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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/15/1977 8 I I 8 I 8 I I 8 . .-J<...- - è""-)(h ,) 0 ,y --. -' Minute.s of 'the Regular Session -Nov-: L, 1977 (cont..-) NEW BUSINESS .. A motion was made by Judy/Wilson to' approve a side sewer contractor's licE!nse for Jack Hensel. Motion carried. RESOLUTION -- \ 0 ". -"""'.,.- 0"- . A RE~otiUTION TO ^ESTABLISH RULES OF CONDUCT - FOR-C:OUNCIL'MEETINGS'.~ - . - . '~. . - -' , The above'Resolution was read and tabled till all councilmen are present. RESOLUTION 77-5 A RESOLUTION FIXING & DETERMINING JUST COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN LANDS TO BE ACQUIRED FOR THE CITY WATER SYSTEM. A motion was made by Parker/Shaneyfelt to approve the above resolution. Resolution adopted. Hotion carried. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council at declared the meeting adjourned. this time, Mayor Steve - ATTES; :~ ~~ c9-.'úL£!e.~ City Clerk-Treasurer,Deputy MAYDe ~~tØ~-'- . t/ ' . , mINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF NOVEmBER 15, 1977 The City Council of the City of Port Townsend met in regular session this l5th day of November at 7:30 p.m. in the Cöuncil Chambers of the City Hall, mayor Joseph Steve presiding. ROLL CALL Officers and members present were as follows: mayor Steve, 'clJ¥.7X~-~()rney Abraham, City '"",-",~""."'I,- Clerk-Treasurer-Engineer French, Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Allert, Councilmen Ciprioti, Judy, Camfield, .- Parker, Wilson; and Shaneyfelt. . mINUTES ~ It was moved by Councilmen Camfield/Judy that the minutes õf,;;.the prel/ious session be approved as written and to qispense with the reading. motion carried., . , BILLS ~ND CLAImS The following bills and claims were presented for payment: , Current Expense 734{¡26 Water 1,391.81 It was moved by Councilmen Judy/Parker that the bills and claims be paid. motion êarried. . . . commUNICATIONS Three letters were received from the Department of Transportion outlining highway repairs to be done on state highway~ within the city limits.. A ~etter ~as received from ~he Jefferson County Historical Soci~ty requesting the use of a city bùilding by Tim Snyder to restore a 31 foot Nayy rowboat. mayor Ståve announced that the bu~~dings were unavailable. , , - commITTEE REPORTS ~ayor Steve reported on a meeting ~itþ the Jefferson County Commissioners. The County Commissioners would take over t~~ Recreation Program within the City although the City wJll.~ still contrib~te funds to the prog~am. It was moved by Cámfield/Judy to approvè the County opperating the Recreátion Program. motion carried. . . mayor Steve reported on a meeting held with the Union negotiators and would meet latèr with the Finance êåmmittee about the Union contract. Mayot Steve announced that the preliminary budget for the year of 1978 would be av~il- able Friday, November 18tb in the Clerk-TreasuryOffice.- Councilman Wilson, Chairmen of the Building Committee, reported on a meeting held with William-massey and Norm Bedford of Island Constr~~tion to discuss the.buildirlg of a 40 unit - apartment complex at the çorner of Lawrence and Wàlker Streets. It was deèicled by the ComriU. ttee - , - 5~JO ------ - -- MINUTES OF' THE REGULAR SESSION OF' NOVEMBER 15, 1977 (cont.) - ----------- --------- ----- --- to approve this apartment building, with the agreement that there will be only one entrance/exit comming onto Lawrence Street o~itting the one on Walker Street. The above matter was turned over to City Engineer F'rench. Councilman Ciprioti, Chairmen of the Street Committee, 'reported that the Committee denied the request by the Port of Port Townsend to name a roadway located between ~uhn and Haines Streets, South of Sims Way. The Committee also denied the request by the Port of Port Townsend to lease a portion of Jefferson Street, South of the railroad tracks from Benedict Street approximately 300 feet in a westerly direction. The Committee also denied the request by the Port of Port Townsend to relocate the pavement of Benedict and Washington Streets. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Mr. Lawrence F'aulk with McLean and Company offered the City a proposal in which McLean and Company would be the City's financial consultant. An atto~ney for Daryl Hedman addressed the Council asking that his client be allowed to use PVC plastic pipe for the water lines on 40 lots in the Irondale area. Water Superinten- dent, Jack F'ields recommends asbestos cement pipe on all water lines. Deficency points are issued by the F'ire Underwriter Underrating Bureau when plastic pipe is used, however Hedman's attorney points out this grade of plastic pipe would probably only receive 11 out of a possible 60 defi- ciency points. F'ire hydrants would be added to help bring up the fire rating, but JacK F'ields stated there are no fire hydrants on plastic pipe at this time. The subject of using PVC plastic pipe will be turned over to the Water Committee. Mrs. Chris Logue from the audience presented a letter requesting the City to level and gravel that portion of Hendricks Street between 8th and 9th Streets. The letter was signed by neighbors living on .the above section of Hendricks Street. This will be referred to the Street Superintendent. Ray McGowan from the audience commented that the businesses in the Port of Port Townsend:__- Industrial Park area are the ones that requested the Port of Port Townsend to ask~the~City to name the roadway leading into the Industrial Park. Mr. McGowan wanted to know how to go about getting this street named since the Street Committee declined to do so. The Council must pass - an ordiance to name this street. It 8MSt be determined how this roadway is classified. matter of naming this roadway 8às~ra~~tr~~back to the Street Committee. Ray McGowan also commented on the 40 unit apartment building to be built at Lawrence and Walker Streets, stating that the buildiág would be directly across from his property and that he approves of the proposed apartm~nt building provided it's not more than 15 feet above Walker Street as the plans show.' The Chris DeWeese from the audience commented that the first rezone of the property where the 40 unit apartment building is to be built was unfair. They are asking for another rezone to get this property back to its old zone of RI rather than R III and would like the Council's help to approve this new rezone. She stated that she and her husband were not allowed to attend the Building Committee's meeting on this because of it being a closed meeting and objected to Mr. Massey being there. BID AWARD A letter was received fro~ the Encon Corp. recommending the City to award the bid of , - installation of the water treatment facility to Neptune Microfloc at a prièe of $75,595.00. A motion was made by Judy/Ciprioti to award the bid to Neptune Microfloc. Motión carried. PUBLIC HEARINGS Rezone Request No. 149 -- William Short Jr. A public hearing was held on a request by William Short Jr. to rezone from P-I to C-II property located in the Railroad Subdivision, Blocks 36 and 70 (North of highway) all lote Section 11, JON, Range lW. The Planning Commission would recommend approval of this rezone pro- vided that the portion of Block 70 be deleted from the applicatioD. Mr. Short agreed to omit Block 70 from his Rezone Request and so the application was recommended by the Planning Commis- sion for approval. A letter was read by Mayor Steve from Stephen Hayden opposing this Rezone. Mrs. Ruth Short, Del-Graham; and Charles Marsh from the audience commented favorably for this rezone. A motion was made by Shaneyfelt/Ciprioti to table this rezone until the next meeting so mote analysis could be done on it. Roll call: 3.:yes, 3 no with Wilson, Camfield, and Judy voting no. Mayor Steve'cast the deciding vote of no. The motion failed to table this rezone until the next meeting. A motion was made by Camfield/Wilson to approve this rezone. Roll call; 5 yes, 1 no, Shaneyfelt voting no. The Rezone was approved. Rezone Request No. l37-147B -- AuQusts Ozols A request by August Ozols to rezone from RI to RIll that property located at TX 146, Section 2, Township 30N, Range lW, cross at "F'" Street. The Planning Commission recommended de- nial of this rezone application because this rezone would involve spot zoning. Also the are~ is to small for adding 3 residence tæaffic, the building would not be compatible to the surrounding 8 I I 8 I 8 I I 8 f 8 r ~. x <- .:>;-~- ,I I 8 I 8 I I 8 --- . -; .~ 59J mINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF NOVEmBER 15, 1977 (cont.) land, and the Tri-~lex t~ be built on this property would not be consistant ulith the Comprehensive , Plan. mr. Augusts Ozols commented in favor of this rezone. Charles marsh commented. was made by Parker/Cipriótiitòc¡deny this rezone. ~'motion passed. Rezone tefuHed. A motion ParkinQ Variance Request No. 7708-XI --- R. A. Sheffel R. A. Sheffel requested a variance for parking requirements because of a change in his business from an antique shop to a resturant. It was recommended by the Planning Commission to approve this variance request because of the absencè of parking in the arf3a during business hours and for reasons 3 thru 8, Section 6.10-D, Variance Code. mrs. R~ A. Sheffel explains the changing of thëir business and an absence of parking. A motion was made by Judy/Parker to approve this request. Councilman Shaneyfelt made an amendment to the motion stating the variance in parking requirements only be during evening hours, and approve this variance for reasons the same as the Planning Commission. Councilman Judy then restated bis motion to approve the Sheffel Parking Variance Request for reasons 3 thru 8, Sections 6.10-D, Variance Code. Parking Variance granted. motion carried. OLD BUSINESS Chief of Police, John Doubek has given approval for the City of Port Townsend to grant a taxi cab license to Anthony Baxter withathe following stipulations: (1) Bonding Insurance, (2) Rate Schedule, (3) (4) For Hire License, Payment of All Fees. RESOLunON A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH RULES OF CONDUCT fOR COUNCIL mEETINGS. Coucilman Ciprioti commented on several sections of the Resolution. was decided notto adopt the above. After much discussion, it NEW BUSINESS A motion was made by Judy/Camfield to set a Public hearing for December 6, 1977 Council meeting for a Street Vacation Request by John W. Addie. motion carried. Police Chief, John Doubek asked the Council to call for bids for 2 new Police cars. The bid!lideadlin~ will be Friday, December 2, 1977, at Spp.m. A motion was made by Camfield/Judy to open the Police car bids on December 6, 1977 at B p.m. motion carried. A motion was made by Judy/Ciprioti to approve an application by Seton and Sons for a Side-Sewer;Contractors License. motion carried. ADJOURNmENT There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, mayor Steve declared the meeting adjourned. A TTES T, ;:¿~, ¿( ) ~9-l:êmJ ~a~ City Clerk-Treasurer, Deputy -- - --- Ii -. "'.' -.-. , . , -,- - 8 I ¡ I I 8 I 8 I I 8 ;: .--