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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 11/05/19912116 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Port Angeles, Washington November 5, 1991 CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Sargent called the special meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order SPECIAL MEETING: at 6:03 p.m. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Mayor Sargent, Councilmen Comell, Hallett, Lemon, Nicholson, Ostrowski and Wight. Members Absent: None. Staff Present: Manager Pomeranz, Attorney Knutson, Clerk Upton, S. Brodhun, M. Cleland, B. Collins, L. Glenn, K. Godbey, J. Pittis, S. Hursh, G. Kenworthy, K. Ridout. Public Present: G. Braun, B. Haselton, J. Michalczik, B. Dawson, J. Bondy, L. Beil, L. Schueler, G. Pettit, T. German. ADJOURN TO Mayor Sargent adjourned the meeting to executive session at 6:05 P.M. to discuss EXECUTIVE SESSION: matters of litigation, personnel, and real estate for approximately 45 minutes. RETURN TO OPEN The meeting returned to open session at 7:04 P.M. SESSION: CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Sargent called the regular meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order REGULAR MEETING: at 7:04 P.M. PLEDGE OF The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was led by Mayor Sargent. ALLEGIANCE: APPROVAL OF Councilman Ostrowski moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of MINUTES: October 15, 1991. Councilman Cornell seconded the motion, which carried unanimously, with Councilman Wight abstaining due to absence from that meeting. CEREMONIAL 1. Employee Suggestion Program awards presentation. MATTERS/ PROCLAMATIONS: Mayor Sargent reviewed the proposed changes to the Employee Suggestion Program awards. Manager Pomeranz presented an Employee Suggestion Program award to Dan McKeen of the Fire Department, who had applied for and received a grant of $4,000 toward acquisition of the Opticom system for emergency traffic light controls. Councilman Nicholson moved to amend the Employee Suggestion Program awards to eliminate the award of training money and substitute cash awards in increments of $25 up to $104}. Councilman Cornell seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. CITY COUNCIL Councilman Wight reported on a County Health Advisory Board meeting held on this COMMITTEE date. The Board is making an effort to become more active in goal setting with REPORTS: recommendations forwarded to the County Commissioners. Additionally, the County has committed funds toward maintaining the behavioral medicine portion of Olympic Memorial Hospital for some time. The Board is attempting to serve as a broker to form a consortium to arrange maintaining the program, which may need to be separate from the Hospital District. Councilman Hallett reported on the November 4th Utility Advisory Committee -1- 2117 CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 5, 1991 CITY COUNCIL meeting at which Dr. Locke gave a presentation on water fluoridation, a matter COMMITTEE which will be coming to the full Council in the near future. The Committee REPORTS: discussed senior discounts, malting suggestions for language changes in the (Cont'd) documents. This information will be presented to the Council in detail on November 19th. Adjustments in City Light service charges will also be brought to the Council. The UAC would like the Mayor to appoint an alternate Councilmember to that Committee, not as a replacement, but as an alternate when one of the other three members is unable to attend. CONSENT AGENDA: Councilman Cornell moved to accept the Consent Agenda, including (1) Request to call for bids for legal publications for 1992; (2) Advance Travel Request over $500 for Police Chief to attend Fall WASPC Conference; (3) Payment to R. W. Beck for Bluff Erosion Control Design $5,868.59 and Landfill Construction support of $1,369.30 (Total $7,237.89); (4) Approval of interview board for Firefighter examinations; (5) Approval of contract with NISSI Technologies; (6) Correspondence from Washington State Liquor Control Board; (7) Payroll of October 13, 1991, of $297,988.71 and of October 27, 1991 of $288,765.23; and (8) Vouchers of $2,163,950.11. Councilman Nicholson seconded the motion. Councilman Hallett thanked Finance Director Godbey for the quality of the contract on the award to NISSI Technologies. Mayor Sargent asked if the amount of the contract had been budgeted and was told it is. Mayor Sargent mentioned the luncheon for the accreditation team and asked Chief Cleland to comment. Chief Cleland said the accreditation team was pleased by the interest of the Council. The suggestions made by the accreditation team resulted in wording changes to three of the Police Department Policies. A vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. ITEMS FROM THE Mayor Sargent suggested that Information Item No. 5, Report on Hospital Parking, AUDIENCE/COUNCIL/ be entered as Legislative Item E.6. The appointment of an alternate Councilmember STAFF TO BE to the Utility Advisory Committee will be Legislative Item E.7. CONSIDERED OR PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA: LEGISLATION: A. Public Hearings Public Hearings 1. Proposed Amendment to Planned Residential Development (PRD) Chapter of Zoning Ordinance No. 1709, as amended Amendment to PRD Chapter of Zoning Mayor Sargent reviewed the proposed revisions to the Planned Residential Ordinance No. 1709 Development Chapter of the Zoning Code recommended by the Innovative Housing Committee. The Planning Commission will not make a recommendation until they have held a public hearing. Mayor Sargent opened the public hearing at 7:32 p.m.. Sulie Bondy, Northwestern Territories, Inc., 717 South Peabody Street, addressed significant portions of the proposed revisions which conflict with her understanding of what a Planned Residential Development should be. Councilman Nicholson pointed out that the revisions made were as a result of public comments during the meetings held by the Innovative Housing Committee. Robbie Mantooth, 2238 East Lindberg Road, suggested the changes proposed not come at the expense of the existing amenities in the specific area. Joe Michalczik, 520 West Third Street, considers the home to be the biggest asset of the ordinary person and looks to the City Council to protect that asset. Ron Richards, 313 East 12th Street, was concerned that the Planning Commission had not yet held a public hearing on this proposal. He took exception to some of the proposed definitions. Bill Dawson, 1224 West Fourth Street, said he attended one of the meetings of the Innovative Housing Committee and was given the impression public input was not wanted. He suggested the present proposal makes it advantageous to acquire otherwise unbuildable areas in order to gain increases in density. Larry McHone, 3303 McDougal, a member of the Innovative Housing Committee, -2- 2118 CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 5, 1991 LEGISLATION: said there is a housing shortage in Port Angeles. It is not a good idea to concentrate (Cont'd) multi-family housing in a single area. Public Hearings Mayor Sargent referenced a letter from Carl Alexander, a member of the Innovative Housing Committee, which expounded on the various types of housing which canaot Amendment to PRD be addressed through the PRD Ordinance. He urged Council to keep the Innovative Chapter of Zoning Housing Committee intact, as the business of the committee is unfinished. Ordinance No. 1709 (Cont'd) Mayor Sargent reiterated that the Planning Commission will be holding a public hearing on this matter on November 13th and will then make a recommendation to the Council for the November 19th meeting. Councilman Wight moved to continue the public hearing to November 19, 1991. Councilman Ostrowski seconded the motion. Councilman Lemon reviewed his purpose in having the Innovative Housing Committee created which was to respond to the denials of rezones and PRDs. Councilman Hallett asked Planning Director Collins if he was satisfied with the comments received this evening. Director Collins noted that many of the concerns had been addressed during the Committee meetings, and if the Council wished, he could prepare an analysis of the issues raised. Councilman Comell welcomed the suggestion and asked if the same document could be prepared for the Planning Commission, as he would not like to receive more in-depth information than the Planning Commission receives. Councilman Wight felt the Comprehensive Plan itself does not differentiate between sjogle- and mt/lti-~amily, reside~tia~ _- the~y ~e all. re, si_dea~i~ ~ea~ b'~ ~ 'on~ ~dch ~o~m y. ~x.~~~ Continuation of B. Ordinances not requiring public hearings Rezone Request- REZ-91 (08)03, 1. Continuation of Consideration of Rezone Request - REZ-91 (08)03, Olympic Olympic Memorial Memorial Hospital: Request to rezone property (one and a half lots) from Hospital RS-7, Residential Single-Family to OC, Office Commercial (continued from September 17, 1991) Councilman Corneli moved for denial of the rezone, citing the following findings and conclusions: FINDINGS: (1) The request is to rezone a 10,500 s.f. (1.5 lots) site from Single Family Residential (RS-7) to Office Commercial (OC) on the south side of Caroline Street, west of Race; (2) There are approximately 11.2 acres of OC- zoned land in the immediate proximity of the Hospital; (3) There is potential for conversion of less intensive uses, namely single-family residential and vacant land, already zoned OC, to medical offices to serve the needs of the Hospital. There are about 24 single-family units on about 4.2 acres and an additional .9 acres of vacant land in the OC-zoned properties around the hospital; (4) Single-family residential units can and have been demolished to make room for new medical offices; (5) Single-family residential units can and have been converted to medical offices; (6) The site is on a dead-end residential street. There are four houses (in addition to the house on the proposed rezone site) which have vehicular access from Caroline Street; (7) The hospital is in the process of constructing a major expansion of its facilities; (8) the City Council denied another rezone request from RS-7 to OC in the immediate vicinity. That request encompassed the site in question plus an additional 22,500 square feet of land to the west of the current proposed rezone site; (9) The Comprehensive Plan contains a goal which states as a goal "A Community where development and use of the land are done in a manner that is compatible with the environment, the characteristics of the use and the users. ~; (10) Commercial Policy No. 16 states "Specialized and city-wide oriented medical and dental operations should be as functionally near the hospital as possible. "; (11) Circulation Policy No. 18 states that 'Offstreet parking within business and residential areas should be adequate for the needs of the use and to assure that the traffic flow of the street is not impeded. W; CONCLUSIONS: (A) The proposal is not necessary to achieve Comprehensive Plan Policy No. 16, as there are adequate amounts of land zoned OC to meet the needs of the Hospital and related uses for the foreseeable future; (B) No circumstances have changed in the area which would indicate the original zoning of the property is no longer appropriate; (C) The rezone is not in the public use or interest; (D) The hospital should have included such a request during the planning stage of the current expansion. Councilman Nicholson seconded the motion. Councilman Wight indicated that the reasons given by those who had voted against -3- 2119 CITY COUNCIL MEETING · -:.,k~./ ;~.~,: November 5, 1991 LEGISLATION: the rezone when the vote deadlocked 3 - 3 in September was that additional (Cont'd) information was needed to determine the need for more OC-zoned property in the Hospital area. He considers the rezone would make the western boundary of the Continuation of Hospital area OC zone more even. Rezone Request- REZ-91 (08)03, Councilman Comell reviewed the original rezoning of the area which included three Olympic Memorial lots on the west side of Race Street and three lots on the east side of Chambers Hospital (Cont'd) Street, with the intention that the OC uses on those lots would face the main streets, rather than the residential streets. The irregularity in the boundary is due to a prior rezone. Councilman Lemon felt the proposed use of the subject site might not have an impact on the residential uses. However, subsequent uses which could be made of the property, if rezoned, very well could have adverse impacts. On call for the question, the motion to deny the rezone passed 6 - 1, with Councilman Wight voting "No". Break Mayor Sargent recessed the meeting for a break at 9:00 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:16 p.m. Set Public Hearing - C. Resolutions not requiring public hearings 5th Street LID Final Assessment 1. Resolution setting a public hearing for the 5th Street LID Final Assessment Roll - Resolution Roll No. 39-91 Mayor Sargent read the Resolution by title, entitled RESOLUTION NO. 39-91 A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, fixing the time and place of hearing upon the final assessment roll for Local Improvement District No. 213. Councilman Ostrowski moved to pass the Resolution as read by rifle, setting the public hearing date for December 3, 1991. Councilman Cornell seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. Planning Commission D. Planning Commission minutes/action items Minutes of October 23, 1991 1. Proposed Interim Wetlands and Environmentally Sensitive Areas Protection Ordinances - City-wide Interim Wetlands and Environmentally Mayor Sargent announced that the Planning Commission minutes are not available Sensitive Areas at this time; however, they will be submitted in time for the November 19th meeting. Protection Ordinances The Interim Wetlands Protection Ordinance and the Interim Environmentally Sensitive Areas Protection Ordinance will be ready for public hearings at the November 19th meeting. Councilman Comell asked if setting these two matters for public heating for the same meeting where the PRD revisions will be considered might be over-loading the agenda. Planning Director Collins said the State requires that these ordinances be adopted prior to December 1, 1991. The original date for adoption was September lst; however, the City was granted a three-month extension. The Planning Commission has already held three public hearings on Wetlands and two public hearings on Environmentally Sensitive Areas in order to encourage more members of the public to give testimony. Councilman Hallett moved to set a public hearing for November 19, 1991, to consider the Enviromnentally Sensitive Areas Protection Ordinance. Councilman Wight seconded the motion. Councilman Ostrowski asked if the proposed ordinances were models, submitted by the State for modification and adoption by the City. Director Collins responded that the Planning Department has reviewed these documents for about six months; the model ordinances were not prepared by staff. The Wetlands Ordinance came from a draft provided by the Department of Ecology; the Environmentally Sensitive Areas 2120 CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 5, 1991 LEGISLATION: Ordinance was prepared by a consultant, utilizing information prepared by the (Cont' d) Department of Community Development, based on ordinances adopted by other cities and counties prior to the Growth Management. Both ordinances have been reviewed Planning Commission by the Growth Management Advisory Committee and the Planning Commission, Minutes of October 23, resulting in a number of changes, basically fine-tuning for local concerns. 1991 Councilman Ostrowski asked if the current wetlands hearings would have any bearing Interim Wetlands and on the proposed ordinances. Director Collins responded that the City has not defined Environmentally wetlands; the definitions were derived through State and Federal guidelines and Sensitive Areas methodologies and would change as State and Federal regulations change. Protection Ordinances (Cont'd) A vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. Councilman Corneli moved to set a public hearing for November 19, 1991, to _ consider the Interim Wetlands Protection Ordinance. Councilman Nicholson seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. Housing Needs E. Other Considerations Assessment 1. Summary of Housing Needs Assessment Karen McCormick presented an oral summary of the results of the Housing Needs Assessment, including population, economic, and housing profiles of the commtmities within Clallam County. The primary conclusion of the survey was that a rental housing crisis exists. Secondly, there is a misfit of the available subsidized housing to the need. There are serious needs in the area of supply, condition, and affordability of housing. The resources which are available have been well utilized, but the problem is greater than the resources. In the last decade, Clallam County grew by 10%, the slowest growth rate since the 1930's and '40's. The unincorporated areas grew at three times the rate of the cities within Clallam County, now comprising 43 % of the total population. Renter households are growing at a faster rate than homeowner households. In the last decade, the sale price of single- family homes has increased by 34 % in Port Angeles. In the rental housing market, the vacancy rate is virtually zero, with a normal rate between 5 % and 6 %. Port Angeles is in the middle of affordability of both purchased and rental homes. Councilman Hallett urged the City Council to provide assistance in any way possible to help in furthering the goals of the study. Housing Strategy 2. Housing Strategy Manager Pomeranz reported on a meeting he attended concerning the Washington State Housing Assistance Program. There are opportunities available to obtain grant funds for housing and Manager Pomeranz indicated the City is taking a role of leadership in setting meetings to pursue these opportunities. He noted the City of Aberdeen has been cited as having an excellent program; information from Aberdeen will be solicited. School/City 3. School/City Tennis Court - Funding Options Tennis Court - Funding Options Mayor Sargent reviewed the options available for the City with regard to the joint funding of the School District tennis courts. One question still remaining was whether the proposed drainage would meet the approval of the Department of _ Fisheries. Mayor Sargent requested information on this matter from the School District. Terry Heindl, Port Angeles School District, responded that new design criteria and figures have been submitted to Fish and Game, and he felt the Department would accept the proposal. The additional expense approximates $15,000. Councilman Nicholson moved that the City agree to Option B, including two lighted tennis courts and 76 parking spaces, resulting in an increased City financial commitment over the initial proposal of approximately $7,500. Mayor Sargent inquired as to how much money would be needed to renovate the Erickson tennis courts. Parks Director Brodhun responded that estimates were not available. Discussion followed concerning the projected cost for renovating the two presently unplayable tennis courts at Erickson. -5- 2121 CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 5, 1991 LEGISLATION: Councilman Wight seconded Councilman Nicholson' s motion. Councilman Wight (Confd) then asked if Option C was preferred by anyone. Councilman Nicholson noted it was his preference; however, Option B would provide two lighted courts right now School/City and would be a balance between the other two options. Tennis Court - Funding Options Mayor Sargent recalled that the Port Angeles Tennis Association might be receptive (Cont'd) to assisting in this project and inquired if that organization had been contacted. No one had further information to offer at this time. Councilman Wight asked Director Brodhun if lighted courts would encourage scheduling tournaments and received an affirmative answer. Councilman Lemon announced he had voted against this project in the past and would vote against it at this time. The City simply does not have sufficient funds to cover the cost of the project. Bids on the original project came in more than $50,000 over estimates and an award was made, without consultation with the City. The conditions of the original agreement have been changed unilaterally. The City is neglecting its own tennis courts to assist the School District with theirs. Councilman Cornell offered a friendly amendment to the motion, to accept Option A to contribute $95,496 toward the High School tennis courts and commit $17,000 toward the renovation of the Erickson tennis courts. Councilmen Nicholson and Wight accepted the friendly amendment. Councilman Comell suggested, rather than borrowing $44,000 from the Light Fund, that the sum be taken out of the projected year-end surplus in the General Fund, thereby eliminating the need to repay the Light Fund loan over the next five years and having those repayment funds available for other projects. Mayor Sargent suggested that it is appropriate to determine the level of funding at this time; the source of funding can be determined at a later date. Councilman Nicholson reminded the Council that the original agreement had been to provide six tennis courts, two of them lighted, and 76 parking spaces for the City's contribution. Mayor Sargent suggested making the motion subject to that requirement. Councilman Nicholson clarified the motion that the City would maintain its commitment of funding in the amount of $95,496 for six tennis courts at the High School and that $17,000 would be allocated for the renovation of the Erickson Tennis Courts and further, that the City's participation in the School tennis courts is based upon at least two lighted courts and 76 parking spaces. Councilman Wight, who had seconded the motion, agreed. On call for the question, the motion carried by a majority vote, with Councilman Lemon voting in opposition. Councilman Ostrowski moved to authorize the Mayor to sign the Agreement with the School District. Councilman Wight seconded. Attorney Knutson indicated that Section 2. of the agreement, Scope of Work, must be modified to reflect the change concerning two tennis courts to be lighted initially. A vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. Real Estate Committee 4. Set Real Estate Committee Meeting A meeting of the Real Estate Committee was set for Tuesday, November 12, 1991, at 4:00 P.M. Consent Decree- 5. Request to authorize City Light Director to sign consent decree for Northwest Transformer Northwest Transformer PCB site clean-up PCB Site Clean-up Councilman Hallett moved to authorize the Light Depavhnent Director to sign a de minimis consent decree with EPA for clean-up of the Northwest Transformer site. Councilman Wight seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. Hospital Parking 6. Hospital Parking - Information Agenda Item #5 Mayor Sargent reported the conditions of the parking variance previously issued to Olympic Memorial Hospital have not been met thus far. However, Planning Director Collins advised the Council that the approved parking variance would not 2122 CITY COUNCIL MEETINO November 5, 1991 LEGISLATION: take effect until the addition to the building is ready for occupancy. During (Cont'd) construction, it will be impossible for the Hospital to provide the 272 parking spaces. Hospital Parking Councilman Hallett queried as to whether anything specific could be done to alleviate (Cont'd) the residential parking problem during the Hospital expansion. Perhaps employees could be encouraged to use the bus transit services until the expansion has been completed. Mayor Sargent suggested that a letter be sent to the Hospital, explaining the problems which have arisen. Public Works Director Pittis offered to explore alternative solutions and provide that information to the Council at its November 19th meeting. Councilman Hallett requested that a letter still be sent to the Hospital signed by the Mayor requesting some cooperation with the parking problem Utility Advisory 7. Utility Advisory Committee Committee Councilman Itallett moved to reappoint Thomas Hunt as the Citizen-at-Large on the Utility Advisory Committee. Coum:ilman Lemon seconded the motion which earried unanimously. In that no member of the City Council offered to serve as an alternate on the Utility Advisory Committee, Mayor Sargent indicated she would delay such an appointment for a brief period. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 11:05 p.m. CC.236 -7-