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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. City Council Meeting January 10, 2000 Page 2 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. City Council Meeting January 10, 2000 Page 3 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. City Council Meeting January 10, 2000 Page 4 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 City Council Meeting January 10, 2000 Page 5 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. City Council Meeting January 10, 2000 Page 6 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 City Council Meeting January 10, 2000 Page 7 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 --