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19781010 City Council MinutesOctober 3, 1978 - continued 281" DISCUSSION RE USE OF EDMONDS JUNIOR HIGH FIELD COMPLEX BY SEMI -PRO FOOTBALL TEAM Parks & Recreation Manager Jim Jessel said he thought this would -offer a recreational opportunity for the residents of Edmonds, as well as create some revenue. He said the field will be used as it is, any desired improvements bei,ng..accomplished by the Edmonds -Lynnwood Lions. He introduced Joe Brown, their general manager, who described their activities. Sherman Ayers, the head coach for the team,":then.described the team. Mr. Jessel said there would be no conflicttwith the schedule of the field as their games would be Saturday nights. He said he was trying to work out an agreement with the School Distri:ct so the proceeds of the games could go for improvements to MOTION: the complex. COUNCILMAN CLEMENT MOVED., SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN, TO INSTRUCT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EDMONDS-LYNNWOOD LIONS AND THE CITY OF EDMONDS, AS OUTLINED IN THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND THAT THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN IT. MOTION CARRIED. ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF LETTER OF INTENT FOR ANNEXATION OF VICINITY OF 76TH AVE. W., NORTH OF 210TH ST. S.W., AND SET HEARING DATE WITH APPLICANTS MOTION: COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF A LETTER.OF INTENT FOR ANNEXATION OF THE VICINITY OF 76TH AVE. W., NORTH OF 210TH ST. S.W., AND THAT A HEARING DATE OF OCTOBER 17, 1978 BE SET WITH THE APPLICANTS. City Engineer Fred Herzberg displayed a map of the area and noted that it might be desirable at this time to consider the possibility of annexing the next 12 blocks east and southeast of the area in question. MOTION CARRIED. There was no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting was adjourned at 10:45 p.m. • IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Uty Clerk October 10, 1978 - Work Meeting HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor Harve Harrison in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Charles Dibble, M.A.A. Mike Herb Leif Larson, Public Works Director Phil Clement John LaTourelle, Community Development Director Katherine Allen Fred Herzberg, City Engineer John Nordquist Irene Varney. Moran, City Clerk, Ray Gould Marlo Foster, Police Chief Tom Carns Jim Murphy, City Attorney Larry Naughten Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk CONSENT AGENDA Items (D) and (E) were removed from the Consent Agenda. In addition, the Clerk had provided a correction to the Minutes of October 3. On page 3, in the hearing on the appeal from P.C. Resolution 603,'the sentence beginning on the eleventh -=line should read: "The surrounding properties are zoned MOTION: RM except for the BC development to the west." COUNCILMAN GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, 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 October 3, 1978, as corrected. (C) Setting date of October 17, 1978 for hearing on -establishing a No Parking zone north of Seaview Park on 184th St. S.W. SET DATE FOR HEARING P.C. RESOLUTION 605 RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SEC. 12.14'.020(H)(2) TO ALLOW UP TO 25% COMPACT CAR STALLS IN ALL REQUIRED PARKING AREAS (FILE Z078-78) [Item (D) on Consent Agenda] Councilman Naughten said the Community Development Department originally had asked for a hearing date of November 7, 1978 but had submitted a memo requesting a change of date to October 17, 1978. MOTION: COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, TO SET OCTOBER 17, 1978 FOR HEARING OF P.C. RESOLUTION 605. MOTION CARRIED. APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT FOR RECREATION STUDY AND AUTHORIZATION FOR EXECUTION BY MAYOR [Item (E) on Consent Agenda] Councilman Carns was concerned because the City of Edmonds had the responsibility for the largest share of the budget. M.A.A. Charles Dibble explained that the cities had agreed to'participate on the basis of population and the School District and College District each agreed to participate MOTION: in the amount of $1,000. COUNCILMAN CARNS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEMENT, TO APPROVE ITEM (E) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. Mr. Dibble added that the County is not participating and efforts are still being made to include County participation. 2,82 October 10, 197J - continued • COUNCIL Councilwoman Allen reported that Councilman Gould and she had met with the Juvenile Conference Com- mittees, -of which there now are two. She asked for the City's cooperation in providing places that the young people can be sent to work out their sentences. She said there is a certain amount of supervision required, but these are first offenders and not serious offenders, but they have broken the law and have been found guilty. Councilwoman Allen also noted that there are a number of accounts on the Investment Activities Report that are not in Edmonds banks and are placed in a large number of places. COUNCILMAN F MOTION: CARNS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, TO ASK THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO COMMENT ON THE INVEST- MENT ACTIVITIES REPORT AT THE OCTOBER 17 COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Gould said he had received a letter from Jane Cunningham, which he read for the record. Mrs. Cunningham had written regarding a special Board of Adjustment meeting held last evening, October 9, to consider a variance from the required setback on a neighboring property to hers. She said she has an appeal scheduled at the next regular Board of Adjustment meeting on October 18 in connection with this development. She was concerned about the setting of last evening's special meeting and about the definition of "front yard" in the BN zone and said her appeal had to do with that definition. Councilman Clement said there may be some confusion as to an overlap between the zoning ordinance being specifically for RS but by reference for BN. Regarding the setting of the special meeting, Community Development Director John LaTourelle said there had been a misinterpretation by the developer and a failure by the City Staff at several levels of the review process to catch the discrepancy which resulted in a stop work order. He said the meeting had been called to assist the applicant. City Attorney Jim Murphy said special meetings could be called but there were sti:l.l the notification requirements to be met and that the interested parties usually are contacted. A copy of Mrs. Cunningham's letter was given to Mr. LaTourelle and he was asked that the,Board.of Adjustment Chairman be apprised of it. Councilman Herb said -he • thought the City Staff apparently made a good faith effort to clear up something, and he felt it should be done through the appropriate channels and not dispersed through Council meetings. I Councilman Herb said he had received a letter from Natalie Shippen urging an environmental impact statement regarding SR 524. He distributed some literature regarding guidelines, saying in summary that a statement is needed if there is more than a moderate effect on the quality of the environment. CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT TO SR 524 (196TH ST. S.W.) This discussion was continued from the September 26 meeting. City Engineer Fred Herzberg said the Public Works Director's memorandum had tried to answer the questions raised by the Council at the last meeting. The memorandum responded to the questions regarding the possibility of a pedestrian overpass near the school, undergrounding utilities, the Maplewood Park detention pond, and bus pullouts. Regarding the environmental question, John Klassel from the State of Washington Department of Transportation said that on all projects, no matter how small, a team reviews them for environmental considerations and an environmental checklist is prepared and a recommenda- tion. He said this project was reviewed and was considered a nonmajor action. He said they are doing the engineering on this project and that included the environmental consideration. It was noted that the prioritization of the three sections of the improvement was not as the Council had previously stipulated. Mr. Klassel said this was because of the problems involved in attaining rights -of -way. He said they could proceed to contract on the easterly section next spring but it probably will be a year away before they can proceed on the westerly section because of attaining right-of-way and it would delay the whole project to wait for that, and they did not want to delay the project into the next biennium. The channelization of the area near 88th Ave. was discussed. It is planned for three lanes, one in each direction and one as a center turning lane. In the immediate area of 88th there will be a lane turning north onto 88th. A comment was made that the Council had asked for bus turnouts. Mr. Klassel said if bus pullouts were desired they would include them, that is, they would pay for the driving surface as part of the project. COUNCILMAN • MOTION: HERB MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST, TO OPEN THE MEETING TO HEAR THE INPUT THE COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED FROM THE CITIZENS INVOVLED. MOTION CARRIED. Rodger Hertrich of 1020 Puget Dr. gave a slide presentation which illustrated how properties would be affected if the proposed rights -of -way were taken. Much well established landscaping, including mature trees and shrubs, would be lost, as well as large areas of yard, bringing the right-of-way in some places extremely close to homes. Mr. Herzberg said the road adjoining each piece of property will have to be designed for that.particular section and in many cases the amount of right-of-way shown on the drawings was not really necessary. He pointed out that there are many things that can be done, but that would be getting into the actual design process. Jim Mueller of 209 Caspers St. said they would like an improvement to maintain the traffic flow, putting in the left -turn lanes where most needed and eliminating them where they felt they were not needed. On the difficult section of Caspers St. which he pointed out he suggested a 24' roadway with two lanes of traffic, sidewalk on only one side, and doing all of this within the existing right-of-way. On 9th Ave. he suggested 36' of roadway with two moving lanes and a left turn in the center and sidewalks on each side. On Puget Dr. he suggested 24' roadway with two moving lanes and sidewalk on one side, all within the existing right-of-way. He further suggested a three-way stop adjacent to the school. On Brackett's Landing Road, going up the hill, he suggested 24' of roadway with two moving lanes and sidewalk on the north side, possibly moved up onto the hillside to eliminate cutting into the hill, and utilizing the existing right-of-way. At the top of the hill he recommended a 40' roadway with three lanes, two moving and one center turning, and sidewalks on both sides, all within the existing right-of-way. He further suggested that the City specify. -to the State that this will be a finished roadway, asking for something that moves the traffic but will not spoil the beauty of the City. After discussing these recommendations the Council took the MOTION: following actions. COUNCILMAN GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, THAT THE CITY MAKE AS ITS FIRST PRIORITY THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THAT SECTION OF SR 524 FROM 81ST TO 88TH AND THAT IT WILL BE A 60' RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH SIDEWALKS ON EACH SIDE, HAVING 44' OF PAVEMENT WITH THREE LANES, TWO MOVING LANES AND A TURNING LANE IN THE CENTER. MOTION CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMAN CLEMENT VOTING NO. MOTION: COUNCILMAN CARNS THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN, THAT THE SECTION FROM 88TH TO • z83 October 10, 1978 - continued 1 C� 1 OLYMPIC BE ACCEPTED EXCEPT THAT 4' WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM THE PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE LANE, SO THERE WILL BE A 6' SHOULDER, 28' OF PAVING, A CURB OR BUTTONS AND THEN THE 4' PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE LANE. Councilman Herb said he would vote against the motion because he thought there should be environ- mental details furnished by the State on the rest of the project. MOTION CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMAN MOTION: HERB VOTING NO. COUNCILMAN CARNS THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GOULD, THAT FROM OLYMPIC TO MAIN ST. THERE BE A 50' MAXIMUM RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH 36' OF PAVING, WITH ONLY TWO-MOVING.LANES AND A TURNING LANE, AND THAT THERE BE A SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDE OF THE STREET. A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN, WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS CARNS, GOULD, CLEMENT, AND NAUGHTEN VOTING YES, AND COUNCIL MOTION: MEMBERS HERB, ALLEN, AND NORDQUIST VOTING NO. MOTION CARRIED. COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEMENT, THAT THE ENTIRE PROJECT INCLUDE UNDERGROUND WIRING. Mr. Larson said he did not know where they would find the funds for the undergrounding. THE.MOTION CARRIED. COUNCILMAN MOTION: CLEMENT MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, THAT THE ISSUE OF BUS TURNOUTS BE LEFT TO THE SNO- HOMISH COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT AREA CORPORATION STAFF AND THAT THE ENGINEER AND HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT COORDINATE WITH THEM ON THE DECISION AS TO WHERE TO PUT BUS PULLOUTS ONLY IN THE SECTION BETWEEN OLYMPIC AVE. AND 3RD. MOTION CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMAN CARNS VOTING NO. It was determined that the State Highway department would not be asked by the City to furnish an environmental impact statement as the State'would bear the burden of environmental issues. A short recess was announced following this hearing. REVIEW OF WATERFRONT (CW ZONE, P.C. RES. 600) WITH COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION, STAFF, SHORELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PORT, AND CW PROPERTY OWNERS Community Development Director John LaTourelle said the instructions had been that those who wished to make written input for this meeting could do so, and that the Planning Staff would meet with the Shorelines Advisory Committee to discuss their recommendations. He said he had received no written comments but had met with the Shorelines Advisory Committee and had submitted to the Council the Committee's recommendations. It was noted that the Council had received written input from June. and,Leonard Fri.esendahl. At this. time comments were distributed from,J;acque L.. Mayo and.Douglas Dove, owners of the old Merry Tiller property. Jerry Hann of Reid, Middleton & Associates noted that the Comprehensive Plan shows manufacturing use on the east side of Admiral Way and to the west of the railroad tracks. He said there is a strip about 200' wide there. The Council.reviewed the proposed amendment for the CW zone with the recommended changes of the Shorelines Advisory Committee and the Community Development Department. No actions were taken at this time as the hearing had MOTION: been continued to October 24. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARNS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NAUGHTEN, THAT AT THE OCTOBER 24 HEARING ON THIS MATTER EACH OF THE ITEMS IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED, ONE AT A TIME WITH DISCUSSION, IN ORDER TO HAVE A FORMAT FOR THE HEARING. MOTION CARRIED. There was no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 p.m. IRENE VARNEY MORAN, CVty Clerk October 17, 1978 HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor Harve Harrison in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor John Nordquist Charles Dibble, M.A.A. Mike Herb Leif Larson, Public Works Director Phil Clement . John LaTourelle, Community Development Director Katherine Allen Marlo Foster, Police Chief Ray Gould Art Housler, Finance Director Tom Carns Fred Herzberg, City ,Engineer Larry Naughten Noelle Charleson, Assistant City Planner Mary Lou Block, Assistant City Planner John Wallace, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk CONSENT AGENDA MOTION: COUNCILMAN CARNS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GOULD, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The Consent Agenda contained the following items: (A) Roll call. (B) Approval of Minutes of October 10, 1978. (C) Acceptance of Quit Claim Deed in conjunction with short subdivision. (File S-43-78 - Brubaker) (D) Acceptance of smoke testing, preparatory cleaning, and internal inspection of sewerage lines by Faulkenberg, Inc.--Cal-Tom, Inc., and establishment of 30-day retainage period. (E) Proposal to simplify and modify the Mountlake Terrace, Edmonds, and Ronald Sewer Agreements. •