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Home My WebLink About07152025 CC MinutesCITY OF PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL Port Angeles, Washington July 15, 2025 This meeting was 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 6:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Members Present: Mayor Dexter, Deputy Mayor Carr, Council Members Schromen-Wawrin (attending virtually) and Schwab. Members Absent: Council members Miller and Suggs, and one vacancy. Staff Present: Deputy City Manager Goings, Attorney Bloor, Clerk Martinez -Bailey, C. Delikat, J. Viada, S. Carrizosa, D. Sharp, S. Curtin, A. Fountain, M. Young, S. Cartmel and C. Bornsworth. It was moved by Carr and seconded by Schwab to: Excuse Council members Miller and Suggs from the meeting. Motion carried 4-0. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Dexter led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. PUBLIC COMMENT Sam Grello, Executive Director of the Port Angeles Waterfront District, spoke in support of the Washington State Main Street Program Letter of Support for the Port Angeles Waterfront District agenda item. Roxanne Greeson, city resident, speaking on behalf of the Port Angeles Arts Council, spoke in support of the Washington State Main Street Program Letter of Support for the Port Angeles Waterfront District agenda item. Marolee Smith, city resident, spoke in opposition of a vehicle purchase on the Consent Agenda. Caleb McMahon, city resident, on behalf of the Port Angeles Waterfront District, spoke in support of the Washington State Main Street Program Letter of Support for the Port Angeles Waterfront District agenda item. John Ralston, city resident, spoke about a vehicle purchase on the Consent Agenda and 10th Street Bike Boulevard — Professional Services Agreement PSA-2025-14 (TR0318). James Taylor, city resident, spoke in opposition of City spending. Steve Brown, city resident, spoke in opposition of yard waste user fees and a permit charges. Christina Parker, city resident, spoke in support of the Washington State Main Street Program Letter of Support for the Port Angeles Waterfront District agenda item. Steve Pelayo, Port Angeles business owner, spoke in support of the Washington State Main Street Program Letter of Support for the Port Angeles Waterfront District agenda item. Susie Blake, city resident, spoke in opposition of budget related proposals in the Council packet. Jon Hamilton, city resident, spoke to a number of matters before Council. PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING — July 15, 2025 CONSENT AGENDA At the request of Councilmember Schwab, Mayor Dexter pulled E-4 Equipment Purchase — Replacement of Parks Department Equipment #5330 from the Consent Agenda. At the request of Council member Carr, and after hearing no objection, the Mayor added I-3 Washington State Main Street Program Letter of Support for the Port Angeles Waterfront District, I-4 Recognition of the Sister -City Pact Between the Cities of Mutsu and Port Angeles and J-1 10" Street Bike Boulevard — Professional Services Agreement PSA-2025-14 (TR0318) to the Consent Agenda. It was moved by Carr and seconded by Schwab to approve the Consent Agenda to include: 1. City Council Minutes of July 1, 2025 / Approve 2. Expenditure Report: From June 21, 2025 to July 4, 2025 in the amount of $3,870,448.36 / Approve 3. L Street Pavement Repair CON-2025-24 - Final Acceptance / 1) Accept the L Street Pavement Repair Project No. CON 2025-24 as complete, and 2) authorize staff to proceed with project closeout and release the retainage bond upon receipt of all required clearances. 4. ITEM PULLED FROM CONSENT - ADDED TO CONTRACTS AND PURCHASING / Equipment Purchase — Replacement of Parks Department Equipment #5330 5. Airport Electrical Conduit Boring, Final Acceptance CON-2025-02 / 1) Accept the Airport Electrical Conduit Boring Project No. CON 2025-02 as complete, and 2) authorize staff to proceed with project closeout and release the retainage funds upon receipt of all required clearances. 6. Pollution Prevention Program Interagency Agreement Acceptance 2025-2027 / 1) Approve the 2025-2027 biennial Interagency Agreement with the Washington State Department of Ecology, compensating the City up to $245,416.13 for continuing the Pollution Prevention Assistance Program over the next two years, and 2) authorize the City Manager to sign all Agreement -related documents, to administer the Agreement and to make minor modifications as necessary. 7. ADDED TO CONSENT AGENDA / Washington State Main Street Program Letter of Support for the Port Angeles Waterfront District / Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter of support for the Port Angeles Waterfront District application to the Washington State Main Street Program, and 2) authorize staff to make minor modifications as necessary. 8. ADDED TO CONSENT AGENDA / Recognition of the Sister -City Pact Between the Cities of Mutsu and Port Angeles / 1) Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter recognizing the 30-year relationship with Mutsu City, Japan, and 2) authorize staff to make minor modifications as necessary. 9. ADDED TO CONSENT AGENDA / 10`h Street Bike Boulevard — Professional Services Agreement PSA-2025- 14 (TR0318) l Award a Professional Services Agreement to Transpo Group USA of Kirkland, WA, in the not to exceed amount of $199,800.00 including applicable taxes, and 2) authorize the City Manager to execute all contract -related documents, to administer the contract, and to make minor modifications as necessary. Council comments followed. Motion carried 4-0. ORDINANCES NOT REOUIRING COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. 2025 Budget Amendment #2 Ordinance Finance Director Sarina Carrizosa presented the agenda item and stated the amendment primarily consisted of items that had been previously approved by City Council, which were adjustments to the 2025 budget that occurred during the adoption of the 2026-2031 Capital Facilities and Transportation Improvement Plan, as well as enhancements to the permitting staff. Mayor Dexter conducted a first reading of the ordinance by title, entitled, ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, amending the City's 2025 budget for the second time. The Mayor continued the matter to the August 19, 2025 meeting. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 1. National Night Out Presentation Deputy Chief Jason Viada spoke about the upcoming event and its purpose. Page 2 of 5 PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING - July 15, 2025 A Point of Order was made by Schromen-Wawrin, who noted a schedule conflict with the Elwha Canoe journey event. Staff provided context that this is a national event. 2. City Shade Street Trees Presentation Natural Resources & Grant Administrator Courtney Bornsworth presented a brief presentation on the City Shade Street Tree Program and shared updates for the 2025 program. Staff answered questions and Council comments followed. 5. Continued Discussion of Council 2026 Budget Goals Mayor Dexter turned the meeting over to Director Carrizosa, who stated the slides to be presented were based on Council discussions during the July 1 meeting. Council discussed the process of gathering an understanding of which items presented had a majority of Council in favor of moving forward for final consideration in the 2026 preliminary budget. Hearing no objection from Council, Director Carrizosa first presented the budget presentation in whole, and Council then went through the items listed, one -by -one. Following the presentation, at 7:05 p.m., the Mayor paused the meeting for a brief break. The meeting reconvened for Council discussion at 7:12 p.m. Traffic Cameras Council discussion followed. It was moved by Schromen-Wawrin and seconded by Schwab to: Traffic cameras are not to be used as revenue generators and are used only as planned in TR 0919 for traffic safety. It was moved by Schromen-Wawrin and seconded by Carr to: Table the main motion until a meeting is had with Chief Smith and Jonathan Boehme in attendance to answer questions about the current status of the project and in particular whether the City has a contract in place with the traffic camera firm and the nature of that contract. Point of Order by Schwab, stating that the motion on the table was not debatable as a reaction to Council starting to debate the motion on the table. Motion fails for a tie 2-2 with Carr and Schromen-Wawrin in favor. The Mayor returned to the main motion. Main motion failed for a tie 2-2 with Dexter and Schwab in favor. Council discussion followed with no formal Council action taken. Ballfield Partnerships and Cruise Ship Fees Council discussion followed. It was moved by Carr and seconded by Schwab to: Include ballfield partnerships and cruise ship fees as presented as a part of the 2026 budget revenue sources. Motion carried 4-0. Tax Increment Financing Council discussion followed. It was moved by Carr and seconded by Schwab to: Explore Tax Increment Financing at a later date. Motion carried 4-0. Regional Fire Authority Council discussion followed. It was moved by Schwab and seconded by Carr to: Direct staff to continue discussing a regional fire authority with other districts for future Council consideration. Motion carried 4-0. Economies of Scale and Lease Revenue Council discussion followed. It was moved by Carr and seconded by Schwab to: Direct staff to analyze programs of Economies of Scale and Lease Revenues and continue as planned. Motion carried 4-0. Page 3 of 5 PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING — July 15, 2025 Park Revenue and Vacant Property Council discussion followed. It was moved by Carr and seconded by Schwab to: Explore options for park revenue and vacant property registries at a later date. Motion carried 4-0. Items listed for no further action: Payments in Lieu of Taxes or a National Park fee Advocate to the State for a higher sales tax percentage Tourism Impact Fees Additional Lodging Tax percentage Council discussion followed, during which staff provided clarification. No formal Council action taken. Capacity for Police Department At 8:02 p.m., the meeting paused briefly to allow Council member Schromen-Wawrin to reconnect to the meeting. Seeing Council member Schromen-Wawrin was not able to re -join the meeting immediately, the Mayor recessed the meeting for a break at 8:04 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 8:11 p.m. At 8:11 p.m., the Mayor confirmed Schromen-Wawrin was reconnected and could participate in the discussion. Council discussion continued. It was moved by Schromen-Wawrin and seconded by Carr to: Direct staff to include and prioritize calls for service analysis and developing 24-hour crisis response team capacity through the HB2015 grant application. It was moved by Carr and seconded by Schwab to strike "developing" and replace with "explore". Motion to amend carried 3-1 with Schromen-Wawrin opposed. After the motion was made and amended, the following amended main motion was considered: Direct staff to include and prioritize calls for service analysis and explore a 24-hour crisis response team capacity through the HB2015 grant application. Motion carried 4-0. Capacity for the Fire Department Council discussion followed, during which staff provided clarification. It was moved by Carr and seconded by Schwab to: Continue staff conversations with fire agencies about a regional district and to continue to pursue grant opportunities to increase capacity. Motion carried 4-0. Phase 2 Business Licensing Council discussion followed, during which staff provided clarification. It was moved by Schromen-Wawrin and seconded by Carr to: Postpone indefinitely the three new positions on the Phase 2 business licensing slide. Motion failed 2-2, with Carr and Schromen-Wawrin in favor. It was moved by Carr and seconded by Schromen-Wawrin to: Direct staff to create a line item for the anticipated phase two revenue and preserve the discussion as to how the revenue would be allotted as part of the Council 2026 budget work session. Motion carried 3-1 with Schwab opposed. General Government Project Manager Council discussion followed, during which staff provided clarification. It was moved by Carr and seconded by Schwab: Direct staff to include the general government project manager position in the budget if grant funding is identified and to prioritize finding grant funding for the position. Motion carried 4-0. The Mayor recessed the meeting for a break at 9:15 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:22 p.m Page 4 of 5 PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING — July 15, 2025 CONTRACTS & PURCHASING 1. PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA Equipment Purchase — Replacement of Parks Department Equipment #5330 Public Works and Utilities Director Scott Curtin and Parks and Recreation Director Corey Delikat spoke to the agenda item. Council discussion followed. Staff provided additional clarification. It was moved by Schwab and seconded by Carr to: Approve the purchase of a new Parks Department piece of equipment, 2025 Kubota L4060HST Tractor, that is the functional equivalent of existing equipment #5330 from Jennings Equipment of Puyallup, WA, for an amount not to exceed $49,633.93, including tax and accessories, and authorize the City Manager to approve and execute the final purchase documents, to complete the purchase, and to make minor modifications as necessary, and authorize the City Manager to surplus equipment #5330, and to dispose of that equipment in a commercially reasonable manner, upon addition of the equipment. Because the number of Council members in attendance, the motion failed 3-1 with Carr, Dexter and Schwab in favor. In order to pass, this motion required 4 affirmative votes. INFORMATION Deputy City Manager Goings reminded Council of the upcoming City -sponsored Rayonier Mill Site Cleanup Forum would be held during their July 22nd work session from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, stated applications were being accepted for the vacant Council #7 position and information on how to apply could be found on the City's website or by contacting the City Clerk's office, and the Parks and Recreation's Day of Play was scheduled for July 26. SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT John Ralston, city resident, spoke about traffic studies, provided updates on his personal building projects, and downtown light synchronization. Donna Peterson, city resident, spoke about a report submitted by Getta Rogers. Marolee Smith, city resident, spoke about surplus vehicles and vehicle operation hours. Justin Williamson, city resident, spoke about City vehicles. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, the Mayor adjourned the meeting at 9:58 p.m. #777_77_77� Kate f5exter, Mayor Minutes were approved on: b// Page 5 of 5 O Kari Martinez -Bailey, City