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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes 08/20/2019 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Port Angeles, Washington August 20, 2019 CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING Mayor Bruch called the special meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 5:00 p.m. Members Present: Mayor Bruch; Deputy Mayor Dexter; Councilmembers French, Kidd, Merideth, Moran. and Schromen-Wawrin (participated by conference call). Members Absent: None Staff Present: City Manager West,Attorney Bloor,Clerk Martinez-Bailey. EXECUTIVE SESSION Based on input from Attorney Bloor, Mayor Bruch announced the need for a closed Executive Session to be held under authority of RCW 42.30.140(4), to discuss collective bargaining with an employee organization and under authority RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) to discuss potential litigation with legal counsel. Council moved to the Jack Pittis Conference Room for Executive Session for approximately 55 minutes.The Executive Session convened at 5:01 p.m. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Bruch adjourned the Special Meeting at 5:59 p.m. CALL TO ORDER-REGULAR MEETING Mayor Bruch called the regular meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 6:04 p.m. ROLL CALL Members Present: Mayor Bruch:Councilmembers French, Kidd, Merideth, Moran,and Schromen-Wawrin. Members Absent: Deputy Mayor Dexter(left after Executive Session) Staff Present: City Manager West, Attorney Bloor,Clerk Martinez-Bailey,C. Delikat,K. Bogues, B. Smith, A. Brekke,and S. Carrizosa. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Bruch led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. PUBLIC COMMENT Janet Lucas, city resident, spoke in favor of the Charter for Compassion and on behalf of the efforts by Peninsula College to display compassion. Laurel Hargis,spoke in favor of adoption of the Charter for Compassion. Ned Hammer, city resident and local physician, spoke in favor of adopting the Charter for Compassion and his experience learning about compassion during his residency. Marolee Smith, spoke against the proposed For-Hire Vehicle Code. Brendan Meyer.city resident,spoke about the fencing at Veteran's Park and the need for live streaming of meetings. Elizabeth Dunne, residing outside city, spoke in favor of the Charter for Compassion and the proposed off-street parking ordinance. Ingrid Cannean,city resident,spoke in favor of adoption of the Charter for Compassion. PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING—August 20, 2019 Mary Doherty,city resident,spoke about compassion. Gordon Peterson, city resident, spoke about his experience while he was homeless and spoke in favor of a homeless shelter that would be open during the day. It was moved by French and seconded by Merideth to: Excuse Deputy Mayor Dexter from the meeting. Motion carried 6-0. LATE ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THIS OR FUTURE AGENDAS as determined by City Manager or Councilmember — Council Member French proposed the late item. O#-'Street Parking Ordinance, for a first reading. It was moved by Moran and seconded by Kidd to: Table the late item. The Mayor called the question. Motion failed 3-3,with Bruch, French,and Schromen-Wawrin opposed. Council discussion followed. It was moved by Schromen-Wawrin and seconded by French to: Add the proposed ordinance to the next City Council agenda in a form approved by the City Attorney, Motion failed 3-3,with Moran, Merideth,and Kidd opposed. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 1. Compassion Charter Presentation by Marilyn Eash Marilyn Eash shared a PowerPoint on the Clailam County Charter oil'Compassion initiative and spoke about the movement's purpose. She spoke about how the movement supports policy, systems arid environmental change and asked the Council to add the item to a future agenda for adoption. She stated the purpose of adoption by Council would be to ensure compassion be a part of the City*s core value in practices,policies and procedures. CONSENT AGENDA It was moved by French and seconded by Kidd to approve the Consent Agenda to include: 1. City Council Minutes of August 6, 2019/Approve Minutes 2. Expenditure Report: From July 27,2019 to August 9,2019 in the amount of$1,664,595.31 /Approve Report 3. Wastewater Utility Updates to the Municipal Code/Conduct Second Reading and Adopt Ordinance No. 3623 4. 2019 Pole Testing Contract/Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign a contract with 1K Contractors LLC of'Rathdruni, IDJ6r 2019 Pole Testing, Contract CON-2019-27, in an amount not to exceed$50,000.00 and to make minor modifications to the contract, ifnecessarv. Motion carried 6-0. ORDINANCES NOT REQUIRING COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. For-Hire Licensing Code City Attorney Bill Bloor spoke about the proposed ordinance before Council for a second reading and shared the changes that were suggested at the prior meeting had been made. He shared that other Washington cities ordinances were considered during the drafting of the ordinance. Mayor Brach conducted a second reading of the ordinance by title,entitled, ORDINANCE NO.3625 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles,Washington amending provisions of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to the licensing offor-Hire Vehicles. Page 2 of 4 PORT ANGELES crry COUNCIL MEETING —August 20, 2019 It was moved by French and seconded by Moran to: Adopt the ordinance with the changes suggested by Lyft. Motion carried 6-0. 2. 2019 Budget Amendment#2 Code Finance Director Sarina Carrizosa introduced the second reading of the second amendment for the 2019 Budget. She stated the budget amendment primarily includes capital projects that were included to align budget with the newly adopted Capital Facilities Plan and shared there no changes from the first reading. Mayor Bruch conducted a second reading of the ordinance by title, entitled, ORDINANCE NO.3626 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington amending the 2019 budget and funds. It was moved by Kidd and seconded by French to: Adopt ordinance as read. Motion carried 6-0. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONTINUED 2. IBEW Local#997 Union Contract Human Resources Manager Abbi Fountain shared changes to the contract. She stated the new contract will help attract new employees and retain current employees. Council discussion followed. It was moved by French and seconded by Kidd to: Approve the terms of the IBEW Local 4997 union contract as outlined in the Council memo. Motion carried 6-0. CONTRACTS & PURCHASING 1. 2019 Power Line Tree Trimming City Manager Nathan West introduced the proposed tree trimming contract. fie stressed the importance of consistently and proactively maintaining trees, that through maintenance prior to a storm, could limit outages. He shared the contract supports Tree City designation. Council discussion followed. It was moved by Kidd and seconded by Merideth to: Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign a contract with Asplundh Tree Expert Co. for 2019 'free Trimming, Contract CON-2019-26, at the rate of$211.40 per hour, in an amount not to exceed 125,000.00,and to make minor modifications to the agreement, if necessary. Motion carried 6-0. 2. 2019 Underground Cable Replacement City Manager Nathan West introduced the agenda item. He shared the item was incorporated in the Capital Facilities Plan adopted by Council earlier in the year and recommended the item for adoption. It was moved by Moran and seconded by Kidd to: Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign a contract with Titan Electric, of Casper,WY, in the amount of $151,105.65, including tax,for Underground Cable Replacement,Project CL0219,and to make minor modifications to the contract,if necessary. Motion carried 6-0. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS Council Member Schromen-Wawrin shared he was returning from the Washington State Transit Association conference and shared details about his experience at the conference. Page 3 of 4 PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING—August 20, 2019 Council Member Kidd spoke about the ongoing construction on the William Shore Memorial Pool. Council Member Merideth spoke about his experience taking his daughter to college in Maine and shared while he was there,had the opportunity to explore Castine,Maine. Council Member French shared he attended a recent Downtown Association meeting and the Homelessness Task Force meeting. Council Member Moran shared he was at a video pre-production meeting for Port Angeles High School sports programs. He spoke about his experience at a recent Opportunity Zone meeting. Mayor Bruch spoke about her experience at the Senior Center talking to residents ofthe City ot'Port Angeles. She spoke of an upcoming event by the League of Women Voters and shared she had attended a Marine Resource Committee and Climate Action meeting. No other reports were given. INFORMATION Manager West shared several upcoming items and discussed changes to the City Council's calendar. He spoke about the report provided in the packet. Manager West spoke to statements shared during the proposed ordinance regarding off-street parking discussion. He stated that he and staff work diligently to address parking issues. He asked that if Council becomes aware of any businesses that have had an issues related to parking and opening then-business,that they reach out to Director Allyson Brekke,or if needed,himself,to assist. SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT Marolee Smith, spoke about Uber drivers and how their business should be licensed separately. John Ralston,city resident, spoke about the potential changes to parking. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Bruch adjourned the meeting at 8:05 p.m. ------- ....... Sissi Bruch,Mayor Kari Martinez-133ailey.,City_ Cler Page 4 of 4