05/22/1996 Minutes
Agenda Iteml
Motion #
2.
96-076
3.
96-077
4.
96-078
96-079
CITY OF YELM
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1996
1.
Mayor Kathryn Wolf called the meeting to oral er at 7: 30 pm.
All present joined in the flag salute.
Council present: Velma Curry, Martha Parsons, Amos Lawton,
Bob Gallagher, and Don Miller. Guests: Johili Huddleston and
Kristina Lord, Nisqually Valley News.
Agenda
MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY VELMA CURRY APPROVING
THE AGENDA AS AMENDED BY THE DELETION OF 8 a CARRIED.
Minutes- 5/8/96 Regular Meeting . · 1
MOTION BY VELMA CURRY, SECONDED BY AMOS LAWTON APPROVING THE
MINUTES OF .MAY 8, 1996 AS PRINTED. CARRIED.
5.
a. Payroll
MOTION BY BOB GALLAGHER, SECONDED BY DON MILLER APPROVING THE
MAY 1996 PAYROLL. CARRIED. I.
b. Vouchers
MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY AMOS ThAWTON APPROVING
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PAYMENT OF VOUCHERS 19738-19744, TOTALLING $1, p82. 67. CARRIED.
a. Public Hearing - Mayor Wolf announced t~e date and time
and opened the public hearing on the Comp Plan Amendment and
Water Plan Amendment at 7:32 pm. I
City Planner Cathie Carlson explained that tfue Comp Plan may
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be amended only once per year. Because Yelm and Thurston Co.
have a joint plan, Thurston Co. will also Ireview proposed
amendments to ensure that they meet the county's approval.
Public hearings on the county and local lev~l are required
with any changes final in December. . I
Cathie then gave an overview of her staff report and requested
a recommendation to pass onto Thurston couhty for changes
affecting the four areas she identified in rxhibits and on
large maps. Cathie explained that the area identified on
Exhibit 1 #1 is a change due to a recent anrtexationi #2 has
been rezoned from Industrial to R-6i #3, shoJn on Exhibit 2,
corrects boundaries/zoning of single owner proberties split by
zoning designations or urban growth boundary designation; and
#4, Exhibit I, a zone ch~nge that is incorredtly depicted on
the current zoning map. i
b. Cathie continued by requesting council approval of text
changes to the Critical Areas Resource Lands !section of Ord.
555/YMC Title 14. Proposed changes would - delete the last-
sente~ce of ,14. pi8. ?30 "To the exte~d of any !jurisdiction of
the Clty thls ordlnance also applles to any real property
within the urban growth area of Yelm design~ted by Thurston
County." and, from 14.08.060 delete tfue words "the
incorporated area and urban growth area of".
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Water Comp Plan - Shelly Badger requested a motion entering
.the April 30, 1996, Department of Health Water System Plan
approval letter into the record. i
Mayor Wolf called for questions. John Huddleston questioned
the amount of property at Mill Rd. and SR50i being rezoned.
Cathie Carlson responded that although she did not know the
exact amount, it is approximately' 3 acres. Shelly Badger
added that it is the corner only. '
Being no additional questions/comments, Mayorl Wolf closed,' the
public hearing at 7:47 pm. ",
MOTION BY BOB GALLAGHER, SECONDED BY MARTHA 'PARSONS THAT THE
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PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE FORWARDED TO THURSTON
COUNTY FOR THEIR REVIEW. CARRIED. I
MOTION BY DON MILLER, SECONDED BY BOB GALLAGHER THAT STAFF
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PREPARE A TEXT CHANGE AMENDMENT TO ORD. 555 AND TITLE 14,
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REFLECTING THE RECOMMENDED TEXT CHANGES. CARRIED.
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MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY BOB GALLAGHER APPROVING
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THE 4/30/96 LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF H~ALTH CONCER~ING
THE SW DRINKING WATER OPERATION AND ENTERING IT INTO OUR
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. CARRIED.
6. Public Comment/Questions - none
7.
New Business:
a. Elected Official to represent Yelm on the Thurston Co.
Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC). Countilmember Lawton
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agreed to attend if the meetings don'tconBlict with youth
meetings. He will, advise Mayor Wolf on Friday.
b.. Salary SChedule Ordinance Amendment. I Councilmember
Gallagher reported that the current treasu~erfs retirement
prompted meetings to consider the best diredtion to take,in
restructuring the front office. The commidtee recommended
combining the clerk and treasurers positions: and creating a
senior accounting clerk position.
MOTION BY BOB GALLAGHER, SECONDED BY DON MILLER DIRECTING
STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE COMBINING THE CLERK-TREASURER
POSITION AND CREATING A SENIOR ACCOUNTING CLERK POSITION.
CARRIED.
8.
9. Old Business: a. Agenda deletion.
10. Reports:
a.Planning - Transportation Mitigation fIDr the New Post
Office. Shelly Badger explained that this i~ an information
only item. The plan described gives the post office the
option of using an alternative to submitting the required
Transportation ' Impact Analysis. Thisdlternative was
developed so costs would be available for use! when bidding on
the project. , ,
b. Regional Jail Advisory Committee - Councilmember Curry
provided Status Reports. Shelly Badger outlinbd the structure
of the committees. I
c. Liaison Reports ' , .
1) Councilmember Parsons reported on changles suggested by
Barb Christensen and Shari Gemmill resulting in a savings of
both time and money. '96 Spring Clean-Up was not as well
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attended as in the past. Participants ~ncluded Dennis
Walla6e, Yelm High School FFA along with four fFA members, the
Chamber of Commerce, Beth Smith, all the pu1:Dlic works' guys
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and Dana and Agnes. I
2) Court - Shelly Badger reported that she ~ad spent time in
the court learning about the new computer systiem. The program
appears to be beneficial for the City and I will, when the
backlog has been entered, place a hold on licenses renewal for
a variety of reasons. i
Court Administrator Hanni Lilly proj ected the workload to
continue until the end of July/August. As the! budgeted amount
planned for computer input has been exceeded, Court
Administrator Hanni Lilly proposed reduction~ in other court
line items to cover the overage. i
Shelly pointed out that although, the cost of input has
exceeded the expectation, the overall cost isl still a bargain
as the computer terminals, printer and software were provided
by Office of the Administrator of the Courts ~t no cost to the
City. I
3) Public Works - Tim Peterson reported that the cost of
removing trees would be less than expected and that actual
costs would be available at the next meeting. Tim also
indicated that he could not provide information concerni~g the
safety/soundness of the trees at this time.
Council requested that information on the hea]th of the trees,
safety issues and right-of-way location be prbvided for their
consideration. I
4) Police - Councilmember Parsons reported that the Chief is
in Kenniwick for the WASPC Conference and ttlat Donna McCann
and Brian Asmus would join him tomorrow Ito receive the
accreditation plaque. The latest AWC Pool Line has an article
by the Chief on the accreditation process.
5) Reuse - Councilmember Gallagher reported that Mayor Wolf
and Shelly will make a reuse presentation at the AWC
Conference during the "Good Ideasll segment. Sbelly added that
we are hoping for dollars to update the tre~tment plant and
that she had attended a Water Reuse Workshon in Seattle and
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was glad to see the enthusiasm and support for reuse as a way
for small cities to solve water problems witfu small projects'
that are not cos~ prohibitiV~. State .fun~ingliS the key.
'd. 'Mayor - Meetlngs/events/lnformatlon lncluded: Chamber of
Commerce, with the new Port Director; Extension School,
speaker; McKenna Elementary School careerl Day, speaker;
Nisqually River Council at Pack Forest; Nisqually Land Trust -
River Float in July; Festival of Waters, iti Yelm City Park
again, permanent reservation for last sundav in September;
,Meetings - (1) Adam Rivas, (2) Shelly Badgerf; Tenino Splash
Bash; EDC, Olympia.
e. Council - Councilmember Curry reported on attending Park
Advisory Board, Friends of the Library and Historic Society
meetings.
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Councilmember Miller attended Law and Justice and Yelm
Community Schools presentation on interventiorh. and children at
risk. He will be attending IT meetings in Y~kima for 4 days
next week. . I
f. Parks - Councilmember Curry reported thJt (1) The PAC is.
interested in having a high school student dn the board but
wanted Council approval. Council consensus[ supported this
proposal. I .
(2) The 3 responses for a landscape archite~t were reviewed
by the PAC with their recommendation for selection being
Robert W. Droll.
96-84 MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY DON MILLER APPROVING THE
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PARKS ADVISORY BOARD'S RECO:MMENDATION OF ROBERT W. DROLL,
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE CANAL ROAD
PARK. CARRIED.
(3) Park Use Request
96-85 MOTION BY VELMA CURRY, SECONDED BY MARTHA PARSONS APPROVING
CITY PARK USE BY THE GIRL SCOUTS ON 6/2/96. CARRIED.
10. Correspondence wa~ reviewed.
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11. The meeting adjourned at 8:50 pm;
K'ir~/!Jf ~~
Attest:
Clerk
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