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MEDINA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Medina City Hall, Council Chambers
501 Evergreen Point Road, Medina
Monday, October 24, 2011; 6:30 pm
SPECIAL MEETING
The October 24, 2011, Special Meeting of the Medina City Council was noticed pursuant
to RCW 42.30.080.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Bret Jordan called the October 24, 2011, Special Meeting of the Medina City
Council to order at 6:30 pm.
ROLL CALL
Council Members Present: Patrick Boyd, Doug Dicharry, Bret Jordan, Katie Phelps,
and Mark Nelson
Council Members Absent Janie Lee (excused) and Shawn Whitney (excused)
City Staff Present: Donna Hanson, City Manager; Bruce Disend, City Attorney,
Kenyon Disend; Mark Thomas, Police Chief; Robert Grumbach,
Development Services Director; Joe Willis, Public Works
Director; Nancy, Adams, Finance Director; and Rachel Baker,
City Clerk
A motion was proposed by council member Dicharry and seconded by council member
Phelps to excuse absences of council members Lee and Whitney. The motion carried 5-0
at 6:31 pm.
DISCUSSION
City Hall Expansion and Renovation Project (6:31 pm)
City hall project construction manager Dave Clark summarized project status, including
estimated costs and remaining punch list items for contractor to complete. City manager
conveyed council may be asked to approve project in December.
Gateway Signs (6:42 pm)
Dave Clark distributed gateway sign designs for council discussion resulting in
concurrence for signage to be constructed in natural material other than wood, for sign
design to be applied consistently throughout city, and for signs to be low maintenance.
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84 Avenue Northeast Corridor Improvement Project (7:02 pm)
Public works director summarized feedback received from open house and October park
board meeting. Council members supported a future discussion item during its November
meeting in order to determine whether or not it will authorize support of project design.
Eastside Pathways Participation Discussion (7:22 pm)
Council members expressed desire for additional information about organization and its
current supporters before it could endorse the entity’s mission.
City Council Guidelines (7:36 pm)
Following discussion city attorney conveyed he would bring to council a simplified and
updated version for its review.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 7:52 pm, the mayor recessed meeting into executive session pursuant to RCW
42.30.140(4)(a) related to collective bargaining sessions with employee organizations,
including contract negotiations, grievance meetings, and discussions relating to the
interpretation or application of a labor agreement; and (b) that portion of a meeting during
which the governing body is planning or adopting the strategy or position to be taken by
the governing body during the course of any collective bargaining, professional
negotiations, or grievance or mediation proceedings, or reviewing the proposals made in
the negotiations or proceedings while in progress.
Those in attendance included council members Patrick Boyd, Doug Dicharry, Bret Jordan,
Katie Phelps, and Mark Nelson; city manager Donna Hanson; city attorney Bruce Disend,
city clerk Rachel Baker, and special counsel Cabot Dow.
Mayor estimated thirty minutes for executive session, which was extended twenty-five
minutes at 8:22 pm. Executive session expired at 8:47 pm and the council reconvened its
special meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION PHELPS AND SECOND DICHARRY TO ADJOURN THE OCTOBER 24, 2011
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MEDINA CITY COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED 5-0 (LEE
AND WHITNEY ABSENT) AT 8:48 PM.
The October 24, 2011, Special Meeting of the Medina City Council adjourned at 8:48 pm.
The Medina City Council will hold its next Regular Meeting on Monday, November 14,
2011, at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at Medina City Hall.
Bret Jordan, Mayor Attest:
Rachel Baker, City Clerk
Minutes approved 11/14/2011.