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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Council for January 21 1982WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL Minutes January 21, 1982 The Whatcom County Council meeting of Thursday, January 21, 1982 was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Chair Van Zanten with all members present for roll. The minutes of the January 7, 1982 meeting were approved as presented. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS The first order of business was the reorganization of Council for 1982. Councilman Hawley at this time excused himself from taking part in the reorganization of the Council. Chair. Muenscher moved to nominate Roehl to serve as the Chair for 1982. No other nominations were made. Motion passed unanimously. Vice - Chair. Cole moved to nominate Van Zanten to serve as Vice - Chair of the Council for 1982. No other nominations were made. Motion passed unanimously. Executive Pro - Tempore. Roehl moved to nominate Muenscher. Hansey moved to nominate Johnson. No other nominations were made. Muenscher was elected Executive Pro - Tempore on a 4 -2 vote. ( Hansey, Johnson) Council also elected its standing committees for 1982. Finance. Hansey, Van Zanten and Cole were nominated and elected by unanimous vote to serve on the Finance Committee for 1982. Planning. Muenscher, Hansey and Roehl were nominated and elected by unanimous vote to serve on the Planning Committee for 1982. Public Safety. Johnson, Muenscher and Hawley were nominated and elected by unanimous vote to serve on the Public Safety Committee for 1982. Public Works. Johnson, Cole and Van Zanten were nominated and elected by unanimous vote to serve on the Public Works Committee for 1982. Council also appointed its members to serve on various boards and Committees for 1982. They-are as follows: Health Board'. Cole, Muenscher and Hansey were nominated and appointed by unanimous vote to serve on the Health Board. Council of Governments. Muenscher and Cole were nominated and appointed by unanimous vote to serve on the Council of Governments Board. Whatcom County Council Minutes January 21, 1982 page two Council on Aging. Van Zanten was nominated and appointed by unanimous vote to serve on the Council of Aging. LEOFF Board. Hansey was nominated and appointed by unanimous vote to serve on the LEOFF Board. Museum Board. Van Zanten and Hawley were nominated. Hawley was appointed by a 4 -2 vote. ( Hansey, Johnson) Northwest Air Pollution. Johnson was nominated and appointed by unanimous vote to serve on the Northwest Air Pollution Board. Northwest Regional Council. Johnson was nominated and appointed by unanimous vote to serve on the Northwest Regional Council. Open Space Taxation, Joint City /County Committee. Hansey, Muenschpr and Hawley were nominated and appointed by unanimous vote to service on the Open Space Taxation Committee. Opportunity Council. Roehl was nominated and appointed by unanimous vote to serve on the Opportunity Council. Alcohol Administrative Board. Hawley was nominated and appointed by unanimous vote to serve on the Alcohol Administrative Board. At this time, Hawley returned to the meeting. EXECUTIVE ITEMS Council approved the following two bid awards as presented by the Executive by unanimous vote: 1) Bid Award to Pederson Brothers, Inc, for a three (3) ton bridge crane at $16,951.00 and a five (5) ton bridge crane at $18,928.00, for a total amount of $38,033.07, including tax 2) Bid Award to I.B.M. for equipment for the Central Computer System. In the form of a government lease of $4,297 per month for hardware, and $249 per month for software. The total billing will be $4,832.39 per month, including state sales tax. Chair Van Zanten also distributed a letter which she had just received regarding the discontinuance of the Lynden Ambulance Service to Whatcom County Fire District No. 3. Louws stated he would report back to Council on this matter. Whatcom County Counc Minutes January 21, 1982 page three FINAL CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES The Ordinance to increase the speed limit on Britton Road was before the Council for final consideration. Johnson stated the Public Safety Committee had reviewed the ordinance and recommended that the speed be increased on the road all the way to the Bellingham City Limits, instead of just a portion. In order to accomplish this an additional public hearing is needed. Council concurred. Johnson moved to table the ordinance. Motion passed unanimously. A public hearing will be set up. The Ordinance establishing service fees and authorizing and agreeing to the City of Bellingham 1982 adopted fee schedule as per City Ordinance #9054 thereto relating to Ambulance Service Charges was before the Council for final consideration. Hansey stated the Finance Committee had reviewed the ordinance and recommended "do pass." Hansey so moved its adoption. Motion passed unanimously. The ordinance will become effective February 1, 1982. OPEN SESSION Lloyd Austin spoke of the matter to eliminate out of County boats from using Lake Whatcom. Barbara Bolt spoke to the Rural Library Board. Jeffrey Margolis, Van Zandt, Washington, spoke toward the pre- vention of the Department of Natural Resources spraying 2 4 D. OTHER BUSINESS The nominations for the appointments to the Planning Commission, Third District, were before the Council. Those nominated were Alvin Van Dalen, Elizabeth Bailey, Emil Baijot, Don Brunner, and Terry Moore. Cole moved that each Council Member was to have two votes for the two positions, but must vote for two different individuals. Motion passed unanimously. A roll call vote was taken. Van Dalen, 6, Bailey, 2, Baijot, 0, Brunner, 5, Moore, 1. Van Dalen and Brunner were appointed to a four year term on the Planning Commission. Whatcom County Coun, 1 Minutes January 21, 1982 page four The Rural Library Board appointments were before the Council for confirmation. Johnson, Cole, Muenscher and Hawley all stated they had received numerous phone calls on the matter of the appointments to the Board. Those up for confirmation were Calvin Roper, Jeanne Solomon and Rose Gerber. The Chair divided the question on each of the appointments. Roper and Gerber were confirmed unanimously. Solomon was confirmed on a 4 -2 vote. (Muenscher, Roehl) (Hawley abstained) Correspondence had been received from Cemetery District #6 Board of Commissioners regarding the vacancy of a six -year term on the board, which was not filled by the November, 1981 election. Johnson moved to appoint Jon Donellan as recommended by the Cemetery's Board of Commissioners. Motion passed unanimously. Council received the 911 Task Force Study Report, which was presented by Jan Leonardo. She gave a brief explanation of the report, stating that the Task Force recommended the issue be placed before the voters. A Committee of the Whole meeting will be set up to review the report in more detail. A-decision of Preliminary Plat approval of Sunset Heights was before the Council. Roehl stated the Planning Committee was holding the matter for another two weeks.for additional review. Council received an application of Open Space classification, filed by David and Margie Nelson. It was sent to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation. Communication was also received regarding a proposed levy for Emergency Medical Services., A Committee of the Whole meeting will be set up to discuss the matter. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Roehl moved to add to the agenda the following: 1) Ordinance regarding the matter of placing a stop sign on the Flynn Road 2) Resolution of intent of the Whatcom County Council to approve the concept of the proposed consolidation of various Whatcom County Electoral Precincts 3) Resolution amending rules of procedure governing the time, place and conduct of County Council meetings, and the introduction, publication, consideration and adop- tion of ordinances Motion passed unanimously. O Whatcom County Counc ' Minutes January 21, 1982 page five Hawley moved for introduction and adoption the Resolution of intent of the Whatcom County Council to approve the concept of the proposed consolidation of various County Council Electoral precincts. Hansey stated the Finance Committee had reviewed the issue and recommended that a resolution be introduced for consideration. Pete Griffin, Elections Department, gave a brief description of what the department was trying to accomplish. Larry DeLorme was present for the Democratic Committee. He stated the Council should wait to make a decision until after a legislative bill was passed designating committee representatives in the precincts. Chuck Jaynes was present for the Republican Committee. He stated the Committee agrees with the concept. Motion to adopt the resolution passed unanimously. Roehl moved for introduction and adoption the Resolution amending Resolution No. 81 -16, in the matter of designating Primi- tive Roads. Motion passed unanimously. Roehl moved for introduction and adoption the Resolution of the County Council of Whatcom County, Washington, authorizing the issuance of an Interim Warrant for the purpose of financing part of the cost of improvements in Consolidated Drainage Improvement District No. 31. Motion passed unanimously. Roehl introduced the Resolution accepting the Boundary Review Board's Findings of Fact, Conclusions and decision allowing Whatcom County Water District No. 8 to annex.property into the District boundaries. The Resolution was sent to the Planning Committee for review. Cole introduced and moved for final adoption the Resolution amending rules of procedure governing the time, place and conduct of County Council meetings, and the introduction, publication, consideration and adoption of ordinances. This ordinance will rename 3 of the 4 standing committees as follows: Finance Committee --------- - - - - -- Finance Committee Planning Committee --------- - - - - -- Planning and Development Committee Public Safety Comm.--------- - - - - -- Law and Justice Committee Public Works Comm. --------- - - - - -- Public Services Committee Motion to adopt the resolution passed unanimously. Whatcom County Coun, Minutes January 21, 1982 page six Johnson introduced the following ordinances and they were referred to the Public Service Committee for review: 1) Ordinance regarding the matter of placing a stop sign on Woodshire Road 2) Ordinance regarding the matter of placing a stop sign on Paradise Drive 3) Ordinance regarding the matter of changing a yield sign to a stop sign on the Innis Creek Road 4) Ordinance regarding the matter of placing a stop sign on the Flynn Road 5) Ordinance regarding the matter of changing three (3) yield signs to stop signs in three separate locations on the Henderson Road 6) Ordinance regarding the placing of traffic control signs on the Bay Road, ?Vest of the Jackson Road Public Hearings will also be set up on the above ordinances. Council received the Whatcom County Planning Commission's resolution in the matter of adopting a community facility and utility policy which establishes a delay in the provision of services to the Urban Reserve area on the North Shore -and that the Board of Equalization give consideration for property tax relief during the time period in which utility construction shall be delayed. Also received was the Planning Agency Report in the matter of amending the 1970 Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Text and Map for the geographic area designated as the Lake Whatcom Subarea of Whatcom County, Washington. The Council also received the Planning Commissions recommended amend- ments to the official Whatcom County Zoning Ordinance Title 20 for the Lake Whatcom Comprehensive Subarea Plan. Hansey introduced the Ordinance amending the 1970 Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Text and Map for the geographic area designated as the Lake Whatcom Subarea of Whatcom County, Washington. Hansey also introduced the Ordinance in the matter of repealing the Whatcom County Interim Zoning Ordinance and adopting Title 20 Official Whatcom County Zoning Ordinance and amendments and additions thereto for the geographic area designated as the Lake Whatcom Subarea. Committee of the Whole meetings will be set up to review the two above ordinances. Whatcom County Counc41 Minutes January 21, 1982 page seven COMMITTEE REPORTS The Chair reminded the Council Members of the Public Hearing to be held Tuesday, January 26, 1982 at 7 :30 p.m. on the approval of the preliminary plat of Seapark Estates. Hansey reported of the Finance Committee in relation to the provision of Fire Marshal Services provided by the City at this time. The Committee had recommended that the County terminate its contract with the City as of March, 1982. The Executive is preparing the appropriate papers. Hansey stated the Finance Committee had also reviewed the Parks Department request for a land exchange in Pine and Cedar Lakes. An Ordinance will be drafted and brought to Council. Hansey also stated the Finance Committee had reviewed a request by the Visitor's and Convention Bureau for a project in the amount of $2,600. The Bureau will draw up a contract which the Executive will present to Council. Roehl stated that the approval of preliminary plat for Sunset Heights is being held due to some drainage questions. Roehl thanked the Council for being elected Chair for 1982 and also congratulated Van Zanten on the .excellent job she had.done as Chair in 1981. Meeting adjourned at 9:55 P.M. Van Zanten turned over the gavel to Roehl.