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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/17/2014 DIGITAL RECORDING Cut)iJC1L PRUvfb CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1 Wednesday, September 17, 2014 OCT 1014 A weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order Wednesday, September 17, 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 Roy Runyon, Dino Davis, Jerry McDonald, Leslie Daugs, and Mike Sullivan. Council Member Eric Younger was absent. Also present were City Attorney Roger Lubovich; City Clerk Shannon Corin; Council Assistant Christine Grenier; and Kevin Matthew, Information Services Manager. 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 Retired Pastor Steve Alexander formerly of Charleston Baptist Church who also shared a detailed history in honor of the US Constitution's 227th Anniversary. MAYOR'S REPORT—Mayor Patty Lent... • Proclaimed October 2014 as "Filipino-American History Month"which was accepted by Reynaldo Pascua, President of Filipino-American Community of Yakima Valley; and reported that she and Council Member Leslie Daugs attended the Association's Celebration last week; • Announced that the 5th Annual Beautify Bremerton event will be on Saturday, September 20; • Proclaimed September 27, 2014 as "National Public Lands Day", • Announced the Sinclair Inlet Clean-Up will also be held on Saturday, September 20; • Proclaimed the Week of September 17 through 23, 2014 as "Constitution Week"; • Announced that Healthy Kitsap!, a free community health and wellness event, will be held on Thursday, October 2 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the Meeting Chambers; and • Proclaimed 2014 as the "5dh Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act", and • Introduced Sunny Wheeler, Bremerton Kiwanis Club, who presented a check to the City for a hillside slide that will be the last part of the planned improvements to the park; and invited volunteers to the clean-up events on the 4th Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 11:00 AM. BPD BRIEFING Police Chief Steve Strachan provided a monthly update on police operations; and announced that a City and Navy Job Fair will be held this Saturday at Jackson Park. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Daryl Daugs thanked Council Member Leslie Daugs for being a great role model for Filipino- Americans. Bishop Larry Robertson invited the Council Members (and City Attorney) to attend the Pre-Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Marvin Williams Center this Friday, September 19 starting at 5:30 PM at the corner of 8th Street and Park Avenue. Karen Vargas, of Living Life Leadership, encouraged the community to come together to support youth; and asked for the community to recognize the contributions of local volunteers and military. Mary Brown made a plea to City Council to help a dozen residents including John Hoffman who will be displaced on September 20 when those homes will be bulldozed. Mayor Lent assured Ms. Brown that Mr. Hoffman has been compensated for his properties and will have a place to live; and that the homes she mentioned are not included in the demolition so those individuals will not be affected. Ms. Corin also shared that people needing assistance may call 2-1-1 for "Information& Referral Search". City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Page 2of4 Martha Jones reported that a summer youth program with specialized activities including STEM was very successful at the New Life Community Development Center; and looked forward to that program being offered again next year. CONSENT AGENDA 6A— Claims & Check Register: Check Numbers 360092 through 360304, and EFT-14161 through EFT-14205 in the amount of $2,780,227.15; 613— Minutes of Meeting — September 3, 2014 6C— Minutes of Study Session — September 10, 2014 6D— Purchase Agreement with CompuCom for Microsoft Operating System License Upgrade 6E— Goods and Services Agreement with Kaye-Smith for Utility Billing Printing and Mailing Service There were no questions or comments from the public... 06:33:15 M/S/C/U (Runyon/Daugs) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented. GENERAL BUSINESS 7A - A�`_QCCIIACNIT UNITY IIAGC I RE & CONIC IN G FOR QIOTOWER 11ARMIA CCIRI A�`CIIACNIT r- -rarrccrrrc�^ cv � o�vcrrrc�^�-r �Q�T: Item was pulled... 7113—COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BREMERTON AND THE POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: Charlotte Belmore, Human Resources Manager, pointed out that pursuant to RCW 41.56, negotiations have concluded between representatives of the City and the Bremerton Police Management Association (SPMA) resulting in the attached Collective Bargaining Agreement. There were no questions or comments from the public... 06:35:37 Motion was made by Daugs and seconded by Davis; Comments were provided by Daugs and Runyon... 06:36:20 M/S/C/U (Daugs/Davis) Move to approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Bremerton and the Bremerton Police Management Association; authorize the Mayor to finalize and execute the Collective Bargaining Agreement with substantially the same terms and conditions as presented; and make the necessary amendment in the amount of $17,799.80 to the 2014 budget. 7C—ACCEPTANCE OF THE LODGING TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015: Dino Davis, Committee Chair, summarized that the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) received eight (8) total requests for funding for Fiscal Year 2015. Committee members reached consensus and are recommending funding to seven (7) of the applicants and hope as in previous years that any additional revenue be put into reserve which will allow the City to honor its agreements, even in years when actual revenue comes in less than projections. The City anticipates approximately$100,000 in revenue to be available for distribution to the approved recipients. Also, the City allocates $155,000 for the Kitsap Conference Center and $150,000 to the Admiral Theatre Foundation. There were no questions or comments from the public... 06:37:45 Motion was made by Davis and seconded by Daugs; Comments were provided by Davis, Daugs, and McDonald, and questions were asked by Runyon; with responses provided by Mayor Lent and Mr. Lubovich... City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Page 3of4 06:41:39 M/S/C/U (Davis/Daugs) Move to accept the recommendations of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee as presented, and to include the allocations in the City of Bremerton's Fiscal Year 2015 Proposed Budget. 7D— RESOLUTION NO. 3232 TO CHANGE THE NAME OF 7TH STREET BETWEEN WARREN AVENUE AND PACIFIC AVENUES TO "DR ML KING WAY": Tom Knuckey, City Engineer, explained that a citizens' group has requested to change the name of 7 thStreet between Warren and Pacific Avenues to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Staff coordinated with CenCom and the group, and the proposed street name "Dr ML King Way' was selected as meeting the street naming criteria outlined in Bremerton Municipal Code 11.18, as well as meeting the goals and objectives of the group. Residents and property owners directly affected by the proposed name change were notified, the first Public Meeting was held on September 3, 2013, and a second meeting on August 28, 2014. Comments have been collected and a summary was provided to the Council Members. Comments from the public were provided by and summarized as follows:Jewel Shepherd-Sampson read statement for Civil Rights; Patricia Moncure Thomas agreed with idea but hoped the City would select a street that truly recognizes the accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;Alison Loris suggested re-naming Warren Avenue as an appropriate and significant street; Pearl Shepherd (Jewel's mom) believed that the area being discussed is ready for change and that there is also room for other streets to be renamed, Lane Dowell(retired West Bremerton teacher) recalled the Civil Rights Movement and agreed with earlier comments on re-naming a longer street, Mary Brown hoped that the City will move forward for the betterment of all citizens and support the US Constitution; Michal Bernard asked Council for their support and as a young person looks forward to telling her children of how this positive change happened,Aquila Benton (Bainbridge Island) commented in support,and read a statement on behalf of a student Eileen Sanders in support of this project, Darence Shine acknowledged the hard work done by staff and volunteers in this process, emphasized that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. represented all people and cultures, was impressed with open dialogue;and appreciated the community for coming to speak at the meeting; Charita Kornegay was grateful as a parent for this historic opportunity to share this with her children and was proud to be in the City, Darrell Fisher commented that his birthday was on the day MLK died and supported the re-naming of Street; Marva Jones emphasized that this would be positive for all children and asked Council to make this happen; Karen Vargas (Bainbridge Island) emphasized that / -nth Street was selected because it has historical significance of long-standing community contributions and diversity, Ruthie Porter also shared her personal experiences during Civil Rights Marches and offered her support, Macaela Thomas (;�h Street) supported re-naming a larger street because she did not believe ;'h Street honored MLK properly, and therefore suggested Pacific Avenue since improvements have been made to that street, Jim Howard(fh Street) expressed concerns about the current conditions of;,h Street and agreed that this is not the right street, Merna Vedacheski hoped that the City will make/some improvements; Chris Tibbs offered his support and believed that no street is long enough to honor MLK; Roy Stevens shared history on the Civil Rights Movement and agreed honoring MLK deserves a bigger street because he is not just part of Black History, he is part of American history, John Larson commented his support and that it was past time for this to happen; Patrick Lewis spoke to the diversity that is in Bremerton and how this would help to bring together the community, Margie Singleton (,,4h Street) opposed the re-naming which won't do anything to change the crime rate, and pointed out that there are buildings and streets already named in honor of Loxie Eagans and Marvin Williams... President Wheeler called a recess from 7.46 to 7.•53 PM... 07:53:15 Motion was made by Davis and seconded by Daugs; Comments were provided by Davis, Daugs, Sullivan, McDonald, Runyon, and Wheeler... City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Page 4 of 4 08:10:07 M/S/C/U (Davis/Daugs) Move to adopt Resolution No. 3232 changing the name of 7th Street between Warren and Pacific Avenues to "Dr ML King Way'. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Roy Runyon will be hosting a District 6 Meeting on Thursday, September 18 at 6:00 PM at Hi-Lo's 15,nStreet Cafe located at 2720 15th Street featuring the Bremerton Police Department's Community Resource Officer Joe Sexton on "Neighborhood Security Issues"; welcomed volunteers at the Annual Sinclair Inlet Clean-Up on Saturday, September 20 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM starting at the end of 2nd Street near the Bremerton Boardwalk; and invited the community to the Ace Hardware Chain- Cutting Ceremony on Friday, September 26 at 11:30 AM at 3506 Kitsap Way. Dino Davis announced that the monthly Forest Ridge Park Clean-Up will be on Saturday, September 20 at 9:00 AM with a focus on invasive weeds like scotch broom; and thanked people who "stuck around" for the meeting tonight and hoped others would be inspired. Jerry McDonald reported that votes would be accepted until October 24 for Evening Magazine's "Best of Western Washington" competition, and hoped people would vote for the Boat Shed Restaurant & Bar (for Best Outdoor Dining) and Manette Bicycle-Works (for Best Bike Shop). He also reiterated details for the Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Marvin Williams Center this Friday. Leslie Daugs announced several events including that the last "Cars of Summer Cruise" on Saturday, September 19 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at the Perry Avenue Mall; home ownership meetings hosted by Habitat for Humanity on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 10:00 AM or the 4th Wednesday at 6:00 PM at 3559 Wheaton Way; and Habitat for Humanity's 15th Annual "Raise the Roof" Gala on Saturday, September 27 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM at the Kitsap Conference Center. She also attended the Beyond Accessible Ribbon Cutting Ceremony last week at Evergreen Park. Mike Sullivan reminded interested persons of the next Lions Park Beach Clean-Up on Saturday, September 27 at 10:00 AM; and mentioned that volunteers are needed to adopt 50-foot portions of the beach. Greg Wheeler invited volunteers to the Kiwanis Park Volunteer Clean Up event on Saturday, September 27 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM. With no further business, President Wheeler adjourned the Council Meeting at 8:23 PM. Prepared and Submitted by: &m...' - I CHR STINE GRENIER Council Assistant SHANNON CORIN, City Clerk GREG WH LER, City Council President GW:SC:ls.