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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 03/16/1964 i Kent, Washington � March 16, 19�4 I Regular meeting of the Kent City Council called to order at 8:00 P.M. Present Mayor Thornton, City Attorney Bereiter, Councilwoman ! Bovell, Councilmen: Durand, IUlatthe'ws, Mooney, Strain and Woodworth.! Minutes of the last meeting approved as printed. Budget and Treasurerts reports submitted, accepted and placed on file by motion. WATF,R TRANS14ISSION LINT Councilman Strain reported that work is still progressing to obtain easments for the line. Dames (,: Ploore have recommended that the line be supported by piling on the highway near Lake Meridian. FLUORIDATION Vic Levesque raised some questions on the flouridation'. issue which Citv Attorney Bereiter said would be covered in the suit in court. The City Clerk was instructed to prepare and mail a report on the cost of the fluoride to date, to Mr. Levesaue. SCHNIC HILL Curls Hauge, of Hauge & Armstrong reported that if' a i water main was run down the alley, it could serve both Maple and b^dalnut Streets, but that the Citv Engineer wanted the line on Maple Street. This was referred to the Water Committee with the i power to act, by motion. i I4EALTH &. SANITATION. NORTH 7ND Mrs. Bovell reported that the Sewer Committee had met with Hill & Ingman to discuss the progress on the sewage disposal problem. SOUTH END Mrs. Bovell reported that a study was being conducted toy j determine the best site for the pumping station. AIR POLLUTION Moonev recommended that the City Attorney investi-ate the advisabi ity of prohibiting the burning of junk in wre gking yards within the city. Strain suggested causes of other,�ollution also be prohibited. By motion, Bereiter was instructed to invest- igate and make a recommendation at the next meeting. STREETS FREEWAY Sherwood reported that city officials and representatives of the Chamber of Commerce had met with McKay and other represent- atives of the Highway Dept. and had been informed that a limited access highway is being planned to cross the valley from [,lest Hill ! to the Benson Highway. The acquisition of rights=of=way through Kent for the Valley Freeway are being delayed until the exact route is ascertained. A committee, consisting of Mayor Thornton, Jim Curran, Pozzi and Sherwood will represent the cit-y in further j discussions with 1.4cKay. LIGHTS TUK's' ILA Durand reported he had received information that Puget Power was seeking authorization from City Light to attach light i standards to their poles. Durand requested that the City Attorney check into the legal aspects of Kent taking over this portion of the highway. ZONING ALLIED POULTRY A public hearing scheduled for this meting on the j Allied Poultry request for a rezone from M-1 to M-2, was cancelled at the request of the Planning Commission. Mr. Bicknell explained that after investigation, including actual inspection of poultry processing plants, the Planning Commission had concluded that a rezone was not since the plant would be a permitted use in an M-1 zone. By motion, the hearing was cancelled. Residents of the area! protested against the business, and referred to it as a slaughter house. A letter was read from two residents stating that they. had toured three similiar plants in Seattle and while they were clean inside, the outsides of the plants were dirty, producing ah offensive. oder. The City Attorney explained the procedure necessary for filing an appeal. i i BOARD OF BAKER A notice from Aaberg Fuel Co. was read appealing the actio ADJUSTMENT of the board of Adjustment 's Resolution #30, granting a conditional exception to Clarance Baker to establish an auto wrecking yard on i highway 99• By motion, a public hearing was set for the April 6th. meeting . GRIFFEN A notice from Mr. & •Irs. Ranta, and 29 others was read, appealing_ the action of the Board of Adjustment 's resolution #29 granting a conditional exception for regrading and contouring. EVI motion, a public hearing was set for the April 6th meeting:. STREETS PIERCP:'S ADDITION Mooney reported that 46th. Place S. was in bad � l condition and moved for the City Attorney to take steps to force the developer to bring the street into condition so it can be accepted by the city. It was ascertained that a performance bond in the amount of $3 ,000 was in force and the city would not be liable for any repairs in excess of this amount. motion seconded and passed. I LINCOLN AVE. Curly Fauge asked about the status of the vacation of Lincoln Ave. on Scenic Bill. Plans to vacate this street were initiated several nears ago. I?y motion this was referred to the City Engineer who was instructed to make a report at the next meeting. PLANNING Sherwood recommended that the Council go on record declaring their. intention to hire the firm of Walker and Whiteford to do the aerial mapping, providing the 701 plan is approved. Motion so made, seconded and passed. BUILDING BLUE "AIDI"ER A letter was read from Blue Banner Foods stating their 0014MITTPIE desire to add to the building, and to paint the outside, but they would like to discuss the lease with the Building Committee first. ; By motion, this was referred to the Committee, with Pozzi delegated to handle it. GLASS DOORS A letter was read from the vent Safety Council urging' the city to replace the glass doors at the Recreation Hall with safety glass. A note was read from Barney Wilson stating that the ', cost fo making this change would be approximately $ 2$3 .00. By motion this was referred to the Building Committee. I HOSPITAL A letter was read from General Services Administration in Washington DC stating that the Nike site had not as yet bee reported as excess property for disposal. By motion the letter was placed on file . FINANCE RESOLUTION 512, authorizing the City Clerk and the City Treasurer to pay a total of $ 268.02 from 3 different funds to lease an accounting machine for the City Treasurer's office, was read and passed by motion. SCENIC A motion was passed for the city to accept the initial annexation HILL petition for the Scenic Hill annexation after it was ascertained ANNEXATION that the bonded indebtedness of the city would be assumed. A letter from the City 1J'ngineer stated that the signatures tepresented 100% of the assessed valuation of the area. The final petition was presented and accepted by motion. The City Attorney was instructel to arrange for a Board of Review , and a public hearing was set for the April 6th. meeting. HOUSING A King County Housing Authority proposal for senior citizens housing has been under study, and Woodworth reported that the committee was not prepared to make a recommendation. He had expected Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Rouin of the Housing Authority to be present to answer any questions, but neither had appeared. Mr. Coen spoke in behalf of the Chamber of Commerce asking that they be given a chance to study the proposal as they did several years ago when a housing) plan was rejected by the city. Mayor Thornton assured Coen that this was entirely different and that a letter of intent from the Authority would insure senior citizens priority. The Pvlayor stated ) that since this was merely a committee report and no official action would be taken at this meeting, he would like to have a runt down of the committee 's findings as this was of particular interest to him, and which he would not like to see dismissed. Woodworth reported on the survey made by the Authority,touching on! what percemtage of the people would be interested, what constitute$ a senior citizen, number of units contemplated and locations of units. T,%7hen asked for a definite recommendation, he stated that he could not recommend that the plan be accepted because the city would be left liable if the Authority did not fulfill the contract under the wording of the proposal. No official action was taken. CENSUS By motion the Fire Department was authorized to take the census again this year. J I i City Clerk Bridges reported that all city officials, both ELECTIONS newely elected and incumbents would take office on the first Monday of April--April 6th. in this instance: CLAIMS PRESENTED AND ALLOWED AS FOLLOI"?S: Current .Expense $ 4, 500.81 Water 2,225.61 Water LID NW $.10 Street 1,945.72 Sewer 1,311.40 Sewer Construction 387.87 Garbage .46 Library 158.89 Park 789.26 MEETING ADJOURNED: 10:00 P.M: I Chas. Bridges —�J� �-- City Clerk l i