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CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
JUNE 16, 1993
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 16, 1993, at 5:30 p.m., with
Council President Eileen Fitz presiding. Council members present
were Richard Neville, Lynn Morton, C. R. "Tiny" Collins, Al
Colvin, and Russ Johnson. Council members Lon Overson, Morrie
Dawkins and Hank Waibel were 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 Fitz and Invocation given by Councilman Al Colvin.
CONSENT AGENDA
A. Minutes of Meeting - May 26, 1993 #AB93-115
#0038
M/S/C/U (Horton/Neville) to approve the Consent Agenda as
presented.
CLAIMS/WARRANT REGISTERS
Vouchers audited and certified by the auditing officer as required
by RCW42.24.080, 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.
#0052
M/S/C/U(Colvin/Horton) June 16, 1993, the Council does approve for
payment those vouchers included and further described as follows:
167123, 167130 through 167311 in the total amount of $315,010.97.
COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
Mr. Johnson announced he would not be running for reelection.
Mr. Colvin reported that this evening several citizens from east
Bremerton will share their concerns regarding garbage rates. He
promised those individuals that Council would listen to them
courteously and responsively even though Council may not be able to
do anything about current City garbage rates. He knows there are
exceptions to all rules and no one makes perfect law. Today, he
received a telephone call from a concerned citizen about the
development of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) by the Merit
Corporation on the east side of Bremerton. Because the subject site
for that PUD is in his district, he is going to ask Mayor Mentor to
notify the respective Council members of projects developing in
their districts. It is his understanding that a neighborhood
meeting concerning that PUD is scheduled for Wednesday, June 23,
6:00 P.M., at the Sheridan Park Recreation Center. He
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congratulated the Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce for their
excellent Flag Day ceremony, which was held on the boardwalk.
Mr. Collins stated he shares Mr. Colvin's concern about not being
notified of development projects in his district. He would
appreciate Mr. Pratt, Director Of Community Development, to give
him a briefing of current and upcoming development activities in
his district.
Mrs. Horton stated she echoed Mr. Colvin's statement about the Flag
Day Celebration. She was pleased to see a good turn out for that
event. On Wednesday, June 9, she left the Council meeting early in
'order to attend the Ferry meeting that took place that evening. She
did question the Ferry System staff about choosing Wednesdays to
hold their meetings in Bremerton and how that conflicted with the
City Council meeting scheduled for that same time. She was told
they were not aware of that conflict, so maybe next time their
meeting will fall on a day when more Council members can attend.
The Ferry system has been touting added service and she did not
believe the added service is as great as what they have been
touting. Additionally, in order for growth management to work the
Ferry system needs to pay attention to the fact Bremerton is the
metropolitan center for Kitsap County and as such its ferry service
should reflect that instead of the Ferry system trying to make
Bainbridge Island, Kingston and Southworth and everyone else high
priority ferry service areas. Somehow the message needs to get
across not only to the people at Washington State Ferries but also
Department Of Transportation, our Legislators, the Governor and
everyone combined so they know what our position is. The Leland
Study addressing the hotel analysis indicated that until
Bremerton's ferry service comes up to an adequate level, it will be
very hard for Bremerton to diversify its economy and revitalize
downtown and community. She believes it behooves us to show a
united front to the State that we need adequate ferry service in
order for us to take our role in Kitsap County.
Mr. Neville announced children are out of school as of today and in
order to keep them from becoming bored he urged parents to check
into the Parks Department summer programs. Mrs. Horton announced
the Parks Department can always use volunteers to man some of their
summer programs and would offer some good opportunities for youth
in our community.
Mrs. Fitz reported just one more half day and the Junior High
School where she works will also be out for the summer. This past
Sunday she visited the Farmers Market and was pleased to report
that booths stretch down the boardwalk almost to the Turner Joy,
that there was a huge crowd there, and the marina was full.
PUBLIC RECOGNITION
Mayor Louis Mentor stated it is nice to see all the activity on the
boardwalk. He attended the Miss Filipino - American Pageant on
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Saturday evening. On June 14, 15 and 16 the Mayor of Ontario,
Oregon and approximately 15 others from that area visited
Bremerton. Special tours of the USS Missouri, Bangor Base/USS
Nevada, Keyport Museum, Harbor Tour, Turner Joy, and Naval Museum
were set up for the Ontario group. Starting on Thursday, June 17,
delegates to the State American Legion Convention will be
convening in Bremerton. The AAU games will take place this weekend
at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. On June 26, the Foodline Auction
will take place and also the Washington State Association of
Colored Women will hold their convention in Bremerton on the
weekend of June 26. On June 17 a presentation will be made in the
City Council Chambers from 9:00 AM to noon, on "Recycling
Strategies for Bremerton Businesses". He noticed Kitsap Peninsula
Visitor and Convention Bureau selected two businesses to receive
the honorable status of "Tourism Business of the Year" - Wilcox
House at Seabeck and Amy Burnett's Gallery in Bremerton. On June
20, 21 and 22, the Bremerton National Airport will host two of
WWII's greatest bombers, a B - 17 Flying Fortress 909 and the B - 24
Liberator All American.
Fire Chief McKinley stated his special presentation involves the
promotion of Lonell Williams from Fire Fighter to Fire Lieutenant,
swearing in of Fire Fighter/Paramedic Mark Schmidt and the swearing
in of a new Fire Fighter David Wallace. He felt it was important
coming before Council because these are employees who represent not
only the Fire Department but the City Council and services of
Bremerton. Mayor Louis Mentor noted these three gentlemen were
tops in each of their fields during the examination process. Some
of the other Fire Districts wanted him to mention that the City has
hired a number of Fire Department personnel, who had previously
served and trained under their organizations. Mayor Mentor then
proceeded with the swearing - in. Everyone congratulated the three
honored firemen by a round of applause.
Mayor Mentor introduced the Little Britches Rodeo Court: Queen
Kate Wegner, Princess Ann Moen, Princess Joetta Moore, and Princess
Squirell Crossland. Each member of the Court described upcoming
events at the Little Britches Rodeo, which will be held June 25,
26, 27.
Dave Peters, Recycling Coordinator for Kitsap County, commended the
City for the recycling program that the City has in place. He
noted the City is ahead of the County in getting a recycling
program underway and he was pleased that the Department Of Ecology
was invited by the City to put on recycling training for businesses
in the City. What brought him to Council this evening is a matter
concerning recycling and garbage collection. When letters are
written to newspaper editors and printed relating to recycling and
garbage issues, he likes to follow up and in this case it was a May
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9th letter written by Helen Davis. Ms. Davis's letter outlined some
problems she was having with the City's ordinance on garbage
collection as well as information on recycling. He made contact
with Ms. Davis, who then set up a meeting of a number of
individuals who were concerned over garbage collection costs. He
invited Terrie O'Neill, Municipal Services Coordinator for the
City, to attend that meeting, however she was already committed to
other projects on that date. Following the meeting, he asked those
attending to write him a letter outlining their concerns and he in
turn would carry those concerns to the City Council. Councilman Al
Colvin also attended that meeting and suggested Mr. Peters come
before the City Council and speak to the concerns of the residents.
Mr. Peters noted most of the people attending that earlier meeting
are elderly and on fixed incomes, who are composting or have waste
reduction down to a science so that they produce very little
garbage and no recyclables whatsoever. As he is developing an
ordinance for recycling in the County, he will take into
consideration the concerns raised by the people he met with. As
the recycling program is implemented in the County, he anticipates
they will be coming upagainst the same problems as the City as
they relate to the elderly and garbage collection/recycling.
Therefore, he would like to see some kind of exemption for people
who are on fixed incomes or elderly because the County is not
allowed by the State to give them a reduced rate.. He would like to
meet with City representatives to discuss these problems and see if
some sort of understanding could be reached for the City's benefit
as well as the County's so there is a mutual approach when the
County ordinance is enacted. Mr. Collins stressed the fact that the
State would not allow for a reduction of fees for any reason
whatsoever, yet the State reduces the fees for senior citizens' on
the Ferry, the Parks Service, etc. He questioned what can be done
to get the State to recognize the need for such a reduction for
garbage collection? Mr. Peters stated he was also frustrated when
he first proposed a reduced rate for people in certain situations,
i.e. elderly, fixed income, people who really can't afford the
increased cost of living as it goes up each year. The Washington
Utilities And Transportation Commission came back and stated no
special rates can be made for anyone. At that point, he put into
his draft ordinance an exemption for individuals who fit into that
category. He did prefer having a special rate, however, if all he
has is the option of an exception then that is what will be
included. President Fitz questioned if there is a law that allows
exemptions? Mr. Peters stated he is writing such an exemption into
the County's recycling ordinance. President Fitz questioned if the
WUTC didn't regulate that also? Mr. Peters stated the State can
only set a rate when a rate is being charged. If someone is
exempted, then it is out of their control due to there not having
the ability to set a rate for someone not receiving the service.
Mr. Colvin thanked Mr. Peters for sharing this information and he
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does believe in cooperation between the County and the City.
However, it was not clear to him how the WUTC would allow an
exemption but would not allow a reduced rate. He asked that Mr.
Peters check into that issue further. Mr. Peters stated in the case
of the State all they can do is set rates and if something is
exempted then it would be out of their jurisdiction. And, within
the County they have the right to make exemptions if they so
desire. Mr. Johnson stated the discussion was getting far afield
from the point of Public Recognition carrying on debate and
discussion. Mayor Mentor pointed out the City of Bremerton can
have reduced rates and he has been working with Brem - Air for
several months to see if reduced rates for senior citizens,
handicapped and low income people could be established. He
emphasized Mr. Peters comments were only true for the County and
not the City because the City is governed under different laws.
Edna Isles, 2124 North Callow, stated she was speaking for several
other elder people who could not attend the Council meeting, but
who wished to convey that due to physical limitations they are not
able to do any recycling. Mrs. Isles wished to convey that she has
no recyclables because she does not subscribe to any newspapers or
magazines and does not use canned foods because of their high salt
content.
Hazel Ashby, 1216 9th Street, stated she also has nothing to
recycle. She related that her son lives in Low Falls, Minnesota
and their garbage service costs them $40.00 per year per household
and $1.30 per bag. She wondered if something similar to that
program could be done in Bremerton? She noted that same kind of
garbage service is provided in San Luis Obisbo, California, where
they charge $1.00 per bag plus they have to buy bag tags in lots of
10. She stated she does not generate garbage because she works at
The Firs where she eats one meal each day, does not take any
newspapers and has a small stove in her basement. What little
garbage she does accumulates weekly fits into a lunch bag.
John Thomas, P.O. Box 603, handed out copies of a letter he wrote
to Mayor Mentor in response to Mayor Mentor's letter to the editor
responding to Mr. Thomas's letter to the editor relating to the
Bremerton Fire Department.
Cal Baines, 1202 Broadway, stated the previous week during Public
Recognition he asked for a written response to his concerns over
basketball hoops being placed in the tennis courts at 11th and
Broadway, hoping that his complaint would stop further action until
some kind of discussion could take place. When he came home from
work on Tuesday, June 15, he discovered that the City was moving
ahead with placement of the basketball equipment. He contacted
Mayor Mentor the day after the last City Council meeting, June 10,
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and asked him if he had any information for him. The Mayor
indicated he had tried to contact Vicki Vanneman, Parks &
Recreation Director, however, she was on vacation until June 15.
As a result of the City not having a response for him, he went out
into his neighborhood and circulated the following petition
(collecting 17 signatures): "We the undersigned property owners on
12th Street and Broadway Avenue. object to the placement of
basketball courts in our neighborhood for the following reasons:
1) noise; 2) increased traffic on an already congested street; 3)
trash and safety reasons. like children playing in area and running
into the street; 4) possibility of a decrease in our property
values; 5) also the possibility of drug and gang activity. Instead
we would like to see the tennis courts returned and upgraded". As
conveyed previously, he and his wife are expecting a child in about
6 weeks and will be needing some peace and quiet in their
neighborhood. If there had been a basketball court in place to
begin with, he would never have moved into that area. The tennis
courts were already there and did not present a problem. He was
not pleased that the City just let the tennis courts deteriorate
and he had made calls to them about getting them upgraded. When he
spoke to Ms. Vanneman today she had the information that the
residents in the Broadway neighborhood had been notified that this
change in use was happening. As related last week, a gentleman did
come by Mr. Baines' house and he spent about a minute discussing
the issue at which time he expressed his opposition to the idea
because of the noise it would generate. He pointed out the streets
in his neighborhood are narrow and already congested. A trash
problem already exists in the parking lot near the tennis courts
and he sees this problem escalating as well as increased traffic
danger to young children. Earlier requests by the residents in
their neighborhood to have a children's play area put in and to
have the parking lot paved never materialized. The neighborhood
still desires to have a play area developed for younger children
and the tennis courts upgraded. He pointed out there is a
children's play area across llth Street along Warren Avenue,
however, most of the children in the neighborhood are too small to
walk across llth Street alone to get to that park. He suggested
the following alternative sites for basketball courts that would
not adversely affect residential areas: (1) old school site at
corner of Wheaton Way and Sheridan Road; (2) there are two
basketball courts at the school located off of Wheaton Way behind
Best's Burgers; (3) utilize other school sites throughout
Bremerton. He noted lots of people receive entitlement...he and
his wife both work and do not feel they are entitled to anything
that they don't work for, but he does believe they are entitled to
peace and quiet when they come home from work. He emphasized the
children in his neighborhood are not basketball age and the young
people who would utilize the basketball courts do not live in that
neighborhood, which may result in their not respecting what goes on
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in that area.
Darnel Washington, Bremerton resident, stated he is the gentleman
who talked with Mr. Baines about placement of basketball courts at
the tennis courts on Broadway Avenue. He reported he also talked
with every tenant who lives on the cul - de - sac along Broadway
Avenue. He found that everyone, except Mr. Baines, thought the
idea of having basketball courts located on the tennis courts was
a good idea and agreed there is need to have more youth oriented
activities during the summer months. The Broadway Avenue site was
considered a good mid point location and was somewhat of a "locked
in" area so it would not disrupt traffic when play activity was
taking place. Mr. Baines conveyed to him that he would like skate
hockey or tennis courts as the kind of activity limited to the
tennis court site. Mr. Washington's response to Mr. Baines was
that the tennis courts were not utilized and he did observe people
already using the area for skating. What he has is a bunch of kids
from the high school area (ages 8 - 18), who want to play basketball
and want someone to organize such a program. He and others
throughout the community have offered to volunteer their time to
provide manpower support to run a supervised, organized basketball
program. He felt it would be a great idea if more people would
volunteer to join in an effort and become part of the solution
rather than just complaining. He hoped he could have the City's
support behind his proposed program.
Connie Kersting, 1220 Broadway, stated she is also representing her
father and mother, who live at 1208 Broadway. She noted no one
spoke with her or her parents about the placement of basketball
courts at the tennis court site. She is not.against basketball
courts, however, she is against them being placed in a residential
area. She agreed with Mr. Baines' suggestion to locate basketball
courts in existing schools or school parking lots that are not
being used. Both of her parents are elderly and have health
problems. She is concerned that basketball activity would take
place at night and would create more noise and add to traffic
congestion. She was also concerned about the adverse effect it
would have on the safety of small children in their neighborhood.
She emphasized they were not informed about the basketball courts
until after - the - fact.
Gordy Byrd, P.O. Box 930, reported as of this date he has received
$15,917.87 towards the development of a shelter for the homeless.
In response to the discussion about placement of basketball courts,
he emphasized children are the future of our County and City and he
supported helping them in any way we can.
Roy McInnis, 2711 Maple Street, state he was opposed to the
Drug/Gang Task Force from the beginning and since it hit the air
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waves and has been talked about some very negative thoughts and
opinions have come from the black community in the City of
Bremerton. He believes Chief Del McNeal will be surprised to hear
him state that this past weekend some positive feedback has come
about from the black community. He was encouraged to hear something
positive stated following an incident that occurred in West Park
several weeks ago when a young lady made a plea at the Church and
throughout the community. On June 13 she reported to him of the
help she received from the City and community. We all know and are
aware of the unwanted activities going on in Bremerton. It doesn't
make any difference how many officers are on the street, until the
officers and the community can work together we are not going to
make any headway. He noted the young lady he referenced is very
excited about the help she received in her plea to the Police
Department. It is fairly well known that he stands ready to offer
his assistance to anyone in need and hopes that more people within
the community will work with the City and Police Department to help
rid the City of drugs.
Mayor Louis Mentor stated there are problems in the City of crime,
drugs, etc., and a concern that everyone expresses is the need for
more activities for youth to keep them off the streets. He was
approached by Darnel Washington to start up a basketball league and
he would help by getting volunteers to man the program. Such a
program sounded good and positive and he thought if we could do
that inexpensively, it would be a good thing to do. He then looked
for places in the City where such a program could be initiated and
the 11th and Warren tennis courts was selected because they were
not totally used. The City did instruct Mr. Washington to canvass
the Broadway Avenue neighborhood in order to make everyone aware of
what was being proposed. He was sorry to hear that not everyone
had been contacted by Mr. Washington, however, the City will step
back and take another look at the possibilities available after
talking with the people in the community.
6A - ORDINANCE NO. 4420 (SECOND READING) RESTRICTION OF FIREWORKS
DISCHARGE, #AB93-113
Fire Chief McKinley stated he felt Council had heard all the
arguments on this proposal at the time of first reading. He wished
he could use Cal Baines' earlier comments to argue for the
restriction on sale of fireworks. Mr. Baines mentioned that he
cherished peace and quiet, that he is concerned about narrow
streets with increased traffic, and the safety of children.
Cal Baines, 1202 Broadway, stated what is being addressed is having
one week of noise, not several months. He referenced Mr. Johnson's
comments at the previous Council meeting on this issue that the
people in the audience represented the fireworks industry and that
there were no citizens represented. Mr. Baines pointed out in the
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June 9th edition of The Sun it stated that there would be no
discussion on fireworks at the June 16th Council meeting. He noted
the same thing happened in the City of Port Orchard and he felt
this was quite a coincident and he felt the public was possibly
being excluded from this particular subject. He felt it was unfair
to the public to publicly notify that an item is not to be
discussed at a particular Council meeting and then to turn around
and have it on the Agenda for Council action.
Chris Williams, 579 Redbud Lane, stated he is employed at Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard and is a member of the Dance Troupe at
Bremerton Dance Center. He also contacted the City and questioned
if the fireworks issue was to be discussed at the June 16th meeting
and was told it was not. However, after another call to the City
the next day he was told the decision whether to put it on the
agenda was going "back - and - forth". He felt such action did give
a bad impression to the public. Mr. Williams handed out a multi -
paged document to the City Council listing facts, statistics and
reference materials relating to the use of fireworks and the
affects they have on the general public verses the affects of other
kinds of injury accidents. As a child, he experienced an accident
where a fire cracker blew up in his hand on three separate
occasions and he still has all his fingers. What he learned from
that experience was to respect fireworks. He is a licensed
pyrotechnician and has been responsible for the professional
fireworks displays at Bremerton High School's Home Coming for the
past three years. He pointed out all of the items used in the
fireworks shows at the high school were Class C fireworks as
opposed to the Class B explosives that are used for public displays
in Port Orchard and Keyport. He referenced a recent incident in
Tacoma were two boys were killed from an unexpected explosion of a
pipe bomb they constructed and some would point to that incident as
a reason to ban fireworks in Kitsap County and its municipalities.
However, the pipe bomb incident involved common gun powder
available from any source that sells ammunition. He stressed there
is no relationship between pipe bomb accidents and the sale of
legal Class C fireworks. He believes if the people of this county
felt that purchasing and discharging Class C fireworks was too
great a personal risk, they would vote with their wallets and not
purchase them. In Parkwood East where he resides, most families
celebrate the 4th of July by discharging fireworks sometime during
that season. The heads of these families know the risk involved
with the fireworks and accept that risk. The only consideration
for imposing restrictions on the sale and use of legal Class C
fireworks should be the relative fire danger in Kitsap County, not
Seattle or Oakland, California. Regardless of Council members'
personal feelings on fireworks, remember that you have
responsibility to the constituents who elected you.
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Tia Baines, 1202 Broadway, stated she grew up with fireworks and
has had a great time with them as well as selling them. As a
mother - to - be, she also wants her child to grow up with fireworks
and be able to enjoy the 4th of July.
Jerry Farley, 2540 34th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98144, Lobbyist,
stated this issue comes down to one very simple point. He believes
the majority of the people in Bremerton are responsible, mature
citizens, mature and can take responsibility for what they do. As
a consequence, he feels a ban of fireworks is not the issue but
rather how many days of use are acceptable. He shares Chris
Williams' concern about pushing all the use of fireworks onto the
4th of July. He pointed out July 4th falls on a Sunday and the
national holiday falls on a Monday, July 5th. If a restriction of
one day is adopted, there are those individuals who will disregard
that law and discharge fireworks at some other time. Me believes
that this year in particular it makes sense to spread the use of
fireworks over the weekend, starting with Friday - July 2 and ending
July 5th. He respectfully requested Council to consider more than
one day of use simply because it makes sense because of how the
holiday falls and making it more flexible for individuals. He also
felt the Fire Department would be less overloaded if the use of
fireworks was spread out over a longer period of time.
Mr. Collins stated he believes safe or sane consumer fireworks is
the biggest danger anyone could run into and the reason he says
that is because they give people an inordinate amount of feeling of
security about explosives. He's lived - with explosive a large part
of his life, i.e. tieing 50 lbs. of dynamite into a tree for the
4th of July celebration, worked in the oil fields where he shoved
a thousand pounds of dynamite into a hole in the ground, as well as
having worked in mines, so he believes he knows explosives. The
thing that you teach about explosives is that it can kill you, but
what we are doing with the safe and sane fire crackers is saying:
"it is alright to make a mistake, it won't blow your head off, you
are not going to get burned". But, what about the kid that has had
the safe and sane fireworks and then gets his hands on some other
kind that is going to explode and cause bodily injury because he
does not know how to handle it? It is like putting extra guarding
on tools, it gives people a false sense of security when handling
them. He has seen people after they have blownup dynamite caps in
their mouths as well as other kinds of gory things and it happened
because they did not give respect to the thing they had in their
hands or were playing with. He cannot go along with "safe and
sane", it is an explosive and he is sure the City's Animal Control
staff would like to be able to find all of the animals and bring
them back to their proper owners after one day as opposed to a 5 or
7 day outing with fire crackers.
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M/S/C/U(Collins/Johnson) to pass Ordinance No. 4420, on second
reading, limiting discharge of fireworks to July 4, 1993, amending
Ordinances No. 4379 and No. 3370, and Chapter 9.48 of the Bremerton
Municipal Code.
Ian Sievers, City Attorney, stated it is a little unclear if the
intent is to restrict sales of fireworks after 11:00 P.M. on July
4th for subsequent years because that is combined in a sentence
that talks about only calendar year 1993. If it is Council's
intent to have that effective for all subsequent calendar years, he
felt it should be separated into a separate sentence and
recommended placing a period (.) after "from 11:00 AM to 11:00
P.M.= Sales of fireworks shall be prohibited after 11:00 P.M. July
4, in any calendar year". He noted the problem here is that this is
the only opportunity Council will have to limit sales for next year
that will go into effect shortly before the State's sales schedule
Mr. Collins and Mr. Johnson both agreed to include the recommended
change by Mr. Sievers to the ordinance for second reading.
Mrs. Hotton stated she was absent the previous week during the
earlier discussion on this item. She wished to say that her
district has a preponderance of senior citizens and even though
there may not be a large number of young children in her district,
although the numbers are growing, and even though it may be a rainy
season, one of the things that is especially difficult is the fact
older people find it difficult to deal with the worry and the noise
of fireworks. She has received numerous calls from elderly
residents who are scared the entire time that something will land
on their roof or their grass and start a fire. So, even though
there may not be eminent physical danger in that regard, she
believes there is a great deal of emotional damage that is done to
a lot of people, especially older people. You can't just look at
it as kids being burned or property being damaged, she believes it
is a broader issue and it does have to do with peace of mind and
emotional state, which can translate to physical ham.. Therefore,
because of the many reasons cited she will support the proposed
ordinance.
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President Fitz reported she did not receive one call from a citizen
who was not affiliated with fireworks, the sale, or management of
stands, who were opposed to the subject ordinance. The ordinary
citizen did not call and say to her "we want three days of
fireworks", so because of that, she concurs with the ordinance as
proposed.
Mr. Johnson stated he received lots of calls from people who said
"I'm fed up, its enough, its gotten out - of - hand".
Mr. Neville stated he is still opposed to the ordinance and has a
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different philosophy on this issue. One of the ways we teach
responsibility is the hands - on experience to our children and the
safe and sane are one thing we can teach our children
responsibilities and dangers of explosives. The problem still lies
in the illegal fireworks and until we get some kind of Federal
regulations that come down on the Federal Reservations to stop the
sale of illegal fireworks then is all for not; especially when
reports are given that two thirds of every dollar spent on
fireworks is spent on illegal fireworks. He feels strongly that
the sale of safe and sane fireworks do a lot of good for the
community and for non - profit organizations.
Mr. Colvin stressed this proposal is not a ban on fireworks but
only restricting the discharge of fireworks to July 4th. Also,
there is nothing in the ordinance that states when the 4th of July
falls on a Sunday, the restriction will also apply to the
nationally holiday observed on the following Monday.
Vote on motion: In Favor: Collins, Colvin, Johnson,
Horton, Fitz
Opposed: Neville
Motion carried.
6B - ORDINANCE NO. 4421 (SECOND READING) AMENDING THE 1993 BUDGET,
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Public comment - none.
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M/S/C/U(Horton/Neville) to pass Ordinance No. 4421, on second
reading, amending Ordinance No. 4398 relating to the budget of the
City of Bremerton for Fiscal Year 1993.
With no further business meeting adjourned at 7:13 P.M.
KATHLEEN McCLUSKEY, City Clerk
EILEEN FITZ, Council President
City of Bremerton
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