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Home My WebLink About121911 CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF DECEMBER 19, 2011 CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Port Townsend City Council met in regular session the nineteenth day of December 2011, in the City Council Chambers at 540 Water Street. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m., Mayor Michelle Sandoval presiding. ROLL CALL Councilmembers present at roll call were David King, Laurie Medlicott, Kris Nelson, George Randels, Catharine Robinson, and Michelle Sandoval with Mark Welch excused. Staff members present were City Manager David Timmons, City Attorney John Watts, Public Works Director Ken Clow, Development Services Director Rick Sepler, and City Clerk Pam Kolacy. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA Mayor Sandoval stated that an executive session will take place at the end of the meeting. It is expected to take about 20 minutes and there may be action following the session. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Christina Pivarnik expressed appreciation to outgoing Council members Randels and Medlicott. CONSENT AGENDA Approval of Bills, Claims and Warrants Vouchers 116380 through 116405 in the amount of$10,116.13 Electronic Funds Transfer in the amount of$12,904.73 Vouchers 116406 through 116510 in the amount of$789,781.61 Voucher 116450 in the amount of$7,286.15 Approval of Minutes: December 5, 2011 Planning Commission Appointments Monica Mick-Hager (reappointment to Position 2, term expires 12/31/14) Gee Heckscher(reappointment to Position 3, term expires 12/31/14) City Council Special Business Meeting December 19,2011 Pagel of 4 Sarah Bowman (reappointment to Position 4, term expires 12/31/14) Motion: Catharine Robinson moved to approve the consent agenda. George Randels seconded. Vote: motion carried unanimously, 6-0 by voice vote. OLD BUSINESS Resolution 11-043, Adopted in Connection with the 2012 Budget Listing Issues for City Council and City Manager Action in 2012 Mr. Timmons reviewed the packet materials, noting that on December 12, 2011, the Council approved a motion directing the City Manager to prepare a draft resolution identifying budget or financial issues that the Council would like to see addressed by the Council and/or Manager in 2012. The items identified in the resolution will be considered for the work plan for 2012. Public Comment There was no public comment. New language for Item #13 in Attachment A was proposed as follows: "Review the relationship of capital funds with other operating funds, and address impacts resulting from delays in project schedules, receipt of external capital funding and availability of funding from general obligation bonds, as these delays and funding issues impact the general fund." Consensus was reached to add "YMCA and Regional Park and Recreation Programs" as Item #15 under "Other". There was further discussion on Attachment A. Agreement was also reached to remove the words "above $5,000 limit" from Item #2, change wording on #14 to "review fireworks funding options" and to add #15 under "Other" to read "YMCA and Parks and Recreation." Motion: George Randels moved to approve Resolution 11-043, Adopted in Connection with the 2012 Budget Listing Issues for City Council and City Manager Action in 2012 as amended by this discussion with changes to items #2, 13, 14 and 15. Kris Nelson seconded. Vote: motion carried, 5-1 by voice vote, Laurie Medlicott opposed. Resolution 11-041, Updating and Providing for Public Works Department Fees, Development Services Department Land Development Permit Application and Appeal Fees, and Updating and Providing for Swimming Pool Fees City Council Special Business Meeting December 19,2011 Page 2 of 4 Development Services Director Rick Sepler reviewed the packet materials and reviewed Attachment 3, a detailed staff memo responding to questions the Council posed at last week's meeting when the fee schedule changes were introduced. Public comment There was no public comment. Council agreed that staff could make minor typographic formatting changes and consolidate tables for the final version of the fee schedule. Motion: George Randels moved to approve Resolution 11-041, Updating and Providing for Public Works Department Fees, Development Services Department Land Development Permit Application and Appeal Fees, and Updating and Providing for Swimming Pool Fees. Laurie Medlicott seconded. Vote: motion carried unanimously, 6-0 by voice vote. NEW BUSINESS - NONE PRESIDING OFFICER REPORT Special Presentation Mayor Sandoval presented certificates of appreciation to Council members Laurie Medlicott and George Randels on behalf of the Council and City staff. She read a letter from Steve Shively commending the two Councilors for their work. Bill Maxwell presented Mrs. Medlicott and Mr. Randels with gold library cards in honor of their support of the Port Townsend Library. Mayor Sandoval thanked both outgoing Councilors for their service. Each of them said a few words. At 7:21 p.m., the Council recessed for a brief celebration to honor outgoing Councilmembers Medlicott and Randels. Executive Session At 7:50 p.m., the Council began an executive session to discuss potential litigation. The session was scheduled to last no more than 20 minutes with possible action following. The meeting was reconvened at 8:18 p.m. City Attorney John Watts noted that the Council discussed pending litigation involving the City regarding the Comprehensive Plan process and a challenge City Council Special Business Meeting December 19,2011 Page 3 of 4 to an environmental determination in conjunction with the Comprehensive Plan docket. Staff has made a recommendation to withdraw the rezone of the Beech Street property from the Comprehensive Plan docket but retain the portion of the docket that would add a dual zoning text amendment. The specific line in and line out recommended changes to the item are in a handout provided to Council. Mr. Watts stated that the basis for the recommendation is that it avoids the issue raised by the appeal of whether or not there as been adequate environmental review at this time. Although neither the City Attorney nor the DSD Director believe the appeal has any merit, there are no affordable housing providers interested in the property at this time so it does not make sense to go forward with the dual zoning until further investigation of the site and whether is it suitable for affordable housing. There has also been some comment made that the site is best used as a park or open space; however, there is a park plan update as part of the Comprehensive Plan process and should that be adopted there would be an opportunity to evaluate this site against the updated parks plan to see if the site should be designated for parks/open space use. Public Comment There was no public comment. It was noted that if the action is not withdrawn, the entire Comprehensive Plan amendment process would be delayed. Dealing with the appeal would take numerous hours of staff time and Council time which would impact the other timely issues pending before the Council. The issue will not be reintroduced during this cycle but it may happen at a future date. Motion: David King moved to approve the rezone of the Beech Street property be withdrawn from the comprehensive plan docket. The portion of Item 9.3 that would add a dual zoning text amendment to the comprehensive plan would remain on the docket to allow for designating dual zoning for specific parcels in the future, but would not apply to any property- or the Beech Street property- at this time. Kris Nelson seconded. Vote: motion carried unanimously, 6-0 by voice vote. ADJOURN There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:27 p.m. Attest: l'tpg ( Pamela Kolacy, MMC City Clerk City Council Special Business Meeting December 19,2011 Page 4 of 4