Council Minutes for September 14, 2009 City of Bellingham, WA

RECORD OF PROCEEDING OF CITY COUNCIL

CITY OF BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
Monday, September 14, 2009, 07:00 PM
Book: 63, Page: 1

REGULAR MEETING

Called To Order The meeting was called to order by Council President Barry Buchanan who led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll Call
Present:

Jack Weiss, Council Member, First Ward
Gene Knutson, Council Member, Second Ward
Barry Buchanan, Council Member, Third Ward
Stan Snapp, Council Member, Fourth Ward
Terry Bornemann, Council Member, Fifth Ward
Barbara Ryan, Council Member, Sixth Ward
Louise Bjornson, Council Member, At Large

Excused:

ANNOUNCEMENT(S)

· On September 21 @ 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, there will be a Public Hearing regarding amendments to the Bellingham Municipal Code for exceptions to retail store size limits, or “the big box ordinance.”

· On October 5 @ 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, there will be a Public Hearing regarding Urban Village Design Guidelines and Standards.

· On October 5 @ 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, there will be a Public Hearing regarding Samish Way Urban Village Sub-area Plan and Development Regulations.

Bellingham City Council meets all requirements of the State of Washington Open Meetings Act.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

KNUTSON / WEISS moved approval of the August 24, 2009 minutes of the regular Council Meeting as submitted. MOTION CARRIED 6-0-1, SNAPP abstained due to his absence at the meeting.

15 - MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

Karen Powers, President, AFSCME Local 114 read a letter into the record expressing the members'displeasure and anger with the budget cuts that have caused layoffs and service cuts at the Library.

Dick Skeers, believes South Hills/Yew Street area should remain in the UGA. He is concerned that the city and county have conflicting goals.

Bruce Kraig, 2218-1/2 Jaeger Street spoke in support of comments made by Karen Powers.

Scott Blume, Williams Street spoke in support of comments made by Karen Powers.

PRESENTATION(S)

Council President Buchanan announced that Council Member Louise Bjornson had recently received an Advanced Certificate of Municipal Leadership from the Association of Washington Cities.

1. EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM #7: POTENTIAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION

Dave Christensen, Architect and Planner described the property commonly known as the R. G. Haley Site or Area 10 of the Waterfront and the potential development possibilities, including an overwater boardwalk, beach enhancement area, kayak launch, mixed use projects, open space, story poles of the Native American and connecting the people to the waterfront.

Joan Hoisington, City Attorney explained the terms of the agreement. The city can purchase the property from Douglas Management Company for $1 and would, along with the Bellingham Public Development Authority (BPDA), eventually assume the cleanup of site. The city would work with the BPDA, the Department of Ecology (DOE) and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to do environmental cleanup of this property.

Mayor Pike added that this would be the first public/private venture in the waterfront area. When coupled with adjacent public ownerships and nearby Boulevard Park connection it will provide the city with a chance to create a site of regional and national significance. Mayor Pike thanked former Mayor Ken Hertz, who took a leadership role in bringing this forward. The site has 850'of Bellingham Bay Waterfront. When it's combined with DNR, Port of Bellingham and other city ownerships, there will be another 2,500'of waterfront. The combination of public and private will provide more cost effective opportunities for cleanup. The DOE will encourage and help the city in the pursuit of those funds. In addition it would create opportunities for mixed use development, which would help offset some costs and develop a larger area than Boulevard Park. He reiterated that this site would connect linearly with Boulevard Park and Taylor Dock and provide a connection into downtown. If this comes to fruition, the property would be managed by the Bellingham Public Development Authority.

KNUTSON / WEISS moved to authorize the Mayor to enter into an agreement for the Purchase and Sale in Lieu of Condemnation with Douglas Management Company, for $1.00, of the site commonly known as the “R. G. Haley” property.

Mayor Pike noted that the funds that will be used on this are funds that would not be eligible for salaries.

Council Member Ryan asked about the potential cost of cleanup.

Mayor Pike explained that in discussions with the DOE, they believe, the range of cost for cleanup is likely to be in the $4-5 million range. And the city has an opportunity to pursue some federal grants in addition to the state funds and those funds could be used to match each other. It may turn out that there are no city funds used for this cleanup.

MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

AB18571 2. H1N1 FLU UPDATE BY DR. GREG STERN, WHATCOM COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Dr. Greg Stern provided an update on the H1N1 Flu virus. Since his update to council in May, researchers have found that the flu has retained it's relatively mild to moderate virulence although younger age groups are affected more than with seasonal flu. He noted that since April there have been 164 hospitalizations and 16 deaths from confirmed H1N1 infection in Washington State. The vaccine for H1N1 is being tested now and he anticipates delivery of the first supplies in early October.

Information only.

PUBLIC HEARING(S)

AB18572 1. A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE BIRCHWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN

Greg Aucutt, Senior Planner explained that this is one of a series of Comprehensive Plan amendments that council will be considering throughout the fall. Consideration of the updated Comprehensive Plan will take place in December. The proposal was initiated by the Birchwood Neighborhood.

Moshé Quinn, Planner, noted that the proposal removes outdated information and clarifies information throughout the plan. Staff is also proposing other language that will make it more consistent to the city's adopted Comprehensive Plan. The Planning Commission recommends approval.

Council President Buchanan opened the public hearing.

Kurt Baumgarten, 2807 Patton Street spoke in support of the amendments on behalf of the Birchwood Neighborhood Board and emphasized that these amendments have been reviewed by the neighborhood and are housekeeping in nature.

Mark Brown, 2707 Grove Street support's maintaining on-street parking on Northwest Avenue. He said removing any on-street parking on the Northwest Avenue corridor is going to decrease access to small businesses that are presently there. Most of those businesses were previously single family homes and the lots are quite small so those businesses rely upon the few extra spots they can get in front of their businesses. Additionally, studies in other locations have shown that removing on-street parking gives drivers a sense of a wider arterial causing increased speeds, which would be an additional concern with the many cars that serve Shuksan Middle School.

There being no further comments, the public hearing was closed.

Council Member Ryan is concerned about the inconsistencies with the Comprehensive Plan and overlaps with other parts of the plan such as the Transportation element and Goals for Infill. In several different places it talks about low density. She is reluctant to support a plan that calls for low density development in this neighborhood because it means that other neighborhoods are going to be medium or high density. And, it usurps the ability of the Transportation Commission in mitigating for traffic, the street network and overall coordinated citywide plan for transportation.

Tim Stewart, Director of Planning & Community Development, acknowledged that they are valid observations as Bellingham is unique in the way that its'land use regulatory structure was built and is now implemented. The neighborhood plans were once the zoning code for the city and established land use regulations. Growth Management requires the city to integrate our plans so that the city's plans are consistent with the neighborhood plans; countywide planning policies and the county plans. One of the challenges is that we have 24 individual neighborhood plans that have formed the basis of our overall Comprehensive Plan and the question is, how do we move into the next generation of planning? And, how do we work with neighborhoods to get their input into their neighborhood plan at the same time as we update our Comprehensive Plan? We may look at some alternatives in how we want to address those questions in the 2010 update.

Council Member Ryan feels this could be misunderstood. People in the neighborhood believe they have determined what a single street is going to look like or that their neighborhood is going to be low density and our Comprehensive Plan calls for infill.

Mr. Stewart explained that the neighborhood areas that are identified for low density are also identified in the Comprehensive Plan as low density neighborhoods.

Mr. Aucutt added that the low density designations in the neighborhood plan are not new or changing. With respect to the transportation and water and sewer sections, staff has pulled out the specifics and referred readers to the Comprehensive Plan.

Council Member Weiss said that this is a result of a lot of work on the neighborhoods'part. Even though it is doing nothing to improve the planning aspect of the neighborhood it does bring everything up to date. This will provide the format necessary to do planning and that would be their next step.

WEISS / KNUTSON moved to direct staff to prepare an ordinance approving the proposed changes to the Birchwood Neighborhood Plan, to be included with Comprehensive Plan amendments.

Council Member Snapp also feels there are conflicts with goals in the Comprehensive Plan. This neighborhood has many large lots that are long and narrow and are prime candidates for the infill toolkit. There is a statement that says, 'lots are generally too narrow to be divided in width so subdivision would require multiple lot ownership and would result in intrusion of residences into interior open spaces', and it talks about the desirability of rural character. He feels this is all contrary to what we're trying to do with our Goals of Infill. He asked, “how do we reconcile that?”

Mr. Stewart said there are multiple values at play here - preservation and neighborhood character are fundamental values that are articulated in many of the neighborhood plans. Change to the actual land form of the lots and the way that its'been built out takes a huge amount of energy and work to build consensus about what that change should be. The most productive way of doing that is in collaboration with the neighborhood.

Council Member Weiss asked if incentives could be used.

Mr. Stewart explained that incentives were used in Seattle including improved public services, improved parks, improved streetscapes, trails and so forth. Quite frankly, though, with the city's budget situation, he does not know how the city could afford to provide financial incentives for that kind of redevelopment. Increased density is good but without the supporting amenities he does not think there is a balance of increasing densities with the infrastructure that can support the higher density populations. For this, he does not have an answer.

Council Member Bornemann will support the proposal as the neighbors did bring it forward in good faith. He suggested that an incentive might be to provide further education and examples of how different types of infill models would work.

Council Member Bjornson noted a few statistics about the Birchwood Neighborhood.

· It is one of the more populated neighborhoods in the city with 5,000 residents.
· There are a few big lots left but a lot of them were divided on the ends so these little lots overlook a few big lots. It makes it look like everyone has a big lot but there's only a few in each block.
· Half of the people in the neighborhood live in apartments plus a lot of them live on the small lots that are very affordable.
· This is the lowest income neighborhood in the city with over 64% of the children receiving free and reduced lunch.
· The back yards were laid out in the early days to grow gardens and fruit trees. The back yards serve in place of parks that other neighborhoods have.

MOTION CARRIED 6-1, BARBARA RYAN opposed.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS:

TRANSPORTATION
MEMBERS: JACK WEISS, CHAIR; BARBARA RYAN; STAN SNAPP

AB18573 1. UPDATE TO CITY COUNCIL BY TOM PARKER, TRANSPORTATION LOBBYIST FOR WHATCOM COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND CITY OF BELLINGHAM

Council Member Weiss reported that Tom Parker, Transportation Lobbyist for the Whatcom Council of Governments, provided a brief update on legislative activities during committee.

Information only.

WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT
MEMBERS: JACK WEISS, CHAIR; BARBARA RYAN; TERRY BORNEMANN

AB18524 1. WORK-SESSION ON THE DRAFT SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM REGARDING THE WATERFRONT DISTRICT

[Editor's note: Bellingham Planning Commission proposed language, pps. 75-82 of the agenda packet; Port of Bellingham alternative language, pps. 87-98 of the agenda packet.]

Council Member Weiss reported that there had been no recommendation from committee.

Tim Stewart, Director of Planning & Community Development explained that the main benefit to the Port of Bellingham's proposal is the addition of the Recreational Shoreline sub-areas. This is a change from when the Shoreline Master Program (SMP) was originally drafted - where the whole waterfront was referred to as part of the New Whatcom District and no areas were set aside for parks. Another benefit is that there would be no discretion in terms of the certainty of what the setback is for the various uses; it would be a bright hard line and would make regulation fairly simple. The new regulations, if approved by the Department of Ecology (DOE), would become the regulations that would govern the site whether or not a Master Plan is eventually adopted. And under the current regulations, the Interim Non-industrial Uses (Title 20), there are a whole series of permitted uses, which would be allowed or permitted on the site even without a Master Plan. Those uses would be subject to the regulatory SMP including the Recreational Shoreline Regulation.

Steve Sundin, Planner explained further, that the interim uses would be permitted on the site overall. The SMP is more restrictive. Interim uses listed in the code doesn't mean they are automatically allowed in the shoreline. By the time the SMP goes through all the Department of Ecology review and approval, staff estimates the SMP will be completed in 2011. From now and until then, the 1989 SMP applies. The existing SMP is very narrow in the uses that it allows, most of which, have to be either water dependent or public access. Mr. Sundin said that staff expects the rules to be more flexible in time. A Master Plan would have to be compliant with the SMP. A Master Plan, when it's completed, would then be processed as a shoreline permit and would have to be consistent with the [then current] SMP. A permit would then be easier to revise and change as circumstances change over time.

Council Member Knutson asked how the proposals would differ if a coffee shop were to be established.

Mr. Sundin said:

· Under the 1989 SMP - a coffee shop in the upland areas on this property which is Shoreline Designated Urban Maritime requires a Conditional Use Permit.
· Under the two current proposals - in both cases a coffee shop would be allowed and then it would come down to the area of habitat or buffer between the shoreline and the coffee shop and then how far that use would be set back.

For example, in the Recreational Shoreline area the buffer area would be somewhere between 25 and 50'and the use would be set back somewhere between 50'and 200'.

Council Member Bornemann said that right now we don't have a Recreational Shoreline Area - everything is zoned heavy industrial. If we pass something, at what point would those designations go into place?

Mr. Sundin replied that the changes would go into place at the time the DOE give the final approval on the Shoreline Master Program.

Details of the proposals, using different scenarios, were discussed at length by council and staff in order to clarify options, alternatives and setbacks.

Mr. Stewart pointed out that until the SMP is implemented [estimated 2011] everything outside of the 200'jurisdiction could move forward.

Council Member Snapp expressed concern that interim construction staging and environmental remediation uses do not seem consistent with the Recreational Zone. He said he understands that those uses would be temporary during construction but construction and environmental remediation (cleaning up the waterway) could go on indefinitely.

Mr. Stewart concurred with Mr. Snapp's observation that staging and environmental remediation could be allowed in all of the Recreational Shoreline designations.

Council Member Bjornson said she would like to make sure that whatever is adopted, it allows for benches and open seating next to the shoreline.

KNUTSON /SNAPP moved to postpone further consideration to the September 21, 2009 council meeting. MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
MEMBERS: TERRY BORNEMANN, CHAIR; BARBARA RYAN; JACK WEISS; LOUISE BJORNSON

AB18574 1. LATEST COUNTY RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING 20-YEAR GROWTH FORECASTS AND POTENTIAL CHANGES TO BELLINGHAM'S URBAN GROWTH AREA BOUNDARY

Council Member Bornemann reported that on August 19, 2009 County Executive Pete Kremen released his recommendations regarding the 20-Year Population and Employment Growth Forecast and Potential Changes to the Urban Growth Area Boundaries. Staff provided a summary of Executive Kremen recommendations as they pertain to the city's Urban Growth Area. Key points the council has been asked to consider are increasing the population projections by 3,150; to remove Hillsdale and Geneva from the Urban Growth Area and to move the Southern portion of Yew Street UGA from the UGA and placing it into a new reserve category to be reviewed again in two years. There was no recommendation from committee.

Greg Aucutt, Senior Planner clarified that there was no residential capacity assigned to either downtown or Fairhaven in the County's Land Capacity Analysis

BORNEMANN / BARBARA RYAN moved to direct staff to prepare a letter accepting the population projection of 116,202 recommended by the County Executive.

Council Member Ryan recalled that when the City of Bellingham was working with all the small cities and the county, we asked the county to propose some changes in the zoning to protect more of the agricultural land in the county and open spaces. The County Executive has taken to heart that idea and has eliminated approximately 3,000 acres that would have been consumed by small city growth, to create new agricultural land. Ms. Ryan will support the increased population projection.

Council Member Bjornson expressed concern about finding places for the increased number of population.

Mayor Pike said that he feels this is a reasonable number to accommodate. In two years there will be process that will allow us better insights into where we are. He said he was heartened to see that the County Executive is making moves in the right direction: trying to move towards downzoning and preserving some of the agricultural lands and making some appropriate adjustments to the UGA's.

Council Member Bornemann recalled that this increased number is the same as what the staff had originally recommended and it was the consensus of the council to go with a lower population number.

Mr. Aucutt explained that over the next two years, staff will be looking at capacity for that number - looking to see what our achieved densities are; what the constraints are with steep slopes and critical areas and our infrastructure and then we will be debating and discussing how we should accommodate that growth by using urban villages, downtown, infill, or at the edge.

MOTION CARRIED 6-1, BJORNSON opposed.

BARBARA RYAN / BORNEMANN moved to direct staff to include in the letter to the County Executive the city's recommendation that the Geneva and Hillsdale areas remain in Bellingham's UGA. Additionally, if the ultimate decision by the county is to remove these areas from the UGA, the city urges the county to adopt the development and environmental protection standards recently adopted by the city for the Silver Beach area of Bellingham and to provide the necessary resources to enforce these standards.

Council and staff had a lengthy discussion regarding this proposal. The overriding concern is the protection of Lake Whatcom. The city has made its'commitment clear through its'stormwater management and property acquisition. Other factors that were discussed and considered were:

· The GMA is premised on annexing and urbanizing areas that are already urbanized
· Geneva and Hillsdale areas have an urban infrastructure that supports being included into a city.
· Those areas developed because of the city.
· The city has more resources to provide better protection.
· Hillsdale and Geneva have been in the UGA for quite a while yet there has been very little effort by anyone to bring these into the city.
· Would these areas be annexed within the GMA timeframe?
· The details of providing fire protection in both areas are quite different and would have to be worked out with the current services.
· The water and sewer district issue in Geneva makes the issue more complex.
· There is not a mandate to annex but it is expected if you are in an UGA and are being served with urban levels of service of water and sewer.
· This would help to balance the UGA's, the population growth numbers and which areas should be appropriate for city growth.
· In Hillsdale any further development would be on septic systems whereas in Geneva sewers are in place.

MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

WEISS / BORNEMANN moved to direct staff to include in the letter to the County Executive that the city accepts the county's recommendation to remove the southern half of the Yew Street area from the UGA and place it in a UGA Reserve category.

Mayor Pike explained that having this area placed in an urban reserve status for the next two years will allow the city to work on the Comprehensive Plan update and figure out whether or not we want to include or exclude the area. It doesn't do any harm and it lets us take that time to look at the issue carefully and to make a sound decision.

Council Member Bjornson said there have been road improvements in that area, the city put in a new water tower some years ago, there is a new school and the city is looking at stormwater improvements so the water won't run into Lake Padden. She feels that eventually the city will want to annex the Yew Street area so she does not support taking it out of the UGA as it would leave an island of people with a school and city park.

MOTION CARRIED 6-1, BJORNSON opposed.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MEMBERS: BARRY BUCHANAN, CHAIR

AB18575 1. CONSIDERATION OF THE MUSEUM OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM AND THE WHATCOM MUSEUM FOUNDATION

BARBARA RYAN / BJORNSON moved to authorize the Mayor to execute the 2009 Museum Operating Agreement with the Whatcom Museum Foundation. MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

AB18576 CB 13552
2. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO BMC 2.39 MUSEUM, AMENDING THIS CHAPTER TO REFLECT THE CURRENT NAME OF THE WHATCOM MUSEUM FOUNDATION AND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF THE 2009 MUSEUM OPERATING AGREEMENT

BARBARA RYAN / BJORNSON moved approval for first and second reading. MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

1. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND/OR SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES

None submitted at evening meeting.

2. OLD/NEW BUSINESS

Council Member Bornemann proposed that the council support the Mayor's decision to offer John Stewart the key to the city.

Council Member Bjornson noted that the United States Post Office will remain downtown.

EXECUTIVE SESSION – Report only.

1. POTENTIAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION: Staff provided an update on the status of a potential property acquisition. No action was taken.

2. POTENTIAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION: Staff provided an update on the status of a potential property acquisition. No action was taken.

3. POTENTIAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION: Staff provided updated information on potential acquisition of approximately .74 acres on Fairhaven Avenue in Chuckanut Village.

SNAPP / BORNEMANN moved to authorize the purchase of said property at a purchase price of $350,000. MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

4. LITIGATION: Matia v. City of Bellingham: An update was provided to council on a pending litigation matter. No action was taken.

5. CLAIM FOR DAMAGES NO. 2008-24: An update was provided to council on a pending litigation matter. No action was taken.

6. CLAIM FOR DAMAGES NO. 2008-22: Staff provided a briefing on an appeal under BMC 4.16.020, which authorizes claimants to appeal a denial of a claim for damages. Council considered Claim for Damages No. 2008-22.

BARBARA RYAN / WEISS moved to deny Claim No. 2008-22. MOTION CARRIED 7-0

7. POTENTIAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION: See Council action at beginning of meeting under Presentations.

8. POTENTIAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION: Staff provided update on the status of a potential property acquisition. Information only. No action was taken.

MAYOR'S REPORT

Mayor Pike addressed comments made during public comment. He said, no proposal was ever presented to the city by the larger AFSCME group. There were some discussions about whether or not furloughs would be appropriate. His position was that they could not be the entire solution because they are not sustainable on their own but they could be part of a solution. Another represented group did, in fact, put forward a proposal that included a furlough portion as part of what they voted on as a group. Two subgroups of AFSCME, 114F and 114L, did follow a typical process by developing a proposal which was presented to their members, voted on and approved. A proposal was presented to the larger group but it was not presented to their members and a counterproposal was not offered. He added that the size of [employee] cuts and the percentage of cuts that the library has had to undergo were not the largest cuts that the city affected across the different work groups and bargaining groups. Mayor Pike said that he would present a matrix of all departments and what they have taken in terms of cuts since last August and it would be available to council before September 21, 2009.

AB18577 1. MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF ANDREA HAAS AS THE PUGET REPRESENTATIVE TO THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMISSION

Information only.

AB18578 2. MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF MORGAN HOLMGREN AS THE WWU CO-CHAIR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMISSION

Information only.

CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed on the Consent Agenda are considered routine and/or non-controversial items and may be approved in a single motion. Committee review has taken place during the afternoon session on most of these items. A member of the Council may ask that an item be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately.

AB18579 CB 13553
1. BUDGET ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 2009 BUDGET AND UPGRADING THREE PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM SALARY GRADE 6, PLAN B TO SALARY GRADE 9, PLAN B

AB18580 2. BID AWARD FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES (NO. 47B-2009)

AB18581 3. AUTHORIZATION OF CHECK ISSUE FOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FROM AUGUST 21 TO AUGUST 28, 2009

AB18582 4. AUTHORIZATION OF CHECK ISSUE FOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ON AUGUST 31, 2009

AB18583 5. AUTHORIZATION OF CHECK ISSUE FOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FROM AUGUST 28 TO SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

AB18584 6. AUTHORIZATION OF CHECK ISSUE FOR PAYROLL AUGUST 1 TO AUGUST 15, 2009.

KNUTSON / BARBARA RYAN moved to approve the Consent Agenda in its entirety. MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

FINAL CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES

AB18553 1. CB 13551
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM AMENDING BELLINGHAM MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 4.80.110 REGARDING THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS.

BORNEMANN / KNUTSON moved approval for third and final reading. Upon motion, said bill was placed on final passage and approved by the following roll call vote:

AYES: BJORNSON, BORNEMANN, BUCHANAN, KNUTSON, BARBARA RYAN, SNAPP, WEISS
NAYS:
ABSTENTIONS:
EXCUSED:

MOTION CARRIED 7-0 and was thereafter named Ordinance #2009-09-058

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:55. Barry Buchanan, Council President

ATTEST: Linda D. Anderson City Clerk Representative
APPROVED: 10/05/2009

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