SULTAN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
319 MAIN STREET
Thursday, May 10, 2007
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(AGENDA
DOCUMENTS IN A SINGLE, COMPLETE FILE, 6.0 mb pdf)
6:00 PM Planning Board/Council Meeting on Shorelines Program (796 kb pdf)
7:00 PM CALL TO ORDER - Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call, Changes to Agenda (Audio File A, 56 seconds,165 kb)
PRESENTATIONS
Sewer Rate Study presentation/slide show by FCS Group (consultants) (536 kb pdf) AUDIO File B, approx. 38 minutes, 6.9 mb
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
Craig Sears (representing 144 LLC and other Sultan developers) Audio File C-1, 3:31 min., 621 kb
Josie Fallgatter - Questions re Sewer Rate Study, i.e., will debt service be funded by 2008, etc. (Audio File C-2, 2:06 min., 373 kb)
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
- Various brief comments, including with a good statement and information from C/M Blair) Audio File D-1, 7:02 min., 1.2 mb
- John Seehuus' statement of support to keep Sultan's police force instact, and urging council to get on with other, more productive business. Audio File D-2, 48 seconds, 143 kb
STAFF REPORTS
City Admin Staff Report (28 kb pdf) (NO COMMENT WAS MADE ON THIS ITEM; THUS, NO AUDIO IS AVAILABLE)
[Note: At this point in the meeting, the mayor called a 5-minute break to allow FCS Group (the Sewer Rate consultants) to remove their equipment and depart. 25-second audio file.]
MEETING RECONVENES, APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA: The following items are incorporated into the consent agenda and approved by a single motion of the Council. (Audio File F, 1:01 min., 180 kb)
1. Minutes of the April 26, 2007 Council Meeting (219 kb pdf)
2. Approval of Vouchers (358 kb pdf)
3. Jones & Stokes Contract Amendment (for LID 97-1 mandatory compensatory wetland mitigation) (329 kb pdf)
4. Department of Correction - Renewal of Service Contract (124 kb pdf)
ACTION ITEMS:
1. First Reading Ordinance 950-07 Cable Franchise Agreement Extension (367 kb pdf) (Audio File G-1, 3:22 min., 595 kb)
2. Resolution 07-10 MBR (for wastewater treatment plant) Procurement (22 kb pdf) (Audio File in two parts: G-2a, 10:10 min., 1.8 mb; G-2b, 6:25 min., 1.1 mb)
3. Brown & Caldwell Contract Amendment (280 kb pdf) (Audio File G-3, 15:20 min., 2.7 mb)
4. Resolution 07-08 VEBA (899 kb pdf) (Audio File G-4, 20:35 min., 3.6 mb)
5. Purchase of Public Works Equipment (499 kb pdf) (Audio File G-5, 5:15 min., 926 kb)
DISCUSSION:Time Permitting
1. [Sultan's] Transportation Improvement Plan (1.2 mb pdf) (Audio File H-1, 20 min., 3.8 mb) (BONUS FILE: Transcription of discussion re Dyer Road-Skywall Drive connector.)
2. Update on Animal Control (Audio File H-2, 12:30 min., 2.2 mb)
3. SEIS [ Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Sultan's]Comp Plan (Audio File H-3, 1.2 mb)
CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENTS (on agenda items only):
L. Storm - Various (Audio File I, 2:30 min., 431 kb)
COUNCILMEMBERS' RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS (Audio File J, approx. 60 seconds, 176 kb)
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