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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/07/2011 DIGITAL RECORDING MW CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JIM 201k December 7, 2011 The weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order in the City Council Conference Room 603, of the NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER, 345 6th Street, Bremerton, Washington, Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at 5 00 PM, with Council President WIII Maupin presiding Council Members present were Nick Wofford, Carol Arends, Dianne Robinson, Greg Wheeler, Roy Runyon, Adam Brockus, Cecil McConnell, and Jim McDonald City Attorney Roger Lubovich, Interim City Clerk Shannon Conn, and Council Assistant Christine Grenier were present to provide staff support 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 Rabbi Sarah Newmark of Congregation Beth Hatikvah MAYOR'S REPORT — Mayor Patty Lent • Invited Andy Oakley Bremerton Police Department, and Judy McDonald Neighborhood Block Watch Captains Group, to present Neighborhood Improvement Awards to Kathryn Easton (Broadway Avenue), Jackie and Teri Garrett (Rainier Avenue), Chip and Paula Henkel (7th Street), John and Cathy Jennings (Solie Avenue), and Ella Rae (8 Street) for making substantial improvements to their properties, • Proclaimed the Week of November 13 -19, 2011 as `Re -Power Bremerton Week'; • Announced that Good Will is hosting fob skills training twice each week from January 3 through February 23, 2012 For more information, please contact (360) 373 -3692 PUBLIC RECOGNITION — There were no public announcements tonight CONSENT AGENDA A Check Numbers 345956 through 346249, and EFT -11397 through EFT -11460 in the amount of $4,587,493 18, Regular Payroll for the pay period ending November 15, 2011 in the amount of $734,059 31, and Retiree Payroll for the pay period ending November 30, 2011 in the amount of $73,75808 B Minutes of Budget Workshop — November 1, 2011 C Minutes of Meeting — November 2, 2011 D Minutes of Budget Workshop — November 7, 2011 E Minutes of Budget Workshop — November 9, 2011 F Minutes of Meeting — November 16, 2011 G Minutes of Budget Workshop — November 21, 2011 H Minutes of Study Session — November 30, 2011 1 Appointment of WIII Maupin to the Bremerton Housing Authority Board of Commissioners J Reappointment of Kelli Lambert to the Planning Commission K Interlocal Agreement KC 450 -11 with Kitsap County for Mutual Aid in Processing of Bio- Solids from their respective Wastewater Treatment Plants L Award Public Works Construction Contract to INSTITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for 4 Street Sewer Lining for the Park Avenue Plaza Project Phase II M Mutual Aid Agreement between the City of Bremerton and participating Kitsap County Law Enforcement Agencies City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Page 2 of 8 N Resolution No 3157 establishing January 18, 2012 as a Hearing Date to vacate Broadway Avenue from 13 to 16 Streets O Interlocal Agreement with King County for Regional Aerial Mapping There were no comments from the public 05:44:26 M /S /C (Arends /Runyon) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented Voted in favor of Motion McDonald, McConnell, Brockus, Runyon, Wheeler, Robinson, Arends, Wofford Abstained Maupin Motion carried 8 -Yes, 1- Abstention GENERAL BUSINESS 6A — ORDINANCE NO. 5171 CREATING CHAPTER 11.18 OF THE BREMERTON MUNICIPAL CODE (BMC) ENTITLED "ADDRESSING " Tom Knuckey Engineering, summarized that the current City addressing ordinance dates back to 1928 and does little more than establish a City addressing grid and provide guidelines for how address numbers should be assigned The current ordinance has no provisions for naming streets, modifying incorrect addresses, or identifying an enforcement procedure to ensure addresses can be changed when necessary The proposed BMC Chapter 11 18 will establish guidelines for the naming of streets and assignment and modification of address numbers There were no comments from the public 05 48:15 Main Motion to pass Ordinance No 5171 was made by Runyon, and seconded by Wheeler Discussion was then opened to the Council for their questions and comments, which were received by McDonald, McConnell, Arends, Runyon, Wheeler, and Brockus 06:03:10 Amending motion was made by Wheeler and seconded by Brockus 06:06:50 AMENDING- M /S /C /U (Wheeler / Brockus) Move to amend BMC 11 18 060 Section J, Part 2 and BMC 11 18 070 Section C2 "to allow 30 days to respond" 06:07 MAIN - M /S /C /U (Runyon/Wheeler) Move to approve Ordinance No 5171 creating Chapter 11 18 of the Bremerton Municipal Code (BMC) entitled "Addressing" 613 — RENEWAL OF ADMIRAL THEATRE COMMITMENT TO THE ADMIRAL THEATRE FOUNDATION Cathy Johnson Finance Officer, explained that the City entered into the First Addendum to Operating Agreement with the Admiral Theatre Foundation in December 2001 for the purposes of providing ongoing funding for the operations of the Admiral Theatre and to clarify the conditions under which the continuation of funding support would be provided Provisions in this agreement call for the City Council to renew its commitment to the $90,000 /year fund amount every three years throughout the term of the contract The agreement anticipates that the commitment will be renewed so long as the Foundation ahs used the funds in the manner anticipate and met the ongoing requirements of the contract The three year review was missed in 2010 but has been concluded in 2011 and is being presented during the Council's consideration of the 2012 budget It is the recommendation of the Director of the Financial Services that the City Council renew its commitment of the current funding amount of $90,000 per year Ruth Enderle Executive Director for the Admiral Theatre, introduced Carol Sue Board of Directors, who asked that the City of Bremerton to continue its support of the Admiral Theatre City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Page 3 of 8 Comments against continued funding of the Admiral Theatre were received by the following James Wright Don Shannon: Vern LaPrath and Drake McDonald Comments in support of continued funding of the Admiral Theatre were received by the following Ruth Enderle Executive Director, Carol Sue Board of Directors, Susan Lavin Sue Shipley Ken Perry Don Stauff and Brent Warner 6:31 10 Motion to renew the commitment to the Admiral Theatre Foundation was made by McDonald, and seconded by Wheeler Tim Lavin Admiral Theatre Finance Director, responded to questions about previous funding and emphasized that the Admiral Theatre is looking for a stable level of funding, and stated that part of the ticket sales are turned around to pay for operating costs and artist fees Kyle Kincaid Admiral Theatre Treasurer, responded to concerns over usage of funds which has included huge expenses such as the recent replacement of roof and windows, emphasized that ticket prices would have to be doubled without funding from the City, sponsorships, and donations and this could hurt local businesses and fobs as well as the community since the events would not be at an affordable level Discussion was then opened to the Council for their questions and comments, which were received by Runyon, Wheeler, McConnell, Wofford, McDonald, Maup►n, and Arends 07:03.30 M /S /C (McDonald/Wheeler) Move to renew the City of Bremerton's commitment to the Admiral Theatre Foundation per Operating Agreement and First Addendum to Operating Agreement (Agreements) subject to the proposed amendments and authorize the City Attorney to amend the Agreements consistent with the proposed language and further authorize the Mayor to execute the same Voted in favor of the Motion Wheeler, Wofford, McDonald, McConnell, Maupin Voted against the Motion Runyon, Robinson Abstained Arends, Brockus Motion carried, 5 -Yes, 2 -No, 2- Abstentions 6C — RESOLUTION NO. 3158 RATIFYING KITSAP COUNTYWIDE PLANNING POLICIES WITH 2011 AMENDMENTS AS REVISED AND ADOPTED BY THE KITSAP COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON NOVEMBER 14.2011 Andrea Spencer Community Development Director, stated that the Kitsap Countywide Planning Policies (CPP's) are a regional framework prepared by local governments to coordinate jurisdictional growth planning as directed by the State Growth Management Act The CPP's were originally adopted and ratified by all Kitsap County local governments in 1992, and they have been amended several times in the years since In 2010 and 2011 the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council (KRCC) and each of the Planning Directors in Kitsap began work to update and amend the CPP's to make them consistent with the Puget Sound Regional Council's Vision 2040 Multi- County Planning Policies On May 24, 2011, the KRCC Board recommended policy revisions, and forward the revised CPP's to Kitsap County for adoption The Kitsap Board of County Commissioners passed Ordinance No 476 -2011 on November 14, 2011 adopted the revised CPP's with three modifications to the KRCC's recommended policies (Kitsap County's edits are shown in red in the Resolution's Exhibit A, and summarized here as 1) Modified language for "Fully Contained Communities ", 2) Added SEPA reference to Appendix A and, 3) Removed all changes to Appendix B Population Distribution) City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Page 4 of 8 City Council ratification of the amendments is requested to be compliant with the procedures outlined in the CPP's (please see Appendix A of the CPP's for the ratification process) There were no comments from the public 07:07:20 Motion to pass Resolution No 3158 was made by Brockus, and seconded by Robinson Discussion was then opened to the Council for their questions and comments, which were received by Runyon, Maup►n, and Arends 07 13 M /S /C /U (Brockus /Robinson) Move to pass Resolution No 3158 ratifying the Kitsap Countywide Planning Policies with 2011 amendments as revised and adopted by the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners on November 14, 2011 6D — APPROVAL OF $25,000 GRANT- MATCH TO BE USED TO FUND A PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING, AND COORDINATION OF THE YOUTH WELLNESS CAMPUS Mayor Lent emphasized that this $25,000 grant match is needed to fund a project manager for the development planning and coordination of the Youth Wellness Campus Partners in the project are Bremerton School District, Boys and Girls Club Teen Center, Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children, Kitsap Community Food Co -Op, Farmers Market, C Keith Birkenfeld Fund of the Seattle Foundation, Steven Holl Architects, Rice Fergus Miller Architects, Seattle University, and Organization Systems Renewal Graduate Program A $1,000,000 verbal commitment has been obtained from the C Keith Birkenfeld Fund of the Seattle Foundation for this project contingent on obtaining the $25,000 grant match for the pre - development planning Mayor Lent also introduced Karen Rogers consultant with Exeltech, who would be the project manager pending Council approval Comments in favor of the grant match and project were received by the following Stacie Ray Boys and Girls Club of South Puget Sound, Colleen Smidt Claire Bishop (on behalf of Birkenfeld family), Don Stauff and Christine Mooney Board Member for Girls and Boys Club 07:23:55 Motion to approve the grant match was made by McConnell, and seconded by Brockus Discussion was then opened to the Council for their questions and comments, which were received by McConnell, Runyon, McDonald, Robinson, Wheeler, and Arends 07.31 50 M /S /C /U (McConnell /Brockus) Move to approve the expenditure of $25,000 from the 2012 General Fund non - departmental budget to assist Kitsap Community Foundation's funding of a project manager for the development planning and coordination of the Youth Wellness Campus The meeting was recessed at 7 32 PM and reconvened at 7 47 PM PUBLIC HEARINGS 7A — ORDINANCE NO. 5169 AMENDING SECTION 3.82.020 OF THE BREMERTON MUNICIPAL CODE (BMC) RELATING TO THE COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX Becky Hasart Financial Services Director, stated that as part of the 2012 Budget, it is proposed to raise the parking tax rate from 10% to 15% This increase would be a direct revenue stream to the street fund and could potentially realize an increase of $150,000 overall This proposed ordinance was first presented as part of the budget public hearing on November 16, 2011 There were no comments received regarding this specific item City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Page 5 of 8 President Maupin opened the Public Hearing for comments Comments in opposition to raising the parking tax were received by the following Bob Duprie Diamond Parking 07:52:45 Motion to pass Ordinance No 5169 was made by Runyon, and seconded by Brockus Discussion was then opened to the Council for their questions and comments, which were received by Runyon, Brockus, Wofford, Maupin, and McConnell 07 57:00 M /S /C (Runyon /Brockus) Move to approve Ordinance No 5169 amending Section 3 83 020 of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to Commercial Parking Tax Voted in favor of Motion Wofford, McDonald, McConnell, Brockus, Runyon, Wheeler, Robinson, Maupin Voted against the Motion Arends Motion carried, 8 -Yes, 1 -No 7B — ORDINANCE NO. 5170 AMENDING CHAPTER 3.50 OF THE BREMERTON MUNICIPAL CODE (BMC) RELATING TO UTILITY TAXES FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, AND STORMWATER UTILITIES Becky Hasart Financial Services Director, stated that as part of the 2012 Budget, it is proposed to raise the utility tax portion on PILOT on Wastewater and Stormwater from 9 5% to 14% These changes would increase the total PILOT to the Wastewater and Stormwater Funds from 15 5% to 20% There would be no change to the PILOT on the Water Fund This proposed ordinance was first presented as part of the budget public hearing on November 16, 2011 There were no comments received regarding this specific item President Maupin opened the Public Hearing for comments Comments against the proposed increase in utility taxes were received by the following Vern LaPrath 8:01.35 Motion to pass the Ordinance No 5170 was made by Brockus, and seconded by Runyon Discussion was then opened to the Council for their questions and comments, which were received by Wheeler, Brockus, McConnell, Runyon, and Maupin 08.12.25 M /S /C (Brockus /Runyon) Move to approve Ordinance No 5170 amending Chapter 3 50 of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to the Utility Taxes for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Voted in favor of Motion Wofford, McDonald, McConnell, Brockus, Runyon, Wheeler, Robinson, Arends Voted against the Motion Maupin Motion carried, 8 -Yes, 1 -No 7C — ORDINANCE NO. 5172 AMENDING RATES AND FEES ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE NO 5132 Becky Hasart Financial Services Director, explained that as part of the 2012 Budget, it is proposed to raise the water rates by 6% This increase would be a direct revenue stream to the water operations and maintenance fund and could potentially realize additional revenue of about $473,000 For the average customer, this would equate to about a $1 02 increase per month or $12 24 for the year Exact bills may vary depending on the customer's water usage President Maupin opened the Public Hearing for comments Comments regarding raising water rates were received by the following James Wright City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Page 6 of 8 08.18:27 Main Motion to pass Ordinance No 5172 (and raise water rates by 6%) was made by Brockus, and seconded by McDonald 08:28:40 Amending Motion to raise water rates by 3% was made by Runyon, and seconded by Robinson Discussion was then opened to the Council for their questions and comments, which were received by McDonald, Runyon, Arends, Brockus, Wheeler, McConnell, Maupin, Wofford, and Robinson 08:41 AMENDING — M /S /F (Runyon /Robinson) Move to approve Ordinance No 5172 of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending rates and fees established in Ordinance No 5132 to raise the Water Rates by 3% Voted in favor of the Motion Runyon Robinson Voted against the Motion McDonald, McConnell, Brockus, Wheeler, Arends, Wofford, Maupin Amending Motion failed, 2 -Yes, 7 -No 08.42.15 MAIN — M /S /C (Brockus /McDonald) Move to approve Ordinance No 5172 of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending rates and fees established in Ordinance No 5132 to raise the Water Rates by 6% Voted in favor of Motion Brockus, Arends, Wofford, McDonald, Maupin Voted against the Motion McConnell, Runyon, Wheeler, Robinson Main Motion carried, 5 -Yes, 4 -No 7D — ORDINANCE NO. 5173 APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE 2012 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BREMERTON Becky Hasart Financial Services Director, stated that the attached ordinance represents the proposed 2012 Fiscal Budget for consideration This ordinance reflects the discussions that have occurred during the various budget workshops held by Council Specific highlights include • An increase to the parking tax from 10% to 15% • An increase to the utility taxes /PILOT for Wastewater and Stormwater from 15 5% to 20% • A continuation of the utility taxes /PILOT for Water at 15 5% • Salaries and Wages remain at the same levels as 2011 (No COLA's) • Staff reductions of 24 4 FTE's from 2011 levels • A 1 % increase to the property tax/EMS collections If adopted, the budget would become effective January 1, 2012 President Maupin opened the Public Hearing for comments Comments regarding the budget were received by the following Todd Best Leslie Daugs John Witte Larry Taylor Brent Warner Robert Parker Don Stauff Vaughn Smith James Wright Vern LaPrath and Richard Sisillen 09 13.05 Main Motion to approve Ordinance No 5173 was made by McDonald, and seconded by Wofford Discussion was then opened to the Council for their questions and comments, which were received by Brockus, Runyon, McConnell, Wofford, Maupin, McDonald, and Wheeler City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Page 7 of 8 Mayor Lent responded to concerns about cutting fobs and explained that prior action by Council tonight has reinstated half of the employees who were to be eliminated, and responded that continuing to ask employees to take furloughs is not sustainable given the current workload or for meeting rising costs of healthcare Becky Hasart answered questions regarding how the City is achieving cost savings by pointing out that in the Finance Department alone, the loss of a FTE and reorganizing work will result in savings This is being done in each department 09.33:25 Motion to continue the public hearing was made by McConnell, and seconded by Robinson Discussion was then opened to the Council for their questions and comments, which were received by Runyon, Arends, Maupin, and Wofford McConnell modified his motion from December 21 to December 14 and the change was seconded by Wofford 09.41 00 M /S /C (McConnell/Wofford) Move to continue the public hearing for Ordinance No 5173 to December 14, 2011 Voted in favor of Motion Brockus, Wheeler, Robinson, Arends, Wofford, McConnell, Maupin Voted against Motion Runyon, McDonald Motion carried 7 -Yes, 2 -No COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Adam Brockus really enjoyed WinterFest last Friday, and attended the Open House at Bremerton Good Will and encouraged people to look into their job training program Roy Runyon announced that the 4 th Annual Mill Town Family Christmas will be held on Sunday, December 11 from 4 00 to 8 00 PM at Seabeck Conference Center Greg Wheeler also attended the Good Will Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, announced that Good Will is hosting fob skills and customer service training twice each week from January 3 through February 23, 2012, hoped people would attend events at the Bremerton Ice Arena on December 17 and 18, and mentioned several upcoming Union Hill events including Christmas Caroling this Friday from 5 00 to 8 00 PM at the Community of Christ Church located at the corner of 10 Street and Veneta Avenue Carol Arends encouraged people to attend holiday events along "Tin Soldier Lane" in the Charleston area on December 10 beginning at 10 00 AM Will Maupin attended his last Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Executive Board meeting and was recognized for his 10 years of service, and announced that immediately following the Council Meeting, a Special Meeting of the Transportation Benefit District (TBD) Board would be held in the Chambers President Maupin adjourned the Council Meeting at 9 47 PM Prepared and Submitted by CHRIS GRENIER Council Assistant City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Page 8 of 8 Attest SHANNON CORIN, Interim City Clerk 4 t." - .-� WILL FMAUPIN, City Council President WMSCIscg