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CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
AUGUST 7, 1996
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The regular 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, August 7, 1996, at 5:30 P.M.,
with Council President John Law presiding. Council members present
were Bob Winters, Carlos Montgomery, Sherril Huff-Menees, David
Farr, Richard Neville, Lon Overson, Cecil McConnell, and A1 Colvin.
Also present were City Attorney Ian Sievers and City Clerk Kathleen
McCluskey.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Council
President Law and Invocation given by Councilman A1 Colvin.
President Law made the following announcement:
(1) Council will hold a Study Session immediately following the
Council meeting to discuss "Housing Rehab Loan Program".
CONSENT AGENDA
A. Minutes - July 24, 1996
#AB96-166
M/S/C/U(Overson/Farr) 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.
M/S/C/U(Colvin/Montgomery) on August 7, 1996, the Council does
approve for payment those vouchers included and further described
as follows: 200205 through 200404 in the amount of $765,626.47; and
Regular Payroll for the period ending 7/31/96 in the amount of
$886,397.51.
COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
Mr. Colvin commended a City of Bremerton Water Department employee
for his courteous handling of a citizen's problem. He did not have
the name available at this time, but will give it to the Mayor as
soon as he receives it. He announced the next District 1
Neighborhood Meeting will be held September 19, 1996, 7:00 P.M., at
Sheridan Park Recreation Center. Mayor Lynn Horton will be the
guest speaker at that meeting and will present"The State of the
City" message.
Mr. Overson thanked Street Department staff for going out of their
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way in cleaning the streets, particularly downtown, after the
street cleaner was repaired; and a blower has even been used to
blow debris from under parked cars! He also thanked the Department
of Community Development for the outstanding work they have done in
cleaning up some undesirable places, and getting landlords to clean
up places.
Mr. Farr joked about his microphone not working, and hoped it was
just a coincidence!
Mr. Montgomery reported there was a threat of rain at the last
Concert on the Boardwalk, but it didn't stop a dedicated crowd from
still attending. He encouraged citizens to attend the concerts.
Mr. Winters thanked Mayor Horton and her staff for cleaning and
beautifying the "Welcome to Bremerton" signs. He asked citizens to
report any incidents of vandalism, such as garbage being dumped
into the planters. He announced on September 9, 1996, District 9
will hold its Annual Neighborhood Meeting and encouraged citizens
to attend. He also promised to pass on any written concerns to the
Mayor.
Mr. Law reported District 3 will not have a Neighborhood Meeting in
August, but will meet again September 17, 1996, 7:00 P.M., at the
Senior Center located at 13th & Nipsic.
MAYOR,S REPORT
Mayor Lynn Hotton announced the official Grand Opening of the
Olympic Course at Gold Mountain will be September 13, 1996. She
showed photographs of the new course, and requested comments to
help select the one to be used for marketing. Print advertising,
and radio advertising are planned, as well as a commemorative
poster. A Budget Adjustment will be brought to Council, at a
future date, for this purpose, along with an outline of the
marketing strategies and involved costs.
USS Missouri Update: A message was received from Earl Smith that
the Technical Review Committee has finalized their recommendation
on which City should be awarded the USS Missouri, and this
recommendation has been forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy.
She has been told that the Secretary of the Navy will review the
recommendation, and possibly make a decision in the next week or
two.
INFORMATION ITEM: Sinclair Landing Update
Craig A. Norsen reported Fletcher Wright Construction will be in
existence for the next few months, then the management team of the
company is purchasing the shares of the stock, and will change the
name back to the original name of Howard S. Wright Construction
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Company. He stated this will have no impact on the Sinclair
Landing Project because the company is not "disappearing", it is
only changing its name. Currently, the preliminary design of the
Bremerton Transportation Center is being completed, and also for
the commercial development and parking garage around it. A Planned
Unit Development application is planned for submittal at the end of
August, or first part of September, which will involve a formal
review process with the Planning Commission. A marketing package
is being developed to describe all of the positive aspects of the
development to attract commercial tenants. The early stages of
acquiring property has also started, starting with the largest
parcels.
PUBLIC RECOGNITION
Doyle Detroit, Westsound Community Access Television, stated in the
next few weeks they will be taking over management from BCAT. She
announced the Board of Directors will be meeting Monday, August 12,
at 6:00 P.M., at Canterbury Manor in the Library; and the public is
welcome. Ms. Detroit announced Nadine Price, a City employee under
the access television program, will become a Westsound employee.
She commended Nadine for the wonderful job she has done over the
past six weeks keeping the public access television program running
in Bremerton.
Ed Pietras, President, Martin Luther King Memorial Scholarship
Fund, announced the Constitution Day Luncheon will be held
September 15, 1996, 1:30 P.M., which will include the award of the
Bridge Builder Award to Kitsap County Commissioner Win Granlund.
Emily MoshaV stated several months ago the City Council approved
the fezone of some property off of Wheaton Way and Broad street for
the purpose of building affordable houses. She had the pleasure of
attending the opening of that development approximately three weeks
ago, and was delighted to see a well designed project that provides
affordable housing in the City of Bremerton. In this phase, the
builder is offering veterans and military the opportunity to
purchase the homes at "0" down and $2,500 of the closing costs paid
by the builder. In addition, the builder is offering a free
refrigerator or washer and dryer to home buyers. It saddened her
to report that someone stole her flower barrel on the corner of
Pacific Avenue and Burwell Street between the hours of ll:30AMand
7:00 PM. She asked that anyone having any information about the
whereabouts of her flower barrel to please report it to the
Bremerton Police Department.
Roy McInnis expressed his concern over an incident involving his
daughter's children locking themselves in a vehicle at his
residence on Tuesday and the slow response by Bremerton Police
Department after a call was made to 911. His daughter did not have
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a key to the locked vehicle and she was alarmed about the children
being subjected to excessive heat within the vehicle. She called
911 at approximately 12:30 P.M., reporting she did not have a key
to the locked vehicle and the fact she believed her 1-year old son
was headed toward suffocation. Mr. McInnis was under the
impression that the 911 system allowed the dispatcher to
immediately identify the location of the caller. He also
understands that 911 needs all the requested information, but he is
appalled over the fact that after the call was made and the
requested information given it still took Police Officers/emergency
personnel approximately 20-25 minutes to respond, considering his
residence is only 2-minutes away from the City's Fire station on
Olympus Drive. He was away from his home at the time the incident
took place; however his daughter was finally able to contact him
directly in order to obtain a key to the vehicle and rescue her
children. The Police Patrol arrived after the key was made
available by him driving from Sinclair Missionary Baptist Church to
his East Bremerton residence. He would like to learn what actually
took place to better understand the slow response of the Police
Department. He has heard of similar experiences of slow responses
to 911 calls and feels something needs to be done to respond in a
more timely manner to citizen emergencies. President Law assured
Mr. McInnis would be contacted.
Carol Atkinson, Bremerton Main Street Association, reminded
everyone of the two remaining Concerts on the Boardwalk scheduled
for August 9 and 16. Even though the last concert experienced
cooler weather, they still had a good crowd. She noted Councilman
Montgomery has not missed a Concert on the Boardwalk in two years.
7A - PURCHASE SCAT TRAK MODEL 1700AND ATTACHMENTS: GRINDER, BROOM,
BUCKET, AND EXTRA SET OF GRINDER TEETH; AND APPROVAL OF BUDGET
ADJUSTMENT NO. 96-26, #AB96-167
Current equipment is on Pierce Company bid with which the City has
reciprocal agreement, no bid is required. Total price with
attachments minus rental agreement reduction is $31,582.61.
Funding available is a one time State settlement amount of
$35,854.00. Equipment will be placed in Equipment Rental Reserve
Fund.
Gene Sampley, Public Works and Utilities Director, stated the City
received notification last year of a one-time settlement amount of
up to $40,000; however the actual amount received from the City
Hardship Assistant Account Distribution was $32,850 in a
redistribution of revenue previously collected. In addition, the
City received a Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation amount of
approximately $3,000. Those two items total $35,850. The City, in
anticipation of the funds, leased a piece of equipment to be used
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in the City's asphalting patching program, which has contributed
significantly to the productivity in the Street Department. The
equipment has been used for approximately three months and with the
distribution of the identified monies, the City can purchase the
subject equipment. A Budget Adjustment is provided for Council's
consideration in the amount of $31,582.61. He noted also available
is a 3-year extended Warranty at a cost of approximately $900. He
recommended taking the 3-year Warranty and approving expenditure of
that amount as well; thereby amending the Budget Adjustment to
$32,500.00 to cover that amount.
Public comment - none.
Mr. Montgomery stated he strongly supports approving this request
based on his having seen the subject equipment in operation on
Marine Drive; and when the City has the proper equipment they can
do a good repair job.
M/S/C/U(Montgomery/Huff-Menees) to approve the purchase of Scat
Trak Model 1700 and attachments to include a 3-year Warranty; and
approving Budget Adjustment No. 96-26, as amended.
7B - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 'HOME' POLICY PLAN, #AB96-
168
Attached is the draft 1997 CDBG/HOME Policy Plan which was
presented to potential subrecipients at an advertised public
meeting on July 25, 1996. The Plan identifies the CDBG rules and
regulations, as well as the City's allocation process. A new
rating and ranking system is included.
Debbie Peavler-Stewart, Department Of Community Development, stated
the 1997 CDBG/HOME Police Plan provides requirements and
regulations concerning Community Development Block Grant and HOME
programs. These programs are available from the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to provide funds for activities to
benefit low income persons throughout the City of Bremerton. Some
of the activities funded in the past are: day care, health care,
food banks, housing rehabilitation, recreation facilities, and
rehabilitation of the Community Clinic. The proposed Policy Plan
is similar to the 1996 plan with the exception of a Rating System,
which will be used by the Citizens Advisory Committee in selecting
projects to be recommended to the City Council. One of the major
elements of the Rating System is the Planning Element, which
requires coordination among the agencies. The draft plan has been
available since July 16 and a meeting was held, and so far all
public comments on the plan have been favorable.
Public comment - none.
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Mr. Overson noted this issue was discussed at the Fiscal and Budget
Committee and he complimented Mrs. Peavler-Stewart on her rapid
implementation of the comments made during that discussion.
Mr. Colvin echoed Mr. Overson's remarks and questioned if there are
any provisions for requiring the upkeep of properties where people
take advantage of these programs? Mrs. Peavler-Stewart stated the
CDBG and HOME programs can be used for home rehabilitation and in
the deed restrictions it does have an element of maintenance of the
property and they are looking into ways to monitor that
requirement.
Mr. C01vin questioned if the City had a way to monitor the
properties? Mrs. Peavler-Stewart explained any time CDBG or HOME
money is used for an activity it has to remain eligible and
maintained for five years.
Mr. Farr pointed out one of the stated approved uses was for day
care. He announced the following key deadlines for making
application for these fund: 5:00 P.M. September 13, 1996, City of
Bremerton Neighborhood Development Department; and assistance with
an application can be obtained by calling Mrs. Peavler-Stewart 478-
7996 or Marylyn Waibel at 478-5375; and a Pre-Application Workshop
will be held August 21, 1996, at the Public Works and Utility
Building Conference Room 327 Olympus Drive, Bremerton, WA 98310.
He reminded residents in District #6, who had some concerns about
a day care in their area. Mrs. Pearlet-Stewart stated for
clarification that if a neighborhood organization wants to form a
day care, this might be a source of funding. The people served
under the CDBG and HOME funds have to have at least 51% of them be
low income. In the City of Bremerton, a family of 4 is considered
to be low income if they make less than $35,900 per year.
Mr. Winters asked when would Council be receiving the funds? Mrs.
Peavler-Stewart stated generally the funds are received in March;
however it does depend on congressional action. Even though an
activity is funded from January through December, the funds usually
arrive in March of that year. This year, the funds were not
received until last month (July) because of congressional
activities. Mr. Winters asked if she could explain to the public,
the presentation she is attending tomorrow. Mrs. Peavler-Stewart
stated there are a number of different entitlement communities
within the State of Washington, and there will be a celebration of
the CDBG Program. The City of Bremerton has been an active
recipient of the CDBG Program since 1974, and quite a few different
activities have been funded that have benefited people throughout
the City. The Rehabilitation Program is one, and is also the most
noticeable. There are a lot of other activities funded as well,
such as laying carpeting and vinyl in a day care center.
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Mr. Oversen stated the primary benefit, in his opinion, is that it
takes subjectivity out of the scoring process, and makes it
objective. That way, the recommendations for distribution of funds
that Council will receive next year, will have a rating number,
which will eliminate a lot of discussion, and will make the
selection process easier. Mr. Colvin wanted clarification on low-
income limits. Mrs. Peavler-Stewart stated 51% of people who
benefit from any specific activity must be low-income (within the
City of Bremerton, that would mean, a four-person family with
yearly income less than $35,900).
Mrs. Muff-Menees is also pleased to see the rating system in place,
and will help the committee making the recommendations to Council,
and will certainly make it more of an objective process.
Public comment - none.
M/S/C/U(Huff-Menees/Montgomery) to approve the draft 1997 CDBG/HOME
Policy Plan as presented.
8A - ORDINANCE NO. 4563 (SECOND READING) AMENDING SIZE OF PLANNING
COMMISSION FROM 9 TO 7 MEMBER8, #AB96-165
Roy McGinnis, questioned the reason why this is being proposed?
Don Pratt, Executive Secretary for the City of Bremerton Planning
Commission, stated the Planning Commission adopted a Resolution
that stated they found internal procedures, or their ability to
process information, and handled public debate flourished with 7
members, rather than 9. This happened initially due to 2 positions
being vacant last year. They also found they had a broader range
of points-of-view from 7 members rather than 9, due to the fact
that with 7 members, they all had a chance to speak. Based on
those issues, they are making this recommendation.
Mr. Colvin stated for clarified that this recommendation was only
for the Planning Commission, and not City Council? President Law
stated that was correct.
Mr. Winters stated he voted no on this issue last week, and will
continue to do so, because he feels that there are qualified people
in the City to serve on the Planning Commission, and although the
Commission may like to work with 7 members, there is opportunity
for additional opinions with 9 members. He also feels it is
important to have more public input, not less, and that is why he
will vote for 9 members rather than 7.
Mr. Farr stated he will also vote no, because 9 members versus 7
allows for two additional people to participate and become actively
involved in local government.
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Mrs. Huff-Memees stated her reason for voting no was because the
motion included a requirement that the Commission members be
residents of the City. In the past, the Commission has allowed
Commission members to serve, even if they resided elsewhere, but
operated a business within City limits, and that has served the
City very well for a number of years. She does, however, support
the Commission recommendation to reduce the Commission from 9
members to 7 because this recommendation comes directly from the
Commission, and she is inclined to give that a great deal of
consideration.
Mr. McConne11 stated the requirement that members of the Commission
be City residents was included in the motion because the City
Charter required it. Mrs. Huff-Menees stated the City Attorney
pointed out, at the previous Council meeting, that the ordinance
supersedes the City Charter in this instance, so that issue was put
to rest. Council will not be violating the City Charter by leaving
it as it is currently. Mr. Colvin asked the City Attorney to
comment on Mrs. Huff-Menees' last statement. Ian Sievers, City
Attorney, stated Councilman Huff-Menees' comment reflects
accurately what he stated at the previous Council meeting. He does
not believe the ordinance violates the provision in the Charter on
Committee and Board membership.
Mr. McConne11 challenged the statement that an ordinance supersedes
the City Charter. Mr. Sievers stated Mr. McConnell was correct, an
ordinance cannot supersedes the Charter. The Charter makes
allowances for exception to the residency requirement by ordinance.
Mr. Colvin pointed out at the previous Council meeting a statement
was made that the Planning Commission seldom had nine members in
attendance at their meetings.
M/S/C(Montgomery/McConnell) to pass Ordinance No. 4563 on second
reading, reducing the size of the Bremerton Planning Commission
from nine to seven members; including striking out " and
electorates of Kitsap County, and amending Bremerton Municipal Code
Section 2.12.010.
Vote On Motion:
Motion carried.
In Favor:
Opposed:
Montgomery, Overson, McConnell, Law,
Colvin, Neville
Winters, Huff-Menees, Farr
8B - ORDINANCE (FIRST READING) EXTENDING INTERIM PROCEDURES FOR
LAND USE PERMIT HEARINGS, #J&B96-169
Ordinance No. 4550 established interim procedures for conducting
hearings and appeals on Land Use Permits as required by RCW Chapter
36.70(b). This ordinance was effective May 3, 1996, and was
limited to 90 days in duration. The Planning Commission and
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Council have deliberated on permanent procedures, but it appears
Bremerton Zoning Code test changes implementing these changes will
not take effect for at least 2 months.
Public comment - none.
M/S/C/(McConnell/Colvin) to approve ordinance on first reading,
extending interim procedures for Land Use Permit Hearings and
amending Ordinance No. 4550.
Vote On Motion:
Motion carried.
In Favor:
Opposed:
Overson, McConnell, Law, Winters,
Huff-Menees, Farr, Colvin, Neville
Montgomery
President Law thanked the TV camera crew for their services:
Stephanie James, Erin Daniels, Robert Rupe, and Martin Stohs.
With no further business meeting adjourned at 6:35 P.M.
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, City Clerk
,.j~'.~LAW, Council President
City of Bremerton
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