2017, 04-25 Formal Format MINUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Regular Meeting
Formal Meeting Format
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Mayor Higgins called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
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Rod Higgins, Mayor Mark Calhoun,City Manager
Arne Woodard, Deputy Mayor John Holtman, Deputy City Manager
Caleb Collier, Councilmember Caty DriskelI, City Attorney
Pam Haley, Councilmember Erik Lamb,Deputy City Attorney
Mike Munch, Councilmember Chelsie Taylor,Finance Director
Ed Pace, Councilmember Mike Stone,Parks &Rec Director
Sam Wood, Councilmember Gloria Mantz, CIP Manager
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
INVOCATION Pastor Joe Pursch of Valley Fourth Memorial Church gave the invocation.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council,staff and the audience stood as members of Boy Scout Troop 423
led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL City Clerk Bainbridge called the roll; all Councilmembers 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
COMMITTEE,BOARD,LIAISON SUMMARY
Councilmembers Collier,Munch, and Wood: no report.
Councilmember Haley: said she attended an STA (Spokane Transit Authority) Board meeting regarding
their new route on Indiana and the CHAS Clinic, and mentioned a possible grand opening of May 22; said
they discussed ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) at the STA meeting and how service animals are
regarded by the transportation association; said it is difficult for drivers to do anything about it.
Councilmember Pace: mentioned the STA Board meeting and the opening of several clinics along Indiana;
sad the STA meeting also discussed planning for the celebration,with free coffee and doughnuts.
Deputy Mayor Woodard: stated that he attended the 615 anniversary of Let Freedom Ring, which honors
the military throughout the region, said they held a breakfast with Brigadier General Roger H. Watkins, a
retired Air Force Commander who will be moving to our area; said he attended a ribbon cutting of a Big 5
Sporting Goods store on Sullivan and Broadway,and that regional manager told him he was impressed with
our City's service in helping him meet all necessary requirements for the store; and that he also attended a
Chamber of Commerce Business Connections luncheon, with speaker Michael Schumacher of Pixar
Animated Studios.
MAYOR'S REPORT
Mayor Higgins reported that he attended a GSI (Greater Spokane, Inc.) Board meeting where School
Superintendent Ben Small gave a presentation on what's happening in the school district, along with future
plans; said it was impressive but changes depend on money; he mentioned the groundbreaking of the
Riverbend Elementary School at Mission and Long; mentioned the Chamber of Commerce Business
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Meeting; the Workforce Memorial at Mission Park, which honors those who have died on the job, or
because of their job, and said it was a very somber affair; went to a North/South Freeway Advisory
Commission meeting where the Departments of Ecology and Transportation finally got together with
Burlington Northern Railroad and reached an agreement on how to address the oil spill in Hillyard; said
they were not so much worried about the process as they were about the performance of how they are going
to do it; said this was a giant oil spill and this simple agreement will shorten the time span for taking care
of that, moving it from an estimated 50-100 years, to about 20 years; which is still a long time but it is
attainable.
PROCLAMATION: Lemonade Day
Mayor Higgins read the proclamation on Lemonade Day, which was accepted with thanks from Katherine
Morgan of the Chamber of Commerce.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: After Mayor Higgins explained the process,he invited public comment.
Laura Reitz, Spokane, Wa: said she is with NW Service Dog Alliance and that today she is angry with the
ADA (Americans with Disability Act), and agrees with Councilmember Haley that the Act is poorly
written; said she was accosted in a business in Spokane Valley by the business owner's dog; said she is
tired of her own dog being attacked;that last night she was trying to save her dog and she was injured and
is scheduled to see her own surgeon in a few days; said she wants to know if there is a way to get those
Department of Justice regulations better defined so people can understand them; said the ADA rules aren't
even able to tell people on a bus what the rules are,and that business owners don't know either.
Wanda Smith, Spokane Valley: said she is also with the NW Service Dog Alliance;said she wants to know
if Spokane Valley can enact some requirements for animals in public places;like they must be house broken,
not in shopping carts or seated in restaurants or places of businesses; said she hopes for future dialogue;
and mentioned their upcoming meeting this Friday at the downtown City Hall, from 4:00 p.m.to 5:30 p.m.,
and she invited Council and the public.
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.
Proposed Motion:I move to approve the Consent Agenda.
a. Approval of claim vouchers on April 25,2017 Request for Council Action Form, Total: $2,534,227.01
b. Approval of Payroll for Pay Period Ending April 15, 2017: $358,993.25
c. Approval of April 4, 2017 Council Meeting Minutes, Study Session
d. Approval of April 11,2017 Council Meeting Minutes,Formal Meeting Format
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Woodard, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the Consent
Agenda.
NEW BUSINESS:
2. First Reading Ordinance 17-006 Wilbur Rd Street Vacation—John Hohman
After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title,it was moved by Deputy Mayor Woodard and seconded
to advance Ordinance 17-006 to a second reading at the May 9, 2017 Council meeting. Mr.Hohman went
through the PowerPoint presentation explaining the street vacation, and said that any additional needed
information can be brought back for the second reading. Mr. Hohman also brought Council's attention to
the table showing the past street vacations. Concerning the drywell, Mr. Holtman said that is a City owned
drywell in a portion of the right-of-way, and said they are working with the property owner for either an
easement where the City will maintain the drywell, or the owner can relocate that at his expense. Mr.
Hohman noted that although the slide shows"appraised"value,as previously discussed,this is actually the
assessed value; lie also noted the estimated value does not subtract the application fee; he said on the four
past occasions where compensation was required on a street vacation, subtracting the application fee was
not included in the calculation; and said that it is Council's decision on whether to require compensation.
Mayor Higgins invited public comment.
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Mr. Jay Rambo: said he owns the three parcels and Ms. Kendall asked him to come speak before Council;
said he is fine paying 50% of the assessed value, although given a choice, he would rather not; or even if
the amount of the application fee doesn't get credited toward the total,he said he is okay with that too; and
regarding the drywell, said he has no intention of modifying or moving it and is fine leaving it in place and
making sure the City has access to it so the City can maintain the drywell; or he can maintain it if the City
wants him to. There were no other public comments.
Councilmember Munch said the issue of paying back property taxes was raised previously,and he asked if
we know how much that might be.Mr.Hohman said he does not know and will bring that information back
for the second reading. It was moved by Cowicilnlember Pace and seconded to amend the motion to not
charge a fee for this street vacation. Deputy Mayor Woodard asked about waiving the processing fee and
Mr. Calhoun said he is not sure we can waive that fee, and Councilmember Pace said his intent was not to
waive the processing fee.Mayor Higgins invited public comment on the amended motion,and no comments
were offered. Vote by acclamation on the amendment to the motion:In Favor: Unanimous. Opposer:None.
Motion carried. Vote by acclamation on the main motion as amended: In Favor:' Unanimous. Opposed:
None. Motion carried.
3.Motion Consideration: Indiana Preservation Bid Award—Craig Aldworth, Gloria Mantz
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Woodard and seconded to award the Indiana Avenue Street Preservation
Project, CUP 0255 to Inland Asphalt Company in the amount of 8455,868.00 and authorize the City
Manager to finalize and execute the construction contract. After Ms. Mantz explained the project and the
results of the bid,Mayor Higgins invited public comment;no comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation:
In Favor: Unanimous. Opposed:None. Motion carried.
4. Motion Consideration: 9th Ave Sidewalk Project Bid Award—Robert Lochmiller, Gloria Mantz
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Woodard and seconded to award 9`a' Avenue Sidewalk project #0250 to
Bacon Concrete,Inc., in the amount of$170,658.00 and authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute
the construction contract.After Ms. Mantz explained the project and the results of the bid, Mayor Higgins
invited public comment;no continents were offered. Vote by Acclamation:In Favor: Unanimous. Opposed:
None. Motion carried.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Mayor Higgins invited public comment.
Ms.Nina Fingal, Spokane Valley: she spoke about the issue of removing snow from sidewalks; said since
we use taxpayer funds to remove snow from the public streets,she feels the City has a responsibility to the
citizens to provide safe passages for the kids to get to school; said she realizes we don't have the funds
budgeted, but that she thinks we need to find those funds, especially for areas like Adams, Evergreen,
Bowdish, Pines, and University to 32°d; she suggested clearing just those areas, or maybe even take the
necessary funds from the street fund,and to get a bid out to find contractors who can clear those sidewalks.
There were no other public comments.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:
5.Appleway Trail Update—Mike Stone
Parks and Recreation Director Stone introduced Mr. Maft Willis, Senior Project Manager with Welch
Comer, and Bernardo-Wills Landscape Architect Ms.Julia Culp,to give the final update on the Sullivan to
Corbin section of the Trail. Mr. Willis explained that there is still time to make design changes, but they
are working toward being ready to advertise for bids sometime in June. Ms. Culp added that they are
working with City staff and Spokane Valley Museum Director Ms.Jayne Singleton. Mr. Willis mentioned
that the distinction with this phase and other phases is the budget is slightly healthier now and he thinks we
can do the landscaping and the signs, adding that the entire length will not be manicured. He mentioned
safety concerns and said they were working with the City's traffic engineer for each crossing to keep people
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safe, whether walking, or in bikes or cars, and he went over the various road crossing designs.
Councilmember Collier said that crossing all the streets makes him nervous, and Sullivan, Pines, and
Evergreen will create problems where people can potentially get hurt; said he is not sure this is the best way
to cross those streets; and Mayor Higgins said that topic will be addressed at a future meeting. Mr. Willis
explained the restroom design, and said they are working with the idea of maybe having automatic Iocks,
so the facility would be automatically locked for example, between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., and he
mentioned that there would not be a way for someone to get locked inside. Mr. Willis mentioned
supplemental lighting, funding, and interpretive signs and/or benches, all with the goal of trying to
maximize the use of funds as efficiently as possible.
Mayor Higgins called for a recess at 7:17 p.m.; he reconvened the meeting at 7:25 p.m.
6. City Initiated Street Vacation—John Hohman
As noted in the April 25, Request for Council Action form, Mr. Holman said this is a city-initiated street
vacation in the northeast section of the industrial area,south of Trent;said it is really two old rights-of-way,
unimproved and not maintained, and there is no need for either of these rights-of-way; said we are trying
to open the area for potential development and these rights-of-way are constraints for any future
development;said the Planning Commission approved this proposal,with conditions similar to the previous
street vacation. Mr. Holtman stated that staff recommends not requiring compensation; that he is unsure
how the area will develop, but we want to remove any potential restrictions. Councilmember Collier said
the read through the Planning Commission minutes and didn't notice inclusion of the one public comment.
Mr. Holtman said he will research that and bring that information back with the ordinance first reading.
There were no objections to moving this forward for a first ordinance reading.
7. Mission Street Preservation Project—Gloria Mantz
Ms. Mantz explained the Mission Avenue, Pines to McDonald preservation project, including the existing
conditions, project design, traffic control, budget and funding, and schedule, after which Councilmember
Munch asked how often the ramp codes are updated. Ms. Mantz said we replace the ramps that are not
compliant,and the current ramps were probably installed by the developer; and said it happens pretty often
that we have to replace them; some don't have the correct slopes or a rest area/landing on top;she said staff
is reviewing the projects now to make sure the ramps are ADA compliant, and said she would not be able
to comment on ramps done in the past. City Attorney Driskell said the ones we replaced were almost all
done under Spokane County and they are older than they look;said ADA requirements change periodically,
and as a federal government constraint,we have to adopt those changes when they occur, Councilmember
Munch asked if the Pines and Mission area will get a concrete intersection in the future, and Ms. Martz
said she doesn't believe that is in the plans and she can research that, but that this current project is part of
the six-year TIP process. Mr. Calhoun also noted that he doesn't believe the concrete intersection is a
current project. There were no Council objections to moving this project forward.
8. Advance Agenda—Mayor Higgins
Councilmember Wood read the section of the Governance Manual addressing the process to have
something put on a future agenda; and said based on that process,he wants term limits on an agenda within
a month; and Councilmembers Pace and Collier agreed. Mayor Higgins mentioned that an administrative
report has been prepared. Councilmember Wood also asked that the issue of water banking be included on
an upcoming agenda;said he is very concerned with what is going on in the County and what they are doing
concerning their position on water banking and government control of our water rights; and
Councilmembers Collier and Pace agreed.Councilmember Munch said he has started a process of gathering
information on sheltering places to put on the City's website,and asked that anyone with input to come see
him.
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INFORMATION ONLY(will not be reported or discussed):
The(9)Department Reports, and(JO)First Quarter 2017,Ferrari!Center Surrey,were for information only
and were not reported or discussed.
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
City Manager Calhoun mentioned the new informational report included in tonight's agenda packet; said
we started tracking customer service comments last Jaru.taty, and this is the result from the first quarter;that
we encourage members of the public to let us know how we're doing with our permitting process; and said
this report will be included quarterly in Council packets.
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Woodard, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn. The meeting
adjourned at 7:44 p.m.
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