2013/07/24 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

July 24, 2013 The regular meeting of the Everett City Council was called to order at 12:30 p.m., July 24, 2013, in the City Council Chambers of the Everett City Hall, Vice President Affholter presiding. Upon roll call it was found that Council Members Roberts, Murphy, Gipson, Bader, Stonecipher, and Affholter were present. Mayor Stephanson and Council Member Moore were excused. Council Member Roberts led the Pledge of Allegiance. The minutes of the July 17, 2013, Everett City Council meeting were approved as printed. Council Member Roberts abstained from the vote. MAYOR Mayor Stephanson was excused. COUNCIL Council Member Bader commented on the lack of bus schedules on the Everett City Transit buses. Council Member Roberts commented that on the July 11, 2013, the Sound Transit Board approved the ST3 consulting contract to begin looking at road and route alignments for travel from Lynnwood to Everett. He also commented on the completion of the Kimberly-Clark site demolition and inquired about the status of the contaminants and cleanup. Debra Bryant, Administration, said that she would contact city staff to obtain a current update. Council Member Gipson requested that agenda item no. 13 and no. 14 be moved from consent items to action items. He also inquired about the status of a future briefing regarding the taxi cab ordinance. Debra Bryant stated the council president had asked that the current ordinance be distributed to all council members along with a request for input. Council Member Gipson stated he had received the information. 198