HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 02/16/2016 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Port Angeles, Washington
February 16, 2016
CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING:
Mayor Downie called the special meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 5:40 p.m.
Members Present: Mayor Downie,Deputy Mayor Kidd,Councilmembers Bruch,Collins,Gase,and Merideth.
Members Absent: Councilmember Whetham.
Staff Present: City Manager McKeen,Attorney Bloor,Clerk Veneklasen, C. Fulton,B. Olson,N. West,L.
Kheriaty, S. Wright and T.Agesson.
Socrata Open Budget Presentation
Chief Financial Officer Byron Olson introduced Senior Finance staff members Linda Kheriaty, Sherry Wright and
Tess Agesson who conducted a presentation on the City's new Open Budget software which will allow the public to
access the City's financial data information.
CFO Olson noted that after the Finance Department rolls out Open Budget,next will be Open Books and Open Payroll.
ADJOURNMENT:
Mayor Downie adjourned the Special Meeting at 6 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER-REGULAR MEETING:
Mayor Downie called the regular meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 6:01 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Members Present: Mayor Downie,Deputy Mayor Kidd,Councilmembers Bruch,Collins,Gase,and Merideth.
Members Absent: Councilmember Whetham.
Staff Present: City Manager McKeen,Attorney Bloor,Clerk Veneklasen,K.Dubuc,C. Fulton,T.Gallagher,B.
Olson,N.West,D.McBride and J.Burke.
It was moved by Bruch and seconded by Gase to:
Excuse Councilmember Whetham from the meeting.
Motion carried 6-0.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Mayor Downie led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
CEREMONIAL MATTERS PROCLAMATIONS & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS
1. Proclamation for Dennis McBride
Mayor Downie and Public Works&Utilities Director Craig Fulton honored Dennis McBride,Fleet Manager, with a
proclamation and a Superior Service award for his 30 years of service to the City of Port Angeles. Mr. McBride
thanked everyone for the opportunity to serve the City for so many years.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
City Manager Dan McKeen spoke about Public Comment guidelines contained in the Council Rules of Procedure.He
noted there had been a mistake when the most recent version of the Rules of Procedure was drafted,in which the"15
minute" guideline for public continent periods had been omitted in error. Staff reviewed information that was
presented to Council in July 2015 when the body adopted a second public comment period. In reviewing memos and
minutes as well as listening to the audio recording of the July meeting, staff reaffirmed Council's wishes to add a
PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING—February 16, 2016
second public comment period to all agendas with comments limited to no more than three minutes per person,and a
total of 15 minutes for each continent period, with the Mayor's discretion to lengthen or shorten. Manager McKeen
noted that all supporting documentation about this matter would be put on the City's website for the public.
The following people spoke against community water fluoridation:
Janet Kailin,2902 South Regence Street
Melvina Worman,224 Hawthorne Place
Jim Bourget,313 Northridge View
The following people spoke in favor of community water fluoridation:
Alan Peet,904 East Eighth Street
Scott Kennedy, 136 Old Black Diamond Road
Todd Irwin, 620 East Eighth Street
Greg Royak, 1111 Columbia Street
LATE ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THIS OR FUTURE AGENDAS as determined by City Manaker
or Conncibnember- Councilmember Bruch requested that a discussion about the Council Rules of Procedure be
added to a future agenda.
CONSENT AGENDA:
It was moved by Kidd and seconded by Gase to approve the Consent Agenda to include:
1. Expenditure Approval List: 112312016 to 2/05/2016 for$4,839,013.15
2. Modifications to Interlocal Agreement with CCFD#2
3. Olympic Peninsula Tourism Commission Annual Agreement
4. Extend Member Appointments to Board of Ethics Pool
5. Herrera Environmental Agreement Amendment No. 2 for Elwha River Hydraulic Analysis and Remediation
6. Downtown Light Pole Replacement-Phase II,Project CL06-2012/Final Acceptance
7. Lighting Upgrade-Phase II,Project CL05-2014/Final Acceptance
8. Overhead Reconductoring,Project CLO1-2014/Final Acceptance:
9. 2015 Power Line Tree Trinuning, Contract SVC15-33/Final Acceptance
10.City Hall and Pencom Upgrades,Project GG 15-01 /Final Acceptance
11.Resolution(#01-16)to Set a Public Hearing for Olympic Medical Center Proposal to vacate a portion of
Columbia Street
Motion carried 6-0.
ORDINANCES NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS:
1. Franchise Ordinance
City Attorney Bill Bloor noted that it would be a second reading of ordinance.He said that there had been a couple of
changes to format since the first reading on February, 2, 2016,but no substantive changes. Attorney Bloor said that
the ordinance primarily sets a framework for how the City will proceed with franchises in the future.
Mayor Downie conducted a second reading of the ordinance by title,entitled,
ORDINANCE NO.3550
AN ORDINANCE regulating the occupancy and use of Public Rights-of-Way by Television Cable Systems and
Open Video Systems,providing for establishment of customer service standards; establishing Franchise and
licensing requirements for Operators of such systems and prescribing terms,and conditions for and upon the
construction,maintenance, and repair of such systems;amending Chapters 11.08 and 11.14 of the Port Angeles City
Code,all relating to Television Cable Systems and Open Video Systems.
It was moved by Gase and seconded by Merideth to:
Approve ordinance as read.
Motion carried 6-0.
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OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
1. Formation of Board of Ethics to Review Complaint
Manager McKeen said that on February 4,2016 the City received a complaint that invoked Chapter 2.78 of the Port
Angeles Municipal Code of Ethical Conduct. He said the City Clerk sent the complaint to the full Council,City
Attorney and City Manager as directed by the Municipal Code.He said Council was to take the next steps in the
complaint process which is to choose a 3-person board to review the complaint.
Manager McKeen spoke about the requirements for the Board of Ethics,saying that the composition of the
3-member board is to be made up of at least one member who is a former judicial officer or has expertise in ethics
acquired through education or experience. At least one member shall have experience in municipal government.
The third member may be any of the preapproved applicants.
Council ranked their top three choices in each category.
Councilmembers stated their rankings, 1 to 3,for the record:
Councilmember Collins
Judicial/Ethics experience: Williams,Meiner,Zoble
Municipal experience: Zoble,Dean,Rutten
Citizen-at-large: Zoble,Prince,Dean
Mayor Downie
Judicial/Ethics experience: Meiner,Williams,Zoble
Municipal experience: Rutten,Dean,Zoble
Citizen-at-large: Tschimperle,Zoble,Yucha
Councilmember Gase
Judicial/Ethics experience: Meiner,Williams,Dean
Municipal experience: Zoble,Dean,Rutten
Citizen-at-large: Prince,Yucha,Tschimperle
Councilmember Merideth
Judicial/Ethics experience: Williams,Meiner,Dean
Municipal experience: Rutten,Dean,Zoble
Citizen-at-large: Prince,Tschimperle,Yucha
Councilmember Bruch
Judicial/Ethics experience: Meiner,Williams,Dean
Municipal experience: Rutten,Zoble,Dean
Citizen-at-large: Tschimperle,Prince,Yucha
Mayor Downie adjourned the meeting for a 10 minute break at 6:55 p.m. so that staff could tabulate the results of
Council's rankings.The meeting reconvened at 7:10 p.m.
Deputy Mayor Kidd remained outside of Chambers during the selection process.
CFO Olson gave results of the tabulation,noting that 3 points were given for each first choice,2 points for each second
choice,and 1 point for each third choice.
Judicial/Ethics experience
Zoble 2 points;Dean 3 points; Williams 12 points and Meiner 13 points.
Municipal experience
Dean 9 points;Zoble 10 points and Rutten 11 points.
Citizen At Large
�a Dean 1 point;Yucha 5 points;Zoble 5 points;Tschimperle 9 points and Prince 10 points.
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CFO Olson said the three highest ranking candidates were: in judicial/ethics Grant Meiner, in municipal Danetta
Rutten and citizen-at-large Frank Prince. Council discussion followed.
It was moved by Gase and seconded by Merideth to:
Approve Grant Meiner,Danetta Rutten and Frank Prince as top vote obtainers as tabulated by City staff.
Motion carried 5-0 with Deputy Mayor Kidd abstaining.
2. Proposed Ad Hoc Committee to Explore Fluoridation Alternatives
Manager McKeen said that at Council direction,he met with Councilmembers Bruch and Collins about the proposed
structure for an ad hoc committee to explore fluoridation alternatives. He said that structure and a proposed
membership to the committee was being presented to Council for consideration.
Councilmember Bruch stated the goal of the committee was to bridge the divide that exists in the community related
to the issue of fluoridation, and to look for viable alternatives that recognize the importance of oral health in the
community. She said they had decided to select two people"for"water fluoridation,two"against"water fluoridation,
two neutral members and one member from the Utility Advisory Committee.Collins added that the committee would
not vote on anything, that they would have to arrive on something via consensus, otherwise they would not be
recommending anything to Council. He said that whatever alternative might be identified, Council would have to
wrestle the question of funding. Councilmember Collins noted that Dr. Chris Frank had declined to be on the
committee. Council discussion followed.
Council agreed by consensus to move forward with the ad hoc committee structure proposed by Councilmembers
Bruch and Collins.
FINANCE:
1. Department of Ecology Stormwater Grant Acceptances
Public Works and Utilities Director Craig Fulton outlined three water quality stormwater grants offered to the City by
the Department of Ecology(DOE). Council discussion followed.
It was moved by Kidd and seconded by Bruch to:
Accept three grants from DOE on behalf of the City—A$50,000 Stormwater Capacity grant with no local match to
implement and manage the City's Western Washington Phase II Municipal Stormwater NPDES Permit; a$474,300
Water Quality Combined Financial Assistance grant with a 15%local match to design and construct a Decant Facility
at the Port Angeles Regional Transfer Station; a$461,250 Water Quality Combined Financial Assistance grant with
a 25% local match to construct two Green Low Impact Development Alley's with permeable pavement; and to
authorize the City Manager to sign the agreements and to make minor modifications as necessary.
Motion carried 6-0.
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS:
Councilmember Gase said he attended the Chamber of Commerce board meeting and that the Chamber's new
executive director is on board and making great progress.
Councilmember Bruch said she had received many positive comments on the new street signs that honor Klallam
tribal history by having the name of the streets in both English and Klallam.
Councilmember Merideth said he had received a call thanking the City for the Officer in downtown Port Angeles.
No other reports were given.
INFORMATION:
Manager McKeen spoke regarding the joint City Council and Tribal meeting that is scheduled for 5 p.m. on March
23,2016 at the Elwha Klallam Heritage Center. He said the agenda for that meeting will be out soon.
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Manager McKeen said staff will work with the 3-member Board of Ethics to find a time for them to review the
ethics complaint. He also noted that staff will provide support to the fluoridation ad hoc committee under direction
of Councilmembers Bruch and Collins.
SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT:
The following people spoke in favor of community water fluoridation:
Jody Moss,Bridge Lane. She also spoke about access to the SmileMobile and Project Homelessness.
Mary Hogan, 819 Georgiarma
The following people spoke against community water fluoridation:
Jim Duff,4201 C Street
Mark Johnson,2203 Samara Drive
Tony Dipangrazil, 1220 W Fourth
Jack Carloson, 1012 East Second
Edna Willadsen, 1719 East Lambert Lane,said that the group"Our Water,Our Choice"will be filing ethics complaints
next week against Deputy Mayor Kidd and Councilmember Gase.
ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Downie adjourned the meeting at 8:23 p.m.
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P ick Downie,Mayor J nnifer N,6neklasen,City Clerk
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