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19740716 City Council Minutes159 • 1 MOTION: • lJ an ambulance would arrive on the scene, evidence may -have been destroyed, etc. Mayor Harrison pointed out that the city receives much correspondence complementing our aid crew. TRUCK LOAD LIMIT Councilman Nordquist said that he would like to have truck load limit enforcement policy. He wondered if the Police.Chief could come back with a report on this matter. Chief Foster said that the load.limit has not been enforceable in Edmonds due to the fact that we do not have the weight equipment required; the situation is not of a large enough magnitude to bring in special people and we do not have enough manpower. He said they did recently have the State Patrol come out and set up their equipment of 76th West, but most of the trucks checked did have a legitimate reason.for being on that.street. Following more discussion, Councilman Nordquist asked that this matter be set as an agenda item for July 23rd. ENGINEER's REPORT ON UNDERGROUNDING ESTIMATE FROM PUD AND TELEPHONE CO.-.15TH SIDEWALKS. The City Engineer said that they will have this report in two or three weeks which will be in two parts. One will be for the undergrounding and the other for just putting in the ducts,,so that undergrounding can be accomplished in the future without tearing up the sidewalks. 6-YEAR STREET IMPORVEMENT PROGRAM Engineer Larson requested that this item be postponed in view of earlier action this evening. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GELLERT AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WINTERS TO POSTPONE THE ABOVE ITEM TO THE AUGUST 6TH MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. The meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M., following which the council retired to. the Mayor's Office for an executive session. ELEANOR QUEAL T, Deput r ty Clerk July 16, 1974 r ROLL CALL HA VE H. HARRISON, Mayor The Regular Metting of the Edmonds Citjr. Council was called to order at 7:30.P.M. by Mayor Harrison. All council members were present except Gellert. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of ithe Work Meeting of July 9th had been posted, mailed and distributed, and with no omissions nor corrections, they were approved as written. COUNCIL PARTICIPATION Councilman Welling asked to be excused from the meeting of July 30th., Councilman Anderson.made reference to the.discussion'of last week regarding an action plan to complete the remaing portion of SR524. He thought we should pro- ceed with obtaining the public input. COUNCILMAN ANDERSON THEN MOVED THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BE DIRECTED TO PROCEED WITH ALL DUE SPEED WITH PWONNE3 AND FUNDS WITHING THE PRESENT BUDGET TO PLAN A SERIES OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING THE CASPEW TO 3RD AVENUE AREA: THE PUGETDDRIVE-OLYMPIC AVENUE AREA AND THE 81ST TO 88TH AVENUE AREA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISSEMINATING .INFORMATION AND RECEIVENG CITIZEN INPUT REGARDING POSSIBLE.ALTERNATIVE HIGHWAY PLANS FOR SR 524; EACH MEETING TO BE ATTENDED BY A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AS WELL. COUNCILWOMAN SHIPPEN SECONDED. Councilman Nelson asked why this matter was going via the Planning Department.in lieu of the Engineering Department? Councilman Anderson stated that this is partly a planning affair. City Engineer, Leif Larson, stated that he thought this is an -planning problem.,at this time. He felt that if some of the basic plans for the city are changed, you would have to get back into the Toroughfare Plan, etc. Councilwoman Shippen said that the action plan calls for public opinion to be elicited so that it can be fed into the ultimate design. Engineer Larson stated that some way or another we have to get a balance of what is required with regard to safety and engineering and what the peoples''wants are. However, when it comes down to the final responsibility on the design, the engineer is the person who puts his name on the line and is staking his professional reputation on it. MOTION VOTED UPON AND CARRIED. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Jim Mueller, Chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee, officailly presented the Committee Report to the council and Mayor: This committee had been established to study the form of government for the City of Edmonds, and was established by council action'on January 8, 1974. He expressed appreciation to council and all persons on the city staff, expecailly Ron Whaley and Judi Huber. The committee made',two major recommendations. They recommed.ed the adoption of the council- manager -form of government; and strongly suggested a special election on this matter be held not later than the 13th of May, 1975. The Committee further suggested that a resolution be adopted by the City Council and forwarded to the State Legislature that code cit�.s;be permitted to elect three councilmen every 160 two years for four-year terms with the 7th postion being elected every two for a two-year term.. Mr...Mueller stated that he was disappointed that the Western Sun did not honor the release time for this report. Councilman Anderson thindked the committee for their efforts. Maybelle Chapman stated that she would like to pay special tribute to Jim Mueller for his diligent :. leadership as chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee. Chet Bennet asked if copies of -the report would be available for check-out-. He was told that the City Clerk's Office.would have three copies set aside for this purpose. There was general discussion on setting a time -for council to review the report with all.members present. This was tentativlely set for September loth. MOTION: Councilman Anderson THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST TO OFFICALLY RECEIVE THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE REPORT: EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THE COMMITTEE'S EFFORTS AND DISSOLVE THE COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. Mr. Mueller state that committee members would-be available for discussions, if this is desired. HEARING: ON LIBERTY CABLE TV Mayor Harrison announced that the company had requested a rate increase to be effective August 1st. The rate increase would be $1.00 per month on primany and 501., permonth on secondary hook-up. This was a recommendation of the committee which had beeen d6siganted to look into this matter. They further suggested that the committee be retained and charged with the further task of bringing to council a proposal for franchise renewal. MOTION: COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WINTERS TO APPROVE THE RATE INCREASE. MOTION CARRIED. E 1 MOTION: COUNCILMAN NELSON THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY CONCILMAN.NORDQUIST THAT THE COMMITTEE • BE REATINED AND BRING TO THE COUNCIL A PROPOSAL FOR FRANCHISE RENEWAL. MOTION CARRIED. APEX GARBAGE COMPANY - RATE INCREASE REQUEST Mayor Harrison stated that there is an application for a rate increase to become effective August 1st. The quoted rate increases are 601. per month per residence; 10(t percoan for commercial customers (unit can); and also on commercial, 50(t per 1 yd. container, 55(t per 1 1/4 yd. container and 60(t per 1 1/2 yd. container. Mayor Harrison read a letter from a citizen expressing dissatis- raction with the proposed rate increase. Councilman Welling :stated that he felt there had been a reduction in service lately and indicated that a rate increase would not seem appropriate at this time. Cgpt. Shields said that he would not look at the actual dollar amount of the increase, but the percentage. There was not one representing the company at themeeting, although they had been MOTION: notified. COUNCILMAN WELLING MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMANNNORDQUIST TO POST- PONE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE AUGUST 6TH MEETING, SO THAT A COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE— COULD BE PRESENT. MOTION CARRIED. PRELIMINARY PLAT - SEAVIEW VILLAGE - 12 LOTS, ANDOVER ST. - P.-5-74 COUNCILMAN NELSON MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ANORDQUIST TO POSTPONE THISL MATTER TO JULY 23RD IN ORDER THAT NEIGHBORS CAN BE NOTIFIED THAT THE MATTER WILL BE HAEARD. MOTION CARRIED. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTIONS -SET HEARING DATES Councilwoman Shippen moved to set August 6th as the hearing date for Resolutions • #438, #444, #445 and #447, as recommended by the department. However, Councilman Nelson appealed to the Chair to have the question divided. The original motion MOTION: had been seconded by Councilman Nordquest. MAYOR HARRISON THEN DIVIDED THE MOTION, AND P.C. RES. #438 WAS SET FOR HEARING ON THE 6TH OF AUGUST. THE MOTION CARRIED. MOTION: IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILMAN NELSON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN SHIPPEN TO PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION #444 FOR HEARING ON AUGUST 27TH. CARRIED. MOTION: IT WAS THEN MOVED BY NELSON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN SHIPPENT.00 SET PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION #445 FOR AUGUST 27TH HEARING. MOTION CARRIED. MOTION: COUNCILMAN NELSON THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN SHIPPEN TO SET PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 4447 FOR HEARING ON AUGUST 6TH. MOTION CARRIED. MOTION: COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NELSON TO SET PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 4448 FOR AUGUST 20TH. CARRIED. ALDERWOOD WATER FRANCHISE City Engineer, Leif Larson, reported that this was a franchise application by Alderwood Water District to construct, maintain and operate a water main lying in the public right-of-way of 68th Avenue West from 160th Street Southwest, north 660 feet;*ithin the City of Edmonds. Mr. Larson recommended approval. MOTION: COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON`.,TO AUTHORIZE THE +. MAYOR TO SIGN THE ALDERWOOD WATER FRANCHISE, AND PASS RESOLUTION #308, GRANTING SAID FRANCHISE. MOTION CARRIED. is • 161 RESOLUTIONS FOR 196TH STREET S. W. FROM 77TH AVE..W. TO 81ST AVE. W. Engineer Larson explained that the.UAB likes to have agencies acting jointly with them on projects, authorize condemnation by resolution in the event they have problems with right-of-way acquisition. Councilwoman Shippen asked what the condemenation costs would be for this project. Mr. Larson said that they have an estimate of $187,000 for right-of-way acquistition from 64th to 81st. Councilman Nordquist asked what the formula is by which Edmonds pays on the overrun. Engineer Larson stated that Edmonds would pay a pro rata share based on the street frontage within the municipality on the projects. This has been done on all UAB projects since 1967. On this project it runs 72.2% for Lynnwood MOTION: and 27.8% for Edmonds. COUNCIL NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NELSON TO PASS RESOLUTION #309 AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION FOR ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY. FOLLOWING A ROLL.CALL VOTEI THE MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILWOMAN SHIPPEN VOTING AGAINST. COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NELSON TO PASS RESOLUTION #310 CERTIFYING AS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY THE CITY IN SUPPORT OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF 196TH'FROM 64TH TO 81ST, MOTION CARRIED. COUNCIL ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRACT WORK BY UTILITIES DEVELOPMENTmt,IN0` ON L.I.D. 192 - CHASE LAKE SEWERS. • 1 1 Engineer Larson reported that this project has been completed, except for five small restoration items. He felt these could be completed during the retainage period. He -.indicated that the people in the area have been allowed to connect to the sewer as portions were completed. Councilman Welling thought it was not a.good idea to accept the work as final until all work has been completed. Engineer Larson explained that if you hold up, you are also extend- ing the interest time on the money that is being used to finance the L.T.D. Following further discussion, COUNCILMAN NELSON MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUISMPTO ACCEPT THE CONTRACT WORK BY UTILITIES DEVELOPMENT ON LID 1921 AND THE THIRTY DAY RETAINAGE PERIOD BEGIN. CARRIED CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES Council acknowledged receipt of the Claim for Damges of Robert Martin in the amount of $32.81. This was referred to the City Clerk's Office for processing. There being no futher business to come before council, the meeting adjourned at 8:50 P.M. ELEANOR QUEAMY, Dep City Clerk TT July 23, 1974 ROLL CALL HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor The regular meeting of the EdmondsGj:ty,:.Council was called -to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Harve Harrison. All council members were present, except Gellert and Winters. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the meeting of July 16th had been posted, mailed and distributed, and with no omissions nor corrections, they were approved as written. COUNCIL PARTICIPATION Councilman Anderson noted for the record that he would be absent next week. He also thanked the Engineering Department for the fluoridation map, and said that he hoped the press would make use of it to inform the public about the areas which are receiving fluoridated water and those that are not. Councilman Welling mentioned that he had received complaints from citizens regarding the -large pile of gravel located at 76th West and Highway 99. Ciyt Engineer, Leif Larson, stated that he would contact the Highway,Department about this. Councilman Nordquist stated that he had noticed in the Amed.nities Design Board Minutes that a restaurant'is being considered for Highway 99 and 244th. Kay Shoudy; Assistant Planner, stated that we do have an application for grading permit, and that a restaurant is being considered for that location. She stated that the parking lot and the landscaping will be under city jurisdiction only. Councilman Nordquist then said he would like to "de -annex" the area. City Attorney, John Wallace, stated that such a procedure would take a special election. Councilman Nelson stated for the record that he did not listen to the Blue Ribbon Committee tapes; he was not given that opportunity.. Councilman Anderson stated that he is not clear -as to the dispostion of the tapes. Jim Mueller, who acted as chairman of that committee,, said -that those tapes were made for the benefit of the committee, merely for review, and for review by.members of the committee that were absent from certain meetings. He said that persons who spoke before the committee were told that the recorder would be turned off if they desired, but that the committee would like to have a record for their use. Dr. Mueller 0