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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 • 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. 0 11 4 CAO 1 1 • 1 • I 1 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 0