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Home My WebLink About08/21/2013 DIGITAL RECORDING "y CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES SEp 6 4 2013 Wednesday, August 21, 2013 The weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at 5:00 PM in the Council Conference Room 603 of the NORM DicKs GOVERNMENT CENTER, 345 a Street, Bremerton, Washington, with Council President Greg Wheeler presiding. Council Members present were Nick Wofford, Carol Arends, Faye Flemister, Wendy Priest, Adam Brociws, Leslie Daugs, and Jim McDonald. Council Member Eric Younger was absent. Also present were City Attorney Roger Lubovich, City Clerk Shannon Corin; Legislative Assistant Lon Smith; and Information Services Manager Kevin Matthew. 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 Jim McDonald followed by the invocation provided by Pastor Tim Cartwright of Emmanuel Lutheran Church. President Wheeler announced that the screen is still in the process of being repaired; and the order of the agenda has been changed so that General Business Items 3A and 3B will be heard first on the Agenda tonight... GENERAL BUSINESS 3A— RECREATION S CONSERVATION OFFICE (RCO) GRANT AGREEMENT FOR EVERGREEN ROTARY PARK IMPROVEMENTS (INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AND ADA ACCESSIBILITY) Parks & Recreation Director Wvn Birkenthal explained that the attached grant agreement provides $211,350 to assist in the renovation of Evergreen Rotary Park — creating Bremerton and Kitsap County's first fully accessible playground. This project improves ADA access from the main parking lot to the park's central activity area, increases the number of ADA and regular car parking spaces by 10, and trees and landscaping are developed in the parking lot and along the shoreline Parks Development Planner Colette Berna presented additional details about the proposed improvements. This project has been recommended by the Parks & Recreation Commission. Additionally an active volunteer group named "Bremerton Beyond Accessible Playgrounds" has donated $50,500 in cash, and has pledged 360 hours of volunteer labor to assist with project construction. Rebecca Utah. Gabe Utah, and Stanley Westerback expressed their appreciation to Wyn Birkenthal, Colette Berne, the City Council Members, and the Mayor for supporting their efforts; and presented a check to the Cdy in the amount of $50,500, and John Larson. Chair of the Parks & Rec Commission, provided comments in support of these grants . 05:52:30 Motion was made by Daugs; and seconded by Arends.. Questions were asked by Daugs with responses provided by Mr. Birkenthal, Comments were provided by Daugs, Brockus, Flemister, and Wheeler.. 05:59:52 /C /U (Daugs/Arends) Move to authorize the Mayor to finalize and enter into the Grant Agreement with the Recreation & Conservation Office (RCO) Funding Board for Evergreen Rotary Park inclusive playground and park Improvements with substantially the same terms and conditions as presented. 38 — COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT AGREEMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR) FOR EVERGREEN ROTARY PARK IMPROVEMENTS (SHADE AND HABITAT TREES) Parks & Recreation Director Wvn Birkenthal also explained that the attached Community Forestry Assistance Grant Agreement with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) pays for the cost of shade and habitat trees at Evergreen Rotary Park. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, August 21, 2013 Page 2 of 4 The grant is intended to demonstrate the use of trees to shade the shoreline, increase habitat values and filter storm water runoff from paved surfaces. The grant also pays for educational signage explaining the advantages of shoreline trees This grant is a sister grant to the RCO grant for Evergreen Rotary Park improvements and the RCO grant serves as the local match for Community Forestry grant. The grant project helps Bremerton maintain its Tree City USA designation by planting species appropriate urban trees to publicly owned lands. There were no additional questions or comments from the public or the Council... 06:00:20 M/S /C/U (Brockus/Daugs) Move to authorize the Mayor to finalize and enter into the Community Forestry Grant Agreement with Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for Evergreen Rotary Park with substantially the same terms and conditions as presented. MAYOR'S REPORT — Mayor Patty Lent... • Presented a Key to the City to Stanley Westerback for his Eagle Scout Kiosk Project at Evergreen Rotary Park; • Invited the public to participate in the Work Parties at Forest Ridge Park ever 3 nd Saturday and at Kiwanis Park every 4"' Saturday (including this week); • Announced the 24"' Annual Bremerton Blackberry Festival to be held over Labor Day Weekend; and • With the first day of school on September 4, the Council Members and members of the community were encouraged to attend a Special Meeting of the Bremerton School Board on Monday, August 29 at 5:00 PM to provide comments regarding the new Superintendent. Police Chief Strachan provided a monthly briefing on the Bremerton Police Department. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Bob Dollar thanked Mayor Lent and Public Works Department for forming a e Street Tree Committee, and volunteered to serve Jack Stanfill presented information for the record to express his concern about the potential impact to the wetlands and surrounding area due to activities by the Ueland Tree Farm. He also expressed concern that the City of Bremerton did not provide any comments during the entire EIS process. Lastly, he mentioned that Bob Dollar is a new member of their Board. Jack Arends led the Council and those in attendance at the meeting tonight in singing "Happy Birthday' to Council Member Carol Arends. CONSENT AGENDA 7A — Claims S Check Register: Check Numbers 354729 through 354920; and EFT -13076 through EFT -13117 in the amount of $1,784,611.35; and Regular Payroll for the pay penod ending August 15, 2013 in the amount of $699,659.57 713— Minutes of Meeting — August 7, 2013 7C — Minutes of Study Session — August 14, 2013 7D — Purchase of Emergency Generator for Pump Station KL -2 from Cummins Northwest LLC 7E— Resolution No. 3201 to allow the transfer of 5 -feet of City Property to Right -of -Way along Taft Avenue and 1 e Street 7F — Award Goods & Services Agreement to Olson Brothers Pro -Vac LLC of Puyallup There were no comments from the public... City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, August 21, 2013 Page 3 of 4 06:25:45 M/S /C /U (McDonald/Wofford) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented. GENERAL BUSINESS (Continued...) 8A — AWARD CONSULTANT CONTRACT TO GREY & OSBORNE, INC. FOR THE DESIGN OF THE LOWER WHEATON WAY PROJECT City Engineer Tom Knuckey summarized that the City received funding from the Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) to make bicycle and pedestrian improvements on Lower Wheaton Way from the Manette Bridge to Lebo Boulevard. The project includes revising the current roadway section from the current 18-foot drive lanes and sporadic sidewalk, to 12 -foot drive lanes with 5 -foot bike lanes, landscaping, stormwater, sanitary and water main improvements, and a continuous sidewalk on the waterside which will continue the badge- to -bndge urban trail. The City requested proposals from five consultants, three were interviewed, and Grey & Osborne, Inc. was selected as the designer. There were no comments from the public... 06:30:05 Motion was made by Daugs; and seconded by Brockus... Questions were asked by Daugs, Brockus, and McDonald, with responses provided by Mr. Knuckey..Comments were provided by McDonald and Wheeler... 06:35:55 M/S /C /U (Daugs/Brockus) Move to approve the consultant contract with Grey & Osborne, Inc. for the design of the Lower Wheaton Way Project; and authonze the Mayor to finalize and execute the agreement with substantially the same terms and conditions as presented. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Nick Wofford thanked those who volunteer for their community. Carol Arends also thanked everyone who volunteered their time; and appreciates having a caring community. She also thanked everyone for the birthday wishes. Faye Fiemister thanked Milenka Hawkins- Bates, Administration Divisions Manager for the Public Works Department for organizing a group of volunteers to paint the curbs around the schools; and announced that a Public Meeting would be held on Tuesday, September 3 at 5 00 PM to allow a chance for the community to comment on the renaming of a portion of 7 Street in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Wendy Priest has found it worthwhile to be a member of the Council during all of the wonderful projects that have been taking place; and encouraged anyone who can attend the Kitsap County Fair to see the City's police dogs in action. Adam Brockus was pleased to see Congressman Kilmer answer questions and greet the public; was pleased with the success of the °Music in Manette° free summer concert series; and encouraged the public to attend the last °Rock Dock" free summer concert series on the Bremerton Boardwalk. Lastly, he encouraged attendance at the 10"' Annual Marietta Fest which is coming up on Saturday, September 7 and announced a Harvest Festival would be added in September Leslie Daugs reminded everyone that the ICtsap County Fair begins today; and looked forward to attending a Recognition Ceremony for Kitsap Community Resources & AmeriCorps members on Friday, August 30. She also thanked all of the volunteers who helped with the curb - painting project. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, August 21, 2013 Page 4 of 4 Jim McDonald enjoyed attending the Kitsap Wine Festival last weekend; and was pleased with the progress with the Kitsap 9 -11 Memorial and announced that the beams would be set in place at Evergreen Rotary Park this Saturday at 8:00 AM. Greg Wheeler and invited anyone interested in attending the next Friends of Kiwarns Park Work Party on Saturday, August 24 from 9 to 1100 AM (once per month until November). Enjoyed seeing the summer concert series as "community builders"; and congratulated Leslie Daugs on earning the Association of Washington Cities' Certificate of Municipal Leadership. With no further business, President Wheeler adjourned the Council Meeting at 6:50 PM. Prepa and Submitted by: LORI SMITH Legislative Assistant A SHAN ON CORIN, City Clerk VV GREG WHEEKER, City Council President GW:SC:ls: