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Home My WebLink About11-05-1984CITY OF AUBURN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES f November 5,1984 7:30 p.m. CALL TO ORDER I. A. Flag Salute ' The regular meeting of the City of Auburn Council was called to order by Mayor Bob Roegner at 7:30 p.m. in the City of Auburn Council Chambers. Mayor Roegner led those in atten- dance in the pledge of allegiance. B. Roll Call Those in attendance included Mayor Bob Roegner; Council - members Burns, Colburn, Craig, Kurle, Larson, Whittall and Wisner; staff members Jack Bereiter, City Attorney; Len Chapman, Parks & Recreation Director; Dan Clements, Finance Director; Pat Dugan, Planning Director; Bob Johnson, Fire Chief; Coralee McConnehey, City Clerk; Pat Nevins, Public Works Director; and Bill Stockham, Police Chief. Also in attendance was Dennis Selle, Civil Engineer. Gretal Sloan, Personnel Director was excused. C. Mayor's Announcements and Appointments - None D. Agenda Modifications - The agenda modifications included the Finance Committee Minutes and deletion of Ordinance 4020 from the agenda for further Committee review. CITIZEN INPUT, PUBLIC HEARINGS & CORRESPONDENCE ' II. A. Public Hearings - None B. Audience Participation "B" Street Parking Lot Wayne Heisserman gave a brief presentation about a project the downtown businesspeople have put together to pave the parking lot on B Street N.E. Gene Kasper, Manager, Chamber of Commerce reported also that 65.21 percent of the affected business owners had indicated they would sign an L.I.D. He also indicated they felt paving the parking lot would provide insurance for parking in the downtown core area, stablize property values, create a positive image, make downtown more viable and strengthen the relationship between the business community and the City of Auburn. (Council action Under Item III B - Planning & Community Development Committee Report.) Budget Presentations Four organizations requesting monies from the City of Auburn gave brief presentations about their operations. Those speaking for the organizations were Gertrude Sprenger and Dr. Bernie Bleha, Arts Commission; Dick Brugger and ' George Osborn, Auburn Youth Resources; Sharon Atkin, DAWN; and Jan LeVee, King County Rape Relief. C. Correspondence - None -1- AUBURN COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE TWO NOVEMBER 5, 1984 COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS III. A. Public Works - Chairman Ron Craig - Minutes are of public record. B. Planning & Community Development - Chairman Linda Wisner "B" Street Parking Lot - Chairman Wisner reported the Committee's view on the project. MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Larson, to authorize the administration to begin the process necessary to acquire and develop the gravel lot located at the northwest corner of East Main and "B" Street N.E., to upgrade the existing public parking lot, and to approve the funding scenario as proposed. Colburn inquired about the Wayland Arms Reserve Account. Dugan said there was about $4,000 left in the account. Craig asked if the $4,000 was in the reserved or unreserved cash ending balance. Clements reported it was in the reserved fund. Craig said he felt the City should not spend a lot of time on the project until the L.I.D. was formed. He indicated he was in favor of the project; however, he did not believe in spending money until we were sure there would be an L.I.D. Wisner reported the staff would perform the normal L.I.D. formation steps. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY C. Finance - Chairman Bud Larson - Minutes are of public record. D. Municipal Services - Chairman Gene Colburn - Minutes are of public record. CITIZEN INPUT IV. CITIZEN INPUT - None CONSENT AGENDA V. A. Minutes - October 15, 1984, Regular Meeting. B. Vouchers 1. Claims #11677-12008 in the amount of $473,013.47. 2. Payroll #102312-102608 in the amount of $291,706.53. C. Call for Rebids 1. Auburn Downs - Preliminary earth work for "B" Street Construction including 14th Street N.W., 16th Street N.W., and "A" Street N.E. 2. Traffic Signals and Luminaires - Traffic signals for 15th Street and 'A' Streets N.E., 30th Street and Auburn Way North, and luminaires on 30th Street N.E./N.W. "B" Street N.W., 14th Street N.E./N.W., 16th Street N.E./N.W., and "A" Street N.E. D. Bid Award - Water Improvement No. 154 to General Construction, in the amount of $304,560.00 including sales tax. Also, recommend rejection of low bid of N & L Construction, Inc. because of their substantiated claim of errors in their bid and return of their bid bond. E. Liquor Licenses - Pay'N Save Drugs #17, 202 Cross Street S.E., Auburn Class E and F to sell beer and wine for off - premises consumption. F. Accounts Receivable Write -Offs - Authorize write-off of 10 delinquent parking infractions totaling $350.00 and that these accounts be turned over for collections. G. Call for Public Hearing at the 11/19/84 Council Meeting on the Harold Strand Short Plat. MOTION by Larson, SECOND by Colburn, to approve Consent Agenda Items A through G. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. -2- AUBURN COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE THREE NOVEMBER 5, 1984 OLD BUSINESS VI. Wembley Rezone (12-84) Wisner reported the Planning & Community Development Committee had reviewed the issues related the public works con- siderations, street problems and zoning concerns at their meeting and they concurred with the Planning Commission recom- mendation to deny the request. ' MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Burns, to deny the rezone based upon the Findings of Fact of the Planning staff and Planning Commission. Craig stated he felt the rezone should be denied on the issue of the streets alone; however, he believed the reason it was being denied was someone felt there were too many mobile homes in Auburn. Wisner disagreed pointing out the Planning & Community Development Committee and Council approved a mobile home park at the last meeting. The reason this denial was recommended was because the City has not established zoning in that area and did not want to set a precedent until the Comprehensive Plan was studied. Colburn said he felt there appeared to be a question on the City's view on mobile homes. He also stated he felt the street issue was important but not irreconcilable. Burns stated no one could critcize the City on mobile homes. He noted Auburn is one of the few cities which allow mobile homes on single lots and has one of the greatest number of mobile homes per capita in the state. He said the issue was a ' planning issue. Colburn voted NO. MOTION CARRIED. NEW BUSINESS VII. A. "B" Street Parking Lot (Action taken under Item III B Planning & Community Development Committee Report.) B. Ordinances & Resolutions 1. Ordinance 4014 - Grants one year extension to Auburn Downs Conditional Use Permit. MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Larson, to introduce and adopt Ordinance 4014. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 2. Ordinance 4016 - Approves John Minkema Rezone on "M" Street S.E. This ordinance was withdrawn. 3. Ordinance 4017 - Grants Extention of Harold Wynn Gravel Removal Special Property Use Permit. MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Larson, to introduce and adopt Ordinance 4017. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 4. Ordinance 4018 - Approves Calhoun Industrial Park Final Plat. MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Larson, to introduce and adopt Ordinance 4018. MOTION CARRIED 5. UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance 4019 - Creates Storm and Surface Water ' Utility. Craig explained the necessity of the utility. He stated he felt if this did not go there was no reason to go on with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan Study. Larson explained just because they voted against this ordinance did not mean they were against the storm drainage. He expressed concern with the rate schedule and informing the public through proper hearings. -3- AUBURN COUNCIL MINTUES PAGE FOUR NOVEMBER 5, 1984 VII. B. Ordinances and Resolutions (Cont.) 5. Ordinance 4019 (Cont.) Wisner indicated she agreed with the utility philo- sophically; however, she was concerned also with the rate schedule and the fact that the Chamber and many of Auburn's outstanding citizens were against it. Burns also felt more study should be put into the uti- lity. Craig indicated there was a public hearing before the Public Works Committee. Whittall wondered why action had to be taken tonight. Craig said if it was just a matter of questions he would be glad to just introduce the ordinance only. He felt it was important to pass this ordinance so the City could develop a Comprehensive Storm Drainage Plan to help form an equitable rate structure, participate in the Green River project and begin to work on sewer inflow problems. Whittall stated it looked like a funding issue and should be a part of the budget process. " Craig, Kurle and Colburn voted YES. Wisner, Larson, Burns and Whittall voted NO. MOTION FAILED. 6 Ordinance 4020 - Implements the provisions of SSB 4477 for PERS employees. This ordinance was withdrawn for further study. 7. Resolution 1544 - Authorizes agreement with Entranco Engineers, Inc. for engineering services of "I" Street/12th Street intersection improvements. MOTION by Craig, SECOND by Kurle, to adopt Resolution 1544. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MAYOR'S REPORT VIII. MAYOR'S REPORT - None ADJOURNMENT IX. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m. &Yl& Vk( Roegner, Mayo Coralee McConne ey, City er -4- pi