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Home My WebLink About05-04-1981 MinutesI I I MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MAY 4, 1981 CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 8 00 P M by E A Snider, Mayor 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, Acting Finance Director, James Ajax, City Engineer, Richard Erickson, Director of Parks & Recreation, John Hager, Fire Chief, Webster Jackson, Administrative Assistant and Gary Crutchfield, Director of Community Development CONSENT AGENDA Mr Grigg 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 To approve minutes of regular meeting, held April 20, 1981 b) Bills To approve General Claims in the amount of $186,560 43, claim warrant nos 27080 through 27222 To approve Payroll Claims in the amount of $237,308 50, Payroll Warrant Nos 7567550 through 7567720 and 7606954 through 7607127 c) / Shrine Circus To waive the admission tax for the Columbia Basin Shrine Club sponsored Shrine Circus, July 12, 13, 1981, at Edgar Brown Stadium d) Land Sale - Urban Renewal Area To approve the sale of Lots 392, 393 and 394 of Block 12, Terrace Heights Addition, to McClain Cloy for $4,100, with the added requirement that Mr Cloy shall execute his plan of development for this property (single family home) within 18-months of this date e) Residential Use/Commercial Zones To direct the Planning Commission to further consider the proposed amendment of PMC Chapters 22 40, 22 44, and 22 48 to consider a provision that existing residential uses in commercial zones may remain as a permitted use to avoid the "non- conforming" effect of the proposed Code amendment f) Resolution No 1423 A Resolution fixing the time and place for a public hearing to consider vacation of a certain portion of "C" Street g) . Resolution No 1424 A Resolution fixing the time and place for a public hearing to consider vacation of a certain portion of Broadway Street and Yakima Street in the City of Pasco h) Citizens Committee/Capital Recovery Fees To extend the deadline for committee to complete its report to Council to June 11, 1981 1 ) / Appreciation to Pasco Clothing Co To express appreciation to Cliff and Dave Dalthorpe for years of service to the area doing business as the Pasco Clothing Company on the occasion of the closing of this business after 74-years of service MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MAY 5, 1981 PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR SNIDER DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER VACATION OF THAT PORTION OF PARK STREET, LYING BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH AVENUES It was noted that the Hearing had been duly published and posted There were no adverse communications received Mr Gary Crutchfield stated that Our Lady of Lourdes wished to vacate Park Street between 4th & 5th Avenues in order to realign the parking spaces and gain additional parking The owners of the two medical office properties on the north side of Park Street have agreed to this, but will require an easement to assure access to their facilities Park Street already contains municipal water and storm drain lines and the City Engineer anticipates the need to install a major water line in Park Street in conjunction with the 2nd Pressure Zone project Cascade Natural Gas has indicated they presently maintain a 2-inch gas line which crosses Park Street about equi- distant between 4th & 5th Avenues No other utilities are in Park Street The City Engineer has noted that the present design of the Park Street intersections with 4th & 5th Avenues reflect a "street intersection", these intersections should be modified by the property owners to reflect the typical driveway intersection This would, essentially, involve extension of the sidewalk on 4th and 5th Avenues across the intersections with a driveway slope This will also require the property owners to modify the storm water system with respect to Park Street Vacation of the public right of way will create a "land locked" parcel, this can be avoided if an easement is recorded providing common ingress/egress rights over the vacated portion of Park Street Following three (3) calls from Mayor Snider for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the public hearing was declared closed ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS, ORDINANCE NO 2259 (DNR Rezone) AN ORDINANCERELATING TO ZONING AND CHANGING THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF PASCO FROM RT (RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION TO C-1 (RETAIL BUSINESS) ( 1 Ordinance No 2259 was read by title only Mr Grigg moved to table Ordinance No 2259 until July 20, 1981, to permit sufficient time for the applicant to meet with the City Council regarding the correlation between zoning and utilities Seconded by Mr Adams Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) ORDINANCE NO 2263 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO RELATING TO CONTRACTED INDEBTEDNESS INCREASING THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT MAY BE BORROWED PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO 2212 FROM $450,000 to $600,000 THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF NEGOTIABLE LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND THE ISSUANCE OF INTEREST BEARING WARRANTS DRAWN UPON THE "PASCO MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE REDEVELOP- MENT FUND " Ordinance No 2263 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to adopt Ordinance No 2263, revising the authority to sell Councilmanic Bonds and issue interest bearing warrants to $600,000 for the purpose of funding the construction phase of the Golf Course Redevelopment Project Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) RESOLUTION NO 1425 A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR A TRI CITY FIRE INVESTIGATION TASK FORCE AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAID AGREEMENT Resolution No 1425 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to approve Resolution No 1425, authorizing the Mayor to sign an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for a Tri City Fire Investigation Task Force Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried by roll call vote of five (5) Councilmen Bosh and Green voting no MINUTES REGULAR MEETING ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS - Continued RESOLUTION NO 1426 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING RIGHT OF WAY ON ROAD 26 MAY 4, 1981 Resolution No 1426 was read by titleHonly Mr Grigg moved to approve Resolution No 1426, which has the effect of accepting the dedication of right of way for a portion of Road 26, from Mr Terry Roberts Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) RESOLUTION NO 1427 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING RIGHT OF WAY AT ROAD 26 AND PARK STREET Resolution No 1427 was read by title only Mr Grigg moved to approve Resolution No 1427, which has the effect of accepting the dedication of right of way for a portion of Road 26 and Park Street from Mr & Mrs Ladow Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) RESOLUTION NO 1428 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING RIGHT OF WAY ON ROAD 24 Resolution No 1428 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to approve Resolution No 1428, which has the effect of accepting the dedication of right of way for a portion of Road 24 from Ms Betty J Blakely Seconded by Mr Grigg Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) ORDINANCE NO 2264 (Kestin/Weige 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 R-2 (MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL) Ordinance No 2264 was read by title only Mr Grigg moved to adopt Ordinance No 2264, granting the Kestin/Weige Rezone from R-1 to R-2, as recommended by the Planning Commission Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) ORDINANCE NO 2265 (Putra 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 RMH-1 (MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION) Ordinance No 2265 was read by title only Mr Grigg moved to adopt Ordinance No 2265, granting the Putra Rezone from R-1 to RMH-1, as recommended by the Planning Commission Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) ORDINANCE NO 2266 (Dolsen 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 2266 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to adopt Ordinance No 2266, granting the Dolsen Rezone from R-1 to C-3, As recommended by the Planning Commission Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MAY 4, 1981 ORDINANCES - Continued ORDINANCE NO 2267 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 2234 BY CORRECTING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN VACATED PORTIONS OF SOUTH EIGHTH AVENUE, SOUTH NINTH AVENUE AND AINSWORTH STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF PASCO Ordinance No 2267 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to adopt Ordinance No 2267, amending the legal descriptions contained in Ordinance No 2234 Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) NEW BUSINESS PUBLIC TECHNOLOGY, INC FIRE STATION LOCATION STUDY Public Technology, Inc is a non-profit organization of the National League of Cities and the International City Management Association It was established in 1971 as an institutional means for developing and applying technology to the problems and needs of local government The Fire Station Location package is one of many computerized packages available to local government at a reasonable cost They would provide training and technical assistance for local personnel for the collection of data information This would be an in-house team, with members from Administration, Fire, Data Processing, and Planning Departments It would take approximately four to six months It appears that the local insurance association would be willing to contribute $750 - $1,000, and the Fire Local has offered to contribute $250 towards the study With contacts, contributions could possibly total approximately $2,000 with $4,500 to come out of City coffers Mr Schmidt moved to authorize funding and approval for a fire station location study, with the understanding that the City will provide no more than $4,500 towards the study and that the remaining $2,000 will be raised by donations Seconded by Mr Wilkins Councilmen Green, Bosch and Adams expressed concern why our local staff couldn't conduct such a study as opposed to hiring outside consultants Main motion carried by roll call vote of five (5) Councilmen Grigg and Bosch voting no F A M FUNDS FOR STREET PROJECTS Mr Grigg moved that staff present a three- year plan for council's consideration Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried 1981 WATER MATERIALS BIDS - BID RESULTS Following is tabulation of recommended low bidders for 1981 water materials Schedule #1 Meter Box Equipment Co , Portland $ 4,968 88 * Schedule #2 Pacific Waterworks, Portland 40,630 38 * Schedule #3 H D Fowler, Bellevue, Washington 1,234 80 * Schedule #4 Waterworks Supply, Spokane, Washington 2,057 85 * Schedule #5 ITT Grinnell 1,535 39 * Schedule #6 ITT Grinnell 698 53 * Schedule #7 H D Fowler, Bellevue, Washington 787 38 * Schedule #8 Hinds Supply 8,916 21 * **Staff Recommendation Mr Grigg moved to accept recommendation of staff and award 1981 Water System Materials to the noted bidders Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) NEW BUSINESS - Continued AUTHORIZATION TO CALL FOR BIDS ON 1981 STREET CONSTRUCTION (WEHE AREA L I D NO 113, UNITS 1 AND 2, AND SYLVESTER PARK AREA L I D NO 112, UNITS 2 AND 3 Mr Schmidt moved to authorize the staff to call for bids on construction of Wehe Area L I D No 113, Units 1 and 2, and Sylvester Park L I D No 112, Units 2 and 3 Seconded by Mr Wilkins Motion carried III SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL - GENERAL DISCUSSION MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MAY 4, 1981 I Councilman Wilkins expressed concern over recent beating in East Pasco and the subsequent death of one man He was further concerned over growing number of prostitutes who frequent this area and downtown Pasco Even though the public is opposed to open prostitution, he felt this type of illicit activity would be curtailed for good if it were legalized and properly controlled He stated that states which had legalized prostitution had a very low rate of assault crimes He concluded by stating, "it's here, it's a problem, and you'd better build a controlled house for it " Mayor Snider and City Manager reiterated that this was considered an illicit act, and therefore, unlawful by State Statute CITIZEN MEETING - Mrs Allen The City Manager reported that he was going to have a private meeting with Mrs Allen and several members of her group on May 7, 1981 to discuss the Pasco Police Department Councilman Grigg stated that he felt this issue should be "put to bed" once and for all unless they could come up with positive evidence He felt the issue had gone on far too long Mayor Snider reiterated that there were legal means to pursue if they disagreed with City Manager's findings and that is the avenue they should be pursuing The City Manager concurred with City Council but stated he felt honor bound to meet with Group as he agreed to ADJOURNMENT No further business to come before the Council, the meeting adjourned at 9 00 P M E A Snider, Mayor PASSED and APPROVED this //day of , 1981 I