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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 04/03/1967 Kent , Washington April 3 , 1967 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 Attorney Bereiter Minutes of the last meeting approved as printed and accepted by motion . Clerk's report submitted, accepted and placed on file by motion . HEALTH & Mooney moved that Hill & Ingman be authorized SANITATION to proceed with design of a setter in the vicinity of the West Valley Highway with com- RRECTED REFER TO pensation to be on the basis outlined in • Section X (f) of the existing engineering con- INUTES Qf � tract with the City dated May 7, 1959 , Strain ... seconded, motion carried. STREETS LID 251. A letter from Scarsella Bros. Inc. was read requesting an extension of the completion date of Contract No. 07-1-00100 regarding -S . 212th St. Improvements to July 9 , 1967. Pozzi so moved, Mooney seconded, motion carried. LID 253. Ordinance 11143 , implementing LID 253 for Phase II of So. 212th Improvement was read by the City Attorney. Mooney moved for passage and adoption of the ordinance , Pozzi seconded, motion carried. Traffic Control. The City Engineer stated that he will attend a meeting on April 4th relative to the Green River Valley Transportation Study. Vacation. Discussion was held on the vacation of a portion of the alley between State & Burke Streets submitted by Don Eide. The Planning Commission 'recomends that this not be approved until all the rest of the alley is included, in compliance with the engineer ' s recommendation . The City Attorney noted that this matter should now be referred back to the Planning Commission to consider vacating the entire alley and recomended that a letter of explanation be sent to Mr. Eide. Woodworth so moved, Strain seconded, motion carried. WATER Strain reported that two meetings were held with people regarding the North End Water LID and that they were in favor of the LID. Hamilton Road Water Co. Upon Strain ' s motion , . the City Attorney was instructed to draw up the contract for the city' s acceptance of the Hamilton Road Water Co. , Woodworth seconded, motion carried. - BUILDING Buxton reported that the building permits issued thus far for this year total $4 , 853 , 325.00. Utility Building. Buxton reported that the preliminary plans for the utility building are ready for a call for bids. He noted that he would like to have each councilman confer with the City Engineer to approve the plans . Buxton ' s motion to be. authorized to hire an architect carried. POLICE & Woodworth reported that Motorcycle Officer Hancock FIRE was injured and hospitalized today following an accident . i SEWER & WATER The City Engineer recommended that the request REQUEST by Mr. Rice for sewer & water dervice for a pro- posed project in the East IIill area, be provided at the property owners expense under the city ' s usual requirements. Mooney so moved, Armstrong seconded, motion carried. FINANCE A letter from the City Treasurer was read request- ing authorization to reinvest $150,000.00 of 111966 G. 0. Street , South 212th" fund monies, into U. S . Government Treasury Bills , $$50,000.00 for a period of 90-days and $$100,000.00 for a period of 120-days. Woodworth so moved, Armstrong seconded, motion carried. BIDS Car - Fire Dept . The following bids were read for a car for the Fire Department : Strain ' s Auto. Co. $$2 ,676.32, including tax Bill Hazelett $2 ,695 .77 , it it Bowen Scarff $2, 738.38 , " Upon Woodworth' s motion, the bid was awarded to Strain ' s Auto, Mooney seconded, motion carried. CIVIC CENTER A letter from the Chamber of Commerce was read offering their support and assistance in the development of a new Civic Center. Mooney moved that a letter of thanks be sent to them, Woodworth seconded, motion carried. ZONING It was noted by the Clerk that the public hearing on the Stroud rezone formerly ' set for April 17th will be postponed to the May 1st meeting. McLeod & Chase. Ordinance 1444 , approving the McLeod & Chase Rezone from•M-A to M-1 was read by the City Attorney. Woodworth moved for passage and adoption of the ordinance , Buxton seconded, motion carried. EMERGENCY Health & Sanitation . The public hearing was opened ORDINANCES on the Emergency Ordinance providing for $27 ,000.00 for new garbage containers. There were no objections or comments from the floor and the hearing was closed by motion . Emergency Ordinance 1441 was read by the City Attorney. Armstrong moved that the ordi- nance be amended to add "maximum of 6% interest" . Durand seconded, and motion carried. The amended ordinance- was passed unanimously upon Durand' s motion . Mooney moved that the City Clerk be authorized to call for bids for the purchase of these containers , Strain seconded, motion carried. Building. The public hearing was opened on the Emergency Ordinance providing for $47 , 500.00 for a new utility building. There were 'no objections or comments from the floor and the hearing was closed by motion . Emergency Ordinance 1442 , was read by the City Attorney. Armstrong moved that the ordinance be amended to add "maximum at 6% interest" , Buxton seconded, motion carried. The amended ordinance was passed unanimously upon Buxton ' s motion. CLAUSING The 10% petition for the Clausing Annexation was ANNEXATION presented along with a letter from the City Engineer certifying that signatures thereon represent owners of property aggregating more than 10% of the assessed valuation . Mooney moved that a meeting with Dr. Clausing be set for 7 : 30 p.m. , April 17th, Buxton seconded, motion carried. CITY Mooney moved for a 5 minute executive session , GOVERNMENT Durand seconded, motion carried. Mooney moved to reconvene , motion carried. The Mayor reported that the Council had met with a Chamber of Commerce Committee to explore the possibility of changing to •a manager/council form of government. Sick Leave. A proposed sick leave ordinance was read by the City Attorney. Mooney moved to refer the matter to the Finance Committee for clarifica- tion of the Industrial Insurance section, Armstrong seconded, motion carried. Durand' noted that on the night of March 6th, the Council moved to set the hearing on the SS&1`1 Co. Appeal for Tlarch 20th, and to comply with the time limitations on mailing of notices , they are mailed the same day. Pozzi stated that he felt that it was not wise to so expedite these hearings . The City Attorney agreed and explained that the first appeal was filed on February 27th so that in this case there was ample time for the notices to be prepared. The Mayor suggested that an annexation committee be formed and requested Buxton , Armstrong and Pozzi to serve Mooney questioned the legality of the Council hearing appeals from the Board of Adjustment ' s decisions . The City Attorney stated that this was legal, and noted that this procedure gives the citizen the right to appeal to the Council rather than Superior Courts , which are over-crowded and would be costly to the appelant. APPEAL SS&M Co. The public hearing was reopened on the appeal from the Board of Adjustment ' s decision in granting a conditional exception to the SS&M Co. for removal of dirt in an R-1, R-2 and R-4 zone . Mr. Lyle Schneider, Attorney for Mr. Clements , noted that while the property was referred to as the Tonelli-Marlowe property, they had not signed the application for the conditional exception . He also noted that there was not a contract between the applicants and the city, that view property would be destroyed and that the Board of Adjustment had not made proper findings in rendering their decision . He noted the irregularity of filing for a conditional exception before filing for a rezone. Mrs. Lloyd asked who Mr. Schneider ' s clients were and if they lived within the 200 ' area to the sub- ject property. Mr. Schneider named 18 property owners he represented, but was unable to state which were actually within the 200 ' bounds . Schneider further stated that this area had a beautiful view and should be reserved for residential purposes , and filed a sketch of the area with the clerk. Mr. Sherwood noted that the contour maps which he first disapproved were made more comprehensive with addi- tional clarifying information and he had then approved .them as conforming with city requirements . At the City Attorney' s request the minutes of the March 20th Council meeting covering this hearing were read, as was Resolution #61 of the Board of Adjustment. Councilman Armstrong requested that he be excused from voting on this issue , since he had been absent from the city for some time. Tile City Attorney read from the City Code regarding applications to the Board stating that the application may be made by any owner or tenant . Mr. Lee , Attorney for SS&M Co. explained that SS&M, a partnership con- sisting of J . Harold Sparkman , K. A. Sanwick and J . Elroy McCaw, were the contract purchasers and had been before the application was filed. Mr. Sanwick noted that a $100,000.00 bond had been posted as re- quired by the Board of Adjustment ' s Resolution #61, to guarantee compliance with the restrictions enumerated in the Resolution. Mr. . Crose questioned the feasibility of the firm replanting the area , opining that the gravel surface which would remain after the excavation would not be suitable for planting. The City Engineer noted -that a proposal had been furnished by SS&11I showing that plans for the replanting will follow the specifications used by the State Highway Department , including top soil if necessary. It was also noted that the Resolution provided that the Conditional Exception was for a six month period only. City Attorney Ber. eiter noted that there is no requirement that the rezone applica- tion 'must preceed the application for a Conditional Exception. Mr. Lorenz stated that the hauling of the dirt would cause a serious traffic problem on the East Valley Highway. Mooney moved to close the public hearing , Pozzi seconded, motion carried. Pozzi moved to uphold the action of the Board of Adjustment , for the reasons outlined by the Board and for the appeal to be denied. Upon a roll call vote , the motion carried, the following votes being cast : Buxton , Pozzi , Mooney, Strain anU Woodworth AYE, Durand NAY, and Armstrong refrained from voting. CSNVNOS & On Woodworth' s motion , permission was granted for V N I NS the City Engineer and the Assistant City Engineer to attend the APW meeting in Bellingham, April 12 through 111. Armstrong' s motion , seconded by Strain was passed, approving the following claims : Payroll for March 1967 $59 , 539.67 Current Expense 2 ,732.02 Water 1, 221.04 Street 2,074.12 Sewer 1,004.21 Garbage 14 , 187.11 Library 3.65 Park 168. 95 LID 251 17 , 500.97 LID 253 7 759 .53 �46551-7 0 Interest Beajdng Warrants N. Kent Water Constr. Fund Hill & Ingman 10,663. 38 Pioneer National Title Ins . Co. 625.20 Hill & Ingman 184.14 Hill & Ingman 350.11 11 ,322. 33 Sewer Constr. 66 Issue II Hill & Ingman 596.43 Mottner & McCutchen 17 259.26 17 855-69 MEETING ADJOURNED: 10: 30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, MAYOR �- Alex Thornton , Mayor' Marie Jensen , City Clerk