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7 <br /> 11717.-' <br /> 264 <br />, July 9,1986 <br /> The regular meeting of the Everett City Council was called to order <br />, at 8:30 a.m. July 9, 1986 in the Council Chambers of Everett City <br />, Hall,President Gipson presiding. Upon roll call it wae found that <br /> , Mayor Moore and all councilmen were in attendance. <br /> Minutes of the meeting held July 2, 1986 were approved as printed <br /> with the correction by Mr.Jones,City Attorney,that his remarks on <br /> page 262,third line,the sixth word should be"position.instead of <br /> i " "opposition.. <br /> 1, ' COUNCIL COMMENTS <br /> Councilman Overstreet eaid at the last meeting he had informed the <br /> council the Puget Sound Water Quality Committee would not be making <br /> a presentation at the joint County and City Council meeting on the <br />. 23rd and he had learned since then that they will be able to attend <br /> fI <br /> 1, the meeting. <br /> Councilman Nice said she and the Mayor and some staff people had met <br /> t, , , with the citizens from Silver Lake area and discussed some of their <br /> problems. She requeeted that a council meeting be held in the <br /> f11'1FC.',i',1 future at some location in the Silver Lake area. <br /> 1 1,,C 111;1,1 <br /> 11 <br /> -,-yi,., Councilman Stephenson said he would like to discuss something he bad <br /> brought to council last week. He aaid he had given a lot of thought <br /> to the resolution that he intrOduced last week snyporting Navy <br /> homeporting in Everett and had discussed the concerns expressed with <br /> the legal staff and he believed he had drafted a resolution that the <br /> council could unanimously suPPort. <br /> He felt the city was at critical Crossroads as far as Navy <br /> bomeporting was concerned. He felt collective local, state and <br /> federal support with cool heads and a positive approach to these <br /> difficult but solvable funding issues are the key ingredients to the <br /> euccessful homeporting in Everett. He said he waen1t saying the <br /> 1111 i <br /> $„, Navy was the only answer to the economic concerns in this community, <br /> but it certainly is an eC000mic step for economic proeperity and <br /> ;41C ' jobs for friends in labor. Be eaid there was already excitement in <br /> the community in anticipation of homeportiog in the c.f. Ht is <br /> h 1 very important to national security and protection of the North <br /> Pacific. <br /> He quoted the Secretary of the Navy as saying of homeporting in the <br />' '.'',o, northwest that"we get twice as much oil by sea through the gulf of <br /> Alas.as we do from the whole middle east, but me have no naval <br /> ships in the northweet. We have our Banger base,our most valuable <br /> , ,, strategic asset,but no naval protection at all." He said those are <br /> the reasons for the council to take a leadershop role. The citizens <br /> V i' I had voted with a maiority of 6ES for NevY homePortieg and he felt <br /> the council was elected to support them. He said it was time for <br /> the council to take the leaden:hip role to see that homeporting <br /> occurs in this community. <br /> , RESOLUTION-NAVY HOMEPORTING <br /> i :=Ig.nTfg°=.'llYta::7z=d"bY C'u"i'ma"""treet" <br /> Be it reeolved by the EVERETT CITY COUNCIL, that while the <br /> City Council fully retains and recognizes its duty and right to bear <br /> and decide particular issues related to site development, <br /> 4 <br />