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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994.02.22 Council MinutesMINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 22, 1994 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 8 00 P M by Charles Kilbury, Mayor Pro-tem ROLL CALL By Deputy City Clerk Councilmembers present Michael Garrison, Edgar Hargrow, Chns Jensen, Charles Kilbury, Dan Lathim, and Carl Strode Councilmembers absent Joyce DeFelice Also present Gary Crutchfield, City Manager, Greg Rubstello, City Attorney, Dan Underwood, Finance Director, Dennis Wright, City Engineer, David McDonald, Community Development Director, and Kurt Luhrs, Administrative Assistant PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance CONSENT AGENDA MOTION Mr Garrison moved to approve the Consent Agenda Seconded by Mr Lathim Motion carried unanimously Consent items are as follows A) Approval of Minutes To approve minutes of Regular Meetmg held February 7, 1994 B) Bills and Communications To approve General Claims in the amount of $985,619 88 ($11,271 73 being in the form of Wire Transfer Nos 2857 and 2858, and $974,348 15 consisting of Claim Warrants numbered 85110 through 85290) C) Resolution No 2113 To approve Resolution No 2113, creating an Ad Hoc committee to be known as the Growth Management Planning Committee and, further, concur in the Mayor's appointment of the following individuals to said committee June Smurthwaite, James Hay, Dennis Duncan, Holly McKinney, David Wilson, Mark Mornssette, Chuck Coleman, Rueben Lemos, and Jim Richter PROCLAMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS None VISITORS None REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES AND/OR OFFICERS Mayor's Activity Report No report given Tr-MATS RTPO Policy Advisory Committee Meeting, February 10, 1994 Mr Kilbury reported that the MPO Urban Boundary was amended to allow for the extension of Game Farm Road, the Surface Transportation Project update was sent to the various engineers for their approval, a description of the Enhancement Workshop was presented, a draft Tn-MATS Unified Planning work plan for 1995 was passed around and discussed, a status report of the SR 12 and SR 125 Junction was given MINUTES REGULAR MEETING PASCO CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 22, 1994 Pasco Task Force For A Safe Community Executive Committee Meeting - February 10, 1994 Mr Jensen reported that the meeting was an Executive Session for the purpose of discussing personnel matters B F Transit Board Meeting - February 10, 1994 Mr Garrison reported that a main topic of discussion was night service and it was approved that it be instituted per the recommendations of the Night Service Committee A letter sent by Jim Ajax, Public Works Director, was discussed Mr Ajax requested that moneys pledged for the Sylvester and Lewis Street Interchange Project be withdrawn and transfer $25,000 to be used for a Park-n-Ride near the TRAC Facility This was unanimously approved by the Board Senior Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting - February 15, 1994 No report given B F Regional Council Board Meeting - February 18, 1994 Mr Kilbury reported that the Regional Revolving Loan Fund was financially described, Resolution No 394 admitting the BFRC to a local match for EDA Planning Grant and a proposal to request an EDA Planning Grant were adopted, there was a discussion of the potential loan application for Circle Enterprise of Prosser was approved PUBLIC HEARINGS Pre-zone Port of Pasco - Annexation Area (MF #93-73-Z) Mr McDonald, Director of Community Development, addressed Council and noted for the record that notice of the public hearing was published as required by law and notices were mailed to the affected property owners This hearing is set for the purpose of considering recommendations made by the Planning Commission relative to the properties in question, and to hold the first of two required statutory hearings for the establishment of zoning outside the corporate limits of the City In the past the Planning Commission and the City Council have looked at existing land use, the Comprehensive Plan of both the City and the County, and the zoning of the County In this particular case the Port area's existing land use is industrial in nature The County's Comprehensive Plan shows the entire area as a future industrial area and has zoned it accordingly While considering these facts the Planning Commission has recommended that the Big Pasco Industrial Park be zoned 1-3 with a small buffer I-1 for the western edge along the residential area and the Boat Basin The Sacajawea Park area and the tank farms were recommended as 1-2 Those areas adjacent to Highway 12 were recommended as another buffer strip and be zoned I-1 The Planning Commission recommended that the areas along the Highway be zoned C-3, the areas along Lewis Street be zoned as commercial, the area with homes and apartments be zoned R-2, and the balance of the area be zoned residential transitional, which permits a minimum of 5 acre lot MAYOR PRO-TEM KILBURY DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS FOR ALL UNINCORPORATED PROPERTIES LYING SOUTH AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 12 IN THE EVENT SUCH PROPERTIES BECOME ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF PASCO Mr Monty Stark, of 1311 Basin Loop Road, Burbank, is the owner of property at 2640, 2650, and 2660 E Lewis Street He pointed out that approximately 4 years ago he approached the County and it rezoned the area as Heavy Industrial from his property lme east, 2- Lv MINUTES REGULAR MEETING PASCO CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 22, 1994 however, the maps on display for the Council do not reflect this information Mr McDonald explained that he would be double-checking with the County concerning zoning for that area Mr Jim Toomey, manager of the Port of Pasco, wanted to express his appreciation of Staff for their efforts on promoting an 1-3 zoning designation for the Port area He also wanted to request that the City designate, for a certain period of time, that those designations that are approved through the public heanng be locked in place for many tens of years Mr Bob Lawrence, of Bonnie Brae Apartments, wanted to express his support of the proposed action Mr Danny Henry, no address given, wanted to know what residential transitional meant? Mr McDonald explained that an area zoned RT (residential transitional) is an area where it's not clear exactly what will happen It would allow residential structures, provided there is a minimum of 5 acres, a waiver would be required for water and sewer connections Mr Don Norville, 2750 East Lewis Street, expressed his support for the industrial zoning as proposed Ms Nadine Hughes, of Yakima, explained that she owns property in the area, but she doesn't know how much land is involved Mr McDonald explained that he could figure that out for her after the meeting Mr Crutchfield wanted to remind Council that the impetus for the pre-zoning in this case was advanced by the Port in relation to the Port's consideration of petitioning for annexation as part of the solution to obtain municipal water service for the Pasco Industrial Center The pre-zoning regulation, authorized in the annexation laws, includes the authority to set a time period within which changes shall not occur to the zoning districts designation Mr Crutchfield also explained that the Port and City Staff have worked out the essential ingredients of other conditions which were considered appropriate given the Port's situation, the Industrial Center and the nature of the businesses there, the fact that the Port owns the streets in the Industrial Center and they would not want the City regulating the usage of those streets within the Industrial Center There are ways to insure that it doesn't become a problem for the Port The list of conditions would not be contained in the pre-zoning regulation It would be necessary to include these in a separate agreement Mr Toomey explained that the proposed designation of 1-3 seemed to calm the concerns of the Port tenants Following three (3) calls from Mayor Pro-tern Kilbury for further comments from the floor, either for or against, the public hearing was declared closed MOTION Mr Garrison moved to accept the Planning Commission's recommendations and set 8 00 p m , Monday, April 4, 1994, as the time and place for a public hearing to adopt an ordinance establishing zoning Mr Lathim seconded the motion 3 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING PASCO CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 22, 1994 Mr Strode asked how a non-conformmg use would be treated in the future? Mr McDonald explained that existing non-confirming uses would not be affected and those rights would be transferable to new owners Motion carried unanimously ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS ORDINANCE NO. 2995 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 2971 TO CORRECT A DEFECT IN WORDING MOTION Ordinance No 2995, was read by title only Mr Garrison moved to adopt Ordinance No 2995, correcting defects in the wording of Ordinance No 2971 Mr Jensen seconded the motion Motion camed unanimously ORDINANCE NO. 2996 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING NEW WATER SERVICE AND SEWER CONNECTIONS, AND AMENDING PMC 13 22 015 EXEMPTIONS TO INCREASE CHARGES MOTION Ordinance No 2996, was read by title only Mr Garrison moved to adopt Ordinance No 2996, amending PMC Section 13 22 015 EXEMPTIONS TO INCREASE CHARGES Mr Lathim seconded the motion Motion camed unanimously ORDINANCE NO. 2997 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING CONNECTION TO NEW SERVICE LINES INSIDE THE CITY, AND AMENDING PMC 13 36 010 MOTION Ordinance No 2997, was read by title only Mr Strode moved to adopt Ordinance No 2997, amending PMC 13 36 010 by changing the charge for service and meter installations from actual costs to the average cost to the city of service connections and installation in the previous calendar year Mr Jensen seconded the motion Motion carried unanimously ORDINANCE NO. 2998 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING MANAGEMENT/STAFF POSITIONS AND THEIR AUTHORIZED MONTHLY SALARY, AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 2985 BY REVISING THE CLASSIFICATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND ADDING THE NEW POSITION CLASSIFICATIONS OF CITY PLANNER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER MOTION Ordinance No 2998, was read by title only Mr Hargrow moved to adopt Ordinance No 2998, amending Ordinance No 2985 by revising the classification of Community Development Director and adding a City Planner classification and an Information Systems Manager classification Mr Garrison seconded the motion Motion earned (No - Kilbury) ORDINANCE NO. 2999 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING NON-REPRESENTED, NON- SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEE POSITIONS AND THE 1994 WAGE SCALE, AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 2984 BY ADDING - 4 - MINUTES REGULAR MEETING PASCO CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 22, 1994 THE CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALIST AND DELETING THE CLASSIFICATION OF DATA PROCESSING SPECIALIST MOTION Ordinance No 2999, was read by title only Mr Garrison moved to adopt Ordinance No 2999, amending Ordinance 2984 by adding the classification of Computer Support Specialist and deleting the classification of data processing specialist Mr Strode seconded the motion Motion camed unanimously MOTION Mr Garrison moved to authorize and direct the City Manager to fill the individual positions of Community and Economic Development Director, City Planner, Information Systems Manager and Computer Support Specialist, and include said authorization in the 1994 Supplemental Budget Mr Lathim seconded the motion Motion carried (No - Kilbury) UNFINISHED BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS Ainsworth/Maitland Waterline Project No 87-2-01 MOTION Mr Strode moved to award the construction contract for the Ainsworth and Maitland Water Transmission project to the low bidder, Ray Poland and Sons, Inc, in the amount of $218,103 12, which includes sales tax and, further, to include $40,000 of water utility revenue in the supplemental budget to fully fund this project Mr Garnson seconded the motion Motion camed unanimously Expansion of Construction Administration Services for the Civic Center Project Mr Luhrs explained that there was a recommendation to have a project representative to be on site when the architect is not there There is a need to make sure that the project is going as scheduled, to keep track of delays, what materials are coming onto the site, who's working on the site, and also making sure the building is being built as designed Mr Brian Johnson, of CKJT Architects, explained that when dealing with a large construction project people tend to cut corners, get in a hurry, mis-read things or not think things through before they take action The following are several examples from the Civic Center project The contractor over excavated in the 1920 portion of the building for a new shear wall footing and put in gravel to build the over-excavated area back up to the proper level When returning to the site to fix the over-excavated area it was discovered that the contractor had over-excavated on the other end of the building also Lean concrete was used to fix the over-excavated areas and the contractor then tried to use the left over lean concrete in a footing form Lean concrete is not full structural concrete and it was removed The contractor saw cut from the outside of the building a new opening in one of the existing concrete walls without looking at the inside area It was later determined that the cut had been made on either side of the concrete beam that was holding up the stairway MOTION Mr Jensen moved to approve expanding Construction Administration Services for the Civic Center project, at an additional cost not to exceed $30,000, and authonze the City Manager to amend the Agreement with CKJT Architects Mr Hargrow seconded the motion Motion carried unanimously - 5 - Charles Kilbury, Mayor Pro- MINUTES REGULAR MEETING PASCO CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 22, 1994 MISCELLANEOUS - INCLUDING SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL None ADJOURNMENT No further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9 04 P M ATTEST grigelL A Cathenne D Seaman Deputy City Clerk PASSED and APPROVED this day of _rniccjL,_, 1994 -6