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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-03-1981 MinutesMINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 8 00 P M by Mayor, E A Snider ROLL CALL AUGUST 3, 1981 By City Clerk Councilmen present were S K Adams, Beverly Green, Charles Grigg, Ira Schmidt, E A Snider, Bill Wilkins and Gary Bosch Also present were Lee Kraft, City Manager, James Ajax, City Engineer, Larry Noland, Finance Director, Dick Erickson, Director of Parks & Recreation, Webster Jackson, Administrative Assistant and Max Bigby, Assistant Planner CONSENT AGENDA Mr Schmidt moved that Consent Agenda be approved Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) Consent items are as follows a) Approval of Minutes Minutes of regular meeting, held July 20, 1981- tti b) Bills To approve general claims in the amount of $238,126 69, claim warrant nos 28035 through 28183 To approve payroll claims in the amount of $258,858 13, payroll warrant nos 7847046 through 7847242, and 7885423 through 7885618 To write off $1,364 80 ambulance bad debts and refer the accounts to the collection agency c) Authorization to Call for Bids To authorize staff to call for bids on street name and regulatory signs d) Planning "Density Incentive" Concept To concur with the Planning Commission's recommendation to require the City Planning staff to make a study and present recommendations on the density incentive concept with respect to the residential zoning categories e) Resolution No 1442 To approve Resolution No 1442, which accepts the construction of the Court Street Overlay Project (4th to 14th), City Project No 80-3-06, on the terms as explained in the Resolution f) Letter of Understanding with Port of Pasco Re 2nd Pressure Zone To confirm and accept the letter of understanding between the City of Pasco and the Port of Pasco, dated July 22, 1981, dealing with the terms and conditions between the City and Port about the separate water pressure zone project VISITORS ' Mrs Anne Lye, Manager of Pasco Chamber of Commerce, read letter of commendation from their Board of Directors, endorsing and approving actions taken by Pasco Police Department and Franklin County Sheriff's Department during recent raid in East Pasco They commended the Law Enforcement Agencies for aggressively - attacking the negative elements which might be -operating in our City The City Manager thanked Mrs Lye for her endorsement and recommended that we have representation from all Law Enforcement Officials taking part in the raid to be present at the August 24th Council Meeting so that they can be publicly thanked Mayor Snider personally commended their actions as an example of "true professionalism " Councilman Adams urged that the Council chambers be filled to pay respects to our Police Departments on that night Page Two MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 3, 1981 REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES AND/OR OFFICERS Weekly Golf Report Subsequent to reviewing Golf Report, Mr Bosch suggested that positive steps be taken to cut losses at the Golf Course, which in turn, would reflect a more favorable report Councilman Adams defended report by stating it was somewhat misleading and total deficit was not as bad as report indicated Councilman Wilkins was receptive to giving the Parks Department a chance to prove themselves now that construction has been completed and golf could resume at full strength The City Manager and Parks Director stated that ads would be placed in the media to inform the public that our course was now ready ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NO 2287 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING BY AMENDING PMC SECTION 22 82 040 TO ESTABLISH A LANDSCAPE AREA REQUIREMENT FOR THE "0" (OFFICE) ZONE Ordinance No 2287 was read by title only Mr Adams moved to adopt Ordinance No 2287, granting the landscape area requirement—for,the "0" Office Zone Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) ORDINANCE NO 2288 (Benward Rezone) AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING AND CHANGING THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF PASCO FROM R-2 (MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL) TO R-3 (HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL) Ordinance No 2288 was read by title only Mr Grigg moved to adopt Ordinance No 2288, granting the Benward Rezone, from R-2 to R-3, as recommended by the Planning Commission Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) ORDINANCE NO 2289 (Sleeth 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-3 (GENERAL BUSINESS) Ordinance No 2289 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to adopt Ordinance No 2289, granting the Sleeth Rezone from R-1 to C-3, as recommended by the Planning Commission Seconded by Mr Adams Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) ORDINANCE NO 2290 AN ORDINANCE VACATING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS AND ALLEYS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDED BY WEST "A" STREET ON THE NORTH, SOUTH 10TH AVENUE ON THE WEST, AINSWORTH STREET ON THE SOUTH, AND SOUTH 4TH AVENUE ON THE EAST, IN THE CITY OF PASCO Ordinance No 2290 was read by title only Mrs Green moved to adopt Ordinance No 2290, vacating certain portions of certain streets and alleys in the L I D No 106 neighborhood Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried by roll call vote of five (5) Councilmen Grigg and Schmidt abstained due to being property owner in area ORDINANCE NO 2291 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO A CORRECTION IN ORDINANCE NO 2246 WHICH CREATED A CONTINGENCY FUND BY ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER BY CORRECTING THE DESIGNATION FOR THAT CHAPTER,TO-CHAPTER 3 81 OF THE PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE Ordinance No 2291 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to adopt Ordinance No 2291, correcting Ordinance No 2246 Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) t Page Three MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ORDINANCES - Continued ORDINANCE NO 2292 AUGUST 3, 1981 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CREATION OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE PASCO CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF TO BE KNOWN AS THE GOLF COURSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF WHICH SHALL RELATE TO ALL PHASES OF THE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE OPERATION, INCLUDING THE OPERATING BUDGET Ordinance No 2292 was read by title only Mr Adams moved to adopt Ordinance No 2292, creating Golf Course Advisory Committee Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) NEW BUSINESS REORGANIZATION PLAN Mr Adams moved to leave the Parks & Recreation Department intact and put the operation under close scrutiny for one year, and give the Parks & Recreation Advisory Council and the Departmental Management a mandate to analyze and recommend a more cost effective approach to Parks and Recreation programs, further, to move to instruct the Parks and Recreation Advisory Council to study and make recommendations, before mid- September, on raising recreational user fees to the extent that this category of revenue try to offset at least 50% of the budget for recreation, and further, move to direct the City Manager and Parks & Recreation Director take aggressive measures to improve productivity in the Department Seconded by Mr Schmidt Councilman Bosch concurred that we had one of the finest Parks & Recreation Departments in the State and wished we could say the same for Police, Fire and Street Departments He felt they should be #1 priority instead of Parks and would like to see the motion withdrawn (No response) Councilman Wilkins supported the Park & Recreation Director and favored the motion as stated Councilmen Green and Schmidt both favored giving one-year mandate in an attempt to cost effectively improve the Department Mr Dave Primus supported the motion and reiterated that the Park Board would work closely with Park Director to come up with revenue producing programs in 1982, which hopefully, would bring enough income in to operate programs in the black Mrs Lydia Sisk disagreed with the term "niceties" and stated that good recreation - programs such as Pasco's were a necessity for the development of young people and relaxation of the elderly Further, supporters were not here to create differences, but work together for the benefit of Pasco , Councilman Grigg concurred that the motion was nice, but it didn't reflect the facts He, again, stated that he wasn't against Parks, but as a Councilman, he felt priorities such as Police and Fire protection, street maintenance, etc had, or should take precedent over Parks & Recreation Programs and for that reason, he supported the Manager's Reorganization Plan Main motion carried by roll call vote of five (5) Councilmen Bosch and Grigg voting no SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR RECREATION PROGRAM AT EAST PASCO NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITY Mr Adams moved to authorize a supplemental appropriation of $1,550 to continue a limited recreation program at the East Pasco Neighborhood Facility through 1981 Seconded by Mr Wilkins Councilmen Grigg and Bosch were critical of request and asked if a member of Recreation staff could be used in this capacity Mr Erickson replied that with 111 recreation programs presently underway, he did not have anyone who could take on this responsibility, even on a limited basis Main motion carried by roll call vote of five (5) Councilmen Grigg and Bosch voting no Page Four MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 3, 1981 NEW BUSINESS - Continued REORGANIZATION Mr Schmidt moved to change the Finance Director's title to Finance and Administrative Services Department, to eliminate the Assistant Finance Director's position, to create a new Personnel/Purchasing Division in Finance, and move Webster Jackson from the Manager's Office into Finance as Personnel/Purchasing Supervisor to give form and substance to the Personnel and Purchasing function Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) SIX-YEAR STREET PROGRAM Mr Adams moved to approve the six-year street program, as submitted by the City Engineer at the July 27th Workshop 2) Move to direct staff to prepare an Ordinance for Council Action to set up a separate fund for accruing revenue for the overlaying of City streets 3) Move to express the intent of the Council to impose a 1% increase across the board in the utility tax, to be effective January 1, 1982, with the approximate $75,000 annual proceeds to be earmarked Street Overlay Money to carry out such overlay projects as the - Council approves from time to time Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) SKINNER REZONE Mr Grigg moved to accept withdrawal of the Skinner application for rezone from C-1 to R-1, and that File No 81-33-Z be terminated Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried MISCELLANEOUS - INCLUDING SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL The City Manager announced that GREG RUBSTELLO was the newly appointed City Attorney and would take office on August 24, 1981 LETTER FROM PASCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Anne Lye, Manager of Pasco Chamber of Commerce, read letter from Board of Directors, reaffirming their interest to be part of Ad-Hoc Committee working with] City officials in the formation of 1982 Budget They conterd that "when it is evident the revenues are limited and inflation is a "non-controllable", it would seem imperative that the business community work in cooperation with the City to resolve a difficult situation " Councilman Grigg supported this theory and stated the Council was in need of skilled assistance in their budgetary process Councilman Wilkins pointed out some problem areas with various groups assisting on the Budget, but stated the Council would welcome any input citizens might have ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FORMER MAYOR, CHET BAILIE Mayor Snider acknowledged former Mayor, Chet Bailie in the audience ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 9 10 P M E A Snider, Mayor Eve yn Wells, City Clerk PASSED and APPROVED this /7 day of , 1981