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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/10/76 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 10, 1976 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 239 Fourth Street, on Wednesday, November lO, 1976, at 9:00 PST, with Mayor Jarstad presiding, Also present were Commissioner Schoneman, Deputy City Clerk Ross, Assist- ant City Attorney Washington, and members of the press and radio. Commis- sioner Stewart was absent on a month's vacation, with City Council approval. City Clerk Yeadon was testifying in court, Meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and invocation was given by Rev. Bernie Greenwalt of the First Baptist Church, MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 3, 1976 Clerk read minutes of November 3, 1976. Mayor Jarstad ordered the minutes approved as read. SEPARATION Ralph C. Gribbon, Garage Dept., 11/12/76 Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Schoneman to approve the separation, carrried. NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT Sharon L. Stanfield, Street Dept., $3.00 hr., Extra-help, effective 11/8/76, Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to approve the notice of employment, carried. CHANGES OF PAY STATUS Ray Baker, from Serviceman Senior to Foreman, $1259.67 + 37.79 per mo., Street Dept,, effective 11/15/76; James Halffman, from Engr. Aide II to Engr. Aide III, $1042 per mo., effective 11/15/76, and William Dully, Engr. Aide I to Engr. Aide II, $974 per mo,, Engr, Dept., effective 11/15/76. Motion by Cormmissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to approve changes of pay status, carried. PAYROLL VOUCHERS Claims Fund, FYCA and bank service fees, $4,444.94; and Salary Fund, gross payroll Oct. 18, 1976 through Oct. 31, 1976, $143,258.43, both audited by John R. Ross. Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to approve the Payroll Vouchers, carried. REVENUE SNARING Clerk read memo from City Clerk Yeadon stating it is necessary to set hearing date for Proposed Use Hearing and Publication of Budget Summary and Budget Hearing. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Schoneman to set hearing date for Proposed Use Hearing on Nov. 24, 1976 and Publication of Budget Summary & Budget Hearing on Dec, 8, 1976, carried. DIEBOLD MECHANICAL FILE Clerk read letter from Office of Community Development stating that the trans- fer of the Diebold Mechanical File to the Kitsap County Auditor is authorized provided compensation is made to the Law and Justice Planning Office in accord- ance with LEAA Guidelines, for $1,012.76, Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Schoneman to have file declared surplus and be transferred to Kitsap County Auditor, carried. SURPLUS CITY PROPERTY - BELLY BLADE Clerk read memo from City Clerk Yeadon stating he recommended removal of the minimum price and sell to highest bidder. Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to remove minimum price and sell to highest bidder, carried. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 10, 1976 Page two S~TH SCHOOL DEMOEITION CONTRACT Clerk read memo dated Nov, 9, 1976 from City Engineer stating the contractor has completed the demolition contract at the Smith School site, with the exception of a short section of fence which must be restored and the placing of about 2 yards of pit-run material in the driveway entrance to bring it back up to grade. Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to accept the contract of Smith School Demolition subject to the completion of these two items, carried. SWINE FLU SHOTS Clerk read memo stating that the Health Dept. would give Swine Flu shots to any City employee who wishes Nov. 23, 1976 between l:00 and 3:00 P,M. Mayor Jarstad requested the City Clerk to notify all departments and post the notice of the free clinic. PURCHASE REQUISITION FOR RESERVOIR SITE Clerk presented Purchase Requisition from Water Distribution for the purchase of property for reservoir site. Commissioner Schoneman stated that this parcel of land is not big enough and suggested setting it aside for further study, CANCELLATION OF PUBLIC HEARING - Barry Branch Clerk informed Council that the annexation hearing for Barry D. Branch will not be held on Nov. 17, 1976 because Boundary Review Board Official Notice has not been received, LETTER - COMPLAINT OF HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES Clerk read letter from Mrs, Ralph R. Peterson, dated Nov. 2, 1976, stating that she objected to height allowance of 30 feet for structures in R-1 areas. Mayor Jarstad referred letter to the Planning Commission. DRAFT EIS, PROPOSED KITSAP LAKE "FOREST RIDGE" RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Clerk read memo dated Oct. 29, 1976 from Planning Director requesting the review of the draft statement and forward any comments to his office. Copies were sent to Mayor and Commissioner Schoneman Nov. 3, 1976. MEMO FROM BILL DEHN, PROJECT MANAGER, CH2M HILL re: Selection Process Review and Status Update Sinclair Inlet Sewerage Facilities Plan Clerk read memo from Bill Dehn dated Oct. 29, 1976 stating that a number of modeling studies have been made of the effects of secondary treatment plant discharges on Sinclair Inlet and the results have convinced the Dept, of Ecology that Sinclair Inlet is a satisfactory place for a secondary treatment plant discharge. They are now in the process of developing an interlocal agreement that will set forth the conditions and obligations under which the reconumended plan would be implemented. This agreement will be reviewed in draft form by the entities in early Nov. It further stated that the scope of the facility planning effort has expanded considerably since the last status update, causing some extension of the time schedule for completion of the total plan. The Dept. of Ecology has extended the deadline for draft plan submittal until April l, 1977. Copies of memo were sent to Commissioner of Public Works and Engineering. OPEN ENROLLMENT - WPS Clerk reported on a memo from Schwarz, Shera and Associates, Inc. concerning Annual Open Enrollment Period for 1977. There will be an increase in benefits at a slightly higher cost to the employee. CENCOM MAINTENANCE CONTRACT Clerk read letter dated Nov. 3, 1976 from Communications Supervisor giving a summary of meeting with County Commissioners on Nov. 1, 1976 in regard to CENCOM Maintenance Contract. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Schoneman to use the same contract the new costs and send to County Commissioners for their approval, carried. -2- CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 10, 1976 Page three BILLS Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Schoneman to give blanket approval to vouchers 4553 to 4557 and 4559 to 4653, and cancellation of warrant 4387 inclusive, in the amount of $79,870.06, audited by John Ross, carried. RESOLUTION NO, 1693 Deputy Clerk read letter dated Nov, 8, 1976, from Highway CommisSion, recom- mending resolution be passed for advance concurrence of automatic boundary extension, He read a memo dated Nov., 9, 1976 from the City Engineer suggesting the resolution be adopted, Deputy Clerk read Resolution No, 1693 "Authorizing Automatic Amendment of Urban Area (FAS/FAM) Boundary to Include Annexations". Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to pass Resolution No. carried as follows: Mayor Jarstad, Yes; Commissioner Schoneman, Yes. Meeting recessed from 9:40 A.M, till 10:OO A.M. City Clerk Yeadon returned from court appearance at lO:O0 A.M. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Mr. Floyd Armstead of 1706 North Lafayette asked for the removal of two fir trees which are on City property because he felt they are unsafe, In sub- sequent lengthy discussion, both Commissioner Schoneman and Street Super- intendent Mottinger explained they did not feel these trees were hazardous; and that if Mr. Armstead could get'a 100% petition from neighbors in the vicinity, then the City would be happy to remove the trees, HEARING - SHORELINE MANAGEMENT - Leyde Motion byMayor Jarstad and Commissioner Schoneman that the hearing be held at this time, carried. Clerk stated that he had advertised and posted notices as required, Clerk then read letter from Mrs. Keil in opposition to the approval of a permit. Assistant City Planner Attebery discussed the location of the proposed improvement using a sketch of the area. Mr. Attebery read the staff review and recommendations, He also read that the action of granting or denying the Shoreline Management Systems Development Permit has been determined to be a non-significant action. A Declaration of Non-Significance was filed on November 9, 1976, Commissioner Schoneman stated the proposed use should be water dependent or water related and this could be used for a water ambulance because of the water related activities such as skiing, PROPONENT: Mr. James Leyde stated that as described on the plot plan, the storage area is on the Sheldon Blvd. side and there is a fence that separates the property. Discussions have been held by him concerning the possibility of dry-land storage of boats; also a boat related ambulance could be handled from that location in connection with the City Rescue I Boat. He stated there will be a chain link fence. There is an 8-foot chain link fence with vegetation around the property and a very attractive, all-white building. There is no way that anyone could tell that it was a garage from the back. All vehicles will be housed inside for work. All employee and visitor parking will be inside the fence and there will be no parking outside the fence. The bank at the water side is solid with cement which was dumped over there at one time in the past and there is no value to the public on the waterfront at this time, There is no problem with access in and out of the property, Ambulances do not run out of this area from 6:00 P.M, till 8:00 AM. They are located in the west side and east side of town, The streets are adequate and there is heavy industrial all the way down Sheldon Blvd.: he sees no problem as far as access, which he has discussed with the Police Dept. He stated he felt it would enhance the Park and people would be looking into a nice, clean area; that it will improve the property and will not have rip-rap on it as it does now. There will be access for vehicles on Sheldon Blvd. There will be a gate on 14th St, but this will not be used. The access will be away from the Park down Sheldon Blvd. It would not be -3- CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 10, 1976 Page four feasible for his vehicles or anyone else's to go in the direction of the Park. Commissioner Schoneman stated there is no parking on Sheldon Bled. from Pacific to 14th. Mr. Leyde stated the traffic will be going down Sheldon to a four-lane street with traffic signals; that his operation requires a downtown location and there are not many places where they can be obtained to put this operation downtown. OPPONENT Mrs. Carmen Keil stated she lived directly across the water about 1200 yards and this is one of the reasons for their objections, She feels that the Council is missing the prime point -- while the City Council is park-conscious and while the citizens of Bremerton have backed a bond levy, the City is missing an ideal location for that. It is situated next to a park and she doesn't see where a business like this will enhance any public park. She questions the police approving the traffic pattern down there because people on Park Avenue already object to the traffic. This would be one outlet from Sheldon. Storage of vehicles and use of parking areas which are black- topped near the water get into an ecology problem. Commissioner Schoneman commented that the Street Dept, has a Quonset hut across the street from the proposed building site and the building being used for the Street Dept. is an old garage which was used by the former Sanitation Dept. of the City and where the fire tower is located, there was at one time the Sanitation Dept, office, He did not think Mr. Leyde's building would look anything like the Quonset hut. Mrs. Keil reported that she did not see adding a festering blot on that shoreline because of the surroundings. Commissioner Schoneman discussed the traffic conditions and the streets available and stated traffic would not necessarily be using Park Avenue. He further stated that a large building adjacent to the site was approved about two years ago and there were no complaints at that time, He stated that it was not conceivable that any equipment would be using the Park area which has a lO-mile an hour speed limit; that other streets my be traversed to get to Warren Avenue whlchwould not involve the Park. Mayor Jarstad stated that over the years the City has looked at this property very seriously. In 1964-65 the entire cove area was designated to possibly be excavated back to Sheldon Blvd. One time there was a bigger bay, but by the time the City got the cost factors, it became too prohibitive, In 1966 a bond levy was proposed for the entire district which would have made the entire district high-rise apartments. This included the elimination of all businesses and a Civic Center being built also. This levy wasldefeated. In subsequent years, the City has leased the property for Public Works to use. The price tag is a~most prohibitive to use for Park purposes, which would be used for parking. The City did purchase the home on the corner of 14th and Park and did buy the Smith School Property. The long-range thought is that the Public Works will be combined somewhere in the area. By consoli- dating Public Works, this would release the present Public Works property for extension of the park down Park Avenue, tying in with the Smith School site as the City wishes to retain open space for park purposes in the area. When the present bond levy was put together, this property was not listed as priority by the Park Dept. As that area has commercialized and as the City has received commitments from the property owners, that he believes it has been an improvement over what it was and that there is a commercial building adjacent for Brem Air and they have improved their property by fencing and new buildings. There was also a commercial structure across from Brem Air which has improved the area by the removal of blackberry bushes, and this is an updating of the whole area, Mayor Jarstad stated further that having this property used commercially at this time would not prohibit the purchase of it in 20 or 30 years. if it is to be used as it was designated as a cove, CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 10, 1976 Page five He also stated it was difficult for the City to deny the application unless the City makes a commitment to purchase the property. He stated the cove is very shallow now, goes dry; that the City has spent considerable money developing the park and the park waterfront, installing a drill tower and a boat launch ramp, Another boat launch ramp will be created on the other side of the Narrows so that boat launching capabilities in the Narrows will be increased. Mrs, Keil questioned the feasibility of purchasing other property around the park for expansion without taking into consideration this piece of property. She stated she has never seen anyone in the last three years using the park facilities for skiing. She stated there was a need for more space for parking near the Park. Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to concur in the Declara- tion of Non-Significance filed on Nov. 9, 1976, carried. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Schoneman to grant the issuance of the shoreline Management Systems Development Permit, subject to the north side and the shoreline side of the vehicle storage area being screened with a combination of architectural and vegetative materials and the 2-foot "landscape strip" on the north and west be widened to at least 5 feet. Under discussion: Mayor Jarstad stated that the City is in a semi-quasi position where the servicesperformed in two of these areas by Mr. Leyde are related to services demanded by the City and also because the City already has Public Works in that exact same area with their heavy trucks, Delivery of emergency services is very important and the City is fortunate that there is a private operator taking care of ambulance service in concurrence with the Rescue I vehicle. This saves the citizens thousands of dollars. He stated that acreage is needed to get the vehicles off the street, also another necessary service is the tow-truck operation in order to keep the City's streetsclear, Mr. Leyde has evaluated property all over the City trying to find commercial property, Mayop Jarstad stated he thought it would be a good use for this area, even though the City has tried over the years to see if this property could be brought into the Evergreen Park area, Commissioner Schoneman stated he felt the proposals fit well into the area. Motion carried. BIDS Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Schoneman to open bids on Iab Equipment and Supplies, Chlorine, Water Storage Reservoir, and Transmission Main Installation, carried, Clerk open bids and read the following: Lab Equipment and Supplies! Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc., bid bond enclosed, $3,763.91; Scientific Products, bid bond enclosed, $3,962.31; VWR Scientific, bid bond enclosed, $3,899,99 (sales tax not included). Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to refer to proper com- mittee for study, carried. Chlorine: Jones ChemicalS, Inc., cashier's check for $50.00 enclosed; and Penwalt Corp., certified check for $50.00 enclosed, Both bids were identical and they are on file in the Clerk's office. Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to refer to committee for study and recommendation, carried. Water Storage Reservoir: Welk Brothers of Spokane, bid bond enclosed; Union Tank Works, Inc,, bid bond enclosed; Reliable Steel Fabricators, Inc., bid bond enclosed; Pacific Tank and Construction, bid bond enclosed; Rockford Corporation, bid bond enclosed; Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., bid bond enclosed. Bids are on file in the Clerk's office. Motion by Commissioner Schoneman to refer to Water Superintendent for tabula- tion and recommendation, carried. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 10, 1976 Page six Transmission Maiin Installation: Grant Construction, bid bond enclosed; Earl Lincoln Construction, bid bond enclosed; Backhoe Services Inc., bid bond enclosed; Hall's Remodeling, bid bond enclosed; Bert Robinson Construction, bid bond enclosed; and DiOrio Utilities Co., bid bond enclosed. Bids are on file in the Clerk's office. Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to refer to proper commit- tee for tabulation and recommendation, carried. C0MMISSIONERS' REPORTS Commissioner Schoneman: 1. The ramps being placed on Pacific still continuing to be constructed and have had good response from various organizations who have indicated interest in financially supporting the program. 2. Third transmission line is moving right along; almost 1/2 distance of the 22,000 ft. has been completed. Up against rock today and will determine whether it can be broken up with a backhoe or whether the pipe will have to be put on the surface. 3. Pacific Northwest Bell has given notice that they will be placing their new conduits on Montgomery Street and will continue this conduit up 6th St. and Kitsap Way to National Ave. A preconstruction conference will be held Monday. 4. Yesterday had a view of what Poulsbo has done with their waterfront walk. It is strictly a walk for pedestrians. They should be complimented for all the activity on their waterfront. Mayor Jarstad: 1. Have had several discussions with the View Ridge Neighborhood Council on their request for parking on Aimira Drive between Ivy and Sylvan Way, have asked Police Dept. for a recommendation. The width is only 31 ft., which is not wide enough for parking on both sides and have a good traffic flow through there. They have made a recommendation that parking be removed on west side of Aimira, Sylvan to Ivy, and a centerline be established. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Schoneman to concur with the neighborhood request, Under discussion: Commissioner Schoneman stated that there are different widths on Almira; that the street gradually widens from 31 ft. as it goes down to Ivy. He suggests that this should be investi- gated. Motion carried, 2. Fire Dept. report for the month of October had 165 alarms with a loss of $15,250,00 in buildings and $6,000.00 in contents. Also 87 were first aid runs. 3. Complimented Joe Zaspell who has been appointed by Governor-elect Ray as the assistant liaison between her office and the legislature. Zaspell worked at Bremerton City Hall for a long time as a newspaper reporter and then went to KIRO. 4. He recommended that the City Clerk be instructed to have padding placed on the first four rows of the City Council benches and suggested this could be taken from the General Facilities Budget. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Schoneman to follow the recommenda- tion of the Mayor, carried. 5. He stated that it appears the bond levy is passing as the absentee ballots presently being counted would indicate; Mr. Andrew Pendergast has agreed to serve for six months beyond his proposed retirement date in order to assist in applying for grants; that he is very knowledgeable in the grant area and has developed many contacts which will be valuable in applying for funds. 6. Have some procedural steps to be taken immediately; had assured the neigh- borhood groups that any happenings in their area from action by the City Council would be taken up with those people involved; therefore want to hear from neighbors and neighborhood groups on the use of the bond funds. Also will have to get options on purchasing property, which options may have to extend for one, two, or three years, Relating to manpower for four CETA positions approved for assistants in developing the Cooritz School property; that the school board is now being contacted so details can be worked out for the purpose of getting the manpower to work on the property. -6- CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 10, 1976 commissioner Schoneman stated he had heard from someone that grants were being given in connection with handicapped persons' needs and suggest he be asked (Bob Theroux) to explore the possibility of obtaining a grant for installation of an elevator in the City Hall, Also monies are being made available for widening doors and for wider lavatory doors, Mayor Jarstad stated he had talked to Mr. Theroux and he is already pursuing this possibility with the elevator in mind. ~ Meeting adjourned at 11:48 A.M. City Clerk Approved: Mayor