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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 01/06/1975 Kent, Washingtufll January 6, i975 Regular meeting of the Kent CitY Council was called to order at 6:00 P.M. Present : Councilpersons Baffaro, Johnson, Justi McCaughan, Masters and Storment , City Administrator. vittof ;tor Harris, Public City Attorney Mlirk, Planning Dire( Street, pi.nance Director Winkle , Also present : work I s Director Ulett, Po-t-r planning Commissioner ciLy Treasurer Drotz, Fire Chief � -- , ylley, Long, Parks Director Wilson, Grants Coordinator KE Associate Planner Johns* Hill, ingi-iian & Chase representative Ramsey . Approximately 35 People were in attendance at the meeting. VISITORS Mayor Logan welcomed Cub Scout Troop 403 from Panther Lake and their leader Ron Howe . Councilman Baffaro introducAd Miss Keyes, a 6th grade student from St - James Academy. MINUTES KITTO MOVED to approve the minutes of the ,meeting of December 160 1974 as printed, Storment seconded . Motion carried . HOUSING & A letter was read from Xing County Execu- COMMUNITY tive John Spellman relating to the require- DEVELOPMENT ments for joint participation under the ACT OF 1974 Housing & Community Development Act of 1974. The letter pointed out that the Three 'year__.§02pgrajion A areement between the Cin- pro KjrU County must be n d ret- ed by L�ai2jLizry 15 to the County, urn f.A.cations hat the A,-,c j)(.es C E'!r t i t 7�e t u r n e d b y 'cT jtayTgont must be sigie Janyary Each participating jurisdic- ____T otion or resolution prior tion must pass a m to January 28 authorizing and prioritizing any proposals for funding in the 1975 pro- gram year. The letter points out that specific proposals must be submitted for initial staff review by January 151 but that they must be locally validated and prioritized by January 28 . MASTERS MOVED to accept the ietter as a part of the record, Just seconded, motion carried . Mayor Hogan noted that Chuck Bea" and Del moso of the County offices were in attendance at t1..17.[3 meeting . Betty Kelley reviewed the discumsions of the December JG Council meeting and of We December 30 workshop session and referred t. to a report which had been distributed at the December 30 workshop and which has now been made a part of the record . The report noted that the following seven "needs'' should be explored in more detail : 1 ) Public Transportation 2 ) Health Care Services, including Cardiac Monitoring Equipment 3 ) Housing Rehabilitation 4) Low Cost Housing 5 ) Sidewalk and Street Improvements 6) CBD Redesign and Rehabilitation 7 ) Storm DrQnage January 6, 1975 HoUSING & Ms . yelley presented another handout listing CoMMUNITY a proposed program for 1975 consisting of DEVELoPMENT Storm Drainaqe Des iqn for the North Park ACT OF 1974 area and for the AD area with costs shown if consultants were hired, and costs if UK:,: City F,� staff did the work, Cardiac Monitoring - ent with the option to train 15 men ij�m( l or to train 33 men, Varjoious CBD pro Sec -s- and the p1janing costs to date . Upon Masters ' query, Kelley explained that "population" money would be distributed by the Joint policy Committee to each city which enters into the cooperation agreement with King County . The balance of the money would be based on the poverty and overcrowd- ing formula as "needs" money , which would then be distributed by the County Council upon the recommendations of the Joint Policy Committee . She pointed out that Kent is eligible for about $21,000 in "population" money for 1975 . Upon McCaughan ' s question, it was determined that we could ask for "needs" money for 1975 also, but that we would be competing with other jurisdictions for this portion of the funds . Ms . Kelley explained that another handout referred to as an "agenda filler" listed Council action it was hoped might be taken tonight as: 1 ) Select first year projects--identify which projects are to be funded through "population" money, and which should be submitted for "needs" funding; 2 ) Authorize signing of cooperation agree- ment and assurances and certifications; 3 ) Direct attorney to draft resolution approving first year program for adoption on January 20 . Just asked about the provision for citizen input over the next three §ears of the pro- ject, and it was determined that this would be continued through the public hearing process, the press, and Council reaction to citizen ' s comments . Chuck Bean explained from the audience that throughout the County the citizen participation had been poor, but that he hoped that in the future, more people would attend meetings, as there would be more time to notify the general public . Just asked Bean if he thought that the County could spend over a million dollars wisely with such little input from the citizens . Bean stated that often a single capital improvement project involving a few citizens could cost this much. He pointed out fur- ther that the King County Council would be making the decisions as to where the money would go. Upon furth(-.,r. (.-Iue,,:,!tions from tV: Council Bean pointed out that small programi; could be 6ubmitLed For consideration , and that provision had been made tor a CiLy LO participate with the CcuntY it each proposed a similar type program. January 6, 1975 HOUSING & Mayor Hagan noted that Kent had done more COMmUNITY background work 02 the proposed project DEVELOPMENT than the other cities and that we should ACT OF 1974 try to meet the deadline to be assured of some of the funds for 1975 . Bean determined that there would be no time extension of the deadline frola HUD . Masters opined that the storm drainage program and the housing rehabilitation of owner-occupied units pro- posal should both be County-wide programs Which all Of th'-.'; jurisdictions should sub.- sted that citizen scribe to. Johnson sugge input c0uld be obtained by mailing a Street questionnaire with the utility bills . noted that this could be done and had been used for getting information to the public on other occasions. McCaughan agreed that this was a good idea, and upon his question, Bean noted that if we did not prioritize by the deadline, but merely submitted the seven proposals, that the County would review the proposals and they would do the priori- tizing. Masters noted that maybe we were trying to be too specific in defining our priorities, and should endeavor to be more general . Bean reiterAQ that the deadlines were for the agreement to be signed by January 15 and the prioritizing done by January 28 . He noted that they would like to know what the proposed projects are by the 15th but they did not have to be pxionitized until the 28th . MASTERS MOVED to approve signing the mutual cooperation agreement and to submit same to King County. Johnson seconded, motion carried . it was further determined that the Council had, in their discussion at the workshop, reduced the original seven proposed projects to three: Storm Drainage System Design, Cardiac Monitoring Equipment, and CBD projects . McCAUGHAN MOVED to authQrize signing the certification and assurances documents and to submit the three projects listed above for "needs" money, Masters seconded . STOR- MENT MOVED to amend the motion to prioritize the three as: 7F7C_ardi.ac Monitoring Equip-- ment; 2 ) Storm Drainage System Design; 3 ) CBD projects . Masters seconded the proposed amendment . Under discussions, McCaughan asked what would now happen to the "popula- tion" money, and what its relationship was to these three projects . Betty Kelley noted that the Council could choo8o any ono of these three projects for populaLion monny, up to the available $21 ,000, or choos(� another projef:�•t for the population mvmPy The Mayor noted we could deleto one iLom from the "needs" list, and earmark it for "poVula­ tion" money. Upon Just ' s questions Kelley noted that if the Council wished the $21,000 could be used for planning, and clarified January 1975 BoUSING & further that the City would be entitled to CoMMUNITY the "Population" e mony if we submit an eligible plan. just stated that he was in favor of DEVELOPMENT "population" money for ACT OF 1974 using some of the planning. JOHNSON MOVED to further AMEND to delete the Cardiac Monitoring Equipment from the it into the "popula- "needs" money and to Put Lion" money. Kitto seconded . McCaughan L 000 noted that the "population" money was $21 , and the Cardiac equipment and training would be either $12, 345 or $15 ,835 , and asked if it was the intent to use the remainder for planning money. Masters questioned the need for allowing for planning money when we have staff to do this. just opined that adequate planning had not been done . Masters opined that McCaughan ' s original 4 motion for the three projects should have. specified "population" money instead of "needs" money . JUST MOVED to amend Johnson ' s amendment to use the remaining approximate $6,000 for planning for the first year if needed . just ' s proposal failed for lack of a second . Johnson ' s proposed amendment failed, on a roll call vote, with Baffaro, Just, Asters and Storment .voting nay. Masters stated she would be willing to clarify the matter by withdrawing her second to Storment ' s amendment but upon further clarification from Betty Kelley, the second was not withdrawn. just again opted for put aside for planning. Johnson money to be asked if the Cardiac program could be sub- mitted for both"population"and"needs"II oney -�re -is no riced for and it was agreed th�atlht. w�. - --d -mend- this to be done . Storment ' s PrOPOOO a ment to prioritize fpilcd , upon roll Will vote, with Johnson , 35IF-' Kitto and McCaughn'' voting nay. McCaughan ' s motion to authOrizc signing Lho certification and assurances documenw.; and to submit the three projects listed for "needs" money was withdrawn as was the second . McCAUGHAN then MOVED to authorizing signing the assurances and certifications documents . Masters seconded . Motion carried unanimously. McCAUGHAN MOVED further to submit the Cardiac Monitoring program for the "population" money project . Johnson seconded . Upon Storment ' s suggestion, and information supplied by the Fire Chief, McCaughan and Johnson agreed to include in the motion the full Cardiac Moni- toring program for 33 men for a total of $15 ,835 . Upon discussion it was determined that a decision could be made later as to whether the balance of the $21,000 should be earmarked for planning. BAFFARO MOVED TO AMEND the motion to allocate the balance of the $21,000 for planning. Proposed amendment failed for lack of a second McCaughan ' s motion carried over Baffaro ' s nay. -4 6, 1975 was determined that a resolution would the U jjCq)SING & a t , nex- council meet C()MaNIUN I TY have to be passe joritize "need;,;" ing to authorize and pr hat the re�_ -Ljtjon DEVELOpmENT Mj..rk note: t 01 as ACT OF 1974 proj---('ts - ( 1, � meeting,'d could be -_oynp.leted during the , to s - tail-S . I t was determine ,pecif ic de that. applications would be prepared in time for the. next Council _meeting for each pro- for ' Cj-ty desires to submit for ,jest Which the I question, Street funding . Upon Masters , qu as to whether and Mirk differed on opinion -these funds could be used for housing re- habilitation. ,pp.3- ications to be prepared KIIIITO MOVED for for "needs" money for Storm System Design ,and for the CBD area for the North Park area basic construction and and for park desi. Lte with the actual of the old City Hall s' I next council prioritizing to be done at the B seconded AFF,-�RO MOVED meeting . Storment sec t1-ie entire TO IkMEND the wotion to subm�)'_t handout - tems oriainallY on' the seven rie workshop which was distributed first at t wi-*,-.h the o rjrioritizc--' later, Monitoring program session , and t tjjc,� Cjard)Lac except.ion of of throuc moneyh wilicb has already been taken car - e the "population" money request . McCaughan vote, the pj2p2_-_ed n a roll call v( I seconded . Upon Jed with nay votes recorded for amendment c;2 cussion t - I Some dis johnsorif KIz'to and Stormen, lei,, ich handout Baffaro was referring ensued as to n <111,t i�o�j to and JUST MOVED to ref_ __ r the vote on 7 --nt. Johnson seconded . end- Baffaro ' s proposed am7(- idirie Upon reconsideration, Baffaro ' s proposed amend- Upon. asting the only men- Ba,ffaro c OVED to amend ': �_ 8 vote . JUST THEINT M II affirmative V to include all of the CBD Kitto ' s ion en include# in addition items, %Which would -11-h ' tion to the park design and basic construc Develop- L I J_ for the City Hall site the roll owingI Pedestria inkages, and merit coordinator, Sidewalk improvements . This proposal fa:L-Ied for the lack of a second . was restated and MASTERS MOVED Kit-to ' s motion o include housing re- -to amend the motion t habilitation. Johnson seconded the proposed amendment after the City Attorney determined that this could be done. The amendment K carried unanimously itto ' S motion then carried unanimously. -(--!n: Moti.ori passed to Siam. of action m a -;ed Motion pas.� tion SIgn coopera docu- to sign certifications and assurances Motion passed to submit the Cardiac merits . mount of $15v835 , in the a Monitoring program, d for ey. Motion passe for ,population" mon , or "needs" money applications to be prepar fed I�ark for: Storm System for the North -iD arc for park d(-,"siqn -a and f or I :,,i 1*1 as ea , C, ion of the old City liall and basic construct Wit'll s ite and f or prioritiza.").qt.a I)e :lane 165 January 6, 1975 HEALTH & LID 276 Sanitary Sewers . Sung t_jan2E. SANITATION It was note - t-hat the-protest W Randei D. Price to the method of assessment in LID 276 was reviewed with the protestor at the last Council work session. The Engineering Department has reviewed several methods of assessment and it is their recommendation that the proposed method of assessment remain. STORMENT MOVED that the protest of Mandel D. Price be denied and the LID Roll be adopted as presented, Just seconded . . Motion carried . The City Attorney introduced Ordi.nance No. 1894 confirming the 'LID 276 Assessment Roll . KITTO MOVED for the adoption of Ord . No. 1894, McCaughan seconded . Motion carried . Sewer Rate _ChanEe . The following rate changes have been proposed for sewer service : Present Rate Pronosed Rate Single Family $2 .50 + $2 . 75 $2 .50 + $3 .55 Metro Metro All Other Customers $2 .50 + $2 . 75 $2 .50 + $3 .55 Min. Chg. 0-900 Metro Metro 900-30 , 000 .58/100 cu ft .61/100 cu ft 307000-60* 000 .53/100 cu ft . 61/100 cu ft 60 , 000-120,000 .48/100 cu ft . 61/100 cu ft Over 120, 000 . 33/100 cu ft . 61/100 cu ft Outside City 50% above Same as Limits Inside rate Inside rate Note : The rate for "other customers" includes the Metro charge which is $3 .55 for each 900 cubic feet of water and is proportioned to the nearest 100 cubic foot when the customer is billed . The Utility Tax is calculated on the Kent portion of the rate for those customers inside of Kent and is not charged for those outside . McCAUGHAN MOVED that the Attorney be directed to prepare an ordinance, amending sewer Rate Ordinance No. 1777R to adopt the new rates as recommended, Masters seconded . Motion carried . Kent-Des Moines Sewer . Up on n the recommendation of the Public Works Committee, JUST MOVED that the Mayor be authorizod to sign the DOE and EPA final grant of tar for' the Kent-Des Moines Sewer Interceptor pruiect . Johnson seconded . MoLion carried . Upon further recommendation of the Public Works Committee, McCAUGHAN MOVED for Lhe approval of Change Order 41 in the approxi- mate amount oi $100231 . 60 to King Construc- tion Company for the Kent-Des Moines Sewer Interceptor project for upsizing pipe Masters seconded . Upon Kitto ' s question, I G G January 6, 1975 HEALTH & it was determined that there is enogh u money SANITATION in the contingency fund to cover this addi- tional item of expense . Motion carried . Late Comers Agreement Request. The Public Works Committee has reviewed the Harold Hill Construction Company' s request for a late comers agreement for any future connections to the sewer line installed to serve the Reynolds Aluminum Building at 7416 South 228th. Upon their recommenda- tion, JUST MOVED that the Engineering Department be authorized to prepare the requested late comers agreement, Johnson seconded . Motion carried . STREETS Titus Street Project . Ulett noted that the remaining concrete will be poured on the Gowe/Titus Street intersection improvement project the end of this week. Curb ReDlacemen,-t---Smith-and- Central . Bids for the reconstruction of the curb radius at the intersection of Smith Street and Central Avenue were received as follows : Skip Jacobson Construction Co. $10, 246 -50 Klokstad Concrete Construction 11,054.00 E .P.&N. Construction 12P448.99 Como Contractors, Inc. 12,852 .00 Tripp Construction Co. 12,884. 61 Scotty , s Bulldozing 13,452 .96 Ryker Construction & Eng . 131942 -00 S . F . Davis, Inc. 150905 .25 Ij Ulett noted that the low bid exceeds the engineer ' s estimate by $641 and possibly will exceed tbe amount budgeted by about $800, but recommend0d that no adjustmpn !.� be made to the budget at this time - UP" Ulett ' s recommendation, KITTO IM,0VED to ac=Pt the best bid of Skip jacobson ConstrucLiOrl Co. in the amount of $10 , 246 .50 , jusn sucundvd . Motion carried . A letter was read from John F . Haferbecker, . 26811 Downing Avenue, Kent, asking that the City share in his expense in installing a chain link fence parallel to a City walkway, adjacent to the Star Lake Elementary School , He further requested that an examination of the site be made in order to improve the drainage facilities . MASTERS MOVED to accept the letter and refer it to the City Attorney and Public Works Director to Jointly respond, Johnson seconded . Mirk noted that he had reviewed the letter and it was his recommenda- tion that the request be denied with respect to sharing the cost of the fence, noting that the walkway was reserved in the plat as a public right of way to the school . He fur- ther stated that an inspection would be made as to the drainage problem. Motion carried . 167 ,January 6, .1.975 Ii PROPOSED R e n t o n I n c k s e s 10 n yc=wa-i;,—F�5_�ed tha4- at he laSt wo ' STREET ed tbat vACATION the EngineerIng Department suggest they make a preliminary survey to determine the adequacy and need for 102nd Avenue and the study, a recommendation that foil Mving the Rentonitesir Inc. will be made concerning request for vacation. No Par o nance . The City Attorney TRAFFIC L_k.'inE2,Lf I — introduced Ordinance No. 1895 amending Ordinance No. 1879 , and prohibiting parking on South Central between Titus and Willis - McCAUGHAN MOVED for the adoption of Ord. No. 18951 Stormont seconded . Motion carried - pro Fu n d L n Federal-Aid Saff�L-y . A RAILRO10 — g Department CROSSINGS letter was read from H. R. Goff, Depa 1 State Aid , of -the State of Research an(.-Highway Commission, notifying the city that three of the four railroad crossing projects had been requested from for which funding had been the Federal-aid Saj�'-et-y Program denied d 4-C)clue %, their priority position 'riot being i q Ligh enough to be considered within the funds presently avail.able . MASTERS MOVED that the I.etter be made a part of the- record ? Just ­,econded - Tjlett explained that -the three proje(",,ts referred -to were requests submitted at the same time as the request for funds for the Burlington- Northern Smith Street crossing, consisting of the Burlington-Northern crossings on d on James Street. South 228th and South 212th,He further noted that while the application" for funds for the Smith Street crossing was approved, the other three did not make the 'I ist'.Lng . Motion carried . priority 'I Smith Street Cro�,j Ulett noted that the City 'Yeas been funded on the Smith Street Burlington-Northern crossing and that we would be eligible for 90% Of the costs. s Street. C Upon Storment ' s Titu ross:Ln that the Titus Street question, Ulett noted crossing had been funded and that a report would be given at the Council workshop meeting on Monday night. as rioted -til-elt the Council. had directed REZONE It w t- the Planning Commission to consider the rezone of a small area of land near the intersection of West James and West Valley , C (�Iiglriway Commercial ) to Highway from '-T 1 GC (General Commercial . ) The P1 anning commission cons j.(]ered the matter on Decem- ber. 17 all(.1 has recolliIiiended that the rezone Plannir-Ig Direc.,,tor Haric.-is be aY.')Pr0V0(] - h( C. ' rioted ttlat the., area 01'S f P.prox'_ists O mately six acres and that the adjacent area was rezoned from jC to GC about a month ago by Council action. The Mayor opened the public hearing. Milton Hart, a resident of the are a, noted that he had contacted tine Ding County Auditor and had been advised that the rezone would not affect the taxes on the property, as both January 6, 1975 were commercial zones . Mrs . Geary asked REZONE the reason for the rezone, and Harris ex- plained that the present small area of HC zoned property does not allow for continuity of land usage and that GC zoning allows more types Of land uses. Mrs . Geary opined that the change in zoning would cause the taxes for injividual homes in that area to double which would make it impossible for people to continue to live there . Upon Storment ' s questionv it was determined that the City had initiated the rezone action . McCaughan questioned whether the increased assessments across the road from the pro- posed rezone was due to the business development at that location and Harris opined that this was possibler and that he thought taxes would not increase unless the property was developed . Mrs . Geary pointed out that she had been advised by the Assessor ' s office that all taxes in the County would go up. Upon specific ques tions, Harris determined that wrecking yards were not allowed in GC zones , but that ser- vice stations, motels, hotels, restaurants or car dealerships were permitted . Mrs . Geary contended that if rezoned the taxes will go up as a result of the potential use of the property and questioned why the change should be made . Mayor Hogan noted the rea- son for the rezone was to do away with spot zoning and bring continuity to the area. On McCaughan ' s question, Harris noted the area had previously been zoned C-3, with perhaps some residential zoning. He noted that as a result of the adoption of the new Zoning Code in 1973, all C-3 zoning was changed to commercial designations. He further pointed out that HC zoning was disappearing on the West side of the City. There were no further comments and JUST MOVED to close the hearing, McCaughan seconded . Motion carried . McCAUGHAN MOVED that the City Attorney be directed to pre- pare an ordinance approving the zone change from HC to GC as recommended by the Planning Commission, Just seconded . Upon a roll call vote, the motion carried , with Baffaro, Johnson and Storment voting nay. ZONING Drake-Ri lam- Annexation . In accordance with the Zoning Ordinance, it is necessary to hold two public hearings on the zoning of a newly annexed area. It is the recommenda- tion of the Planning Commission that the newly annexed Drake-Ripley area consisting of approximately 48 acres be zoned R-1-9 ; 6. Planning Director Harris explained that this would require 9 , 600 square foot lots, which would result in about 4.5 dwelling units per acre, basically the same as in Highridge and Kent Scenic Park . The Mayor opened the public hearing. Mr. Drake noted that five of the lots were smaller than 9600 square feet, but had 'been accepted by the County. Harris agreed that these five would be acceptable to the City also. Drake stated that a portion of the area was suitable for a Planned Unit Development and he would 169 January 6, 1975 Of th- s t th, like to a,n a PUI) 2C),4" zONING open . lie PD-i-1.1ted out v. that i�_ must and t -1 ,[,ore Ulit.s we. lie re ailowedi, basi-q - be approved or, ja contract zonincj_ would further noted that as zoning of R al.low seven units per ac and re Ugg(:�sted that the ordinance to_o zone thisannexation could on ul - provide for 7 .2 zoning if a pUD was approve aa later. . Barr. for a portion Of the area lat . explained that the "extras" allowecj�, for a PUD could be approved by -the Planning Com- Rlissi.on if certain criteria were met . He, t the -as- would n, ,extr, pointed out that ]- .9 of the additiOna- 1 20% ali-owed under R.. t, a request :for a PUD 6 ­j, zoning only: and that, nning COV0 ssion should be submittedto the Pla later . esident in the area, was In Mr. Keyes Dut was not -n favor a r 1 .6 zoning .favor of R .-9 1.1owed under this .of smaller lots than a zoning. J on about sewers, Harris Upon. Mlasterss '_ quest.I_ in the area and that noted that _cewers , were he assumed that since the area had now been connection to the sewer would be annexed, conr designated under the Subdivision required, as ed further that concern with Code . lie not had been a part of the Plan- the environmentrecoMmendation Of the J_ ning C01T1mss'Orl1s zoning. It was noted that two hearings are required for zoning annexed a-reas and STORMENT MOVED I -uary to continue the hearing to F�:.,_by .1 1-8 Johnsen seconded . Mot lion carr:iea . Star Lake ,LTlett reported that a meeting � at 7 &NINEXATION would S��_ held or, W ednesday ev ening ol: 30 D.M . in the Star Lake Elementary Scho ding annexation plans. He Library regar representative 0 1 f the King noted that a County Health Department would be in attend- ance to discuss the matter of septic -tank failures in the area. GREEN RIVER A letter was read from King County Councilman Mooney addressed to the mayors and - FLOOD CONTROL Dave Kent, Auburn Renton ano Councilpersons of Ke I `Tukwila $ regarding a meeting Of the Green River p,i-ood Control Zone District to be held on Thursday, January 9, 1975 at 7 : 30 p.m. -L Council it-, the Renton City Ha" I Coun( Chambers. L MASTERS iiOVED to a.ccept the let-ter and make ,ord illst seconded . it a part of the rec - , Motion carried . Several Council members indicated that they planned to attend . Upon just ' s inquiry, Street indicated he would ask Mooney wl-'Y these meetings were always held, in Renton. january 6. 1975 PAR'P�S & Iry Creek Pro :It:. wa I s noted that the RECREATION 'arks azrd Pl.anni.ng C0111111ittee has met and has requested that a value be established on the ICY Creek property and that the Steei- headers be contacted to determine what. type of lease and what lease fee they would con- sider. A report will be made to the Council as soon as the information has been compiled , A resolution authorizing application for -funding assistance for an outdoor recreation project -to the Interagency Committee for L Outdoor Recreation, as provided by the Marine Recreation Land Ac.11--, was presented . It was noted -that this resolution was in relation to the 35 acre Benaroya tract, which was to be purchased by State matching funds, donation and S0111e City funds . MASTERS MOVED for the adoptiol.) of Re- so" U 4- 2i_ 1A_on No. 77'11 Johnson seconded . Upon— McCaughan 's 1 question, it was determined that the City presently has about $20 ` 000 to $26.1000 allocated for acquisition of the land and further deter- mined that. the Benaroya donation amounts to approximately $1001000 . Motion carried. PARKS & PLANNING Masters noted that a committee meeting, w-:j;3 CO'NIMITTEE held to discuss her memorandum relative -to creating an appointment selection committee for the purpose of having a list of people willing to serve on the Planning Committee . She noted that the Committee had taken no action as yet . POLICE & FIRE Bids - Breathinq Air Compressor. It was noted that bl7d­s�for a B--re --- athing Air Com- pressor -1--or. the Fire Department were received on December 30.1 as -Follows : Incl . L�atag. & freicrt New England Divers $20866 .51 Hyper Air Engineering Option 41 (does not meet specs) 2.? 713 . 74 Option -?Lr'2 4, 439 . 73 Poison Company 4946 .99 L.N. Curtis Company 41168 .56 MASTERS MOVED that -the best bid of New England Divers be accepted' Johnson seconded . Motion carried . BIDS Street Sxwf'e . in Bids for street sweeping 2_2 - were received on December 22, 1974 for 1975 as follows: Clean Sweep Sweeper Service Core Area Sweeping ( 3 times per week ) $651 per month Residential Sweeping (twice monthly ) $448 per month Extra Sweeping (Two Parking Lots ) $ 40 each time Sales tax 2 . 12 Cost for extra sweeping $ 2i per. hour. 171 January 6, 1975 BIDS It was noted that the nua.f.b,­,,r of miles of street in -the core area an-,`i �-..n the rel3ide- ntial. area have been increased, and considering these factsV it is recommended that the new proposal be accepted . McCAUGHAN MOVED that the City enter into a contract with Clean Sweep S,:,,eeper Service '1'or 1975 , Storment seconded . [jpc1,n Masters ' question, Street noted that the City could not pul-c-hale equip-- mentand do the job for this amount . Mot:i,on carried . TREE PICK-UP Street reported that Chirstmas trees would be picked up on the following schedule : West Hill Monday, January 13 Valley Tuesday,uesday, January .1.4 East and Scenic. Hills Wednesday, January 15 He also noted that tree branches broken during the recent storm would also be picked up if they were placed at the curb. PUGET SOUND In accordance with Resolution No. 740 of the GOVERNMENTAL City of Kent, it is proposed that Kent have CONFERENCE a delegate and an alternate to the Puget Sound Governmental Conference$ which auth- orizes one voting delegate from Kent . JUST MOVED that Mayor Flogan be appointed delegate and Councilperson Masters alternate, Baffaro seconded . Motion carried . BOARD OF AD-)ointment . It was noted that an applica- ADJUSTMENT Lion has been received for consideration to serve on the Board of Adjustment from R. N. Samuelson, 3502 So. 262nd Street. Mr . Samuelson is a retired Army criminal investi- gator and has also served in law enforceruent at the Municipal level . In accordance with the Mayor ' s recommendation, KITTO MOVED -that the appointment of R. N. Samuelson to the Board of Adjustment be confirmed, Just seconded . Mayor Hogan noted that -there was also another vacancy on the Board which had to be filled . It was determined that Mr . Samuelson would frill -the Position vacated by Hal Cline. Motion carried . PROCLAMATION Human Relations Day. A proclamation was read by Mayor Hogan declaring January 15 , 1975 as Human Relations Day in the City of Kent . MEETING Suburban_l%la,,22L.s . The Mayor announced that there will. be a Suburban Mayors' meeting on Wednesday, January 8, at the Ebb Tide and that the speaker will be .from the Central Alcoholism Agency. The Police Chiefs and City Attorneys have been especially invited . 172 January 6, 1975 KE iv T•-KA I BABA COMMITTEE A report was given on the activities Of they .Kent-Kaibara Town Affiliation Committee for 1974 by President Allen Dorband . He noted that activities for the year included the Sister City banquet., held jointly with other cities, Sister City Week, and the Student exchange program. He noted that they are proposing that Kent hold its own banquet- _-- for the year 1975 and invite some people from Japan . Dorband noted that the student exchange program has ::seen in existence since 1966 and that Darla Dodson was pres- ently in Japan representing the City. He introduced Chiheru Kakizak.i, the Japanese student attending Kent-Meridian High School, who is living with the Dodsons . He: also introduced George Padvorac who will be year ' s c oirA�vYd to Japan in March fps this exchange student. He noted that various groups from Kaiba.ra have been to Kant during the past year. He presented the committee ' s budget plans for the coming year and noted that a financial statement will be avail.- able within a week. CLAIMS Claims were presented as follows: 1 ) Claim of Jerald W. Brannon, in the amount of $130 .00, for alleged damage to his property by the L.R. Stanley Construction Co. , contractor for the Garrison Creek Sewer Interceptor pro- ject; -- 2 ) Claim of Gordon Carl Arrington in the amou nt of $186 .1.7 for alleged damage to his property in connection with the construction of the Garrison Creak Sewer Interceptor project . MASTERS MOVED that the receipt of the above claims be noted and that they be dent to x _ settlement . �I the C 1.t y a.> �..s.:;,.:�.�:�t'e�a<:��., carrier for � McCaughan �', F3 c::<:i:1 d e:.C reported c:n �anotherc'1�:"111 The: City Attorney re.? Mailed by Sherry Jones in the amount ol: $20 .53 , resulting from her car being impounded during theOM Me ekL r Days Parade . Mirk rioted that the claimant had statements � � hgr. witnesses that the nearest no parking" was about one-half block awayt:fromhat the site where the car was p uld be paid b the Generaln his opinion the $20 .53 oFund . BAFFARO MOVED City from the 20 .53 be refunded to that the amount of �< < , Sherry Jones, McCaughan seconded . Motion carried . it was rooted that the following claims by correspondence have: been received : the 1) Harold Hill Construction Co . caused amount- of $2 ,827 .46 fordamages the. City by misinformation furnished by� Engineer ' s office; i 1" 3 January 6, 1975 CLAIMS 2 ) The Public Qployeesl Retirement System is claiming that the City of Kent owes $7* 858 .10 as our share of operating costs of the Statewide Employees ' Retirement System during the years 1960-1971 . Upon Street 's recommendation, MASTERS_ MOVED that these two claims be directed to the City Attorney to determine the course of action to be taken. Storment seconded . Motion carried . PERSONNEL It was noted that the Finance Director has reviewed the proposed Federal financing of P.E .P. positions and that the present amount authorized for Kent is $91,923 . The City has recently received preliminary approval for nineteen full-time and part-time posi- tions for the funding period January 1, 1975 through June 30, 1975 . This would include sixteen full-time positions and three part- time, such positions to be funded under. CETA Title 11 . It was determined that the posi- tions are primarily maintenance and clerical positions, which will be considered training positions to cover attrition . A target absorption will be 50% for only those exist- ing positions where vacancies occur , with the funding expected to last for 18 months . JUST MOVED that the positions funded under CETA Title !I be approved temporary posi- tions in the City of Kent as long as fund- ing continues, or until bonafide vacancies occur in existing City positions which will allow transition of PEP employees into regular City employment; provided , however, that acceptance of these positions does not imply creation of new positions in the City . Masters seconded . Upon McCaughan ' s question, Street noted that the City was not obliged to hire anyone who was not qualified either in a temporary or a permanent capacity. Motion carried . FINANCE McCAUGHAN MOVED that bills received on or before January 3. 1975 and approved by the Finance Committee at its meeting to be held Fliday, January 10, 1975 , at 8: 00 a.m. , be paid . Just seconded . Motion carried . Claims approved by the Finance Committee on December 23, 1974 are as follows: Current Expense $ 25 ,809 . 31 Parks & Recreation 30183 .56 Library 1 , 019 . 14 City Streets 7,026 .20 Federal Shared Revenue 6,865 .83 Library Construction 5 .95 89 ,868 . 70 Canyon Drive Equipment Rental. 40493 .65 Firemans Re l & Pension 1, 60S .46 Leff Disability 20083 .96 Sewer 33, 117 .80 Water 4 , 474 .42 January 6, 1375 FINANCE Garbage 329 .53 $179,883 .51 MEETING ADJOURNED: 10 : 40 a.m.Respectfully submitted, Marie Jenso' ll CMC City Clerk I