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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes 10032023CITY OF PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting October 3, 2023 This meeting w'as conducted as a hybrid meeting. CALL TO ORDER.REGULAR MEETING Mayor Dexter called the regular meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 6:01 p.m ROLL CALL Members Present: Mayor Dexter, Deputy Mayor Meyer, Council Members Carr, McCaughan (attended virtually), Miller (attended virtually),, Schromen-Wawrin and Suggs. Members Absent: None Staff Present: Acting City Manager Assistant City Manager Goings, Attorney Bloor, Clerk Martinez-Bailey, C. Delikat, B. Smith, S. Carrizosa, D. Sharp, and M. Healy. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Dexter led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. CEREMONIAL MATTERS. PROCLAMATIONS & EMPLOYEE ru l. Indigenous Peoples' Day Mayor Dexter invited Zelby Gloria, a member of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, to the podium where she read a tribal land acknowledgement. Mayor Dexter read a proclamation recognizing the second Monday in October as Indigenous People's Day and encouraged the City of Port Angeles to celebrate the culture, partnerships, and friendships of indigenous people. PI]BLIC C OMMENT Jane Childers, residing outside city limits, spoke in favor of standalone park-model living spaces. Mike Doherty, city resident, spoke about Lincoln School and encouraged the City to explore the public purpose of the building. Jake Purvis, residing outside the city limits, spoke in favor of short-term rentals. Steve Pelayo, spoke in favor of short-term rentals. Donnette Hope, spoke about home costs and in favor short-term rentals. Stanley Hope, spoke about short-term rentals, spoke in favor of short-term rentals. Jim Halburg, spoke in opposition of Council taking potentially taking action to enforce on short-tenn rental platforms. PUBLIC HEARINGS l. Ordinance Adopting New Permit, Fire and Cemetery Fees and Updating the Fee Schedule Acting City Manager Goings, provided background information, spoke about the proposed ordinance and the development, and outlined the proposed next steps. He spoke about the process for the adoption of the proposed ordinance. He turned the meeting to members of the FCS Group Senior Project Manager Martin Chaw, Senior Analyst Evan Coughlin, and Assistant Project Manager Tim Wood, presented slides remotely. They began with background information about their organization, reviewed the preliminary fee study results, reviewed proposed fee schedule, and spoke about next steps. Finance Director Sarina Carrizosa presented slides on the 2024 proposed permit and cemetery fees. She spoke to the agenda of the presentation which included overview of service offset, staff recommendation, PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING - October 3,,2023 examples and comparable cities, affordable housing incentive, cemetery fees. She stated that fees citywide have not been reviewed or updated in many areas for more than l5 years. The slides included examples and comparable cities and included Clallam County and Sequim. Council discussion followed. The Mayor recessed the meeting for a break at 7:12 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 7 :17 p.m. At7:21p.m. the Mayor opened the public hearing. Kevin Russell, spoke about the costs of permits and the impacts the fee increase could have on affiordable housing and suggested incremental increases. Lisa Cornelson, spoke about the fee increases, challenges the increases would have on local builders, and her dissatisfaction with City spending. Dennis Yakovitch, spoke about his employer, spoke about a builders round-table, and asked Council not to adopt the fees until more work was done. Steve Luxton, city resident, spoke about the fee increases, stating the rates are out of line with nearby municipalities. Jim McEntire, residing outside the city limits, spoke about the draft fee schedule, saying the increases move projects further away from affordability. Kelly Johnson, city resident, asked Council not to move forward with the fee increases, suggesting an incremental approach. Matthew Moore, city resident and City of Port Angeles employee, speaking as a renter, believes a solution to the housing issue is through building public housing. James Taylor, city resident, spoke about the fee increases and spoke in opposition of the fee increases as they were proposed in the City Council Packet. Beau Clark, residing outside city limits, spoke in opposition of the fee increases as they were proposed in the City Council Packet and spoke in favor of incremental increases. Katy (no last name given), city resident, spoke in opposition of the proposed fee increases. Jake Pervis, residing outside city limits, spoke about the presentation and questioned standardized numbers as they were listed. Mayor Dexter conducted a first reading of the ordinance by title, entitled, ORDINAIICE NO. AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington amending some fees and approving new fees for services provided by the various departments of the City. Council discussion followed. Staff answered various questions. The Mayor continued the matter to the October 17 meeting. The Mayor recessed the meeting for a break at 8:33 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 8:43 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA It was moved by Schromen-Wawrin and seconded by Suggs to approve the Consent Agenda to include: l. City Council Minutes of July 29,2023 I Approve 2. Expenditure Report: From September 9,2023 to September 22,2023 n the amount of $2,619,724.611 Approve Page 2 of 4 PORT ANGELES CITY COLINCIL MEETING - OCIObCT 3,2023 3. Letter of Support for the Recompete Grant I Authorize the Maltor to sign a letter of support for the joint Clallam County and Jffirson County Recompete Grant Motion carried 7-0. OTHER CO NSIDERATIONS l. Wastewater Comprehensive PIan - Financial Analysis PSA-2020-49 City Engineer Jonathan Boehme and Civil/Utility Engineer [I Lucio Baack, spoke about financial scenarios consideied by the Utility Advisory Committee and shared the Committee had forwarded a favorable recommendation to City Council for inclusion of Scenario la in the Comprehensive Plan financial chapter. Council discussion followed. It was moved by Schromen-Warin and seconded by Carr to: Authorize Staff to incorporate Scenario la --Cash Financed Capital Improvement Plan (Rate increases Every Other Year Starting 2025) -- into the draft Wastewater Comprehensive Plan, with a System Development Charge Update, and to submit the draft Wastewater Comprehensive Plan to the Department of Ecology for review. Motion carried 6-1 with Meyer opposed. 2. Fee in Lieu Sidewalk Program City Engineer Jonathan Boehme provided background and said recent sidewalk focus began with in 2018 through the Complete Streets Program was adopted by City Council in accordance with Washington State Complete Streets Act. He spoke about the goal of the Complete Streets program and spoke about current challenges. He referred to the ADA transition plan to determine locations where sidewalks were non-compliant and shared a slide that identified high priority ADA deficiencies. SECOND PI.JBLI C COMMENT Steven Pelayeo, city resident, spoke about short-term rentals and shared how he feels they help to support the commuruty. Jim Halburg, city resident, spoke about the connected topic covered over the evening being the need for additional funds. Carl Crousecough, city resident, spoke about short-term rentals and shared how he feels they help to support the community. Jake Purvis, residing outside the city limits, spoke about short-term rentals and shared how he feels they help to support the community. CITY COIJNCIL REPORTS Council member Carr spoke about a recent Lodging Tax Advisory Committee meeting and an update on recently released applications. Council member Schromen-Wawrin spoke about capacity as it relates to tourism,2024 Association of Legislative Priorities is complete, the upcoming Week Without Driving, and a white paper released by Port Townsend relative to housing. Council member Suggs spoke about William Shore Memorial Pool District meeting and her legacy forest work. No other reports were given. INFO RMATION Acting City Manager Goings provided an update on the Trust Lands Transfer Application submission per Council direction. Page 3 of 4 PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING - October 3,2023 ADJOTJRNMENT Mayor Dexter adjourned the meeting at 9:57 p.m. Kate Dexter, Mayor u 4Bailey, City Page 4 of4