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Home My WebLink About04-13-1987 - MinutesMEDINA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES April 13, 1987 8:00 P.M. Medina City Hall 501 Evergreen Pt. Road CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of Medina City Council was called to order at 8:00 p.-m. by Dietrich, Mayor pro-tem. The meeting was tape recorded. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilpersons Dietrich, Messmer, Reagan, Vall- Spinosa, and Yoler. Absent: Goldstein and King. Staff Present: City Manager Dodge, City Clerk Davis, and City Attorney Wines. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: Amendment to page 4, second line under heading "Drainage Study","Caculator and", should read "calculations of drain- age basins." Page 1, last line of paragraph 3, "resolutions" should read "Ordinance". Val]-Spinosa moved to adopt the March 9, 1987 minutes as amended, seconded by Dietrich, passed. City Manager Dodge introduced newly hired secretary, Marcy Tarabochia. Dodge also noted for the record that Councilperson Goldstein would not be at the meeting tonight. PUBLIC HEARINGS ANNEXATION OF PROPERTIES ON NE 11 AND 88TH AVE. NE City Attorney, Kirk Wines, gave a brief background on the annexation of the above properties. A Messmer moved the adoption of Ordinance No. 447 - Annexation of properties on N.E. 11 and 88th Ave- N.E. Yoler seconded, passed unanimously. Meeting was opened to the public. R.L. Metzler - 1035 88th Ave. N.E. spoke. He stated at the time the petition for annexation was made, they did not have the presence of all the property owners and asked if the City had heard from them and were there any objections. City Manager said there were none. RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SR520 BRIDGE FOUNTAINS City Manager said the proposal was generated at the Park Board. Some members felt the fountains were an attractive addition to the bridge and they wanted the State to consider reactivating the fountains. The City was contacted by a State Senator that said he would support our request if we had a resolution. Therefore, the Park Board has submitted the Resolution. Vall-Spinosa moved to adopt Resolution No. 183, seconded by Messmer. Passed unanimously. It was requested that the City send copies of the Resolution to the neighboring town and cities. RIGHT OF WAY LICENSE REQUEST - UNOPENED PORTION OF 77 N.E. This Right of Way request was tabled from the March meeting. City Manager gave a short report. Page 2 Medina City Council Minutes, April 13, 1987 The applicant, Reed Cahill, 9105 N.E. 1st, was present on behalf of his request. fie was open to whatever direction the Council could give him. Messmer asked the City Attorney, assuming we did grant the applicant a license, does the City retain the right to improve the street or what- ever needs to be done? Wines explained that right of way licenses are revocable and temporary and the City would retain the right to come through and improve that street. Before approving the license, you could have the owner of Lot 2, provide a drive and a turnaround that would also service Lot 3 so there wouldn't be two fire turnarounds on the same drive- way. City Engineer, Mike Jauhola, was present. He said Bellevue Fire Department has specific standards. The Fire Marshall's office reviews all turnarounds individually in the City of Medina. He will accept less than the 60' re- quirement depending on circumstances. Sometimes the turnarounds encom- passes a portion of the driveway on private properties. He will evaluate property lines individually and requirements aren't as stringent as in the standard codes. He will make allowances for the slope and topography on the property. After more discussion, it was determined that the license be tabled to the May meeting. RIGHT OF WAY LICENSE - GROAT PT. DRIVE Mike Drobot, applicant, was present and gave some background for his request to reconstruct the existing cul-de-sac in front of his home. The main purpose for this request is privacy and security. The traffic has increased each day. Mr. Drobot said if he were granted this license, he will develop and maintain it at his expense. Reagan moved to approve the license. He then withdrew his motion temporarily for further discussion by the Council. Vassos Demetriou, owner of Lot 1, was supportive of Drobot's request. Jauhola brought up the issue of the turnaround, catch basins, drainage, etc. Mr. Drobot does have written approval from the Fire Marshall for the turn- around. Reagan moved that the Right -of -Way request be approved as indicated by Scheme B (on file) providing that he provides the City Manager with written approval of the Fire Marshall and that the changes and alterations be approved by the City Engineer and City Manager with respect to utilities, etc., and that construction be paid for by Mr. Drobot as he indicated. Vall-Spinosa seconded, carried unanimously. The Right -of -Way License was granted with the entire scope of the work being paid for by Mike Drobot, the applicant. FIREWORKS ORDINANCE NO. 448 Fireworks Ordinance was tabled at the last meeting pending a State Legislative decision. Wines said the bill never came out of the Committee so it will not be passed in this session. There are conflicting opinions as to whether or not a local municipality may pass an ordinance which is more restrictive than state law. There is nothing preventing us to go ahead and pass the restrictions that were discussed by the Council at the previous meeting which is to limit fireworks between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on the 4th of July and to prohibit fireworks which discharge more than 8 ft. above the ground from anywhere within 200 ft. of any building or residence or wooded area and not allowing any ignition on City streets, right of way or parks, etc. Page 3 Medina City Council Minutes, April 13, 1987 Henry Ovens, 2200 87th N.E., spoke in favor of the ordinance. After lengthy discussion by the Council, Messmer moved to adopt Ordinance No. 448 with the following changes: 1) Section 2, change the permissible times to read 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the 4th of July. 2) Changing the printed language of Section 4 to delete the reference to skyrockets, to change 200 ft. to 100 ft. At the end of that sentence, change period to comma and add the phrase "or in any other area where such fireworks cannot be safely ignited,' and delete the last sentence. Vall-Spinosa seconded, carried unanimously. nTCrIICCT(1N R/V PARKING REGULATIONS - MESSMER, REAGAN Messmer clarified the language of what an R/V was. They should not be parked in the City right of way or within the 30 ft. yard setback. They should be screened from view of the street and should not be used as living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes except to the extent provided in Ordinance No. 65. Reagan concurred with Messmer. The R/V Ordinance will be a discussion item for the May meeting. MAPLE TREES ON N.E. 7TH - MESSMER Preservation of the maple trees on N.E. 7th is his main concern. There is still some investigating that needs to be done on whether the trees can be saved and the expense of that project. Messmer will report back later. AWC CONFERENCE Dodge encouraged the Council to attend this conference - June 17, 18 and 19th. He felt it would be very beneficial. BOND ISSUANCE City Manager reviewed his report as submitted to the Council. $154,000 - Bond Anticipation Note repayment (Stan Taylor & Ruth Hyatt) $100,000 - Pond renovation and retention $200,000 - City Hall remodel $ 86,000 - Miscellaneous storm improvements 540,000 Discussion followed. This will be an action item in May. Construction project at 801 Evergreen Pt. Rd. was discussed. nTcrllccTnN LIBRARY SERVICE City Manager gave a brief run aown on the library issue. He is now waiting for a reply from the Director of the Library system on questions that were brought up at their last meeting. City Manager discussed a letter received from Norton Clapp, Evergreen Pt. Rd., on a few hazards in the city relating to jogger and motor vehicles not having a clear view at the intersections which are accentuated by plantings on cor- ners and power poles. REPORTS City Manager's Report - Accepted as submitted. Page 4 Medina City Council Minutes, April 13, 1987 Director of Public Safety - Accepted as submitted Financial Report - Accepted as submitted Transportation Goals for the City of Medina - Vall-Spinosa- Accepted as submitted OTHER BUSINESS Vall-Spinosa made a motion to adopt Claim Warrants 5253-5300 and 2701-2788, Messmer seconded, carried. Vall Spinosa moved to adjourn the meeting at 10:40 p.m., seconded by Messmer, carried unanimously. Arthur Dietrich, Mayor Pro Tem _�. rgar, t R. Davis, City Clerk