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Home My WebLink About11/02/1970 Business Meeting 121 NOVEMBER 2, 1970 The City Council met in regular session., Mayor_. .Larsonpresiding, Councilmen Brown, Keith, Lambert, Lust, McNeice:. and- Robinson., . City. Manager.McMicken._and_City - Attorney Andrews present.on roll.call. The Invocation was . given:.byCo.uncilman .Lust. The minutes of the regular -.meeting . of October . 2 6 , ....1.97.0., ..having been duly certified by two Councilmen, and no one- 4present.wishing to have said.. minutes: read - publicly, Mayor -Larson declared- said- - minutes....approved- as recorded. This being the time fixed -for the . Hearing on Mead.Avenue- Arterial Improvement, between 3rd Avenue and 10th- Avenue, -UAB Project No. 8- 4- 180 ° (9), City Manager that persons.in the audience.will.be heard-..on this matte -r - after -Staff reports.are given. Direc- • for of Planning .and...Community.;. Development, Jay Otto, showed some slides of this area and reported that at the Planning Commission hearing on.October 6, 1970,'they.had recommended approval of the 'west Mead Avenue Improvement Project,._ as .funded, with the addition to their recommendation consider-ation.be given to the.obj.ections of abutting property owners, who were present.at their meeting. ,Director of Parks- and.Recreation, William Hutzinpiller, reported briefly :on.the Park Advisory Board Meeting and..the.reports of the Tree Planning Committee- regarding their recommendations - for.:planting trees on both . sides of Mead Avenue in the between•.Third and Tenth Avenues as a the proposed construction on.Mead- _Avenue, ...Public Works- Director,.John Mayo, explained.that..t•he plan presented before the :Pianning.:Commission wasfor a .66 ft—right-of-way 45 feet of pavement curb -to -curb and,a -5 -foot planter strip and...5 -foot sidewalks each side, but after .hearing .from the,_abutting.:property. owners and their - dissatisfaction and disapproval of the plan,,an alternate.plan was worked out by the Staffs. which will provide for a 60 ft. right -of -way, with four ll..ft...lanes,.leaving 7z ft. on each side for 5 -ft. sidewalk and 21/2- ft. .finis•hed ..with aggregate . surface allowing ,for tree wells within :this .area.- Mr-'. Mayo further explained that -this project us.UAB funded and-there will be - no assessments against . the property-owners. Those present and speaking matter were - Mrs. Manti,.whose house is on Mead-.Avenue and.also a grocery -and she feels" that this widening of the street will remove .parking.now•..available.to.the store and decrease the value of her,prop- erty; Mr. Tom Marshall, 410 W. Mead, who had - questions about the proposed sidewalks and trees . ±o..be planted; Mr. .Jerry Moore, 501. Mead, who does not object to ,the widening of -the street but asked questions about -the ownershipand upkeep of the sidewalks and trees; Mr. Irvin Werre, 807 W.. Mead, does not feel - that the sidewalks•or trees are needed, but that the widening of the street is a good idea; and Mr. Charles Reed, who owns.the at 611 and 903 W.:..Mead, . and Mr. R.:1.- Bayly, 10th and Mead, both :indicated that they were - against any. trees being planted.. Councilman Lambert- stated that she feels the trees are necessary. as. it :is known. that trees have an impact on the pollution situation. .City Mana- ger McMicken ,spoke ..to.:the ..tree situation regarding this project and suggested . that -the - .rest of the project be - approved so that the engineers can proceed and that the tree situation - be studied further. After -due- discussion, it was MOVED by Keith, seconded by Lust that the West Mead Avenue Arterial Improvement ,:Alternate -Plan B, be approved, with further study to be .made on the tree situation before a final-decision is made regarding the tree plantings: carried, Brown, Keith,•Lamber••t; Larson, Lust, McNeice and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. Petition .No. 675, having been-filed w;th..:the -City Clerk on October .28, 1970, by Wood Con- struction Co., Inc.,.requesting annexation of property situated southeast of the intersec- tion of King.Street: and S. 13th, Avenue, City Manager McMicken •explained - that - :because this is a one - owner property that had been.left out of .a previous annexation, and in accordance with the.Zoning Code, which states that unless otherwise. classified -by City•Ordinance after a recommendation.from the Planning-.Commission, a property to be annexed shall immediately be classified . in .R -;1 Zone, .that the Staff• feels- that there is no need to refer this - annexationpeti.tion.to the Planning Commission:. After - -due discussion, it was.MOVED by Robinson, seconded by.Lambert.that the Petition Annexation filed by Wood Construction Co., Inc., be approved as meeting.the requirements -of law; that the usual requirement of referring.said Petition to the City. Manager and Planning Commission.for•study.and.recommen- dation, be waived.; that the Mayor be authorized to obtain waivers of a meeting by a Review Board; and. that November•16,.1970, be set as the date for.a public hearing by the City Council on this Petition: carried,- Brown, Keith, Lambert, Larson, Lust, McNeice and:Robin- son voting aye by voice vote. An Ordinance appropriating..$12,.000 within the -- .Police - Relief and •Pension having been read in its entirety at this meeting, was laid - on the table for one week November 9, 1970. City Manager McMicken...explained that this. appropriation is necessary in accord- ance with.a report from-Director of Finance,: Leonard Crose, that there•are insufficient funds in the-Police Re -lief and Pension -Fund due to the increases'in pensions- arising from • the escalator clause - -.of the pension law, per - annum - increases to other retirees and a . recent case of serious and.expensive-illness of a retired officer. • An Ordinance appropriating .$5,000 within.the Airport Fund, having been read in its entirety . at this.meeting, was laid on-the table for one week; or until November 9, 1970. City Manager McMicken -- explained that this appropriation is necessary because there are cient funds in two categories of the•Airport •Fund to pay operation expenses at this time, but that there will be- .income coming in to cover these - additional appropriations. City Manager .McM•icken. referred to the - . Commission- Reports, the Stree . Tree Committee . and Parks and Recreation Commission - Reports #Land #2, stating that these filed with the City Council for information - only. City Manager McMicken.exp.la- ining.that it is. necessary for the Transit Department to provide tires for its buses and that•the Firestone Tire and :Rubber Company has offered provide said tires.in accordance with the provisions of an agreement with the it was by. Brown, seconded by- Robinson.:• that Resolution. No D -1549 authorizing the exec,ution'of a tire lease.agreement for City bus tires, be passed as- read:, carried; Brown, Keith, Lambert, Larson, Lust, McNeice and Robinson.voting aye on roll call. RESOLUTION NO. D -1549, A.RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager and 'City Clerk•of the City of Yakima to execute a tire lease agreement with The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company for ' Transit Department buses: NOVEMBER 2, 1970 City. Manager McMicken explaining that.in..,accordance with.ac.tion_taken by the City.Council at the previous :meeting- on_October. 26, 1970, re the matter.of.renewing the.Lease Agreement with Yakima Cement Products. Company, for space under. the Nob, Hill...Overpass; =a•Resolution authorizing the execution of a.. Renewal Agreement has been.-..prepared, After discussion, it was MOVED by Robinson,_seconded by_Lust•that Resolution No..:D- 1550 the execution of said .Lease..Renewal. Agreemennt- with Yakima: Cement. Products Co. , be passed as read: .carried, Brown, .Keith.,....Lambert, Larson_,..:Lus.t, McNeice and. Robinson:- voting - aye on roll call. RESOLUTION NO..D -1550, A.RESOLUTION_.authorizing the.City .. Manager. and. City Clerk of the City of Yakima to execute a Lease_Renewal Agreement with--Yakima:.Cement Products Co. City Manager McMicken:referring to City Attorney Andr.ew.s..'.Memo . re. the-Damage Claim filed by Douglas H. Walker in the amount of $21.75, for damages - arising froim an.occurrence on August 10, 1970, at - which time the:- municipal collector took a box by mistake at the time of the - regular collection of garbage from the residence - at 3207 Sharon Way, and recommending payment of said .Claim, it.was•MOVED-:,by- Brown, seconded by McNeice that Resolution No. D- 1551. authorizing . the. payment_ofisaid..Damage Claim, be passed as read: carried, Brown.,. Keith,•Lamber:t, Larson, Lust,.. McNeice and Robinson aye on roll call. RESOLUTION NO. D- 1551,.. A: RESOLUTION..authorizing payment .of..a..Claim for Damages filed against the City of Yakima..by..Douglas H. Walker. City Manager McMicken referred.to the - matter of changing .. the. date for-the-:Budget Hearing from November 23, 1970 to December.l, 1970, stating .that...notice.of:this.change is being made for their information and for - the.record. (The .date of_November 23, for the 1971 Budget Hearing. had been previously recorded - -in the. City Council minutes :of October 19, 1970 -.) City Manager McMicken explained the proposed Supplemental Training and Employment Program (STEP) being carried on by the-.State Employment Security Department, stating that they would like to carry on this program with the City and .recommending that.the City Council authorize the signing of an agreement to- participate in-this program. Personnel Director and Assistant City Manager, Martin Friedline, explained that the program is funded by the State -and the City would keep the time on persons under this program. After due discus- sion, it MOVED by Robinson., seconded by Lambert that the City Manager and Staff go ahead with the STEP program as- .recommended=: carried, Brown, Keith, Lambert; Larson; Lust, McNeice and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. There being no further business to come before the Council,.it was MOVED. by Lust, seconded by Keith that we do now adjourn at the hour of 5:00 P.M.: carried, Brown, Keith, Lambert, Larson, Lust, McNeice and Robinson voting. aye by voice vote. READ AND CERTIFIED _ACCURATE BY . . DATE //- 9 1 7 d • COUNCILMAN M' 1 , � ',� � DATE �f1 COUNCILMAN ATTEST: • t 2," CITY C L E R K M A-Y 0 R • •