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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-12-1987 - MinutesMEDINA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES January 12, 1987 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, Director of Public Safety Anglin and City Attorney Wines. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: December 1, 1986 minutes. Correction to 8:40 p.m. adjournment, should be changed to 8:20 p.m. Dietrich moved to adopt the minutes as corrected, Yoler seconded, passed. December 8, 1987 minutes. The following corrections were noted. Present: Goldstein, should read absent, Goldstein. Page 3, line 3, "PVS" should read "PBS". With these two corrections, Messmer moved to adopt the December 8, 1987 minutes, Goldstein seconded, motion carried. Mayor King introduced Margo Blacker, 9830 N.E. 21st, Bellevue, who spoke on behalf of the Bellevue Historical Society. The Society was formed with the concern for our architectural heritage concerns. They are trying to raise the awareness of people in Bellevue and surrounding communities for preparing the preservation as the community changes and grows. She would like to hear from anyone in Medina who has special stories or information about buildings that are on the historical register. PUBLIC HEARINGS ORDINANCE NO. 440 - DISCUSSION Mayor King had Councilman Dietrich bring the Council up-to-date on the dialogue and direction they had taken at the December meeting. Dietrich said there were about 2 or 3 people that actually attended. They didn't feel closing the lot was feasible because it does aid residents of Medina who use it. Parking permits were accepted by the few residents and Council. They did not vote on the ordinance because they wanted more input from the residents which was the reason for putting in the Newsletter. City Manager Dodge was asked to give the City's recommendation on the parking overflow, impact of traffic, and the closure of the park and ride lot. He said the City was recommending permit parking on 78th, 79th, 80th, 82nd Avenue N.E. 26th, 27th, 28th, and 78th Pl. Parking on designated areas only. Parking by permit also on Evergreen Pt. Rd. between N.E. 28th and Overlake Drive, but felt that something should be added to the ordinance that people be required to park only on designated or improved parking areas and not on grass strips. Director of Public Safety Anglin reviewed the designated areas on the map where parking permits would be issued. The following residents were present and had some input on the Park and Ride permits: Jack Reynolds - 2206 Evergreen Pt. Rd., Fred Pneuman, 79th Pl., Tom Green, 28th Pl., Kay Clark, 2827 Evergreen Pt. Rd., Tom Buffington 2629 80th N.E., Henry Ovens, 2200 78th N.E., Frank McDonald, 79th Pl. N.E., Mr. Jones, 79th Pl., Joan Griffes, 2431 Evergreen Pt. Rd., Jim Hickey, 2608 79th P1. N.E., Roger Barbee, 2895 Evergreen Pt. Rd., Susie Marglin, 2623 Evergreen Pt. Rd., Mr. Spencer 2631 Evergreen Pt. Rd. City Council Minutes, January 12, 1987 Page Two After a lengthy discussion the public meeting was closed. The residents were in favor of the permits. The majority would like to see the Park and Ride lot closed. Mayor King asked City Manager Dodge to review the letter received from the Washington State Department of Transportation. He said their objective is to provide alternate transportation in their transportation management plan and park and ride lots are an essential part of their plan. They indicated they would be willing to work with us, but at this time they are not willing to close the lot. They made a survey on November 20, 1986, and 17% of the vehicles were Medina vehicles. They felt that 56% of the vehicles were from the area that the Park and Ride Lot was meant to serve. After more discussion by the Council, Mayor King asked for a motion to pursue all avenues to get the lot closed. Reagan moved to take whatever steps are appropriate to close the lot as early as possible, seconded by Messmer. Motion passed, opposed by Dietrich. ORDINANCE NO. 440 Messmer suggested the City Manager contact the Title Company to find who owns the property of the Park and Ride lot before the next Council meeting. Mayor King approved and whoever owns it, he would like to see a proposal for what our alternatives are legal and administrative to pursue the policy set forth by the Council. Goldstein moved to amend Section 5, effective date, to read: "not more that two years duration subject to review at that time for continuance." Vall-Spinosa seconded. Dietrich was not in favor of a time limit. City Manager agreed. Discussion followed. Sunset clause was opposed. Messmer proposed amendment to Section 1, second sentence, adding after permit, "visably displayed on the vehicle." In lieu of the last sentence, add the following two sentences. "Each household within the posted area should be issued temporary permits upon application to authorize parking within the posted area for purposes of visiting or performing services at such household. Such permits may be revoked if the City Manager or his delegate finds that they are being used for purposes other than those authorized." End of amendment. Seconded by Reagan, passed unanimously. After discussion on Section 2, Messmer moved to delete Section 2. Dietrich seconded, passed unanimously. ORDINANCE 441 - TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE City Manager explained the alternatives they looked at, tax anticipation notes, revenue warrants. They ran it through a computer model at a bank to see which way was the least expensive. The revenue warrants were a high enough interest rate that even with the Bond Counsel fee, this was still a better way to go. He said he did not anticipate that borrowing this money would cost us any money. In paying interest on Bond Counsel fees, he will make up in investment earnings. Jim Greenfield agreed, this is one of the few advantages small cities have. Mayor King amended page 5, first paragraph, 5th line, January 22, 1987 should read 1988. Vall-Spinosa moved to pass Ordinance 441 as amended, seconded by Goldstein, passed. Dietrich opposed. AWARD BID FOR N.E. loth STREET PROJECT City Manager referred to his memo and also City Engineer's report outlining the bids we received. The Engineer's report worked out the specifics of the bids and they recommended accepting the low bid of Allied Construction for $156,399. Vall-Spinosa moved to accept the bid, seconded by Dietrich, passed unanimously. City Council Minutes, January 12, 1987 Page Three ORDINANCE NO. 443 Director of Public Safety Anglin made a recommendation to the Council to consider the Seat Belt Ordinance. He said this ordinance was necessary, because it will be 60 to 90 days before the State will include this in the Model Traffic Code. Anglin explained we can enforce and write a ticket for a seat belt violation under the State Law. We do all the administrative work and the State gets the funds. If we write it as a violation of our code, the City gets the funding. Yoler moved to adopt Ordinance 443, Messmer seconded, passed unanimously. Code provision allowing smaller lots based on block density. Planning Consultant Bob Burke's memo was discussed by the Council. After a lengthy discussion, they recommended to have Burke find out how many properties this would apply to. This will be a discussion item on February agenda. POSTAL SERVICE IN MEDINA Mayor King referred to the report received from the Building Management Engineering Office informing us they are looking for a larger facility because of the volume of business and the lack of space. They could either build on or purchase another piece of property. The Council also discussed having Medina addresses with delivery service from Medina Post Office. Mayor King said he would look further into it. GOAL SETTING Dodge said he would like to have a goal setting session. It's a way to discuss what the Council's goals are and also gives him some direction. They set the session for January 21st at 7:30 p.m. ORDINANCE 113 - BOAT HOUSES City Manager explained that at the December Board of Adjustment meeting, there was a question on a variance in reference to the roof pitch. They wanted the City Council to determine the intent of the ordinance. City Attorney Kirk Wines suggested the Council advise the Board of Adjustment that they have no intention of changing the ordinance in the foreseeable future. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY'S REPORT Accepted as submitted. FINANCIAL REPORT Accepted as submitted. OTHER BUSINESS Mayor King referred to his memo and made the following appointments to the Board and Commission subject to Council confirmation. Planning Commission Fred Hillman - effective 1/13/87 to 6/1/88 2420 82nd Ave. N.E. Board of Adjustment Alfred M. Clise 7861 N.E. 21st - effective 2/1/87 to 7/1/89 Both appointments were accepted unanimously by the Council. Mayor King showed the plaque he will be presenting to David McGrath, along with a letter in recognition of his work and achievements on the Planning Commission during his tenure. City Council Meeting, January 12, 1987 Page Four CLAIM WARRANTS Claim warrants 4898 - 5025 were accepted as submitted. RUTH HYATT PROJECT Dodge gave a brief report on the excellent job that was done and made mention to the letter received by Mrs. Hyatt stating how pleased she was of the excellent job that was done. Reagan moved to accept the approval of the Ruth Hyatt project, Messmer seconded, passed unanimously. Messmer made a motion at 11:49 p.m. to adjourn to Executive Session, seconded by Yoler, carried. Executive Session Regular meeting was resumed at 12:06 a.m. Mayor King excused himself from the regular meeting. Because of the long term commitment we are budgeting for right now, Wines recommended we have a resolution authorizing the City Manager and the City Attorney to enter into that commitment to pay $112,500 to Overlake in settlement of this claim with the provision they enter into a commitment to build a detention facility to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. Moved by Vall-Spinosa, seconded by Yoler, carried. Reagan moved to adjourn the meeting at 12:08 a.m., seconded by Dietrich, carried unanimously. E. Ted) King, Mayor `Margaret R. Davis, City Clerk