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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/22/1991 Adjourned Meeting 2 ADJOURNED MEETING JANUARY 22, 1991 7:30 A.M. -- CITY HALL - CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM The City Council met in session on this date at 7:30 A.M. in the City 'Manager's Conference Room at City Hall, Yakima, Washington. Council members in attendance' were Mayor Pat Berndt, Clarence Barnett, Lynn Buchanan:, Skip Semon and Bernard Sims. Council members Henry Beauchamp and George Pechtel absent and excused. County Commissioners present were Alex Deccio, Chuck Klarich and Graham Tollefson. City staff members present were City Manager, Zais, Assistant City Manager Stouder, Police Chief Green, • Fire Chief Beeson, Glenn Rice, Director of Community & Economic Development', and City Clerk Roberts. County staff members present were Dick Anderwald and Dan Hesse. Also present,were Lon Wyrick and Jeff Martin from COG. . • 1. JOINT MEETING WITH THE YAKIMA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS • A. 911 /CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS • Dick Ande distributed a work program which describes what the 911 Advisory Committee has in store for itself in the next few months. In August 1990, the 911 Advisory Committee was formed. A budget was developed which could be fully funded from the 50 cent telephone excise tax. The goal for implementing basic 911 service is November 1, 1991. The actual dispatch would continue through the current'dispatch centers throughout the county. Under enhanced 911, which is'contemplated to be in place within 18 -24 months, the receiving center would have knowledge of the call origin. Staff put together A one page work program which establishes six critical work areas. The target date to have the agreement in place is February 015th, then the line charges could be implemented with the January telephone bills. There are five phone companies. plus a cellular company involved. Another objective is to secure the involvement of the Yakima Indian Nation. By state law they are exempt from paying the telephone tax, but they can enact their own tax ordinance. Item No. 4 outlines consultant services for 911 conversion. Adcom has been retained, as of last week, to review the work done so far and to make recommendations regarding dispatch. The next objective is to recruit and hire a director, which has been put on hold at the advice of the consultant. The last item is facility siting, which is one of the most important aspects,'but one we know the least about. The Committee recommends the interim use of the dispatch center in Fire Station No. 1 where a 'special console could be installed. We could share back -up dispatchers on an interim basis. Council member Pechtel asked if the Committee would look at consolidated dispatch. Mr. Anderwald stated that they would. This,.would-establish a County Department known as Suncom. The Administrative Board is,large, including all the entities and fire districts so they will all get the same information. The operations would be done by an Operations Board. Council member Barnett commented that on the Administrative Board, he noticed a representative from the lower valley on the Operations Board, but he did riot see that on the Administrative Board. Commissioner Deccio referred him to #8 on page 6. - Mr. Anderwald stated that they have asked all the legal departments to look at -1- 280 it, and think it id an adoptable agreement at this time. Mr. Anderwald responded to questions regarding the future combined communications center. B. METRO PLAN Assistant City Manager Stouder reported that COG, County Planning and City Planning met yesterday to further define the work program for the Metro Plan. There are lots of challenges to meet the requirements in 2929, including adoption �f the regulations by September 1991. The City has been involved in working through the • details on the consultants selected for the chapters on the Metro Plan. We asked the consultants to give is the most comprehensive planning program they could, making sure it meets the requirements in 2929. Mr. Anderwald commented that the County has staffed up to carry out their responsibility on' the planning side of this process. Gathering the data is the easy part, the hard part is creating the relationships that will be necessary to implement these plans. He stated that Susan Hall and Associates, who is assisting with the visioning process and getting the people involved, has been retained. Council member Pechtel pointed out that the School District is going through a visioning process too. Mr. Anderwald commented that the entities "could all be vying for the same citizens to serve on committees. Lon Wyrick stated that he needs a one year agreement because this "year will 'require a lot of data gathering. A committee has been formed for the Regional Transportation Planning which will be part of 2929. County Commissioner Tollefson stated we should not lose sight of the fact that this program was not put together to solve Yakima County's problems and there may be some twists in the Legislature this year. He sated he is not convinced that the Legislature recognizes how many implementation dollars are needed to put this thing together. (Council member Beauchamp absent after 8':25 A.M.) C. YAKIMA AIR TERMINAL County Commissioner Tollefson suggested the City and County should net to make future policies for the Airport. The Advisory Board which is somewhat limited to reach out and make things happen. We are talking about economic development for the area and the key to that is the airport and access to the freeway. Council member Buchanan stated we also want to talk about the housing that is going in out there. Commissioner Deccio believes we don't have an aggressive policy for the Airport. The Airport Board is really limited in what they can do and it is up to us to establish an aggressive policy. Council member Pechtel stated that he thinks Commissioner Deccio is correct. Commissioner Tollefson stated he thinks- we should be thinking about involving Union Gap in this because of their proximity. It was the general consensus to form a committee. Council member Semon asked about the status of the County's review of the cost of services study. He stated that Council is looking at a March 1 deadline to deal with that issue. Mr. Hesse stated that the information was received last Thursday from the City and 'that was sent to the County's consultant. -2- 281 Discussion occutted''regarding the "'next meeting date. It was suggested that the next meeting be tentatively scheduled for February 19th at 7:30'A.M.'in Room "237 (Ag Extension Room) at the County Courthouse. The meeting adjourned at 8:35 A.M. READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY: - OUNCIL MEMBER ` / DA T' / / •IUNCIL MEMBER ' flk E ATTEST: CITY CLERK MAYOR • • • -3-