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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes 03/07/2017 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Port Angeles, Washington March 7, 2017 CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING: Deputy Mayor Kidd called the special meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 5:50 p.m. IN AITENDANCE: Members Present: Deputy Mayor Kidd,Councilmembers BrUCII,Collins,Gase, Merideth and Whetharn. Members Absent: Mayor Downie. Staff Present: City Manager McKeen, Attorney Blo,or,Clerk VeneMasen, N. "est,T.Agesson. A. Brekke ISPECIAL MEETING: 'rhe Council interviewed Planning Commission applicant Amy Powell. The special meeting concluded at 5:57 p.m. CALL TO ORDER-REGULAR MEETING: Deputy Mayor Kidd called the regular meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 6:00 p.m. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Deputy Mayor Kidd,Councilmembers Bruch,Collins,Gase, Merideth and Whetharn, Members Absent: Mayor Dovaije. StaffPresent: City Manager McKeen,Attorney Bloor,Clerk Veneklasen,C. Delikat, K.Dubuc,C. Fulton, B.Smith, T.Agesson,N.West,and A.Brekke. It was moved by Collins and seconded by Bruch to: Excuse Mayor Downie from the meeting. Motion carried 6-0. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Deputy Mayor Kidd led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. CEREMONIAL MATTERS,PROCLAMATIONS& EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS 1. Recognition of Ken Loghry's Service to the City of Port Angeles Public Works and Utilities Director Craig Fulton thanked Mr.Loghry for over 38 years at the City of Port Angeles as a helper, maintenance man, equipment operator, collection driver, utility worker, Solid Waste Disposal Supervisor, and Wastewater Treatment Plant Lab Specialist. Deputy Mayor Kidd read a proclamation of thanks, approving Mr. l.oghr\,*s retirement and congratulating him on a long and dedicated career with the City, PUBLIC COMMENT: David Mabrey, 1014 Georgiana Street,spoke about the Georgiana Park improvement project and the legacy of Quinn Redlin Kitner who the park will be renamed after. Doc Robinson, 1133 West 6'Street,spoke on behalf of Serenity I louse said they support most of the DCED*s zoning revisions with the,exception of the proposed addition of"human service fiacififies-definition and regulated land use. I le said they appreciate the department pulling back on that section of the code and requests the opportunity to offer testimony prior to further zoning code amendments. John Ralston, P.O. Box 898, spoke about his concerns related to "extended stay lodging" changes to the municipal code.He also expressed concern over the magnitude of zoning changes in the past 4 to 6 months. PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING—March 7,201.7 Terri Erick, 812 West 9"' Street, asked questions concerning the municipal code zoning changes. Ms. Erick was encouraged to meet with staff in the City's Planning Department to have her questions addressed. Alan Barnard,697 Lemon Road,outlined several reasons fie supports changing the name of Francis Street Park to the 911 Memorial Waterfront Park. Bruce Skinner,P.O. Box 337,spoke in support of the renaming the Civic Field Press Box after Scooter Chapman and renaming Georgiana Park to Quinn Redlin Kitner Memorial Park. LATE ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THIS OR FIJTLRJE AGENDAS a.v determbied b),Cit),al 'tato or Councilinember- 1. Community& Economic Development Director Nathan West noted that COLUICil conducted an interview of Planning Commission applicant Amy Powell directly before the meeting.fie said if the Council desires,MS. floweWs appointment could be added to the Consent Agenda, Deputy Mayor Kidd added the item as#6 on the Consent Agenda. 2. Director West recommended that Council,as pail ofthe Consent Agenda, renew the appointment of Elwyn Gee to the Planning Commission. He said that Mr. Gee was previously appointed to fulfill a vacated term and now he is eligible to fulfill a 4-year term. Deputy Mayor Kidd added the item as #6 on the Consent Agenda. RESOLUTIONS NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS: Parks and Recreation Director Corey Delikat conducted a presentation on the: 1. Resolution tore name Georgiana Park the Quinn Redlin Kitner M emori at Park 2. Resolution to rename Francis Street Park the 9/11 Memorial Waterfront Park 3. Resolution to renarne the Booth at Civic Field the Howard"Scooter"Chapman Press Box Director Deli kat said it was rare for the City to rename parks,and that the last three occurred in 2014, 1987 and 1985. fie said the Parks Commission received three applications which were reviewed in February. The Commission recornmended Council approve all three applications.Council discussion followed. David Shargel, Parks Commission Chair,and Alan Barnard who submitted the application to rename Francis Street Park the 9/11 Memorial Waterfront Park were in attendance to answer Council questions. It was moved by Collins and seconded by Gase to: Approve the RESOLUTION [jo. 07-171 of the City Council renaming Georgiana Park to -Quinn Redlin Kintner. Memorial Park". Motion carried 6-0. It was moved by Whetham and seconded by Gase to: Approve the RESOLUTION [No. 08-17 of the City Council renaming Francis Street Park to -9/11 Memorial Waterfront Park". Motion carried 6-0. It was moved by Gase seconded by Bruch to: Authorize,the Mayor to sign the RESOLUTION [No.09-171 of the City Council renaming the Civic Field press box the Howard"Scooter-Chapman Press Box. Motion carried 6-0. Deputy Mayor Kidd recessed the meeting for a break at 6A8 p.m.The meeting reconvened at 6:58 p.m. Page 2 of 4 PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING—March 7,2017 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: 1. Port Angeles Area Public Access(PAPA)Update Patrick McInnis, Chairman for the PAPA Board of Directors, spoke about PAPA's accomplishments and programming in 2016. Mr. McInnis played a video that showcased PAPA's original programming. live sports broadcasting,documentaries and more. Council discussion followed. CONSENT AGENDA: At the request of Councilmember Whetham,Deputy Mayor Kidd pulled Item 5,Civic Field Roof Replacement, from the Consent Agenda. It was moved by Whetham and seconded by Bruch to approve the Consent Agenda to include: I. City Council Minutes:February 21,2017 2. Expenditure Report:From February 11, 2017 to February 24,20)17 in the aniount of'$3,381,264.95 3. Parks. Recreation&Beautification Commission Appointments 4. Sanitary Sewer and Storrn Drain Cleaning and Video Inspection,Contract SVC-2016-23 /Final Acceptance 5. ITEM PULLED FROM CONSENT AGENDA 6. Appointment of Amy Powell to the Planning Commission for a term ending February 28,2019 7. Appointment of Elwyn Gee to a 4-year term on the Planning Commission Motion carried 6-0. ITEM PULLED FROM CONSENT AGENDA:Civic Field Roof Replacement Council discussed the roof replacement project. It was moved by Collins and seconded by Gase to: Approve and authorize the City Manager to award and sign a construction contract for the base bid for the Civic Field roof replacement,Project PK 02-17,in the amount of$47,237.47 with D&D Construction Inc., including applicable taxes,and to make minor modifications to the contract if necessary. Motion carried 5-1,with Merideth opposed. ORDINANCES NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. Municipal Code Amendments to Titles 2, 14, 16,17 Director West said the Public Hearings for the Municipal Code Amendments Titles 2, 14, 16 and 17 were held at the Planning Commission level. He noted several items that were removed from the proposed ordinance for Title 17, specifically those references to-'human services facilities-and--transitional housing."He noted that a surnmary of the items removed from the proposed ordinance for Title 17 was provided on Council's dais, Planning Manager Allyson Brekke conducted a PowerPoint presentations that outlined the goals for the code amendments and summarized the proposed changes.Council discussion followed. Deputy Mayor Kidd continued the matter to the March 21,2017 meeting. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: Councilmember Collins reported that he had been in vacation in Mexico,and that he's ready to get back to work. Councilmember Bruch said Council had its first strategic planning work session and that the next one will be on Friday,March 10 at Olympic Medical Center. No other reports were given. INFORMATION: Manager McKeen provided an update on the sale of Nippon Paper Industries to the McKinley Paper Company and its parent company Bio Pappel. He said lie had a meeting with the Vice President and the General Manager of U.S. Page 3 of 4 PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING—March 7,2.017 Operations of Bio Pappel. He said the mill will be shut down between 6 and 12 months in order for the company to update and retool the facilities. In April he %Nil] bring back a plan to address the temporary shutdown frown the City budget perspective because the mill is a large consumer of electricity in the City. He said the Cable'FV Franchise agreement expires in May 2017,and that City has been in negotiations for the past 2 years. He said something Avill come back to Council in the near future regarding the franchise agreement. ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Gase and seconded by Merideth to: Adjouni the meeting. Motion carried 6-0. Deputy Mayor Kidd adjourned the meeting at 8:13 p.m, )wme,Mayor ennifei'veneklasen,City Clerk Page 4 of 4