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East Wenatchee City Council Meeting
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
East Wenatchee City Hall
271 9th Street NE
East Wenatchee, WA 98802
AGENDA
6:30 p.m. Regular Meeting
1. Call to Order, Roll Call and Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Consent Items:
a. 03/13/2018 Council Meeting Minutes.
Vouchers:
March 27, 2018, Checks: 49776-49778; 49787-49848, in the amount of $181,545.46.
February 2018 Payroll Certification.
• Motion to approve agenda, vouchers, and minutes from previous meetings.
3. Citizen Requests/Comments.
The “Citizen Comments” period is to provide the opportunity for members of the public to address the Council on items either not on the
agenda or not listed as a public hearing. The Mayor will ask if there are any citizens wishing to address the Council. When recognized, please step up to the microphone, give your name and mailing address, and state the matter of your interest. If your interest is an agenda item, the Mayor may suggest that your comments wait until that time. Citizen comments will be limited to three minutes.
4. Presentations.
a. Boy Scouts Proclamation.
b. Child Abuse Prevention Month Proclamation.
c. Eastmont Metropolitan Parks & Recreation, providing an update on the Trust for
Public Lands, and the acquisition of the 9th Street Property. Andrew McConnico,
Project Manager will be presenting.
5. Department Report.
a. Public Works Report provided by Tom Wachholder, Land and Water Resource
Program Manager.
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6. Mayor’s Report.
7. Action Items.
A. A first reading of Ordinance 2018-05, an Ordinance of the City of East Wenatchee
fixing and confirming the salary and compensation of the City’s Civil Service Chief
Examiner/Secretary by amending Ordinance 2017-24.
Motion to elevate to second reading. Motion by Council to pass Ordinance 2018-05
as presented.
B. A first reading of Ordinance 2018-06, An Ordinance of the City of East Wenatchee
adopting interim zoning controls relating to cryptocurrency mining operations in
commercial and residential zoning districts, to be effective for a period of six
months, setting a public hearing date, declaring an emergency necessitating
immediate adoption and containing a severability clause.
Motion to elevate to second reading. Motion by Council to pass Ordinance 2018-06
as presented.
C. Resolution 2018-06, a Resolution of the City of East Wenatchee declaring certain
property owned by the City as surplus to the needs of the City.
Motion by Council to approve Resolution 2018-06 declaring certain property
owned by the City as Surplus.
8. Council Reports & Announcements.
a. Reports/New Business of Council Committees
9. Adjournment.
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East Wenatchee City Council Minutes Page 1 of 5
EAST WENATCHEE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
East Wenatchee City Hall
271 9th Street N.E.
East Wenatchee, WA 98802
MINUTES
In attendance: Staff in attendance:
Mayor Steven Lacy Devin Poulson, City Attorney
Councilmember John Sterk Lori Barnett, Community Development Director
Councilmember Harry Raab Tom Wachholder, Land and Water Resource Program Mngr.
Councilmember Chuck Johnson Nick Gerde, Finance Director
Councilmember Jerrilea Crawford Teresa Allen, Human Resources
Councilmember Sandra McCourt
Councilmember Timothy J. Detering
Councilmember Matthew Hepner
6:30 p.m. Regular Meeting.
1. Call to Order, Roll Call and Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Consent Items.
Agenda, vouchers, and minutes from previous meetings.
Motion to approve consent items by Councilmember Tim Detering. Councilmember Chuck
Johnson seconded the motion. Motion carried (7-0).
3. Public Hearings: The Mayor announced to Council the matters for consideration, an application
submitted by Paul Bondo. The Mayor asked Councilmembers to disclose any ex parte oral or
written communication with any party, that is interested in this issue? Council member Crawford
responded, “I do.” The Mayor asked if any Councilmember had a conflict of interest for any reason?
Or, if any Councilmember has any potential violation of the appearance of fairness doctrine?
Councilmember Crawford disclosed she communicated by telephone with Councilmember Sterk
and the applicant Paul Bondo. The purpose of conversations was general, discussing zoning
clarifications of the proposal. The Mayor asked the public if there were any objections to any
Councilmember participating in the hearing? No one objected.
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Lori Barnett announced that the Council received three letters of which they have a copy. Letters
received from Rick and Annette Holt, dated March 08, 2018, of 1417 N Anne; Gary and Carol May,
received on March 13, 2018, of 1334 N Arbor Terrance, and an email from WSDOT sent to Doug
Madland of 1406 Aurora Ave.
a. The Mayor Opened a public hearing for the reconsideration for an application submitted by
Paul Bondo on behalf of the Jennings Trust (property owner) to change the land use
designation and zoning of a 3.7-acre parcel from Residential Low Density to Residential
Medium Density. The subject property is located at 50 14th St. NE, East Wenatchee WA.
Comments provided by community members in opposition to the proposal: Doug
Madland, 1406 N. Aurora Ave; Carolyn Perry, 1940 S. Kent Plaza; Marilyn Webb, 1403 N.
Aurora Ave; Bob Sipe, 1401 Anne Ave; Peter Schneller, 1426 N Aurora Ave; Gary
Donabauer, 1411 N Aurora Ave; Anna McClune, 1431 N Arbor Terrace; Linda Stuart, 1333
N Arbor Terrace; Carol May, 1334 N Arbor Terrace; Judie Donabauer, 1411 Arbor Ave; Lon
Pletcher, 1321 N Aurora Ave; and Kelly Gregory of 1434 Arora Ave. Bryce Greenfield, 1939
Valley View Blvd, spoke in support of the proposal. Additional comments provided by
Rebekah Kaylor, attorney for the applicant, 811 Country Ave N.E., Quincy WA.
Public hearing closed at 7:23 p.m. and the City Council moved to consideration of Action
Item A.
b. The Mayor opened a public hearing for an application submitted by D+D Investments
Washington, LLC requesting approval of an amendment to the GEWA Plan land use map
and corresponding zoning district reclassification of 4 parcels totaling approximately 5.6
acres from Office High Residential to General Commercial. The properties are located at
540, 542, 620 and 630 Rock Island Road, East Wenatchee, WA.
Douglas County, Land Services Director Mark Kulaas presented the proposed change. The
Douglas County Commissioners approved the change in Mid-January reclassifying these
properties.
Comments provided by Councilmember Tim Detering, and Community Development
Director Lori Barnett.
Public hearing opened and closed with no public comment. City Council moved to the
consideration of Action Item B.
c. The Mayor opened a Public hearing for an application submitted by Cal-Neva, LLC and
Rogelio Hernandez requesting approval of an amendment to the GEWA Plan land use map
and corresponding zoning district reclassification of approximately 10 acres from
Residential Medium Density to Office High Residential. The properties are located at 2621
2nd Street SE, East Wenatchee, WA.
Douglas County, Land Services Director Mark Kulaas presented the proposed change. The
Douglas County Commissioners approved the change in Mid-January reclassifying these
properties, and City Planning Commission has recommended approval of this change.
Comments provided by Councilmembers Jerrilea Crawford and Tim Detering.
Public hearing opened and closed with no public comment. City Council moved to the
consideration of Action Item C.
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d. The Mayor opened a public hearing for the adoption of Ordinance 2018-04 by the City
Council on February 27, 2018 extending the moratorium on the acceptance of applications
for use permits, wireless telecommunications facility permits, building permits, right of way
use authorizations and franchises for new wireless communication facilities within the City,
for a period of six months.
Public hearing opened and closed with no additional public comment.
4. Department Report.
a. Finance Department Director Nick Gerde provided a Finance Department report.
Comments provided by Councilmember Tim Detering.
5. Mayor’s Report.
a. Mayor Lacy provided information regarding Administrative change of the City accepting
payment by PayPal in addition to credit cards as the fees associated are similar.
b. Mayor Lacy announced that the City of East Wenatchee earned the “2018 Well City Award”
from AWC. This award means a 2% savings to the City across the board on medical
insurance premiums.
c. Mayor Lacy informed Council about the termination of the agreement with DOT for the 9th
Street roundabouts and costs associated with it. The Mayor received an email on March 13,
2018, from Dan Sarles indicating that DOT has officially agreed to terminate the agreement.
Comments by Councilmember Chuck Johnson.
Action Items.
A. Ordinance 2018-01, second reading, an Ordinance amending the Greater East Wenatchee Area
Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map and the Official Zoning Map.
Comments provided Mayor Lacy and by Councilmember(s) Chuck Johnson, Matt Hepner, Tim
Detering, John Sterk and Harry Raab. Comments also provided by Community Development
Director Lori Barnett and City Attorney Devin Poulson.
Motion to approve Ordinance 2018-01 as proposed and accept the recommendation from the
Planning Commission to amend the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Map by
Councilmember Chuck Johnson. Councilmember Jerrilea Crawford seconded the motion.
Motion carried (4-3) Harry Raab, Sandy McCourt, and John Sterk voted in opposition.
B. Ordinance 2018-02, an Ordinance of the City of East Wenatchee amending the Greater East
Wenatchee Area Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map and the Official Zoning Map to change the
land use designation and zoning of certain property located at 540, 542, 620, and 630 Rock
Island Road from Residential High Density to General Commercial, containing a severability
clause, and establishing an effect date.
Mayor Lacy elevated to a 2nd reading.
Comments provided by Councilmember Matt Hepner; Community Development Director Lori
Barnett and Douglas County, Land Services Director Mark Kulaas.
Motion to approve Ordinance 2018-02 as proposed and accept the zoning changes made by
Councilmember Tim Detering. Councilmember Harry Raab seconded the motion. Motion
carried (7-0).
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C. Ordinance 2018-03, an Ordinance of the City of East Wenatchee amending the Greater East
Wenatchee Area Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map and the Official Zoning Map to change the
land use designation and zoning of certain property located on 2nd Street SE surrounding and
including 2621 2nd St. SE from Residential Medium Density to Residential High Density,
containing a severability clause, and establishing an effect date.
Mayor Lacy elevated to a 2nd reading. No additional comments by Council.
Motion to approve Ordinance 2018-03 as proposed and accept the zoning changes made by
Councilmember Tim Detering. Councilmember Harry Raab seconded the motion. Motion
carried (7-0).
D. Resolution No. 2018-05 a Resolution of the City of East Wenatchee, WA appointing members to
the East Wenatchee Events Board.
Mayor Steve Lacy provided comments on Resolution 2018-05.
Comments provided by Councilmember Crawford.
Motion by Councilmember Chuck Johnson to appoint members to the East Wenatchee Events Board for the designated terms provided by Resolution No. 2018-05. Councilmember Matt
Hepner seconded the motion. Motion carried (7-0).
E. Small Works – City of East Wenatchee, 2018 LED Streetlight Conversion bid award
Land & Water Resource Program Manager Tom Wachholder presented a staff report.
Comments provided by Councilmembers Chuck Johnson, Matt Hepner, and Tim Detering.
Motion to authorize the Mayor to sign a contract with NE Electric, the lowest bidder for the
2018 LED Streetlight Conversion Project in the amount of $74,895.00 by Councilmember Tim
Detering. Councilmember Sandy McCourt seconded the motion. Motion carried (7-0).
** Land & Water Resource Program Manager Tom Wachholder provided a Public Works Report
regarding the 5th Street and Baker Ave. Projects.
F. Eastmont Metropolitan Park District, for a funding request of a directional maker windsock.
Mayor Lacy commented on the request and provided information.
Comments provided by Councilmember Tim Detering, and Eastmont Metropolitan Park Director
Sally Brawley.
Motion by Councilmember John Sterk to authorize the Mayor to sign a contract with the
Eastmont Metropolitan Parks District for an amount not to exceed $7,122.00, for the
construction of a directional marker windsock.
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6. Council Reports & Announcements.
a. Chuck Johnson applied for the AWC Employee Benefit Trust, which required letters of
recommendation which the Mayor provided.
7. Adjournment. With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Steven C. Lacy, Mayor
Attest:
Maria E. Holman, City Clerk
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CHECKS: 49776-49778; 49787-49848
VOIDED: None
DEPARTMENT/FUND AMOUNT
General Fund 001 $81,195.19
Street Fund 101 $22,148.18
Community Dev Grants Funds 102 $0.00
Transportation Benefit District Fund 105 $0.00
Debt Reserve Fund 110 $0.00
Library Fund 112 $78.53
Hotel/Motel Tax Fund 113 $0.00
Drug Fund 114 $0.00
Criminal Justice Fund 116 $0.00
Events Board Fund 117 $7,884.97
Bond Redemption Fund 202 $0.00
Street Improvements Fund 301 $1,952.79
Storm Water Improvements Fund 308 $0.00
Capital Improvements Fund 314 $0.00
Equipment R&R Fund 501 $68,285.80
Grand Total All Funds $181,545.46
CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE
CHECK REGISTER
March 27, 2018 Payables
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Fund Number Description Amount
001 Current Expense $81,195.19
101 Street Department $22,148.18
112 Library Fund $78.53
117 East Wenatchee Events Brd Fund $7,884.97
301 Street Improvement Fund $1,952.79
501 Equipment Rental & Replacement $68,285.80
Count: 6 $181,545.46
Fund Transaction Summary
Transaction Type: Invoice
Fiscal: 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
4K Lift Services Inc.
49790 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
17512
Street/Forklift Repairs and Maintenance
501-000-000-542-90-48-30 Street Equipment R&M $234.25
Total 17512 $234.25
Total 49790 $234.25
Total 4K Lift Services Inc.$234.25
Action Medical, Inc.
49791 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
TS60-255
Shop/Medical Supplies
001-000-180-518-30-49-00 Miscellaneous $46.31
Total TS60-255 $46.31
Total 49791 $46.31
Total Action Medical, Inc.$46.31
AG Supply Company INC
49792 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
418173
Street/Bulk Gas
101-000-420-542-30-30-00 Supplies $11.97
Total 418173 $11.97
418175
Street/Supplies
101-000-430-543-30-30-00 Supplies $24.42
Total 418175 $24.42
418190
Street/City Hall Lights Suppliy
001-000-180-518-30-48-00 Repairs & Maintenance $10.81
Total 418190 $10.81
418224
Street/Bar&Chain Oil
101-000-420-542-70-30-00 Supplies $17.30
Total 418224 $17.30
418406
Street/Bulk Gas
101-000-420-542-30-30-00 Supplies $13.27
Total 418406 $13.27
Voucher Directory
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
418482
Street/Fasteners
001-000-180-518-30-48-00 Repairs & Maintenance $4.24
Total 418482 $4.24
418499
Street/Supplies
501-000-000-542-90-48-25 Street Vehicle R&M Supplies $9.68
Total 418499 $9.68
418578
Street/Traffic Paint Supplies
101-000-430-543-30-30-00 Supplies $42.14
Total 418578 $42.14
418844
Street/Bulk Gas
101-000-420-542-30-30-00 Supplies $14.24
Total 418844 $14.24
419115
Street/Supplies
001-000-120-594-12-60-00 Capital Outlay $20.21
Total 419115 $20.21
419116
Street/Supplies
101-000-420-542-66-30-00 Supplies $18.38
Total 419116 $18.38
419133
Street/Supplies
001-000-120-594-12-60-00 Capital Outlay $5.28
Total 419133 $5.28
419328
Street/Bulk Gas
101-000-420-542-30-30-00 Supplies $10.68
Total 419328 $10.68
Invoice - 3/9/2018 10:06:44 AM
Code/Fuel
001-000-580-558-60-32-00 Fuel Consumed $35.76
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 10:06:44 AM $35.76
Invoice - 3/9/2018 10:12:35 AM
Police/Fuel
001-000-210-521-10-32-00 Fuel Consumed $3,462.78
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 10:12:35 AM $3,462.78
Invoice - 3/9/2018 10:14:28 AM
Planning/Fuel
001-000-580-558-60-32-00 Fuel Consumed $24.33
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 10:14:28 AM $24.33
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Invoice - 3/9/2018 2:21:54 PM
Street/Fuel
101-000-313-542-42-30-00 Supplies - SWA $785.84
101-000-420-542-30-30-00 Supplies $44.58
101-000-420-542-66-30-00 Supplies $59.24
101-000-420-542-70-30-00 Supplies $103.71
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 2:21:54 PM $993.37
Total 49792 $4,718.86
Total AG Supply Company INC $4,718.86
Airespring Inc
49793 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 9:12:51 AM
City Hall Telephone System
001-000-141-514-20-42-01 Telephone Line Charges $709.12
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 9:12:51 AM $709.12
Total 49793 $709.12
Total Airespring Inc $709.12
American Building Maintenance CO
49794 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
12126213
February 2018 Janitorial Services
001-000-180-518-30-41-01 Contracted Custodial Services $2,206.13
Total 12126213 $2,206.13
Total 49794 $2,206.13
Total American Building Maintenance CO $2,206.13
American Messaging Services, LLC
49795 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
W2127554SC
Street/Pagers
101-000-313-542-42-47-00 Utilities $44.74
101-000-430-543-50-49-00 Miscellaneous $44.74
Total W2127554SC $89.48
Total 49795 $89.48
Total American Messaging Services, LLC $89.48
Andrea M Sharp
49777 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/13/2018 8:26:53 AM
Per Diem-training
001-000-210-521-10-43-00 Travel $48.00
Total Invoice - 3/13/2018 8:26:53 AM $48.00
Total 49777 $48.00
Total Andrea M Sharp $48.00
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Brooke Black
49796 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 9:56:55 AM
March 2018 Salary
117-000-050-557-30-30-00 Contract Services $1,950.02
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 9:56:55 AM $1,950.02
Total 49796 $1,950.02
Total Brooke Black $1,950.02
Carrie R Knouf
49797 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 1:41:53 PM
2018 Clothing Allowance Reimbursement
001-000-210-521-10-20-01 Clothing Allowance $600.00
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 1:41:53 PM $600.00
Total 49797 $600.00
Total Carrie R Knouf $600.00
Cascade Restoration Jacob Kaysen
49798 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
773046
Street/Vehicle Upholstery Repair
501-000-000-542-90-48-20 Street Vehicle Repairs & Maintenance $393.86
Total 773046 $393.86
Total 49798 $393.86
Total Cascade Restoration Jacob Kaysen $393.86
Chelan County Treasurer
49799 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
150001-00860
Feb 2018 Housing of Inmates
001-000-230-523-21-10-00 Housing & Monitoring Prisoners $17,935.00
Total 150001-00860 $17,935.00
Total 49799 $17,935.00
Total Chelan County Treasurer $17,935.00
Christen Kishel, PhD
49800 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 1:41:01 PM
Police/CISM Training Leeon Leyde
001-000-210-521-10-43-00 Travel $250.00
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 1:41:01 PM $250.00
Total 49800 $250.00
Total Christen Kishel, PhD $250.00
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Ci Support LLC, dba: Ci Information Management
49801 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
0062749
Court/Onsite Document Destruction
001-000-120-594-12-60-00 Capital Outlay $21.00
Total 0062749 $21.00
Total 49801 $21.00
Total Ci Support LLC, dba: Ci Information Management $21.00
Cinta's Corporation #607
49802 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
607208205
Police,Street/Sanitation Supplies
001-000-210-521-10-48-00 Repairs & Maintenance $234.72
101-000-430-543-30-30-00 Supplies $204.49
Total 607208205 $439.21
607208206
City Hall/Blue Mat Services
001-000-180-518-30-41-00 Professional Services $251.21
112-000-000-572-50-41-00 Facilities -- Professional Services $39.21
Total 607208206 $290.42
Total 49802 $729.63
Total Cinta's Corporation #607 $729.63
Cities Ins Assoc of Wash
49803 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
162042
New Vehicle Insurance
001-000-210-521-10-46-00 Insurance $2,542.20
Total 162042 $2,542.20
Total 49803 $2,542.20
Total Cities Ins Assoc of Wash $2,542.20
Clarke Tibbits
49804 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/9/2018 1:26:21 PM
Court/Protem Judge 2-23-18 and 2-26-18
001-000-120-512-50-49-02 Judge Protems $225.00
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 1:26:21 PM $225.00
Total 49804 $225.00
Total Clarke Tibbits $225.00
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Classic One East
49805 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/9/2018 3:19:24 PM
Police/Dry Cleaning
001-000-210-521-10-49-02 Dry Cleaning Services $24.88
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 3:19:24 PM $24.88
Total 49805 $24.88
Total Classic One East $24.88
Coast to Coast Computer Products
49806 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
A1783289
Finance/Toner Cartridges
001-000-142-514-20-31-00 Office Supplies $172.04
Total A1783289 $172.04
A1788327
Finance/Toner Cartridges
001-000-142-514-20-31-00 Office Supplies $296.47
Total A1788327 $296.47
Total 49806 $468.51
Total Coast to Coast Computer Products $468.51
Columbia Ford Inc.
49776 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
3-J583
New 2018 Police Vehicle
501-000-000-594-21-60-00 Capital Outlay - Police Vehicles $33,382.86
Total 3-J583 $33,382.86
3-J584
New 2018 Police Vehicle
501-000-000-594-21-60-00 Capital Outlay - Police Vehicles $33,382.86
Total 3-J584 $33,382.86
Total 49776 $66,765.72
Total Columbia Ford Inc.$66,765.72
Community Foundation of Ncw
49807 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
302005
2018 IDC Sponsorship
001-000-001-558-70-55-00 Contributions - Region $10,000.00
Total 302005 $10,000.00
Total 49807 $10,000.00
Total Community Foundation of Ncw $10,000.00
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Dan White
49808 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 9:57:23 AM
March 2018 Salary
117-000-050-557-30-30-00 Contract Services $5,200.55
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 9:57:23 AM $5,200.55
Total 49808 $5,200.55
Total Dan White $5,200.55
Douglas CO Sewer District
49809 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:44:19 PM
Utilities
101-000-430-543-50-47-00 Utilities $65.74
112-000-000-572-50-47-00 Facilities--Utilities $10.26
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:44:19 PM $76.00
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:44:46 PM
Utilities
001-000-180-518-30-47-00 Utilities $76.00
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:44:46 PM $76.00
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:45:29 PM
Utilities
001-000-180-518-30-47-00 Utilities $76.00
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:45:29 PM $76.00
Total 49809 $228.00
Total Douglas CO Sewer District $228.00
Douglas County Fire District #2
49810 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:19:43 PM
2018 1st Qtr Billing
001-000-590-558-50-41-01 Fire Marshal Services $5,090.49
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:19:43 PM $5,090.49
Total 49810 $5,090.49
Total Douglas County Fire District #2 $5,090.49
East Wenatchee Events, Dan White, Cash Fund Custodian
49789 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/20/2018 12:38:11 PM
2018 Easter Egg Hunt Event
117-000-200-557-30-49-02 Easter Miscellaneous $250.00
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 12:38:11 PM $250.00
Total 49789 $250.00
Total East Wenatchee Events, Dan White, Cash Fund Custodian $250.00
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
East Wenatchee Water Dist
49811 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
9109361
Street/Hydrant Meter Fee
101-000-313-542-42-30-00 Supplies - SWA $1,326.83
Total 9109361 $1,326.83
Total 49811 $1,326.83
Total East Wenatchee Water Dist $1,326.83
Eastmont Metropolitan Park District
49812 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
2018-003
2018 Annual Loop Trail Fees
101-000-420-542-62-45-00 Annual Fee - Loop Trail Services $13,000.00
Total 2018-003 $13,000.00
Total 49812 $13,000.00
Total Eastmont Metropolitan Park District $13,000.00
Fastenal Company
49813 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
WAWEN160628
Police/Vehicle Repairs
501-000-000-521-10-48-00 Police Vehicle Repairs & Maintenance $6.49
Total WAWEN160628 $6.49
WAWEN160636
Police/Vehicle Repairs
501-000-000-521-10-48-00 Police Vehicle Repairs & Maintenance $4.01
Total WAWEN160636 $4.01
WAWEN161385
Police/Vehicle Repairs
501-000-000-521-10-48-00 Police Vehicle Repairs & Maintenance $2.41
Total WAWEN161385 $2.41
WAWEN162230
Street/Supplies
101-000-430-543-30-30-00 Supplies $24.00
Total WAWEN162230 $24.00
Total 49813 $36.91
Total Fastenal Company $36.91
Forsgren Associates Inc
49814 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
15104
5th Street Sidewalk Improvements
301-000-000-595-50-30-38 SDC - 5th St Sidewalks & SWU $690.00
Total 15104 $690.00
Total 49814 $690.00
Total Forsgren Associates Inc $690.00
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Frontier
49815 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 8:29:56 AM
Phone Lines
001-000-180-518-30-47-00 Utilities $186.20
112-000-000-572-50-47-00 Facilities--Utilities $29.06
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 8:29:56 AM $215.26
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:47:59 PM
Street Modems
101-000-420-542-64-47-00 Utilities $63.83
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:47:59 PM $63.83
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:48:26 PM
Street Modems
101-000-420-542-64-47-00 Utilities $63.91
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:48:26 PM $63.91
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:48:48 PM
Street Modems
101-000-420-542-64-47-00 Utilities $63.83
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:48:48 PM $63.83
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:49:50 PM
Street Modems
101-000-420-542-64-47-00 Utilities $54.26
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:49:50 PM $54.26
Total 49815 $461.09
Total Frontier $461.09
Galls, LLC-DBA Blumenthal Uniform
49816 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
009399442
Police/Supplies
001-000-210-521-10-35-00 Small Tools & Equipment $54.40
Total 009399442 $54.40
009419633
Police/Supplies
001-000-210-521-10-35-00 Small Tools & Equipment $56.21
Total 009419633 $56.21
Total 49816 $110.61
Total Galls, LLC-DBA Blumenthal Uniform $110.61
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Interwest Communications
49817 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
12139
Police/Phone Services
001-000-210-521-10-42-01 Telephone $102.79
Total 12139 $102.79
Total 49817 $102.79
Total Interwest Communications $102.79
Isaac Fleshman-Cooper
49818 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 1:46:57 PM
2018 Clothing Rembursement
001-000-210-521-10-20-01 Clothing Allowance $243.00
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 1:46:57 PM $243.00
Total 49818 $243.00
Total Isaac Fleshman-Cooper $243.00
Jack's Motorsports Services
49819 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/9/2018 3:16:38 PM
Police/Motorcycle Repairs
501-000-000-521-10-48-00 Police Vehicle Repairs & Maintenance $665.09
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 3:16:38 PM $665.09
Invoice - 3/9/2018 3:17:51 PM
Police/Motorcycle Repairs
501-000-000-521-10-48-00 Police Vehicle Repairs & Maintenance $204.29
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 3:17:51 PM $204.29
Total 49819 $869.38
Total Jack's Motorsports Services $869.38
Jeanette S Bryant
49787 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/20/2018 12:37:04 PM
Police/Patrol Vehicle Pickup Travel
001-000-210-521-10-43-00 Travel $48.00
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 12:37:04 PM $48.00
Total 49787 $48.00
Total Jeanette S Bryant $48.00
Jerry's Auto Supply
49820 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
806631
Street/Pull Saw Chain
101-000-420-542-70-30-00 Supplies $24.24
Total 806631 $24.24
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
810072
Street/Engine Oil
101-000-420-542-70-30-00 Supplies $39.95
Total 810072 $39.95
Total 49820 $64.19
Total Jerry's Auto Supply $64.19
Jordan Conley
49821 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 8:57:28 AM
Street/ASE Brake Test
101-000-430-544-90-35-00 Travel - Training $38.25
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 8:57:28 AM $38.25
Total 49821 $38.25
Total Jordan Conley $38.25
Joshua Caballero-Valdez
49788 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/20/2018 12:49:21 PM
Police/Patrol Vehicle Pickup Travel
001-000-210-521-10-43-00 Travel $48.00
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 12:49:21 PM $48.00
Total 49788 $48.00
Total Joshua Caballero-Valdez $48.00
Localtel Communications
49822 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 10:19:13 AM
Police/Phone Lines and Tech Support
001-000-210-521-10-42-01 Telephone $371.80
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 10:19:13 AM $371.80
Total 49822 $371.80
Total Localtel Communications $371.80
Mary Beth Phillips
49823 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/9/2018 12:54:31 PM
Court/Training
001-000-120-512-50-43-00 Travel $212.00
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 12:54:31 PM $212.00
Total 49823 $212.00
Total Mary Beth Phillips $212.00
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Michael Walcker
49824 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:30:35 PM
Events/T-shirt Refund
117-000-300-347-90-12-00 Classy Chassis Merchandise Sales $15.00
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:30:35 PM $15.00
Total 49824 $15.00
Total Michael Walcker $15.00
Miguel Valdez
49825 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/9/2018 3:11:22 PM
2018 Clothing Allowance
001-000-210-521-10-20-01 Clothing Allowance $544.33
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 3:11:22 PM $544.33
Total 49825 $544.33
Total Miguel Valdez $544.33
Mutt Mitt
49826 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
200396
Street/Supplies
101-000-420-542-62-30-00 Supplies $318.71
Total 200396 $318.71
Total 49826 $318.71
Total Mutt Mitt $318.71
Nicholls Kovich Engineering, PLLC
49827 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
18504-1
Engineering Services/4th St NE Bridge
001-000-315-544-20-45-00 Engineering Support Services $3,508.00
Total 18504-1 $3,508.00
Total 49827 $3,508.00
Total Nicholls Kovich Engineering, PLLC $3,508.00
Okanogan County Jail
49828 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/9/2018 1:22:35 PM
Feb 2018 Housing of Inmates
001-000-230-523-21-10-00 Housing & Monitoring Prisoners $175.50
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 1:22:35 PM $175.50
Total 49828 $175.50
Total Okanogan County Jail $175.50
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Parker Corporation Services, INC DBA Merchant Patrol Security
49829 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
23153
Court/Armed Guard Services
001-000-120-512-50-49-09 Security $308.00
Total 23153 $308.00
Total 49829 $308.00
Total Parker Corporation Services, INC DBA Merchant Patrol Security $308.00
Petty Cash Fund Nick Gerde, Custodian
49778 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/9/2018 12:47:33 PM
Petty Cash Fund Reimbursement
001-000-001-518-91-50-00 Wellness $167.27
001-000-120-512-50-49-04 Juror Fees $43.90
001-000-140-514-20-31-01 Central Stores $17.30
001-000-140-514-20-31-01 Central Stores $46.79
001-000-140-514-20-31-01 Central Stores $26.36
001-000-180-518-30-49-00 Miscellaneous $17.53
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 12:47:33 PM $319.15
Total 49778 $319.15
Total Petty Cash Fund Nick Gerde, Custodian $319.15
Proforce Law Enforcement
49830 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
338131
Police/Supplies
001-000-210-521-10-35-00 Small Tools & Equipment $178.48
Total 338131 $178.48
339460
Police/Supplies
001-000-210-521-10-35-00 Small Tools & Equipment $178.48
Total 339460 $178.48
Total 49830 $356.96
Total Proforce Law Enforcement $356.96
Pud #1 of Douglas County
49831 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:54:57 PM
Metered Street Light
101-000-420-542-63-47-00 Utilities $49.00
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:54:57 PM $49.00
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:56:02 PM
Traffic Signal Lighting
101-000-420-542-63-47-00 Utilities $28.00
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:56:02 PM $28.00
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Invoice - 3/9/2018 2:11:40 PM
Street Lighting/Traffic Lighting/Metered Lighting
101-000-420-542-63-47-00 Utilities $2,930.00
101-000-420-542-64-47-00 Utilities $263.00
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 2:11:40 PM $3,193.00
Invoice - 3/9/2018 2:16:44 PM
Metered Street Light
101-000-420-542-63-47-00 Utilities $34.00
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 2:16:44 PM $34.00
Total 49831 $3,304.00
Total Pud #1 of Douglas County $3,304.00
Richard Mott
49832 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/21/2018 10:14:34 AM
Police/Mott Travel Training
001-000-210-521-10-43-00 Travel $111.00
Total Invoice - 3/21/2018 10:14:34 AM $111.00
Total 49832 $111.00
Total Richard Mott $111.00
Ron Muhleman
49833 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/21/2018 9:05:51 AM
Events/Classy Chassis T-shirt Refund
117-000-300-347-90-12-00 Classy Chassis Merchandise Sales $15.00
Total Invoice - 3/21/2018 9:05:51 AM $15.00
Total 49833 $15.00
Total Ron Muhleman $15.00
Rowe's Tractor
49834 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
01-38573
Street/Equipment Rental
101-000-313-542-42-53-01 Equipment Rental - SWA $2,320.89
Total 01-38573 $2,320.89
Total 49834 $2,320.89
Total Rowe's Tractor $2,320.89
Sergio Martinez
49835 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/9/2018 1:39:07 PM
Finance/Reimbursement for Payroll Error
001-000-120-512-50-20-00 Benefits $20.67
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 1:39:07 PM $20.67
Total 49835 $20.67
Total Sergio Martinez $20.67
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Spirit of Wenatchee Project
49836 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 1:29:53 PM
2018 Annual Contribution
001-000-001-558-70-41-10 Spirit of Wenatchee Miss Veedol $3,000.00
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 1:29:53 PM $3,000.00
Total 49836 $3,000.00
Total Spirit of Wenatchee Project $3,000.00
The Seattle Times
49837 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
797519
City Engineer Advertising
001-000-110-511-60-44-00 Advertising $250.00
Total 797519 $250.00
797647
City Engineer Online Advertising
001-000-110-511-60-44-00 Advertising $500.00
Total 797647 $500.00
Total 49837 $750.00
Total The Seattle Times $750.00
Thomas Wayne Roche DBA Roche Design & Brushworks
49838 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
5008
Events/Classy Chassis Brochure Layout
117-000-300-557-30-41-12 CC Professional Services $454.40
Total 5008 $454.40
Total 49838 $454.40
Total Thomas Wayne Roche DBA Roche Design & Brushworks $454.40
Tye Sheats
49839 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 1:51:06 PM
2018 Clothing Allowance Reimbursment
001-000-210-521-10-20-01 Clothing Allowance $141.26
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 1:51:06 PM $141.26
Total 49839 $141.26
Total Tye Sheats $141.26
Universal Field Services, Inc.
49840 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
400187
Baker and 15th St/Acquisition of right of way
301-000-000-595-20-50-16 ROW - Baker Ave 15th to 20th Project $1,262.79
Total 400187 $1,262.79
Total 49840 $1,262.79
Total Universal Field Services, Inc.$1,262.79
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Verizon Wireless
49841 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
9802833667
Legislative Cell Phones
001-000-110-511-60-49-00 Miscellaneous $117.26
Total 9802833667 $117.26
9802833675
Police Cell Phones
001-000-210-521-10-42-01 Telephone $1,773.44
Total 9802833675 $1,773.44
Total 49841 $1,890.70
Total Verizon Wireless $1,890.70
Wash ST Dept of Licensing
49842 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
EWP000824 Scott
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000824 Scott $18.00
EWP000920 Jones
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000920 Jones $18.00
EWP000921 Wrynn
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000921 Wrynn $18.00
EWP000922 Lebaron
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000922 Lebaron $18.00
EWP000923 Sexton
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000923 Sexton $18.00
EWP000925 Scott
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000925 Scott $18.00
EWP000927 Christensen
Late Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $21.00
Total EWP000927 Christensen $21.00
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EWP000927 Whitehorn
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000927 Whitehorn $18.00
EWP000928 Lawless
Late Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $21.00
Total EWP000928 Lawless $21.00
EWP000929 Black
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000929 Black $18.00
EWP000930 Effrig
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000930 Effrig $18.00
EWP000931 Fuentes Jr
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000931 Fuentes Jr $18.00
EWP000932 Burchett
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000932 Burchett $18.00
EWP000933 Colyar
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000933 Colyar $18.00
EWP000936 Rodriguez Hurtado
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000936 Rodriguez Hurtado $18.00
EWP000937 Heinz
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000937 Heinz $18.00
EWP000938 Wilson
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000938 Wilson $18.00
EWP000940 Visser
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000940 Visser $18.00
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
EWP000941 Redmon
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000941 Redmon $18.00
EWP000944 Nelms
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000944 Nelms $18.00
EWP000947 Minor
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000947 Minor $18.00
EWP000948 Betzing
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000948 Betzing $18.00
EWP000949 Sorensen
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000949 Sorensen $18.00
EWP000953 Silva
Gun Permit
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $18.00
Total EWP000953 Silva $18.00
Total 49842 $438.00
Total Wash ST Dept of Licensing $438.00
Wash State Treasurer
49843 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/16/2018 9:55:08 AM
February 2018 Court Remit
001-001-000-589-30-00-10 State Surcharge (bldg Code)$4.50
001-001-000-589-30-00-20 Court Remittances $17,180.49
Total Invoice - 3/16/2018 9:55:08 AM $17,184.99
Total 49843 $17,184.99
Total Wash State Treasurer $17,184.99
Washington State Apple Blossom Festival
49844 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:24:22 PM
Apple Blossom All Services Luncheon/Mayor Lacy
001-000-110-511-60-49-00 Miscellaneous $25.00
Total Invoice - 3/20/2018 1:24:22 PM $25.00
Total 49844 $25.00
Total Washington State Apple Blossom Festival $25.00
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Vendor Number Reference Account Number Description Amount
Washington State Patrol
49845 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
00066110
Jan - Mar 2018 Access User Fee
001-001-000-589-30-00-15 State Share of Permits & Licenses $600.00
Total 00066110 $600.00
Total 49845 $600.00
Total Washington State Patrol $600.00
Wenatchee Valley Sports Foundation
49846 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/9/2018 1:17:40 PM
2018 Contribution to Special Olympics
001-000-001-558-70-55-00 Contributions - Region $5,000.00
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 1:17:40 PM $5,000.00
Total 49846 $5,000.00
Total Wenatchee Valley Sports Foundation $5,000.00
Woods & Brangwin PLLC
49847 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
Invoice - 3/9/2018 1:37:40 PM
Court/Public Defender Conflict Cases
001-000-120-512-50-41-05 Public Defender Conflicts $435.00
Total Invoice - 3/9/2018 1:37:40 PM $435.00
Total 49847 $435.00
Total Woods & Brangwin PLLC $435.00
Xerox Corporation
49848 2018 - March 2018 - March 2018 2nd Council Meeting
092476563
Police/Copier Fees
001-000-210-521-10-31-05 Office Machine Costs $323.13
Total 092476563 $323.13
092476573
Street/Copier Fees
001-000-141-514-20-31-01 Office Machine Costs $106.55
Total 092476573 $106.55
092476578
City Hall/Copier Fees
001-000-141-514-20-31-01 Office Machine Costs $266.57
Total 092476578 $266.57
Total 49848 $696.25
Total Xerox Corporation $696.25
Grand Total Vendor Count 65 $181,545.46
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Proclamation
Of the 33rd Annual Good Scout Award Honorees Erick and Kristen Holmberg WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America has been at the forefront of instilling timeless values in youth since its founding in 1910; and WHEREAS, this national youth movement has made serving others through its values-based program its mission; and WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America is committed to helping millions of youth succeed by providing the support, friendship, and mentoring necessary to live a happy and fulfilling life; and WHEREAS, Erik and Kristen Holmberg have worked tirelessly in committing their resources of time, talent, and capital to the Grand Columbia Council of the Boy Scouts of America; and WHEREAS, Erik and Kristen Holmberg have also committing their resources of time, talent, and capital to numerous community organizations and activities that make our Wenatchee Valley a vibrant and healthy community; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Steven C. Lacy, as Mayor of the City of East Wenatchee, designate Erik and Kristen Holmberg as the Grand Columbia Council’s 33rd Annual Good Scout Award Honorees for their interest and dedication to instilling the timeless values of Scouting’s Oath and Law in our Wenatchee Valley Boy Scouts and in making our Community better. IN WHITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of East Wenatchee, Washington, to be affixed this 27th Day of March, 2018. _________________________ Mayor Steven C. Lacy City of East Wenatchee
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
271 9TH STREET NE * EAST WENATCHEE, WA 98802
PHONE (509) 884-9515 * FAX (509) 884-6233
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Proclamation
Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month.
WHEREAS, every child is entitled to be loved, cared for, and nurtured, and to be free from verbal, sexual, emotional or physical abuse; and
WHEREAS, the majority of child abuse cases stem from conditions that are preventable in an engaged and supportive community, and prevention efforts have the potential to benefit many children in Chelan and Douglas Counties; and
WHEREAS, child maltreatment occurs when parents and caregivers find themselves in stressful situations, without community resources and lacking the ability to cope. Child abuse and neglect not only harm children directly but also increase the likelihood of future criminal behavior, substance abuse, health problems, and risky behavior; and
WHEREAS, the cycle of child abuse and neglect can be broken by providing community support to families through programs such as the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) that help determine the best way to provide a healthy environment for children; and WHEREAS, effective child abuse prevention programs succeed because of partnerships created among social service agencies, schools, faith communities, civic organizations, criminal justice agencies, and the business community; and
WHEREAS, the Chelan Douglas CASA Program is one of five non-profit Court Appointed Special Advocate programs in the state of Washington, and the only CASA program to provide a trained advocate to every child removed from their home due to abuse and neglect; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Steven C. Lacy, as Mayor of the City of East Wenatchee, hereby proclaim April 2018 as CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH in the City of East Wenatchee and call upon citizens, community agencies, faith groups, medical facilities, and businesses to increase their participation in efforts to support families, prevent child abuse, and strengthen the communities in which we live. IN WHITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of East Wenatchee, Washington, to be affixed this 27th Day of March, 2018. _________________________ Mayor Steven C. Lacy City of East Wenatchee
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
271 9TH STREET NE * EAST WENATCHEE, WA 98802
PHONE (509) 884-9515 * FAX (509) 884-6233
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March 27, 2018
Project Update
9th Street Park –TPL / EMPD / CVCH
Presented to:
East Wenatchee City Council
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Introductions
TPL & Project Background
Analysis
Community Outreach
Schedule & Next Steps
Questions and Feedback
Agenda
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The Trust for Public Land
creates parks and protects
land for people, ensuring
healthy, livable communities
for generations to come.
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Parks for community
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Future Park Site
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9th Street Park Opportunity
41%ARE LOW-INCOME
26% ARE OF LATINO ORIGIN
15%ARE SENIOR CITIZENS
29% ARE CHILDREN
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Future 9th Street Park
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Community Outreach
Boards at CVCH Express Care
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Park Survey Data
University of Washington –
Community Oriented Public Health Partnership
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What have we heard so far?
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What have we heard so far?
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What have we heard so far?
“Environmentally safe and fun.”
“Constructive in motor skills.”
“A dream park for my kids to
grow up with, especially my
autistic child. It would be a
great place for him to go
without going to Wenatchee.”
“Good walking distance.”
“Will increase community
building in East Wenatchee.”
“Community gathering space.”
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What will the new park be named?
TPL and EMPD will work with the community
around the exciting opportunity to name this park.
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Project Schedule
Land Acquisition
Community Engagement
Funding Feasibility
Design and Engineering
Bidding and Construction
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How will we fund this?
Potential State / Federal Public Funding Sources
Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP)
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Other Federal Grants
Potential Local Funding Sources
Municipal Partners
Local Businesses
Private Philanthropy
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Upcoming Events
Fred Meyer Easter Egg Hunt –(March 25)
City Hall –Outreach Boards (April)
Local Business –Outreach Boards (May)
Classy Chassis -Tabling (May)
Lee Elementary (or other) –Design Workshop (TBD)
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Next steps
•Complete acquisition by June 2018
•Identify additional local project champions
(residents, advocacy groups)
•Work with programming partners / stakeholders
(local business, youth organizations, schools, etc.)
•Park Design
•Funding Feasibility
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Thank you!
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Public Works Report
March 21, 2018
Baker Avenue Reconstruction
Utilizing TIB and Greater East Wenatchee Stormwater Utility funding, the Baker
Avenue Reconstruction Project reconstructed Baker Avenue from 15th Street NE to
the City limits (approximately near Sand Canyon). This project added illumination,
sidewalks to the west side of the roadway, provided bike lanes, installed a
stormwater collection and treatment system, and enhanced the 19th Street
intersection by adding turn lanes. Also, a 96” culvert was added to Sand Canyon to
provide additional runoff capacity.
Current Status:
- As of November 20, 2017, this project is substantially complete;
- As of March 21, 2018, there are three (3) punch list items:
o Complete landscape plantings and irrigation restoration for both of the
following: Canyon Creek Condominium property and Clyde Ballard
property;
o Complete the landscape restoration plantings of bushes and trees for
the habitat protected areas along Sand Canyon Creek for both the
Canyon Creek Condominium property and Everett Gill property;
o Install house side shields on streetlights.
- Pipkin has submitted a proposed schedule indicating that all landscape
related plantings will be completed by March 31, 2018.
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5th Street Sidewalks and Storm Sewer Improvements
The 5th Street Sidewalk/Storm Sewer project will construct new sidewalks on 5th
Street NE from Baker Avenue to Eastmont Avenue. Sidewalk construction will
necessitate the need for a new storm sewer system as well.
Current Status:
- As of November 14, 2017, the project is in winter shutdown; construction
will resume as the weather allows during the spring;
- Work remaining includes sidewalk, curb, gutter, and all work associated
with final paving (e.g., raising utilities, striping, setting catch basin frames);
- City staff is currently facilitating an Order to Resume Work discussion with
Moreno & Nelson Construction and Forsgren (contract engineer);
- Work will resume in the first part of April 2018.
Astor Court/Ashland Avenue Stormwater Project
The City has known and documented drainage problems at the 1600 block of
Ashland Avenue and the 1600 block of Astor Court. These drainage problems are a
result of the surrounding topography (e.g., low point in the roadway profile) in
conjunction with a lack of storm sewer infrastructure in the area. At these
locations, property owners have experienced property damage associated with the
drainage problems (e.g., flooded basements, runoff discharging to swimming pool,
persistent ponding). On March 14, 2017, SCJ Alliance was awarded a professional
services contract to design a solution for the mentioned drainage issues.
Current Status:
- Final design and associated bid documents approved on February 1, 2018;
- Bid solicitation letters sent out on February 5, 2018;
- Smith Excavation submitted an acceptable bid on February 20, 2018 and a
pre-construction meeting is scheduled for April 3, 2018.
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2018 TIB Overlay Grant
TIB grant funds have been successfully obtained to overlay two (2) segments of
roadway in the City (5th Street between Baker Ave and Eastmont Ave; S Kentucky
Ave between Grant Rd and 4th St SE). In addition, this project will reconstruct
associated non-compliant sidewalk ramps to meet current ADA standards. This
project will require coordination with the Douglas County Sewer District and East
Wenatchee Water District. The anticipated start of construction for this project is
late spring/early summer 2018.
Current Status:
- Request for Proposal (RFP) letters were sent out to local engineering firms
for design services on January 2, 2018;
- City executed a design services contract with RH2 Engineering on February
27, 2018;
- Initial survey has been completed and roadway core samples were obtained.
2018 Relight Washington Streetlight Conversion Project
In 2017, the Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) approved the Relight
Washington Grant for the conversion of all City streetlights to LED. The grant
covers 100% of the conversion cost. Douglas PUD purchased the new LED
fixtures for the City and will be reimbursed through the TIB grant.
Current Status:
- Bid solicitation letters sent out on February 7, 2018;
- NE Electric submitted an acceptable bid on February 28, 2018;
- LED streetlight fixtures are scheduled for delivery by March 31, 2018.
Greater East Wenatchee Stormwater Utility
Currently, revisions are being made to the existing interlocal agreement (ILA)
between the City and Douglas County (County) for storm and surface water
management. New City/County Stormwater Program Management Fund sections
will be included in the revised ILA. These new sections will allow for more
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discretionary funding for each the County and City. For example, after revenue is
allocated to the joint administration and joint capital accounts, the remaining funds
will be distributed to each of the discretionary Stormwater Program Management
Funds on a pro rata share basis. This will give both the City and County more
flexibility with spending stormwater utility funds while maintaining a joint capital
account for regional stormwater projects.
- Next SWU meeting is scheduled for March 22, 2018
Public Works Facility Design
The City entered into a schematic design contract with DOH Associates, PS
(DOH) on May 12, 2017 in an amount not to exceed $126,000. The Scope of Work
associated with the contract includes architectural services for the pre-design and
schematic design for the new East Wenatchee Street Department facilities.
Current Status:
- To date, approximately $93,000 has been paid to DOH with limited
deliverable submittals and a fast approaching contract expiration date (May
12, 2018);
- According to the Scope of Work budget, $57,075 is allocated for DOH and
the remaining $68,925 is budgeted for sub-consultants (see Attachment
“A”);
- Currently, DOH is moving forward on the design and will provide a cost
estimate with phasing options when completed.
10th Street Improvements – Eastmont Ave to Kentucky Ave
On March 21, 2018, City staff submitted a Public Works Trust Fund Loan pre-
construction application for the 10th Street Improvements – Eastmont Ave to
Kentucky Ave project design.
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CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE
COUNCIL AGENDA BILL
To: Mayor and Council.
From/Presenter: Devin Poulson
Subject: Civil Service Chief Examiner/Secretary Salary
Date: March 19, 2018
______________________________________________________________
I. Summary Title: An Ordinance of the City of East Wenatchee fixing and
confirming the salary an compensation of the City’s Civil Service Chief
Examiner/Secretary by amending Ordinance 2017-24.
II. Background/History: The salary for the Civil Service Chief Examiner
position has not been increased since 2002. The Civil Service Commission
recommends (see attached letter) that the City increase the compensation
from $66.00/month, plus $16.00/hour for duties beyond the monthly
Civil Service meeting. The recommendation is that the compensation for
the position be $260.00/month for all duties that it requires the Chief
Examiner to perform. The Civil Service Commission anticipates that the
Secretary will schedule, attend, and prepare minutes for 12 Civil Service
Commission meetings each year. Additionally, the Commission estimates
that it will have to process 2-3 competitive examinations each year.
III. Recommended Action: First Reading. Elevate to second reading.
Motion to pass Ordinance 2018-05 as presented.
IV. Exhibits:
a. Letter from the Civil Service Commission
b. Ordinance 2018-05
Financial Data:
Expenditure
Required
Amount Budgeted Appropriation
Required
$1,560 $ 0 $ 0
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City of East Wenatchee, Washington
Ordinance No. 2018-05
An Ordinance of the City of East Wenatchee fixing and confirming the salary an compensation of the City’s Civil Service Chief Examiner/Secretary by amending Ordinance 2017-24.
Una Ordenanza de la Ciudad de East Wenatchee que fija y confirma el salario y una compensación del Secretario / Secretario Jefe del Servicio Civil de la Ciudad al enmendar la Ordenanza 2017-24.
1. Alternate format.
1.1. Para leer este documento en otro formato (español, Braille, leer en voz alta, etc.), póngase en contacto con el vendedor de la ciudad al alternatformat@east-wenatchee.com, al (509) 884-9515 o al 711 (TTY).
1.2. To read this document in an alternate format (Spanish, Braille, read aloud, etc.), please contact the City Clerk at alternateformat@east-wenatchee.com, at (509) 884-9515, or at 711 (TTY).
2. Recitals.
2.1. The City of East Wenatchee (“City”) is a non-charter code City duly incorporated and operating under the laws of the State of Washington.
2.2. Currently, the compensation for the Civil Service Chief Examiner/Secretary is $66.00/month for doing all work associated with monthly meeting of the Civil Service Commission. In addition, the compensation is $16.00/hr. for any work required beyond the duties associated with the monthly meeting.
2.3. The last time the City Council adjusted the compensation level was 2002.
2.4. The Civil Service Commission has recommended that the compensation be changed to a flat rate of $260.00/month for all duties that it requires the Chief Examiner/Secretary to perform.
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3. Authority.
3.1. RCW 35A.11.020 and RCW 35A.12.190 authorize the City Council to adopt ordinances of all kinds to regulate its municipal affairs and appropriate to the good government of the City.
3.2. East Wenatchee Municipal Code 3.08.010 states, “The salary of the secretary and chief examiner shall be recommended by the commission and approved by the city council.”
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
4. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to increase the compensation for the position of Civil Service Chief Examiner/Secretary.
5. Amendment. The City Council amends Section 2 of the East Wenatchee Ordinance 2017-24. The compensation for the position of Civil Service Chief Examiner/Secretary is $260.00/month for the performance of all duties required by this position.
6. Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision in this Ordinance to be contrary to law, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this Ordinance.
7. Publication. The City Council directs the City Clerk to publish a summary of this Ordinance. The summary shall consist of the title of this Ordinance. The City Council directs the City Clerk to publish a copy of this Ordinance on the City’s website.
8. Effective Date. This Ordinance becomes effective on July 1, 2018.
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Passed by the City Council of East Wenatchee, at a regular meeting thereof on this 27th day of March, 2018.
The City of East Wenatchee, Washington By _________________________________ Steven C. Lacy, Mayor Authenticated: _____________________________________ Maria Holman, City Clerk Approved as to form only: _____________________________________ Devin Poulson, City Attorney Filed with the City Clerk: 03/20/2018 Passed by the City Council: 03/27/2018 Published: __________ Effective Date: __________
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Summary of City of East Wenatchee, Washington Ordinance No. 2018-05 On the 27th day of March, 2018, the City Council of the City of East Wenatchee, Washington approved Ordinance No. 2018-05, the main point of which may be summarized by its title as follows:
An Ordinance of the City of East Wenatchee fixing and confirming the salary an compensation of the City’s Civil Service Chief Examiner/Secretary by amending Ordinance 2017-24.
The full text of this Ordinance is available at www.east-wenatchee.com. Dated this 27th day of March, 2018. _____________________________ Maria Holman, City Clerk
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CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE COUNCIL AGENDA BILL
To: Mayor and Council.
From/Presenter: Lori Barnett, Community Development Director
Subject: Proposed Interim Zoning Controls for cryptocurrency mining
operations.
Date: March 27, 2018
I. Summary Title: An Ordinance of the City of East Wenatchee adopting
interim zoning controls relating to cryptocurrency mining operations in commercial and residential zoning districts, to be effective for a period of six months, setting a public hearing date, declaring an emergency necessitating immediate adoption and containing a severability clause.
II. Background/History: Cryptocurrency is a type of digital currency, created when an algorithm is solved by a computer which then adds to a
blockchain. This digital currency is stored electronically. Blockchains are
a type of peer to peer distributed ledger. As certain cryptocurrencies
have gained popularity, and in turn gained value, the incentive to “mine”
for this currency (such as Bitcoin) has increased.
Solving the algorithms has become increasingly complex. Cryptocurrency mining operations typically utilize powerful computers. These devices can draw a large amount of electricity. Another issue is that the machines tend to run continuously. The emergence of cryptocurrency mining at an increased level poses challenges to the
Douglas County PUD and the City.
The region’s extremely low electricity rates and the relatively high value
of this digital currency have attracted cryptocurrency miners both large
and small. Some companies have gone into cryptocurrency mining in a
big way with several hundred machines. Those endeavors are mostly located in the industrial land surrounding the airport. Small scale ventures can also be profitable and have in some cases included people’s homes.
A major challenge for cryptocurrency mining is availability of power. In commercial and industrial areas, it is more likely that the PUD has infrastructure and transmission equipment that can accommodate the
excessive demand. However, in some cases people want to operate in
a location where the existing electrical infrastructure is not capable of
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serving the high energy use and constant demand. This is particularly true in residential areas. There have been several instances where these smaller cryptocurrency operations have been responsible for fires and other damage to electrical infrastructure. The PUD has enacted the
following policy to address one of the issues with demand.
A residence will only be served by single phase power. A
residence is defined as any property with a home, building
or structure that has been used as a dwelling and or is
located in a residential area. Due to the system demand,
non-diverse loads will not be allowed at a residence
unless pre-approved by the District.
There is concern that if current trends continue where cryptocurrency mining becomes increasingly prevalent, the PUD may not be able to
meet the community’s electricity needs for projected residential and
commercial growth without the construction of extensive infrastructure
including power substations and lines at significant cost the PUD.
An additional consideration is aesthetics. To reduce the initial cost of
development, some cryptocurrency mining operations have used cargo containers, railroad cars, and semi-truck trailers to house the equipment. Current City Code allows those types of containers to be used for storage. However, they are required to modify them to include siding materials, pitched roof, removal of wheels and other similar features to make them look more like a building. That prospect can be a
challenge for the developer and review and enforcement staff. Given
the local examples of those types of applications, staff is proposing a
complete ban on the use of cargo containers, railroad cars, and semi-
truck trailers and other similar storage containers for any purpose other
than temporary storage associated with a construction site.
The proposed interim zoning controls clarify that cryptocurrency mining is permitted only in the Central Business District and the General Commercial Zoning District. They are not permitted as a home occupation. Assurance must be provided to the City that the PUD has adequate facilities to support the operation.
The purpose of the interim zoning controls is to provide the Planning Commission with an opportunity to work with cryptocurrency mining
operators and the PUD to ensure that the establishment of that type of
land use does not overburden the PUD and is completed in a manner
that is an asset to the community.
A similar interim zoning regulation has already been adopted by the City of Wenatchee regarding cryptocurrency mining for a 12 month period.
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Douglas County is proposing regulations that would prohibit cargo containers, railroad cars, and semi-truck trailers and other similar storage containers except for temporary placement. The Chelan County PUD has adopted a moratorium on application for power to serve
cryptocurrency mining operations.
III. Recommended Action: Motion to elevate the ordinance to second
reading and approve Ordinance 2018-06 establishing interim official
controls for cryptocurrency mining for a six-month period.
IV. Exhibits:
• Ordinance 2018-06
• Amendments to Washington’s Money Transmitter Regulations Bring Clarification
for Virtual Currency Companies, WA State Dept. of Financial Institutions (6/14/2017)
• This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town, POLITICO
(March/April 2018)
Financial Data: Expenditure Required
Amount Budgeted
Appropriation Required
$0 $ 0 $ 0
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City of East Wenatchee, Washington
Ordinance No. 2018-06
An Ordinance of the City of East Wenatchee adopting interim zoning controls relating to cryptocurrency mining operations in commercial and residential zoning districts, to be effective for a period of six months, setting a public hearing date, declaring an emergency necessitating immediate adoption and containing a severability clause.
Una ordenanza de la ciudad de East Wenatchee adoptando controles de zonificación interinos relacionados con las operaciones mineras de criptomonedas en distritos de zonificación comerciales y residenciales, con vigencia por un período de seis meses, estableciendo una fecha de audiencia pública, declarando una emergencia que requiere adopción inmediata y que contiene una divisibilidad cláusula.
1. Alternate format.
1.1. Para leer este documento en otro formato (español, Braille, leer en voz alta, etc.), póngase en contacto con el vendedor de la ciudad al alternatformat@east-wenatchee.com, al (509) 884-9515 o al 711 (TTY).
1.2. To read this document in an alternate format (Spanish, Braille, read aloud, etc.), please contact the City Clerk at alternateformat@east-wenatchee.com, at (509) 884-9515, or at 711 (TTY).
2. Recitals.
2.1. The City of East Wenatchee (“City”) is a non-charter code city, duly incorporated and operating under the laws of the State of Washington.
2.2. Cryptocurrency mining or bitcoin mining is a process where computers work continuous to solve algorithms to maintain and build an algorithmic chain, or blockchain, and in exchange are granted cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency is a term encompassing code-based protocols supporting an electronic, non-physical media for the exchange of value, a form of virtual currency.
2.3. Virtual currency is regulated by the state of Washington in RCW 19.230 the Uniform Money Services Act.
2.4. The process of cryptocurrency mining uses specialized computer hardware typically consuming electricity on a continuous basis, creating a Non-Diverse Load situation which can produce significant impacts on electrical distribution infrastructure and may create a fire safety hazard.
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2.5. The monetary value of cryptocurrencies fluctuates and recently has been achieving high market prices. The high value of the cryptocurrency coupled with the region’s low electricity rates have made this community extremely attractive for locating cryptocurrency mining operations.
2.6. Since this is generally a new technology, energy consumption characteristics of cryptocurrency mining was not envisioned in the development of the community’s infrastructure plans. Many systems are not designed for high energy loads necessitated by cryptocurrency mining.
2.7. If the current trends continue where cryptocurrency mining becomes increasingly prevalent, the Douglas County Public Utility District (PUD) may not be able to meet the community’s electricity consumption needs in a timely manner and therefore the community would not be able to accommodate its projected growth without the siting and construction of significant electrical infrastructure including power substations and transmission lines.
2.8. The City needs to review its codes and ordinances related to cryptocurrency uses in a comprehensive manner to determine what amendments are necessary to more adequately address the siting and permitting process for such facilities.
2.9. City staff, in cooperation with Douglas County PUD staff, need time to study the impacts cryptocurrency mining has on the electricity distribution network and to develop standards to appropriately evaluate and address the impacts.
2.10. The City Council finds that it is in the best interests of the City and its citizens to impose interim official zoning controls for a period of 6 months to provide more time to investigate this issue further to evaluate the best alternatives for the community.
3. Authority.
3.1. RCW 35A.11.020 and RCW 35A.12.190 authorize the City Council to adopt ordinances of all kinds to regulate its municipal affairs and appropriate to the good government of the City.
3.2. RCW 35A.63.220 and RCW 36.70A.390, authorize the City Council to establish interim official zoning controls.
4. Purpose. The purpose of this interim official zoning control is to allow the City adequate time to comprehensively review and amend its regulations. To promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare, preserve the aesthetic
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character of the East Wenatchee community, adequately address infrastructure planning, and to reasonably regulate the development and operation of cryptocurrency mining operations within the City to the extent permitted under State and federal law
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
5. Interim Official Zoning Controls. The City Council hereby enacts interim official zoning controls for a 6-month period under RCW 36.70A.390 to preserve the status quo so that new regulations will not be rendered moot by intervening development.
6. Public hearing. A duly advertised public hearing shall be conducted on May 8, 2018.
7. Findings of Fact. The City Council adopts as its preliminary findings of fact the recitals set forth above. The Council may adopt additional findings in the event evidence is presented to the City Council at the public hearing held for this ordinance.
8. Amendment 1. The City Council adds a new definition Section 17.08.194 to the East Wenatchee Municipal Code (EWMC) to read as follows:
“Cryptocurrency” means a digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank. Bitcoin is the most common example of cryptocurrency.
9. Amendment 2. The City Council adds a new definition Section 17.08.195 to the EWMC to read as follows:
“Cryptocurrency mining” means the operation of specialized computer equipment for the primary purpose of mining one or more blockchain based cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. This activity typically involves the solving of algorithms as part of the development and maintenance of a blockchain which is a type of distributed ledger maintained on a peer-to-peer network. Typical physical characteristics of cryptocurrency mining include specialized computer hardware with a Non-Diverse Electrical use for mining operations as well as equipment to cool the hardware and operating space. For the purposes of the associated regulations, cryptocurrency mining does not include the exchange of cryptocurrency or any other type of virtual currency nor does it encompass the use, creation, or maintenance of all types of peer-to-peer distributed ledgers.
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10. Amendment 3. The City Council amends the Home Occupation chapter at EWMC 17.66.050 to read:
17.66.050 Prohibited uses. The following uses are deemed to be prohibited:
A. Clinics or hospitals;
B. Adult entertainment facilities;
C. Mortuaries or funeral homes;
D. Commercial print shops;
E. Rental of trailers;
F. Restaurants and cafes;
G. Veterinary clinics or hospitals, stables or kennels;
H. Painting, detailing, service or repair of any vehicle, including recreational vehicles and water craft;
I. Retail sales of goods not made on the premises, except as provided in EWMC 17.66.030(I);
J. Outdoor storage of building or construction materials not intended for immediate use in or on the premises;
K. Marijuana production, marijuana processing, marijuana retailer, and medical marijuana collective gardens; and
L. Cryptocurrency mining; and
M. All other uses which do not comply with the intent of this chapter or the standards set forth in EWMC 17.66.030 and 17.66.060, or the definition of a home occupation set forth in EWMC 17.08.320.
11. Amendment 4. The City Council amends EWMC 17.72.150 to read:
17.72.150 Storage and display standards. A. General. All permitted storage shall be located entirely within an enclosed building or shall be screened from view of the surrounding properties with a sight-obscuring and/or landscaping in accordance with the requirements of EWMC 17.72.080(A) for Type I landscaping, except as otherwise required by this title.
1. No storage of materials shall be located within any required front yard.
2. Storage of scrap lumber, metals, glass and other material sold or offered for sale is prohibited within residential classifications.
3. The placement and use of Cargo cargo containers, railroad cars, and semi-truck trailers and other similar storage containers proposed as accessory storage
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or any other purpose shall be prohibited, except for the temporary use of such containers to secure materials, tools and equipment at a construction site during an active construction project that has received a building permit from the City. All such containers shall be removed from the site prior to final inspection and/or issuance of a certificate of occupancy. The placement of said containers related to an active, permitted construction project must comply with setbacks and applicable building and fire safety codes. modified to reflect the character of the lot and surrounding neighborhood. In all zoning districts, the modifications must include siding materials, pitched roof, removal of wheels and other similar features. In commercial zoning districts, the modifications must also comply with the Greater East Wenatchee Urban Design Standards and Guidelines.
B. Display/Exhibits. The display of products or outdoor exhibits for public view or show is permitted; provided, that products for sale or rent are stored or displayed outdoors only during business hours and that such products are not located within any pedestrian walkways, parking areas or rights-of-way. Displays of automobiles, boats, farm equipment, and recreational vehicles intended for sale or lease are exempt from this provision, provided they are located within an approved display area.
12. Amendment 5. The City Council adds a new Section 17.72 .270 Cryptocurrency mining to read as follows:
17.72.270 Cryptocurrency mining Cryptocurrency mining operations are permitted only within the General Commercial and Central Business District Zoning Districts. In addition to compliance with the requirements for those Zoning Districts all projects must meet the following standards, unless otherwise regulated within this code:
A. Applications shall be processed as an administrative review under Type IB if exempt from SEPA review or a Type IIA if not exempt from SEPA review under EWMC 19.01.030.
B. The use of cargo containers, railroad cars, semi-truck trailers and other similar storage containers for any component of the operation is strictly prohibited.
C. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the applicant shall provide written verification from Douglas County Public Utility District (PUD) that the PUD has calculated the potential electrical consumption of the proposed use and has verified the utility
supply equipment and related electrical infrastructure is sufficiently sized and can safely
accommodate the proposed use.
D. Prior to City issuance of a certificate of occupancy, the applicant must provide a copy of the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries electrical
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permit and written verification that the electrical work has passed a final inspection.
13. Duration/Renewal. The interim official zoning controls imposed by the Ordinance shall be effect for a period of six months from the date this ordinance is passed and shall automatically expire at the conclusion for that six-month period unless extended as provided for in RCW 35A.63.220 and RCW 36.70A.390, or unless terminated sooner by the City Council.
14. Declaration of Emergency. The City Council hereby declares that an emergency exists necessitating that this Ordinance take effect immediately upon passage. Without an immediate interim official control on the City’s acceptance of development applications for cryptocurrency mining within the City limits, such applications could become vested, leading to development that could be incompatible with the development regulations eventually adopted by the City. This interim official control must be imposed as an emergency measure to protect the public health, safety and welfare, and to prevent the submission of applications to the City with the intent to establish vested rights for an indefinite period of time. The underlying facts necessary to support this emergency declaration are included in the Recital clauses above.
15. Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision in this Ordinance to be contrary to law, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this Ordinance
16. Publication. The City Council directs the City Clerk to publish a summary of this Ordinance. The summary shall consist of the title of this Ordinance. The City Council directs the City Clerk to publish a copy of this Ordinance on the City’s website
17. Effective Date. This Ordinance, as a public emergency ordinance necessary for the protection of the public health, public safety, public property, or public peace, shall take effect and be in full force immediately upon its adoption. To remain in effect, however, the City Council must hold a public hearing regarding this Ordinance within 60 days of adoption.
Passed by the City Council of East Wenatchee, at a regular meeting thereof on this __________ day of _____________________________, 2018.
The City of East Wenatchee, Washington By _________________________________ Steven C. Lacy, Mayor
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Authenticated: _____________________________________ Maria Holman, City Clerk Approved as to form only: _____________________________________ Devin Poulson, City Attorney Filed with the City Clerk: __________ Passed by the City Council: __________ Published: __________ Effective Date: __________
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Summary of Ordinance No. 2018-06
Of the City of East Wenatchee, Washington
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On the __________ day of ____________________________________, 2018, the City Council of the City of East Wenatchee, Washington approved Ordinance No. 2018-06, the main point of which may be summarized by its title as follows:
An Ordinance of the City of East Wenatchee adopting interim zoning controls relating to cryptocurrency mining operations in commercial and residential zoning districts, to be effective for a period of six months, setting a public hearing date, declaring an emergency necessitating immediate adoption and containing a severability clause.
The full text of this Ordinance is available at www.east-wenatchee.com.
Dated this __________ day of ________________________________, 2018.
_____________________________ Maria Holman, City Clerk
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Amendments to Washington's Money Transmitter Regulations Bring Clarification for Virtual Currency Companies
06/14/2017
Olympia – This year the Legislature passed Substitute Senate Bill 5031, amending Washington’s
money transmission laws to address changes and innovations in the industry — including key
provisions related to the use of virtual currency in money transmission. With the passage of this
bill, Washington joins only a handful of states that have succeeded in clarifying how companies
offering virtual currency wallet services and other virtual currency services will be regulated.
Virtual currency, also known as digital currency, is a medium of exchange not authorized or
adopted by a government. There are many different digital currencies being used over the
internet. The most commonly known virtual currency is named Bitcoin. The Washington
Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) began regulating virtual currency businesses in April
2014. On Dec.8, 2014, DFI issued interim regulatory guidance setting forth the business models
that triggered a license requirement under Washington’s Uniform Money Services Act (UMSA).
Recently, DFI sought to amend UMSA to incorporate its interim guidance and to fix some areas
of the existing law that did not accommodate the virtual currency technology.
Substitute Senate Bill 5031 (http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2017-18/Pdf/Bills/Session%
20Laws/Senate/5031-S.SL.pdf) passed the legislature and was signed by Governor Jay Inslee April
17, 2017. The agency worked extensively with industry crafting this legislation, incorporating
many changes requested by industry based on their experience with the technology.
“Washington is a magnet for innovation and companies offering new technology,” DFI’s Director
Gloria Papiez said. “With this new law, emerging companies offering virtual currency will have
much greater clarity as to what the law requires.
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“We are always evaluating new innovative business models in connection with our existing
regulatory structure," Papiez added. "Sometimes clarifications or updates to regulations are
required as laws are applied in connection with new technology that was likely not contemplated
when the law was originally enacted.”
In part, the new law provides detailed definitions as to what activities involving virtual currency
are considered “money transmission” triggering a license requirement.
“In drafting the proposed legislation, we received considerable input from industry experts
familiar with emerging technologies involving various uses of virtual distributed ledger systems,"
DFI’s Director of Consumer Services Charlie Clark noted. "This law strikes the right balance as to
which activities involving virtual currency are truly money transmission, thereby requiring a
license, and which activities should not be subject to our regulation.”
The bill also includes important consumer protections, including requiring a third party security
audit for companies that store virtual currency on behalf of others, and requiring that companies
providing virtual currency products or services provide consumer disclosures. The new law goes
into effect July 23, 2017.
Recently, DFI had the opportunity to work with another type of regulated entity in the virtual
currency space. In concert with the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), DFI
granted authority to Gemini Trust Company, LLC, a New York virtual currency exchange
company to do business in the State of Washington. Such authority was permitted through a
multi-state reciprocity agreement for trust companies. The company is regulated by the NYDFS
and was chartered as a limited purpose trust company by the NYDFS on Oct. 2, 2015. DFI
approved the authority June 9, 2017.
“This is an example of responding innovatively within our existing Washington laws in
partnership with other state regulators,” Director Papiez said, adding, “in this case New York
State, using the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ uniform application process which
provides for reciprocity for trust institutions.”
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THE FRIDAY COVER
This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your
Town
Eastern Washington had cheap power and tons of space. Then the suitcases of cash
started arriving.
By PAUL ROBERTS | March/April 2018
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EAST WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON—HANDS ON THE wheel, eyes
squinting against the winter sun, Lauren Miehe eases his Land Rover
down the main drag and tells me how he used to spot promising sites to
build a bitcoin mine, back in 2013, when he was a freshly arrived techie
from Seattle and had just discovered this sleepy rural community.
The attraction then, as now, was the Columbia River, which we can
glimpse a few blocks to our left. Bitcoin mining—the complex process in which computers solve a
complicated math puzzle to win a stack of virtual currency—uses an inordinate amount of
electricity, and thanks to five hydroelectric dams that straddle this stretch of the river, about three
hours east of Seattle, miners could buy that power more cheaply here than anywhere else in the
nation. Long before locals had even heard the words “cryptocurrency” or “blockchain,” Miehe and
his peers realized that this semi-arid agricultural region known as the Mid-Columbia Basin was the
best place to mine bitcoin in America—and maybe the world.
The trick, though, was finding a location where you could put all that cheap power to work. You
needed an existing building, because in those days, when bitcoin was trading for just a few dollars,
no one could afford to build something new. You needed space for a few hundred high-speed
computer servers, and also for the heavy-duty cooling system to keep them from melting down as
they churned out the trillions of calculations necessary to mine bitcoin. Above all, you needed a
location that could handle a lot of electricity—a quarter of a megawatt, maybe, or even a half a
megawatt, enough to light up a couple hundred homes.
The best mining sites were the old fruit warehouses—the basin is as famous for its apples as for its
megawatts—but those got snapped up early. So Miehe, a tall, gregarious 38-year-old who would go
on to set up a string of mines here, learned to look for less obvious solutions. He would roam the
side streets and back roads, scanning for defunct businesses that might have once used a lot of
power. An old machine shop, say. A closed-down convenience store. Or this: Miehe slows the Land
Rover and points to a shuttered carwash sitting forlornly next to a Taco Bell. It has the space, he
says. And with the water pumps and heaters, “there’s probably a ton of power distributed not very
far from here,” Miehe tells me. “That could be a bitcoin mine.”
These days, Miehe says, a serious miner wouldn’t even look at a site like that. As bitcoin’s soaring
price has drawn in thousands of new players worldwide, the strange math at the heart of this
cryptocurrency has grown steadily more complicated. Generating a single bitcoin takes a lot more
servers than it used to—and a lot more power. Today, a half-megawatt mine, Miehe says, “is
nothing.” The commercial miners now pouring into the valley are building sites with tens of
thousands of servers and electrical loads of as much as 30 megawatts, or enough to power a
neighborhood of 13,000 homes. And in the arms race that cryptocurrency mining has become,
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even these operations will soon be considered small-scale. Miehe knows of substantially larger
mining projects in the basin backed by out-of-state investors from Wall Street, Europe and Asia
whose prospecting strategy, as he puts it, amounts to “running around with a checkbook just trying
to get in there and establish scale.”
Faces of the Bitcoin Boom
By PATRICK CAVAN BROWN
For years, few residents really grasped how appealing their region was to miners, who mainly did
their esoteric calculations quietly tucked away in warehouses and basements. But those days are
gone. Over the past two years, and especially during 2017, when the price of a single bitcoin
jumped from $1,000 to more than $19,000, the region has taken on the vibe of a boomtown.
Across the three rural counties of the Mid-Columbia Basin—Chelan, Douglas and Grant—orchards
and farm fields now share the rolling landscape with mines of every size, from industrial-scale
facilities to repurposed warehouses to cargo containers and even backyard sheds. Outsiders are so
eager to turn the basin’s power into cryptocurrency that this winter, several would-be miners from
Asia flew their private jet into the local airport, took a rental car to one of the local dams, and,
according to a utility official, politely informed staff at the dam visitors center, “We want to see the
dam master because we want to buy some electricity.”
The Mid-Columbia Basin isn’t the only location where the virtual realm of cryptocurrency is
colliding with the real world of megawatts and real estate. In places like China, Venezuela and
Iceland, cheap land and even cheaper electricity have resulted in bustling mining hubs. But the
basin, by dint of its early start, has emerged as one of the biggest boomtowns. By the end of 2018,
according to some estimates, miners here could account for anywhere from 15 to 30 percent of all
bitcoin mining in the world, and impressive shares of other cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum
and Ripple. And as with any boomtown, that success has created tensions. There have been
disputes between miners and locals, bankruptcies and bribery attempts, lawsuits, even a kind of
intensifying guerrilla warfare between local utility crews and a shadowy army of bootleg miners
who set up their servers in basements and garages and max out the local electrical grids.
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More broadly, the region is watching uneasily as one of its biggest natural resources—a gigantic
surplus of hydroelectric power—is inhaled by a sector that barely existed five years ago and which
is routinely derided as the next dot-com bust, or this century’s version of the Dutch tulip craze, or,
as New York Times columnist Paul Krugman put it in January, a Ponzi scheme. Indeed, even as
Miehe was demonstrating his prospecting chops, bitcoin’s price was already in a swoon that would
touch $5,900 and rekindle widespread doubts about the future of virtual currencies.
For local cryptocurrency enthusiasts, these slings and arrows are all very much worth enduring.
They believe not only that cryptocurrency will make them personally very wealthy, but also that
this formerly out-of-the-way region has a real shot at becoming a center—and maybe the center—of
a coming technology revolution, with the well-paid jobs and tech-fueled prosperity that usually
flow only to gilded “knowledge” hubs like Seattle and San Francisco. Malachi Salcido, a Wenatchee
building contractor who jumped into bitcoin in 2014 and is now one of the basin’s biggest players,
puts it in sweeping terms. The basin, he tells me, is “building a platform that the entire world is
going to use.”
And squarely between these two competing narratives are the communities of the Mid-Columbia
Basin, which find themselves anxiously trying to answer a question that for most of the rest of us is
merely an amusing abstraction: Is bitcoin for real?
***
A few miles from the shuttered carwash, David Carlson stands at the edge of a sprawling
construction site and watches workers set the roof on a Giga Pod, a self-contained crypto mine that
Carlson designed to be assembled in a matter of weeks. When finished, the prefabricated wood-
frame structure, roughly 12 by 48 feet, will be equipped with hundreds of high-speed servers that
collectively draw a little over a megawatt of power and, in theory, will be capable of producing
around 80 bitcoins a month. Carlson himself won’t be the miner; his company, Giga-Watt, will run
the pod as a hosting site for other miners. By summer, Giga-Watt expects to have 24 pods here
churning out bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies, most of which use the same computing-
intensive, cryptographically secured protocol called the blockchain. “We’re right where the rubber
hits the road with blockchain,” Carlson shouts as we step inside the project’s first completed pod
and stand between the tall rack of toaster-size servers and a bank of roaring cooling fans. The main
use of blockchain technology now is to keep a growing electronic ledger of every single bitcoin
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transaction ever made. But many miners see it as the record-keeping mechanism of the future.
“We’re where the blockchain goes from that virtual concept to something that’s real in the world,”
says Carlson, “something that somebody had to build and is actually running.”
Granted, all that real-worlding and road-hitting is a little hard to visualize just now. The winter
storms that have turned the Cascade Mountains a dazzling white have also turned the construction
site into a reddish quagmire that drags at workers and equipment. There have also been permitting
snafus, delayed utility hookups, and a lawsuit, recently settled, by impatient investors. But Carlson
seems unperturbed. “They are actually making it work,” he told me earlier, referring to the mud-
caked workers. “In a normal project, they might just say, ‘Let’s just wait till spring,’” Carlson adds.
“But in bitcoin and blockchain, there is no stopping.” Indeed, demand for hosting services in the
basin is so high that a desperate miner offered Carlson a Lamborghini if Carlson would bump him
to the head of the pod waiting list. “I didn’t take the offer,” Carlson assures me. “And I like
Lamborghinis!”
Carlson has become the face of the Mid-Columbia Basin crypto boom. Articulate, infectiously
optimistic, with graying hair and a trim beard, the Microsoft software developer-turned-serial
entrepreneur has built a series of mines, made (and lost) several bitcoin fortunes and endured
countless setbacks to become one of the region’s largest players. Other local miners credit Carlson
for launching the basin’s boom, back in 2012, when he showed up in a battered Honda in the
middle of a snowstorm and set up his servers in an old furniture store. Carlson wouldn’t go that far,
but the 47-year-old was one of the first people to understand, back when bitcoin was still mainly
something video gamers mined in their basements, that you might make serious money mining
bitcoin at scale—but only if you could find a place with cheap electricity.
When you pay someone in bitcoin, you set in motion a process of escalating, energy-intensive
complexity. Your payment is basically an electronic message, which contains the complete lineage
of your bitcoin, along with data about who you’re sending it to (and, if you choose, a small
processing fee). That message gets converted by encryption software into a long string of letters
and numbers, which is then broadcast to every miner on the bitcoin network (there are tens of
thousands of them, all over the world). Each miner then gathers your encrypted payment message,
along with any other payment messages on the network at the time (usually in batches of around
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2,000), into what’s called a block. The miner then uses special software to authenticate each
payment in the block—verifying, for example, that you owned the bitcoin you’re sending, and that
you haven’t already sent that same bitcoin to someone else.
At this point, the actual mining begins. In essence, each miner now tries to demonstrate to the rest
of the network that his or her block of verified payments is the one true block, which will serve as
the permanent record of those 2,000 or so transactions. Miners do this by, essentially, trying to be
the first to guess their block’s numerical password. It’s analogous to trying to randomly guess
someone’s computer password, except on a vastly larger scale. Carlson’s first mining computer, or
“rig,” which he ran out of his basement north of Seattle, could make 12 billion “guesses” every
second; today’s servers are more than a thousand times faster.
As soon as a miner finds a solution and a majority of other miners confirm it, this winning block is
accepted by the network as the “official” block for those particular transactions. The official block is
then added to previous blocks, creating an ever-lengthening chain of blocks, called the
“blockchain,” that serves as a master ledger for all bitcoin transactions. (Most cryptocurrencies
have their own blockchain.) And, importantly, the winning miner is rewarded with brand-new
bitcoins (when Carlson got started, in mid-2012, the reward was 50 bitcoins) and all the processing
fees. The network then moves on to the next batch of payments and the process repeats—and, in
theory, will keep repeating, once every 10 minutes or so, until miners mine all 21 million of the
bitcoins programmed into the system.
This bizarre process might not seem like it would need that much electricity—and in the early
years, it didn’t. When he first started in 2012, Carlson was mining bitcoin on his gaming computer,
and even when he built his first real dedicated mining rig, that machine used maybe 1,200
watts—about as much as a hairdryer or a microwave oven. Even with Seattle’s electricity prices,
Carlson was spending around $2 per bitcoin, which was then selling for around $12. In fact,
Carlson was making such a nice profit that he began to dream about running a bunch of servers
and making some serious money. He wasn’t alone. Across the expanding bitcoin universe, lots of
miners were thinking about scaling up, turning their basements and spare bedrooms into jury-
rigged data centers. But most of these people were thinking small, like maybe 10 kilowatts, about
what four normal households might use. Carlson’s idea was to leapfrog the basement phase and go
right to a commercial-scale bitcoin mine that was huge: 1,000 kilowatts. “I started to have this
dream, that I was posting on online forums, ‘I think I could build the first megawatt-scale mine.’”
But here, Carlson and his fellow would-be crypto tycoons confronted the bizarre, engineered
obstinacy of bitcoin, which is designed to make life harder for miners as time goes by. For one, the
currency’s mysterious creator (or creators), known as “Satoshi Nakamoto,” programmed the
network to periodically—every 210,000 blocks, or once every four years or so—halve the number of
bitcoins rewarded for each mined block. The first drop, from 50 coins to 25, came on November 28,
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2012, which the faithful call “Halving Day.” (It has since halved again, to 12.5, and is expected to
drop to 6.25 in June 2020.)
More important, Nakamoto built the system to make the blocks themselves more difficult to mine
as more computer power flows into the network. That is, as more miners join, or as existing miners
buy more servers, or as the servers themselves get faster, the bitcoin network automatically adjusts
the solution criteria so that finding those passwords requires proportionately more random
guesses, and thus more computing power. These adjustments occur every 10 to 14 days, and are
programmed to ensure that bitcoin blocks are mined no faster than one roughly every 10 minutes.
The presumed rationale is that by forcing miners to commit more computing power, Nakamoto
was making miners more invested in the long-term survival of the network.
Barely perceptible in the early years after bitcoin was launched in 2009, these adjustments quickly
ramped up. By the time Carlson started mining in 2012, difficulty was tripling every year. Carlson’s
fat profit margin quickly vanished. He briefly quit, but the possibility of a large-scale mine was
simply too tantalizing. Around the world, some people were still mining bitcoin. And while Carlson
suspected that many of these stalwarts were probably doing so irrationally—like gamblers doubling
down after a loss—others had found a way to making mining pay.
What separated these survivors from the quitters and the double-downers, Carlson concluded, was
simply the price of electricity. Survivors either lived in or had moved to places like China or Iceland
or Venezuela, where electricity was cheap enough for bitcoin to be profitable. Carlson knew that if
he could find a place where the power wasn’t just cheap, but really cheap, he’d be able to mine
bitcoin both profitably and on an industrial scale.
The place was relatively easy to find. Less than three hours east of Seattle, on the other side of the
Cascade Mountains, you could buy electricity for around 2.5 cents per kilowatt, which was a
quarter of Seattle’s rate and around a fifth of the national average. Carlson’s dream began to fall
into place. He found an engineer in Poland who had just developed a much faster, more energy-
efficient server, and whom he persuaded to back Carlson’s new venture, then called Mega-
BigPower. In late 2012, Carlson found some empty retail space in the city of Wenatchee, just a few
blocks from the Columbia River, and began to experiment with configurations of servers and
cooling systems until he found something he could scale up into the biggest bitcoin mine in the
world. The boom here had officially begun.
***
On paper, the Mid-Columbia Basin really did look like El Dorado for Carlson and the other
miners who began to trickle in during the first years of the boom. The region’s five huge
hydroelectric dams, all owned by public utility districts, generate nearly six times as much power as
the region’s residents and businesses can use. Most of the surplus is exported, at high prices, to
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markets like Seattle or Los Angeles, which allows the utilities to sell power locally at well below its
cost of production. Power is so cheap here that people heat their homes with electricity, despite
bitterly cold winters, and farmers have been able to irrigate the semi-arid region into one of the
world’s most productive agricultural areas. (The local newspaper proudly claims to be published in
“the Apple Capital of the World and the Buckle on the Power Belt of the Great Northwest.”) And,
importantly, it had already attracted several power-hungry industries, notably aluminum smelting
and, starting in the mid-2000s, data centers for tech giants like Microsoft and Intuit.
Miners found other advantages. The cool winters and dry air helped reduce the need for costly air
conditioning to prevent their churning servers from overheating. As a bonus, the region was
already equipped with some of the nation’s fastest high-speed internet, thanks to the massive fiber
backbone the data centers had installed. All in all, recalls Miehe, the basin was bitcoin’s “killer
app.”
Indeed, for a time, everything seemed to come together for the miners. By mid-2013, Carlson’s first
mine, though only 250 kilowatts in size, was mining hundreds of bitcoins a day—enough for him to
pay all his power bills and other expenses while “stacking” the rest as a speculative asset that had
started to appreciate. By then, bitcoin was shedding its reputation as the currency of drug dealers
and data-breach blackmailers. A few legitimate companies, like Microsoft, and even some banks
were accepting it. Competing cryptocurrencies were proliferating, and trading sites were emerging.
Bitcoin was the hot new thing, and its price surged past $1,100 before settling in the mid-hundreds.
For all that potential, however, the basin’s nascent mining community was beset by the sort of
troubles that you would have found in any other boomtown. Mining technology was still so new
that the early operations were constantly crashing. There was a growing, often bitter competition
for mining sites that had adequate power, and whose landlords didn’t flip out when the walls got
“Swiss-cheesed” with ventilation holes. There was the constant fear of electrical overloads, as coin-
crazed miners pushed power systems to the limit—as, for example, when one miner nearly torched
an old laundromat in downtown Wenatchee.
And, inevitably, there was a growing tension with the utilities, which were finally grasping the scale
of the miners’ ambitions. In 2014, the public utility district in Chelan County received requests
from would-be miners for a total of 220 megawatts—a startling development in a county whose
70,000 residents were then using barely 200 megawatts. Similar patterns were emerging across
the river in neighboring Douglas and Grant counties, where power is also cheap.
But, as always, the miners’ biggest challenge came from bitcoin itself. The mere presence of so
much new mining in the Mid-Columbia Basin substantially expanded the network’s total mining
power; for a time, Carlson’s mine alone accounted for a quarter of the global bitcoin mining
capacity. But this rising calculating power also caused mining difficulty to skyrocket—from January
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2013 to January 2014, it increased one thousandfold—which forced miners to expand even faster.
And bitcoin’s rising price was now drawing in new miners, especially in China, where power is
cheap. By the middle of 2014, Carlson says, he’d quadrupled the number of servers in his mine, yet
had seen his once-massive share of the market fall below 1 percent.
Bitcoin miners were now caught in the same vicious cycle that real miners confront—except on a
much more accelerated timeframe. To maintain their output, miners had to buy more servers, or
upgrade to the more powerful servers, but the new calculating power simply boosted the solution
difficulty even more quickly. In effect, your mine was becoming outdated as soon as you launched
it, and the only hope of moving forward profitably was to adopt a kind of perpetual scale-up: Your
existing mine had to be large enough to pay for your next, larger mine. Many miners responded by
gathering into vast collectives, pooling their calculating resources and sharing the bitcoin rewards.
Others shifted away from mining to hosting facilities for other miners. But whether you were
mining or hosting, mining entered “a scaling race,” says Carlson, whose own operations marched
steadily from 250 kilowatts to 1.5 megawatts to 5 megawatts. And it was a race: Any delay in
getting your machines installed and mining simply meant you’d be coming on line when the coins
were even harder to mine.
Just when it seemed that things couldn’t get any worse, they did. As mining costs were rising,
bitcoin prices began to dive. The cryptocurrency was getting hammered by a string of scams, thefts
and regulatory bans, along with a lot of infighting among the mining community over things like
optimal block size. Through 2015, bitcoin prices hovered in the low hundreds. Margins grew so
thin—and, in fact, occasionally went negative—that miners had to spend their coins as soon as they
mined them to pay their power bills. Things eventually got so grim that Carlson had to dig into his
precious reserves and liquidate “all my little stacks of bitcoin,” he recalls, ruefully. “To save the
business, we sold it all.”
Across the Mid-Columbia Basin, miners faced an excruciating dilemma: cut their losses and walk,
or keep mining for basically nothing in the hopes that the cryptocurrency market would somehow
turn around. Many smaller operators simply folded and left town—often leaving behind trashed
sites and angry landlords. Even larger players began to draw lines in the sand. Carlson started
moving out of mining and into hosting and running sites for other miners. Others held on. Among
the latter was Salcido, the Wenatchee contractor-turned-bitcoin miner who grew up in the valley.
“What I had to decide was, do I think this recovers, or does the chart keep going like this and
become nothing?” Salcido told me recently. We were in his office in downtown Wenatchee, and
Salcido, a clean-cut 43-year-old who is married with four young kids, was showing me a computer
chart of the bitcoin price during what was one of the most agonizing periods of his life. “Month
over month, you had to make this decision: Am I going to keep doing this, or am I going to call it?”
***
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In the spring of 2016, everything turned around. Bitcoin regained traction. A few more vendors
announced they’d accept the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin prices stabilized and then, slowly but surely,
began to climb, even after a second halving day cut the reward to 12.5 coins. In January 2017, the
price crossed $1,000.
Starting in April, the price of bitcoin kicked up like a jet whose pilot has finally remembered where
the afterburner switch is. By July, bitcoin was at $2,500. By September, $4,600. Then $7,200 in
November. A week before Christmas, bitcoin went over $19,000. The surge touched off a media
frenzy over the newest generation of tech millionaires.
No one was more surprised than the miners themselves. By the end of 2017, even with the rapidly
rising difficulty, the per-bitcoin cost for basin miners was around $2,000, producing profit
margins similar to those of the early years, only on a vastly larger scale. Marc Bevand, a French-
born computer scientist who briefly mined in the basin and is now a tech investor, estimates that,
by December, a hypothetical investor who had built a 5-megawatt mine in the basin just four
months earlier would’ve recovered the $7 million investment and would now be clearing $140,000
in profit every 24 hours. “Nowadays,” he told me back in December, miners “are literally swimming
in cash.”
Of course, by the end of 2017, the players who were pouring into the basin weren’t interested in
building 5-megawatt mines. According to Carlson, mining has now reached the stage where the
minimum size for a new commercial mine, given the high levels of difficulty, will soon be 50
megawatts, enough for around 22,000 homes and bigger than one of Amazon Web Services’
immense data centers. Miehe, who has become a kind of broker for out-of-town miners and
investors, was fielding calls and emails from much larger players. There were calls from China,
where a recent government crackdown on cryptocurrency has miners trying to move operations as
large as 200 megawatts to safer ground. And there was a flood of interest from players outside the
sector, including big institutional investors from Wall Street, Miami, the Middle East, Europe and
Japan, all eager to get in on a commodity that some believe could touch $100,000 by the end of the
year. And not all the interest has been so civil. Stories abound of bitcoin miners using hardball
tactics to get their mines up and running. Carlson, for example, says some foreign miners tried to
bribe building and safety inspectors to let them cut corners on construction. “They are bringing
suitcases full of cash,” Carlson says, adding that such ploys invariably backfire. Adds Miehe, “I
mean, you know how they talk about the animal spirits—greed and fear? Well, right now, everyone
is in full-greed mode.”
Nor was it simply the deep pockets. At these prices, even smaller operators have been able to make
real money running a few machines in home-based, under-the-radar mines. Take the 20-
something Wenatchee man we’ll call “Benny”—he didn’t want to be identified—who last July
bought three mining servers, set them up in his house (one in the master bedroom and two in the
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living room)—and began mining Ethereum, bitcoin’s closest cryptocurrency rival. As Ethereum
climbed from $165 in July to nearly $1,200 in January, Benny had not only repaid his $7,000
investment but was making enough to pay his mortgage. As a side benefit, this winter, Benny’s
power bill went down: The waste heat from the three churning servers kept the house at a toasty 78
degrees. “We actually have to open the windows,” he told me in January. His servers, meanwhile,
pretty much run themselves—although, when he’s at work, clerking at a grocery, he monitors the
machines, and the Ethereum price, on his phone. “It’s just basically free money,” Benny says. “All I
have to do is wake up in the morning and make sure nothing crashed during the night.”
***
In the zero-sum game that cryptocurrency has become, one man’s free money is another
man’s headache. In the Mid-Columbia Basin, the latter category includes John Stoll, who oversees
Chelan County Public Utility District’s maintenance crews. Stoll regards people like Benny as
“rogue operators,” the utility’s term for small players who mine without getting proper permits and
equipment upgrades, and whose numbers have soared in the past 12 months. Though only a
fraction of the size of their commercial peers, these operators can still overwhelm residential
electric grids. In extreme cases, insulation can melt off wires. Transformers will overheat. In one
instance last year, the utility says, a miner overloaded a transformer and caused a brush fire.
In parts of the basin, utility crews now actively hunt unpermitted miners, in a manner not unlike
the way police look for indoor cannabis farms. The biggest giveaway, Stoll says, is a sustained jump
in power use. But crews have learned to look, and listen, for other telltales, such as “fans that are
exhausting out of the garage or a bedroom.” In any given week, the utility flushes out two to five
suspected miners, Stoll says. Some come clean. They pay for permits and the often-substantial
wiring upgrades, or they quit. But others quietly move their servers to another residential location
and plug back in. “It’s a bit of a cat-and-mouse game,” Stoll admits.
The utilities’ larger challenge comes from the legitimate commercial operators, whose appetite for
megawatts has upended a decades-old model of publicly owned power. The combined output of the
basin’s five dams averages around 3,000 megawatts, or enough for the population of Los Angeles.
Until fairly recently, perhaps 80 percent of this massive output was exported via contracts that
were hugely advantageous for locals. Cryptocurrency mining has been changing all that, to a degree
that is only now becoming clear. By the end of 2018, Carlson reckons the basin will have a total of
300 megawatts of mining capacity. But that is nothing compared to what some hope to see in the
basin. Over the past 12 months or so, the three public utilities reportedly have received applications
and inquiries for future power contracts that, were they all to be approved, could approach 2,000
megawatts—enough to consume two-thirds of the basin’s power output.
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Just because miners want power doesn’t mean they get it. Some inquiries are withdrawn. And all
three county public utilities have considerable discretion when it comes to granting power
requests. But by law, they must consider any legitimate request for power, which has meant doing
costly studies and holding hearings—sparking a prolonged, public debate over this new industry’s
impact on the basin’s power economy. There are concerns about the huge costs of new substations,
transmission wires and other infrastructure necessary to accommodate these massive loads. In
Douglas County, where the bulk of the new mining projects are going in, a brand new 84-megawatt
substation that should have been adequate for the next 30 to 50 years of normal population growth
was fully subscribed in less than a year.
Many also fear that the new mines will suck up so much of the power surplus that is currently
exported that local rates will have to rise. In fact, miners’ appetite for power is growing so rapidly
that the three counties have instituted surcharges for extra infrastructure, and there is talk of
moratoriums on new mines. There is also talk of something that would have been inconceivable
just a few years ago: buying power from outside suppliers. That could mean the end of decades of
ultracheap power—all for a new, highly volatile sector that some worry may not be around long
anyway. Indeed, one big fear, says Dennis Bolz, a Chelan County Public Utility commissioner, is
that a prolonged price collapse will cause miners to abandon the basin—and leave ratepayers with
“an infrastructure that may or may not have a use.”
But Bolz, a longtime critic of cryptocurrency, says local concerns go beyond economics: Many
residents he hears from aren’t keen to see so much public power sold to an industry whose chief
product is, in their minds, of value only to speculators and criminals. “I mean, this is a conservative
community, and they’re like, ‘What the hell’s wrong with dollars?’” says Bolz. “If you just went out
and did a poll of Chelan County, and asked people, ‘Do you want us to be involved in the bitcoin
industry, they would say not only ‘No,’ but ‘Hell no.’”
The basin has become a proving ground for the broader debate about the future of blockchain
technology. Critics insist that bitcoin will never work as a mainstream currency—it’s slow and far
too volatile. Its real function, they say, is as a “store of value”—that is, an investment asset, like gold
or company shares—except that, unlike these traditional assets, bitcoin has no real underlying
economic value. Rather, critics say, it has become merely another highly speculative bet—much like
mortgage-backed derivatives were in the prelude to the financial crisis—and like them, it is just as
assured of an implosion.
The counterargument is that the blockchain economy is still in its infancy. The “monetized code”
that underlies the blockchain concept can be written to carry any sort of information securely, and
to administer virtually any kind of transaction, contractual arrangement or other data-driven
relationship between humans and their proliferating machines. In the future, supporters say,
banks and other large institutions and even governments will run internal blockchains. Consumer
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product companies and tech companies will use blockchain to manage the “internet of things.”
Within this ecosystem, we’ll see a range of cryptos playing different roles, with bitcoin perhaps
serving as an investment, while more nimble cryptos can carry out everyday transactions. And the
reality is, whatever its flaws, bitcoin’s success and fame thus far makes the whole crypto
phenomenon harder to dislodge with every trading cycle.
Still, even supporters acknowledge that that glorious future is going to use a lot of electricity. It’s
true that many of the more alarming claims—for example, that by 2020, bitcoin mining will
consume “as much electricity as the entire world does today,” as the environmental website Grist
recently suggested—are ridiculous: Even if the current bitcoin load grew a hundredfold, it would
still represent less than 2 percent of total global power consumption. (And for comparison, even
the high-end estimates of bitcoin’s total current power consumption are still less than 6 percent of
the power consumed by the world’s banking sector.) But the fact remains that bitcoin takes an
astonishing amount of power. By one estimate, the power now needed to mine a single coin would
run the average household for 10 days.
All of which leaves the basin’s utilities caught between a skeptical public and a voracious, energy-
intense new sector that, as Bolz puts it, is “looking at us in a predatory sense.” Indeed, every utility
executive knows that to reject an application for a load, even one load so large as to require new
transmission lines or out-of-area imports, is to invite a major legal fight. “If you can afford 100
megawatts,” Bolz says, “you can afford a lot of attorneys.”
For all the peril, others here see the bitcoin boom as a kind of necessary opportunity. They argue
that the era of cheap local power was coming to an end even before bitcoin arrived. One big reason:
The region’s hydropower is no longer as prized by outside markets. In California, which has
historically paid handsomely for the basin’s “green” hydropower, demand has fallen especially
dramatically thanks to rapid growth in the Golden State’s wind and solar sectors. Simply put, the
basin may soon struggle to find another large customer so eager to take those surplus
megawatts—particularly one, like blockchain mining, that might bring other economic benefits.
Early data from Douglas County, for example, suggest that the sector’s economic value, especially
the sales tax from nonstop server upgrades, may offset any loss in surplus power sales, according to
Jim Huffman, a Douglas County port commissioner.
That opportunity may not last. Huffman, who is also a former utility executive, argues that ever-
cheaper power rates in other states, like California, could undercut the basin’s appeal to blockchain
miners, who may begin to look for other places to mine. For that reason, Huffman argues that the
basin should be actively recruiting more miners, even if it means importing power. “I think there’s
a window here,” Huffman says, “and it’s unknown how long that window will be open.” Yet he, too,
knows that any such talk will lead to criticism that the basin is yoking its future to a volatile sector
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that, for many, remains a chimera. “Some folks think that bitcoin is just a scam,” Huffman
concedes. “And in the conversation, you usually don’t get past that.”
Meanwhile, the miners in the basin have embarked on some image polishing. Carlson and Salcido,
in particular, have worked hard to placate utility officialdom. Miners have agreed to pay heavy
hook-up fees and to finance some of the needed infrastructure upgrades. They’ve also labored to
build a case for the sector’s broader economic benefits—like sales tax revenues. They say mining
could help offset some of the hundreds of jobs lost when the region’s other big power user—the
huge Alcoa aluminum smelter just south of Wenatchee—was idled a few years ago.
More fundamentally, miners argue that the current boom is simply the first rough step to a much
larger technological shift that the basin would do well to get into early on. “What you can actually
do with the technology, we’re only beginning to discover,” Salcido says. “But the technology
requires a platform.” And, he says, as the world discovers what the blockchain can do, the global
economy will increasingly depend on regions, like the basin, with the natural resources to run that
platform as cheaply as possible.
***
Even in the recent price crash, the miners have maintained their upbeat attitude, in part
because they’ve died this death a few times before. In February, a day after bitcoin’s price dipped
below $6,000, I checked in with Carlson to see how he was dealing with the huge sell-off. In a
series of long texts, he expressed only optimism. The market correction, he argued, had been
inevitable, given the rapid price increase. He noted that mining costs in the basin remain so
low—still just a little above $2,000 per coin—that prices have a way to fall before bitcoin stops
being worth mining there. Carlson is, he told me, “100 percent confident” the price will surpass the
$20,000 level we saw before Christmas. “The question, as always, is how long will it take.”
In the meantime, the basin’s miners are at full steam ahead. Salcido says he’ll have 42 megawatts
running by the end of the year and 150 megawatts by 2020. Carlson says his next step after his
current build-out of 60 megawatts will be “in the hundreds” of megawatts. Over the next five years,
his company plans to raise $5 billion in capital to build 2,000 megawatts—two gigawatts—of
additional mining capacity. But that won’t all be in the basin, he says. Carlson says he and others
will soon be scaling up so rapidly that, for farsighted miners, the Mid-Columbia Basin effectively is
already maxed out, in part because the counties simply can’t build out power lines and
infrastructure fast enough. “So we have to go site hunting across the US & Canada,” Carlson told
me in a text. “I’m on my way to Quebec on Monday.” As in oil or gold, prospectors never stop—they
just move on.
But not everyone is going along for the ride. Back in East Wenatchee, Miehe is giving me an
impromptu tour of the epicenter of the basin’s boom. We drive out to the industrial park by the
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regional airport, where the Douglas County Port Authority has created a kind of mining zone. We
roll past Carlson’s construction site, which is swarming with equipment and men. Not far away, we
can see a cluster of maybe two dozen cargo containers that Salcido has converted into mines, with
transformers and cooling systems. Across the highway, near the new, already-tapped out
substation, Salcido has another crew working a much larger mine. “A year ago, none of this was
here,” Miehe says. “This road wasn’t here.”
Miehe still runs his original mine, a half-megawatt operation not far from the carwash. But his
main job these days is managing hosting sites for other miners and connecting outsiders with
insiders—and he’s OK with that. He sold off some of his bitcoin stack, just after Christmas. He’s
still bullish on crypto, and on the basin’s long-term prospects. But he no longer has any appetite for
the race for scale. Gone are the glory days when commercial miners could self-finance with their
own stacks. Today, you need outside financing—debt—which, for Miehe, who now has two young
children, would mean an unacceptable level of stress. “I’ve already done it,” he says. “My entire
data center was built with bitcoin, from nothing. I’ve already won enough for what I was looking
for out of mining.” He pauses. “The risk and reward is getting pretty great,” he says. “And I’m not
sure I want to be on the front line of that battle.”
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CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE COUNCIL AGENDA BILL
To: Mayor and Council.
From/Presenter: Ray Coble, Assistant Police Chief
Subject: A Resolution of the City of East Wenatchee declaring certain property owned by the City as surplus to the needs of the City.
Date: March 27, 2018
I. Summary Title: A Resolution of the City of East Wenatchee declaring certain
property owned by the City as surplus to the needs of the City.
II. Background/History: RCW 35A.11.020 and RCW 35A.12.190 authorize the
City Council to organize and regulate its internal affairs and to define the
powers, functions and duties of its officers and employees.
As required by RCW 35A.11.010, the City Council has a responsibility to
dispose of property that has become surplus to the needs of the City.
Recommended Action: Motion for Council to approve Resolution 2018-06 declaring property described on exhibit “A” surplus to City as proposed. Exhibits:
• Resolution 2018-06.
• Resolution 2018-06, Exhibit “A”.
Financial Data: Expenditure Required Amount Budgeted Appropriation Required
$0 $ 0 $ 0
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Resolution 2018-06
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City of East Wenatchee, Washington
Resolution No. 2018-06
A Resolution of the City of East Wenatchee declaring certain
property owned by the City as surplus to the needs of the City.
1. Authority.
a. RCW 35A.11.020 and RCW 35A.12.190 authorize the City
Council to organize and regulate its internal affairs and to
define the powers, functions and duties of its officers and
employees.
b. As required by RCW 35A.11.010, the City Council has a
responsibility to dispose of property that has become surplus
to the needs of the City.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE DO
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Purpose. The City Council declares that it is in the public
interest for the City to dispose of surplus City assets.
Section 2: Declaration. The City Council declares the assets listed on
Exhibit “A” as surplus to the needs of the City.
Section 3: Public Hearing. Because the City Council estimates that
none of the assets to be sold exceed $50,000 in value and
because it will not transfer any property to another
governmental agency at below market value, it will not hold
a public hearing.
Section 4: Sale of Property. The City Council instructs the Mayor or
his designee to sell the assets listed on Exhibit A using such
other means of marketing and as the Mayor or his designee
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Resolution 2018-06
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reasonably determines to maximize the net return to the
City on the sale.
Section 5: Conflict of Interest. The City Council declares that it is a
conflict-of-interest for members of the City Council, the
Mayor, and any other city employee to purchase the assets
listed on Exhibit “A.”
Section 6: Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction declares
any provision in this resolution to be contrary to law, such
declaration shall not affect the validity of the other
provisions of this Resolution.
Section 7: Effective Date. This Resolution becomes effective
immediately.
Passed by the City Council of East Wenatchee, at a regular
meeting thereof on this _____ day of _______________, 2018.
CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE,
WASHINGTON
By _________________________________
Steven C. Lacy, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________
Maria Holman, City Clerk
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Resolution 2018-06
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Approved as to form only:
___________________________
Devin Poulson, City Attorney
Filed with the City Clerk: __________
Passed by the City Council: __________
Effective Date: __________
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Resolution No. 2018-06
Exhibit “A”
East Wenatchee Police Department Patrol Vehicles
Vehicle # License # Year Make Model VIN
8 13387D 2013 Ford Taurus 1FAHP2M86DG124515
15 13386D 2013 Ford Taurus 1FAHP2M86DG124514
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