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Home My WebLink About03-07-1983 MinutesI I MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MARCH 7, 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, James Ajax, Director of Public Works/City Engineer and Gary Crutchfield, Director of Community Development CONSENT AGENDA Mr Jackson moved that Consent Agenda be approved 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 and special meetings, held February 22nd and 28, 1983, respectively b) Bills To approve General Claims in the amount of $235,968 48, Claim warrant nos 33944 through 34100 To approve Payroll Claims in the amount of $251,229 09, Payroll warrant nos 2895 through 3046, and 3047 through 3197 c) Fire Protection Agreement with Fire District #3 To approve the agreement between the City and Fire District #3 relating to fire protection service in the Northwest Annexation Area and authorizing the Mayor to sign the Agreement on behalf of the City d) Resolution No 1565 A Resolution accepting the Historic Structures Survey e) Construction of 1-182 - Detour To authorize the Mayor to sign an Agreement with the Washington State Department of Transportation, which makes provision for detouring traffic on City streets while the 20th Avenue Interchange is being reconstructed VISITORS Mayor Snider presented a Certificate of Appreciation to RICHARD D BROWN, who has served on City Planning Commission since March 1, 1977 Mr Brown was commended as an individual who got involved and achieved results On behalf of City and Council, Mayor Snider congratulated Mr Brown for a job well done REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES AND/OR OFFICERS Senior Citizens Advisory Committee Councilman Emerson Morgan reported that Block Grant Committee had been discussed at recent meeting of which Jack Cooney was the representative The Senior Center in Connell has been approved by the City Council and plans are now underway to apply for funding Before the Breakfast Program can be formulated completely, the Senior Citizens Center is looking for a dietician A meal site in East Pasco was discussed but no formal action taken Mr Morgan reminded all in attendance that May was "Older American" month and special activities were being planned PUBLIC HEARINGS MAYOR SNIDER DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER AND RECEIVE TESTIMONY REGARDING ANY ASPECT OF THE RECOMMENDED 1983 BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM It was noted that the Hearing had been duly publicized as required by law Mr Gary Crutchfield reported that the 1983 Program is nine (9) months and total funds available is $290,000 The following activities and dollar amount is recommended by Block Grant Committee as 1983 recipients MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MARCH 7, 1983 Block Grant Hearing - Continued EPNF/Kurtzman Park $15,000 Senior Citizen Expansion 50,000 Housing Rehabilitation 30,000 Revolving Loan Fund 50,000 3-R Streets 100,000 Revolving Abatement Fund 5,000 Carnegie Museum 5,000 L I D Assistance 15,000 Administration 20,000 $290,000 Mayor Snider questioned Revolving Abatement Fund and recommended that more money be allotted to this particular venture as there were many old buildings that needed to be torn down in Pasco He cited, specifically, the old service station at Wehe and East Lewis Wilbert Butcher, representing East Pasco Neighborhood Facility, requested a 2-week delay in the apportionment of funds so that their group could come up with a better proposal Mr Walter Oberst, representing Franklin County Historical Society, thanked the Council for their generous donation in 1982 which enabled them to finish their museum, however, he asked reconsideration of entire amount requested in 1983 ($7,900 requested, $5,000 allocated) so that they may build storage shed to house their lawnmowers, hoses, gas cans etc Mayor Snider reiterated that there was a possibility that he could get material and labor donated to complete shed and Councilman Emerson Morgan will assist him with dimensions, etc Mr Oberst publicly thanked Star Rentals for their assistance thus far Mr Joe Rosales of Mid-Columbia Paralegal Services, requested consideration of approximately $15,500 to help elderly and disadvantaged individuals, geared primarily to Hispanic origin, with legal problems that they have difficulty with He concurred this was his first request and staff enlightened Mr Rosales of time frame for monetary requests Mr Clarence Alford, representing East Pasco Neighborhood Facility, stated they had organized the Court Kids League of which they now had sixteen (16) teams The children ranged in ages from 7 - 13 and united East and West Pasco All coaches donated their time and there were strict ground rules as to conduct He solicited the continued support of the City of Pasco for this worthwhile project Mr Darrell Cope, parent of young Court Kid, praised organization of group and heartily endorsed its continued support Mr Gary Crutchfield suggested that C A C might be more appropriate for Mr Rosales request as this was more service orientated He suggested we could continue this public hearing to the March 21st meeting which would allow more consideration of requests at the March 14th workshop Final action would then be taken on March 21, 1983 He did, however, caution the council that if we go beyond March 21, 1983, it would seriously jeopardize the 1984 Program Mrs Green moved to continue Block Grant Public Hearing to 8 00 P M , March 21, 1983 Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried RECESS 9 25 P M RECONVENED 9 30 P.M I MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MARCH 7, 1983 PUBLIC HEARINGS - Continued MAYOR SNIDER DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN ON VACATION OF PORTIONS OF OCTAVE AND MARIE STREETS It was noted that the Hearing had been duly published and posted There were no adverse communications Mr Gary Crutchfield reported that Franklin County had requested, in writing, that the alley within Block 8, Sylvester Park Addition be deleted from the vacation petition Cascade Natural Gas has requested that the City retain a public easement across the portion of Marie Street proposed to be vacated to accommodate their existing gas line Franklin County P U D has suggested the City request the light pole, along the portion of Octave Street proposed to be vacated, be removed to avoid the City paying for power used on private property, if vacated The City Engineer requests the intersection of Octave Street at 4th & 5th Avenues be redesigned in accordance with City standards for private driveways, and that improvements under L I D Nos 86 and 90 be fully paid If Cascade Natural Gas's request is granted, the public easement would serve only a single private utility, and would be approximately 10' in length and 10' in width The public easement would connect to a private easement, already granted to Cascade Natural Gas by the original owner The appropriateness of retaining a public easement for a single private utility when an extended private easement would accommodate the utility with no further interest by the City is at question Mr Harold Mathews, Franklin County Commissioner, concurred they had no problem vacating the south 10' of Marie Street 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. 2437 (Vacation Request Without Easement) AN ORDINANCE VACATING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF OCTAVE STREET AND MARIE STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF PASCO Ordinance No 2437 was read by title only Mrs Green moved to adopt Ordinance No 2437, vacating certain portions of Octave Street and Marie Street Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried by roll call vote of six (6) ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS ORDINANCE NO 2438 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9 04 020 OF THE PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE AND RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT Ordinance No 2438 was read by title only Mr Jackson moved to adopt Ordinance No 2438, amending Section 9 04 020 of the Pasco Municipal Code relating to disorderly conduct Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried ORDINANCE NO 2439 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9 40 OF THE PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE AND RELATING TO OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE Ordinance No 2439 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to adopt Ordinance No. 2439, amending Chapter 9 40 of the Pasco Municipal Code relating to obstructing justice Seconded by Mrs Green Motion carried RESOLUTION NO 1568 A RESOLUTION URGING JOINT CITY/COUNTY CONSIDERATION OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES CURRENTLY BEING CONTEMPLATED BY FRANKLIN COUNTY Resolution No 1568 was read by title only Mr Jackson moved to approve Resolution No 1568, urging joint City/County consideration of commercial development policies currently being contemplated by Franklin County Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried (Mr Henry Kidwell voiced support for strip zoning) MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MARCH 7, 1983 NEW BUSINESS Collection Agency - Bid Results Mr Schmidt moved to award bid to Hanford Collectors, Inc , for one (1) year to provide collection services to the Pasco Police Court in accordance with the terms stated in their bid, and to authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement on behalf of the City for the services Seconded by Mr Jackson Motion carried Request for City Water to Sacajawea Park Mr James Ajax, City Engineer, III reported that at the time L I D No 114 was considered, there were discussions with the State about their financial participation in the project Due to distance from L I D and expense of laying pipe, they were deleted from the L I D and now they want water to Sacajawea Park Staff recommends that they be allowed to connect to our system without annexation agreement, and their payment of $33,865 70 be applied toward installation of waterline on "A" Street (Elm to Cedar) which will improve water flow and pressure in L I D No 114 area Mr Bob Tippett, one of the developers in L I D No 114, expressed his appreciation to the City for their participation in their L I D , however, at the present time, they had more problem with cash flow rather than water flow Due to the fact that their particular L I D had the highest interest rate, he recommended that the $33,865 70 be applied to their fall assessment on a pro- rata basis Mr Ron Wilson, another developer in L I D No 114, cited high cost of water and inability to sell or develop his 55 acres as prime reason for requesting State payment be applied to developer L I D Mayor Snider agreed with developer's logic and concurred that $33,865 70 be applied to developer's L I D in lieu of hard economic times Mr Schmidt suggested that money received from State of Washington in the amount of $33,865 70 be applied to developer's fall L I D assessment on a pro-rata basis (No second to suggestion) At this time, Mr Tippett asked if some type of agreement should be entered into regarding a water flow meter The City Engineer replied that it would not be necessary at this time because, if council concurred, staff would research this entire situation and have a full report and motion for council consideration on March 21, 1983 ADJOURNMENT No further business to come before the Council, the meeting adjourned at 10 05 P M PASSED and APPROVED this ,;?/ day o 4.4_/' , 1983 I