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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/15/2012 DIGITAL RECORDING AO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES SEP 2012 Wednesday, August 15, 2012 The weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at 5 00 PM in Council Conference Room 603 of the NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER, 345 6`" Street, Bremerton, Washington, with Council President Jim McDonald presiding Council Members present were Eric Younger, Faye Flemister, Greg Wheeler, Roy Runyon, Adam Brockus, and Leslie Daugs Council Members Carol Arends and Nick Wofford were absent Also present were Assistant City Attorney Mark Koontz, City Clerk Shannon Conn, and Council Assistant Christine Grenier A COUNCIL BRIEFING was 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 Leslie Daugs followed by the invocation provided by Reverend Walter Le Coutour of the Kitsap Rescue Mission Mayor Lent Introduced this year's Kure, Japan Exchange Students Rina Ikoma Mana Doho and Ryohei Kono thanked their host families Barbara & John Gard Jean & Rick Yager and Nikki & Norm Haas and thanked longtime organizers Elaine Valencia and Robert & Pamela Battin for another successful year SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM UPDATE Nicole Floyd City Planner H, Community Development, provided a presentation on the Shoreline Master Program Update regarding "Shoreline Modifications" More Information Including the schedule of presentations can be found at SMP(a)-cl bremerton wa us President McDonald reminded anyone planning to speak tonight during Public Recognition that per the Bremerton City Council Rules & Procedures no comments will be taken regarding any Issues or candidates on the current ballot PUBLIC RECOGNITION Alan Beam provided a letter for the record, and expressed concerns about the economic Impacts and restrictions that would affect homeowners by the proposed code changes for bulkheads Phillip Sutton thanked Todd Best for organizing the clean -up at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Ivy Green Cemetery, and encouraged the community to become involved Cheryl Stauff read a letter on behalf of Mark Moshay also thanking and recognizing volunteer work done by Todd Best Robert Parker hoped that the Council would focus on reaching out to the community and take on other projects to make Bremerton safe JD Sweet also volunteered at the clean -up and personally thanked Todd Best for Inspiring folks to get involved, and encouraged city leadership to become pro - active H Emily Moshay agreed with comments about Todd Best, and has contacted Wyn Birkenthal, Parks & Recreation Director, to help her organize a clean -up of the roundabout at Park Avenue Mario Amaya also volunteered at the clean -up, and repeated comments regarding Todd Best's energy and motivating spirit City Council Reg Mtg Minutes Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Page 2 of 6 MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Patty Lent • Acknowledged community volunteers for recent work on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Ivy Green Cemetery and presented a "Mayor & City Council Honor Award" to Todd Best for organizing the work party, Mario & Ofelia Amaya (El Balcon) and Cheryl & Don Stauff (Boston Don's Pizza) for their generous donations to feed hungry volunteers, Jeff White Lawrence Pugh and A. Carole Dawson for providing Pepsi and water from Bremerton Bottling Company, and Christopher Douglas for providing supplies from Lowe's Home Improvements, • Thanked Scott Prior President and CEO of Connection Credit Union, for his generous offer to host the City Picnic this year, and announced the Credit Union is now located inside the Bremerton Fire Station at 911 Park Avenue, and also has locations in Silverdale and Port Orchard, • Hoped the public was able to attend the West Sound Safety & Health Expo held earlier today, and also encouraged attendance tomorrow from 8 00 AM to 2 00 PM at the Kitsap Conference Center and along the Louis Mentor Boardwalk, • Invited the public to the "Take A Walk in Her Shoes" Walk & Auction on Saturday, September 8 that would begin at 5 00 PM at the Amy Burnett Gallery at 408 Pacific, and end at the Admiral Theater for a shoe auction, wine, hors d'oeuvres, and music, with all proceeds to benefit the YWCA, • Announced that the 1 st Annual Marvin Williams Golf Classic Tournament will be on Friday, August 17 at McCormick Woods Golf Course in Port Orchard to raise money for a new teen community center in West Bremerton, • Looked forward to the Blackberry Festival on the Boardwalk on September 1, 2, & 3 and displayed a map with street closures that would take place that weekend, • Congratulated Nathan Adrian on his recent gold medals in swimming events at the 2012 Olympics in London and hopes to have more details on celebrating his success, and • Was pleased to report that work on 11 Street should be finished tomorrow and the entire detour removed by 5 00 PM CONSENT AGENDA City Clerk Shannon Conn announced that former General Business "Item 8A" was brought up to the Consent Agenda as "Item 6G" 6A Check Numbers 349595 through 349799, and EFT -12066 through EFT -12099 in the amount of $2,174,871 08, Regular Payroll for the pay period ending July 31, 2012 in the amount of $737,717 80, and Regular Payroll Pay Outs for the pay period ending July 31, 2012 in the amount of $16,469 59 6B Minutes of Meeting — August 1, 2012 6C Minutes of Study Session — August 8, 2012 6D Professional Services Agreement with MWH Americas, Inc for design of the "Warren Avenue Bridge Water Main Replacement and Flow Control" Project 6E Resolution No 3178 adopting the South Kitsap Industrial Area (SKIA) Corridor Plan 6F Award Contract to RV Associates for Construction of the , 11 th Street & Warren Avenue Intersection Improvements" Project 6G Lease Agreement between the City of Bremerton and Connection Credit Union City Council Reg Mtg Minutes Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Page 3of6 There were no comments from the public 06:24:15 M /S /C (Runyon/Wheeler) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented Voted in favor of Motion Daugs, Runyon, Wheeler, Flemister, Younger Abstained Brockus Motion carried 6 -Yes, 1- Abstention PUBLIC HEARINGS 7A — ORDINANCE NO 5192 GRANTING A SIX (6) MONTH EXTENSION ON THE EXISTING MORATORIUM FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA COLLECTIVE GARDENS Allison Daniels Community Development Department, emphasized that the action before the City Council is to conduct a public hearing and enact a six (6) month extension to the existing moratorium for all applications and permits for medical marijuana collective gardens The current moratorium is set to expire on August 31, 2012 She established that the City Council first enacted a moratorium on this issue on September 1, 2011 (Ordinance No 5159) and passed an extension on February 1, 2012 (Ordinance No 5178) The City Council enacted the moratorium because the Bremerton Municipal Code (BMC) does not adequately address the placement of medical marihuana collective gardens and the impacts to the community that these uses may present Staff if requesting that the City Council pass the six (6) month extension to allow adequate time to research other jurisdiction's code amendments and related court cases Staff will utilize this information to develop a set of recommendations for the Planning Commission and City Council to contemplate as changes to the BMC are considered for addressing medical marijuana issues President McDonald opened the public hearing for comments, with no comments, the hearing was closed to the public and opened to the Council 06.26 40 Motion to pass the ordinance was made by Flemister, and seconded by Runyon Comments were provided by Brockus and Runyon 06:28 M /S /C /U (Brockus /Runyon) Move to approve Ordinance No 5192 imposing a six (6) month extension to the existing moratorium on the acceptance of applications for any building, land use, or development permit or approval for Medical Marijuana Collective Gardens GENERAL BUSINESS 8A — RESOLUTION NO. 3177 RELATING THE CITY OF BREMERTON'S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE SEWER SERVICE TO ADJACENT URBAN GROWTH AREAS (UGAs) Ned Lever, Public Works & Utilities, summarized that this proposed resolution identifies the City's ability and commitment to provide sewer service to the adjacent Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) based on the revised population densities that are required by the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board A Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) has been developed by City staff that addresses the sewer facilities required to provide service to the Gorst, West Bremerton, and East Bremerton UGAs by 2025 There were no comments from the public 06 29 50 Motion to pass the resolution was made by Brockus, and seconded by Flemister City Council Reg Mtg Minutes Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Page 4 of 6 Comments were provided by Brockus and Runyon 06 45 M /S /C /U (Brockus /Runyon) Move to pass Resolution No 3177 relating to the City of Bremerton's Commitment to provide Sewer Service to adjacent Urban Growth Areas 813 — ORDINANCE NO 5190 AMENDING SECTION 2 30 020 OF THE BREMERTON MUNICIPAL CODE (BMC) "EMPLOYEES INCLUDED IN CIVIL SERVICE" TO REMOVE THE POSITIONS OF FIRE CHIEF AND CHIEF OF POLICE FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM Becky Hasart Financial Services Director, pointed out that the current provisions of the Bremerton Municipal Code classify the positions of Fire Chief and Chief of Police as Civil Service positions The proposed ordinance removes these positions from the City's Civil Service System Mick McKinley former Assistant Fire Chief, hoped Council would not support these changes because it would subject the Chiefs to political motivation, and called this move a power grab Todd Best believed that department heads are part of the Mayor's cabinet, and hoped this change would help improve morale among departments Don Stauff echoed Mr Best's comments, and thanked Ms Hasart for explaining the changes Robert Parker encouraged Council to put trust in the Mayor by making the Chiefs at -will employees 06 43.55 Motion to approve the ordinance was made by Runyon, and seconded by Flemister Questions and comments were provided by Runyon, Younger, Daugs, Brockus, Wheeler, and Flemister, and responses were provided by Financial Services Director Becky Hasart and Human Resources Manager Charlotte Belmore 07 12.25 M /S /C (Runyon /Flemister) Move to approve Ordinance No 5190 removing the positions of Fire Chief and Chief of Police from the Civil Service System Voted in favor of Motion Wheeler, Flemister, Younger, Brockus, Runyon, McDonald Voted opposed to Motion Daugs Motion carried 6 -Yes, 1 -No 8C — ORDINANCE NO. 5191 PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION (LTGO) REFUNDING BONDS FOR THE BBREMERTON] NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER, AND DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES TO APPROVE THE FINAL TERMS OF THE BONDS Becky Hasart Financial Services Director, explained that in 2003, the City was a partner with Kitsap County and Housing Kitsap in issuing bonds for the purchase and development of the Bremerton Government Center, more commonly known as the Norm Dicks Government Building These bonds can begin to be redeemed on July 1, 2013 Based on current favorable interest rates for municipal bonds, the City can choose to issue bonds this year to be held in escrow for redemption beginning July 1, 2013 In addition to the favorable bond market for interest rates, it is in the City's best interest to be a small issuer under the IRS code and designate the bonds as "Bank - Qualified" To do so, we may issue no more than $10 million in bonds in any given year This issue should be a little City Council Reg Mtg Minutes Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Page 5 of 6 below $6 million The City anticipates having to refinance its line of credit for its parking debt during 2013, which will be approximately $9 million As such, the City would not be in a position to refund the government center bonds in 2013, and retain the small issuer "Bank - Qualified" designation The proposed ordinance delegates to the Director of Financial Services the ability to set the date and rates for the final sale of the government center bonds The ordinance sets the parameters under which this can occur By doing this, the City can watch the market for any signs that the interest rates are starting to climb If that were to happen, we can move quickly without being tied to a date certain based on Council meeting schedules There were no comments from the public 07 17:30 Motion to approve the ordinance was made by Brockus, and seconded by Runyon Questions and comments were provided by Brockus, Younger, Runyon, and Wheeler, and responses were provided by Financial Services Director Becky Hasart Ms. Hasart thanked staff in the Finance Department for their hard work on this issue 07 21 M /S /C /U (Brockus/Wheeler) Move to approve Ordinance No 5191 of the City of Bremerton, Washington, relating to contracting indebtedness, providing for the issuance of not to exceed $6,200,000 par value of Limited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds, 2012, to refund the City's portion of the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority Revenue Bonds, 2003 (Bremerton Government Center), and delegating authority to the Mayor or Director of Financial Services to approve the final terms of the bonds COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Eric Younger looked forward to opportunities to recognize Olympic athlete Nathan Adrian, and is pleased that athlete Marvin Williams is coming back to contribute to Bremerton Faye Flemister found the Ivy Green Cemetery Clean -Up a very positive and uplifting event, and invited the public to attend the Capital Campaign Kick -Off event for the "Marvin Williams Youth Recreation Center & New Life Community Center" tomorrow at the New Life Community Development Agency located at 802 7 th Street (7 & Park) beginning at 5 00 PM Greg Wheeler echoed the comments made by Ms Flemister, and enjoyed attending the Pacific Northwest Interclub Championships hosted by the Bremerton Figure Skating Club the Ice Arena last weekend Roy Runyon encouraged attendance at the Classic Yacht Rendezvous to be held at the Bremerton Marina this Friday through Sunday, Events will include Music on the Boardwalk on Friday, Wine Festival and Artwalk on Saturday and Farmers Market on Sunday Adam Brockus announced that Manette Fest will be held on September 8 on East 11 Street with details coming soon, Blackberry Festival over Labor Day Weekend, the next District 3 Meeting would be held on Tuesday, August 28, and he thoroughly enjoyed attending a game today for the Babe Ruth World Series and encouraged everyone to attend a game if they could Leslie Daugs really enjoyed the Ivy Green clean -up, thanked sponsors, and looked forward to future events City Council Reg Mtg Minutes Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Page 6 of 6 Jim McDonald read a statement and birthday wish from Jack Arends, son of Council Member Carol Arends, announced the Council Members would be participating in a tour of the "Port of Bremerton Olympic View Industrial Park" and "Bremerton National Airport" hosted by the Bremerton Port Commissioners on Wednesday, August 29 at 5 00 PM, and that a Special Meeting of the Transportation Benefit District (TBD) Board would be held following the Council Meeting tonight (following a 10- minute break), and that the public was welcome to attend With no further business, President McDonald adjourned the Council Meeting at 7 33 PM Prepa d :and Submitted by .., Z..., - y y CHRISTINE GRENIER Council Assistant est ANNON CORIN, City Clerk q ;&W, , 6C - JINeMcDONALD, City Council President JM SC Is cg