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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-21-1978 MinutesMINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL ".''.REGULAR MEETING CALL TO' ORDER — 7 -- AUGUST 21, 1978 ..Meeting called to order at 8:00 P.M. by the Honorable J.C. Bailie, Mayor. ROLL CALL: By Deputy City Clerk. Councilmen present were: S.K. Adams, J.C. Bailie, Charles Grigg, Ira Schmidt, David Sheeley and E.A. Snider. Councilman Bill Wilkins was excused from meeting due to illness. Also present were: Leland Kraft, City Manager; Acting and Deputy City Attorneys, Patrick Roach and Dennis De F61ice; Tom Criscola, Finance Director; James Ajax, City Engineer; Richard Erickson, Director of Parks & Recreation; Webster Jackson, Block Grant Coordinator; Ted Johnson, Assistant Engineer; Gary Crutchfield, City Planner and Harry Elzie, Environmental Inspector. CONSENT AGENDA: Mr. Snider moved to approve Consent Agenda with the exception of 3-I (Earl Wirth). Seconded by Mr. Adams. Motion carried by roll call vote of six (6). Consent items are as follows: a) Approval of Minutes. Minutes of regular meeting, held August 7, 1978. b) General Claims in the amount of $150,035.73; Claim warrant nos. 17580 through 17714. c) Eastside Family Health Center. To endorse the leasing of the Kurtzman Park Building to the East Side Family Health Center Board of Directors at a rental rate of $1,000 per month, for a period of three years. b) To require the Center to -refurbish the building with $18;000 of State monies supplemented with an equivalent of $6,000 of City funds which will be handled as rental consideration. c) To approve the furnishing of a temporary office at the Eastside Neighborhood Facility to on or about February 1, 1979 for a project representative. d) WPPSS Impact Funds. To allocate the following amounts for the projects as named: 1. City Hall Remodeling $85,000 2. Repaint Library Interior 3,900 3. Equipment/Police Department 9,400 4. Upgrade Ball Field Lighting(Memorial Park) 4,000 5. Drilling test well at Golf Course 3,000 6. Old Bridge Demolition 25,000 130,300 b) To require staff to reconsider the Lewis Street project to see what can be trimmed from the previously allocated $170,000, so as to provide some additional impact money for other projects, and to report back to Council. c) To require staff to re -analyze the park maintenance building project to see if an adequate facility can be provided at a limiting cost in a range of $65,000 to $75,000 and to make a further study into the most desirable location for this facility and to report findings to the Council. e) Columbia River Bridge I-182 Pasco/Richland Utility Duct. To inform the State that, owing to the State's.data requirements and the expense to the City to obtain the data, Council asks project to be dropped. f) Notice for Amendments and for Rezoning under Title 22 of PMC. To refer the proposed amending Ordinance to the City Planning Commission for public hearing, as required by the Pasco Municipal Code. g) Land Sale - Urban Renewal Area. To approve sale of land at bid price of 1,660 to Mr. Dave Butcher for Lots 407 and 408, Block 12, Terrace Heights Addition; b) To require staff to prepare report for Council and for public dissemination of remaining lots in Urban Renewal Area which are available for residential development. h) I.A.C. Applications. To re -program the $30,000 of Block Grant funds by transferring it from the 5th & Pearl park site to the Highland Park site, thus, making a total of $90,800 of federal Block Grant funds available for first stage development of this park; b) To direct staff to revise its project application to the State I.A.C. by dropping matbhing funding for the 5th and Pearl site and requesting $90,800 matching funding from I.A.C. for the Highland Park site, raking a total of $181,600 potentially available for the first stage development. MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING CONSENT AGENDA - Continued: AUGUST 21, 1978 i) ReVb rsionary Clause as a Condition of Rezoning. To refer the staff report to the City Planning Commission for study and for action as deemed appropriate. j) To give official notice of a special meeting of the City Council o6 Tuesday, August 22, 1978, at 7:00 P.M., in the Council Chambers, at which meeting the Commissioners of the Port of Pasco shall be invited to attend for the purpose of discussing mutual concerns. I- Q Coin Operated Disposal Container. a) To acknowledge receipt of a petition protesting the location of a coin-operated disposal facility at 12th & "A" Street, b) to direct staff to re-evaluate potential sites to see if a more suitable site can be found, c) to put a "hold" on Basin Disposal Company's installation of the coin-operated facility while this exploratory work is done. Hearing Date - P&rke. Rezone. To set 8:00 P.M.., Tuesday, September 5, 1,9.78,_ _:a -., in the City Hall Council Chambers, as the time and place for a public hearing to consider the Planning Commission recommendation on the Park rezone. PUBLIC HEARINGS: MAYOR BAILIE DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER REVOCATION OF TOMMY'S AUTO SALVAGE BUSINESS LICENSE: -•.....1. The City Attorney opened hearing by reading sections of Pasco Municipal Code which defined "junk yard" and also defined authority of City Council in regulating business licenses. Pictures were circulated among the::Ci'ty Council members, showing debris from various angles. Mr. Ajax elaborated by sketching a drawing on board which depicted Mr. Moore's ,,.,.,.,—si.tuation and concurred that even though it was in a state of disaray, Mr. Moore did provide a service to the City of Pasco, and if it wasn't there, people would be dumping it all over Pasco. It appears Mr. Moore has outgrown his fence and some sort of solution is going to have to be made. Mr. Ajax stated that Mr. Moore was licensed as a contractor in the State of Washington; therefore, should have two business licenses; one for his contractor's operation and the other one for a salvage yard. Mr. Ed McKinlay, attorney for Mr. Moore, expressed appreciation that the City recognized the fact that his client did provide a needed service to the City of Pasco. Further, many of the old hulks parked along Oregon Street are dumped there without permission from Mr. Moore. He requested that the City Council give Mr. Moore two Months to clean up his operation and become compliant with City regulations. Mr. Sheeley asked Mr. Moore if he notified the Police when he noticed abandoned cars on his property. Mr. Moore replied affirmative; further, he cannot do anything with them until the State Patrol and City Police check the registrations to verify whether or not they are legally owned or'stolen. To this, Mr. Sheeley reiterated that the burden should be on Mr. Moore and favored revoking his license immediately, giving him two months to bring his business into compliance and then the Council would take another look at it to decide whether or not to allow his license. Mr. Grigg asked if Mr. Moore would object to making his cyclone fence "sight obscuring" in an effort to protect adjacent property owners. Mr. Snider supported Mr. Grigg's observation and stated, "your yard is needed, it just needs to be cleaned up." Mr. Ajax cited the need for an Occupancy Permit and recommended they be .renewed every six months. The City Manager suggested that this hearing could be recessed until October 16, 1978, and at that time, the Council could take another look at the situation Nnd make a decision at that time. Mr. Adams moved to recess this hearing until October 16, 1978. Seconded by Mr. Schmidt. Motion carried by roll call vote of six (6). MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING PUBLIC HEARINGS - Continued: AUGUST 21, 1978 MAYOR BAILIE DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER HSIEH -(V d Mansi'6 ) ANNEXATION REQUEST: It was reported that the hearing had been properly posted and published. There were no adverse communications. Following three (3) calls from Mayor Bailie for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the Public Hearing was declared closed. MAYOR BAILIE DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER CADWELL ANNEXATION REQUEST: It was reported that the hearing had been properly posted and published. TherE WEre no adverse communicdt-ions.. _ Following three (3) calls from Mayor Bailie for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the Public Hearing was declared closed. MAYOR BAILIE DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER WEISENBERGER REZONE FROM R-1 to C-1 (78-16-Z): It was reported that the hearing had been properly posted and published. Previous petition from adjoining property owners in objection to zone change had apparently been resolved between themselves and petitioner at previous Planning Commission meeting. There was no one in audience who spoke in objection to zone change. Mr. Roy Weisenberger spoke in favor of zone change and stated he wanted the area rezoned for more parking plus the addition of a freezer box and dumpster• He was receptive to anything the council may desire in the way of sight obscuring fence to protect adjacent property owners. The following conditions were requested in a Concomitant Agreement which Mr. Weisenberger was receptive to sign: 1. Use of the property is specifically limited to off street parking. 2. Ingress from and egress to Brown Street is specifically prohibited for commercial use. 3. A strip of land at least eight (8) feet in width shall be provided along the south and east edges of the parking area and shall be planted with evergreen hedge of sufficient depth and height as to provide a sight obscuring screen within two years of planting. 4. A walk in freezer box and a refuse container shall be permitted provided both are sufficiently screened. Following three (3) calls from Mayor Bailie for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the Public Hearing was declared closed. MAYOR BAILIE DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER STREET VACATION ON BONNEVILLE STREET, ADJACENT TO LOT 13, BLOCK 6, PETTIT'S SECOND ADDITION: It was reported that the hearing had been duly published and posted. There were - -- ,.no• adverse communications.. Mr. Ajax reported the site is to be used for an office building. Councilmen Grigg and Snider asked if vacation of properties could be tied into a time frame. In other words, if development did not take place within a required time, it would revert back to original property owners. The City Attorney stated you could not vacate property with conditions. You either vacated it or you didn't. The City Manager stated that if the Council had reservations, one alternative would be to have a first reading on the Ordinance vacating property, and then the second or final reading would be when positive development had been indicated. Mr. Snider then asked if staff could research whether or not building is going to proceed -if City vacates street. Following three (3) calls from Mayor Bailie for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the Public Hearing was declared closed. RECESS: 9:25 P.M. RECONVENED: 9:35 P.M. MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ORDINANCES: ORDINANCE NO. 1983: (Hsieh Annexation) AUGUST 21, 1978 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ANNEXATION AND ANNEXING A TRACT OF LAND TO THE CITY OF PASCO. Ordinance No. 1983 was read by title only. Mr. Sheeley moved that Ordinance No. 1983 be adopted. Seconded by Mr. Snider. Motion carried by roll call vote of six (6). ORDINANCE NO. 1984: (Cadwell Annexation) AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ANNEXATION AND. ANNEXING A TRACT OF LAND TO THE CITY OF PASCO. Ordinance No. 1984 was read by title only. Mr. Sheeley moved that Ordinance No. 1984 be adopted. Seconded by Mr. Schmidt. Motion carried by roll call vote of six (6). ORDINANCE NO. 1985: (Weisenberger Rezone) AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING AND CHANGING THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF PASCO FROM R-1 LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO C-1 RETAIL BUSINESS AS CONDITIONED BY CONCOMITANT ZONING AGREEMENT. Mr. Sheeley moved to table action on Ordinance No. 1985 until Mr. Weisenberger provides an executed Concomitant Agreement. Seconded by Mr. Grigg. Motion carried by roll call vote of six (6). ORDINANCE NO. 1986: AN ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION OF BONNEVILLE STREET IN THE CITY OF PASCO. Ordinance No. 1986 was read by title only. Mr. Sheeley moved that Ordinance No. 1986 be adopted. Seconded by Mr. Schmidt. Motion carried by roll call vote of five (5). Councilman Adams voting no. RESOLUTIONS: RESOLUTION NO. 1197: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROPER OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF PASCO TO ENTER INTO A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT AMENDING THE AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO ON THE 6th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1978, WITH THE COUNTY OF FRANKLIN RELATING TO ROAD 36 SANITARY SEWER. Resolution No. 1197 was read by title only. Mr. Sheeley moved that Resolution No. 1197 be adopted. Seconded by Mr. Grigg. Motion carried by roll call vote of six (6). UNFINISHED BUSINESS: EARL WIRTH, L.I.D. #102, IRVING STREET: Mr. Wirth publicly entered his protest to L.I.D. #102 and reiterated that he had sent a certified letter which should have been received in time for the August 7th Council Meeting. The record was so noted. Mr. Sheeley moved to order the letter of protest from W.W. & 0. Farms, Inc., filed as part of the record pertaining to the hearing on L.I.D. #102, and to acknowledge that the extent of the protest at 57% of estimated project cost is not sufficient, under the law, to divest Council with authority to proceed with the L.I.D. Seconded by Mr. Snider. Motion carried by roll call vote of six (6). MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 21, 1978 NEW BUSINESS: CBD ALLEY PAVING: Mr. Sheeley moved to award the construction contract on the CBD alley paving to the low bidder, AAA Paving Company of Pasco in the amount of $20,857.50. Seconded by Mr. Grigg. Motion carried by roll call vote of six (6). MISCELLANEOUS - INCLUDING SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL: Mayor Bailie presented Evelyn Wells, Deputy City Clerk, with a plaque from Central Washington University, certifying her as a Municipal City Clerk. This represents completion of 3 years of accredited education at Ellensburg, Washington, and is the first graduating class in this field. MEETING WITH PORT COMMISSIONERS: It was reported that scheduled meeting with the Port of Pasco Commissioners would have to be a "listening session" only as they would not discuss any problems under the open meeting law. The City of Pasco had given notice of special meeting to the media; however, the Port did not give such notice and they were fearful of reprisal. The City Council expressed their disappointment as there were several items of importance they wished to discuss. The City Manager asked if they'had a tentative agenda, and if so, he would contact the Port Manager to see if they could set up a meeting for Thursday, August 24th. The following items were suggested: 1) -r-„-.—annexation, 2) Entrance to Ainsworth Street, 3) Bridge demolition, 4) Lack of .„ working cooperation, 5) Lagoon servicing Northwest Developers and 6) Road 36. The City Manager reported he had a very cordial meeting with Port Manager and felt confident our two bodies could work together if a meeting date could be arranged. ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 10:25 P.M. J.C. "Chet” Bailie, Mayor ATTEST• Eve yn s, Deputy City Clerk PASSED and APPROVED this 57day of 1978. 1