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19730710 City Council Minutes• HEARING: PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 4410 489 City Planner, Joe Wallis reported that this was.a matter that had come before the Planning Commission on June 13, 1973. This is.a proposal to remove future Erben Drive between 4th Avenue South and 5th Avenue 'South from the Master Street Plan. Mr. Wallis projected maps and slides of the area on a screen. Mr. Wallis said that he feels this street is not a necessity. 'In answer to questions from the Council, Mr. Wallis clarified that he was recommending that the south 20, from 4th to 5th and the north 20, to the east of the alley be removed and that the north 20, west of the alley be retained. Fire Chief Cooper said that he feels it is a poor move to remove an area that will give them complete access when you are talking about placing more residents in the neighborhood. He said he is concerned about the portion from the alley to 4th. Mr. Hamilton Eckert an architect said that his clients own the property and they would like to put eight units on it. However, at this point the city Building. Department will only issue a building permit for 5 or 6 units. After more discussion, a motion was made by Councilman Anderson and seconded by Councilwoman Shippen to continue this to July 17th and instruct the attorney to re -draw this ordinance applying the elimination from the Official City Map over to the south 20' of Erben Drive east of the alley to 5th. Motion carried. There being no further business to come before council, the meeting was adjourned at 10:20 P.M. Eleanor Quealey, Deputy r Clerk • July 10, 1973 1 • 1 1 ROLL CALL Harve H. Harrison, Mayor The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:30 P-.M. by Mayor Harve Harrison, with all council members present. 11, APPROVAL OF MINUTES, Minutes of the council meeting of July 3, 1973 had been posted, mailed and distributed, and with no omissions nor corrections, they were approved as written. COUNCIL PARTCIPATION Councilman .Tusori said that he had been asked by the Senior Citizens to bring before council the possibility of a swimming time being set aside for senior citizens on Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 12:00 noon and 1:30 P.M; at no cost to them. The Mayor said that he could see no objection to this. A motion was made by Councilman Tuson and seconded by Councilwoman Shippen approving this swim schedule for the Senior Citizens. Motion carried. Councilman Gellert reported that SnoCom ended 1972 with $10,261.01 surplus. Edmonds' share of this would be $2,648.20. A question that arose at the board meeting attended by Mr. Gellert was whether that surplus should be returned to the cities or kept in SnoCom. Mike Norman had written a letter setting forth three possible uses for the money. After some discussion, a motion was made by Councilman Nelson and seconded by Councilman Tuson to instruct the Board Members from the City of Edmonds to vote in our behald to give the money back to the cities. Motion carried. Mayor Harrison said that he had been looking at the Yost Park Pool Schedule and he said he -thought it would be in order to re -consider the p.r,oposed Senior Citizen Schedule and make it 12:00 noon .to 2:30, since it crosses a class schedule. This would give them an extra hour of flexibility. Councilman Tuson then made another motion to change the hours from 12:00 to 2:30 P.M. Monday through Friday. Councilwoman Shippen seconded. The motion was voted upon and carried. Mayor Harrison read a letter he had received from Stevens Hospital, signed by Jon D. Smiley, Administrator, with regard to establishing a heliport at Stevens Hospital for emergencies only. Councilman And commented that at the present time he would estimate that this service would be needed perhaps five or six times a year. It was determined that this is an RML Zone and this type of use is not permitted in an RML Zone. Councilwoman Shippen moved, seconded by Councilman Gellert to send the request to the Planning Commission for their consideration. Motion carried. Mayor Harrison reported that he had an application from.Angelo's Bella Casa Restaurant to the State Liquor Board for a Class H License instead of a CD, which they hold now. Police Chief Marlo Foster has recommended approval on the applicant and the location for the requested change. A motion was made by Councilman Tuson and seconded by Councilman'Gellert to give approval to this request. The motion carried, with Councilman Winters abstaining since he owns u 4.90 0 the property upon which the restaurant is situated. Mayor Harrison had stated at the last meeting that he would report on the need for parking in the street at Craig Craft which is at 316 Admiral Way. He inspected the area behind this business, which is 67' wide and 180' long, and it was full of debris. He said that if this area were cleaned up there could be room for 20 or 30 boats. Therefore, he would recommend no change in the signing at this time, and hopefully this area will be cleaned up and utilized. Councilman Winters said he did not think a two hour parking restriction is fair to a business. Dewey Ledya said he had observed three times during the past week where work was being done on the sidewalk in this particular location. A motion was made by Councilman Winters and seconded by Councilman Nelson to instruct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance that the parking be put back on in front of the Pointer -Willamette Building for two hours only on the weekends. The motion carried following a roll call vote, with Councilman Gellert and Councilwoman Shippen voting "no". The Deputy City Clerk read a letter which had been directed to the Water Department protesting any rate increases. The letter was signed by Aletha Handran. Mayor Harrison read a letter which had been received from the Snohomish County Senior Services in which they express gratitude to the Mayor and Council for their action in regard to the Senior Citizens Lunch Program. The letter was signed by Sally Wren. Councilwoman Shippen asked if we would start on Capital Improvement Hearings soon? CAO Ron Whaley answered that he and some members of the staff had a meeting on this last week, which was of a preliminary nature. He said meetings • would commence in 10 days to two weeks, and that he would like three members of the council to participate in these meetings. Councilwoman Shippen and Councilmen Gellert and Nordquist volunteered for this purpose. HEARING: ON PETITION FOR ANNEXATION - CHASE LAKE City Engineer, Leif Larson, reported that the Boundard Review Board has not invoked their jurisdiction; and since the 60 day period has elapsed, we are in a position to annex this area by passing an ordinance to this effect. In the event this would pass, it would go into effect on the 23rd of July. Mr. Larson requested that the attorney be instructed to prepare an ordinance to sewer the area under'the Health and Welfare item, and that the ordinance be set for hearing on the 24th of July. A further request was that Reid, Middleton continue to do the engineering for this project. The money has almost been expended under the previous authorization. Following a brief discussion, Mayor Harrison opened the hearing. Dr. Claris Hyatt, the Health Officer for Snohomish Health District, said that the problem in the Chase Lake Area came to their attention in the Spring of 1972 when they were approached by the Edmonds School District #15 concerning the sewage effluent that was draining on the grounds of the Chase Lake Elementary School. Upon investigation, they found that the sewage disposal problem did not exist just on the school grounds, but in the entire general area. Subsequently, members of their department worked with members of the PTA of the Chase Lake School, community members and officials of the City of Edmonds and were finally able to obtain signatures of the owners representing 75% of the property eval- uation. She said they now recommend that approval of the annexation be granted as a solution to a serious health problem, and that they also appreciate the fact that the engineering has been started prior to the annexation. Dr. Hyatt • stated that there is a State Law that upon the request of the City the Health Officer can mandate the sewering, and if this is the request she can supply such a letter to the City. Following some further discussion, the hearing was declared closed. A motion was made by Councilman Tuson and seconded by Councilman Nordquist that proposed Ordinance 41666 be passed annexing the Chase Lake Area as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached to said ordinance. Motion carried. Councilman Tuson then made a motion to instruct the attorney to draw an ordinance authorizing the start of sewering in the area, and to set hearing for July 24th and request a letter from the Snohomish Health District. This motion was seconded by Councilman Nordquist and also carried. Councilman Nordquist then made a motion seconded by Councilman Gellert that we instruct Reid, Middleton to continue with the engineering on this project as requested by the City Engineer. Motion carried. Councilman Nordquist stated that he would like to express appreciation to Dr. Hyatt and her staff for the work they have done to bring this matter to the point of annexation. A gentleman in the audience asked how soon they would have Police and Fire protection? The City Attorney answered that this would be effective the 23 of July. , INTERIM REPORT FROM THE DESIGN COMMISSION COMMITTEE Mr. J. Ward. Phillips, Chairman of the Design Commission Committee, reported on this matter. A copy of his report had.been distributed to council and staff. This portion of the report dealt: with parking in the downtown area. It was the committee's recommendation that we accommodate the automobile without destroying the character of early Main Street. The committee felt that the • 4 City should establish, as a policy, three parking spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of leasable area for the business district. Another recommendation was that the parking should be disbursed throughout the business district in parking parks, and that twenty percent of these parks should be landscaped. In addition to downtown parking, the committee feels that a comprehensive design plan should be established, which would include all areas of the City except single family, to guide the design of other major shopping areas and the three entrances to the City. It is the intent of the committee to give their recommendations to the council along with a final report in September. Mr. Phillips stated that if the council had any recommendations, to please submit them to the committee in writing within the next two weeks. Marvin Smith, who owns a parking lot close to the Civic Center, asked if this matter could be postponed for one month, so that his attorney could be present. It was pointed out that this is not a hearing and nothing would-be voted upon this evening. and that they Mr. Phillips e)0lained that would welcome recommendations they are simply an ad hoc committee from Mr. Smith if he should wish to submit any to "the committee. STAFF REPORT ON DOWNTOWN PARKING, AS REQUESTED, AT MEETING OF APRIL 24 City Planner, Joe Wallis, submitted a written "Parking Study Report" to council members and staff. He then projected various slides on the screen showing maps and diagrams of the study area. These were also included in the report which had been submitted to the council and staff. One of the slides was a shopping area in Bellevue which showed an extremely large area 'in asphalt, devoted"to • parking. There was considerable discussion, during which Councilman Tuson.asked that the staff take a look'at a report and drawings which Reid, Middleton had done some years ago showing their conception of parking in the downtown area. Mr. Wallis stated that there would not be a charge for parking at any time. Judge Goulder and Dewey Leyda inquired whether apartments had been considered in the study. Mr. Wallis said that these parking areas were part of the inventory, but just to indicate that it exists. Al Kincaid, as a representative of the Chamber of Commerce stated that Edmonds is "moving.ahead" and he believes more parking space will become necessary. He thought an increase in off-street parking for approximately 200 more cars would be sufficient for the next five to seven years. He suggested the possibility of double -decked parking lots. Mr. Phillips commented that they are most concerned with coming up with a Master Parking Plan, because under the present plans we could very likely start looking like another Bellevue. He also said it was cheaper and more attractive to have street level parking. Councilwoman Shippen moved, seconded by Councilman " Gellert to set this matter for hearing on September 11th for action on these conclusions and recommendations. Marvin Smith then questioned the Deputy'City Attorney, John Wallace regarding zoning. Motion was voted upon and carried. Following more discussion a motion was made by Councilman Gellert and seconded by Councilman Tuson that the city council pass a Resolution of Recommendation, recommending to Board of Adjustment that they deny any request.for parking variations as applied to new construction in downtown BC area. Considerable discussion ensued. Councilman Nelson then made a motion to amend to add - "until such time that the Comprehensive Parking Plan is adopted". Councilman Nordquist seconded. The motion was voted upon and carried with Councilman Gellert voting "no". The main motion was then voted upon. Following a roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. • AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM (CONTINUED FROM MAY 22) Councilwoman Shippen said that she would like to propose two actions this evening. The first would be the adoption of a policy statement and the second would be to direct the Mayor to appoint an Affirmative Action Committee. She said the first step should say, "That it shall be the policy of -Edmonds to not only comply with State, Federal and Local laws of fair employment, but also to initiate positive efforts to insure equal employment opportunities by proceeding with a program of affirmative action to increase the number of women and minorities in all types of City positions". The second motion she would make would'be to ask the Mayor to appoint a committee comprised of himself if he chooses, CAO, a council member, three or four staff members, preferably women and any member -of the public. They would draft the program. She said that she would like this committee to submit a proposal no later than November 1; this proposal could be preliminary or final. Mayor Harrison asked the council if they had read the City Policy on Fair Employment Practices which had been prepared by the administration. He said that the administration recommended that this be the policy that is adopted by the council. Councilwoman Shippen said that.she did not feel that this was a true affirmative action plan since it is not as specific as any of the ordinances she has been adopted by cities. CAO Ron Whaley read the affirmative action statement which had been done by the administration. Following some discussion, a motion was made by Councilman Gellert and seconded by Councilman Tuson to adopt the policy statement as prepared by the city staff and the Mayor, as the policy statement for the City of Edmonds. Motion carried. Councilwoman Shippen then made a motion, seconded by Councilman Gellert that the policy u 492 • statement be implemented by the establishment of a committee to draft an Affirmative Action Plan; that the committee be appointed by the Mayor and include himself, if he chooses, the CAO, a council member, three or four staff members -and 3 to 6 members of the public, including women and minorities. The motion passed following a roll call vote, with Councilmen Nordquist and Winters voting "no". PRESENTATION OF PLAQUE FOR HONORARY COUNCILMAN Mayor Harrison announced that there are two citizens in the community that have attended council meetings for the past 8 to 10 years on a regular basis. He said that he has been authorized by the City Council to give special recognition to these two gentlemen. He read the framed certificate to the audience,, and stated that the two men are Dewey Leyda and Capt. Shields. Mayor Harrison stepped down from the platform and presented the certificate to Mr. Leyda. Capt. Shields was not present. Mr. Leyda remarked, "Now does that give me a vote !". There being no further business to come before council, the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 P.M. - APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the council meeting of July 10, 1973 had been posted, mailed and distributed. Councilman Winters noted that on page.two regarding the parking on Admiral Way, he had stated that he did not think a "no parking" restriction is fair to a business, rather than "two hour parking" as written. With no further omissions nor corrections, the minutes were approved as corrected. COUNCIL PARTICIPATION Councilman Gellert stated that he felt the last council meeting, in regard to his motion recommending to the Board of Adjustment that they deny any request for parking variations as applied to new construction in the downtown BC area, was publicized in such a way it gave the wrong impression in the news- papers by seeming to imply that the Board of Adjustment was acting improperly. Councilman Gellert said he intended to such implication, and after reading minutes of their meetings, he was in fact impressed with the thoroughness of their study and their fair decisions. He wished to clarify this fact. Councilman Nordquist said he had a question on page two of the July 10, 1973 minutes in regard to the requirement_•of a unanimous vote on the Chase Lake annexation. City Attorney Wallace answered that the vote was for sewering. Councilman Nordquist noted that in the council minutes of November 28, 1972 • he had made a motion, seconded by Councilman Gellert to instruct the City Engineer to, within 45 days, present to the City Council all existing ordinances or recommended ordinance changes regarding the maintenance of existing sidewalks in the City of Edmonds. Since workload and priorities had prevented this from having been done, Councilman Nordquist moved, seconded by Councilwoman Shippen to instruct the City Engineer to have this report ready in the next 45 days, on everything affecting installation and maintenance of sidewalks. Councilman Tuson inquired if it were not the responsibility of the abutting owner to fix a defective sidewalk when notified by the City. However, this was a motion for a report as stated above, and the motion carried. Councilman Gellert inquired if the City had not asked for bids on the geodesic dome removal from the waterfront? CAO Whaley reported that this had been done, but no bids were received, although the City had received several vague inquiries. Therefore, the dome removal was being done by city forces. Mayor Harrison advised council that every two years new council members are elected; this Fall there will be three, and in two years there will be four positions up for election. He stated that it would be well to review the council salary prior to the election. He said he would recommend that the city council adopt'a new salary level for the three newly elected council members, and would recommend the same salaries as Lynnwood, which is $150 per month plus $35 per meeting, not to exceed five meetings per month and all meetings when minutes are kept, such as at budget hearings. The Mayor noted that Everett pays their council members $300 per month. He went on 0