Edmonds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 - MAYOR'S FIRE DISTRICT 1 PRESENTATION CITY OF EDMONDS FIRE DEPARTMENT SLIDE #8 TOTAL COST = 9.6 MILLION DOLLARS SLIDE #9 TOTAL REVENUE = 6 MILLION DOLLARS SLIDE #10 GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY = 3.6 MILLION DOLLARS FIRE DISTRICT 1 CONTRACT SLIDE #11 FIRE DISTRICT CONTRACT 2010 = 6.2 MILLION DOLLARS PLUS NON-DEPARTMENT COSTS $800,000 TOTAL COST = 7 MILLION DOLLARS SLIDE #13 COMPARSION KEEP EDMONDS FIRE DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY = 3.6 MILLION DOLLARS CONTRACT WITH FIRE DISTRICT 1 GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY =2.8 MILLION DOLLARS (THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES FOR SAVINGS IN THE GENERAL FUND OF $800,000 THE FIRST YEAR!) SLIDE #14 THE FUTURE IN 2015, FIVE YEARS LATER, THAT NUMBER ESCALATES TO OVER 1 MILLION. AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE... Where's the 5 million dollars savings - Mayor?

On January 1, 2010 - The Edmonds Fire Department was transferred to another public agency, Snohomish County Fire District No. 1. The Edmonds City Council based on Mayor's Haakenson statements has contracted with Fire District 1 for 20 years to provide Fire and Emergency Medical Services. The Edmonds City Council approved this business transaction based on false and misleading financial forecasts. The Mayor in his 2009 " State of the City " address said the City's cost to provide fire and emergency medical services was 8 million dollars. For some unexplained reason, on September 15, 2009, the Mayor inflated this fire department cost figure to 9.6 Million ( council meeting agenda powerpoint presentation ). See the September 15, 2009 City Council Agenda. The Council and most everyone listening assumed that by contracting for service there would be a 3 Million dollar yearly savings. On January 25, 2010, approximately three months later, Edmonds Finance Director Lorenzo Hi

Mayor Gary Haakenson sends an email to City Councilman Michael Plunkett. Mayor Haakenson tells Councilman Plunkett that City Council President DJ Wilson is out to get him. Former Councilwoman Mauri Moore and Finis Tupper are investigating the issue. Mayor Haakenson's battle-cry to Plunkett " RALLY THREE VOTES ", if Councilman Michael Plunkett thinks it is wise. The Mayor can't vote on the meeting agenda or create the Council agenda, but objects to any Council discussion of the Street Vacation ordinance and (illegal) Temporary Construction Easement. Here are a couple of emails between Councilman Michael Plunkett and Councilman Dave Orvis providing clear and cogent evidence of Plunkett's intent to " RALLY THREE VOTES " against hearing Item 9 on the November 2, 2009 City Council Meeting Agenda. (Note: Plunkett has cut and pasted the Mayor's email into the body of his email without disclosing the information and request originated from Mayor Haakenson

Edmonds City Council Meeting Minutes November 2, 2009 - At 6:30 p.m., Mayor Haakenson announced that the City Council would be meeting in executive session to receive legal advice regarding pending or threatened litigation. He stated that the executive session was scheduled to last approximately 30 minutes and would be held in the Jury Meeting Room, located in the Public Safety Complex. No action was anticipated to occur as a result of meeting in executive session. Elected officials present at the executive session were: Mayor Haakenson , Councilmembers Orvis , Wambolt , Plunkett , Bernheim , Peterson. Olson and Wilson. Others present were City Attorney Scott Snyder, Attorney Stephanie Croll , and City Clerk Sandy Chase. At 7:00 p.m., Mayor Haakenson announced to the public that an additional 15 minutes would be needed in executive session. At 7:15 p.m., Mayor Haakenson again announced to the public that an additional 15 minutes would be needed in executive session. The executive

On the November 2, 2009, Edmonds City Council Agenda THERE was Item 9. AM-2579 – Review of construction easement reserved by Ordinance No. 3729. The easement involves the vacated right of way of a platted but unbuilt public alley lying between the reserved construction easement is for the installation of a driveway and retaining wall on property lying north of the alley and east of 8th Ave. N. Backroom politics and interference - made the council remove this discussion outside of public view. Mayor Gary Haakenson objected to Council review of this ordinance. By email from his personal email account, Mayor Haakenson violated the Open Public Meetings Act, Ch. 42.30 RCW Here’s the verbatim email sent by Mayor Haakenson to Councilman Plunkett. For clarity I've added the information in parentheses (). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: gary haakenson ghaakenson@yahoo.com Sub

In Re the Appeal of: Kenneth & Vera Reidy 771 Daley St. • Edmonds WA 98020 Appeal No. AP20090004 Finis Tupper Declaration & Brief COMES NOW, Finis Tupper testifying in support of the Kenneth & Vera Reidy Appeal and recommending the Hearing Examiner grant the appeal. Introduction Before the Hearing Examiner, the City of Edmonds and City Attorney request enforcement of Ordinance 3729, this Notice of Code Violation exceeds statutory authority of police power, absent both a rational basis and reasonable relationship to public necessity, public welfare, health and safety. In this code violation action, the City of Edmonds acts absent statutory authority, in bad faith, fraudulently, arbitrary and capriciously by defying Federal, State and Local laws. The City Attorney has acted arbitrary and capriciously by using the code enforcement violation process to run-over the appellant’s substantive and procedural due process rights, right to privacy and taking of his real property withou