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Home My WebLink About03/05/2014 DIGITAL RECORDING COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES VED Wednesday, March 5, 2014 MAR 19 0/� The weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order Wednesday, March 5, 2014 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 Eric Younger, Roy Runyon, Dino Davis, Jerry McDonald, Leslie Daugs, and Mike Sullivan. Also present were City Attorney Roger Lubovich; City Clerk Shannon Corin; and Legislative Assistant Lori Smith. 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 Mike Sullivan followed by the invocation provided by Pastor Roger Hennigan of Apostolic Life Tabernacle. MAYOR'S REPORT — Mayor Patty Lent... • Proclaimed March 12, 2014 as "Robert "Bob" Montgomery Day', and presented the proclamation to Mr. Montgomery • Thanked City Parks Maintenance Manager Tom Cressman for his attentive care of Ivy Green Cemetery, and also the volunteers who place American flags on the headstones of veterans; • Proclaimed March 2014 as "American Red Cross Month ", and presented the proclamation to Karen McKay Bevers West Sound Director of the American Red Cross, who accepted on behalf of all of the American Red Cross volunteers; • Announced the Grand Opening of the new Hospice of Kitsap County Thrift Shop located at 301 Pacific Avenue will be on Friday, March 7 at 5:00 PM; • Proclaimed March 16 to 22, 2014 as "Community Champions for Meals on Wheels WeeK', and presented the proclamation to Deborah Horn Executive Director of Meals on Wheels Kitsap, who encouraged everyone to become a "Champion for Meals on Wheels "; • Was pleased to report in January that the assessed property value of Bremerton increased by $2- million, and was just as pleased to announce the assessed property value of Bremerton has increased by another $2- million for February; and • Encouraged everyone to attend the 23` Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 15 beginning at 10:00 AM in downtown Bremerton; and to support local businesses. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Mike Walton Community Marketing Director of the Kitsap Family YMCA, provided an update on the events and activities at the "Y ", including the next YMCA Resolution Run & Walk on Sunday, April 6 beginning at 9:00 AM; "Girls on the Run of WestSound" on March 10 & 11; and the annual Spring -Break Camp beginning the week of March 31. Theresa Aubin Ahrens of Aubin Ahrens Photography urged the Council to reinstate the $20,000 funding from the Lodging Tax to Visit Kitsap. Adam Brockus stated that he too would like to see the $20,000 reinstated to the Visit Kitsap; provided an update from Olympia on the status of HB2580 to form a Marine Industries Task Force and HB1129 to fund a 3` 144 -car ferry; and urged citizens to contact their legislatures to urge their support for these two bills. Deirdre McKeel agreed that funding should be provided to Visit Kitsap. Holly James of Kitsap Entrepreneurial Center also urged the Council to reinstate funding to Visit Kitsap. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Page 2 of 4 CONSENT AGENDA 5A — Claims & Check Register: Check Numbers 357190 through 357368, and EFT -13619 through EFT -13657 in the amount of $2,200,841.86; Regular Payroll for the pay period ending February 15, 2014 in the amount of $686,301.36; Regular Payroll for the pay period ending February 28, 2014 in the amount of $671,343.58; and Retiree Payroll for the pay period ending February 28, 2014 in the amount of $55,220.99 5B — Minutes of Meeting — February 19, 2014 5C — Minutes of Study Session — February 26, 2014 5D — Resolution No. 3213 to establish April 2, 2014 as a public hearing date to vacate a portion of the Adele Avenue right -of -way at the Bertha Avenue intersection 5E — Sole Source Purchase for a 2014 Ford F -550 Maintenance Truck from Cobalt Truck Equipment for the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Sewer Pump Stations 5F— Contract with SMS- Superior Maintenance Solutions for Arterial Street Sidewalk Landscape Maintenance 5G — Contract with Action Services Corporation for Hot Applied Street Traffic Markings 5H — Resolution No. 3214 to authorize investment of City monies in the Local Government Investment Pool 51— Staffing Adjustments to the Financial Services Department Bob Dollar referred to Item 5F, and expressed disappointment that the City Council was not allowing citizens to learn more about the contract. Deirdre McKeel referred to item 5G, and asked for clarification on the funding for the contract, with a response provided by Chal Martin 06:12:55 Motion was made by Younger and seconded by McDonald... Comments and questions were then provided by Runyon, Daugs, Davis, and Younger, with responses provided by Mr. Martin 06:20:40 M /S /C (Younger /McDonald) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented. Voted in favor of Motion: Sullivan, Daugs, McDonald, Davis, Younger, Wheeler Voted opposed to Motion: Runyon Motion carried: 6 -Yes; 1 -No GENERAL BUSINESS — There were no General Business items tonight... PUBLIC HEARINGS 7A —1 OF 2 PUBLIC HEARINGS TO APPROVE SUB - CONCESSION AND FUTURE ASSIGNMENT OF THE OLYMPIC SOCCER & SPORTS CENTER (OSSC) CONCESSION AGREEMENT TO KEYSTONE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC.: Jeff Elevado Parks & Recreation, explained that the Olympic Soccer & Sports Center, LLC (OSSC) has operated the indoor soccer facility at Pendergast Park.under a Concession Agreement for the property with the City since 2001. OSSC has expressed a desire to grant a sub - concession for the operations of the facility to Keystone Financial Management, Inc. Keystone intends to raise money through private investors to purchase the buildings and improvements by the conclusion of the 3 -year Sub - concession term, at which time OSSC would assign the Concession Agreement to Keystone. City Council approval is required for the proposed Sub - concession and Future Assignment of the Concession Agreement. Ownership of the underlying property upon which the improvements are located does not change and will remain with the City. President Wheeler opened the public hearing... Comments from the public were provided by Sunny Wheeler City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Page 3 of 4 With no further public comments, President Wheeler closed the public hearing. There were no questions or comments by the City Council. No action would be taken until the second hearing, scheduled for March 19, 2014. 713 — PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 5241 TO REVOKE THE WHEATOW RIDDELL DISTRICT CENTER SUBAREA PLAN Andrea Spencer Community Development Director, summarized that on October 3, 2007, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 5205, which adopted the Wheaton - Riddell District Center Subarea Plan. Since the time of plan adoption, there have been limited economic activities within this District Center, and the activities that have occurred have been for building reuse, without any significant new building construction. On February 18, 2014, the Planning Commission held a public workshop to discuss the success of the subarea plan. The Commission made a determination that the regulations in the subarea plan are an impediment to investment in redevelopment of this Center. The Commission committed to a work program in 2014 to develop a recommendation for revised zoning standards to implement the City's Comprehensive Plan that facilitates redevelopment of the District Center. In the meantime, the Commission has recommended immediate revocation of the adopted subarea plan. Until such time as the Council adopts revised zoning for this District Center, the zoning of the site will revert to that which was in place prior to the subarea plan adoption in 2007. President Wheeler opened the public hearing... Comments in favor of this action from the public were provided by Priscilla Bailey, Tom Remick and Mike Benefiel With no further comments, President Wheeler closed the hearing to the public, and opened discussion to the City Council... 06:33:44 Motion was made by Davis and seconded by Runyon... Questions and comments were then provided by Davis, Daugs, Sullivan, Runyon, McDonald, and Younger ... with responses provided by Ms. Spencer who also clarified that once the Subarea Plan was revoked, the original zoning code for this area would automatically be in effect and that there would be no conflict with the City's Comprehensive Plan... 06:40:20 M /S /C /U (Davis /Runyon) Move to pass Ordinance No. 5241 revoking the Wheaton - Riddell District Center Subarea Plan that was adopted by Ordinance No. 5025. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Mike Sullivan reported on his attendance at a recent meeting of the Kitsap Transit Planning Sub Committee, where he was also nominated to be the Chair; and was privileged to participate on a panel to interview candidates for Fire Captains and Battalion Chiefs. Leslie Daugs announced that Kitsap Habitat for Humanity was accepting applications for low- income home ownership, which can be obtained by calling (360) 473 -3853 or e-mail familyservices( a)kitsaphabitatforhumanity.org Jerry McDonald announced that both downtown Bremerton and Manette would be hosting First Friday Art Walks this week, encouraged participants to register ahead of time by calling (360) 471 -7803 or e- mail gshuizastrategyrealestate. net for the 23 Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade that will be held on Saturday, March 15 beginning at 10:00 AM in downtown Bremerton; and announced the next Roger Brooks webinar would be on Monday at 6:30 PM at McCloud's Grill House. Dino Davis announced that also on Saturday, March 15 volunteers were welcome to participate in the monthly cleanup of Forest Ridge Park from 9:00 AM to Noon. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Page 4 of 4 Roy Runyon provided a heartfelt thank you to the Bremerton Fire Department and Bremerton Police Department, specifically Sgt. Billy Renfro, Officers Bryan Hall, and David Hughes for saving two teenage girls from a recent early morning house fire; thanked the volunteers who helped clean -up the right -of- way along 19` Street in Anderson Cove; and announced a new Facebook page titled "City of Bremerton Citizen's Watch ", which he clarified is not an official City of Bremerton page, but is a place for citizens to express their comments and state their views. Eric Younger hoped the City administration would quickly address the social media issue because he believes it will help to get the flow of communication going; and would like the Council to think about having a future discussion to determine an "identity" for Bremerton, agree on what are we striving to become, and what direction do we want to go as a City? Greg Wheeler appreciated the work by citizens who volunteer to serve on City boards, committees, and commissions; encouraged all citizens to visit the City of Bremerton webpage at www.ci.bremerton.wa.us to see the important work being done by the City's Parks Commission and Planning Commission, and to even consider volunteering themselves to serve on one of these Boards. With no further business, he adjourned the Council Meeting at 6:50 PM. M ZZ-2 LORI SMITH Legislative Assistant Attest: - SHANNON CORIN, City Clerk GR WHEELER, City Council President G 'S :Is:cg