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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-03-198550 CITY OF AUBURN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES June 3, 1985 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 attendance in the pledge of allegiance. B. Roll Call Those in attendance included Mayor Bob Roegner, Council- members Burns, Colburn, Larson, Walters, Whittall and Wisner; staff members Jack Bereiter, City Attorney; Len Chapman, Parks & Recreation Director; Dan Clements, Finance Director; Pat Dugan, Planning Director; Jake Evans, Police Chief; Bob Johnson, Fire Chief; Coralee McConnehey, City Clerk; Marv Seabrands, Public Works Director; and Gretel Sloan, Personnel Director. Councilmember Kurle was excused. C. Announcements and Appointments Proclamation Mayor Roegner read a proclamation declaring Monday, June 10 as Kids Day. Appointments Mayor Roegner recommended Chet Young and Don Rottle for appointment to the Auburn Arts Commission with terms to expire December 31, 1985. MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Colburn, to confirm the Mayor's recommendation to appoint Chet Young and Don Rottle to the Auburn Arts Commission with terms to expire December 31, 1985. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. D. Agenda Modifications - Agenda modifications included a letter from Harkey/Young Investments asking for recon- sideration of their application for industrial development bond financing, a letter from Don Ryan opposing the formation of L.I.D. 335, Assessment 12, and a change to the wording of the public hearing from final to preliminary. CITIZEN INPUT, PUBLIC HEARINGS & CORRESPONDENCE II. A. Public Heari Preliminary Assessment Roll for L.I.D. 335 "B" Street N.E. Parking Lot. Ross Hanson, owner of Auburn Precious Metals, excluded from the L.I.D. because, other than he was the only one that provided his own because of what he considered a high amount a - purchase of asked to be King County, , parking and ssessed. -1- AUBURN COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE TWO JUNE 3, 1985 II. A. Public Hearings (Cont.) Preliminary Assessment Roll for L.I.D. 335 (Cont.) Lee Heisserman spoke in favor of the proposed L.I.D. indicating he felt the time was right and it is an action which provides a plant for the future. Victor Hanson, co-owner of Auburn Precious Metals, spoke against the L.I.D. as discriminatory. Don Rottle, owner of Rottles' Department Store, spoke in favor of the L.I.D., stating it was not valid that this L.I.D. was discriminatory. He noted many of the merchants had paid for other parking lots over the years. He also noted there were other property owners further away than his store who support the L.I.D. Rottle also expressed he felt this was a beautification project along with provid- additional parking. Gene Kasper, owner of property at 257 East Main, spoke in favor of the L.I.D. He stated there could not be too much parking when the downtown had to compete with big shopping centers, that the parking was out of control in the parking lot, and good parking promotes business which was an opportunity for increased sales tax revenues. He also noted there was an application for a shopping center in the works and they did not want to lose the core businesses in Auburn. Kasper gave a summary of the various parking which has been removed in the downtown area with a loss of many lots. He felt this L.I.D. was an effort to catch up. Jerry Honeysett, property favor of the L.I.D. owner at 104 East He questioned Main, spoke in the method of assessment stating those property owners closer to the parking lot should be assessed more tha n those further away. He wondered what the City was going to do to police the parking lot for those who work in the area and take away spots for shoppers. Bob Davis, manager of J. C. Penneys', spoke in favor of the L.I.D., stating he felt this was the first step to show the Auburn residents something was going on downtown. He felt this parking lot was a major improvement. He asked the Council to pass this L.I.D. Virgil Olson, owner of the J. C. Penney building, spoke in favor of the L.I.D. stating he thought people should look at the long range effect of adding this parking. He felt it would help everybody in the downtown and there was no guarantee the existing parking lots will still be there in five years. Ross Hanson added to his comments earlier saying he was not opposed to the L.I.D. He said he also had a stake in downtown Auburn and that he had enhanced his building. He agreed the parking lot was needed. He only opposed the ' means of assessment. He suggested expanding the L.I.D. to a larger area and charging strictly by the square footage of their business. He stated the L.I.D. was not fair and equitable as proposed. MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Colburn, to close the public hearing. Whittall asked Bereiter about the legality of the method of assessment. Bereiter indicated the R.C.W.'s provide 51` -2- 52 AUBURN COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE THREE JUNE 3, 1985 II. A. Public Hearings (Cont.) III. A. B. C. D. B. Audience Participation Preliminary Assessment Roll for L.I.D. 335 (Cont.) the assessment must not exceed the special benefits to a property owner. He added Rottle made a point that many of the business owners have already paid assessments on other parking in the area. Dugan indicated there was one tangible means to assess property owners which was fair and equitable to all property owners and that was by lot size. He said this was the method used in this L.I.D. Whittall asked why the City did not take First Interstate, for example, into the area assessed. Dugan indicated from studies they knew people did not cross major arterials and would only as a last resort look for parking across those arterials. MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Walters, to instruct the City Attorney to draw up the necessary ordinance to create L.I.D. 335. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Harkey/Young Industrial Revenue Bond Financing Dave Young asked the Council to reconsider their application. He said the City needs this type of facillity and due to unrealistic real estate values they could not get the rental fees they need in Auburn. Young indicated this facility would bring many additional jobs to the City. He added he hoped the City would not eliminate the benefits from small businesses. Ordinance 4057 - Sprinklers Richard Wagner asked how this ordinance treated the mobile home owners. Joe Gould stated he basically but expressed concern over the 4 felt this would encourage people homes. He felt this could be other methods and this ordinance want larger lots. agreed with the ordinance acre minimum. He said he to want to build more addressed by set backs and would penalize those who C. Correspondence - See Agenda modifications noted above in Item I.D. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS Municipal Services - Vice-Chairman Gene Colburn - No Report. Planning & Community Development - Minutes are of public record. Public Works - Chairman Bud Larson record. Finance - Chairman Gene Colburn - meeting held prior to the Council Chairman Linda Wisner - - Minutes are of public Colburn reported on the meeting. CITIZEN INPUT IV. CITIZEN INPUT - None 1 -3- 53 AUBURN COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE FOUR JUNE 3, 1985 CONSENT AGENDA V. A. Minutes - May 20, 1985, Regular Meeting. B. Vouchers 1. Claims #15409-15665 in the amount of $249,593.72. 2. Payroll #107334-107727 in the amount of $362,565.39. C. Accounts Receivable Write-Offs totalling $1,758.45. Authority to write off 10 delinquent accounts and turn over ' for collection. D. Call for a Public Hearings before the Council 1. June 17, 1985, meeting for approval of the Final Plat of Wilson's Addition consisting of approximately 5.24 acres of property located on the north side of 20th Street N:W. West of West Valley Highway. 2. July 15, 1985, meeting for the final assessment roll of L.I.D.'s 332 and 333, Auburn Downs. E. Acceptance of Sidewalk Improvement #10 project from Jones Concrete Co. F. Call for Bids for the widening of 30th Street N.E./N.W. G. Change Order No. 1 on Construction of Well No. 4, Wellhouse Water Improvement No. 154, with IMCO General Construction of Bellingham, Washington, increase in the amount of $1,665.14. H. Liquor License approval for a Class E and F license, to sell beer and wine for off-premises consumption, at the Little Deli Mart located at 1201 Auburn Way South. MOTION by Larson, SECOND by Burns, to approve Consent Agenda Items A through H. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. OLD BUSINESS VI. OLD BUSINESS ' Ordinance 4057 - Fire Hydrants - MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Burns, to introduce and adopt ordinance 4057. Johnson reported that due to the building permits issued the emergency portion had been added to the Ordinance. Wisner amended her motion to include the emergency clause. Burns concurred with the change. Whittall asked if the staff could answer the citizen's request. Dugan indicated that under the ordinance mobile homes were treated the same as stick homes. Larson indicated in the past the City was greatly concerned about the sewer system in the area and had set the size of the plots at five acres. Dugan added the Council committees have approached this ordinance to provide adequate protection in this unusual area. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEW BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS Ordinances and Resolutions A. Ordinance 4056 - Dennis Hania Rezone from Unclassified to R-2 property located on the south side of 37th Street S.E. in the 1200 block. MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Burns, to introduce and adopt ordinance 4056. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. B. Ordinance 4058 - Thorson, Franz, Hunt and Noah Rezone from R-2 to R-4 property located on the Southwest Corner of the intersection of 105th Street N.E., Harvey Road, and "K" Street N.E. MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Walters, to introduce and adopt Ordinance 4058. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. -4- 54 AUBURN COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE FIVE JUNE 3, 1985 VII. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) Ordinances and Resolutions (Cont.) C. Resolution 1595 - Authorizes agreement with ENTRANCO for the design and construction of the second phase for the repair of a washout on Auburn Way south, south of 32nd street S.E. MOTION by Larson, SECOND by Burns, to adopt Resolution 1595. Wisner asked if the monies budgeted for this project in 1984 were part of the cash ending budget. Clements indicated it was from two different pots of money and was carried over from the 1984 budget. Colburn asked where this could be found in the budget. Clements indicated it was in its own fund. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. D. Resolution 1596 - Authorizes agreement with Seattle/ King County Development Council for services as part of Auburn's promotional program. MOTION by Wisner, SECOND by Walters, to adopt Resolution 1595. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. E. Resolution 1597 - Authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a contract between the City and John R. Ewing. MOTION by Larson, SECOND by Burns, to adopt Resolution 1597. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MAYOR'S REPORT VIII. MAYOR'S REPORT - None EXECUTIVE SESSION & ADJOURNMENT IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION & ADJOURNMENT - The meeting was recessed to and executive session at 9:02 p.m. to discuss negotiations. The Council reconvened to regular session at 9:35 p.m. MOTION by Larson, SECOND by Colburn, to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the outside workers contract for 1985. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. The meeting was adjourned at 9:36 p.m. C Bob Roegner, Mayor Coralee McConnehey, City C1 rk -5-