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Home My WebLink About10/02/2013 DIGITAL RECORDING an CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OcT 16 V13 Wednesday, October 2, 2013 The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at 5 00 PM in Council Conference Room 603 of the NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER, 345 6 th Street, Bremerton, Washington, with Council President Greg Wheeler presiding Council Members present were Nick Wofford, Eric Younger, Carol Arends, Faye Flemister, Adam Brockus, Leslie Daugs, and Jim McDonald Council Member Wendy Priest was absent 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 Pastor Kyle Archibald of Voyage 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 • Was pleased to present the Washington Finance Officers Association (WFOA) "Distinguished Budget Presentation Award' for the City's Annual Budget Document for 2013 to Financial Services Director Becky Hasart and Financial Analyst Caroline Tomgson • Invited the community to attend the Dispute Resolution Center's "Justice for All' Celebration on Thursday, October 3 from 6 00 to 9 00 PM at the Kitsap Conference Center, • Announced that Goodwill will be providing free back -to -work classes and training courses from October 14 through December 5, • Proclaimed the Month of October, 2013 as "Breast Cancer Awareness Month ", • Announced that the City of Bremerton will participate in a Statewide Earthquake Drill and encourages everyone to "Drop- Cover -Hold' on Thursday, October 17 at exactly 10 17 AM, and • Introduced Stacy Dore of the Boys & Girls Club of South Puget Sound, who invited everyone to the Bremerton Teen Center Dedication Ceremony at the Youth Wellness Campus on Friday, October 18 at 3 30 PM BRIEFINGS Wyn Birkenthal Parks & Recreation Director, introduced Kaleen Cottinaham Washington State Recreation & Conservation Office (RCO) Director, who presented a Bravo Award to the City of Bremerton for Its Number 1 ranking in the Washington Wildlife & Recreation Program for the Evergreen Rotary Park Inclusive (Beyond Accessible Play) Playground Project President Wheeler announced that John Powers, KEDA Executive Director postponed a briefing on the 3rd Quarter KEDA Report until the next Council Meeting on October 16, 2013 Cary Bozeman Chair of the Bremerton Parks & Recreation Funding Task Force Committee summarized the work of the Committee PUBLIC RECOGNITION Mike Walton Kitsap Family YMCA Community Marketing Director, highlighted upcoming events and programs at the "Y" in Bremerton City Council Mtg Minutes Wednesday, October 2, 2013 Page 2 of 4 Bishop Larry Robertson Pastor of Emmanuel Apostolic Church, looked forward to celebrating the opening of the Bremerton Boys & Girls Club Teen Center, and believes what they've done for the community is outstanding Debby Hughes of RIES Productions, LLC was pleased to announce their company has located to Bremerton where they will continue to produce quality tripods dust as they always have since 1936 Deena Taylor of Sliced by Light also has located her new business in Bremerton in the old Skookum Building where her company will utilize art laser technology to "create unique and personalized" products r April Mills thanked everyone involved with bringing the Beyond Accessible Playground Project to Bremerton Stuart Walton with KCR and the Business Education & Support Training (B E S T ) Program, thanked the City for their vote of confidence in their program, and along with the Asset Building Coalition of Kitsap, invited the community to the 5 th Annual Financial Fair on Saturday, November 2 from 9 30 AM to 1 30 PM at Kitsap Community Resources located at 845 8' Street CONSENT AGENDA 6A — Claims & Check Register Check Numbers 355253 through 355425, and EFT -13190 through EFT -13235 in the amount of $2,427,754 46, and Retiree Payroll for the pay period ending, September 30, 2013 in the amount of $56,227 27 6B — Minutes of Meeting — September 18, 2013 6C — Minutes of Study Session — September 25, 2013 6D — Resolution No 3203 to approve the Interlocal Agreement to adopt the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Health Care Program 6E — Resolution No 3204 to establish November 6, 2013 as a Hearing Date to vacate portions of the alley and 4 th Street for the Park Plaza Project 6F — Contract Award to IMCO General Construction, Inc for the Construction of the Warren Avenue Bridge Water Main Replacement Project There were no questions or comments from the public 06:14:15 M /S /C /U (Flemister /Arends) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented PUBLIC HEARINGS 7A — 2 OF 2 PUBLIC HEARINGS TO APPROVE LETTER OF AGREEMENT AND LEASE FOR PENDERGAST PARK SOCCER FIELD WITH WEST SOUND FC PREMIER SOCCER CLUB Wyn Birkenthal Parks & Recreation Director, explained that the Pendergast Soccer Fields have been an underused asset since they were constructed in the 1990's West Sound FC has agreed to make artificial turf improvements to the two fields in return for a lease allowing West Sound FC to collect revenue from field scheduling once the turf is installed Additionally, the City would receive $13,537 00 per year in compensation and maintenance fees for the duration of the agreement, and the payment amount will be adjusted for inflation Public use of the fields is guaranteed under Section 2 1 of the lease President Wheeler opened the public hearing City Council Mtg Minutes Wednesday, October 2, 2013 Page 3 of 4 Comments ►n support from the public were provided by Patricia Graf -Hoke Executive Director of Visit Kitsap Peninsula, John H. Larson, Chair of the Bremerton Parks Commission (who submitted a report from the Parks Commission), Steve Vonheeder, President of the Bremerton Soccer Club„ Brandon Kluk, President of FC Crush Soccer Academy, David Connolly, WestSound FC Soccer Coach, and Dennis Michaels, One of the owners of Olympic Soccer & Sports Club, and George Vukic, WestSound FC Director of Coaching Also, a majority of the members in the audience stood in favor of this action at President Wheeler's inquiry, and Mr Birkenthal displayed the artist's rendering of what the fields will look like With no further public comments, President Wheeler closed the public hearing and noted that Council comments will be provided at the second hearing GENERAL BUSINESS 8A — ORDINANCE NO 5224 TO ESTABLISH A FISCAL POLICY REGARDING THE USE OF UTILITY TAX REVENUE AND PAYMENT IN LIEU OF PROPERTY TAX (PILOT) Becky Hasart Financial Services Director, explained that the City currently assesses both a utility tax (9 5% for water, and $14% for wastewater and stormwater) and a PILOT tax (6% for all three utilities) These taxes are a revenue stream to the General Fund The attached ordinance would establish a fiscal policy that would cap the general fund revenue from this stream to the amount of 2013 actual receipts and redirect any future year increases in this revenue stream to the street fund Comments from the public were provided by 06:28.20 Motion was made by Younger, and seconded by McDonald Comments were provided by Younger, Wofford, Daugs, McDonald, and Wheeler 06 M /S /C /U (Younger /McDonald) Move to approve Ordinance No 5224 of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, establishing a fiscal policy regarding the use of utility tax revenue and payment in lieu of property tax (PILOT) revenue assessed against City of Bremerton owned water, wastewater, and stormwater utility revenues COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Jim McDonald thought this was the happiest meeting he has attended, and was pleased to see the community so excited about the improvements at Evergreen Rotary Park and the soccer fields at Pendergast Park Leslie Daugs thanked the volunteers Kitsap Habitat of Humanity for providing the supplies and meals for the volunteers of the improvements at Bataan Park, invited the community to the Teen Center Grand Opening, and congratulated the Seahawks for their win over the Houston, Texans Adam Brockus announced the next District 3 Meeting would feature a program to "Meet the Candidates" on Tuesday, October 22 from 6 30 to 8 00 PM at the Senior Center located at East 13` Street & Nipsic Avenue, invited the community to the Manette Neighborhood Coalition Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 12, was pleased a new tenant has been found for the previous location of Kate's Jersey Subs, and said anyone affected by the Government Shutdown were in our hearts and prayers Faye Flemister thanked the Parks Funding Task Force for their work, reminded the public about the upcoming Gateway Clean -up Project was looking for volunteers on Saturday, October 26 at 9 00 AM, and welcomed all of the new businesses joining the Charleston Business District City Council Mtg Minutes Wednesday, October 2, 2013 Page 4 of 4 Carol Arends agreed that a lot of positive things are happening in Charleston, which she was pleased to see Nick Wofford looked forward to the progress planned for SKIA next year Greg Wheeler agreed with Council Member McDonald that there were a lot of fun things brought to the Council tonight, and announced that the City would be holding a Budget Workshop on Monday, October 7 from 4 00 to 7 00 PM in the Council Conference Room EXECUTIVE SESSION — Council convened for a 30- Minute Executive Session from 6 45 to 7 15 PM to discuss `Potential Litigation" per RCW 42 30 110 (1) (1), with action 07:15:28 (M /S /C /U) Move to authorize the City Attorney to take legal action to foreclose on certain property within ULID 2002 -01, the owners of which are delinquent in paying the required assessment 07:15:50 (M /S /C /U) Move to authorize the City Attorney to take legal action, including filing a lawsuit, related to Code Violations at 649 and 653 Washington Avenue 07:17:06 (M /S /C /U) Move to authorize the City Attorney to enter into an amendment to the NPDES Coalition Interlocal Agreement in substantially the same form as presented to Council and to pay an additional $10,000 for legal services and litigation costs for the appeal With no further business, President Wheeler adjourned the Council Meeting at 718 PM Pre par d and Submitted by LORI SMITH Legislative Assistant Attest SHANNON CORIN, City Clerk �l GRE HEELER, City Council President GW S s cg