AUDIO & SUMMARY - Sultan Council Mtg. April 12, 2007

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April 12, 2007 - Council Agenda Packet

(The file above is 8.0 mb in size and contains ALL documents comprising the agenda packet)


6:00 PM Workshop - Community Rating System for Flood Insurance (1.5 pdf file) (CRS) - Craig Bruner, Presenter

AUDIO: PART 1 (20:50 min., 3.6 mb) summary of program by Bruner; PART 2 (19:33 min., 3.4 mb), questions from assembly and council; PART 3 (15:26 min., 2.7 mb), questions from assembly.

7:00 PM CALL TO ORDER, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call and Changes/Additions to Agenda [Jim Flower requests addition of a Consent Agenda item to excuse absences for Tolson, Seehuus and Boyd for personal reasons; Derek Boyd shows up shortly after meeting start]; nomination of Mayor Pro-tem for this meeting only. AUDIO FILE A, 2:31 min., 445 kb)

PRESENTATIONS

Presentation of Stormwater Program - By Ms. Aker of Shockey-Brent:

This is a presentation re the need for creation of a new Sultan utility[G.R.I.T. Note: 3:22 min. of audio were deleted from the middle of this file, the entire audio of which is meaningless, as it was devoted failed attempts to get the city's Powerpoint slide program to work from a computer notebook. Councilmembers used hard copies of this program which were included in their council packets. The information presented was essentially the same as the one previously given to the Plng. Board's March 20th meeting by Ms. Aker. Here is that presentation (the results of Shockey-Brent's phone survey to various cities and here's another handout that was given at that 3/20/07 PB meeting, a file of FAQs re Stormwater] AUDIO FILE B, 36 min., 6.4 mb

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC:

  • Gerry Gibson (Audio File C-1, 3:05 min. 543 kb) - Re police issues; lack of action re analyizing and revising traffic impact fees; and disappointment over Derek's "Dr. Greenbud" article, which condones drug use.
  • Kerry Ourada (Audio File C-2, 2:18 min., 407 kb )- A small minority of self-interested individuals and city officials have exhibited inappropriate disrespect for the Walser and the SPD over the last several years, and repeated attempts to switch to the county sheriff for law enforcement; and the "local newspaper" is assisting in that continuing behavior.
  • Loretta Storm (Audio File C-3, 2:40 min., 489 kb) Kudos to Deborah Knight for her outstanding abilities to provide information and tools to council so they can do their job, nothing short of miraculous. However...putting a teensy note re a "sheriff's meeting" on utility bill is totally ineffective. She has offered to help with some financing and/or manual labor so that a flyer can be mailed to all residents on this issue alone, which will communicate to the (many) remaining residents who still know nothing of this issue.

    (Transcription of above comments in htm, and in Word, pdf)

COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS - By Jim Flower only (re agreement with lack of effective community notice for 4/26 meeting; thanks to Mr. Ourada for his support of the SPD) Audio File D, 2:00 min., 354 kb

AUDIO FILE E, 1:25 min., 251 kb INCLUDES Staff Report and Consent Agenda (below):

STAFF REPORTS (Written Reports Submitted )

1. 1st Quarter and 2007 Budget Document (pdf 1.2 mb)
2. City Admin Staff Report (pdf)
3. Planning Staff Report (pdf)

CONSENT AGENDA: The following items are incorporated into the consent agenda and approved by a single motion of the Council. [G.R.I.T. NOTE: Consent agenda revised to reflect excused absences for Mayor Tolson and John Seehuus]

1. Minutes of the March 22, 2007 Council Meeting (286 pdf; for audio, see above link)
2. Approval of Vouchers (510 kb pdf; for audio, see above link)
3. Proclamation for National Volunteer Week (186 pdf; for audio, see above link)
4. Interlocal Agreement - Transport Services for Animals (322 kb pdf; for audio, see above link)
5. Utility Committee Report (53 kb pdf; for audio, see above link)

ACTION ITEMS:

1. IAC Trail Grant Application Approval (Audio File F, 4:47 min., 843 kb)
2. DEM Resolution 07-05 Council Meeting Procedures (Audio File G, 2:42 min., 478 kb)
3. Ordinance 948-07 Budget Amendments - 1st Reading (Audio File H, 4:45 min., 836 kb)
4. Ordinance 949-07 Credit Card Use (Audio File I, 7:08 min., 1.3 mb)

DISCUSSION ITEMS

1. Quasi-Judicial Procedures (604 kb pdf) (Audio File J, 40 min., 7.0 mb)
2. VEBA - Medical Savings Account for Non Represented Employees (803 kb pdf) (Audio File K, 13:00 min., 2.3 mb)
3. Capital Improvement Plan Evaluation Criteria (1.3 mb pdf) (Audio File L, 15 min., 2.6 mb)

PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS (Audio File M, 45 seconds, 135 kb): L. Storm - re good job done by Temporary Mayor Pro-tem Kristina Blair.[G.R.I.T. NOTE: Generally, the laughter and banter heard, just before and after public comments related to the fact that Storm was the only "public" remaining at that point.]

COUNCILMEMBER RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: (Audio File N, 4:37 min., 814 kb)

  • Ron Wieidgier: Thanks to Loretta for "hanging in there to the end"; thanks to staff for the council packets, and thanks to Connie Dunn.
  • Steve Slawson: What happened to the "turtles" [yellow caution bumps] at the U. S. 2/5th Street intersection which were shaved off by WSDOT snow removal equipment? Public Works Director Connie Dunn stated they refuse to replace them.
  • Jim Flower: C/M. Blair did a fine job as Mayor "Pro-tempette." Stated the next mayor will get a titantium gavel.
  • Derek Boyd: Thanks to staff for council packages.
  • Kristina Blair: Asked Cisar to respond re Gerry Gibson's comment about traffic impact fees; Cisar states the "first part" of that effort is the redo of Sultan's Transportation Plan, part of Sultan's mandated compliance requirements; the "second phase" will be performing an analysis/study for those fees.

Meeting ended 9:34 PM

 

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