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19810914 City Council Minutes3.7 • September 8, 1981 - continued ordinance was not, the -City Attorneys having omitted the inclusion,of consideration being given for merit increases of up to.2%. He said4'the'proposed.ordinance would clarify that. There was a lengthy discussion as to the intent of -that motion. Mayor Harrison said some merit increases had been given,.at the recommendations of the respective department heads, but -the department heads had not received them, having-only.the Mayor to look to for therecommendation, and they had raised this question,of him. Some of -the Council thought such recommendations should go thro.ugh.them,.but Councilmember Allen poi-nted out.that there was nothing inthe motion that said the merit increases have to be approved by the'Counci1:,.and it was to be,.an admini-strative decision. Councilmember . Kasper felt, however, that,it was, -not implied,to be carte blanche. 'The discussion ended with tlie!City Attorney's statement that he would provide the ordinance at.the next meeting. r COUNCIL Councilmember Naughten, reporting from the Public Works/Community Development Committee; asked that the Parks and Recreaton Director describe a currentproblem at the fishing pier. Mr. Jessel reported that since the beginning of the hake run there havebeen up to 500'people on the fishing pier at night, catching the fish and!leaving the entrails on the pier. He said it takes eight hours to steam clean -the pier, and they have been having to do it.every day recently. The hake will run another month. Mr. Jessel has been closing the pier from ITAO p.m. to 4:00 a.m. the last few days and he was going to continue doing that for a few days to see if that would take care of the problem. An alternative.he suggested was to.charge $5 for use of the pier after 1.1:00 p.m., which would pay for cleaning:the pier and reduce the number of people fishing. The people involved are Asians and every*effort.has been made to communicate with them,A ncluding signs in three dialects. Councilmember Gould asked what the status was of the PAB study of.Highway 99. Planning Director Mary Lou Block responded that they went quickly on .the project for a while and.then there was a lag • while .they waited for some staff work. John LaTourelle is preparing some data presently, and hearings will take place after the first of the year. Councilmember Gould asked about the Meadowdale playfield.complex;and the joining with other cities and agencies in funding it. It was decided to discuss that at the retreat. Councilmember Kasper asked.the status of Jeremiah Stone who had,been offered the-M.A.A. position, and Mayor Harrison said a -response to his last letter to Mr. - Stone had not yet been received. There was no further business to come before the Council,,and the meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m. v IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Ci1W C erk HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor September 14, 1981 - Special Meeting A special meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:30 p.m.. by Mayor Harve • Harrison.in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center. The special meeting on Monday evening was held because the primary.election was being held on the regular meeting date. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT ABSENT- STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Ray Gould Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Mary Goetz Mary Lou Block, City Planner John Nordquist Art Housler, Finance Director Larry Naughten Jim Jessel, Parks & Recreation Director Katherine Allen Jack.Weinz, Fire Chief Bill Kasper Dan Prinz, Asst. Police Chief Jo -Anne Jaech Wayne Tanaka, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk CONSENT AGENDA Items (E) and (F) were removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GOETZ, TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The approved items on the Consent Agenda included the following: (A) Roll call. (B) Approval of Minutes of September 8, 1981. (C) Adoption of Ordinance 2231, approving recommendation of Planning Advisory Board to rezone from RS-20 to RS-12 property located at 17951 Talbot Rd. (D) Adoption of Ordinance 2232, regarding yellow curb marking for'no parking. • (G) Approval of testing laboratory (Pittsburg Testing Laboratory) for testing and inspection services for Anderson Center Library. i 318 September 14, 1981 - continued • COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, TO REMOVE ITEM (E) FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACE IT AT THE END OF THE REGULAR AGENDA, BEFORE THE COUNCIL PORTION. MOTION CARRIED. PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING EXEMPT.SALARY"ORDINANCE TO'ALLOW 2% MERIT INCREASE Item F on Consent Agenda Councilmember Naughten asked for clarification of the intent of the ordinance. City Attorney Wayne Tanaka said this would modify the previous ordinance to authorize the Mayor to grant everyone on the list of Exempt employees 2% of their current salary for merit. Councilmember Jaech observed that the proposed ordinance did -not specify that this 2% was for merit. COUNCILMEMBER JAECH THEREFORE MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, THAT SECTION 2 OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE MODIFIED TO ADD AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE THE WORDS "FOR MERIT, BASED UPON COMPLETION OF A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION." MOTION CARRIED. Councilmember Naughten asked how the Council would know who was getting what increase and Mayor Harrison said he would provide the information to the Council President. Council President Allen said she would provide the information to the Personnel and the Finance Committees. COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2234, AS AMENDED, APPROVING ITEM (F) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. MAYOR Mayor Harrison noted that the Council.had received memos regarding salary adjustments for Assistant Fire Chief Ron Schirman and for Finance.Director Art Housler. COUNCILMEMBER GOETZ MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, THAT SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR ASST.,FIRE CHIEF RON SCHIRMAN AND FOR FINANCE DIRECTOR ART HOUSLER BE DISCUSSED AT THE -PERSONNEL COMMITTEE -MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 22, 1981. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Harrison said he had received two liquor license applications. The first was for The Crazy Lobster at 144. Railroad Ave., to be operated by Pantley's, Inc.,. and was for a Class H license. The Police Chief -had recommended approval, noting that there are restaurants on either side of this location with Class H licenses and that the applicant currently operates Pantley's on Edmonds Bay and has no criminal record or reported violations of liquor.control laws. COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED'BY COUNCI.LMEMBER GOETZ, TO RECOMMEND:APPROVAL.�OF.THE,CLAS& H LIQUOR LICENSE. APPLI-. CATION FOR THE CRAZY LOBSTER. MOTION CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMEMBERS NORDQUIST, KASPER, AND NAUGHTEN ABSTAINING,BECAUSE THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS EMPLOYED AT PANTLEY'S ON EDMONDS BAY. The second application was from K-Mart at 22511 Highway 99 and was for an E and F license (beer and Wine by the package for off-premise.consumption). The Police Chief recommended approval, noting that the adjacent grocery store leasing space in the K-Mart building has such -a license and he saw no problem in expanding such sales to include K-Mart. COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CLASS E AND F LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION FOR K- MART CORPORATION. A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE MOTION, WITH COUNCILMEMBERS.ALLEN, KASPER, JAECH, AND NAUGHTEN VOTING YES, AND WITH'COUNCILMEMBERS NORDQUIST AND GOETZ VOTING NO. MOTION CARRIED. Councilmember Nordquist said. -he voted no because it seemed to him that at some point in time they had to say no to sales of this type for the protection of the people and protection of the merchants themselves. HEARING ON LAKE BALLINGER ANNEXATION City Clerk Irene Varney Moran advised that this annexation was for the westerly portion of Lake Ballinger, Mountlake Terrace having annexed the easterly portion. The required 75% of the assessed valuation of the Lake properties was represented on the petitions. The hearing was opened, no one wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL - MEMBER GOETZ, TO PASS ORDINANCE 2235, ANNEXING THE WESTERLY PORTION OF LAKE BALLINGER. MOTION CARRIED. Councilmember Nordquist acknowledged the presence in the audience of Gordon Turnquist, a citizen from that area. DISCUSSION ON PENDING WATER/SEWER BOND ISSUE Jerry Nowlin of Foster and Marshall was present to discuss the deteriorated bond market, which he said has deteriorated to the worst degree in history. He said banks and insurance companies no longer are the main buyers of bonds and that individuals now make up 70% of the buyers. He indi- cated that the most conservative thing to do is not to assume that conditions will get better. He cautionedto proceed carefully on LID.projects and not to enter into any projects for construction before the funding is in the bank as the LID market is just about gone and you cannot sell those bonds. It was noted that the money for the pending water/sewer issue is not needed until next April, and Mr. Nowlin said the financing could be done through a bank or at the open market, but he recommended proceeding in the most conservative method possible. Finance Director Art Housler had suggested as 'one alternative the securing of a two-year or three-year bank note, and he said further information would be provided. PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2217 TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE INTEREST RATE FOR LID 207 [Item (E) on Consent Agenda] Finance Director Art Housler said the bonds for this L.ID were for 20.years and they had been unable to market them over the counter so the bonds would have to be sold through an agent, and approval of the ordinance would put in a flex clause (to provide for an adjustable interest rate to make the interest on delinquencies the same as the interest for installments, and the percentage of the penalty assessed delinquent installments would be raised.) New notices would be sent.to the affected citizens. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2233 AS PROPOSED. MOTION CARRIED. The Finance Office will send a second Notice of Collection of Assess- ments to the.affected parties. 1 11 319 • September 14, 1981 - continued COUNCIL Councilmember Naughten said:•he had.talked to the people at Liberty TV and for the general election they will run the election returns on..Channel 10. Councilmember Naughten inquired as to the status of the Union Oil Beach improvement and Parks and -Recreation Director Jim.Jesse.l:.responded that it is.in the.capital improvements program, with $30,000 being,allocated in 1982.from the In -Lieu Park Fund. Councilmember Nordquist inquired when downtown parking.will-be discussed again.. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED-BY-COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST, THAT THE PAB PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL ON THE DOWNTOWN PARKING STUDY. PRIOR. TO THE COUNCIL/ STAFF. RETREAT.(SEPTEMBER 25). MOTION CARRIED. ..Councilmember Nordquist.noted..that Jeremiah Stone had withdrawn his candidacy for the M.A.A. position, and that the Council wants.•the Mayor to continue to try to hire an M.A.A. It was also requested that the. Mayor contact Mr.:.. Stone. to see ifs sompthiDguc,oul&d Mot be:°worked::out-Witf =:him. Councilmember Nordquist related:that Dr. Claris Hyatt had advised that the DOE indicates Edmonds does not qualify for the million dollar grant. She had declared the area as an area of necessity, but it was hoped that a letter of emergency would be obtained in October. (Meadowdale sewers) Councilmember Kasper inquired whether the letter had.been sent to the Alderwood Water District stating Edmonds' position regarding the increase in filtration costs, and Mayor Harrison said it had. Council President Allen announced a meeting of the Association of Snohomish County Cities and Towns, on September 24, 1981, at.Abigail'.s Restaurant, 24001 Highway 99. • There was no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting adjourned at 8:55 p.m. I IRENE-VARNEY MORAN, CVty Clerk September 22, 1981 - Work Meeting HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor The regular meeting of.the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 8:05 p.m. by Mayor Harve Harrison . in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Katherine Allen Mary Goetz Bill Kasper Jo -Anne Jaech Larry Naughten John Nordquist CONSENT AGENDA _. ABSENT:. STAFF PRESENT Ray Gould Jack Mitchell, Acting Public Works Dir. Jim Adams, City -Engineer Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Mary Lou Block, Planning Director Art.Housler, Finance Director Marlo Foster, Police Chief Jack Weinz, Fire Chief Jim Jessel,-Parks & Recreation Director Wayne Tanaka., City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The approved items on the Consent Agenda included the following: MAYOR (A) Roll call. (B.) Approval of Minutes of September 14, 1981. (C). Acknowledgment of -receipt of Claim for Damages from John J. Reed, Jr. in the amount of $1,337.50. Mayor Harrison read aloud.a -letter from Marlo Foster, President of the Edmonds Rotary Club, inviting the Mayor, Council, and their families and friends, to the.Edmonds Rotary Club•'s 30th year celebration on September-27, 1981, in the Edmonds City Park. Mayor Harrison announced.the appointments of Fire Chief Jack Weinz to the position of Disaster Coordinator, Police Chief`Marlo.Foster to First Deputy Coordinator, and -Acting Public Works Director Jack Mitchell to Second Deputy.Coordinator. . These,.appointments were pursuant to. -Ordinance 2224. CONSIDERATION OF'PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Mayor Harrison had provided. -proposed job descriptions for.the positions of Publ:icWorks Director and • City Engineer, with recommendations that they both be classified as E-10. In the Personnel Committee