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Home My WebLink About12/05/01 COUNCIL PROVED TAPE #1808 UNAPPROVED DRAFT CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES December 5, 2001 The weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order in the City Council Chambers, 239 4th Street, Bremerton, Washington, Wednesday, December 5, 2001, at 5:30 P.M., with Council President John Law presiding. Council members present were Jim Reed, Will Maupin, Carol Arends, Eric Younger, Mike Shepherd, Ed Rollman, Cecil McConnell, and Wayne Olsen. Aisc present were Interim City Attorney Loren Combs; Deputy City Clerk Paula Johnston; and Legislative Assistant Lori Smith. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Council Member Cecil McConnell, followed by the invocation provided by Chaplain Conrad Dodd of the Kitsap Lake Baptist Church. President Law made the following announcements: (1) City Council held a Pre-Council Session to discuss general Council business in the Council Conference Room; (2) There will be a Study Session tonight immediately following the Council Meeting in the Council Conference Room for a discussion on "LODGING TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS"; & (3) A Study Session would be held Monday, December 10, 2001 for "DEPARTMENT BRIEFINGS" from Department Directors. CONSENT AGENDA A. Minutes of Meeting - November 14, 2001 (#AB01-270) #0015 M/S/C/U (McConnell/Olsen) Motion to approve Consent Agenda as presented. CLAIMS/CHECK REGISTERS Vouchers audited and certified by the auditing officer as required by RCW 42.24.080, and those expense reimbursement claims certified as required by RCW 42.24.090 have been recorded on a listing that had been made available to the Council. #0035 M/S/C/U (Reed/McConnell) On December 5, 2001, the Council does approve for payment those vouchers included and further described as follows: Check number 258339 and 258342 through 258477 in the amount of $442,037.69. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Ed Rollman announced a number of activities planned for the Winter Fest 2001 event to be held this Friday, December 7, 2001, beginning at 6:00 P.M.. The event will be free to the public thanks to the sponsors including the Swing City Committee, Downtown Merchants Association, the Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce, as well as several generous donors. He thanked the quick action of City employees and neighbors in the 600 block of Highland Avenue for averting a structure fire on Sunday. He additionally thanked Jack Lefcoski for a very good Neighborhood Plan for Kitsap Lake that he presented to the Council. Lastly, he thanked Council member Mike Shepherd for sponsoring "Pearl Harbor" at the Charleston Cinema on Friday, December 7, 8, & 9, and noted that admission was free. Mike Shepherd reiterated information about the "Pearl Harbor" movie that will play at Charleston Cinema this weekend. He announced the next District 5 meeting would be held Thursday, December 20, 2001 beginning at 6:00 P.M.; and encouraged the public to attend the First Friday Art Walk, which would be held in conjunction with the Winter Fest 2001 event. Lastly, he thanked all the volunteers for their efforts in planting trees at Jarstad Park and Gorst Creek last Saturday. TAPE #1808 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 5, 2001 Page 2 of 3 Carol Arend$ encouraged the public to attend all the wonderful events planned for downtown Bremerton this Friday. COUNCIL COMMI'I-rEE REPORTS Carol Arends reported on her attendance at the Kitsap County Board of Health meeting, as well as the Kitsap Transit Board meeting. She noted that Mayor Horton was honored at the Transit meeting for her 12-years of service on the Board. Mike Shepherd also attended the Kitsap County Board of Health meeting, and announced and congratulated Ms. Arends for being elected as "Vice Chair" of next year's Health Board. He also discussed his participation at the Emergency Management meeting and Transit meeting. Ed Rollman reported on his attendance at the CenCom Policy Board meeting. Cecil McConnell and Wayne Olsen attended the Board of Directors meeting for Gold Mountain Golf Course, and were pleased to announce the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new clubhouse would be held December 18, 2001 at 1:00 P.M. MAYOR'S REPORT - There was no report this evening~ LEGISLATIVE REPORT - There was no report this evening. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Gordy Byrd discussed his mission to provide socks to residents of local convalescent centers. Francis discussed the "Pearl Harbor" movie event, which she described as a bigger event than they have ever had before. She was pleased to announce that Don Green, a Pearl Harbor survivor would be a special guest speaker, and a slide show with actual pictures of Pearl Harbor would be shown prior to the movie by LCDR Wes Carey. She additionally thanked Council member Mike Shepherd for sponsoring the cost of the movie. Carol Atkinson announced that in addition to all of the other events happening this Friday, Santa Clause was coming to town at approximately 6:00 P.M. She also reported that holiday banners have been ordered for the area near the Bremerton Transportation Center, as well as patriotic banners. Paul Drnjevic stated that "sometime back" the City Council voted to hold up installation of the fluoridation equipment until after the February ballot determined whether or not this was what the voters wanted. He believes the equipment was installed anyway, and wants to know why that happened. He also wants to know how much money was spent, and was there any recourse against those who installed equipment against the order of the Council. 10A - LETTER OF INTENT REGARDING CITY OF BREMERTON AND CITY OF PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND URBAN SERVICES {#AB01-271): Mayor Horton summarized that the City of Bremerton municipal boundaries and the City of Port Orchard proposed growth area boundaries meet in the vicinity of McCormick North and Northwest Corporate Campus. The area is south of Bremerton proper and west of Port Orchard, north of Old Clifton Road and west of Anderson Hill Road. For several years, the Cities have been considerin9 appropriate delineations of municipal boundaries and service areas to effectively and efficiently provide for urban growth that is now underway. This effort builds on an earlier agreement regarding water service, which was the subject of a previous letter of intent. At this time, the Cities have agreed on principles and goals set forth in the proposed letter of intent, which will form the basis for an interlocal agreement establishing municipal boundaries and a plan for other services in the area. TAPE #1808 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 5, 2001 Page 3 of 3 There were no comments from the public. Mr, McConnell asked about the provision for the Revenue Sharing Agreement between Bremerton and Port Orchard; and Mr. Maupin questioned the Port Orchard City Council's position on the agreement. Mayor Horton responded that Bremerton would look at issues having to do with any services the City of Port Orchard would provide after there was completed development. She established that once an agreement was reached between Bremerton and Port Orchard regarding Revenue Sharing, it would be brought back before Council. She added that the Port Orchard City Council has reviewed this agreement, and it would come before them before the end of the month. #1170 M/S/C (Arends/Olsen) Move to authorize the Mayor to sign the attached Letter of Intent regarding Bremerton and Port Orchard Municipal Boundaries and Urban Services. Voted in favor of Motion: Rollman, Shepherd, Younger, Arends, Maupin, Reed, McConnell, and Law Voted opposed to Motion: Olsen Motion carried: 8-Yes; 1-No 10B- BID AWARD FOR REMODEL OF 2"D FLOOR OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES BUILDING 9#AB01-272): Wayne Hamilton, Operations Manager, stated that bids were opened for the remodel of the 2® floor of the Public Works & Utilties Building on October 18, 2001. Two bids were received for this project, and Beisley, Inc. from Belfair, Washington was the Iow bidder. Staff recommendation is approval of the bid award in the amount of $131,882.00 to Beisley, Inc. There were no comments from the public. #1252 M/S/C/U (Maupin/Arends) Move to authorize and direct the Mayor to execute the contract for remodel of Public Works and Utilities Building, second floor, with Beisley, Inc, for the contract amount of $131,882.00 subject to City administrative policies and procedures. At the conclusion of regular Council business, the Council meeting was adjourned at 6:15 P.M. City Council reconvened in the Council Conference Room for a Study Session to discuss "LODGING TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS". Prepared and Submitted by: :/..~ ~,~ ~ LORI SMITH, Legislative Assistant Attest PAUIL-~ J~I~STOI ~, ¢ ,putyrcity Clerk ~t¢ of ~l,~r~ me rton J L/PJ/Is/cge c: Normal Distribution; File