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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/26/83 Unapproved Tape 40 ~utes ~0764 ~ ~ CITY COUNCIL M~ETING MINUTES ~ '~- ~ October 26, 1983 ~ ~. 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, October 26, 1983 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 Kathy McCluskey. Mayor Dewkits was absent. The meeting opened with the pledge of Allegiance and the invocation was given by Clyde Pschek. #0787 CONSENT AGENDA A. Minutes of October 19, 1983. AB83-566 Motion by J. Adrian and S. Homing to.approve the minutes of October 19, 1983 as presented, carried unanimously. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS Claim for Damages from Marshall Dailey in amount of $1,000 due to being held by Police after dismissal of charges. This has been sent to the department for report. WARRANT REGISTER AB83-568 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 the Council. The Clerk stated total amount of all warrants, no. 13107 through 13396 in- clusive, and no. 13096 through 13104 inclusive, is $1,006,139.82- Total for Wastewater Facility Project is $823,537.19. General claims total $182,602.53. Motion by R. Mosely and C. Pachek as of this date, the Council does approve payment of warrants for the Wastewater Facility project from Fund 309, in the amount of $823,537.29, carried unanimously.. Motion by S. Morning and R. Mosely as of this date, the Council does approve payment of warrants from the General Fund,lit the amount of $182,602.53, carried unanimously. CLERK'S REPORT Ms McCluskey stated the Mayor's Adv~-~ory Co-,,ittee .met with Mayor Dawkins as his home on Tuesday. The Mayor'will be seeing his physician a week from Friday and should know at that time when he will be returning to his office on a limited basis. Mr. Amo inquired into administrative answers to questions pertaining to the Wastewater Project and utility billing. Ms McCluskey responded the Mayor had $nstructed the project Manager to respond to questions.. Mr. Drouin, Wastewater Counittee Chairman, discussed delay in answering the questions due to the Mayor's absence. He discussed the committee answering the questions after review, and feels their answers would be acdeptable. He indicated written response is available to the public. #1024 pUBLIC RECOGNITION Mr. Anderson discussed the procedures for public comment at this time. Mary Lou Long, 2433 E. Phinney Bay Dr., stated she wants to be on record opposing the charter amendments. She discpt~ed the pamphlet explaining the amendments being mailed to registered households, and feels it is too little, too late. Ms Long recommends a "no" vote on all the propositions. 3im Strait, 6530 Marlow Dr., discussed the Kitsap Lake Neighborhood Associa- tion's concerns with land clearing and' resultant silt in the waters. Mr. Strait suggested drafting of an ordinance to control these problems. Dis- cussion followed regarding refzrring to the Planning Committee for review and recommendation. Mr. Broughton, City Attorney, indicated this issue has been discussed wit~ the Engineering staff, and suggested looking closely at Section 7 of the UBC. Planning Committee members felt they should make a brief study and refer back to the administration. Mary Lou Long, inquired of Bill Duffy, Water Supt., amount of water consump- tion of city utility, and the major water source. Mr. Anderson informed Ms Long questions with complicated technical answers should be put in writing and submitted to the Clerk prior to Council meetings. #1497 #1730 #1742 #1810 #1846 #1888 #2250 #3190 Ta~- 83 City Council Meeting Minutes October 26, 1983 Page Two ATTORNEY'S REPORT Mr. Broughton discussed the granting of the summary judgemant in superior court pertaining to Gold Mountain Golf Course. Mr. Broughton discussed an effort to have ordinances before Council at the next meeting pertaining to handicap parking and contributing to delinquency and dependency of a ordinance, minor. The Attorney's office is working on a right-of-way permit and hope to have this before Council in the next few weeks. Mr. Broughton invited Council members to a presentation on downtown redevelopment on Tuesday, November 1, 1983 at 4:00 p.m. at Purkey's. They will ask for a resolution at the Nove~er 16th meeting. Mr. Adrian suggested not adop.t- ing the resolution until after presentation at the Council meeting. DISCUSSION REGARDING JOINT COUNTY/CITY JAIL FACILITY AB83-563 Mr. Johnson requested an executive session. Meeting adjourned to execu- tive session at 6:05 p.m. Meeting reconvened at 6:15 p.m. Mr. Anderson stated this item has been moved to the end of the agenda due to necessity of an executive session. OP. DINANCE 3874 - DELETE COUNCIL AppROVAL/STREET &.SIDEWALK USE AB83-553 Motion by R. Johnson and S. Morning to pass on second reading AN ORDINANCE amending Ord. 2961, gl, in order to delete the Council approval requirement for conducting business on the streets and sidewalks, and to raise the bond requirement, with the following additions: "at least two weeks prior to the proposed event", "recommended by the chieE of fire and police depart- ments", and "The City of Bremerton shall be named as additional insured", carried as follows: 8 affirmative, 1 abstention ~turdivant). ORDINANCE 3876 - AMENDING ORDINANCES 3543 & 3546 AB83-557 M~Dtion by C. Pachek and R. Johnson to pass on second reading AN ORDINANCE emendi'ng Ord. 3543 and 3546 regarding a change in land use restrictions for the Kitsap Lake Business District, carried unanimously. ORDINANCE 3872 - RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION/STIMSON AB83-540 Mr. Broughton stated the Agreement will be prepared prior to the 30 day effective date. Motion by R. Mosely and C. Pachek to pass. on second reading AN ORDINANCE grant'fng a right-of-~ay vacation on a portion of Rocky Point Road near the northeast corner of M~rine Drive/Rocky Point Road Intersection in the City of Bremerton, Washington, ~timson), carried as follows: 8 affirmative, 1 abstention RES. 1993 - SUPPORTING MAYOR'S pROPOSAL/NAVY TASK FORCE HO~PORT AB83-569 Motion by R. Johnson and C. Pachek to pass a resolution welcoming the home- ~g of CV Battle Group ships with the following additions: "Whereas, the City of BrRmerton offers a quality of life for servicemen and dependents which is not exceeded anywhere in the Puget Sound areas: and Whereas, the whole range of educational and colleg.e opportunities for servicemen and dependents are available in the Bremerton area; and Whereas, the infrastructure of the City of Bremerton is designed to support Naval facilities and is currently undergoing nmJor improvements which will enhance support of the CV Battle Group ships, and Whereas, the public attitude as shown by the expressed support of all trade and community organizations strongly support homepotting in Bremerton.", carried unanimously. CHANGE ORDERS NOS 1 & 2 TO CONTRACT C1 AB83-570 Dave Baker, Project Manager, discussed reasons forchange order no. 1. A reduction in contract amount for on-site burning, extension of 12" pipeline to revised manhole location; Puget Power charges for permanent power, and installation of lOxl0x6 tee in Kitsap Lake interceptor. Amount of the basic contract will be increased by $810. Mr. Baker discussed change order no. 2 to provide for extension of a 54" storm sewer from south edge of plant site to Sinclair Inlet, including manhole and outfall structure. with an increase of $130,000. Mr. Baker sta~ed this was not grant eligible, and the change is requested now due to concern of liability- Mr. Baker discussed continuing efforts to DOE for grant funding of this extension. Discussion followed regarding damBe that would result without the 54" storm sewer and City's liability~t Motion by P. Drouin and R. Mosely to approve change orders nos.'~ and 2, carried unanimously. OLYMPIC COLLEGE BRIDGE CLASSIC STREET RUN AB83-572 Motion by J. Adrian and S. Horning to approve the use of city streets for the Olympic College Bridge ~ssic Street Run with tentati' date of March 10, 1984, carried ,,nanimo,,s,/. #0012 #0900 City Council Meeting Minutes October 26, 1983 Page Three PROPOSAL TO CONTRACT OUT THE WASTEWATER FACILITY OPERATION AB83-573 Mr. Drouin, Wastewater Committee Chairman, discussed consideration to seek proposals for private operation of the wasrelater facility as in the best interests of the city and it's residents. M~tion by P. Drouin and R. Mosely to go out for proposals for contracted operation of the wastewater facilities. Discussion followed regarding other co-,,unities contracting out plant operations, and cost effectiveness. The ultimate result is to reduce sewer bills- Mr. proctor, Wastewater Supt., felt due to the number of concerns, the City should request quotes and make ' a determination after evaluation. Mr. Proctor stated privately operated public owned facilities is less than 1%. Ms Long stated she wished to be on record that all the agendas available in the Council Chambers exclude this item. M~ Long felt with less than 1% of public utilities being contracted out for private operation, this has been evaluated and is not cost effective, p. Drouin asked legal counsel if theelim- inationof this item'p~esents problems. Mr. Broughton stated it does not. Mr. Gegner discussed costs to the tax payera to request proposals, and re- quested notification to the public f a contract is to be awarded. Mr. Proctor stated the cost to request proposals would not be significant com- pared to the cost of operating the plant. Discussion followed regarding e public hearing to request input. Discussion continued regarding content of the specifications. The conclusion was that this would be a feasibility study. Question called, carried unanimously. COUNCIL M~ERS REPORTS R. Johnson, Finance & Budget Co~m~ittee, stated Council will be having a number of open study sessions next week regarding the budget. The dates will be published- 3. Drouin, Wastewater Facility Committee, stated their meeting will be Thursday at 9:30 a.m. E. Sturdivant, Charter Change Committee, reported that the Clerkis office has received and mailed the voters pathlets. A. Anderson, reported that E. Sturdivant and J. Adrian were present at the morning Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce meeting. R. Mosely, P. Drouin, C. Pachek and A. Anderson were in attendance at an all day seminar at the Senior Center. Meeting adjourned to executive session at 7:25 p.m. Meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m. KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, City Clerk