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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/16/1978 Business Meeting 107 OCTOBER 16, 1978 The City Council met in session on this date at 6:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Yakima, Washington. Council members present were Mayor Betty L. Edmondson, Henry Beauchamp, Lynn Buchanan, Don Hinman, Jack Sparling and Gordon Wonder. Council member Nadine Lee absent and excused. Assistant City Manager Dick Zais asked that Carol Darby, Director of Community Development, report on the revised 1979 COG budget. A copy of the revised budget submitted by Doug Grandquis', - , COG Executive Director, was distributed. Ms. Darby noted that the per capita amount had been reduced from 64Q to 62Q, and suggested the following alternatives that could be taken to determine the City's 1979 COG assessment. 1. Use the base of 62Q per capita; 2. Maintain the 25Q per capita as used in 1978; 3. Accept the 62C per capita for 1979 and reevaluate at the end of that year; 4. Spread the cost over the municipalities that benefited from that particular jurisdiction. It is the staff's recommendation that the City participate in the Law and Justice program, which includes the On Guard Program, at a cost of 27Q per capita assessment, and the COG administration at 28Q per capita cost, for a total of 55Q per capita cost to the City of Yakima for the 1979 budget year. This would be a total cost of appxoximately $28,105 for 1979 compared to $11,500 for 1978. Greg McElroy, Senior Planner, Yakima Law and Justice Committee, spoke to the Council concerning various programs of their committee; one being to subsidize the district court and putting it on a computer system. After further discussion, it was MOVED by Beauchamp, seconded by Hinman that the City of Yakima accept the proposed recommendation of 55Q per capita and participate in the COG Program for 1979: Beauchamp, Hinman, Edmondson voting aye on roll call. Buchanan, Sparling and Wonder voting nay. Lee absent. The Motion failed for a lack of a majority vote. It was MOVED by Wonder that the City of Yakima maintain only their program with the Law and Justice Planning Committee for 1979. The Motion died for lack of a second. It was the general consensus of the Council that a letter be sent to COG asking for a 30 day extension on the decision of the assessment to COG for 1979. At this time the review of the Proposed Subdivision Ordinance Amendments were presented by staff. Don Skone, Associate Planner, explained that this was a new ordinance and that the Short Subdivision procedures complied with RCW 58.17.060. At 8:00 P.M. the Council members commenced the regular meeting, Mayor Edmondson presiding, Council members Beauchamp, Buchanan, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder, Assistant City Manager Zais, and City Attorney Andrews present on roll call. Council member Lee absent. It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Sparling that Council member Lee be excused from this meeting: carried, Beauchamp, Buchanan, Edmondson, Hinman, Sparling and Wonder voting aye by voice vote. Lee absent. The Invocation was given by City Attorney Andrews. Mayor Edmondson referred to the items placed on the Consent Agenda, , questioning whether there were any additions or deletions from either Council members or citizens present. The Deputy City Clerk then read the Consent Agenda items; including 'a resolution, by title. It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Beauchamp that the Consent Agenda, as read, be passed: carried, Buchanan, Edmondson, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder and Beauchamp voting aye on roll call. Lee absent. (Subsequent paragraphs preceded by an asterisk ( *) indicate items on the Consent Agenda to be handled under one motion without further discussion.) Mayor Edmondson read a portion of a proclamation announcing the week of October 15 - 21, 1978, as Business Women's Week. ' 108 OCTOBER 16, 1978 At this time, Mayor Edmondson asked if she may be excused, as she was ill, and asked that the Council appoint an Assistant Mayor for the remainder of the meeting. It was MOVED by Beauchamp, seconded by Hinman that Jack Sparling chair the remainder of the meeting; carried, Beauchamp, Buchanan, Edmondson, Hinman, Sparling and Wonder voting aye by voice vote. Lee absent. This being the time fixed for the hearing on a proposed Subdivision Or- dinance amendments, Larry Wright, Principal Planner, and Don Skone, Associate Planner, gave a brief summary of the proposed amendments to this ordinance. The recommendations included repealing the existing Subdivision Code in its entirety and defining Short Subdivision, Sub_ division Procedures, Subdivision Design Requirements, adopted by the Planning Commission with the exception of the amendment requiring sidewalks on only one side of local access streets, Staff also stated that arterial streets abutting new subdivisions should be ntfaced to existing roadways. After a short discussion by Council members, appearances were made by Glenn Rice, GPM Corporation, 415 North 1st Street; Fred Whit*, 3601 Richey Road, Legislative Revision Committee; Joel Spencer, Sherwood and Roberts; Frank Fitterer, Custom Homes, 4706 Douglas DriveDele Nunley, 5705 Douglas Drive, developer; Ken Matson, Professional Development and Consulting; Lou Alderman, realtor; Louie Wishert,;/7 North 59th Avenue; were generally in favor of the proposed ordinance, but objected to the mandatory sidewalk, street lights and arterial street requirements and requested further relaxation of curb and gutter requirements. Gene Mayer, Associate Realtors, expressed his opinion that he did not feel the City should place such stringent requirements-in the Ordinance. Lee Campbell, Glascam Builders, spoke in support of the proposed ordinance as one that had been needed for some time, but asked that various peroga- tives be left to the Council. There being no further discussion, the Public Hearing was closed at 9:35 P.M. *It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Beauchamp that the minutes of October 9, 1978, having been duly certified accurate by two Council members and no one present wishing to have said minutes read publicly, be approved: carried, Buchanan, Edmondson, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder and Beauchamp voting aye on roll call. Lee absent. After a reportr,from City Attorney Andrews explaining the reason for court appointed legal counsel, the escalating number of court casesand the increasing workloadrIndigent defendants charged with violating City ordinances, it was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Hinman that Resolution No. D-3978, authorizing acceptance of a letter of agreement for payment of fees for appointed legal counsel, Fred E. Porter, for indigent defen- dants for 1979, be passed: carried, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder, Beauchamp and Buchanan voting aye on roll call. Edmondson and Lee absent. RESOLUTION NO. D-3978, A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to accept a letter of agreement for paying court appointed attorneys'Efees_Ffortheyear 1979. It was MOVED by Hinman, seconded by Wonder that Resolution No. D-3979, authorizing execution of an agreement with the Department of Transportation for partial reimbursement of costs for improvements to 1st Street, be passed: carried, Sparling, Wonder, Beauchamp, Buchanan and Hinman voting aye on roll call. Edmondson and Lee absent. RESOLUTION NO. D-3979, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to execute an agreement with the State of Washington, Department of Transportation, for partial reimbursement for costs of improvements of 1st Street. *It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Beauchamp that Resolution D-3980, authorizing the execution of contracts for the operation of the Central Fire Alarm Headquarters for the years 1979 through 1981, be passed: carried, Buchanan, Edmondson, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder and Beauchamp voting aye on roll call. Lee absent. RESOLUTION NO. D-3980, A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to execute contracts for the operation of the Central Fire Alarm Headquarters for the years 1979 through 1981. 109 OCTOBER 16, 1978 *It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Beauchamp that the report from the Community Development Department dated September 25, 1978, with respect to the completion of the work on "1978 Paving Project, Schedules I, II, and III", be approved, the work be accepted and payment of the final estimate as therein setforth is hereby authorized: carried, Buchanan, Edmondson, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder and Beauchamp voting aye on roll call. Lee absent. *It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Beauchamp that the Outside Utility Request for Roger R. Meusborn for sewer service for property located in the southwest corner of North 25th Avenue and Jerome, be approved: carried, Buchanan, Edmondson, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder and Beauchamp voting aye on roll call. Lee absent. It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Hinman that Resolution No. D-3981, authorizing Change OrderuNo. 10 to the Capitol TheatreReconstruction Project without calling for formal bids, be passed: carried, Wonder, Beauchamp, Buchanan, Hinman and Sparling voting aye on roll call. Edmondson and Lee absent. RESOLUTION NO.. D-3981, A RESOLUTION authorizing Change Order No. 10 to the Capitol Theatre Reconstruction Project without calling for formal bids. After a short discussion concerning the new equipment needed for the Word Processing Center, it was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Hinman that Resolution No. D-3982, authorizing execution of a lease-rental agreement with the IBM Corporation for Word Processing equipment, be passed: carried, Beauchamp, Buchanan, Hinman, Sparling and Wonder voting aye on roll call. Edmondson and Lee absent. RESOLUTION NO. D-3982, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to execute lease-rental agreement with the International Business Machines Corporation for word processing equipment. *It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Beauchamp that Monday, October 30, 1978, be fixed as the time of hearing for the rezone requestcfiled by Clara M. Voelker: carried, Buchanan, Edmondson, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder and Beauchamp voting aye on roll call. Lee absent. *It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Beauchamp that Monday, October 30, 1978, be fixed as the time of hearing for a Planned Development Request filed by Glascam Builders: carried, Buchanan, Edmondson, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder and Beauchamp voting aye on roll call. Lee absent. Larry Wright gave a background review of an offer to purchase City property located on the south side of Nob Hill Boulevard between 32nd and 35th Avenue and staff recommended that this property be made available for bid to the general public and that the minimum acceptable bid be II/ $177,000. It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Hinman that the offer by Gary V. and Janet Huntley to purchase the property located on the south side of Nob Hill Boulevard between 32nd and 35th Avenue, be rejected: carried, Beauchamp, Buchanan, Hinman, Sparling and Wonder voting aye by voice vote. Edmondson and Lee absent. It was MOVED by Hinman, seconded by Wonder that staff prepare a report for the consideration of rezoning the property located on the south side of Nob Hill Boulevard between 32nd and 35th Avenue and report to Council in two weeks: carried, Beauchamp, Buchanan, Hinman, Sparling and Wonder voting aye by voice vote. Edmondson and Lee absent. An Ordinance appropriating $10,000 in the Unemployment Compensation Fund, having been read by title only, was laid on the table for one week or until October 23, 1978. It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Hinman that Ordinance No. 2221, prohibiting parking of trucks on certain streets, be passed: carried, Buchanan, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder and Beauchamp voting aye by roll call. Edmondson and Lee absent. OCTOBER 16, 1978 ORDINANCE NO. 2221, AN ORDINANCE relating to traffic control; prohibiting parking of certain vehicles on certain streets; and amending Section 9.50.480 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. After a short discussion, it was MOVED by Wonder,.seconded by Hinman that Ordinance No. 2222, authorizing the payment of medical insurance and Workmans Compensation premiums for members of the Department of Auxiliary Police, be passed, carried, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder, Beauchamp and Buchanan voting aye on roll call. Edmondson and Lee absent. _ ORDINANCE NO. 2222, AN ORDINANCE relating to City government administration; authorizing the payment of medical insurance and Workman's Compensation pre- miums for members of the Department of Auxiliary Police of the City; and enacting Subsection 1.48.050 (F) as a new subsection of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. *It was MOVED By Wonder, seconded by Beauchamp that a letter from Robert S. Campbell and Noel J. Nechanicky regarding zoning ordinances of Yakima County and the City of Yakima, be referred to the City Manager for review and analysis and later reported to the City Council: carried, Buchanan, Edmondson, Hinman, Sparling, Wonder and Beauchamp voting aye on roll call. Lee absent. Items of information supplied to the Council were: notification of ap- proval from EPA (9/26) and DOE (9/28.) of additional grant funding for Wastewater Facilities Project to apply toward Phase I of the treatment plant rehabilitation; letter from Doug Grandquis, COG, responding to Council's request for 30 day extension for submittal of letter '=of intent to withdraw, approving extension, 10/4/78; notification of quarterly COG meeting for,October 18, 1978, and agenda, 10/9/78; letter ffom Mrs. Gerhauser re sale of City property located by City Shops (10/6/78) and reply from City Manager (10/11/78); letter to Dolores Goodman, Chairperson•, Human Relations Commission re Council sup- port of Human Relations Commission, 10/10/78; letter from Allen B. Smyser re his L.I.D. assessment; memo from Carol Darby, Director of Community Development, re Pierce Avenue between Garfield and Lincoln in answer to John K1ingele's inquiry of August 21, 1978;. memo from Chief LaRue re Auxiliary Police designation, 10/10/78; Legal Department monthly report; copy of minutes of Parks and Recreation Commission meeting of 9/12/78; copy of minutes of Yakima District Board of Health of 9/12/78; copy of minutes of Police Relief and Pension Board meeting of 10/2/78; and meeting notice of Human Relations Commission for.10/23/78 There;)being no further business to come before the Council, it was MOVED by Wonder, seconded by Hinman that this meeting be adjourned at the hour of 10:15 P.M.: carried, Beauchamp, Buchanan, Hinman, Sparling and Wonder voting aye by voice vote. Edmondson and Lee absent. READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY . ,` = DATE '30 6471 COUNC 4/ 11. „L,L 4 fr8f r L,1,0_ . /''TE /' `3o' ,7, COUNCI r. ATTEST: Jrt.c.■ 'I' /' CITY CL MAYOR