 30'. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JAECH, TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION. MOTION CARRIED. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL- , MEMBER HALL, TO APPROVE ITEM (B) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS CORRECTED. MOTION CARRIED. MAYOR Mayor Harrison read aloud Resolution 527, commending the Edmonds Senior High School Boys AA Track Team for winning the Washington State AA Track Championship for 1982. One of the coaches and several of the boys on the team were present and were recognized. Regarding the sale of Lots 16-20 on.Maple St., Mayor Harrison said Mr. and Mrs. Sprague are studying the matter to determine how much.land they need to solve their problem. He said he would keep the Council advised. AUDIENCE Floyd E. Smith, 814 Dayton, spoke in opposition to the new curb lines on Dayton and on Main St. by the new library building. The one.on Main St. is for a bus.turnout and the one on Dayton is ad- jacent to the bookdrop. Capt. Smith felt they were creating a danger as the street is reduced in width and the turning angles will.be inadequate. He was.also concerned about the lost parking spaces. City Engineer Jim Adams said the protrusions do not invade -the the travel lane, but they do eliminate parking spaces which are.more than made up in the parking beneath the building, and the bus company had tested the the parking turn with a bus and was satisfied with it. These curb changes were discussed at length and it was noted that it will cost approximately $15 per lineal foot to change them back to their original configuration. The fence around the area will be removed by the weekend and it was agreed to halt any further construction on the curbs and any landscaping for one week to see how it works. Also, information was requested.from the Traffic Engineer and the architect regarding these extended curbs. Billie -Noe, 9818 Cherry, a member of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Committee, proposed passage of a resolution which she read aloud in support of a nuclear weapons freeze. Also encouraging support were Rosemary Wells, 120 Edmonds St., and Jerry Geschke, 8222 186th S.W. Mayor Harrison said this was a worthy effort to create peace and he previously had:endorsed the effort. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION. Counci.lmember.Kasper noted that the Council had received copies of the resolution in October and November and were asked to sign it and return it, but he did not see that any had done so, nor had he. MOTION CARRIED, WITH COUNCIL - MEMBERS JAECH AND KASPER VOTING NO. Councilmember Jaech said she did not think the Council could speak for all the people in the City on this and Councilmember Kasper agreed. He said he would support it but not in this form. ISCUSSION ON ARTS FESTIVAL PURCHASE AWARD All of the Councilmembers had not examined the entries. Several described pieces they favored but a decision could not be reached so it was decided to go to the Anderson Center following, this meeting to make a selection as a group.. Mayor Harrison commented that the artwork which has been on display • J.une.14, 1982 - continued at City Hall no longer is there and he thought the group which has been furnishing it may have felt badly that the Council is not selecting from their work, so he recommended that the Council consider buying some of that art with this award. The Council did not -feel obligated to purchase from that group and noted those artists also have the opportunity for the award through the Arts Festival. Mayor Harrison suggested the Council may want to consider buying some art for City Hall rather than the library, and they indicated that possibly that could be done next year. In view of the imminent remodel of the City Hall, there was no urgency felt to purchase artwork for it at this time. COUNCIL Councilmember Gould advised that he would be absent June 22, 1982. He stated that he wished to express his wish for that meeting that the new curbs by the library be removed and be put back to where they previously were. Councilmember Naughten noted that two letters had been received in response to Mr. Crow's letter to the editor of the Enterprise and he asked the Finance Director to respond to them and also to tell them that the Council will be reviewing this in February 1983. Councilmember Naughten asked if there had been any response from the M.A.A. applicant, and the Mayor said there had not. Councilmember Naughten requested that the Mayor contact the applicant, but the Mayor responded that Councilmember.Naughten was free to do that. Later, Council President Kasper said he would do that. Councilmember Naughten acknowledged receipt of a letter from Ira Overstreet of the Sundstone condominium. Councilmember Hall referred to.a memo from the City Engineer regarding one-way streets around the • Anderson Center during the Edmonds Arts Festival. An ordinance was passed last year to provide one- way traffic eastbound on Main St. from 6th to 8th and one-way westbound on Dayton from 6th to 8th, but the Police Department now wished that reversed for traffic and pedestrian safety. Fire Chief Jack Weinz said the ordinance was passed based on his recommendation, but he understood the Police Chief's problems and was amenable to the change for that short period since the Fire Department only has a possibility of a problem and the Police Department definitely will have a problem. He said the Police Chief is concerned that there will be rear -end collisions because the traffic will back up going down Main St. After some discussion, the Council decided to let the ordinance remain as previously approved. Councilmember Jaech complimented the Buildings and Grounds Supervisor on the plantings on Edmonds Way coming into Edmonds, -saying they are very colorful and beautiful. Councilmember Jaech had received an inquiry from a citizen who was concerned that not all of the AndersonCenter would be painted. Parks and Recreation Director Steve Simpson said the contract only covers painting the newer portions of the Anderson Center but the rest is to be paid for by Building and Maintenance Fund 336 and they just now are writing the specifications and will advertise for bids to paint the rest of it. He said there is approximately $6,000-$7,000 in the 336 fund designated for painting. Because of the amount of dollars involved, City Engineer Jim Adams said they are recommending a competitive bid but they will.specify the same paint so all parts of the building will match. Councilmember Kasper referred to the matter of PRD extensions and building permit.extensions because of what he had read 4in Last week's Minutes regarding the Parkside West request for extension. f'.e thought this should be referred to the Community Development Committee, saying there is an equity problem that should be examined. He was aware of cases in other cities where extensions were granted on the basis of the underground improvements. Planning Director Mary Lou Block said she had met with the City'Attorney regarding the Parkside West request and after examining the situation closely • they came to another conclusion. She distributed copies of a letter from City Attorney Mark Eames to clarify the situation. Mr. Eames summarized that there is a PRD approval and the building permit approval, and the building permits expire if building is not commenced within 180 days of issue. One extension is allowed. However, in this case the building permit had not been extended as previously surmised. Instead, new perm its were issued pursuant to the authority of the valid PRD approval. Therefore, the applicant now has several options, one of them being to apply for the issuance of new permits under the authority of the currently valid PRD approval. Councilmember Kasper still wanted to have this issue examined in general because he said.financing is almost impossible right now and he thought the City could get itself into a legal position if this were denied. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, TO PLACE THIS SUBJECT ON THE AUGUST 24, 1982 AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. In the meantime, he asked that the Community Development Committee look at it. There was no further business to come before. the Council, and the meeting adjourned at 8:50 p. IRENE'VARNEY MORAN, Cit Clerk HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor 0