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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/07/90TAPE #780 UNAPPROVED DRAFT CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES #0017 #0036 NOVEMBER 7 ~_,~9__90 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 November 7, 1990 at 5:30 p.m., with Council President Lynn Horton presiding. Council members present were: Lon Overson, Wayne Estes, Spencer Horning, Hank Waibel, Morrie Dawkins, Ai Colvin, Russ Johnson and C. R. "Tiny" Collins. Also present were City Attorney Ian Sievers and Deputy City Clerk Gil Johnson. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Council President Horton Invocation was given by Reverend Doug Barker of the Olympic Evangelical Church. President Horton announced the Council would hold an Executive Session immediately following the City Council meeting to discuss "potential litigation". CONSENT AGENDA A. Minutes Of Meeting - October 24, 1990, #AB90-281 M/S/C/U(Waibel/Dawkins) 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 which has been made available to the council. M/S/C/U(Coivin/Overson) on November 7, 1990 the Council does approve for payment those vouchers included and further described as follows: 119467 through 119636 in the total amount of $243,304.96 and Regular Payroll in the total amount of $403,876.89 COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Mr. Johnson stated now that the elections were concluded every thing could settle back to "normal". He emphasized that the next 18 months would provide the best opportunity for the City to really get some work done as elections seemed to take away some of the sane time to accomplish tasks. Lately, he had been involved in planning for "managing the work force" in TAPE #780 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 2 of 18 this type of planning were: day care, job sharing, flex time, disabled workers, etc. Mr. Colvin reported this week he had the opportunity to escort his house guests, visiting from New Orleans, LA, to the Seattle Aquarium and Omnidome. He was very enthusiastic about his first visit to the Aquarium, the quality of the Aquarium and the interesting feature on Mt. St Helen's eruption at the Omnlaome. He announced District #I would host a special Appreciation Social, on December 2, to honor and thank the many volunteers who served on City Boards and Commissions and those who had shown a concern for what happened in District #1 and the City of Bremertono He extended a "open invitation" to anyone who would like to attend this event. He noted Several local merchants had been very generous in their donations for this event. Mr. Collins thanked the citizens of Bremerton for the tremendous voter turnout for Tuesday's election. He felt that people really were aware of the issues. Mr. Estes stated on Friday, Mike Schrader and he visited and talked with the Tall Ships Association, in Aberdeen, WA, and extended an invitation to the members of the Association to bring the Lady Washington to Bremerton sometime in the future. Coordination with the Bremerton Port was already underway, so it was up to the Tall Ships Association to make a decision on the proposal. ~ ..... Hornin~q reported he attended the Subregional Council meeting this date. During that meeting they conducted business regarding CenCom, Board of Health, Kitsap Subregional and Kitsap Transit; and authorized the distribution of FAUST Funds in the amount of $110,160 to the City of Bremerton relating to one-way streets At that meeting, they also began the application process, through the State Growth Management Act, for $344,000, which would be coming to Kitsap County. He noted it would be interesting to watch how the small cities of Kitsap County and the County came together to plan for growth and futures. He congratulated the "much enlarged" City of Winslow (as a result of the vote to annex the unincorporated portions of Bainbridge Island into the City of Winslow). Mr. Waibel stated the results of the election on Tuesday showed the electorate were much informed on issues and were holding their elected officials accountable. M~__H~o~_t__o~ reported that Initiative 547 went down in defeat and from talking with other on this issue, it seemed that TAPE #780 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 3 of 18 people felt if 1-547 was defeated it would send a message to the Legislature that people were not interested in growth management. She felt this was not the case and believed people were very interested in growth management and they recognized there was an alternate in its place with "2929" Now, the Legislature and all elected officials needed to be held accountable to make sure "2929" did what it was created to do - to manage growth coming to this area. PUBLIC RECOGNITION MaI~r Lg~ri~to[ read a Proclamation recognizing the family was the basic strength of any free and orderly society and was an essential ingredient to provide continued strength and well being of our Country and Nation. Mayor Mentor did proclaim the week of November 18-24 as FAMILY WEEK, in the City of Bremerton. Mayor Mentor presented the Proclamation to four representatives of the Selection Committee of the Family Of The Year - Melvin Patterson introduced Susan Brown, Dawn and Dwayne Williams and gave a brief history of the Family Of The Year award. He invited anyone interested to attend the Family Of The year Awards presentation on November 15, 7:00 PM, Silverdale Community Center. N_~ngl Moen, VFW Post 3694, asked that as people focused on Veterans Day observance to remember the many sacrifices made by the men and women of the military. She reminded everyone that those sacrifices were made to protect the Bill Of Rights and the rights granted to every citizen of America. Ms. Moen passed out copies of the Bill Of Rights to each Council member and everyone in the audience. She introduced John Adams, portrayed by Richard Chrisinger, who then gave the historical back ground of John Adams and his role in American history. He announced Veterans Day observances would be held November t2th at Retsil and at ivy Green Cemetery on November il. Mim Heuss, Executive Director Bremerton/Kitsap County Visitor and Convention Bureau (VCB), reported she attended the Washington State Tourism Conference in Wenatchee and each year at that conference the State Department Of Tourism awards a special prestige award call "Georgie" awards, which were for the best tourism any where in the State. This award included categories for best brochure, best poster, etc., and the Turner Joy won a "Georgie" award for the best marketing campaign in the State of Washington for 1990. The Turner Joy project competed with such projects by Gray Line Tours of Seattle and the Spokane Visitor and Convention Bureau, who had multi-million dollar budgets. She emphasized that Bremerton's $36,000 donation to the Turner Joy project showed very well and she was pleased to share this award recognition with the TAPE #780 City Council Reg. Mtg- Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 4 of 18 City. MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION AND FLAGSHIP ~_y~__~AB90-282 There is no requirement for Council action. Representatives from both organizations are here to present quarterly activity updates and to answer any questions that Council members may have concerning the expenditure of City funds allocated for program operations. qo__ngi~._p~Ma~, Grants Manager, introduced Don Atkinson, representing the Bremerton Main Street Association. Don Atkinson stated he would share some of the highlights on ~j'~{S they are currently working on. All Veterans Memorial - there had been a degree of success within the last two months of a commitment from the people who started this project to bring this project to Bremerton, if and when sufficient funds were available to build the memorial and an appropriate site was located. The Association would be going to the State Legislature to get them "on record" supporting locating the project in Bremerton; and to pursue with the State Administration the project to have a special amount of funding from decals on Washington State license plates starting in January !, which would be in support of specific veterans projects in the State of Washington. Veterans National Cemetery ~oj~ - the Association was putting together a coalition to pursue the location of a National Veterans Cemetery in Kitsap County (iiiahee). Work was under way with various community organizations, the Visitor and Convention Bureau, two labor unions and approximately 30 veterans' organizations. It was estimated that once the Northwest had a Veterans Cemetery, which was fully developed and partially occupied, as many as two million people a year could be drawn to the cemetery as a tourist draw. The Association felt this was a tremendous potential for the area. ~[emq~.t0~_.~l~_~_[_~___[e~_~Eal - the Association was in the process of critiquing the past festival and laying out plans for the September 1, 1991 festival. It was anticipated that the event would be held on the first segment of the City's waterfront boardwalk. Propo~p.~_~RSin__e~o._~mp!pT__eR~n_.t_~p~!~%p~_D.i~.~!c__t__- this was one of the mandates under the contract with the City for 1990. The Association was having a little difficulty with this task TAPE #780 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 5 of 18 due to the state of flux in the downtown business community. About five parcels had been identified as having changed owners and there were many more properties under consideration and negotiation. It was the opinion of the Association that implementation of a Business Improvement Association District would occur in 1991 or beyond. D_~[__._.~9gr.~. - the Association had carried out a fund raising project to replace the red/white/blue banners and were ready to hang new banners depicting a Christmas theme. The new set of banners would provide a display of 44 banners in the downtown area. An example of the new banners was displayed by Mr. Atkinson. A[~.Fo_rc_e_.s_E~p__t%_X~l- the Association was working on the 2nd annual Armed Forces Festival, which was not a function of Main Street but they did support it financially and manpower. A special interest item for the next festival will be hosting 50 Britishers, who served on the HMS Warspike, which was a ship that was repaired in Puget Sound Naval shipyard before the United States entered into WWII. Special events were being planned as part of the reunion activities for this group. Mr. Atkinson noted the Visitor and Convention Bureau was responsible for bringing this group to Bremerton for their reunion. Farmers Market - Mike Schrader and a number of other individuals and organizations had joined Main Street to bring a Farmers Market to Bremerton next Spring. This group had talked with numerous representatives of thriving operations, notably in Olympia and Port Orchard. ~3_~.~shington - the Association was working with Councilman Estes to bring about the visitation of the Lady Washington (tall ship) on the Bremerton waterfront. Connie Deva~e_e3_ introduced Ed sheldon, President of Flagship City. Mr. Sheldon stated he would be addressing three specific tasks they were performing. ~[~j~ ...... ~D~___~~ ...... R__e,tention Pro~r~ - this was a particular unusual project because the first thing needed to be known was what was happening with the Bremer Trust property? When this task was first given, it was not known if the Trust would be placing properties individually or collectively on the market. Flagship worked with the Trustee by encouraging and helping them to get the properties marketed TAPE #780 City Council Reg. Mtgo Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 6 of 18 in a body. They also assisted in locating the firm of Chushman And Wakefield to assist in the Trust's marketing program. Once the marketing program was developed, they searched for businesses that could survive a non-mall atmosphere and would be compatible with the downtown. They were successful in once instance to arrange financing for such a proposal. Mr. Sheldon noted the uniqueness of a downtown retail complex was set up so that someone could park in an area and walk conveniently to all business locations. Discussions were held with six downtown property owners about their properties and were encouraged to put their property in the market place to attract retailers. Flagship contacted the other major property owner in the downtown area and discovered that all of their space was filled except for one property. Recommendat~o__n_~__~..._.~p~iques To Improve That Revenue - this task force received a great deal of assistance from the City Treasurer, Planning Director and Council President. He noted this was a much more difficult and complex task than they anticipated. p~.~.~ ...... I~ .... ~.Qnjunction with Bremerton Main Street ~s__s.p.~!ation If A Business Im~_Q~m__e_~t District (BID) Wag ~.~_~_~._s~.~.__A~ ...... P~_i~b~.~_~ ~ !.~ .... So Re~p~_m_.end A Plan For ~mp~.pmentat~o__n__- the purpose of a BID was a marketing function to market merchants, who tax themselves to market a commodity, which was the retail core. Currently, the businesses were doing this in an effective manner, but were doing it in a different manner. Many businesses contribute to Bremerton Main Street Association, whose primary purpose was a marketing function. implementing a BiD at this point in time was thought to be inappropriate in the formal way of a BID, however, it would not be inappropriate when the downtown area increases its retail population. Mr. Sheldon addressed why Flagship would not be requesting funding from the City was due to a reduction of paid staff and the ability of Flagship members to contribute more on a volunteer basis. They would like to see this money applied to other projects that would be of benefit to the City, such as being dedicated to service debt if a bond was floated for a particular project. They would also proposed to Kitsap County that the $25,000 matching funds they received from the County be redirected to the City for further improvements within the City. Flagship's association with the City would not cease just TAPE #780 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 7 of 18 because funding would cease. Mr. Sheldon emphasized that if it were left up to him, Flagship would not interfere with City government in terms of looking for a better avenue or a better way to govern the City. It was within the purview of what Flagship could do, but he didn't think it was appropriate as it could put them in an adversaria! relationship with the City. Flagship would reduce their Task Forces from 13 to 6. Each Task Force, except the Revenue Task Force, would relate in some way to growth management. A new Growth Management Task Force would be established and its membership would be made up of the Chair and Vice Chair of the Transportation, Housing and Central business District Task Forces. It was his belief that the reorganization of Flagship, eventhough it was reduced in size, would be more effective than in the past. Mr. Colvin thanked Mr. Sheldon for his presentation and noted that Flagship, Visitor and Convention Bureau and Bremerton Main Street Association complimented each other and all of them were doing a great job. 6B - APPOINTMENTS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD - MARIWYN ~N~LEY, FRANK BRATONI~ AND PAT CAREYL__~B90-283 The terms have expired for current Parks and Recreation Commission members Mariwyn Tinsley, Frank Bratonia and Pat Carey. The Mayor recommends they be reappointed to another term on the Board. ~ayo~_~o~!~rM~qr stated after talking with the other members of the Parking Commission and staff it was quickly determined that he couldn't find better people to replace the current members; and he encouraged the City Council to make the reappointments as presented. Public comment - none. Mr. Johnson called the public attention to the fact that during the past 2-3 years these individuals had served on the Parks Commission, their role had totally changed from a group of people who were planning parks and were advocates for the system to actively become a very important and structured board doing Parks comprehensive planning. 1911 M/S/C/U(Waibel/Coivin) to approve the reappointment of Mariwyn Tinsley, Frank Bratonia and Pat Carey to the parks and Recreation Board. APPOINTING S. P. "PAT" CAREY AS A TAPE #780 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 8 of 18 ~FE~!~_~MBE__R~.~AN_Q.~_O_NORA_R_~_A~_O__F_~...~ AND RECREATION COMMISSION, #AB90-283A Mr. S. P. "Pat" Carey has gone far beyond the dedication and contribution to the City of Bremerton and to the State of Washington expected of even the most exemplary citizen. Because of his perseverance and success in the development and protection of parks, recreational areas and open space, Resolution #2326 is tendered to honor Mr. Carey MalQr__~p__u_!~_.._M__e_nto~ read into the record Resolution #2326, concurring appointment of S. P. "Pat" Carey as Honorary Chair and Honorary Lifetime Member of the Parks and Recreation Board. And, cited Mr. Carey's past accomplishments with both the City Parks Department and the State of Washington in the development of parks and recreational areas and open space preservation. Mayor Mentor further resolved that all trees planted during Arbor Day activities this year and all years hence, would be dedicated to Mr. S. P. "Pat" Carey for his efforts to protect and establish parks, open space and recreational areas in the City of Bremerton and State of Washington. Pat Carey accepted the Proclamation and stated how pleased he was to receive this recognition and noted his pleasure in serving the City for the past 30 years. He noted he almost wished the City had some "spotted owls" to help protect parks and forested areas. Mg_~!wjn Tinslevy, Chairman Parks Board, presented Mr. Carey with an Appreciation Plaque, from all the Parks Commissioners, for his dedicated service to the Park Board. She noted that Pat served as an inspiration to the Board through his guidance and knowledge of the parks system. ~r. Colvin pointed out that Pat Carey's wife had supported his enthusiasm for parks and involvement for the past 30 years and wanted her acknowledged for her dedication and help as well. Mr. Dawkins stated he had served on the Parks Board for about 10 years and he recalled that Pat Carey was the leading light at that time and all these years Pat's wife worked along side of him. Public Comment - none M_r~__C~.~D~ noted that Mr. Carey was a great historian and had shared with him the history on the HMS Warspike when it visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for repairs. #2389 M/S/C/U(Collins/remaining Council members) to approve TAPE #780 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 9 of 18 Resolution #2326, of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Mayor Mentor concurring, appointing Bremerton citizen Mr. S. P. "Pat" Carey as honorary chair and honorary lifetime member of the Parks and Recreation Commission of the City of Bremerton. ~._. ~ expressed his appreciation for Pat Carey's contributions and pointed out that Mr. Carey had worked many years with the Historical Society, Kitsap County Museum and Naval Museum. Councilman Overson left the Council Chambers at 6:45 PM. 6C - 10~ NOTICE TO ANNEX - TO MEET WITH PROPERTY OWNERS WHO PROPERTIES (KITSAP LAKE WATER DI~S_TRICT), #AB90-284 The City has negotiated annexation conditions with the Kitsap Lake Water District. These conditions have been incorporated into 48 signed agreements for properties in the vicinity of Kitsap Lake. There are approximately 90 parcels and 76 acres in the annexation area designated as West Kitsap Lake I. In the proposed annexation agreement the City would agree to purchase the Kitsap Lake Water Association assets within thirty days of final annexation, for the sum of Fifty Thousand dollars, less actual costs of system connection, but not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars. All property owners will be provided water service under the rates and regulations applicable to City residents following annexation. The next step in the annexation process is for the Council to meet and decide whether or not to (1) accept annexation of this area upon approval of a petition (75~); and (2) whether the said petition shall require annexed property to assume current City indebtedness; and (3) whether pre-annexation planning and zoning will be required or provisional zoning assigned under Zoning Ordinance Chapter II, Sec. 3. Terrie Hartson, Municipal Services Coordinator, stated that the property owners had come to the City and requested the entertainment of annexation actions and for the City to acquire their Water District. Public comment - none. President Horto~ questioned of the $50,000 being offered by ~'~ity Utility for the existing water system - who would receive those funds? ~_D_uJ_f3., Utility Director, stated that was the current value of the water system less TAPE #780 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 10 of 18 depreciation and those monies would be paid to the Kitsap Lake Water Association, which would then be returned to the original share holders. ~_t.gohD~gD stated he felt this annexation, in particular, was mutually beneficial. He noted the ecology of the lake demanded that governmental 3urlsdlctions that take care of property all around the lake be very coordinated to make sure that the land uses and types of land would be compatible to maintain the lake as a viable ecologically safe place. Considering the mandates that would be coming from the State through the Safe Drinking Water Act, he felt that the City's larger utility expertise would be more beneficial to the residents in both the quality of the water and costs that would be incurred in meeting those demands. M~t_9~i~ questioned if Camp McKean was in this service area? Mr. Duffy explained that the District extended from the present City limits on the north and bordered the U.S. Navy' facility at Camp McKean. Currently, the City's water system stopped at the north end of the Kitsap Lake Water District's system at West Kitsap Lake Road and Northlake Way. He noted the City currently provided water to Camp McKean, however, the Navy maintained a small two inch main down to Camp McKean. M__r_=._~!~.~ questioned for clarification if the signed Utility Agreements by the residents were to be as their signatures on the petition. ~_n_~.~ve___r_s_, City Attorney, stated this was a form that was used before when using Utility Agreements that contained a condition to annex. This was the first time those had been used where the owners were simultaneous agreeing to annex, as it was much more convenient than going around twice to get signatures. The Agreements, which incorporate the conditions for payment of the system, do constitute valid signatures on the one notice of intent, which was included in the Council's Agenda Packet. Mr. Johnson questioned if there was a reason for not including Camp McKean in this proposal? ~r. Duffy stated they were trying to work directly with the Water District. He felt the next step would to not only look at the Navy but some of the properties owned by the City south of the lake. ~._~9.~Y_i~ questioned if a vote of the property owners was required? Mr. Sievers stated' no, this was the "petition method" and it was expected over the next 3-4 weeks Council would receive the 75~ petition based on the same agreements. #2785 M/S/C/U(Waibel/Colvin) to authorize the Mayor to execute the TAPE #780 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 11 of 18 annexation agreement in the form presented. #2905 M/S/C/U(Waibei/Horning) City Council accepts the Notices of Intent for Annexation of West Kitsap Lake I, and requires assumption of the City's current indebtedness as a condition of any future Petition for annexation of the proposed area, but not require pre-annexation planning. FOR COLLECTION IN 1991. Public comment - none. President Horton questioned if the City Attorney had anything further to report on this issue? Ian Sievers, City Attorney, stated they had received direction to look into the methods and procedures of the County Assessor's office to see if some of those could be modified to get a more rapid update on assessed valuations within the City. Mr. Johnson stated he would like to see a map or print out showing the border areas of the City so that someone who was familiar with those areas could evaluate whether or not they were correctly included in the calculations. He related an incident where a contractor had obtain the necessary permits to do some work on his home, however, they were County permits and not City permits, which was in error. ~._~b_e_~ stated as part of previous discussions, it was determined that the process for re-evaluation seemed to be, by State law, so cumbersome that in fact the County could operate only every 6-years, and if that was the case, he felt the City should lobby to try to change the property tax laws. #3117 M/S/C/U(Waibel/Collins) to pass Ordinance #4295, on second reading, levying Municipal Taxes against all the taxable property within the City limits of Bremerton for the year 1990 and approving the assessment roll made by the Assessor of Kitsap County, therefore to be collected in the year 1991. 8A - PUBLIC HEARING - MAYOR'S PROPOSED 1991 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM PROJECT RECOMMENDATION__S~ ~9,:285 Each year the Mayor submits recommendations for use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to the City Council for consideration and public hearing. These recommendations are based on an application process open to the public and applicant interviews conducted by the Mayor's CDBG Advisory committee and City staff. TAPE #780 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 12 of 18 City Council review and approval of the annual CDBG Program is required prior to the City submitting its annual CDBG Application to HUD. Mayor Mentor recommends the following fund allocations: PROJECT TITLE Kitsap Sexual Assault/Legal Advocacy - $5,000 YWCA A.L.I.V.E. Shelter - $10,500 Bremerton Food Line - $5,500 Kitsap Community clinic/Primary Care - $19,500 Friendly Visitor Program - $4,500 Literacy Council-Tutoring - $4,500 g~NN.IN~_A~N~D_._~!.S_TIA~g~N ( 20% OF $330,000 ) DCD-Neighborhood Strategy - $10,000 DCD-!991 CDBG Administration - $56,000 CAPITAL PROJECTS & PROGRAMS DCD-4th Street Beach Access - $50,000 KCAP-Weatherization - $75,000 DCD-1991 Housing Admins.- $60,500 DCD-Housing Rehab. Loan Program - $124,000' *Mayor recommends allocating the additional $66,000 of Rehab Loan Repayments available to be reprogrammed to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program for a total allotment of $190,000. TAPE #781 Total CDBG Fund Allocation for 1991 - $375,500. Mr. Waibel stated he felt he had a conflict and wished to step down from this issue due to the fact that his wife, Marilyn, worked for the Community Services Manager and was involved the CDBG Grant processing. Mr. Waibei left the Council Chambers at 7:08 PM. Ma_/fg~__~p~_.~entor briefly outlined the process used by the Block Grant Advisory Committee, whose membership was Stan Everett, Marva Hancock and Anna Laurie. These three Committee members interviewed respective recipients for 11/2 days and spent an additional 1/2 day deliberating on distribution of funds. In 1991 the City would make available at least $425,000 and estimated an annual entitlement of $330,000, plus $95,000 reprogrammed from prior years. To that amount, he desired to add an additional $66,000 in rehab loan payments received late this year, making the total CDBG funds available in 1991 $491,000. He noted 17 applications for nearly $900,000 was submitted for the City's consideration for 1991. He informed the City Council that the recommendations in the proposal represented 100% agreement between he and the TAPE #781 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 13 of 18 Advisory Committee. He stressed how difficult it was to not be able to fund everyone that applied. In light of the continually diminishing funds available for social/public service projects, priority was given to survival services for people in crisis over other types of service. Because not all projects requesting money could be funded, no new agencies or projects were recommended for funding in 1991. ~rg_~_~!C~9~, Community Services Manager, gave an overview of the CDBG grant application process and criteria restrictions of HUD Block Grant Rules. She noted there were two major tests on the federal level that projects must meet in order to receive funding: (1} being an eligible activity; (2) must meet one of two national objective for use of Block Grant. Those tests are: (I) either primarily benefit low income persons; (2) prevent or eliminate slum or blight conditions. To this, the Mayor added a list of objectives to narrow the focus of the kinds of proposals that the City received to make sure that priority projects were carried out. All projects were required to be located within the City of Bremerton, and that Block Grant monies only be used to benefit residents of the City of Bremerton. This was to ensure that the limited funds were used to meet the benefits of City residents. In the area of social and public service projects, preference was given to existing social services, who were performing well, but not to the exclusion of new emerging needs that they were not aware of in the community. Effort was made to try and get projects focused on service delivery rather than staff costs. A minimum grant request of $4,500 was required due to monitor findings. In the arena of housing, preference was given to those projects that furthered "Housing Bremerton" objectives, projects that would benefit the City's Housing Assistance Plan target area of Central West Bremerton, and projects that would primarily serve low and very low income homeowners or owner occupants of properties. Preference was given in the area of slum and blight to those projects that would further the Waterfront Urban Renewal development plans. Economic Revita!ization focused on promoting economic revitalization and redevelopment of the downtown core area and 'that provided job training opportunities for low income Bremerton residents. Capital Projects - preference was given to capital development projects that directly supported the social/public services, TAPE ~781 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 14 of 18 housing projects, housing target areas, were conducted in slum and blight irradiation area or would benefit an economic revitaiization program. As pointed out by the Mayor, in 1991 the City would have an entitlement of approximately $330,000. The Federal budget was passed recently, which included a 3.2 billion dollar ailocatlon for Block Grant, nationally. That amounted to 200 million dollars more than was allocated last year, however, it may not mean more dollars for Bremerton as there were 12 new entitlement nationally. To the $330,000f they added $75,000 of rehab loan payments, $20~000 balance from completed capital projects and subsequent to advertisement of the projects the City received another $66,000 in rehab loan paymentsf which the Mayor desired to put into the "pot" and spend rather than just holding the funds and reallocate a year from now. M~.__Di~!~9~ re-emphasized the rules for distribution of Block Grant funds: 15% for social services projects; 20% maximum to planning and administration projects; 60~ to low income projects. The following applicants provided input to the Council: ~remerton food Line - Dorothy McKenzie, Co-Director, Explained the funds would be used to administer the daily operation of the Bremerton Food Line to provide emergency food for individuals and household up to four times a year, and to provide referrals and food stamps, housing, health care to other area social services agencies as necessary. Fund requested $7,000 - Mayor's recommendation $5,500. Fi.~S_a_P__.9P._m~_u~t3_~li_n_iq__cP_ri~[~ ~_a[e.- Mary Scott, Executive Director - explained funds would provide up to 1,380 initial and repeat medical treatment visits to low income Bremerton residents who were not otherwise able to access health care services. Funds requested $21,500 - Mayor's recommendation $i9,500. _YW_CA_~.~_~V-E- Shelter P[ogram - Barbara Maligh, Executive Director and Emmajean Haynes, Program Manager for the A.L.V.E. Shelter Program, explained funds would provide for a trained counselor at the A.L.I.V.E. Shelter 24 hours a day, seven days a week, operate a telephone hotline and provide for insurance and utilities. Funds requested $15,000 - Mayor's recommendation $$10,500. ~gspice Of Kits~R ..... C__o_~t~y - Don Tarbutton, Hospice Administrator, noted that the funding request for $5,000 had TAPE #781 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 15 of 18 not been recommended by the Mayor. He briefly outlined services provided by Hospice and the need for additional funding to carry out their program. He requested that the City Council give serious reconsideration to their request. (Note: the Mayor did not recommend funding for this project at this time because of the lack of funding available to address both basic survival services and prevention or coping services to low income people/households in Bremerton.) K!~ga_p ~e_xugl ..... A~a-g-lt--z- Legal__..Adyg~y - Joanne Gower, representing Kitsap Sexual Assault Center, explained funds would provide for Legal Advocacy Project Case Manger to assist victims of sex abuse through the legal system; train volunteers to provide 24-hour crisis line service and train service providers to recognize victims of sexual assault. Funding requested $5,990 - Mayor's recommendation $5,000. ~roject_,F_a_~Jf__of__~_~_._County.__T_,_F[ien~lX_~!sitor Progra~ - Mary Serbousek, Executive Director and Diane Knight, Friendly Visitor Program Coordinator, explained funds would pay for a coordinator to organize a parent-aid program to link volunteers with low and very low income of parents and children to provide emotional support and model parenting education skills. Funding requested $10,395 - Mayor's recommendation $4,500. ~!.~[g~i_Council - Free Literac[ Tutorinq - Helen Achterman Director, noted funds would be used to pay the salary of a part-time assistant coordinator to successfully match low income Bremerton adults who need help with basic English and math skills with a tutor. Requested funding $4,500 - Mayor's recommendation $4,500. T~_e_e__~g[~._[!~s~ Project - Housinq__Ko_r___t_.h_~ ~g!l_X__ll!- Lewis Coleman, husband of a mentally ill wife, expressed the need for additional housing for the mentally ill, providing them an opportunity to live in an independent but controlled group living environment. jeanenne Howerton, consumer and member of the Alliance For The Mentally Ill and President of "Friends", expressed the current need for such housing, especially those that may be losing their homes due to increased housing costs and low vacancy rate in the Bremerton area. Elena Argomainz, Planning & Development Director for Kitsap Mental Health Services, stated how disappointed they were that their housing project was not recommended for funding. In their efforts to find critical housing needs for the chronically mentally ill citizens, they had look to the example of communities who had dealt with these problems TAPE #781 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 16 of 18 successfully, and believed it was a viable solution within the Bremerton community. Requested funding $32,500 - Mayor recommendation $ -0-. (Note: Mayor did not recommend funding based on the proposed location of the house at 816 Park Avenue. The site was in a residentially zoned, but transitional area between modest homes and apartments, several vacant commercial and residential structures, and commercial/light industry uses in a mixed use zone. The proposed occupants, while capable of living independently, would be made vulnerable given the transitory nature of the area.) Reverend Horn, speaking for West Coast Human Resource Development Center, stated he wished to take issue with allocating of CDBG funds for Capital Projects and petitioned the Council to hold n abeyance the funding for the Capital Projects until such time they had the opportunity to look at the impact of those projects. He was of the opinion, after the Mayor spoke to the survival of many of these projects, that with in that category several projects did not offer nor support the survivalist notion. Funding requested $65,000 - Mayor recommendation $ -0-. (Note: Mayor did not recommend this project because it did not clearly demonstrate compliance with the CDBG National Objective of Area Benefit Low/Moderate Income for economic development which requires the creation or retention of permanent jobs where at least 51~ of the jobs, computed on a full time basis, involve employment training of low and moderate income people.) EnergyMatchmakers Weatherization - Kathy Schoonover-Russell, Human Services Manager KCAP, explained the funds would be matched dollar for dollar with Washington State Energy Matchmaker funds to weatherize the homes of very low income Bremerton residents - 50~ of the homes weatherized will be owner occupied, and 50~ of the homes weatherized will be renter occupied. Funding requested $75,000 - Mayor's recommendation $75,000. 4th Street Beach Access - Don Pratt, Director Of Community Development, explained the funds would be used to purchase land ($50,000), design and construct a view platform and beach access stairway at the eastern end of 4th Street off of Washington Avenue in the Downtown Waterfront Urban Renewal Area. The first step would be to acquire the land for this project. Funding requested $280,000 - Mayor's recommendation $50,000. Neiqhborhood Developme~._~_[a~g~y - Don Pratt, Director of TAPE #781 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 17 of 18 Community Development, explained funds would be used to complete a neighborhood development strategy, which would first define a desired future, assess current assets, analyze needed actions and develop strategies to achieve the desired further development. The three neighbors under consideration are: the educational neighborhood, which goes from Olympic College on the east up to the boundary of Bremerton High School on the west; Highland Triangle - bordered by Warren Avenue on the west and Highland Avenue and Narrows waterfront on the east and bordered on the south by ilth Street; Central Business District, which had lagged behind in close neighborhood attention for some time. Funding requested $12,000 - Mayor's recommendation $10,000. Housinq Rehabilitation Loan Program - Carol Dickinson, Community Services Manager, explained the funds would be used to make low interest loans to at least ten low income homeowners in the West Bremerton target area to rehabilitate their homes. this would be a continuation of the existing program where the City would offer 3~ simple annual interest loans, 15 year terms in cooperation with Security Pacific Bank. Funding requested $200,000 - Mayor's recommendation $190,000. (Note: the Mayor recommends that the $190,000 include $66,000 of funds provided by rehabilitation loan repayments to the City in 1990 subsequent to the advertisement of the 1991 CDBG Program. Abraham Laners, 1526 Elizabeth, stated he was speaking as a citizen and requested the City Council to take another look at the proposal submitted by the West Coast group because he felt that the Mayor's reasoning to deny any funding for this proposal was unfair. Mr. Collins stated it appeared to him that the Mayor and Advisory Committee had done an outstanding job putting the recommendation together. The Council's Operation Committee had considerable input from Ms. Dickinson. Mr. Estes questioned why a Neighborhood Strategy Study was more important than mental health, Hospice, and resource centers? Ms. Dickinson stated development of Neighborhood Strategies was important from the City's growth stability and development prospective. This would allow focusing in on smaller neighborhoods and how growth impact them relating to density and development. Don Pratt emphasized the Neighborhood Strategy did not compete with the social program. President Horton pointed out that each year all proposals must compete competitively with in their groups and just TAPE #781 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 7, 1990 Page 18 of 18 because they received funding in the past did not mean they would continue to be funded. M~=_~_9~in_n_~ stated he did not feel the Council could do a better job selecting the eligible projects, within specific categories, than what was being presented by the Mayor. He encouraged those applicants who did not receive funding, to work with the Community Services Manager in preparing future proposals. #2267 M/S/C/U(Coliins/Dawkins) to authorize the Mayor to submit to HUD an application for 199i Community Development Block Grant funds consisting of the projects and allocations approved by same; to authorize the Mayor to accept 1991 LO~NHORTON, Council President City of Bremerton KLM/LH/me cc: Normal Distribution File/Vault