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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-16-1984 MinutesMINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING APRIL 16, 1984 CALL TO ORDER: Meeting called to order at 8.00 P.M. by Joe W. Jackson, Mayor. ROLL CALL: By Deputy City Clerk. Councilmen present were Susan Boothe, Beverly Green, Charles Grigg, Ira Schmidt, E. A. Snider, Joe Jackson and Emerson Morgan. Also present were: Lee Kraft, City Manager; Greg Rubstello, City Attorney; Jerry Conner, Finance Director; James Ajax, Director of Public Works; Dennis Wright, City Engineer; Larry Dickenson, Acting Fire Chief; Gary Crutchfield, Director of Community Development; Alan Lobdell, Associate Engineer. CONSENT AGENDA. Mr. Snider moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Seconded by Mrs. Boothe. Motion Carried. Consent items are as follows: a) Approval of Minutes. To approve minutes of regular meeting, held April 2, 1984. b) Bills and Communications. To approve General Claims in the amount of $303,627.73; Claim Warrants numbered 38210 through 38335. To approve collection write-offs for utility bad debts in the amount of $5,992.50, and turning this entire amount over to the collection agency. c) Resolution No. 1627. Petitioning the Washington State Department of Transportation to consider grade separation Improvements on U.S. 395 at Hillsboro intersection. d) Pre-Vocational Employment and Training Program for Adult Offenders. The Council concurred in the proposal which the Corrections Clearinghouse intends to submit to the Benton-Franklin Governmental Conference, which program if approved, will provide a Pre-Vocational Employment and Training Program for 60 adult offenders in the Tr-Cities area, beginning July 1, 1984. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES AND/OR OFFICERS: Tr-MATS Policy Advisory Committee. Mrs. Green's report addressed issue of urban transit funds for vehicle traffic only rather than bikes or the controversial issue of road Improvements. Good Roads Association. Councilman Snider did not attend the meeting due to illness. ITarget Washington Conference. Mayor Joe Jackson attended this con- ference which addressed nuclear holocaust. Senior Citizens Advisory Committee. Made appointments to committees reported by Mr. Morgan. Mr. Cooney had a formula for population and size of county to amount of money they will receive. Mr. Fink gave report reference programs available for seniors. I Parks and Recreation Advisory Council Meeting. Mr. Morgan addressed several issues discussed at the meeting; Kurtzman and Richardson parks irrigation was almost ready, pools almost ready, bleachers are ordered for EPNF but won't be put in until the floor is resurfaced, new system for treasury receipts, alcohol will still be prohibited in parks in accordance with present ordinance. MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING APRIL 16, 1984 PUBLIC HEARINGS AND COUNCIL ACTION ON ORDINANCES RELATING THERETO: ORDINANCE NO. 2494: AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING BY AMENDING PMC CHAPTER 22.82. Ordinance No. 2494 was read by title only. Mr. Snider moved to adopt Ordinance No. 2494 which extends the requirement for certain landscape and screening compliance mandates for another three years. Mrs. Green seconded the motion. Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING - PROPOSED EAST OF THIRD AVENUE L.I.D.: Mr. Ajax gave some backgroung on the city's history of creating the LID's. He explained what the new proposed LID would Include, removing existing roadway and installing base rock, storm drains, gutter/curb and paving the streets and some sidewalks. Ajax also explained the formula for obtaining amount of assessment for a parcel of land. Howard Giles of Randolph Plumbing and Heating, 116 West Bonneville, presented a petition in which property owners east of First Avenue on Bonneville, Shoshone, Sylvester and Tacoma Street wanted to be removed from the LID. These owners felt there was little traffic on these streets, it's primarily industrial and commercially zoned with the exception of Sylvester and it has few residential houses on it. The thinking was that it would be improved later on into an industrial upgrade and the property owners would take care of it themselves. Ajax said there was $150,000 of grant money available for the project and those streets were a good buy for the money. Ajax felt Tacoma and Sylvester should remain because it provides a route, there's traffic to a railroad area, truck traffic that has been coming to this area and staying off 1st Avenue. Mr. Giles added that the northside of Bonneville and on up to Tacoma are vacant lots. The owners have been trying to sell the lots for 15 years and wouldn't want to pay for an improvement. Russell Green of 217 N. 3rd addressed the Council and wanted to know how the LID was going to benefit him, his property does not touch Shoshone and he uses alley as the access to his property. Ajax explained ratio's used to assess the properties included in the LID. Mr. Green's assessment is not much but it is felt there is a special benefit to his property from the Improvement of Bonneville. Jesse Coordes, 217 N. 1st, felt he would be paying a lot for an assessment of his property which he was receiving no income from. He felt the heavy trucks and the armory were responsible for the damage done and their assessment if any, should reflect that. Coordes wanted official protest put on record and in minutes as official protest. Virginia Skinnell, 123 Shoshone, asked why the city waited so long to do this improvement. She admitted they needed nice streets, that there were chuckholes. She felt the tax assessor would be raising taxes, postal department will want cluster mailboxes and she was against this. The property is not selling in this area. Mrs. Skinnell also wanted an official protest on record of the LID. Dixie Klashke of 324 W. Yakima was unable to attend the meeting but the clerk read into record her protest of this LID. Councilman Griggs urged property owners to look at this LID for storm drains and streets. City was looking for best value, it was invest- ment wise and houses have a better potential to sell. First Street would be built to semi-truck standard and city would pick up the extra money taken for the build up. MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING APRIL 16, 1984 Mr. Snider moved to set April 23, 1984 as a Special Meeting to consider an ordinance to create LID, water plant upgrade, bus stop locations, signals on Sylvester, and Lewis Street access program. Mrs. Green seconded the motion, motion carried. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS NOT RELATING TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. ORDINANCE NO. 2495: AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE UTILITIES - OCCUPATION LICENSE TAX; AMENDING SECTION 5.32.045 OF THE PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE. Ordinance No. 2495 was read by title only. Mr. Schmidt moved to adopt Ordinance No. 2495, which amends Section 5.32.045 of the PMC, to reflect January 1984, as the beginning of ramp-down of utility tax for selected utilities. Mr. Snider seconded motion. Motion carried. ORDINANCE NO. 2496: AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PARKING ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THIRD AND FOURTH AVENUES; AND AMENDING SECTION 10.56.080 OF THE PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE. Ordinance No. 2496 was read by title only. Mrs. Green moved to adopt Ordinance No. 2496, which prohibits parking on certain portions of Third and Fourth Avenues, removes parking on North Fourth Avenue from Shoshone Street to Court Street, plus 75 feet of parking on North Third Avenue. Mr. Snider seconded the motion. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT. II Mr. Snider moved that the meeting adjourn. Seconded by Mr. Schmidt. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:16 p.m. 6/Joe W. J son, Mayor ATTEST: tir , //‘ / met!) Dorothy R e Studer, Deputy ity Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Greg A. Rubstello, Pasco City Attorney PASSED and APPROVED THIS day of , 1984.