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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Council for October 21 1982WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL Minutes October 21, 1982 The Whatcom County Council meeting was called to order on Thursday, October 21, 1982 at 7:33 p.m., by Chairman Roehl with all members present. The minutes of the October 7 Council meeting were approved as presented. OPEN SESSION No one spoke in the opportunity of open session. JEXECUTIVE ITEMS Executive Louws presented an application for a Class H Liquor License for the Hitching Post Cafe, located on the Hannegan Road. The license will allow the cafe to dispense liquor, beer and wine by the glass on premises. Muenscher reported the Law and Justice Committee recommended approval of the class H license. Muenscher so moved to approve the application for liquor license. Motion passed with Johnson abstaining from the vote. -- Hansey excused himself from the meeting -- Executive Louws reported that all contracts have been put together for the Nor -Bell Wastewater Facility, except the contract with the purchaser requesting 400 hookups. Louws'stated he had spoken with Charles Haines, Department of Ecology, and has received an extension of 10 days to two weeks to complete the necessary documents. Louws stated he will continue to work to complete the one remaining contract. Hawley requested to look at the financial statements of the purchasers. He stated he had not voted to put the matter in the hands of the administration. Cole stated the Council has already accepted the package of commitments as presented on September 16, 1982 and the matter is in the hands of the Executive. Cole stated he had read a quote in the paper which stated people within 200 feet of the sewer line may be required to hookup. Louws stated to his knowledge there is no requirement to hookup. He will consult the Prosecuting Attorney's department on the matter. Whatcom County Council Minutes October 21, 1982 page two Johnson requested a deadline be set for the project. He so moved that if the project is not resolved by November 4, 1982 at 12:00 noon the project will be terminated. Cole moved to amend the motion to state that the authority contained in Resolution No. 82 -40 shall expire at 8:00 p.m. on November 4, 1982, if by that time the Executive has not determined that he will enter into the contractural agreements referenced in the resolution. Motion to amend Johnson's motion passed. Motion as amended passed. Hawley moved to reconsider the vote on Resolution No. 82 -40 in regards to giving the administration sole authority over the project. Louws stated he would be happy to review the financial matters with any one of the Council members. Johnson moved to table Hawley's motion and have Hawley review the matter with the Executive. Motion to table passed. -- Hansey entered the meeting -- Roehl stated there would be an additional Open Session at the end of the agenda. FINAL CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES Resolution in the matter of financial commitment to the 1983 Bellingham / Whatcom County District Department of Public Health was again before the Council. There was question as to whether or not tuberculosis fund and the small towns had been included in the amount put into the resolution. Hansey stated the tubercu- losis fund was included and should not have been.. Hansey moved to amend the resolution to change the amount of commitment from $516,451.00 to $450,715.00. The small towns in the amount of $12,836 is included in the $450,715. Motion to amend the resolu- tion carried. Van Zanten reported the Finance Committee reviewed the ordinance establishing Victim /Witness Assistance Fund Budget for 1982 in regards for the need of a word processor to handle the work load of the program for the remainder of 1982. It was determined by the Committee that it was essential and the original recommendation of "do pass" was upheld. McEachran stated it is Whatcom County Cc. _icil Minutes October 21, 1982 page three not known at this time what the level of the work load will be, but the word processor is essential to avoid additional personnel. The machine may also be used as a regular typewriter for other functions in the office. Motion to adopt the ordinance passed unanimously. a Van Zanten,moved for final passage the Ordinance authorizing a revised budget for the Current Expense Fund, Assigned Counsel Budget for 1982. She reported the Finance Committee recommended "do pass" of the ordinance with one amendment.. Van Zanten moved to amend the ordinance in the Professional Services line item to reduce the amounnt from $28,419.00 to $18,419.00. This would bring the total of the revision to $22,000.00. Motion to amend the ordinance passed. Motion to adopt the ordinance as amended passed unanimously. Van Zanten moved for final passage the Ordinance authorizing a revised budget for the Central Services Fund of 1982. She reported the Finance Committee "do pass" of the ordinance. The monies will be used to program the recording and records division of the Auditor's Department into the computer system this year Motion to adopt the ordinance passed unanimously. Van Zanten moved for final passage the Ordinance authorizing a revised budget for Federal Shared Revenue Fund, Central Services Budget, of 1982. She reported the Finance Committee recommended o pass" of the ordinance. Motion passed unanimously. Van Zanten moved for final passage the Ordinance adopting a supplemental budget for the Referendum 37 Construction Fund of 1982. She reported the Finance Committee recommended "do pass" of the ordinance. The ordinance will budget grant funds, which have been awarded to Whatcom County from the Department of Social and Health Services under the Referendum 37 program. The grant is for a WATCI project to acquire shrink - packaging equipment, which will enable the training center to contract for services to businesses and industry. Motion to adopt the ordinance passed unanimously. Whatcom County Cok.icil Minutes October 21, 1982 page four Hansey moved for final passage the Ordinance amending the Birch Bay Comprehensive Plan Map from Parks to Suburban and amending the Interim Zoning Map from Recration Open Space to Suburban Four Families per acre in regard to a 3.69 acre site located within the former Blaine Air Force Base. Hansey moved to add a restrictive covenant to Exhibit "C" as follows; Item No. 4 - The restrictive covenants shall also address architectural review in the requiring of earth tones on the homes. Motion to add the item passed. Motion to adopt the ordinance as amended passed unanimously. OTHER BUSINESS Hansey moved to add to this section of the agenda as item number one a report from the Rate Review Board regarding Whatcom County Cablevision's request for rate.increase. Motion passed. The matter was before the Council. Hansey reported the Board recommended the Council grant the $1.50 rate increase for basic service in the unincorporated areas of Whatcom County, to become effective December 1, 1982. Hansev stated two points were also brought up by the Boards One, in future rate increases the rates charged throughout the County should be fairly uniform and two, the procedure of the rate review board as presently constituted should be looked at, which items will be addressed at a later date. Motion to approve the rate increase passed. Hansey reported the Planningnand Development Committee recommended approval of the preliminary plat of Evergreen Manor Country Estates subject to the 49 conditions of the Hearing Examiner. Hansey so moved to approve the preliminary plat. Motion passed. Hansey moved to recommend approval of the preliminary plat of Blankers Replat of Lot 4 of Monthy's Replat subject to the Hearing Examiner's conditions with the deletion of condition number 13. The Planning and Development had so recommended. Motion passed. Whatcom County Ct..ncil Minutes October 211 1982 page five Council considered the appointment to the Planning Commission, position in District 3. At the October 7 meeting Robert Rehpohl, David Simpson and Steven J. Mura were nominated. No further nominations were made and Cole moved to close the nominations. Motion carried. A roll call vote was taken with three votes for each Rehpohl and Mura and one vote for Simpson. Due to a tie a second roll call vote was taken with five votes going to Rehpohl and two votes to Mura. Rehpohl was so appointed to the Planning Commission, .,/ Council also considered the appointment to the Bellingham/ Whatcom County District of Public Health Board. Nelda Sigurdson was nominated at the October 7 meeting. No further nominations were made and Hawley moved to close the nominations. Motion carried. Johnson so moved to appoint Sigurdson to the Public Health Board. Motion carried. Open Space applications filed by Zweegman and Weaver were r ceived and referred to the Planning Commission. Correspondence was received from Harrison Surveyors regarding g Preliminary Plat approval of Hollinger Replat and referred to the Planning and Development Committee. INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES The resolution in support of SJR 143_Community..Development Financing was before the Council. Van Zanten reported the Finance Committee reviewed the resolution. There was question in Committee as to whether or not it was appropriate for the Council to use public funds to promote a specific ballot issue. The Committee recommended.the Council just go on record by motion only as supporting the approval of SJR 143. Van Zanten so moved. Motion passed. Van Zanten introduced a.Resolution regarding the matter of adoption of Whatcom County 1983 Construction Program. The resolution was referred to the Public Services Committee and the matter will be scheduled for a public hearing. Van Zanten introduced and moved for final passage a resolution of the County Council of Whatcom County, Washington, authorizing the issuance of an interim warrant for the purpose of financing Whatcom County Co ...-cil Minutes October 21, 1982 page six part of the cost of improvements in Consolidated Drainage Improve- ment District No. 31. She reported the Finance Committee recommended passage of the resolution. Motion passed. Van Zanten introduced an Ordinance authorizing a revised budget for the District Court Budget within the Current Expense Fund and it was referred to the Finance Committee. Johnson introduced the following ordinances which were referred to the Law and Justice Committee for review: 1. Ordinance regarding the matter of modifying the stop sign control at the intersection of Brown Road and North Star Road 2. Ordinance regarding the matter of changing yield signs to stop signs in the Geneva area ✓ 3. Ordinance to establish speed limits on certain portions of Silver Lake Road 4. Ordinance to establish speed limits on certain County Roads 5-. Ordinance to establish speed limit on a portion of Marine Drive r 6. Ordinance to establish speed limit on a portion of Grand- view Road The above ordinances will also be scheduled for public hearing. COMMITTEE REPORTS V Roehl stated correspondence has been received from Helen Briggs and Elizabeth Cross regarding the ban of horses on the interurban trail. The matter was referred to the Law and Justice Committee. The 1983 preliminary budget hearing will'be October 26, 1982 at 7:30 p.m. Hansey reported the Planning and Development Committee has been discussing the County wide development standards for road, drainage and land alterations. He stated it is the consensus of the committee to proceed with the road standards. The committee is requesting the Council to authorize the committee to appoint an informal study group to review the standards for drainage and land alterations. Hansey so moved to grant the committee the authority. Motion carried. OPEN SESSION -- Hansey excused himself from the meeting -- Roy Giles, 5385 Shield Road, spoke regarding Nor -Bell. He Whatcom County Council Minutes October 21, 1982 page seven stated it is not clear whether or not it is mandatory to hook up to the line if a residence is within 200 feet. Roehl stated Executive Louws will be getting a legal opinion from the Prosecuting Attorney's office. No further business came before the Council. Meeting adjoured at 9:50 p.m.