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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-16-1985 MinutesMINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 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, Ed Hendler, Ira Schmidt, E A Snider, Joe Jackson and Emerson Morgan Also present were Gary Crutchfield, City Manager; Greg Rubstello, City Attorney, Jerry Conner, Finance Director, James Ajax, Director of Public Works, Dennis Wright, City Engineer, Richard Erickson, Director of Parks & Recreation, Dave McDonald, Director of Community Development, and Max Bigby, Assistant Planner CONSENT AGENDA Mr. Snider moved to approve Consent Agenda. Seconded by Mrs. Boothe. Motion carried. Consent items are as follows a) Approval of Minutes. To approve minutes of regular meeting, held December 3, 1985 b) Bills To approve General Claims in the amount of $234,964.17, Claim warrant nos 48684 through 48873 c) Chamber of Commerce Agreement for Services. To approve the payment of $5,000 from the Stadium/Convention Center Fund to the Pasco Chamber of Commerce for certain visitor/tourist promotion services in 1986 and, further, authorize the City Manager to sign the Letter of Agreement. d) EPNF Recreation Programs. To authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement between the City of Pasco and the YMCA for the purpose of the YMCA providing recreation programs at the East Pasco Neighborhood Facility in 1986, based on approved funding from the Benton-Franklin United Way e) Resolution No 1699. A Resolution confirming the appointment of Mary Ramirez as Municipal Court Judge upon her acceptance of the conditions stated herein, and regulating the operation of the Pasco Municipal Court f) Resolution No. 1700 A Resolution affirming that the City Manager shall live within the City limits of the City of Pasco except as qualified herein g) Resolution No 1701. A Resolution approving Pasco Police Association Agreement for 1986 h) Special Meeting To set 8 00 P M , Monday, December 23, 1985 as date of special meeting to consider zone change request and sale of Old McLoughlin School. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES AND/OR OFFICERS Good Roads Association.Councilman Snider reported they were changing their meeting date to the third Wednesday of each month Further, 1-182 is nearing completion and plans were underway to have a special ceremony dedicating it He suggested that the Mayor or his designee attend the festivities on behalf of the City of Pasco Booklets were distributed on safe transportation of nuclear waste to the Basalt Project Councilman Snider was encouraged by increased safety methods for this type of transport. Tr-Mats Policy Advisory Committee Councilman Beverly Green stated they primarily considered functional change of Kennewick/Pasco streets, namely Gum to Chemical, 10th to Ainsworth and out Oregon Avenue from local to State jurisdiction Transit Board Meeting Mayor Joe Jackson reiterated that design of new facility was discussed along with Affirmative Action Plan. They approved 1986 Budget which was an increase of 1.8 million over 1985, however, much of that increase was due to proposed capital improvements. MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 17, 1985 REPORTS - Continued Parks & Recreation Advisory Council. Councilman Morgan stated that names for 5th & Pearl Park had been discussed and a recommendation would be forthcoming. Further, our Recreation Department had won a State award and he suggested a commendation type letter from our City Manager for their efforts. He announced that Cable Bridge Run would be held December 21, 1985 PUBLIC HEARINGS MAYOR JACKSON DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE REZONING OF A VACANT PARCEL, APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF RD. 36 AND COURT STREET, FROM C-1 to C-3 It was duly noted that the Hearing had been published and all affected property owners within 300' notified of said hearing. Mr Dave McDonald, Director of Community Development, conveyed that the Planning Commission concluded that the facility is most analogous to a warehouse operation and primarily devoted to truck and delivery vehicle distribution, the principal differences between C-1D development and C-3 development relate to outside storage and vehicle distribution, and these differences could be mitigated by Concomitant Zoning Agreement, Rd. 34 already functions as a truck route while Road 36 does not and, therefore, truck access should be limited to Road 34, outside storage is unsightly and a poor buffer to vicinal residential development. It should be screened from public view along Court Street, Road 36 and the south property line. Further, the Planning Commission did not recommend the property pay a fair share of improvements to Road 36. Similarly, the Planning Commission did not recommend a site plan be approved by the City, prior to construction, to insure conditions are reflected in resulting site development. Mr McDonald relayed the following concerns of staff for council consideration 1) Building permit is waived to a Government Project 2) Development Plan Review is waived, 3) Government entities are exempt from property taxes and LID improvements Therefore, staff recommends approval of motion number three with Concomitant Agreement conditions Councilman Snider defended facility being built in this area as an addition to Pasco He was confident that local codes would be met if not exceeded. If we started putting too many restrictions on the Federal Government, they would tell us to "go fish" and look elsewhere for a site He strongly endorsed keeping it in Pasco Councilman Hendler concurred with this logic and added that we needed to better our economic status and increased traffic would bring increased business to the area Councilman Morgan favored the facility but had some concerns about traffic safety He suggested that our City Manager discuss this in detail with the Federal C-overnment Mr. Dale Mathes, 507 Rd 37, co-owner of property with Les Schilke, distributed informational packet - showing a picture of similar facility in Yakima, Washington He favored passage of zone change request without restrictions. Mr. Jack Shugart, postmaster of present facility, urged passage of zone change request after considering the pros and cons - realizing its long range advantage to the City Following three (3) calls from Mayor Jackson for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the public hearing was declared closed. ORDINANCE NO. 2581 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO AND CHANGING THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF PASCO FROM C-1D (DESIGNED SHOPPING CENTER) TO C-3 (GENERAL BUSINESS), AS CONDITIONED BY CONCOMITANT ZONING AGREEMENT Ordinance No. 2581 was read by title only Mr. Snider moved to adopt Ordinance No. 2581, as conditioned by the Concomitant Agreement conditions to be determined. Seconded by Mrs Boothe , MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 PUBLIC HEARING - Continued Mr. Hendler moved to amend motion by striking all proposed conditions and adding the following conditions 1. The re-zoning of this property shall only be effective upon the sale of said property to the U.S. Postal Service. 2. That upon the transfer of said property to the U.S. Postal Service, the sellers of said property shall deposit $45,000 with the City for the purpose of paying said properties future road improvements abutting their properties on Road 34 and Road 36 3. Further, it is agreed that said $45,000 would be placed in an interest bearing account. The principal ($45,000) and its interest will be used to offset assessment towards improvements to Road 34 and Road 36 4. Further, it is understood that the $45,000 and any interest accumulated on said $45,000 until the time of road improvements to Road 34 and Road 36 shall be the maximum ever required towards said road improvements 5. It is further understood that after the road improvements are com- pleted on Road 34 and Road 36, with reference to this property, that an evaluation will be made as to the fair assessable amount to said property If the $45,000 plus interest exceeds the amount that is the fair assessable amount of said improvement, the excess on deposit with the City shall be refunded to the property owners or their legal heirs Seconded by Mr Snider It was recommended that this Ordinance be tabled to the next meeting of the City Council to enable the City Attorney an opportunity to incorporate the proposed amendments and research the legalities Mr Snider moved to table Ordinance No 2581 to a special meeting of the City Council on December 23, 1985 Seconded by Mr Hendler Motion carried RECESS 9 15 RECONVENED 9 20 MAYOR JACKSON DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING CITY OF PASCO COMPREHENSIVE PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM PLAN: It was noted that the Hearing had been duly publicized as required by Law. There were no written communications _ Following three (3) calls from Mayor Jackson for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the public hearing was declared closed. (It was concluded this would be finalized bv_the end ,of-January, 1986) , MAYOR JACKSON DECLARED THE_PUBLIC HEARING OPEN FOR CITIZEN INPUT ON THE 1986 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. Mr David McDonald, Director of Community Development, stated the Block Grant Advisory Committee held three meetings in November, during which, the Committee approved the 1986 Community Development Plan containing the statement of community development needs, and received oral and written proposals for funding requests After reviewing 23 proposals in light of the Community Development Block Grant requirements and City objectives, the Block Grant Citizen Advisory Committee is recommending nine proposals for inclusion in the 1986 Block Grant Program They are as follows Housing Rehabilitation 75,000 Rental Rehabilitation 50,000 Home Security Program 20,000 Pasco Capital Improvement Program 10,000 Pasco Revolving Loan Fund 80,000 L I D Assistance 30,000 PDDA (Project Manager) 15,000 Sylvester Park Improvements 25,000 Program Administration 30,000 335,000 MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 BLOCK GRANT HEARING - Continued Councilman Snider asked if Block Grant funds could be used in the old Boat Basin area to improve streets in that vicinity Staff replied negative under criteria which must be followed Mr Castaneda, representing interests of LaClinica Migrant Health Clinic, 515 W Court, urged monetary consideration of their program as they served a badly needed service to the low income population They care for the farm laborers, and during the past year, have delivered a large number of babies They bill their patients but many of them cannot pay Their main source of revenue is Federally funded, but at the present time, they have outgrown their space and would like to expand Mayor Jackson thanked Mr Castaneda for his presentation and praised their program Unfortunately, difficult choices must be made and after screening 23 proposals very carefully, 9 were being recommended for the 1986 program Following three (3) calls from Mayor Jackson for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the public hearing was declared closed Mr Snider moved to adopt the 1986 Community Development Plan, Statement of Objectives and Use of Funds, as recommended by the Block Grant Citizen Advisory Committee Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS ORDINANCE NO 2580 (Second Reading) AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CITY OF PASCO BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1986 Ordinance No 2580 was read by title only Mr Snider moved to adopt Ordinance No 2580, which establishes the appropriation authority for the 1986 Annual Budget Seconded by Mrs Green Motion carried by roll call vote of seven (7) ORDINANCE NO 2582 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE VACATION OF CERTAIN RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHIN THE CITY OF PASCO BY AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 2558 Ordinance No 2582 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to adopt Ordinance No 2582, amending the conditions of the vacation of Melrose Avenue Seconded by Mrs Boothe City Attorney, Greg Rubstello, called attention to Section 1 where it states in part " the applicant shall deed to the City of Pasco by Statutory Warranty Deed " Instead of that language, he recommends the following "The applicant shall deed to the City of Pasco by Quit-Claim deed, supported by an owner's policy of title insurance, insuring that the property is free of encumbrances and there are no defects in title " Mr Hendler moved to amend Ordinance No 2582 by inserting recommendation of City Attorney Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried Mr Snider moved to approve Ordinance No 2582, as amended Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried (Mr Snider suggested that staff research releasing some rights-of-way as there are some 100' ones when we only need 40') MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS - Continued ORDINANCE NO 2583 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING AND CHANGING THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTH WITHIN THE CITY OF PASCO FROM I-1 (LIGHT INDUSTRIAL) to 1-2 (HEAVY INDUSTRIAL) Ordinance No 2583 was read by title only Mrs Boothe moved to adopt Ordinance No 2583, rezoning the property therein from I-1 (Light Industrial) to 1-2 (Heavy Industrial) Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried RESOLUTION NO 1702 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PASCO, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SUPPLEMENT NO 1 TO THE MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PASCO AND THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMMING FOR FUNDS Resolution No 1702 was read by title only Mr Schmidt moved to approve Resolution No 1702, authorizing the Mayor to sign Supplement #1 to the Municipal Agreement between the City of Pasco and the Washington State Department of Transportation for construction on the railroad crossing swing gates on "A" Street vicinity of Front Avenue Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried RESOLUTION NO 1703 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PASCO AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SUPPLEMENT NO 1 TO THE MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PASCO AND THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMMING FOR FUNDS Resolution No 1703 was read by title only Mrs Green moved to approve Resolution No 1703, authorizing the Mayor to sign Supplement #1 to the Municipal Agreement between the City of Pasco and Washington State Department of Transportation for construction on the railroad swing gates on Ainsworth Street vicinity of 4th Avenue Seconded by Mr Snider Motion carried NEW BUSINESS Animal Control Services Mr Snider moved to authorize the City Manager to contract with the Benton-Franklin Humane Society for 1986 Animal Control Services with a maximum contract fee of $53,000 for 48 hours/week patrol service Seconded by Mr Hendler Motion carried by roll call vote of five (5) Councilmen Schmidt and Green voting no Water Main Improvement Agreement - Port of Pasco Mr Snider moved to authorize the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Port of Pasco to jointly share construction costs for water line construction at the Tri Cities Airport Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried Oregon Avenue Extended Railroad Construction and Maintenance Agreement - Project No 85-3-04 Mr Snider moved to authorize the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Burlington Northern Railroad by which the City agrees to pay the Railroad to construct and maintain a railroad crossing on Oregon Avenue Seconded by Mr Hendler Following a short discussion, it was determined that the City Manager would meet with Railroad officials in an attempt to negotiate obligations of both parties with a possible escape clause written into the agreement Motion carried Oregon Avenue Extension Railroad Crossings - Project No 85-3-04 Mr Schmidt moved to authorize the Mayor to petition the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission to construct the railroad crossings for Oregon Avenue Seconded by Mr Morgan Motion carried 1 A---- -1/ JOE W JA ON, MAYOR ATTE -eee--,------- MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 NEW BUSINESS - Continued Permission to Advertise for Bids for Construction of Oregon Avenue - City 'Project No 85-3-04 Mrs Green moved to authorize staff to call for bids for construction of Oregon Avenue, City Project No 85-3-04 Seconded by Mrs Boothe Motion carried MISCELLANEOUS - INCLUDING SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL The following items were placed on January 6, 1986 Workshop Agenda a Golf Course Advertising b Renaming a portion of Court Street ADJOURNMENT No further business, Mr Snider moved for adjournment Seconded by Mr Schmidt Motion carried Meeting adjour,n&at 10 30 P 1 I elyn Wells, ity Clerk PASSED and APPROVED this 4, day o I I