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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 10/06/1987I CALL TO ORDER Mayor Whidden called the meeting to order at 7:01 P.M. II ROLL CALL Members Present: Mayor Whidden, Councilmen Hesla, McPhee, Quast, Schermer, Stamon. Members Absent: Councilman Hallett. Staff Present: Public Present: J. Sargent, M. Lemon, E. R. Dorr, K. Gabriel, M. Merrick, J. Glass, E. Saar, H. Berglund, J. Newlin, B. Lyon, J. Cornell, A. Evans, G. Carriveau, L. Sunny, C. A. Alexander. III APPROVAL OF MINUTES Councilman Stamon moved to accept and place on file the minutes of the regular meeting of September 15, 1987. Councilman Quast seconded, amending Register Page 825, Section 2A, final paragraph, changing the motion to read: "Councilman Quast moved to recess this part of the public hearing for the purpose of providing copies of City Goals to the public." On call for the question, the motion carried. IV FINANCE 1. Payment Authorized to Riddell, Williams for Legal Representation on WPPSS Issues Councilman Schermer moved to authorize payment of the September 16, 1987, Riddell, Williams bill in the amount of $361.07. Councilman Hesla seconded and the motion carried. 2. Bids Awarded for "E" Street Reservoir Cover to United Steel Erectors Councilman Stamon moved that the Council award the contract to United Steel Erectors, Inc., for their low base bid of $154,426, with additive Bid 2A in the amount of $5,973 and the Alternative Additive Bid (in lieu of 2B) in the amount of $6,299, and reject Additive Bid 2C involving landscaping. The total, including sales tax will be $179,699.37 ($166,697 tax $13,002.37). Additional funds needed above the budgeted amount of $153,000 to come from unbudgeted Water /Sewer Utility Reserves. Councilman Schermer seconded. Councilman Stamon commented that even t4ough the bids received were above the Engineer's estimate, we were under the gun a little bit because the City has a 40% maximum matching grant from the State and grant funds might be lost if this project was not constructed this year. She further noted that these bids were substantially lower than bids received on the first call. Following discussion, on call for the question, the motion carried. V CONSENT AGENDA CITY COUNCIL MEETING Port Angeles, Washington October 6, 1987 Manager Flodstrom, Attorney Knutson, Clerk Anderson, P. Carr, M. Cleland, R. Orton, S. Brodhun, L. Glenn, K. Ridout, D. Wolfe. Councilman Schermer moved to accept the items listed under the Consent Agenda as follows: (1) Consideration of disposing of surplus equipment from Police and Fire Departments; (2) Request permission to call for bids on upgrading sewer scan equipment; (3) Request progress payment to Fremont Construction of $206,412.46 for work on new City Hall; Request for payment to Del Hur of $44,731.84 for Race Street project; (5) Request permission to call for bids for single phase residential meters; and (6) Vouchers of $1,092,087.26 and Payroll of 9 -20 -87 of $238,759.46. Councilman Hesla seconded. Councilman Stamon discussed with Police Chief Cleland sale of surplus firearms by the Police Department and the need to re- identify a serial 835 836 CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 6, 1987 number on a weapon prior to sale. Councilman McPhee discussed with staff the request for permission to call for bids for single phase residential ers;c 2 meters and the currentn program. Councilman Schermer discussed disposal of clothing surplused by the Fire Department. Staff responded that the City conducts an auction several times a year where surplus property is disposed of. Councilman Quast ,discussed with,staff repair and Jc2 uJ V� n YJ t ^r upgrade of television equipment for or Councilman Quast thanked Del Hur Industries for the widening of Race Street. He stated it was regrettable that the electrical contractor did not complete its task as soon as this contractor. He felt Del Hur and City staff, which supervised the construction, should be commended for this project, which was seven years in the making. The motion carried. VI ITEMS FROM THE AUDIENCE TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA None. VII LEGISLATION 12. Proclamation Share a Song Week, October 12th through 17th, 1987 Mayor Whidden moved Item No. 12 Proclamation Share a Song Week, October 12th through 17th, 1987, to the first item for consideration. He then proclaimed October 12th through 17th, 1987, Share a Song Week in recogni- tion of the many singing groups in our community who have given such generous and special performances for the sake of charity. He urged all citizens to join in public recognition of the good Sweet Adelines, Inc., has done in our community and the many honors it has won. He then presented the Proclamation to representatives from Sweet Adelines. 1. Public Meeting City Council's Goals and Objectives for 1988 and Beyond Mayor Whidden opened the public meeting. Administrative Services Director Wolfe distributed copies of Goals and Objectives for 1988 and beyond. Councilmen Stamon and Schermer explained the process used in establishing this set of Goals and the priority array. Jerry Newlin, 717 South Peabody, addressed the Council on behalf of the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce. He read a letter listing City Goals and Objectives which complemented goals of the Chamber, including No. 2, Expand and Diversify Economic Base of the City, and No. 5, Promote and Support Tourism. The letter also strongly urged that although possibly implied in No. 2B, Business Program, the Council consider a City Goal to use local goods and services to the fullest extent possible. Councilman Stamon stated that a committee of Councilmembers, community and business leaders would probably be established to develop a program whereby we can improve policies and procedures in order to retain and promote local business. She asked if members of the Chamber would be willing to serve on that commit- tee. Mr. Newlin responded in the affirmative, stating that the Chamber already had a committee to deal with that issue. Councilman Quast pointed out State bid laws that required bidding on many projects. He stated there was a greater opportunity now as a result of a change in legislation increasing the minimum amount for items to be bid upon. He asked about the printing of brochures. It was his understanding that the Chamber had brochures printed in Canada because the cost was lower. Mr. Newlin agreed to check into this issue and provide Councilman Quast with the information. Jerry Cornell, 824 West Fourth Street, addressed the Council, representing the Port Angeles Downtown Association. He addressed specifically Goal No. 1, Maintain and Enhance the Financial Stability of City Government; No. 2, Expand and Diversify the City's Economic Base. He felt one of these Goals was directly affected by the other, as sales tax revenue directly affected Goal No. 1. He assumed that the Council was committing to assisting retail business and to increasing aid to the retail sector for the benefit of tfie City budget. He felt this was extremely timely, as the retail sector was feeling the pinch, not only from the Silverdale Mall, but from a proposed retail activity in our own back yard. He stated the Port Angeles Downtown Association was going to become more aggressive in maintaining and increas- ing its own economic base and from time to time would be approaching the Council seeking more assistance, rather than asking for a withdrawal of 837 CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 6, 1987 assistance. He felt the Council had done an excellent job of supporting businesses in the Downtown and urged that to continue. Councilman Quast inquired about Mr. Cornell's opinion on the City's Goal established in 1980 to enhance the quality of life in Port Angeles. Mr. Cornell stated that he would vote for people based on whether he felt they would go beyond the basics or not. Councilman Stamon asked, for the sake of clarification, if Mr. Cornell felt that the City and the business people in the community not just the Downtown Association but other areas as well as a team. Mr. Cornell answered, "Absolutely He feared a mentality that looks at the City as giving too much help to the retail sector. Councilman Quast stated that the Council was well aware of the sacrifices made by the Downtown merchants in picking up an LID, when interest was 15 to improve the Downtown and to help the City to survive at a time when unemployment was 25 He stated current unemployment is 7.8 so we were aware that this investment had produced plenty of interest and rewards. Councilman McPhee felt that assisting and strengthening the Downtown was not helping the Port Angeles Downtown Association, but helping the City. Councilman Stamon felt that we were looking at the relationship between the business community and the City government in a different way than we ever had before; that we were seeing ourselves as partners and seeing the entire business community in this City as part of the team and a neighborhood within the community that comes to the Council just as a neighborhood would to seek an improvement of a park, etc. Councilman Schermer asked if the Port Angeles Downtown Association had established a time line for replacement of planters. Mr. Cornell said he would defer this to the Beautification Committee of the Downtown Associa- tion. Councilman Quast asked how many square feet presently were vacant in the Downtown. Mr. Cornell did not have those figures. He did state that there were 18 vacant storefronts, with the exception of Armory Square Mall, and that there were 160 or 170 occupied storefronts. Councilman Quast asked how many square feet were created by thei new Malls and Mr. Cornell responded he did not know those figures either, but a study had been made which revealed that if you took all of the businesses out of the Malls and filled up the vacant buildings Downtown, there would be more businesses left over than we would have space for. Marvin Merrick, 615 West Eighth Street, did not understand these Goals and Objectives. He felt they were very brief and should have included a short paragraph on what each goal meant. Upon inquiry by Councilman Quast, Councilman Hesla, as member of the Public Information Committee, explained that the next City Report would include an insert which would allow for feedback from the public to enable citizens to participate in prioritizing the Goals. He stated there would be a little explanation of, for example, what we meant by capital improvements. He further explained that by the next City Council meeting, results of this survey would be back and would receive serious consideration. Councilman Stamon explained that additional information was available in the City Manager's office and that any Coun- cilmember would be very glad to sit down with Mr. Merrick to review all of these goals and objectives. Hattie Berglund, 1834 West Seventh Street, felt tliat crosswalks in the middle of the blocks Downtown were an extreme hazard. She felt it impor- tant that the City establish some means of making the Downtown areas cleaner. She felt the City should continue to diligently pursue acquiring land available on Ediz Hook. She stated Solid Waste disposal was a major problem. She urged the Council to make it an immediate and definite asset to people for them to recycle. She felt economic development was neces- sary, and the City must guard against policies which hinder and force existing businesses to move out of Port Angeles or go out of business. She stated further that the City must guard against economic development which lessens or destroys the quality of life in Port Angeles that citizens now enjoy. She felt that efforts for a destination resort should come totally from private resources. She felt this summer had seen tremendous increases in programs offered by the Parks and Recreation Department in providing recreational programs for youth and adults. She commended the Parks Department and encouraged them to look to who the future with regard to teenagers. She felt the municipal swimming pool was used to capacity now, and there may need to be consideration of enlarging the facility in the future. Mrs. Berglund discussed the Goal of Development of a Community Driven Value Statement. Councilman Quast felt the community needs to give Council a 838 CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 6, 1987 signal on whether they need to go back to basics, and the community could do that by electing people who wanted to go back to basics. However, if the community extended values beyond basics to enhance the quality of life in this community, the community could look at those candidates or incumbents who have worked and developed that mission statement. Mrs. Berglund stated that she had sat through many Council meetings over the years and seen the requests that came before the Council, the majority dealt with quality of life and that's what people were asking for. Councilman Quast stated that the Council had not addressed in its Goals, preservation of the railroad line from Port Angeles to Port Townsend for future years, as perhaps a rapid transit line. He asked if the City Council ought to lend support to the PDA to retain, through the Department of Natural Resources, the railroad line. Mrs. Berglund felt that deserved consideration. Councilman McPhee felt that as long as we own the highways and the land adjoining the highways, that would be a better place for rapid transit, rather than buying new land that is out of the population center. Councilman McPhee stated he would rather see the churches involved in providing activities for young people, or groups like the Y or service clubs. He did not want the government getting involved in everything. He stated that churches are able to teach the types of values that he was taught when he was a child and the government properly could not get involved in that. He stated the quality of life should be improved, but not necessarily by the government. He stated we who are the government could lose control of what we think we are in charge of. He said we had a good example of that in this City in the recent past. Councilman Quast discussed with Mrs. Berglund the problem of unkempt side- walks and cigarette discards. He noted that a number of local merchants sweep in front of their stores early every morning and that there were no outdoor receptacles provided for cigarettes. Councilman McPhee inquired if Mrs. Berglund thought the public safety issue regarding crosswalks should be placed as a high priority. Mrs. Berglund concurred. Councilman Schermer raised a point of order. He stated this was a public hearing and lectures and opinions by Councilmembers were not necessarily a part of the public hearing. He felt it was fine to ask questions, but when we start editorializing, that's not part of a public hearing. Councilman Stamon responded that this was a public meeting, not a public hearing, and provided a good opportunity for Councilmembers to have an exchange and explore some ideas that members of the public are putting forth. She did agree that we need to limit our editorializing. She felt there was an opportunity to provide some exchange between Councilmembers and members of the public. She suggested adding the crosswalk problem under the Goal of Improve Street and Traffic Systems, thereby elevating it to a higher priority. With regard to Acquisition of Ediz Hook, she stated that could be added under Planning for Port Angeles' Future; and with respect to cleanliness Downtown, she stated the President of the Downtown Association was present tonight and was sure he would be glad to work with the City in addressing that. She asked regarding the pool expansion if Mrs. Berglund felt the pool expansion should be included in the Capital Improvement Plan. Mrs. Berglund stated that it had always been a bond issue before, but concurred that it should be considered as a candidate for the CIP. Alton Evans, 1204 South Cedar, felt the idea of using right -of -way along the highway for rapid transit was ridiculous. He stated the railroad right -of -way follows a level path and the highways go uphill and downhill. He asked what it would do when it got to Sequim and how it would go from Highway 101 to Port Townsend along that mountainous highway. Mr. Evans compared this to a situation he had witnessed in Long Beach, California, which used to have a trolly which went to Hollywood. He stated they replaced the trolly with busses, much to their sorrow, and wished they had the trolly again. Councilman Quast stated that Seattle was very sorry they had given up the right -of -way for the suburban railroad. He stated they have to buy it back now, with multi millions of dollars. Mr. Evans reiterated that as long as we have the railroad right -of -way we ought to keep it. Mike Lemon, 1818 West Sixth Street, felt the Goal of Retaining Businesses and Bringing in New Businesses should include the creation of incentives by looking at a sales tax deferral system which includes retail and commercial businesses. He felt the City should join with the County in going to the State requesting the inclusion of retail services and commercial businesses in tax deferral programs which right now include manufacturing, research 839 CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 6, 1987 and development. He stated that on the State level, they were looking at the elimination of sales tax for new construction and encouraged this also. He stated that the State of Oregon has a tax increment financing for improvements on facilities which included assessment at the old rate, to give them an incubation period. He felt we should become more of a marital community with the County and Legislators in pursuing these avenues. Mr. Lemon commended the Council on its Goals, agreeing with a lot of them. With regard to the Goal of Enhancing Community Involvement in Communica- tions, he felt public input was a top priority. He favored providing additional training for boards and commissions and recommended a public forum consisting of developers, major business owners, realtors, long -time residents, etc., in a situation where all ideas presented are right and people are comfortable in presenting their ideas. He also recommended allowing weekly gripe sessions as an avenue for citizen complaints. He recommended an attachment or printing on the back of utility bills, advi- sory ballots if a decision was being made, asking citizens if they were in favor of the proposed decision. He felt that the Goals established by the City Council looked good on paper and hoped that we could stay on track with those goals. Councilman Schermer noted that the City received quite a bit of objection from restaurant owners when it applied for and received a $400,000 grant of assistance to The Landing Mall. He asked if the private sector (the financial institution Mr. Lemon was employed by) could offer free money to a builder for a year. He used this as an example to indicate there would be some problems. Mr. Lemon was aware of that. He asked why there were not incentives passed on to other entrepreneurs in that same respect and felt that the $40,000 received so far as payment for The Landing was not even a drop in the bucket to what interest payments should be. He wanted to see The Landing totally utilized so it could create a revenue that could be funneled back into the reserves of the City to go back out to other businesses. He knew that was the intent and hoped that would be what happened. Councilman Quast commended Mr. Lemon for being more positive and providing constructive criticism. He stated that just like the banking institution could not give anything away for free and could not make deferrals of interest for years in order to get a business started, we, the City, had accepted $440,000 from the Federal government because it was a block grant and the State had decided that The Landing project would be the recipient of this block grant, rather than a proposed project to improve sidewalks on all arterials. He personally was against the Federal government giving low interest to private business when the Federal government is $2.8 trillion in debt, because' those are still tax dollars; but he also knew that if we didn't grab it, some other community would, and with the high unemployment, the Council wanted the money here, so accepted the grant. He stated that $400,000 is a rotating fund and the first $40,000 that has come back to the City is available for other businesses; so in the retention program, that money will always be rotating in our community. He stated there was a danger in this, too, in that the City was almost becoming a competitor with the financial institution Mr. Lemon was employed by. With regard to the suggestion for gripe sessions, Councilman Quast fe4t as long as the gripe sessions contributed to good communication and constructive improvements, it was wonderful. He stated the City had done this with the City Report and the "We're All Ears" program. He welcomed Mr. Lemon to come to City Hall to review all the responses received from citizens on the "We're All Ears" program. Councilman McPhee liked Mr. Lemon's idea of an advisory ballot on the back of utility bills. He clarified with Mr. Lemon that his recommendation was to go to the State to request changes in the State law with regard to tax deferral. Councilman Stamon also liked the suggestion of providing information on utility billing, and pointed out that was what the Council was getting at with the "We're All Ears" program. She also referred to neighborhood meetings, stating that no specific neighborhood issues had come up recently, but that these had been used as an avenue to receive comments, suggestions and complaints from the public. She stated the Council was hoping to establish meetings for the presentation of ideas from members of the community. She was glad to see there were people in the community, particularly the financial community, that were willing to say we ought to look at tax deferral programs and incentives. She stated there were 840 CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 6, 1987 political risks involved with these types of decisions and referred to the Port's decision with Hiller Helicopter. She was glad to see that Mr. Lemon was looking at those types of programs and hoped that regardless of what happened in the upcoming election, he would be willing to participate. She felt that was going to be the key to our economic diversity. She thanked him for his comments and thought they were valuable. She asked if Mr. Lemon had looked at the possibility of a business incubator to provide centralized bookkeeping, secretarial, and administrative services for new businesses. Mr. Lemon felt that a key to having this type of thing was to have the community; i.e., the public, make the decision to bring that type of project into the community. Councilman Schermer also commended Mr. Lemon on more positive comments towards City government, asking if Mr. Lemon was recommending more task force committee types of decisions. Mr. Lemon felt that this was not the time to respond to that question. He clarified that he would have presented this as a citizen and even if he did not get elected in November, he had been excited about what he had been doing now as a citizen and would pursue these activities. He stated the Council might see him at every meeting. Joan Sargent, 309 West 15th Street, stated that a lot of the things she would have mentioned had already been mentioned, and listed four: (1) She felt the City did need to devise a workable recycling program; (2) She stated not only the crosswalks that Mrs. Berglund had mentioned but all crosswalks were dangerous. She suggested imposing a few stiff fines for violations; (3) She mentioned that Port Angeles has been mentioned nationwide as one of the ten most desirable places for people to retire and the only place mentioned on the West Coast. She felt that when the City is considering its Capital Improvement Plan for the next six years, it certainly needs to be considering improving the Senior Citizens Center. She felt it was very inadequate now. She strongly urged the Council to reconsider the property at Seventh and Peabody, which had been put on the market at the last meeting. She stated that property was very accessible to all of the three senior housing facilities that exist in Port Angeles. She felt it was an opportunity we may miss if we put that property on the market; (4) She recommended development of a waterfront park as a priority. She referred to a park she had visited recently in Ashland, Oregon. She suggested pursuing the idea of citizen participation, encouraging memorial gifts in the way of garden areas, fountains, ponds, bridges. She stated these things were used in Ashland, Oregon, to a great advantage and felt that we could use these things here. Councilman Stamon responded that was one of the goals that the Council had talked about and it had been established as a high priority goal. She stated Councilman Hallett had specifically mentioned Ashland and how well they had done with their parks program. She stated that specifically mentioned were the east side, the waterfront, and Ediz Hook. Ms. Sargent felt that the establishment of a park along the waterfront would certainly keep tourists here a little longer. With regard to the crosswalk problem, Councilman Stamon stated that the Council really had no control; that this was uner the control of the judges regarding the mandation of fines. She stated that the Council could make a recommendation to the judges that the fines be stiffened. She asked Ms. Sargent if she had any proposed solutions. Ms. Sargent felt that we might be able to put more pressure on the judges, if possible, to levy stiffer fines. She felt that once the news was out that you better stop because you will get a stiff fine if you don't, it would encourage people to stop. Councilman Stamon asked if she felt this should be mentioned in the next City Report as a problem. Ms. Sargent answered in the affirma- tive. Councilman Schermer spoke to Ms. Sargent regarding recycling and mentioned the problem with recycling regarding the high cost of transporting materials. Ms. Sargent responded that all those things going into the Landfill were filling it up faster and that was costing a great amount of money, too. Councilman Schermer agreed. Councilman Schermer responded that we did have a small grant and were beginning to work on it. Council members discussed recycling options with Ms. Sargent at some length. Councilman Quast stated that Councilman Schermer was chairing the recycling committee and asked Ms. Sargent if she would be able to serve on that committee. Ms. Sargent said although she had a number of other commit- ments, she would seriously consider it. Councilman Quast mentioned some of 841 CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 6, 1987 the obstacles that exist for recycling, one being that it cost the local recycler more to ship recycled cardboard to Tacoma than it does to Oregon because of Federal trucking regulations and deregulation. He stated it was the opinion of some that recycling would have to be subsidized by tax- payers. Ms. Sargent stated that she had spoken to the people who own Olympic Disposal and seemed to be making money at it, so there must be some way of doing it. Upon inquiry by Councilman Quast, Ms. Sargent did �t agree with Councilman McPhee that youth activities should be provided'1Joy c"nurch and service organizations. She felt many more activities could be provided by the City for youth, on the Pier, etc., that would be of little or no cost. Council- man McPhee responded that senior citizens already have their values estab- lished. He was not concerned about an unreligious group establishing values for senior citizens. He felt there were too many of those people influencing our youth already. Ms. Sargent discussed further with Council her suggestion to expand the services and the facility of the Senior Citizen Center. She stated this program provides an excellent service but with the notoriety of this area and the influx of people moving here from other areas to retire, we need to look at expansion of that service in our six -year Capital Improvement Plan. Councilman Quast drew attention to a note handed to him by Jerry Glass mentioning the stiff penalties that existed in Europe if someone drives through a zebra stripe; i.e., crosswalk, while a pedestrian was on it. He felt it was time for the Chief to speak up because he had seen our police cars sitting on the parking lot and watching two major crosswalks and pursuing those who did not stop. He very much concurred with the danger of the crosswalk situation in Port Angeles. Police Chief Cleland responded and stated that forums like this were the best way of making people aware of the problem and that he welcomed discussion of the problem. During discussion, Councilman Quast suggested individuals concerned with this visit District Court and review citations, noting how many fines had been reduced. He stated they could then make their wishes known to the elected judges. Councilman Quast discussed with staff the painting, re- striping and removal of some crosswalks in town. Marvin Merrick, 615 East Eighth Street, complained about City crews beginning work with jackhammers and heavy equipment early in the morning. He felt they could knock on peoples' doors and warn them prior to beginning with noisy equipment and surprising or scaring people. Councilman Stamon felt this type of thing could easily be handled by having the Public Works Department put door hangers on doors in neighborhoods. He also complained about an impolite letter he received from the Public Works Department over an overgrown bush in his yard. Council explained that the process included first sending a polite reminder, then sending a not so polite reminder prior to having the City complete repairs and billing the owner, and that something must have gone astray in the process in order for Mr. Merrick to not have received the first polite letter. The Council asked Mr. Merrick when this had happened and Mr. Merrick responded several years ago. The Council then said that Mr. Merrick should have called them at the time. Mayor Whidden stated that the City Report includes the telephone numbers of all Councilmembers and if a citizen had a complaint,, all they had to do was pick up the phone and call a Councilmember. Evelyn McElravy, 1505 West Fifth Street, reported that one morning a man knocked on her door and said that her trees were in violation, gave her two weeks to cut them down or the City would cut them down and charge her. She stated she received no other notice. Upon inquiry, she explained that it was a few years ago. Councilman Stamon explained that the policy had been changed since that time. Councilman Quast suggested that we have our coffee break immediately fol- lowing this item so that we could follow up on this interchange on a more personal basis. Mayor Whidden asked for additional comments. There were none. He therefore closed the public meeting. Councilman McPhee felt that the staff had received some unearned criticism tonight. He stated that the City sends out an awful lot of mail and it was possible for one to get lost, but by and large, they do a good job. He felt the Council could have better control over staff but as no one else had jumped in to defend them, he felt he should. Councilman Hesla reiter- ated and encouraged people to respond to the City Report survey and to add their input. He commented on the community value driven mission statement. 842 CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 6, 1987 He felt that the majority of the Council wanted of life and institute programs related to human Council does currently want to go beyond basics community at large on that subject. Councilman McPhee asked Manager Flodstrom to Department to look again at very early morning the safety issue should be placed as one of the as the water system improvement goal. BREAK The meeting was recessed for a break from 9:00 to 9:15. 2. Planning Commission Minutes of September 23, 1987 to add to the high quality services, etc. He felt the and wanted to hear from the request the Public Works noisy work. He felt that top priority goals, as well Manager Flodstrom explained that the results of the survey in the City Newsletter would be brought back to the October 20th meeting, when an additional public meeting would be held on the Goals and Objectives for 1988 and Beyond. Councilman Schermer brought up a suggestion by previous Councilmember Rex Gerberding to make a park out of the Peabody Ravine. Parks Recreation Director Brodhun stated that he had been working on that with a member of the community. Councilman Stamon stated this community member was Paul Owen, who had a vision for a park in the Peabody Ravine. She stated more power to him. Councilman Quast stated that years ago there were similar suggestions and where the trailer park exists now it was suggested that there be placed an ampitheatre similar to one in Ashland, Oregon, and we would even have something nicer than what we have in Ashland in a way, although that park would be hard to beat. He also explained that is very expensive private property at the moment. Councilman Stamon moved to accept and place on file the Planning Commission minutes of September 23, 1987. Councilman Hesla seconded and the motion carried. 3. Resolution Passed Setting Public Hearing for Street Vacation 3/4 Alley and Fourth Street Abutting Block 75 (Tumwater Truck Route Area) Mayor Whidden read the Resolution by title, entitled RESOLUTION NO. 24 -87 A RESOLUTION of the City of Port Angeles setting a hearing date for a petition to vacate a portion of Fourth Street and a portion of the 3/4 alley. Councilman Schermer moved to pass the Resolution as read by title, setting the public hearing for November 3, 1987. Councilman Stamon seconded. Councilman Quast pointed out to the Planning Department that the Real Estate Committee would appreciate it if they received the same information as the petitioner. 4. Ordinance Adopted Vacating a Portion of Vine Street Compensation Determined Mayor Whidden read the Ordinance by title, entitled ORDINANCE NO. 2459 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles vacating that portion of Vine Street abutting Lot 11, Block 16, and Lot 10, Block 11, PSCC2d. Councilman Quast reported that the Real Estate Committee discovered this particular property falls under the statutory provision in which the City cannot charge for the property. Therefore, he suggested the compensation under Section 2 be zero. Following discussion, Councilman Stamon moved to adopt the Ordinance as read by title, setting the compensation at zero. Councilman Schermer seconded and following discussion, the motion carried. Councilman Stamon discussed and clarified the precise location with staff. 5. Barney Caine Appointed to Civil Service Commission Mayor Whidden recommended the appointment of Barney Caine. Councilman Quast moved that Council confirm the Mayor's appointment. Councilman Schermer seconded. Councilman McPhee did not approve of this procedure, stating the majority of the Council had elected to do this. He felt the State law prefers us to each take a public position on selections. On call for the question, the motion carried, with Councilman McPhee voting "No 6. Consideration of Petition for Improvements by LID for Alder Street Petition Accepted Councilman Quast moved to concur with the recommendation of the Public Works Department and accept the ballots in the form of a petition from the property owners and authorize the Public Works Department to proceed with surveying, engineering, and preliminary costs for the Alder Street LID. After the preliminary lay -out and estimated costs, the Public Works Depart- ment could then hold another public hearing with the property owners and discuss alternates for roadway width and curb and gutters. After the meeting with the property owners, the Public Works Department would then bring a resolution of intent to form the LID to the City Council for their consideration. Councilman Hesla seconded. Councilman Stamon asked about the process, specifically if a public hearing would be held prior to establishment of the LID, to provide property owners with another opportunity to comment. Staff confirmed this. Following discussion, on call for the question, the motion carried. For the sake of expedience, Mayor Whidden directed the Council to Item No. 13, then proceed with the regular agenda Item 7. Manager Flodstrom explained that Item 13 was the one item that we did need to consider this evening and other items remaining on the agenda, with the exception of the Executive Session, could be continued, with the Council's permission. 13. Certification of Property Tax for 1988 843 CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 6, 1987 Councilman Quast moved the Council approve the tax certification and authorize the Mayor to sign. Councilman Stamon seconded. During discus- sion, Councilman McPhee voiced his disagreement with the statement included in the memorandum from the Administrative Services Department that the City is in better financial shape today than in 1982. Council and staff debated this issue at great length with other Councilmembers explaining the basis for this statement and agreeing with it. Following very extensive discus- sion, on call for the question, the motion carried. Councilman Quast moved to now view the video (Item No. 7) and to continue all items remaining on the agenda to the October 20, 1987, meeting, except the Executive Session. The Council determined Item 15 needed consideration. Councilman Stamon seconded the motion, which was amended to include Item 15. The motion carried. (Councilman Quast concurred.) 7. Presentation of Succeed in Port Angeles Video Butte, Montana City Clerk Anderson presented a video entitled "Butte, Montana The Town that Wouldn't Die" which showed the results of a program in that community similar to the Succeed in Port Angeles program now underway. The video showed how the community of Butte, Montana, utilized the Investment in Excellence Program in their community to create esprit d'corps, enabling them to become one of the forerunners in economic development in the State of Montana when, a short time before, they had faced tremendous economic adversities. Following the video, Councilman Stamon thanked City Clerk Anderson. She stated that she and her husband had been involved in the Investment in Excellence program for a number of years and that the program works. She stated it is the kind of thing for Port Angeles and this is the perfect time for looking at the program when the Council is looking at its Goals. She said it has application with regard to possibility thinking, goal setting, business attraction and retention, etc. She felt all of the things that the Council had talked about earlier tonight could only be facilitated by the use of the program. Mayor Whidden stated it is inter- esting to see what an up -beat outlook on life in general and in City government in particular can accomplish. He stated it's very infectious and as a result, things get done. He stated the City of Port Angeles had gotten an awful lot of things done in recent years with positive thinking. He asked members of the audience to think back to six or seven years ago, stating that things are much different now than they were then. He CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 6, 1987 reiterated a quote from the film, the three components of a winning team: "Attitude, attitude, and attitude 15. Joint Cities /County Committee on Health Services City Committee's Recommendations Supported by the Council Councilman Stamon reported on the most recent meeting with the County and recommendations established by the City Council Committee (absent Council- man Hesla) as follows: (1) The County needs to identify (in detail) what County services are provided to the residents of the three cities who pay an equal amount of property taxes as residents living in the unincorporated areas of the County. This information will be very important when deciding what an appropriate cost sharing agreement might be; (2) If a contractual arrangement is agreed to, the cities need to be represented on the decision making board which will determine service and funding levels for each health service. This could be accomplished by expanding the present Clallam County Board of Health (the three Commissioners) to include a representative from Forks and Sequim, two representatives from Port Angeles. Or, we could look at elevating the present Public Health Advisory Board to a decision making level for services and a recommendation level for funding. The elected officials of the three cities and the County would then approve the final budget. Much like is currently done with Human Services; (3) If a contractual arrangement is not acceptable, we should move to eliminate the current Clallam County Board of Health and proceed to develop a Health District; (4) Any shifting of funds from the County to the cities should occur over a period of three years. This is particularly important to Sequim and Forks. (5) When developing a formula for sharing costs, some consideration must be given in recognition that the cities' residents pay property taxes to the County and therefore already pay for some County services (including Health Services). The Committee proposed that a formula which first eliminates the $87,650 of fixed costs from the total might be possible. Following extensive discussion, Council- man Schermer moved to concur with the recommendations of the Committee and support these recommendations as the City's proposal. Councilman Hesla seconded and the motion carried. VIII CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS /LATE ITEMS Councilman Quast requested the Council consider at its next meeting a policy that there will be no dogs, cats or other pets on the new City Hall premises and that violation of such a policy shall result in immediate dismissal of City employment of persons involved. He stated he did not want City employees to bring their pets into the building and have their pets there for the entire eight hours while they are working. Manager Flodstrom stated'he could quickly resolve such an issue. Councilman Quast discussed with staff the "For Sale" signs made for City properties being listed for sale. He wanted the Council to write a letter to DNR to urge them to purchase the railroad line. Councilman Stamon thought it would be more appropriate to put this on the agenda as a regular agenda item. He also instructed staff to write a letter to Olympic National Park in appreciation of completion of their trail. He discussed with staff plans for completion of the City's portion of the trail. Councilman Schermer referred to a letter from the Clallam County Museum requesting the Senior Center as a site for a fire engine museum, should a new Senior Center facility be constructed in the future. Councilman Stamon would continue this year as the cl rnine✓ticcf representative on the Tourism and Convention Association y Board. She asked when the revised Animal Control Ordinance would be „considered. Attorney Knutson stated we were shooting for the next meeting. Councilman Stamon felt that two weeks would not be sufficient time, as there were really substantial changes. She felt it might be better to publicly announce in the near future that we would hold a public hearing and copies of that ordinance were available and allow until the first meeting in November for people to comment. Councilman Stamon referred to the Succeed in Port Angeles update included in the Information Agenda. She stated one of the things that was mentioned was a suggestion that we address the problem of vandalism. She stated particularly at City Pier, we spent in excess of $10,000 in repair last year as a result of vandalism that could have been spent on other things. She stated the suggestion was that we utilize the "We're All Ears" program CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 6, 1987 with the High School kids and ask for their comments and suggestions in terms of ways to combat the problem of vandalism. She requested we follow up on that suggestion, maybe with the two members of the Park Board who are presently attending High School, to see if they might set up some sort of a forum and form some students that would be willing to make some recommenda- tions to the Park Board in terms of ways to combat that. Councilman Stamon thanked staff for the Health Risk Appraisal results received and stated it was gratifying to see the great improvement that had occurred in just three years in the City of Port Angeles in terms of attainable age as compared to the actual age of all of our employees. She felt it was very good justification for our whole self- insurance and wellness program. She suggested we provide that information to the Association of Washington Cities, which is looking at developing programs, and the Municipal Research Foundation. She asked about the drainage problem as a result of recent construction completed at the College and discussed this with staff briefly. She asked Planner Carr for an update on the James River Trail. Planner Carr confirmed that construction had begun. Councilman Stamon was hopeful that we could see something within the month. Councilman Schermer announced that he would not be in attendance at the next Council meeting, as he would be out of town. Mayor Whidden directed attention to a letter addressed to the Mayor thank- ing him for a letter regarding William Shore and the swimming pool named after him; and to a thank you from the family of the late Representative Fisch for flowers sent by the Council. IX ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION The meeting was adjourned to executive session at 11:26 P.M. for the purpose of discussing litigation and personnel. X RETURN TO OPEN SESSION The meeting returned to open session at approximately 12:20 A.M. XI ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at approximately 12:23 A.M. JAAUt 1 4./ Clerk Mayor 845