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Home My WebLink About02/24/2009 00 Action Agenda ACTION ON YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING FEBRUARY 24, 2009 COUNCIL CHAMBERS — YAKIMA CITY HALL 5:00 P.M. — EXECUTIVE SESSION 1. Roll Call All Council Members were present except Council Member McClure (excused) 2. Executive Session: Council adjourned to Executive Session for one hour to receive and evaluate complaints or charges brought against a public officer or employee of the City; and pending and prospective litigation. 6:00 P.M. — PUBLIC MEETING 1. Roll Call All Council Members were present. Staff included City Manager Zais, City Attorney Cutter, and City Clerk Moore 2. Invocation /Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Edler gave an invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order A. Proclamations • Money Matters Month Assistant Mayor Cawley read a proclamation declaring March 2009 as Money Matters Month. David Gilbreath accepted the proclamation. • Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Month Mayor Edler read a proclamation declaring March as WIAA Month. Rich Rouleau, Rich Austin, Cindy Adsit and Gene Rostvold accepted the proclamation. B. Special presentations / recognitions • Recognition of Yakima Police Reserve Officer Lynn Buchanan Police Chief Granato recognized Lynn Buchanan for 19 years of service as a Police Reserve Officer and presented him with a plaque and a retirement badge. • Presentation by Capitol Theatre representatives Brian Roberts, President of the Capitol Theatre Board, and Steve Caffery, General Manager, presented the City with a deed to the property behind the theatre, which was purchased by private donations from the community. This land will be used for construction of the theatre's Production Center. C. Status report on prior meeting's citizen service requests • Pam Jette's concerns about graffiti Pam Jette showed pictures of her fence that has been tagged many times and submitted a "Petition for curfew for minors or to change the law in Yakima city limits." Charles Noel, Sharon Madson and Christine Smith also spoke about graffiti. • Report from Legal regarding consideration of civil infractions for graffiti deterrence Jon Seitz, Assistant City Attorney, advised that since graffiti is defined as a crime, it cannot be penalized as an infraction. D. Appointments to Boards and Commissions -- None 4. Consent agenda Items 7 and 8 were added to the consent agenda. ACTION: Motion carried to approve the consent agenda as amended. VOTE: Unanimous *A. Consideration of approval of Council Minutes • Business Meetings — December 2; December 9, 2008; January 6, 2009 • Adjourned Meetings — November 4; December 1; December 15, 2008 • Special Meeting — January 15, 2009 ACTION: Council minutes were approved. *B. Consideration of approval of Council Committee Meeting Minutes • Intergovernmental Relations Committee — January 20, 2009 • Economic Development Committee — February 4, 2009 ACTION: Council committee meeting minutes were approved. 5. Audience Participation • Maria Garcia and Martha Gamboa spoke about the Youth Financial Fitness and Leadership Program that educates and empowers high school students in financial literacy. 2 CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS 6. Report from Legal and Police Department regarding analysis of the proposed Juvenile Curfew Ordinance Council discussed the details of the report Senior Assistant City Attorney Cynthia Martinez had prepared. ACTION: Motion carried to direct staff to prepare a juvenile curfew ordinance with specifically defined terms. VOTE: Unanimous *7. 2008 Fourth Quarter Capital Improvement Projects report ACTION: Report accepted. *8. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of AIA documents for General Contractor /Contract Manager (GC /CM) services for the Capitol Theatre expansion project ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -30 9. Consideration of a Resolution amending the 2008 Parks and Recreation fee schedule and adding a special service charge for extra maintenance following events scheduled in City parks and public areas Parks and Recreation Manager Ken Wilkinson explained the purpose of the proposed amendment to the fee schedule and Council discussed the details. Mr. Wilkinson will bring back a report in the next 6 -12 months on the results of implementing the special service charge. ACTION: Motion carried to adopt the Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -31 VOTE: 4 -3, Ensey, Lover and Cawley voting no. *10. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of an agreement with the Yakima Fourth of July Committee to provide July 4 fireworks displays ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -32 *11. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing an agreement with Yakima Valley Community College (YVCC) for Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) support services ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -33 *12. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of an agreement with Rural Community Development Resources (RCDR) for $50,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds to provide technical assistance to microenterprise businesses within the Yakima Renewal Community ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -34 *13. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of an agreement with Brockway, Opfer Raab Architecture for Fire Station No. 94 addition (2204 W. Washington Blvd.) ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -35 *14. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of an agreement with FSH Communications LLC to provide continuation and enhancement of present inmate telephone services for the Yakima City Jail and pay phone services in the Yakima Law and Justice Center 3 ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -36 *15. Consideration of a Resolution naming Yakima's new skate park "Apple Valley Kiwanis Skate Park" ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -37 *16. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing renewal of a lease agreement with the Yakima Air Terminal — McAllister Field for the Police substation ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -38 *17. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of a consultant agreement with Drayton Archaeological Research to perform a Section 106 Cultural Resource Survey for the Coolidge Road paving project ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -39 ORDINANCES *18. Consideration of an Ordinance amending the Classification and Compensation Plan for certain City employees and legislation amending subsections of the Yakima Municipal Code ACTION: Ordinance passed. ORDINANCE NO. 2009 -05 *19. First Reading of an Ordinance amending the 2009 Budget for 2008 Year -End Encumbrances (Read ordinance only at this meeting; second reading scheduled 3/3/09) *20. Consideration of an Ordinance vacating certain portion of street right -of -way identified as 1) a platted alley located west of Naches Avenue between LaSalle Street and south of Rainier Street and 2) an undeveloped portion of LaSalle Street west of Naches Avenue ACTION: Ordinance passed. ORDINANCE NO. 2009 -06 *21. Consideration of an Ordinance vacating two portions of platted right -or -way in the vicinity of 207 East "S" Street ACTION: Ordinance passed. ORDINANCE NO. 2009 -07 22. Other Business • Assistant Mayor Cawley stated he was contacted by the Co -Chair of the Historic Preservation Committee regarding the potential demolition of the "A" Street buildings and requested they be donated to the City. Staff will report at a future meeting the options the City has regarding this request. Council Member McClure encouraged staff to invite committees to attend Council meetings and make presentations on issues of concern. • Council Member McClure is concerned about sidewalk access in the downtown area. Some businesses, particularly on Second Street, have outside dining areas that appear to infringe on the ADA sidewalk clearance requirement. He asked Code Administration to look into this matter. • Council Member Ensey requested a study session with Yakima County Commissioners to discuss their budget process, which he believes has impressive controls and priorities of government. 4 ACTION: Motion carried to schedule a study session with the County Commissioners. VOTE: Unanimous • Council Member Coffey asked if a date had been set for the Council retreat. City Manager Zais confirmed he was still looking for a date that works for both the Council and the facilitator, potentially in early April. • Mayor Edler wants to discuss removing the City Council from the appeal process for land use issues. Council asked staff to prepare arguments for and against appeals of the Hearing Examiner's decision moving directly to the courts and eliminating Council involvement. Mayor Edler also requested the Hearing Examiner Review Committee meet to evaluate the Hearing Examiner. • City Manager Zais advised of an invitation for local legislators to submit an amendment to the state capital budget for funding to improve North First Street. ACTION: Motion carried to support the request. VOTE: Unanimous • 23. Adjournment — 8:20 p.m. ACTION: Motion carried to adjourn to the next business meeting on March 3, 2009. VOTE: Unanimous 5