09/11/2012 City CouncilEDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES
September 11, 2012
The Edmonds City Council meeting was called to order at 5:45 p.m. by Mayor Earling in the Council
Chambers, 250 5t' Avenue North, Edmonds.
ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT
Dave Earling, Mayor
Strom Peterson, Council President
Lora Petso, Councilmember
Joan Bloom, Councilmember
Kristiana Johnson, Councilmember
Adrienne Fraley - Monillas, Councilmember
Diane Buckshnis, Councilmember
ELECTED OFFICIALS ABSENT
Frank Yamamoto, Councilmember
STAFF PRESENT
Phil Williams, Public Works Director
Carrie Hite, Parks & Recreation Director
Rob English, City Engineer
Phil Williams, Public Works Director
Jeff Taraday, City Attorney
Linda Hynd, Deputy City Clerk
1. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING POTENTIAL LITIGATION PER RCW
42.30.140(4)(b)
At 5:45 p.m., Mayor Earling called the meeting to order in the Council Chambers located in the Public
Safety Complex, 250 5`h Ave. N., Edmonds. He announced that the City Council would first convene in
executive session regarding potential litigation per RCW 42.30.110(1)(i). He stated that the executive
session would be held in the Jury Meeting Room and was scheduled to last approximately 15 minutes. No
action was anticipated to occur as a result of meeting in executive session. He noted that executive
sessions are not open to the public. Elected officials present at the executive session were: Mayor Earling,
and Councilmembers Peterson, Petso, Fraley - Monillas, Bloom, and Johnson. Councilmember Buckshnis
recused herself. Others present were City Attorney Jeff Taraday, City Attorney Sharon Cates, Public
Works Director Phil Williams, City Engineer Rob English and Deputy City Clerk Linda Hynd. The
executive session concluded at 6:02 p.m.
Mayor Earling reconvened the regular City Council meeting at 6:04 p.m., asking for a moment of silence
in memory of the attack on the United States on 9 -11, followed with the flag salute.
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
COUNCILMEMBER BUCKSHNIS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER FRALEY-
MONILLAS, TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
Councilmember Bloom requested a change to the Public Safety and Personnel Committee Meeting
agenda.
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COUNCILMEMBER BUCKSHNIS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PETERSON, TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY (6 -0).
COUNCILMEMBER BLOOM MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, TO
CHANGE THE ORDER OF ITEMS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PERSONNEL
COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSION WITH ITEM C,
FOLLOWED BY ITEMS A, B, AND D. MOTION CARRIED (6 -0).
COUNCILMEMBER BUCKSHNIS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ADRIENNE
FRALEY- MONILLAS, TO APPROVE THE AGENDA IN CONTENT AND ORDER AS REVISED.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY (6 -0).
3. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
Councilmember Johnson pointed out that the City Council Meeting minutes of 8 -28 -2012 should be
pulled and corrected on page six, in the second paragraph, as Mr. Doherty cited, to read: "There is case
law that supports the view that those are not public records; they are a Councilmember's own personal
notes, not taken at the request of the City, and not used by the City."
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON,
TO REVISE THE 8 -28 -2012 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES TO REFLECT THE
SENTENCE ON PAGE 6 IN THE MINUTES BE REVISED TO: "THERE IS CASE LAW THAT
SUPPORTS THE VIEW THAT THOSE ARE NOT PUBLIC RECORDS; THEY ARE A
COUNCILMEMBER'S OWN PERSONAL NOTES, NOT TAKEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE
CITY, AND NOT USED BY THE CITY." MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY (6 -0).
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PETERSON MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
BUCKSHNIS, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS REVISED. MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY (6 -0). The agenda items approved are as follows:
A. ROLL CALL
B. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 28, 2012 WITH A
REVISION MADE TO PAGE SIX.
C. APPROVAL OF CLAIM CHECKS #133953 THROUGH #134054 DATED AUGUST 30,
2012 FOR $162,148.46 (REPLACEMENT CHECKS #133954 $175.20, #133968 $1,285.20,
#134011 $100.00, #134018 $45.84 & #134036 $15.50), CLAIM CHECK 134055 DATED
AUGUST 31, 2012 FOR $255.00 AND CLAIM CHECKS #134056 THROUGH #134141
DATED SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 for $285,258.49 (REPLACEMENT CHECKS #134068
$2,671.20, #134113 $15.50 & #134127 $46,960.40). APPROVAL OF PAYROL DIRECT
DEPOSIT & CHECKS #51635 THROUGH #51669 FOR $467,725.21 AND BENEFIT
CHECKS #51670 THROUGH #51682 & WIRE PAYMENTS FOR $200,548.94 FOR THE
PERIOD AUGUST 16, 2012 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2012.
4. AUDIENCE COMMENTS
Al Rutledge, 7101 Lake Ballinger Way, Edmonds, commented about training that is going to be provided
by Fire District #1 via computer to residents at Lake Ballinger to assist the Fire District in their ability to
locate emergency events.
Roger Hertrich, 1020 Puget Drive, Edmonds, pointed out that he did not see any mention regarding chip -
seal in the Capital Facilities Plan. He did not understand how the proposal to create a ferry underpass at
the Main Street railway crossing worked with the probability of moving the ferry dock. He did not see
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any communication with the Ferry System about what their plans are and whether they concur with the
City's plans.
5. MAYOR'S COMMENTS
Mayor Earling noted that he had an opportunity to participate in the 7:03 ceremony at the intersection of
5`" and Main, where Debbie Dawson sounded taps in memory of the 9 -11 attack. There were around 40
people there, and it was a very solemn, nice moment to observe.
He thanked all of the people who worked so hard to put together the car show this year, with a record
number of over 300 cars.
Mayor Earling announced that the Half Marathon event will be taking place this Saturday and they are in
urgent need of volunteers to help. They may contact Renee McRae at Parks and Recreation.
6. COUNCIL COMMENTS
Councilmember Fraley - Monillas asked Mayor Earling if he would like to comment regarding the Lake
Ballinger visit. The Mayor stated that a delightful celebration was held at Lake Ballinger the day before
yesterday where the Ballinger family deeded some property to the city to allow the city to complete the
walking and biking trail extension. A plaque is mounted on 76th Street to commemorate the gift.
Councilmember Buckshnis stated that her uncle thought the car show was great and that there are pictures
from that on the dog park Facebook page. She noted that the art tour is coming this weekend. She
pointed out that last weekend was great for the Bird Fest. The Annual Salmon Tour, which is October 5th,
offers an opportunity to tour every year to see where all of the money is going, mostly to the Little Bear
Creek fish passage, which is in the Washington Cedar Sammamish watershed. Salmon can be seen and
funding is explained along with how they fix up the creek. It is one of the groups that the city is going to
start getting funding for the smaller streams.
Councilmember Johnson explained that on Sunday, September 16, the Police Department will be having
an open house from 12:00 — 5:00 p.m. There will be a canine unit there. She mentioned that the Edmonds
Museum is having an exhibit that is celebrating 100 years of the Edmonds Police Department and she
displayed the flyers that talk about that. She invited the public to attend.
Ms. Johnson stated that she and Councilmember Bloom attended the 9 -11 ceremony today at 6"' and
Sprague and there is going to be a permanent memorial to 9 -11 consisting of an I -beam from one of the
Twin Towers. To raise money for the memorial, they are raffling a glass fire helmet just before the end of
the year and the tickets cost approximately $34.30.
Councilmember Bloom also enjoyed the 9 -11 ceremony. She noted that the Planning Board is meeting
again tomorrow and they are dealing with a number of items that are also on the Port Master Plan
proposal and the proposed change to the Comprehensive Plan as a result and she has been at the last two
meetings and has found it invaluable learning about what they are proposing and the questions that the
Planning Board is asking. She encouraged people who have any interest in the future of the waterfront
activity center to attend that meeting or listen to it on Channel 21 or 39.
7. ADJOURN
With no further business, the Council meeting adjourned to Committee meetings at 6:22 p.m.
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