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City Council Minutes - 07/24/1989 3 . 1 ( TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MMM IMMIES - J= 24, 1989 1. SHL CALL: Present: Mayor Jerry Edwards; Councilors Carolyn Eadon, Valerie Johnson, Joe Kasten (arrived at 6:26 p.m.) ; and John Schwartz. Staff Present: Pat Reilly, City Administrator, Wayne Lawry, Finance Director; Ed Murphy, Commut ity Development Director; Liz Newton, Senior Planner; Catherine Wheatley, Deputy Recorder, and Randy Wooley, City Engineer. 2. STUDY SESSION: a. City Center Development (CCD) - Land Use Policy Statement. Senior Planner Newton distributed the Land Use Policy Statement for Council review. Council made several amendment suggestions; the revised Land Use Policy Statement, which was accepted by Council consensus, is attached. Senior Planner Newton then reviewed the CCD Plan activities scheduled through 1990. 'There was discussion on parameters within which the budget for the CCD would be prepared. Finance Director noted the CCD Agency must operate under State statutes for local government budgets. A Budget Committee would be appointed consisting of five outside members in addition to the five members of the CM Agency. (CCD Agency consists of the Mayor and Council members.) City Administrator advised development of press releases for the proposed CCD was the next step. b. Unified Sewerage Agency (USA) Discussion - Chris Bowles of USA was present to answer Council questions on the USA Contract amendment proposed in Consent Agenda Item .2. Council had previously questioned the industrial waste language. Mr. Bowles advised Tigard presently had nine industrial waste accounts. The proposed contract changes represented actual practice wherein USA was monitoring these industrial accounts; hawever, they were not receiving the revenue for doing so. Finance Director, in his memorarydtua of June 19, 1989, noted the net result of the proposed changes would be a $2,900 reduction in sewer revenue. The City would not be required to bill the nine industrial accounts each month. Mayor thanked Mr. Bowles for attending the meeting. C. Park Levy Review. City Administrator reviewed financing issues with regard to the Park Levy. He reported the consultant had not anticipated inflationary costs in project estimates. After review, CITY COUNCIL NIINUIES - JULY 24, 1989 - PAGE 1 staff was rending that inflationary factors should be considered. Additionally, it was noted, if the levy was approved by the voters on September 19, tax assessments would not begin until November 1990. Council had previously discussed a "pay as you go" implementation of project construction. City Administrator noted the amount of time between approval by the voters and actual project implementation may not be acceptable to citizens or the City Council. He outlined several options for Council to consider. (City Engineer arrived at 6:25 p.m.) (Councilor Kasten arrived at 6:26 p.m.) Council discussed their desire to implement project construction as soon as possible if the levy was approved. After lengthy discussion, Council consensus was to increase the proposed levy amount to $350,000 a year for five years for a total tax assessment of $1,750,000. d. Locust Street Bid Award - City Engineer reviewed his recc mnendation for award of the Locust Street construction contract which was one of the projects from the Transportation Safety Bond list. He advised the law bid was from White Construction Ccanpany in the amount of $375,573. This amount was over the estimate; however, cost savings from other projects such as the Hall/Durham traffic signal would cover the average. He noted a portion of the extra cost was due to the accelerated timeframe of the project — the City wants the project coupleted prior to the new school year starting. e. Update on Walnut Street Improvements - City Engineer advised improvements to Walnut Street would be constructed next construction season. Neighborhood concerns delayed the project; neighbors have requested additional time to meet concerning tree removal. City Engineer reported the city aborist, David Halstead, has consulted staff. Some of the trees in question are diseased and should be removed regardless of construction plans. f. Investment Policy - Finance Director reviewed the proposed Investment Policy as outlined in Consent Agenda Item No. .3. He advised the ORS mandates investment procedures for municipalities. The proposed Policy was slightly more restrictive than State law. g. Ann hent of Boundary Cmnission Public Hearing - City Engineer reported the proposal for the Unified Sewerage Agency to manage storm drainage was scheduled to be heard before the Boundary Cmudssion on July 27, 1989. h. Storm Drainage Hearing - City Engineer reported on the hearing which was held before the Environmental Quality Cmmu ssion on July 21 with regard to interim regulations for storm drainage. The CITY COUNCIL NIINU= - JULY 24, 1989 - PAGE 2 interim regulations focus on construction requirements which should ( help to limit erosion and sedimentation. The interim regulations would be effective July 1, 1990. City Engineer advised additional standards were proposed by Jack Churchill of Lake Oswego; however, his proposal must go through several phases of hearings. 2. REPS TO THE CLTY - MWICE AWARDS TO CITY OF TICS I3RIZOYEES a. The City of Tigard recognizes its employees annually with awards for length of service to the City. The Mayor noted the following: Receiving gold key plaques and small gold keys with diamond chips for 20 years of service were Lt. Lonnie Branstetter and John Hagman. Receiving gold key plaques for 10 years of service were Al Dickman, Darwin Deveney, and Bobby White. Receiving Keys to the City for 5 years of service were Detective Jilin Nerski and Keith Liden. The Mayor thanked the employees for their dedicated service. 3. C CNSEIT AGENDIU 3.1 Approve Council Minutes: June 12, 1989 3.2 Approve Amendmmt to Unified Sewerage Agency Contract - Resolution No. 89-58 3.3 Approve Investment Policy - Resolution No. 89-59 3.4 Approve Board and Committee Appointments - Resolution No. 89-60 Motion by Councilor Johnson, seconded by Councilor Eadon, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. The motion was approved by a unan> s vote of Council present. (Council recessed at 7:40 p.m.) 4. IOC AL CACP REVIEW BOARD NEETU G a. Roll Call: President Jerry Edwards; Board Members: Carolyn Eadon, Valerie Johnson, Joe Kasten, and John Schwartz. b. The City Engineer advised bids were opened on July 18, 1989, for the Locust Street bond project. The project involves half-street widening from 93rd Avenue to Hall Boulevard and realignment of the existing sharp curves east of the elementary school. Four bids were received. City Engineer remanded bid award to the low bidder, Waite Construction Company, in the amount of $375,573. `. CITY ODUNCIL MINU= - JULY 24, 1989 - PAGE 3 Coirpletion of the project was scheduled for September 30. The sidewalks were required to be ccupleted by September 5, the day school starts. The contractor was aware of the deadlines and has advised he feels he can meet these dates. Motion by Councilor Schwartz, seconded by Councilor Eadon, to award the bid to White Construction Ccupany in the amount of $375,573. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of Council present. (Council reconvened at 7:45 p.m.) 5. APPROVE BAYXM TE - PARK LEVY a. Ca manity Development Director summarized this agenda item. He noted that the proposed resolution warding had been modified during Council Study Session discussion. Wording changes were for clarification purposes. He advised staff was also reccnmieriding a change in the dollar amount from $328,364 per year for five years to $350,000 per year for five years. This recommendation was made to factor in inflationary costs and for costs associated with borrowing funds in advance of assessment collection. He noted assessment dollars would not be available until the summer of 1991; however, with the increased levy proposal, project construction Could begin a year earlier. f b. Councilor Schwartz expressed appreciation to the Park Board for 1 their hard work compiling the project list. He noted the Ballot Measure would list the proposed projects so voters could see where their tax dollars were planning to be spent. Cauxilor Johnson advised she supported the increased amount of the levy described by the Ccumunity Development Director since the projects Could be started one year sooner. Mayor Edwards noted inflationary factors were also of concern_ to Council and noted his support for the increased dollar amount. C. RESOLUTION NO. 89-61 A RESOZLITION OF THE TIGAM CITY COUNCIL allLING,NG, FOR A SPECIAL E UXTIO N TO aJBMTT TO = RE CISTERED, QUALT= VOTERS OF THE CITY A FIVE YEAR SERIAL LEVY FOR PARKS IMPROVEMENTS d. Motion by Councilor Eadon, seconded by Councilor Johnson, to approve Resolution No. 89-61. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of Council present. CITY COUNCIL MM= - JULY 24, 1989 - PAGE 4 -*N -IN 6. CIVIL INFRACTICN CRDINANCE AMENII14ENr a. City Attorney reviewed this agenda item. He noted a major overhaul of the civil infraction's enforcement procedure had been implemented in 1986. The purpose of the proposed ordinance was to further clarify and enhance those areas in which the 1986 revisions fell short. Specific issues, as noted in the Staff Report, were as follows: 1. The need for substitute service of the citation. 2. Further clarification of the ccuponents in written orders and the time frame in which those should be filed. 3. Clarification of abatement requirements. 4. Penalties adopted for failure to comply with a judgment order. City Attorney advised this ordinance would further streamline and make the process more workable. His recouvendation was to pass the proposed ordinance. b. ORDINANCE NO. 89-21 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1.16, CIVIL INFRACTIONS, OF THE TIGARD MUNICIPAL CODE FURTHER DEFINING THE HEARING PROCESS AND ABATEMENT RB731REMENTS, AND FIXING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. C. Motion by Councilor Eadon, seconded by Councilor Jcbnson, to adopt Ordinance No. 89-21. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of Council present. 7. NOWAGENIDA ITEMS: None 8. EXECUTIVE SESSICK: The Tigard City Council went into Executive Session at 7:50 p.m. under the provisions of ORS 192.660 (1) (d) , (e) , & (h) to discuss labor relations, real property transactions, and current and pending litigation issues. 9. : 8:30 p.m. Approved at the City Coil Meeting of August 28, 1989. Deputy Recorder - City of Tigard Attest: 0t-Tigard cw/ccmun724 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - JULY 24, 1989 - PAGE 5