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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-14-2000 - MinutesMEDINA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES February 14, 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 7:03 p.m. The meeting was recorded on audiotape but was discovered to be malfunctioning at the beginning of the meeting. Following the meeting, the tape was reviewed and was found to be inaudible. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmembers Suzanne Cohen, Jim Lawrence, Thomas Morgan, Mary Odermat, Steve Preston and Mayor Daniel Becker Absent: Councilmember Paul Demitriades Staff Present: City Manager Doug Schulze, City Attorney Kirk Wines, Police Chief Michael Knapp and City Clerk Kristen Finnigan. OATH OF OFFICE Councilmember Jim Lawrence was given the oath of office as Councilmember by City Clerk Finnigan. ANNOUNCEMENTS The Mayor reported that there had been three applications submitted for the vacant Park Board position. The consensus was that these applications be forwarded to the Personnel Committee for review and recommendation. Councilmember Preston reported on the Part 150 Meeting, held on February 9th. He stated that the Citizen's Advisory Committee recommendation was to forward the Split Turn proposal to the full committee, in combination with increased use of the Duwamish corridor. City Council Meeting February 14, 2000 Page 2 Mayor Becker announced that an Executive Session would be held at the end of the regular meeting and that no action would be taken at its conclusion. City Manager Schulze reported on improvement projects. He stated that the Overlake Drive E. retaining wall was 95% complete and that the road had now been reopened. He went on to say that during the process, the old wall had failed, but that the new wall had caught it and kept it in place. He said that wall failure had cracked the pavement and that it had been repaired. City Manager Schulze explained that there continued to be a problem with cooperation of the contractor working on the Medina Park project. He said that letters were being prepared regarding performance bonds and that the contractor had only been paid up to the point of work that had been completed. CONSENT AGENDA Councilmember Morgan moved to approve the consent agenda. Councilmember Cohen seconded the motion. All were in favor and the following items were approved: A. Minutes from Regular City Council Meeting of January 10, 2000 B. Approval of December 1999 Warrants/Treasurer's Report Regular Warrants - #13110 & 13152 C. Approval of January, 2000 Warrants/Treasurer's Report Regular Warrants - #13235 — 13342 $215,469.34 Personnel Warrants - #17064 - #17117 Void #17081 $106, 503.48 STAFF REPORTS PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT Chief Knapp reported that there had been two home burglaries in January. He cautioned citizens to lock doors and use security systems. He stated that police officers had been issuing more speed warnings and that they will begin writing tickets tn as of March 13 City Council Meeting February 14, 2000 Page 3 PARK BOARD Park Board Chair, Claudia Stelle inquired as to the possibility of a City Councilmembers' attendance at Park Board meetings. She stated that she believed that communication could be improved between the two bodies. When she asked if a Park Board member could do the meeting minutes, City Manager Schulze explained that it was part of the Public Works Superintendent's job to pass meeting information along and that an effort would be made to summarize meetings, without so much detail, in the future. It was decided that the upcoming City Council Study Session would be a joint meeting with the Park Board, to further discuss issues. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION AIRPLANE NOISE Dr. Bob Rudolph, 1455 Evergreen Pt. Rd., stated that ECAAN (Eastside Citizens Against Airplane Noise) thanked the City Council for their support on the jet noise issue. He said that they now had a bank of fifteen volunteers for their phone bank and that over one hundred people had called to express interest. He reported that the final recommendation would go to the Port Commission on August 22"d PUBLIC HEARING Ordinance No. 675 — AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 5.12 RELATING TO PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS TO CHANGE THE ALLOWED HOURS OF SOLICITATION, TO REQUIRE A LICENSE AND TO EXPAND THE PROHIBITION AGAINST TRESPASSING. City Manager Schulze related the history of the ordinance, explaining that early in 1999, the ACLU had sent a letter to the City, demanding that the current ordinance, which limits hours of solicitation to between the hours of 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. be modified to expand the hours for solicitation. He said that the issue had been discussed during several meetings and that the City had hired special legal counsel to discuss related issues. City Manager Schulze explained that Ordinance No. 675 was the staff's recommended response, due to the fact that a number of residents had concerns regarding evening solicitation. He said that Ordinance No. 675 had improvements related to security and safety issues of residents, and required criminal background checks of those requesting to solicit in the City of Medina. City Council Meeting February 14, 2000 Page 4 The City Manager explained that the new ordinance would have the City issuing photo identification for solicitors, to be displayed for residents. He said that residents would have an opportunity to register on two levels. They could request to have their address put on a list as o.k. to solicit, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or a list that would request no solicitation at all. He said that Ordinance No. 675 addressed the demand to expand the hours of solicitation and also provided residents with more opportunity to limit solicitation contact, if so desired. Mayor Becker then opened the hearing for comments. He asked if anyone from the ACLU was present to comment. There were no responses. Jeannie Sutherland, 7664 NE 141h St., said that she was concerned that someone from outside could come and tell Medina's residents what to do. Discussion followed regarding the balance of freedom of speech and concerns for welfare and safety of citizens. Councilmember Preston moved to approve Ordinance No. 675. It was seconded by Councilmember Morgan, who commented that he felt that the license fee of $15 was unnecessarily restrictive. He proposed striking the fee from the ordinance. Councilmember Cohen seconded striking of the fee. All were in favor, as amended and Ordinance No. 675 was adopted. OTHER BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS Mayor Becker reported that Rights-of-Way/Telecommunications (SB 6676, HB 2060) had passed on the Senate floor Friday, February 111h. He explained that the primary concern relates to local control over zoning in the City. He said that the intent of the bills was to allow placement of wireless facilities in commercial and industrial rights of way, but that would not preempt wireless providers from installing cellular facilities in front of residences. He further explained that Medina does not have any land zoned for commercial or industrial uses and that the only way that Medina could comply with this Bill would be to allow wireless facilities to be placed in the front yards of residential property. Mayor Becker stated that he would be bringing the issue to Suburban Cities. City Manager Schulze stated that he had been in communication with AWC Lobbyist Victoria Lincoln and that he would be talking with Stan Finkelstein, from AWC, and that a Legislative Action Alert was upcoming. He said that he would be sending out information regarding Home Rule to Suburban Cities' City Managers. Following discussion, Councilmember Morgan stated that Senator Van Luven was willing to propose a floor amendment. Mayor Becker stressed the need to get the issue into Conference Committee and effect what happens. City Council Meeting February 14, 2000 Page 5 FAIRWEATHER PARK Councilmember Morgan noted that the backboard at the tennis court at Fairweather Park had been removed. City Manager Schulze explained that this had been part of the Fairweather Plan. Councilmember Preston stated that he would like to see a firm plan related to Fairweather and would like to see public input. He said that he would like one more presentation. City Manager Schulze explained that the plan had already been approved. BUILDING PERMITS Councilmember Morgan opened the discussion, relative to building permit issues. He questioned whether a building moratorium should be considered, due to the large work load in the building department. City Manager Schulze explained that City Planner Schwamberger had been in the process of bringing Otak, the City's landscape consultants on board to do plan review. The consensus was to discuss the issue at the upcoming City Council Study Session, to be held on February 28, 2000. EXECUTIVE SESSION At 8:25 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 8:40 p.m. ADJOURNMENT Councilmember Morgan moved to adjourn the Council Meeting at 8:40 p.m. Seconded by Councilmember Preston, all were in favor. 4Z�C�� an el F. Becker, Mayor Attest: Kristen Finnig4A, City Clerk