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19811103 City Council Minutes• October 27, 1981 - continued A recommendation had been receivedfrom the Finance. Director to eliminate one of the Accountant positions and establish.an.,Accounting Supervisor,position. .This had been discussed at the Personnel Committee.meefing. COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN MOVED.TO ESTABLISH: -THE ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR POSITION, ACCEPTING THE JOB DESCRIPTION PROVIDED, AND THAT THE REVISED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR'THE ACCOUNTANT POSITION ALSO BE ACCEPTED. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD SECONDED THE MOTION, NOTING THAT THE -ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR POSITION WILL BE.GRADE E-2 AND THE ACCOUNTANT POSITION WILL REMAIN AT GRADE NE-8. MOTION CARRIED. 0 A request had come from the City Engineer to fill a part-time Engineering.Aide position which.has been in the department for several years but was not reflected on.the.organization chart. The Engineering budget had included it under salaries and wages and each time a vacancy occurred the question arose as to whether.it was on the organization chart and was budgeted. The Mayor recommended approvalrof the request. It was.decided to put it in the budget and leave it to .the administration to administer, thereby giving flexibility to use the person as much as needed but keeping it as a part-time position. Council President Allen asked when the PAB will be finished with the Highway 99 Study, and Planning Director Mary Lou Block responded that beginning the first of the year there will be presentations to the Council. Council President Allen announced that the library cornerstone ceremony will be on November 7. Council President Allen announced the AWC Legislative Conference on November 12. Councilmember Goetz advised.that.the Consultant Selection Committee met last Friday and will meet. . again on October 30, at 7:30 a.m., in the Mayor's office.. She provided minutes of the last meeting. Councilmember Goetz noted that a response had been received from Lynnwood regarding the welcome sign. Mayor Harrison will_.contact Mayor Hrdlicka to.discuss it further. Councilmember Kasper requested that the Council not be given so much additional written material on Tuesdays because they do not have time to read it before the Council meeting. There was no further business to -come before the Council, andthe meeting adjourned at 11:30 p.m. 4_0_� 2g" IRENE VARNEY MORAN,'C' y Clerk. November 3, 1981 v HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor The regular meeting of the.Edmonds City Council was called -to order at 7:45 p.m. -by Mayor Harve Harrison in the Council Chambers, of the Edmonds Civic Center. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Jo -Anne Jaech Bill Kasper Ray Gould Katherine Allen Larry Naughten Mary Goetz John Nordquist Marc'Gluth, Student Rep.. CONSENT AGENDA Jack Mitchell, Public Works Superintendent Jim Adams, City Engineer Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Mary Lou Block, Planning Director Art Housler, Finance Director Marlo Foster, Police Chief Jack Weinz, Fire Chief Jim Jessel, Parks and .Recreation Director Wayne Tanaka, City Attorney Mark Eames, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk Items'(F), (H), and (I) were removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER.GOULD..MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, TO APPROVE.THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The approved items on the Consent Agenda -included the following: (A) Roll call. (B). Approval of Minutes.of-October 27, 1981,.as amended.. The Clerk had provided an amendment 'to page 2, the second paragraph, having to do -with the rescheduling of :the item regarding the right-of-way acquisition at 1020 Puget.`Dr. in that there had been a roll call vote on the motion which was not shown. It should have stated: A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN, WITH COUNCILMEMBERS JAECH,.KASPER, ALLEN, GOULD, AND NAUGHTEN VOTING YES, AND WITH-COUNCILMEMBERS NORDQUIST AND GOETZ VOTING NO. MOTION CARRIED. (C) Setting date of November 17, 1981 for hearing on appeal from PAB recommendation,to deny rezone. (R-7-81 -.William Johnson) (D) Setting date of November 17, 1981 for hearing on change to an approved PRD. (PRD-4-77.- 'Parkside West) • (E) Adoption of Ordinance 2244 to permit buses on 76th Ave. W. 3 4 . November 3, 1981 - continued • (G) Adoption of Ordinance.2245, amending Community Development Code Sections 20.95.050 and 20.100.010(B) to permi,t,staff approval of certain.Conditional Use Permits. (J) Approval of specified salary of Accounting Supervisor. AUTHORIZATION TO CALL FOR BIDS.:ON PAINT STRIPER [Item (F) on Consent Agenda] Councilmember Nordquist asked if this was an item that could be rented as it is used seasonally. Public Works Superintendent Jack Mitchell had not investigated rental of the equipment but said it would not be feasible to try to share it with other cities.as weather can cause problems in scheduling, and scheduling and lending of complex equipment is very difficult. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN,-TO APPROVE ITEM (F) ON THE.CONSENT.AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGING FEES IN SECTION 15.00.020(A).FOR LAND USE APPLICATIONS [Item (H) on Consent Agenda Councilmember..Naughten recalled that.last year some major revisions were made in the fee structure and he said he would like to refer this proposal to the Finance Committee for review in order to assure that there is continuity. 000NCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, TO REFER ITEM (H) TO THE FINANCE.COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. Councilmember Gould requested that the Planning Director provide a summary of the fees. PROPOSED RESOLUTION 507 SETTING DECEMBER 1, 1981 FOR HEARING ON VACATION OF A PORTION OF THE ALLEY -LOCATED BETWEEN 8TH AND "B".AVES. S., AND BETWEEN THE NORTH SIDE OF LOT 4, BLOCK 10, YOST'S FIRST ADDITION., AND ELM ST. (ST-7-81) `Item,.(:I). on .Consent Agenda] Councilmember Naughten asked why there was a request for this. Planning Director Mary Lou Block responded that there had been a petition for it from some of the neighbors who wish to acquire the property. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GOULD, TO APPROVE ITEM (I) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. . Council President Allen advised that the Council had discussed making some changes to this evening's agenda. Therefore, COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST; TO"'MOVE=:THE COMPREHENSIVE PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN TO NOVEMBER 17, 1981 IN ORDER TO LOOK AT IT AT GREATER LENGTH. MOTION CARRIED. However, later in the evening the item again was rescheduled, to November 10, 1981. COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GOETZ, TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION OF THE SPACE NEEDS STUDY TO DECEMBER 1, 1981. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Harrison read his Budget Message, presenting to the Council a balanced preliminary budget for 1982. Council President Allen advised that there was a special presentation to be made. She thanked Councilmember Nordquist for his work on a cornerstone for.the new library. Councilmember Nordquist then displayed the cornerstone which,wil.l be placed, as well as the capsule which will be within it. He thanked the Council for the opportunity to undertake this project and he provided a cake to celebrate the occasion. A recess was taken and all present were invited to enjoy the cake. PRESENTATION OF PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE REZONE (R-4-81/LaPIERRE Planning Director Mary Lou. Block advised that the PAB had heard this item on September 23, 1981 and had approved the contract with certain conditions. Minutes of that hearing had been provided to the Council previously with details of the project. Ms. Block displayed drawings of the site, which was divided into parcels. Parcel A has already been developed... Parcels.B, C, D; and E were the parcels under consideration. Parcel C would be professional offices,. Parcel D would be the road, and Parcel E would be a proposed.park-an.d=ride lot. High density, multi -family -development was intended for parcel B. The entire site approximates 13 acres; it is cleared but undeveloped except for a building foundation on Parcel C. Parcel A is separated from the rest of the property by a high retaining wall. In 1978 a rezone was granted from CG to RML (RM-2.4), and the current proposal was to rezone to CG, basically reversing the action of'1978. The reason was that the park -and -ride lot is intended on one parcel which is not allowed.under the RM-2.4 zoning. Ms. Block described the surrounding zoning and said the.Policy Plan designates the property as high density residential. She said the proposed..zoning would be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. A declaration of nonsignificant adverse environmental impact had been issued. Ms. Block read the provisions of the concomitant rezone agreement. In answer to.questions about the proposed park -and -ride proposal, she said the property currently was owned by LaPierre Industries but that parcel would be sold to the State and would be -developed as are other park -and -ride lots, being lighted and landscaped. City Engineer Jim Adams added that the final. negotiations have not been finished as to the State's purchasing the property. Councilmember Kasper observed that the college site has been lost for a park -and -ride lot and that this site was an alternate location, so if it were not available there would be a problem. He asked if it could be made a requirement of the zoning, and City Attorney Wayne Tanaka responded that it could. Bob Tjossem, 10522 187th, Bothell, representing the owner,.said the State had approached them a year ago and asked for a gentlemen's agreement on the location and price. He said they have it completely designed and are ready to go for.funding for acquisition, but they cannot use the property without the rezone. He said the basic price per square foot has been agreed'on, on a gentlemen's agreement basis, but he could not guarantee that.the Highway Department will acquire it even though 'he hoped they would as it would help with the development of the rest of the, property. 1 1 1�1 1 7 0 34�#3 . November 3, 1981 - continued Student Representative Marc Gluth asked if.the projected traffic signal at Highway 99 and 215th would not cause some confusion, and City Engineer Jim Adams -responded that they have a plan to put in new signals on.Highway 99 which will be coordinated to allow smooth flowing traffic. Those in the audience were invited to comment on this proposal. Natalie Shippen, 1.022 Euclid, said that since the Comprehensive Plan calls for high density, multiple, and only two acres have to be CG, why not zone the remainder RMH instead of CG. Ms. Block responded that it primarily had to do with setbacks, and if it were zoned for RM use a great deal more setback would be required for the park -and -ride and the commercial office building, and there really is no .reason to require the additional setbacks. She said the staff felt it was reasonable to go CG. The 'park -and -ride lot will accommodate 256 cars. It was asked who the -contributors to the traffic signal will be and the response -was that there are three: LaPierre, Stevens Hospital with their tower addition, and Blue Cross. Councilmember Gould questioned what would take place on the property if the park -and -ride lot does not develop. Because the Council had questions and it appeared they may want to make some modifications, a public hearing was suggested. It was noted that the PAB will have a public hearing on November 12 on downtown.parking so the Council may wish to discuss in -lieu parking after that. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN, THAT THE IN - LIEU PARKING ITEM BE MOVED TO NOVEMBER 24, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BE MOVED TO NOVEMBER 10, AND THE LaPIERRE CONTRACT REZONE BE SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 17. MOTION CARRIED. DISCUSSION ON RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION AT 1020 PUGET DR., WITH FURTHER INFORMATION ON ALTERNATIVES TO SOLVING PROBLEM Roger Hertrich, the property owner at this address, requested an extension of the.discussion because the Council this evening had passed an ordinance allowing the staff to approve variances of fence • heights so he could apply to the staff for a variance for a fence -over 6' in height. He noted that the fee schedule had been removed from the Consent Agenda for further study and said he would be willing to pay the old Hearing Examiner fee for that if the Council would approve a refund if the change is approved and the fee thereby reduced by the matter going to the staff. He said he had other estimates which are different from that he discussed previously, but he did not think he should go into them until the problem of height is solved. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO NOVEMBER 17, 1981. Councilmember Kasper stated that the Council did not want to get into the fence decision, which was Mr. Hertrich's decision, and that this item previously had been delayed until October 27 to see if he could clear the height matter and give them a figure which he was willing to accept. He said he expected Mr. Hertrich to provide a figure on which he was willing to settle. THE MOTION CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMEMBER GOULD VOTING NO. COUNCIL Councilmember Gould observed that the future meetings were becoming too full to combine with budget work meetings. .THEREFORE, COUNCILMEMBER GOULD MOVED', SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST, THAT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA OF NOVEMBER 17 AND BE HELD INSTEAD ON NOVEMBER 19, AT 7:30 P.M., THE PLACE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE STAFF. MOTION CARRIED. COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST, THAT ON NOVEMBER 24 THE BUDGET WORK SESSION BE FROM 6:30 TO 8:30 P.M., TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR WORK MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Councilmember Goetz reported that the Consultant Selection Committee had met on October 30 to select a. consultant from the three finalists for the design of the 76th Ave. walkway. The committee evaluated the three proposals submitted by the consultants, and the firms were ranked (1) Reid, Middleton & Associates, (2) Northwest Engineering Company, and (3) U.R.S. The Committee authorized the City Engineer to negotiate within his cost estimate with Reid,'Middleton & Associates. The total project cost is estimated to be $120,000, with 80% federal funding. • .Councilmember Gould noted that he had distributed copies of an article from the Wall Street Journal, entitled "Clearing Up Confusion over Block Grants," which he said is a brief consolidation of the .information. Councilmember Jaech advised that she would be out of town November 20-29. Councilmember Naughten noted that there was a letter from Judy Arnold of the Edmonds Business Association regarding a $1,500 Christmas decoration project for the downtown business district and asking for assistance from the City. He suggested -that the City participate in the amount of 20% or $300.. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GOETZ, THAT $300 FROM THE COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUND BE USED FOR THE PURCHASE OF HOLIDAY DECORATIONS FOR THE CITY. MOTION CARRIED. Councilmember Naughten notedthat the proposal of giving local businesses some kind of preference when bidding'on City projects had been referred to the Finance Committee and he'asked when.that would be discussed. Councilmember Jaech responded that the committee would not meet until after the .budget process. Councilmember Kasper stated.that he had requested a report regarding the library modifications and the report had.been received from Parks and Recreation Director Jim Jessel and the architect, but'he noted that the.architect did not.seem satisfied with the result. Mr. Jessel responded that the mechanical. unit had been.moved..from the higher roof to the lower roof which aesthetically was not satisfactory to the architect but the Council's direction had been to stay within the height limita- tion so it could not.be placed on.the higher roof as,the architect would have preferred. There was -'no further business to.come before the Council, and the meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Cit Clerk HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor