2018, 04-10 Regular Format MUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Regular Meeting
Formal Meeting Format
Tuesday, April 10,20]li
Mayor Higgins called the meeting to order at 6:O0 p.m.
Attendance: Staff
Rod Higgins,Mayor John Hohman,City Manager
Pam I]aIey, Deputy Mayor Cary Uriskell, City Attorney •
Brandi Peetz, Councilmember Erik Lamb; Deputy City Attorney
ndaThompson, Couneilmember Bill Helbig, City Engineer
Ben Wick, Councilmember Mike Stone, Parks&Rec Director
Arne Woodard, Couneilmember Chelsie Taylor, Finance Director
Gloria Moritz, Engineering Manager
ABSENT: Marls Werner, Police Chief
Sam Wood, Councilmember Chris[ine Bainbridge, City Clerk
INVOCATION: Pastor Larson of Advent Lutheran Church gave the invocation.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council, staff, and the audience stood for the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL City Clerk Bainbridge called the roll; all Councilmembers were present except
Couneilmember Wood. It was ,moved by Councilmember Woodard, .seconded and unaninr a;sly agreed to
excuse Couneilmember Woodfrom tonight's. meeting.
APPROVAL OF AMENDED AGENDA It was moved by Deputy Mayor Haley, .seconder and
unanimously agreed to approve the agenda
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS n/a.
COMMITTEE, BOARD, LIAISON SUMMARY REPORTS
Councilmember Pcctz: reported that she attended the 9-1-1 meeting where they continue to work on the
integration piece to combine fire,,dispatch and 911 under the same umbrella; said they are also getting new
radio technology and are preparing for El software upgrade; said she also attended last night's Youth Voice
meeting.
Councilmember Woodard: said he met with Bryan Raines of Maria Cant-well's office, and John Culton of-
Patty Murray's office; he also attended several government aaI'fairs meetings [hrough the Chamber of
Commerce.
Couneilmember Thompson: said that she a[tended the Board of Health meeting where they talked about
their legislative update and the I Iealth Officer reported about some ongoing trends as well as resources
coming to us through the congressional delegation; said we are eligible to receive up to ]0% of resources
from the marijuana revenues, but are only getting about 2%; said she attended (he Vietnam Veteran's
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memorial here and it was very moving with Vietnamese,Laotian, and 1-lmong former officers and soldiers;
she said they were dressed in uniform complete with medals, and they saluted our Mayor for his service
and thanked the United States for the aid; and said she had great conversations last aright at the Youth Event,
Councilmember Wick: announced that his family welcomed in their new baby boy, born March 30th; said
he attended an award ceremony where Fire Chief Collins gave out three lifesaving awards in connection
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with an incident East October where a Central Valley football player.0 llapsed on the sidelines, and three
people jumped to immediate action, and arc credited with saving his life.
flcputy Mayor I Jaley: said she attended a performance monitoring for external relations conncctcd with the
STA(Spokane Transit Authority);said all(hat will come through that Board and then move on to the regular
board for approving budget items, said they are purchasing new buses; and they have a double-decker bus
on loan, but they can't use it because the bridges are too short; and they also have an electric bus nn a trial
'basis,
MAYOR'S REPORT
Mayor Higgins said that he attended the Inland Northwest Partners meeting; held this time in Hayden;they
discussed the economic forecast and said the economy and job market looks good;said he also attended the
Vietnam event and it was highly emotional; and said he attended the Clean Air Board meeting.
1 ROCLAMATION: rant Appreciation
Mayor Higgins explained that our City received a $9 million TIGER grant award for the Barker Grade
Separation project;and he extended large thanks to members of our Congressional Delegation,with special
thanks to U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, and to U.S.. Representative Cathy McMorris
Rodgers_ After Mayor Higgins read the proclamation, Traci Couture of Kathy McMorris Rodger's office,
and John Culton from U.S. Senator Patty Murray's office were handled the proclatnation with thanks_ It
was noted that a representative from Maria Cantwell's office was not able to attend, so staff will mail that
office the proclamation,
PIJBI,TC COMMENTS: Mayor I I igg ins explained the process,and then invited general public comments,
No public comments were offered.
1. CONSENT AGENDA: Consists of items considered routine which arc approved as a group, Any
member of Council may ask that an item be removed from the Consent Agenda to be considered separately.
Proposed Motion: I move to approve the Consent Agenda.
a. Approval of claim vouchers on April 10,2018 Request for Council Action Form, Total: $5.18,695.58
b.Approval of Payroll for Pay Period Ending March 31, 2018: $455,834.92
c, Approval of March 13, 2018 Council Meeting Minutes, Formal Meeting Format
d. Approval of March 20, 2018 Council Meeting Minutes, Study Session
e. Approval of March 27, 2018 Council Meeting Minutes, Formal.Meeting Formai.
f. Approval of April 3, 2018 Council Meeting Minutes, Study Session
It was moved by Deputy Mayor[foley, seconded and unanimously arced to approve the Consent Agenda,
NEW BUSINESS: •
2, Second Reading Proposed Ordinance 18-0018 MClmetro Franchise—Caiy Driskell
After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Deputy Mayor hia/ey and seconded
to approve Ordinance 18-008 granting a telecommunications franchise to MChnetro. City Attorney
Driskell said that staff and Council have reviewed this on several occasions, and he is available if there are
any questions. Mayor Higgins invited public comment;no comments were offered_ Vote by Acclamation.
In Favor: Unanimous, Opposed: None. Motion carried
3. Second Reading Proposed Ordinance 18-009 Verizon Franchise—Cary Driskell
After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Deputy Mayor Haley and seconded
to approve Ordinance 18-009 grunting a ielecorr munic tions franchise to Verizon Wireless, City Attorney
Driskell said that staff and Council have reviewed this on several occasions, and he is available if there are
any questions. Mayor Higgins invited public comment; no comments were offered, Vona by Acclamation_
In.Favor: Unanimous. Opposed:None. Motion carried
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4. Second Reading Proposed Ordinance 18-010 Mobilitie Franchise—Cary Driskell
After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Deputy? Mrayor Haley and,seconded
to approve Ordinance 18-010 granting a teleconmiunicatiom.cfranchise to Mobilitie.City Attorney Driskell
said that staff and Council have reviewed this on several occasions, and he is available if there arc any
questions,and that on this ordinance as well as the previous,there was a m i nor change from the first reading
and tonight's reading, where an exhibit reference was removed from Section 4 as we are not requiring them
to provide this at that time but will exchange information as needed; he said the change is not substantive_
Mayor Higgins invited public comment; no comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation: In Favor,
Uncrnitnvus. Opposed-None. Motion carried.
5. Motion Consideration: Barker BNSF Grade Separation Consultant Design Agreement• .Bill Helbig
It was anoved by Deputy Mayor flaky and.seconded to authorize the City Manager to,,finalize and execute
a Supplemental Agreement with DEA in an CM101174 not to exceed$2,302,30.for the Barker Road/BNSF
Grade Separation Project Phase 2, After City Engineer Helbig briefly went over the background of this
project and total fee,as noted in his Request for Council Action, Mayor l I iggins invited public comment&
No comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation.In Favor',. Unanimous. Opposed:None. Motion carried.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Mayor Higgins invited public comments_ No comments were offered.
ADAIIMSTRATIVE REPORTS
6. License Agreement with Spokane Airport Board, Dora Roads Felts Field- Cary Driskell
City Attorney Driskell explained that when we incorporated, we received exiting rights-of-way from
Spokane County that were throughout our City, and one right-of-way is Dora Road, adjacent to Felts Field
Airport, He explained that at some point prior to incorporation, a portion of Dora Road was inadvertently
fenced so that it appeared to be part of the airport; that right-of.way is located at the intersection of Rutter
Parkway and Dora Road and measures approximately ten feet by 557.25 feet, and he showed the area on
the aerial photo. Mr.Driskell further stated that after discussion with legal counsel for the Spokane Airport
Board,we are proposing the grant of a thirty-year license agreement for their continued use of the area,and
upon mutual written agi-ccment, an additional thirty-year agreement may be granted. Mr, i)riskell stated
that we would not receive any financial compensation for the continued use ofhis land,and our Community
and Public Works Department has determined that it has no immediate need for the property for right-of-
way purposes, but prefers not to transfer permanent ownership. There was no objection from Council to
place this on a future agenda for a motion consideration.
7. Advance Agenda—Mayor Fligg_ins
There were no suggested changes for the Advance Agenda.
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
Deputy City Manager Hohman gave an update on several project meetings held today; concerning the
TIGER grant,he said he went to the Washington State Department of Transportation and participated in a
conference call with the U.S. Department of Transportation; he said it will be an extensive process to go
through that agreement, bol we have a good start and are far ahead of any other applicant;that we have our
information in first so ours will be the first agreement going through the process, and he expressed
appreciation to WSDOi' for their assistance in the process.
Mr. Hohman said he also met with representatives of BNSF to talk about the design of the double track
project; he said we will be compiling more information and bringing that to Council soon; he said 131sISF
still desires to close Sullivan, but he added that would not be possible; said there was a follow-up meeting
with Chief Collins and Chief Werner concerning that issue, and closing Sullivan would be a huge impact
not only to the travelling public,but to emergency service& Mr. I!oilman stated that our design team has a
couple consultants helping us, and that actually the Pines and Barker team were also at that meeting and
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They discussed different options for building the bridgeover what would be a third track; and said when he
brings back this information to Council, he will also bring a dia am to help cl rrity the issue; he said (hey
are looking at options to try to speed up the construction of that bridge RO that there's riot such a delay
through that construction proecss; adding that this is still very preliminary, but we will try to compile as
much information as we can to bring that forward to a firturc meeting.
t#. EXECUTIVE SESSION: I RCC 42.30,I I0(.I)(b)f Property Acquisition
It was moved by Deputy Mayor flaky, seconded and.unanimously agreed to adjourn into executive session
regarding properly acquisition, for approximately forty-five minutes. Council adjourned into executive
session at 6:36 p.m. At 7:15 p.m., Mayor 1 l i gins declared Council oul of executive session,at which time
it was moved by Councilmember Woodard, seconded and zMarar'rrrousiy agreed to adjourn_
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