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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/01/2009 00 Action Agenda ACTION ON YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 COUNCIL CHAMBERS — YAKIMA CITY HALL 6:00 P.M. 1. Roll Call All Council members were present. 2. Invocation /Pledge of Allegiance — Mayor Dave Edler Mayor Edler gave an invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order A. Proclamations - None B. Presentations /recognitions /introductions - None C. Status report on prior meeting's citizen service requests • Complaints on the property at 44 and 45 Avenues were responded to by Bill Cook, CED Director, and Ken Harper, Counsel for the City. Jean Crawford, Jim Evans and Bill Bosch requested the City to take action to resolve the problems. ACTION: Motion carried to put the issue on the Economic Development Committee agenda and keep it active until resolved, as well as direct Mr. Harper to further evaluate the feasibility of imminent domain action on the property at 4408 Alpine Way. VOTE: Unanimous. 4. Consent Agenda ACTION: Item No. 17 was removed from the Consent Agenda. Motion carried to adopt the consent agenda as read. VOTE: Unanimous. *A. Consideration of approval of Council Minutes • Business meeting — August 18, 2009 ACTION: Approved *B. Consideration of approval of Council Committee Meeting Minutes • Council Rules and Procedures Committee — August 17 and August 25, 2009 • Boards and Commissions Appointing Committee — August 27, 2009 ACTION: Approved 5. Audience Participation • Connie Little requested two things with regard to the Aquatic Center: 1) Resolution of the fire danger at the Boise site and 2) Council to make a site selection between the Boise site and Kiwanis Park site. She stated her preference was the Kiwanis Park site. • Maryann Lockhart and Deanna Pemberton submitted a list of addresses they think have unauthorized businesses and have environmental problems that they would like Code Enforcement to look into. SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 7:00 P.M. — PUBLIC HEARINGS 6. Public hearing on Initiative 1033 Tim Eyman read his support statement on 1 -1033, summarizing it to be a method of controlling government growth to the same rate as the private sector, and putting the control into the hands of the citizens. He emphasized the potential of any overage in revenue being distributed back by reducing property taxes. Rob Sherwood questioned what the financial impact would be on the City if this initiative passed. Dave Ett1 questioned the ratio of property tax relief between commercial and private to which Mr. Eyman responded, by law it must be done uniformly. Mary Place suggested Mr. Eyman could better help Yakima taxpayers, small businesses, cities and counties, by going after the restructure rules and regulations that we have to follow that drive up expenses. CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS 7. Consideration of Report from the Council Rules and Procedures Committee regarding a proposed Council Code of Ethics resolution Assistant City Attorney Mitchell gave an overview of the proposed Code of Ethics that had been crafted through the Rules and Procedures Committee. He noted that they had decided to have the Council themselves fill the gate keeper function. They also had included a provision to deal with harassment complaints. ACTION: Motion to adopt the resolution. VOTE: Unanimous RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -119 8. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of an agreement with the City of Union Gap to provide fire ladder truck services Fire Chief Hines explained that, due to economic challenges, this is an option to pool and share resources with neighboring fire departments ACTION: Motion to adopt the resolution. VOTE: Unanimous RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -120 9. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution and submittal of a planning grant application to the Yakima County Supporting Investments in Economic Diversification (SIED) fund for the Yakima Sawmill Michael Morales, Deputy Director of Community and Economic Development, explained this as an opportunity to secure funding from SIED via a planning grant to help with the next stage at the Yakima saw mill site. ACTION: Motion to adopt the resolution. VOTE: Unanimous RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -121 2 SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 *10. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of a contract with Yakima Valley Conference of Governments to perform the Phase 2 Traffic Analysis related to improvements to the 1 -82 and U.S. 12 State Highway System in the vicinity of the "Yakima Mill Development District" and Terrace Heights Way Corridor. ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -122 *11. Consideration of a final contract payment for Gardner Park Well ACTION: Final contract payment approved. *12. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of a contract for the purpose of installation of a sprinkler system, top soil and grass sod at 602 and 604 Fair Avenue. ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -123 *13. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of applications, certifications and agreements for a grant from the Washington State Public Works Board Urban Vitality Grant Program to complete construction of the "A" Street Corridor as part of the Downtown Futures Initiative ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -124 *14. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing sole source procurement between the City of Yakima and BioBagUSA for the purchase of Biodegradable Leaf Bags ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2009 -125 *15. Set Date of Open Record Public Hearing for September 15, 2009, to consider the Development Agreement for a 66 -lot Master Planned Development by Toscanna LLC ACTION: September 15, 2009, was set as the date of an open record public hearing *16. Set Date of Closed Record Public Hearing for October 6, 2009 to consider the Hearing Examiner's recommendation for changes in land uses (rezones) and the concurrent Regional Planning Commission's recommendation for amendments to the City's Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map ACTION: October 6, 2009, was set as the date of an open record public hearing ORDINANCES 17. Consideration of an ordinance relating to possession of firearms in Tahoma Cemetery; and amending Yakima Municipal Code Section 7.04.090 to conform and be consistent with the Revised Code of Washington ACTION: Ordinance passed. VOTE: Unanimous ORDINANCE NO. 2009 -41 18. Other Business • Mayor Edler asked about dealing with increased panhandling at the entrances of the City. City Attorney Cutter advised that panhandling is not currently illegal unless it is aggressive. If it is, it should be reported to the police for action. 3 SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 • City Manager Zais announced that the Council would adjourn to Executive Session for approximately 15 minutes to consider complaints against a public official and pending litigation relating to the subject. ACTION: Motion to adjourn to Executive Session. VOTE: Unanimous Council adjourned to Executive Session at 7:46 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION The meeting reconvened at 8:10 p.m. ACTION: Motion to approve representation of Council Member Ensey in the recall action and have the City pay the legal costs. VOTE: 4 -2; Edler and Rodriguez voting no. City Attorney Cutter concurred with the majority 19. Adjournment — 8:23 p.m. ACTION: Motion carried to adjourn to September 15, 2009 at 12:00 noon at the Convention Center for an Executive Session regarding the City Manager's annual review 4