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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 04/02/1973 Kent, Washipgton April 2 , 1973 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 8 :00 p.m. Present: Mayor Hogan, Cuuncilmen: Baffaro, Elliott, Just, Kitto, Martell, Masters and Thornton, City Administrator Street, City Attorney Mirk, Public Works Director Ulett, Finance Director Winkle and Planning Director Harris Martell moved to accept the minutes of the meeting of March 19th, with the following correction: On Page 3 , under the heading of Veterans , "THORNTON MOVED to confirm the Mayor ' s appointment . . . " Kitto seconded, motion carried . KENT A concert was given in the City Hall lobby at MERIDIAN 7: 30 p.m. by the Kent Meridian Jazz Ensemble, JAZZ under the direction of Hal Sherman. The Ensemble ENSEMBLE was congratulated by Mayor Hogan on winning the Sweepstakes Award at the Reno Jazz Festival last week and each member was presented with a meritor- ious award certificate. A letter was read from the International Music Festivals Inc. inviting the entire group to participate in the International Jazz Festival at the University of Louvain, Belguim in August, 1973 . Upon the Mayor 's suggestion, BAFFARO MOVED for a resolution to be drafted, giving the Council 's support and encouraging financial support of the citizens , Thornton seconded, motion carried. STREETS W. Willis to Reith Road. A letter from John L. Fournier Jr. to Representative John Bagnariol was read, noting the need for an appropriation for the completion of the freeway segment from West Willis Street to Reith Road . MASTERS MOVED to accept the letter and for it to be made a matter of record , Martell seconded, motion carried. East Valley Highway. A letter was read from Mark McCorkle, noting that the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce was unanimously adopted. a resolution to support five lanes on the East Valley Highway between Kent and Auburn and stating that the Board has urged State Legislators to support legis- lation to increase the gasoline tax by 1/2(,' to pro- vide needed monies for UAB funding . MASTERS MOVED to accept the letter and for it to be made a matter of record , Martell seconded, motion carried . State Highway Department. Street reported that a meeting was held with Wes Bogart, Public Works Director Ulett, Mayor Hogan and Chamber of Commerce representatives concerning various street projects proposed for the City. He noted that plans for 73-75 include a park and ride lot in conjunction with the Metro Transportation system, which is a $700, 000 project. Also discussed were the plans for Canyon Drive and the intersection of Meeker and the West Valley Highway, which is now programmed for 1975-77 with construction to be in 77-79 . He pointed out the need for traffic im- provements through downtown Kent since there is no plan to extend the highway up over the East Hill within the next 10 years. He further suggested to the Highway De- part m ent that due to the problems with the I-90 project, that perhaps there would be money available that could be utilized elsewhere. He suggested that the Council keep in continuous contact with the Highway Department regarding this matter. West Valley and W. Meeker Intersection. It was noted that the State Highway Department has submitted two contracts for the intersection work at West Meeker and West Valley Highway. One contract is for utility location and one for a TOPICS lighting project. ELLIOTT MOVED to authorize the Mayor to sign said contracts, Martell seconded , motion carried. STREETS Traffic Control. The Engineering Department has reported that the Traffic Safety Program entitled "Identification and Surveillance of Accident Locations" has been completed, including the obligations of the consulting firm of Transportation Planning and Engineer- ing who have submitted their reportsand recommendations to the City. KITTO MOVED that the contract of Trans- portation Planning and Engineering be accepted as com- plete and the 10% retainage be released when it is legal to do so, Masters seconded , motion carried. JUST MOVED to authorize Mayor Hogan to sign three contracts with the Highway Department for the Canyon Drive project, Martell seconded . It was noted that one contract is for the construction, one for utility ad- justment and one for TOPICS for lighting the intersection of 104th and Canyon Drive, motion carried. HEALTH & LID 275 . The City Attorney introduced Ordinance 1823 , SANITATION creating LID 275 for construction and installation of an 8" sanitary sewer to run from East Valley Highway to a point 700 feet west of East Valley Highway, approxi- mately 950 feet south of S. 200th Street. MARTELL MOVED for passage of the ordinance, Kitto seconded, motion carried . Cedar River Basin. It was noted that the Department of Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting on the Cedar River Basin Study at 7: 30 p.m. , April 19th at the Puget Power Auditorium in Renton. Sewer and Water Service. A letter was received from R. C. Johnson requesting information concerning water and sewer service. Ulett ' contacted the Johnsons and directed them to the proper source of information. The matter will be brought to the Council if any further question arrises. FINANCE EAA. A letter was read from Gerald Skutt, noting that the Board of Directors of the Central Puget Sound Economic Development District has adopted a resolutimicalling for reinstatement of funding for the State 's Economic Assistance Authority for the next biennium, and urging that legislators be advised of the City's interest in the program. MASTERS MOVED to accept the letter and for it to be made a matter of record , Martell seconded, motion carried. State Audit. Street reported on the recent newspaper article stating that the State Auditor ' s report had said that the City misspent $400, 000 . He noted that this is not what the report said, but that it indicated that written permission had not been secured from the State for spending arterial street funds, and recommended that this permission be obtained by the City through the State Engineer. He pointed out that the records were in order, and that the proper paperwork was not completed by former employees. A meeting was held today with State authorities and the City will request the required permission. He further pointed out that the City was not in danger of losing any of the funds. The City Attorney introduced Resolution 741, authorizing the Mayor to sign an escrow agreement relating to $1,000,000 U; S. Treasury Obligations pledged to Advance Refunding of Water Revenue Bonds, 1970 . JUST MOVED for adoption of the resolution, Martell seconded, motion carried. WATER It was noted that Learned 's request for water service was discussed at the last Utilities Committee meeting. Mr. Learned was informed that uptil the City is in a position to increase the water flow into his area, his request would have to be denied . POLICE & The City Attorney introduced Ordinance 1824, adding a new FIRE section to Ordinance 1565 and amending Section 16 thereof, covering use of narcotic drugs while driving a vehicle in the city limits. ELLIOTT MOVED forfassage of the ordinance, Martell seconded. Upon Elliott 's query, the City Attorney explained that the term "narcotic drugs" is a State term. Elliott pointed out that under the change of terminology, the phrases would be "dangerous drug" and "controlled substance" . Motion carried . BUILDING Street reported a great increase in building activity, noting that in March, 64 building permits , valued at $1,028,000 were issued. LEGISLATION LEOFF . A letter was read from Kent Swisher of AWC, referring to Substitute Senate Bill 2266 which has been filed by Senator Martin Durkan, proposing changes to the LEOFF law. Street noted that the proposed changes would be unfavorable both to the cities and to the employees and suggested that the Council and citizens contact their state legislators on an individual basis. A letter was read from Councilwoman Bernice Stern of the King County Council, advising that the Community and Environmental Development Committee will meet on April 4th at 9 : 30 a.m. in Room 402 , King County Courthouse to further consider Proposed Ordinance 73-183, implementing the State Environmental Policy Act in King County. Interested parties are invited to attend . MASTERS MOVED to accept the letter and for it to be made a matter of record , Martell seconded , motion carried. ZONING East Hill Developers Rezone, R-3 to C-3 . Harris explained that the 6 acre parcel is located south of S .E. 256th and east of 104th Ave. S .E. The Planning Commission has recommended approval of the rezone with certain conditions, as outlined in the Planning Commission minutes of March 20th. Harris explained the conditions as follows: 1. Storm drainage must be handled by each proposed development in conformance with existing storm drainage plans and in conformance with city policies for storm drainage. 2. A planned street system is a primary element of any development plan proposed within the City and must be compatible with the City's circulation plans. Development which is proposed in areas of the City which have a planned street system which is a part of the Comprehensive Plan, or the City's six-year plan, and any other street plan, shall make provisions for such streets and must not cause implementation of such street plans to become unattainable because the street plan is considered secondary to the develop- ment plan. 3. Pedestrian circulation system must become a part of any development plan when the proposed development will generate or attract pedestrians. 4. The proposed development shall be compatible with existing development adjacent to or within 500 feet of the property line of the proposed development. Compatibility shall not refer to architectural design features but to siting of building andlocation of off- street parking. 5 . Efforts have been made to preserve trees, natural vegetation, creeks or other environmental amenities. Upon questions from the Council regarding traffic circula- tion, Harris pointed out the importance of developing S. 260th, and the plans to widen S .E. 256th to include a left turn lane, and noted that the signal at 104th and S.E. 256th will provide left turn signals for each direction. Harris pointed out that proposed ingress and egress at the Kent Kangley Road is not part of the rezone application; that this matter would be covered by the new zoning code. The public hearing was opened by Mayor Hog an. There was no correspondence, and no comments were offered from the audience. BAFFARO MOVED to close the hearing, Thornton seconded, motion carried . JUST MOVED to approve the applica- tion for rezone but for the ordinance to be withheld until the applicant has agreed in writing to the 5 conditions as listed above, and in addition for the applicant to further agree to deed 30 feet on the southern boundary of the prop- erty for right-of-way for S . 260th. Baffaro seconded. Upon Martell 's query, Harris noted that the applicant has proposed access to 104th Ave. Motion carried. MILL CREEK The Mayor opened the public hearing on the Environmental STORM Assessment Statement for the Mill Creek proposed Storm DRAINAGE Drain outfalls in the Canyon Drive area. There were no comments from the floor. A letter was read from Eugene Dziedzic of the Environmental Management Division of the Department of Game, suggesting that the city include in it 's final statment for this project, a full discussion of plans to prevent entry of road and other pollutants into Mill Creek proper. ELLIOTT MOVED to close the hear- ing and for the Environmental Impact Statment, together with the letter from the Department of Game, and the answer to the letter, along with copies of the minutes of this hearing to be sent to the appropriate agencies. Masters seconded, motion carried. RAILROAD A letter was read from Mr. Bebout, Realtor, indicating his desire to install Burlington Northern . Railroad trackage from the existing Benaroya spur, north across S . 208th to serve a 12 acre tract for a warehouse and distribution center to be located east of the East Valley Highway and north of S. 208th, and asking for further information. MASTERS MOVED to accept the letter and to refer the matter to the Utilities Committee, Martell seconded. Street noted that former Council- men had advised him that this matter had been brought up before and that the Council had decided that there would be only one crossing of the East Valley Highway. He noted that the bridge ov er S . 212th would take much of the traffic off S . 208th. Md- ion carried . METRO Street reported that at the Metro Council meeting held TRANSIT April 2nd, Metro decided to go to the State and ask for all SYSTEM the money allocated to them by law for Metro transit. He recommended that the City adopt a resolution, based on these facts and for it to be sent to our legislators. MARTELL SO MOVED, Just seconded , motion carried. Mayor Hogan noted the importance of full funding for this project. METRO Ribco Study. The City received a letter from:.Metro, return- ing the contract the City signed to help support the Ribco study. Sufficient grants were received and financial support of the City was not needed. KENT SHORE- It was noted that as of March 29th, the City has not received LINE MANAGE- the necessary information from the Department of Ecology as to MENT STUDY whether that department would consider financing a portion of the Kent Shoreline Management Study. It was pointed out that the Department of Ecology has received 701 money and that $19,000 has been allocated to all of King County. Kent 's share of this would be approximately $350 . Street pointed out that the Plannini Department could do a portion of this study and the DMJM firm could assist. MARTELL MOVED to authorize the Administrator to negotiate with DMJM on the Kent Shoreline Management Study, Elliott seconded, motion carried. PLAT Mountain View Tracts. It was pointed out that the preliminary plat of Mountain View Tracts was reviewed by the Planning Commiss. at their meeting held March 20th. KITTO MOVED that the Mountain View Tracts preliminary plat be discussed at the regular Council meeting to be held April 16th, Elliott seconded, motion carried. VETERANS A letter was read from Jack Westford, Chairman of the Governor 's Task, Force on Jobs for Veterans, urging the City' s support in promoting statewide awareness of the Vietnam veteran unemployment rate which is in excess of 10 percent, and requesting that the Mayor head the local committee. MASTERS MOVED to accept the lette: and for it to be made a matter of record , Martell seconded, motiol carried . BIDS Surplus Fire Trucks & Equipment. Two bids were received on the 1964 GMC as follows: Jefferson County $14,056.00 Fire Distr. #3 (Port Ludlow) Pierce County $12, 966. 66 Fire Dist. #20 (South Prairie) MARTELL MOVED to accept the best bid of Jefferson County Fire District #3 , Elliott seconded, motion carried. No bids were received on the 1961 Ford, but the Fire Department is contacting other interested Fire Departments, and expect to have a second sale soon. BIDS Equipment Rental. The following bids were received for furnishing three trucks for the equipment rental department: 1/2 Ton 3/4 Ton 1 Ton inc. tax inc. tax inc. tax Bowen Scarff $3 , 309 .56 $3 ,564.46 $3 , 693 .18 Bill Hazelett 3 , 253 .10 3 , 214.24 - - - - Valley Garage 3 , 311 .69 3 , 348.54 3, 429 .62 Tom Mattson - - - - 3 , 301 .16 3 , 358.02 ELLIOTT MOVED to award the low bid of Bill Hazelett for the 1/2 Ton and 3/4 Ton pickups and the low bid of Tom Mattson for the 1 Ton truck, Kitto seconded, motion carried. PLANNING MASTERS MOVED to confirm the appointment of Robert COMMISSION Bodvin to the Planning Commission to replace Jim Rayfuse , Thornton seconded, motion carried. SUBURBAN A dinner meeting of the Suburban Mayors will be held MAYORS on April 4th at 7: 30 p.m. at the Doubletree Inn at Southcenter. ASSOCIATION It was noted that the AWC will meet in Spokane at the OF WASHING- Ridpath Hotel , June 20th through June 22nd. The City TON CITIES Clerk will make reservations. FINANCE ELLIOTT MOVED to pay bills received op or before April 5th and approved by the Finance Committee at their meeting to be held on April 16th, Kitto seconded, motion carried . MEETING ADJOURNED: 9 : 30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Isabel Hogan Marie �se Mayor City Clerk;