2014, 01-14 Minutes Regular MINUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Regular Meeting
Formal Meeting Format
Tuesday,January 14,2014
Mayor Grafos called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Attendance: City Staff:
Dean Grafos,Mayor Mike Jackson, City Manager
Arne Woodard,Deputy Mayor Cary Driskell, City Attorney
Bill Bates, Councilmember John Hohman,Community Dev Director
Chuck Hafner, Councilmember Eric Guth,Public Works Director
Rod Higgins, Councilmember Mark Calhoun,Finance Director
Ed Pace, Councilmember Christina Janssen,Planner
Ben Wick, Councilmember Mike Stone,Parks&Recreation Director
Chris Bainbridge, City Clerk
INVOCATION: Pastor Craig Smart of ValIeypoint Church gave the invocation.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE; Mayor Grafos led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL.:,City Clerk Bainbridge called the roll; all Couneilmembers were present.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: It was moved by Deputy Mayor Woodard, seconded and unanimously
agreed to approve the agenda.
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS: n/a
COMMITTEE,BOARD,LIAISON SUMMARY REPORTS:
Councilmember Hafner gave a brief report on the STA (Spokane Transit Authority) upcoming meeting;
Deputy Mayor Woodard mentioned a few social gatherings he attended as well as the HCDAC (Housing
Community Development Advisory Committee) meeting concerning project funding, and said our second
priority project did not receive any funding but the first priority project was recommended for full
funding; and said these recommendations will move forward to the Board of County Commissioners and
a public hearing in March. Other Councilmembers had no report.
MAYOR'S REPORT:
Mayor Grafos mentioned the meeting he attended last week with Senator Padden concerning follow-up
legislative issues; and said he read a proclamation at the River Front Park concerning human trafficking.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Mayor Grafos invited public comments;no comments were offered.
1. CONSENT AGENDA: Consists of items considered routine which are approved as a group. Any
member of Council may ask that an item be removed from the Consent Agenda to be considered
separately.
a. Approval of the following claim vouchers:
VOUCHER LIST VOUCHER NUMBERS TOTAL AMOUNT
12/05/2013 30928-30943; 1127130015; 1127130052 $2,408,431.06
12/06/2013 30948-30960 $17,839.14
12/12/2013 30961-30983 $87,431.11
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12/13/2013 30984-31060; 1205130024 $436,889.44
12/16/2013 5698-5702 $605.00
12/19/2013 31062-31118; 1217130147 $579,254.31
12/31/2013 31119-31147; 1230130025 $1,614,609.91
12/31/2013 5703-5705 $466.00
01/02/2014 31148-31176 $140,741.48
01/02/2014 31177-31181 $217,552.58
01/08/2014 4633; 4650-4653; 4665; 31182-31185 $287,658.21
GRAND TOTAL $5,791,478.24
b.Approval of Payroll for Pay Period Ending December 15,2013: $289,953.73
c.Approval of Payroll for Pay Period Ending December 31,2013: $422,112.79
d. Approval of December 10, 2013 Council Meeting Minutes,Formal Meeting Format
e.Approval of December 17,2013 Council Meeting Minutes, Study Session Format
f. Approval of January 7, 2014 Council Meeting Minutes, Study Session Format
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Woodard, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the Consent
Agenda.
NEW BUSINESS:
2. First Reading Proposed Ordinance 14-001 Vacating Part of Alki St.—Christina Janssen
As he had done previously, Councilmember Bates recused himself from this topic and left the dais at 6:10
p.m. After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Deputy Mayor Woodard and
seconded to advance ordinance 14-001, Alki Avenue partial street vacation, to a second reading. Planner
Jansen explained the proposal as per her Request for Council Action(RCA) form and the previous week's
administrative report. She noted in that RCA that the parcel Councilmember Wick commented upon
previously about not having direct access to a public right-of-way,is owned by an adjacent property owner
and an access easement would need to be established if the land locked parcel were sold, but that the
proposed street vacation does not create the land locked situation. Public Comments were invited and
Dennis Scott, 1009 N Tanglewood Lane in Liberty Lake, commented that his wife owns rental property at
724 and 726 N McKay, which is two properties to the west of the subject property; he said they did not
receive a notice of the hearing but he learned of the hearing afterwards from a neighbor; stated his concerns
about a vacation being a "gift" to a developer, and about resulting traffic "dumping" onto Broadway with
no option for a secondary access. Deputy Mayor Woodard said this would be a fifty-five and over
community which means they would not be rushing home from work; said the proposal complements the
area with additional multi-family properties, and that he feels vacating this piece of road makes sense.
There were no other public comments. Vote by Acclamation: In favor: Unanimous. Opposed: None.
Motion carried. Councilmember Bates returned to the dais at 6:20 p.m.
3.Proposed Resolution 14-001,Bank Signature Authority—Mark Calhoun
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Woodard and seconded to approve Resolution 14-001 declaring which
qualified public depositories the City is authorized to conduct financial transactions with, and declaring
which Councilmembers and City officers have signing authority on behalf of the City. Finance Director
Calhoun said the proposed resolution should have been revised previously with the arrival of new
Councilmembers in 2010, and again in June 2011 with his arrival; and said staff are working on a system
for addressing these changes when banks or signers change in the future. Mayor Grafos invited public
comment; no comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation: In favor: Unanimous. Opposed' None.
Motion carried.
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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:
4. Surplus Property—Cary Driskell
City Attorney Driskell gave some background on the process of the 8.4 acre purchase of the Sprague
Avenue property Council made previously; and explained the needed continued process to declare the
property as surplus; and said this issue will be brought forward to Council next week for a resolution to
declare the property as surplus; said that resolution would declare the 2.82 acres as surplus to the needs of
the City and the City Manager would then be authorized to complete the transaction and any necessary
paperwork to finalize the transaction. There were no objections from Council for staff to schedule the
resolution for the January 21 Council meeting.
5. Advance Agenda—Mayor Grafos
There were no suggested changes to the Advance Agenda.
INFORMATION ONLY:
6. Community Development Monthly Report
This report was for information only and was not reported or discussed.
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
City Manager Jackson mentioned he received an e-mail from Legislative Consultant Briahna Taylor
concerning proposed trails legislation, and that it appears it may relate specifically to state owned trails,
although he said that is not clear; but more importantly the proposal legislation would prohibit cities from
naming trails as permanent and that they must only be considered as temporary; he said a hearing is set
for Friday and that he will pass any information he receives on this issue,to Council.
ADJOURNMENT
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Woodard, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn. The meeting
adjourned at 6:34 p.m.
ATT {S ' Dean Grafos,Mayor
hristine :ainbridge, City Clerk
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