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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSigned Minutes 01-03-22: - Minutes of the Arlington City Council Zoom Meeting Monday, January 3, 2022 Councilmembers Present: Michele Blythe, Jan Schuette, Debora Nelson, Marilyn Oertle, Heather Logan, Don Vanney and Mike Hopson. Council Members Absent: None. Staff Present: Mayor Barb Tolbert, Paul Ellis, Dave Ryan, Marc Hayes, Jim Kelly, Kris Wallace, City Attorney Steve Peiffle, Tony Orr, Julie Petersen, and Wendy Van Der Meersche. Also Known to be Present: Twenty-five YouTube viewers. Mayor Barb Tolbert called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., and the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call followed. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Mayor Pro Tern Jan Schuette moved to approve the agenda as presented. Councilmember Marilyn Oertle seconded the motion, which passed with a unanimous vote. INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS None. PROCLAMATIONS None. PUBLIC COMMENT None. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Pro Tern Jan Schuette moved and Councilmember Marilyn Oertle seconded the motion to approve the Consent Agenda that was unanimously carried: 1. Minutes of the December 6 and December 13, 2021 Council meetings 2. Accounts Payable: Approval of EFT Payments and Claims Checks #104299 through #104422, dated December 7, 2021 through December 20, 2021 for $1,634,817.69; Approval of Payroll EFT Payments and Checks #30133 through #30143, dated November 1, 2021 through November 30, 2021 for $1,267,297.29; Approval of EFT Payments and Claims Checks: #104423 through #104488 dated December 21, 2021 through December 30, 2021 for $1,171,720.80; #104489 through #104498 dated January 1, 2022 through January 3, 2022 for $38,565.54. 3. Contract with Pacific Groundwater Group for services associated with the Haller Wellfield Improvement Project Page 1 of 4 Minutes of the City of Arlington City Council Meeting January 3 2022 PUBLIC HEARING None. NEW BUSINESS Pole Attachment Agreement with Public Utility District No. 1of Snohomish County City Administrator Paul Ellis requested Council approve the agreement to allow the City to install fiber on their poles in areas where no fiber conduit is available. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County owns the majority of the utility poles within the City of Arlington. Many different vendors attach to these poles to provide utility services such as cable TV, telephone service and dark fiber. By signing this agreement, it gives the City the authority to lease space and install fiber on poles where available to supplement in areas where fiber conduit is not available. Discussion followed with Mr. Ellis answering Council questions. Councilmember Debora Nelson moved and Councilmember Don Vanney seconded the motion to approve the pole attachment license agreement with Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, and authorized the Mayor to sign the agreement. The motion passed unanimously. Contract with Arlington Community Resource Center City Administrator Paul Ellis requested Council approve the contract for community support services. Staff is requesting approval of a contract with the Arlington Community Resource Center (ACRC) to provide capacity funding in order to meet an increase in demand for services resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The contract is for a three-year period for an amount not to exceed $360,000. The ACRC will hire a senior support specialist and a support specialist who will provide case management to those individuals experiencing barriers to housing and employment. The focus will be on those individuals most impacted by the pandemic. Council previously approved budget for this project, however, city policy requires any contract over $150,000 to be approved by Council. On September 20, 2021, Council approved a budget for initial distributions of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding awarded by the U.S. Department of Treasury. As part of that budget, $360,000 was designated to the Arlington Community Resource Center. Discussion followed with Mr. Ellis answering Council questions. Mayor Pro Tern Jan Schuette moved and Councilmember Michele Blythe seconded the motion to approve the contract with the Arlington Community Resource Center for an amount not to exceed $360,000 and authorized the Mayor to sign it. The motion passed unanimously. Resolution of the Arlington Airport Commission relating to Consumer Price Indexed leases at the Arlington Municipal Airport Airport Director Dave Ryan requested Council ratify a resolution approved by the Airport Commission. Each year, the Airport Commission is required to approve a resolution for Page 2 of 4 Minutes of the City of Arlington City Council Meeting January 3.2022 changing fees and charges at the airport. The required five-year appraisal was completed, and the Airport has the Consumer Price Index for 2021 (CPI 5.2%). Those figures are included in this year's resolution. Most airport property values are based on the appraisal, but the CPI adjusts buildings owned by the airport. Staff recommends approval. While business leases require the Airport to raise the rates by the local CPI each year, last year Airport did not raise the hangar rates due to the current COVID-19 crisis. In addition to the CPI rate increase, land rates will go up by $0.01 per square foot. Discussion followed with Mr. Ryan answering Council questions. Councilmember Michele Blythe moved and Councilmember Marilyn Oertle seconded the motion to ratify the Resolution of the Arlington Airport Commission Relating to Consumer Price Indexed Leases at the Arlington Municipal Airport, and the increases in airport fees as set forth therein. The motion passed unanimously. Resolution for a "Center of Excellence" to be established within the northwest portion of the Airport Business Park Community and Economic Development Director Marc Hayes requested Council approve a resolution to establish an area of approximately 25 acres within the northwest portion of the Airport Business Park, as the "Center of Excellence." The area would be reserved specifically for the construction of facilities that would support the education, training, research/development, and employment support of advanced manufacturing industries. With the majority of available land being leased for industrial buildings, now more than ever, it is critical to reserve property in order to locate facilities for higher education, research/development and industry training to support both current and future employees as well as the industries that utilize this workforce. The resolution was presented to Council a year ago with an illustrative map, showing how the property could be utilized in a campus style setting. Discussion followed with Mr. Hayes answering Council questions. Mayor Pro Tem Jan Schuette moved and Councilmember Don Vanney seconded the motion to approve the resolution establishing the "Center of Excellence" within the northwest portion of the Airport Business Park, and authorized the Mayor to sign the resolution. The motion passed unanimously. Ordinance establishing a water rate adjustment for customers outside the city limits of Arlington Public Works Director Jim Kelly requested Council approve an ordinance proposing the establishment of a utility rate schedule for water service outside city limits. Since 1977, the City of Arlington has been in a Critical Water Service Area as designated by Snohomish County in accordance with the Public Water System Coordination Act (RCW 70.116 and WAC 246-293). As such, the City has worked with other local water purveyors to cooperatively establish water service areas. The City of Arlington's water service area extends beyond Arlington's incorporated city limits. Page 3 of 4 Minutes of the City of Arlington City Council Meeting - -January 3, 2022 Water service outside city limits is rural in character and less densely populated than within city limits. With a less dense water service population outside city limits, the City also recognizes that it is costlier for operations and maintenance of the water services outside city limits; the water service area outside city limits has 11% of the water distribution system and only 4% of the customer base. To offset this increased cost of operations, many other municipalities charge a separate water utility rate for water service in areas outside city limits. The City contracted with Katy Isaksen and Associates, to perform an outside city limits utility rate study to determine an appropriate outside city limits rate schedule to help defray the increase cost of outside city limits water service. Based on the rate study, staff recommends adoption of a water service schedule for outside city limits water services. Discussion followed with Mr. Kelly answering Council questions. Councilmember Debora Nelson moved and Councilmember Heather Logan seconded the motion to approve the recommendation for the establishment of a water service rate schedule for outside city limit water services and approve the ordinance adopting the new rate schedule. The motion passed unanimously. COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS Councilmember Schuette asked Airport Director Dave Ryan if Councilmembers could attend the first flight of Eviation's electric aircraft. Mr. Ryan indicated that anyone is welcome, and he will let Councilmembers now when it is scheduled. Councilmember Hopson had questions regarding a cold weather shelter in Arlington. Discussion followed with Mayor Tolbert, Councilmember Blythe. Councilmember Schuette stated that Community Transit is providing free rides to cold weather shelters. Councilmember Vanney praised the work of Maintenance and Operations keeping the streets cleaned and plowed during the snow event. ADMINISTRATOR & STAFF REPORTS None. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Tolbert wished Councilmembers a Happy New Year, and is excited about lots of new things to work on in the New Year. She stated that legislative sessions are starting next week. EXECUTIVE SESSION None. ADJOURNMENT With no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 7:31 p.m. Barbara Tolbert, Mayor Page 4 of 4