Sultan Council - June 8, 2005

COUNCIL MEETINGS: Audio and Summary - June 8, 2005
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MEETING START (1.4 mb; approx. 8 min.): Changes to agenda, presentations to Boys and Girls Torch Club for service work, Laura Koenig intorduction of new staff person.

PUBLIC COMMENTS (2.1 mb, 11:42 min.):

Bart Dalmasso re petition to get Bank of America to stay
Jeff Wilson (and Son) - Announcing "business" of painting home addresses on city curbs.
Josie Fallgatter - Comments re her and Jeff Kirkman's Settlement Agreement with the City, the conditions of which have been broken because of Councilman Jim Flower's and Bart Dalmasso's testimony at the County Comprehensive Plan hearing re the Sultan watershed.
Loretta Storm - Criticized City's "good faith" in signing a settlement agreement that included language describing actions they knew at the time they could not adhere to re public participation notices; also for proposing City Resolution 05-13, designed to revise the language agreed to in the Fallgatter/Kirkman settlement.
Also comments by Jeff Kirkman and an addendum by Storm.

COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS:

Rob Criswell (0.6 mb, 3:23 min.) - Coments on BofA and curb painting idea; also, another question to Chief Fred Walsesr as to who pays for Sultan PD officer training

Other Councilmember comments, Part 1 (0.9 mb, 5:00 min.)

Dusty Boucher - Thanks to Bart Dalmasso, Torch Club activism and Bart's petition efforts. All of those positive contributions that have been brought to us tonight, I can assure you that they were in no way lessened by the... negative [unintelligible] follow-ups." (i.e., comments by Fallgatter, Storm and Kirkman re the City's broken agreement).

John Seehuus: Tanks to everyone fro coming; to Bart for B of A petition.

Jim Flower: Thanks to allk for coming. Said he was being accused of dishonorable breach of contract which he finds curious. It was his understanding that the City's position was to stand by his desire to annex in the watershed UGA. It was also his understanding that the City Council was given full permission to advocate for the watershed with the County Council [ignoring the precise language in the Agreement related to this point]. See our full transcription (in Word and Acrobat)

Kristina Blair: Thanks to all for coming, thanks to Bart for BofA petition; curb-painting a great idea; she is interested in learning more about the language in the resolution.

Councilmember & Mayoral comments, Part 2 (1.5 mb, 8:09 min.)

Derek Boyd (Re broken agreement): See our full transcription (in Word and Acrobat)

MAYOR TOLSON comments, (mostly regarding broken agreement re testimony and resolution's language as it relates to city's website and cable channel access through which to advertise public notices and meetings, and hearings), See our full transcription (in Word and Acrobat)

Other Councilmember comments, Part 3(0.7 mb, 3:52 min.)

Bruce Champeaux - Arrived late to the meeting, so he did not understand the comments regarding the resolution and broken city agreement; recommends commending Basketball achievements

Criswell, re consent item #3,

STAFF REPORTS

Audio File #1, 0.7 mb, 3:56 min.

Donna Murphy: Grant report; report on and comments about Sandy Delvecchio's efforts and achievements re the Centennial; details on Centennial Birthday party and Annual City Portrait.

Fred Walser Sultan Police: No report this meeting.

Audio File #2, 1.8 mb, 9:57 min.

Connie Dunn, Public Works: Gave status of First Street paving, 5th Street Signalization and Sultan Basin Road Improvements. Also gave a report on Sultan's Wasterwater Treatment Plant biosolids issue, how to increase capacity by reducing biosolid "bulk" for storage and transport.

CONSENT AGENDA (0.1 mb, 26 seconds)

ACTION AGENDA

Resolution 05-13, Development Procedures (an approximate 33-minute discussion; this has been broken down into four separate files): File #1 (1.8 mb, 9:56 min.); File #2 (1.7 mb, 9:28 min.); File #3 (1.9 mb, 10:47 min.) File #4 (0.5 mb, 3:02 min.).

File #2 includes Councilman Boucher's impatient outburst that he and most councilmembers felt "it" was ridiculous. But unclear to everyone listening (except perhaps the council, mayor and Mr. Graafstra, who have been privy to past executive session discussions), as to precisely what Mr. Boucher was referring: Either (1) the Fallgatter/Kirkman inititial appeal; or (2) the City's requested settlement agreement with Fallgatter/Kirkman to settle their appeal; or (3) the conditions and language included in the settlement agreement signed by the entire council; or (4) the current discussion on the Resolution language which revises the language agreed to in the settlement document. Councilman Boucher also commended Councilman Flower for "showing the spine" to indicate "it" was ridiculous.

Acceptance of Schedule A, I & I Report, Final Acceptance (0.5 mb; 2:50 min.)

DISCUSSION AGENDA:

Animal Control (No report; still waiting for response from Monroe re "combining" efforts; audio/comment included in below audio file re Financial report.)
Financial Report (1.3 mb, 7:21 min.)

PUBLIC COMMENTS (0.9 mb, 5:15 min.): Liz Kirkman, Loretta Storm, Jeff Kirkman commented.

COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS (1.4 mb, 7:43 min.)

Meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM