HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-22-2005 - MinutesMEDINA CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION MEETING MINUTES
August 22, 2005 Medina City Haii
7:00 pm 501 Evergreen Point Road
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Odermat called the August 22, 2005, Medina City Council Study Session to order
at 7:08 pm.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Mary Odermat, Deputy Mayor Todd Nunn (arrived 7:28 pm)
Councilmembers Miles Adam, Drew Blazey, Katie Phelps, Robert Rudolph, and Pete
Vall-Spinosa
City Staff Present: Douglas Schulze, City Manager; Vicki Orrico, Assistant City
Attorney, Ogden Murphy Wallace; Joseph Gellings, Director of Development Services;
Tim Tobin, City Engineering Consultant, Roth Hill Engineering; and Rachel Baker,
Administrative Assistant
Consultant, Bruce Brown, Director of Research, PRR, Incorporated, was also in
attendance.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mayor (7: pm)
Odermat announced:
• Thanked councilmember Phelps for organization and coordination efforts
dedicated to the City's 50th anniversary celebration and Saturday's gala finale.
• The Association of Washington Cities published the 2005 regional meetings list,
which can be accessed online. The next meeting will be held Tuesday,
November 151h at Seattle's new City Hall. Topics will include legislative updates,
statewide initiatives 900 and 912. Dinner will begin at 6:00 pm, discussion starts
at 7:00 pm and meetings typically adjourn at 8:30 pm. Discussion will include the
next steps for State of Cities Report, issued a year ago, and the local challenges
from various cities.
• Monday, August 291h, the Metropolitan King County Council will meet on the
eastside at the Bellevue Community College campus, 3000 Landerholm Circle.
An informal reception will begin at 9:30 am and the meeting starts at 10:00 am.
The meeting focus will be on eastside economical development.
Council
No announcements
Staff
No announcements.
DISCUSSION
Presentation of Citizen Survey Final Report (7:11 pm)
Brown presented citizen survey results and related the data to current city issues.
Brown indicated proofreading of results would soon be completed and a final draft
would be provided Wednesday, August 241" via email in a word document for
councilmember feedback. Brown conveyed the final product would be created after
revisions are complete.
Brown responded to question raised during previous council meeting regarding surveys
mailed to post office boxes and defended reasons to retain such survey results.
Council conveyed it would review data further and discuss how to apply survey results
after final report is received.
Nunn left meeting, 8:0 1 pm.
Construction Mitigation Plans (CMP) (8:01 pm)
Gellings identified seven measures of program success and suggested offering a menu -
based or performance -based process to reduce the program's administrative burden.
Following discussion, there was a consensus among councilmembers to pursue a
menu -based process for levels one and two, to consider requiring sub -contractors to
sign CMP agreements, and to review fees and trigger points for levels one and two.
Gellings received direction from Council to take to Planning Commission for review.
Special Event Policy (8:48 pm)
Council recommended adding language to allow for an exemption to small, non-profit
organizations of benefit to the public from reimbursing for city services, but with a cap
on fee waiver. Council agreed to include language regarding speech or political speech
exemption.
Schulze conveyed the draft would be revised and brought back to council for
consideration.
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Tree Preservation Ordinance (9: 15 pm)
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Vall-Spinosa addressed Council with request to discuss item during October Study
Session. Following discussion, Council directed Gellings to research/review ordinance
and report back during October Study Session.
Council Agenda Calendar (9:33 pm)
Discussion followed.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION PHELPS AND SECOND BLAZEY TO ADJOURN AUGUST 22, 2005 CITY
COUNCIL STUDY SESSION, MOTION PASSED 6-0, 9:42 PM.
The August 22, 2005, Study Session of the Medina City Council adjourned, 9:42 pm.
The next City Council Regular Meeting will be held, Monday, September 12, 2005, 7:00
Pm•
Attest:
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I Baker, Administrative Assistant
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