HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-25-2018 Minutes (2) City Council Study Session PWCD SFA
June 25, 2018 - 5:30 PM
Council Chambers - City Hall
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I. CALL TO ORDER
Councilmember DaCorsi called the meeting to order at 5:43 p.m. in the
Council Chambers of Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street in Auburn.
A. Roll Call
Councilmembers present: Larry Brown, Claude DaCorsi, Yolanda Trout-
Manual and Largo Wales. Deputy Mayor Baggett, John Holman and Bill
Peloza were excused.
Mayor Nancy Backus and the following department directors and staff
members were present: City Attorney Steve Gross,Assistant Director of
Engineering Services/City Engineer Ingrid Gaub, Street Systems
Engineer Jai Carter, Assistant Director of Community Development and
Public Works Jeff Tate, and Code Compliance Officer Chris Barack.
II. ANNOUNCEMENTS, REPORTS,AND PRESENTATIONS
There was no announcement, report or presentation.
III. AGENDA ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION
There was no items for Council discussion.
IV. PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Draft 2016—2017 State of Our Streets Report(Gaub) (20 Minutes)
Assistant Director Gaub and Engineer Carter provided Council with
an update on the Draft 2016 -2017 State of Our Streets (SOS) Report.
Engineer Carter reviewed the SOS Report Highlights including: the Arterial
and Local Street Pavement Preservation Programs, the accomplishments
of the Street Preservation programs,Arterial and Local Street
Preservation funding, how streets are rated, reviewed the maps and the
construction report, pavement conditions index, and future program needs
and goals.
Council discussed the final cost for the B Street improvements, if 4th
Street is on the map for planned improvements and the impact that trucks
and busses have on the road service. Engineer Carter believes the final
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cost for the B Street improvements was 2.6 million dollars and confirmed
that trucks and busses cause the most damage to the road surface.
Assistant Director Gaub explained the process for deciding how and when
streets are scheduled for improvements or reconstruction.
B. King County-Cities Climate Collaboration (Tate) (10 Minutes)
Presentation of the initiative and options to support
Assistant Director Tate presented Council with an overview of the King
County-Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) initiative and asked if Council
was interested in joining.Assistant Director Tate discussed the purpose of
the initiative, what Auburn's involvement in K4C will look like, the annual fee
to join K4C is based on the City's population and would be $2500 per year
for the City of Auburn,joint action opportunities, and requires that the
Mayor enter into an interlocal agreement with King County.
Council discussed what the City would be required to do in order to
join, the types of projects the City would take on and requested that King
County comes out to provide additional information.Assistant Director
Tate advised Council that in order to join K4C it would require a staff
representative, a backup representative, attending a once a month meeting
and that the elected officials attend one or two conferences or summits per
year. Potential projects include; green house gas inventory, energy
audits and the possibility of the City purchasing electric vehicles.
C. Code Enforcement Presentation (Tate) (20 Minutes)
Assistant Director Tate and Code Compliance Officer Barack presented
Council with information on Code Enforcement Reactive and Proactive
Enforcement, the work each code enforcement officer does and code
enforcement goals. Code Compliance Officer Barack discussed
how reactive and proactive code enforcement works, how code
compliance cases were tracked prior to 2017 versus now; where cases
are now opened on all code enforcement interactions which include
investigations, pro-active, social service and violation type cases.
Council discussed who paid to remove the house at 906 Harvey
Road, how pleased they were to see it gone and thanked code
enforcement for the work they do. Code Compliance Officer Barack
verified it was the property owner who paid to have the house on Harvey
road removed and cleaned up.
D. Temporary Signs (Tate) (10 Minutes)
Overview of regulations that govern temporary signs
Assistant Director Tate reviewed the three different types of temporary
signs: exempt signs, temporary signs and real estate signs and the
requirements for the signs.
Council discussed how commercial signs are approved, the option
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of limiting reality signs and sandwich boards and asked Director Tate to
develop some uniform sign regulations on sandwich boards.Assistant
Director Tate explained the process for applying and approving a sign
permit, that some commercial signs may be on private property that the
City has limited control to regulate, and explained that some communities
are now providing specific guidelines regarding sandwich boards and the
City can take at look at what they are doing and possibly create specific
requirements for sandwich boards.
V. OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS
There was no other discussion.
VI. NEW BUSINESS
There was no new business.
VII. MATRIX
A. Matrix
Council discussed the matrix and removed item number two and
three, Community Sustainability Series and Sign Requirements from the
matrix.
VIII.ADJOURNMENT
There being no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
APPROVED this 18th day of March, 2019.
BILL PELOZA, DEPUTY MAYOR Shawn Campbell, Deputy City Clerk
Agendas and minutes are available to the public at the City Clerk's Office, on the City website
(http://www.auburnwa.gov), and via e-mail. Complete agenda packets are available for review
at the City Clerk's Office.
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