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10/30/2001 City Council1 ,Approve laim Checks EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES October 30, 2001 The Edmonds City Council meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Gary Haakenson in the Council Chambers, 250 5t' Avenue North, Edmonds, followed by the flag salute. ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT Gary Haakenson, Mayor Dave Earling, Council President Michael Plunkett, Councilmember Lora Petso, Councilmember Dave Orvis, Councilmember Richard Marin, Councilmember ELECTED OFFICIALS ABSENT Thomas A. Miller, Councilmember 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA STAFF PRESENT David Stern, Police Chief Thomas Tomberg, Fire Chief Duane Bowman, Development Serv. Director Stephen Clifton, Community Services Director Peggy Hetzler, Administrative Services Director Noel Miller, Public Works Director Brent Hunter, Human Resources Director Arvilla Ohlde, Parks and Recreation Director Jim Larson, Assistant Admin. Serv. Director Dave Gebert, City Engineer Don Fiene, Assistant City Engineer Steve Koho, Wastewater Treatment Plant Mgr. Chandra Earhart, Assistant Planner Elizabeth Chamberlain, Planning Intern Sandy Chase, City Clerk Jana Spellman, Senior Executive Council Asst. COUNCILMEMBER PLUNKETT MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MARIN, TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 2. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Councilmember Petso requested Item B be removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER MARIN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PETSO, TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. The agenda items approved are as follows: (A) ROLL CALL (C) APPROVAL OF CLAIM CHECKS #51495 THROUGH #51645 FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 22, 2001, IN THE AMOUNT OF $217,228.29 Item B: Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes of October 23, 2001 Councilmember Petso said a citizen approached her prior to the meeting indicating his remarks were not appropriately reflected in the minutes and indicating he had submitted a correction to the City Clerk. Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 1 COUNCILMEMBER PETSO MOVED TO ALLOW THE CITIZEN TO MAKE THE CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES AND PUT THE MINUTES ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL AT A FUTURE MEETING. MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. Approve COUNCILMEMBER PLUNKETT MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ORVIS, TO 10/23/01 APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 23, 2001, AS SUBMITTED. MOTION CARRIED (4-1) Minutes WITH COUNCILMEMBER PETSO VOTING NO. The item approved is as follows: (B) APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 23, 2001 resentation 3. PRESENTATION TO EDMONDS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FROM "YES FOR COMMUNITY o Boys & TRANSIT CAMPAIGN" iris Club Council President Earling recalled a recent ballot issue requesting an additional .003 sales tax for Community Transit passed with a 53% yes vote. He noted the City of Edmonds passed the measure with a stronger margin than Snohomish County. Those who organized and ran the campaign had funds left over at the end of the campaign and asked that a check be presented to the Edmonds Boys and Girls Club. Snohomish County Councilmember Gary Nelson commented the Public Disclosure Laws have very limited language regarding disposal of the surplus of the campaign funds. It can be used for future campaigns or donated to charity. In this instance, the Yes for Community Transit does not intend to have another campaign, therefore, the donation to charity was the solution deemed most appropriate. He noted the Boys and Girls Club was active in communities throughout Snohomish County and would be an appropriate recipient of the surplus funds. He explained the surplus funds were appropriated to the respective communities and he presented a check to the Edmonds Boys and Girls Club on behalf of the I committee. Council President Earling thanked Bill Dalziel, Edmonds Boys and Girls Club, for his time as well as the Edmonds Boys and Girls Club for their contribution to the community. On behalf of the youth in the community, Mr. Dalziel thanked the Yes for Community Transit Campaign for the donation, remarking the funds would be put to good use. Edmonds 4. EDMONDS ECONOMIC STAKEHOLDERS REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Economic FUNDS FOR LONG TERM MARKETING PLAN OF EDMONDS Stakeholders Ruth Arista, Edmonds Economic Stakeholders (including property owners, business owners and residents), described their request for funding from the City as part of a larger community to come together to do something creative by launching a long term marketing effort for Edmonds. She referred to the proposal included in the Council packet, explaining their request was for economic development funds for a long-term marketing plan, which was currently designed to run for 12 months. She explained the purpose was to launch a constant and cohesive marketing plan with visual and verbal images to be produced in a variety of media highlighting the special attributes of Edmonds. Attributes they planned to highlight included the Friendliest Town, picturesque town, the city by the sea, the terrific shopping, the hometown atmosphere, a wonderful environment for business to operate in, and an exciting place for community events and festivals. She explained they would like to develop an image/theme for Edmonds that could be seen as a large umbrella image to attract people to the City not only for a day of shopping and dining but also as a place to live and relocate businesses. They would like to do that via funding from several organizations such as the Port of Edmonds and local businesses. She requested the City provide a budget line item of $25,000 to support this effort. Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 2 Ms. Arista explained this proposal arose from a meeting held in February 2001 which was attended by stakeholders and interested people from businesses and industries. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss economic development in Edmonds. Brainstorming and discussion at the meeting identified several issues including codes, design guidelines, marketing Edmonds, and parking challenges. The attendees at the meeting chose to sign-up for committees from one of the issues. The marketing group, which consists of a strong group of retailers as well as others, used their own funds early in the process (March) to create the market study on their target market for Edmonds. From this an advertising proposal was developed. She referred to a bar chart in the packet that illustrated print, transit and broadcast advertising within a budget of approximately $100,000 for a 12-month period. Ms. Arista explained this targeted plan would use the existing graphic logo of lamp, flowers, and ferry developed for the Chamber of Commerce. She explained the advertising campaign would highlight Edmonds with a coherent, consistent image as a beautiful place to visit, a wonderful place to play and live, do business, and spend money. Ms. Arista pointed out the importance of the dollars spent over the next 12-month period being used to leverage public and private dollars for the benefit of the entire community and the health and well being of the Edmonds economy. Council President Earling commented he liked the thoughtful marketing plan. He commented an issue the Council struggled with was the limited funds available. He recalled the Council had a program previously that awarded grants to non-profit groups in the community, which was eliminated due to budget cuts. He pointed out there were already a number of requests including $20,000 for Edmonds Alliance as well as requests for the use of the hotel/motel tax funds. He referred to the sources listed in the packet from which economic development funds would come and asked if the these groups had been contacted to determine their interest in participating. Ms. Arista responded the proposal has been presented to the Edmonds Chamber of Commerce Board who are very interested and planned to discuss the proposal further at an upcoming budget retreat. She and many other businesses supported the proposal. Further, several property owners and realtors have indicated their interest in the proposal due to the importance of cooperating on a marketing plan. Councilmember Plunkett commented a lot of good work had been done and the group appeared to be off to a good start. He questioned how this group's efforts would differ from the two entities that are already engaging in economic development (Edmonds Alliance) and marketing (Chamber of Commerce). He commented most of this proposal appeared to be marketing. He questioned why this group did not work with the Alliance and the Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Arista answered this was brought up with the Alliance with the conclusion that this was something that needed to be done by someone else. She noted the Alliance's focus appears to be studying properties for development and other studies. Because the Chamber serves a broad base and has limited staff time, the group wanted to get something done and avoid "a lot of talk and no action." Rather than considering this a third group, she preferred to think of it as melting together resources and getting to work on a plan that was simple and easy to measure. For Councilmember Orvis, Ms. Arista explained the limitations in the Chamber were in staff time. The stakeholder group could monitor the advertising plan versus paying an advertising firm. She said the Chamber's marketing budget produced advertising such as in Sunset magazine. She commented 80% of the people who requested information from the Sunset magazine ad actually visited Edmonds, an amazingly high percentage. She pointed out a brochure in response to a request did not have the same impact of getting Edmonds image out in the broader area. Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 3 Councilmember Orvis noted most of the funds that would be raised would be used for advertising and producing the advertising would be done with volunteer hours. Ms. Arista answered of the $120,000 budget, approximately $15,000 would go toward developing the coherent image, the rest toward delivery. Downtown 5. PRESENTATION OF DOWNTOWN PARKING STUDY Parking Study Mikael Hattrup, Alliance for Economic Development, explained the Downtown Parking Study was developed by the City in cooperation with the Alliance for Economic Development. She explained in the summer of 2001, the City in response to a long-standing perception of a problem in the downtown, partnered with the Alliance to gather facts regarding parking in Edmonds. Previously the only information available was anecdotal because an in-depth parking study had not been done since the early 1980s. The purpose of the parking study was to analyze the parking and formulate a long range parking action plan. Ms. Hattrup explained one of the first steps was to analyze the effect of the current parking codes on business in the BC zone. David Peterson, Executive Director of the Alliance, updated the information developed by the Hyatt Palma study in 1999 on buildings and employers and updated and calculated the parking required for each building by today's code to develop parking totals for each block. She emphasized these numbers were theoretical and not what was actually required by current codes as many of the buildings were grandfathered and have parking provided by in -lieu funds, etc. Ms. Hattrup explained mapping of the downtown began in July and inventorying parking counts were conducted throughout the summer concluding on August 30. The downtown survey area was comprised of 26 blocks located within the BC zone with minor overlap into the adjacent RM zone to include employee parking zones. Each block was assigned a letter of the alphabet and daily on and off street parking counts were conducted. Planning Intern Elizabeth Chamberlain displayed tables illustrating available on -street and off-street parking by block within the downtown study area, a total of 960 on -street parking spaces and 2,674 off- street. She described criteria for off-street parking which included commercial and residential parking. She noted the majority of the study consisted of occupancy and vacancy counts, inventorying both on - street and off-street parking, counting the on -street parking four times a week and counting each of four parking zones in the downtown area once a week. She summarized the downtown area was surveyed 50 times throughout the study. The number of employee tags were also inventoried and found 75 of the 322 employee tags sold this year were being used. She noted the counts also recorded weather conditions, time of day, and block face (direction street faced). Ms. Chamberlain displayed a map illustrating the theoretical surplus and deficit of parking in the downtown study area. She explained, theoretically, there was a deficit of parking in the downtown core and a surplus in the periphery. Theoretically, there was an off-street deficit of 607 parking spaces, however, combined with on -street parking, there was a theoretical surplus of 355 parking spaces. She displayed a map illustrating the surplus of on -street parking spaces based on actual surveys, noting on average at any given time during the day, there was available parking in the core downtown area. Ms. Chamberlain displayed a map illustrating the surplus of off-street parking based on actual surveys, commenting many blocks do not have a deficit but have a high average occupancy. Assistant Planner Chandra Earhart explained the occupancy/vacancy counts were done at three different times of day, the morning count from 9:00 — 11:00 a.m., the noon count from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and the afternoon count from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. She explained there were differences in parking volume depending on the time of day. Between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., the blocks facing Main, 4th Avenue and Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 4 5`h Avenue (around the fountain) generally have'80% occupancy (20% vacancy). In all blocks surveyed, no block ever had 100% of the spaces occupied at any one time. In the residential areas, there was not more than 51 % occupancy. In the downtown core study area, there was a deficit of parking based on the requirements but the survey showed there was a high occupancy of parking in this same area. In the periphery of the downtown study area, based on the requirements, there was a surplus of parking. The survey shows the same area has a low occupancy of parking. The periphery was generally along the water and in residential areas. Ms. Earhart described next steps, including a proposal to hire a consultant to develop recommendations for policy and regulation changes to implement a downtown parking action plan. Points to be considered in the plan include signage for parking, a provision for various parking options near the core and the periphery to serve the core, possible funding sources for improvement and enforcement, a provision for appropriate parking time limits, a provision for adding more on -street handicap parking, and a review of existing off-street parking requirements and possible changes to the code. She noted the Development Services Department supports this action plan and looked forward to using the data. Councilmember Petso summarized the presentation indicated there was not actually a shortage of parking in the downtown core area. Ms. Earhart agreed. Councilmember Petso questioned why it was necessary to hire a consultant to further enhance the parking plan. Development Services Director Duane Bowman answered the issue with parking was more than on -street parking, it was the impact of parking regulations on development, whether policy recommendations and code changes were necessary, and issues related to enforcement. He pointed out the importance of developing a comprehensive action plan and implementing it. Mayor Haakenson questioned how the study would be funded. Mr. Bowman answered funds from the 124 Fund, off-street parking fund, collected from development that has paid into the in -lieu parking fund. He noted funds from the employee parking permit fund could also potentially be used. Council President Earling observed theoretically there was vacant parking and asked whether there was an industry standard regarding the perception of a lack of parking. Mr. Bowman answered that would be addressed in the study. He noted parking was often difficult to find in key areas although parking may be available around the corner. He acknowledged there may be a perception of a parking problem when a shopper's destination was not visible from the parking space. How to break that perception would be a consideration in the study. He said another key issue would be enforcement. For Councilmember Orvis, Mr. Bowman pointed out $24,000 was allocated in the 2002 budget in the 124 Fund for further study. Mr. Bowman commented the entire amount may not be necessary as one of the purposes of the downtown parking study was to gather data to assist a consultant. Council President Earling inquired why the conclusions sited by staff were not included in the study. Mr. Bowman advised the material provided was the information packet, a list of conclusions could be provided to the Council and made available to the public. Mr. Bowman noted any plan that was developed would need to be a living plan because as development occurred and policy changes were made, changes to the plan may be necessary to ensure there is parking available to maintain a healthy downtown. Councilmember Plunkett asked whether the City would continue to work with the Alliance on this issue. Mr. Bowman answered the study would be conducted under the guidance of Development Services, working with the Alliance, Chamber of Commerce and downtown merchants. Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 5 Councilmember Marin commended those who conducted the study, commenting it brought the City closer to finding answers. Mr. Bowman agreed. 6. AUDIENCE COMMENTS riends of Al Rutledge, 7101 Lake Ballinger Way, Edmonds, reported on the successful Friends of the Library ibrary book sale over the past weekend and thanked Mayor Haakenson for attending the book sale. He ook Sale commented on budget cuts that could arise as a result of the passage of I-747. He pointed out the udget increase in taxes this year as a result of annexation to the Sno-Isle Regional Library of an average of $156 per household in Edmonds. dmonds Ruth Arista, 18431 High Street, Edmonds, clarified with regard to the marketing effort, the budget the eonomic Chamber of Commerce receives for marketing is $30,000 per year. Those funds are collected from the Stakeholders hotel/motel tax and the State mandates those funds be spent on tourism. Therefore, the funds are used on the calendar of events and are not necessarily available for this type of marketing. Clarify Roger Hertrich, 1020 Puget Drive, Edmonds, said his response to Councilmember Plunkett's Comments comments were not included in the October 23 minutes although he felt they should be. He recounted e: PFD that Elaine Yard and he spoke two weeks ago about the difficulty in determining the schedule of the Public Facilities District (PFD) meetings, which has since been resolved. The minutes only reflected that he objected to Councilmember Plunkett's response to his comments at the October 16 meeting. Mr. Hertich pointed out that Councilmember Plunkett misunderstood his (Mr. Hertrich's) comments that evening. Mr. Hertrich stated that Councilmember Plunkett referred to the speaker's comments as being pernicious, which means deadly, fateful, evil or wicked, noting this was not true of Ms. Yard or he. He indicated his intent was to be helpful but Councilmember Plunkett felt they had accused the PFD of being covert. Mr. Hertrich clarified neither he nor Ms. Yard meant the Board was being secretive or attempting to disguise their efforts. Mr. Hertrich also noted that Councilmember Plunkett stated this was a public disservice by accusing a public board of these actions, which they in fact did not. Elaine Yard, 9209 Olympic View Drive, Edmonds, commented Councilmember Plunkett has not been in cordial conversation with her more than once in his four years in office. She indicated she voted for Councilmember Plunkett but it would not happen again. She complimented Executive Assistant Cindi Cruz and Community Services Director Stephen Clifton for making the information on the PFD available, noting they were both cordial and professional in their approach. She also expressed her rightwater appreciation to City Clerk Sandy Chase who located information for her and was equally professional Treatment and courteous. She pointed out BrightWater remained an issue, commenting there were two sets of ity information presented regarding BrightWater, one that the outlets would be eliminated and the other that the outlets would not be eliminated. She requested clarification regarding what was being proposed. Downtown Sharon Shannon, 1414 9th Avenue N, Edmonds, a resident and retailer, said the downtown parking ParkPuking study provided all the necessary information and a consultant was not needed to "tell us the answer." She said enforcement and lining on -street parking stalls were the primary ways to solve the perceived parking problem. She pointed out the lack of load/unload parking spaces was not addressed in the study. One in particular was on 5th Avenue for Mill Town. She noted some of the parking problem could be solved via loading zones. Another issue was the lack of handicapped parking stalls. Downtown Deanna Dawson 1015 12'h Avenue N Edmonds noted the g arkin stud report indicated there wasn't Parking P Y sudv a parking problem but there was a perception of a parking problem. In fact, there was a surplus rather Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 6 than a deficit in parking. She questioned the need for an additional consultant when there was a perception of a parking problem in a 3-block radius caused by either employees parking in front of businesses or shoppers utilizing the parking spaces. The solution to the first was for businesses to tell their employees to park in the areas with a surplus of parking. If the parking was occupied by people shopping at the businesses, that was a good thing that did not need to be changed. She acknowledged that although some additional handicapped spaces may be necessary, a consultant was not necessary. onstruetion Rich Demeroutis, 921 Pine Street, Edmonds, was disappointed to hear that a decision was made not to rf New Fire have an independent firm oversee the construction of the fire station. He cited examples where this could station have been effective including the City's purchase of the financial center that was planned to be a $5 million project total (purchase and renovation) but went substantially over -budget. He said another example was the Public Safety building. He noted Mayor Haakenson has indicated that as long as the parties agree to change orders the project was not over budget, and questioned why additional appropriations for construction of the fire station on 196 h were necessary if the project was not over - budget. He commented the amount saved by not having an independent firm oversee the construction of the fire station was a small percentage of the total project. He urged the City to reconsider this action. 7. DISCUSSION ON MILITARY RESERVISTS BENEFITS Military Reservists Benefits Human Resources Director Brent Hunter explained this item was a request for supplemental pay and benefits for City employees who are reservists called into active military duty. The purpose of this discussion was to determine how to assist these employees and their families as they transition from City employment to full-time military life. The City currently has one employee who has been called into active duty and has five others who are available. He noted the packet contained background information regarding benefits reservist currently receive, the changes they undergo in salary and benefits when entering active duty, information on what other cities are doing, legal advice from the City Attorney and options. Mr. Hunter explained the law currently provides that reservists in Washington receive 15 days paid leave from the City each year. They may also use vacation during this time to supplement their time. Their dependents have the right to go on Cobra (continuation of insurance benefits) up to 18 months. They can also purchase pension time credits when they return and must be re-employed into their former position or a similar position after discharge from active duty. Employees retain all seniority type benefits when re-employed. He described the changes employees undergo when called into active duty. Based on the experience of the one reservist called into active military duty, his paycheck was reduced by approximately 55% and his family's health insurance will also change. The City has a very good health insurance plan; most benefits are paid at 100%. When an employee goes on active duty, the plan he likely will go to will be a major medical plan with a $300 deductible for the family and 80/20 co - payments on all claims. At the same time, during this difficult period of time, his family will also have to re-establish service connections with new physicians, dentists, etc. He noted the City's reservist spent his last days talking to creditors to arrange all his financial affairs rather than spending the time with his family so that his family would not be burdened with those issues while he was on active duty. With regard to what other employers are doing at the national, state and local level, Mr. Hunter explained the Society of Human Resource Managers, surveyed over 9,700 employers around the nation and found 37% supplement the pay and benefits of reservists when called into active duty. In the public sector, the States of California and Florida recently enacted new legislation authorizing pay and benefits. Florida provides one full month of pay and California provides 40 days of full pay for activated reservists. At the local level, a local city surveyed approximately 23 jurisdictions, which indicated three jurisdictions provide supplemental pay and benefits. He clarified, supplemental pay meant making up the difference Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 7 between the military pay and the employee's salary. Three jurisdictions provide a continuation of the health insurance benefit and three cities provide a shared leave benefit. Mr. Hunter commented a shared leave benefit was co-workers donating accrued vacation time to assist the military person. Mr. Hunter explained the City Attorney has cautioned the City to avoid a gift of public funds with this issue. The City Attorney advised if the City were to develop an agreement with the activated employee in which the employee agrees to promptly return after their release from the military, the issue of gift of public funds could be avoided. If the employee fails to return in a prompt manner, the employee agrees to repay the full amount of the supplemental pay to the City. Mr. Hunter outlined options for the Council's consideration. 1) Supplemental pay and benefits for sixty days which was approximately one full month's pay. In this option, the City would pay the difference between the military pay and his normal pay and benefits are continued during this period. Estimated cost — the difference between military pay and City pay for a sixty day period is approximately $7,300 and the cost of insurance is approximately $505 per month or $1,010 for two months. 2) Continuation of health insurance benefits for dependents. The City would pay the Cobra costs for 90 days. Estimated cost - $1,515. 3) Shared Leave — this option would require the City to change its existing ordinance regarding shared leave to allow employees to donate accrued vacation to the employee. The benefit lasts only as long as donated time is available from other employees. Estimated cost — none. Mr. Hunter noted the estimated cost of the options were based on the current active reservist and would vary according to the amount of military pay, City pay, number of dependents on insurance, etc. Councilmember Orvis asked if what was proposed was the maximum the City could do to supplement the reservists' benefits. Mr. Hunter clarified these were only options he developed for Council consideration; the Council could do more or less. He noted the options have been reviewed by the City Attorney and are acceptable as long as the aforementioned agreement is reached with the employee. Councilmember Plunkett noted there was one City employee who could be in the service for up to a year. Mr. Hunter agreed the employee had orders for one year. Councilmember Plunkett asked if there were others this would apply to. Mr. Hunter answered there were a total of five, the length of time they would be on active duty varied according to the orders they received. Councilmember Plunkett noted the 60 days supplemental could be expanded as the Council wished. Mr. Hunter agreed. He explained the options he developed were intended as a transition plan, to assist the employee and his family during the most difficult time when moving from City employment into fulltime military. He noted the dependents would be the most effected such as by the change in health insurance. Councilmember Plunkett pointed out if the employee was on active duty for a year and the City provided 60 days of supplemental pay/benefits, the employee would still lose approximately half his pay as could others who were called to active duty. Councilmember Plunkett asked if this could be re-evaluated in 60 days and possibly do more. Mr. Hunter said based on the advice of the City Attorney, the City must receive something in return to avoid a gift of public funds. Councilmember Orvis commented the employee would be preserving the country's liberty. Mr. Hunter clarified the City Attorney's advice was if the City was going to provide something in addition to their legal benefits, there must be an agreement that they would return something to the City. The agreement states they will return promptly to work; if they fail to do so, they Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 8 will repay the supplemental pay. He emphasized the expenditure of public funds could not be a gift; there must be something provided by the employee in return. Councilmember Plunkett summarized providing 60 days supplement to someone who would be gone for a year did not sound like much. He questioned whether the City should consider more than 60 days or whether 60 days was intended as an interim start. Mr. Hunter said 60 days was a number he selected; the Council could select any number they wished. Councilmember Plunkett asked if all three options could be selected. Mr. Hunter answered yes. Council President Earling asked whether there had been any discussion at the staff level regarding the degree of participation in providing shared leave benefits to their co-workers. Mr. Hunter answered there had not been a great deal of conversation other than some comments from directors that they liked that option. Council President Earling summarized the first option, supplemental pay/benefits, would cost approximately $8,310. That option for one employee over one year would total $50,000. It that was done for all five City employees, the total amount would be "serious money." He commented that although everyone was sympathetic to those giving to their country, on the other hand, signing up for the reserves created this possibility. He favored identifying a method of bridging the transition from City employment to military, noting the Cobra benefit was a high priority in order to maintain the level of insurance during this difficult time. Although he did not object to considering a combination, he wanted to be cautious about making magnanimous gestures without understanding how magnanimous the gesture would be. He noted the funds would need to be identified to provide this benefit or reductions identified in the budget. Councilmember Petso asked how this reached the Council rather than the Human Resources Committee. Mr. Hunter answered it would require an ordinance change. Further, the employee who was on active duty ran out of vacation time at the end of October. If the Council provided direction and approved an ordinance, the employee's pay and/or benefits could be continued without a break. Mayor Haakenson advised he directed Mr. Hunter to bring this to the full Council rather than the Human Resources Committee to avoid the delay of having the Human Resource Committee review it and refer it to the Council. Councilmember Petso inquired about the cost of covering the employee's job duties while he was on active duty. Mr. Hunter answered the Fire Inspector was placed in an acting role, assuming the duties of the Fire Marshall during this time. The Fire Chief has also brought in Firefighters on an overtime basis to fill in for the Fire Inspector. Councilmember Petso observed there was already a significant cost to the City due to the absence of the employee. Councilmember Petso noted City Attorney Scott Snyder's memo referred to the cost paid to reservists in the past, and asked if there was any estimate of this amount. Mr. Hunter responded in Washington, reservists are provided 15 days paid leave each year. To the best of his knowledge, all reservists in the City used that 15 days paid leave each year. Councilmember Marin, a reservist, expressed his appreciation to Mr. Hunter for bringing this matter to the Council for consideration. As the Commanding Officer of a Reserve Unit, he had a number of individuals junior to him who, when on active duty, made substantially less money. He pointed out reservists called to active duty not only risked their lives but also often suffered a substantial loss of pay. He said the transitional approach was a good effort and an adequate approach. Although the requirement for a contract with the employee regarding return to the City was acceptable to him, he expressed concern Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 9 with the proposal that the contract indicate there was no absolute obligation on the part of the City to return the employee to his or her prior job if the employee has been disabled and that the City reserves the right to determine whether it can reasonably accommodate an individual disabled during the course of service. He noted this was in opposition to the federal ordinance as well as the City's existing regulations and recommended it not be included in the proposed contract. Mr. Hunter advised this could be discussed with the City Attorney. Council President Earling agreed with Councilmember Marin, commenting it may be necessary to determine the reason the City Attorney suggested this be included in the contract. Council President Earling commented an example would be a firefighter injured so that he/she could no longer fight fires, and it would be reasonable to expect the employee's job description might change. Council President Earling expressed his appreciation to Mr. Hunter for bringing this matter to the Council. He noted the Council was compelled to assist with the transition. He supported the array of options Mr. Hunter provided, noting they seemed fair and would not stretch the potential too far if the five reservists were called to active duty. He asked for clarification of whether the employee would receive their normal health benefits during the 60 day period or overlay with the 90 day supplemental Cobra. Mr. Hunter said when he developed the options, he considered them separate. The 60 days supplemental pay would place the employee in an active pay status and maintain their benefits on a normal basis. If supplemental pay was not provided, another option would be Cobra health insurance with the City paying the cost. Council President Earling explained his preference would be a 90-day extension of the Cobra benefits following the 60 day pay/benefit supplement, a package valued at approximately $10,000. He recommended the Council consider this proactively to support those who were defending the country. He encouraged staff to determine how these benefits could be further extended via shared leave. COUNCIL PRESIDENT EARLING MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MARIN, TO UTILIZE ALL THREE OPTIONS PRESENTED, INCLUDING THE 60 DAYS OF PAY/BENEFITS, WITH THE ADDITION OF 90 DAYS OF COBRA INSURANCE COVERAGE. Councilmember Plunkett referred to Councilmember Marin's concern, recalling Mr. Hunter's indication that the employee's vacation was nearly exhausted and direction from the Council was necessary to maintain the employee's pay. Mr. Hunter agreed that unless direction was provided, there would be an interruption in the employee's pay of at least two weeks. Councilmember Petso asked if Council President Earling's estimate of $10,000 for the employee currently on active duty was accurate or if there would be additional costs. Mr. Hunter answered this was a reasonable estimate for this particular employee. Councilmember Orvis indicated he supported the motion and requested staff provide an update regarding reservists' pay and benefits. Council requested the ordinance be placed on an upcoming Consent Agenda including Mr. Snyder's opinion. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Plan for 8. DISCUSSION ON GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR LAND Land Use & USE AND WATER -RELATED ISSUES Water Related Assistant City Engineer Don Fiene explained three months ago the City contracted with CRK Issues Environmental Management to develop a Plan of Action and Milestones to address the upcoming Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 10 Endangered Species Act (ESA) and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) and Shoreline Management Act requirements. The first deliverable task under this contract was to develop Guiding Principles and Adaptive Management Plan. Staff worked with the consultant to develop this document which was presented to the Community Service/Development Services Committee on October 9 who recommended it be forwarded to the full Council for discussion and adoption. Mr. Fiene reviewed key principles in the document including protection and enhancement of water quality, aquatic wildlife, and habitat as well as an emphasis that the City take a stewardship approach, meaning decisions will be based on environmental protection, enhancement, and regulatory requirements as well as consider human factors. He noted decision would not be based on the fear of lawsuit or individual interest. The Management Approach would rely on the Comprehensive Plan for the overall vision and guidance for regulatory planning activities. The focus would be on mandatory programs such as the NPDES Phase II and Shoreline Management Act Master Program revisions. The optional program requirements (e.g. ESA 4(d) Rule) would be compared to the mandatory program requirements. Regulatory gaps would be identified and actions implemented to address these gaps. Mr. Fiene explained the Adaptive Management Plan would include a step-by-step approach to review the City's program and establish a decision -making process to evaluate unexpected and unplanned future events. The ESA Committee that includes members from Parks, Public Works, Planning and Engineering, reviewed the document and concluded it provides a good framework for the City's approach to these upcoming requirements. Council President Earling referred to the statement in the agenda memo, "staff believes that these guidelines embody the strategies to meet the requirements of the new laws as well as the needs of the community" and asked whether the City Attorney had reviewed the guidelines and concurred with staff. Mr. Fiene explained this has not yet been reviewed by City Attorney Scott Snyder. Councilmember Petso asked whether the document provided protection from liability under ESA or NPDES requirements. Mr. Fiene answered it did in some respects. Staff has attended a number of seminars where the fear of third -party lawsuits has been raised. It has been indicated that being proactive and establishing guidelines made a city less of a target. He acknowledged there was always some liability but being proactive provided some protection. Councilmember Petso asked whether adoption of the Guiding Principles and Adaptive Management Plan would result in the loss of making a case -by -case decision on projects or City conduct in the future. Mr. Fiene answered this was a framework. COUNCIL PRESIDENT EARLING MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MARIN, TO ADOPT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR LAND USE AND WATER -RELATED USES, CONDITIONED UPON THE CITY ATTORNEY'S REVIEW AND CONCURRENCE. Councilmember Marin commented the Community Services/Development Services Committee reviewed this and he was very impressed with it. He noted this document identified responsible behavior, provided guidelines and demonstrated good faith. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Mayor Haakenson declared a brief recess. Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 11 Budget 9. BUDGET WORKSHOP orkshop Administrative Services Director Peggy Hetzler explained the Council conducted a workshop on October 27 to consider departmental requests for the 2002 budget. At the conclusion of that workshop, Council President Earling requested additional presentations be made regarding General Fund revenue projections and reserve balances as well as a presentation on the City's capital budget request for 2002. She recapped the preliminary budget, explained it was anticipated 2002 would begin with a cash carry - forward of slightly less than $1.3 million that would be available for reprogramming into the 2002 budget. General Fund revenues are projected at $23.3 million. General Fund baseline expenditure requests total slightly under $22.7 million. She explained baseline budgets were prepared by Finance for all departments; baseline budgets represented the 2001 adopted funding level for each department, adjusted to eliminate any one-time expenditures and including cost -of -living and benefit increases. No other inflationary increases were included. After receiving baseline budgets, each department reviewed the calculations in terms of their service delivery needs and prepared decision packages for an additional equipment or personnel requests as well as any general inflationary needs. For 2002, over $2 million in decision packages were submitted. For the $2 million in decision packages, approximately $455,000 represents costs considered to be mandatory. Ms. Hetzler defined mandatory to include costs that were contractually driven or costs imposed on the City by an outside agency. Examples of items included in the $455,000 mandatory costs were the $222,000 increase in the cost of Medic 7 services for 2002, $90,000 for 800 MHz radio equipment to allow the City to access Snohomish County's new 800 MHz system, and $45,000 for EMS levy election because the levy expires at the end of 2002. Ms. Hetzler explained the 2002 preliminary budget also included $650,000 in discretionary decision packages including approximately $300,000 in one-time only purchases of equipment and professional service agreement requests. Ms. Hetzler reviewed an accumulation of adjustments to the 2002 preliminary budget that have arisen since the preliminary budget was printed. The largest item was due to notification from AWC that medical and dental premiums will increase in 2002 by 20% versus the 8% communicated earlier. This will increase General Fund expenditures by approximately $100,000. As a result of the budget workshop, there were other costs that could be reduced from the amount proposed in the preliminary budget, resulting in a net increase of approximately $89,000. Adding the adjustments and decision packages resulted in requested expenditures for 2002 of approximately $23.9 million. Balancing the 2002 budget will require the use of $500,000 in beginning cash, which will result in an ending cash balance for the General Fund for 2002 of $751,000. Ms. Hetzler addressed the process of projecting revenues and the underlying revenue assumptions included in the preliminary budget. She explained the City began its budget process in July to allow sufficient time for departments to prepare detailed budget requests. In order to have a starting point to determine available cash and revenues to finance the coming year's expenditures, Finance staff estimated current year revenues and projected major revenue categories for the coming year. Because of the need to begin the process early, current year revenues were based on actual results through June. The yearend estimated results were then evaluated in terms of the economic decline that has been predicted and determined a prudent approach for 2002 would be to anticipate no growth in sales tax and other economically sensitive revenue sources. Revenue generating departments who provide Finance with revenue estimates took a similar approach. She noted the revenue estimates and projections in the preliminary 2002 budget were prepared based on June actual results. It was now anticipated that the decline in the economy would be more severe than originally predicted, however, a significant reduction in revenue receipts through October has not yet occurred. Finance staff and the Mayor agreed it was too early to attempt to estimate the total impact of the economic decline. Instead of arbitrarily reducing sales Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 12 tax revenues for 2002, the Mayor chose to conditionally recommend discretionary decision packages based on the provision that departments will not be allowed to expend these funds until July 2002. For the remainder of 2001 and the first half of 2002, revenues will be closely monitored and if significant revenue shortfalls are encountered, department budgets will be re-evaluated and possibly reduced. Ms. Hetzler explained the final step before adoption of the final budget is to reassess the major revenue categories based on current activity through October. The revenue projections would then be adjusted for significant variances. She summarized the total projected revenues for the General Fund for 2002 is $23.3 million which represents a 2.6% increase over 2001 estimated revenue. The major changes included in revenues are a 3% property tax increase for the regular property tax levy which would generate $215,000, a 3% property tax increase for the EMS levy which would generate $45,000, and property tax from new construction added to the assessment roles would generate approximately $81,000. She clarified no growth in sales tax revenue was projected and sales tax revenue was flat -lined based on 2001 actual receipts, resulting in approximately $79,000 less than was expected in 2001. Other revenues include a 2.4% increase in utility tax generating $75,006, state WET backfill funding in the amount of $460,000, no increase in building permit fees, a reduction in plan check fees of $58,000, a reduction in transfers from other funds of $167,000. The net change in all other revenues is $40,000 for a net increase in revenue in 2002 for $612,000. Ms. Hetzler noted Council President Earling also requested an analysis of General Governmental Reserve Funds and ending cash balance. She displayed the yearend results for 2001 and 2002, explaining the Emergency Financial Reserve Fund would be slightly over $1.6 million at yearend 2001 and was expected to grow to $1,789,000 in 2002, representing a funding level of 7.5% of General Fund expenditures. She anticipated the Council Contingency fund would end with slightly over $900,000. At yearend 2002, this amount would be reduced to $123,000, representing '/2% of General Fund expenditures. Ending General Fund cash for 2001 was anticipated to be slightly less than $1.3 million and projected ending General Fund cash balance for 2002 was projected to be $750,000 representing 3.15% of General Fund expenditures. She projected at yearend 2002, the total reserves and ending cash would be $2,664,000, slightly more than 11% of General Fund operating budget. At Saturday's workshop, Councilmember Miller requested staff provide a list of high priority unfunded decision packages that were not included in the preliminary 2002 budget. She reviewed these items including a request by the Municipal Court for overtime and printing costs in the amount of $3,500; Administrative Services was seeking $27,500 for consultant assistance in the implementation of a new accounting standard; Police Department requested $23,940 for a voice stress analyzer, a wave alarm system, and overtime; the Fire Department requested $22,400 for the purchase of defibrillators to be placed in all City buildings; Development Services requested $205,000 for three new positions, a code enforcement officer, engineering specialist, and GIS position and related equipment associated with these positions; and Public Works requested $17,500 for a vehicle replacement. The total of the unfunded high priority decision packages was slightly less than $300,000. Councilmember Plunkett requested Ms. Hetzler provide the overheads in hardcopy to the Council and .requested hardcopies be provided in the future as presentations are made. He also asked why the Council Contingency fund was increased in 2001. Ms. Hetzler advised it was a contingency for potential legal costs. Councilmember Plunkett asked whether the contingency percentages were typically established at minimum requirements. Ms. Hetzler answered they were at least the minimum and often exceeded the minimum. Councilmember Petso referred to the General Fund revenue summary in the budget book and questioned the small increase projected in electrical utility taxes. She noted it was more when this source was Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 13 discussed for paying the interest on the bonds. She noted the summary indicated revenue from electrical utility tax was $72,000, which was not enough to cover debt service on the bonds. Ms. Hetzler explained the proposal in the budget was that the excess utility tax was not receipted into the General Fund but was deposited directly into the bond redemption fund established under the ordinance that authorized that bond sale. Councilmember Petso pointed out in 2001 the telephone utility tax revenue was shown as one amount and now was broken down between telephone utility tax and cellular telephone utility tax. Ms. Hetzler clarified there was no new tax, noting in the past staff has manually generated these schedules; this year the schedules were printed using the new Eden Financial System. Councilmember Orvis inquired about the reference to changes to decision packages. Ms. Hetzler explained these were discussed at the Saturday workshop, and included the decreased cost of chemicals for Yost pool, and the Parks Department 9-passenger van which was estimated to cost $6,000 less than indicated in the budget. Councilmember Orvis asked which decision packages were conditionally funded. Mayor Haakenson advised all the decision packages included in the preliminary budget were conditioned on Council approval. Councilmember Orvis asked whether the decision packages were conditionally funded based on revenue. Ms. Hetzler answered nearly all decision packages included in a departmental budget, with the exception of those listed in Non -departmental, were delayed for implementation until July 2002. Councilmember Petso noted many of the decision packages stated this was a repeat request from last year. She asked for documentation showing where actual expenditures significantly exceeded anticipated expenditures. She also requested accounting for funds budgeted but not expended. For example, the Police Department indicated they were unable to fill two patrol officer positions. She questioned how much of those funds were still available and included in the ending cash balance and if those funds have been expended, how? Councilmember Petso noted she also received telephone calls regarding components of the salary increase and inquired what this year's cost of living adjustment (COLA) was. Ms. Hetzler explained a 3.5% COLA was built into the budget. Councilmember Petso noted the Mayor had a discretionary 5% in addition for certain positions. Ms. Hetzler answered the discretionary 5% was for employees not currently maxed out in his/her range. Councilmember Petso asked if there were seniority increases. Ms. Hetzler answered no. Mayor Haakenson advised all increases had been factored into the budget. Council President Earling noted information regarding unexpended funds by department was outlined in the monthly budget report. Ms. Hetzler advised the monthly reports showed what departments were projected to spend year-to-date and what had actually been expended. Fund#112 City Engineer Dave Gebert highlighted projects in Fund #112, Combined Street Construction/Improvement Fund (transportation projects). The projects highlighted included: Fire Department signal improvements for Fire Stations 20 and 16; the rockery project at 76th Avenue W to make repairs to the deteriorated existing rockery on 76th Avenue W near Dellwood Drive; the 761h Avenue W restoration project to overlay 76th Avenue W from SR104 to SR99; Pine Street Ferry Access improvements to implement recommendations from the Pine Street Ferry Traffic Study; 74th Avenue W road stabilization project; development of the Transportation Plan; Water Overlay (annual contribution from water utility for overlays); Woodway-Elementary pedestrian walkway improvement; and pedestrian improvements at 72"d Avenue W and at 164'h Street SW. Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 14 Mr. Gebert noted grants have been acquired for the Fire Station signal projects — $100,000 for Fire Station 20 and $112,000 for Fire Station 16; $150,000 for the 76t" Avenue restoration project; $80,000 for citywide guardrail improvements; and $150,000 for the Woodway-Elementary pedestrian walkway improvement as well as $44,000 contribution from the school district. He noted staff planned to pursue grants funds for construction of pedestrian improvements at 72°d Avenue W and at 160 Street SW. and #330 Mr. Gebert highlighted several projects in Fund #330, Bond Construction Fund (established for the bond projects approved earlier this year), including the library roof, Anderson Center windows; electrical; plumbing and restrooms; seismic improvements; and street overlays. He noted the Anderson Center seismic improvements were dependent on the City receiving a FEMA grant. He summarized Fund #112 and #330 included a total of $1,250,000 for overlays that included grant funds. Council President Earling asked staff to provide the amount spent on street overlays in the previous three years. Mr. Gebert noted the average was approximately $525,000 over the past five or six years with no grant funding and indicated he would confirm this information. Mr. Gebert highlighted projects in Fund #412, Combined Utility Construction/Improvement Fund (for and #412 water system, storm drain system, and sewer system projects), including the annual waterline replacement program; installation of storm drains in the Meadowdale area; development of the stormwater Comprehensive Plan; enlarging the Talbot Road culvert; Willow Creek storm outfall extension; projects recommended from the southwest Edmonds Basin Study; drainage improvements in the 95tn Avenue West area; replacing 600 feet linear of 50-year old sewer main on Alder Street in the area of 9tn and 10tn; installation of a liner in the deteriorated Admiral Way sewer; and Lift Station # 1. He noted the City obtained a Trust Fund Loan in the amount of 1650,000 to assist with Lift Station #1. Councilmember Petso asked how much grant funding would be provided by FEMA for the Anderson Center seismic improvement. Mr. Gebert answered $525,000. Councilmember Orvis asked why 76d' Avenue W was selected for overlay rather than 2201n or 80Mr. Gebert answered 220tn was a very large project that could not be accomplished without grant funding. Grant requests have recently been submitted and the 220t' overlay is anticipated to occur in the 2002- 2005 timeframe. He noted 84tn Avenue W, a lower priority than 220tn, was overlaid this year. Councilmember Plunkett noted Mr. Gebert highlighted only 20% of the projects and asked why he highlighted the projects he did. Mr. Gebert answered he highlighted the larger, more substantial projects. Councilmember Orvis commented the General Fund contributed approximately $279,000 to Fund #111 for continuing maintenance and resurfacing projects. He inquired whether large enough contributions were being made from the General Fund to maintain an overlay program over time. Public Works Director Noel Miller said it would be evaluated this year and a recommendation made prior to budget preparation for 2003. For Council President Earling, Mr. Gebert described the location of the 1001h Avenue W road stabilization project and the 74tn Avenue W road stabilization project. a#113 Stephen Clifton, Community Services Director, referred to Fund #113, Multimodal Transportation, explaining the amount of $662,000 requested in 2002 (matching funds) was determined by the amount of state and local grants the City received for this project. He noted these funds were pass -through funds used to pay the consultant and the State reimbursed the City for state and federal funds. He referred to Fund #326, Public Safety Building Construction, noting the $2,114,000 for the Public Safety Building Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 15 project and the interfund transfer for 1 % for Arts of $16,400 were directly related to Fire Station 16. He noted the total of these amounts did not add up to the $2.25 million the Council authorized for the project as the amount expended this year was deducted from the $2.25 million, leaving the remainder of the expenditure in 2002. Parks and Recreation Director Arvilla Ohlde highlighted projects in Fund #125, Park and#1250 Acquisition/Improvement, including park development projects such as the final phase of City Park improvements; beautification citywide/treescape; citywide park improvements including waterfront bulkheads; aquatic recreation center; trail development including a link to the Interurban Trail; and a Master Plan for Hummingbird Park. She noted the aquatic recreation center would be a $10 million general obligation bond if there was a positive bond issue. and#126 Ms. Ohlde highlighted projects in Fund #126, Special Capital, including the Marina Beach purchase; purchase of the Edmonds Marsh/Hatchery acquisition; and Esperance/Chase Lake neighborhood park. Ms. Ohlde noted a 50% grant was received from IAC for the Marina Beach purchase. A 100% grant has also been received from Snohomish County for the purchase of the Esperance area neighborhood park. Fund #130 Ms. Ohlde noted Fund #130 included a $375,000 capital project for construction of a columbarium. Councilmember Plunkett inquired about $405,000 budgeted for City Park improvements and asked whether this was the final phase. Ms. Ohlde answered yes, noting the question remained whether this was a one-way or two-way road. She noted a traffic study would be completed in the near future to assist with making a decision regarding the roadway. Council President Earling inquired if there were other issues associated with the Esperance/Chase Lake neighborhood park. Ms. Ohlde answered the site was approximately 7.2 acres which included wetlands but approximately 3.5 acres could be used for a neighborhood park. and#116 Public Works Director Noel Miller explained Fund #116, Building Maintenance, was a fund for smaller building maintenance projects that were too large to budget in the buildings operations budget but not large enough to require financing. Transfers to this fund from the General Fund range from $75,000 to $100,000 per year. He explained the projects listed included several City -owned buildings. and #ala J Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager Steve Koho highlighted projects in Fund #414, Wastewater Treatment Plant, including Meter A & E rehab; SR104 trunkline repair; outfall repair; and replacement of heat exchanger. Mr. Koho explained the outfall repair was identified when a contractor hired to put protection on the line found damage to the line on Olympic Beach. In order to repair the line, this will be a somewhat more significant project. The majority of the rock will be removed to resemble how the area looked five years ago. For Councilmember Petso, he described rock that would be removed at Olympic Beach. Council President Earling asked that any funds that have not yet been discussed be presented to the Council at the workshop prior to committee meetings on November 13. Council President Earling recalled he requested Councilmembers raise any initiatives tonight such as Councilmember Miller's suggestion to include funding for another code enforcer. He recalled Councilmember Plunkett outlined proposed amendments to Edmonds City Code Chapter 5.05 Animal Control. Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 16 Councilmember Orvis indicated he had several suggested budget reductions. Council President Earling suggested they be outlined in memo form to the Council, Mayor and staff. Councilmember Marin referred to the earlier presentation regarding a marketing proposal and suggested consideration be given to participating in that effort. Mayor Haakenson recalled his budget presentation included a request for the Council to consider how economic development was done in the City. He suggested Councilmember Marin discuss with the Council how to address economic development. Councilmember Plunkett suggested Councilmember Marin develop a memo with suggested funding mechanisms for Council consideration. 10. MAYOR'S COMMENTS SnoCom Mayor Haakenson reported on the SnoCom and Medic 7 Board meetings, explaining a number of operational issues were addressed at the SnoCom Board meeting regarding how the 911 center operates. The three main issues were pre -alert dispatching calls, staffing issues, and dispatch times. There was also a presentation from Fire District 1 and Fire District 7 regarding mutual aid issues. The Medic 7 Board meeting included approval of the 2002 budget. 11. COUNCIL COMMENTS Mon. 11/5 Council President Earling reminded that next week's Council meeting was on Monday, November 5 due ouncil to the election on November 6. He urged the public to exercise their right to vote. Meetin 1 n J Councilmember Plunkett asked that the Mayor's office, Assistant Police Chief Wean, Police Chief Stern, and Administrative Services Director Peggy Hetzler receive a copy of his memo. Councilmember Petso congratulated staff members including Stephen Clifton, Sandy Chase and Cindi Cruz for being specifically mentioned by a member of the public who commented on how cooperative they had been in answering her requests. With no further business, the Council meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m. i " • e5 SANDRA S. CHASE, CITY CLERK Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes October 30, 2001 Page 17 AGENDA EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL Council Chambers, Public Safety Complex 250 511 Avenue North 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. OCTOBER 30, 2001 7:00 p.m. - Call to Order Flag Salute Approval of Agenda Consent Agenda Items Roll Call Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes of October 23, 2001 (C) Approval of Claim Checks #51495 through #51645 for the week of October 22, 2001, in the amount of $217,228.29 3. ( 5 Min.) Presentation to Edmonds Boys and Girls Club from "Yes for Community Transit Campaign" 4. (15 Min.) Edmonds Economic Stakeholders request for economic development funds for long term marketing plan of Edmonds 5. (15 Min.) Presentation of Downtown Parking Study 6. Audience Comments (3 minute limit per person) 7. (15 Min.) Discussion on military reservists benefits S. (10 Min.) Discussion on Guiding Principles and Adaptive Management Plan for Land Use and Water -related Issues 9. (60 Min.) Budget Workshop 10. 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