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Home My WebLink About04-21-2003 CITY o]: ~ · CITY OF AUBURN MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE /~ ""~ WASHINGTON APRIL 21, 2003 MINUTES II. III. CALL TO ORDER Chair Singer called the meeting to order at 5:02 PM in Conference Room 3 located on the second floor of Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street, Aubum. Members present included: Chair Sue Singer, Vice Chair Rich Wagner, Member Stacey Brothers and Mayor Pete Lewis. Staff members present included: Police Chief Jim Kelly, Assistant. Fire Chief Russ Vandver, Finance Director Shelley Coleman, Planning Director Paul Krauss, Deputy .City Clerk Cathy Richardson, City Attomey Dan Heid and Police Administrative Services Secretary Martha Larsen. Others in attendance included: Mike Mordsette, Jan Cavanaugh, Bill Peloza, Nancy Backus and Virginia Haugen. The meeting was tape recorded. AGENDA MODIFICATIONS There were no agenda modifications. CONSENT ITEMS Approval of Minutes Minutes of the April 7, 2003 Municipal,Services Committee meeting. Auburn Municipal Airport Proiect Number C223A City Council to approve Final Pay Estimate ¢f4 to Contract 02-17 with Weatherguard, Inc. and accept construction of Project No. C223A, Aubum Municipal Airport Hangar No. 2, Hangar No. 7 Roof Replacements. Vice Chair Wagner moved and Member Brothers seconded to approve the Consent Agenda. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0. IV. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS There were no Ordinances or Resolutions for Committee ReView. Municipal Services MinuteS APRIL 21, 2003 VI. INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Ordinance No. 5754 Amendinq Business Re,qistration Requirements, Establishinq instead a Business Licensin,q Pro.qram City Attorney Dan Heid reported on the City's current business registration process. Since 1984, the City has required businesses to register their business with the City. The registration process was established to insure that businesses made the City aware of their operation and gradually became the tool by which compliance with applicable zoning and safety codes were assured. The current registration program has a number of limitations. Although mandatory, the use of registration rather than licensing implied that compliance was voluntary. Furthermore, the program of reviewing business registration requests was not established in a manner that supported adequate code enforcement in some instances. Attomey Heid explained that the existing ordinance does not recognize multi-family rental housing as a business and therefore did not support a separate ordinance that could result in the loss of a license in cases where the owner did not maintain rental units in a reasonable condition. He added that the fee for a business license would be $50, an increase from the present $25 registration fee. Any organization providing proof of non- profit status is exempt from the registration fee. Chamber of Commerce CEO Mike Morrisette spoke in support of this ordinance, which the Chamber of Commerce drafted. Member Brothers questioned if an owner occupied one unit of a triplex, would it still qualify as a 3-unit rental and have to be licensed. He also questioned the validity of the $1,000 daily penalty for non-compliance. The actual language of the penalty reads "up to $1,000 daily" which would not necessarily mean the maximum penalty. Chair Singer questioned the language in Section 5.10.020, which states if a business is based outside the city but does business in the city, it is required to have a city license. CEO Morrisette responded that a city license would give more control of the quality of the business. Chair Singer asked that "by the City of Auburn" be added to the end of 5.10.020 (G). Chair Singer also inquired if an amnesty program had been developed for non-registered business owners. Attorney Heid responded that although one has not been developed, it was an idea to' consider. Vice-Chair Wagner questioned using the King County Code in 5.10.130 A- 2 and requested a simplified version. City Attorney Held explained that Section 5.10 would be implemented for filling out a business license form and Sections 5.15 and 5.30 would be applicable if there were any concerns with the license. Page 2 Municipal Services Minutes' APRIL 21, 2003 Attomey Heid will redraft the ordinance with the recommended language presented by the Chamber of Commerce and the Committee and bring a drafted ordinance for the Committee's recommendation in May 2003. Committee to approve a contract with W & H Pacific for desiqn and construction services for the runway repavin.q project. Planning & Community Development Director Paul Krauss explained that by choosing to utilize an engineering firm for 3 year periods for construction and repair projects at the airport, the need to seek out a new firm for each new project is avoided. W & H Pacific had supported the airport in this role in recent years. Due to the end of the previous 3-year cycle, the City solicited Requests for Qualifications from several firms having expertise in this area. The Committee members recommended continuing to use W & H Pacific as their engineering consultant. C. A.qreement for Administration & Manaqement of Cemetery. Pre- Arrangement Sales Contracts Because the Indemnification POrtion of this agreement was in question, this item was pulled from the agenda. VI. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting adjoumed at 6:10 PM. Approved this .~ day of May, 2003. Sue Singer, Chair Administrative Services Secretary Aubum Police Department Page 3