19730508 City Council Minutes•
A motion was made by Councilman Nordquist and seconded by Councilman Tuson
to accept the low bid of-Wooleys Pipe & Sewer Instr., Inc. for the total
amount of the bid of $46,820.00. Motion carried.
There being no further business to come before Council, the meeting was
adjourned at 9:45 PM.
eanor Quealey, Depu City Clerk Harve H. Harrison, Mayor
May 8, 1973
ROLL -CALL
Regular -'-,meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:30 P.M.
by Mayor Harve Harrison with Council members Gellert, Nelson and Shippen
present. Councilman Tuson had given notice that he would be on vacation,
Nordquist notified the City Clerk that he was ill, and Anderson was excused
until May 15. The Mayor stated that [minters had said he would be absent,
Since there was not a quorum, Mayor Harrison declared there could be no
council meeting held for transaction of official business.
INFORMAL DISCUSSION •
Since there were several.people in the audience, Mayor Harrison invited
anyone to speak on an informal basis.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Mr. Hill Halbert, 13,.Sunset Avenue, complained to council members about
parking on Bell Street between Sunset and Second Avenues now that restric-
tions have been placed on Sunset. He said the ferry commuters now park on
Bell in front of his home, beginning at about 5:30 in the morning and leave
their cars until about 5:00 P.M. These people are noisey, and it is a dis-'
turbance in the neighborhood every day. There are about 8 to 14 cars parked
in one block and the residents there have difficulty parking in their own
driveways and in finding a space in front of their homes for guests. Mr.
Halbert stated that he had spoken to one of the councilmen about this prob-
lem, and he would appreciate it if something could be done about it. Mayor
Harrison asked Mr. Halbert if he could recommend a solution, and the answer
was that perhaps a 2 or 4 hour parking sign would restrict those parkers,
other than for residents' use on the street. City Engineer Leif Larson
reported that Councilman Tuson had contacted him about this problem, and he
had planned to prepare a proposed modification to the previous restriction
ordinance for parking on Sunset, and extend it to Bell. It was noted that
Mrs. Schultz had also talked with the City Engineer about this same subject,
and he had promised to study the situation and modify the ordinance, if
necessary. CAO Ron Whaley suggested that perhaps the city could issue a
courtesy sign to.be placed on the vehicles parked there, telling these
people.they .can use the Great Northern parking area free of charge, and it
would in fact be closer to the ferry. Councilman Gellert questioned if the
city can officially send cars to park in the Great Northern lot. Mayor
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Harrison said he had called the.ferry people and they had told him they were
not about,to go into the parking lot business and this is the city's problem.
City Engineer Larson said there was a possibility the city might have to
extend the "no parking" restriction quite a way from the dock. Councilman
Nelson stated that he favored the sticker-- idea, with the notices being placed
on the parked cars by the Police, to see how well it works. Mayor Harrison
told Engineer.Larson to go ahead with the restricting signs. Councilman
Nelson suggested the notices for the cars say something about -the residents
of the area being concerned about the noise generated by.Raerking here,
and invite them to park free of charge in a designated area elsewhere. The
discussion turned to the 30 foot strip located east of,'and parallel to the
railroad tracks between James and Main Streets, and Engineer Larson noted
that*we could make some diagonal parking there as a temporary_ measure.
Mrs. Ragna Dean, 128 Sunset Avenue, told council members she was speaking
for many people who have the same problem with no sidewalk on one side of
Sunset where there are also blackberry bushes growing out onto the walkway
area. She noted that she walks along this side when going to the Senior
Center, and she mentioned that there will be a problem with caterpillar
nests infesting these bushes. Mrs. Dean said she knew the city has a
nuisance ordinance which covers this. The Mayor then asked -her to please
give the name and address of the property owner where these bushes are to
CAO Whaley, and the city can -contact that person about the problem of the
bushes and caterpillars.
No one else in the audience wished to bring anything before the members
for comment.
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CAO Ron Whaley announced that the work meeting for the water system im-
provement has been postponed from this Thursday,evening to the 17th.
CAO Whaley also told council members that on Monday the deed for the Senior
Center property had been delivered. He noted that in regard to the removal
of the old dome structure, several people had inquired, and he may consider
asking for authority in the near future to offer this for sale.
Irene Moran, City Jerk
May 15, 1973
OATH OF_' -OFFICE FOR COUNCILMAN ROBERT ANDERSON
Harve H. Harrison, Mayor
Mayor Harve H. Harrison introduced Judge William Atwell, who then administered
the oath of office to new councilman, Dr. Robert A. Anderson.
ROLL CALL
The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was then called to order by
Mayor Harve Harrison, with all council members present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the council meeting of May 1, 1973 had been posted, mailed and
distributed. Councilman Nelson said he would like'to have a clarification of
the language beginning on page 3 midway down to the sentence indicating that
Councilman Nordquist had counted 247 cars, etc. The next sentence he would
like altered to read, "Of these, 83 that made the turn from the lefthand lane,
headed right for the curb, etc." At the end of this sentence he then wanted
to add the following: "Mr. Hoffman responded that the chicken tracks would
solve this situation:. Then on page 4, paragraph 1, prior to the motion made
by Councilman Nordquist, he would like the following sentence introduced:.
"A gentleman -in the audience asked if the middle lane with the optional left
turn signal can be held responsible for the increase in traffic. Mr. Hoffman
replied no, that the general improvement of 76th Avenue is the prime reason
for the traffic increase:. The minutes were then approved as corrected.
Minutes of the council meeting of May 8, 1973 had been posted, mailed and
distributed. Since there was not a quorum, there had been no official business
transacted and an informal discussion was held.
COUNCIL PARTICIPATION
Councilwoman Shippen asked Mayor Harrison if the City had"received a request
from the State Highway Department asking us to sign an agreement for improvements
on SR 524 between *88%gEd 64th West? The Mayor answered that he had received
such a letter. This was a letter of Understanding that the improvement would
be a joint venture between the City of Lynnwood and the City of Edmonds and
will be funded by UAB money. This letter is a written commitment that the
State will participate by'performing the design, holding required hearings,
advertising, and administrating the construction work; and that the Cities
will be responsible for acquiring the necessary right-of-way and the total
cost of the construction. The cities of Lynnwood and Edmonds by countersigning
this letter would indicate agreement with these terms and conditions. The
letter was signed by W. C. Bogart, District Engineer,
Councilwoman Shippen inquired if right-of-way widths or curb widths were specified.
She was told that the letter did not give this information. Mrs. Shippen pointed
out that in the minutes of September 12, 1972 she had asked what the Highway
Department and Engineering Department plans were for this -stretch of highway.
She said to her knowledge no design standards have ever been presented on this
length of roadway. City Engineer, Leif Larson stated that informal discussions
had been held, but that nothing has been formalized. He said nothing could
be formalized until there is council approval. Mr. Larson stated that some
time in the past the Council had asked that any prospectus submitted to the
Urban Arterial Board be approved by Council first. A prospectus for this
street has*not been authorized as yet. He said that a recent article in the
newspaper indicated that 196th might be eligible. Mr. Larson stated that if
it was eligible, then the City would be notified to prepare a prospectus.
This then would be subject to Council review before the City Engineer could
send it out. Councilwoman Shippen said she had recently attended a State
Highway Department Action Plan Meeting, and said that she would like to
have an action plan applied to 196th. She thinks community involvement
is necessary at this point. Engineer Larson said that on Thursday the UAB
is considering legislation that involves -two-phase approval.on UAB projects.
The first phase involves pre -engineering, real estate appraisals and impact
statements. After these things have been done and approved by everyone, then
you become eligible for the construction money. He said many projects die
in the first stage because of difficulties in connection with the preliminary
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