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Home My WebLink About06-08-1992 - MinutesMEDINA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES June 8, 1992 7:00 PM Medina City Hall 501 Evergreen Point Rd. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting of the Medina City Council was called to order at 7:00 PM. The meeting was tape recorded. ROLL CALL: Present: Mayor Cory, Mayor Pro Tem Hull, Councilmembers Anderson, Guyton Kelly, Scholl and Zubko City Staff Present: City Manager Papke, City Clerk Davis, Police Chief Race, City Attorney Wines, City Engineer Hill and Planning Consultant Burke, Beauclair MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: Scholl moved to approve the minutes of the May 11, 1992 meeting. Seconded by Zubko, passed. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Earl Johnson, 8711 Ridge Rd., spoke of his concerns relating merchants tacking notices on mail boxes for advertising purposes. Art Dietrich, 707 Overlake Dr. E. spoke on the maintenance of City Streets and rights -of -way, specifically on Overlake Dr. E and 7th streets. PUBLIC HEARING Ordinance Ho. 560 - Identifying and Establishing Protective Measures for Environmentally Sensitive Areas as Required under the State Growth Management Act City Planner Burke reviewed the ordinance. Lengthy discussion followed. REPORTS AND DISCUSSION Open ditches on N. E. 7th Art Dietrich, 707 Overlake Dr. E., Bob Lund, 8611 7th and Herb Lyon, 8645 N.E. 7th were present and voiced their concerns on the safety of the open ditches along NE 7th. A petition was submitted into the record, with many residents' signatures, requesting that the City fill in the ditches. Beauclair stated he had many such requests from residents to fill in other ditches. He felt it would be setting a precedence if the City filled in these ditches. Beauclair stated if it were done, it should be done at the residents' expense. City Engineer Hill stated that issues such as this, should be covered under the 6-year street plan and funding would be included when considering next year's budget. He recommended not filling the ditches in at this time. Scholl moved to table this issue to next council meeting, Zubko seconded, passed, with Kelly abstaining. Discussion on the Special Meeting Tour of the Overlake Golf and Country Club Is proposed second entrance Mayor Cory excused himself from this portion of the meeting because of a conflict of interest. - 1 - Medina City Council Minut.po June g, lye 2 Page Two Scholl chaired this portion of the meeting. He stated the C optip�_ ,1 Council had betwie them were to proceed and take some r the �+ 1 action, remand it back to the Planning Commission,or after hearing testimony from the County C_:lub's representatives, _, decld,:- to either have a public-, m•eetinq next month, or set up a special meeting. The City Attorney recommended the Council hear from Planning Consultant Burke and from the attorneys for the Country Club as to what their proposal Is and then the Council can decide to consider their decision at this meeting Or at a later date' Scholl Mated, for the record, the Council did have a especial meeting on Friday, June 5th, at the Country Club to walk th(_' proposed one way entrance in to golf course. The Planning Consultant gave a report on the Country C:lub's• proposal. He stated after reviewing the proposal and the impacts on 16th and Evergreen Point Road, it appeared that the combination of an entry only from 12th as proposed, with the exit only on 16th would provide a workable alternative. He also stated thatother improvements associated with this option would be to -require installation of signing to direct members and visitors to the 12th Street entry; crosswalk improvements from the pedestrian walk on firth Street to Medina Park to as,s"re• safety; and restriction of turning movements to 77th Ave. from the 16th Club exit. Discussion followed. Judy konstad, attorney, Foster, Pepper and Shefel.man, Jerry Cichansk.i, Mithun Partners, and Bill Stuht, Pres. were Present On behalf of Overlake Golf And Country Club. Linda Youngs, attorney, Hansom, Baker, Ludlow & Drumhe1 iel , was. present on behalf of the adjacent property owners. A large number of resident: were present and voiced their concerns about the proposal. Lengthy discussion follc•wej. Andes_:or, moved to c accept Ove1 lake Golf and Country C lub' s proposal for the one way entrance into the golf course tram 12th Street. Hull seconded, motion failed. Anderson moved to have an alternate prOposal back to the Club, same location but thnt thoy widen the road to accommodate two lanes and that the City accept some incursion into unopened 80th Street if it were essential to accommodate the wiser road. Eubko seconded, motion failed. Guyton moved to reconsider and approve the plans submitted by oVerlake Golf and County Club with the stipulation that the through flow, with entr nr4ce off 12th and exit only with th exception: of service ve,h lc i F Off 16th. Hull seconded, motion failed. Guyton moved to table this item. Seconded ty Hull. Discussion followed. Anderson moved to amend the motion to continue this (tteetl09 U: Monday, June 15, 1` 9 at 7:00 PM At Medina City Hall, seconded by Hull, passed. Mayor Crory returne_j to chair the meeting. Fin ancial__,_keIic,rts su_Cla,im=: Scholl moved to accept as Paid, C lairna Warrant #._,_,..v -5494, less; claim #5425, 1708.78, for further explanation. Totallin,,? S1 '8, 673. DO and Payroll warrants #1 1'2�GB t0trailing 050,530.C3. Seconded by Zubko, Passed. Public Works Report The City Manager reported that Public Work Superi tondent Beauclai-r turned in his resignation and that ads were put in the papers for that position with a deadline of _'une 15th. Medina City council M:.n J.t.e:. . Page Three The City Manager also thanked P,eaucl.air for his .=ei i e ;.and he:'i[I during her transition and assuredassuredassuredthe Council thatthe lr_-_d man, Burris and his crew, were doing a great job of keeping everything of concern in the F'ubl is Works department under control. The City Engineer brought the Counci.l up to date On the pr _::recLs going on in Medina. Contractual ServiceE--- - Mayor Cory stated to representative from the Puget Sound Regional Council spoke at the Mayors' meeting. She explained what t heU. function was and where they were going. Another item of discussion was the ha saw ter Management Flan. Police_ Report_ Accepted as submitted. Cif ManagerReport The City Manager brought. the Council up to date as to what she accomplished in the past month and what her priorities are. ORf%I]dANCE RE;CII U? ION___. _E INAL_ A(.,:TION, Ordinance Hy. !7 - Establishing the Medina Board of L.1ti:erary" Trustees ( . seconded e_i5^ , by �*�aytois, Scholl moved to rl��i_.�pt. '_Ir�s,r:rar,ce NO.eccnded passed. Ordinance No. 551 - Providing that the Refusal of a Person to Submit to--13 T t of the Alcohol rentent of the Per lon' Blood or Breath is Admissible into Evidence at 3 Subse�quenk I_r1tTl2naL trial Guyton moved to :adopt Ordinance No. ` bl, seconded by Kel Ly, passed. OTHER BUQNESS mew Ns iness Firework concerns were discussed. Guyton moved to ban fireworks fnr the year 1992 for 'afet';' reasons, seconded by Scholl. pas'. vd, with Kelly voting nave. The meeting adjourned at 1 ':'20 P- M. ;lay I Dry; Mayor C .ty lerk, Margaret _:a i.: