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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 12/18/1961 re?G.i�y Kent , Washington December 18 , 1961 Regular meeting of the City Council, present Mayor Thornton, Councilmen Bovell_, } artlaub , i,iaruitsen, Pozzi , Shaffer, Strain, and '.'oodworth. Minutes of the last regular meeting approved as printed. Report of officers, Clerk, Budget, and Treasurer, approved and placed on file . Cit- Engineer Sherwood reported on the letter referred to him at the last meeting on the Lake Fenwick LID. He stated that now the valuation has raised and an LID could he had. Councilman Strain moved to have the City Attorney draw a Resolution for the intent of creating a Local Improvement District for a water line on the Lake Fenwick Road, duly seconded and passed. City Engineer Sherwood reported on Icy Creek and Rock creek flow. Rock Creek had a 3 , 000.000 gallon high flow, low flow ,,,.,as 1.4. Icy creek was 1. 62 low, but has now picked up to 2 .64. Mr. Conner, Hush Coldsmith ' s Engineer reported on the Kentwood Hill sewer. Ile stated that the contract would be approximately !',2 , 000.00 less than the bid price and by next Council meeting they would most likely have the final estimate in. 'Isst. City Fngineer, Dent reported on the James Street sewer statin; that the man who had the contract made better connections than were on the previous lines. It is setteling and will. be in better condition later on. Councilwoman Bovell reported on Flouri.dation for the equipment to install ; counting; labor and machinery would be approximately $5,000.00 and the cost of operation as close as she can proct,re would be 200 down to 80 per person a year. They wish to study Flouridation more so will have a report at a later meeting. Councilman F'ozzi reported on Street names and changes. 'They were working on this and would have a report into the sign Department. Councilman Har•tlaub moved to hold a hearinF- on the Plbg. Clde January 15 , 1962 , duly seconded and carried. Councilman Hartlaub moved , duly seconded and carried to set a hearing on the Building; code for January 15 , 1962. This is to bring the Code up to date. Farry Holmnuist , State Engineer was present at the meeting; and would like a piece of ground that the City owns which they missed acoui.ring a title to on the Freeway. Ile requested the purchase of a small corner of the old O'Brien water sirstem that we purchased for that organization. Motion made, duly seconded , and passed for the Mayor and the Clerk to sign the bill of sale and the Resolution for the sale of the small track of land for a fee of $50.00. .flavor Thornton announced the hearing open on an annex- ation that a petition was presented by John Thompson and. others Anyone in the crowd who objects to this annexation stand give their name any? address. Mr. Thigpen in that area objects to the way the petition is proposed. Ile objects to having his property annexed into the City of Kent. Mrs. Sleeman was present and she says she does not want any part of the City of Kent . I',,Irs. Robare was present and says she doesn 't want to be in Kent on account of the trouble she had with the building department . They wouldn 't allow her a two foot variance. No other objections. Mayor Thornton announced the hearing closed. Motion made to accept the petition duly, seconded and passed with Councilman Strain and Councilman ,n;oodworth voting nay. Motion made , duly seconded and passed for the petition of John Thompson and others signed by the owners of not less than 75% in value according to the assessed valuation for general taxation of the property in said petition described filed with the City at 11 :30 Am on the 20th day of NRvember 1961, be approved and that the Mayor of the City of Kent be directed to convene a review board to consider the annexation proposed. Continued : Mayor Thornton announced the hearing open on the Calhoun appeal to the Council from the Board of Adjustment on a ruling. Mr. Calhoun spoke in his defense on building a carport to near the street and the roof of the carport being even with the street. He would like to have the City leave it the way it is until the street is improved to the full width. Mr. Wilke , Building Inspector stated that Mr. Calhoun had no permit to build this carport. Mr. Sipe was present from the Board of Adjustment and gave the finding's of the Board of Adjustment on Resolution #9• -- Mr. Stark that lives in the area spoke on the street variance and stated that as long as the street was not widened to the full property width it was of no concern to him. He also stated that he has land at the end of that street and it would not always be a dead end street. No one else appeared at the hearing. Mayor Thornton declared the hearing closed Councilman Woodworth moved to accord the ruling of the Board of Adjustment , duly seconded and carried with Councilman Shaffer refraining from voting. Mayor Thornton opened the hearing on Street lights LID 241 . Mr. Curran wanted to know why he didn't get an appraisal of what he owed on this LID after discussion it was found that the City Clerk had no t mailed out the proper notices according to law only posted them in the official City paper so the hearing was dropped and called for a later date . Mayor Thornton brought up the mutual aid agreement with the King County Civil Defense and stated that it should be moved by the Council to have the Mayor and Clerk sign the agreement, so, Councilwoman Bovell moved to have the Mayor and Clerk sign the mutual aid agreement , duly seconded and gassed. Councilwoman Bovell announced that we will have to have our old Civilian Defense Ordinance revised to work with this new agreement. Mrs. Bovell requested City Attorney to draw and revise this Ordinance. A letter was received from the City of Renton requesting the Kent Planning Commission to use 20 foot setbacks on 180th or the Orillia Road, instead of our recommended 10 foot. Letter was referred to the Planning Commission. A letter was received from Ruskin, Fisher and associates requesting sewers in a division they were interested in for at least 120 connections. Locat$d in the vicinity of 132nd Avenue S.E. and S.E. 216th St. This letter was referred to the Sanitation Committee and the City Engineer for study. A letter was read from the members of the Valley Elementary PTA Safety Committee thanking the City Council for the fine walk- way they made on 4th Avenue North between Winner and Shinn Streets and they did appreciate this because of the school children that use this walkway. This letter by motion, duly seconded and passed was placed on file . Letter was read from Weter, Roberts, and Shefelman signed by James Gay our Attorney on the City of Kent vs King County Water District #75 stating that he is billing us with the previous services they have rendered and as you have probably been advised the case has been set for trial on March 12, 1962. Motion was made,. duly seconded and passed to place the letter on file. City Attorney Thatcher explained in full ddtail the workings of the King County Justice Court System he suggested that a motion be made and we become a part of the justice court system. A motion made , duly seconded and passed that the City of Kent elect to take neither under 5 nor under chapter 6 of the Court law but to become a part of the justice court system. Additional motion to this, duly seconded and carried that the City of Kent can't be given representives to the Justice Court District Committee and its plan includes not only the sub office in Kent and also the appointment of a Court Commissioner and creating justice traffic court. Councilwoman Bovell suggested that Mayor Thornton and City Attorney Thatcher to work on having a court Commissioner at Kent. Chief of Police Lee spoke that we have a good court with our present judge and if we have to set up a Justice Court system we should insist on a Commissioner and a Traffic Court Violation Bureau but this would create a larger job for the police in jail because we are in the center of the population and it would draw more people to the court . It would be more people to be handled through the jail. Continued : C..a Mr. Thatcher also stated that we would have no control over the Justice because he is an elected official. Mrs. Hogan was present and wanted to know if the Council had arranged the relief program from the state. Mayor Thornton announced that she should write a letter to the man that we had out here and have him make another appearance on this program at the Council meeting. Motion made , duly seconded and passed for the Clerk to write to the State requesting the man that spoke , to return us an engaged meeting . A copy of the letter is to go to the Park Board. Mayor Thornton announced the appointment of John 141cGreagor to the Board of Appeals for an: unexpired term, by motion, duly seconded and passed the appointment was confirmed. Dr. Drangsholt was appointed to the Library Board by the Mayor. Motion made , duly seconded , and passed to confirm the appointment to the Library Board made by the P,ayor. Ed Sipe was reappointed for a five year term to the Board of Appeals. Motion made , duly seconded and passed to- confirm the appointment of the Mayor. A hearing was Set for the Street LID 241 for February 5 , 1962 At 8:00 PM at the City Council Chambers. A hearing was set for the Kenwood Guiberson Street LID street improvements for January 15, 1962 at the City Council Chambers. Councilman Strain stated that he was havinfr a mecti.ng with the State `timber Cruiser, Mr. Michel Bi_gley ofi the trees that we were to sell by thining to a logging firm this action was previously placed in the hands of the t"later Committee . CLAIMS PRESENTED AND ALLOT,,TED AS FOLLOWS: Current Exp. Claims 13 , 271. 46 Wa t e r ,t 29.45 Water Emergency It 678. 40 Street ff 32400.31 ,t 4, 263 . 77 Sewer ,t 106. 53 Garbage 646.07 Library 866.71 Park ,, 19.29 Parking Meter LID 237 't 7.06 MEETING ADJOURNED: Mayor Cha . Bridges City Clek MAYOR i k/'~ I