HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/25/1976 Business Meeting 356
OCTOBER 25, 1976
( The City Council met in session on this date at 1:30 p.m.
in the Conference Room at Yakima City Hall. Councilmen present
were Mayor Betty L. Edmondson, Jean Allard, Ralph Holbrook,
W. K. "Pete" Moore, Dr. Bill Simmons, Nadine Walker and Gordon
Wonder.
Mayor Edmondson announced that she had received a letter
from Mr. Jay Spearman stating that he would postpone his
resignation from the Human Relations Commission at this time
and would resign at a later date. Mayor Edmondson also read
a letter of resignation from Naomi Shephard of the Human
Relations Commission and stated that Mary Gustafson has requested
a leave of absence from the Commission while she is the interim
Community Relations Officer. It was MOVED by Walker, seconded
by Simmons the Council accept with regret, the resignation
of Naomi Shephard and grant the leave of absence for Mary
Gustafson: carried, Allard, Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore,
Simmons, Walker and Wonder voting aye by voice vote.
Councilman Walker reported on the meeting regarding the Capitol
Theatre. The meeting was to be held between the County Commission-
ers and Councilman Walker, Mayor Edmondson and Director of
Community Development, Fred Stouder. The only County Commissioner ,
/ present was Mr. Les Conrad who stated he could not make any
commitments or speak for the other two Commissioners on whether
or not the County will give money for the reconstruction
of the Theatre. He stated because of the urgency of the
this matter, the Council could expect some kind of commitment
as soon as possible.
Acting City Manager Zais referred to the Federal Revenue
Sharing considerations for 1977 stating that the Council
should look at these items and decide where monies should
be spent and where cutbacks could be made so there will not
be a deficit. Mr. Zais stated that the utility franchise
tax was not increased last year and could be increased this
year to help make more revenue. The Council,membes reviewed
various requests for funding from several departments and
agencies. Councilman Wonder stated that he doeS'no
any more money should be given to the Visitor's and Convention
Bureau because the City paid 25%,of the bilis last year and
he feels the City does not need to pay any more than that.
Councilman Holbrook stated that he agrees with Councilman
Wonder on this matter. Councilman Holbrook also stated he
would like to take a closer look at the catagory of Social
Services as he has heard comments to the effect that the
City and County do not spend enough money in this area.
Ken Thompson, Finance Officer, spoke to Council re a new
fire pension requirement where the City must either budget
money into the fund or pay a lump sum in 1980. Director
of Management & Budget, Chuck Rains informed the Council that
two cuts in the General Fund have already been made without
affecting the people and equipment needed to continue with
all present services offered. Acting City Manager Zais stated
that he recommends looking into possible cutbacks in services
of the Parks and Street Departments. Council members indicated
they did not feel they wanted to use FRS funds to fund CETA
employees if funding is not extended past March. Mayor Edmondson
stated she felt they should at least pick up the six CETA
employees of the Fire Department because it would be a decrease
in personnel from the number employed prior to CETA if they
did not pick them up. It was the consensus of the Council 1
to discuss the FRS funding again next Monday.
Council members received a memo from Fred Stouder, Director
of Community Development stating that there has now been some
informal discussion about placing prioritie on the applica-
tions to be submitted under the Public Works Employment Act
• of 1976. It was suggested by Councilman Moore and considered
the consensus of the Council for each Councilman to mark his
preference from one to ten and have the Acting City Manager
prioritize the items from the compilings. The ten items are:
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1. Cherry Avenue 20" Watermain - $200,000
2. "J" Street Watermain - $66,000
1 3. One Million Gallon Reservoir - $325,000
4. Six Million Gallon Reservoir - $900,000
5. Industrial Wastewater Spray Field Improvements,
Replacement and Expansion - $151,000
6. City Shop and Maintenance Complex Additions and
Improvements - $311,300
7. Yakima Avenue Rehabilitation and Overlay - $125,000
8. Naches Avenue - Yakima Avenue Traffic Signal Project
$70,000
9. City Hall Annex - $80,000
10. Capitol Theatre Reconstruction - $1,600,000
At 3:00 p.m., the Council members moved into the Council
IChambers for the balance of the meeting, Mayor Edmondson
'presiding, Councilmen Allard, Holbrook, Moore, Simmons, Walker
and Wonder present on roll call. Councilman Simmons absent
' after 5:00 p.m.
The Invocation was given by Councilman Holbrook.
The minutes of the previous meeting, having been duly certified
1 accurate by two Councilmen and no one present wishing to
have said minutes read publicly, Mayor Edmondson declared
said minutes approved as recorded.
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. There being
no additions or deletions from either Council members or
citizens present, the City Attorney read the Consent Agenda
items including Resolutions by title. It was MOVED by Moore,
seconded by Wonder that the Consent Agenda, as read, be passed:
carried, Allard, Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore, Simmons, Walker
and Wonder voting aye on roll call.
Mayor Edmondsonannounced that today is United Nation's Day.
Mr. Maurice Smith of Villesvik and Smith, Architects, reviewed
1 his letter dated October 15, 1976 on the Larson Building
Garage. He discussed and answered questions of the Council
members re the cost estimates made of total costs of work required
1 by codes and minimal renovation and repairs, made by the
consulting engineers William M. Valentine and George D. Thomlinson.
1 Councilman Wonder asked if there was an estimate of the costs
of having the building for just a parking garage. Mr. Smith
stated that there was not, but that it probably would not
be much different than this report because in this report the
tenant space work was minimal. Mr. Sig Naasz, businessman,
stated he feels 85% of the repairs will have to be done whether
the tenants remain or not. He stated the tenants want to
know if they stay or leave. It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded
by Holbrook to refer this matter to DARC for recommendations
and consider the possibility of selling the building: carried,
Allard, Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore, Simmons, Walker and Wonder
voting aye by voice vote.
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1 County Commissioner Lenore Lambert and Lynn Chott representative
of the Health District, reviewed the Health Officer's report
1 for 1976. Mrs. Lambert stated they intend to spend more
time and money in the communicable disease prevention program
:because they believe they could for all practical purposes,
eliminate veneral disease. Mrs. Chott then reviewed the
Health District report with Council members stating that
the figures are all accurate with the exception of those
under the communicable disease catagory. These could not
be obtained as well do to the privacy of the records. Mrs.
Lambert stated a report would be sent to the Council on the
, spending of the FRS funds. The Council thanked Mrs. Lambert
and Mrs. Chott for their presentation.
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;Bill Hutsinpiller, Director of Parks and Recreation, spoke to Council
Ire Cahalan Park stating that this matter has gone before the Parks
;Commission and their recommendation was to lease the property
to the Yakima School District. The School District would like
to use the land for a skills center which would, among other
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!things, teach horticulture. The horticulture students would
do the landscaping and the grounds work to maintain the park
1 site and utilize this facility. Mr. John Wentz and Mrs. Charles
1Rowe of Union Gap spoke to Council with concern about their
children being able to use the park site. Council members
assured them that it is the intent of the School District to
keep this land as a park site for the public's use also. These
factors will be written into the lease agreement. It was MOVED
by Holbrook, seconded by Simmons to authorize staff to prepare the ;
proper legislation and the lease agreement with the Yakima
School District for the Cahalan Park property taking in the
concerns of the citizens to protect and utilize the site to
, its full capacity: carried, Allard, Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore,
! Simmons, Walker and Wonder voting aye by voice vote. It was
suggested by Councilman Moore and considered the consensus
' of the Council that the lease agreement not be passed until
after the General Election because the skills center is a bond
; issue on the ballot. Councilman Walker called attention to
the fact that the letter sent to the Council from the surrounding
I school districts had Acting City Manager Zais's name spelled
I wrong five times. It was the consensus of the Council that
1 Mayor Edmondson write them a letter informing them of this.
Bill Hutsinpiller reviewed the status of the spray pools with
the Council, stating that part of the money was available but
there was not enough money in any one fund to build any of
1 the pools. Four spray pools are needed, but it was the consensus
of the Parks Commission to build two because two would be better
; than none. It was the consensus of the Council for the Parks
staff and Commission to decide where the two spray pools should
go and bring back their suggestions to the Council for final
approval.
i The Council reviewed the bid summary for Schedule I - Bicentennial
1 Pavilion Parking Lot Improvements noting that even the lowest
bid exceeded the amount budgeted. It was suggested that the
Hettich property which has not yet been acquired, and the landscap-
ing be deleted from the bid summary. Councilman Wonder then
1 explained that the decorated concrete block wall could be deleted
also. The Pavilion Board wanted the wall to remain, but Wonder
explained that the wall is only two feet, 8 inches tall and
the amount specified for this is $15,600. He stated that a
I hedge or trees or something else such as a curb could be put
there for a lot less money. It was MOVED by Wonder, seconded
by Moore to accept the low bid excluding the Hettich area,
1 item #20, landscaping, and item #9, the block wall: carried,
Allard, Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore, Simmons, Walker and Wonder
! voting aye by voice vote.
, 1 Phil Johnson, Specials Services Manager, and Bill Stark, Traffic
Engineer, reported on parking meter time zones in the Central
Business District. It was noted that in some areas, four hour
; meters, two hour meters, two hour free and one free parking
are all mixed together. Mr. Johnson stated that in his opinion,
four hour meters are useless because it is too easy for people
to feed the meters and park all day. It was the consensus
of the Council to have a report back with recommendations as
to what can be done to make the area consistent.
. Acting City Manager Zais referred to City Manager Report No.
1 293, on the consolidation of the Bicentennial Pavilion Construction
and Parking funds stating that he feels these funds can be
consolidated into one at this time. It was MOVED by Moore,
I seconded by Allard to authorize staff to consolidate the two
funds and to call the County Commissioners and tell them of
the consolidation because this will mean mixing City and County
room tax funds: carried, Allard, Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore,
I Simmons, Walker and Wonder voting aye by voice vote.
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*It was MOVED by Moore, seconded by Wonder that Resolution
No. D-3601 granting authorization to execute a lease agreement
' with Yakima Executive Aircraft, Inc., be passed: carried,
;Allard, Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore, Simmons, Walker and Wonder
;voting aye on roll call.
:RESOLUTION NO. D-3601, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing
the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to
execute a lease agreement with Yakima Executive Aircraft,
1 Inc.
It was MOVED by Moore, seconded by Wonder Resolution
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No. D-3602, granting authorization to xecta an agreement
with The ORB Organization, be passed: carriddAllard, Edmondson,
Holbrook, Moore, Simmons, Walker and Wonder'voting aye on '
= roll call.
' RESOLUTION NO. D-3602, A RESOLUTION authorizing the City
Manager- and City'YClerk'Of the-City of Yakima to execute an
agreement with The ORB Organization for professional services
for the preparation of a Community-wide Trails Plan.
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It was MOVED by Moore, seconded by Wonder that Resolution
No. D-3603, authorizing payment to Trailer Village for a
damage claim filed with the City of Yakima, October 7, 1976,
be passed: carried, Allard, Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore,
Simmons, Walker and Wonder voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. D-3603, A RESOLUTION authorizing the payment
of $26.28 to Trailer Village in settlement of a claim for
damages filed with the City of Yakima.
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It was MOVED by Moore, seconded by Wonder that Resolution
No. D-3604, authorizing payment to Edith L. Parent for a
= damage claim filed with the City of Yakima on October 15,
1976, be passed: carried, Allard, Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore,
Simmons, Walker'and Wonder voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. D-3604, A RESOLUTION authorizing the payment
of $26.28 to Edith L. Parent in settlement of a claim for
damages filed with the City of Yakima.
It was MOVED by Moore, seconded by Wonder that Resolution
'No. D-3605 denying the claim of John H. Jessup, Jr., filed
with the City of Yakima on October 15, 1976, be passed:
carried, Allard, Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore, Simmons, Walker
and Wonder voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. D-3605, A RESOLUTION denying the claim of
John H. Jessup, Jr., filed with the City of Yakima.
*It was MOVED by Moore, seconded by Wonder that the request
for Outside Utility Service for sewer for Joseph Heilman
at 1014 West Mead Avenue, be granted: carried, Allard, Edmondson,
Holbrook, Moore, Simmons, Walker and Wonder voting aye on
= roll call.
It was MOVED by Holbrook, seconded by Wonder that Ordinance
,No. 2014 relating to overtime pay or compensatory time in
lieu thereof, for City employees, be passed: carried, Allard,
Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore, Walker and Wonder voting aye
on roll call. Simmons absent.
'ORDINANCE NO. 2014, AN ORDINANCE relating to City government
; personnel; providing for overtime pay or compensatory time
in lieu thereof; and amending Section 2.22.040 and 2.40.100
of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
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The City Council received for their information a letter from
the State Highway Commission authorizing the City to proceed
1 in the development of FAM projects in conformance with existing
federal primary procedures and the published FAM guidelines.
The City's FAM allocations are:
Fiscal year of 1977 - $177,686
Fiscal year of 1978 - $177,686
Transitional quarter- $ 92,257
Total Allocation - $447,629
Acting City Manager Zais spoke to the letter from Bert Broad, Swine
Flu Program Coordinator, requesting free bus service to the
clinics for the persons 57 years or older and/or with chronic
heart or respiratory disease or diabetes. Mr. Zais stated
that Bob Knight, Transit Manager, stated that this might interrupt
regular bus schedules, but it probably could be worked out.
It was MOVED by Walker, seconded by Allard, that the City
1 cooperate with the Flu Coordinator and help Yakima County
reach its goal in vacinating the high risk patients and authorize
free bus passes for those people as stated: carried, Allard,
1 Edmondson, Holbrook, Moore, Walker and Wonder voting aye by
voice vote. Simmons absent.
There being no further business to come before the Council,
! it was MOVED by Moore, seconded by Allard that this meeting
now be adjourned at the hour of 5:50 P.M. to then meet on
Thursday, October 28, 1976, at the hour of 12:00 Noon in the
Union Gospel Mission: carried, Allard, Edmondson, Holbrook,
Moore, Walker and Wonder voting aye by voice vote. Simmons
I absent.
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ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1976
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; 1 The City Council met in session at 12:00 Noon in the Union Gospel
I ! Mission. Councilmen present were Mayor Betty L. Edmondson,
W. K. "Pete" Moore, Dr. Bill Simmons, Nadine Walker and Gordon
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' Wonder. Councilman Ralph Holbrook absent.
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The Council members were given a luncheon and a tour guided by the
, 1 Superintendent of the Mission.
It was MOVED by Allard, seconded by Simmons that $50 be budgeted
for the Community Relations Officer and any interested Commission
! ! members to attend a workshop on Affirmative Action in Seattle:
carried, Allard, Edmondson, Moore, Simmons, Walker and Wonder vot-
I ing aye by voice vote. Holbrook absent. Transportation will be
; I furnished by the City if available, or reimbursements for travel
expenses will be made if necessary.
The Council received the architects' report and recommendation on
! the reconstruction of the Capitol Theatre. It was MOVED by
; Walker, seconded by Simmons to award the bid of step one reconstruc-
tion work to Hill's Construction in the amount of $752,516: carried,
; Allard, Edmondson, Moore, Simmons, Walker and Wonder voting aye by
voice vote. Holbrook absent.
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ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1976
The Council further discussed Management Compensation for 1977,
especially the personnel evaluation plan for management. After
discussion and review, it was the consensus of the Council to
set aside the use of the personnel evaluation plan in deter-
mining management salaries for 1977 and consider a different
approach.
There no" business to come before the Council,
the meeting was adjourned at 1:30 P.M.
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