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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 07/05/1965 Kent, Washington July 5, 1965 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council called to order at 8:00 P.M. Present : Mayor Thornton, Councilmen: Armstrong, Buxton, Durand, Mooney, Pozzi , Strain and Woodworth, City Engineer Sherwood, City Clerk Bridges. Attorney Don Holm attended in place of John Bereiter, who was on vacation. rinted, and accepted, by motion Minutes of the last meeting approved as p I WATER Clark Springs City Engineer Sherwood reported that he had been contacted by Mrs. McClelland about securing an easement to go over city property so that she could connect her property with the county road. It was ascertained that the property- was located down—stream from the Clark Springs water source. The matter was referred to the Water Committee, with instructions to bring back a report by the next meeting. i HEALTH Flood Control The City Engineer reported that a meeting had been arranged for AND July 19th at 7:00 P.M. with the Flood Control group, so that plans could be SANITATION explained to the City Council . i I South Sewer Project Ordinance 1304 providing for the instigation of condemnation proceedings for easements for the south sewer program and providing for interest bearing warrants to pay for same, and providing that said warrants be redeemed as part of the sewer construction costs, was read and passed by motion. Letters were read from the Washington State Pollution Control Commission and from the State Dept of Health, approving addendum # I and * 2 for the south sewer project.; Letters placed on file, by motion. A motion was passed for the Washington Appraisal Service to be retained as consultants under the direction of the Mayor, the City Engineer and the Health and Sanitation Committee chairman, with the notation that no more than $3,000 be spent. I ( STREETS James Street A motion was passed whereby the Mayor and the City Clerk were authorized to sign the agreement with the railroad, and for it to be dispatched promptly so that the city can start immediately with the extension of James Street. Planning A letter was read from the Chamber of Commerce recommending that the city, in the new budget, allow funds for improving arterial streets., Woodworth noted that the John Graham Co had conducted a traffic flow study, and that there seemed to be some confusion as to who has instructed the Graham Co. to proceed with the various phases of their program. He recommended that all meetings with the Graham Co. representatives be arranged through the city offices. Pozzi noted that the Street Committee would need information on the traffic flow after James Street was extended to the West Highway, so as to determine the advisability of retaining the one—way streets. S 212th City Engineer Sherwood reported that Boeing had asked about the city's A motion was passed plans for the improvement of S 212th. for Sherwood to send a letter stating that the city intends to work with them, as far as funds will permit, and that the job from the new bridge to the West Highway would be first. Mooney noted that while the contractor was working in the Boeing area, perhaps we could get them to knock out the drainage structure. BIDS Bids were read for gas and fuel for the city. By motion, the bid for gas was awarded to Shell, low at $.2175 for regular and $.2575 for super. Bid for heavy diesel for the grader was awarded to Standard on their bid of $. 1245 per gallon. I The bids for fuel, furnace and stove oils were awarded to City Transfer on their bids of $3.74 per barrel, $. 1080 per gallon and $. 1198 per gallon, respectively. POLICE & Woodworth reported that Police Officers Peare, Loveless and Hougardy had recently FIRE completed courses at Highline Junior College. A letter was read from the Bureau of Governmental Research reporting that City Attorney Bereiter had been elected to the WSAMA Executive Board representing third class cities. Parking A letter was read from the Chamber of Commerce requesting that parking meters be hooded on July 22nd, 23rd and 24th. It was noted that when the city agreed to hooding the meters at Christmas time, it was decided that in the future permission would be with—held. The letter was referred to the Police Committee with the power to act. Taxi A letter containing information on a change of officers for the Kent Taxi Co. was referred to the City Attorney. Fire Dept A motion was passed adjusting the salaries for Fire Dept officers effective August 1 , as follows: Chief, $660 per month and Assistant Chief $625 per month. i i I i i The following appointments, effective August 1, 1965, were made by the Mayor, and confirmed by the Council , by motion: Fire Chief: Tom Foster, Assistant Chief: Gale Randall, Fireman, First Grade: Albert Sells, John Hinkel , James Small, Donald Bridge, Glenn Webster and Alvin Simms, Fireman, Second Grade: Marvin Berg, Arnold Bryant, Robert See, Larry Storment. GREEN VALLEY A public hearing was opened on the Green Valley Heights plat. There were HEIGHTS no objections and the hearing was closed. A motion was passed approving the plat and instructing the City Attorney to draft the ordinance. I FINANCE A motion was passed approving reinvestment of $200,000 of 1964 Water Construction Fund funds in U.S. Treasury I80 day bills. ZONING Hartnett & Carpinito Ordinance 1303, approving a rezone from R2 to C3 and MI was read and passed by motion. Chase Rezone A letter was read from the Planning Commission recommending that the Chase application for a rezone be approved for MI instead of the M2 zoning originally requested, and setting forth other requirements and limitations. A public hearing was set, by motion, for the August 2nd meeting. i RICHARDS An initial petition for annexation of a small portion known as Richards Hyline HYLINE ACRES Acres was introduced. A letter from the City Engineer was read certifying that ANNEXATION the signatures on the petition represented the owners of more than 10% of the assessed valuation. A meeting with the petitioners was set for 7:45 P.M. on July 19th. BUDGET The Mayor requested the department heads to start compiling information toward the new budget. CONVENTION A motion was passed authorizing the Mayor to attend the AMA Convention in Detroit July 24th through July 28th. AWARD Resolution 544, commending Charles Bridges for his tireless and unselfish devotion to duty for 40 years as Fire Chief, and almost 30 years as City Clerk, and further commending Nell Bridges, his wife, was read and passed by motion. i A meritorious award for outstanding service was presented to Charles Bridges by Mayor Thornton, on behalf of the city. PARKS Mrs. Hogan and Pete Baffaro reported that the Park Board was interested in obtaining 10- acres in Mill Creek Canyon owned by Charlie Waller. A motion was passed giving the Board the power to act in negotiating with Waller. Strain, as liaison officer to the Park Board requested time to study the issue and to check to see if an easement to the property would be forthcoming from Dr. Rugg. It was ascertained that the property, priced at $7,500 could be purchased in several payments if necessary. i CLAIMS PRESENTED AND ALLOWED, BY MOTION, AS FOLLOWS: i Payroll $34,409.60 Current Expense 4,628.86 Fire Station Constr 3.22 Water 3,482.51 Water Constr 3, 159.70 Street 12,391 .25 Sewer 2,742.97 Sewer Construction 1,500.00 Garbage 1 ,295.02 Library 193.24 Park 902.90 Parking Meter 34.09 Interest Bearing Warrants LID 249 Daily Journal of Commerce 58.50 MEETING ADJOURNED 9:45 P.M. i Marie Jense Deputy City Clerk j I I i Alex Thornton Mayor i i I i I I