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Home My WebLink About11/1/1993 - City Council - City Council Meeting MinutesCITY OF EAST WENATCHEE WASHINGTON REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONVENED MAYOR DAWN COLLINGS PRESIDING NOVEMBER 1, 1993 6:30 P.M. (This meeting was recorded and will be retained at City Hall for a period of six years from the date of the meeting.) ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present: Councilmember Hendricks, Councilmember Lacy, Councilmember McArthur, Councilmember Mikow, Councilmember Nash, Mayor Collings. Staff Present: Virginia Oestreich, Bob Goodman, Nick Wiltz, Linda Countryman, Stuart Campbell, Chuck Zimmerman, Chet Virnig. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PROCLAMATION - Retired Teachers Appreciation Day - Key Club Week Mayor Collings read proclamations declaring November 21, 1993 as Retired Teachers Appreciation Day and November 7 through 13. 1993 as Key Club Week in East Wenatchee. CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Hendricks, second by Councilmember McArthur to approve the Consent Calendar as presented, and as the following items were listed. The motion carried unanimously, 5-0. 1. Consideration of Minutes - Regular Session, October 18, 1993. 2. Consideration of Bills Vouchers audited and certified by the auditing officer as required by RCW 42.24.080, and those expense reimbursement claims certified as required by RCW 42.24.090, have been recorded on a listing which has been made available to Council. As of this date, November 1, 1993, payment voucher numbers 3033 through 3062, in the amount of $101,491.83, are submitted to Council for approval. - 1 - Fp,- _ •TTeq Agra e so; qoT aqq asn oq pauueTd Alto aqs •zquoy epueM pup ugor wo.x3 sL6T ui Agjadoid aqq pasegoand peg Alto aqq pees aH •qoT butxzed aqq go. dFgsaauno s,Agto agq paMaTAaJ uewiawwiZ AauToggy AgtO anssl goq buTNjed - squegoiaH uMoguMo0 - NOISSRJSIO •aingn; aqq zo; sueTd pup wsTznoq gnoqe paNTeq pup saigZAigae aagwegO gnoqe pawIo;uT TTaM siagwaw buzda@N seM zaggaTsMau agq !pagaTdwoo uaaq ppq gjodiTie aqq qe Xsoig aqq pagou agg •saTgTATgae sagwegO uo gzodej ATzagipnb e aneb sa13aH egged TogoaJTO aoiawwoO 3o iagwegO aagoqeuaM gspR SONEWHOD 30 USEHVHD 6uipeaz gSJT; pea.z sbutTTOD JoAPH OHMN agg so; aaueutpzo a0TAzaS TTAT3 aqg 6UTSTAaI aoueuzpio us ;o buippai gsjTj SO-TT-£6 buzppai gsjTj peas sbUITTOD soAeW aagogeuaM gspa Jo; 1a6pnq b661 aqg buigdope aoupuip O ue ;o butpeaJ gs3t3 EO-TT-£6 •buzpeaJ g831; peal sbuiTTOD IOAeH V66T ao; saaAoTdwa aagoqeuaM gseR Jog saTaPIPS bUTXT; aoupuipzo ue ;o butpeas ISJTa ZO-TT-E6 butpeaz gszt; pear sbuiTTOD JOAeH 666T Jog aagoqeuaM gseg Jo; saxeq Agaadold aqq buiggas aouevipso ue ;o butpeaa gs3T3 TO-TT-E6 'SIVO SAIlDEJ33 NV ONIHSI'I9VIS3 ONH SA'd0IgOH QNV SRAHR'I ' SNOIZHDHA OR'IZIlms ROOD 'IHdIDINDN RRHDIVN3M ISHR RHI 30 0Z0'9E•Z NOIID3S 30 H NOILDRSGnS ONIQNRWH HO,LJNIHSVM 'RRHDIVNSM ISVa 30 LIID RHS, 30 RDNVNI0HO NV VT-E6 'ON RDNVNI0HO '0-S 'ATsnowiupun paizipo uoigow aqy •Tenjooe uotgpoeA buip,Tpbas apoO TedtotunH aagoqeuaM gspa aqq ;0 9E•Z uoigoaS buigoa joo aaueutpso aqq anosdde oq sxotTpuaH zagwawlTounoO Aq puooas 'MoXTH sagwawTTounoO Aq appw seM uotgow y :uoigoy TFounOD apoO aagoqeuaM gseR aqq ;0 9£ Z zagdegO buzpuawe aoupuipxo ve ;o buipeal puooas b0-OT-E6 RDMVNIOTIo ' Mr. Zimmerman reviewed the Memorandum of Law Opposing the Sale of Off -Street Parking Lot submitted by the Downtown Merchants. He said the summary was incorrect; noting East Wenatchee was a non -charter code city, established in 1969 and; the operation of off-street parking was not prohibited by cities; however city's are not required to provide off-street parking for businesses. Mr. Zimmerman said the East Wenatchee Municipal Code required new developments or businesses to provide adequate parking and added the present businesses probably were "grandfathered" in and were non -conforming use. Mr. Zimmerman cited three options for the businesses. 1) form a Parking and Business Improvement District; 2) do a Downtown Local Improvement District; or have the city form a Street Utility. His recommendation was number one. The Downtown Revitalization Committee Chairperson Symmonds submitted statements from business owners as to why the sale of the parking lot would be detrimental to the local businesses and submitted pages of signatures from customers supporting the parking lot property stay as it is. After reviewing the statements from the business owners, Council discussion followed. Councilmember Hendricks said he believed government should stay out of private business and the parking lot needed to be surplussed and sold. Councilmember Mikow said he felt a responsibility to help solve the problem, however the city was under no obligation to provide parking. Mr. Mikow said the statements from most of the business owners sounded like they were going out of business already. Councilmember Lacy said he was not getting an answer to his question as to why the business and or property owners did not buy the parking lot themselves. He said the businesses had been given parking for the last fifteen years and now it was time for the businesses to take responsibility and do something. No more free parking. The following business owners spoke, again, in favor of the city retaining the property as a parking lot for the businesses: Lou Symmonds, Richard Garlini, Dwight McKee, Virginia McKee and Allen Lake. 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