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CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
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, March 17, 2004, at 5:30 P.M., with
Council Vice-President Cecil McConnell presiding. Council members present were Mike Short, Will
Maupin, Carol Arends, Dianne Robinson, Mike Shepherd, Wendy Pdest, and Brad Gehring. Council
President Daren Nygren was absent. Also present were City Attorney Roger Lubovich; Interim City
Clerk Pauta Johnston; and Legislative Assistant Lori Smith.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Council Member Brad Gehrin,q, followed by
the invocation provided by Chaplain Butch Hall of Kitsap Lake Baptist Church.
Vice-President McConnell made the following announcements:
1. The Pre-Council session was held in the Council Conference Room from 5:00 to 5:30 PM.
CONSENT AGENDA
A. Professional Services Agreement for Laboratory Services with the Kitsap County Health District
(#AB04-039)
#0020 M/S/C/U (Priest/Robinson) Move to approve Consent Agenda as presented.
Mike Shepherd arrived to the meeting at 5:35 P.M. and was not available for the previous vote.
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.
#0040 M/S/C/U (Short/Maupin) On March 24, 2004, the Council approved payment of Check numbers
289004 through 289111 and EFT-8097 through EFT-8103 in the amount of $1,225,218.11 on the
Master Check Register; and Regular Payroll in the amount of $904,460.71 for the pay period ending
March 15, 2004.
MAYOR'S REPORT
· Recognized the Police Department on a "Job Well Done";
· Announced that f, ollowing demolition of the DARI-FRESH site for the future Fire Station, contracts will
go out in about a month;
· Provided an update on the Chester Manor apartments project;
· Stated that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. building renovation project will still cost about
$415,000, but he believes that it is possible to get funding for this project;
· Acknowledged Jim Spencer, Director of the Parks & Recreation Department for improvements made
to Lion's Park and for his involvement in the "Senior Games" event; and discussed a future bond
proposal would be developed to address the need for improvements to City parks and the Senior
Center;
· Announced that Grand Openings for the Government Center and Conference Center would be
happening this summer; and a Committee was formed to raise the $40,000 needed from the private
sector to support these events; and
· Thanked Gary Sexton, Economic Development Director for all of the work he has done to bring
forward the Conference Center Project.
6A - PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH BUSINESS INTERIORS NORTHWEST FOR FURNITURF
LAYOUT DESIGN SERVlCES~ FURNITURE PURCHASE~ DELIVERY~ AND INSTALLATION IN THF
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KITSAP CONFERENCE CENTER, CITY HALL IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER~ THE NEW POLICF
& MUNICIPAL COURT FACILITY, AND NEW FIRE STATION NO. 1 (#AB04-037): Gary Sexton,
Economic Development Director, pointed out that this is a request for approval of the agreement
between the City of Bremedon and BUSINESS INTERIORS NORTHWEST (BINW), and would hire BINW to
provide furniture layout design services, furniture purchase, delivery, and installation. The agreement
adopts the CITY OF TACOMA purchasing agreement with furniture purchasing ranging from 50 to 72% off
list; and cost, plus 25%, for ancillary furniture. BMC 2.76.600 allows for an exception to the bidding
requirements when the City adopts another jurisdiction's bid contract.
There were no comments from the public.
#0350 M/S/C/U (Short/Arends) Move to approve the Agreement with BUSINESS INTERIORS NORTHWEST
for design, furniture purchase, delivery, and installation in the Kitsap Conference Center, City Hall in the
Government Center, the new Police/Court facility, and the new Fire Station 1; and authorize the Mayor to
execute the agreement in substantially the same form as presented.
6B - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MILES YANICK & COMPANY FOR DESIGN
OF THE SKATEPARK IN EASTPARK (#AB04-040): Jim Spencer, Parks & Recreation Director,
summarized that in the fourth-quarter of 2003, a panel of people convened and interviewed four
skatepark design companies who had responded to an RFQ to design a new skatepark in Eastpark.
This panel consisted of representatives from the Bremerton Parks & Recreation Commission, Bremerton
Skaters and Supporters United (BSSU), and City staff. MILES YANICK & COMPANY was selected by this
panel to do the design of this new park. The attached Professional Services Agreement is
comprehensive, and includes design support all the way through construction. An important element of
the design process will be conducting public meetings to ensure a park design that is consistent with the
desires of the majority of the future users. The contract amount to perform these services is $44,000. It
was pointed out that this was an approximately $300,000 project, and although they have been
successful in obtaining about $125,000, they are still in the process of searching for additional funding
sources for the balance.
There were no comments from the public.
Carol Arends and Will Maupin provided additional comments in support of this project; Mike Shepherd
acknowledged the group of young skaters who organized themselves to initiate the process to build the
skatepark; and Brad Gehrin,q recognized and complimented Jim Spencer and his Department for their
efforts with this project.
#0603 M/S/C/U (Arends/Maupin) Move to approve the Professional Services Agreement with M~LES
YANICK & COMPANY in the amount of $44,000; and authorize Mayor to execute the same.
7A - ORDINANCE [FIRST READING] APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PORT BLAKELY TREF
FARMS INITIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (#AB04-041): Roger Lubovich, City Attorney,
reported that the Initial Development Agreement between the City and PORT BLAKELY TREE FARMS
previously approved by City Council provides in Section 6.4 that the City may give notice to PORT
BLAKELY any time after June 2004 if it believes diligent progress is not being made with respect to the
submission of the Master Plan and ElS. PORT BLAKELY has requested an amendment to the Initial
Development Agreement that would extend the time after which the City may provide this notice to PORT
BLAKELY to June 30, 2007. Staff is recommending that Section 6.4 be deleted in its entirety, and that
Section 5.3 relating to development of the Master Plan be amended to correct references to the zoning
code resulting from amendments to said code.
There were no comments from the public.
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Mike Shepherd provided his comments in suppod of this amendment.
#0801 MISICIU (Shepherd/Arends) Move to approve the proposed ordinance on first reading approving
Amendment No. 1 to the. PORT BLAKELY TREE FARMS Initial Development Agreement.
7B - PUBLIC HEARING FOR COUNCIL COMMENT AND DIRECTION REGARDING AMENDMENTS
TO THE 2004 COUNTYVVIDE PLANNING POLICIES AS PROPOSED BY THE KITSAP REGIONAl
COORDINATING COUNCIL (#AB04-038): Chris Hugo, Director of Community Development, stated
that the policies were presented at length during study sessions and at last week's public hearing, and
that it is time for Council to provide direction to staff as to what changes or comments need to be
incorporated into the policies. Since each jurisdiction is currently reviewing the countywide planning
policies, any proposed changes offered by Bremerton would be shared with local jurisdictions.
Mr. Hu,qo pointed out that the Council held several Study Sessions, and along with input from the
Bremerton Planning Commission, determined 6 "Suggested Items for Change". Each of these 6 items
was reviewed individually to determine if there was agreement by the Council to now submit these items
on behalf of the City of Bremerton. Those items included amending Page 7, Section B-1 regarding "Land
Capacity"; Page 25, Section H-4 regarding "Element C"; Page 6, Section A-4 regarding "Range"; Page
24, Section 2-bi regarding "Opticom"; and Page 21, Element G regarding "Essential Public Facilities".
Mr. Lubovich summarized the ratification process for the policies.
Mr. Gehrin,q and Ms. Robinson attended the KRCC Stakeholders Meeting earlier this week; and Mr~
Gehrin,q commented that the expectations for these proposed changes were realistic.
Mr. Shepherd emphasized that because each jurisdiction has its own needs, they may ultimately
support differing policies; and believed there was need for improvement in the agreement process.
Mrs. Arends pointed out that planners will be meeting to discuss all of the suggestions proposed by
cities so that during final ratification any differing opinions would be resolved.
Mr. Maupin was concerned that because lack of action by a city may be considered a form of approval,
he wondered whether or not 60 days would be enough time for cities to respond to proposed changes to
the policies. Mr. Short agreed that automatic ratification may not be appropriate and would like to see
further change to the policies.
Ms. Priest asked if these proposed changes would be presented to the Planning Directors. Mr. Hu.qo
answered that the planners would go through the document item-by-item.
Mr. McConnell encouraged any members of the public to provide their input if they had not spoken at
the previous hearing.
There were no comments from the public.
Mr. Gehrin.q stated there may be some valid concerns that require serious consideration prior to final
ratification of the policies.
#1785 M/S/C/U (Maupin/Robinson) Move to direct the staff to forward the comments from the Council on
the proposed 2004 Countywide Planning Policy amendments to the Kitsap Regional Coordinating
Council's (KRCC) Planning Director's Committee for consideration.
PUBLIC RECOGNITION
Jack Lefcoski, President of Kitsap Lake Neighborhood Association, brought a list of "25 Items of
Concern" determined after a number of neighborhood meetings that were then provided in a report and
distributed to City staff and Council members, and expressed his disappointment that little feedback has
been received.
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Allen Shute discussed his current state of homelessness, and what he believed to be a lack of
adequate resources to deal with citizens in need. Carol Arends countered that there are a number of
programs and services available to citizens in need, and offered to assist Mr, Shute in obtaining a list of
contact information for tl~ese organizations.
Don Larson hoped that the City of Bremerton would someday become a tourist attraction.
COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
Brad GehrinR in response to the concerns raised by Mr. Shute, added that there were several Veteran
Programs available to assist those in need; and cautioned citizens to be more aware of their
surroundings due to the nature of some recent crimes reported in the City.
Wendy Priest announced the Annual Spring Fashion Show sponsored by Kitsap Community Resources
on Friday, March 26th starting at 6:00 P.M. at the Kiana Lodge, and added that anyone interested for
more information may contact KCR at (360) 473-2003.
Mike Shepherd suggested that any citizen who would like to provide input regarding the configuration of
future District 4 & 5 Neighborhood meetings to please contact either Wendy or himself with comments
on their preference; was pleased to hear the Firefighter Brett Jones was progressively healing after
being involved in an accident while falling a tree; and lastly, discussed a vegetable garden planted by
members of the Bremerton Food Line.
Carol Arends discussed the activity taking place on Callow Avenue, including construction for the next
phase of the Gateway Project and the addition of the Metropolis Gallery to her district.
Will Maupin wished everyone a "Happy St. Patrick's Day"; reiterated information on the "Senior Games"
event to be held July 8 through 11; and reported that passenger-only ferries were discussed at the
"Marine Transportation Association of Kitsap' meeting he attended today.
Cecil McConnell announced that he would be attending the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council
working dinner along with Council Members Gehring, Priest, Robinson, Arends, and Short at Mitzel's
Restaurant in Poulsbo tomorrow night.
With no further business, the meeting of the City Council was adjourned at 6:55 P.M.
Prepared and Submitted by:
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Attest~'~ ~ ,.~ LegisiativeAssistant
-PAU!-~' J(::)-h~¢~i~..~,, [ni~rim City Clerk _
CECIL McCONI(I~'L~_, City Council~/ice-President
City of Bremerton
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