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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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