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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 03/18/1963 Kent, Washington March 18,1963 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council called to order at 8:00 P.M. Present: Mayor Thornton,City Attorney Thatcher, Councilwoman Bovell, Councilmen: Durand,Mathews,Mooney,Pozzi,Strain and Woodworth. Minutes of the last regular meeting approved as printed. Clerk's and Budget reports submitted,accepted and filed. WATER Fluoridation City Engineer Sherwood recommended that Apr. 30th. be set as the date for opening bids on the fluoridation equipment. Motion so made and passed. Clark Springs Councilman Strain moved for the City Engineer to be authoriz- ed to write to the- Bonneville Power Administration requesting them to raise the middle transmission line before construction starts. Motion seconded and passed. Water Pumping Resolution 487 authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign a contract with Puget Sound �ower & Light for Municipal Water Pumping was passed by motion. STREETS S. 252nd. Place On the recommendation of City Engineer Sherwood,a motion was made,duly seconded and passed for the City to accept S. 252nd.Place as a gravel strdet. One-Way On Councilman Pozzi's motion,duly sedonded and. passed,the" petition submitted by Mr. Burdic and others requesting two-way on E. Smith was denied. Councilman Pozzi reported that the Spreet Committee had written to the State Highway Dept requesting a traffic light at James & N. Central, which would help to alleviate the congestion. James St. Mayor 'Thornton informed the Council that he had sent a letter and a drawing of the James St. area to Mr. McKegney, of the Railroad, stressing the importance of extending James St. Deeds Ordinance 1176,approving and accepting a deed from Mr. and Mrs ern bhlson & Mr. and Mrs Wm, Goodwin for portions of Woodford Ave. was passed by motion. Ordinance 1175, approving and accepting a 'deed from the Federal Way School District for a portion of 40th. Ave. S. was passed by motion. SEWER Grant A letter was received from the Pollution Control Commission notifying the City that the Federal Grant for $12, 520" has been approved. By motion the letter was placed on file. GARBAGE Councilwoman Bovell moved for the City Clerk to be instructed to write to Mr. Erath,authorizing him to include in his garbage contract with the City, effective March 20,1963,the area E. of 84th.Ave. S. to 92nd. St.' includ- ing the jog at 94th. ,from S.208th. to approximately S. 230th. -A letter was also authorized to Mr. Gotti, advising him that in concurrence with the state law, the City will now assume the responsibility of collecting garbage in this area,inasmuch as five years have elapsed since the area was annexed. Copies of both letters are to be sent to Mr. Cavanaugh, the City Treasurer. Motion duly seconded and passed. LIGHTS Councilman Durand reported he had not yet heard from the Mayor of Tukwila about installing street lights on the West Valley Highway.. James Councilman Woodworth asked if street lights had been authorized for aJ—mes Street. Councilman Durand reported that they had been and that he would check with Puget Power. PLANNING COMMISSION A letter was received from E. Sipe,Chairman of the Planning Commission concerning the suggestion made at the last meeting that the Planning Commission hold public hearings on rezones. Mr. Sipe stated that to require the Commission to hold public hearings,which would,by law have to be duplicated by the council would serve no constructive purpose. Councilman Mooney moved for an executive session to be held orb March 25th at 7:30 to fully discuss the question with the Planning Commission Motion duly seconded and passed. A letter was read from E. Sipe,requesting that a joint meeting of the Council,the Planning Commission and the Board of Adjustment be schedule for March 20th. to discuss and co-ordinate plans. By motion this meeting was scheduled to be combined with the one already set for March 25th. I continued: Appointment A letter was read from the Planning Commission recommending that NE-rvin E. Beckman be appointed to the Commission for a period of six years. By motion, Mr. Beckman's appointment was confirmed,with Councilman Mooney voting nay. ZONING Meridian Investment Co. An application for a rezone from R-4 to C-3 by the eridian Investment Co. was read. By motion, a public hearing was set for the April 15th. meeting. Griffin-Jensen A public hearing was opened on the Griffin-Jensen request for a rezone from RA to C-3 . Mr. Griffin stated plans for the area included a motel,restaurant,and skating rink,and that no manufacturing was planned., There were no objections and the public hearing was declared closed. By motion,the rezoning was approved and the City; Attorney was authorized to draw up the necessary ordinance. L.A. Strain c Others A public hearing was opened on request of L.A. Strain & 11thers for a rezone from M-1 to R-2. Attorney R�.'.Anderson, representing Mr. Venino who owns adjoining property in an M-1 zone, stated that his client did not object to the rezoning,but wanted to be sure there would be no objection later to his establishing a use which conforms to an M-1 zone. - Mr. Thatcher explained that rezones are not granted with conditions,and that proper procedure would be for Mr. Venino to apply for a conditional exception or a variance , if necessary. There were no objections and the hearing was delared closed. By motion, the rezoning was approved and the City Attorney was authorized to draw up the necessary ordinance. Roos Annexation Zoning A public hearingg was opened on zoning the Roos Annexation. N. Christianson of 23625 100th. S.E. questioned the legal description of the area posted for zoning. It was found that the posted description covered only the Eastern section of the annexation, leaving out about 10 acres. By motion,that part of the annexation which was posted was approved to be zoned as follows: that property fronting on the Benson Highway from the present right-of-way back 270 feet to be C-3, balance of the area to be R-3 . A public hearing was set for the unposted area for April 15th. PROPERTY Councilman Matthews,Chairman of the Building Committee, reported that his committee was working on a long range plan for additional City Hall space. The tentative plans include building additional offices above the fire station and acquiring property for a new City Hall. Matthews moved for the City to reject the proposal to buy the . Episcopal church property. Councilman Mooney announced that the church had already made other arrangements. Matthews' motion was seconded and passed. BANNERS A proposed ordinance regulating the use of banners in the City was tabled for further study. CITY ATTORNEY Ordinance 1177,prescribing the duties and salary of the City Attorney was passed by motion. PARK BOARD Councilman Strain, as liaison officer between the Council and the Park Board reported that the property owners on the proposed Woodford Ave. extension seemed receptive to the proposal and that the committee was waiting to hear from them. KENT VALLEY A letter was received from J.P. Curran,appealing the action of the SPEEDWAY City Engineer in granting building permit #692 to Harlan Bull for the construction of a temporary office building preliminary to the construction of a race track. By motion,the lettdr was placed on file with the records pertaining to this matter. dIONVEF ` 1QN Councilwoman Bovell reported she made reservations for the annual Association of Washington Cities convention to be held in Longview in June, and asked to be advised how many would attend. . COURT City Attorney Thatcher 15!6p6 �t�§aeon the Seattle court action covering Attorney Long's writ of prohibition against Judge Fiori. Judge Cushing ruled that Fiori has the authority to try City ordinance violation cases. Mr. Long announced his intention to appeal to the Supreme Court. . Midway_ City Attorney Thatcher announced that a notice of appeal has been filed by Attorney Parker on behalf of a number of Midway residents and that the earliest it could come upon' the court calendar would be during the Fall term. I continued: CLAIMS PRESENTED AND ALLOWED AS FOLLOWS: Current Expense $ 4318.32 Water Street 4915.16 Sewer 633 •89 Garbage 114. 52 Park 162.31 MEETING-AKOURUED- 9:30 P• M- Alex Thornton has. Bridges City Clerk Mayor