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19811110 City Council Minutes3�4 November 10, 1981 - Work Meeti,n.g • The reguI a meeting of the Edmonds- City' Gounci l- was called.. to. order. at.. 7 :45 p. m.., following a budget work session, by Mayor Har.ve 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 Ray Gould Jo -Anne Jaech Bill Kasper Larry Naughten John Nordquist Marc Gluth, Student Rep. CONSENT AGENDA STAFF PRESENT` Art Housler, Finance Director Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Jim Adams, City Engineer Mary Lou Block, Planning Director Marlo Foster, Police Chief Jack Weinz, Fire Chief Jeff Ristau, Accounting Supervisor Jim Jessel, Parks & Recreation Director Mark Eames, City Attorney Jim Murphy, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk . Items (D) and (G) were removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, 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 November 3, 1981. (C) Adoption of Ordinance 2246, amending fees for fingerprinting. (E) Adoption of Ordinance 2248, authorizing bond issue for LIDS 206 and 207. (F) Passage of Resolution 508, transferring funds from Council Contingency Fund to General Fund for purposes of purchasing chassis for "pumper". fire truck and of purchasing Christmas decorations. (H) Approval of final two -lot plat of Hofto Addition (P-3-81/Hofto). PROPOSED ORDINANCE 2247 TO CLARIFY EXISTING AMBIGUITY REGARDING SPEED LIMIT ON 9TH AVE. S. [Item (D) on Consent Agenda Councilmember Kasper said that in reading the proposed ordinance it appeared that there was some justification to increase the speed on 9th Ave. for safety, and he asked if that was the intent.. Police Chief Marlo Foster responded that the intent of the proposal was only to define Westgate, and nothing more. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GOETZ, TO APPROVE ITEM (D) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ADOPTING ORDINANCE 2247. MOTION CARRIED. PROPOSED RESOLUTION 509, SETTING FORTH COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR ONE-HALF CENT LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX Item G on Consent Agenda Councilmember Allen stated, for clarification, that the proposed resolution did not mean the sales tax would be levied, only that the Council supports the concept. Councilmember Kasper said he was against any increase in taxation. He realized this was not an approval of 1/2¢ taxes, but he said if the City does not take it and the County does, that is another matter.. He said he was against it because he does not support increases in any taxes. Councilmember Allen responded that the other bill was written to say the County could impose this tax if.the municipality did not, and this was simply a resolution to say where the City of Edmonds stands. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER.NORDQUIST, TO APPROVE ITEM (G) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ADOPTING RESOLUTION 509. MOTION CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMEMBER KASPER VOTING NO. APPROVAL OF COMPREHENSIVE PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN Parks and Recreation Director Jim Jessel noted that the plan had been to the Planning Advisory Board and the Council Public Works Committee for review. He discussed the items listed in the capital improvements program on page 20 of the plan, noting that they were listed by priority, the priorities having been established by what was eligible for outside monies together with the April 1981 survey taken of people using the Edmonds recreation facilities. Mr: Jessel noted that when he met with the Public -Works Committee they had indicated that the priorities generally were valid. He said they had recommended that the Meadowdale Playfield project (priority 7).be maintained and that Edmonds should provide staff assistance to the Edmonds School District and the City of Lynnwood in this development. Long-range needs for the Anderson Center had been.requested (priority 4), which he had provided. The Council now asked that those items be prioritized. Councilmember Naughten noted that the Public Works Committee had reviewed the Meadowdale Playfield project and decided there really is no money to spend on it, although some staff may be provided. Councilmember Allen stated that Edmonds' youngsters would be playing on that playfield and Edmonds' playfields would be relieved considerably by the use of that playfield. Councilmember Gould noted that seven needs were listed on page 24 in the Leisure Services Inventory., and he observed that if the plan were approved it would be saying these are objectives, so he asked how they would be implemented. Mr. Jessel responded that he meets frequently with the School District and they are pursuing a mutual agreement concept. Councilmember Naughten stated that an effort should be made to find a way to finance a pool cover for the Yost Park Pool (priority 5), and Councilmember Kasper added that the maintenance is going to require it. 1 1 1 1 1 3.45 • November 10, 1981 - continued Councilmember Gould thought one more thing was needed in the plan, a page that states specifically what is -going to be done, stating what-the'City will work toward until 1985. He thought this was a good document but that it needed objectives, and that the objectives should be things Mr. Jessel .really thought could be accomplished and are desired to be accomplished in this time frame. ' Councilmember Kasper noted that there are a lot of properties and buildings that the City must maintain and the maintenance is getting to be a tremendous budget item, and there should be a concentrated maintenance program for the City. Councilmember Gould restated that as -- the City should work toward reducing the subsidy costs of the Parks and Recreation Department and make it self-sustaining so the revenues would offset more of the maintenance costs. It was noted that page 6 needed to..be Updated, as well as other sections in the first four pages. COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GOULD, TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO DECEMBER 8, 1981. MOTION CARRIED. BUDGET WORK SESSION The Council returned to the budget work session which had started just prior to this regular meeting. During this session the question of the hiring of an M.A.A. was raised. Mayor Harrison said if the Council so indicated, an M.A.A. would be hired immediately. Each Councilmember, except Councilmember Kasper, individually stated that an M.A.A. should be hired immediately. Councilmember Kasper thought a personnel person was needed, rather than an M.A.A. Mayor Harrison responded to the Council that the M.A.A. position is budgeted and would be filled. UESTIONS ON NOVE�'1BER 17 AGENDA ITEMS Councilmember Gould suggested, regarding the Parkside West PRD, that a one-year extension be granted with a provision for a second year so that it can be seen whether there is adequate progress demon- strated (a two-year extension had been requested). COUNCIL Councilmember Goetz noted that there had been considerable destruction of campaign signs during the recent election, and she thought there should be a City ordinance making it a.misdemeanor to destroy campaign signs. COUNCILMEMBERALEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GOULD, TO PLACE ON THE DECEMBER 8, 1981 AGENDA A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DESTRUCTION OF CAMPAIGN SIGNS. MOTION CARRIED. Council President Allen called attention to,:the:Dfsaster Plan which had been distributed to the Council. Councilmember Kasper suggested that the Public Safety Committee study the Seattle Noise Ordinance and that they provide a recommendation. There was no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting adjourned to Executive Session at 10:45 p.m. to discuss a legal matter. IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Cit Clerk HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor November 17, 1981 . The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:55 p.m. by Mayor Harve Harrison in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center. All present joined oft the flag salute. PRESENT STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Larry Naughten Mary Lou Block, Planning'Director John Nordquist Jim Jessel, Parks & Recreation Director Mary Goetz Ron Schirman, Assistant Fire Chief Bill Kasper Dan Prinz, Assistant Police Chief Katherine Allen Pat Wilson, Assistant City Engineer Jo -Anne Jaech Mark Eames, City Attorney Ray Gould Jim Murphy, City Attorney Marc Gluth, Student Rep.. Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk CONSENT AGENDA Item (B) was removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The approved items on the Consent Agenda included the following: (A) Roll call. (C) Acknowledgment of.receipt of Claims for Damages from James Bride in the amount of $42.26 and from Robert V. Hovey in the amount of $1,437.94. •(D.) Authorization to execute Supplement #1 to Agreement GC6514 (SR 524).