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Mount Vernon City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 25, 2018 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Boudreau at 7:00 p.m. Present: Councilmembers Beaton, Brocksmith, Carías, Hudson, Hulst, Lindquist, and Molenaar Staff Present: Senior Engineer Christen, Chief Dodd, Project Development Manager Donovan, Library Services Director Huffman, Parks and Enrichment Director King, City Attorney Rogerson, and Finance Director Volesky Citizens Present: 4 CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of July 11, 2018 Regular Council Meeting Minutes. B. Approval of July 20, 2018 payroll checks numbered 108434 - 108478, direct deposit checks numbered 66676 - 66892, and wire transfers numbered 679 - 680 in the amount of $1,058,653.93. C. Approval of July 25, 2018 Claims numbered 155834 – 156038 in the amount of $965,540. Councilmember Hudson moved to approve the consent agenda items A-C. Motion seconded by Councilmember Hulst. Motion carried 7-0. REPORTS A. Committee Reports: • Finance Committee and Parks & Enrichment Services – for details see Committee minutes. • Development Services – for details see Committee minutes. B. Community Comments • Jason Powers, local business owner, came forward to share his experiences and frustrations with the aggressive transients that frequent downtown. C. Councilmembers Comments: • Councilmember Hulst expressed his appreciation of the County Commissioners who passed a resolution furthering the process for moving ambulance services to city fire department oversight throughout the county. D. Mayor’s Report • Mayor’s Coffee Hours times and locations were reviewed. EW BUSINESS A. Ordinance to Create No Parking Zone on Urban Avenue: Mr. Donovan presented Council with a request for approval of a proposed amendment to MVMC 10.20.100 to include a no parking zone on both sides of Urban Avenue from College Way to Vintage Lane. Mr. Rogerson was asked what Mount Vernon City Council July 25, 2018 Page 2 of 2 the parking fines are. He replied that the initial parking violation fee is $20 and is scalable upwards from that dependent upon number of offenses. Councilmember Hulst moved to approve Ordinance 3758 amending MVMC 10.20.100 parking to create a no parking zone on Urban Avenue. Motion seconded by Councilmember Hudson. Motion carried 7-0. B. Mount Vernon Downtown Association Agreement: Mr. Volesky presented Council with a request to authorize the Mayor to enter into an agreement for the City to contribute $40,000 to the Mount Vernon Downtown Association for the Main Street revitalization program. The City will receive a 75% tax credit towards the City’s utilities B&O tax liability. Councilmember Molenaar moved to authorize the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Mount Vernon Downtown Association. Motion seconded by Councilmember Lindquist. Motion carried 7-0. C. Acceptance of Proposal for 2018 -2019 On-Call Materials Testing: Mr. Christen presented Council with a request for authorization for the Mayor to enter into an agreement with materials Testing & Consulting, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $15,000. Councilmember Hudson moved to authorize the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Material Testing & consulting, Inc. Motion seconded by Councilmember Beaton. Motion carried 7-0. The meeting was convened into executive session at 7:15 p.m. and was estimated to last 15 minutes. D. Executive Session: Potential litigation. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. SUBMITTED BY: ______________________________________________ Rebecca J. Wade, Recording Amanuensis ATTEST: ______________________________________________ Doug Volesky, Finance Director APPROVE: ______________________________________________ Jill Boudreau, Mayor