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Home My WebLink About8/8/2006 - City Council - City Council Meeting MinutesCITY OF EAST WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONVENED MAYOR STEVEN C. LACY, PRESIDING AUGUST 8, 2006 6:30 P.M. Mayor Lacy said Councilmember Aiken has been the victim of a very unfortunate circumstance. Therefore, we are going to dispense from calling his name during roll call this evening. At this time we will take a moment of silence for Councilmember Ralph Aiken. ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present: Councilmember Hendricks, Councilmember McCourt, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Buckner, Councilmember Raab and Mayor Lacy. Councilmember Aiken did not receive an excused absence. Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Hendricks, second by Councilmember Johnson to excuse Councilmember DeWitt from this Council meeting. The motion carried, 5-0. Councilmember Hendricks asked if because of the uniqueness of missing Councilmember Aiken, and the laws on the unexcused absences we could make the absence an unexcused absence. He said the vacancy could then be filled after three unexcused absences. City Attorney Poulson said it is completely at the discretion of the Council on whether they consider the absence excused or unexcused by a vote of the majority. Mayor Lacy said he can not imagine a circumstance, where after the memorial service there would be any challenge to replace Ralph on the Council. Staff Present: Dana Barnard, Lori Barnett, Randy Harrison, Devin Poulson, Bob Goodman, Teresa Allen, and Joan Sims. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES Mayor Lacy presented the following list of Student delegates going to Misawa, Japan with Student Ambassador Certificates: Apple Blossom Princess Julie Rice, Matt Shurtz, Lauren Ballinger, Audrey Bastian, Andrew Detering, Josh Heinicke, Joshua Martin, and Landyn Rookard. President Steve Currit, Misawa Sister City Association, said he appreciates the support the Mayor and his family has given for the last few years. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Lacy said he is looking forward to representing the Wenatchee Valley while in Misawa, Japan. He said he would like to recognize the importance of remembering that their group represents all of the Wenatchee Valley, not just East Wenatchee. He said the Delegation will be taking with them, the greetings of Mayor Johnson and the City of Wenatchee. 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Therefore, looking at it as a piece of property that might have a value to someone was very difficult for the appraiser to determine so it was looked at as having more value for one of the adjacent property owners and it was determined the value to be $1.02 per square foot. Ms. Barnett said the City has incurred costs which include; the appraisal, title insurance, transactions fees, real estate excise tax, and obtaining a legal description and map. She said she recommends the City add the incurred costs into the appraised value as it is not in the public benefit for us to incur costs to sell public property to a private entity. The City will sell the property and then give the money back to the Transportation Improvement Board as they paid for the property purchase as part of the grant program when Douglas County did the 3`d Street NEAth Street NE realignment. City Attorney Poulson said there were a number of questions regarding what to do with real estate surplus property. He said the options for declaring surplus is to do so by ordinance, resolution or by motion and since this is a small piece of property it makes sense to do it by motion and then declare that it is surplus property and that we are going to dispose of it for the common benefit. Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Johnson, second by Councilmember Buckner to declare the subject property as surplus and approve a Real Estate transaction to sell the property with the inclusion of appraisal costs and all incurred transaction fees. The motion carried, 5-0. 06-08-02 Recommendation to change street names resulting in a more consistent addressing scheme in the Central Business District. Community Development Director Barnett said the proposed changes will result in a more consistent addressing scheme since the extended 4 h Street NE will intersect with 3rd Street NE. and Eastmont Avenue and there is an existing 4`h Street NE just north of this street. She said the remaining 3`d Street NE will be in alignment with the existing 2"d Street NE that is located east of Eastmont Avenue and will actually be more consistent considering the existing addresses south of 3`d Street NE that are all currently in the 100 block range. Ms. Barnett said she has notified all the businesses in the area where the change would take effect. She said she had received a call from District Court to find out when the name change would take place so they could be prepared in ordering forms and stationary. She said she would recommend the change be effective January 2007. She added the reason the address change makes sense is that when 4"' Street NE was relocated, addressing for the Mall was done to coincide with the addressing across Valley Mall Parkway and therefore, by changing the street names we are more consistent with the addressing on Valley Mall Parkway. She said the recommendation is to change 4`h Street NE to be named 3`d Street NE, and to change 3`d Street NE to be named 2"d Street NE. Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Hendricks, second by Councilmember Johnson to authorize the City Attorney to draft an ordinance to change the street names. The motion carried, 5-0. COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Lacy reported the Wenatchee Valley Convention and Visitor's Bureau (WVCVB) is moving forward with several activities. At this time they are primarily supporting the activities related to hotel - motel taxes collected by cities. 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