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19830517 City Council MinutesMay 17, 1983 • The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor Harve Harrison in the Plaza Meeting Room of the Edmonds Library. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Katherine Allen Jim Adams, City Engineer Jo -Anne Jaech Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Laura Hall Bobby Mills, Acting Public Works Supt. Bill Kasper Duane Bowman, Assistant City Planner Ray Gould Jack Weinz, Fire Chief Larry Naughten Dan Prinz, Assistant Police Chief John Nordquist Pat LeMay, Personnel Director Tony Foss, Student Rep. Steve Simpson, Parks & Recreation Dir. Jim Jessel, Property Manager Wayne Tanaka, City Attorney` Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk MAYOR Mayor Harrison had a Liquor Control Board license application for operation of a tavern at 7207 212th S.W., the site of the vacant Go 'N Joy store. The applicant, Richard C. McElhiney, intends to serve homemade sandwiches and pizza in addition to beer and wine and will have several types of beer and ale on tap. The Police Chief in his investigation report expressed concerns about traffic and parking problems which could occur if the.business is successful. He was concerned that patrons may park across 212th St. and have to negotiate that traffic on returning to their cars. He recommended approval of the application, but subject to an approved off-street traffic and parking plan. He felt the applicant should obtain additional offstreet parking, over and above that required by the Code. Assistant City Planner Duane Bowman indicated that the property is zoned CG and the requested use is permitted in that zone and the property will provide the amount of parking required by the Code, but he noted that the Police Chief was concerned about overflow traffic. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE LICENSE APPLICATION, SUBJECT TO THE APPLICANT'S MEETING ALL THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS. Councilmember Hall observed that this location is close to a school and she said she at first thought the City does not need that, but she said the high school students have handled a lot of worse things in that neighborhood, so she would vote for the motion. The owner of the 212th Plaza Building across from this site, Vince Responte, said he was concerned about parking there and infringement on his parking as all of his building is now filled. He was also concerned about littering by patrons of a tavern and about people coming out of a tavern and trying to cross the traffic on 212th to get to their parked cars. It appeared that a hearing was warranted, so THE MOTION AND SECOND WERE WITHDRAWN. COUNCILEMBER KASPER THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, THAT THE MAYOR REQUEST A 30-DAY EXTENSION FROM THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD SO THE COUNCIL CAN HAVE A HEARING ON THE ISSUE. MOTION CARRIED. CJUNCILMEMBER JAECH THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GOULD, TO SCHEDULE A HEARING ON MAY 31, 1983. CJNSENT AGENDA Items (B) and (F) were removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. Council - member Gould said there should have been another item on the Consent Agenda, Item (G), Negotiated Items. He read from the minutes a motion that said ". . . THE COUNCIL ACCEPT THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THAT COPIES BE GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL AND PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OF MAY 17, 1983 UNDER NEGOTIATED ITEMS." Personnel Director Pat LeMay responded that the motion was recorded incorrectly in the minutes and it should have read ". . . THE COUNCIL ACCEPT THE LABOR AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN IT, SUBJECT TO REVIEW A•4D APPROVAL BY CITY ATTORNEY DOUG ALBRIGHT." He said he had. asked the Council if they wanted copies and he was told by some that it was unnecessary in view of the motion. Councilmember Kasper noted that it still had not been signed and the Council did not have copies. Mr. LeMay explained that it had taken four.or five days for Doug Albright to thrash out some of the language problems before he.would give his approval, so it took about a week to iron out the loose ends. Mayor Harrison added that the Police Department had it on this date for final review. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, THAT IT BE ON NEXT WEEK'S CONSENT AGENDA, WITH COPIES.TO THE COUNCIL. Mr. Lemay noted that a retroactive check would be issued on May 20 and that the City Attorney had reviewed this carefully and had approved all of the details in the labor agreement as requested by the Council motion. He said there is no way to retrieve the retroactive checks and there must be a signed document to back up the retroactive checks. Councilmember Gould said the Council gave authorization at the last meeting to go forward with it, and they now only want to look at it, but approval already has been given. THE MOTION THEN CARRIED. The approved items on the Consent Agenda included the following: (A) Roll call. (C) Report from Staff on fibre street overlay and authorization to proceed with advertising for bids for the fibre -reinforced seal coat of portions of 6th Ave. and 2nd Ave., total estimated cost $41,125. (D) Report and recommendation from Staff on noise and traffic problem at 3rd Ave. and Giltner Lane. The recommendation was for a "No Passing" zone and a speed limit of 25 mph for SR 524, from 12th Ave. to SR 104. Mayor Harrison stated that the Council's approval will be directed to the DOT for their concurrence. 1 is 1 1 I 16 May 17, 1983 - continued (E) Ai,;ard.. of n.rchacclocical reconnaissance contract for Meadowdale Sewer Project to James C. Cliatte rs, PhD, Consulting Archaeologist, cost of the service (�1,130) to be reimbursable from HU. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 10, 108 (Item (R) cn Consent_ A!Len!+a L Councilmember Kasper stated that in the second motion on ;.Wage 2 (regarding the sale of surplus City pronert-1 on SprapUe >t.) he had voted against the motion and Boas the only one to do so. The minutes indicated a unaninous yes vote. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCII_.MEMPER HALL, TO ."-,PPROVE THE MIINUTES OF MAY 10, 1983 WITH THIS CORRECTION AND WITH THE MOTION AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE ^ CORR.ECTED.(regarding the acceptance of the 1982 Police Collective Bargaining Agreement) B�' LISTEilING TO THE T,",PE. �10TT0^! CARRIED. PROPOSED LILT FOR SEA VIST", Pl.. , AND AWARD FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN Item F on Consent Agenda Councilmember Gould noted that there had been a letter of protest on this item. Citv Attorney Wayne Tanaka stated that once the petition is received his office prepares a resolution for the Council to pass to set a. hearing on t-he preliminary assessment role, and at that hearing the protestor will have an oppor•iunity to protest if he/she is within the LID boundary. He said the preliminary design is recuired to get "lhe costs and to compute the charge to each property owner. COIJNCILMZi"i;E^ aOJLD 1,1t1VED, SECONDED BY COU�!CII_MFMBER HALL, TO APPROVE ITEM (F) ON THE CONSENE AGENDA WITH THE U!'daERSTA"IDTN; THAT THIS l�1TL.L CALL FOR A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLE AND THERE WILL. BE ri iiirlR.11 S:1 A CITI7.EN OF EDMONDS WHO WISH:" TO PROTEST CAN BE PRESENT AND EXPRESS THAT VIEi1P0ANT. THE I10TI!1N Cr'1!:�TFD • HEARING ON ANNEXATION AND SIMULTANEOUS ZONING REQUEST FOR CG AND RM-2.4 ZONING EAST OF SR 104, SOUTH OF 240TH ST. ;.b;., ACID 'IEST OF HIGHWAY 99;, AND ADOPTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE ANNEXING AREA (THE GREENE RYi AJ;-4-•82) The City Council had met with the petitioners on llugust 17, 1982, and the Planning Board held a public nearing on the subject o-; ,zoning on September ?2, 1982. Subsequently, on April 19, 1983, the Boundary Review Board waived jurisdiction and re;`erred the matter back to the City for final .-action. Th3e hearing was opened. Betty Nathay, 12006 240th S.W., said she was opposed and would write a statement later. Ed Stroming, President of The Greener:✓ Home Ov►ners Association, said they feel they are a part of the City as they live and shop in the area and even call themselves The Edmonds Greenery. No one else wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2365, ANNEXING THE SUBJECT AREA INTO THE CITY OF EDMONDS. Councilmember Gould observed that there is adequate transitional zoning so he would support the motion. MOTION CARRIED. HEARING ON REQUEST TO NAME ALLEY BETWEEN ALDER AND WALNUT AS BECK LANE Assistant City Planner Duane Bowman stated that the Staff had no objection to this request. The hearing was opened, no one wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, TO ADOPT THE NAME OF BECK LANE FOR THE ALLEY BETWEEN ALDER AND 14ALNUT ADJACENT TO BECK'S FUNERAL HOME. Councilmember Gould asked if there should be a policy for naming streets, alleys, etc., such as should such action be used as an honorary thing. Mr. Bowman said the Community Development Code addresses that and designates the Building Official as the authority but the policy of bringing such recommendations to the City Council will be continued. THE MOTION CARRIED. • HEARING (CONTINUED FROM MAY 3) ON PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATION ON CONTRACT REZONE REQUEST FROM RM-3 TO CG ZONING AT 24111 HIGHWAY 99 (BIRTCHER McDONALD FRANK PROPERTIES R-2-83 Following the public hearing of May 3, 1983, the City Council requested some additional information regarding possible development of the RM-3 property associated with this rezone proposal. Drawings were provided to show possible building envelopes, setbacks, and landscape requirements per the current rezone contract on the property. Additional information was also provided by the applicant. Mayor Harrison stated that 16 people had signed up to speak, so he asked that each person limit his presentation to three minutes and.he said speakers would alternate between proponents and opponents if possible. Councilmember Hall asked the consequences of a Councilmember having attended a meeting on this subject since the last hearing as several meetings have been held. City Attorney Wayne Tanaka responded that there could be a potential problem, depending on what the meeting was and what part the Councilmember took. He said if any member of the Council has received information outside of the hearing then he should disqualify himself as any contact with the proponent or opponent outside of the;�hearing process As a violation of State law. The hearing then was opened. Richard Carothers, President of Richard Carothers Associates, environmental consultants, speaking for the applicants, said they were confident they had met all of the design standards required by the Planning Department and, in fact, had exceeded them. He said the applicants recognize that this had gone from a planning issue to what appeared would be a policy issue by the City Council. He gave a slide presentation to demonstrate their intent for the property and to show the state of deterioration into which the property has fallen. He said they propose to spend five to six million dollars in refurbishing it. He stated that the parking had been adequate for the Doces operation but it is not adequate for the highest and best use of the property. He noted that the building is 125,000 sq. ft. and could be increased to 150,000 sq. ft. by adding some loft space within the building and staving within the building height requirement. He said the parking now includes 46 spaces for the adjacent restaurant. Their proposal was for 800 cars and the use of 150,000.sq. ft. After their presentation to the Planning Board they 's 58 May 17, 1983 - continued • thought the issue was the planting buffer and they subsequently defined it to be 25'- 28' wide. He showed drawings of the proposed parking with the buffer and trees, noting that a fence on top of a berm would eliminate sound and light from the Doces property and would, in effect, largely increase the back yards of the adjoining properties. Following the Planning Board hearing the clients had told him to do everything to address the areas of concern brought out at that meeting. He commented on transition zones in the City, showi.ng photographs of some of the properties he had seen in those zones, and he said he found more "For Sale" or "For Rent" signs on those properties than on any others. He asked what value the subject property has for multiple family housing, and having talked to some builders, he said only low-cost multiple - family housing would be built on such property. He noted that the Staff report indicated that the proposal is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and with the zoning ordinance and that the proposed zoning would be consistent with the zoning ordinance if the problems noted were mitigated, which he said they were. He referred to other statements in the Staff report which discussed the rezone criteria, which were positive. He then demonstrated with a drawing a sample plan of a fourplex development on the property, pointing out that there could be a potential 25' wall of buildings adjacent to the single-family residences. He concluded.by commenting on the tax revenue the City could expect if the proposed development were to occur, projecting it to be $194,000. Matt Rinaldi, 23910 80th Way W., said when the City had asked his area to annex years ago the City said it would maintain the integrity of their neighborhood and would pass a comprehensive zoning plan to control the commercial creep on Aurora, which sounded good, but since that time they have had to come every three or four years to protect their back door --primarily in regard to the Doces property. He said they lost on the contract rezone and the zoning of the property now under consideraton, and if that is a -blighted area it is due to the contract rezone. He said the houses on the other side are well maintained and well landscaped and they are proud of the area, and many of them have lived there for 20 years and want to remain there. • Lloyd Ostrom, President of the Edmonds.Council of Concerned Citizens, said some of the residents of the area under discussion had contacted him and asked his organization to look into this contract rezone proposal. They had met with the people and listened to their concerns. His personal feeling was that as a development the proposal probably would not be a bad thing and the developer intends to lessen the impact of the development. But he said you cannot mitigate the fact that something is being put in the wrong place, and.it is the wrong type of development to have next to a residential zone and there should be a buffer. He felt the effect of traffic, noise, and air pollution would be much greater by the proposal than by having multiple dwellings there. He noted that in Mr. Pasco's brief a lot of the Community Development Code was quoted, and he said the Code means a lot to the citizens, and especially to the people who live in that community. He believed the current zoning of that area should be retained. Barb Andersen, 23907 80th P1. W., in the middle of the hill on 240th, submitted some signed state- She has lived there 15 and concern about the safety of the ments of opposition. years expressed children and citizens of the neighborhood because the hill has become a speedway. She said the bus stop is now at the bottom of the hill at the "Y" and traffic comes from three directions there. She felt a project of this magnitude would make this problem much worse. She recognized that it would be developed eventually, but.she saw no comparison of low density townhouses with a shopping center. Todd Hoover, 24023 79th P1. W., voiced disapproval of the proposal. Roger Harnden, 23927 80th P1. W., was totally against any increase of traffic in a residential area. Betty Mathay, 8006 240th S.W., a long-time resident of the area, was opposed to the rezone, saying they have had a conflict with commercial in that area for the last 19 years. She said they had a contract that was satisfactory, and that the community requires stability. She said it is unfor- tunate and a violation of this stability to have the contract amended anytime someone applies to • have it encroach into the residential area. She also felt there to be a conflict with Ordinance 1995 which she said limits the width of the road, and she asked to see dimensions of the proposed road. Frank Bonipart, 7903 242nd S.W., said he opposed the proposal. Elaine Hussey, 8104 242nd S.W., suggested they could use two-story parking to acquire the parking they need, rather than rezone the.other property. Andrew Husak, 8027 242nd S.W., said most of the people present were residents of the area and they had gotten together and communicated quite well on this.. He said they are all opposed to the rezone and feel the language of mitigation and neutralization does not provide the residents with what they have now and will be comfortable with in the future. He.said his family adamantly opposes this rezone. Richard Bates, 24025 79th P1. W., called to attention the drainage problems in the area and asked the Council to look closely at the drainage proposed in the new development. He also referred to traffic pattern problems. He said the Doces facility is empty and has not been an economic success, and he asked if the Council would bail out the Doces corporation at the expense of the community. Betty Mathay submitted two letters of opposition from Leo Conger and Leon and Theara Conger, and she said she had another from another party at her home. Bob Boye, 24325 76th W., said he is a member of the Planning Board, but he wanted to speak as a Lake Ballinger resident. He said he had spoken to nobody in the community regarding this situation, and he had spoken to no one on the Planning Board or the City Council regarding the proposal, nor had he received any telephone calls. City Attorney Wayne Tanaka advised him that he could speak as a 0 • May 17, 1983 - continued citizen. Pr-. Boye first described a previous action cf his vhEn he -a6 been on the old Planning Commission. He said his efforts had caused the contract rezone on the Doces property to go back to RS-8, but Mr. Doces had sued and the matter went to court and over the next few years it was worked out by the direction o f. the court. He said the present contract rezone was the rrsu"It and it was hard to swallow at the time but he thought it was a good conrprorni se . He said this is a community that continues to ask for- protection against the cominerc"ial zoning on Highway 99, and Ine noted that with few exceptions such communities have been buffered will-, multiple family developments. Ile saiu the issue is what to do between CG and RS and the policy at this time "is RNA residences, and "that: is the way .t is in the contract rezone, and the reason that it was not built on is known only by John Doces. He noted that the community is worried about traffic, and he said nobody can he convinced the traffic will not be increased clown 240th because of what was proposed. The runoff from the impervious conditions was another concern, and he said the water runs directly into Lake Ballinger unchecked and uncleared. He said the water retention pond should rover all the property if the developmE:,;t dces gc forward and he thought there should he a ;performance hond to assure it is cleaned regularly. But he staid the tcaSic issue r✓as whether the Council wanted to have rr,. in people's back yards and was why so many pc:cple were present. He tho,rght the present contract had the policy, and he said the lady who suggested multi -floor parkins had the riclht idea. --that, is !hat thev do downtown-. but th`� c =eapest way is f c r them to pUt the park inq rahe.re they want instead. Frank Mukulosik, 8025 240th S.W.., wanted the zoning to go back to single family. Doug Gerbing, 24246 71st W., did not think the Doces building to be in such bad condition. He had counted the parking spaces and said there are 125 e.nd that it is a. building ,i i th a lot of potential . He thought the impact Doces had on their nei girbi2r,rood was not; as, had es it could have. been because they did not generate sales, and he said they are going to have problems with any.tenant there and if the size of the cenarrt is i ricreased the problems wi 11 be imagn i fi end. Lillian Mukulosi k strongly opposed ther,.zon.: and con:ipl a . rrc.d ;nat the property is in a bad stateof repair, and that the tenants have had an unleashed :dog for years and that matter cannot be resol vod. Roger Hertrich, 1020 Puget Dr. , sai d he had of lamed thi s ;pro;; ==ct s i rice i 'iraa been at the ADB. He believed a contract rezone should mi t i gate all the problems and he said the r•es ; de it s do riot feel the problems have been rn-itigaited. The parking lot: had always seer:led large -to hire, and he was amazed to find when he counted "there that there were only 100+ stai l s and all, tope -her, vii the r;lie restaurant parking, there are less than 200 stalls. He said to expand it to 800 would make i-t enorr;.ous and he did not think the total impact had been visualized by the other boards. He noted that there had been a lot of accurate references to the Code, and he said they should keep in mind that the main goal of the Code is to protect and enhance the community, and the buffer zone is required for good reason. Charles Pasco, attorney for the Husak family, said that after the last hearing lie had a conversation with Councilmembers Nordquist and Kasper and mentioned a May 9 ci-tizens group rneetir,y or, this subject. He had attended the meeting and said Councilmember Nordquist had been at the house about 10 minutes but left before the meeting was held. Mir. Tanaka asked the applicant if he had any objection to Councilmember Nord,uist's hearing the matter this evening, and Mason Frank said he had no objection. Councilmember Nordquist said he had stopped there because there were some diagrams that show the history of the zoning on this piece of property which he had obtained from "the Planning Departmrent and he thought they would be of information to the group. He said he went to the front door and' Mr. Husak said he did not want him there, and he responded that he aid not want to be there, and pie left the paper and departed. He said he is a good friend of Bob Boye and he knows the consequences of attending such a meeting. Mr. Tanaka noted that the Appearance of Fairness Doctrine is that if it appears that somebody may be biased or prejudiced, but he said nobody was objecting. Councilmember Nordquist added that he had been in Chicago since Wednesda., and although he had received material at • his house he had no contact with anyone, and the material he had was the same as what everyone else had. Mr. Pasco said policies had been established that bind the Council and which required that this contract rezone be denied. He referred to several sources of law and policies adopted, and he said it would be difficult to draft findings of fact and conclusions of policy to sustain this rezone, and that could only be done by an arbitrary act. He said the values that bind the Council are those that are stated in the documents, and the Code policies are for all neighborhoods and do not permit: sacrificing a neighborhood for what the Council feels is the correct value. He told them if they were going to condemn, they could do that, but they could not rezone. He alleged that the Planning Staff was not thinking of the basic values. The hearing was closed and a recess was announced. Upon resuming, Councilmember Gould said he was grateful for this hearing because it tested the Community Developmeht Code; of which he is proud. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL - MEMBER NAUGHTEN, THAT THE REZONE kEQUEST BE DENIED, FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: (1) IT 1S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE POLICIES SPECIFIED IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE; (2) THE MITIGAiIGP,S PROPOSED DO NOT ADEQUATELY OFFSET THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSAL; AND (3) THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PROPERTY OF THE ISURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD REQUIRES A TRANSITIONAL BUFFER SO CG. DOES NOT ABUT RS-8. Courcilmember Na:ughten said. he was amazed that the proposal had gone this far because the Code and Comprehensive Plan state this type of thing cannot be allowed. Fie said they were talking about the development of Highway 99 and there must be a buffer between commercial and residential, and if they passed this it would set a precedent. He believed the area could be improved by this development, but not at the expense of the residential community. He felt the traffic was a big concern. Council- member.Hall agreed with what had been said. She had been on the Planning Commission when this buffer zone was created.. She cautioned the neighborhood that the RM-3 zone adjacent to them will not remain woods but will be developed, and she said there will be multiple residential with the traffic, in additon to what e,111 be on the Doces .property. She was worried than it could he more of an .impact, but she said she would vote for the motion, and she knew the Council would be seeing the same audience again. Councilmember Nordquist observed that one piece of property in the suggested contract rezone, that of the wedding chapel, was not in the ownership of Doces, and he asked if all 0 the properties involved must be under the ownership of the applicant. Mr. Tanaka responded that the May 17, 1983 - continued • * applicant has.to be able to assure the City that all of the owners will execute the document, but all the properties do not have to be owned by the applicant. Councilmember Jaech noted that there was a comment made that supported the necessity of a buffer zone. She said Mr. Carothers had. shown them pictures he took of other transition areas, pictures he had taken since the last hearing which had shown vacancy signs. She said he questioned whether a transition zone is necessary and his pictures showed that it is. She observed that the single- family homeowner is one who lives in a home and stays there, whereas in multi -family homes they usually are transitory people, sometimes renting until they can afford to buy a home. She said a buffer zone with multiple in it is desirable to save and protect the land of the single-family owner. Councilmember Kasper said it is obvious that the City has a problem property on its hands as what has been there has not been successful, but he said it is not necessarily the site. He thought it was enticing what the proponents intended to do to upgrade the property, and he thought they had gone a long way to mitigate the drainage problems. His experience had been that buffer zones do not work, and in this case he thought a buffer zone to be a liability, and he said the proponents' proposal. is better than a buffer zone. He noted that the Council had ruled many times that people do not want apartments looking into their back yards. He was concerned with the traffic impact and said he would vote for the motion because of that. He felt the impact of 800 cars, even though mitigated by traffic lights, was not mitigated by leaving 248th open. He said he would'have called for an EIS on this before they ever got into it. THE MOTION THEN CARRIED. COUNCIL Councilmember Gould said he had received a call from Bill Allen saying that Councilmember Allen had called him and could not be present this evening because of.her commitments in Olympia. Councilmember Gould asked that the Council hear a matter brought to their attention by correspond- ence by Dr. Bob Anderson, 7370 N. Meadowdale Rd. Dr. Anderson was recognized and he said he had received a threat of suit to condemn property for easement access. He had been willing to sign the access easement until he discovered that there was a substantial error in his assessment and he had been unable to get the correct figure. He was withholding his granting of the easement as the only leverage he had to obtain the assessment figure. He asked why this threat was made when he had expressed the willingness to sign, and he had several other questions which were put forth in his letter. City Engineer Jim Adams responded that the easements must be obtained to continue the sewer project, and there appears to have been an error in the preliminary assessment role and Dr. Anderson received the assessment on a property other than his own. Mr. Adams said in this case he probably should not have used the form, letter sent to people who have procrastinated in signing the easements, and he said he would immediately contact the assessor who prepared the preliminary assessment role to obtain the correct -figure. Dr. Anderson said he feels disenfranchised by not having the correct figure at the time of the original hearing, and City Attorney Wayne Tanaka said that, in fact, everyone was disenfranchised because the Council passed it on an emergency basis which makes it nonprotestable. To conclude, Councilmember Gould said he trusted that the Mayor would correspond with Dr. Anderson to resolve the matter. The Council, at the Personnel Committee meeting this evening, had authorized the funding of a secretary in the Personnel Department for the final six months of 1983. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD NOW MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, THAT THE SOURCE OF FUNDING BE THE COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUND, PROVIDED THERE ARE NO FUNDS TO COVER IT IN THE EXISTING PERSONNEL BUDGET, THE AMOUNT BEING $9,641. MOTION CARRIED. Council President Jaech added that they had left it up to the Personnel Director to fill the position on a permanent basis (until the end of the year) or on a contractual basis. Council President Jaech said that when she was at the Executive Offices last Thursday she noticed that Georgia LaBelle in the Personnel Department sits next to the east window and has to wear sun glasses in the morning and the area is extremely hot because the window coverings ordered have not been installed and will not be received for about six weeks. Council President Jaech suggested that an inexpensive shade be purchased for the interim as she did not think an employee should have to work in that discomfort. Council President Jaech asked the Council to review the draft of the Council/Staff Retreat minutes and advise if there are any changes. Council President Jaech noted that there had been some questions concerning the furniture for the Council office, and she showed a picutre of what was proposed. She said it will be discussed on next week's work agenda. Council President Jaech referred to an invitation from Reid, Middleton & Associates to a cocktail function prior to the May 26 meeting of the Association of Snohomish County Cities and Towns. Council President Jaech commented that a nice letter had been received from Mr. and Mrs. Ira Over- street regarding flowers in the City. Council President Jaech presented a suggestion from Mayor Harrison and Property Manager Jim Jessel that a separate Council Chambers be provided because of problems in using the multi -purpose Plaza Meeting Room. The suggestion.was that the Finance Office be shifted to the old Public Works Building and the Finance building be made into a Council Chambers. Councilmember Gould responded that as far as he was concerned it was out of the question, and Councilmember Kasper agreed. There was no further discussion. Councilmember Nordquist commented on his trip to Chicago and said it is good to be back and that this is a very good and prosperous area. Councilmember Hall corrnented 'on' the ice show the previous evening which- featured.Rosalynn Sumners. She said all of the skaters put on.a very unusual and exciting performance. 1 I. n 1 1 1 Councilmember Hall had attended the Woodway celebration the previous Saturday. *See May 24, 1983 minutes 0 161" • May 17, 1983 - continued 40 1 Councilmember Hall reported that the Performing Arts Commi tCee had Bret and they, are proceeding with the general election campaign. She asked for volunteers to work, on it. Student Representative Ton, Foss said he was very impressed with this evening's hearing, and he felt he got an education that will benefit hire -in the future. Councilmember Naugh'ten reported. that SN000iM had approved the purchase agreement for the Public Works buildinc. Councilmember Naughten questioned an item in the Staff Meeting minutes wherein Mr. Jessel requested a vehicle for use at the cemetery in transporting caskets, urns, etc. This was briefly discussed, and Councilmember Jaech asked for clarification of the City's responsibility and liability regarding pick--urs and deliveries. Councilmember Naughten invited the Council to tour the Munson Boat Manufacturing Plant and ride in a proposed prototype for the Edmonds Fire/Rescue Boat on May 18 at 3:00 p.m. He discussed a Seafair fundraising treasure hunt with proceeds to go to the fire/rescue boat fund. He also displayed a copy of an advertisement which will be run in a locally published boating magazine. He reported that Union Oil will be giving $1,000 to the fund. So far, there is about $1,800 in the fund. Mayor Harrison reported that lie had attended the Snol^omish County Solid Waste Division meeting where they discussed construction of an incinerator for solid waste which will cost $50-100 million. Mayor Harrison said the cities will be asked certain questions as to who should own the facility, where'it should be located, who should operate it, and how it will be financed. Councilmember Gould commented that there have been criteria developed for it and it needs to be at a certain place, so they should be telling -the cities, not asking, where it should ba. It was noted that Frances Murphy had requested $600 for the beach project, and that was referred to the Finance Committee. There was no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m. IRENE .VARNEY i ORAN, ty Clerk H RVE HARRISCN, Mayor May 24, 1983 - Work Meeting The regular meeting of the Ed►►,,onds City Council was called to order at 7:40 p.m. by Playor Harve Harrison in the Plaza Meeting Room of the Edmonds Library. All present joined in flee fla.g.salute. PRESENT ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Katherine Allen Jim Adams, City Engineer Jo-F;nne Jaech Ray Gould Irene Varney Moran City clerk John Nordquist Tony Foss, Bobber Mills, Acting Public Works Superintendent Laura Hall Student Rep. Duane Bowman, Assistant City Planner Bill Kasper Art Housler, Finance Director Larry Naughten Dan Prinz, Assistant Police Chief Jack We-inz, Fire Chief Pat LeMay, Personnel Director Linda McCrystal , Arts Coordinator Steve Simpson, Parks x Recreation Director Jim Jessel, Property Manager IMark Earies , City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy Cite Clerk Council President Jaech stated that Councilmeribers Gould and Allen had called, as di Student Representa- tive Foss, and all were excused -chi s eveninS. MAYOR. Mayor Harrison wished to appoint Peter Beck to a vacant position can the Architectural resign Board, and the Council decided they would interview him during next week's Council mee:l:inn. at 8:00 p.m. Mayor Harrison stated that the Police Chief and City Engineer recommended repealing Section 8.'32.060 of the Edmonds City Code which r^equi res rerouting o-f traffic during tlae Ar~ts Festi va.l , making 11fai11 St. and Dayton one -.way, streetts. Their recommendation was based on: last ye,ar'a experience.' They also recommended designating an area such as the Oun-ior I-iigli Playfie-ld, for exhibitor Larkin;, thereby increasing festival parking and decreasing sight. obstructions. CO!!NCILMEMEFR. NAUGHTEPi MOVED, S CONDEE BY COUNCILMEMEER HALL, TO INSTRUCT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CRAFT AN CRDIWAN.CE RFPFALINC. SECTION 8.32.060 OF THE EDNIONDS CITY CODE, TO ELF PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S CONSENT PiC..ENDA. NOTION CARRIED. COUNCILMEMBER HALL THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN, TO INSTRUCT TIDE STAFF TO PROVIDE OFF-STREET PARKING FOR EXHIBITORS DURING THE EDMONDS ARTS FESTIVAL. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Harrison had a report from the City Engineer indicating he had come to an impasse with two property owners in the Meadowdale area where easements are required to construct the sanitary sewer. • These parties will not sign an easement without some type of compensation. The City Attorney requires appraisals of the properties before proceeding, and Mr. Adams recommended hiring Chuck Peterson to