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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-22-1981 MinutesMINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 22, 1981 CALL TO ORDER Special Meeting of the Pasco City Council called to order at 8 00 P M by Mayor E A Snider ROLL CALL 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, Larry Noland, Finance Director, James Ajax, City Engineer, Richard Erickson, Director of Parks/Recreation, Webster Jackson, Administrative Assistant, Gary Crutchfield, Director of Community Development and Shirley Tucker, Librarian VISITORS There were no visitors wishing to address the council at this time PUBLIC HEARING (Verbatim) MAYOR SNIDER DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONDUCT A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON THE PROPOSED SOUTHEAST PASCO INDUSTRIAL AREA WATER LINE L I D AND, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO ACTUALLY CREATE THE L I D It was noted that the hearing had been duly published and posted as required by law Mr James Ajax, City Engineer, opened hearing by stating that council members are aware as well as people in the audience that several years ago, the City annexed a large area of ground in southeast Pasco The impetus of that annexation was that there were certain property owners in that area who were interested in developing their property and were interested in fire protection The consequence to that was the property owners coming to the City and asking, "can we join your City?" They came in wanting building permits and found out that our Fire Marshall said the same thing as the County Fire Marshall, so what has gone on for approximately the last year and a half is to try and work out a way of getting water into the general area that was annexed We looked at a variety of alternatives in working with the developers, including the possibility of a satellite system as opposed to extending the City system The developers paid for some private engineering to satisfy themselves that the technical staff of the City wasn't running them up the wrong path, etc , and we concluded that the most economical solution by a small measure and first cost, and clearly in the long term in terms of operating costs and reliability, was an extension of the City Water System The proposal which is before the Council tonight in this public hearing is a project which starts at the intersection of Lewis and Cedar Street where there is presently a 16" main The proposal calls for extending that 16" main southerly down Cedar Street to its intersection with "A" Street, then southerly across private properties by easement to a point of about 2100 feet south of "A" Street Then, due East, parallel "A" Street to 2100 feet below it to the intersection of Road 40 east From there on, the waterline will travel up Road 40 east to East B Loop which has some development on it, follow East B Loop all the way around, then come back to Road 40 east and then on down to Road 40 East with its intersection at Sacajawea Park Maybe by land marks, there is a large mobile home park which is occupied by Green Giant The project does not provide every property owner in this general area with water Obviously, only those directly along the line will be able to connect to it How the assessments are distributed is as follows Where a normal sized line lies along the property line, only the abutting property owners are proposed to be assessed for that normal sized line However, to serve the entire area, you must transport a larger volume of water and that additional cost to the normal sized line (actually 16" line that travels from Lewis and Cedar on down to Rd 40 East - this portion around here is 16", the remainder is 12) the difference between a normal sized line and large one that is going in is being assessed to the general MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 22, 1981 PUBLIC HEARING - Continued area but there is two (2) distinct costs there The normal sized line to the abutting property owners is assessed for oversizing for transmission to the general area which the entire area is paying for Some of the property owners right along the line are paying a third assessment for fire hydrants Fire hydrants are being installed in the entire length of Road 40 east and then on East B Circle Rather than distributing those costs to everyone in the project, they will be shared by people along the segment where the hydrants will be in- stalled In this area, as development occurs, they will pay for their hydrant If someone wants to develop up in this area, their assessment is solely for the oversizing of the general transmission when they lay their line for their specific purpose They should have a similar cost for water service This is a public hearing tonight and notices of this hearing were mailed to each and every affected property owner at least fifteen (15) days before the hearing, said notice of hearing indicated the hearing was tonight Total estimated cost of improvement, as well as their individual assessment was forwarded The hearing was also published twice in the local newspaper One last item, in the area between Lewis Street and "A" Street, a portion of the property is outside the City limits and perhaps Council will recall that those who petitioned for the L I D did request that the City pay a majority of the cost of that line, and the City did agree to contribute 85,000 to the portion of the line a half mile from the intersection of Cedar and Lewis to the intersection of "A" and Lewis In the future, as property owners connect to that line, the City will get some portion of that cost back As of 7 25 P M , when I last talked to the City Clerk, the City had received zero percent protests on the project I am aware that there are some people in the audience who are interested in this project and may have comments to make I would like to introduce Dave Beck of Michener & Associates Dave is the Project Engineer with the Consulting Firm on this project and he is available for questions STERL ADAMS Jim, is $23,665 an additional cost to the City for the line between Lewis and "A" Street? JIM AJAX No, the City has agreed to pay the actual cost of the line on Cedar between Lewis and "A" up to $85,000 The line will probably cost more than that, but $23,665 is the assessment against City-owned property and I believe we own approximately 40 acres, or somewhere between 30 and 40 acres We didn't realize the City owned this property until we got into the project Mayor Snider asked if there were anymore questions on the part of the Council BILL WILKINS That circle up there that you were talking about, where is that circle at? JIM AJAX (Pointing to map) This is 395 heading toward the Snake River - toward Walla Walla You go out that highway for a short distance and you will notice some new buildings in the area The road to Sacajawea Park takes off from that highway about this location (pointing) The tank farm would be sitting directly south BILL WILKINS 0 K , I see where it is now IRA SCHMIDT What is going to be the water pressure out there? JIM AJAX The static water pressure once the project is done will be approximately 40 pounds If there is a demand on the water system, the normal measure III is how much water you can provide while still having 20 pounds of pressure in the main, and at any point in this project, you should be able on a typical day, to deliver about 2,000 gallons per minute Now, that should be a short term situation because as council is aware, we are under contract to have a Booster Station designed for East Pasco which will up that static pressure from 40 pounds to approximately 85 pounds, so at that point, we will have well more than 2,000 gallons and closer to 3,500 - 4,000 gallons available for firefighting before the pressure is drawn down I will acknowledge that until we have the second pressure zone that we won't have a perfect situation, but we will have adequate flow so as not to prevent building along the routing of the line I MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 22, 1981 PUBLIC HEARING - Continued Mayor Snider asked for further discussion JIM AJAX Mr Mayor, if I might, one last item and it is in my agenda report Different from most L I D 's, on this particular project for a variety of reasons, we were not able to secure interim financing on the project That is the financing where we normally go to the bank, borrow the money to pay the contractor during the course of construction Once it is constructed, we hold a final hearing to sell bonds and that is how we pay the bank back On this project, we were unable to secure interim financing, so what must necessarily happen and was contained in the notice to each property owner, is that if you create the L I D , the next step will be to go for bids We will open the bids and once we have those bids in hand, we will then compute the final cost We cannot do that to absolute accuracy because during the course of the project, there are invarably small changes, but in this project, they will be small changes Once the bids are opened, we will compute the cost, council will hold the final hearing on the project before construction actually starts Once the final hearing is held, we will award the contract and by the time the contractor's first payment is due, we will have sold the final bonds on the project so the contractor will be paid from bond proceeds as opposed to interim financing This is something that was explained prior to passing the Resolution of Intent on the L I D , but should be a matter of record at this hearing GARY BOSCH The only thing I have to say is that I talked to Lee earlier and importantly, that we have an outlet for actually selling the bonds The bond market hasn't been too good but he assured me he had a verbal understanding that the bonds will be taken in full With that, I have no objections MAYOR SNIDER Is there anyone in the audience that would like to address the Council on this issue? ED SELLARS, 415 S W Montgomery, Portland, Oregon I represent the owners of the mobile home park presently known as Lakeview The only question I have is "how long will we be content with 40 psi pressure which is not sufficient to carry my people with water when it is in use out there " We know that now with the present system because I now have to maintain a minimal of 65 to 70 out of my five wells MAYOR SNIDER Jim, can you answer Mr Sellar's question? (Unable to pick up response due to loud popping noises) JIM AJAX In late summer, we are anticipating selling our revenue bonds and having that Booster Station under construction I know reasonably well that the Booster Station will be on-line no later than spring of 1982 It is possible if everything works out that the Booster Station might be functioning within the year Most of the lines at Lakeview are 4 to 6" lines and the size of lines that we are proposing would have a rather large flow, and initially, if you had a fire in your area, you should have adequate water even with domestic load No doubt about it, we need that Booster Station and that is why the City has embarked on this project The proposed project tonight is anticipated to be completed in 1981, probably mid-November or something like that If all goes well, the Booster Station should be available in the spring of 1982 JIM AJAX Just one more brief one (loud popping noises) If there was a power outage or whatever, that water will flow through the large mains Following three (3) calls from Mayor Snider for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the public hearing was declared closed ORDINANCE NO 2276 ,(Southeast Pasco Water Line) AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE INSTALLATION OF SPECIFIC WATER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION MAINS TO CITY STANDARDS WITHIN THE CITY, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTION NO 1431 OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ESTABLISHING LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO 114, PROVIDING THAT PAYMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT BE MADE IN PART BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS UPON THE PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT, PAYABLE BY THE MODE OF "PAYMENT BY BONDS", AND PRO- VIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WARRANTS REDEEMABLE IN CASH AND LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BONDS Ordinance No 2276 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to adopt Ordinance No 2276, which has the effect of creating L I D No 114, commonly referred to as the "Southeast Pasco Industrial Area Waterline L I D " Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8 25 P M ATTEST (—' ((;?- Evelyn Welts, City C erk PASSED and APPROVED this7,, day of E A Snider, Mayor , 1981