Mayor Colinas called the regular Brier City Council Meeting to order at 7:00:22 PM and the flag salute was given.

Roll Call:                 

PRESENT:                                  Mayor Colinas; Councilmember Kaemingk, Krienke, Steele, Gallagher, Nick and Joplin.

ABSENT:                                    Councilmember Olson.

STAFF:                                       Clerk-Treasurer Swisher; City Planner Gaudette.

Public Requests & Oral Communications:

Margo Hansen, North Castle Way – would like to get a crosswalk at the intersection of 25^th and 228^th.

Reports of Committees & City Officials:

Councilmember Kaemingk attended the Planning Commission meeting on July 16^th.

Councilmember Steele attended the ESCA budget committee meeting on July 17^th and will attend the ESCA Board meeting on July 24^th.

Councilmember Nick attended the Parks Board meeting on July 9^th.

Approval of Minutes:

Mayor Colinas opened for consideration approval of the Brier City Council Minutes of July 8, 2014. Councilmember Nick made a MOTION to approve the Brier City Council Minutes of July 8, 2014. Councilmember Joplin SECONDED. Motion Carried.

Mayor Colinas opened for consideration approval of the Brier City Council Workshop Minutes of July 15, 2014. Councilmember Gallagher made a MOTION to approve Brier City Council Workshop Minutes of July 15, 2014. Councilmember Krienke SECONDED. Motion Carried.

Hearings:

Mayor Colinas announced the hearing for the North Castle Way Annexation Rezoning and introduced City Planner Gaudette to give a brief overview. Mayor Colinas opened the Public Hearing at 7:09:52 PM.

Tom Hanson, North Castle Way – the primary reason for moving to this area 7 years ago was the large lot sizes and he hopes the Council will approve the annexation rezoning.

Cooper, North Castle Way – is in favor of the zoning annexation.

Pamela Smith, North Castle Way – has lived in her home for 35 years and hopes the annexation goes through to give them increased police protection.

M.L. DeMorret, Brier – asked if the City of Brier is back up to Snohomish County for police protection and do we get additional revenue by bringing in the homes in the annexation.

Michelle Dean, North Castle Way – loves the space in the area and the wildlife and hopes the annexation moves forward.

Mayor Colinas closed the Public Hearing at 7:16:39 PM.

Ordinances, Resolutions & Orders

Mayor Colinas opened consideration of Resolution #548 stating the City of Brier’s intent to annex the North Castle Way area and transmitting the matter to the Snohomish County Boundary Review Board.  Councilmember Steele made a MOTION to approve Resolution #548 stating the City of Brier’s intent to annex the North Castle Way area and transmitting the matter to the Snohomish County Boundary Review Board. Councilmember Gallagher SECONDED. Motion Carried.

Mayor Colinas opened consideration of Ordinance #418 stating the City of Brier’s intent to annex the North Castle Way Annexation Area and Assigning New Zoning. Councilmember Joplin made a MOTION to approve Ordinance #418 stating the City of Brier’s intent to annex the North Castle Way Annexation Area and Assigning New Zoning. Councilmember Nick SECONDED. Motion Carried.

New Business, Petitions, Communications, Applications & Appeals:

Mayor Colinas opened for consideration the authorization of the Mayor’s signature on the Interlocal Agreement with Snohomish County Housing & Community Development Urban County Consortium.  Councilmember Gallagher made a MOTION to authorize the Mayor’s signature on the Interlocal Agreement with Snohomish County Housing & Community Development Urban County Consortium. Councilmember Steele SECONDED. Motion Carried.

Miscellaneous Business by Call of Councilmembers & City Officials:

Mayor Colinas opened for discussion the purchase of park benches to go around the trail and provided some quotes that he had gathered for the Council’s consideration. Councilmember Krienke made a MOTION to support the Mayor in the acquiring of park benches up to a maximum amount of $5,500. Councilmember Kaemingk SECONDED. Motion Carried.

Councilmember Steele made a MOTION to cancel the Brier City Council Workshop meeting of August 5th. Councilmember Gallagher SECONDED. Motion Carried.

City Clerk-Treasurer Swisher informed the Council of the increase coming from Genworth the group who holds the long term care policy for our LEOFF I retiree.

Adjournment:

Mayor Colinas declared the meeting adjourned at 7:41:58 PM .