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Home My WebLink About02-22-1983 MinutesMINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 22, 1983 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 Susan Boothe, Beverly Green, Ira Schmidt, E.A Snider, Joe Jackson and Emerson Morgan Councilman Charles Grigg was absent from the meeting (excused) Also present were Lee Kraft, City Manager, Greg Rubstello, City Attorney and Max Bigby, Assistant Planner CONSENT AGENDA Mr Jackson moved to approve Consent Agenda Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried by roll call vote of six (6) Consent items are as follows a) Approval of Minutes To approve minutes of regular meeting, held February 7, 1983 b) Bills To approve General Claims in the amount of $223,453 87, claim warrant nos 33796 through 33943 To write off $516 00 of ambulance bad debts and turn over to collection agency c) Resolution No 1564 A Resolution accepting the work performed by L & R Building Sales, Inc , under contract for Project No 82-9-01, Public Works Improvements d) Resolution No 1565 A Resolution accepting the Historic Structures Survey (Pulled from Consent Agenda upon request by Councilman Beverly Green - Workshop of February 28, 1983) e) Resolution No 1566 A Resolution approving changes in Pasco route nos 65 and 160 of the Ben-Franklin Transit System and designating the location of bus stops f) Resolution No 1567 A Resolution accepting the Economic Development Assistance Program prepared by Economics Research Associates g) Appointments to Boards & Commissions 1) To re-appoint Gordon Mercier to Parks & Recreation Advisory Council, term expiring February 2, 1986 2) To re-appoint C F "Bill" Farrens to Parks & Recreation Advisory Council, term expiring February 2, 1986 3) To re-appoint Grant Stringham to Parks & Recreation Advisory Council, term expiring February 2, 1986 4) To appoint Phil Hill to Planning Commission, term expiring February 2, 1989 5) To re-appoint Earl Warren to Planning Commission, term expiring February 2, 1989 h) Naming of CB Line To set 8 00 P M , March 21, 1983, as the date and time for a public hearing to consider the naming of that portion of the CB Line within the City limits as Argent Street, and to develop a suitable name for that portion of Old Argent Road, east of Road 44 1) Tri Cities Airport/Land Use Compatibility Study To appoint the following individuals to the Airport Land Use Advisory Commission established through the Benton-Franklin Governmental Conference for the purpose of advising progress of the Tri Cities Airport/Land Use Compatibility Study 1 City Council Member - Susan Boothe, Emerson Morgan, Alternate 2 Planning Commission Member - Earl Warren 3 Community - Sterl Adams 4 Community - Chris Buckberry MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 22, 1983 CONSENT AGENDA - Continued A Set Date of Special Meeting To set Monday, February 28, 1983, 8 00 P M , as a special council meeting for the purpose of acting on the sale of $800,000 of utility revenue bonds for the Separate Pressure Zone Intertie Project and to adopt a Bond Ordinance in connection therewith k) Excuse Councilman Grigg's absence To excuse Councilman Charles Grigg as he was out of town VISITORS Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to Cable Television Franchise Committee Members Mayor Snider presented Certificates of Appreciation to Orville Olson, Wilma Page, Charles Andres, Walter Styner, Howard Huhs, Patrick Roach and Sterl Adams and commended them for their many hours in finalizing a television franchise He concurred that without their assistance and professional input, it would have been most difficult to have achieved this success PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR SNIDER DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER VACATION OF A PORTION OF GRAY AVENUE (82-48-V), LYING SOUTH OF THE SOUTH LINE OF WASHINGTON STREET It was noted that the hearing had been duly published and posted as required by law Mr Max Bigby, Assistant Planner, stated that on January 17, 1983, the Council delayed, for one month, the scheduled date for public hearing on petition in order to work out an agreement with Cascade Natural Gas Corporation concerning their gas line within the right of way proposed to be vacated Cascade Natural Gas notified the City that the gas line can be abandoned with no loss of service, and therefore, has no objection to proposed vacation There are no other utilities within proposed right of way 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 2434 (Gray Avenue) AN ORDINANCE VACATING A CERTAIN STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF PASCO Ordinance No 2434 was read by title only Mrs Boothe moved to adopt Ordinance No 2434, vacating the portion of Gray Avenue described therein Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS ORDINANCE NO 2435 AN ORDINANCE FURTHER AMENDING SECTION 18 04 050 OF THE PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE AND ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE FIFTEEN DOLLAR ($15 00) CHARGE FOR A BURNING PERMIT Ordinance No 2435 was read by title only Mrs Green moved to adopt Ordinance No 2435, which, upon adoption, provides a special exception to the $15 00 burning permit in hardship cases Seconded by Mr Jackson Motion carried MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 22, 1983 NEW BUSINESS Bid Results - Liquid Chlorine Mr Schmidt moved to award bid for furnishing liquid chlorine to the City of Pasco to All Pure Chemical for one year (February 23, 1983 through February 20, 1984) Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried Mrs Beverly Green stated that she was preparing a typed report for all council members relating to PRIDE She encouraged all to view a family movie relating to drug problems this Sunday, February 27, 1983 on NBC Mayor Snider asked if our Police Department was presently involved in a drug training session Staff replied negative on a full time basis The Mayor then stated that there were several good films available and he certainly endorsed the viewing of them as a training tool Mr Joe Jackson, member of Advisory Council on High Level Radio Active Waste Management, stated he had attended two meetings in Olympia on potential repository sites It was determined that their role was to become involved There are six states being considered for potential site and the primary concern was to inform and educate citizens living in these six states about nuclear waste storage The Department of Energy will nominate five locations for site characteristics and the criteria will be based on guidelines of Waste Act of 1982 The first site will be made public by March, 1987 Mr Jackson encouraged comments from his collegues on the council so their concerns can be properly addressed at these meetings ADJOURNMENT No further business, Mrs Green moved for adjournment Seconded by Mr - Schmidt Motion carried Meeting adjourned at 8 30 P M EA Snider, Mayor AT .y.n—We s, City Clerk PASSED and APPROVED this 7 day of , 1983 MISCELLANEOUS - INCLUDING SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL I