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Home My WebLink About12/02/2014 Business Meeting 142 YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL December 2, 2014 City Hall -- Council Chambers 6 p.m. Business Meeting -- MINUTES BUSINESS MEETING 1. Roll Call Council: Mayor Micah Cawley, presiding, Assistant Mayor Kathy Coffey, Council Members Maureen Adkison, Tom Dittmar, Rick Ensey, Dave Ettl and Bill Lover Staff: Acting City Manager /City Attorney Cutter and Acting City Clerk Stephens Absent: City Manager Tony O'Rourke 2. Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Cawley led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Open Discussions for the Good of the Order A. Proclamations i. Giving Tuesday proclamation Mayor Cawley read the proclamation and Emily Mann accepted it. B. Presentations /recognitions /introductions i. Recognition of City staff and our private contracting partners for their outstanding repair of Yakima Avenue Debbie Cook, Director of Utilities and Engineering, recognized City staff and private contracting partners for their efforts in repairing Yakima Avenue after a water main leak. 4. Council Reports None. 5. Consent Agenda Mayor Cawley referred to the items placed on the Consent Agenda, questioning whether there were any additions or deletions from Council members or citizens present. There were no changes. The City Clerk read the Consent Agenda items, including resolutions and ordinances, by title. (Items_ on the Consent Agenda are handled under one motion without further discussion —see motion directly below.) Motion: Coffey moved and Ensey seconded to approve the consent agenda. The motion carried by unanimous vote. A. 3rd Quarter 2014 Financial Trend Monitoring Report B. Approval of the minutes from the September 2, 16 and October 7 and 21, 2014 City Page 1 of 4 143 Council Business meetings and September 9, October 14 and 28, 2014 Study Sessions and September 30, 2014 Special Meeting and Study Session and October 28, 2014 Special meeting C. Project Completion and Contract Acceptance for Granite Construction Company - Project AT2311 64th Ave. Roadway Widening (Standard Motion V -B- Accept the project and approve) D. Project Completion and Contract Acceptance for POW Contracting, Inc. - Project AC2259 - Naches River Water Treatment Plant Filter Backwash Lagoon Improvements (Standard Motion V -B- Accept the project and approve) E. Resolution setting January 22, 2015 as the date for an open record public hearing before the Hearing Examiner to vacate the south 5 feet of Tieton Drive between South 5th Ave & South 4th Ave RESOLUTION NO. R- 2014 -141, A RESOLUTION fixing time for a public hearing before the Hearing Examiner on January 22, 2015, on a petition (Petition No. 14 -03) to vacate the south 5 feet of Tieton Drive between South 5th Ave & South 4th Ave. F. Resolution authorizing five year extension of Tourism Promotion Area (TPA) Administration Agreement until December 31, 2019 with Yakima Valley Tourism RESOLUTION NO. R- 2014 -142, A RESOLUTION authorizing a five year extension of the Tourism Promotion Area Management agreement with Yakima Valley Tourism until December 31, 2019. 6. Audience Participation Rob Leaming, non - resident, spoke against fluoridating the water. Candie Turner, City resident, asked about the status of the Tiger Oil properties and spoke about her concerns regarding traffic at 16th Avenue and Tieton Drive. Joe Mann, City resident, invited Council and the public to the Christmas tree lighting ceremony and lighted parade on Saturday night at 6 p.m. Tony Courcy, City resident, asked a question about stormwater issues. Mayor Cawley confirmed there are requirements, as well as a stormwater assessment. Joey Anderson, City resident, stated there was an article in the paper on November 25, 2014 indicating charges made by City Manager O'Rourke against her were dismissed. She notified Council that she pressed charges against City Manager O'Rourke regarding her belief of his official misconduct. PUBLIC HEARINGS 7. Closed Record Public Hearing and Ordinance to consider the Hearing Examiner's recommendation on a non - project rezone requested by Bernice Monahan located at 118 North 50th Avenue. Robbie Aaron, Assistant Planner, briefed Council on the issue. Mayor Cawley opened the public hearing. Tom Durant, Durant Development Services, stated he submitted the request on behalf of the property owner. He stated if Council had any questions, he would be happy to answer them. • Mayor Cawley closed the hearing. Page 2 of 4 144 The City Clerk read the ordinance by title only. ORDINANCE NO. 2014 -036, AN ORDINANCE concerning land use regulation and planning and rezoning of one parcel of property located in the vicinity of Summitview Avenue and North 50th Avenue from Multi - Family Residential (R -3) to Professional Business (B -1) as more fully described herein, and consider approving the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner for the City of Yakima regarding the same; Bernice Monahan, applicant herein. Motion: Ensey moved and Adkison seconded to pass the ordinance. The motion carried by unanimous vote. 8. Second Public Hearing on the proposed 2015 Revenue and Expenditure Budget for the City of Yakima Cindy Epperson, Director of Finance and Budget, briefed Council on the budget. Mayor Cawley opened the public hearing. Larry Fournier spoke on behalf of the Yakima Valley Trolleys as Board Member and Treasurer. He stated their board is pleased with the support they have received from the City and asked for $78,000 in financial support from the City to fund payroll for the Executive Director and $1.3 million for overall general operation expenditures. Karl Pasten, City resident, spoke on behalf of the Yakima Valley Trolleys as Executive Director. He stated the capital expenditures are for rebuilding. He discussed the grants he has applied for, as well as his request for money from the Washington State Transportation budget, which were unsuccessful. Mayor Cawley closed the hearing. After Council discussion, Dittmar moved and Ensey seconded to refer future funding issues for the trolley to the appropriate Council committee to look at long term resolution one way or the other. The motion carried by unanimous vote. Council Member Lover asked if the Visitor Center is still being moved in 2015. John Cooper, CEO of the Visitor Center stated that is still the plan. Mayor Cawley noted the budget will be on the December 9, 2014 Council agenda for final approval. CITY MANAGER REPORTS 9. Resolution authorizing 2015 to 2018 Teamsters Local #760 collective bargaining agreement between the City and the Police Captains and Lieutenants • Cheryl Ann Mattia, Human Resources Director, briefed Council on the agreement. The City Clerk read the resolution by title only. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2014 -143, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the City Manager to execute a collective bargaining agreement for 2015 - 2018 with the Teamsters Local #760 representing the Yakima Police Management Unit. Motion: Coffey moved and Adkison seconded to adopt the resolution. The motion carried by a 6 -1 vote, with Lover voting no. 10. Other Business • Assistant Mayor Coffey asked City Attorney Cutter for clarification about the suit that was eluded to earlier, wondering whether this is a suit filed on the City's behalf by Mr. O'Rourke or whether it Page 3 of 4 145 is personal. City Attorney Cutter responded that it is a suit by him personally, and the City and the City's legal department is not involved. 11. Adjournment Motion: Ensey moved and Coffey seconded to adjourn to the next Council Business meeting at 2 p.m. on December 9, 2014, in the Council Chambers. The motion carried by unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 7:42 p.m. CERTIFICATION READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY COUNCIL. MEMBER DATE eU CIL 1 ji':E" DATE ATTEST: . L * , CITY CLERK • • YOR ��,; / < " / -4 i 2 ' /�� 11 Page 4 of 4 •