1985/05/22 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

. • 190 May 22,1985 PRESIDENT'S COIMENTS . • president stephanson said he had received a letter from the Downtown Everett Association notifying the city they plan to terminate their management contract for Everpark Garage ax of Jane 30,1885. He also asked that the following letter received from Robert Bandies,Environmental Coordinator for the City of Everett be made part of the record in connection with the comments made by Michael Grubb at the last council meeting: The purpose of this letter is to correct misinformation communicated to the City Council at its May 15 meeting by Kr.Michael Grubb. Mr. • Grubb erroneously-stated that the City of Everett did not have a representative in attendance at the Recycling and Waste-to-EnergY Workshop beld•at the Everett Pacific Hotel on Priday, April 26 and Saturday,April AI. a representative of the City's Planning Deparrnent attended the entire conference. Ms.Cunningham regiatered for the conference and wore a name tag indicating she represented the city during the entire twa day conference. Additionally, the city has extensive ;fetes totalling oVer 35 pagee cOntaining the important information communicated at the conference,and a five volume tape recording of the entire conference. Finally,I would like to note that, so far as I can determine,Mr. Grubb he,attempted to verify his information with the city prior to making erroneous public statements about the mity'a failure to attend this conference. mere importantly, I mould like to correct Oh, implied accusation that the city is not concerned about these issues:end is not making an effort to inform itself regarding these issues,an accUsation I believe Mr.Grubb is making with hie comments. Indeed, the city's actions demonstrate quite the oppOrsite. The city le keenly interested in all of the issues related to waste-to-energy and ls making a concerted effort to inform itself as fully de possible regarding these isoues. We have compiled a voluminous library of information on Chi.eubject and have read a significant amount of the material assembled. Additionally, we are following the most • current air quality issues very carefully and have attended special meetings of the Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Board regarding waste-to-energy facilities. ;.,17FLVkicsitng=11.0L:=ots the inaccurate statements made at President Stephenson then said there was no purpose in meeting with v the railroad people regarding the bridges etc. as there was no' consensous Of Opinion between the city people as lox denim., an the ordinance would be back for final reading on June 5th. Kr. Jones, City Attorney, sUggeeted a wo[kOhop on may lOth to discuss the various issues internally prior to the 5th when the ordinance comes back on the agenda. In answer to a question frOM Councilman Morrow, he said this would be a public meeting so citizens could he in attendance. • . . • •