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Home My WebLink About04/21/2010 ��14�111��L4 DIGITAL RECORDING ' �AY o � ZO�O CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, April 21, 2010 The weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 5:00 PM in Council Conference Room 603 of the NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER 345 6tn Street, Breme�ton, Washington, with Council President Nick Wofford presiding. Council Members present were Will Maupin, Carol Arends, Dianne Robinson, Greg Wheeler, Roy Runyon, Adam Brockus, Cecil McConnell and Jim McDonald. Also present were City Attorney Roger Lubovich; City Clerk Carol Etgen; and Legislative Assistant Lori Smith. A CouNCi� BRiEFiN� was then held to discuss General Council Business at 5:00 PM in the Council Conference Room. At 5:30 PM the meeting moved to the Meeting Chambers. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council Member Jim McDonald followed by the invocation provided by Pastor Roqer Henniqan of Apostolic Life Tabernacle. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Patty Lent... • Proclaimed Saturday, Apri124, 2010 as the National Day of Puppetry, and presented the proclamation to Stanlev W. Hess, Museum Curator from the Evergreen Children's Theater & Aurora Valentinetti Puppet Museum. Mr. Hess thanked the City and explained this in part is in recognition of the 10�' anniversary of the opening of the museum, and also recognizes that puppetry is an international art form. He invited members of the public and Council to visit the museum located at 257 4�' Street, downtown Bremerton and open Wednesday through Saturday from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM; and also the first Friday of each month during the Art Walk event from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. • Welcomed approximately 400 members of the Washington State Council of Firefighters (WSCFF) and International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) who were in Bremerton attending a joint educational Seminar at the Kitsap Conference Center this week; • Attended the 2010 Commute Smart Awards ceremony held at the Governor's Mansion in Olympia where out of the 38 awards, several were in recognition of local programs including the "Employee Transportation Coordinator Champion Award-Voluntary Site" to Leslie Hopkins of the Kitsap County Health District; the "Employee Transportation Coordinator Champion Award- Affected Site" to Charlotte Sampson of Kitsap Transit; and "Employee Leadership° to the Kitsap County Health District, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and Propel Insurance; • Presented a proclamation to proclaim May 3 to 7, 2010 as Public Service Recognition Week, on behalf of the employees of the City of Bremerton and Kitsap County Health District; • Introduced Senator Derek Kilmer, who provided a Legislative Briefing. PUBLIC RECOGNITION & ANNOUNCEMENTS Kurt Weist, Executive Director of the Bremerton Housing Authonty (BHA) provided an update on the Bay Vista Development, particularly noting that The Summit apartment building is expected to open for occupancy in late spring of 2011. He also mentioned that the BHA offices once located on Russell Road are closed permanently, and an Open House is planned on Tuesday, June 8 for the new location on Wheaton Way. Vern LaPrath encouraged the City Council to reconsider minimizing the Council from 9 to 7 members and to prioritize funds for street repairs; and asked the City to consider changing the traffic signals at several intersections in Bremerton to use a similar signal that was recently installed at Tracyton Blvd. & Bucklin Hill Road that allows a left turn after yielding to oncoming traffic, which would increase the flow of traffic and reduce the amount of time a left turner must wait with their cars idling before. Don Larson attended a Kitsap Trails meeting where they discussed a plan with WSDOT and the Navy to create a walking trail from Gorst to Bremerton; and reported on the annual Sinclair Clean-Up that was held Saturday in Bremerton and Port Orchard, noting that this was the 20�' year of the event. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes . Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Page 2 of 5 CONSENT AGENDA A. Check Numbers 337165 through 337388; and EFT-9750 through EFT-9784 in the amount of $1,982,452.78; and Regular Payroll in the amount of $875,175.06 for the pay period ending April 15, 2010. B. Minutes of Meeting — April 7, 2010 C. Minutes of Study Session — April 14, 2010 , D. Reappointment of John Lyall to the Bremerton Housing Authority Board of Commissioners E. 2010 Renewal of Shelter Plus Care Grant Agreement with Agape Unlimited F. Creation of °CDBG Programs Specialist" position at Pay Band 7 of the City's Professional, Confidential, and Fiduciary Pay Plan to replace at a lower rate the vacant "CDBG Programs Coordinato�' position that is at Pay Band 10 ` G. Approval of Interlocal Agreement with Kitsap County for City of Bremerton LEOFF I Member Medical Payments H. Grant Easement to Puget Sound Energy (PSE) at Sewage Pump Station SB3-Site I. Basic Life Support Services Agreement with Handlers Racing Association J. Authorization to execute and accept quit claim deeds to implement the Boundary Line Adjustment in conjunction with the development of 1 and Pacific Avenue There were no questions or comments from the public... 06:08:35 M/S/C (Arends/Brockus) Move to approve the CoNSEtvT AGEN�A as presented. Voted in favor of Motion: McDonald, McConnell, Brockus, Runyon, Wheeler, Arends, Wofford Abstained: Robinson, Maupin Motion carried: 7-Yes; 2-Abstentions John Lvall thanked the City and the Council for approving his �eappointment and thereby providing him with this opportunity to serve his community. GENERAL BUSINESS 7A — ORDINANCE NO. 51081MPOSING LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX FOR UTILIZING LOCAL REVITALIZING FINANCING FOR THE PARK AVENUE PLAZA PROJECT: Barbara Stephenson, Financial Services Director, explained that Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Chapters 39.104, 82.14.505, and 82.14.510 authorize the imposition of local sales and use tax for the purpose of financing " improvements within a designated Revitalization Area. The local sales and use tax is credited against the sales and use tax otherwise due to the State, resulting in no net change in tax to the taxpayer. The City has satisfied all prerequisites to imposing the tax and therefore prior to July 1, 2010, the City intends to incur general indebtedness and to issue bonds to finance the public improvements. The City will retire such indebtedness in whole or in part form the Local Revitalization Financing it receives. There were no comments from the public... 06:14:45 The Main Motion was made and seconded...Council Members then began their discussion... Mr. McConnell thought that the Administration was going to place this project on hold, and was confused that it was brought back to the Councit only three weeks later. He still believes the project should be put on hold and therefore would not support this action tonight. Mrs. Arends agreed, even though she thought it was a good project. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Page3of5 Mr. Maupin agreed that this was a good project, but disagreed that the project should be put on hold because he actually thought this was a good time to proceed. Mr. Brockus agreed. Mr. Runvon asked if the project could be delayed. Ms. Stephenson stated that if the action is delayed, the Council can only act again at this same time next year when the financial climate will be unknown. Mr. Wheeler stated that using conservative numbers and last year's property tax as a baseline, he came to the conclusion that this was a good deal. 06:21:25 M/S/C (Wheeler/Runyon) Move to pass Ordinance No. 5108 imposing the local sales and use tax to be credited against the State sales tax for purposes of utilizing Local Revitalization Financing. Voted in favor of Motion: Brockus, Runyon, Wheeler, Maupin, McDonald, Wofford Voted opposed to Motion: McConnell, Arends Abstention: Robinson Motion carried: 6-Yes; 2-No; 1-Abstention 7B — ORDINANCE NO. 5109 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS (LTGO) FOR THE PARK AVENUE PLAZA PROJECT: Barbara Stephenson, Financial Services Director, summarized that Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Chapters 39.104, 82.14.505, and 82.14.510 authorize the imposition of local sales and use tax for the purpose of financing improvements within a designated Revitalization Area. The local sales and use tax is credited against the sales and use tax otherwise due to the State, resulting in no net change in tax to the taxpayer. The City adopted an ordinance imposing the Local Revitalization Fund Tax to be collected beginning July 1, 2010, and expects to receive not to exceed $330,000 annually. The City Council deemed it to be in the best interest of the City to borrow money by the issuance of limited tax general obligation bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $9,600,000, and to pledge to the repayment of the proceeds of the tax in order to provide funds to finance the Park Plaza Project; Lions Park renovations; and to purchase and renovate a building to be used as a municipal courthouse and to pay costs of issuing and selling the bonds. There were no comments from the public... 06:27:05 The Main Motion was made and seconded...Council Members then began their discussion... Mr. McConnell asked what the annual payment would be for the new amount of $9,600,000. Mr. Brockus stated that at the Finance Committee meeting earlier today, they learned that the amount would be $632,000 per year, and that is only if the City does not get the $2.2 million grant from the Federal Government. Mr. McDonald expressed his excitement over these projects, thought the timing was perfect to take advantage of the lower interest rate, and also had the added bonus of creating of new jobs. Mr. Maupin invited the Bond Counsel to provide further details. 06:42:40 M/S/C/U (Runyon/McDonald) Move to pass Ordinance No. 5109 providing for the issuance and sale of not to exceed $9,600,000 limited tax general obligation bonds of the City to provide funds with which to pay a portion of the costs of constructing a parking facility and Lions Park renovation; providing for the additional pledge of the sale of certain sales and use taxes; and providing for the terms of sale of the bonds; and purchase and renovation of building to be used as a municipal court house. Voted in favor of Motion: Brockus, Runyon, Wheeler, Robinson, Maupin, McDonald, Wofford Voted opposed to Motion: Arends, McConnell Motion carried: 7-Yes; 2-No City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Page 4 of 5 7C — ORDINANCE NO. 5110 RELATING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Ros�er Lubovich, City Attomey, stated that because the current budget eliminated funding for the Economic Development Department, does the City Council desire this amendment to remove the depa�tment from the code. There were no comments from the public... 06:44:25 The Main Motion was made and seconded... Council Members then began their discussion... Mrs. Arends was not in favor of deleting this department from the City code; and Mr. Runvon agreed. Mr. McConnell explained that the current position description is not accurate for the type of person the City woutd eventually need therefore he thought it would be better to go ahead and approve this action, and then bring the issue back later with an accurate description. Mr. Brockus agreed with this. Mr. Lubovich clarified however that if the position was brought back, it would not be a Department as it is now listed now in the code. Mr. Maupin stated that the Department should be eliminated from the Code now, and the Council could then update the language to match the newly created position when the time comes. 06:50:45 M/S/C (McConnell/Brockus) Move to approve Ordinance No. 5110 relating to the Department of Economic Development. Voted in favor of Motion: Wheeler, Maupin, McDonald, McConnell, Brockus, Wofford Voted opposed to Motion: Runyon, Robinson, Arends, Motion carried; 6-Yes; 3-No COUNCIL MEWIBER REPORTS Will Maupin reported on a recent meeting of the newly formed Parking Committee that will focus on the downtown parking situation; attended a Kitsap Transit Board meeting yesterday where it was determined that paper transfers would still be allowed and the fast passenger ferry; and had the pleasure of attending a luncheon to meet members of the Pumas, Bremerton's professional soccer team earlier today and encouraged the public to attend their opening game of the season at the Bremerton Memorial Stadium on Saturday, May 15. Carol Arends mentioned that she will be attending the PRSC TransPol meeting this week by teleconference. Dianne Robinson was glad to be back after missing a few Council Meetings due to a family emergency. Grea Wheeler attended the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce Thunder Awards, and participated in the Sinclair Inlet Clean-Up event this past weekend. This Saturday he plans to commemorate the 40"' Anniversary of "Earth Day" by volunteering with the Union Hill neighborhood to complete 40 community projects. Rov Runvon spent the day with the City's Forester Bill McKinney and encouraged other Council Members to meet with Bitl and take a similar tour of the City's forest and watershed. Adam Brockus acknowledged the Council's two staff members Lori Smith and Christine Grenier in recognition of Administrative Professionals Day. Cecil McConnell announced the Tacoma Rainiers "Salute to Armed Forces Day" event on Saturday, May 8 at 7:00 PM at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma when the Rainiers will play the Las Vegas 51's. Advanced tickets are $5 and include a reserved seat, hot dog, chips, and soda. Please contact Ryan Latham, Tacoma Rainiers Group Event Coordinator at (253) 722-1041 or rlathamCc�rainers.com. Tickets will also be available on the day of the game for $5, without the meal, and based on availability. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, April 21, 2010 � Page 5 of 5 Jim McDonald thanked Senator Kilmer for taking time to meet with him earlier today to discuss ideas for improving Bremerton. He also mentioned his attendance at the Annual Arbor Day celebration held last week at Blueberry Park; and reported on the Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management Council Meeting that he attended with fellow Council Member Greg Wheeler yesterday. Nick Wofford explained that he created a Parking Committee with representatives of the downtown area and from the Navy to discuss possible solutions to the parking issues in the downtown area, and once resolved, a new Parking Committee will be organized to handle the residential parking issues. At 7:05, the Council recessed for a 10-Minute Executive Session to discuss °Labor Negotiations" per RCW 42.30.140 (4)(b); and 20-Minutes to discuss °Pending Litigation" per RCW 42.30.110 (1)(i). There was no action taken... � With no further business, President Wofford adjoumed the Council Meeting at 7:35 PM. Prepared and Submitted by: � , L RI SMITH Legislative Assistant Attest: � , �� CAROL GEN, City C rk � NIC OFFORD y Cou i resident N :CE:Is:cg