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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 11/02/1976 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Port Angeles, Washington November 2, 1976 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Olson at 7:30 P.M. II ROLl'CALL I Members Present: Mayor Olson, Councilmen Anderson, Buck, Haguewood, Hordyk, Ross, Wray. Members Absent: None. Staff Present: Manager Whorton, Attorney Taylor, Clerk Parrish. C. Flodstrom, R. Orton, H. Kochanek, J. Honnold, D. Frizzell, P. Carr, R. Parrish. Guests Present: L. Stetson, M. McCall, V. Nixon, R. Nixon, G. Wood, S. Sweatt, J. Sweatt, B. Thompson, C. Whidden. II I MINUTES Councilman Wray moved the minutes of the October 19 and 26, 1976 meetings be accepted and placed on file as received. The motion was seconded by Council- man Hordyk and carried. IV FIi~ANCE 1. Peabody Heights LID No. 198. Councilman Hordyk moved the Council approve the eleventh, October, payment of $27,177.53 to DelGuzzi Construction, Inc. Port Angeles, for work done and material furnished by said contractor on the Peabody Hei'ghts LID No. 198, as established by City Engineer, J. B. Warder, in his Certification Letter dated October 28, 1976. Councilman Haguewood seconded the motion. I Following a brief discussion on the project, the question was called for and the motion was unanimously passed by the Council. 2. Sewerage Facility Plan Project. Councilman Hordyk moved the Council approve payment of $5,010.00 to CH2M/HILL for engineering services from May 25, 1976 through August 24, 1976 in connection with the sewerage facility plan. The motion was seconded by Councilman Haguewood and carried. 3. Sewerage Facility Plan Project - Sewer System Evaluation Survey. Councilman Haguewood moved the Council approve payment of $15,894.98 to CH2M/HILL for engineering services from July 25 through September 24, 1976 in connection with the physical survey and rainfall simulation phases of the sewer system evaluation survey. The motion was seconded by Councilman Hordyk and passed by the Council. Payroll. 4. I Councilman Haguewood moved the Council approve $102,896.01 Payroll. Councilman Wray seconded the motion and it carried. V ITEMS FROM THE AUDIENCE NOT ON THE AGENDA - NONE. VI LEGISLATION 1. CITIZEN AWARDS. ~..'. Mayor Olson presented a "Certificate of Appreciation" to George Wood in recognition of his seventeen years of meritorious service as a member of the Port Angeles Civil Service Commission and extended the Council's appreciation to Mr. Wood for his years of devoted service. C-.'J7 .. 19R CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 2, 1976 VI LEGISLATION 1. cont. Mayor Olson next presented a City of Port Angeles "Certificate of Appreciation" to Doctor Rodney T. Nixon in honor of his flight from Port Angeles, Washington to Homestead, Florida, making him the holder of the world solo non-stop flight record for light aircraft. The Council's congratulations were also extended to Dr. and Mrs. Nixon I as this accomplishment reflects very favorably on our community. The award for John L. Jobe, which was scheduled for presentation at this time, was tabled to the November 16, 1976 Council meeting as John was unable to be present at this meeting. 2. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. It was moved by Councilman Haguewood that the minutes of the Board of Adjustment October 26, 1976 meeting be accepted and placed on file as read by Mayor Olson. The motion was seconded by Councilman Anderson and carried. Councilman Ross recommended the Council consider increasing the number of members on the Board of Adjustment. 3. PLANNING COMMISSION. Councilman Wray moved the Council accept and place on file the minutes of the Planning Commission October 25, 1976 meeting as read by Mayor Olson. Councilman Haguewood seconded the motion and the motion was passed by the Council. 4. PETITION. A petition signed by 294 residents, requesting the City Council to evaluate the current traffic situation on Race Street and give serious consideration to placing a stop light at the intersection of 8th and Race Street, was read by Mayor Olson. The petition was presented to the Council by Ms. L. Stetson in the form of a letter, also read by Mayor Olson, which expressed a concern for the safety of all vehicles and pedestrians who must cross or enter Race Street. I The Council discussed this matter at length with Manager Whorton, Public Works Director Flodstrom and Chief Kochanek. Areas covered included the number and type of accidents, types of signalization systems and associated costs, availability of State Urban Aid Funding, signaliza- tion visibility, traffic flow, traffic counts, and visual observation. It was Manager Whorton's recommendation that the Council direct the staff to proceed with the preliminary steps to initiate the project, with a goal of calling for bids around the first of the year, and optimistically, the project could be completed before the tourist season begins. J Councilman Buck moved the Council authorize the staff to proceed with the procedures as recommended by Manager Whorton. The discussions continued with Manager Whorton advising the Council that the State funding will be available in January 1977 and is contingent upon a traffic study, plans and specifications being completed. If I the preliminary study indicated a traffic light is warranted, then the project can proceed. Should the preliminary study reveal that a traffic signal is not the solution to this problem, other avenues will be pursued in an attempt to resolve the intersection's high accident rate. Councilman Hordyk seconded Councilman Buck's motion. On called vote, the motion was passed by the Council. 5. CRESTHAVEN SUBDIVISION. In response to a Council directive at the October 5, 1976 meeting that the staff conduct further research into the question of a financial 199 CITV COUNCIL MEETING November 2, 1976 VI LEGISLATION 5. cont. I committment by the City toward the development of Liberty Street within the Cresthaven Subdivision, Mayor Olson read Public Works Director Flodstrom's memorandum which outlines the staff's findings in this matter to be as follows: 1. Both the 1975 and 1976 proposed budgets contained a request for financial support for the Liberty Street Project. The adopted 1975 and 1976 budgets did not contain any money for the Cresthaven Project because this project was eliminated during Council budget work sessions while attempting to attain a balanced operational budget for the City. 2. In an attempt to resolve the other concerns expressed by Mrs. Coughron at the October 5, 1976 meeting, a mutual agreement has been arrived at between the Department of Public Works and Developer E. Coughron as follows: 1) the preliminary engineering and construc- tion survey costs would be the responsibility of the City, with the developer assuming the cost of construction inspection; b) pro- blems of unforeseen construction delays would be resolved by the contractor and city crews working together in making the construction delay as short as possible and still maintain utility service; and c) that design adjustments made during construction will be resolved once the project has been completed. Councilman Hordyk clarified for the record that this project was eli- minated from the final budgets as an overall budget item and also explained why in his opinion the City has some obligation toward the Liberty Street project. I Public Works Director Flodstrom confirmed for the record that Mrs. Coughron was in accord with the agreement and that she has been notified that any additional work on the development of Cresthaven Subdivision will come under the new policy of billing developers for design work. 6. EDIZ HOOK - TRIDENT PROPOSED DUMPING PROJECT. Manager Whorton reported that his investigation into the proposed dumping of dredge material from the Trident Project produced the following information. It is noted that at the. October 5, 1976 meeting, the Council directed Manager Whorton to check into this matter because of the potentially harmful effects on fishing off Ediz Hook. On the question of revoking the 1972 Substantial Development Permit granted by the City, it is unknown whether it can be repealed; the permit is, however, scheduled to expire in October 1977. I The Department of the Navy's proposed program is to dump a total of 264,000 cubic yards in the Ediz Hook disposal area in two stages, with 220,000 cubic yards of relatively clean non-toxic material, that will hold together quite well when dumped, being scheduled to be dumped between March and September of 1977 at 1,500-2,000 cubic yards per day. Tests have been conducted to determine the effects of the dumping, and, in the opinion of certain representatives from the Department of Ecology, Department of Fisheries, Department of Natural Resources, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Trident Information Office, the material proposed to be dumped is clean, non- toxic and would have relatively little effect considering the amount proposed to be dumped against the depth of the water and that the dumping would not be detrimental to marine life. It was Manager Whorton's recommendation that the matter be dropped for now, but when the Substantial Development Permit comes up for renewal in 1977, the Council consider adding a stipulation that only so many cubic yards can be dumped in anyone single year or over the life of the permit. The Council were also provided a copy of a letter directed to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers from the Department of Natural Resources which summarizes the situation in detail. 200 CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 2, 1976 VI LEGISLATION 7. COUNCIL MEETINGS. It was moved by Councilman Haguewood that the Council change the Council meeting night from Tuesday night to Wednesday night commencing with the first meeting in December 1976. The motion was seconded by Council- man Hordyk. During a discussion on the motion, Councilman Buck moved I the matter be tabled. There being no second to Councilman Buck's motion to table, the motion died for lack of a second. On call for the question on the motion on the floor to change the Council meetings to Wednesday evenings starting December 1, 1976, the motion carried with Councilman Buck voting "NO." 8. NORTH OLYMPIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. Mayor Olson read Manager Whorton's memorandum relating to the problems associated with the current N.D.L.S. Agreement and the need to negotiate a new Agreement for the purpose of clarifying the language dealing with contributions, developing some funding mechanism to assure a steady flow of income to the System, and incorporating language that spells out the responsibilities associated with maintenance and capitol out- lay expenditures. Manager Whorton advised the Council that in the Fall of 1975, a committee was established to develop a new agreement for the North Olympic Library System. The committee was composed of D. J. Caulkins, Sam Haguewood, Lyle Stumbaugh, Morley McCall, and Ken Whorton. After the materialization of the County recall effort, the committee ceased to function. His recommendation to the Council at this time is that the City Council direct the City Manager to write another letter to all parties stating (a) the City's desire to end the current contract and negotiate a new contract (b) that a committee representing the City, County and Library System be re-established to develop a new contract. Morley McCall, Director of the North Olympic Library System was in attendance at this meeting and she concurred that a new Agreement was in order. I Councilman Hordyk moved the Council direct Manager Whorton write a letter as per his recommendation to the Council. The motion was seconded by Councilman Anderson and passed by the Council. Mayor Olson reappointed Councilman Haguewood to serve on the committee to develop a new contract for the North Olympic Library System. 9. 1977 BUDGET. The Council discussed with Manager Whorton the scheduling of work sessions On the proposed budget. A decision was made to have the first budget work session on Wednesday, November 3, 1976, in the Council Chambers at 7:30 P.M. Councilman Wray moved the Council hold the public hearing on the proposed 1977 Budget on Monday, December 6, 1976, at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers. The motion was seconded by Councilman Haguewood and passed by the Council. I 10. LATE ITEMS. 1976 Public Works Employment Act, Title I, Economic Development Admin- istration Grant Applications. Manager Whorton reported that the Public Pier and Corporation Yard grant applications have been returned to the City for slight corrections and the plan is to return the corrected applications to EDA next week; the City has been assured that the appli- cations will qualify for consideration in the initial appropriation if returned prior to November 26, 1976. Logging Truck Washing Facility. Councilman Ross brought this matter to the attention of the Council. It was discussed and Manager Whorton will research the matter and report back to the Council. dJl CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 2, 1976 VI LEGISLATION 10. cont. I Zoning Ordinance - Home Occupation. Councilman Hordyk questioned whether commercial utility rates apply to holders of home occupation conditional use permits. The subject was discussed with Manager Whorton, Public Works Director Flodstrom and Planner Carr. The Public Works Department will pursue this matter. City Streets. Councilman Wray commented on the number of automo- biles that are parked on City Streets for lengthy periods of time. Manager Whorton will check this out. U. S. Coast Guard Oil Discharge Penalities. Councilman Haguewood commented on the fines that have been assessed against the City by the U. S. Coast Guard. Attorney Taylor reported on this matter indicating that the October 14, 1976, $250 penalty can be appealed. at no cost to the City and probably should be because of the circumstances involved. The Council directed Manager Whorton to re- search this entire matter and report back to the Council; they also felt that latest $250 penalty should be appealed. Civil Service Commission Vacancy. Councilman Anderson reported that he has approached Ted White regarding his interest in serving on the Civil Service Commission. Councilman Anderson is considering nomi- nating Mr. White at a later date. Councilman Hordyk reported he has approached Jerry Young regarding his interest in serving on the Civil Service Commission. I State Department of Social and Health Services Water Quality Lawsuit Against City. Attorney Taylor presented a brief report on the status of this matter indicating that the Advisory Jury held that the City's water system was not safe. The next step is for Kitsap County Judge T. Hanley to decide the City's position in this matter. The time table is not clear and we are waiting to get a date set for the next step in the procedure. Mr. Taylor also informed the Council of the excellent performance, cooperation, and effort expended by the City staff in preparation for and during the Advisory Hearing. VII ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned to executive session at 8:40 P.M. ~(!.~ City Clerk -:sr~ I