AGENDA DOCUMENTS (& Audio following the meeting)
July 26, 2007 City of Sultan Council Meeting
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AGENDA
DOCUMENTS & AUDIO
(Note: Audio will be posted after the meeting, obviously.)
AGENDA PACKET AS A SINGLE PDF FILE (4.6 mb)
6:00
PM Public Hearing (separate
webpage with Audio
of
this hearing)
(Supporting documents, in PDF):
6-year Transportation Improvement Program & 2008-2013
Transportation Improvement Plan)
6:00 PM Public Hearing - 2007 Budget Amendments (As of 7/29: Audio will follow Monday, 7/30)
7:00 PM CALL TO ORDER - Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call & Changes/Additions to Agenda (AUDIO FILE A, 58 seconds; kb)
PRESENTATIONS
- BNSF Railroad - Operation Lifesaver Safety Presentation (AUDIO FILE, 1.2 mb MP3) (This was a visual presentation using reader-boards, so no documents are available.)
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC:
- Bart Dalmasso (AUDIO FILE C-1, 2:45 min., 484 kb) Owner of Sultan's All Real Estate business and a Sultan resident. Mr. Dalmasso is a previous Sultan Planning Commissioner as well as the private organizer of a Sultan economic development group of certain business owners titled the Economic Development Board. One must be a Sultan business owner to attend this group's meetings (except for Donna Murphy, who attends as the city's representative). We asked to be allowed to attend to attend these meetings and "monitor" them. Our request was soundly denied.
- Courtney Flora, Attorney representing the Skyridge Estates developers planning to build 200 homes at the western dead-end area of 124th St. SE. (AUDIO FILE C-2, 5:40 min., 997 kb) For background information on these developers and their previous $30,000 donation, click here. Ms. Flora had previously submitted a letter to the Mayor/Council to City Attorney Thom Graafstra for prior review. This letter makes four requests of the City. (We will do a transcription of this letter later this week.)
- Arthur Bertiss [spelling uncertain] (AUDIO FILE C-3, 3:53 min., 685 kb) - Wanted to build a 20x30 foot building and start a business in Sultan, but found out his would have to spend approx. $20,000 in permits, new sewer/water hook-ups (even though hookups already exist at that location), traffic impact fees, etc.
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
- Kristina Blair (AUDIO FILE D-1, 3:07 min., 549 kb): Thanks Mr. Bertiss and Attorney Flora for their comments; pleased that these Sultan developers with to "donate" to Sultan's infrastructure. Private contributions to public infrastructure is now a standard practice in most cities.
- Jim Flower (echoes Blair's comments) (AUDIO FILE D-2, 3:39 Min., 645 kb). Thanks to Dalmasso for his Ec. Development "Board." Comments/explanation of how fast (and how much) infrastructure fees are increasing.
AUDIO FILE D-3, 5:33 min., 977 kb:
- Ron Wiediger - Thanked all for coming. Wants to meet with Art Bertiss. Congratulated Public Works Director Connie Dunn for innovative approach to "neighborhood meetings": Bringing the city to the neighborhood, rather than the other way around.
- Steve Slawson - Invited everyone to Aug. 11th 10 a.m. East County Parks meeting at Monroe's Park Place Middle School to speak their peace about a long-delayed shooting range north of the city on the Basin Road. Asked Director of Community Development Rick Cisar the status of the Levels of Service (LOS) re parks and if sale of Sultan parks/parkland would decrease Sultan's mandated LOS (causing problems to future developments/plat applications); Cisar: "Yes, it would." Re budget cuts, "Were going to have to do what we need to do." Told story of a situation he was involved in years ago where the school had a budget crunch and turned lights OFF between 10 PM and 6 a.m., the result of which is that crime activity actuall decreased in that area.
- Bruce Champeaux: Thanked staff for their work during Shindig. Totally agree with four changes as presented by the Skyridge developers and Courtney Flora. Thanked Mr. Bertiss for coming and sharing his experiences.
- Mayor Pro-tem John Seehuus (speaking, I think, as a council member): Thanked everyone for coming; it was good to see a large crowd in attendance.
STAFF REPORTS - Written Reports Submitted (but not included in the City's agenda packet).
CONSENT AGENDA: The following items are incorporated into the consent agenda and approved by a single motion of the Council. AUDIO FILE E, 29 seconds, 86 kb)
- Approval of Vouchers
- Approval of the Snohomish County On-call Service Contract (G.R.I.T. Note: Could someone please tell me WHY this is a CONSENT AGENDA ITEM rather than a discussable ACTION agenda item? It's our understanding that Chief Walser had already put into place an interlocal with the City of Monroe PD before leaving. Even if that is not the case, why would this be a "no-brainer/no discussion" item?)
- Confirmation of the Appointment of the City Clerk (G.R.I.T. Note: Again, NOT a consent agenda item. How about copies of where, when and how this position was advertised? As you know, we follow Sultan pretty darn closely, but we didn't hear a breath of this job opening. Nor the Deputy Finance Director position. So, after all the fuss and bother about getting Sultan's financial house in order with a "real, live, professional" Financial Director in place, Sultan is now back to Square One re preparation, recordation and tracking of its financial information.)
- Approval of the Utility Committee Report
ACTION ITEMS:
- Approval of TIB Grant Applications (AUDIO FILE F, 8:32 min., 1.5 mb)
- FCS Contract Amendment - Sewer Rate Study (AUDIO FILE G, 7:57 min., 1.4 mb)
- Stormwater
Utility - Set Public Hearing (as
a single 1.9 mb file) or broken out into individual files below:
- Agenda Cover Document/Page
- Attachment A: Ord. 913-06 (council approves S/W Utility)
- Attachment B: Berryman & Henigar's Dec. 2002 DRAFT S/W Utility Plan
- Attachment C: Ordinance ###, establishing S/W Utility
- Attachment D: May 2007, Shockey-Brent's S/W Credits Manual
- Attachment E: Walbrun Road resident Martinell requesting credit for Onsite containment of Stormwater on their five-acre property.
- Attachment F: Stormwater Utility's 6-year budget
AUDIO OF STORMWATER UTILITY IN TWO FILES: H-1, 6:41 min., 1.2 mb and H-2, 7:24 min., 1.3 mb)
- Sewer Rates - Set Public Hearing (AUDIO FILE I, 2:47 min., 501 kb)
- Snohomish County Sheriff - Backfill Contract (AUDIO FILE J, 5:52 min., 1.1 mb)
DISCUSSION: Time Permitting
- Developer Agreements (No documentation, explanation or back-up was provided for this item; This item was REMOVED from the Agenda at the beginning of the council meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY - None (Audio File K, 24 seconds, 73 kb)
COUNCILMEMBER RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITMS: Audio File L, 1:06 min., 201 kb
Executive Session: Potential Litigation and Personnel
Adjournment- 10:00 PM or at the conclusion of Council business.
NOTES ON OUR DIGITAL RECORDING AND FILES:
- This audio is accurate and complete. However, we urge that people contact the City directly to obtain the final agenda, and certified minutes, ordinances, resolutions or other documents: City Clerk Laura Koenig 360-793-2231. If you receive the automated message, you can bypass it and go directly to her voicemail by pressing "2" and then the pound (#) sign.
- As of the October 26, 2006 council meeting, the city began recording meetings using a Morantz MP3 digital recorder, which has records directly from the microphones to the recorder, thus, clearly than the audio we present here, with is captured from "room" sound from a microphone located near the podium. If you wish to secure a copy of the City's audio, contact Clerk Koenig.
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