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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/05/82 CITY COMMISSIONERS MEETING OCTOBER 5, 1982 Regular meeting of the City Commissioners of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held in the Council Chambers, 239 Fourth Street, Bremerton, Washington, Tuesday, October 5 , 1982 at 9:05 a.m. with Mayor Pro-Tem Bob Stewart presiding. Also present were Commissioney Tom Swanson, City Clerk Kathleen Mandio. The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and the Invoca= tion was given by Pastor Robertson. Mayor Nelson was not in attend- ance at this time as he was on vacation. MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 14, 1982 LID HEARING -- MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 28, 1982 Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve the minutes of both meetings as presented, carried unanimously. PAYROLL SLIPS Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve the follow- ing payroll/termination slips as presented, carried unanimously. Mildred Florence Lines, Part--time Playleader, Parks and Rec., $4.00 per hr., effective 9-27-82 Diana H. Jackson, Conf. Sec. City Attorney, $7.19 per hr. effective 10-4-82 Lawrence Barker, Operator II to Operator Sr., Wastewater, from 9C to llA, $9.11 to $9.65 per hr., promotion, effective 10-11-82 Paula McMillan, City Attorney office, terminated 10-4-82, pregnancy LAWSUIT - P. C6RLISS Clerk stated a Suit had been filed against the City by Mr. Corliss and this has been sent to the Insurance Company. MUNICIPAL COURTROOM LEASE Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve the Lease for the Municipal Courtroom, carried unanimously. BID AWARD STREET DEPARTMENT BUILDING Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve the bid award for re-roofing the Street Department BUilding to the low bidder in the amount of $6,879.26 to Bremerton Roofing Co., carried unani- mously. LOGGING CONTRACT 3-82 and PUBLIC FIREWOOD CUTTING Motion by Commissioners SwanSon and Stewart to aGcept the Logging Contract 3-82 as complete and admit the public to the watershed for free firewood on Oct. 9 and 10, 16 and 17th, as recommended, carried unanimously. SURPLUS ITEMS Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to accept the list of surplus items from the Water Utility as surplus and have them disposed of in the best interest of the City, carried unanimously. REGIONAL LIBRARY CLAIM -- OCTOBER 1982 Motion by Commissioners Stewart and SWanson to approve the monthly claim in the amount of $20,833.33, carried unanimously. City Commissioners Meeting October 5, 1982 Page Two PERMISSION FOR BENEFIT EVENT - ROOSEVELT FIELD Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to give approval to have a benefit concert held at Roosevelt Field on October 31, 1982 noon to 6:00 p.m., donations to be given to the Food Ba~k, carried unanimously. SPECIAL ADJUSTMENT OF SEWER RATES - MRS. CALVIN MAC DONALD ACCOUNT Clerk read a memo from Commissioner Swanson recommending a special adjustment to the above account as in addition to city sewer, she also had a septic tank which was being used. It was felt that her rates should not exceed the minimum. Discussion followed and it was felt that she should be advised to have her septic tank inspect- ed by the Health Department. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to advise the City Treasurer to make an adjustment on this account as requested, carried unanimously. A review of the account should be done on an annual basis for any other possible adjustment. POLICY AND PROCEDURES - PURCF~ASING DEPT. Mr. Gil Johnson, Purchasing Department, presented information to the Council regarding his new proposed policies and procedures, which would reduce in number the policies from 10 to 5 as well as implementing emergency purchasing practices. Commissioner Stewart complimented him on his endeavors. Procedures of the past were discussed and it was felt the new procedures would eliminate a lot of those problem areas. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to accept the Policies and Procedures as presented, carried unanimously. Co~unissioner Swanson asked that the flow-chart he re~worked~ LEGAL OPINION RE BID PROCEDURES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Clerk stated this opinion had been distributed for information purposes and would be on file in her office. LEGAL OPINION RE SECOND HAND DEALERS This opinion was discussed in relationship to used car dealers and it was felt they should not be required to be licensed twice. Motion by Commissioners Swanson and Stewart to direct the City Clerk to have the rela~ed ordinance amended, carried unanimously. TWELFTH STREET - WARREN AVENUE TO BROADWAY AVENUE Mary Wilson, Traffic Engineer, explained to council the purpose in the request to convert 12th Street to one-way westbound from Warren to Broadway and widen Warren Avenue 11 feet by creating a right turn only lane from llth to 12th. Motion by Commissioners Swanson and Stewart to approve the requested project, carried unanimously. KITSAP WAY AND HARLOW DRIVE A Memo from City and Engineer and Police Traffic was read requesting a barricade be placed at the northwesterly entrance of Harlow Drive in an effort to reduce the speeding problems in that area. This request was also supported by residents and businesses in that area. Commissioner Swanson introduced two letters of support from a business in the area. Motion by Commissioners Swanson and Stewart to approve the recommendation of the barricade, carried unanimously. City Commissioners Meeting October 5, 1982 Page Three JOINT HOUSING AUTHORITY Commissioner Stewart stated the Bremerton Housing Authority is receiving mail directed to the Joint Housing Authority. He stated the County states we are in existence until the first of the year. He was requesting permission to have a legal opinion from Municipal Research regarding whether we have the right to repeal the ordinance involved. .Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to seek legal advise from Municipal Research in this issue, carried unanimously. ORDINANCE, 1st reading, RE: LICENSE FEES & KENNEL FEES AN ORDINANCE regulating the licensing of dogs and cats within the City of Bremerton, and establishing the license fees therefore, and repealing Ord. 3418, 3113, 2796, 3257. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve on first reading, carried unanimouslyl ORDINANCE, 1st reading, ANIMAL CONTROL, ENFORCEMENT, PENALITIES AND PROCEDURES AN ORDINANCE relating to animal control, its enforcement, penalties and procedures, and repealing Ord. No.s, 1933, 2457, 2458, 3230 3231, 3160, 3342, 3379, 3654, 3644, 3440, 3324, 3309 and 1122. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve on first reading, carried unanimously. ORDINANCE, 1st reading, ESTABLISHING FEES FOR WARRANT/SUBPEONAS SERVED AN ORDINANCE establishing the fees of the Bremerton Police Depart- ment for the service of arrest warrants and subpeonaes, and repeal- ing any prior ordinances setting fees inconsistent with those con- tained within this ordinance. Don Cundiff, Acting Police Chief stated this would bring us more in line with actual costs involved. Commissioner Stewart stated he felt $30.00 should be the cost figure for serving as well as return trips. Walterine Taylor did not feel a person receiving a warrant for their arrest should be charged for it. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve this ordinance, amended to read $30.00 per service, carried unanimously. 10:00 A.M. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Mr. Frank Egan, 2602 E. 23rd, stated he had turned in a bad check to be processed by the Police Department and that it was over two months before he heard from them. They had turned the check over to the Prosecutor who informed Mr. Egan they could not handle the matter as it was a civil case, not criminal~ and advised him to return to the Bremerton Police Department. He felt that this issue had taken much to long of time to be handled. Chief Cundiff described the events which had taken place and elements of time-frame involved° City Attorney Bill Broughton was asked to join the Council at this time and advised Mr. Egan he would be glad to work with him in this matter. Mr. Phil Drouin, discussed with council the need for property owners to be made aware of their responsibilities regarding sidewalks with hazardous conditions. He also discussed cars parking on sidewalks and the apparent lack of police attention to this matter. The Cit Attorney was asked to review the legality of parking cars on sidewXlks. Mike Denton, Rainy Day Amusements, discussed with Council the need to reduce the amusement tax on games, etc. Discussion followed. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to direct the City Attorney to review all admission and amusement taxes to see if there could be a standard figure, carried'unanimouSly. City Commissioners Meeting October 5, 1982 Page Four PUBLIC RECOGNITION CONTINUED: Mr. Kirkpatrick talked about the City's recent action to convert some vehicles to natural gas. He stated he would like to compete on the same type of trial basis wit~ propane. Mr. Frank Musgrave, Buckeye Gas. Products, Driefly described their program. He was advised to prepare a proposal and submit it to Council in writing at his convenience, for review. RETIREES PAYROLL Commissioner Stewart stated he had contacted Foster & Marshall re- garding the bonds held for the retirees payroll and stated he had not obtained any good results. He would pursue this with another firm. INTENT TO ANNEX CITY WATERSEED PROPERTY Motion by Commissioners Swanson and Stewart to approve the Annexa- tion proceedings to incorporate that portion of land known as Water- shed properties into the City, carried unanimously. CHANGE ORDER #4, CONTRACT NO. 2224 -- FIRE STA. NO. i ADDITION Motion by'Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve the recommenda- tion of the City Auditor and City Engineer to rescind the motion to approve payment of $175.00 for "Intent to Pay Prevailing Wages", carried unanimously. Further discussion stated this should be billed as a separate item and as suc~ does not require a change order. JENSEN WATER DISTRICT Commissioner Swanson stated correspondence had been sent to the Commissioners of the Jensen Water District regarding purchase by the City. To date no word has been received from them. BILLS, VOUCHERS, PAYROLL Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve Special Vouchers #6001 - #6002 in the amount of $2407.71 and Regular Vouchers #6007 - 6112 in the amount of $208,992.17} FICA in the amount of $10,007.46; Salary Fund in the amount of $198,353.67 and Retirees Payroll in the amount of $41,558.06, carried unanimously. COMMISSIONERS REPORTS Commissioner Stewart discussed the need for a better auditing system of the Golf Course and Swim Pool. Discussion followed. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to have established a better audit system for both the Golf Club and Swim Pool, 6receipts) carried unanimously. He further discussed the need to have competitive City Garbage rates. He stated the County rate is set by the State and the Company sets the City figure. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Swanson to meet with the Garbage company and discuss more com- petitive rates, etc., carried unanimously. Commissioner Stewart felt the City should authorize a rezone for residential property to the north of the Warren Ave Bridge, on the easterly side for Mr. Tom Lupo and adjacent neighbor. The surrounding area is zoned low volume commercial. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to initiate a rezone request on behalf of Mr. Lupo and neighbor, to a B-1 class, carried unanimously. He stated the PTBA had held one meeting and discussed hiring a manager. He felt there were enough managers avail- able and they should concentrate on extending the bus service to the outlying areas first. City Commissioners Meeting October 5, 1982 Page Five COMMISSIONERS REPORTS Commissioner Stewart ~iscussed the budgeted figures which the City pays to the County Health Department for tuberculosis care/ research. He felt it was the responsibility of the County and that the cities should be charged on a per capita basis, which would be $2.90 per person. He was requesting City Attorney opinion by Thursday. Meeting adjourned at 11:45 to reconvene at 1:30 p.m. Meeting reconvened at 1:30 p.m. Present were: Mayor Nelson, Commissioner Stewart, Com/nissioner Swanson, City Clerk Kathleen Mandio. 1:30 P.M. RECONVENED HEARING - GENE LOBE REZONE & VARIANCE REQUEST Commissioner Stewart stated he felt the rezone would be appropriate but was not going to support the variance requested. Commissioner Swanson spoke in support of keeping a viable industry in business and did not feel there would be any problems with a good shielded parking area for the trucks. Gene Lobe, stated therewere also other businesses in the area that were creating traffic problems and he was in support of trying to decrease those caused by his business. Mayor Nelson stated there had been a previous committe- ment made by the City to allow access to the waterfront at the end of the road and he felt this variance for parking would be appro- priate. Motion by Mayor Nelson and Commissioner Swanson to approve the rezone and variance as requested and approved by the Planning Commission, carried as follows: Mayor Nelson, yes; Commissioner Stewart, no; Commissioner Swanson, yes. DIAMOND PARKING TERMINATION Motion by CommiSsioners Stewart and Swanson to approve the termina- tion notice presented by the City Attorney to be sent to Diamond Parking for services at 405 Washington as well as the 300-301 Park Avenue Lot, Carried unanimously. Further discussion followed re- garding specifications for a new contract. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Nelson to have the Clerk's office prepare specs for proposals for the parking garage operation. The contractor would receive a percentage of net profit after overhea~, and debt service is deducted, carried unanimously. PTBA ISSUE Commissioner Stewart stated he felt the PTBAA will receive about $300,000 monthly in taxes and felt they should get the buses rolling as soon as possible. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Swanson to direct the PTBAA to excercise the existing franchises for bus routes at this time, to get the new routes going and established and not deal with hiring a manager at this time, carried unanimously. 2:00 P.M. - LID ORDINANCE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT, 1st reading AN ORDINANCE providing for and ordering construction of two off- street parking facilities to be located on Fifth Street and on Burwell Street; providing for the construction of street amenities and beautification of Pacific Avenue; creating a local improvement district to be known as the Downtown Redevelopment Local Improvement LID Fund; providing for construction of the contemplated improvements; providing for the payment of the costs of such improvement by special assessments upon all property in the districts herein created; pro- viding the method of assessment; providing for the issuance and sale of Local Improvement District Bonds or of warrants or install- ment notes. City Commissioners Meeting October 5, 1982 Page Six LID ORDINANCE CONTINUED Public Discussion: Mr. Isaac Soriano, asked why we did not hire some professional people to figure out the parking and also inquired into the methodology used for t~e assessment. Mayor Nelson stated he would get him a copy of t~e methodology for his files. Mr. Gene Kennedy stated that Mr, Soriano had received a copy of the cost methodology about 3 1/2 months ago. Mayor Nelson stated he has seen a proposal by one individual and understands there are 1-2 others Being proposed. He would like to see the property owners come before t~e council with a petition for an LID in support of one of them. Motion by Mayor Nelson and Commissioner Stewart to approve the ordinance as read on first reading, carried as follows: Mayor Nelson yes; Commissioner Stewart yes; Commissioner Swanson no. Commissioner Swanson talked about converting an existing parking lot into a parking lot and did not feel this was appropriate. He a~so stated he felt the Planning Commission should give'the build- ings in the downtown r~development area special consideration in the parking requirement and prepare an ordinance granting this var- iance as soon as possible. Mr. Attebery stated this had been started by the Planning Commission sometime back and it had been tabled. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Nelson to direct the Planning Commission to change the parking restrictions for new building in the downtown Bremerton area, Or remodeled or repaired buildings, carried unanimously. HEALTH BOARD ISSUE Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to change the formula to pay the Kitsap Co. Nealth Dept. for services on a per capita basis instead of a blanket figure, carried nan'mously. COMMISSIONERS REPORTS Commissioner Swanson stated the llth and Kitsap Way intersection should be fully operational in a day or so. Meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. KATHLEEN L. MANDIO, City Clerk APPROVED: GENE NELSON, Mayor C UNC L Tape Side #1, #1030 APPROVED OCT S 1982'