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Home My WebLink About09/15/2010 COUNCIL DIGITAL RECORDING CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES AMM Wednesday, September 15, 2010 OCT ® 6 2010 The weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order Wednesday, September ,15, 2010, at 5:00 PM in Council Conference Room 603 of the NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER, 345 6 1h Street, Bremerton, 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; Deputy City Clerk Pam Bykonen; and Legislative Assistant Lori Smith. A COUNCIL BRIEFING 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 Reverend Ron Anderson of Manette Community Church. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Patty Lent... • Brought forward Public Works Director Vincent Akhimie who introduced Katherine Morgan a new grant- funded employee who will be shared with the other three Kitsap County cities; • Presented a special recognition award from the Department of Ecology to Pat Coxon Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager, for 5 -years of outstanding performance by the City of Bremerton's Wastewater Treatment Plant staff; • Presented a Mayor's Recognition Award to a team of residents from the Benedict House who volunteered their time as part of the City's Beautification Program by cleaning up litter in areas around the City; • Introduced Lonnie Schmidt who thanked the City of Bremerton for partnering with PSNS for the Annual Western Washington State Safety & Health Expo that was held in August. Mr. Schmidt was proud to accept the award on behalf of all the volunteers for their contributions and the partnership with PSNS, City of Bremerton, and the community to this years Expo that has now been recognized on the national level and was in Florida recently to accept the award on behalf of the Planning Committee at the Annual Conference for the National Voluntary Protection Participation Association; • Accepted an award from the 2010 US Census Bureau that was presented to the City of Bremerton for partnering in the recent Census Count; and • Proclaimed September 18, 2010 as "POW & MIA Recognition Day ", and presented a proclamation to VFW Post 39. PUBLIC RECOGNITION & ANNOUNCEMENTS Scott Bartlett Curator from the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum, invited the public to celebrate the opening of the exhibit "Spanning the Great Peninsula — Bridges of Kitsap"on Thursday, September 30 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM; and also mentioned that the museum would be open during the First Friday Art Walk on Friday, October 1St Pam Bykonen Community Development, presented pledge forms to the Council Members to kick -off the 2010 Community United Way Campaign. Julie Debrowski explained that the City license fee required by landlords is a major reason why she does not purchase property in Bremerton. Brent Warner also expressed concern about the proposed additional fee for landlords who own multiple properties, and reminded the City that they should utilize "tools" that are already in place to deal with "slum lords" such as the nuisance law. CONSENT AGENDA A. Check Numbers 339468 through 339670; and EFT -10177 through EFT -10210 in the amount of $2,034,978.38; and Regular Payroll in the amount of $760,851.83 for the pay period ending August 31, 2010. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Page 2 of 4 B. Minutes of Meeting — September 1, 2010 C. Minutes of Study Session — September 8, 2010 D. Appointment of Robert M. Dollar to the Parks & Recreation Commission E. Ordinance No. 5121 amending Chapter 10.12 of the Bremerton Municipal Code (BMC) entitled "Bicycles and Skateboards" to remove bicycle registration from the Code F. Acceptance of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) There were no questions or comments from the public... 05:59:25 M /S /C /U (Runyon /Arends) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented and amended. Voted in favor of Motion: McDonald, Brockus, Runyon, Wheeler, Robinson, Arends, Maupin, and Wofford Abstained: McConnell Motion carried: 8 -Yes; 1- Abstention GENERAL BUSINESS 6A — ORDINANCE NO. 5122 AMENDING CHAPTER 10.10 ENTITLED "RESTRICTED PARKING ZONES" AND CHAPTER 10.11 ENTITLED "PARKING ENFORCEMENT" OF THE BREMERTON MUNICIPAL CODE (BMC) Council President Nick Wofford and Chair of the Ad -Hoc Downtown Parking Committee, explained the Committee was formed to discuss amendments to the provisions relating to parking in Bremerton's Downtown Core in order to better meet the needs of Bremerton's citizens. The proposed ordinance amends Chapter 10.10 entitled "Restricted Parking Zones" and Chapter 10.11 entitled "Parking Enforcement" of the Bremerton Municipal Code. Carlos Jara stated that he was a downtown business owner, and was also a member of the Ad -Hoc Parking Committee, and that the proposed action would address the issues that were discussed by the Committee, and therefore urged the Council for their support. 06:06 :06 Motion was made by Arends; and seconded by Runyon. Discussion then began by the Council Members... Roy Runyon thanked everyone who participated on the Ad -Hoc Downtown Parking Committee to resolve issues with downtown parking; and mentioned that the Council would next form an Ad -Hoc Committee to resolve some of the parking issues related to residential areas. Carol Arends expressed her support for this action. Greg Wheeler also expressed his support. Will Maupin stated that as a member of the Ad -Hoc Downtown Parking Committee, his hope was to not only address some of the on -going issues with downtown parking, but to improve the poor perception that the public has about parking in downtown Bremerton and to make it more "customer friendly ". He feels that this ordinance will be a positive step in the right direction, just as the previous action taken by the Council was to restrict handicap parking; but regrets that they could not come up with a way to resolve all of the problems. 06:14:35 M /S /C /U (Arends /Runyon) Move to pass Ordinance No. 5122 amending Chapter 10.10 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Restricted Parking Zones" and Chapter 10.11 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Parking Enforcement ". RR_ ORDINANCE NO 5115 AI►A ENTITL " D €FIN' AND ENDING S €CTION 5 .02 040 TK V� 'QiTVI'1'\l"[7TV�IT�V 1 1 PT'[ItI AMEND D Q �L�� 7 QI�� rTlnnl 5 02 non _TITTLED "S€R�4�b4T€- �€I�I €I�A6 Bk1SIN€SS LICENSE REQUIRED" OF Tl�4E RDCIIACDTMI RAI IA11f`IDA1 CODE /RI►AG\ Item was postponed until November 3, 2010... City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Page 3 of 4 PUBLIC HEARING 7A — CONCESSION AGREEMENT WITH PIERCE COUNTY- KITSAP YMCA Roger Lubovich City Attorney explained that the proposed agreement replaces the current concession agreement between the City of Bremerton and the YMCA for use of the 3.1 acre land parcel upon which the YMCA facility has been located since 1984. The agreement extends the YMCA's term of use for the property and incorporates the management, maintenance, and operation of the City's pool approved by Council during its September 1 meeting. The property upon which the YMCA facility is situated is subject to the City's Park Protection Ordinance, Chapter 13.12 of the Bremerton Municipal Code (BMC). Although the agreement and its terms are not drafted as a lease but as a concession, staff is recommending that approval be processed under this code with two public hearings before final approval. Parks & Recreation Director Wyn Birkenthal added that a Parks Commission Special Meeting was called to allow the Commissioners time to review this Concession Agreement, which they unanimously approved. President Wofford opened the Public Hearing to the public for comment... Mike Walton YMCA Marketing Director and Executive Director for the Kitsap Public Facilities District, presented a report completed by the Kitsap Public Facilities District two years ago when they studied other community pools in the area and the difficulties they had in operating community recreation pools; Jane Erlenson YMCA Director of Operations, discussed some of the programs offered by the YMCA that are important to the community of Bremerton such as Date Night for Military couples and Splash & Jam for youth; and urged Council to support the agreement. Dan Nohel explained that he was the first manager of the City's pool, and thanked Council Members McConnell and Brockus for voting against the Concession Agreement at the last Council Meeting because he continues to be against the action taken by the Council last week to turn over the management of the Pool to the YMCA; also expressed his concern about the lack of public notice when the issue about the pool was initially discussed. Bert Warner was against the pool closing. President Wofford clarified that the pool was not closing, but that it would now be managed by the YMCA instead of the City. No action was taken. This was the 1 St of 2 Public Hearings; Action is anticipated at the 2" Public Hearing to be held during a Special Meeting next week on September 22, 2010... COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Will Maupin thanked the individuals who served on the Ad -Hoc Downtown Parking Committee; and pointed out the Robert (Bob) Dollar was appointed to the Parks Commission earlier in the meeting and thanked Mr. Dollar for his willingness to serve. He was also surprised to learn that the City of Federal Way applied for and was awarded $1- million per year for an economic development project, but they do not currently have a project so they are not using the money. He also discussed the EB -5 Program which is a state program that was developed to bring in money from foreign investors. Carol Arends discussed her attendance at the CenCom Budget Committee Meeting earlier today with Mayor Patty Lent and fellow Council member Greg Wheeler. Dianne Robinson announced that a Veterans Job Fair was going to be held on Saturday, September 25 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the Jackson Park Community Center; and an Organizing Effective Coalitions utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework workshop would be on September 28 & 29 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in the Meeting Chambers. She discussed her attendance at the Suffrage Celebration hosted by the Women's League of Voters and announced that they will be hosting candidate forums for the 23 and 35 Legislative Districts; provided a briefing on the Public Works Committee meeting held yesterday; and congratulated Larry Matel for receiving recognition in the prestigious Civil Engineering Magazine and Pat Coxon and his team for being recognized by the State Department of Ecology for five years in a row. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Page 4of4 Greg Wheeler also attended the Suffrage Celebration hosted by the Women's League of Voters; discussed his participation on the CDBG Advisory Committee; and announced a ceremony would be held this Friday, September 17 from 7:45 to 8:15 AM at the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport in observance of POW & MIA Recognition Day. Lastly, he commented on the very moving 9 -11 Memorial Ceremony that was held in conjunction with the arrival of the steel beams form the Twin Towers at Evergreen Rotary Park last weekend. Roy Runyon invited members of the public to attend the Open House of the new Municipal Court on Friday, September 17 from 4:30 to 7:00 PM, with the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 5:30 PM in the new location at 550 Park Avenue; and the 2 nd Annual "Bremerton Party" fundraiser to benefit the Bremerton Foodline and East Bremerton Rotary to be held on Saturday, September 25 beginning at 7:00 PM in the Meeting Chambers. He also announced a new business, Kitsap Public Relations located at 409 Pacific Avenue in Suite 101 owned by Nate Murphy, who may be contacted at (206) 618 -2790. Adam Brockus reported on the recent Manette Fest; and announced that the Manette Bridge will be closed from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM on the following Thursdays: September 16, 23, and 30; and October 7, 14, 21, and 28. Cecil McConnell had no report but jokingly stated that to get equal time he could read the YMCA Concession Agreement in its entirety ... On a serious note, he explained that he wanted to attend the 9- 11 Ceremony but came down with a case of vertigo. Jim McDonald also attended the 9 -11 Memorial Ceremony, which he too found very moving; and also attended the Manette Fest which he enjoyed very much. Nick Wofford thanked Bob Dollar for volunteering to serve on the Parks & Recreation Commission; and encouraged citizens to volunteer to serve on the Residential Parking Advisory Committee and noted that applications are being accepted until September 30` He also encouraged people to support various organizations in Bremerton as well as the United Way, sand to help clean up the City. With no further business, President Wofford adjourned the Council Meeting at 6:55 PM. Prepared and Submitted by: L RI SMITH Legislative Assistant Attest: CARD TGE ity erk )NICK WOF ORD, City Co4&4 President NW:CE:ls:cg