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CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
OCTOBER 10, 1990
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The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton
was called to order in the City Council Chambers, 239 4TH Street,
Bremerton, Washington, Wednesday, October 10, 1990 at 5:30 p.m-,
with Council President Lynn Horton presiding. Council members
present were: Lon Overson, Wayne Estes, Spencer Horning, C. R.
"Tiny" Collins, Morrie Dawkins, Russ Johnson, A1 Colvin, Hank
Waibel. 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 was given by Reverend Talmadge
Wilson of the Charleston Baptist Church.
CONSENT AGENDA -
A. Minutes Of Meeting - September 26, 1990, #AB90-262
M/S/C/U(Waibel/Colvin) to approve Consent Agenda as presented.
CLAIMS/CHECK REGISTERS
Vouchers audited and certified by the auditing officer as required
by RCW 42.24.080, and those expense reimbursement claims certified
as required by RCW 42.24.090, have been recorded on a listing which
has been made available to the council.
M/S/C/U(Colvin/Dawkins) On October 10, 1990 the Council does
approve for payment those checks included and further described as
follows: 118054 through 118173 in the total amount of $125,025.11.
PUBLIC RECOGNITION
Mr. Colvin stated he received a card from some of his High School
classmates reunion group congratulating Bremerton for being named
the #1 city. He received a letter from Mr. Well concerning the
recently passed Dangerous Animal Ordinance. Mr. Colvin turned over
Mr. Well's letter to the City Attorney for a response.
Mr. Collins reported on a gathering of several Council members and
the Mayor for the beginning of the restriping of the parking lot
located at Roosevelt Field. He felt this was a good thing to do,
however, he came away rather concerned that there were a
significant number of young college students who thought the City,
and the way it was run, was a benevolent dictatorship- It may be
those students had never been taught that elected officials, and
even Dr. Simpson and the College Board, were stewards of publicly
owned land, equipment, materials, etc., and are answerable to
others. And, there were procedures that had to be followed for
a~ff~rent type processes and some might take longer than others.
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Mr. Estes stated he had been in communication with Representative
Max Vekich concerning the tall ship, "Lady Washington". Mr. Estes
would like to have the Lady Washington docked in Bremerton for part
of the year near the location of the USS Turner Joy. He emphasized
that Bremerton and the City of Aberdeen were similar in many ways
and looked to having closer ties with that City. He had been
working on ideas for improving and/or developing Forest Ridge Park.
After looking at the deeds on this property he could find no
restrictions on what could be done with the park and requested
anyone in the community who might know of any such restrictions to
please contact the City Council office. His research went back to
where the land was given to the City of Charleston in 1926. He
suggested Council select one business per month and give that
business special recognition. He noted Olympic Dart Shop had
expanded and moved across the street at 6th and Veneta. Along with
dart supplies, tee shirts, etc., artist Rich Farrell shares some of
their space. Another aspect of this shop was computerized
embroidering. He gave a special "#1" tee shirt to the #1 District
Councilman. Mr. Colvin thanked Mr. Estes for the tee shirt.
Mr. Waibel reported he also attended the parking lot restriping
event at the Roosevelt parking lot. The restriping would bring
about an increase in available parking spaces, which should be of
some help to the students. He too felt some of the questions the
Mayor had to field were somewhat unreasonable, however, they did
have some good dialogue with some of the students. He wished his
wife, Marilyn, a happy birthday.
Mrs. Horton stated this past two weeks she had been inundated with
calls and letters from people who were concerned about the
potential new Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency (PSAPCA)
rules concerning the wood stove smoke control program. She
announced there would be a public hearing on Thursday, October 11,
in Seattle at 9:00 AM, at the Port Of Seattle. To main topic to be
discussed related to lengthening the number of days the burn bans
would be in place and tighter regulations on certified stoves. It
was PSAPCA's intended direction that by 1995 all non-certified wood
stoves would be curtailed and removed. They are requesting that
counties and cities prohibit the building of new buildings with
wood stoves in urban areas. At this point, there would not be a
total ban on wood stove usage, however, it was her belief that
PSAPCA staff's intention would be to move in that direction. Mayor
Mentor was the City's official board member and she served as
alternate and she was greatly concerned if PSAPCA moved forward in
the direction it wanted to take, there would be a large number of
lower income people, who use wood stoves as their only source of
heat, who would go without heat during the winter months. Mr.
Overson stated these kinds of actions often have an Environmental
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Impact Statement (EIS) to support them and questioned if an EIS was
being done on this issue? Mrs. Horton stated no, and she was not
sure if one would be required. Mr. Overson questioned if anyone
was enforcing such a requirement? Mrs. Horton stated she would
bring that question up at the meeting on Thursday. Mr. Johnson
questioned the agency's creditability with their stance on
certified wood stoves when there was little or no control over
pollution conditions along I-5, businesses, such as restaurants,
who are putting smoke into the air 365 days a year compared to what
was done in this area. He could not imagine ever voting to not
allow people to put wood stoves in their homes in Bremerton before
a number of other pollution issues were addressed. Mr. Colvin
stated his agreement with Councilman Johnson's statement and felt
the issue of industrial waste/pollution should be addressed first
and then trickle down to the homeowners- Mrs- Horton noted on
Monday she had the opportunity to fly over Kitsap County,
metropolitan Seattle area and as far as Lake Sammamish, with
weather conditions such that it was a very hazy day and they
identified very few fires originating in residential areas. They
did see a few land clearing fires and from that inspection she felt
the smoke pollution problem may not be coming from wood stoves but
from other sources, i.e., vehicle pollution and industrial areas.
Mrs. Horton stated she tends to be a minority vote and voice on the
PSAPCA board and recognized that wood stove smoke was very harmful
to some individuals, who suffer from respiratory problems- She did
not support doing a wholesale regulation banning wood stoves.
Mr.Collins suggested Council prepare a resolution stating their
position on this issue, which could be hand delivered by Mrs.
Horton at the Thursday meeting. Mr. Johnson pointed out that what
was being proposed by the PSAPCA board was even stricture
regulations than the Department Of Ecology had on wood burning
stoves. Mrs. Horton stated that was why people felt there was a
breach of faith in that Ecology had come up with rules after having
worked with the wood stove industry, now PSAPCA wants to move
forward on the heals of that agreement and come up with new
regulations.
Mr. Estes requested that an item be added to address the increase
in cost of other type fuels.
M/S/C/U(Collins/Colvin) that the City Council direct staff to
create a Resolution that would cover the particular things
discussed at this meeting relating to ban on wood burning stoves
and pass it in absentia and let the Council President present it at
the PSAPCA meeting on Thursday-
PUBLIC RECOGNITION
Mayor Louis Mentor noted his appreciation of Council President
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Horton's continued participation on the PSAPCA board. He extended
a "Happy Birthday" to Marilyn Waibel. He reported on the "painting
party" at Roosevelt Field and felt it was one of the first
opportunities where everyone was working together...the students,
the College and the City.
Mayor Mentor read a Proclamation recognizing the National Society
Daughters of the American Revolution as a service organization
having pioneered in the field of preservation, environmental
issues, occupational therapy services for immigrants at Ellis
Island, established schools in Appalachia, recruited over a
thousand nurses for service in Spanish-American War, locating and
marking countless graves of Revolutionary War patriots, and
contributing to numerous historic National projects. Mayor Mentor
declared the Year of October 11, 1990 to October 11, 1991, as the
DAR CENTENNIAL YEAR IN WASHINGTON STATE.
~im Adrian, 621 Washington Avenue, stated in regard to the wood
stove ban issue, he noted it was not convenient for him to attend
meetings held outside of this area and suggested that PSAPCA
consider holding meetings in local communities identified as ban
target areas. He reported that PSAPCA had eliminated their 1-800
number and felt somewhat at a loss as to how one would learn of the
"ban" condition. He felt that just having the "ban" published in
the newspaper was not sufficient due to their being several
discrepancies last year between what Department of Ecology was
ruling and what PSAPCA ruled on the wood burning issue. He felt
very strongly that they should reinstate the 1-800 number if they
expect people to comply with such a ban. Mr. Waibel questioned if
there was any potential for lack of proper notification for
appealing a fine, if one was imposed? Ian Sievers, City Attorney,
stated he was sure PSAPCA would follow their requirement for
notification, however, someone may not feel they are adequate.
Elizabeth Buell, 1722 High Avenue, stated she had a wood burning
stove and liked the warmth it provided and felt it was more
comfortable for older people. She noted that she parked in the
downtown area twice in one day and emphasized she had better not
get a ticket.
6A - DECLARE OF SURPLUS EOUIPMENT - BURROUGHS B1855 MAINFRAME
COMPUTERS, RELATED PERIPHERALS & B25 MICRO COMPUTERS, #AB90-263
The City no longer uses its Burroughs B1855 mainframe computers or
any of the related computer peripheral equipment. In addition, the
City no longer uses the Burroughs B25 micro computers. The space
taken up by this defunct equipment is needed for the relocation of
current computer equipment and for work areas for Information
Services staff. The old equipment has little or no value.
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Kathleen McCluskeY, City Clerk, stated this action came about due
to the final conversion of all the City's hardware and software to
the new system. She noted the conversion process for all
departments of the City had run about 18 months and Bill Eley,
Information Services Manger, acted as lead and brought about a very
successful completion of that project. She expressed her
appreciation for Mr. Eley's hard work in managing the installation
process and continued effort to refine the systems.
Mr. Dawkins stated considering the equipment was located in the
basement of City Hall, he questioned how the equipment would be
removed into the Information Services office area? Bill Ele~,
Information Services Manager stated the equipment would be removed
through the Police garage area.
Mr. Morning questioned if there wasn't some use for the B25's?
Bill Eley stated there really was not from the point of view of
compatibility with the rest of what is being done in the City. The
B25's probably have more surplus value than any of the other
computer equipment.
M/S/C/U(Johnson/Waibel) to declare the Burroughs B1855 mainframe
computer and related peripherals and the B25 micro computers as
surplus to the City's needs and authorize the City Treasurer to
dispose of in the best interest of the City.
6C - REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT/TAMUYEH LAKE COMITY CLUB,
#AB90-252
The Utility has received an offer in the amount of $32,000 from the
Tahuyeh Community Club for the purchase of a 30-acre parcel of
property located at the south end of Lake Tahuyeh.
The Utility's Land Management Plan approved by the City Council
pursuant to Resolution #2135 on October 15, 1986, recommended sale
of the property to support purchase sale of additional lands
bordering the Union River Watershed.
The property has been declared surplus by the City Council and has
been appraised at $16,000.00 less the timber value in 1988. The
timber value has been estimated at $43,188.50. However, due to its
proximity to the lake, the acquisition of forestry practice permit
for the harvest of the timber is doubtful.
Bill Duffy, Utilities Director, stated this item was before Council
two weeks ago and Council requested some additional language be
inserted into the purchase agreement. That language was included
in the agreement, however, he had not contacted the parties
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purchasing the property, however, in past conversations with them
the language would be consistent with their intended use of the
property.
Mr. Overson questioned if the purchasers did have some objection to
the inserted language, would the item be brought back to Council?
Mr. Duffy stated if they did not sign the agreement some
modification of the agreement would take place and would then be
brought back to Council for approval.
Mr. Waibel stated he did not see wording stipulating in perpetuity
and questioned if additional wording was needed to identify it as
a permanent condition. Mr. Sievers stated no, once it attached
onto the current use portion, under (a), that would be deemed not
to terminate upon any event. Under (b) it mentioned "seller or
successor", which also made it a permanent condition even if there
was a new entity formed and sold to them.
M/S/C/U(Waibel/Dawkins) to approve the sale of the surplus Utility
property located at the southeast corner of Lake Tahuyeh located in
SE1/4 of the NW1/4 and the W1/2 of the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 of
Section 20, Township 24 North, Range 1 West and authorize the Mayor
to execute the purchase agreement subject to City Administrative
Policies and Procedures.
6D - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PARAMETRIX, INC., FOR
PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FOR GORST-BREMERTON CONNECTOR, #AB90-265
The T.I.B. has authorized funding for preliminary engineering,
including an Environmental Impact Statement, for the proposed
Gorst-Bremerton Connector.
The subject agreement provides for the engineering, technical and
environmental work required.
The funding will be: A.
B.
T.I.B. 644
Local 364
1004
Jan Stemkoski, Assistant City Engineer, stated the Transportation
Improvement Board did approve funds for Phase I at their September
21 meeting. Phase I included the Environmental Impact Statement,
Engineer's Design Report and everything for the plans and specs
preparation. Upon determination that the City did not have the
manpower in house to do something of this magnitude, the
Administration recommends the City hire Parametrix, Inc., to
perform the identified work. The contract amount would be for
$2,274,000, of which approximately $818,000 would be local funds.
The City's share of those funds would be approximately $123,000.
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Public comment - none.
Mr. Dawkins questioned if there was a time limit on the contract?
Mr. Stemkoski stated the length of time of the contract would be 20
months. Mr. Dawkins questioned what was the over all projected
time of their contract compared to the total project? Mr.
Stemskoski stated the total project time would be about five years,
starting in 1991.
Mr. Overson questioned if the City had ever undertaken or been
involved in this large of a transportation project? Mr. Stemskoski
stated no, not since he had been with the City. He noted this
contract was developed by the City Attorney. Mr. Overson
questioned if the contract had been modeled from existing
contracts? Mr. Sievers, City Attorney, stated yes, it was the
City's Professional Services Agreement.
Mr. Waibel questioned how firm was the other 3/4 million dollars
of local funds? Mr. Stemkoski stated the City had one year, after
the time of fund authorization, to secure the additional funding.
Right now, the City had verbal commitments from Kitsap County,
Kitsap Transit, Pope Resources, U.S. Navy, and Department Of
Transportation to provide that funding.
Mr. Johnso~ noted that some type of special provisions were
included in the City's wastewater treatment plant project, which
were included early on in the process so that should something go
wrong later the construction company and design agent and the City
would end up supporting each other instead of disputing with each
other. He questioned if something of that nature would be
appropriate to be included in the subject agreement? Mr Sievers
stated it may have been something further than the standard
professional errors or omissions clause, which was included in the
subject agreement. And, in reference to the contract Mr. Johnson
referred to, the inclusion of additional protection had not brought
the City much relief up to this time. He also noted that there had
been a statement from the insurer, Caroon and Black, stating that
kind of coverage would never be issued again. Mr. Sievers
volunteered to look into this issue and see if there was something
that could be negotiated.
M/S/C/U(Dawkins/Horning) to authorize the Mayor to execute the
Professional Services Agreement with Parametrix, Inc.
Mr. Dawkins requested representatives of Parametrix to give a
summary of what would be happening on this project. Walt
Berschauer, Parametrix Inc., stated they were looking forward to
getting started on this project. The first element of this project
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was to complete an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for viable
routes going from Gorst to Burwell. At the same time as the EIS
work was being done, engineering work commences. When the EIS
concluded a preferred route, then a Design Report was prepared,
which details many of the specifics that would be included in the
project. At that point in time, work would begin on
design/plans/specifications and then actual construction. The time
frame on the urban area was to have it completed by 1995 and by
1996 for the rural sections.
7B - RESOLUTION #2323, ADOPTING SOLID WASTE POLICIES FOR THE CITY
OF BREMERTON, ~AB90-267
The Bremerton Solid Waste Advisory Committee has drafted
recommended policies for the City regarding solid waste management,
municipal solid waste services, reuse, reduction and recycling
programs. The Bremerton Solid Waste Advisory Committee recommends
adoption of these policies by passage of this Resolution.
Mr. Johnson stated the Solid Waste Advisory Committee had been
meeting since June. What was being requested at this time was to
have Council agree with the recommendations of the Committee and/or
disagree with and provide some input or recommended changes.
The Committee was established by City Council Resolution, which was
very direct guidelines as to what work was to be accomplished, what
types of things to consider and to then advise the Mayor and City
Council what should happen with the City's Solid Waste Program.
They had available excellent volunteer resources outside of the
formal appointments made to the City, with representation from the
solid waste industry, interested citizens and organized labor. The
Committee established a network and dialogue with the Department Of
Ecology, WUTC and Kitsap County. He specially acknowledge the
cooperation of Randy Casteel and Anny Bringloe from Kitsap County
Solid Waste office. Committee training was undertaken on a weekly
basis and through that training they gained a depth of knowledge on
solid waste problems that needed to be addressed. They received
input from GRDCA, a consulting firm on the east coast, who had a
very large grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to assist
cities and local jurisdictions working together to solve solid
waste problems.
The first effort put forth was to determine how to comply with all
the laws such as, Waste Not Washington Act, Kitsap County Solid
Waste Plans and addition regulations, i.e., water quality issues,
and air pollution quality issues. They attempted to provide things
and incentives to make a program work, some being very positive
incentives that would encourage people to participate and there
were about 104 who needed negative incentives to almost force them
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into participation in the program- The need to enhance
relationships was addressed and how things interact one upon the
other. To date they had not considered a lot relating to "cost" -
with mandatory requirements the next phase would be looking at
costs.
Upon Council approval, they would work on the "when" and "how"
stage and the committee was recommending that the solid waste
contract for the City of Bremerton, which is currently only a
hauler contract, ends the third quarter of 1991. Beginning the
fourth quarter of 1991, a new contract would be in place. The
Committee strongly recommends that the new contract not be a hauler
contract but a full solid waste services contract covering a 10
year period.
The Committee had some success in lobbying for improved regulations
and looked forward to more successes in the future. They would
also need some successes in establishing interlocal agreements with
the county and other jurisdictions so that everyone located on the
peninsula were on the same track.
Committee Milestones: (1) Because the City joined with the County
and other jurisdictions in Kitsap County on solid waste planning
and programs, this represents the best example on the peninsula of
working together. (2) The City was one of the first cities in the
state to pass preferential procurement policies for recycled
materials, instructing City staff to use recycled materials even if
they cost a bit more. (3) Established a City Recycling Coordinator
and Committee, which meets on a fairly regular basis, implemented
collection of office paper, waste reduction programs. (4) An
Ordinance was passed establishing Solid Waste Management authority
pursuant to the Waste Not Washington Act of 1989. (5) City had been
active in pursuing intermediate processing of recycling materials.
(5) Committee was established. (6) Networks were established. (7)
Committee training and education implemented (next step will be to
educate the public).
It was hoped that there would be enough direction through the
recommended policies to the Mayor and City staff so that they could
commence the contract negotiation process in January 1991, and
drafting interlocal agreements during November, with Legislative
proposals (working with AWC and Legislative Delegation) by January
and a finished new contract by October 1991.
Mr. Johnson stated the solid waste industry was changing with new
technology coming on line to helping them deal with solid waste.
Regulations were changing almost on a monthly basis and private
sector capabilities were getting better. The recycle market would
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continue to be very volatile, which made curb side pick up
decisions very difficult. The program that was being recommended
was not residential only, it was their intent to have tailored
programs that involve multi-family, residential, industrial and
commercial type operations. They want to encourage State and
Federal agencies in Bremerton to get on board with the City's
program. The City's ordinance on litter control must be in force
prior to implementation of the program. Higher fines were
recommended by the Committee, i.e., first offense $200, $250-300
for future offenses. The Department Of Ecology made a
recommendation that the City may not want to go that high due to
Police Officers being tempted not to issue a ticket the first time
they observe this violation and th,ey suggested a lower rate of $50-
200-250. Mr. Johnson noted discussion with Police and Court
personnel was needed to determine what was the most effective way.
At the time the Committee was meeting, there was some talk of a
correction facility being developed in the Kitsap County Area.
Since that interest had diminished some, they still felt
development of a facility might happen sometime in the future and
whatever industry may be a part of that facility should have
recyclable materials in the intermediate process.
The Committee recommends establishing the City policy so that when
looking at land use decisions consideration was given to volumes to
be added to the waste stream and how it would be removed.
Mitigation of those issues should be part of the planning process
for development of a business. They also want to cooperate with
Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency in ways of disposing land
clearing materials without doing large slash burns.
Spring Clean Up Program - as it presently stands, it does not do a
lot to help with disposal of solid waste. The Committee
recommended doing a separate program that still provided a service
to the citizens, but on a year-round program.
Committee recommended that the City establish one position,
established outside the General Fund (rate payers of the solid
waste services would fund that position), who could help with the
environmental questions that come up with solid waste and implement
the educational arenas and recycling program.
The City needed to establish methods for enforcement of the solid
waste programs. Questions had been raised in the past as to how
the current contractor enforced the rules and what were the rules
being formed. The new contract, with the full services, should
state clearly who would enforce, what would be enforced and how.
Mr. Johnson supported pursuing the establishment of a full service
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solid waste transfer station either in or near the city limits of
Bremerton.
Rates - Committee recommended "they who generate the waste pay for
it" The current rate structures were not based on that basis and
there were some extremely large discounts, particularly on the
industrial/commercial side. When looking at weight/measurement
instead of volume and if there was a discount for high volume waste
generators, that discount should be only the amount that stays the
same for transportation of one larger container to the landfill
instead of a number of little barrels. The Department Of Ecology
had one rate change recommendation - that the second can on a
residential pick up not be totally based on the cost. The base
residential rate would be a mini-can rate coupled with readily
accessible recycling programs. The Committee hoped to hold the
mini-can rate somewhat similar to what was currently being charged.
Another item that needed to be addressed was establishment of the
tenant/landlord solid waste responsibilities. The City, hauler and
landfill still needed to be paid for trash picked up when tenants
moved out or threw extra cans and bags in a large dumpster,
however, it was not fair to shift that total cost onto the
landlord. Currently the City did not do a very good job with
"temporary suspension of garbage" and a better method needed to be
developed. Where possible, rates should be based upon weight
versus volume measures. The Committee also looked at the use of
standard size cans provided by the contractor, such as the Dura
Can, that could be used on the trucks with automatic lifting
devices that cut costs for the contractor.
General Recycling - the Waste Not Washington Bill stated that
cities will reach 50~ recycling by 1992 and that curb side or some
other equal method would be mandated. From discussion with DOE,
they had not defined anything that was an "equal method" to
curbside pick up, nor did they specify how many commodities would
be picked up that way nor did they define which commodities they
should be. Mr. Johnson noted the City would have at least one
commodity picked up, however, he did not know how often. Curbside
pick up was a very expensive method of handling recyclable
materials. For those commodities that were normally thought of as
candidates for mandatory curbside pick up, i.e., yard waste, would
be very expensive to pick up and other methods of collecting and
disposing were being considered. Those types of services could be
considered as optional. There would also be specialized curbside
for industrial and commercial type family users.
Yard Waste - this accounts for about 40-45~ of what goes into the
sanitary landfill. Consideration would be given to an optional
curbside pick up with some drop off sites located throughout the
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city. The City would work together with the County and there would
be a County composting facility at Olympic View Landfill. The
first priority for yard waste would be to have a good backyard
composting program. This would not be limited to just single
family residents but would include multi-family high density areas
as well. Another desirable item was some type of wood chipping
process located at the landfill site or something that was portable
and could be moved from area-to-area.
Car Batteries - the private sector has already undertaken the
recycling efforts. Currently practice seems to be that if someone
purchased a new battery and did not have an old one to turn in,
they are charged $5.00 extra.
Motor Oil and other hazardous items - after discussions with Kitsap
County, it was determined Bremerton's volumes were not sufficient
to develop an independent program and that it would be more
beneficial to work on a joint program and participate in one.
Diapers - the first effort would be to provide some incentives for
the use of cloth diapers. Other cities have ordinances that ban
human waste in landfills and trash cans, which would eliminate the
disposal diaper problem.
Wet Garbage - this would include waste from restaurants, grocery
stores, etc. To address this item investigation into agricultural
uses, e.g., animal feeding, would be a viable alternative-
Asbestos - the City would use the County program.
Medical Waste - the City would work closely with Harrison Hospital
and Bremerton/Kitsap County Health District.
Christmas Trees - there will be a program at Christmas time to
facilitate disposal.
Appliances, Furniture, Junk Cars, Metals - this would be the
replacement or enhancement of the Spring Clean Up program.
Phone Books - with the new plant in Port Angeles, a phone book
recycling program can be instituted.
Fabrics - this was a challenge and effort would be put forth to
work with textile and other fabric industries to provide for a
fabric-textile recycling and/or alternative disposal program.
Grease and Oil Traps - grease traps were the result of the new
sewer plant process and now provide a product that needs to be
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disposed of. Ways to provide a cost effective, easy to use means
for recycling and/or disposal would be pursued.
Hazardous Materials & Waste - City would participate in County
program.
Kitsap County Policy Recommendations
1. Recommend amending County Ordinances to ban yard waste from the
Olympic View Landfill and take action to publicize approved
landfills for yard waste.
2. That Kitsap County, as lead agency for solid waste management,
establish a means for waste stream audit service for commercial and
industrial activities located in Kitsap County.
3. Recommend amending county Ordinances to ban construction and
demolitions spoils from the Olympic View Landfill and take action
to publicize approved landfills for this material.
4. County and Cities pass similar ordinances providing for higher
vendor fees for portable recycling operations, which only provide
recycling opportunities for single or small qualities of
commodities of high profit materials, to encourage permanent
private sector development of full service recycling centers.
5. County Ordinance for litter control and enforcement must be
significantly strengthened and applied. It was recommended that
fine structure of $200, $250 and $300 be applied for first, second
and third offenses respectively be established and further
violations be pursued as a criminal offense.
6. Participate with Kitsap County in the development of solid
waste education programs for children, adults and businesses,
including the development of curriculum materials for use in pubic
and private schools.
7. Participate with Kitsap County in joint residential, commercial
and industrial hazardous waste programs.
8. Participate with Kitsap County in developing residential and
commercial material exchange programs designed to encourage the
reuse of materials.
9. Encourage the County to establish SEPA procedures to include
solid waste stream generation and disposal considerations on
environmental checklists when evaluating development and land use
requests.
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Solid Waste Contract Negotiation Process
1. The City of Bremerton should retain a consultant specializing
in solid waste programs and contracting to assist the City staff in
the negotiation process.
2. It was recommended that City negotiate a 10 year contract for
solid waste management and services and not use the Franchise
process. As the solid waste industry changes over the next few
years, the contract would need to be modified, from both sides.
3. It was recommended that the City begin direct negotiations with
Brem-Air Disposal for services recommended by these policies, those
in Kitsap County solid Waste Management Plans and the Waste Not
Washington Act of 1989.
State Legislative Recommendations
1. The Bremerton Solid Waste Advisory Committee supports the
establishment of a "Bottle Bill" for the State of Washington. (Mr.
Johnson noted he was not personally in agreement with this
recommendation).
2. That the State pass legislation which allows the county and
cities pass similar ordinances which provide for business licenses
and impact fees applicable to high waste generation activities,
particularly those which are difficult to dispose of, are not
recyclable and/or are hazardous.
3. Provide legislation which would allow the county and cities to
provide development and tax incentives tailored to local conditions
which would increase business and industry use of recycled
materials and in recycling greater portions of their waste streams.
4. Enhance SEPA regulations to include solid waste generation and
disposal considerations on SEPA and other environmental check lists
applicable to development and land use policy.
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Mr. Johnson emphasized since the Solid Waste Advisory committee was
the only vehicle available to the City to address solid waste
issues, they would assist in the implementation of such programs,
coordinating efforts with the County, State and private sector.
Don Atkinson stated he was not a member of the BSWAC but did attend
all but one of their meetings. He commended Russ Johnson for his
leadership, innovative ideas and dedication towards the development
of Bremerton's Solid Waste Program. He emphasized that the City of
Bremerton had a tremendous resource in Russ Johnson, who should be
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saluted by the citizens and his fellow Council members for a job
well done.
Mr. Colvin congratulated Mr. Johnson for the "attaboy" he received
from the Department Of Ecology.
Mr. Overson congratulated Mr. Johnson for his contributions and
questioned what was being done to keep other areas from bringing in
solid waste to local landfills? Mr. Johnson stated that issue had
already been addressed, which brought about the prohibiting of
hauling in solid waste from other counties. President Horton
stated the Puget Sound Subregional Council had addressed that issue
as well and it was her understanding that the landfill operator had
volunteered to impose that restriction. Mr. Johnson stated it was
that kind of thought process that helped preserve a good quality
landfill for the residents of the peninsula.
President Horton stated she wanted to see something included that
would set the legislature in motion to take an active role in
encouraging market development of recycled products and packaging
requirements. Additionally, she wanted to establish a list of
businesses and products that utilize both recycled materials in
their products and packaging and to publicize it so the public was
aware of those two facts.
Mr. Morning questioned if there was a way to encourage some of the
shopping centers now to have drop off bins available for divided
distribution, i.e newspaper, glass, etc. Mr. Johnson stated he
hoped this could be encouraged voluntarily, however, when someone
dropped off items at a collection point such as this, then there
would be no monetary return. Mr. Horning felt a lot of people
would use this type of service. Mr. Johnson noted the Committee
recognized the concern for local recyclers return on recyclable
materials and that was why they took the stand on the extra high
tax on the out-of-town recyclers from draining off the cream of the
recycling crop. The City of Spokane has a successful program where
the major recycling commodities collection bins are located on site
of non-profit organizations, churches and schools, who then take on
the responsibility of maintenance around those areas and share in
sale proceeds of those recyclable materials. The Committee liked
that idea, however, when they talked with the DOE they indicated
there was nothing "equal to" curbside collection.
Kathleen McCluskey, City Clerk, read into the record Resolution
#2323.
M/S/C/U(Overson/Collins) to approve Resolution #2323, adopting
Solid Waste Policies for the City of Bremerton, including the
additions identified during this discussion.
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President Horton thanked Councilman Johnson and the Bremerton Solid
Waste Advisory Committee for a job well done. Mr. Waibel suggested
sending the Committee members a letter of commendation for their
dedication and commitment to this task. Mr. Johnson stated he
would also like to recognize some of the citizen volunteers who
gave of their time and talent.
7A - RESOLUTION #2322, AMENDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO INCORPORATE
"HOUSING BREMERTON", #AB90-266
On August 8, 1990, the City Council adopted Resolution #2307
containing certain objectives, target areas, and target populations
to guide deliberations on "Housing Bremerton". Subsequently, the
City Council at its October 8 Study Session reviewed specific
housing strategies and priorities both City-wide and on a
neighborhood basis to achieve the objectives in Resolution #2307.
~arol Dickinson, Community Services Manager, stated Housing
Bremerton was the culmination of discussions held over the summer
involving City staff from the Community Development Department,
Mayor Mentor and a housing subgroup of the City Council, Chaired by
Lynn Horton. She extended a special thanks to this group for their
contributions.
"Housing Bremerton" was an implementation strategy designed to
direct and prioritize City efforts to stimulate housing development
consistent with the existing Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
Ordinance to accommodate population growth through increased
housing density that maintained viable liveable neighborhood,
including the downtown core.
Bremerton was recently named by Money Magazine as the #1 Most
Liveable City in America and about the same time there were
questions that came up from local business leaders and residential
neighborhoods asking "what was Bremerton doing about population
Growth" and "why wasn't housing happening and why couldn't they
build higher density housing to make the community a more exciting
place to live"? In response to those questions, Ms. Dickinson
emphasized that Bremerton was doing and had done a lot. The
purpose of "Housing Bremerton" was to identify some things that
could be done immediately to make sure the public knew what was
going on. The City's activities did fit into Vision 2020, which
spotlighted Bremerton as one of four metropolitan centers in Puget
Sound and it fit in with the Growth Management Act 2929 and the
planning that would be taking place with the City and County.
"Housing Bremerton" had three different parts: (1) construction of
new housing; (2) demolition and redevelopment of obsolete and
inappropriate residential as well as commercial buildings; (3) to
rehabilitate sound and economically viable structures and preserve
the integrity and stability of existing residential neighborhoods.
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In summary, the following items would be undertaken by City staff
in 1991:
1. Code Enforcement Program: to be developed and conducted by the
Building Department. Code enforcement would be pro-active and
aggressive consistent with a plan developed with and approved by
the Mayor and City Council.
2. Conduct a scheduled update of the Comprehensive Plan in
coordination with regional implementation of the State Growth
Management Act.
3. Development of urban design standards for existing waterfront
urban renewal area for high density residential and new
construction areas. This was to address concerns that high density
residential would be of good quality to attract people of middle
and upper incomes and to not building what would become tenements
within a short period of time.
On a neighborhood basis, three specific actions would be taken in
1991:
1. Provide new construction of single and multi-family housing,
emphasizing east Bremerton, Kitsap Lake and West Hills. Those
areas already had land zoned for high density residential and they
also had land that was currently raw and easy to develop.
2. Conduct an Urban Redevelopment Study of downtown, which would
include the Highland triangle to Smith neighborhood. This study
would be in preparation of an Urban Renewal determination. Such a
study would include: goal of stimulating higher density, multi-
family housing in downtown, whether it be in conjunction or stand
alone from commercial.
3. Rehabilitation of owner occupied units City-wide emphasizing
the west Bremerton and Manerrs neighborhoods- Anyone who would be
interested in a rehabilitation loan from Kitsap Lake, West Hills or
East Bremerton, would be considered, however, the City's marketing
would target west Bremerton and Manette.
The Comprehensive Plan, adopted in July 1986, was the product of
over two years work involving a hundred meetings and more than 300
individuals representing residential and business interests. In no
way would "Housing Bremerton" be in conflict or opposition to that
Comprehensive Plan.
The Zoning Ordinance, which was adopted in 1988, did specifically
map out land that currently would be available for high density
residential. If one drove around the City it might be hard to
distinguish those high density areas due to the current use, i.e.,
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derelict single family homes or commercial uses in the heart of a
residential neighborhood that were not really appropriate for that
area. Ms. Dickinson noted due to Bremerton being an older city,
those were the development opportunities that presented themselves
and did represent a real challenge, which may be more costly to
develop.
Ms. Dickinson emphasized the preservation of existing family
neighborhoods. There were many neighborhoods, such as Manette, who
had a nice mix of multi-family, commercial and single family
residential.
They also wanted to make sure that the public and developers
understood that although the City had six priorities for how City
staff would operate in 1991, they in no way wanted to prevent a
developer from assembling properties and seeking a rezone through
already established processes.
Ms. Dickinson emphasized that they wanted to make "Housing
Bremerton" flexible - a living, active document, so adjustment
and/or amendments could be made to implement any new thinking that
would come from broad base community input. The ultimate goal was
to adopt "Housing Bremerton" into the Comprehensive Plan so that it
was grounded in the official document of the City that guided land
use determination.
At the conclusion of their discussions, seven points of emphasis
were identified ranging from construction of new family housing
with an eye to providing incentives to developers so that whenever
possible they included home purchase opportunities for moderate and
middle income home buyers; not making it exclusive to upper and
middle income buyers.
Ms. Dickinson suggested changing the word "aggressive" to
"proactive" under the section addressing "Code Enforcement" There
had been some complaints within the community that yes, code
enforcement was necessary, but they objected to the word
"aggressive". Currently,code enforcement was carried out on a
complaint basis. To be more proactive would mean going out and
looking at structures either on a neighborhood basis (block-by-
block), and/or the Building Official would come up with a strategy.
In terms of developing design standards, work was already being
done on that process. Last week staff attended a conference on
designs related to pedestrian amenities. As the downtown developed
into higher density and higher quality residential uses, it was
desired that it be pedestrian oriented and to do that there must be
design standards that addressed width of sidewalks, etc..,
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In response to a comment made by Councilman Johnson at the Study
Session on September 8, Ms. Dickinson recognized the Bremerton
Housing Authority for their assistance and support, as well as
being a partner with the City of Bremerton in implementing the
housing programs. Already their Executive Director and Ms.
Dickinson had held discussions to explore the Bremerton Housing
Authority's financing Housing Rehab Program that would be
instituted City-wide.
Public comment - none.
Mr. Waibel thanked Ms. Dickinson, City staff and Mayor Mentor for
their participation in and preparation of material used for Mr.
Hough's subgroup, who developed many of the conclusions included in
"Housing Bremerton". He also publicly thanked members of the
public and business community, who attended those meetings and gave
input. He suggested following up on Ms. Dickinson's suggestion to
change the word "aggressive" to "proactive" in the document.
Mr. Hornin~q questioned, on the City wide strategy, item 3 -
Development Of Design Standards, if he was correct in his
understanding that the idea was to provide amenities...not to
become dictatorial in building design or colors, etc.,? Ms.
Dickinson stated what was trying to be accomplished was to set
urban design standards rather than architectural design
requirement. They were working toward an incentive based program
that would be attractive and beneficial for people to incorporate
urban design into a project. Mr. Horning stated he wanted some
recommendation from Ms. Dickinson to change that verbiage because
at this point it would indicated the City was asking for the right
to design all buildings, which he felt was not "American". Ms.
Dickinson suggested the wording: "develop incentive based urban
design standards for urban renewal, high density residential and
new construction areas" Mr. Morning suggested adding something
aiming at amenities as well. President ~orton stated she felt this
went beyond amenities. In previous discussions, ways of developing
high density units without having the feeling of "high density" was
stressed, i.e., windows were designed at angles so that views are
not limited to looking into someone else's residence. Mr. Horning
stated if that latitude was given in setting certain standards,
such as the window idea for view purposes, then the City would take
on complete design; and
design, as well as beauty, became so in the eyes of the beholder.
He did not believe that was what the City desired, nor did he
believe it would be right to do that. He felt it would be
appropriate to encouraged such design, but not mandate it. Mr.
Johnson stated he felt the thrust of this proposal was not to say
what
a building would look like or what color it should be painted,
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but when a second or third high rise hotel was built on the
waterfront what was wanted was to make sure those buildings somehow
fit together so that certain amenities within one complex did not
conflict with another. Mr. Hornina stated if the verbiage stayed
as written, City staff could dictate design specifics. Mr. Waibel
stated in response to Ms. Dickinson's suggestion of wording
"....incentive based" meant that it would not be mandatory. If a
developer took advantage of incentives they would be compensated in
some way. Mr. Morning stressed he wanted to see something in
writing. Ms. Dickinson suggested changing the word "design" to
"development", so that it read: "Develop incentive based urban
development standards and amenities for urban renewal, high
density, residential and new construction areas that promote
quality of life that preserve open space or view corridors". She
noted the purpose of this document was not to layout specific but
to say that urban design standards would be developed in 1991. Mr.
Horning stated he could support Ms. Dickinson's wording as just
stated.
Mr. Colvin stressed he did not want to see "slums" created in the
City of Bremerton. He was surprised to learn that only 404 of the
residents of Bremerton own their own home. He was pleased with
efforts being undertaken for increased home ownership for all
strata of incomes in the City.
Mr. Johnson thanked Ms. Dickinson for her presentation of this
subject and pointed out the interesting demographic information
provided with the Council packet and encouraged the public, who
might be interested, to review this information.
President Morton explained why this issue was undertaken...that
the City wanted to lead its own destiny. The City did not want
something forced on them that brought about something that would be
difficult to live with. Therefore, it was decided that the City
would take a proactive role in helping to upgrade and increase
Bremerton's housing stock and make Bremerton a community everyone
could be proud of and enjoy living in. She noted the Mayor, Staff
and City Council should be commended for their efforts in
developing "Housing Bremerton".
Mr. Collins noted once Bremerton was not considered a rental area,
534 of west Bremerton was owner occupied and 38-444 of east
Bremerton, Manette, Kitsap Lake and West Hill were owner occupied.
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M/S/C/U(Collins) to pass Resolution #2322, amending the City's
Comprehensive Plan to incorporate "Housing Bremerton" objectives,
strategies and priorities to implement the housing element of the
Comprehensive Plan and direct City staff to work on these
priorities for 1991 and to further move to direct City staff to
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review "Housing Bremerton" with the Planning Commission as the next
step to amending the Comprehensive Plan to incorporate "Housing
Bremerton"; with the addition of the verbiage discussed.
6B - PARKING, #AB90-264
Kathleen McCluskey, City Clerk, stated she had met with City staff,
the Parking Advisory Committee and collected parking related
complaints and comments from the public for approximately two
months. She emphasized the Parking Program was a trial and error
process and problems were not easily identified until after the
program was implemented. She acknowledged the merit of citizen
input as to how the system was working or not working.
RESIDENTIAL PARKING - currently the City charged $12.00 per year
for Residential Permits and $1.00 per Visitor Pass. This generated
approximately $8,000 per year. The original intent for the $12.00
yearly fee was based on the idea that people would take the program
more serious if there was a cost attached to it. It was always
understood that the revenue generated would not cover the total
cost of administration.
Commendations: The Parking Advisory Committee recommended that the
first two parking permits per household be free and there be a
$25.00 charge per year for any permit beyond the first two.
Another suggestion, encompassing input from staff and residents,
was that all Residential Permit passes be free and a charge made on
Visitor Passes only or the reversal affect, or no charge for either
permit, and that parking permits not be issued to any applicant who
had any outstanding tickets.
ENFORCEMENT - currently enforcement was 7-days per week, 24 hours
per day except Christmas, New Years and Thanksgiving Day.
Residents had expressed great concern about evening and weekend
parking as it related to guests. Recommendation was to change the
hours of enforcement from 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM - this would touch all
three shifts at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. It was not clear what
affect this would have on neighborhoods on Saturdays, if enforced
just Monday through Friday, and might have to be a trial and error
process until a determination could be made. Some of the
neighborhood residents were saying "enforce weekends" and others
were saying "enforcement was needed only on Saturdays" Ms.
McCluskey suggested trying no enforcement on weekends and observing
if any problems developed. She noted on some issues there were
equal complaints both ways...for and against.
GUEST PERMITS - currently the permits may be obtained at City Hall
for long-term visitors, not to exceed two weeks, or by calling the
Police Department Information Desk for 24-hour/one day permit.
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Under discussion it was noted the process was cumbersome for City
residents, who had to come to City Hall. Possible recommendations
included: issuance of two Visitor Permits per residence (brightly
colored placard to be place in window of vehicle), making them
clearly identifiable to the Parking Regulator and to the
neighborhood. Ms. McCluskey noted by using this process it would
be self-regulated. Regulators may not be able to tell if there was
abuse of the passes, but the neighborhood could and they in turn
could notify the City. She felt this might be the best approach
considering the difficulty they had experienced in the past.
In the commercial area, a concern had been raised over business
people who were in-and-out of the downtown area free zone several
times a day were being ticketed. This group requested some kind of
placard or permit. Again, this could be a self-regulated by local
business people. There was a perception that the two-hour
requirement free zone was new .... Ms. McCluskey emphasized this was
not new, as the City had always had a 2-hour zone for all parking
meters in town, however, now the City may be doing a more stringent
effort of enforcement. Recommendation - a permit could be issued
upon request to sales people, which would be self-regulated.
Policies could be written in the Administrative Services Department
for the revocation of the permit by the Administration Services
Director, if abuse of parking privilege was shown. This policy
would also include an appeal process.
ENFORCEMENT IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONE - currently enforcement was 7
days per week/24 hours per day, excluding Thanksgiving, Christmas
and News Years Day. Several business people had requested that
enforcement be discontinued during the evening hours to promote
attendance at functions held in the downtown area. This would
include the Callow area as well. Recommendation - that enforcement
be made Monday through Saturday, 5:00 AM - 7:00 PM. Sunday
enforcement was discussed, however, she did not have a
recommendation to make at this time.
PARKING ZONES currently it was unlawful to repark any vehicle
between two intersections if the combined parking time for the
vehicle exceeded the time limitations of the parking zone. The
purpose of this addressed employees in the commercial zone and
PSNS, who moved vehicles from space to space. If they were allowed
to continue moving their vehicles then the short-term parking
problems had not been solved to benefit anyone. This was an
important provision as it stopped the movement of vehicles,
however, it was difficult to enforce. Ms. McCluskey requested the
City Attorney to provide some suggested language that would address
this issue. Ian Sievers, City Attorney, stated the change in
concept was going from parking in one spot or a number of spots
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within a finite area. Those amounts of parking time, if totalled
up, would exceed the zone time limit. As the process evolved from
tire marking to hand held computers, it was difficult to determine
the length of time that a vehicle was parked in a zone. As it
stands now, a vehicle parking in a zone gets one single interval of
time, measured by the posted sign, and that time commences when the
vehicle was first parked.
John Taylor, 1207 4th Street, stated he was concerned with
residential parking on 4th Street. He felt it was unfair that
residents had to pay for Residential Parking Permits. In regard to
neighborhoods self-regulating, he did not feel this worked as he
had already tried that after making at least five calls to the City
Clerk's, Office and giving them evidence of what was happening but
nothing was done to stop the abuser. He questioned what happened
to the pay boxes that were suppose to be put up along the streets?
Ms. McCluskey stated she had not received his particular complaints
and requested he provide her the license plate number of the
vehicle and the permit number.
Mr. Overson questioned if the law states such that an individual
had to live in a particular neighborhood? Ms. McCluskey stated the
City requires proof of residency and accepts proof via a water bill
in their name, phone bill...typicallY not just a letter. Mr.
Overson pointed out maybe an individual was having a utility bill
sent to an address, but did not reside there.
Mr. Collins stated on the whole he agreed with the recommendations,
however, he did not agree with the Parking Committee's
recommendation that two residential permits be granted at no cost
but additional requests would cost $25.00 per year. He did not
feel the $25.00 additional charge was appropriate due to the City
having a significant number of families who had two or three
children, which could general several more vehicles per family.
He felt that if someone could be identified to a house they should
be able to park at that residence and possibly the permit should be
in the name of the homeowner. On the issue of enforcement, he
believed that Saturday and Sunday enforcement in the neighborhoods
was over kill. In regard to Parking Permits issued, if an
applicant had outstanding tickets then it provided one opportunity
each year to remind them they need to be paid. He supported
eliminating the fee charged for Residential Permits. He did have
one concern and that related to overtime parking within zones. He
noted he had cause to be downtown three different times in the same
general area on this date and felt there had to be a better way to
monitor parking than what was being done via the hand held
computers.
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Mr. Johnson stated he did not believe it was right that people, who
attended Planning Commission and City Council meetings, received
tickets for overtime parking. He questioned if there was some way
to exempt Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from parking limits so
that the public could attend those meetings without being ticketed.
Ms. McCluskey stated if enforcement was changed to 5:00 AM - 7:00
PM, that would resolve the problem. Mr. Johnson pointed out there
were church facilities within parking zone areas and questioned if
there was a mechanism whereby the City could be notified for
special services, such as funerals or weddings held during the
weekdays? Ms. McCluskey stated that was currently being done. The
whole idea behind stricter enforcement in the residential area was
to benefit the residents and her instructions to her staff and the
Police Department personnel was "if we error lets error in favor of
the neighborhood".
Mr. Waibel questioned if the hand held computer kept tract of time
and did they have the capacity for additional zones? Ms. McCluskey
stated yes to both comments. Mr. Waibel suggested that Guest
Permits be issued, that the resident address be included on them,
that they be created sequentially and if that number was put into
a separate zone with a time and one number kept popping up every
month all day long - then abusers would be identified. He
supported eliminating the cost for Residential Permits.
President Morton stated she agreed that there should be no charge
for Residential Permit, however, she did support having a charge
for any permits after the initial two. The reason for that was
because there were areas with very limited on street parking where
some garage space and/or backyard spaces were not being used
because they were not as convenient as on street parking. She did
not support charging for the Visitor Pass. She did support the
regulation whereby outstanding parking tickets must be paid before
a Parking Permit would be issued. She felt the same rule needed to
be applied to abusers of the Guest Pass as the regular Residential
Permit user. Ms. McCluskey pointed out if a Guest Pass user was
found to be abusing that use, the owner would also lose their
Residential Permit. She supported the Monday through Friday
enforcement in neighborhoods, but wanted the capability of Sunday
enforcement in the downtown area. She felt this action was
necessary to encourage those businesses who were open for business
on Sundays. In regard to overtime parking - the idea was to keep
the traffic flow going so that the commuter was not able to park in
the downtown area. She had received comment from business people
that since the City had gone to the hand held computers that
parking had gotten better and they are actually seeing people
coming into their businesses and making purchases.
Mr. Colvin voiced his disapproval of his inability to park in the
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downtown area in the same zone for longer than a total 2-hour
period. Ms. McCluskey stated the business people were happy with
the two hour time limit. If this regulation was changed then it
would just allow the downtown employees the ability to move their
vehicles from space to space and not allow the short term user the
opportunity to patronize the downtown businesses. President Morton
noted some people may still be moving their vehicles from space to
space, however, the business people were seeing customers coming
into their place of business. Mr. Colvin questioned what would
happen if a resident obtain a parking violation after he secured a
Residential Parking Permit? President Morton stated that person
would keep the Permit, however, if a ticket came up outstanding
then they would be notified appropriately. Mr. Colvin stated he
did not support having parking enforcement on Sunday. He did not
believe it was impacting the businesses that were open on Sunday,
at least not at this time. Mr. Johnson briefly outlined the
limited number of Seahawk games that might cause an impact on
parking in the downtown area on Sundays. He also pointed out that
there could be a positive side to allowing people to park free in
the downtown area on Sundays...people may frequent businesses that
were open. Mr. Colvin stated if people are penalized for parking
on Sunday he felt that those people may stay away from doing
business in Bremerton on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. President
Morton stated she was just responding to earlier discussions when
the business people wanted enforcement on Sundays.
Mr. Dawkins stated not only do local residents park in the downtown
area to commute to Seattle for events, but upon checking licenses
one would find people from Shelton, Port Townsend and Sequim. He
questioned if there was some way to arrange for a "pass system" for
doctors and attorneys so that their clients could park longer than
2-hours if necessary? Ms. McCluskey stated yes, that type of
program could be handled in the same way the Visitor Pass was
handled in residential area. Mr. Colvin questioned if all the
restrictions would apply when the Admiral Theater opened and would
this allow matinee performances? President Morton reminded her
fellow Council members that they turned down parking requirements
for the downtown core.
Mr. Morning quoted a saying "you don't make friends by giving your
product away" - he stated he was very supportive of most of what
was presented, however, not everything could be supported because
of the multiple choices. He stated under Permits, he supported
choice "A" - free Parking Permit for first two vehicles, paying
$25.00 for third or vehicles. Under Enforcement - 5:00 AM to 7:00
PM did do the job. When the time came when events were being held
downtown, this document could be amended to meet those needs. He
did support Sunday enforcement to encourage business to start up in
the downtown area.
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Mr. Overson questioned what was the next step to implement some of
the suggested changes? President Horton stated this was an
"information" item and once Council finished giving their input
then staff would take necessary action to bring back necessary
Ordinance amendments.
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Mr. Waibel questioned how often did the parking regulators monitor
the business area? Ms. McCluskey stated there was no set time, but
they go through an area and two hours later return and check for
vehicles that remained. Once that sweep through was completed,
they may not be back to that zone until late afternoon. There
still was a problem monitoring vehicles parking more than once
within any two-hour period in the same zone.
Mr. Collins requested some research as to whether or not license
numbers were being dropped out of the hand held computer and
whether or not it was possible to identify the various parking
spaces within a zone. Ms. McCluskey stated there was no ability to
identity the various parking spaces within a zone. The suggestion
of going back to marking tires in the free zone was a possibility.
Mr. Collins was of the opinion that there had to be a way through
the hand held computers to identify vehicles that were being moved
from zone to zone. President Horton stated she felt the City
needed to get back to the company, who supplied the hand held
computers, and research capabilities within the system. Mr. Waibel
did not feel that a resolution to regulating the zone parking had
been identified and suggested maybe not ticketing someone for two
days, who parked twice in one zone within 24 hours, however, upon
the third day that vehicle would then be ticketed.
8A - PUBLIC HEARING - REZONE REOUEST - TO ACCEPT COMMENT AND
CONSIDER A PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION PERTAINING TO A
REZONE REOUEST AT FOURTH & CHESTER, APPLICANT: RAINIER PROPERTIES,
#AB90-268
The City Council recently approved a number of amendments to the
City's parking requirements. Those changes became effective on
September 20, 1990. Rainier Properties, the applicant for this
rezone, owns a vacant lot at the NW corner of Fourth and Chester
and has requested a Rezone to apply the "Limited Parking Overlay"
(LPO) district to that property for the purpose of developing a
parking lot.
The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on this request
on September 18, 1990, and voted unanimously to recommend City
Council approval. Rezones require hearings before both the
Commission and City Council. If approved by the Council, an
ordinance will be prepared for Council approval to amend the Zoning
Map.
President Horton asked the "Appearance Of Fairness/Conflict Of
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Interest" question with all Council members being seated.
Ron HouGh, Planning Manager, provided a view graph showing the
location of the subject site and a map showing current zoning of
the site: Chester Avenue was the dividing line between the Central
Bremerton Residential (CBR) zone to the west and the Business Core
(BC) zone to the east. The site being considered for the LPO
District was in the CBR zone. He pointed out that the CBR zone
was a fairly stable residential neighborhood and to the east of
Chester was the BC zone, which was the most intense business/
commercial district in the city. This area use to be high density
residential until about three years ago when the zoning was changed
to BC, which allowed commercial development from Warren Avenue to
Chester, in order to provide more commercial opportunities. Since
that time, more parking lots had been developed and some of the
older residential structures were converted into multi-family
structures in that area.
The applicant's intent was to gain the Limited Parking Overlay
application to the subject site, which was currently vacant, so
that the applicant could apply for a Special Use Permit to create
a parking lot on the site.
The Comprehensive Plan - the areas on the west side of Chester
Avenue in the vicinity of the subject property were designated on
the Comprehensive Plan as "RESIDENTIAL, 7-15 UNITS/ACRE". This was
a "medium" density category that would favor a transition to higher
densities than currently exist in this neighborhood of mostly
single-family dwellings. This was about the same density as
allowed in the BC area.
Mr. Hough provided a map showing the Single Family Conservation
District, which was in the general vicinity, however, the subject
site was located about one block away to the north.
Existing Land Uses - areas to the east of Chester were in a
transition to commercial uses, particularly along Fourth Street
and Burwell. Commercial parking lots cover much of the block
between Fourth and Burwell and several large older houses along the
north side of Fourth had been converted to apartments. A
neighborhood market existed at the northeast corner of Fourth and
Chester until it recently closed. That building also contained
apartments-
Areas to the west of Chester are zoned "CBR" and remain strongly
residential, although a number of larger, older homes had been
converted to multiple units. The duplexes immediately adjacent to
the subject property were owned by the applicant. The subject
property was currently vacant, but recently contained approximately
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six rental units. The northwest corner of Burwell and Chester was
the site of an old two-story building that formerly housed Don's
Market and upstairs apartments. That building had been vacant for
several years, as had the two single-family dwellings directly
across Chester, which were in the same ownership.
Chester Avenue was the dividing line between Commercial and
residential zoning. However, it was a ragged line rather than a
clear and natural division. Most of the residences that are
adjacent to Chester were not well maintained and were
deteriorating. There was no separation or buffer from the nearby
Commercial zoning other than the street itself, which was
ineffective.
Mr. Hough stated if the applicant developed a parking lot at the
subject site, they would be required to create a 10 foot front
setback from the front property line. They would be required to
plant trees along the street frontages at a frequency of one every
25 feet and also plant trees along the adjacent property line, at
least one every 50 feet; and provide a 5 foot buffer strip. There
was an alley across the north side of the site, which did not
require any buffering. Mr. Hough pointed out the site would have
to be paved and landscaped and would require the applicant to apply
for and receive a Special Use Permit in order to develop the site
into a parking lot. He noted this process could be handled
administratively, and if not, it would go to the Planning
Commission for a public hearing.
This proposal had been processed through various departments of the
City, with no objections recorded. The only adverse comment
received by the Planning Commission was from the BACON organization
and they felt the application should be denied based on reasons
cited.
It was felt that the rezone criteria added up to a positive
recommendation and the Planning Commission agreed with that
position. There was a comparison between the need for additional
off-street parking compared to the need for this site to continue
to be part of the neighborhood. It was felt that a parking lot
that was properly designed and landscaped could provide additional
buffering adjacent to the CB district across the street and would
not infringe upon the neighborhood. Mr. Hough noted the site was
well within easy walking distance of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard,
located on a collector street and at the edge of a neighborhood.
Karen Fisher, Property Manger Rainier Properties, stated about two
years ago, before she was an employee, there was an old dilapidated
house located on that corner, which was demolished. Since that
time, the lot had sat vacant and they had looked into many types of
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developments, which could be approved, however, they could not get
a response back. During this time they had to barricade the area
to keep people from parking on the site. Even after the barriers
were placed, people would remove them and continue to park on the
lot. If approval was granted, the applicant would pave the site,
provide landscaping and install low ground lighting. Effort would
be expended to maintain the lot on a continual basis. The
applicant felt this type of use would act as a nice buffer for that
area.
Jim Lambert, employed by Diamond Parking, 2204 E. 31ST Street,
stated parking had been an on going problem in Bremerton. He
recognized there were no easy solutions to those problems. He
acknowledged the close proximity of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to
the downtown area and its lack of adequate parking areas to serve
the shipyard employees, which caused a major impact upon the City,
particularly the neighborhoods. He encouraged Council to entertain
the idea that strategically located parking locations could help
save the neighborhoods and lessen the impact from commuter
vehicles. He pointed out there was evidence of successful parking
lot locations in other areas of Bremerton, such as Gregory and
Chester, Burwell and Chester, etc. If the lots were engineered
correctly, they could be assets to the City rather than eyesores.
In reference to junk parking lots, he emphasized Diamond Parking
did not own all the locations they managed and they had seen, over
the years, that some things had been overlooked. He supported
improved parking lots that included paving, landscaping and
lighting and noted they were much easier to market to the user.
They were working to improve the appearance of the lots that they
currently owned and would encourage the landlords of lots that they
manage to follow suit. It was felt the proposed parking lot site
would not only ease some of the parking problems, but would also
help him to accommodate the people who were contacting him for
contracted parking, such as the Kitsap Federal Credit Union, Land
Title, etc. He strongly supported strategically locating parking
lot facilities that one-by-one would be approved by the City
Council.
John Taylor, 1207 4th Street, stated he had lived in this area for
about two years and he was glad to see the old deteriorated
building removed. However, he did not want a parking lot located
across from him home. He already had one lot to the side of his
home and did not want another in close proximity. So far, he had
not seen any constructive landscaping being done on the existing
lot near his home and he pointed out the lighting of the lot was
substandard. He cited several instances where City Police had to
be called to break up fights, loud music, open drinking,
destruction of private property, etc. He emphasized that the
existing lots should be improved first, proving their commitment to
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enhance the area, before any consideration was given to
establishing a new lot site. He felt there were other uses for
that lot that would be of more benefit to the neighborhood and
community at large.
David Webb, co-owner of the property located at 413 Chester, stated
prior to purchasing his property he determined that it was located
in a residential district, which was what he desired. He felt if
the subject proposal was approved, it would change the character of
the residential neighborhood and one of those changes would be
"privacy". A parking lot generated traffic in and out by people
who did not reside in the area. He noted there were many other
properties on the other side of Chester, located in the Business
district, that were good candidates for demolition and development
into a parking lot. Let Diamond Parking do business in a Business
zone.
Robert Horton, resided in the tri-plex at the corner of 4th and
Chester, stated his main objection to the proposal was that there
already was too much noise and traffic in the area and developing
another parking lot would added to what already exists. He felt
the applicant had always intended to use the site as a parking lot.
After the site was cleared, it was used for parking until someone
complained to the City that there should not be any parking in that
area from Chester-west. He expressed concern that most of the
people in the neighborhood had not received notice of the request
for change. Even though he was just renting, he had lived in that
residence for over five years and felt he should have been notified
personally, not just his landlord.
Del Knauss, 139 Olympic, stated on September 20, 1990, the City
Council passed Chapter 10 of the Zoning Ordinance, which included
the Parking Overlay area. The 4th and Chester site was not
included in that area and it should not be included. He emphasized
placement of one small parking lot in a residential neighborhood
would not solve the parking problem. The only way the City Council
could help solve parking problems for the shipyard commuters would
be to require the development of large parking lots, i.e. 200+
spaces. He reminded the City Council and Planning Commission that
they determined that there was no parking problem in the business
district and did not impose any parking requirements for that area.
He cautioned to not pass that problem on to the
residents...residential areas were for residents, not parking lots.
He felt it was not fair to penalize the little guy.
Kathleen McCluskey read the following names of individuals who
submitted letters opposing the proposal: Donald Cressman, 1519
Winfield Avenue; Vicki J. Emel, 2117 llth Street; Joe Johnson, 115
N. Callow; Robby Chern, 1518 9th Street; Wm. M. Prigger, 120 N.
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Wycoff, Robert Horton, 317 Chester Avenue; David Webb, 413 Chester
Avenue. Citizen's objections included:(1) parking regulators were
doing good job to open up parking for residents...no need for
parking lot; (2) siting parking lot in residential neighborhood
would decrease property values; (3) parking lot would only serve
commuters; (4) buildings being torn down made it hard to find
affordable housing; (5) Planning Commission used a photograph that
had been submitted by a citizen at the time he complained the lot
was being used as an illegal parking lot; (6) did not want
commercial lot in residential neighborhood; (7) once buildings are
torn down the City lost taxes; (8) City should be trying to save
housing, not demolish them to be built into parking lots.
Jim Lambert stated the residents did make some good points,
however, there were facts that they were forgetting. He explained
that development of large parking facilities were very costly and
to coordinate such a project would be very difficult. He
emphasized that Diamond Parking did not own all locations and it
was not cost effective for them to make improvement on properties
they did not own. He did acknowledge the citizen concerns as
expressed, however, he also noted there was a parking need for
people who lived within that neighborhood area. By providing a
parking lot to move some of the commuter vehicles off the street
could open up residential parking use. Limited Police patrol was
something that was being experienced all over the City and
disturbances were not being restricted to just parking lots...they
could happen any where. He explained that the allowed uses for the
subject site included a laundromat or mini-mart, which would allow
for parking. He was not sure what use would be the least stressful
for the neighborhood, but felt that a parking lot would not be as
great a negative impact as other type uses. He was very interested
in hearing what the neighborhood would want developed on the site.
If they wanted just housing, the zoning allowed nothing greater
than the building of a duplex. He stated he could not defend his
company in terms of the aesthetics of parking locations.
Donald Cressman, 1519 Winfield Avenue, stated when a building was
torn down the City did not receive taxes for water/sewer services.
He noted there was a housing need in Bremerton. He suggested that
the City keep parking lots out of residential areas.
Mr. Waibel questioned how many lots were currently available for
development to parking lots within the residential areas covered by
Limited Parking Overlays? Mr. Rough stated he did not have
information broken down as to how many vacant lots available in the
four districts that were created where commercial parking lots were
encouraged. Those four districts were targeted as transitional
areas. Mr. Waibe~ requested the definition of "District". Mr.
Hough stated a District would be a group of lots relating to each
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other somehow. Mr. Waibel expressed concern how this issue came
about applying a district to a single parcel. Mr. Hough stated the
Parking Overlay allowed one additional use to the CBR zone, in this
case that would be a commercial parking lot. When the other
districts were being reviewed, Rainier Properties and another
property owner requested that they be considered at that time. The
decision was made, at that time, to not include them because they
were not part of a district and it was suggested they use the
normal rezone process. He noted the Overlay District could be
applied to individual lots, if the Council found it was a realistic
or appropriate location for that use. Mr. Waibel stated he did not
believe it was the original intent of establishing a Limited
Overlay District to apply to individual lots. He questioned if
there was another process, such as a request for variance, to add
a single use to a zone? Mr. Hough stated no - a variance was
placement of a condition on the property in the event of a hardship
case. Mr. Waibel stated he did not feel this was the right process
for trying to establish a transition area on one lot. Mr. Hough
stated this was not one of the areas considered for the Overlay,
partly because there was not an amount of lots that could be
suitably used for this purpose and the fact that there was
commercial zoning across the street. On the other hand, they
looked at some corridors, such as along Burwell and 6th Street,
which they felt may transition to commercial one lot at a time.
Mr. Waibe~ pointed out spot zoning was not appropriate and spot
districting was not appropriate. Mr. Hough stated he would not
consider this proposal as spot zoning.
Mr. Overson expressed concern that Diamond Parking takes a lot of
money out of Bremerton and did not put much back into the City. He
was sorry that Mr. Lambert and Diamond Parking had not presented a
larger proposal that incorporated cooperative effort with other
agencies, such as Kitsap Transit, to really try and address the
parking needs of the City. He cautioned the Council to be very
careful in their thinking to try and encourage the quality of
housing and business that the City was entitled to.
Mr. Estes questioned what was the purpose of zoning? Don Pratt,_
D'~rector Of Community Development, explained zoning was to
designate what kinds of uses the community felt were permitted on
specific parcels of property, according to how they relate to other
properties. Mr. Estes questioned why did there have to be changes
made to already established zones? Mr. Pratt stated because zoning
needed to respond to changing values of the community and it was
entirely appropriate for Council to make amendments to the Zoning
Code. Mr. Estes noted two concerned citizens raised concern that
there was no buffer zone between the commercial and residential
areas along Chester and questioned why an abrupt line was allowed?
Mr. Pratt stated when people come into his office and request a use
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in an area that was not permitted he and his staff did explain that
they had an opportunity to try to change that law by taking their
request to the Council through the Planning Commission. They do
not give an outright "no", because there was a process they could
pursue. Rainier Properties and Diamond Parking did take advantage
of that change process. Also, there was a theory, which several
staff in the department subscribed to, and that was the best place
to break a zone was not on a street. It was not always best to
have business on one side and residential on the other side because
most parcels orient themselves to the property across the street.
The best place to change a zone was probably an alley, because the
opposing uses looked out their front window at similar uses and
don't look out their back window to the opposing uses. M_~. Estes
pointed out the alley did not run that way in this case. Mr. Pratt
stated he viewed this request as a very compelling decision before
the Council. He found it very interesting, when talking about a
residential neighborhood surrounding the downtown core, discussing
what other uses could be made of them in a time when it was
becoming increasingly aware of the value of the residential
neighborhoods. He felt it was particularly telling for this
Council to be discussing if there was a way to preserve what we had
and to introduce other uses into the residential neighborhood and
not upset the value that was in residential neighborhoods. Mr.
Estes questioned Mr. Lambert's statement that only a duplex could
be built on the property? Mr. Pratt stated that was incorrect. He
was not sure the size of the subject property, however, within the
CBR zone single family house, attached single-family duplex, multi-
family unit with a Special Use Permit and a number of other uses
were allowed. He felt the subject site was of the size to build
something larger than one unit. He stressed it was up to the
values of the community of how use of resources were allocated -
residential neighborhood were valuable resources.
Mr. Collins stated he felt Rainier Properties would prefer to build
some type of housing on that site if they were convinced that would
be the most economical use of the property. In the meantime, they
wanted to cut their losses by using the site as a parking lot. Mr.
Collins felt that the City must keep the integrity of what was
established as residential neighborhoods and felt that was the
dividing line. For the public's information...parking lots do have
to pay for sewage.
Mr. Dawkins questioned if he was correct that the City of Seattle
had parking lots with time limitations on how long they could be
used in that manner? Mr. Pratt stated yes, if such a condition was
to be placed on a property by a City it was important that it was
done up front. He related past Council action whereby they placed
a time limit on a parking lot in the waterfront urban renewal area.
Mr. Dawkins questioned if there was a specific formula used for
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such action from the City's standpoint? Mr. Pratt not from the
City's standpoint, however, from the standpoint of the developer it
had to be long enough to recapture their investment.
Mr. Johnson pointed out it seemed that the only place people wanted
to put parking was on ball fields, the waterfront and in
residential areas. He supported keeping the neighborhood as a
neighborhood.
President Morton stated not only did Bremerton have a parking
problem but there was also housing needs as well. She believed
if, as a nation, the population was to ever get over dependency on
the automobile, someone had to take a stand to encourage urban
housing on transit lines and encourage walking to work and business
districts. She believed now was the time to take such a stand and
to encourage development of housing, which may not be as
economically fulfilling as a parking lot, but would help retain the
residential neighborhood.
M/S/C/U(Waibel/Colvin) to disapprove the applicant's request for a
Limited Parking Overlay District.
With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 PM.
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APPROVED
LY~~HORTON, Council President
City of Bremerton
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