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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/27/81 Tape 233 Side ~ #1598 CITY COMMISSIONERS~ MEETING OCTOBER 27, 1~81 Regular meeting of the City Commissioners of the City of Bremerton, washington, was held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 239 Fourth Street, on Tuesday, OctoSer 27, 1981 at 9:05 A.M. with Mayor Glen Jarstad presiding. Also present were Commissioners Tom Swanson and Bob Stewart, City Clerk Kathleen Mandio and City Attorney Terry McCluskey. Also present were members of the press and radio. The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and the Invocation was given by Mel Unruh of the Summit Avenue Presbyterian Church. MINUTES OF OCTOBER 20,'1981 Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to approve the minutes as corrected, regarding the Block Grant presentation, to read as follows: "In order to accept the Program the City must set aside $150,000 in Block Grant Funds for use in the multi-family rental rehab portion of the City's FY80 and FY81 Block Grant Program." Darrel Griek, Director of the Bremerton Housing Rehab Program, discussed the Demonstration Program and the first pilot project under the Program. He explained that FY80 and FYS1 Block Grant funds would be used in the Demonstration Program, but that the pilot project would utilize on FY 80 funds. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to approve the Demonstration Program and authorize the rehab program to proceed with the pilot project carried unanimously. CHANGE OF PAY STATUS Adene Vig, Treasurer's Office, from $6.67 to $6.87, retroactive to 9-15-81, Office Assistant 5C to 5D, Joe David Knight, Parks & Rec., Part Time G~ard, from $3.85 to $3.95 per hr., effective 9-17-81 Roger Scott VanHoover, Parks & Rec., Part Time Senior Guard, from $4.40 p.h. from $3.95 per hr., effective 9-26-81 REPORT OF SEPARATION k'~xon, Extra Labor/Clerical, Parks & Rec., end of temporary employment effective 10-16-81 Bradley Stenhjem, Extra Labor/Ballfields, Parks & Rec., end of temporary employment effective 10-11-81 Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Jarstad to approve the Change o'FPay Status requests and Reports of Separation as presented, carried unanimously. H & K REZONE Clerk read memo from Ken Attebery regarding the final decision on the H & K Insurance Bldg. issue. Commissioners Stewart and Swanson felt that it would be appropriate to look a little closer at the definition of "professional building" and to have more community input into this issue. Motion by CommissionersSwanson and Stewart to hold a public hearing and to have Ken Attebery work with the City Clerk and the City Attorney 1755 to do notices and publications, carried unanimously. SUTTER HILL UPDATE REPORT PRESENTATION Mr. Phil Davidson, Sutter Hill Ltd., stated that they were ready to make their final presentation to the commercial dealers and that they had a final traffic study completed. They had been waitingfor the Entranco recommendations. He felt that major changes would be noticed in Bremerton within the next five years, the first of the changes being the development of the ferry terminal expansion project. His firm was reco- mending to the State the necessity of a larger holding area to accomodate the increase in utilization of the ferry system. He then presented facts and statistics regarding peak traffic in the year 2000 and the foreseeable ways it would affect traffic flow, intersections and parking. He stated that the Mall would be an elevated structure, with parking a. reas underneath to accomodate over 3000 cars. Other parking areas would be available to the north of sixth as well as under the department stores. Means of financing the parking project were discussed and a possible LID, parking revenues and a portion of sales tax revenue generated by the business located in the Mall, were all discussed and felt to be appropriate. Mr. Davidson stated there were no problems acquiring the City'Commissioners Meeting October 27, 1981 Page Two SUTTER HILL REDEVELOPMENT REPORT P'RESENTATION CONTINUED: property, the owner~ were'very cooperative. The key'is major tenants. Commissioner Stewart favored the use of increased sales tax and LID. Mr. Gordon Bell, stated that to take the proposed project to the major businesses, they would like to have the support of the City Council in addition to the community support. The City and the de- veloper will have to work closely together on a number of financing mechanisms for parking. Wanda Mosbarger,3910 Valley Drive, asked Mr. Bell if all the property owners had been contacted and was the Brennerton Project one of the company's priority projects. Mr. Bell replied that all of the property owners had been contacted and that now the Bremerton project was their priority project, they had been waiting for the traffic study to be completed and now it was. 2157 Mr. John McConnell, representing Diamond Parking Inc., asked when was the last time an effort had been made to contact property owners, that Mr. Joe Diamond had not yet been contacted and was most anxious to talk with them. Mr. Gene Kennedy, President of the Chamber of Commerce, stated he had a Resolution to bring to council, from the Chamber Board to support the City of Bremerton and to establish a Bremerton Business District Task Force Committee to work on the five year program of redevelopment of downtown Bremerton and the waterfront. They feel the task force can be an effective vehicle in bringing about the necessary changes, educate the public and work with land owners, business and professional people and Sutter Hill. Mayor Jarstad expressed his appreciation of this support and stated he felt their efforts would be utilized. He said that the more people in the community that we have involved would certainly assure the success of this project. Michaele Hosea, President of BACON, indicated there were members in the audienc~ today representing all of the various Neighborhood groups who came because they are interested in the downtown development and want to participate and would like to have a representative from BACON on the task force. She stated that they had indicated they were not in support of the lawsuit filed against Winmar, but wanted to take a stand of support for the proposed project. Commissioner Stewart stated he felt the proposal to pledge a portion of the increase in sales tax revenues generated by the Mall towards the financing of the parking facility, was appropriate and he would support this measure. Mr. Bill Amo,expressed his concern over the impact of the City's ~'~U~d on Winmar and the possibility of an anti-trust suit. Commissioner Swanson stated he felt the City was faced with an issue of making a decision on this appeal, and also expressed his concern of the possibility of an anti-trust suit and felt we should investigate our insurance liability for this issue. Dave Bricklin, attorney representing The Committee For Responsible Planning, stated they have filed papers intervening in the suit the city has filed against Winmar. They are looking at the validity of the EIS prepared by the county and Winmar, particularly looking at the impact they report to have on the City of Bremerton. It is not a question of the City breaking ground with this suit. ft is not a speculative law suit. Tape 234 ~ Side 2 0004 City Commissioners Meeting October 27, 1981 Page Three 10:05 to 10:30 A.M. - RECESS 10:30 A.M. - Public Recognition - none. COMPLETION OF 2-81 TIMBER SALE BREMERTON JUNCTION - Clerk read memo from Water SUperintendent stating the work required by the purchaser on the 2-81 Bremerton Junction Timber Sale has been completed, merchantable timber on the unit and additional blowdown have been removed. It was his recommendation to accept the Timber Sale 2-81 as complete. MOtion by Commissioner Swanson and Mayor Jarstad to accept the sale 2-81 as completed, carried unanimously. FIRGLADE - WATERMAIN EXTENSION Clerk read memo from Water Superintendent stating that work will be required in the amount of $3,622.52, to connect the plat of Firglade to the distribution system. Discussion followed and Commissioner Swanson asked that this be set aside until next week for further review be completed. AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT - ALTA CONTRACT Clerk presented an Amendment to Agreement for Alta Pet Services for reimbursement fees on animal licenses purchased prior to August 1, 1981 and for pet licenses covering the 1981-82 license year. This was an item verbally agreed to at the time of the original contract but had not been clarified in the written contract. Motion by Commissionen~Stewart and Swanson to approve the amendment as presented, which pays the prior to August 1 fees at the higher license fee rate, carried unanimously. AMBULANCE COMPANY ROTATION Clerk read memo from Chief Meigs regarding the contention of one ambulance company that the imbulance rotation schedule was not equit- able in that it contended that one corporation owned two companies, and they were receiving two-thirds of the calls, instead of on a 50-50 basis. 3" ~1 Gary Chrey, Attorney for Kitsap Public Services,~stated it was at ~ their request that this was before council for a recommendation. ~ He described the services and equipment of the other companies as well as the ownership. He stated they have the same location, dis- 275 patcher, employees and officers and shareholders. Bill Littlejohn, BremertonAmbulance, stated that there are three ambulances for each company, they do share personnel between companies, depending upon rotation schedule, maintain two separate offices and records for each business, yet do share a dispatching service. Commissioner Stewart questioned the number of ambulances available to serve within the city limits, as well as the number of crews to man the equipment. It was pointed out that there would be nine righs and six crews at all times. Commissioner Stewart stated he felt this should go to the Ambulance Committee for their recommendation to Council. Chief Meigs stated he feels this is a redundant issue. The investiga- tions done of these 'companies indicated that both are following the rate schedules that City Council approved, all vehicles are inspected and licenses appropriately posted, insurance policies filed as required by the city ordinance. They do indeed have separate offices within the same location, share a dispatcher and share employees. He stated the rotation is not established by ordinance, but is a 500 courtesy. City Commissioners Meeting October 27, 1981 Page Four AMBULANCE COMPANY-ROTATIONCONTINUED 0600 Mayor Jarstad stated he felt a recommendation from the Ambulance Committee is proper in this matter and a date of Tuesday, November 9, 1981 at 7 A.M. was agreed upon by all parties. The Committee is to make a recommendation to Council on that day for final disposition. REPORT FROM R. MUSSMAN RE DISPUTED AMBULANCE BILLS Mr. Mussman reported that Mr. Kruse had consented to act as arbitrator in this matter at no charge. He felt that since the council had failed to establish an escrow account as they had stated they would do, that City should be willing to assume liability of those accounts that Leyde was disputing, if so directed by the arbitrator. Clerk stated that since last week she had listened to the tapes of the Council meeting, and that Commissioner Stewart had not specified an escrow account, just interest bearing, and that he indicated it to be held only until March 20th, and that in fact Mr. Leyde had left the funds in the account until later on in the summer. Mayor Jarstad stated that everybody acted in good faith in advertising for disputed bills, requiring Mr. Leyde to open an interest bearing account in the amount of $500 and felt that within that time-line, Mr. Tracy was going to pursue these bills and settle the matter. He stated he was surprised that the bills were not taken care of and the first indication was when we first heard about this a month or so ago. Mr. Mussman stated it was not their intention to turn the accounts over to an arbitrator one at a time o He stated the actual cash amount in question at this time was$29~. He did not realize there Was a cutoff date on the account. Commissioner Swanson stated that everyone would like to resolve this issue as soon as possible and to everyone's satisfaction. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to ah=de by the decision of t'~arbitrator, if it is a legal decision for the City to carry out, carried unanimously. ORDINANCE NO. 3661, for second reading RE GROUP RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES DEFINITION Clerk presented Ordinance No. 3661 for second reading, amending sections of Ordinance No. 1792 to provide for group residential facility use in the Bremerton Zoning Ordinance. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to pass Ordinance No. 3661 as presented, carried as follows: Mayor Jarstad, yes; Commissioner Stewart, yes; Commissioner Swanson, yes. RESOLUTION NO. 1912 - SHORELINE MANAGEMENT MASTER PROGRAM - LARSEN Clerk presented Resolution No. 1912, amending Figure 1, BremertOn's Shoreline Environment Designations, a part of Bremerton's Shoreline Management Master Program, (South shoreline of Oyster Bay, east of Lower Oyster Bay Drive, north of Kitsap Way). Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson, to approve the Resolution as presented carried unanimously. ' LETTER FROM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES RE FIRE STATION PROPERTY Clerk read for information purposes, a letter received from the DHHS indicating the City of Bremerton is entitled to a 50% Public Benefit Allowance (PBA) for the property desired to build a fire station upon. The property has been appraised at $170,000 by GSA, the cost to the City will be $85,000. City Commissioners Meeting October 27, 1981 Page Five LETTER CONTINUED: Mayor Jarstad stated that he would like to compliment the various federal people who worked on this application. It was a difficult problem that we got into, and everyone was very dedicated in their efforts. He complimented Bill Meigs and Bob Theroux for their help in writing up a good recommendation for the application. Commissioner Stewart in turn complimented Mayor Jarstad for his unceasing efforts to obtain the property at a discount, to provide this much needed facility. REQUEST FOR CITY ASSISTANCE IN HANGING CHRISTMAS STREET-DECORATIONS Clerk stated that the City h~d been contacted to cooperate in decorat- ing the City of Bremerton for the hoIidayS this year.' Our part would be to use our personnel and ladder trucks to hang the decorations. It had been indicated that Puget Power would not be willing to partici- pate this year as they have in many years past. Discussion followed regarding the availability of men and the numbers of hours to be used for this project. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson ~ approve the Mayor granting~s request as soon as it has been cleared through the City Auditor, carried unanimously. BID AWARD FOR POLICE VEHICLE - CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 Clerk presented a Change Order No. 1 for the addition of Automatic I~. Transmission and Power Steering for the new police vehicle bid and awarded to Bennet Ford. Inc. It was stated that even with the.addition of the Change Order in the amount of $509.00, this still kept Bennett Ford's bid well below all others submitted. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to approve the Change Order in the amount of $509.00, carried unanimously. COMMISSIONERS REPORTS: Commissioner Stewart stated he had pulled some employment slips for new employees, and that we must live within our income. Commissioner Stewart stated there is about $80,000 in warrants that have not been served. It does not help to eliminate Warrant Servers. We would not cut back where it will affect generating revenues. Vouchers Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve the vouchers ~ - #27141, in the amount of $120,835.61, audited by Bob Dantini, carried unanimously. Adjourned at 11:30 A.M. KATHLEEN L. MANDIO, City Clerk Approved: ~LENN K. JARS~AD, Mayor Tape 233 - Side 2 #1513