2017 12 21MOSES LAKE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
December 21, 2017
CALL TO ORDER:
A special meeting of the Moses Lake City Council was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Mayor Liebrecht in
the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 401 S. Balsam, Moses Lake, Washington.
ROLL CALL:
Executive Secretary Sophia Guerrero called the roll. The following were:
Present: Mayor (Acting) Liebrecht, and Council Members Norman, Riggs, Curnel, Leonard, Myers,
and Jackson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Council Member Riggs led the Council in the pledge of allegiance.
SUMMARY REPORTS:
MAYOR'S REPORTS
Mayor Liebrecht thanked the Council for accepting her role as Mayor for the last 4
months. She also informed Council of her desire to be selected as Mayor at the next
council meeting and thank you for your consideration.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS
Just a reminder to the Council, we will have Council Member Curnel and Liebrecht sworn
in at the next council meeting, January 9, 2018. We will also hold the selection process
for Mayor and Deputy Mayor.
The consensus from Council is to have a verbal vote for the selection.
CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATIONS-None
CONSENT AGENDA
#1 a. Minutes: The minutes of the December 12, 2017 meeting were presented for
approval.
b. Approval of Claims, Prepaid Claims, Checks. and Payroll: Vouchers audited and
certified by the Finance Director as required by RCW 42.24.080, and those
expense reimbursement claims, certified as required by RCW 42.24.090, have
been recorded on a listing which has been made available to the Council for
approval and is retained for public inspection at the Civic Center. As of
December 21, 2017 the Council does approve for payment claims in the amount
of $143,502.55; prepaid claim checks in the amount of $60.00 and $1,703.20;
claim checks in the amount of $2,250,839.56; and payroll in the amount of
$338,527.22.
Action Taken: Council member Curnel moved to accept the consent agenda as presented, seconded by
Council member Leonard, and passed unanimously.
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OLD BUSINESS
#2 Ordinance -2017 Comprehensive Plan Updates
An ordinance adopting the 2017 Comprehensive Plan Amendments was presented and was read by title
only.
Deputy City Manager Gilbert Alvarado explained that the proposed amendments for 2017 consist of two
site-specific land use designation changes requested by property owners. The first proposed amendment
is to re-designate approximately 4.1 3 acres from Medium Density to Commercial. The subject site is
located at the Southwest corner of the Harris Road/Stratford Road intersection and within the Moses lake
Urban Growth Area and unincorporated. The ADI Investment proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment
was denied by the Grant County Board of County Commissioners on July 25, 201 7.
The second amendment proposal was to re-designate approximately 25 acres from Parks/Open Space to
Public Facilities . The location is west of the Municipal Airport and includes the City Operations Complex
at 11789 Rd 4 NE. This area is zoned Public but the current Parks/Open Space designation does not
match the current use of City Operations for the northern portion nor the future planned use of Municipal
Airport expansion for the southern portion.
Considerable discussion from the Council and City Staff.
Action Taken: Council member Leonard moved to adopt Ordinance No. 2886 as presented, seconded by
Council member Curnel, and passed unanimously.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS -None
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS -None
EXECUTIVE SESSION -None
ADJOURNMENT: The regular meeting was adjourned at 5:45 pm.
ATTEST
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