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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/24/91TAPE #939 UNAPPROVED DRAFT CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES AUG7- #0052 #0077 JULY 24, 1991 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, July 24, 1991, at 5:30 p.m., with Council President Lynn Horton presiding. Council members present: Lon Overson, Wayne Estes, Spencer Horning, Hank Waibel, C. R. "Tiny"Collins, Morrie Dawkins, A1 Colvin and Russ Johnson. Also present were City Attorney Ian Sievers and City Clerk Kathleen McCluskey. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Council President Horton and Invocation given by Reverend Larry Mead of the Neighborhood Christian Center President Hotton announced Council would hold a Study Session immediately following the Council meeting. CONSENT AGENDA A. Minutes Of Meeting - July 10, 1991, #AB91-188 Bid Award - Snyder Avenue/Port Washington Narrows Crossing Water Transmission Main Project, Awarded to: A. H. Powers, Inc., In The Amount Of $1,057,918 Plus Tax, #AB91-189 M/S/C/U(Waibel/Estes) to approve Consent Agenda as presented. CLAIMS/WARRANT 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/Dawkins) on July 24, 1991, the Council does approve for payment those vouchers included and further described as follows: 132747, 133149, 133152, 133202 through 133215 in the total amount of $165,705.19 and Regular Payroll for the period ending July 15,'1991, in the total amount of $427,512.28. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Mr. Estes reported on Thursday, July 18, a group from Bremerton toured the Pre-release Facility in Tacoma. He felt the article written in The Progress, on this issue, was written very well and recommended everyone read that article. TAPE #939 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 2 of 21 He will schedule additional tour to the Pre-Release Facility upon further interest within the community. He reminded everyone that this is elected position filing week. Mr. Horning thanked the many people who had thanked him for his service as a Council member - he appreciated there comments and good will. He will not be rerunning for his Council position and hoped there was someone within his district who will take on that commitment. Mr. Waibel reminded everyone that the Exchange students from Kure, Japan, will be arrive on Tuesday, July 30, for a four- week period. He and his family will be hosting a student. Mr. Johnson stated he had identified a location that needed a stop light...intersection between Belfair Highway and Sam Christopherson Road. He. hoped the State and County would look into the need for a light at this intersection as it made it very difficult to enter into the traffic when coming off the Old Belfair Highway and proceeding up to enter Highway 16. Mr. Colvin stated it was a pleasure to welcome Captain Chertock, the new CO of the Naval Supply Center. He appreciated Mr. Chuck Laubach's concern over the proposed change in City government. He enjoyed the tour of the Pre- release Facility and was very enlightened as to the purpose of such a facility. He related he had received a phone call from a citizen who felt that the issue of locating a Pre-release Facility in Bremerton was dead and soon to be buried by an Editorial in The Sun. Mr. Dawkins stated he agreed with Mr. Johnson regarding the intersection of the Old Belfair Highway and Sam Christopherson Road. During the State Transportation meeting in Silverdale in June, the State was addressing the need for a stop light at that intersection. Mr. Collins stated he received his two copies of the book on the "Nipsic To The Nimitz". He found the history very interesting. He hoped everyone will have the opportunity to acquire a copy. Mrs. Horton reminded everyone that on Thursday, July 25, 6:00 P.M., the first of this years annual Concerts On The Dock will commence with the "Caribbean Super Stars". PUBLIC RECOGNITION Mayor Louis Mentor stated he was invited by the Mayor of Neimo, Canada, to attend their Bathtub Races, which he did. TAPE #939 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 3 of 21 He spent several days sight-seeing and talking with City officials about problems and how they solved them. Mayor Mentor noted the Bremerton area also has Bathtub Races on September 1, in conjunction with the Blackberry Festival. He described using the City's Water billing system as a means of getting input from citizens on issues. Mayor Mentor gave special recognition to Captain Kevin McCook for his contributions to the community during his two year tour of duty as head of the PSNS Supply Center. And, he welcomed Captain Steve Chertock, the new Captain of the Naval Supply Center. Captain thefrock thanked everyone for the warm welcome he received and felt it would be a challenge to fill the position previously held by Captain McCook. He looked forward to becoming involved in the community and doing a good job running the Supply Center. Chuck Laubach, 215 Sixth Street, expressed concern that a handful of people would change the course of government in the City of Bremerton at a time when stability is needed. He felt the Council had a sworn responsibility to inform the public of consequences that could come of this disruption to a form of government that was already functioning. He stressed the fact that he was not opposed to a City Manager/Council former of government, however, he questioned if enough effort had been put forth to educate and inform the public of what is being proposed and impacts from such a change. He urged to not "tinker" with City government without studying the whole organization. Reverend Gordon Hanstad, Sylvan Way Baptist Church, informed the City Council that Councilman Colvin does an excellent job. He introduced a new Assistant Pastor at Sylvan Way Baptist Church, Gordy Godfreyd. Gordy Godfreyd stated he was delighted to be in Bremerton and looked forward to seeing how he could work with the City. Del Knauss, Olympic Avenue, representing "Friends of Bremerton Parks and Open Space", related how this group went to the effort to negotiate with Olympic College some type of agreement relating to Roosevelt Field. That negotiated effort was rejected by the College and they chose to proceed with the Condemnation process. On July 16, Governor Gardner signed Bill 1025 (Growth Management), which included a new Section #4 stating: "State agencies are required to comply with Comprehensive Plans. State agencies shall comply with the local Comprehensive Plan and development regulations and amendments thereto and adopted pursuant to this Chapter". Roosevelt Field has been a park and is listed as such in the TAPE #939 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 4 of 21 City's Comprehensive Plan. This group is asking the City to force the College to follow what is now State law. He pointed out that the College recently received an additional $110,000 from the State for an on going program to purchase homes surrounding the campus. He questioned how the State could call it an "on going" when the College had not even purchased one such property? He questioned why Olympic College didn't use the $465,000 plus $110,000 and purchase a block of the older homes along Warren Avenue? This group would like the City to obtain the best Land Use Attorney available and fight the College's Condemnation process. Don Larson, 135 Rainier Avenue, President of Kitsap Diving Association, drew Council's attention to a recent news article in "Underwater U.S.A." outlining the spring clean up efforts in Sinclair Inlet. A similar type clean up is scheduled for October 5. Anyone interested in helping on this clean up can contact him at 373-5367. He related a recent news article about Japanese business interests obtaining the U.S.S. Oriskiny, which will be developed into an "America" theme park in Japan. He is very interested in pursuing the project of developing an underwater park near the Turner Joy. He provided Council with copies of articles relating to what other cities were doing in the area of underwater parks. He received a "G.I. Joe Hero" award for Nathan Savage, a five year old boy who helped on the Dyes Inlet Clean up. Nathan has been included in the National competition for this award. Edward McRae, 1948 Wyoming, related some historical information regarding railroads and how they were used inside the Shipyard during WWII. Jim Spencer, 3929 N.E. Steinman Lane, Co-Chair of the Evergreen Park Fun Run, reminded everyone that event is coming up on August 17. This event is a family event, featuring a 1 and 3 mile run. At the conclusion of the Fun Run there will be a concert in the Park and concessions will be available. Benefits from this event will go toward the Special Population Program (Children 6-18 years of age) of the Parks Department. 6A - SECOND OUARTER PROGRAM REPORT FROM THE BREMERTON MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION, #AB91-190 Council has requested that a representative from this group present an oral report on a quarterly basis. A representative is here to present a second quarter report and to answer any questions that Council may have. Don Atkinson, Bremerton Main Street Association, announced on August 15 there will be a gala activity in the downtown which TAPE #939 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 5 of 21 will encompass the newly renovated buildings that will house Puget Sound Naval Shipyard offices. He invited everyone to partake in this event. Activities for that evening will include a Farmers' Market, Concert on the Dock, social at Hudson Photography and a significant gallery walk. The Sunday Farmers' Market has been growing steadily with over 110 registered vendors and good turnout of the public. The Amy Burnett Print Project has already recouped the $5,000 investment in the reproductions with over 300 prints sold. All funds derived from this project have been set aside for arts promotion in the downtown area ($10,000 has been banked and approximately 200 prints left to sell). Their Task Force has continued to meet once a month, which was an outgrowth of a program started 6-7 months ago with a tourism angle and has turned into more of an economic development activity. This group has been a great clearing house for things happening, i.e. Turner Joy, etc. During their last meeting it was suggested that this group work with the State and Ken Saunderson, who is the best known economic development person in downtown areas. The State has agreed to put up $250.00 of a $500.00 cost to bring Mr. Saunderson in for a conference in September. The Blackberry Festival planning efforts are in the final stages, which will incorporate the Bathtub Races that have been going on in this area during this time period. This event will offer crafts as well as foods/ethnic foods. The PSNS Centennial celebration will be funded almost entirely out of "brick sales. This group was looking for someone to take over the sale of bricks at the conclusion of their effort. Main Street proposed the establishment of the Naval Heritage Fund, which was accomplished. And, Main Street Association has taken over the sale of bricks for the Centennial Plaza, which can occur before, during and after the dedication of the Plaza. This fund may also provide some flags on the boardwalk representative of the ships in PSNS. He stressed Bremerton Main Street Association believes this is a great year for downtown Bremerton. 6B - KITSAP REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL REVISION OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT & BY-LAWS-VOTING SCHEME, #AB91-191 The first interlocal agreement expires in July, 1991. If the proposed changed interlocal agreement or another interlocal agreement establishing a regional planning body is not TAPE #939 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 6 of 21 approved prior to October 1, 1991, the Governor may direct the Washington State Department Of Community Development To become involved and to mediate an agreement. Don Pratt, Director Of Community Development, stated the Kitsap Regional Planning Council (KRPC) was the successor to the Puget Sound Council Of Governments (PSCOG), Kitsap Subregional Council. The PSCOG no longer provides regional forum, in Kitsap County, for numerous governments to get together and discuss broader issues. The KRPC was designed to take the place of the Subregional Council and it happened to be concurrent with the State's Growth Management Act of 1990 and now 1991, which mandates that cities and counties get together and talk about broad regional items and they must also adopt regional policies. Kitsap Regional Council was formed in 1990, using the same voting pattern as the Subregional Council, which stipulated Kitsap County had three seats, Bremerton had 3 seats and the other cities had one seat each and the rule was by majority. Because there was some significantly important issues coming before the Regional Planning Council, most of which related to land use, that voting structure was not entirely appropriate because of some different weighted population patterns. The Planning Council did adopt the old voting scheme with the proviso that by July 1991, there would be a new voting scheme, adopted after debate about proportional representation. That debate has taken place, the board of KRPC, by a unanimous vote, has recommended a voting pattern be adopted wherein there will be 12 Council members: Kitsap County 3 members; Bremerton 3; Winslow 2; Port Orchard 1; Poulsbo 1 and two Tribes will be formally recognized with one vote. The vote to take action will be a majority of the 12, which will take 7 votes. However, two County representatives must vote in the affirmative and two city representatives must vote in the affirmative. With that voting pattern, the demand for proportional representation was dealt with and was not a pure one-person one-vote nor is the representation one-person one- vote for the elected officials. The By-law Amendments must be approved by jurisdictions in Kitsap County, representing 80% of the population. Under that scenario, about a 1% margin allows Bremerton to vote no and everyone else vote yes. Public comment - none. Mr. Morning stated this brings to conclusion quite a battle, which he felt was unnecessary. He has sat on this Council for TAPE #939 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 7 of 21 9 years and there was never a split vote that went down a County/City line, however, the potential with growth management and all of the opportunities for disagreement and misunderstanding has the potential of happening. He believed this scheme provided a fair and proportional way to carry out business. And, it did provide the City a method to resolve conflict if it evolved. Mr. Johnson stated he was proud of the fact that the Tribes now have representation on this Council. He felt this proposal brought the governmental jurisdictions closer together. Where it talks about Bremerton representation, it does require that the President of Council be one of the City's representatives. There are situations where it may not be appropriate for the Council President to be on that Council. He felt more comfortable if the agreement said "members appointed by the Council". The agreement also references "elected officials" and there is also the potential for appointed City Council members brought about with a Council position being vacated due to death or other causes. He noted it may be desired to have the Mayor ProTem on this Council, who may or may not be a member of the Council° He desired that 11 offices, which he would like to be eligible to be appointed to this Council from Bremerton, one of which may not be an elected official. Ian Sievers, City Attorney, suggested the wording: "Bremerton representatives would be selected from within the elected officials of the City" and not designating specifically the Council President and Mayor. Mr. Morning stated he did not believe this would be a problem if Council desired to make the change. Mr. Pratt stated he was party to only a few conversations, but one issue he heard expressed was the importance to at least have the Mayor and Council President involved. He suggested that the wording might be as follows: "Mayor and Council President or their designees". The Regional Council feels very strongly that both the Executive and Council President be directly represented at that regional level. Mr. Homing stated he understood that perspective, but part time City Council's have unique problems that full time City Council's do not have. He suggested the following wording: "Mayor, Council President or their elected designee". He emphasized the City Council President has many more tasks during the daytime than just this responsibility. He questioned if his suggested wording could be included in the agreement? President Morton noted that this Council would select the two members from its body who will best serve on this board. Mr. Pratt stated there were two ways to proceed: (1) to request the amendments take place now and deliver the document to the other cities as amended; (2) to take action on the current document and submit #2424 TAPE #939 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 8 of 21 the City's amendment later. President Morton stated she supported taking the latter action, since Bremerton is the last city to ratify the Interlocal Agreement. M/S/C(Horning/Estes) to authorize the Mayor to sign the Interlocal Agreement Amendment and that we agree to the proposed By-Law amendments and he future moved that we include as a cover letter an amendment that will include the wording: Mayor and Council President or their elected designees, who must be elected officials or appointees to an elected position. Vote: In Favor: Opposed: Overson, Estes, Horning, Horton, Collins, Dawkins, Colvin, Johnson Waibel 6C - PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, #AB91-193 In April, the City Council authorized the Mayor to sign the proposed Interlocal Agreement, establishing the Puget Sound Regional Council (successor to PSCOG). Pierce, King and Snohomish Counties did not agree to the organization as approved by the City of Bremerton and further negotiations occurred. A revised voting format is being proposed. This revision is the subject of the amendment to the Interlocal Agreement. The revision gives County government a vote equal to 50% of the total vote of all jurisdictions in the County. The total County-wide vote is proportional to the population of the region. Bill Mahan, Executive Director Central Economic Development District, stated there has been a great deal of discussion on this issue and how to solve the problem of voting and representation. Mayor Norm Rice chaired the Organizing Committee and tried to bring to the table a reasonable approach that recognized everyone's concerns. The result of that effort was a compromise which they felt every one could accept. The outcome of that was to add a weighted voting system that could be called for by any of the representatives. The weighted voting system does not affect Kitsap County, keeping the vote 50-50 between the Cities and Counties, however, it did affect King County. Kitsap County received 1/2 vote and the cities received 1/2 vote and under the weighted vote system 35 votes go to the Counties and 35 votes go to the cities. He read into the record two paragraphs in the transmittal TAPE #939 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 9 of 21 letter from Willis Tucker, Snohomish County Executive, encouraging passage of this agreement. Meeting the time schedule approving this organization is important as the Federal Government has indicated if this new organization was not up and running by October 1, they would prefer waiting until summer of 1992. Therefore, in order to meet the October 1 date it is necessary to have all signed agreements in by August 15. Public comment - none. Mr. Johnson publicly commended Mayor Rice for tolerating this entire process and coming up with an equitable agreement. He felt this was a good thing for Kitsap County. Mr. Waibel stated under the weighted voting Mr. Mahan had admitted out of all the Counties that Kitsap County had 7% of the population and yet in the 19 votes we only have 5.25% of the vote. He questioned if there was any way to get the 7% representation in the representative vote? Mr. Mahan stated the 19 votes was difficult to split up. There is a provision in the Interlocal agreement that requires the body to redo the voting structure in three years and every three years thereafter. At that time it will be much easier to get votes to reflect what is actually being represented. Mr. Waibel stated the other three Counties have a "largest City" designation, "Largest City" vote and "largest City" dues and questioned since Bremerton does not have "largest City" voting will it have "largest City" dues? Mr. Mahan stated he did not believe they would. There were a number of suggested amendments to the Interlocal Agreement - the Organizing Committee wanted to keep the Amendment process limited to one amendment and they have made a commitment to take the other amendments and give them to the new Executive Board with the charge to set up a committee to review and make recommendations for disposition. Mr. Waibel emphasized Bremerton is not interested in taxation without representation. Mr. Morning stated for clarification that what was being referenced by Mr. Waibel was the Central City Dues Structure, and for years the City of Bremerton paid a disproportionate amount, however, Bremerton was a receiver city in that equation. He commended Mr. Mahan for his efforts in seeing that the August 15 deadline is met. #2847 M/S/C/U(Johnson/Colvin) to authorize the Mayor to sign the Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement establishing the Puget Sound Regional Council. Mr. Johnson questioned if there would an agreement where the #3124 #3263 TAPE #939 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 10 of 21 City's and County's participation is formalized with the other Regional Council Of Governments? President Horton noted that had already been carried out. 7A - ORDINANCE #4336 (SECOND READING) AMENDING THE CITY OF BREMERTON 1991 BUDGET, #AB91-186 Rich Hanna, City Treasurer, stated he had corrected the document relating to Item #8 and appropriate changes had been made within the Ordinance. Public comment - none. M/S/C/U(Waibel/Horning) to pass Ordinance #4336, on second reading, amending Ordinance No.4300 relating to the budget of the City of Bremerton for Fiscal Year 1991. 7C - RESOLUTION #2355, SETTING A HEARING DATE - 18T STREET VACATION, #AB91-192 The City of Bremerton is requesting the vacation of 1st Street right-of-way. RCW 35.79,010 requires the setting of a hearing by Resolution not less than 20 days nor more than 60 days after Council passage of the Resolution. Terrie Hartson, Annexation Coordinator, stated this is a 2300 sq. ft. unnamed, undeveloped right-of-way between the lot proposed for the Public Works Complex and an adjoining lot. Consent had been received from everyone that joins that street. She is requesting a public hearing be held on August 28, 1991, and the major issues to be heard at that time are: determination if there is a public need to retain the right- of-way; determination if public interest will be served by the requested right-of-way action and protection of Utility easements. Notices will be sent to everyone living within 250 ft. of the subject site, notice will be published in the newspaper and the area will be posted. Public comment - none. M/S/C/U(Collins/Colvin) to set a hearing date for the 1st Street vacation on August 28, 1991, at 6:00 P.M. or later. 7D - RESOLUTION #2356, Authorization TO SUBMIT GRANT APPLICATION TO DEVELOP A TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PLAN FOR THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT #AB91-194 The City Department Of Engineering has an opportunity to submit a grant application to the State for the sum of $25,000. The local match must be dollar for dollar and consists of staff time, materials, etc. The grant application cannot be completed until the attached Resolution is passed by TAPE #939 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 11 of 21 Council. Public comment - none. Mr. Overson questioned if this was another study and what would the City end up with once it was completed. Connie Devaney, Grants Manager, stated the end product will be an Engineer's report and hopefully an architectural rendering of the ultimate traffic flow within the central business district. With the addition of the Turner Joy on the waterfront as a tourist attraction, it has been projected that this facility will draw approximately 80,000 tourist per year, which would have a great impact on traffic flow in the downtown area. With that added to current traffic problems, she believed the City's traffic problems will get worse. Mr. Waibel stated studies are a crystal ball, but none of those studies engineered or gave engineering direction. This will provide the matching funds to put such an engineered plan in place. Mr. Estes questioned who would be the lead agency on this study, the State of Washington or the City of Bremerton? Mrs. Devaney stated it would be the City of Bremerton. The State of Washington simply grants the funds to the City and the City Engineer will be the project manager. President Hotton questioned if Mr. Baker, as City Engineer,felt this grant application of $25,000 from the State will aid him in providing information that the City does not currently have? Mr. Baker, City Engineer, stated he believed it would. The City has pretty well determined to see traffic on Pacific Avenue southbound, First Street eastbound and Washington Avenue northbound. What is being now viewed is how to inter-relate those streets...Second/Burwell/4th/Sth, and should they be one-way, plaza type streets, should we look at traffic signals that are traffic actuated, etc. Mr. Johnson questioned if the City would have to wait for the completion of the study before something could be done to improve signalization? Mrs. Devanev stated no, what it means is that the City has a problem of a lot of commuters coming into the Central Business District. Somehow a method needs to be developed to move those commuters in and out of the area in a fast, efficient manner without hurting the central business district retail center. President Hotton stated if we spend $50,000 on another study we had best be prepared to implement that study or else it TAPE #939 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 12 of 21 will be another $50,000 wasted tax dollars. Mr. Estes stated his observations are that this traffic pattern is already designed and this study would support that proposal? Mrs. Devaney stated she did not believe it was designed. There have been some ideas developed but there is need for some mapping and technical personnel who will do layouts on what is technically feasible. TAPE #940 Mr. Colvin questioned what would be the impact if the study was not completed? Mr. Baker stated if the study was not done, eventually the City would wind up with some kind of a plan for the downtown streets, perhaps one street at a time. Mrs. Devaney pointed out this could cause problems as the Turner Joy is already in place and hopefully by the next tourist season that facility will be attracting new people to Bremerton. The central business district is already in the process of coming back economically and waiting to correct an existing problem will end up costing the City more money. #0015 M/S/C/U(Waibel/Dawkins) to pass Resolution #2356. 8A - CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING - RESOLUTION #2354, ADOPTING SIX YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 1992-1997, #AB91-187 Jan Stemkoski,Assistant City Engineer, stated he was prepared to address several questions that were raised during the public hearing on July 17: 1. What has the money been spent on to date? Up to this point the consultant has spent $74,000 on meetings, administration views, etc.; cartography $50,000, Traffic Study $6,000, Route Study $13,000; development of alternatives to date $99,000; scoping meeting $20,000; various meetings with the community and for technical advisory $3,600; engineering data for the EIS $4,500; transportation element $13,000, land use, social and economic portion $7,000; Natural Resource Report $3,000; Cultural Resource Report $1,200; making a total to date of $294,400. Of that amount, the Transportation Improvement Board funded $191,360, Department Of Transportation $51,520 and Kitsap County and the City of Bremerton $25,760. 2. What was included in the EIS to date and what were the corridors? At present there are three urban section routes and three rural routes included in the EIS with the "do nothing" alternative. They started out with 13 rural routes and 15 urban routes and reduced down to the three for each section. At this time, the consultant's emphasis is on the TAPE #940 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 13 of 21 urban section and data is being collected to evaluate the land use, economical, natural resources, parks/recreation, cultural, air quality, sound and visual impacts for each alternative. 3. What routes have been considered? A handout was given to Council members showing the 15 routes considered in the urban section ( the 13 rural routes information was not available at the time of this meeting). 4. What the affect of amending the corridor to include something other than Loxie Egans interchange? He talked with the area engineer for the P.I.V. Board and asked him what would the affect on funding be if the City were to use something other than Loxie Egans interchange? The area engineer's response was that it would not affect the funds they were providing. He reminded Mr. Stemkoski that he was only a staff person who made recommendations and could not say for sure how the P.I.V. would react to such a request. Mr. Stemkowski stressed that the Department Of Transportation was funding part of the project and they built the Loxie Egan interchange and it was intended to be used for the route now being proposed. Therefore, their funding may be reduced or eliminated if the City doesn't make use of the interchange they put in for this purpose. Mr. Morning questioned what the dollar figure would be? Mr. Stemkoski stated the Department of Transportation was paying 17 1/2% of the total project. President Horton questioned if that would buy the legislative action in 19907 Mr. Stemkoski stated no, it was just an agreement they made with the City when this project was started. 5. What affect on the funding would a statement from Council, such as "no route should cross through any park"? Mr. Stemkowski talked with the same the person at P.I.V., who makes all recommendations to the Board, regarding that statement and he felt a statement such as that from the Council would have some affect on the funding. He said that other cities had tried to take similar type actions and all of them to date either had their funding reduced or in some cases eliminated because the Board felt they had not looked at all the alternatives which affected the cost and did not give them the best product. 6. Mr. Collins questioned about a tunnel under Forest Ridge Park? Mr. Stemkowski talked with Parametrix and this was something they had evaluated earlier and had rejected because of the cost of the tunnel. Since it was brought up during the public hearing, they would revisit that idea and coming up TAPE #940 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 14 of 21 with better cost estimates. 7. What would be the cost to overlay Kitsap Way from SR3 to the City Limits? The total cost to do that work, if done to current standards, would be approximately $2.5 million dollars. If the existing roadway was overlayed and improvements added, the estimated cost would be $700,000. 8. Comment to bring back more information or do a discussion on Item #2, which is the Kitsap Way to llth Street to Marine Drive project. Mr. Stemkoski reviewed past records which showed on December 4, 1985, Engineering brought before Council a request for a property trade at that intersection. At that time Council approved the land trade but added the stipulation that the trade not take place until the owner of such property agreed to annex. Unfortunately that condition was not acceptable to the owner at that time, so the trade did not occur. In 1989 the Marine Drive/Kitsap Way intersection improvement had worked it way to the top of the Six Year Transportation Improvement Plan and when it was brought to Council that year it was again moved to the lowest priority on that plan because of the annexation problem. This project needs to be completed due to the poor condition of the roadway between llth and Marine Drive. The City's Annexation Coordinator, Terrie Hartson, has been working with the property owner and has reached an agreement with the owner to execute an annexation agreement with the City. Terrie ~artson, Annexation Coordinator, stated it was her understanding the City would only consider the property trade and improving the Marine Drive/Kitsap Way intersection if Mr. Erickson agreed to annex into the City. The Annexation Agreement that she obtained and which will be presented to Council in the near future allows the City to proceed and requires no further action from. Mr. Erickson. She is pursuing additional signatures for annexation during this preparation time prior to its become complete. The Annexation Agreement requires that the project be completed before annexation takes effect. The annexation process takes about six months, approximately the same amount of time that the project will require to be completed. She will extend her annexation petitioning from Kitsap Way to Nineteenth Street and extended to Corbet Drive to the Marine Drive intersection. Andy Parypa, 1122 Hayward Avenue, spoke against the new proposed entrance into Bremerton. His main concerns were: (1) all citizens are affected by their tax dollars, not just those in an affected area; (2) disrupting a residential neighborhood and dissecting Forest Ridge Park is not a good idea; (3) impact of increased of traffic noise from traffic traveling TAPE #940 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 15 of 21 over viaduct; (4) make required improvements to what is already in place; (5) building bigger and better highways does not encourage mass transit and car pooling; (6) Del Knauss's proposal would be less costly, move traffic more efficiently, be less disruptive, provide access to Pope & Talbot property and sports complex site, carry out peak traffic, provide good access to new Public Works site, divert traffic from West Hills Elementary School; (7) appears route has already been selected. Richard Chrisinger, 337 N. Lafayette, spoke against the new proposed entrance into Bremerton. His concerns were: (1) disruptions of his residential neighborhood serenity; (2) would disrupt accessing the Disabled American Veterans facility on Burwell and Bloomington. Mary Lou Long, 2433 E. Phinney Bay Drive, asked the following questions relating to the proposed new entrance into Bremerton: why during the previous public meetings the citizens did not get the full document (listing all routes considered), but were provided a handout addressing three routes; why this was brought before Council without their having the full opportunity to see the full document to date; if the money spent or obligated to date was budgeted in the City's 1991 budget and was it an authorized amount of money given to 'the administrative office of the City to spend in this manner; why were there no copies of documents for public viewing at this meeting; might this be evaluated as an extension of the State highway system and not involve the City's expenditures of any great magnitude; what will the study of tunneling under Forest Ridge Park cost the project? She felt faulty steps had been taken in presenting this issue to the public and to the Council. Cecil McOonnell, 3245 Almira Drive, stated his common sense tells him he would not build a ski jump down off the hill from Forest Ridge down on to the Callow Avenue area. He could not understand why the Council had not already rejected the proposed route through an old established residential neighborhood and Forest Ridge Park. He stressed the need to include street improvements on Almira Drive on the Six Year Improvement Plan due to the 440 unit apartment complex that was approved by Council. Carol Arerids, 303 N. Lafayette Avenue, spoke in opposition to the proposed new entrance into Bremerton as presented by Parametrix. She hoped a better way could be found to control traffic than what was proposed. From attending previous public meetings on this issue and statements made by TAPE #940 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 16 of 21 Parametrix, it was her understanding that they were supporting only the Burwell corridor proposal. She felt the residents have been hurt and this proposed project had already driven some residents to moving out of the proposed affected neighborhoods. Mr. McCrew stated his opposition to the access plan and presented his proposal for use of streets near Wycoff and Callow. Mrs. Weaver stated she was opposed to the proposed access route. Kathleen McCluskev, City Clerk, read into the record the following letters: Paul Hoskinson, 919 Weslon Place. Mr. Hoskinson found merit in Del Knauss's alternative route, although he did not agree with everything in it. He believed the public needed to look at this road as a limited access "parkway", similar to portions of Kitsap Way, Aurora Avenue in Seattle, etc. He made the following suggestions to amend Mr. Knauss's plan: (1) Construct a new Parkway/Blvd. from Cambrian to Farragut to Wycoff to First Street and back to Callow, buy out houses on the west of Wycoff to allow a "parkway design". (2) Provide for a South bound ramp off Hwy. 3 north of the sewer plant, crossing highway, over the hill, across McCall and crossing the current highway by Pay and Pak, merging with the new Parkway. This option would purchase properties already under litigation from sewer plant odor. (3) Improve secondary roads such as Auto Center Way, National Avenue, Marion and Arsenal Way to disperse traffic, creating viable optional routes while crossing the West Hills area. (4) Allow for Phase II, Gorst to Loxie Egans to connect at Loxie Egans interchange similar to current plan, keeping the traffic away from Kitsap Way by effective ramps to Highway 3 and free flowing secondary roads noted above. Lastly, he believed the State would not withdraw funding if the issue was argued correctly. He supported tabling the project until an equitable agreement on the best route'could be reached. Letter - Jim Adrian, 621 Washington Avenue, was opposed to bringing a highway through the heart of Council District #7. If any portion of Forest Ridge Park is eliminated due to a new TAPE #940 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 17 of 21 roadway, it will leave a legacy no one can take pride in. He suggested looking at the City of Vancouver, Canada, because they chose to not allow any freeway to dissect their city. If the Mayor or City does not bring this question to a conclusion now, a cloud will hang over a large portion of District #7 that will affect property values, quality of life issues and leave many of Bremerton's citizens wondering what the future holds. Mr. Stemkoski briefly outlined the materials that were made available to the public and Council. He noted there is no document at this time that lists all routes reviewed, however they will be included in the E.I.S. In response to the question "were the funds budgeted", they were budgeted in 1990 in the Six Year Improvement Program. In reference to the idea of a "tunnel", it had already been evaluated, but the cost that they used was just a quick look into the option and they will now take a better look at the possibility of this option. All the routes that have been studied will be included in the E.I.S. and if they were eliminated the reason for their exclusion will be identified. Mary Lou Long stated she questioned if $294,000 was spent how come the City staff did not have the appropriate documents available for public review? And, she felt the Council as a whole was not aware of the details of this project. Mr. Stemkoski stated he could make available copies of the information they do have, which were handed out to Council at this meeting. Council did hold two short Study Session and discussed this particular project. Esra Magnuson, Bloomington Avenue, stated she noticed some of the cross walks had been removed from Burwell and questioned why? Mr. Stemkoski stated the City adopted a cross walk policy and essentially the only places where there are marked cross walks are at signal light intersections, school crossing sites, and other places, on a case-by-case basis where Engineering study show they are required. President Morton responded to the question about Council being informed on this issue - Council did have 2 or 3 Study Session on this issue and up to this point not all options had been revealed to Council. The discussion on the Six Year Improvement Plan does not include specific discussion on final placement of such a route. What is being discussed at this time is funding for a project somewhere in the vicinity of the Loxie Egans intersection going through a corridor to the downtown area. The southwesterly portion was to connect with Sam Christopherson Road. Many more Study Sessions and public TAPE #940 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 18 of 21 hearings will be held before this route is finalized. Mr. Johnson brought up a point of order that most of the public testimony did not have anything to do with tonight's Agenda item. The input that is needed on this particular Agenda item would be if there were any arterial' streets that need improvement and are not already listed on the plan. President Horton emphasized the need for additional Study Sessions to discuss the new entrance issue, specifically relating to corridors. Mr. Morning stated he would not support the Gorst To Bremerton Corrector Gorst to Ferry Terminal project as the #1 priority unless it was accompanied with some sort of statement that it is not acceptable to the majority of this Council to dissect the residential neighborhood and Forest Ridge Park. President Morton cautioned against doing something that would jeopardize funding to do something alternative that dollars are currently available to accomplish in the best way. She requested Mr. Sievers and Mr. Stemkowski to respond if Council made a motion to divert funding to a different configuration. Mr. Stemkoski questioned what Mr. Horning meant about "dissecting" the residential neighborhood? Mr. Morning stated the corridor in all three alternatives take a major cut through the residential neighborhood, which he would not support. Mr. Waibel emphasized that a vote on the Six Year Transportation Improvement Plan was a vote to dissect such a neighborhood. Mr. Stemkoski stated if the City makes use of one of the existing routes for a major improvement, then it would be difficult to increase capacity, which was the selling point when the City requested funding. Mr. Colvin questioned how many of the proposed routes will Council be asked to vote on and will there be an alternative to choose from? Mr. Stemkoski stated he did not believe there would actually be a vote, however, the E.I.S. will list all routes considered and the Final E.I.S. would come to Council with a recommendation for selection of a final route. Mr. Overson questioned would the Council get to select the route they feel is best for the City even if it was not the #1 route in the E.I.S. Statement? Mr. Stemkoski stated that might be difficult. Ian Sievers, City Attorney, stated the E.I.S. does not make the decision. Mr. Johnson pointed out the Transportation Commission must follow the City's Comprehensive Plan due to the newly adopted Growth Management Act. Mr. Waibel pointed out the City's Comprehensive Plan must be approved under the State guidelines that were put into effect the last two years. TAPE #940 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 19 of 21 Mr. Colvin questioned if the City would have to make a decision on just one route? Mr. Johnson stated he did not want to do anything to foul up the Six Year Transportation Plan, however, it is imperative to look at traffic flow in and out of Bremerton. In order to do a study that will address this subject there needs to be a general statement in the Six Year Transportation Plan. He felt it was appropriate to approve the Six Year Plan as is and the Council does have some very serious concerns about how things are going now. He suggested writing a Resolution, placing it on the Council Agenda in two weeks, that would say Council puts the following criteria for the Mayor and staff to follow in developing such a route. Mr. Morning noted that Resolution would make a statement of condition for final acceptance of such a route by this Council. He felt this would give the Council the flexibility it desires. Mr. Sievers stated he supported setting up criteria or policy direction as part of the statement rather than limiting funding under the Transportation Plan. He also liked the suggestion that the work being be incorporated in the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Stemkoski explained the City will make the selection after completion of the I.E.S. Statement. If Council chose a route that was lesser recommended, possible the State may not desire to fund the entire project. Mr. Homing stated he believed they should know that in advance and that was the purpose of his discussion. Mr. Colvinquestioned if Mr. Knauss's proposed alternate route be considered by Engineering? Mr. Stemkoski stated yes, he would provide Parametrix with Mr. Knauss's proposal. Mr. Colvin questioned if he was correct in his understanding that more money would be spent on evaluating the idea of a tunnel? Mr. Stemkoski stated the tunnel idea had been studied and evaluated. Mr. Collins pointed out the tunnel idea had not been studied or evaluated, only a covering of the road. Mr. Stemkoskl stated the Engineering firm had reviewed the tunnel option and after a brief review they discarded it due to an estimated high cost of construction. Mr. Colvin questioned what would it cost the City to have a further study of the tunnel option? Mr. Stemkoski stated the process is set up to evaluate every alternative presented within the scope of their work. Therefore, the contract with Parametrix will not change because of this added review. Mr. Collins explained E.I.S. Statements is a complete study of the environment and what it costs is not material. No matter who submits a plan it will require an in-depth feasibility study. He stressed the importance of not limiting any ideas and all alternatives should be given consideration. TAPE #940 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 20 of 21 President Morton questioned what were the five criteria? Mr. Baker, City Engineer, stated there are at least five criteria that must be met on the E.I.S. Statement. The most important criteria on this issue is "what will it do to the neighborhood"; "what does it do to the area, flora, fauna, impact of light; impact of noise, etc. The E.I.S. has to address the negatives equally with the positives. President Morton stated from what she had been told by people who attended the public meetings only three routes were being considered and it was not just a question "how would you be affected by one route", but by all three routes. She was not sure how a good E.I.S. could be developed without asking the neighbors how all the routes would affect them. And, the question should not be "if we do this route how can we mitigate your problem"? This gave the impression that a choice of route had already been selected. Mr. Baker stated he was sorry that interpretation came across as that was not the statement that was made. At the beginning of every public meeting held so far (documented on tape) it was stated they had considered 14-15-16 alternatives and they were available for public review; and those were. narrowed down to three alternatives. President Morton pointed out the public needed to be brought into the process and made to feel a part of that process. Mr. Estes requested an answer at Council's next Study Session dealing with this issue and hoped the engineers' would come up with a solution of what will be done with all the vehicles once they are brought into downtown Bremerton. Mr. Dawkins noted the State Department of Transportation desires to get a direct route to the Ferry Terminal, making it easier for people to find the Ferry Terminal location. The idea of direct routes to Ferry Terminals is a concern in several areas and one solution would be to eliminate the ferry service in Bremerton. President Hotton stated the only way that could achieve an end would be if the State bought up all the land around the Ferry Terminal. #2930 M/S/C/U(Horning/Estes) to adopt the 1992-1997 Transportation Improvement Program and Resolution #2354 and further direct that a Council Resolution be prepared and addressed in two weeks the purpose being policy direction to the Mayor regarding routing issues concerning Item #1 of the Six Year Transportation Plan; and to add Almira Street improvement, from Sylvan Way to Riddell Road, as Item #54; and to direct the Planning Commission to look at the Comprehensive Plan to make sure it meets the new regulations. TAPE #940 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes July 24, 1991 Page 21 of 21 With no further business meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m. KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, City Clerk LY~~NHORTO~, Council President City of Bremerton KLM/LH/me cc: Normal Distribution File/Vault