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Kent, Washington
November 18, 1974
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order.
at 8: 00 o 'clock p.m. Present: Mayor Hogan, Councilpersons:
Baffaro, Johnson, Just, Kitto, Masters, McCaughan and Storment,
City Administrator Street, City Attorney Mirk, Public Works
Director Ulett, Assistant Planning Director Lyn Johns,
Finance Director Winkle . Also present: City Treasurer
Drotz, Parks Director Wilson, Traffic Engineer Olson, Hill,
Ingman & Chase representative Ramsey. Approximately 25
people were in attendance.
MINUTES STORMENT MOVED that the minutes of the
meeting held November 4, 1974 be approved
with the following addition:
Railroad Crossings , on page 12, it should
read as follows :
"Storment concurred with McCaughan ' s obser-
vation, noting further that in order for a
driver to be able to see if something was
coming on the tracks the front of the vehicle
would have to be about 2 ' over the tracks
if railroad cars were parked on the siding
at the time. McCaughan seconded . Mirk
concurred with the motion that the correc-
tion should be made . Motion carried .
REZONE Davis Rezone . It was noted that the
Planning Commission held a hearing on the
- proposed Davis rezone from Highway Com-
mercial to General Commercial, on October
221 1974. Assistant Planning Director
Johns described the area as being bounded
by the Valley Freeway on the east, James
Street on the north, and, West Valley Highway
on the west and consisting of approximately
3 . 7 acres . Ms. Johns noted that when the
new zoning code was adopted in 1973, the
original proposal was -to have a Highway
Commercial zone at the Willis Street inter-
change; however, due to the delay in this
project the Highway Commercial zoning is
no longer logical . The Planning Staff and
the Planning Commission have recommended
that the rezone request be approved .
The Mayor opened the public hearing on the
rezones There were no comments from the
audience and no correspondence. JUST .MOVED
that the hearing be closed . Kitto seconded .
Motion carried . MASTERS MOVED for the City
Attorney to draft the appropriate ordinance
to change the zoning to GC from HC, Storment
seconded . McCaughan questioned whether the
Highway Commercial zoned area immediately
south of the property in question would be
left as HC . Ms . Johns noted that the Plan-
ning Commission had recommended that this
area also be rezoned to GC and that the
Council take steps to initiate such action.
It was determined that this would be
covered under a separate hearing. Motion
carried . MASTERS MOVED to direct the
Planning Commission to hold a hearing on
the proposal to rezone the balance of the
HC property to GC . Johnson seconded . Motion
carried .
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A letter was read
HEALTH & Green River Watershed • Count Con-
SANITATION from Ralph V, Backstrom y
, King
rther clari-
fyingservation District Chairman, fu
his letter, of October 25 to the
ggestion
Council . In addition to the su
that a moratorium be placed on further land
fill operations in the valley, contained in
the October 25 letter, the following pro-
posals were made for consideration:
1 ) Encouraging retention of agricultural
land by cur
rent use assessment for taxing
purposes, agricultural land use zoning;
acquisition of development rights and in
some instances outright purchases .
2 ) Favorable assessments for agricultural
land which will benefit from the proposed
small watershed project.
3 ) Progressive controlled development
of
commercial industrial land ,
MASTERS MOVED that the letter be accepted
and referred to the Planning Commission,
McCaughan seconded . Motion carried .
Flood Insurance . Notification has been
received that Flood Insurance is now avail-
able for property owners of valley floor
and mudslide designated areas . It was
'I noted that .maps will be filed in the offices -
of the Building Inspector and the Planning
Director . KITTO MOVED that receipt of
Flood Insurance approval be made a part
of the record, Masters seconded . Motion
carried .
LID 276 - Sunset Manor Sanitary Sewers .
KITTO MOVED that the final hearing on LID 276
be held December 16, 1974 at a regular Council
meeting, Storment seconded . Motion carried .
Upper Mill Creek . Ulett reported that a '
meeting had been held with the property
owners in the Upper Mill Creek Holding Basin
area and that there were no objections voiced
to going ahead with the appraisals but that
no date was available as to when that would
be completed ,
STREETS Handrail Installation and Repair - Willis
Street and James Street. It was noted
that the bids on the handrail installations
and repairs for Willis Street and for James
Street were opened on November 15 , 1974.
The Director of Public Works has recommended
that the bids be held 'for two weeks to deter-
mine the cost of materials, to consider hav-
ing the City personnel do the work, or to
negotiate a contract . He pointed out that
the low bid of Peart Sign Co. in the amount
of $4,815 . 13 was 66% over the engineer 's
estimate . Upon Kitto ' s question, it was
determined these two projects required
handrails to protect pedestrians from
falling, and that the project was to be
financed by the Street Department budget..._ .
MASTERS MOVED that the bid award be
delayed for two weeks, McCaughan seconded .
Motion carried .
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WATER Seattle and Willis Streets Watermain
Replacement. T'he Dired'tor of Public Works
reported that bids were opened on November
18 for watermain replacements on Seattle
Street and on Willis Street. He pointed
out that Bert Robison, low bidder at $50,033 .43,
was 14% over the engineer 's estimate, and 14%
over the amount budgeted . It was further
determined that this item is covered in the
Water Department budget request for 1975
and will include funds carried over from
the 1974 budget, and in order to determine
whether or not the project survives expected
budget cuts, Ulett has recommended that this
bid award be delayed for two weeks . KITTO
SO MOVED, Just seconded. Motion carried .
Upon Johnson 's question, it was explained
that the bids were always checked for mathe-
matical errors and these were noted in the
bid tabulation, even though the amount was
small . Street pointed out that in the case
of the King Construction Co. bid award for
j the Kent Des Moines Sewer Interceptor, an
entire item was omitted from the bid . Mirk
noted that he had advised the attorney for
DiOrio Construction that the City had awarded
the bid to King Construction at the October
21 Council meeting.
ANNEXATION Plemmons. It was noted that at the last
work session the matter of the Plemmons '
proposed annexation was discussed and that
Mr. Plemmons was not present at the meeting.
It was pointed out that the Director of
Public Works had recommended that the bound-
aries proposed in the petition not be accepted;
that the area should be enlarged to the west
to abut with the City boundary line west of
i lllth Avenue S .E.
A letter was read from Mr. Plemmons stating
that an attempt had been made in the past
to annex the area in question but had failed
for lack of support. He asked that Council
action Pe postponed until the next Council
meeting.
KITTO MOVED that the report of the Director
of Public Works be accepted and the peti-
tioners so notified, Storment seconded :
Motion carried.
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PLANNING Appointments. McCAUGHAN MOVED to confirm
COMMISSION the Mayor ' s appointment of Irving Hamilton.
j 23921 - 100th Avenue S.E . , Kent, Washington,
and William Holmer, 26408 - 136th Avenue S.E . J.
Kent, Washington, to the Planning Commission,
Baffaro seconded . Upon Masters ' query, Mayor
Hogan noted that the appointments were made
on the recommendation pf the Planning Director,
based upon the nomineeof participation in
community affairs, and background . Upon
Storment 's query, the Mayor noted that Mr.
Holmer '$ address is within the sphere of
interest of the City. Motion carried, with
Masters voting nay.
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PARKS & Wallace Murray Property. The Park Board has
RECREATION considered the proposal that the City consider
purchasing the Wallace Murray property located
at Fourth and James . The Board has determined
that the purchase could not be made unless
the owners are willing to contribute one
( 1/4) of the appraised value, and the other
three-fourths ( 3/4) is eligible for, and
receives State and/or Federal financing.
The owners are to be contacted with this
proposal .
Icy Creek Property. It was noted that the
Park Board .has requested a meeting with the
Parks & Planning Committee of the Council MASTERS
concerning the Icy Creek property.
noted that the Committee would meet on Decem-
ber 2 and MOVED that the Park Board meet
with the Committee on December 2 at .7 : 00 p.m. ,
Just seconded . Motion car
ried .
Milwaukee Park. It was noted that the pro-
! posed lease of the Milwaukee Park property
was discussed at the last work session and
the City Attorney has been directed to negoti-
ate with the railroad concerning portions
of the lease .
HOUSING & King County Agreement. Upon the recommendation
j COMMUNITY of the Administration, JUST MOVED that the
DEVELOPMENT Mayor be authorized to sign a letter of intent
to enter into an agreement with King County ---
under the block grant provisions of the Housing
& Community Development Act of 1974 and to
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submit same to King County. Masters seconded .
Motion carried .
CLAIMS FOR In accordance with the request of the City
DAMAGES Attorney, a change in the manner of handling
claims for damages against the City has now
been made to the effect that each. claim filed
will be read by title, name of the claimant,
and describing the incident which caused
the alleged claim, and that each such claim
be presented to the Council before referral
y
to the
Cit ' s insurance carrier. It was
further determined that if the insurance
carrier should determine that the claim is
not covered by insurance, the claim will then
be returned to the Council for direction to
the Attorney. The following claims were pre-
sented to the Council:
1 ) Alfred Stewart, in the amount of $1,000
for alleged damage to -his automobile while _ .
crossing the Milwauke
e Railroad tracks on
Smith Street, filed November 11 .
2 ) Norman See, in the amount nterference
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filed for damages described as
ective
with contractual relations and prospective
economic advantages . It was noted by Mirk
that Mr. See leased property on the corner
of Railroad and Meeker Street from the rail-
road and placed a building on it . Since the
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CLAIMS FOR building was in a state of disrepair, the
DAMAGES railroad did not renew the lease. Mr. See
claims that the City is responsible for the
railroad 's action in refusing to renew the
lease . Mirk pointed out that Mr. See
demolished the building about eighteen
months ago, and that under State law claims
must be filed within 120 days .
for i l_,E%g u daoLa�{e�iO � is &"L i71�s1c u
intersection of the Kent-Kangley and Summit .
It was noted that Bellevue Bulldozing is the
State ' s contractor on this project.
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Motion carried .
METRO PARK It was noted that Metro will conduct a
& RIDE LOTS community meeting on November 21, 1974
in the Council Chambers at 7: 30 p.m. to
discuss the proposed Park & Ride locations .
CITY Fire Station #1 Addition . Upon the recommenda-
BUILDINGS tion of the architect, KITTO MOVED that the
Robert Miller Construction Company contract
for additions to Fire Station #1 be accepted
as complete and for the retainage to be paid
upon receipt of the necessary releases.
McCaughan seconded . Motion carried .
CITY POLICY The Finance Committee has requested that a
change be made in the City Policy Manual
concerning the hiring of relatives of either
elected or appointed officials or employees .
The following changes are suggested :
"In order to assure equal employment opportunity
to all persons seeking employment with the
City of Kent, the following policy is in
effect for hiring a person related to an
employee of the City.
"A related person may be employed by the
City as long as he or she does not work under
the direct supervision of the related employee.
Direct supervision means the same department
or organization.
"In order for a related employee to be hired
into any permanent full-time or part-time/
temporary position of the City, authorization
must be granted by motion of the City Council .
Each applicant for employment who falls in
the related employee classification must be
approved by a separate motion which defines
his proposed scope of employment. "
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CITY POLICY The balance of the City Policy Manual entitled
"Employment of Related Individuals (B-3 ) " will .
remain the same . JUST MOVED to adopt the pro-
posed changes,, Johnson seconded . Upon McCaughannIs
query, Mirk determined that an ordinance would
not be necessary to cover the adoption of the
proposed change, as the ordinance which adopted
the Policy Manual allows for its amendment
by motion of the Council . Motion carried .
FEDERAL Bu_ dctet• A letter was read from John L.
REVENUE Gretz, Chairman of the Park Board, request-
SHARING ing that the Park Board be advised of the
date for the public hearing for considera-
tion of the use of federal revenue sharing
funds for the balance of 19740 and that the
Park Board further receive adequate notice
of any Finance Committee meetings regarding
their request for revenue sharing funds
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for projects desired
ethe completed
letter be
1971r. MASTERS MOVED that
made a part of the record, Johnson seconded .
Motion carried .
FINANCE Consolidated LID 257/258/275 Bond Issue .
Upon -the recommendation of the Finance
Director. McCAUGHAN MOVED to accept
proposal of Foster & Marshall to purchase
the combined bond issue for LIDsion c257, 258
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and 275 , Just seconded
Se re ons . The City Attorney introduced __..-
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Resolution No. 774, approving segregations
of cert
ain assessments levied under ULID
N o.- 1 , and LIDS 246, 252 , 255 , and 2581 as
requested by Sun-Mark, Inc. MASTERS MOVED
for the adoption of Resolution No. 774,
Kitto seconded . Motion carried .
i Sectregations . Resolution No. 775 wasy, approving
introduced by the City Attorney app g
segregations of certain assessments .levied
under ULID No. 1 and LID 264, as requested
by Safeco Title Insurance Company. MASTERS
MOVED that Resolution No. 775 be adopted,
Storment seconded . Motion carried .
JUST MOVED to pay bills received through
November 201 1974, after approval at the
Finance Committee ' meeting to be held on
November 27, 1974 at 8 a.m. Storment
seconded . Motion carried .
TRAFFIC South
Central . Upon the recommendation of
CONTROL the Director of Public Works, McCAUGHAN
MOVED that the Attorney be directed to pre-
pare an ordinance setting the speed limit --
on South Central from the Green River to
Willis Street at 40 miles per hour and for
the same to be submitted to the Highway
Commission for concurrence . Mast.era
seconded . Upon Masters ' query, it was
noted that the speed limit at the present
time is 35 miles per hour . Just noted, on
Mayor Hogan ' s question, that he had obsE;rved
no violations of the No Parking" restric-
l . Motion carried.
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TRAFFIC MilLtary and Reith Road Intersection . Sandy
CONTROL Kucera, 4231 South 261st, spoke from the
audience requesting that consideration be
given to installing a traffic light, or at
least a 4-way stop sign, at the intersection ,
of Military and Reith Road . She pointed out
this request has been made before but that
nothing has been done as yet and that the
crossing is very dangerous . Ulett noted
that plans for this improvement have been
completed, as a joint City-County project,
and that as soon as the signed agreement
from the County was received they would go
ahead on the project.
He be thether bettertpartned
probably that it would p Y
of a year before the project can be com-
pleted . Upon Mrs . Kucera° s question as to
whether a 4-way stop sign could be installed,
Street noted that this would take both
State Highway Commission approval and County
approval . Street noted that all of the
governments agreed that this is a problem
area. Upon McCaughan ° s question, Ulett
determined that there are UAB funds left
over from the Reith Road project which could
be applied to this project and tte balance
would be funded 50% by the County and 50%
by the City. Mrs . Kucera noted that she
would contact the State and the County about
a stop sign for the interim period .
RAILROAD Burlington Northern - Smith Street Crossing.
CROSSING A letter was read from Henry Towneugagest-
ing that the City install stop signs
Smith Street railroad crossing rather than
II consider closing the crossing. He suggested
further that advisory signs be placed at the
nearest cross street, and that tickets be
issued to those who failed ,to stop. MASTERS
MOVED for the letter to' be accepted and
made
a part of the record, Just seconded .
motion
carried .
Ulett introduced. a written report, analyzing
the eleven suggestions which had been made
in an attempt to reduce the hazards at the
Burlington Northern - Smith Street crossing .
Copies of the report were distributed and
a copy was filed for the 'record . Ulett
pointed out that closing of the crossing,
even as a temporary measure, would result li-
in a
loss Of federal funding for which appli-
cation has been made .
The eleven suggestions are as follows:
. 1) Temporarily close crossing.
2 ) Permanently close crossing.
3 ) Install stop signs.
4) Provide crossing guard .
5 ) Signs advising against crossing use .
6 ) Reduce train speeds .
7) Proceed with gates without financial aid .
8) Grade separation.
9 ) Upgrade present signal .
10) Selective enforcement of crossing stops .
11 ) Sight distance- improvement.
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November 18, 1974
Ulett noted that the following recommendations
RAILROAD
CROSSING were made by the Department of Public Works
and the Traffic Engineer:
1 ) Implement Suggestion No . 11 . Improving
the sight distance to the extent that the
railroad will permit, by removing or cover-
ing with asphalt the two most easterly sets
of tracks. He noted that the railroad has
indicated that these tracks are scheduled
to be removed at the time the funds come
through for this project.
2 ) Implement Suggestion No. 4. Provide
crossing guards to the degree necessary
to protect against eastbound vehicle con-
flicts with train movements when sight
distance to the north for those motor vehicles
is restricted because of train cars on the
westerly set of tracks .
3 ) Discuss with Burlington Northern the
possibility of relocating the spur track
which serves Stokely-Van Camp, to determine
if it could be connected from the south
to eliminate conflicts at Smith Street .
.It was further noted that written reports
from the Police Chief and the Fire Chief
have been received and made a part of the
record ,
Traffic Engineer Olson reported that a
-- traffic count showed that approximately
6600 vehicles had used the Smith Street
crossing on Thursday, November 141 and that
a video tape had also been made . Masters
asked if this was a natural pattern or if
it was possible that some' of the cars had
used the Smith Street crossing because the
gates were down at other crossings . Ulett
stated that this was impossible to determine
unless a count was taken when all of the
crossings were ungated . It was pointed out
that a count of approximately 6,000 was made
at the Smith Street crossing during the
summer, after the gates were installed on
Meeker Street. Street pointed out that all
of the safety measures such as gates could
not be placed on every crossing at--the
same time, and that State funds were allo-
cated in accordance with the ratio of acci-
dents on a given crossing. Masters opined
that the Smith Street crossing should be
temporarily closed until the safety devices
could be provided .
Ulett referred to a 1969-70 Valley Regional
Planning Commission report which stated
that the average daily traffic at the Smith
Street crossing was 4,983 and at James
Street the count was 5 ,890, when there were
no gates on the crossing. The current count
for James Street is approximately 9 ,800 .
Upon Johnson ' s question, Ulett stated that
we should know about the funding for the
safety devices for Smith Street in December,
and that the crossing must be open in order
to be eligible for funds .
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RATLROAD Mr. Wallace and Mr. Sch.rum.of of Burlington
CROSSING Northern were in atti,,n(J, and upon,
McCaughan ' s question, about suggestion I-To . 90
upgrading the present signal,, Mr. Schrumof
stated that the intensity of' -the�L . light could
be improved by i'nstailling the newer type of
light . Upon -Euri-her questions0 Mr. Schrumpf
determined that the newer type lights were
available now and could be utilizc�d in the
existing standardsi and that this was the
only suggestion they had until such time as
gates could be installed .
Kitto commented that in regard to suggestion
No. 4, that the Police Chief had reported
that placing a guard at the crossing would
not guarantee prevention of an accident,.
St-reef pointed out that a guard could easily
be hit U111ess he had a protective enclosure
surrounding "him . Mir;, noted -that in Ladd itIon,
a guard would acid anOthOr el.E�i--Ient of liabLlity,
inasmuch as in case of an ac(.Ade.nt, it might
be said that the guard was at fau.j_t Mirk
questioned as to whether consideration had
been given to any conibin at.ion of warning
devices other than I ahts and bells,
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as horns., sirens, etc. Storment opined that
people would pay no more attention -to .,.hens
than they -do 'to bells . Mirk noted that some
people were not aware of the difference i.n
the sound of an approaching train and the
warning device at the crossing, and that
perhaps the sounds should be changed . Upon
Storment ' s c!uestion as to whether the trains
used horns or bells when switching, it was
noted that both were used .
Upon Just ' s question, Mr. Schrumpf noted that
there was no poss-ibility that the equipment
was r a.lfunctj oning.
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Olson stated that the Thursday traffic count
includes 3419 eastbound and '32' 42 westbound
vehicles . On Baffaro ' s question , he noted
that the peak hours for this crossing were
from. 10: 15 to 11 : 15 A.M. - 31.7 cars,
an d
1 : 30 to 2. 30 P .M. 396 cars, westbound
only. I t wa,s a I S�o n r)t e d t h at there were
no trains those s . t I.Ic)vr,
1 wa s
further the peak hour
is froi-n. (3 : 00 t-,o -7. Lao , Masters asked' :Lf
train crews could release the signal. when
-they are switching and do not intend to actualLiy
go through the crossing. Mr. Schrumpf .:advised
that there was no release for the flashing
lights and that such release.s were. only for
gates . Masters pointed out that the gates
present a problem also as .p(lople have eiti-ic.,r
broken them or driven around 'themn.
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RAILROAD Johnson opined that if drivers observed tickets
CROSSING being given at the crossing, for those who
fail to stop when the lights are flashing,
that they would be cautious about obeying the
law. Ulett stated that when there is restricted
sight distance the vehicle spends less time
on the track when he does not come to a com-
plete stop first . Johnson reiterated that
the law requires a full stop when the light
is flashing, and stated that tickets should
be issued to those who fail to stop. Mirk
pointed out that there is only one crossing
in Kent where we have the sight distance prob-
lem . He noted that there is no safe place
to stop a car and that a patrolman would have
to follow the car, probably several blocks
away from the track, to Pull it over to issue
a ticket and at that location no one would
know why the driver was being issued a cita-
tion .
Just contended that there was something wrong
with the position of the lights, suggesting
that they were perhaps located too high, and
that the lights could not be seen at certain.
times of the day. He noted that while observ-
ing westbound traffic across the tracks,
about half of the drivers would look to the
south, and will be on the track before looking
in the other direction. Upon Bat faro ' ques-
tion, Street noted that the proposed stop
sign would cause some traffic congestion
and 3affaro observed that motorists might
use the other crossings to avoid the stop
sign . Street pointed out that he had been
informed by many citizens that they used the
crossings with gates rather than the ungated
one because of the safety factors involved .
Bill Fortune spoke from the audience, favoring
the proposal to reduce the train speed to less
than 40 miies per hour. it was explained that
the State sets the speed limits for trains and
that the City 's appeal to have the speed limit
reduced has been denied .
Charles Smith concurred with Just that there
was a problem with the position of the lights
due to the grade of the crossing. He was in
favor of the new type higher intensity light
as mentioned by the Burlington Northern rep-
resentative . He noted that when the gates
are down at Meeker Street many motorists use
the Smith Street crossing, and suggested
that the railroad could have the switchman
stand at the Smith Street crossing to flag
the cars across , James Curran commented that
he has been involved in several accident
cases in connection with railroad crossings
over the years and that the problems with
the Smith Street crossinq have always been
that you cannot see W the north when travel-
ling either east or west, that box cars near
Burdics obscure the sight distance and Lhat
the proximity of the buildings to the Lracks
obstruct the sound of the' approaching engines .
He stated further that the railroad should
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November 18, 1974
RAILROAD not allow box cars to be parked on the east
CROSSING side of the tracks except Yben they are
actually being loaded or. unloaded , Barney
Wilson spoke in favor of suggestion 07 , for
the City to contract immediately for insualla
tion of gates without waiting for financial.
aid . He opined that the City should be able
to get a letter of release from the funding
agencies stating that we would not be
penalized with the loss of the anticipated
$145 , 800 for going ahead now.
jim Grad, Kent resident and employee of t&'?
Union Pacific Railroad stated that the people
race the trains to the crossings and noted
that even at 35 miles per hour, a locomotive
weighing 150 tons, plus a string of cars which
could total 7, 000 tons made the engineer
practicaily helpless in an emergency situa.-
t ion. He spoke in favor of item No. 10 to
make the public aware of the necessity of
obeying the law requiring a full stop at the
flashing red light .
Merville Bishop noted that some crossings
in the East had a stationary large flashing
red light in addition to gates at crossings,
which was visible some distance before the
crossing . Harry Williams stated that in
view of the number of cars using the crossing,
it should not be closed . He agreed with
Barney Wilson, in favor of item No. 7, stating
that the City would not be criticized for
spending $145 , 000 for this purpose .
McCaughan summarized in favor of:
1 ) issuing tickets to violators on Smith
Street and on South 212th as well ;
2 ) immediate priority to high intensity
lights at the Smith Street crossing;
3 ) the sight distance should be improved
by paving over the easterly tracks and by
moving the box cars .
He further asked that the newspaper coordinate
a safety campaign for the public. Storment
commented chat assigning a patrolman to the
crossing would take away police protection
from other portions of the City . With regard
to the sight distance, Storment stated that
the removing of the two easterly tracks would
not alleviate the sight distance problem
because Bardics has to unload sometime .
When an automobile approaches the crossing
and a box car is parked on the east side near
Burdics, the automobile still has to reach
that point to where he can look down the
high track to see a train . He further stated
that he would urge the railroad to immediately
place the newer high intensity lights at the
Smith Street crossing and at the same time
to erect stop signs- both east and we of the
crossing unt1l the new signals are in and
working .
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suggested that a patrol vehicle
RAILROAD li
BaffarO riodicallY check the crossing and
CROSSING could pe e of a police car would '
the very presenc
I to observe the stop siqn
force the P"Ple bat we were
masters stated that it app eared t
trying to make sure the motorists got through
the crossing with speed rather than with
safety, and further, that there were no facts
it was necessary to keep the
presented that only con .ecture " There were
crossing open, J
no further comments and JOHNSON MOVED to close
discussion on the matter., Baffaro seconded .
Motion carried .
McCAUGHAN MOVED to direct the railroad to
immedi ate'l I Y obtain the high intensity lights ,
and in addition to check the angles of the
lights with regard to the grade, and for stop
signs to be installed at least on a temporary
basis . Kitto seconded . JUST MOVED to refer
the matter to the next workshop before any
action is taken . The motion failed for lack
of a second . Upon Masters ' que,-stion 0 Street
stated that signs would be posted to alert
the public that they were approaching a new
I that he would
stop sign. McCaughan stated tha
like to see the City work further with the
- further down the
railroad on movin car--S t in use: and on any
track when they were no Upon just ' s question
other safety measures .
about the feasibility of Barney Wilson ' s
suggestion to contract for the gates now and
still plan on having the funds allocated ,
Street pointed out that it could not be
done, that the financing for railroad cross-
ing improvements was based upon the number
of accidents at a particular crossing. He
pointed out that Kent has had three of the
last four signals financed through this
funding .
motion carried, with Masters voting nay.
FiNANCE Claims approved by the Finance Committee
on November 13 , 1974 are as follows:
Current Expense $ 170218 . 3
Parks & Recreation 30536 . 306
City Streets 8,038 .89
122 -50
Park Forward Thrust 52,456 .23
Federal Shared Revenue 33696
Library Construction 51872 .97
City Hai! Construction $ 76 .88
E . Valley COistruction
EVH - Willif-Green River 3 , 197
. 71.
Central/Smith intersctn 1 4.60
Gowe Street-East 44? 317 .60
Linda Heights Swr imp. 135 . 29
Garrison Crk Swr Const . 40,846 .60
Kent-Des Moines Swr Intrcptr 11 .00
100th Ave . Swr intrcptr 65 , 782 .53
. 20
Equipment Rental 40318
Leff Disability 10504. 21.
2, 317 .94
Sewer 6,048 . 18
Water. 95 027 . ?5
Garbage
$281f650 . 20
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::3ave ;lbe.r tu, 1974
x I.N&NCE Interest Bearing Warrants
LID 276
O 'Leary Construction $
148 . 74
Meeting Adjourned : 9 . 45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Marie Jezz� r,; CMC
City Clerk
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