City Council

NORTH BONNEVILLE CITY COUNCIL Mayor Don Stevens Councilmember Bob Bianchi Councilmember Terry Norris Councilmember Judie Whitcomb North Bonneville Workshop Meeting Tuesday June 13, 2017 6:30 p.m. Council Workshop: Note - the workshop discussion period is from 6:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. followed by the Regular Council Session - it is possible that workshop discussion items are continued into the regular council session. Workshop Meeting Call to Order Roll Call Unfinished Business New Business Adjournment 1  NORTH BONNEVILLE CITY COUNCIL Mayor Don Stevens Councilmember Bob Bianchi Councilmember Terry Norris Councilmember Judie City Council Meeting Agenda June 13, 2017 7:00 p.m. Meeting Call to Order Roll Call – Craig Foster absent Pledge of Allegiance Attendance Agenda Changes & Additions Consent Agenda  Approval of May invoices and last meeting’s minutes Guest Presentations –  Casey Roeder and Gorge Days  Karen Douglass and Re-opening the Pool Public Comment Councilmember Comments Mayor’s Comments Administrator’s Report City Attorney’s Report Unfinished Business New Business Closing Public Comments Closing Council Comments Adjournment: Note: Council may adjourn to executive session in accordance with RCW 42.30.110 during any meeting. 2 June 13, 2017 City Administrator’s Report  Pre bid meeting for Evergreen East was May 30th.  Review of proposals June 9th.  Budget discussions starting in June with John Spencer.  Negotiations continuing with ATU.  TIB annual seminar was on June 7th. Grants available to us are: (1) Small City Arterial Program (SCAP)(Evergreen East is SCAP)($900K) (2) Small City Sidewalk Program (SCSP) ($150-300K) (3) Small City Preservation Program (SCPP) The SCPP program speaks to many of our road issues including:  Full Depth Reclamation (where you pulverize the existing surface into the base) ($350K)  Overlay where you have alligator cracking ($75-200K)  Chip Seal ($25-100K) All of these are dependent on what is called PCR (Pavement condition rating) and the TIB (grantors) have a map showing where we rate as of their last audit. Applications are due to TIB on August 18, 2017 and the TIB Board will select projects on November 17. There are other funding opportunities which TIB provides including relight Washington (which is our LED grant in progress) and Complete Streets (for which we have a grant already) and Small City Federal Match Program. The latter is a $15,000,000 first come first serve grant where they will pay the 13.5% match for small cities who have “federal” grants. This cannot be used for utility grants, however. I welcome your comments on these grants and will meet with Don, Tom, Devin and Bryan to get their input on which grant (above) they think we should apply for. Once a decision is made, then it may need to be incorporated into the TIP (Transportation Improvement Plan), depending on the requirements of the grant. John Spencer has been doing that for us. 3  NORTH BONNEVILLE CITY COUNCIL Mayor Don Stevens Councilmember Bob Bianchi Councilmember Terry Norris Councilmember Judie Workshop Meeting Minutes Tuesday May 23, 2017 Council Workshop Note: The workshop discussion period is from 6:30 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. and is followed by the regular council meeting. It is possible that discussion of workshop items will continue in the regular council session. The Council will not vote on any topic during the workshop session. Workshop Call to Order 6:30 pm on May 23, 2017 by Mayor Stevens Roll call  Councilors present: Bob Bianchi, Craig Forster, Terry Norris, Brian Sabo  Staff present: City Administrator Sam Hughes and City Attorney Ken Woodrich New Business  Grass needs to be cut by city behind Counselor Forster’s house. A citizen has been doing it but he is moving.  Discussion of limbs in park. FEMA grant will not accept our storm dates.  Discussion of simplifying water and sewer rates. Some options are (a) status quo and (b) dropping the sewer consumption rate. We need to look into the annual sewer revenue and divide by number of accounts for residents, multi family, commercial and industrial. We will need a public hearing on utility rates if we change the formula. While the practice is to never look at comps for utilities, grant agencies look at the comps because they do not want you to bill too low. Legally, we cannot operate at a loss. Further analysis to be done. Adjournment: 6:52pm 4  NORTH BONNEVILLE CITY COUNCIL Mayor Don Stevens Councilmember Bob Bianchi Councilmember Terry Norris Councilmember Judie City Council Meeting Minutes Tuesday May 23, 2017 Meeting call to order by Mayor Don Stevens at 7:00pm. Roll call  Councilors present: Bob Bianchi, Craig Forster, Terry Norris, Brian Sabo, and Mayor Stevens  Staff present: City Administrator Sam Hughes, City Attorney Ken Woodrich Pledge of Allegiance Consent Agenda  Consent agenda for minutes and payroll. Councilor Sabo made motion to approve, seconded by Councilor Forster. Adding Devin’s invoices to the stack for approval as his did not get put into Vision this month for some reason. Guest Presentation  By Devin Jackson on the Complete Streets Grant. The grant has a work plan and he would like direction before proceeding. 3 issues are: (a) Cascade and Garrison (putting a crossing in); (b) Chevron (where to put the crossing); and (c) the pathways have root heave and flooding issues (need to decide which has higher priority, if any). There was a suggestion to cost it out but Devin said he does not know how much rock it will take (normally it is $40 per cubic yard for roads and $140 per cubic yard for pathways). Ramps are expensive but crosswalks are not. Florescent yellow signs might be good. Conclusion: we will handle the crosswalks and then come back to see how much money is left for the pathways. We have 3 years to finish the project. Public Comment  Eric Kackley suggests offering our damaged oak trees to furniture makers or other users to help with finances. Unfinished Business  Motion by Counselor Forster (and seconded by Counselor Sabo) to excuse Counselor Whitcomb. New Business  Discussion of coyotes and their becoming more bold in town. Counselor Sabo states: A citizen walked the dog and a coyote in the vicinity did not move. Another one did not take off either 5  (and usually they do). Wildlife Dept: they will take care of Bear and Elk but not coyotes. There are, however, Wildlife Control Operators who will trap them. They will assess the situation for free but the trapping will cost you. Wolf urine will allegedly scare them off. We, as a community, need to keep an eye on this. Council Member Comments  Counselor Sabo: thanks to Public Works for working on my sewer issue.  Counselor Bianchi: Expressed concern and well wishes for Tom Jermann. The City Attorney Report No report Administrator’s Report  See attached. There being no further business to discuss, a motion was made by Counselor Forster and seconded by Counselor Sabo that the meeting be adjourned. The motion carried. The meeting adjourned around 8:00 pm. 6 May 23, 2017 City Administrator’s Report ATU negotiations were on May 22, 2017 The new PERS Plan 2 contribution rates, which will go into effect on July 1, 2017, are 12.52% for employers and 7.38% for members. This update from Public Works:  Last week a new electrical panel for pump station 2 was put in.  Had some problems with Lift station 3 having to do with sinking of the asphalt. The contractor who put it in fixed it. There is also a big mud puddle near Lift Station 3 and they will bring in op soil.  Radio problems will be fixed by the electricians.  There was a communication issue with the antenna and the original electricians will fix it.  All this is under warranty for one year.  WCIA was in town for the audit last Thursday. 7