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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/04/2013 DIGITAL RECORDING COUNCIL APPROVED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES SEP 1 8 2013 Wednesday, September 4, 2013 The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order on Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at 5 00 PM in Council Conference Room 603 of the NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER, 345 6th Street, Bremerton, Washington, with Council President Greg Wheeler presiding Council Members present were Nick Wofford, Eric Younger (arrived at 5 30 PM), Carol Arends, Faye Flemister, Wendy Priest, Adam Brockus, Leslie Daugs, and Jim McDonald Also present were City Attorney Roger Lubovich, City Clerk Shannon Conn, Legislative Assistant Lori 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, immediately following was the Council Meeting at 5 30 PM The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council Member Jim McDonald followed by the invocation provided by Council Member Faye Flemister President Wheeler announced that the screen is still being repaired and will not be working for tonight's meeting MAYOR'S REPORT — Mayor Patty Lent • Brought forward Dr. Scott Lindquist Kitsap Health District, to discuss the Needle Exchange Program including safe disposal, and to answer related questions, • Proclaimed September 11, 2013 as "A Day of Remembrance and Celebration to Never Forget ", and presented the proclamation to Dave Raymond who invited the public to attend the Kitsap 9111 Memorial Dedication Ceremony beginning at 6 00 PM at Evergreen Rotary Park on Wednesday, September 11, as well as a Volunteer Work Party on Saturday, September 7 from 9 OOAM to 6 00 PM, which will include a BBO for all volunteers at Noon, • Was pleased to announce that VFW Post 239 will soon be taking action to approve an agreement that will provide future maintenance of the Kitsap 9/11 Memorial, • Announced that the `Beautify Bremerton" All City Clean -Up will be held on Saturday, September 14 from 8 00 AM to 2 00 PM, with yard waste accepted next to the Chevron station on Oyster Bay Avenue or by Legion Field on East 29 Street, • Acknowledged a cleanup of Lions Park was held on Thursday, August 29 by members of the Kitsap Mountaineers and Lions Club neighbors, • Invited the community to attend Manette Fest on Saturday, September 7, and • Introduced Mllenka Hawkins -Bates of the City Public Works Department to provide a briefing on the Community Tree Committee that included a request to see increased funding for tree inventory, and the creation of an Urban Forest Program PUBLIC RECOGNITION Bob Dollar presented a printout to not only show the high number of trucks that travel regularly on Northlake Way, but to show that many violate the 35 -mph speed limit, and due to his concern for the safety of school busses and bikes that also frequent the area, submitted Information about WSDOT's "Developing a Safe Routes Project" to assist the City In finding a helpful solution Mike Walton Kitsap Family YMCA Marketing Director, highlighted upcoming events and programs at the "Y" In Bremerton City Council Mtg Minutes Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Page 2 of 4 Vern LaPrath expressed several concerns after reading recent articles from both the Kitsap Sun and Bremerton Patriot including that the Kitsap Conference Center is losing money, even Bainbridge Island can reduce their utility rates but Bremerton can't, and that small businesses are continuing to leave the City, which will adversely affect tax revenue Jerry McDonald discussed a Roger Brook's Marketing Workshop that will be held on Wednesday, September 11 at 10 00 AM at Bremerton SEEfilm Theater, encouraged the Council to increase the City budget for more marketing, and the importance of having a grocery store in downtown therefore encouraged members of the community to loin the Bremerton Food Coop CONSENT AGENDA 5A — Claims & Check Register Check Numbers 354921 through 355009, and EFT -13118 through EFT -13150 in the amount of $1,308,044 56, Regular Payroll and Overtime for the pay period ending August 31, 2013 in the amount of $698,785 62, and Retiree Payroll for the pay period ending August 31, 2013 in the amount of $56,227 27 513 — Minutes of Meeting — August 21, 2013 5C — Minutes of Study Session — August 28, 2013 5D — Interlocal Agreement between the City of Poulsbo and the City of Bremerton relating to the Special Operations Group (SOG) 5E — Interlocal Agreement between the City of Poulsbo and the City of Bremerton relating to Traffic Safety Operations 5F— Interlocal Agreement between the City of Poulsbo and the City of Bremerton relating to Marine Patrol Services Comments were provided by Chief Steven Strachan Bremerton Police Department, and Chief Alan Townsend Poulsbo Police Department 06:08:40 M /S /C /U (Flemister/Wofford) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented GENERAL BUSINESS — There were no General Business items PUBLIC HEARINGS 7A — PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION NO. 3202 TO RECOVER FEES FOR ABATEMENT COSTS ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1926 N. CALLOW AVENUE Janet Lunceford Code Enforcement Officer, summarized that in July of 2013, the City contracted with TRS to secure the house and remove garbage, debris and weeds from the property located at 1926 N Callow Avenue, pursuant to an Order of Abatement issued by Kitsap County Superior Court The Order of Abatement allowed the City to enter the property, perform the work, and lien the property for the costs of the action The owner of the property, Robert Bottorff, could not be located, service was made by publication The cost charged to the revolving abatement fund for this action totaled $6351 40, which includes the contract amount, the advertising costs, process server costs, filing fees and administrative fees as specified in Rate Table C of the Bremerton Municipal Code The Notice of Hearing was advertised in the Kitsap Sun on August 16, 2013, and was posted on the front door of the house on the property located at 1926 N Callow Council must now decide if the fees are dust and reasonable, and how they should be collected President Wheeler opened the Public Hearing for comments from the public With no comments received, the hearing was closed to the public and opened to the Council City Council Mtg Minutes Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Page 3 of 4 06:10:55 Motion was made by McDonald, and seconded by Daugs Questions and comments were provided by McDonald and Daugs, with responses provided by Ms Lunceford 06:12:25 M /S /C /U (McDonald /Arends) Move to adopt Resolution No 3202, ordering that the fees incurred for securing the house and removing garbage and debris from the property located at 1926 N Callow Avenue be collected as reasonable abatement costs and become a lien against the property 7B — PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE NO. 5222 TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE BREMERTON MUNICIPAL CODE (BMC) ENTITLED "ZONING CODE" RELATED TO SEPA EXEMPTIONS, DRIVE - THROUGH REQUIREMENTS, AND COMMERCIAL SETBACKS Nicole Floyd Community Development Senior Planner, explained that the action before Council is to conduct a public hearing and adopt an Ordinance amending BMC Title 20 as follows 1 Increase SEPA exemption levels as permitted by State Code 2 Modify requirements relating to drive- through facilities within commercial districts 3 Alter front yard setback requirements for commercial properties President Wheeler opened the Public Heanng for comments from the public Ralph Erickson provided comments in favor of the Council approving this action Questions were asked by Jerry McDonald with response provided by Ms Floyd With no further comments or questions received, the hearing was closed to the public and opened to the Council 06:37:05 Motion was made by Flemister, and seconded by Wofford Questions and comments were provided by Daugs, Younger, McDonald, Priest, Arends, and Wheeler, with responses provided by Ms Floyd, and Andrea Spencer Director of Community Development, praised Ms Floyd for her work on this issue 06:46:35 M /S /C /U (Flemister/Wofford) Move to pass Ordnance No 5222 to amend BMC Tale 20 related to SEPA exemptions, Drive- through requirements, and Commercial setbacks COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Jim McDonald was proud to represent the City on the Kitsap 9/11 Memorial Project Committee, encouraged citizens that cannot attend Council Meetings can still provide their comments in writing anytime through e-mail at City Council@ci bremerton wa us , and responded to earlier comments made by Vern LaPrath, pointing out that Bainbridge Island had the highest utility rates in all of Kitsap County, while Bremerton had some of the lowest Leslie Daugs announced that Habitat for Humanity needs volunteers to build a picnic shelter as part of a "National Day of Service and Remembrance" Project on September 11 from 10 00 AM to 4 00 PM at Bataan Park, and encouraged everyone to drive safe now that school is in session Adam Brockus encouraged the community to attend the 10 Annual Manette Fest from 9 00 AM to 4 00 PM in and around E 11 th Street (from Shore Drive to Perry Avenue) this Saturday September 7, welcomed a few new Manette businesses, and agreed with Ms Daugs in reminding drivers to slow it down and be more aware now that children are back in school. Faye Flemister thanked Public Works staff for the outstanding work done recently to install a fence and clean up graffiti by the Anderson Cove pump station, and thanked those citizens who attended and Provided input at the Community Meeting held last night regarding the proposed renaming of 7 h Street between Warren & Pacific Avenues to "Martin Luther King, Jr Way' City Council Mtg Minutes Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Page 4 of 4 Carol Arends sent get well wishes to Charleston business owner Tom Baily Eric Younaer recently attended a neighborhood meeting to hear their concerns about raccoons, and reminded everyone not to feed the animals, would like to have the issue discussed further at the next Public Safety & Parks (PSP) Committee Meeting, and encouraged citizens to e-mail their concerns about raccoons in their neighborhood to the City Council Office Nick Wofford agreed with the comments made by Mr Younger Greg Wheeler noticed that a lot of businesses at the Blackberry Festival made a profit this year and is pleased they will be coming back, thanked members of the Bremerton Planning Commission for their service, and announced that the September 11 Study Session will be cancelled to allow attendance at the Kitsap 9/11 Memorial Dedication Ceremony With no further business, President Wheeler adjourned the Council Meeting at 7 00 PM Pre red and Submitted y f LORI SMITH Legislative Assistant Aft t SHANN N CORIN, City Clerk W GREG W CER, City Council President GW SC Is