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

Roll Call:

Present: Mayor Kaemingk, Councilmembers Gallagher, Krienke, Councilmember Lockhart, Marley, Moran, Nick and Rosman.

Staff: City Clerk Swisher, Deputy Clerk Snowden, Police Chief Almquist, Interim City Planner Michaelis.

Public Requests & Oral Communications:

Harmony Crawford - Brier, stood up and introduced herself as the person that the Council would be considering as the Mayor's appointment to the Parks Board this evening.

Sham Othman - Brier, asked what the period of time was that Brier used blasting materials to control the moles in Brier Park.

Reports of Committees & City Officials:

Councilmember Marley reviewed claim checks on May 21.

Councilmember Gallagher attended the AWC small cities dinner in La Conner.

Police Chief Almquist stated that another applicant is going through the hiring process, a lateral officer from Bothell.

Approval of Minutes:

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the Brier City Council Minutes of May 23, 2023. Motion: Approve the Brier City Council Minutes of May 23, 2023. Moved by Councilmember Nick, Seconded by Councilmember Lockhart. Motion Carried.

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the Brier City Council Workshop Minutes of June 6, 2023. Motion: Approve the Brier City Council Workshop Minutes of June 6, 2023. Moved by Councilmember Gallagher, Seconded by Councilmember Marley. Motion Carried.

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the Interlocal Agreement with Snohomish County Sheriff's Office for interim coverage. Motion: Approve the Interlocal Agreement with Snohomish County Sheriff's Office for interim coverage. Moved by Councilmember Gallagher, Seconded by Councilmember Moran. Councilmember Krienke was very frustrated as to how the discussions went between all that were involved. Council discussion. Motion Carried.

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the estimate provided by Whirlwind Clean and Green to perform maintenance on the stormwater catch basins not to exceed the amount of $21,000.00. Motion: Approve the estimate provided by Whirlwind Clean and Green to perform maintenance on the stormwater catch basins not to exceed the amount of $21,000.00. Moved by Councilmember Krienke, Seconded by Councilmember Lockhart. Motion Carried.

Hearings:

Mayor Kaemingk opened for Public Hearing and consideration of Home Occupation Business 605244454 located at 21703 Oak Way by Yiran Wang for Flow into Focus, LLC. Deputy Clerk Snowden gave a brief overview of the business proposal. Mayor opened the public hearing at 7:31 PM. Ms. Wang introduced herself and talked about her background regarding well-being and health. She clarified the class schedule and how she is going to incentivized clients to ride their bike or walk

ML DeMorret - Brier, asked about business insurance. Ms. Wang offered to supply the insurance certificate.

Karla Wood - Brier, mentioned that traffic won't be a problem in her opinion.

7:39 PM Mayor Kaemingk closed the public hearing.

Motion: Approve the Home Occupation 605244454 located at 21703 Oak Way by Yiran Wang for Flow into Focus, LLC. Moved by Councilmember Krienke, Seconded by Councilmember Nick. Council discussion.

Motion: Amended the motion to limit customer parking to 4 cars in the driveway. Moved by Councilmember Rosman, Seconded by Councilmember Marley. Motion Carried.

Motion: Amended the motion to restrict the operation to 10 total classes per week. Moved by Councilmember Marley, None seconded. Council discussion. Motion died for lack of a second.

Motion: Table the approval of the Home Occupation 605244454 located at 21703 Oak Way by Yiran Wang for Flow into Focus, LLC to allow the business owner to resubmit her plan regarding the concerns of parking, traffic volume and operating hours. Moved by Councilmember Rosman, Seconded by Councilmember Gallagher. Motion Carried.

New Business:

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of Conditional Use Permit (Cup23-03) for Limon Secondary Dwelling Unit located at 23403 29^th Ave W. Interim City Planner Michaelis gave a brief overview of the project. Motion: Approve Conditional Use Permit (Cup23-03) for Limon Secondary Dwelling Unit located at 23403 29^th Ave W and amending the conditions to remove number six. Moved by Councilmember Marley, Seconded by Councilmember Lockhart. Councilmember Rosman asked Interim City Planner Michaelis for clarification regarding setbacks, how to assign the address number and the area of grass turf vs mulch. Councilmember Moran asked for clarification of the definition of ADU vs a secondary unit. Motion Carried.

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the Mayor's appointment of Harmony Crawford to the Parks Board Position No. 6, with a term set to expire September 15, 2025. Motion: Approve the Mayor's appointment of Harmony Crawford to the Parks Board Position No. 6, with a term set to expire September 15, 2025 Moved by Councilmember Rosman, Seconded by Councilmember Gallagher. Motion Carried.

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration to make the appointment for a city liaison as a non-voting member to South County Fire Board of Commissioners. Motion: Approval to appoint Paula Swisher until the election of a representative for the Brier area is held. Moved by Councilmember Gallagher, Seconded by Councilmember Nick. Motion Carried.

Miscellaneous Business by Call of Councilmembers & City Officials:

Clerk Swisher gave an update regarding the ordinance to address the Blake Bill issues.

Auditing of Accounts:

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the May 2023 Payroll Checks. Motion: Approve the May 2023 Payroll Checks No. 44697 through No. 44700, Check No. 44731 and EFT transactions in the amount of $248,806.70. Moved by Councilmember Marley, Seconded by Councilmember Gallagher.

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the May 2023 Claim Checks. Motion: Approve the May 2023 Claim Checks No. 44728 through No. 44730, Checks No. 44732 through No. 44773 in the amount of $150,965.01. Moved by Councilmember Marley, Seconded by Councilmember Rosman. Motion Carried.

Adjournment

Mayor Kaemingk declared the meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM.