09-28-10 MinutesYELM CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 MINUTES
Mayor Harding called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
2. Roll Call. Present: Joe Baker, Bob Isom, Mike McGowan, Tracey Wood, John
Thompson and Russ Hendrickson. Absent: Don Miller.
3. Agenda Approval
10-71 MOTION BY JOE BAKER APPROVING THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
CARRIED.
4. Special Presentations- none scheduled
5. Public Comment. There was no public comment to the Mayor's call for
comment.
6. Consent Agenda Minutes -Regular Meeting August 24, 2010
Payables -Checks 54332-54406, Totaling $313,735.44
10-72 MOTION BY BOB ISOM APPROVING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS
PRESENTED. CARRIED.
7. Public Hearing: none scheduled
8. New Business
a. Resolution No. 516 Yelm Chamber Sign Project
Grant Beck reported that the Chamber of Commerce has been working towards
the purchase of a community electronic reader board sign. This sign is expected
to generate income for the Chamber and the whole City. The Chamber would
like to place the sign on the northeast corner of the Killion Road/Yelm Avenue
West intersection. This property is City owned right-of-way and requires
permission from the City Council. Resolution No. 516 would authorize the use of
City property for the placement and maintenance of a community reader board.
Glen Cunningham, President of the Yelm Chamber stated the sign would
generate revenue for the chamber and allow businesses to advertise at a very
reasonable rate. The sign will be a very nice looking income generating sign for
the whole City. The Chamber will do the sign maintenance.
10-73 MOTION BY MIKE MCGOWAN APPROVING RESOLUTION N0.516
AUTHORIZING THE USE OF CITY PROPERTY FOR THE PLACEMENT AND
MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY READER BOARD SIGN PURSUANT TO
SECTION 15.24.197 OF THE YMC BY THE YELM CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. CARRIED.
b. City of Yelm Mitigation Plan revision proposal -Golder Associates
Shelly Badger reported that since the early 1990's, when three water right
applications were submitted to the Department of Ecology (DOE), the City has
been on a quest for new water rights. There has been no issuance of "new'
water rights from DOE during this time, however, over the past several years,
the City has been successful in transferring local water rights to meet the
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necessary demand. The City has been an active participant in the Nisqually
Watershed Planning Unit led by the Nisqually Indian Tribe. By working in a
regional fashion with the cities of Lacey, Olympia and the Nisqually Tribe, the
City has the opportunity to enhance the original water rights application request
for 'new' water rights. This combined effort included the creation of a new
groundwater model that is now considered the best available science on
measuring predicted impacts both in the Deschutes and Nisqually basins. In
October of 2008, the City of Yelm submitted a mitigation plan to DOE that
proposed an outline for phased water rights approvals and mitigation efforts.
DOE proposed an enhanced mitigation plan that better identified and offset
impacts to the Deschutes basin. Since 2008, the cities of Yelm, Olympia and
Lacey have been working with both DOE and the Squaxin Island Tribe to better
identify these predicted impacts and propose mitigation measures that will
enhance the affected Deschutes water bodies. Now is the time for each of the
cities to update their existing mitigation plans and identify the work that has
been done over the last two-year period. The revised mitigation plans will be re-
submitted to DOE with the request for issuance of new water rights for Phase 1
and Phase 2 water right that would total approximately 942-acre feet of `new'
water.
10-74 MOTION BY JOHN THOMPSON AUTHORIZING MAYOR HARDING TO SIGN
THE SCOPE OF WORK WITH GOLDER AND ASSOCIATES FOR $76,650
(SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS) FOR WORK
ASSOCIATED WITH UPDATING THE 2008 MITIGATION PLAN. CARRIED.
9. Old Business -None scheduled
10. Mayor and Council Initiatives
Councilmember Baker stated Councilmember Wood asked him why an Intercity
bus does not run from Yelm to Lacey. The Intercity Transit Board considers this
a dead area because there are no businesses and no residential areas. Also
attended the Citizens Advisory Committee through Intercity Transit.
Councilmember McGowan praised Councilmember Isom for attending the
council meeting so close to having surgery.
Councilmember Wood thanked Councilmember Baker for the information
regarding the Yelm to Lacey Intercity Transit route.
Councilmember Hendrickson attended the Medic One meeting discussing their
budgets. Mayor stated the City has been approved for a secure box where
unused prescription medications can be dropped off and disposed of properly
by the Yelm Police Department. The box will be placed in the lobby of the Public
Safety Building.
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Mayor Harding attended the Thurston County Economic Development Council
meeting. A survey of the business community had been done over the summer
and the consensus of the survey was that most Thurston County businesses
where doing all right but are skeptical of the future and what will happen with the
economy and the proposed changes to Health Care and Labor and Industries.
They continue to work on job retention and recruiting industry to our area.
11. EXECUTIVE SESSION -none scheduled
12. Correspondence included Pre-agenda Thurston Regional Planning Council
October 1, 2010, Comcast channel lineup 10-27-10, Intercity Transit Open
House Thursday, September 30, 2010 & Public Workshop Thursday, October
14, 2010.
13. Adjourn: 7:30 p.m; /~
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Lori Mossman, Deputy City Clerk
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