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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes 03212023CITY COUNCIL MEETING Port Angeles, Washington March 21, 2023 Thts meeting was held as a hybrid meeting. CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING Mayor Dexter called the special meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 5:00 p.m. Members Present: Mayor Dexter, Deputy Mayor Meyer, Council Members Carr, McCaughan, Miller, Schromen- Wawrin and Suggs. Members Absent: None. Staff Present: City Manager West, Attorney Bloor, Clerk Martinez-Bailey. EXECUTTVE SESSION Based on input from City Attorney William Bloor, Mayor Dexter announced the need for an Executive Session. City Attorney William Bloor stated there would be three matters discussed, the first matter held as a closed session under authority of RCW 42.30.140(4), to discuss collective bargaining with an employee organization and two matters held as an Executive Session under RCW 42.30.110(lXi) to discuss potential litigation with legal counsel. Attorney Bloor stated the expected completion time as 5:55 p.m. The Executive Session convened at 5:01 p.m. City Council moved to the Jack Pittis Conference meeting room. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Dexter adjourned the Special Meeting at 5:55 p.m. CALL TO ORDER-REGULAR MEETING Mayor Dexter called the regular meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 6:02 p.m. ROLL CALL Members Present: Mayor Dexter, Deputy Mayor Meyer, Council Members Carr, McCaughan, Miller, Schromen- Wawrin and Suggs. Members Absent: None. Staff Present: City Manager West, Assistant City Manager Goings, Afforney Bloor, Clerk Martinez-Bailey, C. Delikat, D. Sharp, B. Smith, S. Carrizosa, M. Healy, N. Gollub, B. Braudrick, and H. Fleming. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Dexter led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. PUBLIC MMENT Todd Anderson, city resident, spoke about housing in Port Angeles. Jim McEntire, residing outside the city limits, spoke about housing in Port Angeles. Pete Johnson, residing outside city limits, spoke about housing in Port Angeles. Commander Roger Barr, speaking on behalf of Coast Guard families and residents and spoke about housing in Port Angeles. Justin Williamson, city resident, spoke about housing in Port Angeles. PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING - March 21,2023 LATE ITEMS At the request of Council member Schromen-Wawrin, Mayor Dexter added a discussion on support of House Bill 1789. Hearing no objection, the Mayor added the matter to the agenda. CONSENT AGENDA At the request of Councilmembers McCaughan and Meyer, and after hearing no objection, Mayor Dexter added Container Purchase for Recycled Glass Roll Off and Public Safety Advisory Committee Appointment to the Consent Agenda as items E-9 and E-10. It was moved by Meyer and seconded by Carr to approve the Consent Agenda to include: l. City Council Minutes of January 24,February 7, February 21, February 28, and March 7 I Approve 2. Expenditure Report: From February 25, 2023 to March 10, 2023 in the amount of $1,867,706.91 / Approve 3. Neighborhood Sewer Rehab Shane Park CIPP Lining, CON 2022-25, Final Acceptance I Accept the Neighborhood Sewer Rehab Shane Park CIPP Ltning Project CON 2022-25 as complete, and authorize staffto proceed with project closeout, and release the 5% retainage upon receipt of all required clearances. 4. Peninsula Area Public Access Agreement Extension I Approve and authortze the City Manager to sign Amendment #l to the Agreement between City of Port Angeles and the Peninsula Area Public Access (PAPA) and make mtnor modifications as necessary. 5. A Street Substation Electrical Switchgear Upgrade - Final Acceptance I Accept the A Street Substation Electrical Switchgear Upgrade Project No. CON 2021-45 as complete, and authorize staffto proceed with project closeout, and release the retainagefunds upon receipt of all required cleorances. 6. Water Utility Material and Part Purchase I Authorize the purchase of materials and parts supplies from the State Contract low bidder, Ferguson Woterworks for an annual amount not to exceed $60,000.00 7.2022 Shane Park Sewer Relocate, CON-2022-48, Award Construction Contract I Approve and award a construction contract with 2-Grade LLC for the 2022 Shane Park Sewer Relocate Project CON-2022-48, for the total bid amount of $39,383.42, including taxes; and authorize the City Manager to sign and execute the construction contract and to make minor modifications to the Agreement if necessary 8. Container Purchase for Recycled Glass Roll Off / Authorize the City Manager to execute a contractfor the purchase offour @) 20yd Glass Recycle Roll-off containers from Wastequip of Albany, Oregon and authorize the City Manager to make minor modifications to the purchase contract if necessary. 9. ADDED TO CONSENT AGENDA / Lodging Tax Advisory Appointments I Appoint Sydney Rubin as Tax Collector , Yictoria Jones as Tax Recipient, and Rosylen Mangohig as Member At Large on the Lodging Tax Advisory Committeefor terms ending February 28, 2025. 10. ADDED TO CONSENT AGENDA / Public Safety Advisory Board Appointment I Staffrecommends the City Council appoint Jessica Johnson to the Ctty's Public Safety Advtsory Board as a member representing diverse segments of the community, serving an unexpired term ending February 28, 2026. Motion carried 7-0 ORDINANCES NOT REOUIRING COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Title I Municipal Code Amendments City Attorney Bloor presented Council options relative to their approach to amendments to the proposed Title I Code Amendments and first reading. Mayor Dexter conducted a frst reading of the ordinance by title, entitled, ORDINAIICE NO. AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington repealing and replacing Title I of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. The Mayor continued the matter to the April4 meeting. 2. Title 9 Municipal Code Amendments The Mayor opened the matter up for Council discussion. Council discussion followed. Page 2 of 4 PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING - March 21,2023 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington repealing and replacing Title 9 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. It was moved by Schromen-Wawrin and seconded by Carr to: After the motion was made and amendment, the final motion to be considered: Create a temporary sub-committee in advance of a work session made up of no more than 3 City Council members and to include staff to address Title 9, and table the matter until the committee finishes their work and to schedule a work session to included madrona law. Motion carries 7-0. Hearing no opposition from Council, Council members Carr, Miller and Schromen-Wawrin agreed to serve on the temporary sub-committee. 3. Title 17 Municipal Code Amendments Interim Director of Community and Economic Development Norm Gollub presented the proposed code changes before Council for a second reading and introduced Housing Coordinator Holden Fleming and Senior Planner Ben Braudrick who presented slides related to Title 17 code amendments. Fleming's presentation provided a summary of public outreach and changes to the proposed code since the frst reading. He identified a specific recommendation of Council, asking that Council direct staff create a new section in Title 17, creating standards for the placement of temporary housing types and additional changes to section 17.46. He spoke to the accomplishments of the code if adopted by Council to address temporary housing. He stated staff recommended a joint meeting between Council and the Planning Commission to analyze and prioritizedpotential future actions. Council discussion followed. ORDINAIICE NO.3710 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington amending portions of Title 17 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. It was moved by Schromen-Wawrin and seconded by Carr to: Adopt the ordinance presented in the Council packet amending portions of Title l7 of ttre Port Angeles Municipal Code with the additional adoption of the staff-provided amendments to Chapter 17.46, and direct staff to develop a new section or sections in Title 17 for temporary housing types, and direct staff to plan a joint session betrveen the Council and Planning Commission to analyze and prioritize potential future actions. Motion carried 7-0 Mayor recessed the meeting for a break at 6:52 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 6:59 p.m. CONSID TIONS 4. Joint Public SafetY Building Mayor Dexter presented the agenda item and turned the meeting over to City Manager Nathan West who presented the agenda item and welco-.d Clullam'County Commissioner Mike French, Clallam County Sheriff Brian King and Undersheriff Ron Cameron, County Right of Way Agent Linda Capps and County Joint Public Safety Facilty Project Manager Dale Jackson.. Manager Dale Jackson provided background on the matter, spoke to the interest and needs to pur-sue a joint facility to provide adequate space to meet the robust needs and services on a daily basis and in the evint of any emergency. fi. spoke about a location of interest and due diligence work that had been conducted to date. County Commissioner Mike French spoke about timing for a potential future meeting. Council discussion followed. Council member Meyer excused himself from the meeting at7:25 p.m. Page 3 of 4 PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING - March 21,2023 1. Climate Resilient Vehicle Replacement Program Vision Document2023-2028 Interim Director of Public Works and Utilities Mike Healy presented the agenda item and provided background on the matter. Interim Director Healy spoke about availability and costs of vehicles and materials, timing and delivery of products, and spoke about the challenge of direct competition with the retail market. Council discussion followed. 5. Late Item Support of House Bill 1789 Council member Schromen-Wawrin provided information and background on the matter, and shared the matter required timely action. It was moved by Schromen-Wawrin and seconded by Suggs to: Support of House Bill 1789. Motion carried 6-0. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS Council Carr member spoke about an North Olympic Development Council update, Council member McCaughan spoke about attendance at the local home show as a Shore Aquatic Center Board representative at their booth. Council member Suggs spoke about attendance at Clallam County Marine Resources meetings. Mayor Dexter spoke about an upcoming Municipal Research and Services Center public works training, attendance at the Clallam County Economic Developments Councils annual gala, and an Olympic Peninsula Boys & Girls Club breakfast event. No other reports were given. INFORMATION Manager West spoke regarding the reports included in the packet and reminded Council of the upcoming Strategic Plan work session, shared an update on the continued work on Council direction relative to Council compensation research relative to action taken by Council to be considered during an April meeting. SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT No public comment was received. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Dexter adjourned the meeting at7'56 p.m. \ .! Mayor Kari , City Page 4 of 4 Council member Miller spoke about attendance Homeless Task Force, Clallam Transit System, and Utility Advisory Committee meetings.