City Council Meetings

MOSES LAKE CITY COUNCIL July 25, 2017 CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the Moses Lake City Council was called to order at 7 p.m. by Mayor Voth in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 401 S. Balsam, Moses Lake, Washington. ROLL CALL: Executive Secretary Sophia Guerrero called the roll. The following were: Present: Mayor Todd Voth, Deputy Mayor Karen Liebrecht, and Council members Don Myers, David Curnel, Ryann Leonard, and Mike Norman and Position No. 1 is vacant. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Deputy City Manager, Gilbert Alvarado, led the Council in the pledge of allegiance. SUMMARY REPORTS: MAYOR’S REPORTS - None ADDITIONAL BUSINESS - None CITY MANAGER’S REPORTS Grant County Economic Development Council Presentation – President, Leanne Parton Ms. Parton informs the City Council that the GC EDC is currently recruiting for an Executive Director for their agency. They have 5 candidates and interviews will begin tomorrow, July 26th. Open house for the finalists will be on August 3rd at the Porterhouse Restaurant. Ms. Parton gives a brief history of the Grant County EDC to the Council. a Ms. Parton is asking the City Council to fill the vacant ML Council Representative position with the EDC, since former Council member Bill Ecret has resigned. Action Taken: Mayor Todd Voth makes a motion to step down from his position as Airport Commissioner and nominate Council member Mike Norman as the new Council Representative to the Airport Commission. Seconded by Councilmember Curnel. Motion passed 5 to 1 with Councilmember Liebrecht as a nay. Action taken: Council member Norman made a motion to nominate Mayor Todd Voth as the new Council Representative to the GC EDC. Seconded by Councilmember Leonard. Motion passed 4 to 2, Councilmember Liebrecht and Myers as a nay. New Employee / Promotions – City Employees Fire Chief, Brett Bastian of the Moses Lake Fire Department introduced 3 new hires to the department, Garrett Fletcher, Mike Miner, and Scott Anderson. Municipal Services Director, Fred Snoderly, introduced Richard Law as the new City Engineer. City Manager, John Williams introduced Jynnifer Tarver as the new Administrative Secretary. Service Awards A Years of Service pin for 30 years of service with the City was given to Dean Gaddis. Service pin for 25 years of service was given to Richard Bisnett, Gilbert Alvarado, Bob Taylor, and Brett Bastian. Service pin for 15 years of service was given to Paul Guerin and Eric Shurtz. Service pin for 10 years of service was given to Dustin Tyler, Greg Graffe, and Andrew Deering.  CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 2018 Transportation Benefit District (TBD) Budget City Manager, John Williams would like permission from the Council to submit a grant request to the Transportation Improvement Board to complete the 2 miles of the paving project on Lakeshore Dr. The city would use funds from the 2018 budget and the city’s dedicated portion would be a 20% match ($300,000). The state would cover 80% if we are awarded the grant. Grant deadline is in August and awarded in November. Considerable discussion by the Council. The consensus from Council to City Staff was to move forward with the grant submittal. Striping / Parking Restriction – Lakeland Dr – Update City Staff worked with homeowners on Lakeland Dr. to resolve the parking issue. Striping was shortened, no parking will still be restricted on the eastside of Lakeland Dr, but parking is now available on the west side of Lakeland Dr. (along GC Fire District No. 5 property). City staff has been in communication with the property owners along Lakeland Dr and are satisfied with the staff’s solution to the parking problem. Council Appointment Process City Manager, John Williams presented to Council, 4 applications to the vacant Position No. 1 council seat. Council is to review those applications and set a process of selection in an open public session for interviewing the candidates. The City Manager also mentioned, Grant County Auditor, Michele Jaderlund announced that there will be a special 3 day filing period on August 1st through August 3rd, 2017. The filing period will be only for Position No 4 and in person only. Councilmember Norman expressed his concerns about filling vacant position No. 1 at this time and would like Council to reconsider their intent to fill the position for the remaining time of the year. Considerable discussion by the Council. Action taken: Councilmember Norman made a motion for Council to reconsider their prior decision to move forward in filling the vacant Position No. 1 seat. Seconded by Councilmember Leonard. Motion passed with a vote of 4 to 2, Deputy Mayor Liebrecht and Councilmember Curnel as a nay. Action taken: Councilmember Norman made a motion not to fill Position No. 1 at this time and wait for the voters to make their choice. Seconded by Councilmember Leonard. Motion passed with a vote of 4 to 2, Deputy Mayor Liebrecht and Councilmember Curnel as a nay. CITIZEN’S COMMUNICATIONS None CONSENT AGENDA pg. 2  CITY COUNCIL MINUTES #1 a. Minutes: The minutes of the July 11, 2017 meeting were presented for approval. b. Approval of Claims, Prepaid Claims, Checks, and Payroll: Vouchers audited and certified by the Finance Director as required by RCW 42.24.080, and those expense reimbursement claims, certified as required by RCW 42.24.090, have been recorded on a listing which has been made available to the Council for approval and is retained for public inspection at the Civic Center. As of July 25, 2017 the Council does approve for payment claims in the amount of $2,322,712.33; prepaid claims in the amounts of $30,180.01 and $95,059.07; claim checks in the amount of $1,446,915.05; and payroll in the amount of $400,578.50. c. Request to Accept Work – Cascade Seal Project - 2017 Quality Paving, Inc. has completed work on the Crack Seal Project – 2017 and it is ready to be accepted. d. Request to Accept Work – Seal Coat Project – 2016 Central WA Asphalt, Inc., has completed work on the Seal Coat Project – 2016 and it is ready to be accepted. Action Taken: Council Member Curnel requested item No. 1b.be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Council Member Curnel asked Finance Director, Robert Taylor about the Interfund Loan Payment of $646,785.31. Mr. Taylor explained that this payment was from Building Maintenance to Water/Sewer for the construction of the Civic Center. It was a repayment from funds taken from Water/Sewer to Building Maintenance. Council member Leonard moved that the Consent Agenda be approved, all items included, seconded by Council Member Norman, and passed unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING #2 Ordinance – Amend MLMC 3.18 Gambling Tax – Card Room An ordinance was presented which amends the Moses Lake Municipal Code Chapter 3.18 Gambling Tax – Card Room. The public hearing was opened. There were no comments. Mayor Todd Voth closed the public hearing. City Council requested staff bring back an amendment to MLMC 3.18.060(c) to adjust the tax rate collected on card rooms. The tax rate would be reduced beginning January 1, 2018 and continuing to reduce by 1% each year until it reaches 5%. Police Chief, Kevin Fuhr, provided data to the Council the number of calls the Police Department have received in the year 2015 through 2017 from the Lake Bowl/Card Room/Papa’s Casino Restaurant/Ameristay Inn establishments. 167 calls were made to those establishments and 52 of those calls were reported by the businesses themselves, their own staff. Half of those calls were disturbance calls and the other half were either assaults or accidents. Considerable discussion by the Council. Action taken: Councilmember Norman moved to adopt Ordinance No. 2866 as written, seconded by Councilmember Myers, and passed with a vote of 4 to 2. Deputy Mayor Liebrecht and Councilmember Leonard voted nay. Mayor Voth and Council allowed Mr. BJ Garbe to make a statement to the Council in regards to the passage of Ordinance 2866. Mr. Garbe, address 600 N. Bluff Dr., Moses Lake, WA, is the CEO of Lake pg. 3  CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Bowl and he would like to thank the Council for this vote. Mr. Garbe said he will do his best to make sure the community and the city comes out ahead for this ordinance change. He understands the difficulty of this decision and he wants this known under public record that he is going to make this right by the city. OLD BUSINESS #3 Request to Accept Amended Parks & Facility Naming Policy The current Parks & Facility Naming policy was adopted in 2002. The updated version provided by the Parks & Recreation Commission would replace the existing policy with a more detailed approach to naming parks and facilities. Considerable discussion by the Council. Action taken: Deputy Mayor Liebrecht moved to accept the amended Parks and Facility Naming Policy, seconded by Councilmember Curnel, and passed unanimously. NEW BUSINESS #4 Ordinance – Request to Amend Ordinance No. 2405 – Parkview PURD A request from Bryan Henninger, Smith-Martin LLC, to amend Ordinance No. 2405 of the Parkview Planned Residential Unit Development (PURD), located at 922 S. Division. Wayne Morgan, representing Smith-Martin, has requested minor changes to the PURD Ordinance which are technical in nature and consistent with Ordinance No.2405 the Parkview PURD. The Moses Lake Municipal Code 18.67.210 provides for these types of amendments. Under new ownership, the existing PURD did not allow for changes to the design of buildings, fencing, or roofline. The owner is seeking to change the original proposed plan for lot 1 after the existing building was demolished last spring. The Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the proposed changes. Considerable discussion by the City Council. First presentation of this agenda item. No action taken. #5 Resolution – Request to Build on Unplatted Property – Cascade Land Holdings, LLC Community Development received a building permit application from Cascade Land Holdings, LLC for construction of a shop and two-story office building at 2624 Road N NE to house Cascade Agronomics. The subject property does not currently meet the development standards and is unplatted. Per Deputy City Manager, Gilbert Alvarado, Development Engineer, Dave Thompson requested that if approved, the building permit review requirements are met. As Gilbert Alvarado stated in the past, a building permit cannot be issue on unplatted property in accordance with MLMC 16.02.040 unless the City Council finds the public interest will not be adversely affected by the issuance of such permit. Action taken: Deputy Mayor Liebrecht moved to grant request to Cascade Land Holdings, LLC., to build on unplatted property with the condition the Development Engineer’s building permit requirements are met. Seconded by Councilmember Norman. Motion passed unanimously. pg. 4  CITY COUNCIL MINUTES ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS Department of Transportation John Williams, City Manager met with representatives from the Dept. of Transportation along with City staff members to discuss many agreements we have in place and identify who is responsible for which rights-of-way. Frontage Road near Hansen Road was discussed, snow plowing, and basically getting clarification on who was responsible for which tasks and updating agreements. WA State Auditors John Williams, City Manager provided to the Council a copy of the WA State Auditors Exit Conference findings. The audit is now complete. According to the City Manager, we received a passing recommendation. K9 Program Kevin Fuhr, Police Chief, updated the Council regarding the K9 program. As of today, they have collected $19,500. Their goal is to reach $25,000 and they are 80% into their goal. Will continue to meet with business and community leaders to gain that extra $5,000. Colville Confederation Tribe Gil Alvarado, Deputy City Manager, updated the Council regarding the Colville Tribe Municipal Services Agreement. The tribe did reach out to speak to Gil and indicated there were 3 small minor changes to the agreement. City Attorney, Katherine Kenison will review the agreement for approval when she returns to her office. There have been some staff changes with the Fuel Station and the new staff members will meet with Gil to discuss the service agreement and the rock placement on the city’s right-of-way at the fuel station. COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS - None EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNMENT: The regular meeting was adjourned at 8:08 pm. _________________________ Todd Voth, Mayor ATTEST ____________________________________ W. Robert Taylor, Finance Director pg. 5