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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Port Angeles, Washington
February 18, 1998
CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Braun called the special meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 6:00
SPECIAL MEETING: p.m. in the Port Angeles Fire Hall.
ROLL CALL: Members Present: Mayor Braun, Councilmembers Campbell, Doyle, Hulett,
McKeown, Wiggins, and Williams.
Members Absent: None.
Staff Present: Manager Pomeranz, Attorney Knutson, B. Becker, S.
Brodhun, B. Collins, and J. Pittis.
Public Present: Bob Martin, Clallam COunty Department of Community
Development; John Maxwell, EES; and Ralph Anderson,
Anderson Consulting.
Annexation Plan Annexation Plan: The work session on the Annexation Plan opened with Planning
Director Collins noting there were three mayor topics for consideration: Understanding
Phase I Cost/Revenue Study, addressing the policy issues and arriving at consensus; and
consideration of annexation actions andimplcmentation. John Maxwell, EES, summarized
the costs and revenues associated with annexation. He indicated that the analysis found
annexation would basically be revenue neutral. Councilman Wiggins felt that revenue
projections did not appear to be equal, but rather looked like a loss.
Director Collins indicated that capital scheduling need not be immediate, but should be
funding driven, similar to all other CFP projects. Operating expenses would be cost
neutral.
Discussion topics centered around capacities, other jurisdictions, growth patterns with and
without annexations, and the Sequim/Clallam County extension, agreement. The
Vancouver annexation experience was discussed, with Councilman Campbell addressing
the matter of public education. Director Collins noted the lessons that could be learned
from Vancouver's experience by not extending the city services or by choosing an
alternative, such as revenue sharing or area commitments through pre-annexation
agreements.
Break Mayor Braun recessed the meeting for a break at 7:05 p.m. The meeting reconvened at
7:10 p.m.
John Maxwell, EES, reviewed various tables from the Annexation Study with the use of
the overhead projector. He advised the Council members that they will need to be prepared
to answer questions that will be posed by voters and other property owners. Consideration
must be given to service levels, the transition from County to City standards, and the fact
that it is time consuming to increase staffing levels to support those services. Property
owners will need to know that savings realized on utility rates will be balanced with slightly
higher taxes. However, he emphasized that citizens will obtain higher service levels
without higher costs.
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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
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Annexation Plan Councilman Campbell inquired as to the process, principles, and rules to be followed. In
(Cont'd) the discussion that ensued, consideration was given to having the Utility Advisory
Committee address some of the pertinent issues. However, the opinion was expressed that
the entire Council should focus on the annexation issues. Mr. Maxwell indicated that the
conclusions of the report won't necessarily change with new data. In addition, there is a
need to assign prime responsibility as the City proceeds.
It was agreed that the next work session would be dedicated to answering policy decisions.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:05 p.m.
Becky J. Upff~ Cil3qClerk t Gary Bpaun, M~or
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