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MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
August 1, 2005
Minutes
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Gene Cerino called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM in Conference Room
No.3, located on the second floor of Auburn City Hall, 25 W. Main Street, Auburn,
WA. Councilmembers included: Chair Gene Cerino, Vice Chair Bill Peloza and
Member Rich Wagner. Staff members present included: Mayor Pete Lewis, Fire
Chief Russ Vandver, Assistant Police Chief Bob Lee, Planning Director Paul
Krauss, City Attomey Dan Heid, Finance Director Shelley Coleman and Police
Department Secretary Martha Larsen. Others in attendance included: Airport
Manager Jamelle Garcia and Dave Ward, John Vodry from NW Hangars.
II. AGENDA MODIFICATIONS
There were no agenda modifications.
III. CONSENT ITEMS
A. Approval of Minutes
1. Minutes of the July 18, 2005 Municipal Services Committee meeting.
Vice Chair Peloza requested that the first sentence in Item V.A be
rephrased to read, "he was contacted by Ms. O'Conner."
Vice Chair Peloza moved and Member Wagner seconded to approve
the minutes as amended.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0
B. Call for Public Hearing
1. Abatement Costs
City Council to set the date of August 15, 2005 for a public hearing
on the cost of abatement for property located at 1100 B Street SE.
City Attorney Heid clarified that the abatement would allow the City
to correct a defect of a property. In this case, the correction has
taken place at the cost of $1,001.85. The process of collection and
possibly placing a lien on the property would be decided at the public
hearing.
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Vice Chair Peloza moved and Member Wagner seconded to
recommend a Call for Public Hearing at the City Council meeting on
August 15, 2005.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0
IV. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
A. Ordinances
There were no Ordinances for the Committee's review
B. Resolutions
1. Resolution No. 3878
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington,
authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a one-year
extension of the Lease of property to King County Department of
Public Health for the King County Paramedic Program
Fire Chief Russ Vandver discussed the lease with the Committee.
He explained that the lease agreement was actually a two-year
extension at Fire Station 31. The Committee expressed concerns
about the City's liability for the building. However, Chief Vandver
explained that the building is actually a modular unit and is owned by
King County and the City only leases the property.
Vice Chair Peloza moved and Member Wagner seconded to
recommend approval of Resolution No. 3878.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOULSY. 3-0
V. INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Airport leases for NW Hangars and Auburn Flight Service
Finance Director Shelley Coleman distributed an enlarged aerial photo
reflecting the airport's leased land, as well as land that is subject to future
leases. She also distributed copies of the Agreement to Amend Existing
Lease and the Airport Hangar Land Amended Lease Agreement to
Committee members and emphasized the important changes in the
Amended Lease which included:
. Page 2, Paragraph 3: Developed by Date Certain added.
. Page 11, Paragraph 16: made reference to laws, regulations and
standards specific to the airport.
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The Committee members agreed to have Director Coleman provide them
with highlighted documents showing all the changes to the lease to
agreement for their final review.
B. Parking Lot Request for Proposal (RFP)
Planning Director Paul Krauss explained the process for the Parking Lot
RFP. He stated that they were not evaluated simply according to purchase
price but were evaluated on a combination of the following:
. The ability to promote the continued redevelopment of downtown
. The ability to incorporate the redevelopment of surrounding
properties.
. The potential benefits the project brings to Aubum's downtown and
community.
. The quality of the project including design attributes, as well as the
financial benefits to the City.
Two proposals were received by the deadline from the Low Income
Housing Institute (L1HI). They proposed a low-income housing project with
54 units in three stories. However, they did not allow for retail space at
street level. The evaluation team did not feel that more low-income
housing was desirable in downtown Auburn and the criteria for street level
retail space had not been met. The second proposal was from Jeff
Oliphant, JLO Washington Enterprises, Inc. The proposal is for the Mel's
Lumber site that consisted of three new buildings being constructed in a
manner to appear as one, a 20,000 square foot office/medical building
would be constructed, as would a 5,000 square foot medical building. The
original Mel's would be remodeled to accommodate the Evergreen Ballet
Company.
The Committee members recommended that the City enter into
negotiations with Jeff Oliphant and advise L1HI that City is not interested in
proceeding with their proposal at this time.
C. Municipal Services Committee Project Matrix
Items 7P & 8P: Vice Chair Peloza advised that he had played golf that day
and 4 children, ages 10 and under, were running around unsupervised on
the golf course. He was concerned about the City's liability for the children
and if there were rules prohibiting unattended children on the course.
Mayor Lewis assured him that administration would be looking into the
matter.
Item 12P: There will be a report on the Red Light Photo Enforcement at the
August 15, 2005, meeting.
Item #3G: Director Coleman will have an update at the next meeting.
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VI.
Item #1 P: Fire Chief Vandver reported the meetings for the new fire
stations continue.
Item #3P: Fire Chief Vandver has invited ambulance companies to have an
informal discussion on services expected. He will bring the results to the
8/15 or 9/6 meeting.
Item #10P: Committee member Wagner requested updated reports on the
progress of cemetery improvements and financial concepts to fund them,
including variable plot pricing
ADJOURNMENT:
With no further public business, the meeting adjourned at 6:08 a.m.
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Approved this 1::7- day of August 2005.
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Martha Larsen, Police Department
Secretary
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