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Home My WebLink About03/15/2011 00 Action Minutes ACTION ON YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING MARCH 15, 2011 COUNCIL CHAMBERS, YAKIMA CITY HALL 5:00 P.M. — EXECUTIVE SESSION 1. Roll CaII Present: Council: Mayor Micah Cawley, presiding, Assistant Mayor Kathy Coffey, Council Members Maureen Adkison, Dave Edler, Rick Ensey, Dave Ettl and Bill Lover 2. Executive Session (allow 1 hour) • Pending litigation Executive Session was held and adjourned at 5:53 p.m. 6:00 P.M. — BUSINESS MEETING 1. Roll Call Present: Council: Mayor Micah Cawley, presiding, Assistant Mayor Kathy Coffey, Council Members Maureen Adkison, Dave Edler, Rick Ensey, Dave Ettl and Bill Lover Staff: City Manager Zais, City Attorney Cutter and City Clerk Kloster 2. Pledge of Allegiance Council Member Edler led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order A. Proclamations • Yakima Valley Hearing and Speech Day Mayor Cawley read a proclamation declaring April 5, 2011 as Yakima Valley Hearing and Speech Day. Nancy Leahy, Nancy Frame and Mac Porter accepted the proclamation. B. Presentations /recognitions /introductions • Presentation from School Resource Officer /Eisenhower High School Crimestoppers Dave Purcell, Crimestoppers Board member, gave a brief description of the program. Yakima Police Office Graves, School Resource Officer at Eisenhower, and others involved in the program spoke about the positive impacts the program has had on the students. Council Member Ensey presented donations that had been collected to continue supporting the program. Mayor Cawley recognized various members of the Boy Scout Troop 251 who are working on their "Citizenship in the Community" badge. The scouts identified themselves and gave their rank. C. Status reports on prior meeting's citizen service requests — None D. Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Council Committees — None 4. Consent Agenda ACTION: Agenda Item #13 was removed from the Consent Agenda. A motion carried to approve the consent agenda as read. VOTE: Unanimous *A. Consideration of approval of City Council Meeting Minutes — None *B. Consideration of approval of Council Committee Meeting Minutes 1. Budget Committee — February 23, 2011 2. Public Safety Committee — February 24, 2011 3. Neighborhood Development Committee — March 2, 2011 4. North First Street Committee — March 3, 2011 The Council Committee meeting minutes were approved. 5. Audience Participation. Sandy Massong Lloyd spoke about the continuing problems with water under the street on West Arlington from 53 to 62 Avenues that create large pot holes. Staff will provide a report at a future Council meeting. Tony Courcey wanted to know the impact on property that was classified Central Business District when it was purchased and then rezoned to General Commercial. Bill Duerr offered several suggestions for consideration by the Council to include in the process of reviewing the City Charter for out -dated revisions. 7:00 P.M. — PUBLIC HEARINGS 6. Final Public Hearing on the 2010 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) Archie Mathews, ONDS Manager, gave a report on entitlement dollars from HUD and explained how the funds were used in 2010. Mayor Cawley opened and closed the public hearing with no one coming forward to speak. No Council action was necessary. 7. Closed Record Public Hearing to consider the City of Yakima Planning Commmission's recommendation on amendments to the City of Yakima's 2010/2011 Urban Area Zoning Ordinance Jeff Peters gave opening statements regarding the closed record public hearing to consider the recommendations for amendments to the UAZO. Mayor Cawley opened and closed the public hearing with no one coming forward to speak. ACTION: Motion carried to pass the Ordinance. VOTE: Unanimous. ORDINANCE NO. 2011 -12, CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS 8. Report on installation or upgrading street lighting in high -crime neighborhood locations using CDBG funds Acting Assistant City Manager Michael Morales distributed some updated information on this issue. Discussion followed on details of actions taken to date, expectations of timelines and funding. ACTION: Motion carried to authorize the use of $20,000 of CDBG funds. VOTE: 6 -1, Coffey voting no 9. Report on Design Review Guidelines and Certificate of Appropriateness for Barge - Chestnut Neighborhood Historic District Acting Assistant City Manager Michael Morales explained the report is a follow up from an ordinance approved in 2005. The implementation of the ordinance was suspended while the committee created guidelines for the historic district. He stated that the Council made the decision to enact the Secretary of Interiors standards. Council Member Ensey had concerns about property rights. 10. Consideration of a request from the Yakima Air Terminal for financial reimbursement from the City of Yakima and Yakima County for legal costs Bill Wheeler, Yakima Air Terminal Board Chairman and Airport Manager Lee Remmel addressed the Council on the two lawsuits the Air Terminal Board has been involved in for non - payment of lease requirements and the legal fees that have accrued during the last year. After much discussion, Mr. Wheeler asked the Council to reimburse the Air Terminal Board for a portion of the costs that have been paid for legal fees. ACTION: Motion carried to direct the City to pay half of the costs from the contingency fund. VOTE: 4 -3, Ensey, Lover and Cawley voting no. *11. Consideration of reports from Finance Department: A. 4th Quarter 2010 Accounts Receivable Report B. 4 Quarter 2010 Treasury Report The reports were accepted. *12. Consideration of a Resolution adopting the 2010 Comprehensive Emergency Management Program as the official emergency response plan for the City of Yakima ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R -2011 -40 13. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of a non - exclusive license agreement with Allied Arts of Yakima Valley for the "Fresh Hop Ale Festival" Council Member EttI was concerned about the physical location of the festival in the downtown area. Acting Assistant City Manager Morales advised there was an error in the agreement and an amendment was necessary regarding closure of streets and areas around the Millennium Plaza parking lot for this event. Jessica Moskwa and other representatives of Allied Arts explained the area and specifics where the festival would be held. Council Member Adkison expressed concern about the impact of limited parking spaces for other businesses as a result of this event. Council Member Lover thought the agreement was supposed to encompass other events that were held in the same location. Acting Assistant City Manager Morales advised him that individual agreements would be considered separately for each event. ACTION: Motion carried to adopt the resolution. VOTE: Unanimous RESOLUTION NO. R -2011 -41 *14. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of an amendment to an interlocal agreement with the City of Selah for Yakima Transit fixed -route and paratransit services ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R -2011 -42 *15. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of an intergovernmental cooperative purchasing agreement with the City of Kennewick, WA ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2011 -43 *16. Final Contract payment for Belsaas and Smith Construction, Inc. for Yakima Downtown Futures Phase 4 -- 8 Street — Chestnut Avenue to "A" Street (Standard Motion V - — Accept the project and approve the final payment) ACTION: The project was accepted and final payment was approved. ORDINANCES *17. First Reading of an Ordinance amending the 2011 Budget for 2010 Year -End Encumbrances (no action required at this meeting; second reading scheduled 4 - 5 - 11) The ordinance was read and laid on the table until April 5, 2011 for a second reading. *18. Second Reading of an Ordinance amending the 2011 Budget and making appropriations in the 333 -Law and Justice Capital Fund and the 152 - Police Grants Fund to purchase grant funded public safety equipment and services ACTION: Ordinance passed. ORDINANCE NO. 2011 -13 19. Other Business A. City Council Retreat Preliminary Agenda Community Relations Manager Randy Beehler distributed a draft agenda for the upcoming retreat. Council members added and deleted items based on their priorities. B. City Manager Executive Search Firm Selection — Scoring Matrix Council consensus was to discuss this issue at the retreat. Regarding the Charter review issue, City Attorney Cutter will prepare a draft that incorporates the revisions suggested by the Council Committee; a draft will be presented to the full Council for review. Claire Powell had concerns about availability of the specific Charter amendments for public review prior to voting in a future election. Bill Duerr suggested the Council Committee look carefully at Article XIII of the Charter concerning amendment by petition. Council Member Ensey had further comments and questions about the Barge- Chestnut Neighborhood Historic District design standards. ACTION: Motion failed to disband the Barge- Chestnut Neighborhood Historic District. VOTE: 5 -2, Adkison, Cawley, Coffey, Edler and Ettl voting no. 20. Adjournment — 9:06 p.m. ACTION: Motion carried to adjourn to March 22, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Yakima Convention Center for a City Council Retreat. VOTE: Unanimous