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LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:00 P.M LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:00 P.M. City of Lakewood City Council Chambers 6000 Main Street SW Lakewood, WA 98499 Page No. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS (4) 1. AWC Retro Refund Presentation. – Mr. Peter King, CEO and Mr. Brian Bishop, Program Manager, Association of Washington Cities 2. Police Chief’s Commendation Awards. PUBLIC COMMENTS C O N S E N T A G E N D A (10) A. Approval of the minutes of the City Council study session of January 13, 2020. (16) B. Approval of the minutes of the City Council meeting of January 21, 2020. (23) C. Approval of the minutes of the City Council special meeting of January 27, 2020. (24) D. Approval of the minutes of the City Council study session of January 27, 2020. (28) E. Approval of payroll checks, in the amount of $2,596,282.84, for the period of December 16, 2019 through January 15, 2020. The Council Chambers is accessible to persons with disabilities. Equipment is available for the hearing impaired. Persons requesting special accommodations or language interpreters should contact the City Clerk, 253-983-7705, as soon as possible in advance of the Council meeting so that an attempt to provide the special accommodations can be made. http://www.cityoflakewood.us Lakewood City Council Agenda -2- February 18, 2020 Page No. (30) F. Approval of claims vouchers, in the amount of $3,522,368.17, for the period of December 19, 2019 through January 15, 2020. (75) G. Motion No. 2020-07 Authorizing the execution of an agreement with Berk and Associates, Inc., to act as a consultant for the development of a Lakewood Station District Subarea Plan, Planned Action and Hybrid Form-Based code. (96) H. Motion No. 2020-08 Authorizing the execution of an agreement with Stowe Development & Strategies, in the amount of $52,485, for Lakewood Landing and other redevelopment efforts. (111) I. Motion No. 2020-09 Authorizing the acceptance of a donation of a 2015 Toyota Rav 4 from the National Insurance Crime Bureau for use related to auto theft investigations. (112) J. Ordinance No.729 Terminating a utility easement on Lakewood Drive West between 75th Street West and 76th Street West. (119) K. Resolution No. 2020-02 Approving the transfer of the non-exclusive franchise of the City of Tacoma Department of Public Utilities, Light Division, Click! Network, to provide cable television services to Rainier Connect North, LLC. (165) L. Items Filed in the Office of the City Clerk: 1. Planning Commission meeting minutes of October 16, 2019. 2. Landmarks and Heritage Advisory Board meeting minutes of November 21, 2019. 3. Public Safety Advisory Committee meeting minutes of December 4, 2019. The Council Chambers is accessible to persons with disabilities. Equipment is available for the hearing impaired. Persons requesting special accommodations or language interpreters should contact the City Clerk, 253-983-7705, as soon as possible in advance of the Council meeting so that an attempt to provide the special accommodations can be made. http://www.cityoflakewood.us Lakewood City Council Agenda -3- February 18, 2020 Page No. R E G U L A R A G E N D A UNFINISHED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS (175) Motion No. 2020-10 Appointing a Councilmember to serve on the Puget Sound Regional Council Executive Board. REPORTS BY THE CITY MANAGER (186) Census 2020 Update. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT The Council Chambers is accessible to persons with disabilities. Equipment is available for the hearing impaired. Persons requesting special accommodations or language interpreters should contact the City Clerk, 253-983-7705, as soon as possible in advance of the Council meeting so that an attempt to provide the special accommodations can be made. http://www.cityoflakewood.us About AWC Our mission: Serving our members through advocacy, education, and services 4 Full suite of programs, services, and resources 5 Strategic goals 6 AWC Retro Program Its all about service… Safety & compliance Claim management • Training . Claim resolution • Onsite safety audits . Transitional work/light-duty • WorkSafe Employer . Protests and appeals 7 City of Lakewood and AWC Retro AWC Retro began in 2004 Lakewood joined in 2010 2016 Retro Year refund highest in history $2.1M total Refund; $1.5M refunded to the 115 members Lakewood Refund = $51,655 8 Safety Efforts • Executive Leadership Team Meetings • Employee injuries and safety • Partnership with AWC Retro Pool • Best practices • Member pooling for risks and rewards • OSHA Reporting • Stay at work program • Light duty • WorkSafe Employer 9 LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION MINUTES Monday, January 13, 2020 City of Lakewood City Council Chambers 6000 Main Street SW Lakewood, WA 98499 ________________________________________________________________ CALL TO ORDER Mayor Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present: 7 – Mayor Don Anderson; Deputy Mayor Jason Whalen; Councilmembers Mary Moss, Mike Brandstetter, John Simpson, Linda Farmer and Paul Bocchi. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: Review of citizens’ advisory boards, committees and commission 2020 Work Plans. Engineering Services Manager Vigoren introduced Dr. Peter Marsh, member representing the private property owners of the American Lake – Lake Management District No. 1 Advisory Committee. Mr. Vigoren then reviewed the work plan for 2020. Assistant City Manager for Administrative Services Kraus reviewed the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee work plan. She shared that there are four vacant positions on the Committee, one representing businesses authorized to receive the tax and three representing businesses authorized to collect the tax. Planning Manager Brunell reviewed the Landmarks & Heritage Advisory Board 2019 accomplishments and work to be accomplished in 2020. Discussion ensued regarding ways to incorporate additional outreach to Clover Park School District classrooms and implementation of the historic streets program. Planning Manager Speir reviewed the Planning Commission’s work plan for 2020. Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director Dodsworth reviewed the Arts Commission work plan for 2020. Discussion ensued related to the MLK Committee and the expansion of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration to incorporate Black History month. 10 City Council Study Session Minutes -2- January 13, 2020 Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director Dodsworth reviewed the Community Services Advisory Board work plan for 2020. Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director Dodsworth reviewed the Lakewood’s Promise Advisory Board work plan for 2020. Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director Dodsworth reviewed the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board work plan for 2020. Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director Dodsworth reviewed the Youth Council work plan for 2020. City Manager Caulfield reviewed the Public Safety Advisory Committee work plan for 2020. Review of City Council liaisons to citizens’ advisory boards, committees and commissions and representation on external committees and boards. The Mayor and City Councilmembers reviewed the 2020 liaisons to the citizens’ advisory boards, committees and commissions. City Council representation is as follows: Councilmember Bocchi will serve as the liaison to the Planning Commission and Youth Council. Councilmember Brandstetter will serve as the liaison to the Public Safety Advisory Committee. Councilmember Farmer will serve as the liaison to the Community Services Advisory Board and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Councilmember Moss will serve as the liaison to Lakewood’s Promise Advisory Board. Councilmember Simpson will serve as the liaison to the Landmarks and Heritage Advisory Board. Deputy Mayor Whalen will serve as the liaison to the Arts Commission. Legacy Plan Update. Senior Policy Analyst Kelley-Fong reported that as a follow up to the May 13th and September 9th Council meetings updates to the Legacy Plan are needed to remain timely, responsive to community needs and remain competitive for grant funding. She shared that environmental scan and needs assessment areas of the plan been completed, two surveys were conducted and several community engagement events were held where feedback was received from approximately 937 individuals. 11 City Council Study Session Minutes -3- January 13, 2020 She highlighted the work accomplished by the City since adoption of the 2014 Legacy Plan and results from a Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis that was conducted. She then shared that the main themes of the analysis were related to safety, security, availability of restrooms, accessibility of programs and expansion of events. She reported that the vision and mission statement were updated to be more active and the plan has been paired down to 5 goals, 21 policies and 59 action items. She then reviewed recommendations for level of service measurements. The next review of Legacy Plan is scheduled for the City Council study session of February 24th. Discussion ensued. Review options to implement and leverage SHB 1406 funding for affordable and supportive housing. Planning Manger Speir reported that in September, 2019 the City Council adopted Resolution 2019-19 expressing intent to access SHB 1406 funds, a local revenue sharing program crediting against the state sales tax, that can be enacted for up to twenty years, in which funds can be used for maintaining, acquiring, rehabilitating or constructing affordable housing. She shared that under SHB 1406 the City
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