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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/05/96TAPE #1384 UNAPPROVED DRAFT COUNCIL APROVED JUN 26 1996 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 5, 1996 #0015 #0020 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, June 5, 1996, at 5:30 P.M., with Council President John Law presiding. Council members present were Bob Winters, A1 Colvin, Cecil McConnell, Carlos Montgomery, David Farr, Richard Neville, and Lon Overson. Council member Sherril Huff-Menees was absent. 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 Pastor G.T. Johnson of Brownsville United Methodist Church. CONSENT AGENDA A. Minutes - May 15, 1996 #AB96-113 M/S/C/U(Neville/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 June 5, 1996, the Council does approve for payment those vouchers included and further described as follows: 198320 through 198491 in the amount of $304,720.71; and Regular Payroll for the period ending 5/31/96 in the amount of 863,205.93. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Mr. Overson stated he has noticed the combined efforts of the Parks Department and the Street Department renewing some of the trees around the City, which he views as a positive move and complimented the staff involved with the tree replace project. Even though there is concern about some of the businesses downtown coming and going, he urged everyone to remember there are some positive and active businesses. One of the newer businesses is the Batter Box, located on 4th Street Mr. Neville urged everyone to pick up their Parks Department Summer Program Schedule, which contains activities for the young and those more senior. He extended a "Happy 90th Birthday" greeting to his grandmother. TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 2 of 13 Mr. McConne11 stated there will be no District #2 Neighborhood meeting in June, July or August, and the next meeting is scheduled for September 11. He expressed concern over a parking lot sweeper noise issue that has plagued residents on Hollis Street and as far away as Hope Street (4-blocks from K-Mart) for the past year. A resident within that area placed 63 calls to CENCOM starting November 11, 1995, and continued on with 10-11 calls per month. Mr. McConnell talked with the affected residents, who felt their earlier attempts to resolve the problem with the City was just a "run-around" until they quit complaining. When Mr. McConnell discussed the issue with City staff, he was lead to believe, for quite some time, that something would be done about the situation. The City did take a decimal reading and even after subtracting car noise from a block away, the equipment, which is the quietest the sweeper company owned, still violated the decimal reading of the City's Noise Ordinance. As of this date, nothing has been done to curtail that noise. The latest information given to him by the City Administration was that he should write up something and present it to the City Attorney for him to convert into an ordinance. Mr. McConnell believes the City's current ordinance could be enforced in this instance to resolve the situation. Since he is not an attorney, he did not feel he could write an ordinance; however, he can request the City Attorney to write one. He recited some of the responses from Police Officers responding to the CENCOM calls: "nothing can be done about the noise", "so you were awakened in the middle of the night", "The Sergeant and City Attorney commented the sweepers were not doing anything illegal". On February 8, Mr. McConnell personally received a call, which prompted him to go down and talked to the driver of the sweeper truck, which resulted in the noise stopping, but resumed an hour later. He had only one suggestion to the citizens and that was to take the same action that the residents around the sewer plant did when they were told over a period of several years that the place did not smell. It appears the City is taking the same attitude that the noise does not exist. He also offered the suggestion that they might call their elected officials at 1-2:00 AM and let them know they are being bothered by excessive noise. Mr. Colvin extended words of sympathy to the Paul Goheen family in the recent loss of Paul. Mr. Colvin believes he is a better person for having known Paul. In regard to the Sinclair Landing project, he was pleased to know that Mary McClure, Executive Director of the Sinclair Landing Association, had contacted all of the downtown property owners and that she has his appreciation and respect for her diligent effort in that regard. He congratulated Sandra Howes, new Executive Director of the Bremerton Area Chamber Of Commerce and John Curtis, President of the Chamber, for their positive outlook for the City of Bremerton. Lastly, he wished his wife, TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 3 of 13 Hazel, a "Happy Birthday". Mr. Winters reminded everyone in the Kitsap Lake area that the Kitsap Lake Neighborhood Association meeting will be held June 10, 6:30 P.M., at the Cascade Gas building. He announced he will be out-of-town the week of June 13 - 17, and suggested that anyone having concern with any upcoming Agenda items to write a letter to the City Council conveying that information. As a follow on to Mr. Overson's comments about the Batting Cage, he has tried it and encouraged others to give it a try. He extended a "Happy 14TH Birthday" to his niece Jill Winters. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Lynn Hotton reported on Sunday she attended the renaming ceremony of the Bremerton Municipal Swimming Pool to Jarstad Aquatic Center. She thanked the Parks Department staff and especially Jeff Elevado, who worked hard putting the ceremony together. She also thanked Congressman Norm Dicks for taking time out of his schedule to attend that event and honoring former Mayor Glenn Jarstad. She reminded members of the public that beginning June lOth, 9:00 AM, llth Street will be closed, between Chester Avenue and Warren Avenue, for three weeks while renovation work is completed and reopening on July 1. Also, parking signs in the downtown area have been changed from 3-hours to 2-hours, and at the present time only WARNINGS are being issued if parked vehicles exceed the 2-hour limit. One courtesy warning will be issued per vehicle within a month time frame. The City will be going to a different Utility billing format, a stuffer type, that will be contracted out. A billing analysis revealed that contracting out that function was cheaper than just the unprinted format currently in place. It will also give the City the ability to produce a Community Newsletter that can be included in the billing mailing. Mayor Hotton read the following Proclamation: (1) JUNE 8-15, 1996, AS PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE WEEK,AND JUNE 12, 1996 AS PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY IN BREMERTON, which was accepted by a representative of the Filipino community. President Law announced the City Council will hold a RETREAT on June 8, 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M., in the City Council Chambers; and the topic of discussion will be "Planning For Fiscal Year 1997". Also, a brief Study Session will be held following this Council meeting and the subject of discussion will be "Procedures". PUBLIC RECOGNITION Don Atkinson, KITZ Radio, announced a celebration of Paul Goheen's life will be held June 12, 4:00 P.M., at the Bayview Best Western. TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 4 of 13 Starting June 6, KITZ is starting a "teenage" radio broadcast, which will be on a periodic basis during the summer and on a regular basis in the fall. The program is called "Minor Issues" and participation will include students from all of the High Schools in Kitsap and Mason Counties. Topics for the first broadcast will include student curfews and public education. John Thomas announced Kids Day At The Firehouse will be held June 8, at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Gordv Byrd commended Councilman McConnell's comments about getting noises controlled in the City. Last week he asked Mayor Horton if the City government would be moving into the Penny's building as part of the Sinclair Landing project and her response to him was that it was a proposal and no final decision had been made. He noted the gift of pennies he received recently for his Byrd's Nest Shelter amounted to $10.02. #0877 7A - DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR SENIOR CENTER COPIER, #AB96-114 The Parks & Recreation Department requests a budget adjustment to allow the purchase of a copier machine for the Bremerton Senior Center. The old machine is no longer operational. The cost of the new machine is $3,788.91. The Seniors Uncover Money Solutions (SUMS) group from the center have donated $2,000 towards the purchase of the machine. The balance ($1,788.91) will be paid by the City. Jim Spencer, Director of Parks & Recreation, referenced the data presented in the Summary Statement. He noted over the past 2 1/2 years the SUM's group has donated over $11,000 to the Parks Department to procure chairs, material to recover the pool tables, kitchen improvements in the form of stoves, cabinets, equipment, etc., which has proved to be very beneficial for the Senior Center. Public comment - none. M/S/C/U(Farr/Winters) to approve Budget Adjustment Request 96-16, to allow for the purchase of a new copier machine for the Senior Center with the City's portion ($1,788.91) coming out of Supplies & Services from BARS number 574.3051 (Senior Center). 7B - CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES FROM JULY 1, 1996 TO JUNE 30, 1998, #AB96-115 In July 1994, the City of Bremerton contracted Golden Globe Janitorial Services, Inc. of Silverdale, Washington to perform janitorial services in City offices and facilities. The current TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 5 of 13 contract expires June 30, 1996. Golden Globe's performance during the past two years has been satisfactory. Since their performance has been satisfactory and due to security reasons, it is recommended that their contract be extended for two years until June 30, 1998. This approach will be advantageous to the City in that there will not be a need to solicit new bids and to check new bidders' references and qualifications. The contract extension includes the following changes: 1. Addition of other City facilities: DARE Office and Conference Room/ 245 4th Street Police Underground Parking/ 239 4th Street Parking Regulators Office/ 220 Burwell PW&U (Administration)/ 3027 Olympus Drive (new areas) PW&U (Forestry)/ 4398 W. Old Belfair Highway Total Addition: $132.74/month 40.91/month 50.44/month 154.58/month 75.10/month $453.77/month Increase in costs of cleaning supplies (from $885.39 to $1,186.97) $301.58/month 3. Deletion of 245 4th Street Building ($588.12) NET INCREASE IN CONTRACT PRICE $167.23/month The proposed monthly rate of $6,645.47 includes cleaning supplies. Wayne Hamilton, Utility Operations Manager, pointed out the small increase of $167.23 per month and urged Council's approval. Public comment - none. Mr. Winters asked how long Golden Globe has provided janitorial services to the City? Mr. Hamilton stated two years. Mr. Overson stated it was noteworthy that several office areas were being added and other deleted with the total increase amount of $167.23 per month. In the past, the City has had challenges with janitorial services and requested open bids several time. He asked if this janitorial firm was more effective for the City? Mr. TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 6 of 13 #1060 #1167 Hamilton stated Mr. Overson was correct, the City has had minimal problems with this service and they have been very responsible securing City buildings. Mr. Farr asked the City Attorney if the City was on a firm basis extending this contract for two years to the existing recipient verses going out to bid? Ian Sievers, City Attorney, emphasized it is a service contract and First Class cities are not required to go out to bid on service contracts nor does the City's ordinance require that process. The City Council has the option of going to bid, if they so choose. M/S/C/U(McConnell/Colvin) to authorize and direct the Mayor to extend the existing contract with Golden Globe Janitorial Services, Inc. to perform janitorial services from July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1998 in the amount of $6,645.47 per month, excluding Washington State sales tax, subject to City Administrative Policies & Procedures. 7C - EXTENSION OF PROVI8IONAL CONFIRMATION OF BUILDING OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT, #AB96-116 Scott Erickson was appointed provisional Building Official according to BMC 2.49.040. His provisional appointment expires May 31, 1996. The hiring process for a Building Development Permit Manager, who is proposed to hold Building Official authority, is not yet completed. The estimated completion date is 8/31/96. In order to cover this gap, the administration proposes to extend Mr. Erickson's provisional appointment through that time. Public comment - non. Mr. Winters referenced comments on the Agenda Bill under "Impact of Non-Passage and questioned why would this request come to Council? Don Pratt, Director Of Community Development, stated the Bremerton Municipal Code states the Mayor is allowed to make a provisional appointment without Council confirmation, but it could only last 180 days. If Council chooses not to extend Mr. Erickson's current appointment, under the code, another person could be appointed for another 180 day term because it would be another provisional appointment. If the same person is reappointed, then Council must agree to the extension. M/S/C/U(Montgomery/Colvin) to extend Scott Erickson's provisional appointment as Building Official until 8/31/96. 7D - BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, STREET FUND #102, #AB96-117 In 1995, two capital projects were not completed, the perimeter fence and the site drainage at the Public Works Complex on Oyster TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 7 of 13 #1230 #1360 Bay. The Perimeter Fence was budgeted for $25,000; we spent $13,545 in 1995. The Site Drainage was budgeted for $7,500; we spent $200 in 1995. To complete these capital improvements, we need $2,500 for the perimeter fence and $7,300 for the site drainage. Bob Tulp, Public Works Operations Manager, stated he is recommending extension of these funds into 1996 in order to complete the two projects. Both projects were previously delayed due to weather conditions. Public comment - none. M/S/C/U(Farr/Montgomery) to approve budget adjustment 96-15 to Street Fund #102 in the amount of $9,800 to complete the capital improvements at the Public Works Complex on Oyster Bay Avenue as follows: Perimeter Fence $2,500 Site Drainage 7,300 Total Adjustment $9,800 7E - RENEWAL OF INTERLOCAL DRUG TASK FORCE AGREEMENT, #AB96-118 The purpose of this Agreement is to provide for and regulate the joint efforts of the Counties of Jefferson, Kitsap, and Mason, and the cities of Bainbridge Island, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Port Townsend, Poulsbo, and Shelton, and the Washington State Patrol law enforcement agencies to combat violation of controlled substance laws within the contracting jurisdictions for their mutual advantage. Chief Paul Du Fresne, Bremerton Police Department, noted this interlocal agreement has been in existence for a number of years and Council approval is required on a yearly basis. Public comment - none. Mr. McConne11 asked if the Interlocal Agreement carried any cost to the City? Chief Du Frense stated the cost to Bremerton is the agreement to provide one Officer full time to the Task Force with the City paying their salary and benefits. M/S/C/U(Montgomery/Overson) to approve the Interlocal Drug Task Force Agreement. 8A - ORDINANCE NO. 4553 (SECOND READING) AMENDMENT TO B.M.C. CHAPTER 1310 - MUNICIPAL TREE ORDINANCE, #AB96-101 Ian Sievers, City Attorney, stated as promised at the previous Council meeting, a couple of small changes were made to the TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 8 of 13 ordinance. Also, this evening he distributed a memo to Mr. Parypa responding to Mr. Parypa's comments that he provided at the previous Council meeting. Mr. Sievers identified the changes as: (1) under Section 13.10.03 RESPONSIBILITY FOR MUNICIPAL TREES, subsection (a) second line...change "owner" to "owners", as suggested by Mr. Parypa, so that the liability is extended to all past owners. When a signed agreement is involved, the addition of a "recording on the deed" is included in the ordinance, which allows sorting out an ambiguous liability. Under subsection (b) at the end of the sentence added "or removed" as a clarification. Elsewhere in the ordinance it states the owner may "either prune or remove" with the Department's approval. If approval is denied by the Department, then the tree becomes the City's responsiblity and they need to create a record to reflect that assumed responsibility. Under Section 13.10.040 DAMAGE TO TREES AND SHRUBS - a minor clean up of this section was made, but it did not change the original intent. Under Section 13.10,070 a little clean up in the title was made so that now the City is not simply concerned with a Master Tree Plan for streets, but included master planning for parks and streets and calling it a Master Urban Tree Plan and removed the restriction "Central Business District". The most important thing relating to Mr. Parypa's comments was that the Master Urban Tree Plan has to be approved by City Council Resolution. A lot of Mr. Parypa's concerns had to do with plantings in front of view properties and there may be other safety considerations that Council should consider, such as width of sidewalks where trees are planted, which can be brought to Council when they approve the Master Urban Tree Plan. Mr. Sievers addressed some of the other points raised by Mr. Parypa: this ordinance addresses a "love-hate" relationship with street trees, i.e., the City wants to foster volunteer planting of trees in the right-of-way, but they can create a substantial cost to the City in terms of liability and damage. The City's approach in making the property owners responsible for potential hazards they create is consistent with the recent court case cited by Mr. Parypa. That case states a law cannot be passed in the City passing liability along to the property owner when the City is responsible, but the corollary is that if the owner creates a hazard the City can make them responsible. Such action is identified under volunteer plantings and it was done in two ways: (1) the primary way is knowing who planted the tree and created the hazard. The difficult problem identified by Mr. Parypa had to do with trees that had been in place for a long time. There are records in the Parks Department, but it may come down to a proof problem, if it causes damage to a third party. At least the City would have an opportunity in court to show, based on the nature of the tree, how it is planted in the right-of-way, whether there has TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 9 of 13 been continued maintenance by the property owner and that this was a privately planted tree, and if the City has no record may prevail on their burden of proof. The City does have the burden of proof because the City has the primary responsibility for things that go on in the right-of-way. A section was added to the ordinance that allows the owner to terminate this responsiblity and if he is denied that right, the tree becomes the City's responsibility. (2) Mr. Parypa is correct that if a tree is actually encroaching on private property, the property owner can act by trimming the tree and there is no restriction in the ordinance addressing that point. The only restriction on pruning, trimming or damaging or destroying is when the activity is in the public area within the right-of-way or park. Finally, the responsiblity for notifying of a hazard is not a criminal responsibility nor is there a penalty and again may create a burden of proof problem for the City if they are trying to allocate some fault to the private property owner under this section. Mr. Parypa was concerned about an absentee land.owner and how they would be affected. Mr. Sievers believes the City would have little success and would probably not even attempt to show that owner had actual notice of the hazard and should share in any liability. The importance of the Council Resolution and approving the Master Urban Tree Plan is that future plantings by the City will come before Council and then everyone will have an opportunity to have their say and state that damage to their property might out weigh the benefit of a specific planting. Mr. Sievers recommended an additional change to Section 13.10.080 PLANTING, PRUNING, REMOVAL AND MAINTENANCE, subsection (d)(1) Maintenance, deleting the words "in the Central Business District". Mr. Parypa commended Jim Spencer, Parks and Recreation Director, for getting rid of a tree problem on llth Street between Pacific and Pleasant Avenue. He asked for clarification of Section 13.10.030(c)...does this mean the planted trees someone else planted or is it talking about municipal trees that the City planted? He agreed with Mr. Sievers that the first prong of a Supreme Court ruling was the person who knows of the hazard should be the person that notifies the City. He suggested that notification be made via a Certified Letter. Mr. Sievers stated in response to Mr. Parypa comment, we don't have this agreement and never had an occasion to have one developed. He believes the only times such an agreement will come into play is when a problem tree is identified and the liability is ambiguous. The recording of such an agreement would become a covenant that runs with the adjoining property and would bind future owners of that property. Mr. Papa stated he feels the word "liability" should be more clearly defined. Mr. Sievers stated he did not see the meaning of "liability" as ambiguous and he believes it is understand world TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 10 of 13 wide that it is responsiblity of third person's injuries. Mr. Overson stated his appreciation of Mr. Parypa reviewing this proposal and recommending changes. Mr. Neville questioned if he understood correctly that the City has a full time Urban Forester and that he is available to answer questions from the public? Jim Spencer, Parks and Recreation Director, stated Mr. Neville was correct. Mr. Neville asked if the City has a tree inventory for the City? Mr. Spencer stated not totally, a partial inventory is available primarily of park property and the Department is in the process of developing the broader program. Mr. Meville pointed out the ordinance states that a Master Urban Tree Plan will be developed and asked if Mr. Spencer had a time frame when Council would see that plan? Mr. Spencer stated he anticipates the plan will be developed during the Parks Department off season, which would mean a October-November-December time frame. Mr. McConnell asked if the liability will be spelled out in the recorded agreement? Mr. Sievers stated yes. Mr. McConnell asked if the City ends up pruning a tree that is the responsiblity of the abutting property owner, will the owner have to pay the cost of City employees time for doing the actual pruning/maintenance? Sievers stated no, the owner would be responsiblity for maintaining the tree to avoid hazards, i.e., it must be a certain height over sidewalks and over the roadway. Mr. Spencer concurred with the City Attorney and if there was need for pruning, the City would encourage that owner to take care of the problem, but if there were safety issues that needed to be taken care of in relation to that tree and the owner was not willing to do the pruning, then the City would notify them that if it wasn't done by them the City would do the work and recoup the cost for the responsibility from the owner. Mr. McConnell asked if he understood correctly that if the sidewalk was only 4 ft. wide the City would not allow a tree to be planted? Mr. Spencer stated in such a situation metal grates could be used, which are flush with the sidewalk and allow peculation to the trees and roots. Of course, that would be done only assuming adequate funding is available. He emphasized there are lots of trees in the City that will be grandfathered in and the ordinance will mostly address newly planted trees. Mr. Farr also thanked Mr. Parypa for giving of his time to study this issue and offer suggestions and solutions to possible changes. He pointed out this was an example where one person made an impact on an issue and considerable changes were made because of one individual. He believes it speaks well for the process of passing legislation and in his opinion this is citizen involvement at its best and shows that it does work. TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 11 of 13 #2330 Mr. Meville asked if he understood correctly that all municipal trees will be reviewed on a four year cycle? Mr. Spencer stated it means that the Parks Department will be responsible for parks in the Central Business District and the responsibility for other right-of-way trees will be Public Works Operations. Mr. Colvim asked if a property owner would be responsible for a tree that was planted by the City? Mr. Sievers stated no, the City has undertaken that as a public benefit of municipal program and are responsible for liability imposed in that program. Mr. Colvim thanked Mr. Parype for his work on this issue. President Law stated he had some concern that the property owner would be held liable for work if the City ended up having to do the work of removing a safety hazard from a particular tree. He hoped the Parks Department would take that power and use it judiciously because there are some homeowners that are physically unable to do the work or financially able to meet such an obligation. Mr. Spencer stated he was speaking more of a rare exception than the rule. Since he has worked for the City, he is not aware that such a situation has occurred. Mr. Colvim asked the City Attorney if the recommended changes to the ordinance constituted substantial change in intent of the ordinance that was approved on first reading? Mr. Slevers explained as long as the changes were within the scope of the ordinance and does not change the subject matter of the ordinance, Council can take that opportunity to make changes without having to revert back to first reading. M/S/C/U(Montgomery/Overson) to pass Ordinance No. 4553 on second reading repealing Chapter 13.10 of the Bremerton Municipal Code, including the revisions distributed to Council and the one additional revision to page 7 of the ordinance as recommended by the City Attorney, and adopting a new Chapter regulating the planting, removal, maintenance, and protection of municipal trees' and shrubs directly affecting public areas in the City of Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington. 8B - ORDINANCE (FIRST READING) TO ESTABLISH L.I.D. #329 FOR PORTIONS OF JENNER AVENUE, #AB96-119 The City has received a petition requesting formation of a Local Improvement District (LID) to fund construction of curb and gutter, sidewalk, and storm drainage improvements along portions of Jenner Avenue. Attached is a LID boundary map. On May 15, 1996, the City Council passed Resolution No. 2545 establishing June 5, 1996 as the hearing date on formulation of the TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 12 of 13 LID. All property owners have been notified of the hearing as required by Resolution No. 2545. The estimated total project costs are $11,400, of which the City will contribute $2,000 from the Stormwater Utility Fund. The estimated assessment will be $30.00 per linear foot of frontage improvement. The action before the City Council is an ordinance to establish the LID. Mark Souza, Senior Engineer, reviewed the need for the L.I.D., explaining that during a storm in April of 1995, water cascaded down Fir Avenue and Jenner Avenue and caused some damage to the properties in that area. In order to stop that kind of damage in the future, it was suggested by the City to form an L.I.D. to construct curbs, gutters and sidewalks, which would convey the water further down to an existing catch basin that empties into the City's sewer system. The subject area is made up of six properties with four of those owners signing the petition requesting to form the L.I.D.. Once the City received the petition, Mr. Souza reviewed the policy and using that as a guideline came up with some estimated costs and informed the property owners it would cost approximately $30.00 per linear foot. The two end properties have curb, gutters and sidewalks on half of their properties, so they will not get charged the full frontage fee. The City will be using $2,000 from the Stormwater Fund to place a catch basin and tie it into the storm system, which will take some of the water out of the sanitary sewer system. Also, $1,000 will come from the Engineering Division budget for design and administration of the project. The total estimated cost of the project is $11,400. Roy Mceinnis stated he lives above the subject area and from his knowledge that area did not always experience severe drainage problems. He felt strongly that a closer look needed to be given to what has been placed in that particular area over the past 12-15 years that could impact water runoff. Mr. Souza stated the proposed project would not eliminate the problems experienced in the April 29, 1995 storm; however, it will stop many occurrences that do occur. The proposed improvements will convey the water to a better location and stop many of the occurrences from happening. Mr. Overson questioned the information provided in Mr. Witt's letter, which was contained in the packet stating the City's contribution is $3,000, and the information being conveyed by Mr. Souza? Mr. Souza restated the $2,000 would come from the Stormwater Fund and $1,000 from the Engineering Department budget. TAPE #1384 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 5, 1996 Page 13 of 13 #2925 Mr. McConne11 questioned why include only six lots? Mr. Souza stated six other lots in that area already have curbs, gutters and sidewalks. Mr. MoConne11 asked if the improvements would just push the water further down the street? Mr. Souza stated no, a new catch basin will be installed within the limits of the project. M/S/C/U(Colvin/Montgomery) to approve ordinance, on first reading, ordering the Jennet Avenue Sidewalk Improvement Project all in accordance with Resolution No. 2545 of the City Council, establishing Local Improvement District No. 329, ordering the carrying out of the proposed improvement; and providing that payment for the improvement be made by City funds and special assessments upon the property in the District. President Law thanked the TV crew Stephanie James, Aaron Daniels, Valerie Daniels and Mike Peebles for their services this evening. With no further business meeting adjourned at 7:00 P.M. KATHLEEN L~KEY, City Clerk City of Bremerton KLM/JL/me cc: Normal Distribution File/Vault