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STUDY SESSION
The City Council net 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, Lynn Buchanan, Lynn Carmichael, Bruce Crest,
Shirley Doty and Don Hinman. Council member Henry Beauchamp present
after 6:45 p.m.
1. OPEN DISCUSSION FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER
Mayor Edmondson stated she has received a letter of resigna-
tion from Joyce Strosahl from the Planning Commission. She
also reported that Max Vincent has expressed an interest in
being reappointed to the Boundary Review Board. Council
member Crest stated he is a member on the Council Committee
for appointments to the Airport Advisory Cammission, not
Council member Carmichael as indicated on the Council Com-
mittee list. Council member Doty reported that the Council
Transit Committee has net and is considering holding a meeting
with the public. She stated that Willis White, Director of
Public Works and Dan Newton, Transit Manager, have requested a
workshop With the Council during a Study Session. City Man-
ager Zais stated that this can be arranged within the next few
weeks.
2. COUNCIL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS
(Council member Beauchamp present after 6:45 p.m.)
Mayor Edmondson suggested that the nine committees of the
Council for appointments to Boards and Commissions, be dis-
pensed and appointments be made by the entire Council. She
distributed material on a - "talent bank" approach used in
several other cities. She suggested that instead of Council
appointing a special task forc(that Council give the board
or commission a request for this information and they can
appoint a special committee. She commented that Council may
wish to consider an ordinance that would establish a length of
term that the members can serve on boards and 'commissions.
Council members Hinman, Doty, Carmichael, Buchanan, and Beau-
champ spoke in favor of continuing the committee approach for
appointments to boards and commissions. Discussion followed
on the Mayor's suggestion About Council requesting a board or
commission to appoint a committee when a sub-cammittee is
requested. Council member Crest suggested considering this
after the Council committee on rules meets and discusses this
sugegestion. Council member Doty stated she has several suggest-
ions for consideration. She suggested limiting the number of
terms an individual may serve on a board or commission. She
also suggested that an acknowledgement letter be sent to a
person when he submits an application explaining the appoint-
" -- ment process. Mayor Edmondson agreed that another process
needs to be implemented and suggested that the applications be
submitted to the City Clerk's Office and the City Clerk should
send the letters to the applicants. City Manager Zais stated
that the letter of acknowledgement can be implemented immed-
iately. Mayor Edmondson stated that fram now on all appli-
cations will be sdbmittl be kept on file in the City
Clerk's Office and any Council members may get all the infor-
- mation on the applications there.
3. REPORT ON PROPOSED GAMBLING LEGISLATION - YAKIMA COUNTY POLICY
Police Chief LaRUe reported that he contacted the Chairman of
the County Commissioners and the Finance Office about the
issue of taxing fund raising events. He stated that they have
declined to take a position at this time because of House Bill
193, which would be highly prohibitive towards fund raising
events. •
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a board or commission established by ordnance,
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4. REPORT ON HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ACTIVITIES DURING 1980 AND
GOALS FOR 1981
Dolores Goodman, Chairman, Human Relations Commission, re-
viewed the goals and recommendations as given in their report.
Following discussion on the role of the Affirmative Action
Specialist relating to the Human Relations Commission, it was
MOVED by Crest, seconded by Carmichael to accept the report
with many thanks for a job well done. Unanimously carried by
voice vote.
5. DISCUSSION RE PAYMENT OF ENGINEERING INSPECTION FEES FOR THE FAIR -
VIEW-SUMAC SEWER SYSTEM PROJECT
City Manager Zais gave some background information on this
issue stating that the City has attempted to collect payment
of $5,942.04 from Yakima County for inspection services per-
formed by the City. The County Public Works Director and
Engineering staff don't believe it is their responsibility to
pay those fees. City Manager Zais stated he believes this is
now a matter that Council should take up with the County
Commissioners. Several Council members attempted to recall
the previous conversations regarding this issue and Council
member Hinman suggested sending a letter to see if the County
is willing to pay and if not, direct staff to cane back to
Council. Following further discussion, it was MOVED by Hin-
man, seconded by Crest to instruct the Mayor to draft a letter
covering this issue with the Commissioners and see what their
response is. Unanimously carried by voice vote.
6. EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mayor Edmondson stated that due to the time, the Executive
Session will be held at the end of the meeting.
BUSINESS MEETING
7. ROT CALL
At 8 :00 p.m., the Council members commenced the regular meet-
ing, Mayor Edmondson presiding, Council members Beauchamp,
Buchanan, Carmichael, Crest, Doty and Hinman, and City Manager
Zais and City Attorney Andrews present on roll call.
8. INVOCATION
The Invocation was given by City Manager Zais.
9. CONSENT AGENDA
Mayor Edmondson referred to the items placed on the Consent
Agenda, questioning whether there were any additions or dele-
tions from either Council members or citizens present. Coun-
cil member Hinman requested that Item No. 20 be removed and
Mayor Edmondson requested that Item No. 23 be removed from the
Consent Agenda. Council member Doty requested that Item No.
10 be removed and Mayor Edmondson requested that Item No. 25
be removed from the Consent Agenda. Council member Crest
requested that Item No. 24 be added to the Consent Agenda and
Council member Beauchamp requested that Item No. 16 be added.
City Manager Zais stated that there is an off - agenda itan and
Mayor Edmondson numbered it 23A for the emergency purchase of
chemicals for the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Council member
Crest requested that Item No. 23A be added to the Consent
Agenda. Council member Beauchamp requested that Item No. 14
be added, however, Mayor Edmondson stated that there are
citizens present wishing to speak to that item. It was the
general consensus of the Council that the addition of Items
No. 16, 23A and 24 and the deletion of Item No. 10, 20, 23 and
25, as requested, be made. The City Clerk then read the
Consent Agenda items including resolutions and ordinances by
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title. It was MOVED by Doty, seconded by Beauchamp that the
Consent Agenda, as read, be passed. Unanimously carried by
roll call vote. (Subsequent paragraphs preceded by an aster-
isk (*) indicate its on the Consent Agenda handled under one
Notion without further discussion.)
10. MINUTES
Council member Doty stated' that on page 252 of the January
20, 1981 Council minutes, the City name should have been
Detroit instead of Atlanta. She also commented that she would
like the last sentence reworded in that paragraph that she
wanted to think about attending the National League of Cities
II/ Conference. It was MOVED by Hinman, seconded by Crest that
the minutes of January 20, 1981, as amended, and the minutes
of January 14, 1981, be approved, having been duly certified
accurate by two Council members and no one present wishing to
have said minutes read publicly.
11. COMMENCEMENT OF ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS FOR RALPH M. AND SOPHIE
HOLM, 1809 WEST LINCOLN AVENUE
It was MOVED by Buchanan, seconded by Doty that February 10,
1981, be set as the time for meeting with the initiating
parties to sign the Notice of Intention to Commence Annexation
Proceedings dated January 21, 1981, those initiating parties
being Ralph M. and Sophie R. Holm. Unanimously carried by
voice vote. Mayor Edmondson asked if the initiating parties
are willing to assume their share of the City's existing
indebtedness and Mr. Holm indicated that they are willing. It
was duly moved, seconded and passed that the annexation pro-
posed by Petition No. 967 (Notice of Intention to Commence
Annexation Proceedings) be accepted by the City of Yakima and
that the area sought to be annexed be required to assume the
City's existing indebtedness and that a Notice of Intention to
Annex be filed with the Yakima County Boundary Review Board.
The above MOTION was made by Buchanan, seconded by Carmichael
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12. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Nadine Lee, Yakima River Greenway Foundation, gave some his-
tory of the project from its inception in 1975. She read a
copy of Yakima County's Resolution No. 522 regarding the
Yakima River Greenway. The recommendation was that it be
dedicated to Justice William 0. Douglas. She spoke about the
duties assigned to the Foundation, i.e., to acquire property,
raise the level of public agareness, etc. She commented that
of the 3500 acres needed, 2000 are held by state, county or
city. She extended an invitation to the Council to attend the
first annual banquet of the Yakima River Greenway Foundation
II/ on Mardi 3, 1981 at the Holiday Inn. Mayor Edmondson thanked
her for her invitation and also gave recognition to the work
of former Council members Pete Moore and Nadine Lee for their
dedication to this project.
13. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT ON RESTAURANT PARKING VALIDATION
Carol Darby, Director of Community Development, reported that
she was unable to meet with Don Bond, since the last dis-
cussion on this issue. She reviewed the report distributed to
the Council, commenting that at the last discussion, Council
was informed that the revenue was based on $40,000 per month
and it is $40,000 per year. She stated that-staff anticipated
the restaurant gross revenue going up to about $50,000 per
month. She stated that in order to receive the $40,000 for
the year, the City would have to receive $3,333 per month and
when the restaurant had a $56,000 month, the City received
$3,405. Discussion follaaed about the amount of utilities the
City pays for the restaurant and the amount of parking fees
the restaurant is paying. Don Bond, attorney representing
Dave and Lorraine Schuler, reported that Mr. Lundberg did not
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came to town, but he will agree to passing any savings to the
Schulers. He stated that they need relief frame the parking
fees if they are going to remain at the Airport. He commented
he calculated that their patrons accounted for approximately
43% of the parking in the lot, discounting long-term parking.
Council member Carmichael stated that it is to Mr. Lundberg's
advantage to have the restaurant remain in business and per-
haps Mr. Lundberg should be approached to give some relief to
the Schulers. Council member Hinman stated that there has
been a string of unsuccessful operators at the Airport Restau-
rant and the City is asking the Schulers to pay more than
those operators. It was MOVED by Hinman, seconded by Beau-
champ to to instruct staff to explore alternatives that might be
able to correct the additional cost of the parking validation
program or redo the lease, and came back with something to
take that $9,000 into account. Council member Buchanan stated
he still does not have enough information and hard figures on
which to base a decision. He stated he needs to know how much
money the City was paying in order to get the net rental. II/
Council member Crest spoke in opposition to the motion stating
that Mr. Lundberg should be approached about giving the Sdh-
ulers some relief on their lease regarding the parking. Mayor
Edmondson Objected to changing the lease because it could be
opened up for any negotiation on any item Mr. Lundberg might
want to discuss. Following discussion, the question was
called for the vote on the motion. Carried by 4-3 voice vote.
Carmichael, Crest and Edmondson voting nay.
14. SOUTH 8TH STREET AND SPRUCE NEIGHBORHOOD PETITION FOR A STREET NAME
CHANGE AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS
Council member Doty inquired about the cost to install the
barricade. Dennis Covell, City Engineer, reported that it
could cost between $5,000 and $7,000, although if it were to
be put with another contract, we may save $2,000 or $3,000.
Maud Scott, 309 So. 8th Street, spoke about the neighborhood
meeting held to discuss the confusion and traffic problems in
this area. She stated that if there were a sign indicating
where So. 9th Street is, that would help more than changing
the street name. Mayor Edmondson stated that this suggestion
changes the petition and perhaps this should go back to staff.
Ms. Scott stated that she would like the street barricade and
stop sign reversal and also suggested a sign indicating where
South 9th Street continues. She stated she would like to
delete the street name change because there was same dis-
cension from the property owners who live on Union. She
stated that there was a meeting held with the neighbors follow-
ing the Planning Commission meeting and this was discussed.
It was MOVED by Hinman, seconded by Carmichael to follow the .
staff recommendation, deleting Item No. 3. Unanimously car-
ried by voice vote.
15. AGREEMENT WITH GARY E. GRAY, FOR PREPARING A SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Council member Hinman asked several questions regarding the
qualifications and experience of this firm stating he had
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heard some criticisms About this engineer's work on the plant
in Goldendale. Dennis Bertek, Supervising Sanitary Engineer,
reported on the factors considered in recommending this firm.
Gary Gray, Engineer, stated that he has eighteen years exper-
ience in this field and spoke about his experience with the
plant in Goldendale. Following discussion, the resolution was
read by title and it was MOVED by Carmichael, seconded by
Crest that Resolution No. D-4422, be passed. Unanimously
carried by roll call vote.
RESOLUTION NO. D-4422, A RESOLUTION authorizing the City
Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to execute an
agreement with Gary E. Gray, P.E., Consulting Civil Engineer,
for professional engineering services.
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*16. AGREEMENT 'FOR AID WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPOR-
TATION
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RESOLUTION NO. D-4423, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing
the :City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to
execute an agreement for aid with the Washington State Depart-
ment of Transportation.
*17. AGREEMENT-WUTH NORTHWEST DATA SYSTEMS, INC. FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
PPMS PROJECT -
RESOLUTION NO. D-4424, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing
the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to
execute an agreement with Northwest Data Systems, Inc., for
computer system and programming services.
*18. MODIFICATION OF THE CAPITOL THEATRE OPERATING AGREEMENT
RESOLUTION NO. D-4425, A RESOLUTION-authorizing and directing
the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to
execute a modification agreement with the Capitol Theatre
Committee, Inc.
*19. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT'WITH I.A.F.F. LOCAL NO. 469 (LEOFF)
FOR 1981-82
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RESOLUTION NO. D-4426, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing
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the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to
execute a collective bargaining agreement calendar years
1981 and 1982 with Local 469, International Association of
Firefighters, AFL-CIO.
20. SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
HIGHWAYS FOR PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT OF (DST FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE
BRIDGE OVER WIDE HOLLOW CREEK ON 48TH AVENUE . -
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Council member Hinman inquired if staff has contacted Yakima
County about soil study. Dennis Covell Engineer,
reported that the County has dndicated they won't research
their archives to find the data. Resolution No. - D-4427 having
been read by title, it was MOVED by Doty, seconded by Buchanan
that 'the Resolution be passed. Carried.by 6-1 roll call vote.
Hinman voting nay.
RESOLUTION NO. D-4427, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing
the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to
execute Supplement No. 2 to an agreement with the State of
Washington, Department of for-partial reimbursement
of costs for replacement of the bridge over Wide Hollow Creek,
on 48th Avenue.
*21. SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 TO AGREEMENT WITH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS FOR
PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS FOR OVERLAY OF SOUTH FIRST STREET
FROM MEAD AVENUE' TO ARLINGTON STREET.
RESOLUTION NO. D-4428, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing
the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to
execute Supplement No. 3 to an agreement with the State of
Washington, Department of Highways, for partial reimbursement
of costs for overlay of South First Street from Mead to Arling-
ton Streets. •
*22. DISPOSITION OF DAMAGE CLAIM
A. RESOLUTION NO. D-4429, A RESOLUTION authorizing payment
of $185.19 to Lawrence Gentile in settlement of a claim
for damages filed with the City of Yakima.
23. OUT OF STATE TRAVEL FOR BRUCE F. HINES, FIRE DEPARTMENT
Mayor Edmondson stated she had a question regarding the amount
budgeted for this trip, questioning where the balance for the
money would cane from. She reported that there was a staff
report that was not included with the Council packets, that
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indicates the U.S. Fire Academy will pay the balance. It was
MOVED by Buchanan, seconded by Carmichael that the out-of-
state travel for Bruce F. Hines, Fire Department, to attend
the U.S. Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland at a cost of
$150, be 'approved. Unanimously carried by voice
*23A. PURCHASE EMERGENCY CHEMICALS FOR - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
RESOLUTION NO. D-4430, A RESOLUTION authorizing the purdhase
of sodium bicarbonate without calling for bids.
*24. EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN VIDEO TRAINING MATERIALS
A. ' RESOLUTION NO. D-4431, A RESOLUTION authorizing the
purchase of emergency medical technican video training
materials without calling for bids.
B. An Ordinance appropriating money for the purchase of EMT
materials, having been read by title only at this meet- II/
ing, was laid the table for one week or until February
17, 1981.
25. ORDINANCE INCREASING FEES FOR SPECIAL PARKING PERMITS AND FOR LONG
TERM PARKING PERMITS IN PUBLIC PARKING LOTS
Mayor Edmondson referred to page 3 of the Ordinance and asked
if there shouldn't be a reference. in No. 2 to No. 5 in Section
9.50.675, Section 3 (2) City Manager Zais stated that staff
would look at that and bring the ordinance back:
26. OTHER BUSINESS '-
INFORMATION ITEMS
Items of information supplied to Council were: memo from City
Attorney re animal license fees -- citizen rate. 2/6/81; memo
from City Attorney re state legislation. 2/3/81; memo from
Director of Community Development re Mr. Robert Haug Outside
Utility Request for water. 2/6/81; emergency activity report
from Fire Department. 2/3/81; legislative bulletin #4, Jan
uary 30; 1981; listing of Washington State Senators and Repre
sentatives. 1/8/31; and Senior center Bulletin for February,
1981.
27. ADJOURNMENT -
It was MOVED by Buchanan, seconded by Beauchamp to move into
Executive Session for the purpose of discussing prospective
litigation and then immediately adjourn the meeting. Unan-
imously carried by voice vote. Following the Executive Ses-
sion, the meeting Ajo z. at the of 10:3i p.m.
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