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Home My WebLink About02/22/84rape 110 Unapproved ~1990 Minutes CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 22, 1984 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held in the Council Chambers, 239 Fourth Street, Bremerton, Washington, Wednesday, February 22, 1984 at 5:30 p.m. with Council President Art Anderson presiding. Also present were Councilmen E. L. Sturdivant, Spencer Homing, Clyde Pachek, Roy Mosely, Phil Drouin, Bill Amo, Jim Adrian and Russell Johnson, City Attorney Bill Broughton and City Clerk Kathleen McCluskey. Mayor Dawkins was absent due to attendance at a Civil Service meeting. ~e meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and the invocation was given by A. Anderson. Mr. Anderson stated items 8C and D were pulled from the agenda. CONSENT AGENDA A. Minutes of February 15, 1984. AB84-78 B. Bid award to provide meals for city jail inmates for the year ending December 31, 1984 to Garron's Deli as lowest responsible bidder as to speci- fications in amount of $2.50 per meal. AB84-79 Motion by P. Drouin and R. Mosely to approve the consent agenda items A and B, carried unanimously. ~2024 MAYOR'S REPORT The Mayor's proclamation proclaiming February 27 through March 3, 1984 as Voter Awareness Week was read and presented to Gloria Clark of the Community Resource Center. Ms Clark discussed a campaign to help stamp out voter apathy and indifference, In the absence of the Mayor, C. Pachek, Public Works Committee Chairman, re- ported on committee efforts between City and PSNS officials to resolve the parking situation. Joe Gero, Planning Director, discussed work sessions re- garding parking in the downtown area, and stated the committee is looking for all possible ideas and developing a list for short term and long term solutions. Remaining committee meetings will be February 24th at 1:00 p.m. and February 29th at 8:30 a.m. in the Mayor's conference room. Jim Sommerhauser, repre- senting PSNS unions discussed the parking situation and relative problems. He indicated the unions are working to avoid a boycott of downtown merchants by PSNS employees. Mr. Sommerhauser thanked committee members for participat- ing and their efforts to resolve this issue. Mr. Drouin recognized Messrs. Sommerhauser and Amo for using annual leave to attend committee meetings, ~2520 PUBLIC RECOGNITION Trisia Martin, Silverdale resident, discussed programs for the handicap that have been deleted, and building codes that do not address the handicap. Ms Martin requested Council consideration for handicap regarding building requirements. #2704 Bert Gegner,934 Washington Ave., commended Council Members and the Mayor for responding to PSNS employees' need regarding the parking issue, and stated he is hopeful there will be a positive solution by this committee. ATTORNEY'S REPORT Mr. Brough'ton discussed the professional services contract for manager of the golf course that will be coming before Council in the next week or two. Mr. Broughton stated the B&O Tax ordinance is now before the City Treasurer for review and will be reviewed next Tuesday by the Budget and Finance Committee. He encouraged Council to pass this ordinance when it comes before them on the agenda. #2765 ORDINANCE 3889 - RI~dDOPTING 1982 BUILDING CODE AB84-36 Mr. Broughton discussed the penalty section of the UBC and stated it does not have a maximum fine, as a result the $300 fine has been left in. He felt a fine of $500 and six months in jail would be more in keeping with other ordinances. Mr. Amo, Planning Committee, discussed his previous con- cerns, and stated due to clarification of the language, he is satisfied this ordinance meets the intent of Council and the City, and the committee recommends passage. Mr. Horning, Planning Committee, agreed with Mr. Amo. Mr. Drouin discussed RCW 70.92.100 - 106 which has been adopted and has provisions for the handicap. Motion by R. Mosely and C. Pachek to pass on second reading "AJq ORDINANCE of #3117 Tape 111 ~0014 :-~0082 ~0126 :-~0185 '~0200 City Council Meeting Minutes February 22, 1984 Page Two ORDINANCE 3890 - SPECIAL DETENTION FACILITY/CITY JAIL A884-72 In response to Council inquires, Sgt. O'Neill, BPD, indicated there will be no special requirements for these cells, they will however, be located separately from the other cells. Motion by R, Mooely and J. Adrian to pass on second reading "AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bremerton designating certain cells of the Bremerton City Jail as "Special Detention Facilities" pursuant to RCW 70.48 as amended in 1983, for the housing of minimum security prisoners", carried unanimously. Mr. Sturdivant suggested a report in 6 months. ORDINANCE lot Readins - PROHIBITING FALSE OR MISLEADING STATExENTS A884281 Mr. Broughton discussed statute whereby local jurisdictions are allowed to adopt state law into local ordinances. At the time the city adopted state laws re- lating to gambling, the section covering prohibiting false or misleading state- ments and refusal to produce records was inadvertently left out. This amend- ment provides a necessary tool for proper enforcement of existing ordinances, and w~ll allow the City ot prosecute in Municipal Court. The word "county" was changed to "city" and the emergency clause was deleted. Motion by C. Pachek and R. Mooely to approve on first reading "AN ORDINanCE amending Ord. 3728 prohibiting false or misleading statements and refusals to produce records", carried unanimously. ELECT MAYOR PRO TEMIoORE A884-82 Motion by P. Drouin and E. Sturdivant to nominate Art Anderson for position of Mayor Pro Tempore for 1984. There were no other nominations. Question called on the motion, carried unanimously. DSHS FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT/FRANCES HADDON MORGAN CENTER A884-83 Motion by R. Mosely and C, Pachek to approve the contract with DSHS for fire protection services for state owned facility known as Frances Haddon Morgan Center, carried unanimously. WARP~IT REGISTER AB84-80 Warrants audited and certified by Darlene Hermann as required by RCW 42.24.090 have been recorded on a listing which has been made available to Council. Motion by R. Johnson and J. Adrian as of this date the Council does approve for payment warrants 1027 through 1047 inclusive in amount of $10,056.06 and warrants 1053 through 1194 inclusive in amount of $85,616.27, carried unanimously. COUNCIL REPORTS S. Homing stated he artended an AWC seminar last week and will be submitting a written report to Council. C. Pachek discussed a task force that is working to establish a waterfront work program for waterfront development. They will be meeting February 24th at 7:30 in the Mayor's office. R. Johnson discussed information gathered by the Finance and Budget Committee regarding amusement device and gambling taxes with a recommendation to be brought before Council. Mr. Johnson thanked J. Gero and Mayor Dawkins for their participation in the Kitsap Lake Neighborhood meeting pertaining to downtown redevelopmerit. Mr. Johnson discussed the Audit Committee's efforts to establish procedures for the auditor, and beneficial information from the County Auditor's office. Mr. Adrian discussed tapes to be played at the next Audit Committee meeting on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. B. Amo stated the Planning Committee is still attempting to establish a time for regular meetings that will not interfar with other committee meetings. The next meeting will be Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Denny's on Wheaton Way. P. Drouin, Wastewater Facilities Committee, discussed representation by KIRO Radio at the February 16th meeting. Mr. Drouin discussed progress on the County/City boundary agreement, and revision of contract replacement with Kitsap County Sewer District ~1. Mr. Drouin indicated the Navy Department will approve language revisions in the Navy Contract~ A. Anderson discussed the tremendous amount of time Council Members spent on the various committees within the Council in 1~83.. #0403 City Council Meeti February 22, 1984 Page Three _inures HEARING-AMEND 6 yr T~JjqSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM/RESOLUTION 2013 AB84-86 Dsve Baker, Asst. City Engineer, discussed the amendment to the 6 year plan to include additional projects (Kitsap Way, Warren Ave. and Naval Ave), which may be implemented in 1984. Mr. Baker indicated that in order to receive matching monies, these areas must be included in the plan. Mr,. Baker emphasized that no streets included when the plan was originally approved will be removed. Mr. Amo discussed other streets listed on the plan (Ohio, Hewitt, 15th & High), and felt E. 31st Street in the vicinity of Pine and Rickey Roads is in critical need of repair. Court Prisk, Field Services Mgr, and Mr. Baker discussed the need to include arterial streets'and leader streets into arterial streets in order to apply for matching monies. They emphasized that part of the funds are specifically designated for arterial streets. Discussion followed regard- ing requirements of placement on the 6 year plan, and method of prioritizing which streets will be repaired. Mr. Bs. ker stated state funds fall into categories, and streets also need to fall into the same categories in order to be funded. Mr. Adrian questioned how the decision was made to include these streets on the list, and suggested Council should have had input into the decision making. Mr. Prisk discussed previous hearing for the entire program with certain streets included in a supplemental list to be included later. He urged Council approval to include these streets as they need to be addressed. Mr, Gegner expressed opinion that there is no priority with streets not covered under the 6 year plan, and recommemded a general list of streets that need to be repaired. Mr. Prisk discussed a Capital Improvement Comprehensive Plan, which he is hopeful will be completed in June or July. Discussion followed regarding the necessity for more information and suggestion was made to delay this hearing until that information is available. Mr. Amo inquired how these streets became submitted? Mr. Prisk responded these are streets that have an immediate problem, meet the criteria and need to be repaired this year. E.Sturdivant expressed belief that there is no reason to delay this hearing and urged passage of this resolution in order to receive these matching monies. Motion by P. Drouin and E. Sturdivant to pass Resolution No. 2013 to amend the 6 year Transportation Improvement Program to reflect the addition of work items which are reouired to meet-current city street needs, carried as follows; 7 affirmative, 1 opposed (A~o), 1 abstention (Adrian). Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. APPROVED: KATHLEEN L. US {~"ERSON, Council President