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MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
~ iIVASHINGT~N January 24, 2011
MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER 3:30 PM, AUBURN CITY HALL, 25 W. MAIN STREET,
CONFERENCE ROOM NO. 3, 2ND FLOOR
Chair Peloza called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. in Conference Room 3 on
the second floor of City Hall, 25 West Main Street, Auburn WA. Members
rp esent: Chair Bill Peloza, Vice Chair Sue Singer, Member John Partridge. Staff
rep sent: Mayor Pete Lewis, Chief of Police Bob Lee, Assistant Chief of Police
Bob Karnofski, Public Works Director Dennis Dowdy, Finance Director Shelley
Coleman, Parks & Recreation Director Daryl Faber, M & O Manager Randy
Bailey, Manager Economic Development Doug Lein, Environmental Planner
Jennifer Shih, Traffic Engineer Pablo Para, Police Secretary Kathy Emmert
Others present: citizen Wayne Osborne and Auburn Reporter representative
Robert Whale.
II. AGENDA MODIFICATIONS
III. CONSENT ITEMS
A. Approval of Minutes of the January 10, 2011 Municipal Services
Committee Meeting
Vice Chair Singer moved to accept the Minutes as presented. Member
Partridge seconded. Chair Peloza concurred.
MOTION CARRIED: 3:0
IV. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (Action Items)
A. Resolution No. 4678* (Lee)
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington,
authorizing the conversion to, and sale of Auburn Police Canine Riggs as
surplus property of the City of Auburn
Chief Lee explained that due to the promotion of K9 Handler Officer Dan
O'Neil to Sergeant, the K9 was retired. Sergeant O'Neil wishes to
purchase Riggs, his K9, as have other officers in the past under similar
circumstances. Vice Chair Singer moved to forward Resolution No. 4678
to the full Council for approval. Member Partridge seconded. Chair
Peloza concurred.
MOTION CARRIED: 3:0
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V. INFORMATIONI DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Ordinance No. 6346* (Dowdy)
An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington,
amending Section 10.12.125 of the Auburn City Code and creating a new
Section 10.12.130 of the Auburn City Code relating to speed limits in
school zones
Public Works Directory Dowdy presented proposed changes to the City
Code and signage as it relates to school speed zones. There is confusion
between the flashing lights, flashing lights and signs, and the signs
indicating "when children are present". The new City Code will allow the
City to segregate and regulate for safety each school zone as it relates to
the conditions present (crosswalk or not etc.). There will be signage
changes as necessary to clarify at each location the speed and
circumstances drivers need to know. Of the 27 collisions and 12 injuries in
2010, the committee was interested in knowing the types of collisions and
injuries.
B. Copper Falls* (Coleman)
Finance Director Coleman and Parks & Recreation Director Faber
presented the revenue report for the Copper Falls restaurant located at
the Auburn Golf Course. Revenues are lower than previous years
because of the economy. A business meeting with the Copper Falls
operator is planned by the Mayor and his staff to discuss business
strategy as a means of increasing 2011 revenues.
C. Amendment to AHBL, Inc. Consulting Agreement* (Snyder)
Environmental Planner Jennifer Shih presented information related to
amending the agreement with AHBL, Inc. to allow for design of the Auburn
Environmental Park Boardwalk. Once the design is completed, there is grant funding available to provide materials. It is anticipated that civic
organizations within the city will be volunteering their services to complete
the project similar to other projects in the past.
D. Golf Course Operations* (Faber)
Parks & Recreation Director Daryl Faber presented the year-end synopsis
of the golf course revenues and discussed the conditions affecting
deviations or variances from projected to actual budgets. An aggressive
marketing program is ongoing in an effort to increase golf related
revenues. It is anticipated that once the weather improves, there will be
improvement over2010 in 2011.
E. Shopping Cart Update (Bailey)
M & 0 Manager Bailey presented a Shopping Cart Status report by store,
as well as, a report from the City's finance system documenting the
revenue received by the City. The report reflected positive results,
wherein, cart owners were retrieving their property from M&0 and paying
their fines in a timely manner. The Committee appreciates the detail and
commends Manager Bailey for the excellent information.
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F. Red Light Photo Enforcement (Lee)
Assistant Chief of Police Karnofski presented the 2010 summary of
Redflex, the Red Light Photo Enforcement documenting the purpose of
the program, locations of the cameras, and historical information
documenting the reduction in violations, infractions issued, accidents and
injuries. Also included was documentation of the reduction in school
speed violations where cameras are installed.
The briefing also included, that after expenses were paid, i.e., photo
system, court and other administration costs, the City was able to
implement traffic safety and neighborhood traffic calming projects
throughout the city with the use of these infraction funds.
G. Matrix*
There were no changes to the Matrix.
VI. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m.
Signed this day of February, 2011.
Bill Peloza, Chair Kathy Emmert, Police Secretary/Scribe
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