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CITY OF
MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON April 26, 2010
MINUTES
1. CALL TO ORDER 4:00 PM, ANNEX BUILDING CONFERENCE ROOM NO. 2; 1 E MAIN STREET, 2ND FLOOR
The meeting was calle.d to order at 4:00.p.m. in Conference Room Na 2 on the
, second floor of the Annex Building, One East Main Street, Aubum WA. Members
rp esent: Chair Bill Peloza, Vice Chair Sue Singer, Member John Partridge. Staff
present: Chief of Police James Kelly, finance Director Shelley Coleman, HR
Director Brenda Heineman, City Attomey Dan Heid, Parks & Recreation Direcfoc
Daryl Faber, Assistant Chief of Police Larry Miller, Public Works Director Dennis Dowdy, ProjectslConstruction Manager SteVe Burke, Police Secretary/Scribe
. . Kathy Emmert. Others present: Wayne Osborne and Nick Perius citizens,
Aubum Reporter representative Robert Whale:
II. AGENDA MODIFICATIONS
, Added' as Discussion Item J(Currenf J becomes K) - Construction
Contract for Les Gove Park Campus Expansion - Activity Center - Projecfi
No. CP0607 (Heineman)
III. CONSENT ITEMS.
A. Approval of Minutes of the April 12, 2010 Municipal Services
Committee Meefing
Vice Chair Singer moved #o accept the Minutes of the April 12, 2010
meeting, Member Partridge seconded, Chair Peloza concurred. MOTION CARRIED: 3-0
IV. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (Action ltems) .
There were no items for action.
V. INFORMATION / DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Ordinance No. 6303* (Kelly)
An Ordinance of the City, Council of the Cify of Auburn, Washington amending Section 9:30.140 of the Auburn City Code relating to fees for
appeal-of alarm administrator decisions
Jnformation provided.by Assistant Chief ofi Police Miller indicates research
through Public Safety Corporation's (Our Alarm Ordinance 3`dParty
Administrator) statistics from other jurisdictions they support, reveals that .
there is an increasing negative impact on the overall number of the false
alarm calls an agency responds to with each level of warnings given vs. a
zero tolerance policy. Agencies like Auburn that practice zero tolerance
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for false alarms will significantly reduce the total number offalse alarms.
The concept i s similar to our red light enforcement at 4th and Auburn Way
So. As drivers have become aware that there are no warnings (zero
tolerance) for running a red light at that intersection, the number of
violations have continued to decrease. Agencies like Alexandria VA that
allow a warning on the first false alarm show a higher percentage of
overall false alarm rates than experienced by Spokane or Aubum that
practices zero tolerance. Cities such as Wichita, KS that allow, 2 wamings
on false alarms suffer an even greater percentage of false alarm rates.
The increase is proportionally higher.for agencies that allow 3 or more
warnings.
First time false alarms represent about 65% of all false alarms recorded -
within a year. (See attached Alarm Statistics Report)
Ordinance No. 6303 is removed from consideration. Ordinance No. 6216
remains as is: Statistics related to false alarms are attached to these
Minutes.
B. Ordinance No, 6305*(Coleman)
An Ordinance of the City of Aubum; Washington, relating to contracting
' indebtedness; providing for the issuance of four series of limited tax
general obligation bonds of the City in the aggregate principal amount of .
$ , for general City purposes to provide funds with which to (i)
pay a portion of.the costs to purchase additional ofrice space near City
Hall, to be known as the City Hall Annex, and associated property
interests, equipment and appurtenances, (ii) carry out a current refunding
of all of the City's outstanding Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds,
1998 and to paythe adminisfrative co5ts of such refunding, (iii) pay for
certain downtown infrastructure improvements in the City's revitalization
area, and (iv) pay costs of issuance of the bonds; fixing the date, form,
maturities, interest rates, terms and covenants of the bonds; establishing a
bond redemption fund, a project fund and a project account; and
approving the sale and providing for the delivery of the bonds to Seattle-
Northwest Securities Corporation of Seattle, Washington
The Committee supports Ordinance No. 6305.
C. Fireworks Update (Kelly)
` Chief of Police Kelly outlined the plan for 2010 that will include emphasis
as ih the past combined focused neighborhood emphasis and utilization of
the Aubum Alert System to enhance citizen awareness of appropriate
fireworks activities in Auburn.
D. Towing* (Heid)
City Attorney Heid will bring a Resolution and updated contract to the next
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E. Golf Course Operations Update (Faber)
Parks and Recreation Director Faber provided graphs and commentary
related to the 1 St quarter 2010 for Auburn Golf Course.
F. Golf Course Restaurant Update* (Coleman)
Finance Director Coleman presented the first quarter 2010 financial
statistics for.the Copper Falls Restaurant and banquet facility.
G. Red Light Photo Enforcement Quarterly Report (Kelly)
Chief of Police Kelly provided updated information on the photo
enforcement with the 5 school zones and 3 intersections.
H. Red, Lighf Photo Enforcement - Liability Issues Update
(HeinemanlRoscoe) _ The Committee went into Executive Session for this discussion.
1. Animal Control and Rescue Services Update (FBeineman)
HR Director Heineman presented an update outlining the progress,
changes in options available and complexities of working out a plan for
Aubum.
J. Construction Contract for Les Gove Park Campus Expansion -
Activity Center - Project No. CP0607 (Heineman)
HR Director Heineman and Projects/Construction Manager Steve BurKe
presenfed information.
The Committee supports this project.
K. Matrix *
The Matrix is adjusted as. follows:
ltem 7P - Golf Course Update - next review date is July 26, 2010
Item 10P - Red Light Photo Enforcement - next review date is July
26, 2010
Item 20P- HR Director Heineman is now the lead on this item
ltem 24P -April 26, 2010 review date removed,
Item 21 - Golfi Course Operations - next review date is July 26,
2010
Item 61 - Towing Ordinance Issues - next review date is May 10,
2010 VI. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 6:11 p.m.
Submitted this day of May, 2010
Bill Peloza, Chair Kathy Emmert, Police SecretarylScribe
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