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CITY OF YELM
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1994, 7:30 PM
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Agenda/Motion
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1 . The meeting was called to order at 7 : 30 pm by Mayor Wolf . All present
joined~in the flag salute.
Council present: Martha Parsons, Patty Forrester and Amos Lawton.
Absent: Don Miller and Bob Gallagher. Visitors: Rodney Orosco
(Olympian), Erling Birkland, Randy Paigen, Fiona Reeves (Nisqually
Valley News). Staff: Shelly Badger, Glenn Dunnam, Gene Borges,
Tim Peterson, Ty Peterson and Agnes Colombo.
2. Agenda additions/deletions.
94-39 MOTION BY PATTY FQRRESTER, SECONDED AMOS LAWTON APPROVING THE AGENDA
WITH ITEM.9C DELETED. MOTION CARRIED.
3. Minutes of February 23, 1994.
94-40 MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY PATTY FORRESTER APPROVING
MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 23, 1994 AS WRITTEN. MOTION CARRIED.
4. Approval of Vouchers. (Voided: 16487, 16488 and 16495)
94-41 MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY PATTY FORRESTER, APPROVING
PAYMENT OF VOUCHERS #16489-16606 TOTALLING $385,676.42. MOTION
CARRIED.
5. No Public Comment or Questions submitted.
6. Public Hearing - Variance Request (VAR8107) Time Square Office
Building. Mayor Wolf closed the regular session and opened the
Public Hearing at 7:31 pm. Ty Peterson explained that the staff and
Planning Commission recommends approving a variance from rear yard
setback requirements. A variance had previously been approved for
the property but had expired prior to activity taking place. The
variance would not infringe on right-of-way.
94-42 MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY AMOS LAWTON APPROVING THE TIME
SQUARE (VAR8107/PAIGEN) VARIANCE REQUEST AS RECOMMENDED BY THE YELM
PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF. -MOTION CARRIED.
7. Vacant ~: ~~
8. New Business:
a. Ordinance 496, amending Ord. 453 and the interest rate paid to
FMHA on Yelm's Library/City Hall Construction Loan. Mayor Wolf
explained that this was a housekeeping item and that the interest
" rate was being corrected to~what~•it should have been. Shelly Badger
added that the City has been paying the correct rate.
94-43 MOTION BY PATTY FORRESTER, SECONDED BY AMOS LAWTON ADOPTING ORDINANCE
NO. 496. MOTION CARRIED.
b. Surplus City Backhoe. Shelly Badger explained that the backhoe
was going to be replaced and that our options at this point were to
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either use the backhoe as a trade-in/first payment or to sell it
outright. Staff recommends that the backhoe be offered for sale and
that if the bid price isn't met it then be used as a trade-in.
44 MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY PATTY FORRESTER DECLARING THE
CITY BACKHOE A5 SURPLUS EQUIPMENT AND AUTHORIZING USING THE EQUIPMENT
AS EITHER A TRADE-IN OR TOWARDS PAYMENT OF REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT IF
THE MINIMUM BID SALE PRICE OF $11,500 IS NOT MET WHEN ADVERTISED.
MOTION CARRIED.
c. Ordinance 497, Zoning Amendment (ZON8085) on Burnett Road.
94-45 MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY AMOS LAWTON ADOPTING ORDINANCE
NO. 497, (ZON8085/ANDERSON) AMENDING THE YELM ZONING MAP AND
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF A FIVE ACRE PARCEL,
LOCATED ON BURNETT ROAD FROM R/A TO R-1 AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND
THE YELM PLANNING COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED.
d. Ordinance 498, Zoning Amendment (ZON8103) on Vancil Road.
MOTION BY PATTY FORRESTER, SECONDED BY AMOS LAWTON ADOPTING ORDINANCE
NO. 498, (ZON8103/BIRKLAND) AMENDING THE YELM ZONING MAP AND
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF A TWO AND ONE-HALF ACRE
PARCEL FROM R/A TO R-2 AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND THE YELM PLANNING
COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED.
e. Bid Award - Flail/Slope Mower. Two bids were received in
response to advertisement for a used Flail/Slope Mower. One at
$20,225.07 and one at $27,950.00 plus tax. Staff recommended
awarding the bid to the lowest bidder.
-46 MOTION BY AMOS LAWTON, SECONDED BY MARTHA PARSONS THAT THE LOW BID
OF $20,225 FOR A FLAIL/SLOPE MOWER SUBMITTED BY SAHLBERG EQUIPMENT
BE ACCEPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
9. Old Business:
a. Ordinance 493, amending Ord. 486 and the 1994 Budget and Salary
Schedule.
94-47 MOTION BY PATTY FORRESTER, SECONDED BY MARTHA PARSON ADOPTING
ORDINANCE 493 ESTABLISHING THE SALARY FOR THE SEWER DEPARTMENT
ASSISTANT AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT AND AMENDING
ORDINANCE 496 AND THE 1994 BUDGET AND SALARY SCHEDULE. MOTION
CARRIED.
b. Ordinance 498, Park Ordinance, tabled from 2/23/94. Shelly
Badger explained that work in putting this into final ordinance form
had not yet been completed and requested that it be postponed.
94-48 MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY AMOS LAWTON POSTPONING ACTION
ON PARK ORDINANCE NO. 498 UNTIL PRESENTED IN ORDINANCE FORM. MOTION
CARRIED.
10. Reports:
a. Planning Commission - Martha Parsons reported that a
presentation to the Commission estimated needing 369 affordable
housing units for the entire Urban Growth Area by 2015. It is
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expected that the housing market will meet this need. Ty Peterson
reported that Tom Cundy and Joe Huddleston had been approached about~-
reappointment to the Planning Commission. Mayor Wolf requested that
reappointment letter be prepared. Councilmember Parsons alsc
reported that 5 individual businesses in Nisqually Plaza would likE
to use a single combined sign. Shelly Badger indicated that the
combined sign concept had been approved by the Planning Commission
and that Jerry Prock is working on updating the sign ordinance.
b. Parks Advisory Committee - Two Park Requests were received.
94-49 MOTION BY PATTY FORRESTER, SECONDED BY MARTHA PARSONS APPROVING USE
OF CITY PARK BY THE EAGLES ON 4/29 THRU 5/1/94 FOR A PLANT SALE AND
FOR USE BY THE NISQUALLY BASIN LITTLE LEAGUE DURING THE MONTHS OF
APRIL, MAY AND THE BEGINNING OF JUNE FROM 6-8 PM WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WOULD FORFEIT USE IF ANOTHER GROUP REQUESTED
USE OF THE PARK. MOTION CARRIED.
c. Historic - Agnes Colombo reported that the Historic Register
plaque had been ordered for the Senior Center and that approval of
wording for the Masonic Hall plaque was pending. The Commission
favors having separate celebrations for each.
d. Sewer Update - Gene Borges explained the symbols used on the
cover of the grant application for the Comprehensive Plan and Studies
for a new prototype studies funding category of Centennial Clean
Water fund grant. Yelm has been awarded pilot project status for
water reclamation and reuse. Borges explained in the future we wil'-"
be treating all our water to class "A" standards. He feels we wit=
progress from having a sewage treatment plant to having a water
treatment plant. Now that standards exist, the City can pursue what
they wanted to do in 1988; eliminating outfall to the river and
actively seek water reuse. Reuse will be through various land use,
irrigation and industrial applications, resulting in a savings in
water pulled from the aquifer in addition to aquifer recharge.
Borges explained his belief that at some point we should operate as
a water department instead of as both a water and sewer department.
The water we treat will become a usable water; a product that we
sell, so we would move from wastewater treatment to water treatment.
Denver, with about 50~ paid from grants, built a water treatment
plant that will produce water better than their drinking water.
However, studies anticipate no water shortage until 2025 so they will
not be using the plant. Yelm wants to save their aquifer now; not
use it up and then worry about a solution to the problem. Shelly and
Gene will be going to Denver and will investigate the possibility of
purchasing the treatment plant's mechanical equipment, rather than
having it sit unused. Even if refused this might provide leverage
in obtaining needed dollars from funding agencies.
Gene Borges informed Councilmembers that 3 responses were received
in answer to Yelm's invitation for engineering qualifications'
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