GRANDVIEW CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

1.         CALL TO ORDER

Mayor Norm Childress called the regular meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall.

Present were:  Mayor Norm Childress and Councilmembers Helen Darr, Bill Flory, Pam Horner, Jan McDonald, Robert Morales, Javier Rodriguez and Joan Souders.

Staff present were:  City Administrator Scott Staples, City Attorney Jack Maxwell, and City Clerk Anita Palacios.

 2.        PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Dustin Poe, Student of the Month at McClure Elementary School, lead the pledge of allegiance.

3.         PUBLIC COMMENT - None

4.         CONSENT AGENDA

On motion by Councilmember Horner, second by Councilmember Souders, Council unanimously approved the Consent Agenda consisting of the following:

            A.         Minutes of the January 16, 2007 study session                                                        

            B.         Minutes of the January 16, 2007 regular meeting                                                                              

C.                 2007 Claim Warrant Nos. 77857-78017 in the amount of $440,939.40        

D.                 Payroll Warrant approval for January 31, 2007

E.                 Resolution No. 2007-2 authorized the City Treasurer to write-off uncollectible Municipal Court accounts

F.                  Resolution No. 2007-3 authorized the Mayor to sign a contract for Indigent Defense Services

G.                 Resolution No. 2007-4 approved the Public Works Department Bargaining Unit Agreement between the City of Grandview and Teamsters Local No. 760 for the period of January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009

5.         ACTIVE AGENDA

A.                  Olmstead Annexation

·         Accepted Letter of Intent and Petition for Annexation and authorized use of Hearing Examiner

The City received a Letter of Intent and Petition for Annexation and Rezone signed by the following property owners that want to annex their property to the City of Grandview:

The petitioners elected to request annexation under the 60% petition method of annexation.  The 60% petition method required signatures by owners of not less than 60% of the assessed value of the total property proposed for annexation.  The petition contained sufficient signatures and the assessed value ($838,350) of those property owners signing was 71%. 

The following parcels would be included in the annexation, but the property owners had not signed the petition:

The total assessed value of the properties proposed for annexation was $1,187,800, with a total acreage of 86.32, see map attached hereto and incorporated herein as part of these minutes.

The petitioners requested the area be annexed with an R-1 Single Family Residential zoning.  The parcels were included in the City’s Urban Growth Area.  The parcels located south of the abandoned railroad right-of-way were currently designated residential and the parcels located north of the abandoned railroad right-of-way were currently designated industrial in the Future Land Use Designations.

State law required that the City Council determine: (1) if the City would accept, modify or reject the proposed annexation, (2) whether the City would require the simultaneous adoption of a proposed zoning regulation for the subject property, and (3) whether the City would require the assumption of all or any portion of existing City indebtedness by the area to be annexed.

Prior practice upon acceptance of a Letter of Intent to annex, the Petition was presented to the Planning Commission for a public hearing.  For this land use decision, City Administrator Staples requested that the Council agree to have the annexation petition heard by a hearing examiner in order to meet appearance of fairness as Mr. Don Olmstead, Jr., was chairman of the City’s Planning Commission.

On motion by Councilmember Morales, second by Councilmember Flory, Council unanimously accepted the proposed annexation, required the simultaneous adoption of zoning regulations consistent with the Urban Growth Area Future Land Use Designations--R-1 Single Family Residential and required the assumption of all existing City indebtedness by the properties proposed to be annexed the same as all other property within the City in accordance with past practice, and agreed to have the annexation petition heard by a hearing examiner.

6.         COUNCILMEMBER MEETING REPORTS

DRYVE Meeting – Councilmember Souders attended the Lower Valley DRYVE meeting on February 1^st. 

AWC Legislative Conference – Mayor Childress, Councilmember McDonald and City Administrator Staples will be attending the AWC Legislative Action Conference on February 14^th and 15^th in Olympia.

7.         ADJOURNMENT

The regular meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m.

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Mayor Norm Childress                                                Anita Palacios, City Clerk