AUDIO & SUMMARY/MINUTES SULTAN COUNCIL MTG. - March 8, 2007
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March 8, 2007 AGENDA PACKET - All agenda item documents contained in a single document, 5.4 mb
6:00 PM HEARING - Critical Areas Ordinance (minor revision) (AUDIO 11 min., 2.3 mb)
7:00 PM CALL TO ORDER - Pledge of Allegiance,
Roll Call, Changes to agenda (AUDIO
File A, 0:48 sec., 143 kb)
PRESENTATIONS
1. Comprehensive Plan Update - Reid Shockey (AUDIO in two parts: Part B-1, 6:30 min., 1.12 mb; File B-2, 5:53 min., 1.0 mb)
- Comprehensive Plan Adopted March 31, 2004 (DRAFT [to be] Revised June 2007) (7.2MB file; G.R.I.T. NOTE: This file has been reduced in size to 1.6 mb) With Intro Letter from Shockey Brent dated March 1, 200
2. Snohomish County - Law Enforcement Service Options, 925 kb pdf (AUDIO of this 65-minute presentation, click here)
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC:
- Genevieve Jelinek (Audio File D-1, 2:13 min., 393 kb): Re cleaning up the "Briar Patch" across the river; wouldn't have happened without Chief Walser.
- Jeff Beeler (Audio File D-2, 1:23 min., 244 kb) Re Asphal application at crest of Sultan Basin Road, and Timber Ridge construction issues re long-time pothole and sediment flowing into Wagley Creek from the roadway.
- Traci Hoenstine (Audio File D-3, 1:23 min., 245 kb) - Questions re Sheriff's contract
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS - Audio File E, 7:07 min., 1.2 mb
STAFF REPORTS- Written Reports Submitted (Audio File F, 15 seconds, 46 kb)
- Clerk and Finance Staff Report
- Planning Staff Report (Cisar reports on meeting with Army Corps of Engineer personnel related to the compensatory wetland mitigation order by the Corps in 2000 caused by wetland damage during illegal construction of LID 97-1 sewer line)
CONSENT AGENDA (Audio File G, 24 seconds, 73 kb): The following items are incorporated into the consent agenda and approved by a single motion of the Council.
1. Minutes of the February 22, 2007 Public Hearing - Public Participation (107 kb pdf)
2. Minutes of the February 22, 2007 Council Meeting (231 kb pdf)
3. Approval of Vouchers (230 kb pdf)
4. Authorization to Proceed with REDFLEX (132 kb pdf)
ACTION ITEMS:
1. Ordinance 947-07 Critical Areas Regulations Amendment (1.7 mb pdf document) - 1st Reading (information for this item is included in the Public Hearing documents) (Audio File H-1, 1:00 min., 172 kb)
2. Reese Park CDBG Project Bid Award (445 kb, pdf - Item #3 - Sportsmen's Park, is part of this document file) (Audio File H-2, 22:17 min., 3.83 mb)
3. Sportsman Park CDBG Project Bid Award (included in above file for Reese Park)
4. Council Calendar for 2007 & setting up council committees (228 kb, pdf document) (Audio in TWO PARTS: First part: file H-3a, 10:54 min., 187 mbn; Second part H-3b, 15:58 min., 2.74 mb)
5. Professional Service Contract with Summit Law Group - Labor Negotiations (365 kb, pdf document) (Audio File H-4, 6:11 min., 1.06 mb)
6. Professional Service Contract with Mark Knowles - Financial Analysis Support (291 kb, pdf document) (Audio File H-5, 6:52 min., 1.18 mb)
DISCUSSION:
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY
(Audio File J, 4:43 min., 832 kb) JEAN ROBERTS (re transparency in government; thanks to D. Knight for vision in organizing and publishing council committee meetings and council calendar); LORETTA STORM re open committee meetings, thanks to C/M Wiediger for serving as Library Board's council liaison (stated she would have recommended Champeaux but didn't think he liked to read that much); stressed the significant problems with sediment runoff from the Sultan Basin Road flowing into Wagley (for several months).
COUNCILMEMBER RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS (Audio file K, 3:33 min., 627 kb)
- Boyd; Feels portion of Public Works committee meetings dealing with people's leaks needs to be kept private, but having rest of it open to the public is good idea.
- Champeaux: Said Loretta's "shot"(re library board) woke him right up.
- Slawson: Council was also instrumental in urging more transparence and specifically more town meetings.
- Weidiger: Said it's developer's responsibility to protect the creek, not a city problem.
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