CITY OF BLAINE
Zoom
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Monday, February 28, 2022
6:00 PM
Mary Lou Steward – Mayor
Richard May – Mayor Pro Tem
Due to Governor Inslee’s proclamation in response to COVID-19, this City Council meeting will be conducted entirely through teleconference. Councilmembers will separately call into the meeting and the public will be able to listen live as the meeting happens. All callers will be muted during the meeting. All City Council meeting recordings are on the City’s website. Instructions on how to listen live to the City Council meeting are below:
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A. STUDY SESSION: 5:00 PM – Review of Prior Police Station Annex Decisions and Options for Path Forward
B. CALL TO ORDER
Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance – Led by Mayor Steward
ROLL CALL
COUNCILMEMBERS: Garth Baldwin, Eric Davidson, Kerena Higgins, Mike Hill, Rhyan Lopez, Richard May, and Mary Lou Steward.
C. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION - If you wish to speak during the audience participation portion of the meeting, please use the “raise your hand” function via Zoom. Instructions on how to do this are at the bottom of the agenda.
D. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
1. Emails dated February 20, 2022, and February 21, 2022, from Dave Stratis, regarding Canadians under threat.
2. Email dated February 24, 2022, from Jay Taber, regarding old City Hall.
3. Letter dated February 24, 2022, from Michael Jones, regarding the appointment of Natalya Snell to the Civil Service Commission.
4. Email dated February 25, 2022, from Michael Jones, regarding management salary study.
E. WEEKLY BLAINE LEGISLATIVE REPORT
1. February 16, 2022
2. February 22, 2022
F. CONSENT AGENDA
Items listed below will be enacted by one motion. If separate discussion is desired on an item, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda at the request of a Councilmember.
1. Voucher Memo:
Approval of Bills: $242,864.22
2. Approval of February 4, 2022, City Council Retreat Minutes.
3. Approval of February 14, 2022, City Council Minutes.
4. Resolution 1877-22, updating the Unified Fee Schedule. (Crawford)
5. Amending employment agreement with Samuel Crawford, City Clerk/Assistant to the City Manager.
6. Amending employment agreement with Stacie Pratschner, Community Development Services Director.
G. COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS
1. Final approval of Ordinance 22-2978, Granting Cascade Natural Gas corporation, a corporation, its successors, grantees and assigns the nonexclusive right, privilege, authority and franchise to install, construct, operate, maintain, remove, replace, and repair new and existing pipeline facilities, together with equipment and appurtenances thereto, for the transportation of natural gas within and through the City of Blaine. (Ziemianek)
2. Resolution 1878-22, Updating Financial Reserves policy. (Heverling)
H. COMMISSION, COMMITTEE AND BOARD REPORTS
1. Small Cities – Mary Lou Steward and Michael Jones.
I. DEPARTMENT REPORTS
1. Finance Department – Daniel Heverling
a. New Hire Update
2. Community Development Services – Stacie Pratschner
a. Mural Update
J. CALENDARS
Due to COVID-19 and the Governor’s Proclamation, meetings are now only open to the public telephonically. Information on how to listen to the meeting live will be on the City Council agenda which is located on the City’s website homepage under Your Government, City Council, City Council Agenda. Please check the agenda prior to each meeting as the call-in number or location may change.
Thursday, March 10
9:00am – Park and Cemetery Board Meeting
10:00am – Public Works Advisory Board Meeting
6:00pm – Planning Commission Meeting
Monday, March 14
6:00pm – City Council Meeting
Tuesday, March 22
3:00pm – Civil Service Commission Meeting
Thursday, March 24
6:00 – Planning Commission Meeting
Monday, March 28
6:00pm – City Council Meeting
Contact information for staff and Councilmembers can be found on the City’s website.
K. COUNCIL UNFINISHED BUSINESS
L. COUNCIL NEW BUSINESS
M. EXECUTIVE SESSION: approximately 6:30 PM – to discuss collective bargaining pursuant to RCW 42.30.140(4)(b), with no action to be taken.
N. ADJOURN
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Requirement: The meeting location is accessible. If you require a special accommodation during your attendance at any public meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office (360) 332-8311 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting date you will be attending. Thank you.
Information on how to view or listen to this City Council Meeting live is below.
Meeting Details
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For members of the public who want to listen to the meeting, call one of the numbers below:
Dial by your location
• +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
• 888 475 4499 US Toll-free
• 833 548 0276 US Toll-free
• 833 548 0282 US Toll-free
• 877 853 5257 US Toll-free
Meeting ID: 632 636 5553
Participant ID: #
Passcode: 427636
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbVzu9PCmA
Follow the instructions below if you want to give testimony during audience participation or public hearing. Please note that only testimony on the public hearing topic will be placed into the record.
2. When the Chair opens the Audience Participation or Public Hearing, please “raise your hand” (via the “raise hand” option in Zoom) and you will be placed in a queue. When it is your time to speak, the Zoom moderator will call on you and provide you five minutes to make your comments (if you're not planning on providing public comment, no action is required once you join the meeting).
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Zoom Tips on Raising Your Hand
For members of the public who want to listen to the meeting, call one of the numbers below:
Dial by your location
• +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
• 888 475 4499 US Toll-free
• 833 548 0276 US Toll-free
• 833 548 0282 US Toll-free
• 877 853 5257 US Toll-free
Meeting ID: 632 636 5553
Participant ID: #
Passcode: 427636
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbVzu9PCmA
All callers will be placed on mute until called upon to speak. Otherwise, callers will be placed on mute fo