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Home My WebLink About05/20/87TAPE #454 UNAPPROVED DRAFT #0031 #0045 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES May 20, 1987 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, May 20, 1987, at 5:30 p.m. with Council President Spencer Homing presiding. Council members present were Mottie Dawkins, Hank Waibel, C. R. "Tiny" Collins, Mary Lou Long, Russ Johnson, Shirley Marry Crutcher and Lon Overson. Councilman A1 Colvin was absent. Also present were City Attorney Ian Sievers and Rich Hanna, Acting Deputy Clerk. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Council President Homing with Reverend Ron Pratt of Trenton Avenue Baptist Church giving the InvOcation. CONSMMTAGMNDA A. Minutes of Meeting held May 13, 1987, #AB87-150 M/S/C/U(Crutcher/Long) amended. to approve Consent Agenda as CLAIM/WARRANTS REGISTER 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(Dawkins/Crutcher) on May 20, 1987, the Council does approve for payment those vouchers included and further described as follows: Regular Warrants numbering #29508 and #29514 through #29628 in the total amount of $169,262.56 PROCLAMATION Rich Hanna, Acting Deputy Clerk, read a Proclamation commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church and School, acknowledging their role within the community in promoting excellence for the education of young students. Mayor Lobe proclaimed May 23, 1987, as "WELCOME HOME, STAR OF THE SEA GRADUATES" DAY. Present to receive the Proclamation were Kent Meyers, Principal and Phil Drouin, past graduate of Star of the Sea School. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Mr. Dawkins reminded everyone of Memorial Services to be held at Ivy Green Cemetery on Monday, May 25, and pointed out the fact that the only replica of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located in Bremerton at the cemetery. Mr. Crutcher artended KCAP's planning meeting and reported that efforts are being undertaken to combine Bremerton food banks under one name in order to qualify for greater amounts of funding. Mr. Waibel artended a number of Armed Forces events and commended the efforts put into the activities and also reported that the "City" was the winner of the City vs Shipyard baseball game. He also served as a judge at a "Bus Rodeo". Mr. Collins felt that this years Armed Forces activities were some of the most entertaining that have been put on and commended those who coordinated efforts of the Living TAPE #454 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes May 20, 1987 Page 2 of 3 Fair/Downtown promotion which has helped to show that Bremerton is becoming a more "can do" city. He also noted that the real winner of the City vs Shipyard baseball game was the Navy League Fund. Mrs. Lone pointed out that the Council Chambers now has a new American flag. On May 14 she artended the Republican Women's Luncheon and artended the EWW Annual Conference on May 15/16, where she had an opportunity to act as moderator for a session on "media and elected women". Mrs. Long stated that the speakers at the conference were very good, but noted the excellent presentation put on by the President of Evergreen College. Mr. Johnson reported that the "appleman" was still set up at the same location but. that the Planning Department was taking the necessary action to enforce the appropriate zoning law. He suggested that staff and Council work together to establish goals to more effective enforcement of zoning laws. He reminded fellow Council members to fill out the input sheet for the Six Year Transportation Plan which was supplied by City Engineer. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Phil Drouin, 102 Olympic Avenue, spoke in response to Mr. Crutcher"s report on the possible combining of food banks in Bremerton under one name, noting the efforts of St. Vincent DePaul Food Bank and St. Vincent DePaul Society store meeting the needs of the~low income in the community. Robert Smitter, 1511 Park Avenue, read into the record an article printed in the Seattle Times relating to City Council banning video recording of Council meetings, and stated his position that Council should rescind their previous motion regarding video recorders and apologize to Mrs. Long and himself. Walterine Taylor, 2708 Callahan Avenue, stated her concern for the City's high water rates and the effect on senior citizens and questioned the reasoning behind moving the downtown bus stop to the ferry dock area. 6A - PUBLIC HEARING - RKZONK A 12,500 SQ. FT. PARCEL AT AUTO CENTER WAY AND BRUKNN AVENUE FROM R-1 TO MANUFACTURING, APPLICANT - HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF KITSAP COUNTY, #AB87-151 President Horning asked the "Appearance of Fairness/Conflict of Interest" question will all Council remaining except Mr. Homing who stepped down. Don Pratt, Planning Director, gave background data relating to actions taken to surplus this property, noting that a Deed restriction was included which provides for site plan approval by the City. The Earnest Money Agreement does include the reservation of City rights and the committee to review site plan would include Mayor, Council President, Council District representative. Approval of site plan would not include building design or elevation issues. Jack Allinoham, Planning Department, stated that the applicant must meet certain criteria, i.e., rezone must be substantively consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, must show a change in circumstances to justify modification of the original zoning pattern, must not have adverse environmental consequences and must bear substantial relationship to the public welfare. Planning Commission TAPE #454 City Council Reg; Mtg. Minutes May 20, 1987 Page 3 of 3 #1608 determined that applicant had met the criteria required and recommended approval of fezone with the additional of two conditions: (1) that the parcel be rezoned to Manufacturing rather than B-2; (2) that site ingress and egress shall be approved by the Engineering and Police/Traffic Departments to insure that optional traffic flow is maintained. Mike Burdick, Home Builders Association,-stated this was a difficult site to work with but that upon completion of their proposed building project it would be a definite improvement to the area. Jim Strait, 6530 Harlow Drive, President of Kitsap Lake Neighborhood Association, stated there were no objections to the proposed fezone, however he did question that the requirement for sidewalk !nhancement was not included. Mr. Collins asked if sidewalks were included in the proposed plan. Mr.' Allinaham, Planning Department, stated that sidewalks are not required by the existing Zoning Ordinance, however, they could be requested at time of site plan review or that Council could condition the fezone to require sidewalks. Mr. Johnson questioned a "Manufacturing" designation as the intended use is for an office building for the Association which in no way relates to manufacturing. Mr. Pratt stated that Long Range Planning recommended the "Manufacturing" designation rather than B-2 which would be more in line with the proposed new Zoning Ordinance and the fact that it was thought that setback restrictions would present a problem under the B-2 designation. Mr. Johnson stated that if there was a setback problem the applicant could come before Council and request a variance. Mr. Dawkins questioned difference between heights .structures built in Manufacturing and B-2 zones. of Mr. Waibel asked if the City could approve a B-2 zone with less restrictive setback requirements? Mr. Pratt stated that if that happened that would be granting a variance and there are specific requirements that must be met when requesting a variance and which were not included in this fezone request. City Attorney, Ian Sievers, concurred with Mr. Pratt's statement. M/S/C/U(Waibel/Dawkins) to approve rezone from R-1 to B-2 including the condition that site ingress and egress shall be approved by the Engineering and Police/Traffic Departments to insure -that optional traffic flow is maintained. CCS: Normal Distribution File/Vault