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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-16-1984 MinutesMINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 16, 1984 CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 8 00 P M by Joe W Jackson, Mayor ROLL CALL By City Clerk Councilmen present were Susan Boothe, Beverly Green, Ira Schmidt, Joe Jackson and Emerson Morgan Councilmen E A Snider and Charles Grigg were absent from the meeting (excused) Also present were Lee Kraft, City Manager, Greg Rubstello, City Attorney, James Ajax, Director of Public Works, Richard Erickson, Director of Parks/Recreation, Donald Francis, Chief of Police, Gary Crutchfield, Director of Community Development and Max Bigby, Assistant Planner CONSENT AGENDA Mrs Green moved that Consent Agenda be approved Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried by roll call vote of five (5) Consent items are as follows a) Approval of Minutes To approve minutes of regular meeting, held January 3, 1984 b) Bills To approve General Claims in the amount of $198,303 32, claim warrant nos 37246 through 37367 To approve General Claims in the amount of $122,881 79, claim warrant nos 37368 through 37382 c) Resolution No 1614 A Resolution for the acceptance of work by John Rada Excavating at the Pasco Municipal Golf Course to demolish and remove an old clubhouse and commencement of a thirty (30) day lien VISITORS There were no visitors wishing to address the council at this time PUBLIC HEARINGS MAYOR JACKSON DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEARING APPEAL OF SALVATION ARMY REGARDING APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL PERMIT It was noted that the hearing had been duly published and adjacent property owners notified as required Mr Gary Crutchfield stated the Salvation Army (applicant) proposed to consolidate their activities within one building, located at 710-720 W Court Street (commonly known as Sheridan Center) The proposal falls within the definition of a Community Service Facility, an unclassified use under PMC Chapter 22 80, first requiring a special permit The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the matter on November 17, 1983 Because of emotional testimony and contradicted information, the Commission concluded the hearing, but deferred decision to November 29, 1983 On November 29th, the Commission considered the testimony and other information of record, and revised information pertaining to contradicted data and concluded The proposed location would present a substantial influence toward disinvestment in vicinal properties, a reduction of taxable value of the proposed location and within the City of Pasco a significant loss in tax revenue, an increased tax burden on Pasco property owners, and that other locations within the City may be better suited to the proposal without the financial impacts, therefore, the special permit be denied The Salvation Army has filed written appeal of the Commission's decision The Council fixed January 16, 1984 as the date for public hearing to consider the appeal The Council is authorized under PMC 22 80 090 to affirm, modify or reverse, in whole or in part, the decision of the Commission, or may remand the matter to the Commission for reconsideration in light of substantial new evidence unavailable to the Commission Staff recommends that decision of the Planning Commission be upheld Page Two MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 16, 1984 PUBLIC HEARING - Continued Mr Dan Hultgren, Chairman of Advisory Board for Salvation Army, briefly outlined programs consisting of Comprehensive Assistance Program (food/clothing, transient service (stranded individuals - not just railroad type), counseling home nursing care, Lamb Emergency Shelter (women and children only), alcohol treatment center with referrals from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, VA Hospital, etc Each person in the alcohol treatment program works 40-hours per week and they must be clean and dress neatly, Christmas service consisting of food baskets, dinners and disaster service, drop in facility for youths and thrift shop for producing revenue The Sheridan Center building has approximately 30,000 sq ft which would house all their activities under one roof He felt this building is centrally located and people could be better served from this location due to bus service, referrals from DSHS and Employment Security Departments, directly across the street from LaClinica which provides medical service for migrant workers and the building is designed for handicapped individuals He reiterated that the Salvation Army was hoping that Tri City Union Gospel Mission would take over more of the transients and the Salvation Army would become more family orientated He assured the Council that there would be no transients loitering about He proposed that they could serve Christmas and Thanksgiving dinner to transients at some other location (possibly Armory) and breakfast and lunch could be combined and served at the track Mr Hultgren further explained that their Thrift Store realized a profit of $65,000 in 1983 This enabled them to expand many of their programs to help the less fortunate They had worked side by side with Senior Citizens for 5-years in the Bread and Butter Program, and reiterated that there was no tax loss when you equated tax issue versus people served Mr Hultgren called attention to letters from New Era Furniture Company and Attorney Pat Roach that they were good neighbors Mr Walter Hench, 803 W Margaret, stated that transients will still come even though efforts are made to serve them elsewhere He called attention to the fact that many senior citizens had invested their life savings in adjacent homes and felt this investment should be protected Further, there would be no new construction in that area if the Salvation Army's proposal is approved Mrs Lydia Sisk, 1747 N 7th, was concerned about quality of life, namely, children passing this area on a day-to-day basis If the Salvation Army were allowed to consolidate all their facilities into one unit on Court Street, this would produce a large volume of traffic and children could be endangered Mr Gary Clark stated he would be proud to have a Salvation Army facility in his neighborhood He and his family attended their church services and urged the City Council to remand this issue back to the Planning Commission for reconsideration Mr. Crutchfield noted that cost of new construction and land value, as stated by Mr Hultgren appeared somewhat high The Sheridan Center is not central to the Tri Cities, which the application indicates is the service area Bus transportation is available throughout the Tri Cities, bottom line of Planning Commission decision is that similar savings can be made by finding another building, or building a new structure in an area without the degree of negative effects inherent in this proposal Mr Earl Warren, member of Planning Commission, stated Mr Hultgren had not been at Planning Commission meetings when conditions were discussed He did not recall "good neighbor" letters (staff confirmed that they were presented at the first meeting) Captain Conley, of the Salvation Army, stated that after meeting with businessmen, it was the concensus that facility should be located in Pasco He did not feel that traffic would be a problem as they would be open from 8 - 5, youth meetings were held in the evenings and church services were held on Sunday when most businesses were closed He urged favorable consideration to their appeal Page Three MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 16, 1984 PUBLIC HEARING - Continued Following three (3) calls from Mayor Jackson for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the public hearing was declared closed Mrs Green expressed concern that this appeared like we were trying to force the Salvation Army out of our area People need these services and some consideration should be given to that fact Councilmen Jackson, Boothe, Morgan and Schmidt concurred that the Salvation Army did a vast amount of good, however, it appeared that the Planning Commission and staff had considered all alternatives before rendering a decision and the council concurred in the Commission's conclusions Mr Schmidt moved to accept findings and conclusions of Planning Commission, and deny appeal of Salvation Army Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried by roll call vote of five (5) MAYOR JACKSON DECLARED PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO 1984 BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM It was noted that the Hearing had been duly publicized, as required by law There were no written communications Mayor Jackson relinquished chair to Mayor Pro Tem as he had a conflict of interest Mr Crutchfield explained Definition of Displacement as "meaning the involuntary movement, except temporary relocation, of a household from a dwelling unit when such movement results, directly or indirectly, from an activity 1 Funded in whole or in part with Community Development Block Grant Funds, or 2 Not funded in whole or in part with Community Development Block Grant Funds, but such activity is requisite to an activity to be funded in whole or in part with Community Development Block Grant funds Further, the City Community Development Block Grant Coordinator will refer the respective household to the Pasco Housing Authority They, in turn, will make available to the respective household an appropriate dwelling unit in accordance with all applicable rules and requirements of the Housing Authority, except that such unit will be made available to the respective house- hold not later than the date displacement will be realized If displaced person prefers not to reside in a dwelling unit made available by the Housing Authority, the Block Grant Coordinator will provide them with three addresses to rent, not exceeding 30% of the respective household's gross income Subsequent to public hearing on November 21, 1983, the Council had adopted a 1984 Final Statement of Community Development Objectives and Use of Use of Funds, as follows * Volunteer Park LID Subsidy) $150,000 * LID Assistance Program (City-wide) 70,000 * Housing Rehabilitation 50,000 * Revolving Abatement Fund 15,000 * Mercier Park, Phase II 30,000 * Program Administration 35,000 $350,000 Due to Congressional amendments of the Community Development Block Grant legislation, the 1984 Program must be adopted after the following documents have been made available to the public * '84 Community Development Plan with Proposed Use of Funds (by objective), * Policy of Displacement Mitigation and Assistance * Description/Assessment of '82 and '83 Fund Usage, Page Four MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 16, 1984 PUBLIC HEARING - Continued The purpose of the 1983 Program amendment was to allow as much of the available Community Development Block Grant funds be spent on LID Assistance (City wide) as possible The effect was to eliminate the original funding of the Revolving Loan Fund and the Revolving Abatement Fund It is recommended that the 1984 Program be amended to eliminate the City-wide L.I D Assistance Funds of $70,000 (being accomplished with '83 Funds) and to replace it by allocating $50,000 to the Revolving Loan Fund and an additional $15,000 to the Revolving Abatement Fund (replacing the $65,000 deleted from the 1983 Program in favor of City-wide LID assistance) The remaining $5,000 could be added to the Mercier Park Project (originallrequest was for $33,500) or to program administration Due to recent Congressional amendments, any LID assisted with Block Grant funds must include enough Block Grant Funds to pay all of the assessments against L/M income homeowners The only practical way to meet that obligation for the Volunteer Park LID is to use 1985 Block Grant Funds to pay the low/moderate in- come homeowners assessments (estimated to be about $80,000) In addition, the Pasco Housing Authority assessments (estimated $70,000) will likely have to be paid by the City with 1985 Block Grant funds because HUD won't pay for it and the City cannot levy a special assessment against the property The financial plan was outlined as follows Volunteer Park LID Total Cost CDBG Funds $740,000 Construction Subsidy $150,000 Housing Authority Assessments 70,000 L/M Homeowner Assessments (Est ) 80,000 (300,000) City Street Fund Extra Depth on 5th & Court 35,000 ( 35,000) Net Private Cost $405,000 (55% of total) Mr Wilbert Butcher questioned whether or not Block Grant Advisory Committee was actively involved Staff noted the CAC had recommended the 1984 proposed program statement in October, 1983 Pro Tern Following three (3) calls from Mayor Schmidt for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the public hearing was declared closed Mrs Green moved to adopt the Policy of Displacement Mitigation Assistance Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried by roll call vote of five (5) Mrs Boothe moved to adopt the 1984 Community Development Plan, its objectives, and the following use of funds * Volunteer Park LID (subsidy) $150,000 * Housing Rehabilitation 50,000 * Mercier Park, Phase II 35,000 * Revolving Loan Fund 50,000 * Revolving Abatement Fund 30,000 * Program Administration 35,000 $350,000 Seconded by Mrs Green Motion carried by roll call vote of five (5) Mayor Jackson resumed the chair at this point ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS ORDINANCE NO 2486 AN ORDINANCE CAUSING A REDUCTION IN THE SPEED LIMIT OF THAT PORTION OF NORTH FOURTH AVENUE BETWEEN SYLVESTER AND COURT STREET, AND AMENDING SECTION 10 24 040 PMC Page Five MINUTES ' PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 16, 1984 ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS - Continued Ordinance No 2486 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to adopt Ordinance No 2486, which, if passed, has the effect of reducing the speed limint on Fourth Avenue between Sylvester and Court Street, from 30 mph to 25 mph Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried ORDINANCE NO 2487 I AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 42 190 OF THE PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE AND CONCERNING EMPLOYEE VACATION SCHEDULE Ordinance No 2487 was read by title only Mrs Green moved to adopt Ordinance No 2487, concerning employee vacation schedule Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carriedl RESOLUTION NO 1615 A RESOLUTION URGING THE CONSOLIDATION COMMITTEE TO GO PUBLIC IN THE SOONEST POSSIBLE TIME TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF CONSOLIDATION Resolution No 1615 was read in its entirety Mr Schmidt moved to approve Resolution No 1615, urging the Consolidation Committee to go public and to inform the public about all aspects of consolidation Seconded by Mrs Boothe Mr Ed Hendler addressed the Council and voiced his concern over proposed consolidation efforts, including a house bill being introduced this very day He disapproved of pushing for an election when very little factual information had been passed on to the public He encouraged the City Council as well as citizens of Pasco to write their Legislators, opposing merger at the present III time He called attention to letter in paper from Councilman Hughes of Richland, and encouraged all to read it as it was well written Mr Walter Hench warned the Council that we had better fight now or be annexed to Richland Mrs Mildred Scales voiced concern over poor prople in area if consolidation became a reality Mayor Jackson asked staff to prepare a letter to our legislators, opposing House Bill 1435 Staff will comply Main motion carried RESOLUTION NO 1616 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK PERFORMED BY HUGHES-SILLERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC , UNDER CONTRACT FOR PROJECT NO 82-2-04, THIRTY-SIX INCH WATERLINE RELOCATION FOR 1-182 Resolution No 1616 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to approve Resolution No 1616, which, if passed, has the effect of accepting the construction as accomplished by Hughes-Sillers Construction Company, Inc , as complete and acceptable Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried UNFINISHED BUSINESS Move Restrooms from Wayside to Kurtzman Park Mr Schmidt moved to reject the apparent low bidder because of the lack of a valid contractor's license, and in lieu thereof, to award the contract to the second low bidder, Cope House Moving in the total amount of $9,281 45, tax included, to move the Wayside Park restroom to Kurtzman Park Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried 1 NEW BUSINESS East Pasco Neighborhood Council/Election Dispute Mr Schmidt moved to accept the recommendation of the City Manager to permit the East Pasco Neighborhood Council to remain as program provider at the East Pasco Neighborhood Facility through the first quarter of 1984, and then on or about April 1, 1984, review the results that have been obtained and determine at that time whether the E Pasco Neighborhood Council should continue to serve as program provider Seconded by Mrs Boothe Page Six MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 16, 1984 Election Dispute - Continued Councilman Morgan disagreed with motion because he did not feel the council knew who they were working with at the present time He, personally, felt that the facility should be closed until the issue is resolved and then re- consider alternatives Councilperson Green stated that if we rescinded Resolution 1578, the building would not have to be closed In reply, Mayor Jackson stated everything the City had worked for would be lost Mr Perry Blackwell introduced himself as the new President of East Pasco Neighborhood Council, and requested that the Council refrain from getting into the dispute as it wasn't as bad as it seemed Mr Wilbert Butcher stated there were no programs operating in facility that could not be run by Parks/Recreation Department until this issue is resolved He, again, questioned who was duly elected Mrs Leola Haythorne supported Mrs Billie Cain in her bid for president Barton Mrs Katie stated the council would go on regardless because the rebel rousers are not supporters of the neighborhood qouncil anyhow Rev Bohanon reminded the City Council that the Board of Directors weren't fighting among themselves, and encouraged the council to deal with Board Main motion, as stated, carried Proposed East of Third Avenue Street Improvement L I D Mr James Ajax, Director of Public Works, asked permission to hold two (2) informational meetings to explain L I D process to residents living in this area Further, it would be more beneficial if at least two councilmen attended the meetings Staff was given the authority to hold meetings and Joe Jackson and Beverly Green will attend as council representatives Purchase of Five (5) Replacement Police Cruisers and One (1) Patrol Van Mr Schmidt moved to authorize staff to purchase five Police cruisers, together with one van through the State of Washington bid Let the record show that these are replacement vehicles being purchased through Equipment Rental Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried Acknowledgement of Fulfillment of Contract Obligations - East Pasco Neighborhood Services Needs Assessment Mr Schmidt moved to acknowledge fulfillment of contract obligations by the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Social Problems in preparation of the East Pasco Neighborhood Services Needs Assessment, and to authorize final payment in the amount of $3,380 50 Seconded by Mrs Boothe Mrs Beverly Green had concerns why people would not answer questions if presented properly Further, for $10,000, we could have gotten a better report Motion carried (Mrs Green voting no) Appointment - Health District Ira Schmidt was re-appointed as City Council representative on Board of Health ADJOURNMENT No further business to come before ai ouncil, jting adjourned at 10 45 P M 11.% / 1pp Jacks-1707ay6r Air /111,256.... ATTEST PASSED and APPROVED this 1984.