CITY
OF SHORELINE
SHORELINE
CITY COUNCIL
Monday, April 12, 2004
Shoreline Conference Center
PRESENT: Mayor Hansen, Councilmembers Chang, Fimia, Grace, and Ransom
ABSENT: Deputy Mayor Jepsen and Councilmember Gustafson
1.
CALL TO ORDER
The
meeting was called to order at 8:06 p.m. by Mayor Hansen, who presided.
2. FLAG SALUTE/ROLL CALL
Mayor
Hansen led the flag salute. Upon roll
call by the City Clerk, all Councilmembers were present, with the exceptions of
Deputy Mayor Jepsen and Councilmember Gustafson.
Upon motion by Councilmember
Fimia, seconded by Councilmember Chang and unanimously carried, Deputy Mayor
Jepsen and Councilmember Gustafson were excused.
(a)
Proclamation
of “Judge James T. Ronald Day”
3. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
Steve
Burkett, City Manager, described next week’s agenda.
4. REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Councilmember Grace reported that 54 individuals
testified at the three public forums and provided much valuable input that will
be discussed at the Council Retreat.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
(a) LaNita
Wacker, Shoreline, distributed a document entitled Fircrest School: A Center of
Excellence, which she said she had delivered to City Hall but she was not
sure Council had received. She
suggested that citizens receive acknowledgement of information provided to the
City Council. She went on to say that
Fircrest is the second largest employer in Shoreline, and its closure will have
an economic impact on the community.
She felt that Shoreline’s jobs are being outsourced to Pierce
County. She noted that 50 – 62 percent
of the funds that operate Fircrest come from the federal government and this
income to the City will be lost if Fircrest is closed. She regretted that Council has not lobbied
to keep Fircrest open.
6. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Councilmember Fimia moved
approval of the agenda. Councilmember
Ransom seconded the motion, which carried 5 – 0.
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
Councilmember Ransom asked that the two
sets of minutes of the community forums be pulled. He moved to approve the consent calendar as amended. The motion was seconded by Councilmember
Fimia and the following consent calendar items were approved:
Minutes of
Workshop of March 15, 2004
Minutes of Regular
Meeting of March 22, 2004
Approval of expenses
and payroll as of March 26,
2004 in the amount of
$1,263,175.05
Resolution
No. 214 authorizing the Retirement Health
Savings
Plan Benefit to the Employee Deferred
Compensation
Program
Motion
to authorize the City Manager to execute the
Interlocal
Agreement with King County for Court Services
Motion
to authorize the City Manager to execute an
Intergovernmental
Cooperative Purchasing Agreement
with
King County Director’s Association
8. ACTION ITEMS: OTHER ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS
(a)
Resolution No. 215 adopting
the Hazard Mitigation Plan
Police Chief Denise Turner
explained that Council had reviewed the draft plan on March 15 and the document
before Council tonight has not changed.
She said that the two changes suggested at the workshop were not incorporated
and explained the reasons. She said
that adding a Councilmember to the Emergency Management Council could be
accomplished through an amendment to Ordinance No. 238, not this plan. She noted that staff did not recommend this
change, since this group was established as an interjurisdictional
administrative group, under the direction of the City Manager, to implement the
emergency plans and policies established by the City Council. She said the second suggestion was to sort
the 28 mitigation strategies in short, medium and long term projects and have a
cost-benefit analysis done for future funding.
The strategies are already rank-ordered in the plan and no changes were
recommended. She said that as the
strategies are considered for implementation, cost-benefit analysis will be
done.
Councilmember Ransom
reiterated his recommendation that an elected official should serve on the
Emergency Management Council. Mr.
Burkett reiterated that this would be a separate legislative action. Mayor Hansen supported the staff
recommendation because this group basically is a staff working group.
Councilmember Grace asked for
regular updates on the status of the strategies. He also confirmed that their adoption does not commit any
funding.
Chief Turner concluded that
once Council has adopted the plan, it will be forwarded to the State of
Washington for its review and comment.
Then the City will consider this feedback and the finalized document
will be forwarded to FEMA.
Chief Turner said that some
of the initiatives, such as the hiring of the Emergency Management Coordinator
and the production of education materials, are already funded. Mr. Burkett added that the City is receiving
some grant funding.
Councilmember Fimia noted
that the City is not precluded from spending money on these strategies before
the final plan is submitted to FEMA.
Then she noted a hazard just outside the City’s southern boundary and
felt that this facility should be noted on Shoreline’s map.
Chief Turner noted that the
map is only of the City of Shoreline, except for Pt. Wells, which can only be
accessed through Shoreline and for which Shoreline is the primary responder by
contract.
Councilmember Fimia felt the
City would surely want to know about hazards adjacent to our borders.
Chief Turner said adjacent
jurisdictions are going through a similar process of mapping hazards and
producing similar information about them.
She felt it is not appropriate to include hazards that are handled by
other jurisdictions on our map.
Mayor Hansen added that there
are mutual aid agreements to provide help with hazards in neighboring cities.
Mr. Burkett added that all
the jurisdictions will review the plans of their neighbors and so through this
sharing of information, everyone will be aware of the big picture.
Upon motion by Councilmember Grace, seconded by
Councilmember Chang and unanimously carried, Resolution No. 215 adopting the
Hazard Mitigation Plan was approved.
9. ADJOURNMENT
At 8:45 p.m., Mayor Hansen
declared the meeting adjourned.
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Sharon Mattioli, City Clerk