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19830705 City Council Minutes186 July 5, 1983 • The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor Harve Harrison in the Plaza Meeting Room of the Edmonds Library. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Jo -Anne Jaech Patrick Wilson, Assistant City Engineer Larry Naughten Tony Foss, Mary Lou Block, Planning Director Laura Hall Student Rep. Steve Simpson, Parks & Recreation Director John Nordquist Linda Sullivan, Landscape Designer Ray Gould Bobby Mills, Acting Public Works Supt. Bill Kasper Dan Prinz, Assistant Police Chief Katherine Allen Ron Schirman, Assistant Fire'Chief Jim Jessel, Property Manager Pat LeMay, Personnel Director Mark Eames, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk MAYOR Mayor Harrison announced that the next Student Representative to the City Council will be Wendy Wahl, an Edmonds High School senior, who will serve from September 13, 1983 to.December 13, 1983. Mayor Harrison announced that the next meeting of the Association of Snohomish County Cities and Towns will be Thursday, July 28, 1983, at 7:00 p.m., at the Everett Holiday Inn. AUDIENCE Dorothy Williamson, 703 Main St., referred to a letter she had written the Council in opposition to • the field lights on the Civic Center playfield, as well as the traffic and associated noise. She referred to the report of the lighting specialist recently hired to study the problem, but the Council had not seen the report yet. Parks and Recreation Director Steve Simpson said the report had not yet been distributed. He had shared a draft version with the Mayor but had not released it to the public and did not know how.they had obtained it. He said it is on the extended agenda for July 26 and the Council will receive the report prior to that date. Mayor Harrison said there had been some concern expressed by the neighbors for a four-way stop at either 7th and Bell or 7th and Daley, and one will be placed at 7th and Daley and a number of crosswalks will be painted in that area; also signs will be placed at the two entrances to the playfield stating the rules. Council - member Kasper questioned a four-way stop being placed.at 7th and Daley, saying about 200 cars leave the Catholic church in ten minutes and that should be considered. Peggy Harris, 721 Sprague, said $1,000 was spent on the report to find out what they already knew --that they have a problem. She said the only thing to do is to turn off the lights permanently: She said she will insist on a written answer from the City Attorney telling them why the City is exempt from the City Code on the issue of glare. Bruce Agnew, a member of the Snohomish County Council, expressed gratitude for the testimony against the proposed billboard ordinance. He said the County Council had rejected the Planning Commission's recommendation.for approval of it and sent it back for work with the three South County cities in developing a billboard ordinance. His purpose in addressing the Council this evening was to state that Snohomish County would like to begin preliminary discussions with Edmonds, Lynnwood, and the Edmonds School District.to develop a long-term plan for the limited reopening of Meadowdale Park, which has been closed for some time due to slides that have damaged the main road leading into the park. He felt the completion of the Meadowdale sewer project should help to stabilize the hillside, and said the County would like to dove -tail on the Meadowdale project with a drainage study and capital improvements in the Lunds Gulch/Meadowdale area. He suggested discussions begin at the staff level on joint cooperation in development of this and other recreational facilities in the Edmonds -Lynnwood area. • Paula Johnson, representing the Edmonds Business Association, discussed the upcoming "Taste of Edmonds," a fund raising event to finance Christmas decorations for the City. In addition to the restaurant boothes, they plan a wine and beer garden which will be their money making event. Ms. Johnson asked that the Mayor and Council be judges for some of the taste contests, and she requested the use of park benches in the wine and beer garden which is proposed to be located in the parking lot east of the City offices. Ms. Johnson had -not yet contacted the church across the street.to assure that there are no objections. Also, later in the evening City -Attorney Mark Eames advised that more information should be obtained on the beer and wine garden proposal since it will be on City property. He had not been aware when it was discussed that the parking lot Ms. Johnson referred to was the City parking lot, and he said that as managers of that property the Council should give some sort of formal author.ization if they are going to permit that use. The Mayor had said the park benches would be available for use. CONSENT AGENDA Items (C) and (H) were removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, 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 June 28, 1983. (D) Authorization for Mayor to sign release and indemnification form with General Telephone Company for pedestrian signal at 216th and 76th. (E) Passage of Resolution 560, appointing Councilmember John Nordquist to represent the City of Edmonds on the Board of Directors of the Snohomish County Public Transportaion Benefit Area Corporation. • 1S7 July 5, 1983 - continued (F) Repor.t.'on bids opened June 29, 1983.for LID 211, Driftwood P1., and award of contract to B & M.Contractors in the amount of.$27`920, plus sales.tax. (G) Authorization for Mayor to sign 1983-1984 Police Collective Bargaining Agreement. APPROVAL OF RMA AS CONSULTING ENGINEER FOR SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS AND WATERMAIN CONSTRUCTION, SHELL VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 99-AREAS [Item (C) on Consent Agenda] Councilmember Nordquist, a member of the Consultant Selection Committee, stated that a very strict program was followed in evaluating the companies considered for this project. He noted that RMA had some advantage because they already had some of the groundwork completed from previous studies. The selection was done by a point system. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, TO APPROVE ITEM (C) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. COUNCIL ACTION ON RECLASSIFICATIONS AND SALARY ADJUSTMENTS RELATED TO RECLASSIFICATIONS AND RECONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY POSITION [Item (H) on Consent Agenda] COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER.NORDQUIST, TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE AUGUST 9, 1983 PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING. COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION, SECONDED BY COUNCIL - MEMBER NAUGHTEN, THAT THEY RECONSIDER THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY POSITION AT THE AUGUST 9, 1983 PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING AND APPROVE THE BALANCE. Councilmember Allen expressed concern that the Parks and Recreation Secretary/Office Coordinator was going from an NE-5 to an NE-6 but the pay increase was twice that of any of the other increases. She noted that the Arts Coordinator went from NE-4 to NE- 7 and the increase was not as great, and she asked for the rationale. Mayor Harrison responded that this was because of the collective bargaining agreement and the secretary had been quite low on the • scale before the increase. Personnel Director Pat LeMay added that there has to be a minimum of $30 increase on a reclassification. He was asked to verify the figures presented. COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN CHANGED HER MOTION TO AMEND TO STATE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL REVIEW THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY POSITION AT THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 9, 1983s AND TO APPROVE ALL THE SALARIES EXCEPT THAT OF THE SECRETARY/OFFICE COORDINATOR, AND TO LOOK AT THAT ONE NEXT WEEK AT THE JULY 12, 1983 MEETING. THE MOTION TO AMEND CARRIED. THE MAIN MOTION, AS AMENDED, THEN CARRIED. MEETING WITH PETITIONERS FOR PROPOSED ANNEXATION, VICINITY 88TH AVE. W., BETWEEN 218TH AND 220TH (10% PETITION) A vicinity map was furnished to the Council, as well as a copy of the 10% petition and a copy of the certificate of sufficiency. The proposed annexation area posed no significant service problems for utilities or streets. The Staff recommended that the proposed annexation be accepted, that simultaneous zoning be required, and that the area sssume the indebtedness of the City of Edmonds. Sue Wood, 21904 88th Ave. W. (Lot 4 on the vicinity map), said her property is north of that of Benjamin Foster and that it is because of him that this annexation is proposed. She objected to it, saying the entire area should be included or none of it, and that Mr. Foster had obtained permission from the County for sewer hook-up on 220th with Olympic View but he had never connected. Mayor Harrison did not believe the City of Edmonds had given that permission and he did not think Mr. Foster could connect to Olympic View without permission from.Edmonds. Mr. Wood added to his wife's statements, saying he is not interested in being annexed unless the whole area.goes in, and it should not go by pieces. He located on the map where the sewer lines are and said for the area to get sewers with this annexation the lines would have to go through two buildings and his swimming pool. Sylvia Grubb, attorney in fact for Daniel W. Pashniak, one of the petitioners, said she had contacted everyone included in the area proposed to be annexed except for one.party and all are on the petition except the church and the east side of the Manor Court property. She said the purpose was to get sewers so some of the property can be developed. She had talked to the owners of other parcels that could be subdivided but none were interested in doing so at this time. The purpose at this time is to subdivide the Pashniak property. She said Mr. and Mrs. Wood absolutely refused to discuss the matter with them. * Kirk Flack, a builder, said Dr. Pashniak has two buildable lots which are already subdivided and those are the two parcels in which he is interested. He said there are two other annexations that will be applying in the area. Mrs. Woods then asked that Tom Hockney or Bob Haykick at the Health Department be contacted at 259-9440, and she said they had told her that Mr. Foster had been given permission to connect to the Olympic View sewer system. Councilmember Gould asked that the City Attorney explain the procedure when a petition for annexation is received. City Attorney Mark Eames said 10% of the property owners (by assessed valuation) must sign for the first presentation to the City Council, and the Council decides whether to accept it, and if they decide to accept it then they must decide whether simultaneous zoning is required at the time of annexation and whether the area will be required to assume the indebtedness to which the rest of the City is subject. Following that, a new petition is circulated which requires 75% of the property owners (by assessed valuation) before the Council can hold a hearing to determine whether to pass an ordinance annexing the area. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, TO REFER THIS TO THE ENGINEERING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENTS TO LOOK INTO THE QUESTIONS WHICH WERE PUT FORTH THIS EVENING REGARDING THIS PROPOSAL AND COME BACK WITH THE ANSWERS ON AUGUST 2, 1983.. He said the right-cf-way situation should be.looked into and it should be determined if 220th is on the Olympic View system. Councilmember Gould said that, regardless of whether he has the answers to those questions, he thought. it did not make sense tc annex in the configuration shown and an area with cleaner lines should be involved for emergency services. A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE MOTION, WITH COUNCILMEMBERS KASPER, ALLEN, AND NORDQUIST VOTING YES, AND WITH COUNCIL.MEMSERS GOULD, NAUGHTEN, AND HALL VOTING NO, RESULTING IN A TIE VOTE. MAYOR HARRISON VOTED NO, AND THE MOTION FAILED. Mayor Harrison said he would like to see them expand the area with cleaner lines, as *See Minutes July 12, 1983 July 5, 1983 - continued • did Councilmember Naughten. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD THEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, THAT THE PETITION NOT BE ACCEPTED. A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE MOTION, WITH COUNCILMEMBERS GOULD, HALL, AND NAUGHTEN VOTING YES, AND WITH COUNCILMEMBERS KASPER, NORD.QUIST, AND ALLEN VOTING NO, RESULTING IN A TIE VOTE. MAYOR HARRISON VOTED YES, AND THE MOTION CARRIED. Councilmember Allen said the people,should recognize the fact that the City is willing to accept small annexations but there were obviously some problems with this one that need to be resolved. She advised the peti- tioners not to be discouraged and she said she hoped they would try again to put together a more contiguous piece. She felt the sewer hookup questions have to be answered. REQUEST FROM KEFGENS REGARDING PARCEL OF CITY -OWNED LAND LYING ON NORTH MEADOWDALE RD. Property Manager Jim Jessel stated that Ralph Kefgens, 16205 N. Meadowdale Rd., would like to purchase city right-of-way property adjacent to his property.. This right-of-way is approximately 18,000 sq. ft., relatively flat, and is not needed for future.road development. The property is too narrow to build on but it could,be added to other contiguous property. Although it appears that Mr. Kefgens is the most natural purchaser of this property, Mr. Jessel said the owner of Lot 71, or someone else, might also want.thi.s property. He recommended that the property be declared surplus and that .sealed bids for it be solicited with a minimum starting price of 50� per sq. ft., based on surrounding assessed values. He.also recommended that other surplus properties on Meadowdale Rd. be included in this sale. He said.it will take approximately three months to analyze the availability of the other.Meadowdale properties that could be surplused. COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GOULD, TO PLACE THIS ITEM ON THE SEPTEMBER 13, 1983 AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. HEARING ON ADOPTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION OF ALLEY LOCATED EAST OF 7TH AVE., SOUTH OF FIR, NORTH OF ELM, AND WEST OF "B" AVE. (ST-4-82) Planning Director Mary Lou Block said an additional property owner wishes to be included in this action, and also changes were made in the amount of compensation for the property, so a public • hearing must be held to consider the changes. The property owners had taken several months to submit their compensation to the City, and they subtracted $25 each for their expenses in applying. She recommended that the reduced compensation be accepted. After the previous hearing one piece of property was deleted because the owner was out of the State, but when he returned he notified the City that he would like to be included and he submitted his portion of the compensation. She recommended that his compensation be accepted as well. Since his property was deleted in a public hearing, Ms. Block said it had to be reinstated in a public hearing. The hearing was opened. Shirley Dunphy, 1126 "B" Ave., said they do want to do this. No one else wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCI.LMEMBER KASPER, TO PASS ORDINANCE 2378, VACATING THE SUBJECT PORTION OF AN ALLEY. MOTION CARRIED. A recess was announced. CONTINUED HEARING ON COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT SPECIFIC SITES (SUNSET.AVE. AND BELL ST.) Landscape Designer Linda Sullivan read from the CZM report the recommendation for Sunset Ave. and she displayed a slide depicting a model of the recommended changes. The hearing then was opened. Robert Berger, as a member of the Sunset Citizens Committee, recommended that the study and the concept be approved. He said they.had worked hard on this and tried a lot of combinations, and they thought about this plan for a long time. He said their goal was to protect the citizens who live on Sunset and, at the same time, protect the rest of the citizens of Edmonds so they can use it. In the interim he said things had improved on Sunset and they think this will help even more. Iry Pinyerd, 344 Sunset, said he thought the angle parking proposed would prevent many of the people who live on Sunset Ave. from getting into their driveways as they are narrow and it will not be possible to swing the cars into the driveways. He objected to spending a lot of money on Sunset • Ave. when the improvement is limited to.that 30' street, and he thought the money would be better spent at Union Oil Park or other parks that are existing. He said the people there do not object to joggers or the people who obey the rules of decency. He felt that if the planters were planted the young people would still run over them with their four -wheel -drive vehicles.- He was not recom- mending that the planters be removed as he favored anything that would limit the parking down there. Dave Crow, 348 Sunset, asked what will happen to the proposed narrow street when a moving truck is there or emergency vehicles have to go down there. His truck.is 20' long and he said with angle parking on the west.side of Sunset he will not be able to turn out of his driveway. He asked why they were so anxious to develop Sunset Ave. -when nothing is being done with Union Oil Beach. Councilmember Hall responded to him that this was a study and it started with the people in his neighborhood meeting together. Herb Wright, 400 Sunset, asked why a street up the hill is not designated for improvement as a viewpoint instead of Sunset. He said Sunset is a residential area and they are entitled to the rights of a residential area. Bob Boye 23425 76th W., thought this hearing involved all of the sites and he wanted to speak about the Ballinger site. He was told the hearing was limited to the Sunset Ave. and Bell St. sites. Lyle Kraus of 74th W., close .to Site 2, said Ms. Block had indicated the report had not yet been sent in and the closest Site 2 is to the water is 235' so it should be deleted from the inventory. Ms. Sullivan responded that the City maps which are large scale showed at least part of it within 200' and a survey would be required to make a definite determination. Mayor Harrison said the City's Engineering Department could be asked to determine if it is within 200', and if it is not it will be deleted.. 0 duly 5, 1983 - continued Roger Hertrich, 1020 Puget Dr., said he does not live on Sunset but he walks there and he had asked that 'a walkway be included on the west side of the street. Its. Sullivan said they considered grass to be a suitable walking surface and a walkway would be difficult to incorporate because in some places it is only 3' wide. Mr. Hertrich said the Planning Board liked a pathway or walkway on the .west side, and there will have to be some permanent.structure as edging and his proposal was to put in a second curbline and provide for the walking public to enjoy the view. He said sidewalks are for the public and it is a public. street. He thought it would help break up soriie of the groups of young people also. He thought angle parking was not fitting for that street. but he thought if part of the roadway on the ease side was striped for bicycles it would in effect narrow the driving area to one lane. He proposed a more permanent curb line on the west side and a striped bicycle lane on the east side. Edith Wicker, 386 Sunset, agreed -with Mr. Crow's remarks about angle parking. She said the planters there have broken up the gangs of young people. She commended the police officer who patrols on a motorcycle, saying he is very businesslike in that he does his business and young people respect him. Bill Crow asked where all these ideas.had originated. Sherry C1aussen, a mercer of the CZ14 Committee and of the Planning Board, said there -is ample room to stripe a bicycle Mane. Her understanding from the Planning Board minutes was_thai: they recommended providing for walking but not necessarily a hard surface, so without the proper right-of-way -it was decided the grass would be satisfactory. She noted that the widtth of the street varies and there is about a 5' difference in various places along it, and the width is areater than the normal width of a lane so there is room to back out. Regarding large moving vans as brought out in the testimony, she said in neighborhood like that the moving companies often bring in smaller trucks and later transfer the goods to the larger vans. She said they were trying to eliminate playing in the street • also, and that was part of the reason to narrow it. Cecelia Leyda, 342 Sunset, said it seemed that there was no concern for the individuals, only the whole, and that they were trying to make Sunset into something it is not. She thought the people seemed to be very defensive about making "all of these things for all these people to do all of these things." She said she would like to have it beautified and people down there to sit and watch the sunset, but she does not like the foul language and some of the things going on down there, and people have tried to sell their homes down there and they could net. She asked that people get together on this and riot fight each other. Mr. Crow asked that his. Sullivan go down there and back out his truck. Betty Mathay, 8006 240th S.W., said she enjoys going down to Sunset and looking at the view and she likes the idea of a walk, but a definite walk, as there is not any encouragement to walk on the strip. The hearing was then closed. Councilmember Naughten said it would be nice to go back and have Sunset the way it used to be but they have to plan around the people who are causing the problems. He thought that short of closing Sunset Ave. this plan was the most restrictive. He said the irony is 013't they .are trying to restrict public use but the CZM encourages more public use. Mayor Harrison said the parking at Union Oil Beach will be doubled and it will be manageable, but there has been a delay in developing it. Parks and Recreation Director Steve Simpson said there has been a problem in getting the easement for the water line, and then the Engineering Department will prepare the plans and specifications. Council - member Gould cautioned that in opening up Union Oil Beach they should not go full cycle, and it should be remembered why it was closed. He asked if doubling the parking will put it back like it was previously. Mayor Harrison said it would not because the parking used to t,e tti;'e open and was not manageable, but a manageable parking lot was now planned. He said the plans are for a place where people can walk on the beach, play frisbee, eat, and sit and enjoy the.view. • In discussion of the proposal for Sunset, Acting Public Works S;aperintendent 3obb,y Mills said if the plan described this evening is followed a new sprinkler system will be required at a cost of about $7,000. Regarding the suggested removal of the benches, he said he spends a lot of money maintaining that area and if the benches were removed they could mow it with a street mower several times a year which would be less expensive and people could still use it for viewing. Councilmember Gould read a.suggesti.on from Council President :laech who was not present this evening, that a part-time patrol person be employed from May through August, from 4:00 to 10:00 p.m., to patrol Sunset Ave., at a cost of $6,300, including benefits. Her proposal was to have a patrol person during those hours, rather than change the hours of parking there. Councilmember Gould listed the nrincinlps ;-(hick he thought they wanted followed on that street: Access to the property for the property owners, smooth and safe traffic flow, people to obey the laws, enjoyment of the view, peace and ouiet in the neighborhood, a walkway or bikeway, enforcement of the laws, and maintenance of the anpearance of the City. He thought if they took some action it should match those nrincipies, and he said they have been trying to make it as though it is a park and it is not, but ire would irate to see them do something to make it look like a garbage dump because it is a vista. Councilmember Haughten suggested eliminating the park strip and planting things that discourage.people, removing the planters, leaving the parking to 10:00 p.m., and hiring someone during the summer months to be a permanent enforcement person on Sunset Ave. It was argued, however, that the planters had helped the problem. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED FOR DISCUSSION BY COUNCILMEMBER GOULD, TO ELIMINATE.THE PARK STRIP h!E`T OF THE CURBS, OPEN UP fl�,!T(I CIi. BEACH UNTIL 11:00 P.M., LEAVE THE. PARKING ON SUNSET .UNTIL 10:00 P.M., HIRE A PERMANENT FNFORCEMIE:NT OR PATROLPERSON FROf,1 4:00 TO 10:00 P.M. DURING THE .MONTHS OF MAY THROUGV AUGUST, WITH FUNDS TO COME FROM .THE $10,000 PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED FOR SUNSET AVE.- There followed further discussion, including arguments for handicapped people's use and appearance of the area, following which COUfJCILHEMBER NAUGHTEN AMENDED HIS MOTION, ACCEPTABLE TO THE SECOND., TO LEAVE THE STRIP WEST -OF THE CURB THE WAY 'IT IS, RETAI"IIING THE BENCHES AND THE TABLES. THE MOTION, AS AMENDED, CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST AND ALLEN VOTING`NO. Councilmember Nordquist was not happy with the time factor. Because • of this action, the last hearing on the agenda regarding parking hours on Sunset was unnecessary. i90 July 5, 1983 Regarding the Bell St. site, no action was taken. COUNCIL Councilmember Kasper noted that the Finance Committee would meet next week, and he asked why they had not gotten further into the items.set forth in the Community Services Committee. Councilmember Kasper referred to a letter from Albert Dykes written on June 28, 1983 in which he indicated his concerns in connection with Dayton St. would be addressed at the July 12, 1983 Council meeting. Councilmember Kasper thought they were obligated to hear him at that time even though they had already discussed the matter on June 28 when it originally was scheduled. The Council had made its decision on June 28, and Councilmember Gould said his feeling was to stand on that decision. It finally was left to the City Attorney to determine whether this matter will be discussed again on July 12. Councilmember Hall remarked that the City looked very fine for the Fourth of July and the parade was well attended. She said the only complaint was regarding the black plastic around the playfield, and she did not think it was proper to use that. She also had received comments that people would like to have the fireworks on a barge far out in the water. Councilmember Naughten said the major problem is the types of fireworks that are allowed now, and he thought they should return to the safe and sane fireworks. Councilmember Gould suggested that the City discuss the regulation of fireworks within the City Limits, and that it be done now while it is fresh in everyone's minds. COUNCILMEMBER HALL MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, TO PLACE ON THE JULY 26, 1983 AGENDA A DISCUSSION OF FIREWORKS IN THE CITY. MOTION CARRIED. Councilmember Hall asked whether the Council intended to participate in the Lynn-O-Rama parade. They do not as a group. Councilmember Allen had received a complaint about the restrooms at the City Park and appreciated prompt action from Bobby Mills. Councilmember Kasper complimented Linda Sullivan for her work on the CZM report. Councilmember Naughten reported that the Fourth of July was a success, with the best parade ever and with 4,000 people paying to be admi.tted to the stadium for the fireworks display. He thanked everyone who participated, including the Fire and Police Departments and Parks and Recreation for conducting the games, and also Buildings and Grounds Maintenance. Mayor.Harrison commented that the people within the stadium were well controlled, but those out on the streets could not be controlled. There was no further business to come.before the Council, and the meeting adjourned at 11:25 p.m. a I IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Cio Clerk HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor July 12, 1983 - Work Meeting The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council. was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor Harve Harrison in the small Plaza Meeting Room of the Edmonds Library. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Jo -Anne Jaech Larry Naughten John Nordquist Laura Hall Katherine Allen Bill Kasper Ray Gould MAYOR ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Tony Foss, Jim Adams, City Engineer Student Rep. Irene Varney Moran, City Clerk Mary Lou Block, Planning Director Art Housler, Finance Director Steve Simpson, Parks & Recreation Dir. Linda Sullivan, Landscape Designer Linda McCrystal, Arts Coordinator Dan Prinz, Asst. Police Chief Ron Schirman, Asst. Fire Chief Pat LeMay, Personnel Director Jim Jessel, Property Manager: Wayne Tanaka, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk Mayor Harrison brought up a purchasing problem that is being experienced because of bid requirements. He said a change in State law eliminated the requirement that code cities use the bid process and a problem has arisen wherein it might be better to shop for a particular item of more -than $2,000 than go for a bid because of the costs.of going to.bid. The Finance Director had recommended a policy which would reduce the cost of bidding but would maintain adequate control. His recommendation was that items of more than $2,000 but less than $5,000 be approved by the City Council, and that formal bids be required when the cost is estimated at more than $5,000. City Attorney Wayne Tanaka stated this would be adequate as long as it is not a public works project. Councilmember Gould suggested E 1 1 0 1 1