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19771129 City Council Minutes150 • November 22, 1977 (continued) REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF STREET SWEEPING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Public Works Director Leif Larson said this agreement was similar to last year's agreement. He said 3,692 miles of City, streets would be.included, and he displayed a map indicating the streets included. The proposal would include most paved surfaces within the rights -of -way and would exclude street surfaces of oilcoats, sealcoats, and two-lane pavement with gravel shoulders. He said they had delted some of the two-lane streets because the rain cleans those. The City Attorney had reviewed the agreement and had replaced one page with a change which he said was insignificant. Mr. Larson recommended that the Council authorize the Mayor to exe- cute the agreement. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CLEMENT, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GOULD, TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR STREET SWEEPING IN THE FORM RE- COMMENDED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. MOTION CARRIED. There was no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting adjourned at 9:25 ■ p.m. c IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Cirty Clerk HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor November 29, 1977 (Work Meeting) Thecregular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor Pro • tem Phil Clement in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Phil Clement, Mayor Pro Tem Harve Harrison, Mayor Charles Dibble, M.A.A. Ray Gould Robert Anderson Leif Larson, Public Works Director-. Max Gellert Harry Whitcutt, Acting Community Develop - John Nordquist ment Director Tom Carns Lila Crosby, Finance Director Mike Herb Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Marlo Foster, Police Chief Jack Cooper, Fire Chief Noelle Charleson, Asst. City Planner Rod Garretson, Park"'Pl.anning. & Recrea- tion Director Jim Murphy, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk CONSENT AGENDA Councilman Gellert asked that Item E, setting hearing date for preliminary plat of "Talbot Glen," MOTION: be removed from the Consent Agenda. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL- MAN NORDQUIST, TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The balance of the Consent Agenda contained the following: (A) Roll call. (B) Approval of Minutes of November 22, 1977, with revised Page 2. • (C) Setting date of December 20, 1977, for hearing of P.C. Resolution 574, recommending approval of a proposed Shoreline Substantial Development Application to construct moorage floats to accommodate approximately 58 boats and to dredge 450 cu. yds. of said from the south harbor (File SM-3-77) (D) Setting date of December 20, 1977, for hearing of P.C. Resolution 575 recommending approval of a proposed amendment to Zoning Map to establish CG zoning at.the south- east corner of 220th St. S.W. and Highway 99 (File AZ-4-77_. SET DATE FOR HEARING ON APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT OF "TALBOT GLEN" (FILE P-7-77) (SUGGESTED DATE: DECEMBER 6) - Item (E) on Consent Agenda Councilman Gellert said the Council had not yet seen the material for this plat and he felt they should get plat information ten.'days before the hearing. It was generally agreed that this would be a good policy. Assistant City Planner Noelle Charleson said the material would be in this week's packet for the subject plat, and in the future it would be provided 10 days prior to MOTION: the hearing date. This was acceptable to the Council. COUNCILMAN GELLERT THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, THAT ITEM (E) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. COUNCIL Councilman Carns said a task force has been formed to bring about a Medic I para-medical program in South Snohomish County, and that it was hoped a preliminary budget and other information would • November 29, 1977 (continued) I 1 be presented to the Council in early January. Councilman CArns also advised, in regard to news- paper articles.about the December 20 scheduled discussion of safety standards and the possibility of.closing the Edmonds shorelines to diving, that contrary to recent publicity, he was not on a campaign to close the Edmonds beaches. Councilman Gould noted that an Executive Session was -scheduled following this evening's meeting to discuss some personnel matters, and he would like to invite the Councilmen -elect, who were present in the audience, to attend that meeting, if the City Attorney advised that it was proper. City Attorney Jim Murphy said it would be proper, and the other Councilmen were in agreement with the invitation. Mayor Pro tem Phil Clement advised he would not be present for the December 1 Budget Hearing. MAYOR Mayor Pro tem Clement advised that Mayor Harrison had recommended that Councilman Carns be appointed to replace Councilman Gellert on the SNOCOM Board, and that Councilman Carns had consented. MOTION: A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GELLERT, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, TO CONFIRM THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF COUNCILMAN CARNS TO THE SNOCOM BOARD, REPLACING COUNCILMAN GELLERT. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Pro tem Clement advised that a problem had arisen with the recently passed Taxicab Ordinance. 1955 which established an annual fee,for taxicab drivers as well as their vehicles. The drivers had not been licensed by the City previously, only the vehicles, and the drivers were refusing to • pay $10 now for the remainder of 1977 and an additional $20 in slightly over a month for 1978. Therefore, the cab company said it would have to refuse taxi service within the city limits of Ed- monds until after the first of next year, unless the City would waive the required fees for the MOTION:'.drivers for the balance of 1977. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GELLERT, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAXICAB ORDI- NANCE 1955, STATING THAT THE NEW ANNUAL FEES FOR TAXICAB DRIVERS WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1978. MOTION CARRIED. DISCUSSION ON 1978 BUDGET Several items were discussed. Councilman Herb did not believe the City Code Books should be redone next year, but should be postponed for a year, especially since the City has a new Community Develop- ment Director and Mayor's Administrative Assistant. Councilman Carns disagreed, saying no single department head would be changing anything in the Code Book, although the new Community Development Director may offer some ideas for changes that would be incorporated into ordinances, and he felt this matter had been postponed long enough. M.A.A. Charles Dibble saw no reason not to go forward on this now. It was noted that the City's mid-term goals included repaving 50% of the residential streets by 1982 and that 12 streets are included for 1978, so the goal would not be reached by doing 12 streets a year. Councilman Carns felt the citizens would have to asked for General Obligation bonds to bring the streets up to standard. Regarding the proposal to sell the Meadowdale Community Club, the general feeling was it would not be proper to see it to obtain funds to balance the budget, although selling it for investment in another piece of open space property, such as the'Haines pro= perty, would.be acceptable. It was noted that a letter had been received from members of the Fire- fighers' Association regarding"the Fire Command magazine which the firegithters have been receiving individually and which the Mayor had deleted. Fire Chief Jack Cooper said he had included this in his budget for 1977 and again for. 1978 but the Mayor did not feel it was used enough by the fire- fighters and had delted it from the 1978 budget for individual copies. Four copies had been approved MOTION: by the Mayor, two copies for each station. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, TO DISCUSS THE MATTER OF THE FIREFIGHTERS' MAGAZINE AT THE DECEMBER 20 MEETING. • MOTION CARRIED. It was suggested that it might be more worthwhile to accumulate FAM funds for something other than the proposed traffic signal at 76th and 224th Sts. Councilman Gould requested statistical data support- ing the traffic light before a decision is made. Mayor Pro tem Clement summarized figures discussed as follows: Reduce the transfer to the Street Fund from the General Fund by the current estimated deficit, $15,121. Increase the General Fund revenue from sales tax by $46,000. Reduce the Fund 112 contribution, the FAM projects, by $12,000, which covers Projects 117and 12 which were not budgeted for but were listed as priorities for repair. Mayor Pro tem Clement added that by increasing the cash on hand by $32,336 to get it to $200,000 the Meadowdale Clubhouse would not have to be sold. The subject also arose of $15,000 for an additional police officer and there appeared to be general agreement that that was desirable. MOTION:COUNCILMAN CARNS THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, THAT THE MEETING ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS SOME PERSONNEL MATTERS. MOTION CARRIED. The meeting adjourned at 8:55 p.m. IREN VARNEY MORAN, ty Clerk HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor 0