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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 09/03/1968 Kent , Washington September 3 , 1968 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 8 :00 p.m. Present : Mayor Thornton , Councilmen Armstrong, Baffaro, Barnier, Lee , Masters , Pozzi and Woodworth, City Administrator Street , City Attorney Bereiter and City Engineer Sherwood Minutes of the last meeting approved as printed and accepted by motion . Budget report submitted , accepted and placed on file by motion. WATER LID 256. The public hearing was opened on LID 256 for the installation of a 16" water main in East Valley Highway from 192nd to 180th. Harlan Bull, 19222 84th Ave. S. stated that the only notice he received was the official notice of the public hearing which contained his estimated assessment . He noted that his property lies south of 192nd and east of the East Valley Highway and should there- fore not be included and stated in addition , that he is now adequately served with water. Mrs . Hedlund, 18703 East Valley Highway stated that they were not contacted prior to receiving the official notice of the public hearing and noted that they are adequately served with a well. The City Engineer explained that the original petition seeking the LID was signed by owners of large tracts and the water committee had understood that these owners' would contact all the owners who would be affected. Harry Novak opined that signatures both for and against proposed projects should appear on petitions presented to the city. Armstrong moved to continue the hearing to .the next meeting, Barnier seconded. Under discussion , Barnier stated that someone from the City should contact property owners within a proposed LID so that all would have knowledge of the proposed project prior to receiving the notices of public hearing from the City Clerk. Motion carried , with Pozzi voting nay. HEALTH & ULID #1. Barnier moved that Tonneson Slead, Contractors SANITATION on ULID #1, Contract IV be granted an extension of time to September 30, Woodworth seconded , motion carried. Barnier moved that National Construction Co. , Contractors on ULID #1, Contract III be granted an extension of time to September 9, Woodworth seconded , motion carried. LID 259, Horseshoe Acres Sewer. The City Engineer suggested and the council concurred that the resolution of intent to form this LID be delayed until all property owners affected had been contacted. A letter from the Federal Way Public Schools was received agreeing to assume the connection charge of $8,000 when and if the Star Lake School should connect to the Kent sewer line . Barnier moved that the attorney for the deve- lopers of Cambridge #6 be directed to prepare 'the contract and submit it to the City Attorney for approval, Lee seconded , motion carried. FINANCE ULID #1. Armstrong moved and Lee seconded that the issuance of ULID #1 bonds in the amount of $1,273,489. 12 with interest at 6% be authorized. Motion carried. City Hall Bonds. Resolution 603, directing the City Treasurer to pay the semi-annual interest on G. 0. City Hall Bonds of 1968 in the amount of $25, 921.52 from receipts in excess of that anticipated in the 1968 budget , was read by the City Attorney. Armstrong moved to adopt the resolution , Masters seconded, motion carried. FINANCE Parks. Woodworth moved that $1000.00 be transferred from "Cleaning and Grubbing" to "Tractor" all within the Capital Outlay budget of the Parks & Recreation Department , Barnier seconded, motion carried. Resolution 605 , directing the Budget Officer to transfer the following funds in the Planning Commission budget for 1968 was read by the City Attorney: From Salaries & Wages 200.00 From Legal Services & M&O 300.00 From Officials Expense in M&O 385.00 To : Miscellaneous Supplies in M&O 885.00 Armstrong moved for passage of the resolution , Barnier seconded , motion carried. STREETS Railroad Crossings. Barnier moved that the Council look with approval and lend their support to attempts to ob- tain grade separations of railroad crossings on major arterials in the City of Kent , Masters seconded, motion carried. LIDD2 Pozzi moved that the contract for improvement of 228th, under LID 255, be awarded to the low bidder Red-Samm in the amount of $395 , 165.40 and that they be authorized to proceed on September 9, Lee seconded, motion carried. 6 Year Arterial Street Pro ram. The public hearing was opened on the 6 year arterial street program. The City Engineer noted that it will be financed through UAB funds and LID methods and that we will have to consider issuance of G. 0. Bonds with two alternatives , (1) financing from 1/20 gas tax monies and (2 ) by vote of the people. The total cost of the 6 year project will be approximately $15 ,000,000.00. Barnier asked if the project included an underpass for James Street.. The City Engineer stated that it had been considered , however it interfered with adjacent properties seriously and would cost a substantial amount of money. Mr. J. C. Bergman , representing the Northern Pacific Railroad , asked if the plan contemplated any new grade crossings. The City Engineer stated that the plan included a crossing at S. 202nd which would cross both railroads. Pozzi moved to close the hearing, Baffaro seconded , motion carried. Resolution 601, approving the 6 year arterial street program was read by the City Attorney. Woodworth moved to pass the resolution and for copies to be submitted to the appropriate state commissions , Barnier seconded, motion carried. LID 253, S.212th, Phase II. Pozzi moved that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to execute that certain agree- ment between the City of Kent and the Northern Pacific Rail- road Co. to share the cost of widening of S. 212th at its intersection with the Northern Pacific Railroad 's three track railway and share the cost of relocating and upgrading the railroad crossing signals thereof, subject to the approval of the City Engineer and City Attorney. Woodworth seconded , motion carried . LID 258, 4th Ave. Improvement. Resolution 602, declaring the city' s intention to form an LID to improve 4th Ave. from S. 228th St. to Harrison St. and setting the public hearing on same for October 7, 1968, was read by the City Attorney. Pozzi moved for passage of the resolution , Masters seconded, motion carried. LID 257, James St . Improvement . The public hearing was opened on LID 257, the proposed improvement of James St. The City Clerk noted that 87 written protests were received, most of which were on mimeographed forms, and the majority of which were signed by property owners who were not being . assessed. Protests were received from the following who were assessed : Howard Manufacturing, Dean Marlatt; Gertrude Boback Weston , The Milwaukee Railroad , and the First Baptist Church. Armstrong excused himself from taking part in the procedure , STREETS explaining that he was a property owner in the proposed LID. Mr. Lamb, 1003 S.E. 240th, spokesman for many of the protestants opined that the money for the improvement should be appropriated for some other street instead of James. He furthr stated that there is excessive speeding on James now and insufficient law enforcement . Among those concurring with Lamb and protesting the improvement were : Otis Brown , Miss Little, Mrs. Nall, Charles Overton , Walt Wynstra, Paul Tippet , June Page, Fred Campbell, Mr. Moll, Mr. Davis. Suggestiors from the protestants included returning the funds to the Urban Arterial Board, improving S. 228th instead of James St . , considering a 3 lane facility instead of 4 lanes , and that ' the improvement would lower property values. Mr. Williamson spoke in favor of the pro- ject . Harold Anderson of Howard Manufacturing, asked why only industry was assessed. Ramsey stated that industry would receive the greatest benefit and that the assessments were only 10 of the project . Upon being queried by Lamb, the City Engineer stated that the first formal discussions on this project did contemplate assessment of residential properties for the cost of sidewalks and that a few weeks ago, sidewalks were deleted from the assessments which dropped the residential property owners from the roll. Dale Cutler of Hi ll, Ingman & Chase , explained that the .pro- ject includes traffic lights on James at West Valley Highway, 4th Avenue , Central Avenue , 94th and the Benson Highway which would expedite left turns . He explained that the UAB has standards relative to the number of lanes for a street , depending on the volume of projected traffic over that facility and on the basis of the study made , 4 lanes were indicated. Mr. Moll insisted that he had been told in Olympia, that the City could decide how many lanes and that the UAB had no standards . Cutler further pointed out that the project includes sidewalks on both sides , a pedestrian overpass ; and that visibility at the crown of the hill would be extended as much as possible. The City Engineer then explained the right-of-way requirements . After all who wished to speak were afforded that opportunity, Pozzi moved to accept the protests and place them on file , Woodworth seconded , motion carried. Pozzi moved to close the hearing, Baffaro seconded , motion carried . Ordinance 1532, . establishing LID 257 for the improvement of James Street was read by the City Attorney. Pozzi moved for passage of the ordinance, Woodworth seconded. Under discussion , Barnier stated he felt this should be a proper main arterial, if it is to be improved at all, with no LID assessment to properties adjacent to the improvement . Baffaro stated that he was in favor of 3 lanes. Upon roll call vote, Baffaro, Barnier & Masters voted nay. Pozzi, Lee and Woodworth voted aye. Mayor Thornton ' s vote in favor of the project broke the tie vote. Motion carried. BUILDING City Hall. It was noted that Gerry Anderson had scheduled a meeting with Mr. Taylor regarding negotiations for the new city hall building site. City Hall. A letter from the Planning Commission was presented, recommending the 4th & Titus site for the new city hall, if sufficient funds are available for property acquisition and recommending the city-owned property near James Street and Russell Road , if sufficient monies are not available for the downtown site. Woodworth moved to place the letter on file , Barnier seconded, motion carried. BIDS It was noted that no bids were received for the installation of signals at the intersection. of 240th & Pacific Highway. A new bid call has been advertised and a report will be avail- able at the next council meeting. BIDS Garbage. Containers. The following bids were received and opened on Tuesday, August 27 at 3 :00 p.m. for 35 2 yard container's and 15 - 1 yard containers : Bidder Cost , Inc. Sales Tax Date of Delivery Worthington 6, 574.62 60 days Container Corp. DeWald Northwest 6 ,899.09 1 yd. - 30 days 2 yd. - 60 days Capital Industries 6,926.89 Some immediately All in 30 days Paul K. Haggard 7,070.94 Immediately McElhose Welding 7,524 .00 60 days Fruehauf Trailer No bid It was the recommendation of the City Administrator that the bid of DeWald Northwest be accepted as this bid meets the specifications. Barnier moved that the bid which is in the best interest of the city, namely that of DeWald Northwest , Corvallis , Oregon , in the amount of $6,899.09 , including sales tax be accepted, Masters seconded , motion carried. ZONING Blevins . Armstrong moved to hold over the hearing for the Blevins rezone to October 7th, Barnier seconded, motion carried. Irons . It was noted that a public hearing was scheduled for this meeting on the Irons application for a rezone, however, the hearing at the Planning Commission level has not been completed as yet. Woodworth moved to continue the hearing to September 16th, Armstrong seconded, motion carried. PARKS & Resolution 604, authorizing application to the Interagency RECREATION Committee for Outdoor Recreation for funds in connection with Lake Fenwick park development , was read by the City Attorney. Lee moved for passage of the resolution , Barnier seconded, motion carried. Considerable discussion was had regarding the Park Department ' s request for usage of land in the vicinity of the Sewage Treat- ment Plant as a site for a major. recreational facility. Mr. Street suggested that the City start surveying it ' s potential uses. Barney Wilson stated that the Park Department have been assured funds for development from Forward Thrust, however, they have not developed plans for submission to the Council yet . A letter from the Jaycees was introduced favoring utilizing the treatment plant property for park purposes. Barnier noted that the Sewer Department owns this property and should be consulted about plans. Discussion was had also regarding using the proposed cover for the Scenic .Hill reservoir as a tennis court . Mr. Wilson stated that the "cost of the tennis courts was prohibitive, but stated that if a proper roof was placed on the reservoir, the property around it could be used perhaps as a tot lot. Woodworth moved that the tennis court-roof concept be abandoned, Barnier seconded, motion carried. Mill Creek Canyon . Mrs. Hogan reported that a meeting of the Park Board, several councilmen , and the owners of the Mill Creek property was held August 28 at which time Armstrong reviewed and commented upon the two appraisals of the property. Mrs. Hogan noted that she had two recommendations to present. The majority of the Park Board recommendations were : (1) to get an outside negotiator to purchase property at the best price for other than the complete 10 acres due to the fact that the front portion has exceedingly high valuation , and (2 ) that the City obtain advice of park planners as to the necessity of including the entire 10 acres as opposed to other alternatives. endation was to take immediate steps PARKS & The minority recomm RECREATION to buy the entire Mill Creek Canyon at a price negotiated by a representative of the city with the property owners. Mrs. Hogan urged that the minority recommendation be approved. Mr. Bitemen stated that he was opposed mainly to the manner in which negotiations were being made , opining that if this high price is paid for these 10 acres , the price for the upper canyon would rise accordingly. Mrs . Hogan stated that the property is zoned commercial at the mouth of the canyon and therefore expensive , but that there is no commercial zoning in the upper canyon. Mr. Biteman stated that an outside negotiator. would make it easier to deal with the people in the upper canyon. Letters from the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation and from HUD, addressed to Barney Wilson , were introduced stating that deletion of the 3 acre mouth of the canyon would jeopardize financing from these agencies. Armstrong stated that a Park Board member had been told that the applications could go through with part of the 10 acres deleted. He asked Wilson if he had made it clear to the agencies that the new proposal would not delete the whole mouth of the canyon . Wilson stated that he had not. Baffaro moved to approve Mrs. Hogan ' s minority report , Woodworth seconded. Under discussion , Barnier objected to the Council approving a minority recommendation . Upon roll call vote, Armstrong, Barnier, Lee and Masters voted nay. Baffaro, Pozzi and � '� Woodworth voted aye. Motion failed. g Armstron moved that the City Administrator be authorized to negotiate with the owners of the Rugg property for acquisition thereof for park purposes for either the entire 10 acres or a lesser portion thereof, at the lowest price possible and in such a manner as to not jeopardize the city' s anticipatended , funds from Federal and State agencies, Masters motion carried, with Barnier, Baffaro and Pozzi voting nay. BUDGET A meeting has been scheduled for Monday, September 9th at 7 : 30 p.m. to discuss the budget for 1969. SALT BREEZE Ordinance 1533, approving the Salt Breeze plat. was read PLAT by the City Attorney. Lee moved for passage of the ordinance, Armstrong seconded, motion carried. OPEN An ordinance to amend the open housing ordinance , specifi- HOUSING cally Paragraph 4, Section 5 , enforcement procedures , that "Any complaint filed pursuant to this section must be filed with the Commission within five ( 5) days after the alleged act of discrimination" was read by the City Attorney. It was noted that the original ordinance provides for 15 days. Armstrong moved for passage of the ordinance, Baffaro seconded. Under discussion , Lee stated that the committee had had several meetings on this subject and recommended that the original ordinance not be amended. Letters from the First Christian Church and Mahlon Douglas were read supporting the ordinance as is. Reverend Holmfeldt spoke against the amendment . James Snow and John McDonald spoke in favor of the amend- ment. Upon roll call vote , Baffaro, Barnier & Armstrong voted -aye. Masters , Lee , Pozzi and Bloodworth .voted nay. Motion to amend the open housing ordinance failed. SS&M Dave Durand asked if SS&.M' s bond was still valid , since the contractor is now operating beyond the August 24th deadline. . The City Attorney noted that it was valid, but that they are not currently operating under a permit and are placing some of the members of the city in a very embarrassing situation. Armstrong moved and Masters seconded that the vouchers be approved as submitted and warrants drawn for the same. Motion carried. Current Expense 4 ,299.69 Water 2 , 582.20 Street 1,842.20 Sewer 292.58 Garbage 417.67 Library 168.68 Park 295.32 LID 252 73, 778.78 Interest Bearing Warrants LID 253, S. 212th Hill , Ingman & Chase 2,084.86 Pearl C. Hogan 600.00 Richard F. Murray 56.25 LID 255, UAB 8-1106 (2) Hill , Ingman & Chase 582.90 LID 255 , UAB 8-1106 (l) Hill, Ingman & Chase 726.35 LID 257, UAB 8-1106 (2) Hill, Ingman & Chase 2,711.02 Richard F. Murray 82.50 Hill , Ingman & Chase 1, 112.28 N. Kent Water Hill, Ingman & Chase 5 , 543.32 King County Treasurer 21.00 Hill, Ingman & Chase 722.92 Salem Sand & Gravel Co. 15 ,661.90 Hill, Ingman & Chase 61.95 1967 Sewer Constr. ULID #1 Hill, Ingman & Chase 381.24 Hill, Ingman & Chase 534.54 Hill, Ingman. & Chase 27, 748.49 Richard F. Murray 45.00 Hill, Ingman & Chase 293.03 Hill, Ingman & Chase 42.81 Hill, Ingman & Chase 748.86 National Construction Co. 96, 176 .35 Constructors Pamco 383,778.14 Murphy Bros. Inc. 67,114 .84 Tri-State Construction Co. 106, 854.40 Tonneson Slead 69, 19.8.16 MEETING ADJOURNED: 12 : 30 a.m. Respectfully submitted, MAYOR C' Alex Thornton , Mayor Marie Jen e , City Clerk