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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 03/02/1964 Kent, Washington March 2 , 1964 i Regular meetigg of the Kent City Council called to order atl 8:00 P.M. Present: Mayor Thornton, City Attorney Bereiter, i Councilwoman Bovell, Councilmen: Durand 14atthews,Mooney, Pozzi, Strain and woodworth. Minutes of the last meeting approved as printed. WATER NORTH END Mr. Chase of Hill & Ingman reported that details;of the proposed. LID for the north end industrial site were ! being worked out and a bid call date in May was anticipated,. Strain commented that obtaining easements took a consider- able amount of time and suggested that meetings be arranged with the land owners. Mooney moved for the City Engineer to write to the individual owners, the Railroad and the I State Highway Dept. to request the easements and franchises necessary to locate the water mains. Motion passed. SECOND TRANSMISSION LINE Mr. Chase reported that Dames & Moore will have a report ready on the condition of the highway near Lake Meridian in approximately one week. EASEMENTS Strain made a motion for our agent to be empowered to offer property owners $1.00 per running foot for easements. Motion seconded, and, under discussion it was ascertained that this payment was for easements connect;- ed with the second transmission line only, and would in nol way effect past or furture easements. Those who have already given easements for the line will be paid the same amount. Motion passed. KENT SPRINGS Strain reported that Bonneville power Administration had requested an easement to go across Kent Springs with power lines. He made a motion for the City to,, deny the request by letter, in view of the difficulties encountered with Bonneville at Clark Springs. Motion second- ed and passed. EAST HILL WATER CO. Bereiter reported that he had received the necessary papers and would have the agreement ready for the next meeting. LID HORSE SHOE ACRES. Bereiter reported he had requested information from the City Engineer and would soon have the resolution ready to initiate the water LID for the Horse Shoe Acres.tract. STREETS TRAFFIC CONTROL Mooney moved for "Yield Right-of-Way" signs to be installed at intersection which are not busy enough to warrant "Stop" signs, but which need some type of, control. Motion passed. Sherwood requested permission for himself and for one of the Police Officers to attend a Traffic Engineer's school to be held in Tacoma on March 10th. Request granted, by motion. ONE-WAY Pozzi reported that the one-way traffic problem at Smith and Cdntral was still being investigated and that a representative from the State Highway Dept. would meet with the City Engineer for further study. JAMES ST. Sherwood reported that work was progressing on James S'L. from Lincoln Ave . to the West Highway. FREEWAY Woodworth was advised by the City Clerk that no answer to our letter had been received from McKay. Woodworth moved for a meeting to be scheduled with McKay to discuss projects scheduled for spring. Motion passed. HEALTH & GARBAGE Mr. McManus, owner of the Seaview Motel on Highwayll SANITATION 99, complained about the high garbage rates charged considering that he only used between one and three cans each week. By motion, this was referred to the Health & Sanitation Committee with the power to act. TREATMENT PLANT Mrs. Bovell reported that bids will be awarded this month on the improvements to the treatment plant. I I HEALTH & SANITATION SOUTH END SEWER Mooney, as Chairman if the Finance Committee (CONT. ) reported that he thought the south end district could finance their sewer system improvements up to $ 400,000 on an LID. This would leave the city's bonding capacity free to be used else- where. Mrs. Bovell reported she had a meeting scheduled with Hill & Ingman to discuss this. NARITA PROPERTY Mr. Charles Eckland raised some questions on the price paid and the acreage involved in the purchase of the j Narita property. Mayor Thornton informed him that all the record were available in the City Clerk's office. i SANITATION Atbntion was called to the fact that garbage and oth6 refuse scattered behind rdstaurants and behind business build- ings as well as private homes created an ideal situation for rodents. By motion this was referred to the Health & Sanition Committee. Mayor Thornton reported he had noticed that after the Fire Dept. had burned down several buildings at the request of the owners, these owners were very lax in cleaning up the area. By motion, this was referred to the Dire Committee. LIBRARY Bereiter reported he had been in contact with Johnson & Campanella, the architects who designed the library. They are preparing a bronze plaque for the library. LIGHTS Mayor Thornton suggested that Durand contact Norman Anderson, light chairman for the Regional Planning Commission,to discuss the Tukwilla lighting problem. Durand reported he had request- ed an estimate of the probable costs of additional lights from Puget Power, but had not as yet received an answer. PLANNING JOHN GRAHAM CO. Woodworth made a motion to remove from the table the question of aerial mapping relating to the John Graham planning proposal. Motion seconded and passed. A motion to include the aerial mapping in the 701 application was passed. POLICE TAXI CABS Woodworth reported that prmblems relating to the COMMITTEE new taxi cab ordinance were being worked out by the Police Committee and the City Attorney. CARPENTER A public hearing was opened on the proposed Carpenter annexation. ANNEXATION There were no objections and the hearing was closed. ORDINANCE 1232 , approving the annexation was read and passed by motion. HORSE SHOE A public hearing was opened on the proposed Horse Shoe Acres ACRES ANNEXATION annexation. There were no objections and the hearing was closed. Ordinance 1231, approving the annexation was read, and passed by motion. KENT' SWIM On its own motion, the Council elected to annex the city-owned CLUB Scenic Hill Park property. The Kent Swim Club has an option of part of this property. PARKS North Park Park Site A letter was read from Norman Anderson, proposing to remove trees and debris, doze the property, and make other improvements to prepare the site for a park in ex- change for the house now on the site. By motion the letter was accepted as an offer. i FINANCE Mooney called Bereiter 's attention to the wording on the Statutory Warranty Deed for the fire station site purchased from Norman Anderson. Mooney requested the wording be changed from: 1'$1.001 , and other valuable consideration" to the actual amount paid. Bereiter said this wording was frequently used, but that he would see that it was changed before the document was recorded. PLANNING The Mayor's appointment of Richard Land to the Planning Commissidn COMMISSION was unanimously confirmed by the Council. CLAIMS PRESENTED AND ALLOWED AS FOLLOWS: Payroll $ 29,293.83 Current Expense 13 ,3C1.59 Water 2,919.97 Street 1, 253 .36 Sewer 562.55 I Sewer Construction 1, 500.00 Garbage 1,434.51 Library 54.03 Park 442.09 ' Parking Meter 21.70 LID 6. MEETING ADJOURNED 249:20 P.M. r . 55 has. Bridges L.. ,,:__ �z.�✓_-- City Clerk