CITY OF SHORELINE
SHORELINE CITY COUNCIL
SUMMARY MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Monday, February 12, 2001
7:30 p.m.
Shoreline Conference Center
Mt. Rainier Room
PRESENT: Mayor Jepsen, Deputy Mayor Hansen, Councilmembers Grossman, Gustafson, Lee, Montgomery and Ransom
ABSENT: None
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7:34 p.m. by Mayor Jepsen, who presided.
2. FLAG SALUTE/ROLL CALL
Upon roll call by the City Clerk, all Councilmembers were present with the exception of Councilmember Lee, who arrived shortly thereafter.
(a) Proclamation of "Neighbor Appreciation Day"
Mayor Jepsen proclaimed February 24, 2001 as "Neighbor Appreciation Day" in Shoreline. He presented the proclamation to Council of Neighborhoods Chair Darlene Feikema. Ms. Feikema noted Council of Neighborhoods support, during the February 7 meeting, of identifying the entire month of February as Neighbor Appreciation Month beginning in 2002.
3. REPORT OF CITY MANAGER
Interim City Manager Larry Bauman distributed a brief survey and requested that Councilmembers complete and return it for staff use in preparation of a draft Economic Development Program at the March 5 Council Workshop. He went on to review other upcoming agenda items.
Councilmember Montgomery suggested the cancellation of the February 20 Council Workshop. Council concurred. Mr. Bauman agreed to review the schedule and to report back to Councilmembers with a determination on canceling the February 20 Workshop.
Next, Mr. Bauman distributed an educational brochure that staff produced addressing the issue of "light trespass." He went on to discuss City energy conservation efforts.
Councilmember Lee arrived at 7:45 p.m.
Councilmember Gustafson reported that he and Councilmember Ransom attended the January 31 follow-up meeting to the Human Services Roundtable. He noted that those in attendance unanimously supported the continuation of meetings of the representatives of organizations in north King County that formerly participated in the Human Services Roundtable.
4. REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS: None
5. PUBLIC COMMENT: None
6. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Councilmember Montgomery moved approval of the agenda, placing item 8 (a), regarding the construction bid for the Shoreline Swimming Pool, on the consent calendar as item 7(f). Councilmember Gustafson seconded the motion, which carried unanimously, and the agenda, as amended, was approved.
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
Councilmember Ransom moved to approved the consent, as amended. Council-member Montgomery seconded the motion, which carried 7-0, and the following items were approved:
Minutes of Workshop Meeting of January 16, 2001
Minutes of Dinner Meeting of January 22, 2001
Minutes of Regular Meeting of January 22, 2001
Approval of expenses and payroll as of January 26, 2001 in the amount of $3,622,615.10
Motion to accept the lowest responsive construction bid for the 15th Avenue N.E. at NE 165th Street Project and to authorize the Interim City Manager to execute a contract with Mer-Con, Inc. in the amount of $151,077.70 and to execute change orders up to 10% of the original contract amount
Motion to authorize the Interim City Manager to sign a contract for Parks Landscaping and Maintenance Services with Tru-Green Landcare for $303,364.00
Ordinance No. 263 amending the membership of the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Advisory Committee; and amending chapter 2.55 of the Shoreline Municipal Code
Motion to accept the lowest responsive construction bid for the Shoreline Swimming Pool Improvement Project and to authorize the Interim City Manager to execute a contract including the alternate bid to include the upper level meeting/ classroom with Pennon Construction in the amount of $959,387.00 and to execute change orders up to 15% of the original contract amount
9. NEW BUSINESS
(a) Update regarding options for "Celebrate Shoreline" in 2001 and 2002
Wendy Barry, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Director, reviewed the staff report.
Mayor Jepsen stated his goal to move the parade off of Aurora Avenue to a street that is "more conducive to the scale of parade we have." He also mentioned his desire to minimize the disruption to traffic on and businesses along Aurora Avenue. He advocated that the City move the parade to 15th Avenue NE this year. He mentioned 5th Avenue NE and Meridian Avenue N as alternatives to 15th Avenue NE.
In response to Councilmember Montgomery, Ms. Barry said staff would need to evaluate whether the City could move the parade to 185th Street and use the Shoreline Conference Center as the staging area. She explained the staff parameter to route the parade through the North City business district.
Councilmember Montgomery agreed that Aurora Avenue is too large of a street for the City parade.
Councilmember Ransom noted a large attendance at the first City parade, which took place in the afternoon and which followed a route that ended at Aurora Square. He said more recent parades, which have taken place in the evening, have had smaller attendance. He expressed reluctance to move the parade off of Aurora Avenue. He acknowledged that a smaller street would be more conducive to the size of recent City parades. He asserted that the potential exists for a bigger parade, and he expressed concern about losing such potential. Reiterating the larger attendance at the first City parade and noting the size of the parade in the City of Edmonds, he suggested additional concessions and an afternoon parade to increase attendance.
Mayor Jepsen asserted that the City parade is comparable in size to that of the City of Edmonds. He reiterated the problem of scale of using Aurora Avenue for the parade route. He conceded to using Aurora Avenue, if necessary, but he asserted his preference to move the parade to a smaller street.
Councilmember Gustafson agreed. He favored moving the parade to 15th Avenue NE. Given the unavailability this year of the staging area for the 15th Avenue NE parade route, he supported the staff recommendation to continue Celebrate Shoreline in the Aurora venue in 2001 and to begin planning Celebrate Shoreline in North City in 2002.
Councilmember Montgomery agreed. She said it would not be good to separate the parade from the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce. She supported continuing the parade on Aurora Avenue if the Chamber of Commerce event "cannot be staged on a smaller street without a great deal of expense." She favored the eventual move of the parade to a smaller street.
Deputy Mayor Hansen concurred with concerns about the coordination of the parade and the food events. He questioned the availability of a staging area for the food events in the vicinity of 15th Avenue NE. He agreed with Mayor Jepsen that the scale of 15th Avenue NE is more appropriate to the parade.
Ms. Barry said the City would incur additional expenses, not included in the 2001 budget, to change the venue of the Celebrate Shoreline event to North City this year.
Noting large senior-citizen attendance at the parade on Aurora Avenue, Councilmember Lee said many people walk to the event. She expressed concern about transportation and parking if the City changes the venue. She supported continuing the Celebrate Shoreline event in the Aurora venue this year. She advocated food booths and additional concession stands.
Mayor Jepsen confirmed Council consensus in favor of the staff recommendation supporting option three ("Continue event with parade on Aurora and festival at Shorewood High School and collaborate with the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce Food Fair") and beginning to plan the move to the North City venue for 2002. Ms. Barry said staff will begin this planning.
Councilmember Ransom reiterated his reservation about moving the event off of Aurora Avenue.
Councilmember Lee advocated that staff include transportation in the planning for Celebrate Shoreline 2002 for the North City venue.
10. CONTINUED PUBLIC COMMENT: None
11. EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 8:05 p.m., Mayor Jepsen announced that Council would recess into executive session for 45 minutes to address one item of real estate acquisition.
At 8:49 p.m., the executive session concluded, and the regular session reconvened.
12. ADJOURNMENT
At 8:49 p.m., Mayor Jepsen declared the meeting adjourned.
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Sharon Mattioli, CMC
City Clerk