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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/05/83Tape 74 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES October 5, 1983 ',, i3~C~' Unapproved The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held in the Council Chambers, 239 Fourth St., Bremerton, Washington, Wednesday, October 5, 1983 at 5:30 p.m. with Council President Art Anderson presiding. Also present were Councilmen E. L. Sturdivant, Spencer Horning, Clyde Pachek, Roy Mosely, Phil Drouin, Bill Amo, Jim Adrian and Russell Johnson, Mayor Dawkins, City Attorney Broughton and City Clerk McCluskey. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and the invocation was given by Clyde Pachek. Mr. Anderson stated items 3A, 3B and 10A were re- moved from the agenda, and item llA should read "Agreement between City and Navy/Annexation". CONSENT AGENDA A. Minutes of September 28, 1983. AB83-525 B. Bid Award for auctioneering services to Stokes Auctioneering as to speci- ficiations and least commission payable by the City in the amount of 3.99% of gross sales. AB83-526 Motion by R. Mosely and S. Horning to approve the consent agenda items A and B, carried unanimously. #0150 BID AWARD RECOMMENDATION Computer Terminals/Printers for Data Processing. AB83-528 Due to need to further evaluate bids for printers and four month lead time to receive the terminals, recommendation is that the portion of award pertaining to printers be deferred and the contract to provide 9 display terminals in- stead of 6 terminals be awarded to Burroughs in the amount of $15,349.50 plus tax. Mr. Amo requested clarification of the need for 9 terminals. Steve Perry, Data Processing Manager, discussed advantages of having 3 extra units for use when terminals fail. He explained that with Burroughs located in Bellevue and Redmond,down time is 3 hours or more, due to travel time. With the extra terminals, down time can be cut to 1/2 hour. Mr. Perry proposes depot maintenance for all terminals at a savings of $3,785.44 per year over the current cost of on-site maintenance. Mr. Amo questioned the need for extra terminals, and felt a terminal not in use could replace a failed unit until repairs are made. Mr. Perry discussed difficulties with moving units from one department to another and/or requiring employees to relocate for the duration of a failed unit. Motion by R. Mosely and C. Pachek to approve award of 9 display terminals to Burroughs in amount of $15,349.50 plus tax, carried as follows: 8 affirmative, 1 opposed (Amo). #0300 INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AB83-530 Claims for Damages from James F. Johnson, Pamala Decker and Kitsap County Fire District #7, were submitted for informational purposes. All claims have been sent to insurance and appropriate departments for reports. #0343 CLAIMS/WARRANT REGISTER AB83-531 Claims and warrants audited and certified by Darlene Herrmann as required by RCW 42.24.090, have been recorded on a listing which has been made available to the Council. ' Motion by E. Sturdivant and R0 Johnson as of this date, the Council does ap- prove for payment Salary Fund in amount of $293,913.08 and FICA in amount of $11,349.07 for payroll period September 25, 1983, Retiree payroll for September, 1983 in amount of $41,384.08 and warrants 12845, 12846 and 12847 in amount of $65,630.61, carried unanimously. #0436 PUBLIC RECOGNITION Mr. Anderson discussed the rules of procedure pertaining to public recognition, emphasizing the 3 minute limit, and discussed Council's preference that a letter le submitted to the Clerk outlining facts and observations for review, with a response from Council within a reasonable period of time. Bert Gegner, 934 Washington Ave., discussed passage of Ord. 3869 pertaining to levying municipal taxes, and felt Council had not considered the resultant affects of not passing the ordinance. Mr. Gegner discussed previous approval to purchase display terminals and expenditures of City funds. Wally Miller, Hwy 3, Port Orchard, played a tape detailing his experience in planning, development and zoning for the past 25 years, and his employment with the City and recent dismissal from that employment. City Council Meeting Minutes October 5, 1983 Page Two PUBLIC RECOGNITION CONTD Douglas Downs, 1307 Poindexter, discussed revenues to the C~ty from capital. charges over the next 15 years, and no firm contract with the Navy. Mary Lou Long, 2433 E. Phinney Bay Dr., discussed a p'reliminary and final prospectus prepared by Foster and Marshall, and the difference in total dollar figure. Mr. Anderson stated the two documents will be studied and Ms Long will receive an explanation next week. Ms Long discussed petitions she is circulating to recall Councilman Art Anderson and Mayor Dawkins. Clayton Sartain, 305 S. Charleston, discussed problems with storm water runoff from adjacent property due ~ height of land being raised, and lack of drainage, which results in the storm water running under his house causing erosion and eventual dry rot. He discussed efforts to have the City force the builder to provide drainage and lack of results. Mayor Dawkins will investigate and report back to Council next week. Ron Trotman, 1734 Gregory Way, discussed Mr. Miller's presentation and number of people moving into the area from out of state, particularly California. Douglas Downs discussed the capital charges as being a permanent charge and questioned $5 million from PSNS as a fair share. Mr. Amo requested Mr. Downs put his question in writing, and discussed a list of questions received and response from Council within a reasonable time. #1661 Roy McInnis, 2711 Maple Street, inquired of Council if there is any consideration for looking into a different mode of financing? Response from Council was to the effect the form of financing will remain as is. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Dawkins introduced Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Prisk. Mr. Prisk will start employment next week as Field Services Mgr. Mr. Prisk stated he is looking forward to joining the City work force, and discussed prior employment that will benefit the City. Clerk McC]uskey read Mayor's proclamation proclaiming the week of October 9th through 15th as Fire Prevention Week. Mick McKinley, Fire Department, discussed donations to various burn foundations and efforts to promote fire prevention by installing smoke detectors. Clerk Mc'Cluskey read Mayor's proclamation proclaiming October 10, 1983 as Republic of China Day. Mayor Dawkins announced the appointment of Mr. Gil Johnson, Asst. Purchasing Agent, to assume the additional duty of the City's Affirmative Action Officer. Motion by J. Adrian and C. Pachek to approve the appointment of Gil Johnson as Affirmative Action Officer, carried unanimously. Mayor Dawkins presented a report on personnel strength from 1977 - 1983 in response to request from Council last week. The Mayor explained temporary and seasonal employment, In response to Council requests~ Mayor Dawkins reported on Last Chance Tavern water/sewer bill, Carl Flanagan water/sewer bill and Bayview Dr. in response to question from Flora Walter. Recess 6:45 until 7:00 p.m. #2370 HEARING - CHANGE IN LAND USE RESTRICTIONS/SEATTlE REALTY AB83-532 This hearing is a change in land use restriction requesting fence location change, landscaping restrictions, and change of hookup of sanitary sewer line. Yhis has been advertised and posted as required by law. No correspondence was received. All Council Members remained in attendance in response to Mr. Anderson's standard conflict of interest question. Kay Wilson, Acting Planning Director, discussed the previous hearing dealing with parking lot lighting and fencing and landscaping. Ms Wilson discussed desire of property owners to the north of the site, to change fencing require- ments, as grading of the site raised the parking area elevation and existing fencing requirements will not provide adequate screening. The proposed fencing location has been staked out. City Council Meeting Minutes October 5, 1983 Page Three HEARING - CHANGE IN LAND USE RESTRICTIONS/SEATTLE REALTY CONTD Using the proposed site plan, Ms Wilson discussed the area where a greenbelt was inadvertantly removed and replacement trees, varying in height from 12 ft. to 25 ft. Due to concern of the neighbors regarding sufficient screening, the developer is suggesting a change in the site plan to eliminate several trees from the southeast corner and place them at the northeast corner of the site. Ms Wilson discussed deleting the sewer hookup requirement necesitating crossing Kitsap Way for connection. Originally there was concern with hooking up a site of this size. It was recently learned the main belongs to the Housing Authority and is in poor condition. Due to negotiations with the Navy, funds have been made available to construct a line across Oyster Bay from pump station 13 to pump station 14, which was not included in the original sewer project. There will be a period of time after opening of the motel and restaurant during which sewerage will flow into the city's line. Ms Wilson discussed recommendations as shown in Planning Commission Resolution No. 694. Tape 75 Bill Schourup, Seattle Realty, expressed opinion that the trees to be planted will improve the greenbelt and increase land values. Mr. Schourup discussed meeting with neighbors regarding the greenbelt, and all parties concerned are in agreement with the proposed site plan with modifications as discussed by Ms Wilson. Mr. Schourup addressed the issue deleting the sewer hookup re- quirement, and funds required to install a pump be used toward the line to be constructed across Oyster Bay. John Hoskinson, 1146 Shorewood Dr., discussed problems of sewer backups in the area, and spoke in opposition to additional hookups in the area. Mr. Mille~ submitted memos of Sept 20th and 28th and discussed time required to study the Oyster Bay main. He indicated the design work is yet to be done. Dave Baker, Project Mgr. stated the pressure line is designed and going out to bid. He expressed concern of liability by pumping into a line the City does not own. According to Mr. Baker, construction of the main will begin next spring. He stated problems with the line are operational, not capacity. He felt keeping the motel and restaurant from connecting would not eliminate a sewer backup problem. Don Proctor, Wastewater Supt., discussed the original decision to cross Kitsap Way due to no foreseen solution, and he considered additional hookup as not tolerable. Mr. Proctor discussed several gravity connections from homes to the low pressure force main. Check valves have been installed to slow the flow and prevent backups. Should the connecting lines fall while the pumps are off, gravel will in~nediately flow into the line, plugging it and causing backups. Mr. Proctor felt addition of the motel and restaurant will not cause backups, but would be one more customer to evacuate, and originally he didnot recommend allowing this connection. The problem is not with capacity, but with no stand- by generator. One condition of the contract calls for addition of a standby generator at pump station 13. Discussion followed regarding an agreement with the Housing Authority to allow the connection. Mr. Broughton cautioned Council that if the restriction is not delete~ motion should be made contingent upon securing a hold harmless from the Housing Authority. Discussion continued regarding construction of the Oyster Bay force mai~ and elimination of backup problems due to the new main. Motion by R. Mosely and J. Adrian to approve condition lla, shown on attached Exhibit A, as recommended by Planning ~ommission, carried unanimously. Extensive discussion followed regarding placement of trees as shown on the site plan and modification as previously discussed by Ms Wilson and Mr. Schourup. Ms Wilson and Mr. Schourup discussed meeting with the neighbors, and proposed modification is a result of the meeting. Motion by R. Johnson and B. Amo to approve conditions 8f(a) and 3(a) through 3(d) inclusive, as shown on attached Exhibit A. The Clerk read the memos submitted by Mr. Miller. Question called, carried unanimously. #3140 Tape 76 #0144 City Council Meeting Minutes October 5, 1983 Page Four AGREEbIENT BE%~WEEN CITY & NAVY/ANNEYATION AB83-534 B. Broughton discussed City's efforts over the past 20 years to collect utility and business and occupation taxes in the areas of Eastpark and Jackson Park. Annexation of the two areas will now permit the City to collect taxes from businesses operating in those areas, and settle Puget Power litigation. Mr. Broughton explained this annexation does not involve PSNS. Motion by S. Horning and C. Pachek to approve the annexation to the City of Jackson Park and Eastpark and authorize the City to impose utility tax on utility providers in those areas and settle Puget Power litigation, carried unanimously. COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORTS R. Johnson, Finance and Budget Committee, discussed policies and procedures relating to FY 1984 budget and intent to bring this before Council at the next meeting. Mr. Johnson discussed a letter from the County Commissioners regard- ing county and city jail needs. B. Amo., Planning Committee, discussed "watch dog" representative of the Bremerton Area Chamber of Conmerce attending the Council meetings. Mr. Amo discussed intentions to meet with Mayor Dawkins to discuss Block Grant funding and downtown parking requirements. Mr. Amo discussed open door policy of Council for discussions with city staff. P. Drouin, Wastewater Committee, stated their next meeting will be Thursday morning at 9:30 in Council Chambers to adjourn no later than 11:00 a.m. Mr. Drouin discussed Wastewater Project personnel moving into their offices at the Capital Hill field offices starting on Thursday, Mr. Drouin discussed the Wastewater Committee hearing billing complaints on Tuesday afternoons. He emphasized this committee will serve as a hearing body of last resort, and only by appointment. E. Sturdivant, Charter Change Committee, discussed costs of printing and mailing voter information pamphlets pertaining to the six charter change resolutions, and drafting of a resolution. The City Clerk discussed costs as follows: $111 for labels; $855 for postage. Costs for printing the pamphlets has not been determined, total estimated cost for the project is $5,500. Motion by E. Sturdivant and R. Johnson to direct the City Attorney to draft a resolution authorizing expenditure of funds for a voters pamphlet, carried unanimously. S. Horning discussed meeting with the downtown redevelopmerit steering committee. B. Broughton discussed meeting with the project team, regarding presentation including slides of design concept. The presentation also addresses weather concepts and the parking issue. Mr. Horning discussed several concepts being considered for Bremerton. Meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. APPROVED: AT~~DERS~~ilpr~esent EXHIBIT A 8. f. (3) Along Shorewood Drive: An area no less than 20 feet wide, planted in accordance with Exhibit E, except at the southeast corner of the site, from which 5 trees may be relocated to the northeast corner and that the trees are maintained in a healty growing condi- tion and replaced within one (1) year if necessary. Relocation of these trees in no way relieves the contractor of the responsibility to provide property (b) No Change. (c) Delete Along the north edge of the subject property abutting the residential property fronting on Shorewood Drive: A natural area shall be preserved which is an average of 35 feet wide but in no case less than 25 feet wide at any point, and which consists primarily of existing vegetation, as follows: (a) (b) An attractive wood fence no greater than eight feet tall, which height shall vary slightly to conform to topography, shall be con- structed no closer than 15' to the north property line of the site. Said fence shall be jogged as necessary, to preserve existing trees or to strengthen the fence structure. (c) (d) zl. (a~ Further, although no natural vegetation should be removed, addi- tional naPlye plantings shall be added where necessary to screen the subject development from adjacent residential uses, in which case disturbance of existing vegetation shall be kept to an absolute minimum. Provided, that the landscaping depicted in Exhibit E shall be installed along the north line as depicted thereon. Additional trees shall not be removed without written permission of neighboring property owners. All the landscaping depicted on Exhibit E shall be planted in Calendar year 1983 and all landscaping shall be maintained to insure healty growth; should it fail to survive it must be replaced as required by City Ordinance 3683 and the Planning Department letter of June 10, 1983, which is attached herein as Exhibit C. Delete restrictions as to sewer hookup. Install sanitary sewer as required by the Engineering Department and pay to the City the amount of $8,500.00 which will be earmarked for construction costs to the Oyster Bay Force Main. The person required to pay the amount of $8,500.00 is Seattle Realty, Inc. or its Successors or Assigns. The amount of $8,500.00 has to be paid before the first occupancy permit is issued.