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19830719 City Council Minutes19 . July 12, 1983 - continued Councilmember Hall thanked the Fire Department for its participation in the Lynn-O-Rama parade. She had ridden on one of their vehicles. Councilmember Gould noted that other participants in the parade were the Mayor, Councilmember Naughten, Councilmember Allen, and himself. He also introduced Kathy camels, the Herald reporter who will be covering the Edmonds City Cour.cil.meetings. There was no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting adjourned at 11:10 p.m. I _Z1 . a IRENE VARNEY MORAN, Cffty Clerk HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor July 19, 1983 The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called 'to order at 7:30 p.m. i;y V..ayor Harve Harrison -in the Plaza hie eting Room of the Edmonds Library. All present joined in the flag salute. PRESENT STAFF PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor Jim Adams, City Engineer • Laura Hall Mary Lou Block, Planning Director Jo -Anne Jaech Irene Varney.Voran, City Clerk John Nordquist Steve Simpson, Parks & Recreation Director Ray Gould Pat LeMay, Personnel Director Larry Naughten Jack Weinz, Fire Chief Bill Kasper Dan Prinz, Asst. Police Chief Katherine Allen dark Eames, City Attorney Tony Foss, Student Representative Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk AUDIENCE Karl Larsen, owner of the Norc,e Apartments at 1050 5th Ave. S., said it is almost impossible to see to the north when leaving thedrivewayof his apartments because of car, parked on the street and the trees. He said the City painted 15' on either side of the driveway to restrict parkins but on the north side ti,ey would like an additional 30' so the onc%iing traffic can be seen. He had sent a letter to the City Engineer.abou-t the problem. City Engineer Jim Adams said he is familiar with the problem and that there is construction on the property north of this and the construction trucks are causing a lot of the problem, so he considered part of the problem to be temporary. He noted that two or three years ago the Council decided to restrict parking 15' on either side of driveways on 5th Ave. because of this problem. He was not sure if the trees there will remain with the adjacent development. He will mane a recommendation next weak. Councilmember Jaech noted that there is a similar problem at 5th and Ulalnut, coming up from 4th. She said you cannot. see to the right (south) even though the curb is painted vellow. A restaurant is located 'here and people park in front of i t. Dorothy Williamson, 703 Main St., addressed the subject of the glare of the bal field lights and asked who will accept the responsibility of the problem and who will be giving them a report on hov: the field will be used in the fall. Mayor Harrison said a report is sc�,ieduled on next week's agenda and that the decision will be a Council decision. Councilmember Naunliten added that there will be a • recommendation from the flayor. Councilmember Allen said she had been working with Cheryl Stevenson on relocating of the Elm Club, which is now called the Edmonds Fellowship, and she stressed that the City had promised to help I.-hemfind a new meeting place. Parks and Recreation Director Steve Simpson said their lease has not been renewed yet but they will be allowed to renew until the end of the year on the condition that they operate on the same schedule and in the way they have recently. The neighbors are no longer objecting because since the reorganization of the club the r,�emhers.have been well behaved and ;he neighbors hardly know they are present. They do need a. pi,ace, however, where they can operate 24 hours a day. Councilmember Allen challenged the Council to try to help find a location, preferably on Highway 92 because their activities will be more compatible there and because there is public transportation at all hours. Councilmember Kasper said he Would like to see a full report on why they cannot use the Public N'orks building since it is sitting empty. CONSENT AGENDA Items (B), (G), and (H) were removed from the Consent Agenda. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN VOVED, SECOKEED 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. (C) Acknowledgment of receipt of Claim for Damages from Richard Sabin in the amount of $544.70. (D) Authorization for City Attorney to draft ordinance re 9th Ave. vehicle load limit. (E) Report on antenna at Fire Station 2. (F) Acceptance of Quit Claim Deed from Franklin M. and Colleen Johnson. b _•. ��9 6 July 19, 1983 - continued • (I) Final acceptance of work by Knowles Construction for Cyrus P1. LID 209 and setting of 30- day.retainage period. (J) Adoption.of Ordinance 2381, amending Section 10.35.01OG of the Edmonds City Code . relating to the Hearing Examiner report to the City Council. . APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JULY 12, 1983 [Item (B) on Consent Agenda Councilmember Hall referred to page 4 of the minutes, halfway through the first paragraph. She said her comments there were correct,'but when contained that way it sounds as though she was in favor of employing someone full-time, and at this point she is totally against hiring a resource person because she does not feel the position has been clearly defined and she does not think any con- sideration has been given to the staff as to who would be the supervisory person or who would handle the phone calls, so she would like that tone to be put in the minutes. COUNCILMEMBER GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, TO APPROVE ITEM (B) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE ADDENDED COMMENTS OF COUNCILMEMBER HALL. MOTION CARRIED. AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH REVISION OF PLANS AND ADVERTISING TO BID FOR SHELL CREEK IMPROVEMENTS Item G on Consent Agenda Councilmember Gould noted that the cover letter on this item had indicated that some things have changed, and he asked if that meant it was going to cost more or less. City Engineer Jim Adams responded that the actual construction costs will be less, and what occurred'there.was that from Sprague to Daley where they used to have all the flooding behind the homes, the plan was to dig that out and place rocks there to improve the creek, but to alleviate the flooding they went in a year ago and dug the channel but.the rock was not placed. The digging is complete so now it is only a matter of placing the rocks in the creek from Sprague to Daley. Also, they had just received the hydraulics permit. ON THAT BASIS, COUNCILMEMBER GOULD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST, • TO APPROVE ITEM (G) ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION CARRIED. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT FOR VENDING MACHINE SERVICE [Item.(H) on Consent Agenda COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, TO RESCHEDULE THIS ITEM TO THE JULY 26, 1983 AGENDA BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD THE CONTRACT WAS NOT YET.AVAILABLE. Councilmember Allen questioned the criteria used in selecting the vendor. She was more interested in the quality of service the machines will offer than in the profit to the City they will provide, and she wondered how often people's money will get stuck in the machines. Parks and Recreation Director Steve Simpson responded that he was confident Canteen Vending Services will offer the best service, and he said they will offer a change machine which many others would not. Councilmember Nordquist was concerned that the janitorial problem will be increased at the library with vending machines there and available to the younger people (machines are to be placed in the small room adjacent to the Plaza Meeting Room). Mr. Simpson responded that the room with the vending machines will only be open during public meetings and the elevator is locked during the day. THE MOTION CARRIED. HEARING ON CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED ZONING REGULATION FOR RS-8 ZONING OF THE AREA LOCATED NORTH OF 220TH. BETWEEN 86TH PL. W. AND 93RD PL. W. Planning Director Mary Lou Block reported that recently the City has received a number of inquiries about annexing various properties within this general area. With each annexation the City must establish the proper zone district for the annexed property and presently two separate public hearings are held with a minimum 30-day period between them. Establishing the zoning on this entire area would streamline the process for each succeeding annexation in the affected area. Ms. Block recommended that this area be zoned RS-8 which is the most comparable with the County zoning of RR- 8400. This also was the recommendation of the Planning Board, and minutes of the Planning Board hearing were provided to the Council. Councilmember Kasper said the majority of the County land in that area is RR-9600 and he has always questioned why Edmonds does not have a zone district between • 8,000 and 12,000 sq. ft. He was concerned about RR-9600 being reduced to RS-8 because that would cause a 20% increase in density. Ms. Block responded that the subject area is not RR-9600. The hearing was opened, no one wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2382, ESTABLISHING RS-8 ZONING ON THE SUBJECT AREA. MOTION CARRIED. At this time Mayor Harrison suggested that the City offer a sewer plan for the entire area and create an incentive for annexing. He asked the City Engineer to explain a plan which had been explored. Mr. Adams displayed a drawing of the area north of 220th and said that the Code states that if a property hooks into an existing sewer line by LID those property owners pay the same price as those people who hooked up when it was originally installed. Consequently, there are various prices per zone front foot for sewer lines in the area, depending on when the line was installed, so it is difficult to tell people how much they will have to pay if they connect. He recommended that a master plan be developed to sewer the entire area and that preliminary costs be obtained. Mayor Harrison suggested that a preliminary plan be financed to get an estimate of what the costs might be on a zone front foot basis. Councilmember Gould suggested that if the figures were provided for a preliminary plan he thought the Councilwould approve it as it was a good concept. Councilmember Nordquist referred back to minutes about a particular property owner, a Mr. Foster at 8805 220th S.W., who had asked to connect to a sewer in March 1982. He noted that after Mr. Foster could not get his neighbors to annex, the Council, on April 20, 1982, authorized waiving the requirements for Mr. Foster so he could connect to the sewer line. Mr. Adams stated that Mr. Foster still had not connected, so he may be interested in connecting under this proposal. HEARING- ON ANNEXATI`NJ, VICINITY OF 2.18TH AND 05TH PL. W. City Engineer Jim Adams stated that there are sewers available for this single property which was proposed for annexation. (At the previous City Counci•1 meeting with the petitioner, the petitioner had stated he wished to annex because the property would not perc and he needed sewer hookup.) The 0 • July 19,.1983 - continued Planning Board had recommended acceptance of the annexation with RS-8 zoning (those minutes were provided to the Council), and the Boundary "ev i e,r? !Board `,ad. waiver_! juri sdi c :ion . Mr. ,".,_!a.ms recom- mended approval. The hearing was opened, no one wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. COUNCIL',lr'M3c'�: NORDQL1IS T !DIVED, S ECO'\!11ED " Y C01INCI! MEMBF R H",LL. TO Pnf ;�^DI."! "CE 2382, R.^1M^;'iNC THti SUBJECT PROPERTY :41TH ZofdI"�'.ii ;IE 'S-$, ?,P,,KD ON' T'iE EIN!DTL*�iGS O'= TYE Pi."...1'A!.T.N�' DO";^^. MOT O N C",RRIFD. Council member Naughten said !;e was voting in favor of 4 hi s a;,inexati on, as onposeJ to ! is action on July 5 relative to another annexation, because this one is contiguous to the City of Edmonds on the north and east and it will start the program of rounding out the boundary line. HEARING ON PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL, SEA VISTA PL. - LID 212 There are nine parcels in this LID and the total LID cost was estimated at $61,235, so the cost per parcel was estimated at city Engineer, Jim Adams said the LID has an irregular boundary because part of the property already has been subdivided. The parcels may be further subdivided but those around the cul-d-2-sac would need variances to subdivide because soma of the lots vrould have to be substandard. City liViLtorney Mar;: Ea.mas stated that the bond counsel had reviewed the proposed ordinance: and had approved it. The payback: schedule will be provided at the .`final as-;^ssment roll hearing. The bond counsaai had advised that it be. left as flexible as possible 11)2ca.use it is difficult to pre -dice- at his ti%.le what the marl,:et will be at the t me that bonds are sold. The oa`,✓back period general iy i s 10 years. Mr. Adams noted that !_Ills are not amort i zed 1 i kg, a home iiflortgage in that they pay 1/10 (on a 10-year payback) of the premium each month plus interest, but there are now provisions to aitior-tize, them ,as one would a home mortgaige over the entire nayment period. The hearing idas opened. Bob Nowl am, 1061 _Ith Ave. S. , ovjner of P.arcel 2, said each parcel is roughly 82 1 /,'_' x 300' , so some of the parcels after dedicating 15' to the City will be short for the 12,000 sq. f . zoning. His parcel is on the cul-de-sac and he said he will have to take his total square footage and divine it • in two, so each lot will be about 11,500 sq. ft. and'.he will have to go in for.'a variance to get a building permit. He was anxious to have the LID proceed, and he asked whather that decision woulI, be r!aJe this evening. Mr. Eames responded that tie purpose of this meeting -was to esta'alish the LID and order the imDrovemen t, and if voted favorably the improvement mould proceed, barring any protest, and a later hearing will establish the exact assessment ;per oiece of property. Ruth i•�;ilcox, 21728 93th .4., owner of Parcel 8, was opposed to the LID as she did not want to develop her two lots. Dean Bau;rgarte►^, 1051 3th S., representing Parcel 1, supported t"e LID. Al Booth, 1123 9tn Ave. .S., owner of Parcels 3 and 4, said he was totally in favor of the LID. He would like to short plat his property and sell it. It is overgrown with blackberries and he said it is a lot of ,,pork to maintain. June Zadra, 21812 03th id., owner of Parcel 6, said there is no access at the bottom of the hill and it is a difficult area to maintain. She supported the LID. She added that the owners of Lot 5 were unable to be present and she believed' they were not in favor of the !_ID. Leroy Wa.nhee, 218^^ 93th W., owner of Parcel 7, favored the LID. No one else wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. Councilmember Kasper asked if, by approving this LID, they would h e committing, themselves to short plats on an LID which creates lots that do not have enough square footage. Planning Director Mary Lou Block responded that this -,,ould riot establish z short subdivision lime and each would have to be considered individually. Mr. Eames added that a practical problem is created by establishing the LID with one line and plats at another, but the Council would not be binding the Hearing Examiner to • create s"ort plats. COUNCILMEMBER !CAS°ER THEN MOVED, SrrOA!?ED EY COUNCILME?�BER HALL, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2384, ESTABLISHING LID 212 AND ORDERING THE MFCESSARY IMPROVEMENTS. Councilmember Could asked that the protest procedure be explained, and Mr. Eames stated that protests must he filed with the City Clerk within 30 slays after passage of the ordinance. Signatures of property o!Am ers bearing 60% of the total cost of the LID are necessary to restrain the !_ID. THE MOTION CARRIES. HEAP.INON 3-LOT PRELIMINARY PLAT LOCATED AT 19224 75T!! AVE. 'r!. (PE^ERSON/P-3-83 Planning Director Mare Lou Rlock.said this property was subdivided in 1979 and this is a subsequent subdivision within five years, so a hearing is necessary before the Hearing Examiner and the City Council. This sub:!ivision had three separate hearings before the Hearing Examiner because of controversy in regard to required, paving of the access easement to the new lots and the desired preservation of a large laurel hedge and a large cedar tree vrithin the development. The subdivision, itself, meets all developmental regulations. The Council xas providesd a vicinity map, a copy of the proposed plat, and the Nearing Examiner's report vrhich Ms. RIock reviewed. The Hearing Examiner had recommended approval, subject to the conditions listed in his report. These conditions were: (1) The applicant is to comely with all engineering requirements. (2) The applicant is to take extra precautions to see that the large cedar trees located at the :entrance to the subdivision and between Lots 2 and 3 are retained. (3) Any damage to the access easement should be repaired. (4) During: the development of the subject property and during construction no disruption of access should occur to the Hanson property which is identifiesd on the preliminary Flat as the Bruce R. Warhol, Ir:c., property. If disruption to access Trust occur, the applicant is to notify the owner of the Hanson property 72 hours in advance so that proper alternatives can be developed. (5) Notice of -any removal of any vegetation on the access easement mast be given to the owners of the Hanson property 72 hours in advance. (6) The applicant is to take all necessary precautions to save all or part of the north and south hedges located on the border of the access easements. The applicant is to cooperate with the local utility companies in the placemernt of all utility easements in such a manner so that there will be the least disruption of any vegetation. (7) If part, or all, of the southerly hedge must be reroicved the applicant is to reel acc it oli th a 6' solid wood fence. Ques, tions were asked about retaining a large cedar tree in the easement and -whether they could get around it. July 19, 1983 - continued Ms. Block said the easement is 25' wide which is generous. Councilmember Allen asked if this would cause additional water runoff into the area where there have been problems, and City Engineer Jim Adams assured her that it would not. The hearing was opened. David Pederson, developer of the property, said the easement had already been established there. He said he would disturb the vegetation as little as possible and that there is ample room to get around the tree. No one else wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KASPER, TO APPROVE P-3-83, SUBJECT TO THE , CONDITIONS STATED IN THE HEARING EXAMINER'S REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. A recess was announced. HEARING ON REQUEST FOR QUIET ZONE ON..SUNSET AVE. FROM EDMONDS ST..TO CASPERS ST. Mayor Harrison stated that a petition had been received with 20 names, representing 15 homes on Sunset Ave., and that it takes 5 residents to petition for a quiet zone. City Attorney Mark Eames further explained that the quiet zone ordinance has certain criteria that must be found before an area can be designated as a quiet zone. It restricts the production of noise through noise pro- ducing mechanisms or noise reproducing mechanisms, and it restricts making that noise at a level that disturbs people in that quiet zone area. Following this explanation, the hearing was opened. Roger Hertrich, 1020 Puget Dr., said it should be specific as to what level of noise is being dealt with, what noises are precluded, and what are the designations of the area, and that care must be taken not to intrude on the rights of the average citizen in the area. He asked whether a radio is allowed, and whether a person can yell or shout or even talk loudly --and he said his is a loud voice. He felt that if an officer is to try to enforce the law he should have specifics, not generalities, to enforce. • Mayor Harrison responded that this gives a tool with which to deal with a problem, not necessarily to enforce it to the maximum interpretation, and he said the City has many laws for dealing with problems which are not intended to be enforced to the letter. Mr. Eames then reviewed the specific provisions of the quiet zone ordinance, noting that the boundary lines of the zone would be limited to the public streets and parks and property open for public use, and it would not include private property. He also noted that the annoyance of certain noises cannot be measured by a sound meter. Esther Collard, 513 2nd Ave. N., said her property is within 150' of Sunset, and she said that the noise generated on Sunset is cheerful noise, young people noise, and she enjoys young people and enjoys seeing them. She said there are times like the 4th of July when the noise can be tremendous, but she wondered if the people could not put up with that. She said when the weather is not sunny and bright there are few cars parked between Edmonds St. and Caspers. Also, she said people from outside Edmonds who have visited her have commented on how ugly Sunset has become in order to eliminate the parking of young people. She noted that the people on 2nd Ave. also hear the noise, although perhaps not as loudly as those on Sunset, and she asked if the people on one block with no nursing home, library, or hospital have the right to impose a quiet zone on the others, or if these people are good at banding together to get what is good just for them. She said this is a larger city,than just Sunset, and Sunset is not a village of its own. She asked that the whole be looked at instead of just a part, and she said this will be the first quiet zone in Edmonds and there is no reason for a quiet zone there, so she asked that the Council take a good look at it. Dave Crow, 348 Sunset, said the quiet zone will not stop anyone from going down and enjoying Sunset, and he said these are not sweet people who are causing the problems, some of them being mean kids. Ardis Pielow, 350 Sunset, said this will not prohibit people from being there but will just give something to act on if it gets noisy. Mrs. Harold Smith, 606 Sunset, said they are not against sharing the sunset and the view of the • water. She said other residents of the City have their own space and the whole City is not descending on each of them. She felt it was fair that they, as a majority of the.people living there, do everything they can to protect their civil and human rights, and stated there will be further steps taken if.they do not get relief. Roger Hertrich spoke again, saying that.according to what he .read loud voices or shouting are not included in the restrictions of the quiet zone. Mr. Eames responded that there are other ordinances in the City such as the disorderly conduct section of the Code which would apply. John Munn, County Naturalist for this area, said he helps people interpret the natural resources for Snohomish County, and if you go from Tacoma all the way to Bellingham there are only two other areas like Sunset Ave. and they are, of course, well used. He said the National Park Service has found that vandalism on signs is less if the area looks beautiful. and appears to be quality, and he said Sunset Ave. is a quality area and he would.like to see it retained as a quality area, and he thought the youngsters would appreciate it better. He noted that there is a lot of litter on Monday mornings and he thought it should be cleaned up --by some of.the people who do the littering. He said those people who degrade it should be responsible for cleaning it. No one else wished to speak, and the hearing was closed. Councilmember Naughten stated that it was all of their hopes that through this quiet zone and a temporary law enforcement officer, Sunset Ave. could be controlled and the planter boxes eliminated. He said if they can control the problem on Sunset they can eliminate the boxes. He felt this was a community problem, and he said they are trying to find the least expensive way to solve the problem so more people can enjoy the beauty. Councilmember Hall said she hates the planters, but they could be made beautiful. Councilmember Kasper thought this appeared to be an"addendum to the noise ordinance, and'Mr. Eames said the quiet zone ordinance has.been.oassed as a procedure for givinq added protection to certain areas of the City, but a second ordinance would have to be passed to place the new quiet zone under • 19 • July 19, 1983 - continued the schedule of quiet zones, and until that has been done the quiet zone ordinance does not operate on any p,arti cul ar piece of proper l;y in tile City. C oUnci l nemr)er Kasper ad tressed Assistant Police Chief Dan Prinz and said the City has never ,Teen able to control automobile muffler noise, and he asked wha�i was di`feren: in this that would make it mora enforceable. Chief Prinz responded that there always has been an interpretation problem in trying to enforce the noise ordinance. He sai his officers have tried to enforce it and then when going to court the judges would throw out the case. He felt, this ordinance would . be easier to enforce as far as radios .and Lapp players. He noted that: even iqterpr•etation.?,nongs-t his officers is different in thaat some of the younger officers would interpret a louder noise as being acceptable and the older ones would I;hi ni: it not acceptable. He thought that when the yuu,Ig people find out they cannot have chase kinds of noises aow-n these they will turn them off. Councilmember Gould said lie was somewhat trOLIDled by the proposal, and lie asked why they did not apply the regulation City-wide, niaking this a further dr_�finition of disturbing the poace. He agreed with John Munn that Sunset should be i:ept with a quality appear,a-nce and he said that can Lie done by replacing the planters with something chat is more attractive., He said the quality of, the area in regard to noise can be ,handled by rigid enforcement of a. good set of regulations. Mayor Harrison said he thought there was $10,000 in the budget to improva the appearance of Sunset., but Councilm— ember Naughten noted that those 'funds were designated for hiring an officer. Chief Prinz said you cannot just pick up somebody to do that job so Ile intended put.ing off -duty officers there part-time everyday and he had started that two days previously. He thought he could do that viithin his budget or just going slightly over it, and he said he would prefer seeing the other money spent on beautifying Sunset. Iry Pinyerd, 344 Sunset, said he was .all for a quiet Edmonds also, and they could star_. by trying it on Sunset. • COUNCILMEMBER NAUGHTEN MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST, TO APPROVE THE QUIET ZONE DESIGNA- TION FOR SUNSET AVE., BETWEEN EDMONDS ST. AND.CASPERS, FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: BECAUSE THE PROBLEM NOISE ORIGINATES FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD; SUCH NOISE iS PREVALEtIT WITH SUBSTANTIAL FREQUENCY AWD "THERE IS A NIGH LIKELIHOOD OF RECURRENCE; THE SOURCE OF SUCH NOISE IS TRANSIENT; AND THE NOISE IS GENERATED FROM LOCATIONS ON PUBLIC STREETS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS REQUIRING PEACE AND QUIET. A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE MOTIOIJ, WITH COUNCILMEMBERS HALL, JAECH, NORDQUIST, AND NAUGHTEN VOTING.YES, AND WITH COUNCILMEMBERS GOULD$ KASPER, AND ALLEN VOTING NO. M0Ti0`1 CARRIED. Councilmember Hall said this is a start to set the tone for the City and in deference to the people on Sunset it will be started there, and then she hoped those people would help with getting this all over the City. Councilmember Nordquist said he could not foresee a zone where there is a pall hanging over it but he could see that there are problems there and that there have to be some controls, and he thought this to be a good attempt. Councilmember Gould said he would.prefer that the existing public disturbance laws be amended so this could be applied to everyone, City-wide, to prevent a piecemeal approach, and that could be done now. Councilmember ;Kasper said he had voted no on the original ordinance for the same reason that Councilmember Gould had mentioned --it should be City-wide. Councilmember Allen's vote was for the same reason as Councilmember Gould's. Mr. Eames stated that an ordinance will be on the next Consent Agenda. TEMPORARY PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS Personnel Director Pat LeMay staved that the Mayor was requesting approval of two.additional public service projects, involving 'the use of four additional workers. The two projects are (1) storm drainage inspection and inventory, and (2) rebuilding ol" trails and bridges in Yost Park. !With the authoriza -ion of these two Projects which Will total $20,53FJ, the major part of the approval '$65,000 will Have been spent. �1r. LeMay stated that all of the people hired are coming from the Lynnwood Employment Security Office, with approximately one-third of the workers being from Edmonds. He said the only hard and fast criterion is that the people be unemployed. Councilmember Kasper questioned the jobs they are doing, referring to some mowing on 5th and Pine, and said they are clearing areas • that appear to him to be areas where people should be taking care of their own. Mayor Harrison said the area cut essentially was just right-of-way that was cleared. Councilmember Jaech said it is her understanding that owners of property should maintain that portion all the way -to the sidewalk, and she felt if they do not do it and the City has to do it then they should be billed, and if they do not pay the bill a lien should be put on their property. Councilmember 'Mall said she agreed, but it does not work. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, TO INSTRUCT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,536 FROM THE COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUND. COUNCILMEMBER KASPER MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JAECH, THAT FURTHER EMPHASIS BE MADE THAT THIS IS NOT DONE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR WHERE THE WORK SHOULD BE DONE BY THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION TO AMEND CARRIED. Councilmember 'Alen said she had not heard that there are not people on the City staff to do this chore, and if they are just making work for unemployed people she did not approve of that. Councilmember Kasper said when they discussed the projects they were talking about things like flood control, not cleaning grass from the streets. Mr. LeMay said there is additional summer help, and City Engineer Jim Adams ' said most of the .summer help is working in the parks, not.cleaning the streets. He noted that the courts had sent some people down who did some of this work as public service. He said there are a lot of different programs going with people who are not regular employees. A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE MOTION, AS AMENDED, WITH COUNCILMEMBERS JAECH, HALL, NORDQUIST, AND KASPER VOTING YES, AND WITH COUNCILMEMBERS GOULD, NAUGHTEN, AND ALLEN VOTING NO. MOTION CARRIED. COUNCIL Councilmember Nordquist referred to last week's discussion regarding purchasing or leasing of computer/word processing services, and after posing the question, COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, TO PLACE A MORATORIUM ON THE PURCHASE OF ANY EQUIPMENT SUCH AS TYPEWRITERS OR WORD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, EVEN THOUGH BUDGETED, WHILE THEY ARE CONSIDERING COMPUTER/ w,nRD PROCESSING. MnTtO^I CARRIED, PITH C011^ICILmFm,9Ep rnllL9 vnTlnir, pin, we said he !•inulrl prefer to discuss the impact with the people who made the proposal to them. City Engineer Jim Adams said his department has a word processor which they are using to good advantage with the Meadowdale contracts 10 2100 July 19, 1983 - continued • and to his knowledge his department has no need for any typewriters. Councilmember Nordquist men- tioned that he had talked to Mayor Anderson of Mountlake Terrace who said they had purchased a separate computer_ for their Engineering Department and they are happy with their service from Lynnwood. Councilmember Nordquist inquired about the Hubbard development which is very visible from the ferry because the land has been denuded. City Engineer Jim Adams said the developer has done everything he can for temporary erosion control. The Engineering Department has been concerned as to whether the slopes could be maintained in the event of a heavy storm. The department has the original contours and grading plan. Councilmember Nordquist 'referred to the last ADB minutes and the review of the Arby's sign proposal. He noted that one of the ADB members had advised the applicant to apply to the City Council for relief. Councilmember Nordquist said it seems that in order to get any action they have to have it at the Council level, and he asked if they must always have to go through an emergency action to get to the Council. He thought the City was standing still on Highway 99. Planning Director Mary Lou Block responded that the Planning Board has been addressing other issues and has been unsure as to what they want to do with this, but on next week's agenda they will be discussing where to go on Highway 99, and they will be talking about the changes recommended by the Council. The staff will be making suggestions to them regarding signs on Highway 99. Councilmember Hall reported that she had an interesting time with the rangers at Brackett's Landing last week. She said there was TV coverage of the session, and she had counted 11 groups within an hour coming from the beach. She said the rangers are very well versed and very good with the children. Councilmember Gould added that he had received a letter from Frances Murphy because last year's Paine Field air show, sponsored by the Lynnwood Rotary, had helped to pay for the beach ranger program. Councilmember Hall reported that she had been a judge in the recent belly flopper contest at Yost Pool, which she said was a good time for the community. She also noted.that Roz Sumners was filmed in Edmonds this week and the City had looked very attractive so when she participates in the Olympics the film probably will be shown on national television. Councilmember Kasper noted that the Community Transit bus stop signs are now in place, and he is troubled that the buses are stopping right after they cross an intersection, leaving the cars in back of them stopped in the intersection because.they.cannot get -around them. He asked.that the staff look into this. Councilmember Naughten said a resident had asked him about the wheelchair ramp at the south end of the library because it is very steep. City Engineer Jim Adams said he had recommended that it be taken out when it was in the plans but the Council decided to leave it there, but it really is not considered a wheelchair ramp because it is too steep. Councilmember Allen noted that Carlie Jennings, the Probation Officer, was hospitalized and she asked if they should send him a card. Mayor Harrison responded that he has been given a lot of attention and the City staff is watching him closely. Council President Jaech asked the Planning Department to obtain more information about an ordinance the Snohomish County Council will consider on August 3, 1983 relating to zoning. Provisions of it will permit convenience food and drug stores under 5,000 sq. ft. in the Freeway Service Zone and will permit administrative approval of temporary dwellings and temporary emergency uses or structures when they would otherwise require conditional use or special permits. P1s. Block will look into it. There was no further business to come before the Council, and the meeting adjourned at 10:35 p.m. s IRENE VARNEY MORAN, C?Y Clerk HARVE H. HARRISON, Mayor July 26, 1983 - Work Meeting The regular meeting of Harrison in the small salute. PRESENT Harve Harrison, Mayor John Nordquist Ray Gould Laura Hall Bill Kasper Jo -Anne Jaech Larry Naughten Katherine Allen Tony Foss, Student the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor Harve Plaza Meeting Room of the Edmonds.Library. All present joined in the flag Representative STAFF PRESENT Jim Adams, City Engineer Art Hbusler, Finance Director Mary Lou Block, Planning Director Pat LeMay, Personnel Director Jack Weinz, Fire Chief Dan Prinz, Assistant Police Chief Steve Simpson, Parks & Recreation Director Rhonda March, Public Works Office Administrator Linda Sullivan, I_a.ndsc?ne 9esigner Jim Jessel, Property Manager Felix deP1ello, Buildings & Grounds Supervisor Wayne Tanaka, City Attorney Jackie Parrett, Deputy City Clerk 1 • 1 1 •