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Home My WebLink About01-13-1986 - MinutesTHE CITY OF MEDINA THE CITY COUNCIL January 13, 1986 CALL TO ORDER: Vail-Spinosa presiding, the regular meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Medina City Hall. The meeting was tape recorded. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilmembers Dietrich, Goldstein, King, Messmer, Reagan, Vall-Spinosa, and Yoler SWEARING IN OF NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS The City Clerk gave the Oath of Office to King, Vall-Spinosa, Messmer, and Reagan. VOTE FOR MAYOR Nominations were called for. Vail-Spinosa nominated King, Dietrich seconded. There being no further nominations, nominations were closed and King was elected Mayor by unanimous vote. VOTE FOR MAYOR PRO-TEMPORE r Nominations were opened. Yoler nominated Dietrich, Reagan seconded. Goldstein nominated Vail-Spinosa, Messmer seconded. Dietrich received a majority and was elected Mayor Pro-Tempore. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: Dietrich moved for acceptance of the December 9th minutes as presented, Goldstein seconded, motion passed. ACTION ORDINANCE NO. 417 - An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 412 - WNG Mayor King asked the City Attorney to explain why this Ordinance was before the Council again. Wines said franchises require 4 or more affirmative votes. There has to be at least a majority of the entire City Council. As several members of the Council were absent, the Ordinance received only 3 affirmative votes at the previous meeting. Dietrich said he felt that we got a concession and should give one. Since he was the one who made the motion before and he still felt the same way, he moved that the Ordinance be adopted as amended, Messmer seconded. A discussion followed. Reagan asked if this is standard with other cities and Wines replied that this adds a little more protection and adds a little further in extending their liability. On a call for the vote, the motion passed unanimously. DISCUSSION Vail-Spinosa made a motion to move the Agenda to allow discussion of the N.E. 7th Landscaping Proposal. Anglin suggested that Acceptance of Groat Point Estates Repl.at be considered next and that was included in Vail-Spinosa's motion. Reagan seconde.�i, and motion passed. REVIEW OF N.E. 7TH LANDSCAPING PROPOSAL Interim City Manager Anglin said Mr. Ward came to us about a week ago wtil ,a presentation. Mr. Richard Ward, President of Richard Ward Landscape Architects, made a presentation of his recommendations for N.E. 7th. He displayed a drawing depicting his recommendations for the best approach to solve the problems of soil stabilization and to beautify the community. The rockery would be about 130 feet long. He said while there are several alternatives, the rock wall is still the least expensive way of stabilizing. He explained that they have held it back so that the gas line will be under the asphalt. Reagan asked if there is enough public right-of- way so none of this is on private property. Ward answered that it will encroach about 4 feet. He is calling for a new utility pole or else go underground. It will need additional plantings and top soil to hold this together. Ward said the cost estimate is from $10, 000 to $10, 500 and he would like to have approval to proceed. City Council Minutes Cont'd January 13, 1986 Page 2 Vail-Spinosa asked if the neighbors were involved. Herb Lyon, 8645 N.E. 7th was recognized by the Chair. He said Julie Gerrard, Ed Pefferman and he discussed this with the Brogs. Anglin said we will try to get the contractor on the N.E. 10th project to do the sidewalk at the same time that he does the sidewalk for the other project. A discussion followed on breaking the project into 3 segments, with the idea that City employees could do some of the work and residents could do some work and provide some landscaping. Phase 1 would be installation of the rockery and drainage. Phase 2 would be the landscaping. Phase 3 would be the sidewalks. The type of plantings was also discussed. Vall-Spinosa asked Anglin to get a breakdown of costs for the Council. Vail-Spinosa moved that the Council accept the beginning of this project for erosion control and accept the design as an on -going project. Dietrich second. In a discussion, Dietrich said go ahead and get the first phase done and stop at this point for the Park Board. Reagan asked if the motion covered the first four items and suggested the need for legal clearance on the encroachment. Motion passed. ACTION ACCEPTANCE OF GROAT POINT ESTATES REPLAT Interim City Manager Anglin reported that on advice from the City Attorney we would be able to defer action because of the letter from the Olsens. Several Councilmembers wished to review the original conditions on the plat. Ralph Davis, adjacent property owner, said many things need to be complied with and suggested a careful review. Anglin and Jauhola have inspected the plat. The road has been approved, the light poles are in, Group W Cable is ready to pull the cable through. The District Manager of Group W informed us they are waiting for the other house to be built. Several Council members commented on the lack of cooperation from the developer and the inconvenience the neighbors have experi- enced . ORDINANCE NO. 418 - Appropriating Supplemental Funds and amending Ordinance No. 400 Anglin explained the Budget vs Actual position at the end of the year. The need to build up the Contingency Fund and three year forecasting were discussed. Vail-Spinosa moved to adopt Ordinance No. 418, Dietrich seconded, motion adopted. ORDINANCE No. 419 - Ramping up Utility B & O Tax Vail-Spinosa moved to adopt Ordinance No. 419, Dietrich seconded. Messmer asked why we came in at 5 %. Anglin replied that we didn't feel that we should ramp it up to 6 o which is allowed. Motion adopted. ORDINANCE No. 420 - Transfer from Contingency Fund to Current Expense Fund Vall-Spinosa moved to adopt Ordinance No. 420, Dietrich seconded. In a discussion of Section I, the Council agreed to insert $30,000 on the advice of the Treasurer. Motion adopted. DISCUSSION Dietrich reported that Dwayne Richards was very effective and that he was pleased with the results as set forth in Mr. Kushlon's letter. The Committee will re- activate after a short rest. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT The Council discussed allowing the setting of fees to become an administrative function. As the fees are set by ordinance now, an ordinance would be needed if there is any change. In the discussion which followed, several ideas were advanced. Fees could be reviewed every year, every five years, or there could be a flexible schedule. Anglin will report back with more information. City Council Minutes Cont'd January 13, 1986 Page 3 Planning Consultant Burke's contract was discussed and approved by Council. The Council asked for a financial report from Group W. N.E. 10th - The Urban Arterial Board has reviewed the engineering contract and it is ready for signature. 82nd Ave. N.E. Project - Anglin reported that the contractor had been put on notice and had written a letter of apology to the complainant. POLICE CHIEF'S REPORT Chief Anglin report that we went through December without a professional burglary. He offered to entertain questions. Messmer asked if there was any progress in dealing with traffic from Bellevue to SR520. Anglin stated traffic has increased. As soon as the State Highway Consultant's recommendations are out, we will be having a meeting. We are thinking of putting "No U turn" signs up and, possibly, some islands. Mayor King said he intends to visit Mayor Bozeman to put Bellevue on notice that we want input on traffic studies which would affect Medina. CITY TREASURER'S REPORT Accepted as presented. OTHER BUSINESS Newsletter - Better methods of preparing the newsletter were discussed. CLAIMS WARRANTS _ Goldstein moved Warrants No. 3489 - 3568 and 3569-3611 be accepted as correct, Vail-Spinosa seconded. Motion passed. EXECUTIVE SESSION NEW CITY MANAGER Dietrich moved to adjourn to Executive Session at 10:40 P.M., seconded by Vail-Spinosa and passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned 11:15 P.M. H. Edmunds King, Mayor ATTEST: Della M. Wyatt, City Clerk