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Home My WebLink About08/05/2015 Cn�P�u. DIGITAL RECORDING �� CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES � AUG � 9 1015 Wednesday, August 5, 2015 The weekly meeting of the Bremerton City Council was called to order Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at 5:00 PM in COUt1Cll COnf@P@IlC@ ROOt11 603 Of the NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER, 345 6cn Street, Bremerton, Washington, with Council President Greg Wheeler presiding. Council Members present were Roy Runyon, Dino Davis, Jerry McDonald, and Leslie Daugs. Council Members Mike Sullivan and Eric Younger were absent. Also present were City Attorney Roger Lubovich; City Clerk Shannon Corin; Legislative Assistant Lori Smith; and Information Services Manager Kevin Matthew. A Courvci�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. President Greq Wheeler established that the Council Members were wearing bow ties tonight in honor of their friend and City Council Vice President Mike Sullivan. The Pledge of Allegiance was then led by Council Member Leslie Dauas followed by the invocation provided by Pastor Eric Roberts of Discovery Fellowship. A prayer was also said for Mike Sullivan. MAYOR'S REPORT —Mayor Patty Lent... • Brought forward Robert (Bob) Batten from the Bremerton Central Lions Club to introduce the three foreign exchange students who were here for four-weeks from Sister City Kure, Japan; • Proclaimed the Week of August 2—8, 2015 as "Farmers Market Week"; and provided the proclamation to Julia Zander, Bremerton Farmers Market Manager; � Introduced Jeff Allen, Board of Directors President for the Kitsap Community Food Co Op; • Announced that only limited tickets remain for this Saturday's Kitsap Wine Festival; • Welcomed homeless (or at risk) veterans to join the Veterans Housing Options Discussion Group which meets every Monday at 1:00 PM at the Kitsap Community Resources Office; • Encouraged the public to attend a Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) Open House and Community Workshop on Tuesday, August 11 from 4:30 to 6:00 PM in the Meeting Chambers; and • Looked forward to the week-long Astronomer Lecture Series to be hosted by Olympic College from August 16 to 20 at Bremerton SEEfilm Bremerton Cinema, and is free to the public. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Mike Walton, Community Relations Director with the Bremerton Family YMCA, reported on the monthly activities a:the "Y". John M. Tavlor, representing the Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners, presented a letter requesting a written statement from the City on what the plans are for expanding the boundaries of Bremerton. Gavle Gillespie asked if there were any plans from the Parks Department to add playground equipment for small children at Lions Park; hopes to see the "High Five" feature back in the newspaper to highlight local criminals. Also, regarding the Kitsap Wine Festival, he was disappointed that as part owner of the local Hoodsport Winery, it was not included in the festival, especially when it is one of the closest wineries to Bremerton. CONSENT AGENDA 5A— Claims & Check Register: Check Numbers 364423 through 364719, and EFT 15140 through EFT 15192 in the amount of $2,187,678.43; Regular Payroll (Pay Outs) for the pay period ending June 30, 2015 in the amount of $22,488.56; Regular Payrol( for the pay period ending July 15, 2015 in the amount of $723,264.89; Regular Payroll (Pay Out) for the pay period ending July 15, 2015 in the amount of $648.19; and Retiree Payroll for the pay period ending July 31, 2015 in the amount of $51,875.12. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Page 2 of 3 5B— Minutes of Meeting —July 15, 2015 5C— Minutes of Study Session —July 22, 2015 5D— Change Order No. 2 with Lakeside Industries for the Pavement Preservation Project 5E— Appointments to the Committee to Write Statements "For" (Cary Bozeman, Scott Bosch, and Ken Bagweln and "Against" (No Volunteers came forwaro�j Proposition No. 1 — Public Safety Bond for the Local Voters' Pamphlet Fire Chief AI Duke explained that if no volunteers come forward to write a statement against Proposition No. 1, the City would submit a letter explaining this to the Kitsap County Elections Department. The County would then attempt to find volunteers, and if none still came forward, then there would be no statement in the Local Voter's Pamphlet. 06:03:35 M/S/C/U (McDonald/Davis) Move to approve the CoNSENr AGErv�a as presented. GENERAL BUSINESS 6A—ACCEPTANCE OF THE LODGING TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2016 ALLOCATIONS: Dino Davis, LTAC Chair, explained that the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) received seven (7) total requests for funding for Fiscal Year 2016. Committee members reached consensus and are recommending funding to all of the applicants. The City anticipates approximately$130,000 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. The following citizens were present to provide comment and thank the City for their support: Caroline M. Stein, Washington State Science & Engineering Fair;Anifa Williams, Bremerton Symphony Association; and Dean S. Tinqev, Executive Director with the Kitsap County Historical Society& Museum... 06:15:00 Motion was made by Daugs, and seconded by Runyon... Comments were made by Daugs and Runyon... McDonald explained that as the Marketing Director for the USS Turner Joy(one of the proposed recipients for funding) that he would abstain from the vote... 06:17:00 M/S/C/U (Daugs/Runyon) Move to accept the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's recommen�iations as presented and to include the allocations in the City of Bremerton's Fiscal Year 2016 Prop�sed Budget. Motion in Favor of Motion: Davis, Runyon, Daugs, Wheeler Abstained: McDonald Motion carried: 4-Yes; 1-Abstention COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Leslie Dauqs encouraged the community to participate in the Farmers Market as well as the Back to School Fair& Fun Run on Wednesday, August 26 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Mountain View Middle School. And lastly, offered thoughts and prayers to Council Member Mike Sullivan and his family. Jerrv McDonald announced several upcoming events including the "Basement Band" playing at the next Music in Manette on Thursday at 6:30 PM at the Whitey Domstad Vista Park; the Kitsap Wine Festival on Saturday at Fountain Park, followed by Rock the Dock Summer Concert beginning at 5:00 PM on the Boardwalk; the Bremerton GreenDrinks Social on Tuesday, August 18 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM onboard the USS Turner Joy; and a week of free "Astronomy Talks" with a series of Guest Lectures sponsored by Olympic College would be held nightly from August 16 to 20 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM at SEEfilm Bremerton Cinema. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Page 3 of 3 Dino Davis looked forward to participating in the 2-day Eastern Washington Study Mission in Spokane and Pullman that was being sponsored by the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC). Rov Runvon in response to a question asked by Mr. John Taylor during Public Recognition about the City's plans for expanding the boundaries of Bremerton, he referred a presentation that was provided to the Council Members at the last Study Session on July 22 and can now be found on the City's website titled "Fiscal lmpacts of West Bremerton UGA and Gorst UGA Annexations". Grea Wheeler also wished Mike Sullivan and his family well during this difficult time, and encouraged everyone to keep them in their thoughts and prayers. On behalf of Council Member Sullivan, he announced the next Lions Park Monthly Work Party will be Saturday, August 8 from 10:00 AM to Noon and volunteers are always welcome; he also encouraged attendance at the next District 4 Neighborhood Meeting that he would host on Tuesday, August 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM in the basement of the Community of Christ at Memorial Lutheran Church located at the corner of 10th & Veneta where Dr. David Mitchell, Olympic College President, and Bruce Riveland, Vice-President of Administrative Services will be provide an update on the upcoming construction of the Olympic College Instruction Center. President Wheeler announced that the Council would convene for a 20-Minute Executive Session to discuss "Potential Litigation" under RCW 42.30.110 (1)(i) and that no action was anticipated; and following a brief recess, there would be a Meeting of the Transportation Benefit District (TBD) Board. With no further business, President Wheeler adjourned the Council Meeting at 7:00 PM. Prepared and Submitted by: � � LORI SMITH Legislative Assistant At t: � S NNON CORIN, City Clerk � GREG EELER, City Council President GW:SC:I . g