2010, 02-09 Regular Meeting AGENDA
SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
FORMAL MEETING FORMAT
Tuesday,February 9,2010 6:00 p.m.
Spokane Valley City Hall Council Chambers
11707 E Sprague Avenue
Council Requests Please Silence Your Cell Phones During Council Meeting
CALL TO ORDER:
INVOCATION: Pastor Jerry Sponseller, Opportunity Baptist Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
ROLL CALL:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS:
COMMITTEE,BOARD,LIAISON SUMMARY REPORTS:
MAYOR'S REPORT:
Proclamation: (1)National Children's Dental Health Month; (2)Future Business Leaders of America
PUBLIC COMMENTS: This is an opportunity for the public to speak on any subject not on the agenda
for action. When you come to the podium, please state your name and address for the record and limit
remarks to three minutes.
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 DATE W/VOUCHER NUMBERS: TOTAL AMOUNT
01/15/2010 19357-19387 $204,429.01
01/20/2010 Payroll vouchers: 3057-3060, 19388 $62,049.27
01/22/2010 (for 2009) 19389-19439 $245,916.31
01/28/2010 (for 2009) 19440-19458 $128,951.64
01/29/2010 19459-19546 $353,061.03
02/03/2010 Payroll vouchers: 3070-3072; 3083,
19547-19551 $211 907.07
GRAND TOTAL $1,206,314.33
b. Approval of Payroll for Period Ending January 15, 2010: $263,889.81
c. Approval of Payroll for Period Ending January 31, 2010: $353,790.95
d. Confirmation of Mayoral Revised Committee Appointments
e. Approval of Executive Session Council Meeting Minutes of January 12, 2010
f. Approval of Formal Council Meeting Minutes of January 12, 2010
g. Approval of Executive Session Council Meeting Minutes of January 19, 2010
h. Approval of Formal Council Meeting Minutes of January 19, 2010
Council Agenda 02-09-10 Regular Meeting Page 1 of 2
i. Approval of Executive Session Council Meeting Minutes of February 1, 2010
NEW BUSINESS:
2. First Reading Proposed Ordinance 10-003 Amending Alarm Regulations—Cary Driskell/Rick
Van Leuven [public comment]
3. First Reading Proposed Ordinance 10-004—Christina Janssen/Mike Connelly
[public comment]
4. Proposed Resolution 10-004 Adopting Planning Commission Rules of Procedure—Kathy McClung
[public comment]
5. Motion Consideration: Spokane County Interlocal Agreement, JAG Grant—Cary Driskell
[public comment]
6. Motion Consideration: Acting City Manager Appointment Letter—Mike Connelly
[public comment]
PUBLIC COMMENTS: This is an opportunity for the public to speak on any subject not on the agenda
for action. When you come to the podium, please state your name and address for the record and limit
remarks to three minutes.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:
7. Spokane County Community Services Housing and Community Development—Kate Kennedy
8. Milwaukee Right-of-way—Mike Connelly
9. Advance Agenda—Mayor Towey
INFORMATION ONLY: (will not be reported or discussed)
10. Franchise Agreements
11. Department Quarterly Reports
12. Council Broadcasts
13. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pending Litigation [RCW 42.30.110(i)]
ADJOURNMENT
General Meeting Schedule(meeting schedule is always subject to change)
Regular Council meetings are generally held every Tuesday beginning at 6:00 p.m.
The Formal meeting formats are generally held the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. Formal meeting have time
allocated for general public comments as well as comments after each action item.
The Study Session formats (the less formal meeting) are generally held the 1St 3rd and sometimes 5th
Tuesdays. Study Session formats DO NOT have time allocated for general public comments; but if action
items are included, comments are permitted after those specific action items.
NOTICE: Individuals planning to attend the meeting who require special assistance to accommodate physical,hearing,or other
impairments,please contact the City Clerk at(509)921-1000 as soon as possible so that arrangements may be made.
Council Agenda 02-09-10 Regular Meeting Page 2 of 2
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: 02-09-10 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ® consent ❑ old business ❑ new business ❑ public hearing
❑ information ❑ admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Approval of the Following Vouchers:
VOUCHER LIST DATE W/VOUCHER NUMBERS: TOTAL AMOUNT
01/15/2010 19357-19387 $204,429.01
01/20/2010 Payroll vouchers: 3057-3060, 19388 $62,049.27
01/22/2010(for 2009) 19389-19439 $245,916.31
01/28/2010(for 2009) 19440-19458 $128,951.64
01/29/2010 19459-19546 8353,061.03
02/03/2010 Payroll vouchers: 3070-3072; 3083, $211,907.07
19547-19551
GRAND TOTAL $1,206,314.33
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION:
Approve claims for vouchers as listed above.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
STAFF CONTACT: Ken Thompson, Finance Director
ATTACHMENTS Voucher Lists
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Voucher List Page: 1
Spokane Valley
Bank code: apbank
Voucher Date Vendor
Invoice
PO# Description/Account Amount
19357 1/15/2010 000335 ALTON'S TIRE INC. 80800022 TIRES:03 CHEVY 810 402.74
8080002789 TIRES: CHEVY S10 447.93
8080002873 SUPER STARTER: 03 CHEVY S10 331.96
8080002884 OIL CHANGE:08 CHEVY COLORAD 43.63
Total : , 1,226.26
19358 1/15/2010 000135 APA 202975-091004PBM MEMBERSHIP 350.00
Total : 350.00
19359 1/15/2010 002214 ARTCRAFT PRINTING 62413 Sheets of Business Card Masters 505.46
Total : 505.46
19360 1/15/2010 001938 BERGER/ABAM ENGINEERS INC 16387 PROFESSIONAL SVCS: PLANNING 17,925.30
Total : 17,925.30
19361 1/15/2010 000101 CDW-G RFT9983 UPS FOR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT 141.30
Total : 141.30
19362 1/15/2010 000508 CONOCOPHILLIPS FLEET 870166725912 09: FLEET FUEL BILL 1,700.77
Total : 1,700.77
19363 1/15/2010 001157 COUNTRY HOMES POWER EQUIP 512502 POWER EQUIPMENT 134.46
Total : 134.46
19364 1/15/2010 000235 DATA BASE RECORDS DESTRUCTION 51379 SHREDDING CHARGES 123.60
Total : 123.60
19365 1/15/2010 000683 DAVID EVANS&ASSOCIATES 283212 Project SPKV0000-0011:Long-Short I 2,888.00
Total : 2,888.00
19366 1/15/2010 000165 DEPT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS 780382 RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS 150.09
Total : 150.09
19367 1/15/2010 001829 EVANS CRAVEN&LACKIE, PS 34842 LEGAL SERVICES 1,332.94
Total : 1,332.94
19368 1/15/2010 000002 H&H BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC. December2009 COPIER COST 1,334.88
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Voucher List Page: 2
Spokane Valley
Bank code: apbank
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account Amount
19368 1/15/2010 000002 000002 H & H BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC. (Continued) Total : 1,334.88
19369 1/15/2010 000505 H& H FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. DEC 2009 LEASE PAYMENT 954.39
Total : 954.39
19370 1/15/2010 000259 HUMANIX INC. 172914 STAFFING SERVICE: LASERFICHE 454.40
Total : 454.40
19371 1/15/2010 002187 JENNIFERS AUTO SERVICE 5654 OXYGEN SENSORS:32809D 265.37
Total : 265.37
19372 1/15/2010 001439 K&L GATES LOCKHART 2017478 LEGAL SERVICES THROUGH JULY 576.00
Total : 576.00
19373 1/15/2010 001669 MCGEE, MARY KATE EXPENSES TRAVEL EXPENSES 28.00
Total : 28.00
19374 1/15/2010 001035 NETWORK DESIGN&MANAGEMENT 17504 DECEMBER SYSTEM MAINTENANC 3,120.00
Total : 3,120.00
19375 1/15/2010 000652 OFFICE DEPOT INC. 483697549001 OFFICE SUPPLIES: COUNCIL 65.19
498113379001 REFUND ON INV#497833145001 -33.59
502041491001 OFFIEC SUPPLIES: COUNCIL 130.43
502041612001 OFFICE SUPPLIES; OPS&ADMIN/F 104.22
502051527001 OFFICE SUPLLIES:OPS&ADMIN 162.01
Total : 428.26
19376 1/15/2010 000512 OFFICETEAM 30476872 STAFFING SVCS: LASERFICHE 513.45
Total : 513.45
19377 1/15/2010 001089 POE ASPHALT PAVING, INC. 43169 42484 POE CONTRACT 09-050 WINTER SI 50,847.27
43170 42484 POE CONTRACT 09-050 WINTER SI 38,830.06
43172 42281 CONTRACT 09-003 29,838.51
43173 42281 CONTRACT 09-003 9,213.44
Total : 128,729.28
19378 1/15/2010 000952 RECALL DESTRUCTION SVC 3901103502 DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION 22.03
Total : 22.03
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 3
Bank code : apbank
Voucher
Date Vendor
Invoice
PO#
Description/Account
Amount
19379 1/15/2010 000064 SCHIMMELS, GARY
19380 1/15/2010 000230 SPOKANE CO AUDITORS OFFICE
19381 1/15/2010 000090 SPOKANE CO INFO SYSTEMS
19382 1/15/2010 000093 SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
EXPENSES
DECEMBER 2009
50305088
163493
19383 1/15/2010 000939 SPRAGUE&SULLIVAN MINISTORAGE 17916
19384 1/15/2010 000065 STAPLES BUSINESS ADVANTAGE
19385 1/15/2010 002109 THORCO INC.
19386 1/15/2010 002185 URS CORPORATION
19387 1/15/2010 000087 VERIZON WIRELESS
31 Vouchers for bank code: apbank
31 Vouchers in this report
8014383091
1731819
4180158
6360820923
MILEAGE EXPENSE
RECORDING FEES
COUNTY IT SUPPORT
ADVERTISING
FINAL BILL: 1P48
OFFICE SUPPLIES
Total :
Total :
Total :
Total :
Total :
Total :
SIGNAL REPAIR: BROADWAY AND
Total :
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Total :
BROADBADN SERVICES
Total :
Bank total :
Total vouchers :
55.55
55.55
1,254.00
1,254.00
17,393.51
17,393.51
158.86
158.86
78.87
78.87
1,855.29
1,855.29
10,450.00
10,450.00
9,800.00
9,800.00
478.69
478.69
204,429.01
204,429.01
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Voucher List Page: 4
Spokane Valley
Bank code: apbank
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account Amount
I,the undersigned,do certify under penalty of perjury,
that the materials have been furnished,the services
rendered,or the labor performed as described herein
and that the claim is just,due and an unpaid obligation
against the City of Spokane Valley,and that I am
authorized to authenticate and certify to said claim.
Finance Director Date
Page: 4
vchlist Voucher List Page: 1
01/2012010 4:14:00PM Spokane Valley
Bank code: apbank
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account Amount
3057 1/20/2010 000048 VANTAGE TRANSFER AGENTS,401A PLAN Ben32096 401A:Payment 27,944.88
Total: 27,944.88
3058 1/20/2010 000162 VANTAGE TRANSFER AGENTS,401A EXEC P Ben32098 401 EXEC PLAN:Payment 1,315.22
Total: 1,315.22
3059 1120/2010 000145 VANTAGEPOINT TRANSFER AGENTS,457 PL Ben32100 457 DEFERRED COMPENSATION:Payn 3,983.93
Total: 3,983.93
3060 1/20/2010 000682 EFTPS Ben32102 FEDERAL TAXES:Payment 28,672.22
Total: 28,672.22
19388 1/20/2010 001169 CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY Ben32094 GW DED REIMB. BEBOUT,NOTE,KLEIN, 133.02
Total: 133.02
5 Vouchers for bank code: apbank Bank total: 62,049.27
5 Vouchers In this report
I,the undersigned,do certify under penalty of perjury,
that the materials have been furnished,the services
rendered,or the labor performed as described herein
and that the claim is just,due and an unpaid obligation
against the City of Spokane Valley,and that t am
authorized to authenticate and certify to said claim.
Finance Director Date
Total vouchers: 62,049.27
Page: 1
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
X009
Page: 1
Bank code:
Voucher
19389
19390
19391
19392
apbank
Date Vendor
Invoice
PO#
Description/Account
1/22/2010 001081 ALSCO
1/22/2010 002241 AMERICAN WEST ROOFING
1/22/2010 000334 ARGUS JANITORIAL LLC
1/22/2010 001606 BANNER BANK
19393 1/22/2010 002242 BARAC,ADRIAN
19394 1/22/2010 000918 BLUE RIBBON LINEN SUPPLY INC
19395 1/22/2010 000572 CARTER,CAROL
19396 1/22/2010 000101 CDW-G
19397 1/22/2010 000143 CITY OF SPOKANE
Dec 2009
December 2009
004595
0620
0638
2674
4375
4383
4458
4474
4720
6527
8861
Expenses
9082372
Expenses
FRS6595
RCQ8364
RGT7315
NOV 2009
FLOOR MATS: SHERIFF
Total :
ROOF REPAIR: CENTERPLACE
Total :
JANITORIAL SVCS: DECEMBER 20(
Total :
DEC 09:0620
DEC 09:0638
DEC 09:2674
DEC 09:4375
DEC 09:4383
DEC 09:4458
DEC 09:4474
DEC 09:4720
DEC 09:6527
DEC 09:8861
Total :
EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT
Total :
LINEN SERVICE AND SUPPLY:CP
Total :
EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT
Total :
LAPTOP FOR PUBLIC INFO OFFICE
42515
42513 LAPTOP FOR DEPT CITY ATTY
CREDIT MEMO
Total :
Amount
39.52
39.52
2,826.20
2,826.20
2,165.23
2,165.23
285.00
155.00
22.00
135.00
25.00
1,600.22
943.79
422.96
1,727.47
17.73
5,334.17
19.54
19.54
150.58
150.58
232.09
232.09
902.20
931.65
-1,031.54
802.31
TRANSFER STATION: PW 1,274.51
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 2
Bank code : apbank
Voucher
Date Vendor
Invoice
PO#
Description/Account
19397 1/22/2010 000143 000143 CITY OF SPOKANE
19398 1/22/2010 001169 CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
19399 1/22/2010 000571 CODE PUBLISHING CO
19400 1/22/2010 002236 DEPT OF COMMERCE
19401 1/22/2010 000409 DEPT OF REVENUE
19402 1/22/2010 000734 DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION
19403 1/22/2010 000912 DEX MEDIA WEST
19404 1/22/2010 001753 DINGUS,ZARECOR&ASSOC
19405 1/22/2010 002213 ED KA MANUFACTURING INC.
19406 1/22/2010 002157 ELJAY OIL COMPANY
19407 1/22/2010 001232 FASTENAL CO PURCHASING
19408 1/22/2010 001253 GORDON THOMAS HONEYWELL
(Continued)
Dec 2009
Dec 2009
Dec 2009
Dec 2009
34554
001
002
4th Qtr 2009
RE-313-ATB90915065
December 2009
December 2009
Dec 2009
9523
DEC 2009
IDLEW65682
Dec 1042
Total :
PETTY CASH:6938
PETTY CASH: 7320, 7322,7323, 73;
PETTY CASH:6937
PETTY CASH: 7626, 7628,7629
Total :
MUNICIPAL CODE UPDATE
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Total :
Total :
LEASEHOLD EXCISE TAX RETURN
Total :
SIGNAL&ILLUMINATION MAIN
Total :
ADVERTISING: SENIOR CENTER
ADVERTISING: CP
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Total :
Total :
42514 ED KA SNOW PLOW SPRINGS
Total :
42245
OIL FOR SNOWPLOW TRUCKS
Total :
FASTENAL BLANKET PO
LOBBYIST SERVICES
Total :
Amount
1,274.51
16.07
3.25
2.76
42.25
64.33
1,356.71
1,356.71
3,597.62
33,513.18
37,110.80
4,594.12
4,594.12
4,178.72
4,178.72
36.80
242.10
278.90
894.00
894.00
13,286.35
13,286.35
8.59
8.59
315.84
315.84
3,019.87
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 3
Bank code: apbank
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice
PO#
Description/Account
19408 1/22/2010 001253 001253 GORDON THOMAS HONEYWELL (Continued)
19409 1/22/2010 002196 HOLTEN, MELISSA
19410 1/22/2010 000441 HOME DEPOT CREDIT SERVICES
19411 1/22/2010 000715 HSBC BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
19412 1/22/2010 000259 HUMANIX INC.
19413 1/22/2010 002183 HYDROCAD SOFTWARE SOL. LLC
19414 1/22/2010 000070 INLAND POWER&LIGHT CO
19415 1/22/2010 001635 ISS FACILITY/EVENT SERVICES
19416 1/22/2010 000788 MEDIA JOE, INC.
19417 1/22/2010 000258 MICROFLEX INC.
Expenses
5013395
075415
172700
18507
94202
22077
22130
22215
42494
MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT
SUPPLIES: CENTERPLACE
SUPPLIES: CP
Total :
Total :
Total :
Total :
STAFFING SERVICE: LASERFICHE
Total :
HYDROCAD SOFTWARE
UT1LITIES:PW DEC 09
EVENT SVCS: CP
EVENT SVCS: CP
EVENT SVCS: CP
Total :
Total :
Total :
3125 42462 NEW AN PODIUM FOR CENTERPL
Total :
19000 TAXTOOLS SOFTWARE DEC 2009
Total :
19418 1/22/2010 002203 NAPA AUTO PARTS December 2009
19419 1/22/2010 000193 NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC 4th Qtr 2009 CAM
19420 1/22/2010 000652 OFFICE DEPOT INC.
42512
NAPA AUTO PART FOR PW
Total :
4TH QTR 2009 CAM CHARGES
Total :
498113380001 OFFICE SUPPLIES
Amount
3,019.87
7.43
7.43
60.97
60.97
57.25
57.25
568.00
568.00
1,205.00
1,205.00
447.42
447.42
496.26
218.66
29.56
744.48
16,764.58
16,764.58
343.83
343.83
1,980.85
1,980.85
1,666.54
1,666.54
45.65
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 4
Bank code: apbank
Voucher
Date Vendor
Invoice
PO#
Description/Account
19420 1/22/2010 000652 000652 OFFICE DEPOT INC.
19421
19422
1/22/2010 000307 OFFICE OF THE STATE TREASURER
1/22/2010 000058 OMA
19423 1/22/2010 002193 QSCEND TECHNOLOGES, INC
19424 1/22/2010 000322 QWEST
19425 1/22/2010 000709 SENSKE LAWN&TREE CARE INC.
19426 1/22/2010 002240 SHOPLET.COM
19427 1/22/2010 001731 SNEDA
(Continued)
December 2009
Dec 2009
3557
509-924-4707 470B
3736532
1262104768
10203
19428 1/22/2010 000733 SOFTWARE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL 836E7
19429 1/22/2010 000779 SOUTHARD, BRAD
19430 1/22/2010 000308 SPOKANE CO PROSECUTING ATTY
19431 1/22/2010 000324 SPOKANE CO WATER DIST#3
December 2009
DEC 2009
Dec 2009
19432 1/22/2010 000451 SPOKANE REG SPORTS COMMISSION 4th Qtr 2009
42517
STATE REMITTANCE
Total :
Total :
FITNESS EXAM FOR EMPLOYEE
Total :
2ND INSTALLMENT
Total :
PHONE SERVICE:TERRACE VIEW
Total :
CONTRACT MAINT: PRECINCT
Total :
OFFICE SUPPLIES: SUE PASSMOR
Total :
2ND HALF OF 2009 GRANT: OUTSII
Total :
Total :
Total :
Total :
Total :
SOFTWARE PROTECTION
DEAD ANIMAL PICKUP
CRIME VICTIMS COMP FUND
WATER CHARGES: PW
LODGING TAX REIMBURSEMENT-
Total :
19433 1/22/2010 000081 STATE OF WASHINGTON 4th Qtr 2009 RETAILING&OTHER ACTIVITIES R
Amount
45.65
86,530.88
86,530.88
180.00
180.00
7,600.00
7,600.00
109.32
109.32
70.66
70.66
55.71
55.71
1,500.00
1,500.00
3,496.00
3,496.00
695.00
695.00
1,135.88
1,135.88
8.96
8.96
31,368.74
31,368.74
2,366.73
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 5
Bank code: apbank
Voucher Date Vendor
Invoice
PO#
Description/Account
Amount
19433 1/22/2010 000081 000081 STATE OF WASHINGTON
19434 1/22/2010 002188 VALLEY BEST-WAY BLDG SUPPLY
19435 1/22/2010 001752 VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS
19436 1/22/2010 000167 VERA WATER&POWER
19437 1/22/2010 000038 WASTE MANAGEMENT OF SPOKANE
19438 1/22/2010 000676 WEST
19439 1/22/2010 001074 ZEE MEDICAL
51 Vouchers for bank code : apbank
51 Vouchers in this report
I,the undersigned,do certify under penalty of perjury,
that the materials have been furnished,the services
rendered,or the labor performed as described herein
and that the claim is just,due and an unpaid obligation
against the City of Spokane Valley,and that I am
authorized to authenticate and certify to said claim.
Finance Director Date
(Continued)
013575
Dec 2009
December 2009
0050228-1518-5
2617920-2681-5
2617921-2681-3
2617922-2681-1
819769893
0161332714
42498
TOOLS& EQUIPMENT
Total : 2,366.73
407.32
Total : 407.32
2,750.00
Total : 2,750.00
2,508.19
Total : 2,508.19
598.86
732.85
285.27
175.70
1,792.68
562.47
Total : 562.47
933.39
933.39
245,916.31
245,916.31
OUTSIDE AGENCY REIMBURSEME
UTILITIES: DEC 2009
WASTE MGMT: PW
WASTE MGMT: CENTERPLACE
WASTE MGMT: PRECINCT
WASTE MGMT: MAINT FACILITY
Total :
LEGAL SUBSCRIPTION
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
Total :
Bank total :
Total vouchers :
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 1
Bank code: apbank
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account Amount
19440 1/28/2010 000958 AAA SWEEPING, LLC DECEMBER 2009 RETAINAGE RELEASE 28,786.87
Total : 28,786.87
19441 1/28/2010 002244 AOT PUBLIC SAFETY CORPORATION SPKVLY-01 CRY WOLF CAHRGES 216.25
Total : 216.25
19442 1/28/2010 000918 BLUE RIBBON LINEN SUPPLY INC 9078563 LINEN SERVICE AND SUPPLY:CP 150.58
Total : 150.58
19443 1/28/2010 001169 CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY Nov 2009 PETTY CASH:7309,7311 17.87
Total : 17.87
19444 1/28/2010 001048 CITY PARCEL 12290073 COURIER SERVICE: CD 9.37
Total : 9.37
19445 1/28/2010 000246 EAST SPOKANE WATER DIST#1 DECEMBER 2009 UTILITY-WATER 240.00
Total : 240.00
19446 1/28/2010 002157 ELJAY OIL COMPANY 4161837 OIL PRODUCTS FOR SNOW PLOW 2,250.65
Total : 2,250.65
19447 1/28/2010 000746 EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPT 21715600 2 4TH QTR 2009 7,250.53
Total : 7,250.53
19448 1/28/2010 001859 FINANCIAL FORENSICS 3304 DECEMBER 09: FINANCIAL ANALY: 7,801.72
Total : 7,801.72
19449 1/28/2010 000864 JUB ENGINEERS, INC. 0062649 TIP MAINT AND UPDATES SUPPOR 7,196.15
Total : 7,196.15
19450 1/28/2010 000132 MODERN ELECTRIC WATER CO 04500-01 UTILITIES 12,957.58
Total : 12,957.58
19451 1/28/2010 001089 POE ASPHALT PAVING, INC. DECEMBER 2009 RETAINAGE RELEASE 52,121.59
Total : 52,121.59
19452 1/28/2010 000733 SOFTWARE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL 836e7 SOFTWARE PROTECTION 304.15
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 2
Bank code:
Voucher
19452
19453
19454
19455
19456
19457
19458
apbank
Date Vendor
Invoice
PO#
Description/Account
Amount
1/28/2010 000733 000733 SOFTWARE HOUSE INTERNATIONF (Continued)
1/28/2010 000898 SPOKANE PROCARE
1/28/2010 000420 SPOKANE REGIONAL HEALTH DIST
1/28/2010 000391 SPOKANE VALLEY FIRE DIST.#1
DECEMBER 2009
4th QTR 2009
DEC 2009
1/28/2010 001083 STANDARD PLBG HEATING CONTROLS 27348
1/28/2010 000419 SUMMIT LAW GROUP
1/28/2010 000152 WSDOT
19 Vouchers for bank code: apbank
19 Vouchers in this report
I,the undersigned,do certify under penalty of perjury,
that the materials have been furnished,the services
rendered,or the labor performed as described herein
and that the claim is just,due and an unpaid obligation
against the City of Spokane Valley,and that I am
authorized to authenticate and certify to said claim.
Finance Director Date
44983
RE-313-ATB00112061
R E-313-ATB00112063
RE-313-ATB00112072
RETAINAGE RELEASE
Total : 304.15
2,865.18
Total: 2,865.18
159.00
Total : 159.00
840.00
Total : 840.00
506.63
Total : 506.63
48.00
Total : 48.00
2,119.23
2,896.69
213.60
5,229.52
128,951.64
128,951.64
4TH QTR 2009:WATER TESTING
3RD QTR 2009: FIRE CODE FEES
DEC 2009 MONTHLY MAINT PRECII
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
STATE ROUTE ROADWAY MAINT.
SIGNAL&ILLUMINATION MAIN
INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC SYSTEMS
Total :
Bank total :
Total vouchers :
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 1
Bank code : apbank
Voucher
Date Vendor
19459 1/29/2010 001873 ACME CONCRETE PAVING INC
19460 1/29/2010 001534 ALL PRINT
19461 1/29/2010 000150 ALLIED FIRE&SECURITY
19462 1/29/2010 001081 ALSCO
19463 1/29/2010 001715 AMERICAN RED CROSS
19464 1/29/2010 000135 APA
19465 1/29/2010 000050 APA-INLAND EMPIRE SECTION
19466 1/29/2010 001473 APWA
19467 1/29/2010 000659 ASCE INLAND EMPIRE
19468 1/29/2010 000030 AVISTA
Invoice
CIP No 0103
CIP No 0103
12157
RCB 1020932
LSP0733269
LSPO740154
JAN 2010
JANUARY 2010
067348-091101
076184-091101
096840-091101
101794-100113
PO#
DescriptionlAccount
Amount
2010 APA
672486
ASE 2010 SEMINAR
010119017
410069444
42371 CONSTRUCTION SVCS FOR SPRA(
RETAINAGE RELEASE
BUSINESS CARDS
Total :
Total :
QUARTERLY MONITORING: CENTE
Total :
FLOOR MATS:CITY HALL
FLOOR MATS:CITY HALL
CPR/1ST AID CLASS
BABYSITTING TRAINING
Total :
Total :
2010 APA ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: F
2010 APA ANNUAL MAMBERSHIP: F
2010 APA ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: F
2010 APA ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: I
Total :
AUDIO/WEB CONFERENCE: G MCC
Total :
2010 APWA MEMBERSHIP:SI.WOF
Total
ASCE HEC-RAS TRAINING SEMINA
Total :
UTILITIES: PARKS MASTER AVISTA
UTILITIES: PW MASTER AVISTA
Total :
1,152.00
29,359.94
30,511.94
505.46
505.46
111.00
111.00
19.69
19.69
39.38
440.00
210.00
650.00
280.00
345.00
350.00
90.00
1,065.00
290.00
290.00
151.00
151.00
200.00
200.00
8,050.00
23,134.75
31,184.75
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Spokane Valley
Bank code : apbank
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account Amount
19469 1/29/2010 000277 AWC 2010 AWC MEMBERSHIP 2010 AWC DRUG&ALCOHOL MEM 180.00
Total : 180.00
19470 1/29/2010 000485 BARTON JEEP INC. 08630 VEHICLE REPAIR: 38904D 148.80
Total : 148.80
19471 1/29/2010 000841 BCI CREATIVE INC 9558 LOGO PENS: CP 589.08
9569 WEBSITE DESIGN: CP 5.00
Total : 594.08
19472 1/29/2010 001409 BEST LINE 053101212010 ANSWERING SVC: CP 22.00
Total : 22.00
19473 1/29/2010 000918 BLUE RIBBON LINEN SUPPLY INC 9084257 LINEN SERVICE AND SUPPLY:CP 150.58
9086160 LINEN SERVICE AND SUPPLY:CP 150.58
Total : 301.16
19474 1/29/2010 000796 BUDINGER&ASSOC INC M08218-12 42110 GEOTECH&MATERIALS TESTING 264.70
P09303-2 42500 GEOTECH SVCS FOR PROJECT#0 351.90
Total : 616.60
19475 1/29/2010 001122 CAMERON-REILLY, LLC C1P NO. 0098 RETAINAGE RELEASE 2,489.36
Total : 2,489.36
19476 1/29/2010 000572 CARTER,CAROL EXPENSES BRIDAL SHOW EXPENSES 31.00
Total : 31.00
19477 1/29/2010 000863 CENTURY WEST ENG CORP 231471 CONTRACT NO. 09-001:2009 TIP S 4,676.07
Total : 4,676.07
19478 1/29/2010 000729 CH2MHILL INC 3730833 41025 0003-BARKER ROAD BRIDGE 27,490.01
3731597 42433 PARK RD RECON 0069 ENG SVCS 49,652.91
Total : 77,142.92
19479 1/29/2010 001780 CLC ASSOCIATES, INC 30028 42488 SURVEY SERVICES FOR PROJECT 6,508.00
30331 42488 SURVEY SERVICES FOR PROJECT 12,459.50
Total : 18,967.50
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 3
Bank code :
Voucher
19480
19481
19482
19483
19484
19485
19486
19487
19488
19489
19490
19491
apbank
Date Vendor
Invoice
PO#
Description/Account
Amount
1/29/2010 000571 CODE PUBLISHING CO
1/29/2010 000109 COFFEE SYSTEMS INC
1/29/2010 001148 COLUMBIA PAINT&COATINGS
1/29/2010 001888 COMCAST
1/29/2010 000326 CONSOLIDATED IRRIGATION#19
1/29/2010 000603 CONTRACT DESIGN ASSOC INC
1/29/2010 002248 CRAIG, LAWRENCE
1/29/2010 000683 DAVID EVANS&ASSOCIATES
1/29/2010 001194 DEPT OF ECOLOGY
34697
3820:042827
3820:044145
1673-3
January 2010
JAN 2010
28222
10000152 REFUND
285144
2010-WAR046507
1/29/2010 000912 DEX MEDIA WEST JANUARY 2010
JANUARY 2010
1/29/2010 001877
1/29/2010 001881
DOBBINS,CHRIS
DOMRESE, DAN
EXPENSES
EXPENSES
MUNICIPAL CODE UPDATE
Total :
COFFEE SERVICE
COFFEE SUPPLIES: CENTERPLACI
Total :
SUPPLIES:CP
HIGH SPEED INTERNET
UTILITIES: PARKS
Total :
Total :
Total :
CAPER CHAIRS FOR STREET MAIN
Total :
REFUNDING MECHANICAL PERMIT
Total :
42485 TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY FOR PRO,
Total :
STORMWATER PERMIT
Total :
ADVERTISING: SENIOR CENTER
ADVERTISING: CP
MAINT SUPPLIES
Total :
Total :
MEMBERSHIP FEES&CONFERENC
Total :
722.70
722.70
32.61
49.35
81.96
605.05
605.05
108.95
108.95
83.69
83.69
3,125.56
3,125.56
50.00
50.00
249.55
249.55
1 0,769.00
1 0,769.00
74.60
487.83
562.43
43.58
43.58
290.00
290.00
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Spokane Valley
Bank code • apbank
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account Amount
19492 1/29/2010 002251 DRAPER,CAROL REFUND \DEPOSIT REFUND 52.00
Total : 52.00
19493 1/29/2010 002245 DUNCAN,SHAWN&SANDRA CIP NO 0088 ROW ACQUISITIONS/BRAODWAY/ 3,950.00
Total : 3,950.00
19494 1/29/2010 000795 EARTHWORKS RECYCLING, INC. 24510 RECYCLING COLLECTION 27.50
Total : 27.50
19495 1/29/2010 001846 ECOPLAN-DESIGN 199 42177 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SEF 9,110.24
Total : 9,110.24
19496 1/29/2010 002075 ENVIROTECH SERVICES CD201006531 42521 ICE SLICER-THE ORDER FULFILLI 4,486.92
CD201006532 42521 ICE SLICER-THE ORDER FULFILLI 4,645.38
CD2010066530 42521 ICE SLICER-THE ORDER FULFILLI 4,731.56
Total : 13,863.86
19497 1/29/2010 002246 ESTATE OF PAUL H. GILLESPIE CIP NO 0088 ROW ACQUISITIONS/BRAODWAY/ 13,800.00
Total : 13,800.00
19498 1/29/2010 001859 FINANCIAL FORENSICS 3319 JANUARY 2010: FINANCIAL ANALY: 4,502.00
Total : 4,502.00
19499 1/29/2010 002247 FOLSOM, ELEANOR 16975 REFUND SHORT PLAT REFUND 984.00
Total : 984.00
19500 1/29/2010 001447 FREE PRESS PUBLISHING INC 33502 LEGAL PUBLICATION 90.10
33503 LEGAL PUBLICATION 76.50
33504 LEGAL PUBLICATION 29.75
33505 LEGAL PUBLICATION 48.45
33506 LEGAL PUBLICATION 102.85
33531 LEGAL PUBLICATION 90.10
33542 LEGAL PUBLICATION 91.80
33543 LEGAL PUBLICATION 73.10
33544 LEGAL PUBLICATION 25.00
33545 LEGAL PUBLICATION 25.00
33559 LEGAL PUBLICATION 97.75
33560 LEGAL PUBLICATION 68.00
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Spokane Valley
Bank code : apbank
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account Amount
19500 1/29/2010 001447 FREE PRESS PUBLISHING INC (Continued)
33561 LEGAL PUBLICATION 90.95
Total : 909.35
19501 1/29/2010 002250 GARCIA, SHARON REFUNDREFUND REFUND GREAT ROOM, SMALL DlP 2,523.00
Total : 2,523.00
19502 1/29/2010 001003 GEOENGINEERS INC 0104733 42486 GEOTECH SVCS FOR PROJECT#0 1,946.81
Total : 1,946.81
19503 1/29/2010 002235 GRAFOS, DEAN EXPENSES AWC CONFERENCE 25.00
Total : 25.00
19504 1/29/2010 000007 GRAINGER 9161335352 42528 2010 SMALL TOOLS&EQUIP 69.14
9161335360 42528 2010 SMALL TOOLS&EQUIP 30.08
Total : 99.22
19505 1/29/2010 000011 GREATER SPOKANE VALLEY 71295 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES: CP 650.00
Total : 650.00
19506 1/29/2010 001728 HP FINANCIAL SERVICES CO JAN 2010 LEASE PYMT 2,441.42
Total : 2,441.42
19507 1/29/2010 000259 HUMANIX INC. 172978 STAFFING SERVICE: LASERFICHE 568.00
173044 STAFFING SERVICE: LASERFICHE 568.00
Total : 1,136.00
19508 1/29/2010 000022 INLAND BUSINESS PRODUCTS, INC. 57172 EMPLOYEE PHOTO ODS-HR 23.91
Total : 23.91
19509 1/29/2010 000388 IRVIN WATER DIST.#6 JAN 2010 UTILITIES: PARKS 166.00
Total : 166.00
19510 1/29/2010 001635 ISS FACILITY/EVENT SERVICES 22214 JANUARY MONTHLY JANITORIAL S 7,136.00
22277 EVENT SVCS: CP 49.26
22291 EVENT SVCS: CP 29.56
Total : 7,214.82
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 6
Bank code: apbank
Voucher
Date Vendor
Invoice
PO#
Description/Account
19511
19512
19513
19514
19515
1/29/2010 000252 LOWE'S BUSINESS ACCOUNT
1/29/2010 001684 MARKETING SOLUTIONS NW
1/29/2010 002249 MATTESON,CONNIE
1/29/2010 002218 MOTOROLA INC
JAN 2010
CP 1/20/10
REFUND
13769533
1/29/2010 000971 NORTHWEST IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY, A 41468
A 41476
19516 1/29/2010 000121 NORTHWEST MAILING, INC
19517 1/29/2010 001597 NUMARA SOFTWARE INC.
19518 1/29/2010 000652 OFFICE DEPOT INC.
19519 1/29/2010 000512 OFFICETEAM
19520 1/29/2010 002243 ORBITCOM
77874
42520
OPERATING SUPPLIES: CP
ADVERTISING: CP
Total :
Total :
REFUND VIDEO GAME PROGRAM
Total :
MOTOROLA
Total :
COUNCILMEMBER PORTRAIT
COUNCILMEMBER PORTRAIT
Total :
SEALING SOLUTION
Total :
412533 42533 2 year renewal for Numara Track-It
Total :
1171172478
503431543001
503991757001
503991819001
504178230001
30511833
30548141
00304209
OFFICE SUPPLIES
OFFICE SUPPLIES:CP
OFFICE SUPPLIES
OFFICE SUPPLIES:TONER
OFFICE SUPPLIES: FINANCE
Total :
STAFFING SVCS: LASERFICHE
STAFFING SVCS: LASERFICHE
Total :
EITHERNET:JANUARY 2010
Total :
19521 1/29/2010 000019 PURRFECT LOGOS, INC. 25025 SIGN PLATES FOR COUNCILMEMB
Amount
165.66
165.66
4,162.95
4,162.95
115.00
115.00
7,425.25
7,425.25
81.40
32.53
113.93
41.25
41.25
1,954.43
1,954.43
130.41
58.75
130.43
36.05
2.73
358.37
513.45
521.60
1,035.05
625.00
625.00
97.50
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Voucher List Page: 7
Spokane Valley
Bank code : apbank
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# DescriptionlAccount Amount
19521 1/29/2010 000019 000019 PURRFECT LOGOS, INC. (Continued) Total : 97.50
19522 1/29/2010 000322 QWEST JAN 2010 JAN PHONE SERVICE 367.33
Total : 367.33
19523 1/29/2010 000601 RERC RENEWAL FALL 09/SPRING 2010 SUBSCRIPT! 50.00
Total : 50.00
19524 1/29/2010 000935 SERVICE PAPER CO 30461099 SUPPLIES FOR CENTERPLACE 1,087.74
Total : 1,087.74
19525 1/29/2010 001892 SKILLINGS CONNOLLY INC 6383 42230 REAL ESTATE SERVICES CIP 0088 11,228.84
Total : 11,228.84
19526 1/29/2010 001174 SPACESAVER NW 11482 LABELS: CD 666.73
Total : 666.73
19527 1/29/2010 001893 SPOKANE CO CONSERVATION DIST Jan 2010 MITIATION FEES: BARKER ROAD B 32,000.00
Total : 32,000.00
19528 1/29/2010 000323 SPOKANE CO UTILITIES JAN 2010 SPOKANE COUNTY SEWER 1,599.64
Total : 1,599.64
19529 1/29/2010 000324 SPOKANE CO WATER DIST#3 JAN 2010 WATER CHARGES: PW 32.95
Total : 32.95
19530 1/29/2010 001992 SPOKANE HOTEL MOTEL ASSOC 853 LUNCHES-CP 295.00
Total : 295.00
19531 1/29/2010 000391 SPOKANE VALLEY FIRE DIST.#1 REGISTRATION SVFD EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION D 43.00
Total : 43.00
19532 1/29/2010 000939 SPRAGUE&SULLIVAN MINISTORAGE 15990 JAN RENT— 1L46 57.29
Total : 57.29
19533 1/29/2010 000311 SPRINT 326088106-026 JANUARY WAPS FOR LAPTOPS 549.89
959698810-026 JANUARY—SPRINT CELL PHONES 1,616.43
Total : 2,166.32
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 8
Bank code: apbank
Voucher Date Vendor
19534 1/29/2010 000202 SRCAA
19535 1/29/2010 002110 TARGET MEDIA N.W. PUBLISHING
19536 1/29/2010 000468 TRANSOFT SOLUTIONS INC.
19537 1/29/2010 002215 VANGUARD CLEANING SYSTEMS
19538 1/29/2010 001618 VIKING CONSTRUCTION
19539 1/29/2010 000140 WALTS MAILING SERVICE
Invoice
155
39023
PO#
Description/Account
Amount
1ST QTR 2010
PRINTING: HOT TOPIC
Total :
Total :
54091 TRANSOFT TORUS SOFTWARE WI
Total :
11651
08002310 REFUND
WINTER MAINT FACILITY
Total :
REFUND COST OF SWALE DEPOSI
Total :
23025 INFORMATIONAL SELF-MAILER
23074 PROJECT UPDATE—BARKER BRID
Total :
19540 1/29/2010 000038 WASTE MANAGEMENT OF SPOKANE 2640827-2681-3
2640828-2681-1
2640829-2681-9
19541 1/29/2010 000676 WEST
19542 1/29/2010 001792 WHITEHEAD,JOHN
19543 1/29/2010 001949 WILSON, SAYDEE
19544 1/29/2010 000711 WMCA TREASURER
19545 1/29/2010 000089 XO COMMUNICATIONS
819902167
EXPENSEES
EXPENSES
2010 WMCA
0233988290
WASTE MGMT: CENTERPLACE
WASTE MGMT: PRECINCT
WASTE MGMT: PW
LEGAL SUBSCRIPTION
Total :
Total :
WA PUBLIC EMPLOYER LABORER
Total :
WSCPA CONFRENCE
Total :
2010 WMCA CONFERENCE:ACOST
Total :
INTERNET/DATA LINES:JANUARY:
Total :
28,771.00
28,771.00
702.69
702.69
1,675.00
1,675.00
150.00
150.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
749.32
314.10
1,063.42
733.23
285.27
173.79
1,192.29
733.74
733.74
63.77
63.77
205.00
205.00
850.00
850.00
241.00
241.00
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Spokane Valley
Bank code: apbank
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account Amount
19546 1/29/2010 001885 ZAYO BANDWIDTH LLC January 2010 DARK FIBER LEASE 228.27
Total : 228.27
88 Vouchers for bank code: apbank Bank total : 353,061.03
88 Vouchers in this report Total vouchers: 353,061.03
I,the undersigned,do certify under penalty of perjury,
that the materials have been furnished,the services
rendered,or the labor performed as described herein
and that the claim is just,due and an unpaid obligation
against the City of Spokane Valley,and that I am
authorized to authenticate and certify to said claim.
Finance Director Date
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Voucher List
Spokane Valley
Page: 1
Bank code: apbank
Voucher Date Vendor
Invoice PO#
Description/Account
3070 2/5/2010 000048 VANTAGE TRANSFER AGENTS,401A PLAN Ben32312
3071 2/5/2010 000145 VANTAGEPOINT TRANSFER AGENTS,457 PL Ben32314
3072 2/5/2010 000682 EFTPS
3083 2/5/2010 000682 EFTPS
19547 2/5/2010 000120 AWC
19548 2/5/2010 001896 DANIEL H BRUNNER
19549 2/5/2010 000165 DEPT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
19550 2/5/2010 002227 IDAHO TAX COMMISSION
19551 2/5/2010 000699 WA COUNCIL CO/CITY EMPLOYEES
9 Vouchers for bank code:
9 Vouchers in this report
apbank
Ben32316
Ben32320
8en32092
Ben 32302
Ben32318
8e n32310
Ben32304
Ben32308
Ben32306
401A:Payment
Total:
457 DEFERRED COMPENSATION:Payn
Total:
FEDERAL TAXES:Payment
FEDERAL TAXES:Payment
Total:
Total:
REGENCE HEALTH PLAN(PRE-TAX):P
HEALTH PLANS:PAYMENT
HEALTH PLANS(COUNCIL):PAYMENT
Total:
MCCONVILLE,HOLTEN:09-00170,M 07-
Total:
PERS:Payment
Total:
IDAHO STATE TAX BASE:Payment
Total:
UNION DUES:Payment
Total:
Bank total:
Total vouchers:
Amount
28,294.72
28,294.72
3,930.42
3,930.42
27,445.52
27,445.52
1,187.32
1,187.32
2,357.34
95,778.38
5,451.79
103,587.51
325.00
325.00
43,079.03
43,079.03
1,931.20
1,931.20
2,126.35
2,126.35
211,907.07
211,907.07
yid/
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CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: 02-09-10 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ® consent ❑ old business ❑ new business ❑ public hearing
❑ information ❑ admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE :
Payroll for Period Ending January 15, 2010:
GOVERNING LEGISLATION:
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
BACKGROUND:
OPTIONS:
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION:
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
Budget/Financial impacts:
Gross: $ 232,562.29
Benefits: $ 31,327.52
Total payroll $ 263,889.81
STAFF CONTACT: Raba Nimri
ATTACHMENTS
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: 02-09-10 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ® consent ❑ old business ❑ new business ❑ public hearing
❑ information ❑ admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE :
Payroll for Period Ending January 31, 2010:
GOVERNING LEGISLATION:
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
BACKGROUND:
OPTIONS:
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION:
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
Budget/Financial impacts:
Gross: $ 229,649.20
Benefits: $ 124,141.75
Total payroll $ 353,790.95
STAFF CONTACT: Raba Nimri
ATTACHMENTS
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ® consent ❑ old business ❑ new business ❑ public hearing
❑ information ❑ admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Confirmation of Mayoral Revised Committee Appointments
GOVERNING LEGISLATION:
BACKGROUND:
After Mayoral Committee appointment recommendations were confirmed by Council at the
January 12, 2010 meeting, Councilmembers involved with the following noted committees have
agreed to the proposed following changes:
1. Greater Spokane, Inc. (Formerly EDC): Confirm Mayor Towey in place of Councilmember
Grafos (the Mayor is normally appointed to this committee).
2. Spokane Transit Authority: Confirm Councilmember Grafos in place of Mayor Towey.
3. International Trade Alliance: Confirm Councilmember Dempsey in place of Councilmember
Grasse!.
OPTIONS:
1. Confirm all or some of the Mayoral Appointments
2. Choose not to approve
3. Take other action deemed appropriate by council.
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: Move to confirm the revised Mayoral appointments
as noted above for Greater Spokane, Inc., Spokane Transit Authority, and International Trade
Alliance.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
STAFF CONTACT:
ATTACHMENTS None
DRAFT
MINUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Executive Session
Tuesday,January 12,2010
Attendance:
Councilmembers: Staff:
Tom Towey, Mayor Mike Jackson, Deputy City Manager
Gary Schimmels, Deputy Mayor Mike Connelly, City Attorney
Rose Dempsey, Councilmember Cary Driskell, Deputy City Attorney
Bill Gothmann, Councilmember
Dean Grafos, Councilmember
Brenda Grassel, Councilmember
Bob McCaslin, Councilmember
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mayor Towey called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. It was moved by
Councilmember Gothmann, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn into Executive Session for
approximately one hour to discuss land acquisition [RCW 42.30.110(1)(b]) and pending litigation[RCW
42.30.110(i)]; and that no action is anticipated thereafter. Council adjourned into executive session at
5:01 p.m. At approximately 6:03 p.m. Mayor Towey declared Council out of Executive Session; and it
was moved by Councilmember Schimmels, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn. The executive
session meeting adjourned at 6:04 p.m.
Thomas E. Towey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
Council Minutes:01-12-10 Page 1 of 1
Approved by Council:
DRAFT
MINUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Regular Meeting
Formal Meeting Format
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Mayor Towey called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Attendance: City Staff:
Tom Towey, Mayor Mike Jackson, Deputy City Manager
Gary Schimmels,Deputy Mayor Mike Connelly, City Attorney
Rose Dempsey, Councilmember Ken Thompson, Finance Director
Bill Gothmann, Councilmember Mike Stone, Parks &Recreation Director
Dean Grafos, Councilmember Neil Kersten,Public Works Director
Brenda Grassel, Councilmember Cary Driskell, Deputy City Attorney
Bob McCaslin, Councilmember Carolbelle Branch,Public Information Office
Chris Bainbridge, City Clerk
INVOCATION: Pastor Matthew Larson of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church gave the invocation.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Towey led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL: City Clerk Bainbridge called the roll; all Councilmembers were present.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: It was moved by Councilmember Gothmann, seconded and unanimously
agreed to approve the agenda as presented.
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS: n/a
COMMITTEE,BOARD,LIAISON SUMMARY REPORTS:
Councilmember McCaslin: no report
Councilmember Grassel: reported that she attended the Association of Washington Cities (AWC)
conference for newly elected officials held in downtown Spokane.
Councilmember Schimmels said he could add to that that he spent a day and a half downtown, refreshing
what we should be doing and what we shouldn't be doing.
Councilmember Grafos: said he also attended the AWC conference.
Councilmember Dempsey: said she attended the AWC training; attended the Spokane Regional Clean Air
Agency and was named Chair of that Board, and mentioned the program available to assist low-income
citizens when their cars don't pass emissions.
Councilmember Gothmann: said he attended the Chamber's Government Affairs meeting where they
discussed the legislative agenda; said he had phone conversations with elected officials concerning the
Transportation Improvement Board(TIB) and the Governor's proposal to move the TIB into WSDOT
(Washington State Department of Transportation); said he met with Mark Peters of the International
Trade Alliance (ITA) where Mr. Peters voiced concern that his agency did not receive any funding and
was wondering if this Council would re-consider; and mentioned the Governance Manual and he invited
Councilmembers to submit ideas or concerns for changes.
MAYOR'S REPORT: Mayor Towey reported that he attended the AWC training as well. Mayor Towey
read the proclamation for Human Trafficking Awareness Day, which was received by Azra Grudic on
behalf of the Lutheran Community Services Northwest; and she thanked Council for the opportunity to
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bring this awareness to the community. On the topic of the Advance Agenda, Mayor Towey mentioned
the importance of setting a date and time in the near future for the retreat.
Councilmember Grafos read the following statement: "Mr. Mayor. I would like to have the following six
issues reviewed by staff and or the city attorney and brought before the council for discussion and a vote
as soon as they can be put on the agenda. The City Attorney and staff to bring before the council the
procedure needed to replace the City Manager with either an interim or permanent replacement for Dave
Mercier. The procedure that must be followed by the council to allow voting by telephone by absent City
Council members. The staff and or city attorney to update the council on the S.A.R.P. plan and the
options available to the council to restore zoning entitlements in effect at City incorporation in 2004 and
allow property owners to build under any enhanced zoning entitlements enacted by the city in 2007 and
2009. Update the council on the statue and options available to suspend or table negotiations, and
expenditures on the purchase of property at University City. Update the council on the statue and options
available at this time on the 2.9%property tax increase for 2010 voted in by the prior council. The staff
to schedule a joint public meeting between the council and the County Commissioners to receive issue
up-dates and the status of important issues to our citizens. These issues could include negotiations on the
railroad right-a-way and the on-going contract talks with the Sheriffs dept. Thank you, Dean Grafos."
Deputy City Manager Jackson said as per the Governance Manual, a consensus of three or more
councilmembers is needed to place items on future agendas; and there was Council consensus to put the
items mentioned by Councilmember Grafos, on upcoming agendas.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Mayor Towey invited general public comments.
Margaret Mortz, 3420 S Ridgeview Drive: read the following statement:
"I voted for Positive Change candidates. Last week an unannounced agenda change was made. Then, a
vote was called immediately. This essentially prevented citizens who were not present from asking
questions. The outcome of this vote will cost the city at least $175,000. This was done by a flawed
process that was not compatible with open communications, and without written documentation of fiscal
costs and benefits. This type of process leaves the door open for abuse. To prevent that, I believe that
Council's required procedures should be legislated so that: (1) there will be "no surprises." Citizens can
plan ahead to attend meetings based upon published agendas. This also allows citizens to "do their
homework" and prepare written or verbal comments. (2) There will be "three touches." Citizens should
have 3 opportunities to discuss this before the Council and in writing before a vote is taken. Although
this process has been used in the past, the current council started their terms by ignoring these standards
of conduct. Apparently,these "open governance" rules were optional behaviors. Consequently, I request
that the Council formally adopt rules of conduct that force compliance. Specifically, the Council should
declare that any future vote taken without honoring these rules of conduct will be null and void. I request
that Council add an additional requirement before any public discussions and voting. I ask that the
council show fiscal discipline and present written cost-benefit analyses for votes during at the beginning
of the "3 touches" process. This fiscal analysis should include: the cost of proposed actions; sources of
revenues to pay for any costs; processes and time required to recover from any expenses; a discussion of
alternatives to the proposed actions with pros/cons; and risks involved in the action. My requests are
consistent with the promises made by the "Positive Change" candidates. Here are reminders of those
promises: From Dean Grafos (http://www.votedeangrafos.com/future,html): `We must always seek
transparency and effective communication with the community. All voices must be heard, and all who
work for the City should be accountable.' `Confrontation, litigation and limits on free speech are never
acceptable (Spokesman-Review 4/30/09 &5/9/09).We are the City's customers. No business can survive
without understanding this fundamental principle.' From Brenda Grassel
(http://www.votebrendagrassel.com/): `Not allow the voice of the citizens to fall on deaf ears!' `Be
Accountable to the Citizens.' From Tom Towey (http://www.votetomtowey.com/home.html): `Listen to
the people.' `Restore Public confidence.' `Fiscal responsibility — Transparency.' Council members, you
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are honorable and competent people. Please live up to your promises. Please make enforceable rules that
require (1) `no surprises' (2) `3 touches' (3)written fiscal analyses in advance of the `3 Touches.—
Mary Pollard, 17216 E Baldwin Avenue: said she noticed that in our sidewalk and street standards,we are
pretty-much going to the swale thing on everything; and said she thinks since we are building pedestrian
friendly communities, we are forgetting that since the swales are next to the road,that anybody who parks
along the curb, the passenger side has to step into a pit; and said if we are thinking about all the
handicapped people and people that may be older or infirm, or just clumsy, we have created all these pits
to fall into; and said she and her husband are wondering, and said they noticed in a lot of developments
that they have re-routed their water into places that go under the sidewalk; but said if they have to go with
swales, that we need to allow a certain number of feet for somebody to be able to have level ground to
stand on as it is kind of dangerous and said when she talked to staff about this when they were talking
about the road standards last summer,they suggested that people would just use the driveways of all these
houses; but she said if it happens to be a side street where all the houses are facing one direction and the
side of these yards is another street,there are no driveways for people to walk in; and she said she came to
the end of a development going on a walk, and they had to go down a driveway and she said they almost
fell because it was steep and very icy; and said we need in the planning to look at figuring out a way so
that along the roadways, because people park; how are they going to get out of their cars without having
to drive to the corner to pick somebody up; and she said it is not conceivable if someone has a house party
and has a lot of guests; and said she thinks we have not been looking at pedestrian safety in looking at
how to gather water.
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 DATE W/VOUCHER NUMBERS: TOTAL AMOUNT
12-17-2009 Beginning 19153, ending 19206 $565,388.23
12-17-2009 19207 $122,460.67
12-23-2009 Beginning 19208, ending 19240 $228,170.68
12-23-2009 Beginning 19241, ending 19274 $98,559.27
12-31-2009 Beginning 19275, ending 19307, ,
1224090010, 1228090006, 1230090026 $3 884 672. 2
01-04-2010 (for 2009) Beginning 19308, ending 19324 $56,160.16
01-05-2010 (for 2010) Beginning 19326, ending 19330 $421,305.09
GRAND TOTAL $5,376,716.42
b. Approval of Payroll for pay period ending December 31, 2009: $350,293.61
c.Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of December 22, 2009
It was moved by Councilmember Dempsey, seconded and unanimously agreed to adopt the consent
agenda.
NEW BUSINESS:
2. First Reading Proposed Ordinance 10-001 Amending Gambling Ordinance—Ken Thompson
After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Councilmember Gothmann and
seconded to advance ordinance 10-001 to a second reading. Finance Director Thompson explained that
as noted previously,the only change is to change the report due date from the 15th of the month to the 30th
of the month. Mayor Towey invited public comments;no comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation:
In Favor: Unanimous. Opposed:None. Abstentions:None. Motion carried.
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3. First Reading Proposed Ordinance 10-002 Amending Spokane Valley Municipal Code 17.100.030 —
Cary Driskell
City Attorney Connelly explained that his office is also staffed by interns; he said they have a great
relationship with Gonzaga University which compensates us for what we pay the interns, or we
occasionally get interns for free; and the interns get credit for working with us; he said as a trade-off to
that, staff members do what they can to provide training opportunities and give them an opportunity to
practice law, and tonight we will have two interns who will make presentations in lieu of either the City
Attorney or Deputy City Attorney; and Jeana Poloni will handle this item, and Chris Longman will handle
another matter later on tonight's agenda. After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was
moved by Councilmember Gothmann and seconded, to advance ordinance 10-002 to a second reading.
Intern Poloni explained that this proposed ordinance is an amendment to the Spokane Valley Municipal
Code enforcement chapter;that this is a housekeeping matter and is anticipated to be revenue-neutral;that
it would allow staff to bring code compliance cases and abatement actions either before the District Court
or the Superior Court; that it is currently the practice to bring cases before Superior Court, but there may
be times when it is necessary to bring cases to District Court. Mayor Towey invited public comments;
no comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation: In Favor: Unanimous. Opposed: None. Abstentions:
None. Motion carried.
4. Motion Consideration: Mayoral Appointments—Mayor Towey
Mayor Towey said that annually the Mayor appoints Councilmembers to committees throughout the area
to represent Spokane Valley, and he read the following proposed appointments:
Chamber of Commerce Board: Brenda Grassel
Convention Center&Visitor's Bureau: Brenda Grassel
Greater Spokane, Inc.: Dean Grafos
Emergency Communications Board 911: Bill Gothmann
Finance Committee Spokane Valley: Tom Towey, Dean Grafos, Gary Schimmels
Governance Manual: Tom Towey, Bill Gothmann
Growth Management Steering Committee of Elected officials: Dean Grafos, Brenda Grassel
Health District Board: Bill Gothmann, Rose Dempsey
International Trade Alliance: Brenda Grassel
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee: Council Representative: Brenda Grassel; representative of person
involved in funded activities: Doug Kelly for a two-year position
NE Housing Solutions: citizen Terri Symbol, for a term expiring 3-15-2012.
Solid Waste Advisory Committee: Gary Schimmels
Spokane County Housing& Community Development Advisory Committee: re-confirm Bill Gothmann
with a term ending 2011
Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency: re-confirm Rose Dempsey,term runs with council term
Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC): Gary Schimmels
Spokane Transit Authority(STA): Tom Towey, Gary Schimmels
TPA Tourism Promotion Area: Tom Towey
Wastewater Policy Advisory Board: Rose Dempsey, Tom Towey
It was moved by Councilmember Dempsey, seconded and unanimously agreed to confirm the
appointments as just stated by the Mayor.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Mayor Towey invited other general public comments; no comments were
offered.
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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:
5. Alarm Ordinance Amendment—Cary Driskell
By way of background, Deputy City Attorney Driskell explained that during the summer of 2009, the
Police Department brought forth information concerning false security alarms and of exploring the
concept of hiring an outside entity to manage that as it was taking a tremendous amount of time by the
police department to manage the system, and to also try to reduce the number of false security alarms.
Mr. Driskell explained that the City of Spokane adopted a program and hired a company a few years ago,
and experienced a noted reduction in false security alarms, and therefore, our Police Department proposed
exploring a similar system; staff solicited bid proposals and one response was received, that from Public
Safety Corporation (PSC), a private company; and subsequently Council awarded a contract to PSC and
amended the City's Code related to false alarms, which was adopted September 2009 with a start date
January 1, 2010 of new code changes to implement the changes and the program, including amending the
fee resolution. Mr. Driskell said that during that time,the City was notifying people about the upcoming
system, and getting people signed up when staff notified there were some conflicts between different code
provisions, and some of the language was ambiguous and/or superfluous; he explained in using the city of
Spokane's program, we missed a few things, so tonight staff is doing some cleanup of the code and
making it easier for people, staff and police to understand and use the code. Mr. Driskell explained the
proposed changes: to remove the requirement at the bottom of page one and other references to a
disclosure statement,that Spokane uses a disclosure statement but it was decided we would not use such a
statement as it did not add anything; so rather than have an unnecessary document, it was recommended
to remove references to a disclosure statement, including the reference on subsection F on the middle of
page 2. Mr. Driskell said the change on page 3 is necessary because our police officers are not
technically city employees, and a more accurate statement would be "law enforcement officer." Further
changes explained by Mr. Driskell included the incorrect reference on page 4 to SVMC 7.20.050; the
proposed change to leave section 7.20.170 blank for any future need, and to omit the text as it is
superfluous to a provision already provided in the Code under subsection A 1 and 2; and under subsection
B at the top of page 6,there was noted a difference between burglary and robbery alarm, and he said our
police will not differentiate but have the same response for either alarm.
Councilmember McCaslin asked about the annual registration fee, and Mr. Driskell explained that the
annual registration is $25.00 but if there are no false alarms,the fee is reduced to an annual fee of$15.00.
Councilmember McCaslin said it appears we are charging people who have not had a false alarm; that
they are installing alarms in their homes for protection; and said he thinks Council should come up with
something to penalize those who have alarm systems who have false alarms rather than those putting in a
new alarm which has never caused a problem, or who have never had a false alarm; and he said it appears
we are pre judging people by charging them the annual fee when they have had no false alarms. Police
Chief VanLeuven said the registration fee is for the registration of the alarm, which is separate from the
response to the false alarm;that the registration fee pays for the administration of this program, including
verifying current correct contact information; that approximately 40% of our current alarms did not have
current information for the people, so even if it was a true alarm, the police had to remain at the business
without anyone responding as the owner's contact information was outdated; and he emphasized the
importance for the alarm company and for PSC to have current valid contact information, and that
registration pays for that task of getting the information,which helps eliminate law enforcement response
to false alarms. Chief VanLeuven said if the alarm company gets a trigger on the alarm, they will return
the call immediately and determine whether the alarm is valid.
Councilmember McCaslin reiterated that we are charging people who have not had a false alarm, and
those who should be charged are the ones who have false alarms; and if we are going to have an
ordinance, we should not go after the people putting in new alarms. Chief VanLeuven said only those
with a confirmed false alarm will receive a fee for law enforcement response; which is different from the
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annual registration fee of$25.00 or$15.00 to maintain the cost of the program. Councilmember McCaslin
said he feels Council should not pass on this.
Councilmember Gothmann said the policy in the past has been to recover operating or administrative
expenses just as we do in charging planning permits; and said this is not a question of having false alarms,
this is the cost of the administrative effort to keep the system registered and current. Chief VanLeuven
said PSC takes 25% of the cost and the remainder goes to the City. Deputy City Manager Jackson
explained that the fee is set in the current master fee schedule, which schedule contains all city fees, and
said that this ordinance and the fee schedule were previously adopted; and if a fee were to be adjusted it
would be done separately under the master fee schedule rather than with the ordinance. City Attorney
Connelly added that we also have a contract with PSC and if the contract were to change, staff would
need to advise Council of the rights under the contract if Council wanted to institute change.
Councilmember Grafos asked about the cost of a false alarm, and Chief VanLeuven said with the new
alarm system,there is a short grace period, and the fee schedule on residential false alarm is a flat rate of
$85.00 for residents, and $165.00 for commercial; and under the old ordinance the charge was an
increasing scale with each subsequent alarm, but this new schedule is a flat fee. Councilmember Grafos
asked if someone was installing an alarm, would we consider waiving that first charge on a false alarm;
and Chief VanLeuven said there is a provision for a grace period and a free first false alarm.
Councilmember Grassel asked how many false alarms were residential and how many commercial, and
Chief VanLeuven said he did not have those figures with him tonight, but said they went to an estimated
1055 false alarms last year in 2008; and said that he had previously provided council with numerous
statistics concerning this topic; and said they are optimistic this will reduce the number of false alarms,
thereby making the operation more cost effective and efficient, and saving on police man-hours to false
alarms and thereby freeing them to other needed services; and it will be more efficient for the alarm users
as well.
Councilmember Gothmann reminded everyone that an ordinance is already in effect and these are
changes to make the ordinance more accurate; and he suggested we move forward with these changes to
the current ordinance, and ask staff to provide the previous information given to Council on this topic;
and Deputy City Manager Jackson said that tonight's item is for consensus to move this item forward for
a first reading if Council desires. Councilmember McCaslin said he would like to know how much
revenue those 1055 false alarm generated; and Chief VanLeuven said they had that information
previously; that previously there was a grace period; that the schools were not charged, and there were
approximately 100 false alarms; and the revenue that could have been obtained under the old ordinance
versus what will be obtained in this is substantially different, and he said costs will be recovered
sufficiently under the new ordinance; and that the previous data will be given to council as requested. It
was confirmed that staff will move forward with these technical amendments in the interim; that the
requested information will be included in next week's council packet; and it was again noted that the fee
and the ordinance amendment are two separate issues; and all will be brought back next week.
6. Homeless Housing and Assistance Regional Program—Mike Connelly
Legal Intern Chris Longman explained that in 2005, State legislature passed an act to reduce state-wide
by 2015,the homeless population by 50%; and to do that,they required each county create a task force to
develop and implement a plan; and to pay for this the legislature imposed new document recording fees
which have been implemented in Spokane County and so far have raised about $4.3 million toward this
program, and said that almost $2.4 million has been spent to fund homeless services county-wide; that
currently the City of Spokane Valley has the opportunity to withdraw from the County's plan, or to
remain and maintain the status quo; and that there is no cost associated with this to the City of Spokane
Valley; but if Council desires to withdraw from the program with the County,the City of Spokane Valley
could become responsible for meeting the criteria of the act and would need to start a new plan, still with
a deadline of 2015; and if Council chooses to remain with the County, a draft sample resolution is
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included in tonight's materials. Councilmember Gothmann said he sits on the HCDAC committee and
these activities are closely related, that the HUD grants go to low-income areas; and the decision was
made some time ago to go with the County;that there are two entitlement areas,the City of Spokane and
the rest of the County; and he said the County has an excellent relationship with HUD and of keeping
track of funds spent; and on the homeless program, Christine Barada does an excellent job with an
excellent staff and he said he would not want to replicate her efforts,and he recommends we continue the
status quo. There was no council objection to proceeding as recommended in bringing forth a resolution
next week to remain with the County's program.
7. CenterPlace Food Service Contract—Mike Stone
Parks and Recreation Director Stone explained the proposed change of contract for food services, and of
the positive reasons for moving as proposed; and said that Glover Mansion, doing business as Red Rock
Catering, is the recommended choice. There was Council consensus that staff move forward as proposed
for a motion consideration next week.
8. Amendment to Fee Resolution—Mike Stone
Parks and Recreation Director Stone said that the current fee resolution has an erroneous rate for use of a
picnic shelter of $84.00 for five hours, which should be changed to $50.00; and since staff desires to
charge the correct lower amount, Mr. Stone recommends this move forward next week to correct this
error, and Council concurred. It was also noted that Council would like to examine all fees on the fee
schedule and Mr. Jackson said that will be brought back separately for council's consideration.
INFORMATION ONLY: The Planning Commission Rules of Procedure and Legislative Agendas were
for information only and were not reported or discussed.
It was moved by Councilmember Grafos, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn. The meeting
adjourned at 7: 25 p.m.
ATTEST:
Thomas E. Towey, Mayor
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
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MINUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Executive Session
Tuesday,January 19,2010
Attendance:
Councilmembers: Staff:
Tom Towey, Mayor Mike Jackson, Deputy City Manager
Gary Schimmels, Deputy Mayor Mike Connelly, City Attorney
Rose Dempsey, Councilmember Cary Driskell, Deputy City Attorney
Bill Gothmann, Councilmember
Dean Grafos, Councilmember
Brenda Grassel, Councilmember
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mayor Towey called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. and announced that the
executive session is cancelled. It was moved by Councilmember Dempsey, seconded and unanimously
agreed to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 5:04 p.m.
Thomas E. Towey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
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MINUTE S
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Regular Meeting
Formal Meeting Format
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Mayor Towey called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Attendance: City Staff:
Tom Towey, Mayor Mike Jackson, Deputy City Manager
Gary Schimmels,Deputy Mayor Mike Connelly, City Attorney
Rose Dempsey, Councilmember Ken Thompson, Finance Director
Bill Gothmann, Councilmember Mike Stone, Parks &Recreation Director
Dean Grafos, Councilmember Neil Kersten,Public Works Director
Brenda Grassel, Councilmember Cary Driskell, Deputy City Attorney
Kathy McClung, Community Dev. Director
Absent: Rick VanLeuven,Police Chief
Bob McCaslin, Councilmember Carolbelle Branch, Public Information Office
Greg Bingaman, IT Specialist
Chris Bainbridge, City Clerk
INVOCATION: Pastor Manuel Denning gave the invocation.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Towey led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL: City Clerk Bainbridge called the roll; all Councilmembers were present except
Councilmember McCaslin. It was moved by Councilmember Grafos, seconded and unanimously agreed
to excuse Councilmember McCaslin from tonight's meeting.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: It was moved by Deputy Mayor Schimmels, seconded and unanimously
agreed to approve the agenda.
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS: n/a
COMMITTEE,BOARD,LIAISON SUMMARY REPORTS:
Deputy Mayor Schimmels, and Councilmembers Grafos and Grassel had no report; Councilmember
Dempsey reported that she visited the HUB and was impressed with the facility; and Councilmember
Gothmann said regarding the Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee meeting, that
they are reviewing HUD grants so that recommendations can be made to the Board of County
Commissioners, and he explained that Spokane Valley has a 20% set-aside amount with the County for
these funds, and that this time the amount is approximately$320,000.
MAYOR'S REPORT: Mayor Towey reported that he attended the Second Harvest celebration at Trent
Elementary School and the YMCA Kids café kick-off, explaining that the YMCA partners with Trent to
feed the kids before and after school; and said he was impressed with the outstanding job they do with
little financing; said that last Thursday he met with Airway Heights Mayor Patrick Rushing and they
talked about things the two cities are involved with, such as the treatment plant, and they discussed
annexation, and talked about relationships and how to help each other; that he met last week also with
Commissioner Mager and they discussed future mutual challenges, talked about relationships and
discussed the current economic situation and of partnering with neighboring communities such as
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Millwood and Liberty Lake; said he went to the Chamber's business breakfast; attended the Northeast
Mayor's Conference in Spokane where seventeen Mayors came together to discuss problems, and said
that Governor Gregoire dropped in and discussed issues relative to cities and said at that meeting that
businesses and government will have to re-boot to survive, which Mayor Towey said he understands that
means to adopt short and long term goals to survive.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Mayor Towey invited general public comments.
Dick Behm, speaking for Spokane Valley Business Association: Mr. Behm submitted copies of his
statement, and then read his prepared remarks concerning the Sprague Appleway Revitalization Plan, or
SARP: "Where did it come from? Did the former City Council or City staff dream it up?What about the
City Center Plan? Is that something the City and Developers put together? No,that's not what happened.
In 2003 the City Council asked the citizens what their vision of Spokane Valley was and which direction
they wanted their brand new city to go. How was this done and what were the results? The City
Community Development Department contracted with Clearwater Research to conduct a Community
Preference Survey. The survey was designed to gauge the public's views on issues such as transportation,
urban design, city identity, growth and development. The final results were presented to the City in April
2004. Those results were used to develop priorities in the new Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan by
the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission is made up of citizen volunteers who have spent
thousands of hours working on how to make our City a better place to live,work and play. The result was
a new Comprehensive Plan to replace the one established by Spokane County. It has been tweaked and
amended many times since then, as situations and priorities change, by the City Council. So what about
SARP? Well, SARP is a part of the Comprehensive Plan and it reflects the direction the citizens said they
wanted the City to go. Citizens were asked `how important it was to the future of Spokane Valley to have
an area of the City that is recognized as a city center or downtown' and 61% said it was very important or
somewhat important. The question was also asked where the City Center should be located. The choices
submitted by citizens were Evergreen and Sprague, Pines and Sprague, Mirabeau Point, University City,
and others. University City area was the overwhelming choice receiving 52%of the total vote. Mirabeau
Point was second with 18%. Respondents were also asked `how supportive they would be of Spokane
Valley officials spending public money to promote the creation of a city center.' Three-quarters of the
respondents (75%) indicated they were supportive of Spokane Valley officials spending public money to
create a city center. 76% reported that having a community identity was very or somewhat important to
the future of Spokane Valley. So following the desires of the citizens the city hired a consultant to help
plan a city center and suggest a plan to revitalize Sprague Avenue. 64 public meetings and workshops
were held. Hundreds of Valley citizens attended with a desire to help plan their new city's future. Their
viewpoints were heard and incorporated into the plan and SARP was born. Is SARP a bad plan?NO! Is it
a good plan? NO! SARP is a plan in progress. It is a 20 to 30 year plan. It needs tweaking and changes,
but it does reflect the direction that the citizens said they wanted the city to go. We would ask the City
Council not `to throw the baby out with the bathwater' and act in haste. The new members on the
Council should do their due-diligence and research. Please ask the staff for copies of the Clearwater
Research Report filed April 28, 2004 and read all the results of the study." Spokane Valley Business
Association, Terry Lynch—President, Dick Behm, Secretary/Treasurer.
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 DATE W/VOUCHER NUMBERS: TOTAL AMOUNT
01-07-2010 (year 2010) 19331-19334 $2,378.57
01-08-2010 (year 2009) 19337-19353 $3,264,279.48
01-08-2010 (year 2010) 19354 $4,594.00
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01-12-2010 (payroll) 3041, 3042, 3043, 19325, 19335, 19336,
$208,769.21
19355, 19356
GRAND TOTAL $3,480,021.26
b. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of January 5, 2010
It was moved by Councilmember Dempsey, seconded, and unanimously agreed to approve the consent
agenda.
NEW BUSINESS:
2. Second Reading Proposed Ordinance 10-001 Amending Gambling Ordinance—Ken Thompson
After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Councilmember Gothmann and
seconded to approve ordinance 10-001. Finance Director Thompson explained that this is an ordinance
amending the current gambling ordinance, and the only change is to change the due date for gambling tax
reports from the 15th of the month to the 30th in accordance with the State Auditor's Office suggestion,
and to assist those establishments in timely meeting their report requirements. Mayor Towey invited
public comments; no comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation: In Favor: Unanimous. Opposed:
None.Abstentions:None. Motion carried.
3. Second Reading Proposed Ordinance 10-002 Amending 17.100.030— Cary Driskell/Jeana Poloni
After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Councilmember Gothmann and
seconded to approve ordinance 10-002. Legal Intern Poloni explained that this change would allow the
City to assess or recover civil penalties accruing under this chapter by legal action filed in Spokane
County District Court or Superior Court; and said this ordinance is revenue neutral. Mayor Towey invited
public comments; no comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation: In Favor: Unanimous. Opposed:
None. Abstentions:None. Motion carried.
4. Proposed Resolution 10-001 Homeless Housing and Assistance Act—Mike Connelly
It was moved by moved by Councilmember Dempsey, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve
Resolution 10-001. Legal Intern Longman explained that this resolution is for Spokane Valley to continue
participation in Spokane County's Homeless Housing and Assistance Act Regional Program instead of
handling the program through our City. Mayor Towey invited public comment. Alvin Fisher, 13808 E
Valley Way asked if this has anything to do with the panhandling problem and Councilmember
Gothmann said it does not, and explained that panhandling is a permitted activity per our Washington
State Court. There were no further public comments. Vote by Acclamation: In Favor: Unanimous.
Opposed:None.Abstentions:None. Motion carried.
5. Proposed Resolution 10-002 Amending Fee Resolution—Mike Stone
It was moved by Councilmember Dempsey, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the 2010 fee
resolution amendment as outlined by staff. Parks and Recreation Director Stone explained that this
addresses an incorrect fee regarding picnic shelter reservations, that the actual reservation fee should be
$50.00 instead of$84.00. Mayor Towey invited public comment; no comments were offered. Vote by
Acclamation:In Favor: Unanimous. Opposed:None.Abstentions:None. Motion carried.
6. Motion Consideration: CenterPlace Food Service Contract—Mike Stone
It was moved by Councilmember Dempsey, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the
CenterPlace Food Services Contract with Red Rock Catering and authorize the City Manager or
designee to approve the annual renewals. Parks and Recreation Director Stone said this is the food
service contract for 2010, and they are excited to work with Red Rock Catering. Councilmember
Gothmann asked about the verbiage under paragraph 1B in the agreement, and Mr. Stone said he would
check with our legal staff to make sure the language is clear. It was moved by Councilmember Gothmann
and seconded to amend the motion to include that we will amend Section B in the contract as discussed.
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The vote to amend the motion was unanimously in favor. Mayor Towey invited public comment; no
comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation on the amended motion: In Favor: Unanimous. Opposed:
None.Abstentions:None. Motion carried.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Mayor Towey invited other general public comments
Alvin Fisher, 13808 E Valley Way: spoke on the subject of panhandling and said he sees numerous
violations and there must be a way to cure this problem; that he doesn't like people to have to walk
around panhandlers, and said it is time for this city to take a stand on this. Councilmember Gothmann
responded and said that a committee was previously appointed to discuss panhandling, that several
meetings have been held and ways to address the problem discussed; that a recent ruling by the State
Supreme Court allows panhandling provided they are not aggressive, which means they can't block
citizen's from walking on the sidewalks, and the panhandlers cannot step into the streets; he said there is a
national publication put out by SCOPE on this issue; and said that an education process must take place
so people will stop giving to panhandlers, as that is the only way to stop it; that 90% of what is given to
panhandlers goes to support their drug and alcohol problems. City Attorney Connelly said he can discuss
the matter further with Mr. Fisher if he wants to call Mr. Connelly's' office. Deputy City Manager
Jackson added that we can schedule a presentation in the future and give Council history and background
information if that is Council's direction.
Peggy Doering, 11522 E Sunview Circle: said she is going to Olympia next week and is wondering what
is the message from here to Olympia. Mr. Jackson said he has a copy of our current legislative agenda
with eight items of interest, including street utility enabling legislation, increased state funding for the 911
system, seeking $300,000 for the acquisition of park land adjacent to the Park Road pool and Centennial
Middle School, Law Enforcement District enabling legislation, securing state funding for statewide
communications interoperability of infrastructure, reasonable legislation related to the "cap and trade"
provisions of climate control regulations under consideration; access to enhanced state fuel purchasing
power, and provide support for the Association of Washington Cities' legislative agenda items that serve
the best interests of the City of Spokane Valley.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:
7. Animal Control—Cary Driskell/Nancy Hill/Commissioner Todd Mielke
After Deputy City Attorney Driskell gave some background history of animal control in Spokane Valley,
SCRAPS Director Nancy Hill went through her PowerPoint presentation explaining some of the issues
association with Animal Protection, including their mission and purpose, their education program, their
location, hours of operation and what their facility has, such as after hours animal receiving room and
new cat room; she mentioned staff including maintenance personnel, their pet licensing program,
adoption program, and volunteer program; their animal protection services and officers; and how they
handle emergency and routine calls. Ms. Hill gave statistics on time study percentages, showing requests
for services, calls, impounds, etc., for Spokane County, Spokane Valley, Millwood, Cheney and Fairchild
AFB, showing Spokane Valley involved in over 46% of those services. Spokane County Commissioner
Mielke, on speaking to regional issues, said Ms. Hill has done a great job with all aspects of animal
control and in increasing licenses so we know where those pets are;that the issue of animal control is also
being discussed at the City of Spokane as their current animal control no longer wishes to be in that
business and they are working to find a transition plan; that the City of Spokane is interested in becoming
a part of the coalition but there are some challenges in doing that, and he encouraged the Council to take a
tour of the facility, which was built in 1975 and has never had any major upgrades; and said currently
there is no facility large enough to house a combined effort; that the parcel this building is on is long and
narrow. Commissioner Mielke mentioned that the interlocal with the City of Spokane is on hold, that
they had to renew their contract with Spokane Animal and their costs doubled, so they are in the process
of negotiation, and are willing to extend the contract if a solution is being pursued. Other discussion
included mention that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife partners with SCRAPS on some
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items, but that mostly SCRAPS does not deal in wildlife; that to upgrade a thirty-five-year old building
would likely take $3 to $5 million, and that the building it not hooked up to sewer as the closest hookup is
on the other side of the railroad tracks, and they would have to bore underneath to accomplish such
hookup, and that it would be expensive; and said in the end they might be looking at $10 to $13 million
for a new building, plus the additional cost of the land. Mr. Mielke said they are trying to do what they
can to soften the impact on general funds, and they rely heavily on the use of volunteers, including use of
Geiger Work Release crews for such things as kennel cleaning. Ms. Hill said their fundraiser is schedule
for April 23, and Mr. Mielke said it is likely that each jurisdiction may want to re-coup more money from
animal licenses or impose sur-charges, and that flexibility exists. Deputy City Attorney Driskell said in
reference to the code proposal changes included in tonight's council packet materials, that is a proposed
change to the definition of kennels, which is a policy choice, and such will be brought back for council
consideration at an upcoming meeting.
8. False Alarms—Rick Van Leuven/Cary Driskell
Police Chief Van Leuven gave an overview of how they arrived at outsourcing the task to PCF/CryWolf,
as noted on his September 15, 2009 Request for Action and accompanying documentation, and said the
documents summarize a year's worth of work to explain why they think this is cost efficient and an
efficient use of resources for the Spokane Valley Police Department. Councilmember Grafos said he
agrees with the program,but would like to see the first response at no charge so people can get used to the
program; and Chief Van Leuven said that is why, as noted in the ordinance, that people who get new
alarms have a sixty-day grace period and the first false alarm is free. Deputy City Attorney Driskell said
the contract is a two-year contract with a series of three, potential one-year rollovers; and it was
negotiated based on the anticipated workload and revenue, which is how they arrived at the 25/75 split,
and if fees and costs were to be changed, they would need to look at amending the contract, adding that
the fee structure is the same as was adopted with the City of Spokane.
Mayor Towey called for a short recess at 7:44 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 7:56 p.m.
9. Ed Byrne JAG Grant— Cary Driskell
Deputy City Attorney Driskell explained that Council previously approved staff to apply for a 2010 JAG
grant in conjunction with Spokane and Spokane County;the grant was awarded with the City of Spokane
the fiscal agent for the funds; and under the grant, we are entitled to $50,367; and that the interlocal is
necessary to direct the funds to Spokane County for their intended purpose since they are our contract
service provider; that Spokane County will use the $12,500 for policing purposes between now and
September 30, 2012; and the remainder of the funds will be used for other police-related services in the
future. There was council consensus to move this forward for motion consideration at the February 9
council meeting.
10. City Manager Vacancy—Mike Connelly
City Attorney Connelly said this is the beginning of the process to secure a permanent city manager for
Spokane Valley; and there are two steps which need to be taken, the first rather quick needed step is to
appoint someone to assume the powers of the city manager, which is probably best done by appointment
of an interim or acting city manager, and then to identify what process Council will follow to appoint a
permanent city manager. Mr. Connelly went over the steps for removal and replacement of a city manager
as defined by state statute; and said Council needs to hire someone who is component to do the job and
can handle the tasks. Mr. Connelly pointed to additional guidance on seeking a "qualified" city manager
as noted in the ICMA "Recruitment Guidelines Handbook"which is included as part of tonight's council
packet; and said that the general language of the statute provides a wide range of qualifications that would
fit the bill for a city manager, and said the closer someone is to having actual experience as a city
manager, would probably be the closer someone would be to have those requirements and be qualified
and able to handle the duties of the position; and said Council could appoint an existing member of staff
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as an interim or acting city manager while Council considers a permanent resolution. Mr. Connelly said
the first goal is that prior to February 5, 2010, when the administrative leave expires for the City
Manager, to appoint or designate a qualified person as interim City Manager, and Mr. Connelly
recommended scheduling a motion for the February 2 council meeting to do that action, and to also
schedule between now and then, an executive session to discuss the qualifications as to the existing
deputy city manager, or to look elsewhere for those qualifications. In answer to council question, Mr.
Connelly said an interim or acting city manager could remain as such until terminated,or for an undefined
term or until such time as a permanent city manager is selected, or have the position be temporary; but in
the meantime, Council needs to move into the second phase to find a permanent city manager; and said
one option would be to appoint the Deputy City Manager as the interim City Manager, or conduct a
search to accept applications for the interim city manager; but said the choice is at Council's discretion.
Mr. Connelly also said that if Council determined to have a current staff member as acting or interim city
manager, pay would be an issue, and a contract would be necessary with the guaranteed right for that
person to go back to their original job if the interim job didn't work out, or if no one would take the job,
and said there are standard contracts distributed by ICMA which council could use as guidelines.
Regarding the selection and recruitment for a permanent city manager, once the acting or interim city
manager is determined, Mr. Connelly said there is no time schedule; and he again referred to the ICMA
recruitment guidelines provided; and said this selection is one of the most important responsibilities of a
local governing body and he stressed the importance of the position, and said in a Council-Manager form
of government, the city manager is vested with substantial responsibilities, duties and rights to administer
the city; that Council makes the policy and the city manager makes the policy happen. Recruit process
was discussed including use of the City's human resources department for an in-house search, or use of an
executive recruitment firm for the search, and that cost would be dependent on how many people Council
would eventually interview, including background searches and cost of flying candidates here for the
interview process; and Mr. Connelly said the likelihood of getting the broadest field of candidates would
be considerably lower if such search were conducted locally and in-house; and said the added difficulty in
our case is that we just had a requested termination, so there could be some hesitancy in top people
applying unless we have a professional conduct the search; and said we could also have a professional
firm come to discuss the process with Council. Mr. Connelly said he contacted MRSC (Municipal
Research Services Center) to see what others do in similar situations, and discovered that 90% of the
cities of our size conduct a professional search. Councilmember Grassel asked if Council wanted to look
at a different form of government such as a strong mayor or mayor elect, what would that do to this
process; and Mr. Connelly said staff can start to look into that if Council desires, but said it would not
interfere with the process as the election process is lengthy, and said he sees that as a separate issue.
It was determined that an Executive session will be scheduled prior to February 2 to discuss candidate
qualifications, and to make sure Council is informed prior to voting on a motion at the February 2 council
meeting.
11. Advance Agenda Discussion—Mayor Towey
Mayor Towey reminded everyone of the upcoming winter retreat February 9 at CenterPlace,from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m., and that the meeting will be held in the conference room on the second floor, and the meeting is
open to the public.
Councilmember Grafos read the following statement:
"I would like to have the following two issues reviewed by staff and or the city attorney and brought
before the council for discussion, council options, and a possible vote as soon as these two items can be
put on the agenda. #1 Several weeks ago at a meeting of the Auto Row dealers and at a later meeting
with Denny Waltermeier of Spokane Hyundai the issue of the possibility of installing crosswalks at
certain locations in the one way corridor was introduced. Dick Behm voiced the same concern at the
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SVBA meeting which I attended last week with Mayor Towey. Their concern was the safety of
pedestrians crossing Sprague Ave along the one way section of Sprague Ave in the University and Auto
Row areas of the City. #2 For some reason as the city website has been upgraded, expanded, and revised
in the last 2 years the city budget from the first full year of city incorporation in 2004 until 2008 is no
longer available to the public on our website. As an incoming member of the finance committee and in
the interests of transparency and public disclosure, it is difficult for the public to see where we are going,
where we have been, and what actions and decisions we are making as stewards of the taxpayers money
without this information. This financial information should be readily available to the public without the
necessity and difficulty of requesting this information from the city via a public records request. I would
like the prior year budgets from 2004 to 2008 restored to the city website as soon as possible. Thank
you." Deputy City Manager Jackson said with Council's concurrence, staff will look into those issues.
Council concurred. Mayor Towey also reminded everyone there will be no meeting next week as Council
attends the legislative conference in Olympia.
INFORMATION ONLY: The Paveback and Fee Resolution were for information only and were not
reported or discussed.
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Schimmels, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn. The meeting
adjourned at 8:24 p.m.
ATTEST:
Thomas E. Towey, Mayor
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
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MINUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Executive Session
Monday February 1,2010
Attendance:
Councilmembers: Staff:
Tom Towey, Mayor Mike Jackson, Deputy City Manager
Gary Schimmels, Deputy Mayor Mike Connelly, City Attorney
Rose Dempsey, Councilmember Cary Driskell, Deputy City Attorney
Bill Gothmann, Councilmember
Dean Grafos, Councilmember
Brenda Grassel, Councilmember
EXECUTIVE SESSION: After Mayor Towey called the meeting to order at 4: 00 p.m., it was moved
by Councilmember Gothmann, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn into executive session for
approximately two hours to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment [RCW
42.30.110(1)(g)] and that no action is anticipated thereafter. Council adjourned into executive session at
4:00 p.m. At approximately 5:45 p.m., Mayor Towey declared council out of executive session. It was
moved, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m.
Thomas E. Towey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
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CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ❑ consent ❑ old business Znew business ❑ public hearing
❑ information ❑ admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE : First Reading Proposed Ordinance 10-003, Amending Alarm
Regulations
GOVERNING LEGISLATION: SVMC 7.20 Alarm Systems
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: Adoption of false alarm code in 2004; adoption of
new false alarm code in 2009, applicable January 1, 2010; administrative report to Council
January 12, 2010.
BACKGROUND:
At the request of the Police Department, the City Council adopted a new false security alarm
code in September, 2009, effective January 1, 2010. Concurrently, the Council approved a
contract with Public Safety Corp./CryWolf (PSC), a private company specializing in helping
jurisdictions reduce the number of false alarms.
In the process of registering the many alarm users in the last month, PSC and our Police
Department personnel found several items that were redundant, erroneous or unnecessary.
The attached proposed code amendments are considered housekeeping items, and would
remove or amend those provisions. These proposed changes are listed below in the order they
appear in the draft ordinance.
7.20.050(D) page one, bottom —the word thirty is currently spelled out. The protocol in the
City Code is to use the number, so it is being changed accordingly.
7.20.050(E) page one, bottom — neither the City nor PSC utilize a disclosure statement.
This was a remnant of the provisions borrowed from the City of Spokane. Since the
City does not use the disclosure statement, the entire subsection should be removed,
and the rest of the section renumbered.
7.20.050(new E)(5) page two, top — with the removal of the requirement for a signed
disclosure statement in the old subsection (E), this subsection had to be amended to
similarly remove the reference to the statement.
7.20.050(new F) page two, middle - with the removal of the requirement for a signed
disclosure statement in the old subsection (E), this subsection had to be amended to
similarly remove the reference to the statement.
7.20.050(new H)(3) page two, middle — removed the word "his" as it was unnecessary for
the sentence.
7.20.100(D) page three, middle —the reference to "employee of the city" was a remnant of
the City of Spokane language not applicable to our city because we contract for police
services, and they are thus not employees of the City.
7.20.110(D)(2) page four, top — the reference to SVMC 7.20.050 should be removed
because it does not refer to system modification or inspection as asserted.
7.20.110(J)(11)((c) and (d) page four, middle — there are three numbers spelled out that
should be numerically stated.
7.20.170 page five, bottom and top of six — the Police Department does not differentiate
between burglary and robbery in terms of how they respond, so there is no basis for a
different charge. As such, this section is being deleted in its entirety and left blank in
the event the City wants to add a section in the future for whatever reason.
The rest of SVMC 7.20 would remain the same.
OPTIONS: Proceed with amending SVMC 7.20 as outlined above; recommend additional
changes; do nothing;
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: I move to advance Ordinance 10-003 to a second
reading.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS: None anticipated.
STAFF CONTACT: Cary Driskell, Deputy City Attorney; Rick VanLeuven, Chief of Police
ATTACHMENTS Proposed Ordinance 10-003
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CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
SPOKANE COUNTY,WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 10-003
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY, SPOKANE COUNTY,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING SPOKANE VALLEY MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION
7.20.050, 7.20.100, 7.20.110, AND REPEALING 7.20.170 RELATING TO SECURITY
ALARMS,AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO
WHEREAS, the City of Spokane Valley previously adopted regulations relating to false alarms
that became effective January 1, 2010, codified in Spokane Valley Municipal Code 7.30; and
WHEREAS, in the course of implementing these Code changes, staff discovered several items
that needed to be amended because they were either unnecessary or contradictory; and
WHEREAS,the City Council desires to amend the Code to correct these errors.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Spokane Valley, Spokane County,
Washington, ordains as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to amend the Spokane Valley
Municipal Code sections related to alarms to remove unnecessary or erroneous provisions.
Section 2. Amending Spokane Valley Municipal Code 7.20.050: SVMC 7.20.050 is
amended as follows:
Section 7.20.050 Registration Terms and Fees
A. Alarm registration is valid for one year.
B. Alarm registration is issued to a person or persons ("alarm user") having bona fide
ownership or control of an alarm site (i.e., home owner, business owner, renter,
leaseholder, etc.) and specifically for that alarm site or address. Alarm registration
remains in the name(s) of the alarm user of record until a change of ownership or control
of the alarm site occurs.
C. Alarm registration is attached to the alarm user and the alarm site registration and is
not transferable. A new alarm site registration must be issued whenever there is a
change of ownership or control of an alarm site.
D. The initial registration application shall be given to the alarm user at the time
of alarm installation and shall be submitted to the alarm administrator or designee
within 30thiftt days.
E. A signed copy of the disclosure statement required in SVMC 7.20.110 shall be
submitted to the alarm administrator along with the initial registration application.
Receipt of the disclosure statement is a precondition of registration.
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E. Registration information is determined by the alarm administrator and shall include,
but not be limited to,the following:
1.Name and address of the alarm user(i.e.,the person financially responsible for
operation of the alarm system being registered).
2. Home,business and cellular telephone number(s) of the alarm user.
3.Name, address and telephone number of the alarm business providing
monitoring service to the system.
4. Alternate telephone number for verification (cell phone or other telephone
designated by the alarm user).
5. Signature of the alarm user verifying that the alarm user he has read and
understood the City public disclosure statement and agrees to pay the fees
associated with false alarms.
GF. On receipt of the application and fees,. . . -- - -- •_ . .• . . . ••--
the alarm administrator (or designee) shall issue a security alarm registration number to
the alarm user.
44G. The security alarm registration number assigned to an alarm user remains the same
for as long as the alarm user continuously maintains registration for the alarm site.
mil. Registration may be renewed under the following conditions:
1. The alarm site has no past-due fees.
2. The alarm site's registration is not suspended for excessive false alarms.
3. The alarm user either updates his registration information or verifies that the
current registration information is still correct.
4. The appropriate annual registration fee is paid.
ii. Renewal information and fees are submitted to the alarm administrator (or designee)
on or before the initial registration anniversary date each year.
JK. The rates for security alarm registration fees are set forth in the City's Master Fee
Schedule, as set forth in SVMC 7.20.310. The established rates shall assure that the
alarm administrator position and all other costs related to administration and
enforcement of the security alarm ordinance are supported entirely by registration fees.
Section 3. Amending Spokane Valley Municipal Code 7.20.100: SVMC 7.20.100 is
amended as follows:
Section 7.20.100 Alarm Dispatch Requests
A. Alarm dispatch requests shall be made in the manner prescribed by the alarm
administrator and approved by 911 and police dispatch.
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B. Alarm dispatch requests may include, but are not limited to, the following
information:
1. Alarm site registration number.
2. Location of the alarm activation.
3. Type of alarm activation (burglary/property/intrusion/robbery/ panic/hold-
up/duress or roll-over/airbag deployment).
4. Alarm business' incident number(or other official incident identifier).
5. Alarm business' assigned control number.
C. Alarm dispatch requests made to the department (or its designee) shall be for police
incidents only, and shall accurately indicate the type of alarm activation
(burglary/property/intrusion, robbery/hold-up/panic/duress) that is the proximate cause
for the alarm dispatch request.
D.No alarm business shall initiate an alarm dispatch request if it knows, or reasonably
should know,that doing so would cause a law enforcement office • -•• . o -- . .- •
to respond to an alarm site containing a protective/reactive alarm system.
E.No dispatch request and subsequent police response to a robbery alarm (as defined in
SVMC 7.20.0201 may be cancelled by the alarm user. In every case at least one officer
shall respond to affirm that the alarm user is not under duress of any kind.
Section 4. Amending Spokane Valley Municipal Code 7.20.110: SVMC 7.20.110 is
amended as follows:
Section 7.20.110 Duties of Alarm Installation Company and/or Monitoring Company
A. All alarm installation and/or monitoring companies shall ensure that their customer
information is updated with the alarm administrator or designee at least monthly. This
information shall include:
1. Customer name and contact information (i.e., all phone numbers);
2. Alarm site address and billing address;
3. Monitoring company name and contact information; and
4. Installation date or date the alarm monitoring ended.
B. All alarm installation and/or monitoring companies shall ensure that an on-site
inspection of the operating systems for the alarm system shall occur at least once every
three years. The records of these inspections shall be made available to the alarm
administrator upon request.
C. The alarm installation company shall provide written and oral instructions to each of
its alarm users in the proper use and operation of their alarm systems. Such instructions
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will specifically include all instructions necessary to turn the alarm system on and off
and to prevent false alarms.
D. Effective January 1, 2010, and thereafter, alarm installation companies shall not
program alarm systems so that they are capable of sending one-plus duress alarms.
1. Monitoring companies may continue to report one-plus duress alarms received
from alarm systems programmed with one-plus duress alarms prior to January 1,
2010.
2. Effective January 1, 2010, and thereafter, when a takeover or conversion
occurs, or if an alarm user requests an alarm system inspection or modification,
pursuant to SVMC 7.20.050, an alarm installation company must remove the
one-plus duress alarm capability from such alarm systems.
E. Effective January 1, 2010, and thereafter, alarm installation companies shall not
install a device to activate a holdup alarm,which is a single action,non-recessed button.
F. Effective April 1, 2010, the alarm installation companies shall, on new installations,
use only alarm control panel(s)which meet SIA Control Panel Standard CP-01.
G. An alarm company shall not use automatic voice dialers which call 911 or the police
department.
H. After completion of the installation of an alarm system, an alarm installation company
employee shall review with the alarm user the customer false alarm prevention checklist
established by department policy.
I. The monitoring company shall make an alarm dispatch request for a police officer
response to a burglar alarm signal, including panic, duress and hold-up signals. A
residential alarm user is provided one false alarm response during the first sixty days
following an alarm system installation without any charge.
J. A monitoring company shall:
1. Report alarm activations or signals by using the telephone numbers designated
by the alarm administrator;
2. Attempt to verify every burglar alarm signal prior to requesting a police
dispatch by making at least two phone calls to the responsible party or parties.
This procedure does not apply to duress or hold-up signals;
3. Communicate alarm dispatch requests to the Spokane Valley police in a
manner and form determined by the alarm administrator;
4. Communicate cancellations to the Spokane Valley police in a manner and
form determined by the alarm administrator;
5. Ensure that all alarm users of alarm systems equipped with duress, hold-up or
panic alarm(s) are given adequate training as to the proper use of the duress,
hold-up or panic alarm(s). Alarm system training should be provided to every
alarm user and/or additional training provided in situations where the alarm user
has established a high incident rate of false alarms resulting from unintentional
or accidental activation;
6. Communicate any available information (north, south, front, back, floor, etc.)
about the location on all alarm signals related to the alarm dispatch request;
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7. Communicate type of alarm activation (silent or audible, interior or
perimeter);
8. Provide an alarm user registration number when requesting an officer
dispatch;
9. After an alarm dispatch request, promptly advise the Spokane Valley police if
the monitoring company knows that the alarm user or the responder is on the
way to the alarm site;
10. Attempt to contact the alarm user or responder within twenty-four hours via
mail, fax, telephone or other electronic means when an alarm dispatch request is
made; and
11. Effective January 1, 2010, monitoring companies must maintain for a period
of at least one year from the date of the alarm dispatch request, records relating
to alarm dispatch requests.
a. Records must include the:
i. name, address and telephone number of the alarm user;
ii. alarm system zone(s) activated;
iii.time of alarm dispatch request; and
iv. evidence of an attempt to verify.
b. The alarm administrator may request copies of such records for
individually named alarm users.
c. If the request is made within sixty60 days of an alarm dispatch
request, the monitoring company shall furnish requested records within
tee3 business days of receiving the request.
d. If the records are requested between S'ixty60 days to one year after an
alarm dispatch request, the monitoring company shall furnish the
requested records within tkift 30 days of receiving the request.
K. An alarm installation company and/or monitoring company that purchases alarm
system accounts from another person shall notify the alarm administrator of such
purchase and provide details as may be reasonably requested by the alarm administrator.
Section 5. Repealing Spokane Valley Municipal Code 7.20.170: SVMC 7.20.170 is
repealed as follows:
Section 7.20.170 Fees for Appropriating Public Police Services for Private
PurpesesIntentionally left blank
A. The cost recovery fees for appropriating public police services for private purposes
arc in the City's Master Fcc Schedule,pursuant to SVMC 7.20.310.
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1. Separate rates may be established for commercial properties and residential
properties responses to false burglary/property/intrusion alarms and to false
robbery/hold up/panic/duress alarms.
2. The established rates shall assure that the full cost of police response to false
.security alarms is recovered by the City.
B. Cost recovery fees are assessed based on the response requested. An alarm dispatch
request reporting a robbery alarm, for example, is subject to the false alann penalty fee
applicable to robbery false alarm responses, even if the alarm activation should properly
have been reported as a burglary alarm.
Section 6. Remainder of SVMC 7.20 Unchanged. The remaining provisions of SVMC 7.20
are unchanged by this amendment.
Section 7. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance should
be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence, clause
or phrase of this Ordinance.
Section 8. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective five days after
publication of the ordinance, or a summary thereof, in the official newspaper of the City.
Adopted this day of , 2010.
City of Spokane Valley
Thomas E. Towey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
Approved as to Form:
Office of the City Attorney
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CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: February 9th, 2010 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ❑ consent ❑ old business ® new business ❑ public
hearing ❑ information ❑ admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: First Reading Proposed Ordinance 10-004, Amending SVMC 17.80
and 19.30; as follows:
Chapter 17.80.030-Update Table 17.80-1 to include Developer Agreements as a Type IV
application and minor modifications to Developer Agreements as a Type I application.
Chapter 17.80.140- Include Developer Agreements in the language that outlines Type IV
applications.
Chapter 19.30.015-Add language which provides for Developer Agreements in
conjunction with Comprehensive Plan Amendments.
GOVERNING LEGISLATION: RCW 36.708.170-210
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: None
BACKGROUND: The Uniform Development Code was adopted in September of 2007 and was
effective October 28th, 2007. Following the adoption of the code, a number of items were
discovered which were incorrect, impractical, or omitted. On August 11, 2009 the Spokane
Valley City Council passed Ordinance 09-015, an emergency ordinance which provided for the
creation of Developer Agreements, something that is not currently provided for in the Municipal
Code. These agreements can only be considered in conjunction with Comprehensive Plan
amendments and associated rezones and would provide both the developer and the City with
the flexibility needed to carry out the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. Some
items that may be addressed through Developers Agreements include, but are not limited to,
permitted uses, densities, building sizes, development conditions, design standards, impact
fees, affordable housing and phasing. Minor modifications to these agreements may be
approved by the Community Development Director based on criteria included in the regulations.
ANALYSIS: Spokane Valley Municipal Code Section 17.80.150(6) provides approval criteria
that amendments of the Spokane Valley Municipal Code must meet. Those criteria include:
1. The proposed amendment(s) are consistent with the applicable provisions of the
Comprehensive Plan.
2. The proposed amendment(s) bear a substantial relation to the public health, safety,
welfare and protection of the environment.
a. LUP-1.2 requires code provisions that "protect residential areas from impacts of
adjacent non-residential uses and/or higher intensity uses." Developers
Agreements provide the City with a mechanism that protects existing
neighborhoods while also allowing development to occur. The Planning
Commission finds that the code amendments are consistent with this
provision.
b. NP-2.2 calls for the review and revision of existing land use regulations to
provide innovation and flexibility in the design of new residential developments.
Developers Agreements provide flexibility on a case by case basis which allows
both the developers and the City to create a variety of different housing options.
The Planning Commission finds that the code amendments are consistent
with this provision.
c. IP-encourages the periodic review of programs, procedures, processes and other
opportunities of reaching customer service goals. Developers Agreements are a
way to offer greater flexibility to those who choose to develop in Spokane Valley.
The Planning Commission finds that the code amendments are consistent
with this provision.
Staff Comment: The proposed amendments meet the above outlined goals, and are thus
consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
OPTIONS: Move to advance the ordinance to a second with or without modifications; choose
not to advance the ordinance to a second reading; or provide further direction to staff.
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: Move to advance ordinance 10-004 to a second
reading.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS: None.
STAFF CONTACT: Christina Janssen —Assistant Planner; Mike Connelly-City Attorney
ATTACHMENTS:
Table 17.80.30, Section 17.80.140, Section 19.30.015
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CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
SPOKANE COUNTY,WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 10-004
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY, SPOKANE COUNTY,
WASHINGTON ADOPTING A NEW SECTION OF THE UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE,
SPECIFICALLY SECTION 19.30.015, AND AMENDING EXISTING SECTION 17.80.030
AND 17.80.140 TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR CONSIDERATION OF DEVELOPER
AGREEMENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND THE COMPANION ZONE CHANGE AND REPEALING ORDINANCE 09-015.
WHEREAS, the City of Spokane Valley adopted the Uniform Development Code (UDC) pursuant to
Ordinance 07-015 on the 25th day of September, 2007; and
WHEREAS,the UDC became effective on the 28th day of October, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the adopted UDC does not specifically provide for the consideration of a developer
agreement in conjunction with a comprehensive plan amendment and companion zone change processed
as part of the City of Spokane Valley's annual amendment to the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, such an agreement is authorized by RCW 36.70B.170-210; and
WHEREAS,the city council approved Interim Ordinance 09-015 on the 11th day of August, 2009; and
WHEREAS,the planning commission has reviewed the proposed ordinance and held a public hearing to
allow comment from the public on the 14th day of January, 2010, and subsequent to that hearing and
deliberations, recommended approval of the same; and
WHEREAS, the ordinance was provided to the Department of Commerce for their review pursuant to
RCW 36.70A.106 on December 21, 2009.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY ORDAINS AS SET FORTH
BELOW:
Section One: amending SVMC 17.80.030: Section 17.80.030 shall be amended as follows:
17.80.030 Assignment of development application classification.
A. Assignment by Table. Land use and development applications shall be classified pursuant
to the following table:
Table 17.80-1 —Permit Type and Land Use Application
Type Land Use and Development Application SVMC Cross-
Reference
Accessory dwelling units 19.40.100
Type I Administrative determinations by community development director, Multiple
public works director, or building official
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Administrative exception 19.140
Administrative interpretation 17.50.010
Boundary line adjustments and eliminations 20.80
Building permits not subject to SEPA 21.20.040
Floodplain development 21.30
Grading permits 24.50
Home occupation permit 19.40.140
Minor modifications of development agreements 19.30.015(I)
Record of survey to establish lots within a binding site plan 20.60.040
Right-of-way permits 22.130.060
Shoreline permit exemption (dock permit) 21.50
Site plan review 19.130
Temporary use permit 19.160
Time extensions for preliminary subdivision, short subdivision or 20 30.060
binding site plan
Alterations—Preliminary and final subdivisions, short subdivisions, 20.50
binding site plans
Binding site plan—Preliminary and final 20.50
Binding site plan— Change of conditions 20.50
SEPA threshold determination 21.20.060
Type II
Shoreline substantial development permit 21.50
Short subdivision—Preliminary and final 20.30, 20.40
Preliminary short subdivision, binding site plan— Change of 20.30
conditions
Wireless communication facilities 22.120
Conditional use permits 19.150
Planned residential developments 19.50
Plat vacation 20.70.020
Type Preliminary subdivision— Change of conditions 20.50
III
Subdivisions—Preliminary 20.30
Variance 19.170
Zoning map amendments (site-specific rezones) 19.30.030
Type Annual Comprehensive Plan amendments (text and/or map) 17.80.140
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IV Area-wide zoning map amendments 17.80.140
Development Agreements associated with Comprehensive Plan 17.80.140
Amendments
Development code text amendments 17.80.150
Section Two: amending SVMC 17.80.140: 17.80.140 shall be amended as follows:
17.80.140 Type IV Applications — Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Development
Agreements associated with a Comprehensive Plan Amendment, and Area-
wide Rezones
A. Initiation. Comprehensive Plan Amendments and Area Wide Rezones may be initiated
by any of the following:
1. Property owner(s) or their representatives;
2. Any citizen, agency, neighborhood association, or other party; or
3. The Department, Planning Commission, or City Council.
B. Applications. Applications shall be made on forms provide by the City.
C. Application Submittal:
1. Applicant initiated: Comprehensive Plan Amendments and Area-Wide Rezones
shall be subject to a pre-application conference, counter-complete, and fully-
complete determinations pursuant to SVMC 17.80.080, 090, and 100. The date
upon fully-complete determination shall be the date of registration with the
Department.
2. Non-applicant initiated: After submittal of a non-applicant initiated application,
the application shall be placed on the register.
D. Register of Comprehensive Plan Amendments and Area-wide Rezones. The
Department shall establish and maintain a register of all applications.
E. Concurrent and Annual Review of Register.
1. Sixty (60) days prior to November 1st in each calendar year, the City shall
notify the public that the amendment process has begun. Notice shall be
distributed as follows:
ai. Notice published in an appropriate regional or neighborhood newspaper
or trade journal;
b. Notice posted on all of the City's official public notice boards; and
c. Copy of the notice sent to all agencies, organizations, and adjacent
jurisdictions with an interest.
2. All registered applications shall be reviewed concurrently, on an annual basis
and in a manner consistent with RCW 36.70A.130(2). Applications registered
after November 1st of the previous calendar year and before November 1st of
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the current calendar year, shall be included in the annual review. Those
registered after November 1st of the calendar year shall be placed on the
register for review at the following annual review.
3. Emergency Amendments: The City may review and amend the Comprehensive
Plan when the City Council determines that an emergency exists or in other
circumstances as provided for by RCW 36.70A.130 (2)(a).
F. Notice of Public Hearing. Comprehensive Plan Amendments and Area-Wide Rezones
require a public hearing before the Planning Commission.
1. Contents of Notice. A Notice of Public Hearing shall include the following:
a. The citation, if any, of the provision that would be changed by the
proposal along with a brief description of that provision;
b. A statement of how the proposal would change the affected provision;
c. A statement of what areas, Comprehensive Plan designations, zones, or
locations will be directly affected or changed by the proposal;
d. The date, time, and place of the public hearing;
e. A statement of the availability of the official file; and
f. A statement of the right of any person to submit written comments to the
Planning Commission and to appear at the public hearing of the
Planning Commission to give oral comments on the proposal.
2. Distribution of Notice. The Department shall distribute the notice pursuant to
SVMC 17.80.120(2).
G. Planning Commission Recommendation — Procedure. Following the public hearing,
the Planning Commission shall consider the applications concurrently, and shall
prepare and forward a recommendation of proposed action for all applications to the
City Council. The Planning Commission shall take one of the following actions:
1. If the Planning Commission determines that the proposal should be
adopted, it may, by a majority vote, recommend that the City Council
adopt the proposal. The Planning Commission may make modifications
to any proposal prior to recommending the proposal to City Council for
adoption. If the modification is substantial, the Planning Commission
must conduct a public hearing on the modified proposal;
2. If the Planning Commission determines that the proposal should not be
adopted, it may, by a majority vote, recommend that the City Council
not adopt the proposal; or
3i. If the Planning Commission is unable to take either of the actions
specified in subsections (G)(1) or (2) above, the proposal will be sent to
City Council with the notation that the Planning Commission makes no
recommendation.
H. Approval Criteria.
1. The City may approve Comprehensive Plan Amendments and Area-Wide Zone
Map Amendments if it finds that:
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a. The proposed amendment bears a substantial relationship to the public
health, safety, welfare, and protection of the environment;
b. The proposed amendment is consistent with the requirements of RCW
36.70A and with the portion of the City's adopted plan not affected by
the amendment;
c. The proposed amendment responds to a substantial change in conditions
beyond the property owner's control applicable to the area within which
the subject property lies;
d. The proposed amendment corrects an obvious mapping error; or
e. The proposed amendment addresses an identified deficiency in the
Comprehensive Plan.
2. The City must also consider the following factors prior to approving
Comprehensive Plan Amendments:
a. The effect upon the physical environment;
b. The effect on open space, streams, rivers, and lakes;
c. The compatibility with and impact on adjacent land uses and
surrounding neighborhoods;
d. The adequacy of and impact on community facilities including utilities,
roads, public transportation, parks, recreation, and schools;
e. The benefit to the neighborhood, City, and region;
f. The quantity and location of land planned for the proposed land use type
and density and the demand for such land;
g. The current and projected population density in the area; and
h. The effect upon other aspects of the Comprehensive Plan.
I. City Council Action.
Within sixty (60) days of receipt of the Planning Commission's findings and
recommendations, the City Council shall consider the findings and recommendations of
the Commission concerning the application and may hold a public hearing pursuant to
Council rules. The Department shall distribute notice of the Council's public hearing
pursuant to SVMC 17.80.120(2). All annual amendments to the Comprehensive Plan
shall be considered concurrently. By a majority vote of its membership, the City
Council shall:
1. Approve the application;
2. Disapprove the application;
3. Modify the application. If the modification is substantial, the Council must
either conduct a public hearing on the modified proposal; or
4. Refer the proposal back to the Planning Commission for further consideration.
J. Transmittal to the State of Washington. At least sixty (60) days prior to final action
being taken by the City Council, the Washington State Department of Community,
Trade and Economic Development (CTED) shall be provided with a copy of the
amendments in order to initiate the sixty (60) day comment period. No later than ten
(10) days after adoption of the proposal, a copy of the final decision shall be forwarded
to CTED.
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Section Three: amending SVMC 19.30: SVMC Chapter 19.30 shall be amended by adding a
new section 19.30.015 as follows:
19.30 Changes & Amendments
19.30.010 Comprehensive Plan Text& Map Amendments
Pursuant to RCW 36.70.130(2)(a) proposed updates to the Comprehensive Plan will be
processed only once a year except for the adoption of original sub-area plans, amendments to
the Shoreline Master program, the amendment of the Capital Facilities Chapter concurrent with
the adoption of the City budget, in the event of an emergency or to resolve an appeal of the
Comprehensive Plan filed with the Growth Management Hearing Board.
Comprehensive Plan text and map amendments are classified as Type IV development
applications and shall be processed pursuant to SVMC Chapter 17.80.140.
19.30.015 Development Agreements associated with a Comprehensive Plan
Amendment
A. Pursuant to RCW 36.70B.170 -210, the city may enter into a development agreement with
a person having ownership or control of real property within its jurisdiction as part of a
comprehensive plan amendment and associated rezone. A development agreement and
subsequent rezone shall be consistent with applicable development regulations set forth in
the UDC, SVMC Chapters 17-24.
B. Development Agreements associated with a Comprehensive Plan Amendment are
classified as Type IV development applications and shall be processed in compliance with
the Comprehensive Plan Amendment and the regulations of RCW 36.70B.170 - 210.
C. Development agreements associated with a comprehensive plan amendment and
subsequent rezone may be used at the city council's discretion. Development agreements
may be used to place restrictions on a proposed amendment to minimize the impacts of
future development.
D. Development agreement contents
1. For the purpose of this section, development standards may include, but are not limited
to the following:
a. Project elements such as permitted uses, residential densities, and nonresidential
densities and intensities or building sizes;
b. The amount and payment of impact fees imposed or agreed to in accordance
with any applicable provisions of state law, any reimbursement provision, other
financial contributions by the property owner, inspection fees, or dedications;
c. Mitigation measures, development conditions, and other requirements under
43.21C RCW;
d. Design standards such as maximum heights, setbacks, drainage and water
quality requirements, landscaping, and other development features;
e. Affordable housing;
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f. Parks and open space preservation;
g. Phasing;
h. Review procedures and standards for implementing decisions;
i. A build-out or vesting period for applicable standards; and
j. Any other appropriate development requirement procedure.
E. The final decision authority for approval of the development agreement and development
plan shall be the City Council set forth in SVMC Chapter 17.80.060 (D).
F. The decision of city council on a development agreement and plan in conjunction with a
comprehensive plan amendment and subsequent zoning change is the final decision of the
city and may be appealed pursuant to RCW 36.70C.
G. A development agreement shall be recorded with the Spokane County Auditor at the
applicant's expense. During the teen of the development agreement, the agreement is
binding on the parties and their successors.
H. The city will process and decide upon an application for an amendment as if it were an
application for a new development agreement in a manner set forth above unless it is
deemed a minor modification as set forth in (I)below.
I. Modifications of development plan
1. The director of community development may approve minor modifications to the
development plan pursuant to Chapter 17.80.030.
2. Criteria for approving minor modifications include but are not limited to the following:
a. Shall conform to the terms of the development agreement
b. Shall not reduce landscaping, buffering, or open space areas
c. Shall not reduce setback requirements
d. Shall not result in an increase in height of any structure
e. Shall not result in a change in ingress or egress
f Shall not increase any adverse impacts or undesirable effects
g. Shall not significantly alter the project
Section Four: Repealing ordinance 09-015. Ordinance 09-015 shall be repealed upon the effective date
of this ordinance.
Section Five: Severability. If any section, sentence clause or phase of this Ordinance should be held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, clause or phrase of this Ordinances.
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Section Six: Effective date. This ordinance shall be full force and effect five (5) days after the
publication of the Ordinance, or a summary thereof, occurs in the official newspaper of the City as
provided by law.
Passed by the City Council this day of February, 2010.
Thomas E. Towey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
Approved as to Form:
Office of the City Attorney
Date of Publication:
Effective Date:
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CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ❑ consent ❑ old business ® new business ❑ public hearing
'information ❑ admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Proposed Resolution 10-004, adopting Planning Commission Rules of
Procedure as follows:
The Planning Commission recommends making the following changes to its Rules of
Procedure:
• Changing reference of Ordinance No. 35 to the Spokane Valley Municipal Code
18.10
• Minor changes for clarification, removal of duplicate language,
• Moved section 14 (formerly 15) B from Conflict of Interest to section 7 Voting,
where it is more appropriate.
• Modified the order of business to match what is current on the agenda being
presented
• Deleted section 13, on the recommendation of the City Council. Council has
stated in the past the desire to maintain the sole right to create temporary
committees. Renumbered the rest of the sections.
• Changed the review time from every other year to odd numbered years.
GOVERNING LEGISLATION: Spokane Valley Municipal Code 18.10
PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION TAKEN: Recommended approval at the
December 10, 2009 Planning Commission meeting. Presented as an information item on the
City Council on January 12, 2010.
BACKGROUND: The Rules of Procedure were updated last in June of 2006. The Procedures
currently state that they should be reviewed every other year. This was not done at that time
and they need to be amended to current code references, along with clarification of language,
one section has been deleted based on previous Council direction, one subsection has been
moved to a more appropriate section.
OPTIONS: Approve the resolution with or without modifications; choose not to approve the
resolution; take other action deemed appropriate.
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: Move to approve Resolution 10-004, adopting
Planning Commission Rules of Procedure as amended December 10, 2009.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS: NA
STAFF CONTACT: Kathy McClung, Director
ATTACHMENTS: Proposed Resolution 10-004
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CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
SPOKANE COUNTY,WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 10-004
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY, SPOKANE COUNTY,
WASHINGTON, ADOPTING THE CITY SPOKANE VALLEY PLANNING
COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Spokane Valley Municipal Code Section 18.10.030
establishes the rules for the Spokane Valley Planning Commission and mandates that the Planning
Commission shall adopt rules and procedures as are necessary for the conduct of business, subject to the
approval of the city council; and
WHEREAS,the Planning Commission adopted Rules of Procedure which were last updated June
22, 2006; and the rules call for updating every two years; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission revised their rules December 10, 2009 which provided
clarification and reflects current practice.
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Spokane Valley, Spokane
County,Washington as follows:
Section 1. Adoption of Spokane Valley Planning Commission Rules of Procedure. The
Spokane Valley City Council hereby adopts the Spokane Valley Planning Commission Rules of
Procedure as amended December 10, 2009,which are attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Section 2. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect upon adoption.
Adopted this day of February 2010.
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Thomas E. Towey, Mayor
ATTEST: Approved as to form:
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk Office of the City Attorney
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City of Spokane Valley
Planning Commission
RULES OF PROCEDURE
Updated 06-22-2006
Updated 12-10-2009
We, the members of the Planning Commission of the City of Spokane Valley, State of
Washington, pursuant to the City of Spokane Valley Municipal Code (SVMC) 18.10, do hereby
adopt and publish the following Rules of Procedure
ORGANIZATION AND RULES OF PROCEDURE
1. Name
A. The "City of Spokane Valley Planning Commission," hereinafter referred to, as
the "Commission" is an advisory body created by the City Council for purposes
consistent with SVMC 18.10.
2. Location
A. The Commission offices shall be the City Hall of the City of Spokane Valley.
3. Officers
Unless otherwise required by a vacancy in office, the Commission shall organize every
year in accordance with SVMC 18.10.
A. Officers of the Commission shall be elected from its membership; the officers
shall be Chair, Vice Chair, and other appropriate officers that the Commission
may choose to approve and appoint by majority vote.
B. The Chair shall preside over the Commission and exercise all powers incidental
to the office, retaining however, the full right as a member of the Commission to
propose motions, second motions and have a vote recorded on all matters of the
Commission.
C. The Vice-Chair shall, in the absence of the Chair from any meeting, perform all
the duties incumbent upon the Chair, and retain the full right as a member of the
Commission in the same manner as the Chair.
4. Secretary of the Commission
A. The Director of the Department of Community Development or his/her designee
shall serve as the Secretary to the Commission.
B. The Secretary shall provide for a recording of all Commission meetings,
including public hearings and shall ensure that summary minutes of all public
hearings are prepared and filed in the public record.
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C. The Secretary will conduct and record a roll call of the Commission members at
each meeting, public hearing and study session.
5. Election of Officers
A. Officers shall be elected at the first regular meeting in the 12th calendar month
of each year, by majority vote of the membership of the Commission. Terms of
office shall run from January 1 until December 31 or until a successor has been
elected. No Commission member shall serve more than two full consecutive
terms as Chair of the Commission. No member shall serve as vice-chair for
more than two full consecutive terms.
B. A vacancy in any office will be filled by a special election, to be held at a
convenient time with a majority present. In the event that the office of Chair is
vacated, the vice-chair shall serve in that capacity until the required special
election is held. Any member of the Commission is eligible to fill the vacancy.
However, no member can hold two office positions.
6. Quorum
A. A quorum shall consist of four members of the Commission and no action can be
taken in the absence of a quorum except to adjourn the meeting to a subsequent
date. A quorum must be present for public hearings and study sessions.
7. Voting
A. The affirmative vote of a majority of those present shall be necessary for the
adoption of any motion or other general matter.
B. For the conduct of business dealing with matters, which require adoption or
changes to the City's Comprehensive Plan and the election of officers, at least
four affirmative votes must be cast. Each member of the Commission is entitled
to one vote but no proxy shall be allowed.
C. No member may participate or vote on a matter unless the member has been in .
attendance at all public hearings regarding such matter or has listened to the
taped recording of the public hearing and reviewed the written record of the
matter in question
8. Meetings
A. There shall be at least one regular meeting each month with additional meetings
scheduled as necessary. Regular meetings shall be scheduled on the 2nd and
4th Thursdays of the month, commencing at 6:00 p.m. and ending not later than
9:00 p.m. Meeting ending time can be extended by a majority vote of the
commission. Meetings may be used for general planning matters, study
sessions or public hearings as described below.
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1. Meetings on General Planning Matters. General planning matters to be
reviewed by the Commission will be typically be preceded by a study
session of the Commission to discuss the issues with Community
Development Department staff. Generally, no testimony from the public
shall be taken at a study session.
2. Public Hearing Meeting. A public hearing is a meeting wherein general
business and public hearing items, such as the Comprehensive Plan and
development regulations are discussed and decided.
3. Scheduled meetings may be canceled or convened at other times if
deemed necessary by the Chair or, in the absence of the Chair, by the
Vice-Chair. Notice of cancellation shall be given personally to
Commission Members and to the public by posting a notice at
Commission offices.
4. The recommended order of business for meetings is:
(a) Call to order by Chair.
(b) Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) Roll call by recording secretary.
(d) Approval of Agenda.
(e) Approval or amendment of minutes.
(f) Public Comment
(g) Commission Members Report
(h) Administrative Report.
(i) Commission Business.
a. Old Business
b. New Business
(j) For the Good of the Order.
(k) Adjournment.
B. Planning Commission meetings shall be held in accordance with the
requirements of the Open Meetings Act, RCW Chapter 42.30.
C. Special meetings and study sessions may be called:
1. By the request of the Chair, or, in the Chair's absence, by the Vice-Chair.
2. By the written request of three or more members of the Commission.
3. By agreed motion of the Commission.
9. CONDUCT OF HEARINGS
A. Actions for a Planning Commission Public Hearing.
1. Prior to the start of the public hearing, the Chair may require that all
persons wishing to be heard shall sign in with the Secretary, giving their
names and addresses, the agenda item, and whether they wish to speak
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as proponent, opponent, or otherwise. Any person who fails to sign in
shall not be permitted to speak until all those who signed in have done
so. At any public hearing, persons who have signed in and wish to be
heard shall be given an opportunity to be heard.. The Chair, subject to
concurrence by the majority of the Commission, may establish time limits
and otherwise control presentations. The Chair may change the order of
speakers so that testimony is heard in the most logical groupings, (i.e.,
proponents, opponents, adjacent owners, vested interests, etc.)
B. The Chair introduces the agenda item, opens the public hearing, and announces
the following Rules of Order:
1. All comments by proponents, opponents, or the public shall be made
from the speaker's rostrum, and any individual making comments shall
first give his/her name and address. This is required because an official
recorded transcript of the public hearing is being made.
2. It is not necessary to be a proponent or opponent in order to speak.
If you consider yourself neither a proponent nor opponent, please speak
during the proponent portion and identify yourself as neither a proponent
nor an opponent.
3. No comments shall be made from any other location, and anyone making
"out of order" comments shall be subject to removal from the meeting.
4. Demonstrations, applause or other audience participation during or at the
conclusion of anyone's presentation are prohibited. It is distracting to the
Commission and persons testifying.
5. These rules are intended to promote an orderly system of holding a
public hearing, to give persons an opportunity to be heard and to ensure
that individuals are not embarrassed by exercising their right of free
speech.
C. When the Commission conducts a hearing to which the Appearance of Fairness
Doctrine applies, the Chair (or in the case of a potential violation by that
individual, the Vice Chair) will ask if any Commission member knows of any
reason which would require such member to excuse themselves pursuant to the
Appearance of Fairness Doctrine. The form of the announcement is as follows:
All Commission members should now give consideration as to whether they
have:
(1) A demonstrated bias or prejudice for or against any party to the proceedings;
(2) A direct or indirect financial interest in the outcome of the proceeding;
(3) A prejudgment of the issue prior to hearing the facts on the record, or
(4) Had ex parte contact with any individual, excluding administrative staff, with
regard to an issue prior to the hearing. Please refer to Section 16(B) for more
specific information on how to proceed where there has been an ex parte
communication.
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If any Commission member should answer in the affirmative, then the
Commission members should state the reason for his/her answer so that the
Chair may inquire of administration as to whether a violation of the Appearance
of Fairness Doctrine exists.
CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING
The Chair announces the matter and opens the public hearing stating the date
and time.
The Chair allows staff to describe the matter under consideration and place
matters in the public record.
The Chair inquires as to whether Commissioners have any questions of staff. If
any Commission member has questions, the appropriate individual will be
recalled.
The Chair allows proponents, opponents and the public to offer testimony and
evidence on the pending matter. The Chair may allow Commission members to
ask questions of any person at the conclusion of their testimony.
At the conclusion of the public testimony, the Chair asks staff if there is_any
additional information, testimony or evidence to submit for the record.
The Chair either closes or continues the public hearing. Additional testimony
may not be requested or considered after the closing of the public hearing,
unless the Chair declares the record open until a date certain for the purpose of
receiving written testimony or materials.
The Chair inquires if there is a motion by any Commission member. If a motion is
made, it shall be in the form of an affirmative motion. Affirmative motions are
preferred to prevent "approval by default" of a failed negative motion. Following
the motion and its second, discussion occurs among Commission members.
The Chair inquires if there is any further discussion by the Commission
members.
The Chair inquires if there are any final comments or recommendations from
staff.
The Chair inquires of the Commission members if they are ready for the
question.
The Secretary records a roll call vote.
The Chair may direct staff to prepare findings for approval.
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D. Pre-filing of testimony or evidence is encouraged and may be delivered to the
Department of Community Development in advance of a hearing.
10. Agenda, Staff Reports and Minutes for Regular Meetings.
A. Typically, a copy of the agenda for every regular meeting of the Planning
Commission shall be sent to each member up to seven (7) days prior to the date
of the meeting.
B. If available, staff reports will be sent to Planning Commission members with the
agenda. Agendas and staff reports will be made available to applicants and the
public at the same time.
11. Minutes and Communications with the City Council.
A Minutes of all meetings shall be kept and the complete files of proceedings and
actions taken in connection therewith shall be considered the public record and
filed with the City Clerk.
The Secretary shall provide the Commission members with a set of minutes of
the previous meeting. These minutes shall be considered for approval by the
Commission at a regularly scheduled public meeting and upon approval shall
become part of the official record of action of the Commission. Minutes shall
also be transmitted as correspondence to the City Council for general
information.
B The assigned City Council Liaison may attend meetings for the purposes of
communications with the Council as set forth in the "CITY OF SPOKANE
VALLEY GOVERNANCE COORDINATION MANUAL."
12. Recording of Meetings
Proceedings of all public hearings, meetings, study sessions and any special meetings
shall be recorded and retained.
13 Code of Conduct
A. Prohibited Acts. Members of the Commission are prohibited from:
1. Acting in a manner, which would result in neglect of duty, misfeasance or
malfeasance in office.
2. Acting in a manner that intentionally disrupts Commission meetings.
3. Missing six (6) or more regularly scheduled meetings or study sessions in
a 12-month period without such absence being excused by the
Commission.
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4. Using his or her position to secure special privileges or exemptions for
himself, herself, or others.
5. Directly or indirectly giving or agreeing to receive compensation, gifts,
rewards, or gratuities from any source, except the City of Spokane Valley,
for a matter connected with or related to the services as a member of the
Commission, unless otherwise provided by law.
6. Accepting employment or engaging in business or professional activities
that he or she might reasonably expect would require or induce said
member to disclose confidential information acquired by reason of
membership on the Commission.
7. Disclosing confidential information gained by reason of his or her
membership on the Planning Commission or using such information for
his or her personal gain or benefit.
14. Conflict of Interest
A. Any Commission member having a direct or indirect interest in, or who would
benefit from any matter, shall disclose this interest and shall, if deemed
appropriate by that commissioner or required by law, refrain from participating or
voting on the matter.
15. Appearance of Fairness
A. The Commission shall adhere to the applicable requirements of the appearance
of fairness doctrine, RCW Chapter 42.36.
B. During the pendency of any quasi-judicial proceeding, no Commission member
may engage in ex parte communications with proponents or opponents about a
proposal involved in the pending proceeding, unless the Commission member:
(1) places on the record the substance of such oral or written communications;
and (2) provided that a public announcement of the content of the
communication and of the parties' right to rebut the substance of the
communication shall be made at each hearing where action is taken or
considered on the subject. This does not prohibit correspondence between a
citizen and Commission members if the correspondence is made part of the
record, when it pertains to the subject matter of a quasi-judicial proceeding.
(RCW 42.36.060)
16. Review of These Rules of Procedure
The Planning Commission shall review these rules of procedure on the first anniversary
of their adoption and the odd numbered years thereafter. Any amendments identified by
the Planning Commission shall be forwarded to the City Council for review and
ratification.
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KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
That the undersigned Secretary of the Spokane Valley Planning Commission does hereby
certify that upon review and majority vote, the above and forgoing rules have been duly adopted
by the members of said Commission.
BY:
Secretary of the Commission
Date:
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CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ❑ consent ❑ old business X new business ❑ public hearing
❑ information admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Motion consideration - Interlocal agreement with Spokane County —
2010 JAG grant funds
GOVERNING LEGISLATION: RCW 39.34
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: Approval to staff to apply for 2010 Justice Assistance
Grant (JAG) in Summer, 2009. Authorized staff to execute interlocal agreement with Spokane
to receive funds 12-8-09.
BACKGROUND: The Council previously authorized staff to apply for a 2010 Edward Byrne JAG
grant in conjunction with Spokane and Spokane County. A grant was awarded, with the City of
Spokane being the fiscal agent for the funds. Under the grant, the City of Spokane Valley is
entitled to receive $50,367. The City executed an interlocal with the City of Spokane in
December, 2009 spelling out the terms under which the funds will be administered, and the
rights and obligations of the respective jurisdictions for the City of Spokane to receive the funds.
The City will not receive the funds until after we have expended them, then would submit a
reimbursement request to the City of Spokane.
This interlocal, now with Spokane County, is with Spokane County as our contract service
provider. Spokane County would spend up to $12,500 for prosecution purposes consistent with
the grant between now and September 30, 2012, and the City of Spokane Valley would
reimburse Spokane County. Specifically, Spokane County wants to use the funds to help pay
salary and benefits of a "Criminal History Specialist" at the Prosecuting Attorney's office. We
would then seek reimbursement from the City of Spokane. The remainder of the funds will be
utilized for other criminal justice-related services in the future on an as-needed basis.
OPTIONS: Request changes to interlocal agreement; place on subsequent agenda for motion to
authorize staff to execute the proposed interlocal as drafted (such motion can be on the consent
agenda or as a regular action item)
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: I move that we authorize the City Manager or
designee to execute the proposed interlocal agreement authorizing expenditure of 2010 Edward
Byrne Justice Assistance Grant with Spokane County.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS: Reimbursement obligation of $12,500 in grant funds to
Spokane County, which is then required to be reimbursed to Spokane Valley by the City of
Spokane.
STAFF CONTACT: Cary Driskell, Deputy City Attorney; Rick VanLeuven, Police Chief
ATTACHMENTS: Proposed interlocal agreement
Return to:
City Clerk
City of Spokane Valley
11707 E. Sprague Ave., Ste. 106.
Spokane Valley,WA 99206
City Clerk's No.
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is between the CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY, a Washington
State municipal corporation, having offices at 11707 E. Sprague Ave., Ste. 106, Spokane
Valley, Washington 99206, hereinafter referred to as the "City," and the SPOKANE
COUNTY PROSECUTOR, having offices at 1100 West Mallon Avenue, Spokane,
Washington 99260, hereinafter referred to as the "County," and jointly hereinafter referred
to as the "Parties."
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Parties made a joint application along with Spokane County and
the City of Spokane for an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
Program, hereinafter referred to as the "Grant;" and
WHEREAS, the Grant 2009-DJ-BX-0482 was awarded; and
WHEREAS, the County was designated to receive funds from the Grant; and
WHEREAS, the City of Spokane has been designated applicant/fiscal agent in
conjunction with the Grant; and
WHEREAS, the City of Spokane Valley is designated as a sub-recipient of the
grant and desires to pass through a portion of the award to Spokane County to support a
criminal history specialists -- Now, Therefore,
The Parties agree as follows:
1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this agreement is to set forth the Parties'
understanding of the terms and conditions under which the City will disburse grant funds
to the County Prosecutor.
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2. PERFORMANCE. The County agrees to perform the following:
A. Provide salary and benefits for a Criminal History Specialists.
The City's role as to the Project shall be only of funding.
3. TERM. This agreement shall begin October 1, 2009 and shall run to September
30, 2012, or until the funds as set forth in Paragraph 4 - FUNDING are expended,
whichever comes first. Either party may terminate this agreement at any time for cause
after a reasonable time to cure the breach of contract upon thirty (30) days written notice
to the other party.
4. FUNDING. The City shall disburse funds in the amount of TWELVE THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($12,500.00)to the County.
5. PAYMENT. The County will invoice the City for its services on a periodic basis.
Payment by the City will be due thirty (30) days after receipt of the County's invoice.
Application for payment shall be made to the Attention: Saydee Wilson, Finance
Department, City of Spokane Valley, 11707 E. Sprague Ave., Ste. 106, Spokane Valley,
Washington 99206.
6. ASSIGNMENT. This agreement shall be binding upon the Parties, their
successors and assigns. No party may assign, in whole or in part, its interest in this
agreement without the approval of the other party.
7. NOTICES. All notices shall be in writing and served on any of the Parties either
personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, at their respective addresses.
Notices sent by certified mail shall be deemed served when deposited in the United
States mail, postage prepaid.
8. INDEMNIFICATION. Each party to this agreement shall be responsible for
damage to persons or property resulting from negligence on the part of itself, its
employees or its officer. Neither party assumes any responsibility to the other party for
the consequences of any acts or omissions of any person, firm or corporation not a party
to this agreement. Each party shall be responsible for its own negligence and neither
party shall indemnify or hold the other party harmless.
9. ANTI-KICKBACK. No officer or employee of the City, having the power or duty
to perform an official act or action related to this agreement shall have or acquire any
interest in the agreement, or have solicited, accepted or granted a present or future gift,
favor, service or other thing of value from or to any person involved in the agreement.
10. VENUE. This agreement shall be construed as having been made under the laws
of the State of Washington that shall be applicable to its construction and enforcement.
Any action at law, suit in equity, or judicial proceeding for the enforcement of this
agreement or any of its provisions shall be instituted only in the courts of competent
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jurisdiction within Spokane County, Washington.
11. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. The Parties shall observe all federal, state and local
laws, ordinances and regulations, to the extent that they may be applicable to the terms of
this Agreement.
12. NON-DISCRIMINATION. No individual shall be excluded from participation in,
denied the benefit of, subjected to discrimination under, or denied employment in the
administration of or in connection with this agreement because of age, sex, race, color,
religion, creed, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, national origin, honorably
discharged veteran or military status, the presence of any sensory, mental or
physical disability, or use of a service animal by a person with disabilities.
13. GRANT REQUIREMENTS. The terms and conditions to the Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) 2009-DJ-BX-0482 are incorporated by
reference into this agreement and the Parties agree to comply with them.
14. MISCELLANEOUS.
A. NON-WAIVER. No waiver by any Party of any of the terms of this agreement
shall be construed as a waiver of the same or other rights of that Party in the
future.
B. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This agreement contains terms and conditions agreed
upon by the Parties. The Parties agree that there are no other understandings,
oral or otherwise, regarding the subject matter of this agreement. No changes or
additions to this agreement shall be valid or binding upon the Parties unless such
change or addition is in writing, executed by the Parties.
C. MODIFICATION. No modification or amendment to this agreement shall be valid
until put in writing and signed with the same formalities as this agreement.
D. HEADINGS. The section headings appearing in this agreement have been
inserted solely for the purpose of convenience and ready reference. In no way do
they purport to, and shall not be deemed to define, limit or extend the scope or
intent of the sections to which they pertain.
E. COUNTERPARTS. This agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be an
original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same.
F. SEVERABILITY. If any parts, terms or provisions of this agreement are held by
the courts to be illegal, the validity of the remaining portions or provisions shall
not be affected and the rights and obligations of the Parties shall not be affected
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in regard to the remainder of the agreement. If it should appear that any part,
term or provision of this agreement is in conflict with any statutory provision of
the State of Washington, then the part, term or provision thereof that may be in
conflict shall be deemed inoperative and null and void insofar as it may be in
conflict therewith and this agreement shall be deemed to modify to conform to
such statutory provision.
G. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES. The Parties intend that an independent
contractor relationship will be created by this agreement. No agent, employee,
servant or representative of the County shall be deemed to be an employee,
agent, servant or representative of the City for any purpose. Likewise, no agent,
employee, servant or representative of the City shall be deemed to be an
employee, agent, servant or representative of the County for any purpose.
15. RCW 39.34 REQUIRED CLAUSES.
A. PURPOSE. See Section No. 1 above.
B. DURATION. See Section No. 3 above.
C. ORGANIZATION OF SEPARATE ENTITY AND ITS POWERS. No new or
separate legal or administrative entity is created to administer the provisions of this
agreement.
D. ADMINISTRATION. The County contract administrator shall be the Spokane
County Prosecutor. The City administrator shall be the Saydee Wilson, Finance
Department..
E. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. See provisions above.
F. AGREEMENT TO BE FILED. The City shall file this agreement with its City Clerk.
The County shall file this agreement with its County Auditor or place it on its web
site or other electronically retrievable public source.
G. FINANCING. Each Party shall be responsible for the financing of its contractual
obligations under its normal budgetary process.
H. TERMINATION. See Section No. 3 above.
I. PROPERTY UPON TERMINATION: Title to all property acquired by any Party in
the performance of this agreement shall remain with the acquiring Party upon
termination or expiration of the agreement. Jointly acquired property shall be
divided in proportion to the percentage share of each Party contributing to its
acquisition.
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Dated: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
SPOKANE, COUNTY, WASHINGTON
TODD MIELKE, Chair
MARK RICHARD, Vice-Chair
BONNIE MAGER, Commissioner
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE BOARD Approved as to form:
By:
Daniela Erickson Deputy Civil Prosecuting Attorney
Dated: CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
By: Title:
Attest: Approved as to form:
City Clerk Assistant City Attorney
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CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ❑ consent ❑ old business ® new business ❑ public hearing
❑ information ❑ admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Motion to approve Letter of Agreement for Acting City Manager
GOVERNING LEGISLATION: RCW 35A.13.150
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: Council has been advised of options for the
replacement of both the acting city manager and permanent city manager. Council further met
in executive session to evaluate the qualifications of the Deputy City Manager on February 1,
2010, and approved amended Resolution 10-003 designating the Deputy City Manager to
perform the duties of the City Manager until such time as a permanent City Manager is selected,
further to authorize the Mayor to negotiate and present for council consideration, a Letter of
Agreement for Acting City Manager.
BACKGROUND: The Mayor and Deputy City Manager have met. A negotiated agreement is
attached as exhibit A for council consideration.
OPTIONS: Approve, disapprove or recommend changes to the attached agreement.
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: Council discretion
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS: See agreement
STAFF CONTACT: Mike Connelly, city attorney
ATTACHMENTS:
A. Letter of Agreement for Acting City Manager.
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ❑ consent ❑ old business ❑ new business ❑ public hearing
❑ information ® admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Spokane County Community Services, Housing and Community
Development Department Update
GOVERNING LEGISLATION:
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
BACKGROUND: Kate Kennedy of Spokane County Community Services, Housing and
Community Development Department, will speak concerning homelessness.
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The Spokane County, Community Services,Housing, and Community Development Department
has received a$622,278 grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. These
dollars will help individuals, in need of rent and utility assistance, before they become homeless. The
grant money is being made available through the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD),which allows Spokane County to administer the Homelessness Prevention program to outlying
areas. These funds are designated to provide assistance to households in the following areas; Liberty
Lake, Millwood, Spokane Valley, Latah, Fairfield, Cheney, Medical Lake, Rockford, Spangle,Airway
Heights, Deer Park,Waverly and unincorporated areas of Spokane County. Those interested in applying
for assistance must first complete a screening survey. Applicants may call 2-1-1 and apply over the
phone, access the survey directly at www.spokanecountvhprp.com or learn more about the program and
access the survey on the county website at www.spokanecountv.org. Simply click on the Homelessness
Prevention Program icon on the home page. The attachment is provided as a promotional tool for this
program.
OPTIONS:
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION:
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
STAFF CONTACT:
ATTACHMENTS: Spokane County Envelope stuffer for 2-1-1
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ❑ consent ❑ old business ❑ new business ❑ public hearing
❑ information ® admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Admin Report: Milwaukee Right-of—Way
GOVERNING LEGISLATION: RCW 35.02.180
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: Council previously has authorized negotiations with
Spokane County concerning the use of the right-of-way and authorized initiation of suit to Quiet
Title as to the right-of-way in question. The City Council has further identified the property in
question as a future roadway on the Arterial Street Plan, as part of the Spokane Valley
Comprehensive Plan, the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program and the Spokane
Metropolitan Transportation Plan. As set forth below, improvement of this right-of-way is also
contemplated by the Sprague Appleway Subarea Plan approved by the City Council in August
of 2009.
BACKGROUND:
1. In 1980, Spokane County purchased the Milwaukee right-of-way from the Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, via a Quit Claim Deed for the amount of
$3,250,000 with moneys from the Spokane County Sewer Interceptor Construction
Fund. The County constructed a sanitary sewer interceptor line under much of the right-
of-way as well as granting AVISTA the authority to install and maintain high voltage
power lines over portions of the north side of the right-of-way. In 1986, the County
transferred ownership of the right-of-way to the Spokane County Road Fund.
2. Spokane County prepared, approved and recorded a dedication Resolution dedicating
this property for "public road purposes" on April 26, 1994, pursuant to Spokane County
Resolution 94-0587.
3. A portion of the right-of-way, from the Dishman Mica Roadway east to University, was
improved by the County in 2001. The County does not dispute that this portion of the
right-of-way transferred to the City of Spokane Valley upon incorporation.
4. Prior to the incorporation of the City of Spokane Valley, Spokane County requested
and obtained approval for approximately 4.2 million dollars in TIB funds to be used for
the construction of the right-of-way from University to Evergreen. A portion of the right-
of-way was also identified as a proposed Urban Principle on the Spokane County
Arterial Road Plan. Subsequent to incorporation, Spokane County transferred the right to
receive these funds to the City of Spokane Valley. These funds have not been accessed
due to uncertainties concerning the ownership and future development of the roadway.
5. After incorporation, the County and City engaged in negotiations for the transfer of this
property to the City but were unable to reach an agreement. One concern was the
desire of the County, the STA (Spokane Transit Authority) and the City to preserve
sufficient property for some kind of rapid transit within the right-of-way along with an
improved roadway. The right of way in question varies in width from 50 feet in some
places to 100 feet in others. Future road plans, adopted by the City of Spokane Valley,
call for the construction of a roadway requiring approximately 77' and the reservation of
approximately 28' as a rapid transit corridor. The responsibility for the purchase or
acquisition of property at those points where the right-of-way was less than 100 feet was
a second point of contention between the parties.
6. Unable to resolve the matter by negotiation, the City initiated a suit for Declaratory
Judgment and to Quiet Title asking the Court to determine whether or not the property
transferred upon the date of incorporation, as a matter of law. Both the Superior Court
and the Court of Appeals held that title to the right-of-way was held by the County. The
Supreme Court denied review.
7. On September 4, 2007, Spokane County transferred to the City of Liberty Lake the
portion of the right-of-way lying within the City's corporate boundaries, reserving a 28
feet easement along the south side of the right-of-way for light/rail/mass transit, pursuant
to Resolution 7 0742. A copy of that Resolution is attached as Exhibit A.
8. STA has also indicated its interest in the preservation of a portion of this right-of-way
as a potential rapid transit corridor. In 2009, STA set aside funds for the purchase of
right-of-way along this corridor, specifically at those locations where the right-of-way was
less than 100 feet. The City has met with STA and attempted to fashion an Interlocal
Agreement to accommodate both parties' needs, but, due to the uncertainty surrounding
the ownership of the right-of-way and the location of a future rapid transit corridor, has
been unable to complete those discussions.
9. During and after the tenancy of the lawsuit, the City drafted and in late 2009 approved
the Sprague Appleway Subarea Plan which overlays a portion of the right-of-way in
question. The Subarea Plan contemplates the eventual extension of Appleway from
University to Conklin and has adopted specific development regulations concerning
development adjacent to this right-of-way, assuming that it will, in the future, be
constructed.
10. The last offer and counter offer concerning the transfer of this right-of-way are also
attached as Exhibit B and Exhibit C.
OPTIONS: Council Information
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: Council Discretion
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS: Significant but not calculated for this presentation.
STAFF CONTACT: Mike Connelly
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit A — Resolution 7 0742
Exhibit B — Letter to Spokane County dated May 16, 2007
Exhibit C — Letter from Spokane County dated March 24, 2008
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After Recording Return to: Spokane County Engineer
Atm: Engineering Administration, 1026 W. Broadway Ave., Spokane WA 99260
NO.. 7 0742 (,
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF SPOKANE COUNTY,WASHINGTON
IN THE MATTER OF DEDICATION OF )
COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY FOR )
RIGHT OF WAY PURPOSES TO THE CITY OF ) RESOLUTION
LIBERTY LAKE BEING A PORTION OF THE )
CHICAGO,MILWAUKEE, ST.PAUL AND )
PACIFIC RAILROAD ASSESSOR'S TAX PARCEL )
NOS.55115.9018 AND 55105.9140 )
COUNTY ENGINEER'S ROAD FILE NO.23I2-D )
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of RCW 36.32.120(6), the Board of County
Commissioners of Spokane County (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Board") has the care of
County property and the management of County funds and business.
WHEREAS,pursuant to the provisions of RCW 36.34.290 the Board of County Commissioners
may dedicate any county land to public use for public streets and alleys in any city or town.
WHEREAS, that.portion of the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
(hereinafter sometimes referred to as"former railroad property") right of way proposed to be dedicated is
adjacent to Appleway Boulevard,an Established public street within the City of Liberty Lake.
WHEREAS,that portion of the former Chicago,Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad right
of way proposed to be dedicated is owned by Spokane County as General property within the
jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Liberty Lake.
WHEREAS, the following License agreements have been granted by Spokane County over,
under, above and across certain portions of the former railroad property to the owners of adjacent
properties all located within the City of Liberty Lake and it is the recommendation of the County
Engineer that the following License agreements be transferred to the City of Liberty Lake for
administration of these agreements:
® Resolution 91-0817,Hal R.Dixon Trust,June 18, 1991
® Resolution 88-0432,Gerald and Barbara Frislie,May 3, 1988
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• Resolution 05-0964,Hunt Family Properties,LLC,October 25,2005
• Resolution 05-0965,Hunt Family Properties,LLC,October 25,2005
• Resolution 90-0918,Medco AKA National Rx Services,July 30, 1990
• Resolution 01-0595,SDS Properties Liberty Lake,LLC,June 28,2001
• Resolution 99-0713,Spokane Teachers Credit Union,August 10, 1999
• Resolution 97-0996,Telect,Inc.,October 21, 1997
WHEREAS, this portion of the former railroad property is part of a contiguous corridor
purchased in fee simple by Spokane County for $3,400,000.00 (Three-Million Four Hundred Thousand
dollars) to provide for transportation and utilities to include a mass transit corridor through the City of
Liberty Lake and the City of Spokane Valley. To preserve said corridor the County Engineer
recommends that the south 28 feet of this proposed dedication be reserved for light rail/mass transit.
WHEREAS, Spokane County has heretofore conveyed by Quit Claim Deed per County
Commissioners Resolution No. 96-0238 certain portions of the former railroad property to the owners of
property lying south of Appleway Boulevard, east of Liberty Lake Road and west of Signal Road
retaining a 22 foot easement adjacent to the south side of Appleway Boulevard.
WHEREAS, the Spokane County Engineer, working in conjunction with the City of Liberty
Lake deems it in the best interests of the public that the property described in the immediately following
recital be dedicated to the City of Liberty Lake for streets and recommends approval of this dedication for
roadway purposes, together with conveyance of all License Agreements aforementioned and all
easements for light rail/mass transit reserved through Commissioners Resolution No. 96-0238 property
transactions that have between property owners located between Liberty Lake Road and Signal Road on
the former railroad property; and finally that a 28 foot easement be retained for light rail/mass transit
along the south side of this dedication.
WHEREAS, following are the legal descriptions of the portions of the former railroad property
subject to said dedication:
ASSESSOR'S TAX PARCEL NO. 55105.9140
A portion of the former Chicago,Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad right of way
within the South-half of Section 10, Township 25 North, Range 45 East, Willamette
Meridian, lying Northeasterly of the Easterly Iine of Homestead Commercial site all
situate within Spokane County,Washington.
ASSESSOR'S TAX PARCEL NO.55115.9018
And a portion of the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St.Paul and Pacific Railroad right of
way within the Northwest Quarter and Southwest Quarter of Section 11, Township 25
North, Range 45 East, Willamette Meridian all situate within Spokane County,
Washington.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Spokane
County, Washington, pursuant to the provisions of RCW 36.32.120(6) and RCW 36.34.290, that the
Board does hereby accept the recommendation of the County Engineer and that the aforementioned
former railroad property (the "Property") be and are hereby dedicated to the City of Liberty.Lake for
roadway purposes subject to:
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(1) Transfer by Spokane County of all aforementioned License agreements that currently
exist over the Property to the City of Liberty Lake for administration,and
(2) Those certain easements granted along the north 22 feet of those properties conveyed
by Commissioners Resolution No. 96 0238 that provides for a 22 foot light rail/mass
transit corridor adjacent to Appleway Boulevard;and
(3) Reservation to Spokane County an easement for light rail/mass transit over the South
28 feet of the Property.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,by the Board of County Commissioners of Spokane County,
Washington,that each of the hereinbefore recitals are adopted with and made a party of the dedication.
PASSED AND AD I PTED by the Board of County Commi ioners of Spokane County,
Washington this day of ,,i_i_,% . ,2007.
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Clerk of the Board TO io D MIELKE,Comm ssioner
STATE OF WASHINGTON )
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On this 144'7 day of 4,p . ,2007,before me,the undersigned,a Notary Public in and for
the State of Washington, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared, MARK RICHARD,
BONNIE MAGER and TODD MIELKE to me known to be the Commissioners of the Board of County
Commissioners of Spokane County, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, that executed the 1
within and foregoing instrument,and acknowledged the said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and
deed of said political subdivision, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned,and on oath stated that they
were authorized to execute said instrument,and that the seal affixed is the seal of said County.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand . • .ffixed ffixed my seal the day and year first rst 1
written above.
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Dear Dave:
Thank you for your offer of April 17, 2007. The City would like to suggest a counter
offer as outlined below. Any agreement would be subject to being reduced to a written
agreement with approval by the City Council. This document should be considered an
offer of settlement p ursuant to ER 408.
We recognize the goals and priorities of Spokane County. We also appreciate the
County's recognition of the goals and priorities of the City of Spokane Valley. A few of
the City's goals enumerated in your correspondence are, as you know, at risk if we cannot
resolve this issue immediately. We intend to place the extension of Appleway Avenue
east of University to beyond Sullivan Road on the Metropolitan Transportation Plan in
June based on the results of the City's Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan study. This
would allow the City to apply for TIB grant funds in August, 2007. We are also in the
process of finalizing our City Center and Sprague/Appleway Corridor plans, and have
begun the process of contacting property owners as the first step toward creating a city
center in the City of Spokane Valley. Uncertainty with respect to the property in question
could derail both of these efforts.
The suggested twits are as follows:
1. RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND EVERGREEN
a. The County would immediately transfer/acknowledge our ownership in the
right-of-way property between University and Evergreen, including any adjacent
property owned by Spokane County, by quit claim deed to the City subject to (a) an
easement for the construction, repair, maintenance, and operation of sewer and other
utilities within the Property as well as (b) in all areas where the Property, including
county property adjacent to the right of way, is at least one hundred (100) feet wide,
a twenty-eight (28) foot easement for a regional mass transportation corridor located
within the right of way at issue. The specific location of the easement would be
negotiated at a later date. If agreed, the location of the easement could be relocated
off the property. Both parties would agree to negotiate this issue in good faith and
further agree to enter into mediation at either party's request. On those portions of the
Property that are less than one hundred (100) feet wide, including county property
adjacent to the right of way, the County will transfer to the City the existing property.
Any such property in excess of seventy two (72) feet in width will be reserved as an
easement for mass transportation corridor as specified above. If the described
property has a width of less than seventy two (72) feet the City will be responsible for
the acquisition of any additional property it deems necessary for its improvements.
Finally, the City shall have the right to construct improvements upon the described
property in any location until such time as the easement is specifically located.
2.RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN ARGONNE AND UNIVERSITY
a. Where the current right of way is one hundred (100) feet in width the City
would grant to the County a twenty-eight (28) foot easement located within the right
of way of the existing Appleway Avenue for a regional east-west mass transportation
corridor beginning at Argonne Road and running east to Farr Road. (This represents
approximately the same proportional length as the University to Evergreen section of
the property in relation to the total property in dispute. It is anticipated that the
remaining easement contained within the Argonne to University section of
constructed roadway would be resolved when a solution as to the remainder of the
property in dispute is reached.) The location of this easement would be as is
described previously in paragraph 1.
3. ADDITIONAL TERMS
a. The City will enforce setbacks and future acquisition areas along the boundary
of the entire right of way between University and the City limits to allow for the
future one hundred(100) feet wide right of way.
b. The parties would agree to enter into mediation as to the transfer of the
remaining portions of this right of way (From Evergreen to the City limits) and the
conditions that would be attached to such a transfer.
c. The City and County would dismiss their respective claims against one another
without costs. Claims as to the portion of the roadway between Evergreen and
University would be dismissed with prejudice.
I look forward to our response.
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Cary Di'kell
Deputy City Attorney
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STEVEN J.TUCKER OFFICE OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY MAIL TO:
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Civil Division
1115 W.Broadway Avenue
Spokane,WA 99260-0270
MARCH 24, 2008 (509)477-5764 FAX:477-3672
RECEIVED
Mr. Michael F. Connelly
City Attorney MAR 2 6 2008
City of Spokane Valley
11707 East Sprague Avenue, Suite 106
Spokane Valley,Washington 99206 CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Re: City of Spokane Valley v. Spokane County
Superior Court Cause No.: 06-2-05375-8
Court of Appeals File No.: 26268-5-111
Milwaukee RR Right of Way—Quiet Title Action
Dear Mike:
Thank you for your e-mail February 14, 2008 explaining that the offer of settlement tendered by
Spokane Valley City, dated May 16, 2007, is still on the table. Upon receiving the offer in May
of 2007 I immediately presented it to my clients. You will recall that the hearing of our
competing summary judgment motions was set before Judge Moreno on May 18, 2007. I recall
that prior to entering the courtroom for the hearing I had explained to you and Mr. Driskell that
my clients had considered the May 16, 2007 offer and chose not to accept it but rather would rely
upon the Court's decision to resolve the matter. I apologize for not having conci"led that
conversation in writing.
The offer having been reiterated by your clients I have again discussed it with my clients for
their thoughts now that the litigation has proceeded to the Appellate Courts. Although my clients
can not accept the offer extended in the May 16, 2007 offer, they are still open to a compromise
that will substantially achieve the goals of both the City of Spokane Valley and regional goals
that our clients have identified in their previous conversations and correspondences. Those goals
having been identified as:
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Mr. Michael F. Connelly
March 24, 2008
Page 2
Regional Goals
• A continuous regional transportation corridor connecting Liberty Lake and the
City of Spokane Valley on the east to the City of Spokane and eventually Cheney
on the west.
• An East to West mass transit/alternative transportation corridor extending to and
through the urban communities along the right of way.
• A corridor for the installation, maintenance and protection of a sanitary sewer line
and other County utilities infrastructure to and through the urban communities
lying along the right of way property.
• Avoid liability to the County for conditions and/or events that may have occurred
at or upon the property that were outside of the control of the County.
City of Spokane Valley's Goals
• Predictability regarding the portion of the right-of-way property between
University and Evergreen roads.
• A sub-area plan for the completion of the Appleway Couplet.
• Ownership of the property for the purpose of obtaining federal funding related to
the construction of the Appleway Couplet upon the Property.
• Reliance upon the Appleway Couplet to meet transportation concurrency in
Spokane Valley City.
• Specifically to address failing intersections at Pines and Sprague Ave and at
Sullivan and Sprague Ave.
• Desire for flexibility regarding the location of a regional East-West mass
transportation corridor within the City.
The compromise that my clients feels most fairly balances the goals and interests identified by
both of our clients over the past several years that negotiations for the transfer of this property to
the City of Spokane Valley has been going on, is summarized as follows:
1. The County would immediately transfer the property commonly referred to as the
Milwaukee Rail Road property located between University Road on the west extending
east to the City of Spokane Valley corporate limits (hereinafter "the Property") to the
City, except for the south 28 feet of the Property in all areas where the Property is at least
one hundred (1.00) feet wide, and on those portions of the Property that are less than one
hundred (100) feet wide, extending from a line lying fifteen feet south of and parallel to
the existing sanitary sewer line to the south boundary line of the Property, but not to
exceed 28 feet in total width from the south boundary of the property. For the purpose of
identification, the exception to the conveyance as described in this paragraph will be
herein referred to as the"Mass Transportation Corridor".
Mr. Michael F. Connelly
March 24, 2008
Page 3
2. That portion of the Property less the Mass Transportation Corridor as described in
paragraph 1 above shall be subject to an easement for the construction, repair,
maintenance, and operation of sewer and other utilities within the Property,
3. The County would consider in good faith an exchange with the City of the Mass
Transportation Corridor property for the proposed relocation of the regional Mass
Transportation Corridor to another location on the Property or off of the Property. The
County would not oppose binding dispute resolution methodology in the event the Parties
can not mutually agree on a proposed relocation or shift of the easement.
4. The City agrees to enforce building set backs and the preservation of future
acquisition areas along the boundary of the Property and the Mass Transportation
Corridor to allow for a full twenty-eight (28) feet width of the Mass Transportation
Corridor in the future.
4. In those areas where the Property is less than one hundred (100) feet wide as
described in paragraph (1), the City agrees to assist the County or its successor and/or
assigns in future acquisition of the additional property necessary to complete a twenty-
eight (28) foot width of the Mass Transportation Corridor by employing the City's
authority in eminent domain as may be necessary.
5. The City would transfer to the County or is successor and/or assigns by quit claim
deed a twenty-eight (28) foot easement for mass transit purposes over the southern side of
that portion of Appleway Boulevard owned by the City generally described as Appleway
Boulevard between the eastern boundary of the intersection of University Road and
Appleway Boulevard and the western boundary of the intersection of Appleway
Boulevard and Dishman-Mica Road, concurrent with the transfer of the Property from the
County to the City.
6. The City would dismiss the above captioned lawsuit and appellate court case with
prejudice and no costs to either party.
Please note that the offer for the transfer of the property extended to the City of Spokane Valley
is upon essentially the same terms that the County transferred a portion of the Milwaukee Rail
Road property within the corporate limits of the City of Liberty Lake to that city via Resolution
2007-0742 of the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners. The proposed transfer is
also upon the same terms that the City of Spokane Valley agreed to regarding the transfer to the
City of a portion of the Property in the vicinity of Hodges to Tschirley in 2007. In order to
accommodate the City's needs, the proposed transfer of a portion of the Property to the City of
Spokane Valley could be accomplished either as was done for the City of Liberty Lake, pursuant
to resolution and under the authority of RCW 36.34.290, or by quit claim deed whichever the
Mr. Michael F. Connelly
March 24, 2008
Page 4
City should choose.
This letter is an offer of settlement as defined in ER 408 and shall expire without further notice
unless written acceptance of this offer is received in the office of the Spokane County
Prosecuting Attorney, at the address stated above, no later than 4:30 p.m. May 30, 2008.
Thank you for your assistance in bringing this matter to an amicable resolution.
Si rel+iy,
D. id W. Hubert
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
XC: Board of County Commissioners
Bob Brueggeman
Pat Harper
DRAFT
ADVANCE AGENDA
For Planning Discussion Purposes Only
as of February 4, 2010; 12:00 p.m.
Please note this is a work in progress; items are tentative
To: Council & Staff
From: City Clerk, by direction of Acting City Manager
Re: Draft Schedule for Upcoming Council Meetings
February 16,2010: Stud Session Format,6:00 p.m. [due date Mon,Feb 8]
1. Greater Spokane, Inc. 4t Quarter Update-Robin Toth (15 minutes)
2. SRTC Interlocal Agreement-Glenn Miles, Stan Schwartz (30 minutes)
3.Wastewater Treatment System-Neil Kersten/Bruce Rawls (60 minutes)
4. Council Broadcasting-PEG Channel-Greg Bingaman/Morgan Koudelka (30 minutes)
5. Cable Advisory Board-Morgan Koudelka (10 minutes)
6. Paveback-Neil Kersten/Ken Thompson (15 minutes)
7. Advance Agenda (5 minutes)
8. Information Only: (a)Declare as surplus A piece near 16608 Broadway(b) Capital Projects Future List
Executive Session: [*estimated meeting: 165 minutes]
February 23,2010,Formal Meeting Format,6:00 p.m. [due date Mon,Feb 15]
1. Consent Agenda: Claims,Payroll, Minutes (5 minutes)
2. Second Reading Proposed Ordinance 10-003 Alarm Regulations-C.Driskell/R.VanLeuven (10 minutes)
3. Second Read Proposed Ordinance 10-004 UDC,Dev Agrmnt(Ord 9-015)-C.Janssen/M.Connelly (10 mins)
4. Proposed resolution: Cable Advisory Board-Morgan Koudelka (10 minutes)
5. Motion Consideration: Paveback Financing-Ken Thompson (10 minutes)
6. Motion Consideration: Paveback Interlocal Agreement- Steve Worley (10 minutes)
7. Motion Consideration: City Hall Negotiations-Mike Connelly (15 minutes)
8. Admin Report: Uniform Development Code Amendment CTA 01-10-Karen Kendall (15 minutes)
9. Admin Report: Review of Land Use regulations-Mike Connelly/Kathy McClung (60 minutes)
10. Admin Report: Property Tax-Ken Thompson (15 minutes)
11. Surplus Property: 16608 E Broadway- Steve Worley (10 minutes)
12. Advance Agenda (5 minutes)
13. Info Only: (a) Department Reports; (b) crosswalks;
Executive Session [*estimated meeting: 175 minutes]
CONFIRMED: March 2,2010, 6:00 p.m. [due date Mon,Feb 22]
Joint Meeting Council and Spokane Valley Planning Commission
Topic: Shoreline [*estimated meeting: 120 minutes]
CONFIRMED: Monday,March 8,2010, 1 -4 p.m. Spokane Valley City Hall Council Chambers
Joint Meeting with Spokane County Board of County Commissioners [due date Mon March 1]
Tentative Topics: Milwaukee Right-of-way
March 9,2010 Formal Meeting Format,6:00 p.m. [due date Mon,March 1]
1. Consent Agenda: Claims,Payroll, Minutes (5 minutes)
2. First Reading Proposed Ordinance UDC Amendment CTA 01-10-Karen Kendall (20 minutes)
3. Proposed Resolution Declaring Area Near 16608 E Broadway Surplus- Steve Worley (20 minutes)
4. Admin Report: Judge Vance Peterson&Virginia Rockwood, Dist Court (tentative) (10 minutes)
5. Jail presentation-Lt Sparber confirmed (15 minutes)
6. Accomplishments Report-Mike Jackson (30 minutes)
7. Adult Entertainment Code Revision-Cary Driskell (10 minutes)
8. Admin Report: Fee resolution Amendments-Adult Entertainment Appeal Process-C.Driskell(10 min)
9. Admin Report: Proposed Amended 2010 TIP- Steve Worley (20 minutes)
10. Admin Report: Advance Agenda (5 minutes)
Draft Advance Agenda 2/4/2010 3:30:32 PM Page 1 of 3
Executive Session: [*estimated meeting: 145 minutes]
March 13-17, 2010:National League of Cities, Congressional City Conference, Washington, D.C.
March 16,2010, Study Session Format,6:00 p.m. confirmed:no meeting [due date Mon,March 8]
March 23,2010,Format Meeting Format,6:00 p.m. [due date Mon,March 15]
1. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed Amended 2010 TIP— Steve Worley 1 (15 minutes)
2. Consent Agenda: Claims,Payroll, Minutes (5 minutes)
3. Second Reading Proposed Ordinance UDC Amendment CTA 01-10—Karen Kendall (15 minutes)
4. First Reading Proposed Ordinance Regarding Adult Entertainment—Cary Driskell (20 minutes)
5. Admin Report: Advance Agenda (5 minutes)
6. Info Only: Department Reports
Executive Session [*estimated meeting: 60 minutes]
CONFIRMED: Tuesday,March 30, 2010, 2:00 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. Spokane Valley Council Chambers
Joint Meeting with City of Spokane Mayor and Council [due date Mon March 22]
Tentative Topics: Animal Control
March 30,2010, Study Session Format,6:00 p.m. [due date Mon,March 22]
1. Advance Agenda
Executive Session
April 6,2010, Study Session Format,6:00 p.m. [due date Mon,March 29]
1. Comp Plan Update—Greg McCormick (15 minutes)
2. Advance Agenda (5 minutes)
Executive Session:
April 13,2010 Formal Meeting Format,6:00 p.m. 'due date Mon,April 5]
1. Consent Agenda: Claims,Payroll, Minutes (5 minutes)
2. Second Reading Proposed Ordinance Adult Entertainment Appeal Process—Cary Driskell (10 minutes)
3. Proposed Amended Fee Resolution,Adult entertainment Appeal Process— Cary Driskell (10 minutes)
4. Proposed Resolution Adopting Amended 2010 TIP— Steve Worley i (10 minutes)
5. Admin Report: Advance Agenda
Executive Session: [*estimated meeting: minutes]
April 20, 2010, Study Session Format,6:00 p.m. [due date Mon,April 19]
1. Advance Agenda
Executive Session
April 27,2010,Format Meeting Format,6:00 p.m. [due date Mon,April 19]
1. Consent Agenda: Claims,Payroll, Minutes (5 minutes)
2. Admin Report: Advance Agenda
3. Info Only: Department Reports
Executive Session
Draft Advance Agenda 2/4/2010 3:30:32 PM Page 2 of 3
OTHER PENDING AND/OR UPCOMING ISSUES/MEETINGS:
ADA Plan
Affordable Housing Participation
Alternative Analysis (contracts)
Bidding Contracts (SVMC 3. —bidding exceptions)
Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan
Budget 2011 (fall 2010)
Community Development Block Grant(Fall 2010)
Concurrency
Council Remote Voting: Governance Manual
East Gateway Monument Structure #
Hotel/Motel Grant Proposals for 2011 (Nov 2010)
Jail Project tour
Law Enforcement Contract
Lobbyist Presentation(Gordon, Thomas,Honeywell)
Outside Agencies Presentation (August)
Overweight/over size vehicle ordinance
Planned Action Ordinance
Police Department Position
Retreat, summer(June,July?)
Sheriff Office Request, Emergency Mgmt Update■
Six-Year 2011-2016 Transp. Improvement Plan (May 5 admin; May 25 Hearing; June 15 Resolution to adopt)
Shoreline Management Program Update
Solid Waste Board/Governance
Sprague Appleway Corridor Environ. Assessment
Transportation Benefit District: (a). Establish ord.; (b)set public hearing; (c) draft resolution; (d) ballot language
Transportation Impacts
WIRA,Water Protection Commitment,public education
=request for Council's early consideration
# =Awaiting action by others
* =doesn't include time for public or council comments
Draft Advance Agenda 2/4/2010 3:30:32 PM Page 3 of 3
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 City Manager Sign-off:
Item: Check all that apply: ❑ consent ❑ old business ❑ new business ❑ public hearing
® information ❑ admin. report ❑ pending legislation
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Franchise Agreements
GOVERNING LEGISLATION: N/A.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: None.
BACKGROUND: Throughout 2010, various franchise agreements will be presented to the City
Council. The following provides a general background of franchise agreements.
A franchise is an agreement between a municipality and a utility company, granting the
company access to a municipality's right-of-way, with conditions imposed. The way cities grant
franchises is through adoption of an ordinance. Franchise agreements can be formed for
various products or services, such as water, sewer, telecommunications, electricity, natural gas,
petroleum, cable television, and solid waste.
Franchise agreements have varying benefits, liability concerns, and other considerations,
making each agreement fact-specific. For example, since a petroleum franchise will deal with
ultra-hazardous materials, the City will seek higher insurance requirements than in other
franchise agreements. Or, in the case of fiber optic franchises, for example, the City does not
charge a franchise fee, but the agreement will allow the City to use optical fiber infrastructure for
public purposes at a lower rate than it would pay normally.
Prior to Spokane Valley's incorporation on March 31, 2003, there existed many franchise
agreements. Of these agreements, many contained a clause that terminated the agreement
either within six months of incorporation, or upon incorporation. The City and various franchising
entities are operating under the terms of the old franchises, even if they have expired, until new
franchises can be adopted. The Office of the City Attorney is continuing to negotiate expired
franchise agreements for presentation and authorization for approval by the City Council.
OPTIONS: N/A.
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: N/A.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS: N/A.
STAFF CONTACT: Cary Driskell, Deputy City Attorney
ATTACHMENTS: N/A.
Sin
Valley
11707 E Sprague Ave. •Suite 106 • Spokane Valley WA 99206
509.921.1000 • Fax: 509.921.1008 • cityhall @spokanevalley.org
Memorandum
To: Members of Council
From: Mike Jackson, Deputy City Manager/Acting City Manager
Date: January 26, 2010
Re: Quarterly Report— Summary of October through December Activities
Administrative:
▪ Completed 2010 Business Plan
▪ Finalized City's Safety Plan
▪ Completed and Presented Court Study
▪ Completed and Presented Court-Related Services Study
Completed Comcast Franchise Negotiations (Adopted by Council)
Human Resources:
Recruiting/Employment
Recruitment Applicants Interviews
Part-Time Office Assistant 154 6
Administrative Assistant-Public
Works 215 5
TOTAL: 369 11
** Numbers do not reflect interns, Parks & Rec temp/seasonal, Host/Hostess, or duplicate applications
Position M AIME Status
Administrative Assistant—Public Works Interviewing
Recreation Assistant—Host Open
Deputy City Manager Quarterly Report—continued
,2009
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Public Information:
Key Reporting Areas
400
350 355
300
250
200 —•—•1st Qtr
150 /� f2nd Qtr
100 113
3rd Qtr
50 .. - 3 ��4th Qtr
35 3
0 I I I I
Media Media Earned Total Media Hot Topic
Contacts Releases& Media Stories Community
Traffic Stories Enewsletter
Alerts
• Media relations
o Media contacts: Does not include those that were subsequently referred to another City resource
o Earned media stories: Does not include all television/radio/web
o Total media stories: Does not include 94 police activity stories, nor all ads, television, radio or
web stories
OTHER:
Citizen contacts:
• Website Updates: 71 (Does not include P10-initiated, and regularly scheduled updates)
• Areas of Significant focus:
o Responding to media inquiries re/election and new councilmembers
o Discovery Playground
o Barker Bridge Update
o Sullivan Corridor Projects public info plan & initial mailer
o Research, solicitation, selection and preparation for new website software management program
Deputy City Manager Quarterly Report—continued
,2009
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Googlevideo views of Spokane Valley videos:
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CN-Spok-Munson_WMV_V9.wmv Spokane Valley's Mayor Munson discusses the budget 01/13/2009 Feb 2, 2009 1
CN-Spok-Munson-2_WMV_V9.wmv Spokane Valley's Mayor Munson discusses snowstorm 01/13/2009 Feb 2, 2009 1
SARP05.avi Spraque/Appleway Revitalization Plan Community Workshop#4 Sep 29, 23
(Pt.5) 2008
SARP04.avi Spraque/Appleway Revitalization Plan Community Workshop#4 Sep 29, 6
(Pt.4) 2008
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(Pt.3) 2008
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(Pt.2) 2008
SARPO1.avi Spraque/Appleway Revitalization Plan Community Workshop#4 Sep 29, 74
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sarp_feb08.avi City of Spokane Valley-Spraque/Appleway Revitalization Sep 9, 2008 138
presentation 2/2008
Kuhta101807.wmv Spokane Valley Planner summarizes SARP 10/18/2007 Sep 3, 2008 45
munson71207.wmv Spokane Valley Mayor Rich Munson discusses SARP 7/12/2007 Sep 3, 2008 22
2008_state_of_the_city_edited.wmv 2008 Spokane Valley State of the City Address Jul 22, 2008 61
roundabout.avi City of Spokane Valley-informational clip on roundabouts Jun 30, 2008 342
Web Site
Web Site Summary
4th Quarter 2009
October November December Year to Date
Unique User Sessions 39,967 34,339 38,696 113,002
Top Five Pages Viewed
Employment 3803 3,111 4,900 11,814
Spokane Valley 821 809 1,525 3,155
Police 644 682 879 2,205
Bldg. 784 666 749 2,199
Public Notices 554 646 651 1,851
Top Five "Referrer"Web Sites
Spokane County—employment 634 497 459 1,590
Municipal Research(MRSC) 218 185 201 604
County Ideas 161 173 192 526
City of Spokane Valley 132 173 145 450
Spokane+Valley 64 35 154 253
Deputy City Manager Quarterly Report—continued
,2009
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Central Reception:
Business Registration
• 426 New registrations
• 1454 Annual renewals (Due annually in December)
Call Volume
1
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
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CD Council H R Legal Misc. Ops/Ad P& R PW Total
min
•October 440 55 12 22 232 106 16 134 1017
•November 354 75 9 22 241 84 15 92 892
•December 361 58 12 14 218 79 6 96 844
Visitor Volume
December, 204
October, 359
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November, 215
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Deputy City Manager Quarterly Report—continued
,2009
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Citizen Action Requests
Misc EMI
Sweeping
Storm drain/swales -
Traffic speed
Street lights
Signs
Signal timing
Sight obstruction r
■Oct 72
Signal lights out
•Nov 54
Debris
•Dec 81
Snow/de-ice
Potholes II-
Dumping MI
Dead Animals
"Covers"off C
TOTALS MIMIMI
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Spokane PARKS AND RECREATION
FOURTH QUARTER REPORT 2009 1.111,11'
ADMINISTRATION AND PARKS:
• Various items for the construction of the new Discovery Playground continued into
the winter months. Landscaping will be completed in the spring. Grand Opening is
scheduled for May 13, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
• The contract for Operation and Maintenance of Pool Facilities for all city pools was
awarded to the YMCA of the Inland Northwest. The agreement is in effect until
December 31, 2010, with up to four one-year renewal options.
• The Park Maintenance contract for all our city parks was awarded to Senske Lawn &
Tree Care. The contract term is for a period of one year with up to six one-year
renewal options.
• Greenhouse glass panels at CenterPlace damaged during our winter storm were
removed and replaced.
• The Spokane Valley Police Precinct Building roof damage that was incurred during
our winter storm was patched and repaired.
• Staff developed and implemented new policies for special events, park reservations,
and vendors in our city parks. We wanted to minimize the impact events have on
parks and ensure that park preservation measures are in place and adhered to.
• Staff worked on a new non-exclusive food services contract for CenterPlace.
• Our $790,000 of state funding for Discovery Playground was received by the city in
December.
RECREATION AND AQUATICS:
• The First Annual Valley Mission Haunted Pool Event was successful and brought in
342 people in attendance over three days.
• The city co-hosted the Breakfast with Santa Event with Spokane Valley Rotary for
the second year. Over 225 people participated at CenterPlace for this successful
family event.
• Participation in recreation programs grew by 1,916 participants in 2009 over 2008.
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CENTERPLACE:
• It was determined through a mutual agreement that the non-exclusive food services
contract with Beacon Hill Catering would not be renewed for 2010. We determined that
we would negotiate with the caterer which finished second in our Request for Proposal
process. Red Rock Catering currently caters for the following facilities: Glover Mansion,
Fox Theatre, Masonic Temple, and the Lincoln Center.
• Staff worked on the fee schedule that was approved for 2010. It included providing a
price for groups to utilize the west lawn area for outdoor events, and consolidating
pricing for table settings and linens to make it more convenient for our customers to
order this service. We have also grouped pricing together to make wedding and
reception pricing into packages, so it is easier for customers to understand.
• A new presentation system was purchased for the auditorium. Previously, the Great
Room and the auditorium shared the same A/V equipment, with the auditorium acting as
an overflow. The auditorium has turned out to be a standalone reservation and needed
its own equipment. Because of the size and good sound quality of the auditorium, it is
being rented for telephone/internet conference meetings. The A/V equipment installed
will better accommodate that usage.
• Digital signage monitors were installed in the reception area of CenterPlace and the
Senior Center. The monitors list the events occurring in the meeting rooms and also give
more information on renting our facility.
• CenterPlace staff took 50 reservations this quarter. The yearly total is 815 events at
CenterPlace in 2009. That is 123 higher than in 2008. Meetings/seminars continue to be
the largest growing type of reservation, with 538 being held in 2009. Weddings, private
parties, community events, banquets, fundraisers, graduations, and dances were also
held.
CenterPlace Year-to-Date Revenue * CenterPlace Year-to-Date Expenses" "
❑Total Projected Revenue for the Year 0 Projected Expenses 0Year-to-Date Expenses
■Revenue Received Year-to-Date
$600,000.00 - $900,000.00 =l- ®— — — — — —
$800,000.00 --
$500,000.00 - $700,000.00 - 7 -- _
$400,000.00 - $600,000.00 -- —
$500,000.00 d —
$300,000.00 $400,000.00 a
$200,000.00 $300,000.00 _
$200,000.00 - 1
$100,000.00 $100,000.00
$
$- 2007 � 2007
2008 2008 2009
2009
* Revenues include lodging tax funding. ** Expenses do not include the
No lodging tax monies were used for operations, building replacement funds.
2 only for out-of-area advertising.
SENIOR CENTER:
• WSU nurses provided healthy nutrition and diabetic education days.
• Maxim Health Care administered 161 flu and pneumonia shots for seniors and
community members.
• The Wellness Center is utilized on a monthly basis for foot care, and for free hearing
checks by Columbia Hearing.
• Three seminars were presented on Medicare.
• The Greenhouse was open October through December.
• The billiards room proves to be the most active program. A close second for
participation is the senior fitness classes and then art classes.
• A company researching how easy or difficult it is to open prescription bottles came twice
asking seniors for their participation.
• A Balance and Fall Prevention Workshop was held, with 16 people participating.
• The dance committee held a dance recital. There were 55 people who came to watch
and some took part in the performance. Rose Pointe and Mission Ridge Retirement
communities attended.
• A special dance was held in honor of Veterans' Day.
• The Senior Center and Discovery Shop Style Show and Luncheon had 125 participants.
This is one of the most popular events.
• Pickleball had 125 participants at their new location, Hepton Center on S. Barker Rd.
• The Association held elections for three new board members, who will serve three-year
terms. New board members elected are Dale Ferrell, Darlene Markey, and Gay LeBret.
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Sp""okane
Valley
11707 E Sprague Ave Suite 106 • Spokane Valley WA 99206
509.921.1000 • Fax: 509.921.1008 • cityhall@spokanevalley.org
Memorandum
To: Mayor and City Council
Mike Jackson, Acting City Manager
From: Morgan Koudelka
Date: February 9, 2010
Re: Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Funding
The Spokane Valley City Council approved the cable franchise agreement with Comcast on
December 1, 2009.
As part of this agreement, Comcast agrees to provide funding for capital expenditures associated
with public, educational , and governmental programming (PEG) programming provided to the
citizens of Spokane Valley broadcast through the Comcast system.
Amount
The amount of funding will be the equivalent of$.35 per subscriber per month. There are
approximately 22,000 Comcast subscribers in Spokane valley, resulting in a PEG contribution of
$7,700 per month or $92,400 per year.
Comcast has agreed to provide an up-front contribution of$150,000 (within 90 days of approval
of the franchise agreement). This contribution will be paid back by means of Comcast
withholding $.25 of the monthly $.35 contribution until the $150,000 is recouped. At the
current subscriber number it would take 27 months for Comcast to recoup the upfront payment.
In addition to the $150,000 payment, Comcast will remit the equivalent of$.10 per subscriber
per month until the upfront payment is recouped.
This scenario will repeat itself if the agreement is continued for the second five-year term.
City of Spokane Valley
PEG Funding
February 9,2010
Page 2 of 5
The PEG contributions will be as follows.
Year 1 - $150,000 + $20,000 (9 months @ $2,200)
Year 2 - $26,000 (12 months @2,200)
Year 3 - $13,000 (6 months @ $2,200)+ $46,000 (6 months @ $7,700)
Years 4 & 5 - $92,000 per year
Total 5 year contribution - $440,000
-Rounded to the nearest thousand
-Not adjusted for inflation or present value
Qualifying Expenditures
Capital items, such as equipment and construction costs that would be utilized to provide public
access, educational, and governmental programming that is broadcast on Comcast channels are
acceptable uses of the PEG funds. Operational costs such as staffing costs are unacceptable uses.
Comcast has indicated that should the City contract for PEG services, the portion of the invoice
that goes toward capital items would qualify an allowable expense as long it is clearly indicated
on the invoices.
Additional Revenue
Comcast pays the City 5% of its gross revenues as a franchise fee in return for utilizing the
public right-of-way. We have budget approximately $1 million dollars in the 2010 budget for
franchise fee revenues. This is unrestricted general fund revenue. Comcast passes this fee along
to its customers through a franchise fee line item charge.
Comcast has also agreed to provide a $10,000 upfront payment to help the City defray costs for
auditing Comcast should the City choose to do so. The funds, however, are unrestricted. If the
agreement continues into the second five-year option, Comcast will provide another payment of
$10,000 at the beginning of that term.
Requests for PEG Funds
The Cable Advisory Board for Learning and Education (CABLE) currently prepares and
broadcasts educational programming on five cable channels. CABLE requested $63,000 in
annual capital contributions from the City of Spokane Valley in 2006 in anticipation of a
Comcast PEG contribution to the City.
Community Minded Television (CMTV)is the operator for public access programming on one
local access cable channel. In 2007 CMTV requested $74,000 in annual capital contributions
from the City in anticipation of a Comcast PEG contribution to the City.
City of Spokane Valley
PEG Funding
February 9,2010
Page 3 of 5
Comcast has indicated that it will pass on the PEG reimbursement to its subscribers in the form
of a line item fee on the monthly invoice.
Staff recommends the Council determine the governmental broadcasting needs associated with
the PEG capital funds before considering any public and educational distributions.
Community Interest in PEG
The City conducted a community survey in 2009. The results below show that 21% attended a
local public meeting while 40%watched a local public meeting on cable television. Both results
are below the benchmark of like-sized cities that also had the survey performed.
FICLRE 67:PARTICIPATION_IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
,zrerded a nee:n, lo:o elecrec of* 21'rt
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Ioca_ pu a l is M EE r:;c'cab a:e te•,it c• 0 �
.'ol..ntee—d}ou-:me:csornegroup or activity it
Spokane V IIe'y' 45%
Participated in a dub or civic group r.Sp or:. -
Valley
Provided help Uoafriend o a' b{' 94^.
0`. 213-7. 40'IL 50`4 00`.4 100".
Pei c--:of •e::D.cents who did each at least once in It 12 months
How well utilized are the current City information outlets? The results below show that nearly a
quarter of the respondents utilize the City's "Hot Topic" newsletter and/or the City's website.
Both results are below the national benchmarks.
FICLRE 71:USE OF IFFORw1ATION SOURCES
Read Spo•:are',al ey"s
23%
'Hot Top C' 1e'r.s,etGe
Visited the City of
Spokane Valley Web site
FYI. 2074 413'%. 60% •0°. 100%
Percent of respondents who did each at least once in It 12 months
City of Spokane Valley
PEG Funding
February 9,2010
Page 4 of 5
The majority of respondents rated local government's information disseminated through cable
television and through public information services good or excellent. The cable TV result
surpassed the national benchmark while the public information result was below the national
benchmark.
FIGLRE 73:RATINGS OF LOCAzGOVERVMEVT MEDIA.SERVICES AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
I Excellent Good
Cab e e eci5ior. 20% 58%
Pub r'nforrn etion se-,ices 141. 53%
07. 25% 30% 73' 1GC%
3e-ce°-o respondents.
As part of the cable franchise renewal process, the City conducted a survey of Spokane Valley
citizens to assess the performance of the current cable operator and to determine the future cable-
related needs of the community. The following information comes from that survey.
32% of respondents felt that PEG is important or very important, 33%felt PEG is somewhat
important while 34%felt it is not at all important.
Importance of PEG
Very Important 23%
Important 9°
Somewhat Important 334
Not At All Important 34%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
%Importance
City of Spokane Valley
PEG Funding
February 9,2010
Page 5 of 5
When respondents were asked what type of programs they would like to see broadcast on local
PEG channels, most did not know, but those that did preferred to see programs about Spokane
Valley and City government meetings.
Programs Respondents Would Like to See on Local Access Channels
Don't Know 153%
Programs About SPV I 10%
Arts/Hist./Culture
City Gov't Meetings I 8%
K-12 Activities/Instructional 1. 1 8%
Public Safety&Emergency 7%
Info _
/
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
% Responses
Only 2% of respondents indicated they had used the public access channel studio and equipment.
Local Public Access Studio Usage
Yes 2%
s
No 98%
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Valleyk
11707 E Sprague Ave Suite 106 • Spokane Valley WA 99206
509.921.1000 • Fax: 509.921.1008 • cityhall@spokanevalley.org
Memorandum
To: Mayor and City Council
Mike Jackson, Acting City Manager
From: Greg Bingaman
Date: February 9, 2010
Re: Council meeting broadcasting options
At the council request I have put together some information about options for broadcasting
city council meetings.
The first consideration is what would the council like to accomplish with broadcasting of
council meetings? Would you like to just broadcast the meetings or provide a more
information channel similar to Spokane's City cable 5?
Option 1 — Continue with delayed broadcast only. We could continue delayed broadcasts
similar to what the SVBA has arranged with Community Minded Television. The current
arrangement provides for one taped and post edited replay of the Tuesday night council
meeting on the following Monday at 7:30 pm on the public access channel 14 on Comcast
cable. The cost of the current production is approximately$1400/month;this provides one
camera operator,some post editing and one hour of replay. If we wanted to cover meetings
up to 3 hours in length the cost would be approximately$2000/month.
Option 2- Broadcast meetings live. We could chose to broadcast the council meetings live
using one or more of the following outlets. If you would like to explore one of these options
we would be able to provide more in-depth analysis at your request.
1. Negotiate with City Channel 5 for broadcasting
2. Use the multi-jurisdictional channel the Comcast has reserved but is not active
currently;this channel would be shared with the City of Spokane Valley,the City
of Spokane and Spokane County.
3. Negotiate with Community Minded TV to broadcast on public access channel
14
4. Replace Spokane's City Channel 5 with our own Spokane Valley channel 5.
5. Broadcast on the internet
Option 3—Do not broadcast at all
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: February 9, 2019 City Manager Sign-off:
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AGENDA ITEM TITLE: EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pending Litigation [RCW 42.30.110(i)]
GOVERNING LEGISLATION:
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
BACKGROUND:
OPTIONS:
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: Move to adjourn into executive session for
approximately minutes to discuss Pending Litigation; and that no action is
anticipated thereafter.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
STAFF CONTACT:
ATTACHMENTS: