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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-22-1996PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES APRIL 22, 1996 L CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 5:35 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Booth, Committee Chairman Rich Wagner, Council/Committee member Trish Borden and Council/Committee member Fred Poe. Staff in attendance were Public Works Director Frank A..Cf~rde, City Engineer Dennis Dowdy, Utility Planning Engineer Nass Diallo, Transportation Planner Nick Afzali, Utilities Engineer Dwight Holobaugh, Traffic Engineer Steve MuHen, Finance Director Diane Suplet, and Public Works Secretary Laurie Scheder. Guests in attendance were Jim Bahke, Evelyn Clair, Elaine Emerson, Ana and Necati Aktoprak, Rick Pierce, Cathy Can' of C.C.I., Ken Kinared of Henderson Homes. 'IV. INFORMATION OR DISCUSSION C. GEODECKY GOLF DRIVING RANGE Committee Chairman Rich Wagner suggested we take Agenda items out of schedule order to accommodate the guests in attendance. A general discussion was held giving a brief history of the Geodecky property. Jim Bahke stated he had a client that was interested in purchasing or leasing the land for a driving range. Committee Chairman Wagner stated a lease option would be a better method. to proceed with the proposal, and that the Public Works Committee will review. The next item for discussion was not on the Agenda. Citizens from the Forest Ridge area came to 'discuss the Land Clearing Ordinance. City Engineer Dennis Dowdy stated he has begun a preliminary study of the Ordinance reviewing with other cities and the City Attorney. City Engineer Dowdy and staff will review and make suggested revisions and retum to the Public Works Committee at the next scheduled Workshop. This Ordinance item to be advertised as a Public Meeting. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES APKIL 22, 1996 Page 2 of ii. ISSUES A. ORDINANCE NO. 4859, TO INCLUDE EXPENDITURE AND APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF $75,000 IN CATEGORY "Z" GRANT FUNDS FOR A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY City Engineer Dennis Dowdy requested we remove Ordinance No. 4859 from Issues. It may or may not be returned at a later date. B. ORDINANCE NO. 4851, AMENDS CITY CODE SECTION 10.36.225, OBSTRUCTING POST OFFICE BOXES PROHIBITED City Engineer Dennis Dowdy submitted Ordinance No. 4851. Being satisfied, the Public Works Committee recommended approval to the City Council at their May 6, 1996 meeting. Ill. CONSENT NONE IV. INFORMATION OR DISCUSSION A. TRANSPORTATION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Traffic Engineer Steve Mullen distributed data and discussed the Corridor LOS strategies. The Public Works Committee acknowledged that the additional shorter corridors evaluated seem more appropriate to affording a method of system management and further designated three additional corridors. Staff will revise the corridor maps and redistribute to the Committee members. Staff will now proceed to bring back to the Committee Capital Improvements relative to the designated corridors to be considered in the formation of the Six-year Traffic Improvement Program (TIP). B. UTILITY SERVICE BILLING ADJUSTMENT POLICY City Engineer Dennis Dowdy reviewed with Committee members a draft of suggested procedures to be utilized for all utility adjustments. Corrections and deletions were noted. In particular, the Committee sees a need for an appeal process. Staff to return with con'ected procedures for review by Public Works Committee members. C. GEODECKY GOLF DRIVING RANGE See page 1. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES APRIL 22, 1996 Page 3 of D. CAPITAL PROJECTS STATUS REPORT City Engineer Dennis Dowdy requested and received comments on the status report. E. WATER RATES Utilities Engineer Dwight Holobaugh and staff members distributed additional data to support changes to the water rates. A general discussion was held. Utilities staff will return with additional data. V. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Public Works Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. LS/bd REF. E:XMINUTES\96PW4-2 (H:XENGINEERXE96XE96-383)