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Home My WebLink About07/03/1984 I I I 89 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF JUNE 19, 1984, Cotlt. n - ---. -- - - - - - ----------------.--' - -- -- --. -,- - - _n --. ,-.- - n - - . -. - - '~~l Grievance Procedure f~œ the - Handicapp~d~ -~r. -'Grov~ exPlainedt~at I ¡as a result of his assignment as the Handicapped progra.ms Coordinatør, I he too~ the sa~p~e procedUJ;e prov~ded ~o the C~ ty ,by ~h.e Assoéiatiorh øf Washlngton Cltles,and adJusted lt sllghtly fllllng l~t t~e-blanks I provided. There belng no further comments, Mr. G~ove ln~lcated ,a resolution would be prepared for the next councll meetlng. I ¡street Vacation Application NO: 384-02 -Vincent.Guthr~e, et.al. . Councilmember Kenna made a motion that the Councll conduct a publlC ¡hearing on this application during the regular council meeting July !17, 1984, which was seconded by Councilmember Jones and passed !unanimously by voice vote. r ADJOURNMENT ¡There being no further ¡adjOUrned at 9:18 P.M. I I I I ATTEST: ! i~~~ I I , ¡Clty Clerk ¡ I ¡The City Council of the City of Port Townsend met ¡this 3rd day of July, 1984, at 7:30 P.M., in the ¡of City Hall, Mayor Brent Shirley presiding. business, Mayor Shirley declared'the meeting ~ÀM' Mayor MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF JULY 3, 1984 in regular session Council Chambers ROLL 'CALL I I I !councilmembers present at roll call were Janis Hunt, Frieda Imislund, :Vern Jones, and Mike Kenna. Also present at were City Attorney ¡Keith Harper, and City Clerk-Treasurer David Grove. I MINUTES ì 'I . - , ICouncl member Hunt made a motlon to approve the mlnutes of June 19, 11984, as written and to dispense with the reading of them which was ¡seconded by Councilmember Imislund and passed unanimously by voice ¡vote. Councilmember Kenna indicated as clarification 1:0 his commi t-tee reports on page 87 that specific material to be used in the motels ;must be clearly identified. I ¡ ¡The following bills I I I I I BILLS AND CLAIMS and claims were presented for payment: $36,150.50 2,172.36 2,710.27 2,282.33 773.58 750.00 8,857.32 994.81 1,497.56 140.89 29,121.16 Current Expense Street Library Park Emergency Medical Services Federal Shared Revenue water/Sewer Equipment Rental Firemen's Pension and Relief Memorial Payroll I 'Councilmember Imislund made a motion that the bills and claims be paid from the proper funds which was seconded by Councilmember Hunt and passed unanimously by voice vote. 90 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF JULY 3, 1984, Cont. --- ---------------------------------- ------------------ ----------- -----------------------..----- ------ COMMUNICATIONS I At the request of the City Attorney a newspaper article dated MoildaJY I April 9, 1984, from the Yakima Herald-Republic entitled "AntitrustJ I, the City Officials Nightmare" was copied for the Council. The Council received a letter dated May 18, 1984, from Armondo ! Gonzalez, Municipal Council Coordinator for Jalapa Nicaragua requeslting that a volunteer brigade come to work in Jalapa in November to hel~ with th~ harvest and that the city finance the ~nstallatio~ of storm and sanltary sewer systems and school constructlon. Mr. Mllh011and was recognized and clarified the request indicating that no financ~al assistance is being requested. The sister city committee is lookir~g at the possibility to help with their harvest. Sister Schmidt was~ recognized and presented Mayor Shirley with a remembrance and pain ing depicting the appearance of their town. She explained that there - ! are no professional people there to provide direction on construct~on I of municipal facilities.. I I A police r~po~t from Pete Schoøneman dated June 18, 1984, was copied I for the Council depicting the results of his investigation on the I complaint filed with the Council about problems related to the use of North Beach County Park. Mayor Shirley referred this report - with the original letter to the Police/License Committee. A memorandum dated June 26,1984, from Keith Harper to Dick Kint I was copied for the Council reviewir1gthe content of a Service cont~act ¡ for the Island Vista Subdivision. Counci1member Hunt requested that:! j this be referred to the Water/Sewer/Street Committee for a recommerldation II since they have not met to review the final draft. Mayor Shirley I indicated that he has no problem with that and referred this to the : Water/Street/Sewer Committee. I I I i I ! I The Council received a copy of restrictive covenants- for Tax Lot 3] in Section 9, Township 30, Range 1 West, recorded June 27, 1984, I by Anthony Stroeder and J.L. Donovan. Mayor Shirley indicated thiSI- will be taken up under committee reports. - The Council received a letter dated June 28,1984, from Margaret Berry requesting traffic warning blinking lights, or some kind of traffic warnings approaching the intersections of Discovery Road and Grant Street, 19th and Kearney, 19th and Walker, and Walker Street between Lawrence and 19th. Mayor Shirley referred this to the Police/License Committee. , A letter dated June 29, 1984, from City Attorney Keith Harper to 1 Doctor Stig Osterberg was copied for the Council indicating the ¡ former Seattle First National Bank building at the corner of Polk I and Lawrence Street can be used as a dental office. I i I I A letter of thanks dated July 2, 1984, from Mayor Shirley to Julie McCulloch for her service on the Planning Commission was copied fon the CounciL I Mayor Shirley reported that the employees received a communication on the Wellness Program which was copied for the Council. He indicated his recommendation to participate has nÖt generated much interest because of the cost før the program. He indicated that he i would like to do something to make it easier to participate as a i part of next year's budget. PUBLIC COMMENTS Ms. Alice Lombard was recognized and requested that the Council place a restriction an building permits issued for construction on the western slopes above Landes Street which would eliminate the i loss of any more evergreen trees because they provide nesting for ! the birds using the Kah Tai Lagoon. When asked by the Mayor if thEf I City has this authority, the City Attorney indicated the City would 1 need to purchase the property to exercise that kind of control. I , I ¡ I , I I I I I 91 - ------ .------.--- - .- --- - --- .- M_INQTES- OF THE REGULAR SESS ION OF JULY 3,. 1984, Cont. -----------~--.- - -._----_..----- --H-_"'- ----., .----------------.. ----'.--"--,,--- _.,---- -- ----'-----,-- Mr. Stephen Hayden was recognized and requested that ,the Council examine the site where construction is proceeding on -the Senior Ci tizen Housing at 12th and Landes because of the dra:3tic clearing; which recently occured. He requested that the Council be more specific on requirements about clearing in the future. I I I Legislative/EnvironmentaL Ms. Penelope Dorado was rE:!cognized and: requested that the setback requirements imposed by the City in the: restrictive covenants required of Mr. Donovan in order to rezone, his property at the entrance to town because what has been recorded! was contrary to the public record of the meetings in ~:he Fall of ' 1982. She asked that the Council remove the 25 foot setback requirement from the Sims Way side of the property bo allow con- struction of a veterinary clinic on the site. Mr. Ha:rper explainedJ that if the Council wants to do this, the corrected covenants can be recorded. After brief discussion, Councilmember Kenna made a motion that the Council approve an adjustment from 25 feet to 15 feet for the setback requirement with the City AttornE:!y preparing the necessary documents which ,vas seconded by Councilmember Hunt and passed unanimously by voice vote. CouncilmemberKenna indicated that he would like to require a scale! model including landscaping o£ the proposed motel and convention ¡ center on ~ Sims Way from Service Activities Corporation to evaluate I the impact the project will have on the aesthetics of the area. : After a brief discussion, Councilmernber Kenna made a motion that the Council ask Service Activities Corporation to supply the City with a scale model of their project which was seconded by Council- member Imislund but failed by voice vote with Councilmembers Kenna and Imslund voting in favor of the request and Councilmember Jones and Hunt voting against the motion. Mayor Shirley vo1:ed against the motion to break the tie. After further discussion, Councilmemqer Hunt made a motion to require Service Activities Corporation to i provide the Council with architectural renderings with identificat~on of the materials proposed for use in the project and 1:0 put them' on notice that if these do not provide sufficient detail they may be required to provide the City with a scale model complete with: landscaping wi thin the existing time frame which was seconded by ¡ Councilmember Jones and passed by voice vote with Councilmembers ì Hunt and Jones voting in favor and Counci1mernbers Kenna and Imislun1d I voting against the motion. Mayor Shirley voted in favor of the I motion to break the tie. COMMITTEE REPORTS I I I Finance. Councilmember Hunt reported that meeting on a regular basis to comp-lete the to complete the project. the commit 1:ee has been í 5 year plan but have yet I Park and Property-- Councilmernber Hunt reported that 1:he committee met with members of the Park Board and the architects for the Kah Tai Lagoon Park to discuss maintenance of the park and parking problems, chain of command and time schedules for the development. ; Financing and the use of volunteers was discussed at length and; she reported that Kevin Burke has been selected as the coordinator.~ It was announced that a tour of the parks will occur on August I, . 11984, for the Councilmembers willing to attend. I I ORDINANCE NO. 1995 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS PERTAINING TO PARKING LIMITS ON CITY STREETS Mr. Harper reported that he had prepared this ordinance at the request of the Police Department. He explained the changes. Mr. . I Grove read the ordinance, by title .. . Councilmember Hun1: made a motion that the first reading be considered the second and the third be . I by title only which was seconde<Ì by Councilmember ImÜ>lund and passed I unanimously by voice vote. Mr. Grove agëiin read the ordinance by . ti tIe. Councilmember Kenna made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. ; 1995 which was seconded by Councilmember Hunt and 'passed unanimousJ.jy by roll call vote. ': 92 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF JULY 3, 1984, Cont. ---- ------,--,.._--------------------- , -.," ------'------------------ D -'b- P . ,I, Employment Vacancies. Mr. Grove announced that e ra age lS reslgnlng as Deputy Clerk....Treasurer and Verna Spiildor has announced her,retinkment I a~ the end of August as Deputy Treasurer. Appointments. Councilmember Imislund made a motion to approve the appointment of Joel Burns to the Arts Commission which was seconded by Councilmemher Hunt and passed unanimously by voice vote. PUBLIC HEARING I Rezone Request No. 184-02 - Worley. Mr. Grove explained that the Planning Commission' is recommending approval of this application to rezone a parcel of land in Block 4 of the National City Addition along Sims Way from R-1A to C-ll provided that all vehicular traffic access,is off Howard Street an~ not ~ta~e Route 20 and that a 12 I foot wlde green belt be left wlth exls'tlng trees be left~!parallel ..::tø State Route 20 (Sims Way). Mayor Shirley then opened the hearing j to receive public testimony. Mr. Tom, Beavers was recognized and spoke in favor of the application because no one wants to live on it because it is in the normal path of the mill smoke and commercial' use would be best. He took exception to the Planning Commission I recommendation that there be no access to Sims Way from this property because of the sever slope and poor visability which would result from opening Howard Street and suggested instead that access be limited to a single point from level ground near the middle of the property. There being no further testimony, Mayor Shirley closed I the hearing to the audience and turned the application over to the I Council for disposition. After a brief discussion ,C, ouncilm, 'ember Hunt made a motion that the Council make the following findings of I fact: 1) That the most appropriate future use of the property I is for commercial purposes and specifically for general commercial (C-ll) as defined by the City Zoning Ordinance, 2) that the /1 proposed rezone is in keeping with the intent and purposed of the City zoning Ordinance, and 3) that the proposed rezone is in keepin, ¡with the intent of the City Comprehensive Plan and approved pnovidëm ¡ that the own~r records t~e follówing restr~ctive covenants:. 1) I That all vehlcular trafflc access be off Slms Way at one polnt I and between Lots 6 and 7, and 2) that a twelve (12) foot wide I green belt paralleling SR 20 be provided by leaving existing trees in place and interplanting with evergreen shrubs which ,.vas seconded by Councilmember Jones and passed by voice vote with three Council~ members voting in the affirmative. Councilmember Kenna voted against the motion. I I Ilvarinance Request No. 384-01 - Zaccardo. Mr. Grove ex,Plained that the Planning Commission is recommending approval of the request for variance from 20 feet to 14 feet for the rear set back and from 20 feet to 15 feet from the presently grandfathered front setback at 737 Fillmore Street. Mayor Shirley opened the hearing to the audience. Mr. Ron Martin was recognized and spoke in favor of the application explaining - that this will allow the replacement of a delapadated garage on the site and allow entry for Mrs. Zaccardo without barriers. There being no further testimony, Mayor Shirley closed the hearing to the audience and turned the application over I to the Council for disposition. Councilmember Jones made a motion that the Council find that the application meets the criteria established by Section 6.10 of Ordinance No. 1625 and that the variance be granted which was seconded by Councilmember,.Œunt and passed unanimously by voice vote. I Proposed Six Year Transportation Improvement Program. Mr. Grove listed the streets ,proposed for improvement from 1985 through ~99-0 as well as modifications to the plan for work during 19.84. Mayor Shirley exPlained that .this~.1s aan.~exerc(L,se.i¡;i :eùtiLkty' 'most:.'Qf'bhe time because the city does not have funds to improvethes'e streetS-. He then opened the hearing to the audience. Mr. Forest Shomer was! recognized and spoke against the inclusion of Landes Street between 12th and 19th Streets because it will take out the front yards of the residents along the right-of-way and its impact on the water- shed. Mrs. Hickenbottom was recognized and spoke agains-t the - improvement of Landes Street because it would eliminate their fronf yard. Ms. JoAnn Alber was recognized and spoke against the improve- i I 93 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF JULY 3, 1984, Cont. ---------.---------- _._----- --------._--------------------- -- -----~-------- I ment of Landes Street reminding the Council of a petiti6n against the us~ of the street with ten signatures of residents along Landes. Ms. Janeen Hayden was recognized and asked to have Landes Street and 12th Street removed from the list because of the hazard they will create at Sims Way. Mr. Stephen Hayden was recognized i and spoke against the improvement of Landes. There being no further testimony, Mayor Shirley closed the hearing to the audience and: turned the proposal over to the Council for disposition. Council- member Kenna made a motion to approve the six Year Transportation Improvement Program from 1985 through 1990 with the deletion of Landes Street from 12th to 19th Streets and 12th from Sheridan to Hill to be replaced by choice of the Public Works Director which was seconded by Councilmember Imislund_. After a brie¡fj dis- cussion, Councilmember Kenna made a motion to table the motion which was seconded by Councilmember Hunt burt failed by voice vote, with three Councilmembers voting against the motion. Councilmember: Hunt voted in favor of the motion. Councilmember Kenna attempted j to withdraw his original motion, but Councilmember Imislund refused! to withdraw her second. The main motion failed by voice vote with ¡ I three Councilmembers voting agai.nst the motion. Councilmember Imislund voted in favor of the motion. Councilmember Kenna made , a motion to approve the Six Year Transportation Program from 1985 through 1990 with the deletion of Landes Street from 12th to 19th Streets which was seconded by Councilmember Jones and passed by voice vote with three Counilmembers voting in the affirmative. Councilmember Hunt voted against the _motion. I I OLD BUSINESS Environmental Assessments. Councilmember Kenna made a motion that the Council issue a final declaration of non-significance on the City Comprehensive Plan which was seconded by Councilrnember Jones - I and passed unanimous ly by voice vote. Councilmember Kenna made a ! - motion that the Council issue a final declaration of non-significançe of th~ 5 unit motel proposed by the. Amells which. was seconded by ¡ Councllmember Jones and passed unanlmouslv by VOlce vote. ¡ RESOLUTION NO. 84-23 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE FOR ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAPPED STATUS. Councilmember Imislund made a motion to 'adopt this resolution which: was seconded bv Councilmember Hunt and passed unanimously bv voice: vote. ORDINANCE NO. 1996 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY I Mr. Grove read the ordinance by title. Councilmember Imislund made! a motion that the first reading be considered the second and the third be by title only which was seconded by Councilmember Kenna and passed unanimouslY by voice vote. Mr. Grove again read the ordinance by title. Councilmember Hunt made a motion that the I' Council adopt the ordinance which was seconded bv Councilmember I Kenna and passed unanimously by roll call vote. i I I NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTION NO. 84-24 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A TRAVEL AND REINBURSEMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES Councilmember Hunt made a seconded bv Councilmember ¡ vote. I I I i I i motion to adopt this resolu-tion which waS' Jones and passed unanimously by voice RESOLUTION NO. 84-25 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT TRANSFER OF OLD SR 20 FROM HARRISON STREET TO THE FE~RY LANDING 94 MINUTES OF THE REGULA~ SESSION OF JULY 3,1984. Cont. -~-_._----- ------ ----------------- ~-~------~-----_.~----------'~.-'-----_._--~---- 1______-- -----------------..---------- ----- Councilmember Kenna made a motion to adopt this resolution was seconded by Councilmember Jones and passed unanimous Iv I vote. I ---- which by voice Variance Request No. 484-03 - G.T. Chuljian. Councilmember Kenna made a motion that the Council conduct a public hearing on this application during thereqular meeting, August 7, 1984, which was seconded by Councilmember Jones and 'passed unanimously by voice vote. RESOLUTION NO. 84-26 I A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SIX YEAR TRANS- PORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Councilmember Kenna made a motion to adopt this resolution which was seconded by Councilmember Jones and passed unanimously by voice vote. RESOLUTION NO. 84-27 A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION NUMBERS 81-24 AND 82-8 PERTAINING TO CORRECTION OF THE CITY ZONING MAP. Councilmember Jones made a.motionto adopt this resolution which was seconded by Councilmember Hunt and passed unanimously by voice voteL ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Mayor Shirley declared the meeting adjourned at 10:24 P.M. Mayor I éB:=t2 ATTEST: ;~~ City Clerk MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION_OF JULX 17,1984 The City Council of the City of Port Townsend met in regular session this 17th day of July, 1984, at 7:30 P.M., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Kenna presiding. ROLL CALL Councilmembers present at roll call were Jean Camfield, Janis Hunt, Frieda I:mislund, GLenn Ison, Vern Jones and Mike Kenna. Also present were City Attorney Keith Harper, Public Works Director Ted Stricklin, and Clerk-Treasurer David Grove. Councilmember Jim Parker arrived later in the meeting. I MINUTES I Councilmember Hunt noted that Sister Siena and not Sister Schmidt~~a.de thè 'presentati:on to Mayor Shirley. Councilrnember Hunt made a motì9n'- to approve the minutes of July 3, 1984, as corrected and to dispense , with the reading of them which was seconded by Councilmember Jones and passed unanimously by voice vote. , I I í i i I