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19821130 City Council Minutes62 November 23, 1982 - continued • scheme would be well spent, but he had made a judgment to the contrary. Councilmember Allen said the approval they were faced with at this time did not bother her, but she thought that perhaps the Personnel Director had not had time to look at the picture that the Council had hoped he would see. She said they had pushed him to do it quickly, which he did, and.now they are feeling that perhaps not enough of the whole structure was taken into, consideration. Councilmember Gould said it is critical that they deal with this issue in a manner so that it appears to the people it affects that they are rational and open about it and that it will stand challenge, and that is why he thought they should have a draft proposal and let the people speak up, and that should preclude their redoing it all the time. He thought that, to start, the Council should adopt a tentative classi- fication chart for the total City and then any department head or administrator could meet with them on it to -make recommendations. He said there is also a new element entering the picture --a new bargaining unit, and he asked what happens when they reclassify people that are in a bargaining unit and did not used to be --are certain things mandated? He said if that requires a change in salary he did not understand it. Mr. LeMay said most of the labor agreements have provisions for what has to be done for promotional reclassification and salary adjustment. He said he thought management is ill advised if they do not practice good employee relations, whether a person is in a union or not, and where there is a year or more'to rule on agreement he thought it wrong to postpone dealing with the inequity. Mr. Tanaka stated that if you change the scope of a person's duties that is changing the terms and conditions of his employment, and you have to bargain that. COUNCILMEMBER HALL MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, TO APPROVE ITEM (D) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, INSTRUCTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL ACTION ON RECLASSIFICATIONS AND SALARY ADJUSTMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER.'THEN MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION, TO REFLECT THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE CITY CLERK ONLY AT THIS TIME. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD SECONDED THE MOTION FOR DISCUSSION. Councilmember Kasper said the other two positions are minor movements and there was a question in his mind regarding one of them from the standpoint of creating a position of foreman when they just had done away with foreman positions. The other, he said., was a minor movement wherein everyone in the City was in that position, but.the City Clerk position, by the Personnel Director's analysis, • had been a considerable misclassification at E-4 and he felt E-7 was not extreme even if there was possibly a reorganization.in the next year and some of the duties were to be removed. Councilmember Hall stated that this had come to them recommended by the Personnel Director and the Mayor and was voted on at the Personnel Committee meeting. A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE MOTION TO AMEND, WITH COUNCILMEMBERS KASPER AND GOULD VOTING YES, AND WITH COUNCILMEMBERS ALLEN, HALL, NAUGHTEN, AND NORDQUIST VOTING NO. THE MOTION TO AMEND FAILED. THE MAIN MOTION THEN PASSED. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN, THAT THE COUNCIL ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR HANDLING THE BALANCE OF THE RECLASSIFICATION CONSIDERATIONS --TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL PROCEDURE FOR THE CITY AND IT BE BROUGHT TOGETHER AND AGREED ON IN DRAFT FORM BY THE COUNCIL, AND THEN A MEETING BE HELD WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO GET INPUT BEFORE APPROVAL. THE MOTION CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMEMBER KASPER VOTING NO. Council President Kasper discussed budget meeting dates and the Highway 99 Study was moved to the December 7 meeting, but its budgetary implications will be discussed on November 30. A budget work session was scheduled for this time, but because there was a problem with the heating system in the Plaza Meeting Room and the room was uncomfortably cold the meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m. _21i M._4�_4 o J_lZe2�, IRENE VARNEY MORAN, C' y Clerk HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor November 30, 1982 The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:50 p.m. in the Plaza Meeting Room of the Edmonds Library, following a dinner meeting. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Bill Kasper, Harve Harrison, Mayor Jim Adams, City Engineer Mayor Pro tem Laura Hall Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Katherine Allen Pat LeMay, Personnel Director Jo -Anne Jaech Steve Simpson, Parks & Recreation Dir. Ray Gould Marlo Foster, Police Chief Larry Naughten Jack Weinz, Fire Chief Tambi Shaw, Student Rep. Jack Mitchell, Public Works Supt. John Nordquist Mary Lou Block, Planning Director Art Housler, Finance Director Jim Jessel, Property Manager Jeff Ristau, Accountant Wayne Tanaka, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk Mayo. Pro tem Kasper announced that Mayor Harrison and Councilmember Hall were not present because they were attending the National League of Cities meeting in Los Angeles. He noted that this evening's meeting was late in starting because.of an earlier dinner meeting at which additional library costs were discussed with the Director'of the Sno-Isle Pegional Library. 6 31 • November 30, 1982 - continued CONSENT AGENDA 1 1 COUNCILVIM,BEP NAUCPTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY CO1JNCII_hEM2ER NORMU77, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The approved items on the Consent Agenda. included the following: (A) Roll call. (5) Approval of Minutes of Movember 23, 1982. MAYOR Mayor Pro ten Kasper read Mayor Harrison's recommendation for reappointment of Bob Hintz to Position 5 on the Architectural !'esign Board. COUNCILMEMBER NAUCHTEI. MOVED TO CONFIRM THE Ai'POiNTMENT, SECONDED FOR DISCUSSION BY COUNCILMEMBER GOULD. Planning Director Mary Lou Block stated that N'r. Hintz had been appointed previously to fill an unexpired term, and this appointment would be his first full tErm. THE MOTI11 THEN CARRIED. Mayor Pro teri Kasper- noted that when the Council two veeks ago approved some expenditures for the space needs �rr�ject: one item, °rlals overlooked, Item lit under "esi_/Rencvation/ Furnishings which is Lockers for Police Officars in the amount of $2,500. This item is a natter of urgency because the quote from the low bidder was 10 weeks' delivery tiroc and they have to be built-in. Police Chief Marlo Foster stated that the size needed is not normally kept in stock as it is 21" deep. This depth is needed for adequate storage of uniforms. F!e said they now have half-size lockers which were constructed by the City shop but: they are not adequate. COUNCILMEMBER ALL.EN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL!1EMBER COULD, TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. MOTIC'I'i CARRIED. • Mayor Fro teri Kasper state, that the Police Chief had made a rec,uest. to hire an auctioneer for the Police Department's Decemi02r G auction. Folice Chief Marlo Foster said the Police Department no longer has the services of Ken Estes who previously conducted the auctions, so he wished to try a Marysville auctioneer who charges 10% of the sales, with a minimum of $100. Because of his expertise it is expected that the sales will be high and that his fee will be P200 or more. The contract would be for one time, but If the auction is successful Chief Foster will want to continue Using this person. A contract for services is required which needs Council approval. COL'NCiLMEMEER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GOULD, TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AND THAT ThE COUNCIL BE GIVEN A REPORT OF THE RESULTS. MOTION CARRIED. HEARING ON AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 1E.20.010(C)(1) TO ALLOW MUfJICIPAL STORAGE ON ARTERIAL STREETS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES biITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. (CDC--11•-E2 Planning Director Mary Lou Block said the purpose of the proposed amendment is to allow the City the flexibility of site selection for its municipal storage operations. It: would not he an outright permitted use but would be allowed cn'sy as a conditional use located on an arterial street. The conditional use application r,:ould be heard by the Hearing Examiner who viould establish any mitigating measures he thought appropriate if the use %%,ere allowed. Under the present Cocie in residential zones limited community facilities are allowed. The Planning Board had conducted two public hearings on this proposal and initially had some reservations about it. They were concerned about the potential noncompatible nature of uses (residential vs. municipal storage" and the question of whether it would be more appropriate to rezone individual sites to accommodate this use. After some deliberation, they recommended approval because it would alloy; flexibility in site selection; provide for a public hearing.process to allow for notification, testimony, and establishment of mitigating measures; would be less cumbersome than the rezone process; and to preclude the possibility of a property being rezoned and then not used for this purpose because a. Conditional Use Permit cannot be'obtained, resulting in the property being available for all of the other uses allowed in the zone. After this introduction, the public hearing was opened. Henry Massie, 800E 180th Pl. S.N'., was strongly opposed to -the proposal, saying it would be a gross injustice to residential property owners as adjacent property values would depreciate anc owners would have difficulty selling their properties. He suggested that other suitable locations be investigated, such as the undeveloped tidal flats in north Ermonds near the Lynnwood sewage treetrrent plant. He also suggestec that -the current option on the property in the Perrinville area be droppEd. Madge Massie, same address, submitted a petition with app•roxi rr.ately 300 si gna turE!s of peop i E: opposE d to the proposed amendment. She said Public Works material does not belong in resic'iential areas or areas zoned for business and that Edmonds needs an -industrial area. She though, it an affront to the neighboring cities that Edmonds wants all the advantages but none of the nuisances involved with industrial areas. She asked the Council also to consider what it would be like for them if their own homes were in an area where Public Works supplies are stored. She also asked to be notified of any future plans on this issue. Den R. Romero, 6005 i30th P1. S.W., agreed with the statements made by the hiassies and said he was angry at the viay 1-his t�,as done, saying it was underhanded. He had not realized that Edmonds did not have an industrial area, arc he said he had been proud to be a citizen of this communi-- , but he thought the proposal would do a lot of harm to innocent.Feople who were not aware of what was taking place. He asked �tha-t t all faces of the proposal be considered. Barbara N. Cold, 903 Cary Rd., did not believe Cary Rd. was threatened cut she said her husband and she own three acres adjoining the park at 76th and Olympic View Dr. which they have had for years, anc they plan to do something nice with it, and they viere concerned that this could affect =what property. She thought. -;here would be thousands of names on. the petititor submitted if eieryone were aware of this; proposal. She hoped residential areas would be protectec and said she counts on City governmentt, for that protection. Nrs. Massie added that had she been able to go ou. at n-i.ght she could have doubled or tripled the • number of signatures on the petition, but she had gone out during the day and in many instances only �4 • November 30, 1982 - continued one member of a family was available. She said it was a long, hard job circulating the petition, and she hoped the Council would really consider what they planned to do. She added that people did not seem to know about this and were horrified when they heard. Joy Ianniciello, 8011 180th P1. S.W., asked if there will be trucks traveling back'and forth from such a site. Public Works Superintendent Jack Mitchell responded that they had kept track of the trips over the last 1 1/2 months.and the maximum in a day was three trips and mostly it was only one trip in a day. Ms. Ianniciello said the area being considered is a jogging area and a lot of children walk to school there. Mr. Mitchell responded that they were not focusing on that particu- lar piece of property at this time but were only considering a Code amendment. It was noted that a lot of the concern expressed was the result of the City's taking an option on a particular piece of property which indicated there was special interest in that property. No one else wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. Councilmember Naughten complimented Mrs. Massie on her endeavor to circulate the petition, recog- nizing how much time and work that entailed. He also stated that the Council was not trying to do anything underhanded and that there already had been four public hearings on this issue. He had read the minutes of the Planning Board and found their statements supporting their recommendation to be logical, but he said he had to agree with the people present this evening. He thought they should look for a site that does not impact a residential zone. Councilmember Nordquist observed that the City Park had been used for many years for this purpose but it had become unsightly. He was not in favor of putting any of these holding yards in resi- dential areas and he thought there should be additional study to determine if there might be a portion of a park that could be used, or if possibly the City is over -buying or needs better in- • ventory control and better routing of the trucks. He thought possibly the trucks could be parked at nearby fire stations in snowy weather. He said he would like to see the option on the property dropped and the administration challenged to come up with a better plan. Councilmember Jaech said she had -voted against the option and that she di.d not think the City should add to its inventory of properties. She'felt this type of.use was not one that.should be put in a residential area as it would affect property values and the public health and welfare. THEREFORE, COUNCILMEMBER JAECH MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST, NOT TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENT. Councilmember Allen stated that she favored the motion and thought the people's concerns were well taken. In view of the budget situation she found contemplating the purchase of additional property to be unacceptable. Leaving the storage in the City Park did not overly concern her and she said there are a lot of places where portions of a park are set off for something like this. She thought additional fencing may be required to help solve the problem. Councilmember Gould said he liked the process of addressing the issue because a lot of people in the , City got involved. He had given considerable consideration to the proposal and agreed that it should not be in a residential area, but he said the problem exists and has to be solved. He suggested that, should the motion .carry, they should withdraw from the lease option and examine some of the suggestions made this evening such as looking at the area south of the treatment plant, seeing what other cities do, or finding storage in an industrial type area. He said a storage area is needed and the present one is not satisfactory. He thought the storage area should be near the next major project which will be the Meadowdale sewer project, so he thought the area south of the treatment plant would fit that, but he did not know whether it is in a residential area. Councilmember Kasper had noticed:. that there is no uniformity as to where such storage areas are in other cities, and he felt this was not acceptable even with a Conditional. Use Permit procedure. COUNCILMEMBER JAECH THEN AMENDED HER MOTION, ACCEPTABLE TO THE SECOND, THAT THE CITY GIVE UP THE OPTION IT HAS ON THE PROPERTY. THE MOTION, AS AMENDED, THEN CARRIED. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER.GOULD, TO INSTRUCT THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO A FURTHER STUDY AS TO THE STORAGE OF MATERIALS FOR MUNICIPAL USAGE IN AREAS WHICH WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE CURRENT THINKING OF THE CITIZENS AND THAT NEW SITES BE CONSIDERED AND STUDIES BE MADE AS SUGGESTED BY COUNCILMEMBER GOULD FOR THE BEST STORAGE OF THOSE MATERIALS. Councilmember Allen was opposed to the motion, saying they had done a lot of studying and discussion and that she thought utilizing the current site more thoroughly is the better choice. Councilmember Nordquist disagreed, saying there should be a better site than the.City Park. Mr. Mitchell said he had investigated other options, and he found that it.would be very expensive to find a site on Highway 99 and that none of the other City -owned properties would be suitable, most of them being yin residential areas, but he said he is still working on it. Councilmember Nordquist said possibly there could be a joint venture with one of the other cities. THE MOTION THEN CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN VOTING NO. HEARING ON 1983 BUDGET The hearing was opened. Christine.Speith, Service Representative for the Service Employees Inter- national Union, representing some of the City's clerical employees, said she had not seen the budget but she wanted to know what kind of input.went into the decisions to eliminate the positions stated to be eliminated. Personnel Director Pat LeMay said he had talked.to Ms. Speith on the telephone and had indicated to her that when the Mayor submitted his preliminary budget he looked at absorbing those people into other positions in order'to avoid layoffs. He thought the Mayor and the Finance Director would be in a better position to respond to the question. Finance Director Art Housler stated that when they prepared the preliminary budget they were short of funds and these were considered to be surplus positions, no longer needed. He said the intent is to place those people in job openings as they come up. Ms. Speith said she had no quarrel with the City's intent and that she knew they were trying to offer protection to their employees, but her question related to what work will no longer be done that is presently being done by these employees, such as will there be integration of departments? Mr. Housler responded that one of the positions was an inspector position and the Council has since placed that on full time for a year. Regarding the clerk -typist, he said there will be a consolidation of departments in a new building and efficiencies are expected • November 30, 1982 - continued 1 1 to be gained through that consolidation. He added that the Council has approved funding of the position for three months until -the move is made. Ms. Speith said she hoped they will look at it again at that time. No one else wished to speak, and.the hearing was closed. 'lo Council action was necessary at this time. Councilmember Gould commented that with all the adjustment proposals to the preliminary budget it appeared that it was going -o be taut of balance by approximately $300,000. REPORT ON HIGHWAY 99 UTILITIES STUDY AS IT AFFECTS BUDGET City Engineer Jim Adams had given the Council a written report for study the previous Hdeek which concluded that it will not make a significant difference if the.regulation changes are made or not -- that is, going to a 75' height linit on Highway 99 or allow the corridor to continue to grow as it is. He said there will be little difference in the costs of utilities, but they are at a critical point as far as the sanitary sewer system is concerned as there are three areas at capacity in the sewer system. He provided a breakdown of costs for those, totaling $117,100. The other budget items he listed for 1983 Highway 99 facilities improvements were $25.,000 to upgrade the traffic signal at 76th and 220th S.W., $241,000 for water system, and $110,690 for storm drainage. None of these monies are involved in the General Fund. "Che rest of the report on the Highway 99 utility study was scheduled for December 7, but it was decided at this time to postpone that until after the budget is completed. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST, TO SCHEDULE THE CONTINUED REPORT ON THE HIGHWAY 99 UTILITY STUDY FOR THE JANUAR`( 4, 1983 PIEETING. NOTION CARRIED. COUNCIL Mayor Pro Tem Kasper announced that the ;association of Snohor,iish County Cities and Towns will meet Thursday, December 2, 1982. • Councilmember Allen stated that the Intergovernmental Shared Services Committee meeting is December 8, 1982, with potential areas for sharing on the agenda. Site asked if the Council wanted to move ahead on this regarding fire services, shop services, data processing services, etc. The Council indicated that they do, and Council President. Kasper is making some arrangements to discuss this with the other cities. 1 • 1 1 Councilmember Jaech thanked the Council for -,he nice message sent to her via the minutes regarding her trip to Hawaii last week. Councilmember Naughten noted that the brick is starting -to "white out" again on the library building. City Engineer Jim Adams responded that all the experts had said that would not happen and he had not agreed with them at the time. He said they are back now and will wash it again with acid and retreat it. Councilmember Naughten again asked about the wood name boards which had hung in the old Council Chambers. He would like to see them hung in the Plaza Meeting Room. There was no further business to come before the Council, so the meeting adjourned to a budget work session at 9:25 p.m. G _ IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Ci•t_ Clerk HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor December 7, 1982 The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:40 p.m. in the Plaza. Meeting Room of the Edmonds Libra Nv. Pll present jcinPd in the flag salute. PRESENT Parve Harrison, Mayor Bill Kasper `aura Hall Jo -Anne Jaech John Nord,ui st. Ray Gould Larry Naughten Katherine Allen Tambi. Shaw, Student Representative CONSENT AGENDA STAFF PRESENT Jim Adams, City Engineer Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Steve Simpson, Parks & Recrea.tion Director Mary Lou Block, Planning Director Art Hnusler, Finance Director %lack Weinz, Fire Chief Dan Prinz, .Asst. Police Chief Jeff Ristatl:; Acrountino Sunervisor Jim Jessel, Property Manager Wayne Tanaka, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk Items (E) and (F) were removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN MOVF.0, SECONDED 'BY COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN, TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. The approved items on the Consent Agenda.included the following: