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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-10-1986 - MinutesMEDINA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES November 10, 1986 Medina City Hall 8:00 p.m. 501 Evergreen Pt. Road -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the Medina City Council was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Mayor King. The meeting was tape recorded. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilpersons Dietrich, Goldstein, Messmer, Reagan, Vall-Spinosa, Yoler, and Mayor King. Staff present: City Manager Dodge, City Clerk Davis, and City Attorney Wines. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: The following corrections/changes were noted: Paragraph starting with "Mr. Vall-Spinosa" on page 2, ending with "unanimous vote" be inserted on page 1 under Ordinance 435 as paragraph 3. Page 3 - "Procedures for... chairmen" should read "chairpersons". Second line, first word "members" should read "persons". Page 4 - last paragraph - 3rd line "11:50" should read "11:15" and adjournment should also read "11:15". Vall-Spinosa moved to accept the minutes as amended or corrected, seconded by Dietrich, carried unanimously. Mayor King introduced Representative Sanders who was present to coordinate with the Council and get their support on the project of widening SR 520 from I-405 to I-5. He felt the real bottleneck is the Evergreen Point -Roams He is recommending that it be widened. He talked with George Benson, Seattle City Council, and he agreed that adding two high occupancy vehicle lanes to the SR 520 segment would be politically the best way to go as opposed to all purpose lanes. In January, Representative Sanders put out a questionnaire asking the question: "should we widen 520 between I-405 and I-5?" Out of-82,004 peGple in the 48th legislative district, 57% answered "yes," 43% said "no." The accident history on that segment for a total of 10 years -- 4,331 accidents, 10 fatal accidents, 1,746 injury accidents, etc. He displayed a photograph that the Department of Transportation put together and explained all the various projects. The price range for the 84th Street segment is between 80 and 110 million dollars, and another 6 to 10 million dollars to go from 84th Street to I-405, etc. He is recommending to the construction commission, Secretary of Transportation and Legislature, for a 5-cent fuel tax increase to provide more money. Mr. Sanders concluded that there will be a $30,000 study. The plan right now is for the Department of Transportation to study this project. Mr. Sanders also said there is a solution to the noise problem referring to flights from Sea-Tac. He has been working with the FAA, the Port of Seattle, etc. Because of a 1974 regulation, all airplanes taking off from the north and going northeast have to take a 900 turn and fly over Medina. The Port of Seattle has the responsi- bility. The solution is to hand off the airplanes at 4,000 foot altitudes to the controller, and let the controller direct the airplane on course direction. This would be the quickest, easiest, least noisy method of sending that airplane to its destination and get rid of this 90' turn. The FAA will support it, and will have to get it through the oversight committee and to the Port of Seattle to get the commissioners to approve it. Mayor King changed the order of the agenda to hear input from the audience on the Park and Ride. Wilma Edmonds, 7721 N.E. 24th,was introduced and gave a summary of her research on the subject. She also submitted a letter that was written to City Council Minutes, November 10, 1986 Page 2 Mr. Ron Bockstruck, District Manager, Department of Transportation. She felt that the parking lot did not solve any of the problems, in fact added to them where the cars are now being parked along the streets. Discussion on ways to stop people from parking in the streets followed. Director of Public Safety, Anglin, offered some solutions on parking in the streets. Permits could be given to those who need to park in the street for different reasons. Others would be ticketed or perhaps towed. Belinda Pearson, 3621 Evergreen Point Road, spoke in favor of the bus. She rides it regularly, but does not appreciate people parking along the road. Susie Marglin, 2623 Evergreen Point Road, said she would like to see the traffic lessen and "no parking" signs put along the grass strips in the City. She also submitted a letter to the Council in respect to this subject. Jim Hickey, 2608 79th, would like to see the bus stop shut down and also the foot bridge. He also complained about the traffic along his street. Mr. Vall-Spinosa asked Mrs. Edmonds what documentation she had on approval for the park and Ride Lot. The only thing she found was a July 31, 1981 letter to the City of Medina saying "we are transmitting the original and one of the original signatures of the above maintenance and operations agreement." The State Depart- ment could not find a letter, so we both assumed it must have been a phone call, because they could find no documentation for ever having a written request from the City to do this. Mayor King asked if the Council wanted to use this letter as a framework to request the State to close the Park and Ride. He felt they had good issues to bring up. Mrs. Yoler moved to take this letter, if approved, to our attorney and Council, send it with an endorsement from the Council and get it started. Reagan seconded. Mayor King reiterated that there was a motion on the floor and it was seconded to request that the State close the Park and Ride lot adjacent to Evergreen Point Road and SR 520. Passed unanimously. Mayor King left the signing situation to the City Manager and Director of Public Safety. He also wanted more input on what would be involved with the permitting of cars. Mr. Dodge would like to recommend holding off for a month. He would like to submit a proposal for exactly what he and Mr. Anglin, along with the neighbors in certain neighborhoods, would like to see done and the extent of it. One, two, or three blocks, exactly what are the limits of what will be done and have a map attached so you can see where we are talking about. Since there isn't going to be a public hearing on this, Mr. Dodge would like to get a better feel from some of the people in the neighborhood to what we are proposing. Whether or not this should be by permit only or no parking at all, and how far it should go. In light of those comments, Mr. Messmer suggested that they authorize and direct the Manager and the Director of Public Safety to come up with a specific proposal, including a proposed ordinance, if necessary, to implement a plan for dealing with parking on residential streets. It was recommended that a public meeting be held next month. DISCUSSION 1987 Budget Mayor King reviewed the previous meetings on the budget. The budget was presented to the Council at a working session on October 27, 1986. It was prepared based on the assumption that the tax levy would pass. The tax levy was certified by King County that it had passed. There had not been any public hearings, just a working session, so this is the first public hearing. There will be a second public hearing and presumably adoption of the budget at the regular December Council meeting. City Manager Dodge stated there will be a couple of changes to be made next month, but nothing serious. He would also have a proposal on salaries for the December meeting. City Council Minutes, November 10, 1986 Page 3 Mr. Anglin explained the operation and maintenance of the leased police cars. Capital Projects - Bond Issuance. Mr. Dodge explained the issuance of the bond for the storm drainage program has been extended so we don't need all the $50,000 real estate transfer revenue. Street Projects Mr. Dodge said within the next couple of months, he would like to have an engineer from another city come over and spend the day with him and go around inspecting the streets and categorize them as far as needs. Vall-Spinosa said he would like to join him on that tour. PUBLIC HEARING The public hearing was opened for the Housing and Urban Development grant application. The City Manager said that, technically, a public hearing and Council approval are required prior to making application. He would like to use the money for a substantial review and codification of City ordinances. This would mean the elimination of sections that have been repealed. Everything would be brought up-to-date, a new index would be prepared, and then retyped in its entirety. Some of the grant money would be earmarked for Mr. Wines, Mr. Burke, and Mr. Erickson to work with the company that would do the codification in specific areas. The company would do some basic legal work that they are familiar with. They are familiar with the RCW, but there are some areas that the City would have specific concerns about that they would not. Some money would be spent for City consultants to assist them. Mayor King explained that this money could only be used for this type of project. Mayor King asked for public testimony on the HUD Grant. There was none. It was moved by Vall-Spinosa that City Manager Pat Dodge apply for the HUD Grant population funds. Messmer seconded, carried unanimously. Ordinance 436 Moved by Vall-Spinosa, seconded by Reagan. Discussion followed. Messmer moved to amend proposed Ordinance 436 to change "two year term" to one year term. Seconded by Reagan, passed with Dietrich opposing. Ordinance 436 passed as amended. Agreement with King County Director of Public Safety, Al Anglin was called on to explain the agreement. He said it was to establish a fund to aid King County and local law enforcement agencies in the battle against illegal drug trafficking. This is an exclusive fund and cannot be used for anything else. All funds will come from assessments against persons sentenced for drug related crimes by the Superior Court judges. Mayor King asked Kirk Wines, City Attorney, to explain his thoughts on this. He stated that the efforts will go on anyway. It has already been approved by the County and by many cities. He said it is really the County and superior courts that generate the funds. What we are looking at, is entering into an inter - local agreement which allows us to work with the County and other cities in administering the funds. We would have some voice in how to administer them. The City Manager agreed that it should be approved. Mr. Dietrich moved to approve the agreement, Mrs. Yoler seconded, carried unanimously. Agreement with Bellevue on joint project will be discussed at the December meeting. Citizen who requested a living fence ordinance was not present so that was delayed until a later meeting. City Council Minutes, November 10, 1986 Page 4 Public Safety Director's report on screening RV's and trailers was delayed until January. Special Council meeting on December 1, 1986 - pass resolution levying taxes The City Manager explained a resolution must be adopted and passed before December 5, 1986. City Manager's Report Mr. Dodge answered questions in reference to financial report. Director of Public Safety's Report - accepted as presented. Financial Report - accepted. - accepted as presented. NEW BUSINESS Mayor King informed the Council and people in the audience that Metro Council will debate harvesting milfoil versus the endenthol herbicide treatment on November 18 and December 3 if anyone is interested. Mr. Vall-Spinosa requested the sign ordinance be brought up at the January meeting. Also height limitations should be addressed. The City Manager was asked to thank the voters in the newsletter for their support on the tax levy. Claim Warrants Ms. Goldstein made a motion to approve claim warrants #4684 - 4798, seconded by Mr. Vall-Spinosa, passed unaimously. Executive Meeting The Council went into executive session at 11:15 p.m. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 p.m. ,W. H. E. Ted King, Mayor By Me(rgar�t R. Davis, City Clerk