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Home My WebLink About08/02/1988 Study Session , . 423 . . AUGUST 2,.1988 -• - , STUDY SESSION. H ' .. .- . - • . ,. . . . . • . . • • _ , ,_ , ._ 1. POLL CALL ' . . . . . . . . . The City Council met in session on this date at 2:00 P.M. in the • . Council Chambers of City Hall, Yakima,. Washington. ,Mayor Pat ., - 1 Berndt, ,presiding, Council members Clarence Barnett, Henry *auchamp,...Lyrin Buchanan, Lynn Carmidhael, Jerry,Fdy„and Bernard Sims present on roll call. Assistant City Manager Stouder, City . Attorney Vanek,:City Clerk Roberts and Deputy City Clerk Toney also present. . . . . . . , . ' 2. INVOCATION. . , • , ,.., , * . . . The Invocation was given by Council member Foy. j. , OPEN DISCUSSION FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER . . , . ,., , .,. _- , • Council_ member Carmichael stated she would provide Council with a • copy,. of the information she received from the City of Seattle , . regarding its recycling prOgram. . •• • . . . , . „ . . „ , Assistant :City Manager Stouder introduced Doug Carter, the new Parks. and Recreation Manager"... • • . - .. . , . , . • . .i • , . , . _ . , 4. AUDIENCE PARTICIpATION. . .. . • . ,.,,, David Hawkins gave a report on the Yakima For OesUS Festival '' ... recently held at Sun Fair Park. He requested Council's blessing to extend the 'hours , for the next festival past 10 00 _p.m. Mayor , - Berndt inquired if he had received approval from Mike Mercy and Mr. HawkinS,replied,that'hehas.' ' • ' '' -- - `-- -' ' , . .. • .. . , . . , . _ . . ...... - .. , Bobby Carter, 1105 S. 6th Street, .expressed concern, as ,a black citizen of Yakima, about the decline of bl'abk - Citizens in Yakima. . . He _reportedltP Spanish community is intimidating the blacks and the Community Center is being•taken:over_bythe Spanish He also .-. , ..., expressed ,concernabout..what will happen to the blacks, as a culture. He stated that someway it has to. be explained to the , . . . Spanish that there dre'lawS'they have to live by and they can't intimidate or harass people. , . . . . 5. REPORT FROM DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY' AND ECONOMIC 'DEVELOPMENT • . REGARDING THE CITY'S ANNEXATION STRATEGY , . . ... • - _ . . , . "- , _ , Assistant City Manager Stouder gave some brief background remarks about year old issue. He commented that the City . - responds to annexation requests on Almost'an:emergency situation. He stated during the last year, staff has been working on a' report .regarding the financial impact to the: City .should these annexations _occur. Don_skcpe,,.Planning Manager, reported there are 21 annexation areas staff considered, however these areas are not listed in any ;kind of priority order in the report He also .. .. reported the financial section of the report was prepared, by Chuck .Greenough, . the City's , Budget AnalySt. The *report contains : . information on the composition of the annexation' ,areas, i.e. -... housing,, businesses, etC.; and staff'SdeterMination,„aS:to*whether the revenues from those areas will pay its share of municipal services. The'boUndary.reviewed WaS"the in the Urban Area Plan There has been a'lot of growth in this area, primarily due . . . to the availability of municipal services.' Staff believes these areas can pay their own way. If the City - is going to accelerate the annexations, he- it will:require:an: implementation program and the,reSources.He:stated there was siiCh,a 'dispute in „ . 1981 regarding anhexations many 'annexations have occurred since then. . Council member - . Barnett - asked the County Commissioners are going to submit' a report on this issue. Mr. Skone said staff advised the County this document was being A/AD/1 424 AUGUST 2,1988 proposed and perhaps the County has been waiting to review it before submitting a report. Council member Barnett expressed concern about trying to give guidance to staff prior to a response from the County Commissioners about Report 37 A & B. He pointed out that we have not yet heard from any citizen on this particular document. He asked if staff is expecting a response today to the three recommendations in the report? Mr. Stouder said staff did not expect a response today; this starts the review of this issue. If Council wants this, annexation policy to become a fact, staff is advising Council that the property to be annexed'will more than pay for itself if annexed. Council member Beauchamp inquired if there are other benefits of annexation in addition to the increased property, - tax? Don Skone replied 'that the'State shared revenue is formulated-on' a per capita basis and it would also the Community Development Block Grant formula. Referring . to page 6 of the report, Council member Foy stated the first item under Summary /Recommendations (1. Reduce the emphasis on Outside Utility Agreements and adhere to the City policy of requiring immediate annexation of new development when - feasible.) needs further explanation. He said the developers need to be aware of the annexation area and suggested the property be annexed immediately. He asked how many additional full time staff will be • requested to.implement this annexation plan, if approved; what the impact "would be on current staff; and what are the improvements needed if Council proceeds with the first five annexations on the list? Council member Foy also asked if all the capital items are included in the report? He commented that in taking leadership in this annexation schedule, staff" needs the people to sit•down and try to resolve any differences. Council member Sims asked what staff's expectations are regarding additional staff to pursue this annexation policy? Mr. Skone stated he anticipates 1.5 to 2 staff members will be needed (planner and a part - time or full -time 'department 'assistant). Council member Foy suggested ;that an annexation date be .given at the time a citizen. signs the outside utility agreement. Mr. Skone stated that without an `annexation program and the resources, a date can't - be projected; Council members discussed the impact these annexations would have•on the County's : revenue; Council member Carmichael - _ commenting that although the County revenue would be decreased once 'property is • annexed to the City,, the County's need to service that property would be eliminated. One, final comment from Don' Skone to ' remind the Council that two of the three' annexations completed this year were for City -owned property` and did not•'require an inordinate amount of staff time. • 6. STATUS REPORT ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS DIVISION Rick Pettyjohn, Information Systems Manager, was available to respond to Council's questions. Mr. Pettyjohn gave a brief summary • of his report, _elaborating on the Public Safety System, the Wastewater Treatment Plant System and the Transit System programs. He reported on the status of the mapping and Geographical Data Management' System '(GEMS), commenting that the drafting equipment • has been received. He stated the use of computers throughout the ,City 'has increased, as represented in'Exhibit No. '4 of the staff report showing over 70 operations on the two systems. He stated we have -just installed as much memory'on the computer as possible; the next'.'problem is - the central processing unit (CPU), which is almost at capacity. Council, member'Foy commented that in the future when he receives a report'like this one, he would like t� know the total cost of - the five year plan, and the 'funding sources by department dollar. Council member Barnett spoke about' the increased use of the computer and asked if staff is trying to put too many - .programs , on the' . computer or are there' too many high priorities. Mr. Pettyjohn commented that since the last five year plan, staff has found additional' uses for the, computer resulting in increased usage. Mr. Stouder .said the purpose of this report is to present the issue and advised Council staff.is•initially reviewing these • - Policy issues. He stated Council will be'provided with the budget costs during the 1989 budget presentation; and no formal•action is required'at this time. A/AD /2 qs AUGUST 2, 1988 7. OTHER BUSINESS Mr. Stouder stated staff distributed to Council copies of material regarding a report from TRANSPO and the UDAG applications. He reported the UDAG applications were filed Friday, however staff does not expect the Centennial Program request to be funded this quarter. He stated staff hopes this project will be held over for the next quarter's consideration. He commented staff believes the ' J. I.' Haas project may be funded this quarter. Council member Barnett asked staff to check the timer for the lighting system at Larson Park because it appears to be malfunctioning. 8. EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING PROSPECTIVE LITIGATION II/ The executive session was cancelled. L 9. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, it was MOVED by Buchanan, seconded by Beauchamp, that this meeting be adjourned at the' our of 3:40 p.m carried by voice vote _ . READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE B . gq OUNCIL EM!ER DATE - 1 - : • DATE MAYOR ATTEST • _ >ef CITY CLERK • _ • . „ .2 . • , r • • . • A/AD/3