HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-08-2010MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
February 8, 2010
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER 4:00 PM, CONFERENCE ROOM NO. 3
Chairman Bill Peloza called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. in Conference
Room 3, located on the second floor of Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street,
Auburn, WA. Members present: Chair Bill Peloza, Vice Chair Sue Singer,
Member John Partridge. Staff present: Mayor Pete Lewis, Council Member
Virginia Haugen, Chief of Police Jim Kelly, Assistant Chief of Police Larry Miller,
Finance Director Shelley Coleman, Parks, Arts & Recreation Director Daryl
Faber, Solid Waste & Recycling Coordinator Joan Clark, Utilities & Accounting
Manager Rhonda Ewing, Assistant City Attorney Steve Gross, Risk Manager Rob
Roscoe, Police Secretary/Scribe Kathy Emmert. Others present: Auburn
Reporter representative Robert Whale, citizen Wayne Osborne, citizen Nick
Perius representing Valley Tow
II. AGENDA MODIFICATIONS
III. CONSENT ITEMS
A. Approval of Minutes of the January 25, 2010 Municipal Services
Committee Meeting
Member Partridge moved that the Minutes be approved. Vice Chair
Singer seconded. Chair Peloza concurred.
MOTION CARRIED: 3:0
IV. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (Action Items)
A. Resolution No. 4564* (Coleman)
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington
authorizing the acceptance and appropriation of grant funds in the amount
of Thirty Four Thousand and Five Hundred Twenty Dollars ($34,520.00),
and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an Interlocal
Agreement between the Department of Ecology and the City of Auburn to
accept said funds for implementation of the 2010-2011 Coordinated
Prevention Grant Program
Vice Chair Singer moved to approve this Resolution and forward to the full
Council for approval. Member Partridge seconded. Chair Peloza
concurred.
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MOTION CARRIED: 3:0
V. INFORMATION / DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Ordinance No. 6293* (Coleman)
An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington
pledging the City's full faith and credit toward the payment of it's share of
the debt service on refunding bonds to be issued by the Valley
Communications Center Development Authority and approving certain
matters related thereto
The Committee supports Ordinance No. 6293.
B. Ordinance No. 6294* (Coleman)
An Ordinance of the City Council of the city of Auburn, Washington
amending Sections 3.04.600 of the Auburn City Code relating to funds
The Committee supports Ordinance No. 6294.
C. Resolution No. 4561 Sales Tax Credit* (Coleman)
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington,
authorizing the City of Auburn to impose a sales and use tax as authorized
by RCW 82.14.415 as a credit against state sales and use tax, relating to
annexations
The Committee supports Resolution No. 4561.
D. Solid Waste Collection in the Pierce County Portion of Auburn*
(Coleman)
The Committee reviewed the information presented by Director Coleman
and Solid Waste and Recycling Coordinator Joan Clark. The Committee
supports Option A as the appropriate response at this time.
E. 7th Amendment to REPSA* (Heineman)
Risk Manager Roscoe presented this 7th amendment to the agreement
with the Auburn Regional Medical Center related to the newly constructed
parking lot.
F. False Alarm Ordinance* (Kelly)
Assistant Police Chief Larry Miller provided the following highlights of the
City's False Alarm Ordinance:
The City adopted a false alarm ordinance in January 2009 that
was implemented July 1, 2009. There was an education period
for both alarm companies and citizens. The impact to date is
favorable with an anticipated further decrease in the number of
false alarms being responded to by Police Officers.
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• During the last half of 2009, there is a 12.3% decrease in false
alarm responses. Since 2008, there is an 18.4% decrease in
false alarm responses.
• There are 52 registered alarm companies installing and/or
monitoring alarm systems in Auburn and an additional 45 in the
area.
• Total false alarms by percentage since July 1, 2009:
Commercial 56.29%
Residential 36.26%
Other 7.00%
• During 2009 there were 15 appeals of which 11 were approved
and 4 declined.
G. Vehicle Towing* (Kelly)
The Committee asked for clarification of the tow companies doing
business in Auburn, specifically related to the location of their impound
lots. By Ordinance tow companies need to have an impound location
within 5 miles of the city limits. The 6 companies currently in the Police
Department rotation for towing services all have lots in compliance with
the Ordinance having impound lots within the city limits. Additional topics
will be researched by Legal and Finance.
H. Matrix*
Item 7P - The information related to the restaurant at the golf course was
presented by Finance Director Shelley Coleman.
Item 10P - Red Light Photo Enforcement statistics were presented as
follows: Violations from red light cameras at all aproaches are down
28% (1312 in the 4th Quarter 2009 to 945 in the 4 h Quarter 2009).
Violations from School Speed Zones are up 96% (1693 in the 4th Quarter
2008 to 3327 in the 4th Quarter 2009. This substantial increase is due to
the new cameras at Arthur Jacobsen and Leah Hill Elementary Schools.
Although not activated until September 2009, we were in a"grace" period
until October 1 and violations were documented.
Overall, photo enforcement violations (red light and speed) are up 42%
from 3005 in the 4th Quarter 2008 to 4272 in the 4th Quarter 2009.
New enforcement locations for red light photo enforcement will be
reviewed with the City of Auburn traffic engineers based on collision data.
If the data supports a public safety concern, the intersection will then be
surveyed by RedFlex to determine if the intersection will support
installation of cameras. New school zones will also be surveyed by
RedFlex. Evaluation continues on other projects are on hold as the
redesign of some intersections may drop violations to a level that may not
be cost effective for RedFlex.
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Item 31- Director Faber presented updated information related to the
operation of the golf course for the last quarter. Goals for 2010 season
were presented.
VI. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
Submitted this day of February 2010.
Bill Peloza, Chair Kathy. Emm rt, Police Secretary/Scribe
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