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19820330 City Council Minutes• March 30, 1982 The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called .to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor Pro tem Bill Kasper in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT Bill Kasper, Mayor Pro tem Laura Hall Ray Gould Larry Naughten Jo -Anne Jaech John Nordquist Katherine Allen CONSENT AGENDA ABSEC'NT STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Jim. Adams, City Engineer Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Mary Lou Block, City Planner Marlo Foster, Police Chief Jack Weinz, Fire Chief Art Housler, Finance Director Jim Jessel, Parks & Recreation Dir. Wayne Tanaka, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk Items (D) and (E) were removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JAECH, 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 March 23, 1982. (C) Set date of May 4, 1982 for hearing on PAB recommendation for downtown -parking requirements. (F) Adoption of Ordinance 2281; deleting requirement that a member of the Planning Commission act as an ex officio member of the Architectural Design Board. (G) Adoption of Ordinance.2282, deleting requirement that a member of the City'Council act as an ex officio meriiber of the Board of Appeals. AUTHORIZATION FOR MAYOR TO SIGN CONSULTANT AGREEMENT WITH REID, MIDDLETON & ASSOCIATES FOR PREPARATION OF DESIGN PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE 761TH AVE. W. PEDESTRIAN FACILITY [Item D on Consent Agenda Councilmember Jaech asked whether there were adequate funds budgeted for this. City Engineer Jim Adams,responded that there were and that the Consultant Selection Committee had authorized the City Engineer on October 30, 1981 to negotiate with Reid -Middleton for the preparation of design plans and specifications for the 76th Ave. W. pedestrian walkway, and this was reported to the Council on November 3, 1981. The reason it had taken so long was that the City had to go back to the State and get an agreement with them: The federal participation will be 80%. This item was only for authori- zation for the plans and specifications for the project, and Mr. Adams said that prior to going out for the construction he would be coming back for authorization to advertise. Finance Director Art Housler added that the budget provides $80,000 of FAM money for the project and $20,000 from the Street Arterial Fuel Tax. State and federal agencies have committed for their shares of the project. Mr: Adams said this project was a walkway from Perrinville north, and that a lot of the work actually will be drainage structures. The walkway will be similar to that on Olympic View Dr. Followina this discussion, COUNCILMEMBER JAECH MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, TO APPROVE ITEM (D) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA: MOTION CARRIED. • PROPOSED SALARY ORDINANCE FOR ALL EXEMPT AND NONREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES Item E on Consent Agenda] Councilmember Gould said he would like to clarify by a motion the Council's intent which was some- what different from the way the proposed ordinance was drafted. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN, THAT THE PROPOSED SALARY ORDINANCE BE AMENDED SO IT INCORPORATES THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR A 4% INCREASE FOR EXEMPT AND NONREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES AS OF APRIL 1, 1982.AND AN ADDITIONAL 2% AS OF JULY 1, 1982, TO.BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE'OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, AND THAT.NO PERSON IS TO RECEIVE MORE THAN 6% (6.08% INCLUDING THE 80%/20% PROVISION IN THE ORDINANCE FOR MEDICAL/DENTAL/VISION INSURANCE BENEFITS). Councilmember Naughten said the Council's position is to provide funds and the Office of the Mayor determines the distribution of the funds. Councilmember Hall clarified that the 80%/20% medical benefits were across the board. THE MOTION CARRIED. Item (E) on the Consent Agenda was not approved, and the City Attorney will provide a new draft for the April 6 Consent Agenda. MAYOR Mayor Pro tem Kasper referred to Item 8 on the agenda, the presentation of an appraisal of the alley vacation located in the vicinity of 8th Ave. S. and Elm St., and said a request had been received from Laurie Murphy, representing the concerned parties, asking that it be delayed until the next available date. COUNCILMEMCER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO APRIL 13, 1982. MOTION CARRIED. Councilmember.Hall noted that Mayor Harrison was absent because he was in San Francisco attending a "National Main St. Center"seminar, along with a member of the Edmonds Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Pro tem Kasper announced an Executive Session following this meeting regarding a personnel and legal matter. March 30, 1982 - continued • AUDIENCE Floyd E. Smith, 814 Dayton St., said there were a number of people present for a public hearing on whether there should be a full-time Mayor in 1984. The date of that hearing had been changed to April 20, 1982, and Mr. Smith said the people in the audience were not aware of that. He submitted petitions from people supporting election of a full-time Mayor in 1984. Joy Whitcutt, 1011 "B" Ave., also presented similar petitions and said that less than two years previously when there was a question of going to a Council/City Manager form of government she had submitted a petition in opposition but none of the Council was interested in examining her petition. She asked for assur- ance that they would consider the petitions she presented this evening. Bill Ferguson, 19806 78th P1. W., expounded on all the.things that Edmonds has, including the waterfront, good businesses, a good Police Department, clean streets, a good Mayor, and a good Council, and said the City is getting larger and becoming more complex and that is why a. full-time Mayor is needed. His brother, Howard Ferguson, same address, said this is a community minded town and everyone believes they need a full-time Mayor. John Hodgih, 590 Hemlock, said he had moved to Edmonds when there were 2,800 people and now there are 28,000, anda full-time Mayor is needed. He also submitted petitions, and he asked why the hearing had been postponed. Mayor Pro tem Kasper said he had asked that it be moved to April 20 because there were too many hearings on this evening's agenda and he had moved it to an agenda which would have only two items, both of them major, and each would be assured of adequate time. Also, there was the Metro transit issue, an issue of magnitude, which the Council had to respond to this evening in order to have input for the EIS. Fred Ross, 1016 Daley, also presented some petitions in favor of a full-time Mayor and said that 95% of the people he contacted signed the petitions. The signatures were collected at the'Senior Kiwanis Club and the Senior Center. Paul Roy, 840 Alder, said he would propose an everyday Council as well as a full-time Mayor. He did not think the Council could work and be informed on all of the subjects taking place in the City. He said he had been on the Board of Adjustment a good many years and they addressed , only a few items compared to what the Council has. He thought things had been shuffled around because the Council did not have the time or were not informed. He thought they were all capable but did not have enough time. Benjamin Foster, 8805 220th S.W.., read a copy of a letter he had addressed to the Mayor requesting authority to hook up to a nearby sanitary sewer. He had tried to get his neighbors to sign a petition for annexation but they had refused to do so. Councilmember Nordquist said Mayor Harrison had brought this up on March-9 but said he would work up a proposal with the City Attorney and the Council had not received that document as yet. Paul Roy, 840 Alder, inquired about the memorial to Larry Hubbard. Councilmember Nordquist responded that a committee of six of Mr. Hubbard's friends had made a recommendation which will be coming forth from the Mayor. Mr. Roy said the Hubbards had done a tremendous amount of things for this City and he hoped that an adequate memorial would be created. HEARING ON VIDEO GAME ARCADES Councilmember Gould commented that what has gone on in other cities indicated the Council should hear what the people in Edmonds have to say about arcades before they make a decision. The hearing was opened. Vi Weber, 7921 198th St. S.W.,'said there should be a law against arcades being close to schools. She said if there is to be one on 212th it will.be near the senior high school and the College Place school. City Clerk Irene Varney Moran`was asked for her comments on the possibility of video game arcades and she said she had been approached by telephone by two different people who mentioned the old Go 'N Joy site on 212th and a site across the street from the 7-Eleven on 76th and 212th, so she urged • that the Council take some action before they actually came into town. She had suggested in a memorandum fees for arcades, based on the number of machines, but she did not have a recommendation regarding where they should be allowed. Sandy Scholl, 8629 Bowdoin, asked if the store at Five Corners was considered an arcade. She said she has 12- and.15-year-old sons and has found that the video games are addictive, the quarters disappearing rapidly and the boys tending not to tell the truth about it. Her elder son has a paper route and she had seen $18 disappear and another $5 was lent to a friend who pressured him to lend it because he was the one.with money.available to spend on the machines. She said the machines have no redeeming value --that they are a problem and she knows.it.firsthand. She asked why the City would want them,.and whether they were a money maker, and if so she said that would be their only redeeming value. She said they do not do anything positive for the children, that they are worse than gambling because the children never get anything from the machine. She thought the machines also put a lot of pressure and stress on young people. She wanted to keep her children in school and not let them stray from the campus to arcades. Councilmember Naughten responded to her that the City does not want the arcades but the City cannot restrict the arcades from being in the City, but it can limit where they can be located. Mrs. Scholl's husband, Don Scholl, said there seems to be a strong relationship between the video game arcades and crime and drugs from what he had read, and he thought that should be weighed in the Council's decision. He did not think there was any 'redeeming value to them even if they were a money maker. He said he realized they could not be excluded from the City but he urged that they not be allowed near schools. Sherry Zane, 740 Puget Lane, said.if the arcades have to exist in town she would not like to see them in downtown Edmonds or near a school, but rather they should be in some area with more difficult access because the children cannot resist going into them when they are available. 415 • March 30, 1982 - continued Councilmember Allen commented that they cannot be prohibited but it appeared to her that the Council could make it cost. so much that it would not be worth anything to the distributor to install them. Councilmember Gould was not so sure they could not be prohibited entirely, and -he thought that determination should be made before discarding it as a possibility. He said he would have a proposal in that regard later. Jim Chapman, 23321 75th W:, said he also has a son who is addicted to the machines. He said there are two kinds of arcades --the pure arcade that is solely for the use of video games, and the restaurants where the games are a part of the business. He thought that where the.games are in restaurants the parents have a little more control of what the children do. John Hodgin, 590 Hemlock, asked if this issue could be tied to the ordinance recently passed limiting adult theaters to a particular area. City Attorney Wayne Tanaka responded that there are.some problems with tr;,ing to prohibit.them entirely and that the U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering the.issue. He said there are a number of problems when you try to prohibit them, but zoning is another matter and they can be restricted -to a particular zone or to a certain distance from a school. He said this is a new phenomenon and is similar to the adult theaters issue but there is not so much of the First Amendment issue involved. He said there .is some possibility for excluding them but it would be difficult and care would have to be taken to marshal the evidence, but the Council could make this a test case if they wanted. He said location, hours, and that sort of thing are within the City's scope of its normal police Powers, but even to tax them out of existence gets to be a problem because although the City can impose license .fees those fees must be tied in some way to the cost of enforcing the ordinance. He added that prohibiting their use to people under 18 years of age or in specific areas is still under question. Councilmember Gould said he thought they probably should draft a special ordinance for video game • arcades as he thought the Cite iad a strong ordinance regarding adult theaters and bookstores which would be best left to stand alone. Mr. Hodgin told him he just wanted to have something done before an actual problem develops, and Councilmember Gould agreed. Paul Roy, 840 alder, asked what would happen if they were limited to taverns, bars, and restaurants. Mayor Pro tem Kasper noted that arcades had not been incorporated into the recent ordinance on video games because it was indicated to the Council that arcades would not prosper in Edmonds, but that now appeared to be questionable. No one else wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. Councilmember Naughten said if the arcades cannot be banned it should be required that they be far enough away from schools -so children cannot walk to them during school breaks, and in fact they should be far enough away so that a person would have..to drive to them. Fie was concerned about the younger children because the machines are a primary temptation to them. Councilmember Jaech inquired about taxing them on gross receipts, and.the City Clerk said she previously had suggested that and still supported'it. Mr. Tanaka said the City does not have a B&O tax except for utilities and the license fees have to be tied to the amount of money the City needs to police their operation, so it could not be set at a fee that would bear no relation to administering them. He said the tax on gross revenues begins to look suspect in that regard because the costs of enforcement are the same and if you single out video games in terms of gross revenues you must look at it very carefully. Councilmember. Gould said they had received data from businesses in Edmonds which indicates that on the average the owners' profit per machine is approximately $50 per month per machine, and in taverns and restaurants they say that is a spinoff of their business. He noted that a recent newspaper article revealed the magnitude of youngsters involved in video games--11% play two or more hours per day, but some people do have the games in their homes. Fie said he is flat out opposed to video game arcades, and he proposed placing a moratorium on video game arcades for a 60-day period in order to determine what legal, sustainable alternatives the City has to deal with them regarding •. hours, ages of people who can play them, location of machines, zoning, the possibility of outright prohibition, limits of taxing ability, and whether they can be allowed in only specific places like taverns and restaurants. He said after the moratorium they can gather the data and make a. decision based on it. Mr. Tanaka noted that a moratorium should include where would be 'the best place to allow .them if they.are to be allowed, and he noted that there is one currently existing. Council - member Hall thhought an establishment with over ten machines would constitute an arcade, and she said the figures provided by the City Clerk appeared to be ballpark figures. Councilmember Naughten thought it would be better to say that wherever the machines are the primary income that would be an arcade. Councilmember Gould said they should be far enough away from schools so the children do not go there during lunch or recess, and he thought ten should constitute an arcade. Mr. Tanaka said there would have to be a public hearing to establish a moratorium in order to allow people to comment. COUNCILMEMBER HALL,)IIOVED, SECONDED FOR DISCUSSION BY COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN, THAT THE DEFINITION OF "ARCADE" BE AN ESTABLISHMENT WHICH HAS OVER TEN VIDEO MACHINES. This was discussed briefly, and then COUNCILMEMBEr NAUGHTEN WITHDREW HIS SECOND. He said he was withdrawing the second because he was interested in a moratorium, not the definition. MOTION FAILED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. COUNCIL - MEMBER GOULD THEN MOVED, SECONDED FOR DISCUSSION BY COUNCILMEMBER JAECH, TO INSTITUTE A 60-DAY MORATORIUM ON.VIDEO GAME ESTABLISHMENTS AND THAT NO ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXIST DURING THE MORATORIUM WHERE THE FULL NUMBER OF VIDEO GAMES IS IN EXCESS OF TEN, AND THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT NOW HAVE TEN OR MORE WILL BE FROZEN AT THAT POINT; THE PURPOSE BEING TO DETERMINE LEGALLY SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES TO VIDEO GAME ARCADES, AND THE ITEMS DEALT WITH WILL BE QUESTIONS REGARDING HOURS, AGES OF PLAYERS, LOCATION, ZONING, PROHIBITION, TAXING, AND SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. Mr. Tanaka said this would be brought back as a resolution after a public hearing. The question was asked as to who would determine which establishments have how many games, and it was noted that the City Clerk has some figures but that there would be a problem policing it. THE MOTION CARRIED, WITH COONCILMEMBERS HALL AND KASPER VOTING NO. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JAECH, THAT THE HEARING ON THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM -BE.PLACED ON THE APRIL 13, 1982 AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED, WITH.COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN VOTING -NO. Councilmember Allen said work meetings should be kept as work meetings and should not have hearings scheduled. n U 416 March 30, 1982 - continued HEARING ON METRO TRANSIT PROPOSED BUS YARD SITE AT 205TH AND MERIDIAN Councilmember Gould said there has been some concern about the proposed bus yard site, especially because of the project to clean up Lake Ballinger, but in addition to that a lot of people in Edmonds use 205th and Edmonds Way in getting in and out of Edmonds and the traffic patterns will be affected by the addition of Metro buses at this site. Planning Director Mary Lou Block discussed the Staff's review of Metro's draft EIS on the proposed location of a North Operating Base. Two sites are identified for consideration, one at Aurora Ave. N. and N. 137th St. (Site 1) and the subject site (Site 2). Details of the review were provided.to the Council. The overall Planning Department comment was that after reviewing the draft EIS, Site 1 was far better suited to be a location for the proposed Metro North Operating Base, providing an operational savings of $200,000 more per year than Site 2, being consistent with the zoning and development in the area while Site 2 is not, and having a positive aesthetic impact from the proposal as opposed to a negative impact on Site 2. City Engineer Jim Adams said 400 buses would be involved in addition to traffic from those people working on the site. His written response to the draft EIS.had not addressed sanitary sewers. He noted that the Ronald Sewer District dumps into the Edmonds system and Metro indicated they would hook up to the Ronald Sewer District. He said the City's agreement with Mountlake Terrace is for sanitary uses only unless Edmonds agrees to allow otherwise. Also, that there are some problems with the sanitary system and that Edmonds had required any wash water to be treated and dumped into the sanitary sewer and not into the storm sewers, and Metro has not addressed this and information is needed in regard to the amount of sewage to be placed in the Edmonds system. He noted that traffic had been discussed in his memo and that there would be an impact on Ballinger Way. The hearing was opened. Robert Grenzner, 7115 Lake Ballinger Way, discussed the problems of pollution and said the Ballinger area would be a resting place for the diesel fuels and there would be a constant oil slick over the lake. He said there would be in excess of 3,000 vehicle trips per day, and that is two trips per • minute.in addition to existing traffic. Also, he said a traffic light would be installed right at his door and cars would idle there and all their fumes would -go into his house. He said the natural amphitheater configuration of the Ballinger bowl would take in the noise and fumes from the site. He also thought additional water flow from this site would cause serious flooding and he said Metro's existing bases look terrible and the park -like setting in the Ballinger area would end up like that. He said thepeople living right on the road would not benefit from the buffer zone. He suggested that Metro find a dump and fix it up instead of taking a park -like area and making it into a dump. Mary Hobgood, 24215 76th Ave. W., said.the area is park -like and she would not like it changed to concrete and asphalt. She said that would harm the residential area around the site. Mary K. Wheeler, 24211 76th.Ave. W., said that is a beautiful area and she would be sick to see a bus barn there. She asked for the City's help. Betty Mathay, 8006 240th S.W., said this would be a round-the-clock industry and it would mean noise thrust on the whole basin 24 hours a day. She said noise resounds in that area because of the configuration of the basin and light also would be reflected. Bob Boye, 24325 76th W., said the community had received a lot of support from City personnel on this issue, but he said the people who live at the other site are just as much against that site as the Ballinger people are against this one. He urged a strong resolution opposing Site 2 but he asked that the City not use a comparison of the sites in .the resolution because those people feel just as the Ballinger people do and have the same concerns. His opinion was that Metro has a monster they want to put somewhere. He had visited the Riverton site which is their newest site in order to see their water retention system. He described it and said it is basically a berm surrounding an area of 1,000 cu. ft. capacity, 6' deep, and exposed to outer air, and there is sludge on the entire pond which works its way into the ground table. He said it smelled like a sump. He had visited bus • sites all over Seattle and all are surrounded entirely by commercial development. He thought the way to stop development of this site would be through zoning. He added that the Lake Ballinger Community Club was strongly opposing the site. Metro representatives were present to answer any questions, but no questions were asked of them. The hearing was closed. Councilmember Gould observed that EISs are expensive to do and the timing on this one had been drawn out. He said there are some things at this site different from other .places. He did not think the - traffic problem had been addressed satisfactorily in the EIS, and he thought perhaps a major problem was the drainage into Lake Ballinger and he was not satisfied with the way it had been addressed. He noted that a lot had been invested in cleaning up Lake Ballinger and the City and the residents there will be proud of it, but this bus yard would destroy it. He recommended that Edmonds support the Mountlake Terrace resolution in opposition to Site 2, and he said the findings of the Staff and of the Council should be as strong as possible. He added that the air quality with the prevailing winds should be addressed. Councilmember. Nordquist concurred. that Metro should be sent the findings of the Planning and Engineering Departments. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JAECH, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION INCORPORATING THE FINDINGS OF THIS HEARING AND FACTS OF THE TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE, LOW PRESSURE IN.THAT AREA, THE LAKE LEVEL, AND THE ZONING COMPATIBILITY, TO BE PRESENTED FOR PASSAGE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN TO METRO AT ITS APRIL 7 MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. Councilmember Nordquist then asked Council President Kasper to accompany the City Staff to the April 7 Metro meeting. A recess was announced. HEARING.ON TWO=LOT PRELIMINARY PLAT AT 20115 81ST AVE.. W. (HOFTO/P-7-81) Planning Director Mary Lou Block said this was a very straightforward subdivision and was being heard, in addition to the Hearing Examiner hearing, because the property had been subdivided within • March 20, 1982 - continued the last five years. She read aloud the Hearing Examiner's conclusions and said he recommended approval subject to the following conditions: (1) The applicant is to comply with all engineering requirements as set forth in Exhibit 3 to his report, and (2) Lot 2 of the proposed short subdivision As to be a flag lot, the setbacks being: 'front to the south, rear to the north, and,sides to the east and west. The hearing was opened, no one wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. COUNCIL - MEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JAECH, TO APPROVE P-7781 BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE HEARING EXAMINER. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Pro tem Kasper noted for the record that his mother's name was Hofto but there is no family connection with the applicant. Councilmember Nordquist asked that the record reflect that at 10:05 there was nobody in the audience except press representatives. HEARING ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR BUS STOP SHELTERS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES Planning Director Mary Lou Block stated that the Council had considered a proposed ordinance on March 9, 1982 to allow bus stop shelters, without Conditional Use Permits, in al.l zone districts, but at that meeting the Council recommended that bus stop shelters in single family zones be subject to a Conditional Use Permit, while being allowed outright in all other zones. Since that proposal was a change from the PAB recommendation, a public hearing was.required. The hearing was opened, no one wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. CODUNCILMEMBER ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL - MEMBER NAUGHTEN, TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2283, ALLOWING BUS STOP SHELTERS IN ALL ZONES BUT REQUIRING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR BUS STOP SHELTERS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES. MOTION CARRIED. REPORT.ON STATUS OF ANNEXATION PETITION (McDONALD'S/WOODWAY HIGH SCHOOL AREA) • Reports were submitted by the City Clerk and the Parks and.Recreation Director. The City Clerk reported that.a 10% petititon had been received but she had not yet determined if the valuation represented by the signatures is, in fact, at least the required 10% of the total area seeking annexation. The Parks and'Recreation Director reported that there is one problem, the potential opening of the gate at the end of 102nd Pl. 1., leading into the Woodway Senior High School parking lot. The neighbors who had not yet. signed the petition would like assurance that the City would resist any attempt to open this gate except for emergency purposes. They would also like to have the present 100th W. school exit evaluated for future improvements. The Police Chief and City Engineer agreed that the improvements are necessary. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. COUNCIL REVIEW OF MEMBERSHIP.CRITERIA FOR LIBRARY BOARD, PAID FIREMEN'S PENSION BOARD AND VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S PENSION BOARD Existing criteria and sections of the Revised Code of Washington relating to.selection of all of these boards had been provided to the Council. Councilmember Naughten inquired about the criteria for Library Board.candidates as it was indicated that the Library Board ordinarily submits a list to the Mayor. Councilmember-Hall, a former -Library Board Chairman, said those on the board usually know of people interested or experienced in that field and the board recommends those people to the Mayor, and she said she had been comfortable with that. COUNCILMMEMBER FALL MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN, TO ACCEPT THE COUNCIL REVIEW. MOTION CARRIED. COUNCIL Councilmember Nordquist thanked City Engineer Jim Adams for his quick response to the Senior Center parking problem. Councilmember.Hall commented that the bricks on the new library are "bleeding" and City Engineer Jim • Adams said the architect is concerned with that and is working on a solution. Councilmember Hall had received a complaint about the 196th St. improvements which have not been completed by the State and she had called the Department of Transportation and was told they intend to start again on April 15. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED FOR DISCUSSION BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, THAT THE MAYOR BE REQUESTED TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT EXPRESSING THE CITY'S CONCERN OVER THE DELAYS IN THIS PROJECT AND ASKING FOR A SPEEDY COMPLETION DATE. Cite Engineer Jim Adams said they originally were supposed,to be finished in November but the State contracts are based on "working days" and the State determines the working days. THE MOTION CARRIED. Regarding salaries for exempt and nonrepresented employees, COUNCILMEMBER GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEi'13zR NAUGHTEN, THAT AN ORDINANCE BE DRAFTED PRO`JIDING A PIECHAP1ISi1 SO THE ANNUAL .REVIEW AND SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR EXEMPT AND NONREPRESENTED Et1PL6YEES OCCURS ON THEIR HIRED DATE ANNIVERSARY. Councilmember Gould said the purpose is to eliminate the problem with exempt and nonrepresented people of not getting their pay increases until labor negotiations are completed. Councilmember Hall questioned whether he meant that to be the hire -in date or the classification date, and he said the hired date as he stated in the motion. THE 110TION CARRIED. Councilmember Naughten noted that there had been a letter to the Mayor from Elliot Richardson asking for suggested names of people to serve as United Nations Day chairmen. Council"member Gould recom- mended that Shirley Betham's name be submitted. Councilmember Allen proposed that the Council President's salary always be commensurate with the most recent salary increase for the Councilmembers. She said he now makes $200 a month and some of the Councilmembers are making $250. COUNCILMEMBER -ALLEN !1OVED, SECONDED nY CCUNCILi1Et�1BER NORDQUIST, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO'DRAFT AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THATTHECOUNCIL PRESIDENT'S SALARY BE $250 PER MONTH AND IN ENSUING YEARS THAT IT INCREASE AS THE COUNCIL SALARIES INCREASE. That was clarified to mean if the current Council President is earning $192 per month as his regular Council pay plus $200 per .month as Council President's pay and other members are at the $250 level, March 30, 1982 - continued • then the $200 amount would -become $250 for the year as Council President. THE MOTION CARRIED, WITS; COUNCIL PRESIDENT KASPER ABSTAINING. Council President Kasper said he would like to have a Personnel Committee meeting prior to next week's Council meeting. There was no further'business to come before the Council, and the meeting adjourned to Executive Session at 10:25 p.m. f IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Oity Clerk HARVE HARRISON, Mayor April 6, 1982 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 Harve Harrison, Mayor Bill Kasper Laura Hall Ray Gould Larry Naughten Jo -Anne Jaech John Nordquist Katherine Allen CONSENT AGENDA STAFF PRESENT Jim Adams, City Engineer Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Mary Lou Block, Planning Director Art Housler, Finance Director Jack Weinz, Fire Chief . Jim Jessel, Parks and Recreation Director Wayne Tanaka, City Attorney Mark Eames, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk Items (G) and (H) were removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JAECH, 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 March 30, 1982. (C) Set date of May 4, 1982 for hearing on PAB recommendation for amending Chapter 17.40.030 of Community Development Code. (D) Report on bids opened March 31, 1982, and award of contract for Dayton St. Park, Phase II, to Landscaping, Inc., for a total amount of $13,939 plus sales tax. (E) Acceptance of Quit Claim Deed from John M. Taylor and Jack and Jean Wright. (F) Adoption of Ordinance 2284, Shoreline Sanctuary Ordinance. (I) Approval of changes to Section 19 of Community Development Code. PROPOSED SALARY ORDINANCE FOR ALL EXEMPT'AND NONREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES Item G on Consent Agenda Councilmember Kasper noted this item required a decision on the part of the Council so it should not have been on the. Consent Agenda. Two exhibits had been included, Exhibit A, Schedule I, providing for the salary grid for a merit increase; and Exhibit A, Schedule II, providing for the salary grid for a cost -of -living increase. Both provided a 6% increase over the present grid, but under the merit increase grid (Exhibit A, Schedule I) several employees could not get an increase because they would have reached the top of their range. Finance Director Art Housler had asked for a decision as to whether the increase would be a cost -of -living increase or a merit increase. It also was noted that the exhibits had been reversed when provided in the Council packets. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, TO GET THE MATTER CLARIFIED AND PUT IT ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Wayne Tanaka stated that the policy.decision must be made regarding the minimum and maximum ranges. Councilmember Allen read aloud the motion by Councilmember Gould last week which was to clarify the intent of the Council. Mr. Housler stated that if it was intended that everyone possibly could receive a 6% increase then there were six people who could not because they would be over the top of the ranges on the grid. Item (G) on the Consent Agenda was not approved. This item will appear on next week's regular agenda. PROPOSED RESOLUTION OPPOSING METRO TRANSIT'S PROPOSED BUS YARD AT 205TH AND MERIDIAN [Item H on Consent Agenda Councilmember'Allen stated that the proposed resolution prepared,by the City Attorney was too nice, and although the things with which the City Council disagreed were stated it was done in too nice a manner, so it may not have the proper impact. Councilmember Kasper said he had not commented on • 1 1 1 0