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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 03/01/1965 Kent, Washington March 1 , 1965 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council called to order at 8:00 P.M. by Mayor ilmen: Armstrong, Durand, Mooney, Strain and Pro Ter Carl Pozzi. Present: Counc City Engineer Sherwood, City Clerk Bridges. Woodworth, City Attorney, Bereiter, Minutes of the last regular meeting approved as printed, with the following addition, which was approved by motion: The Fire Department was again requested CORRECto take the census count in April. ADDED RESOIRTOMINUTESOF 3-15-65 ADDED ITEM RESOLUTION 536 Budget Report submitted, accepted and placed on file, by motion. 1 WATER SHOPPING CENTER Strain introduced a request from the Fidalgo I Shopping Center Inc. for water service for a proposed center at the corner of 132nd and the Kent Kangley Road. A motion was passed for a letter to be written to them stationg that the city would not act on this until after Water District 111 met later in the month, since the shopping center lies within the boundaries of the district. SECOND LINE Discussion was had on the acquisition of the releases necessary 57efore Coluccio receives final payment for the second transmission line project. Ramsey was requested to instruct sColusciO of to send a letter to the City Attorney reporting t current these releases. I EAST HILL A motion was passed for the City Engineer to instruct Hill . & Ingman to proceed with plans for a stand pipe and tank for East Hill '. after he has inspected the title report on the proposed site and deems ' i it acceptable. CAPEHART (NIKE) HOUSING A motion was passed for the Mayor and City Clerk to be authorized to sign the contract with the government for water service for the Capehart housing project. j NORTH END A motion was passed for Hill & Ingman to inform Hansen Construction, contractor for the north end water project, that the Dodobaras had complained about damage done to their property. HORSESHOE ACRES By motion, April 5th was set as the date for the hearing on the final assessment roll for LID 245, the water project i at Horseshoe Acres. HEALTH & NORTH END A letter from the Melrose Company was read urging the SANITATION city to establish a sewer system in the industrial area of the north end. By motion the letter was referred to the City Engineer's file. !i Mooney reported that a recent meeting with property owners and busi- ness men from the north end disclosed that a sewer project in this area would be favorable received. A motion was passed to have Hill & Ingman obtain the proper forms for the city to use to apply for a HHFA loan for the north sewer project. Mooney's motion to have the City Engineer offer his assistance with I the sewage problems at Heath Manufacturing was passed. GARBAGE Discussion was had on complaints regarding condition and i ocation of garbage cans. Kendall, Supt. of the Garbage Dept. was asked to check into thisl He reported he would have an article on this subject soon in the newspaper. STREETS RAILROAD A letter from Mr. James A. Magee protesting the practice of blocking Kent's major streets by freight trains was referred to the Police and Fire Committee. ARTERIALS Ordinance 1285, designating certain streets as arterials was read and passed, by motion. By motion, a public hearing was set for the March 15th meeting to dis- 1 cuss amending the six year arterial street program. PARKING 'A motion was passed to delete one parking space from the Northeast and the Northwest corners of State and Meeker. Ordinance 1286 restricting parking on certain streets was read and passed by motion. VACATION A petition for vacation of a portion of 72nd Ave. was pre sente and, by motion referred to the Planning Commission. A date for ; public hearing before the council was set for the April 5th meeting. BOEING Mooney made a motion for the City Engineer to request Boeing ' to deed to the city 20 feet of their property adjoining S. 212th, so that the road can be made wider, and to request fill material for the road which will be available when Boeing puts in the new ditch. Sherwood was also instructed to request that Puget Power move back the lines for ', this project. Motion passed. FREEWAY A letter was read from McKay of the Highway Commission, reporting that the proposed 1965-67 construction program provides $3,077,000 to cover grading, bridges and paving on the section of the Valley Freeway extending from S 276th to S 228th. He also reports that $1,077,220 is earmarked for purchasing all of the rights of way from the Echo Lake Interchange in Auburn northerly to S 228th. The proposed access plan has been forwarded to the headquarters office for 1 ! final review. He stated further that purchase of rights of way will commence in May and bridge construction- will commence as soon as the rights of way have been purchased. Strain noted that McKay had made a mistake in the figures, and the letter was referred to the Mayor, by motion. A letter from the John Graham Co. was read detailing the results of the study thay have made concerning the location of the proposed freeway and the location of the interchange with the Valley Freeway. Cysewski suggests that the Council accept the suggested interchange location on the Valley Freeway in the vicinity of Willis St. , but hild in abeyance the location of SSH 5-A to the East. A motion was made to send a copy of this .letter to McKay and to the Roads & Bridges Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Strain moved to amend the motion to include a letter to McKay stating that the city is in full accord with the inter- change for the North-South Freeway, but that anything to the East is tentative. The amendment passed with Mooney and Woodworth nay. STREET NAMES City Engineer Sherwood reported that there had been some ; question about the name of the street near Mrs. Delaney's residence, sometimes called "State Place", and also as to the name of the street on which the McDermott Building is located in the south end of ,town. By motion, this was referred to the Planning Commission for study. INDUSTRY A letter was read form the Valley Regional Planning. Commission report- ing that information on the essential statistics was being assembled to shwo the valley's importance as an industrial area. An invitation to attend the Commission's meetings on the 4th Thursday of each month was included. FINANCE INSURANCE To facilitate Bell-Anderson's application for a blanket rate for the city's insurance, a motion was passed for each department head to file a list of its properties with the City Clerk. Don Bell requested a meeting with the Councilmen to present a program for city insurance. Such a meeting was scheduled for March 4th at 10 A.M. I BENSON The City Engineer was instructed to prepare the necessary documents CENTER for the proposed Benson Center annexation i ZONING JACKSON-CLEMENTS A letter from the City Attorney was read reporting that he had een informaed that an appeal on the Jackson-Clements I rezone would not be filed. THORP & THOMSON Ordinance 1287, granting a rezone from C-3 to M-1 or Thorp & homson was read and passed by motion. MEAD & WILLARD Ordinance 1288 granting a rezone from MA to M-1 for Mead &, WiMaT7 was reaUan passe by motion. SCHOOL Woodworth reported that Officer Brand had just attended an FBI school and that Officer Loveless had attended Law Enforcement School. BONNEVILLE Discussion was had on the easement requested by Bonneville Power Admin- ! POWER istration for which they propose to pay the city $19, 517. The City Attorney was granted additional time to study the proposal, after which he will call a committee meeting to discuss the problems. i NACHES Sherwood reported that there would be a meeitn of the Naches Tunnel TUNNELL Association in Olympia on March 3rd at 7:00 PM. PARKS Mrs. Hogan reported that the city could acquire a piece of property from King County, adjacent to the cemetary for use as a park or any other recreational purpose for $1.00. A motion was passed for the city to attempt to secure this piece. o Discussion was had upon the use of the Anti � vert y Program g through the office Economic Opportunity. Mrs. Hogan reported that the Park Dept. could apply for this with the schools. Sherwood wondered if the city could also make use of this plan to get assistance in clearing street rights of way. A motion was passed for the Mayor and City Clerk to examine the plan and report back. i I Mooney reported that last summer the city, at the request of the Park Board, leased to the Kent Area Recreation Council baseball I diamond #1 for the American Junior Legion play offs. The resol- ution covering the lease was adopted by reference. Some controversy) arose over who would receive the monies collected from the sale of tickets. Mooney reported that the American Legion had this week turned over a check in the amount of $148.50, representing half of the profits. A motion was passed for the City Clerk to give the check to the Rec Council. Strain noted that only the Rec Council had requested permission to sell tickets. Mooney noted that future j programs of this kind$ would have to be planned in advance so that a bond to protect the city could be filed with the City Clerk. i CITY PROPERTY Armstrong noted that the city should take steps to annex all pieces of property owned by the city. ( CLAIMS PRESENTED AND ALLOWED BY MOTION, : Payroll $33, 518.97 Current Expense 2,274.96 Fire -Bond Fund 3 ,092.44 Water 1,922•59 Street 1;178.48 Sewer 1: 516.87 Garbage .1,297.77 Library 46.50 Park 182.40 Parking Meter 17.05 LID 240 7.31 INTEREST BEARING WARRANTS: LID 245 6968.38 (E&A Constr) LID 246 1 90.00 (Herman Adalist Assoc ) LID 246. $40,765 .94 (Herman Adalist Assoc ) i las. Bridges City Clerk i Alex Thornton Mayor i I I I i