HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-10-2000 - MinutesMEDINA CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
January 10, 2000 Medina City Hall
7:00 PM 501 Evergreen Point Rd.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Becker called the regular meeting of the Medina City Council to order at 7: 01
p.m. The meeting was recorded on audiotape.
ROLL CALL
Present: Councilmembers Suzanne Cohen, Paul Demitriades,
Thomas Morgan, Mary Odermat, Steve Preston and Mayor Daniel
Becker
Absent: Councilmember Jim Lawrence
_ Staff Present: City Manager Doug Schulze, City Attorney Kirk Wines, Police Chief
Michael Knapp, City Planner Christine Schwamberger, and City Clerk
Kristen Finnigan.
OATH OF OFFICE
Councilmembers Thomas Morgan, Daniel Becker, and Paul Demitriades were given the
oath of office as Councilmember by City Clerk Finnigan.
ELECTION OF MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM
City Councilmember Demitriades moved to re-elect Councilmember Daniel Becker to
the office of Mayor and Councilmember Thomas Morgan to the office of Mayor Pro
Tem. Seconded by Councilmember Cohen, the vote was unanimous with no
opposition voiced.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mayor Becker expressed appreciation for the support he had received in his re-election
to the office of Mayor and stated his hope for accomplishments in the next two years.
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Mayor Becker presented Robert Burke, City Planning Consultant, with a plaque in
appreciation of his work for the City of Medina, throughout the past fifteen years.
Planner Burke thanked the City for his reception earlier in the evening and said that his
time with the City had been very enjoyable.
Mayor Becker announced that an ETP Meeting was scheduled for Friday, January
14th. He stated that service cuts for Metro were to be one of the topics to be
discussed.
Councilmember Demitriades announced that Dr. Bob Rudolph would be attending the
Clyde Hill Council Meeting on January 11th, to report on the aircraft noise matter. He
said that Clyde Hill anticipated passing a resolution regarding this issue.
Councilmember Demitriades reported that the last meeting of the Citizens Advisory
Committee of the Part 150 would be held on February 9th, at 6 p.m., at Seattle -Tacoma
Airport. He encouraged the attendance of all interested parties. City Manager Schulze
stated that Medina would be sending a flyer out to citizens in the near future, regarding
the jet noise issue.
Mayor Becker announced that there would be a meeting regarding zoning issues in R-
16, on Wednesday, January 12th, at 4:00 p.m., at City Hall. He also announced the
upcoming Suburban Cities Meeting on the evening of January 12th, to be held at
Overlake Golf & Country Club.
City Manager Schulze announced that construction was continuing at Medina Park. He
explained that the contractor could not do the final grading, due to the continuing wet
weather. He explained that the area would be in good condition when the inclement
weather clears up. It was discussed and decided that an update of this information
should be placed in the Medina newsletter.
Mayor Becker asked when the 25 mph speed limit would go into effect. City Manager
Schulze explained that the effective date was January 13th, but that the speed limit
signs had not yet been received. He said that they would be going up as soon as they
arrived.
Mayor Becker announced that he had spoken to Woody Edvalson, former City Clerk of
the City of Medina, and that Woody is now the City Manager of the City of Carnation,
that city having recently changed to a Council -Manager form of government.
CONSENT AGENDA
Councilmember Cohen moved to approve the consent agenda. Councilmember
Demitriades seconded the motion. Councilmember Morgan requested that the
approval of warrants (Item C) be removed from the consent agenda and put forward to
the Discussion portion of the agenda. The remaining items, described below, with their
corresponding agenda designations, were unanimously approved.
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A. Minutes from Regular City Council Meeting of December 13, 1999
B. Minutes from City Council Study Session of December 20, 1999
D. ETP Agreement
STAFF REPORTS
PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT
Chief Knapp compared the 1998 incident totals with those of 1999, for the Police
Department. He stated that two home burglaries had occurred in Medina on December
17th, 1999, and that all of the property taken in those crimes had since been
recovered.
Commenting on the recent traffic enforcement efforts, Chief Knapp said that the
number of warnings had increased, with the effort having been community -oriented.
Police Chief Knapp expressed his thanks to the Council and the City Manager, for their
support of his department. He invited them to attend an upcoming Police Academy
graduation on January 20th, and stated that he would introduce the new officers at an
upcoming City Council Meeting.
The Council expressed gratitude to Police Chief Knapp for the improvements over the
past year in the Police Department.
ARCH 2O00 Work Program and Administrative Budget.
Mayor Becker invited Art Sullivan, Program Manager from ARCH, (A Regional Coalition
for Housing) to present their program and budget. Mr. Sullivan explained that this was
part of a process, which was part of the interlocal agreement, and had been adopted at
an earlier meeting. He explained that ARCH returns to each Council once a year to
explain how funds are being used. Mr. Sullivan reviewed the budget, stating that
Medina's contribution was $1,695, for the administrative budget. Mr. Sullivan explained
that the 2000 Work Program paralleled the four major areas in which ARCH provides
services to jurisdictions. These areas are: Project Assistance, Housing Policy
Planning, Housing Program Implementation, and Support/Education/Administrative
Activities.
Mr. Sullivan explained that one major area in which they do work and for which they
may be coming back to the City, would be the Housing Trust Fund, where cities
combine their resources through a central administrative and review process, to help
fund a wide range of type of housing. He gave an overview of these housing types.
Discussion followed regarding goals for each jurisdiction. Mr. Sullivan stated that City
Manager Schulze would be on the Executive Board of ARCH.
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PLANNING
City Planner Christine Schwamberger reported that she was continuing to work on
transitioning the administration of planning duties in her department.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
AIRPLANE NOISE
Dr. Bob Rudolph, 1455 Evergreen Pt. Rd. was present to report on the jet noise issue.
He said that at the next Operations Committee Meeting, scheduled for February 9th, a
vote would be taken on the east turn split as well as some departure tracks to the
south. He stated that it would be helpful to have a turnout from Medina at that meeting.
Dr. Rudolph stated that King County Councilmember Rob McKenna had recently
appointed two members to the committee who were already biased against the split
turn.
Councilmember Morgan requested flight tracks for south flow night arrivals. He noted
that more planes were not on their final descent at the University Stadium, as was
required. Dr. Rudolph stated that he would obtain flight tracks for the hours between
10 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. He announced that Sheryl Ross had joined ECAAN as a part-
time employee.
Discussion followed, regarding detrimental effects of airplane noise upon
schoolchildren in the Bellevue school district and other areas. The flyer to be sent to
citizens was also discussed.
SOLICITATION ORDINANCE
Jeanne Sutherland, 7664 NE 14th St., was present to express her concerns about
Ordinance No. 675, regarding solicitation. She stated that she does not want anyone
coming to her door for solicitation - that it is a privacy and safety issue. She said that
free speech is available in other forums and her feeling is that it is government's job to
protect the safety of her family.
POINT OF ORDER
In response to concerns of Ms. Sutherland, discussion took place regarding Ordinance
No. 675 — AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 5.12 RELATING
TO PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS TO CHANGE THE ALLOWED HOURS OF
SOLICITATION AND TO EXPAND THE PROHIBITION AGAINST TRESPASSING.
Mayor Becker stated that the city had looked long and hard for what would work
constitutionally and for the citizens. He said that the city is looking at the possibility of
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registration of addresses of those who do not wish to have solicitors coming to their
door, in addition to "No Solicitation" signs.
City Manager Schulze added that a background check might be run on those who
wished to solicit. He said that the regulations would be in effect twenty-four hours a
day and violators may be charged with a citation or a criminal infraction. He used the
overhead projector to show sample licenses, which might be used for legitimate
solicitors.
Henry Paulman, 1415 801h Ave. NE asked whether Ordinance No. 675 would apply to
politicians as well. Discussion followed regarding the expectation that all groups be
held to the same requirements.
Mayor Becker stated that a Public Hearing would be advertised and held at the
February 14, 2000 City Council Meeting. He explained that the City Attorney would be
drafting a new ordinance, which would be going to the Public Safety Committee for
review prior to that time.
PUBLIC HEARING
Ordinance No. 676 — AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MEDINA MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTION 2.32.080 TO EXTEND THE TIME THAT VARIANCES ARE EFFECTIVE.
City Attorney Wines reviewed the ordinance. He explained that the purpose of the
Ordinance was to extend the effective time period of variances from twelve to eighteen
months. He stated that the reasons were that some people had had difficulty in having
plans drawn and approved and locating contractors for their projects, within the twelve-
month timeframe. Moved by Councilmember Cohen and seconded by Councilmember
Demitriades, Ordinance No. 676 was adopted unanimously.
POINT OF ORDER
Mayor Becker reintroduced the ARCH 2O00 Work Program and Administrative
Budget. Councilmember Morgan moved to approve ARCH 2O00 Work Program and
Administrative Budget. Seconded by Councilmember Demitriades, discussion followed.
City Manager Schulze explained that the City had budgeted to participate in the work
program as opposed to the administrative program only. He said that the process
would be that the Executive Board would identify projects and look at different funding
mechanisms and make a recommendation of what cities might consider participation in
those projects. The ARCH 2O00 Work Program and Administrative Budget were
approved unanimously.
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DISCUSSION
Councilmember Morgan stated that he objected to paying $5,500 for maintenance and
repair to the 84th & 24th St. light, as he understood that this was not Medina's
responsibility. City Manager Schulze stated that he would obtain the information from
the City Treasurer and report back on the matter. Councilmember Morgan moved to
approve warrants, except Nos. 13110 and 13152. Seconded by Councilmember
Preston, all were in favor and the remaining warrants were approved.
C. Approval of December 1999 Warrants/Treasurer's Report
Regular Warrants - # 13098 - # 13109, #13111 — #13151,
#13153 — #13234, 913079
Voided #13178 & #13227
$ 365,788.59
Personnel Warrants - # 17005 - # 17063
OTHER BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
$ 112,453.15
City Manager Schulze gave a brief history of the discussions that had been held
_ regarding exploration of a new city facility. He explained that space needs had been
examined in the recent organizational study. An outcome of that study was a
recommendation to create a committee, comprised of staff, Councilmembers, possibly
board & commission members and members of the community to discuss the facility
needs and a process for providing for additional space for municipal services. He
explained that the thought to date had been to replace the current public works shop
with a combined police/public works facility. City Manager Schulze recommended that
an Ad Hoc Committee be appointed.
Councilmember Morgan stated that he thought that someone should document the
history of proposals, which had been made in the past. Mayor Becker suggested that
an outside consultant be hired to delineate the issues and concerns.
An Ad Hoc Committee, including Councilmembers Odermat and Preston was formed to
look at the issue of a new facility. The consensus was to invite Councilmember
Lawrence to be part of this committee, and should he not be available, Councilmember
Demitriades offered to serve. Staff members named to the committee were City
Manager Schulze, Police Chief Knapp and Public Works Superintendent Burris.
City Manager Schulze updated the Council on the Public Works facility changes as well
as the archiving of city records project, which is ongoing.
City Manager Schulze stated that he was putting together an Orientation Meeting for
new members of boards and commissions, to discuss policies and procedures - the
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way things operate, locally and statewide. He said that this would be held at the end of
January or sometime in February 2000.
Councilmember Morgan brought up the issue of water quality studies regarding SR
520. He stated the need to investigate the oil slick at Fairweather Cove, which he
indicated on the wall map, and proposed sampling in this area. The consensus was to
collect samples and have them tested.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 9:30 p.m., and under authority of RCW 42.30.110, Mayor Becker announced
that the Council would hold an executive session to discuss personnel issues
and litigation.
REGULAR MEETING
The Council reconvened their regular meeting at 10:37 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Councilmember Cohen moved to adjourn the Council Meeting at 10:38 p.m. Seconded
by Councilmember Morgan, all were in favor.
Attest: �.
risten Finnigan,,rVity Clerk
a iel F. Becker, Mayor --