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Home My WebLink About05/16/2018DIGITAL RECORDING CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, May 16, 2018 The weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at 5:00 PM in Council Conference Room 603 of the NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER, 345 6` Street, Bremerton, Washington, with Council President Eric Younger presiding. Council Members present were Richard Huddy, Michael Goodnow, Tony Hillman, Kevin Gorman, and Pat Sullivan. Council Member Leslie Daugs was absent. Also present were City Attorney Roger Lubovich; Legislative Assistant and Acting City Clerk Lori Smith; 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 Pat Sullivan followed by the invocation provided by Reverend David Stewart of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. MAYOR'S REPORT • Highlights were provided on the City Weatherization and Minor Home Repair Program; Bremerton Fire Marshal's Office Stats; and 2018 Parking Goals and Strategies; • Parks & Recreation Director Jeff Elevado brought forward members of the Bremerton Garden Club who presented a $3,000 check to the City for use toward the Flower Basket Program; • John Powers, Executive Director of the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance presented a video and shared highlights from the "1St Quarter 2018 Economic Development Report"; and • City employees Hans Nilsson and Milenka Hawkins -Bates shared their personal stories on how Neurofibromotosis (NF) has afflicted persons in their families; announced that May 17 was "National NF Day"; and to help bring more awareness, encouraged persons to participate in the NF Walk on September 15 in Tacoma with more details available on the City's Facebook page. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Gerald Harris, advocate for the homeless; Kim Siebens, Founder of "Their Voice", a non-profit organization that assists homeless pet owners, and an advocate for homeless; Richard LeMieux, Board Member of the Bremerton Foodbank, Board Member of the United Way Emergency Foodbank Program, and author of "Breakfast at Sally's"; Gregg Browngoetz, an advocate for the homeless; Regina Adamson, advocate for Kitsap's low income and homeless community; and Anna Maria Fasenacht each presented their own perspective on the homeless crisis including their vulnerability and at risk for being taken advantage of, challenging rental requirements, and lack of housing including an 8 -year waiting list for Section 8 housing. There were several who asked Mayor Wheeler and the City Council to please do more to help the homeless community including suggestions to set up an "emergency fund", a "Housing First Program", a "labor ready" shelter; and an "anti-dumping ordinance" to prevent homeless patients from not only being discharged too soon, but simply left on the street. Mayor Wheeler added that Kitsap County just passed a "One Year Plan" that includes help for homelessness and low income housing, and stated they are next working to pass a "Five Year Plan", which all cities will then follow. Terry Fessner mentioned he has now helped 8 homeless persons to relocate; but also presented a list of problems that he has had to deal with around his business due to a few homeless persons. Michael O'Shaughnessy, Executive Director with the Kitsap Rescue Mission provided a summary of all they are doing to help homeless persons, including servicing up to 190 persons a day. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Page 2of4 CONSENT AGENDA 5A— Claims & Check Register: Check Numbers 378886 through 379275, and EFT -V18496 through EFT -V18552 in the amount of $2,055,376.61; Regular Payroll for the pay period ending April 30, 2018 in the amount of $804,991.72; and Regular Payroll (Pay Out & Correction) for the pay period ending April 30, 2018 in the amount of $682.81 56 — Minutes of Meeting — May 2, 2018 5C — Minutes of Study Session — May 9, 2018 5D — Confirm Appointment of Ramesh Rabadia to the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee 5E — Confirm Appointment of Erik Pedersen to the Planning Commission 5F — Fleet Management Software License and Management Agreement with AssetWorks, LLC for use by the Equipment Services Division 5G — Interlocal Agreement with the Port of Bremerton for Design Oversight of the Puget Sound Industrial Center — Bremerton to Belfair Sewer Connection Project 5H — Purchase of Athletic Field Lighting System from Musco Sport Lighting, LLC for Manette Park Improvement Project There were no questions or comments from the public... 06:43:47 M/S/C/U (Gorman/Sullivan) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented. GENERAL BUSINESS 6A — PURCHASE OF HURST EXTRICATION TOOLS FROM CURTIS TOOLS FOR USE BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT: Chief David Schmitt stated that the Fire Department is going to purchase new extrication tools; the current extrication tools will become back up tools. The current extrication tools have been in operation since 2004. The extrication tools are on the Fire Rescue GPO under contract number 00000170. The cost total for the extrication tools and accessories is $51,642.28 which includes Washington State Sales Tax. There were no comments from the public... 06:47:30 Motion was made by Hillman and seconded by Gorman... Comments were made by Hillman; and questions were asked by Sullivan and Gorman, with responses provided by Chief Schmitt... 06:49:17 M/S/C/U (Hillman/Gorman) Move to approve the purchase of new Hurst Extrication Tools from Curtis Tools in the amount of $51, 642.28 including Washington State Sales Tax; and authorize the Mayor to finalize the purchase with substantially the same terms and conditions as presented. PUBLIC HEARING 7A — PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION NO. 3307 TO ADOPT THE 2019 CDBG/HOME POLICY PLAN, AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RELEASE OF THE 2019 NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY: Sarah Achaoui, CDBG Program Administrator, explained that the action before Council is adoption of the 2019 Policy Plan. The Policy Plan is a document which is updated yearly which sets parameters for the management of our HUD entitlement grant awards and provides specific information about the policies and regulations for the use of HUD CDBG and HOME funds. This plan was released on April 11th for public comment, and to date there have been no comments made. Staff is also announcing the release of the 2019 Notice of Funding Availability. President Younger opened the public hearing... With no comments received, President Younger closed the Hearing to the public; and opened for discussion with the Council... City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Page 3 of 4 06:54:40 Motion was made by Goodnow and seconded by Hillman... Comments were made by Hillman; and questions were asked by Gorman, Hillman, and Huddy, with responses provided by Ms. Achaoui... 06:57:27 M/S/C/U (Goodnow/Hillman) Move to approve the Resolution No. 3307 adopting the 2019 CDBG/HOME Policy Plan. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Richard Hudd y enjoyed attending the Military Culinary Arts Competition and Armed Forces Festival Ambassadors Program; announced several Armed Forces Festival events planned for Saturday, May 19 including the Bremerton Central Lions Pancake Breakfast from 7:00 to 10:00 AM; the Armed Forces Day Parade from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM; Heroes' BBQ from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM; and the Navy Gala from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. The NAACP (Unit 1134) Freedom Fund Banquet will also be held that day beginning at 4:00 PM at the Kitsap Golf & Country Club; and Kitsap Harbor Festival on Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27 from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM; and encouraged attendance at any of the several Memorial Day Remembrance events on Monday Michael Goodnow announced the next Forest Ridge Park Work Party would be on Saturday, May 19 from 9:00 AM to Noon; and in honor of the 71 st Armed Forces Festival, he invited everyone to a special showing of "Tors, Tora, Tora" at the Roxy Theatre on Friday, May 18 at 1:00 PM. Tony Hillman announced that volunteers are welcome at the next Kiwanis Park Work Party on Saturday, May 26 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM; reported on the successful week long "National Women's Build" event hosted by Kitsap Habitat for Humanity; enjoyed attending the Admiral Theatre Preview event held last week; and looks forward to seeing everyone out in the community at the Armed Forces Festival events this weekend. Kevin Gorman announced the 1 st Annual "Aaron Duffin Derby" Memorial Bike Ride on May 19 from 3:30 to 5:00 PM beginning at the Whitey Domstad Vista and ending at 5:00 PM at the Manette Saloon with a Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser; and looked forward to several Story Walk events hosted by Josh Farley of the Kitsap Sun, especially the "Bridging Bremerton" and Centennial Celebration throughout the day on Saturday, June 23 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM; and then beginning at 4:00 PM will be the Manette Centennial Pub Crawl. He also reported on his first "District 3 Meet & Greet", which he plans to continue once per month; and was impressed with the work being done by Kitsap Community Resources, and thanked them for providing him with a recent tour. Pat Sullivan enjoyed attending the Military Culinary Competition; looked forward to helping at the Pancake Breakfast during the Armed Forces Festival; encouraged the community to attend the Lebo Boulevard Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Thursday, May 17 at 1:00 PM at the Sheridan Park Community Center; invited the community to attend the 2nd Annual Bremerton Police Department vs. Sluggers Beep Baseball Game on Saturday, June 2 at 11:00 AM at Lions Park; and announced that the City of Bremerton will be accepting applications from non-profit organizations who wish to apply for lodging tax funding until Thursday, July 12 at 5:00 PM. Eric Younner thanked everyone who provided comments earlier on the homeless situation, and in response to addressing the homelessness issue, pointed out that one of the Council Goals is to increase affordable housing, but also emphasized that he believes this was a regional issue, and not one that the City of Bremerton could solve on its own, so he would like to explore some of the things that other cities are doing to address the homeless crisis. On a positive note, he not only looked forward to attending the Armed Forces Festival this Saturday, but also looked forward to seeing his son participating in the parade this year. City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Page 4 of 4 With no further business, President Younger adjourned the Council Meeting at 7:20 PM. Prepared and Submitted by: LORI SMITH Legislative Assistant APPRO ED by the City Council on the 6th day of June, 2018. ERIC YOUN R, C ouncil President Attest: MIKE RILEY, Interim City Clerk EY: M R:ls:cg