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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 11/03/1975 93 . Kent, Washington November 3, 1975 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 and Storment , City Attorney Mirk, Planning Director Harris, and Public Works Director Ulett. Councilperson McCaughan, City Administrator Street and Finance Director Winkle were absent . Also present : Parks Director Wilson, Planning Commissioner Long and URS representative Ramsey. Approximately 50 people were in attendance at I the meeting. MINUTES KITTO MOVED to approve the minutes of the meeting held October 20, 1975 as printed, Just seconded. Motion carried. STREETS Titus—Central Intersection. Representatives of the State Highway Department met with the Director of Public Works, City Administrator an.d the Assistant City Engineer. The Highway Department has submitted a plan for dealing with the problem and the City's engineers will test it to see if it will be acceptable. Upon Johnson's question, Ulett explained that when the State had originally done the work on Central at the Titus Street inter— section, they made a change of grade which was too abrupt, causing problems for cars attempting to go up Titus Street. The State added asphalt , which was still not sufficient. He noted that the State had proposed a plan which they think will correct the problem, and that the City had an alternate proposal . Johnson questioned whether there was any reason for keeping that intersection open and it was determined that the matter would be discussed with the Fire and Police Departments. It was further noted that the alley in front of Dunham's is a public way. RAILROAD 80th Avenue South. A letter was read from H.W. CROSSINGS Bacon of the Burlington—Northern, thanking the City for its cooperation in the matter of their request for a rail crossing of 80th Avenue South and complimenting the Mayor and Council upon the manner in which the Council meeting was conducted. MASTERS MOVED that the letter be accepted and made a part of the record, Johnson seconded. Motion carried. TRAFFIC Crosswalk on Gowe. A report has been filed from CONTROL the Traffic Engineer concerning the request for a mid—block pedestrian crossing of Gowe near the Meridian Terrace Apartments. The recommendations of the Traffic Engineer, which are as follows, would give a much safer crossing than that requested: 1 ) Due to the poor sight distance caused by the hill and curvature of the street, a mid—block crosswalk should not be. installed in front of Meridian Terrace for safety reasons. I I 2) Meridian Terrace residents who want to walk west—bound on Gowe Street should walk directly to the mini—park (via the sidewalk on the south side of Titus or by using the sidewalk south of the apart— ment complex that leads to Titus) and then cross East Gowe at Kennebeck where a'.marked crosswalk node exists: Although this route is slightly longerf the cross— walk at Kennebeck offers greater protec— tion due to better visibility, good lighting, and adequate warning signs. 94 November 3, 1975 TRAFFIC 3? Residents who want to walk eastbound CONTROL on Titus to the Kent Shopping Center should use the sidewalk on the south side of Titus and cross the street at Reiten Road. A crosswalk will be painted across Titus at Reiten when weather permits. STORMENT MOVED that the report be made a part of the record and the petitioners be notified of the acceptance of this report. Kitto seconded. Ulett noted that the. walk across Titus at Reiten has already been painted. Motion carried. i i ANNEXATION Ofte_ness Request . The request of Mr. Ofteness To-r --a x. onwas reviewed by the Council at the last work session. All the property owners involved participated in the discussion. The property owners were notified that the City � would require payment of present excess levies for G.O. bonds, and that they should attempt to include a larger area by contacting the Kenton Firs project, but that if a larger area could not be included, to submit a 75/Z petition for the original proposal . JOHNSON MOVED that a 757o petition containing a provision to accepf the present excess levies would be accepted if the provisions noted above were complied with. Masters seconded. Motion carried. PLAT Cambridge East Pr_e I i m_i_nar y P I at . It was noted that on September 23, 1975, the Planning Commis— sion held a public hearing,on the Cambridge East Preliminary Plat, and recommended approval with certain conditions. The Council should now set a public meeting date for November 17, at which time the Council may accept or reject the Planning Commission's recommendations. If the Council deems that a change to the Planning Commission's recommendation is necessary, a hearing date will be scheduled for December I to adopt the Council 's own recommendations and approve or disapprove the preliminary plat . KITTO MOVED that a public meeting be held on November 17 on the Cambridge East Preliminary Plat . Masters seconded. Motion carried. METRO Citizen's Transit Advises Committee. It is TRANSIT the proposal of PaMayor Hogan that Charles E. SERVICE Smith, 1601 West Meeker, represent Kent on the Metro Citizen's Transit Advisory Committee. JOHNSON MOVED that the Council approve the Mayor 's selection of Mr. Smith, Kitto seconded. Motion carried. METRO PARK It was noted that three representatives from & RIDE LOT t'' Metro, the City Administrator, and three members of the Kent Chamber Retail Merchants Committee met and as a result of this meeting, Metro will take a further survey of the present use of the north parking lot . Following this survey, another meeting will be held. LICENSES Animal Control . A discussion of the present method of animal control was held at the last work session. Several concerns were expressed, including the loss of . local control , the fact. that the present operation is subsidized, whether present License fees should be increased, and the number of hours of service Kent should receive from King County. Ansvlers to some of these questions twill be given to the Council before a final decision is made. A. ember 3, 1075 KENT AI:TS ,�:as noted that some weeks a(7.o 'I he C�unci 1 CCI1411 S:•101, authorized the transfer of 7,532.89 from the Current Ex ensc: F r:d 1 , the Civic Improve- ment Fund to `t)c specifically1 for the -°,r1s. ^t the las Council r^eetinc 'he ;°,Irts C-mmi ssion %-;as and a fund created. Uoor the t the Finance Director, 1:ITTC ".7,c5._.Fc e trans.'erred from. the Ci­i c Fund to the Arts C-,rrmissi )n Fund, `,'affaro seconded. Storment noted that this .,as r-� ,ne- c=- 1 ' ec'.ed as gambling ! axes. 1.',< 1 i c:n ccrr i ed, ­,-1 th Po',astc.rs vot i nc nay. +dvi sor " Commr , ee. d ` and cr the Land Use CO1 '�U°'ITI h.,anagement DiN!ision of King County has requested L that Kent appoint a representative for an Advisory Ccr.miifee or, the Sea-Tac Communities Plan which is aimed all minimizing the impact of the airi��r ! cn surrounding communities. T'nis activi ', is of particular interest to ',.esl Hill residents of Kent. It is anticipated that the Committee rdiII meet once a month from November untiI C,arch or pri1 , 1976. In accordance with the "Itayor 's suggestion, JUST NdOVED that ',-he Kent City Council approve the appointment of Grace Connelly of 266751 40th ,"venue Soutl, as Kent 's representative to the Committee. Johnson secnncec. Upon StormentIs question, Johnson notes that Pfs. Connelly was a resident c' the City. ',',otion carried. ,,[;C- ICAN A Ie', �i er was read from John Long, Kent ;'EVOLUT I OP; 3 i ceni enn i a l Corr-1 t t ee Chairman, requesting 31 CENT ENNI L 1-ha1 1a",ayor I;oga:n ;:ct as the Committee's COAVAiTTEE emissary 'ro the City Council for the purpose of obtaining the necessary funds to purchase a 5' by 81 City flag. The flag, if obtained, will be seni to be flown in Philadelphia, for he 3 i cent enn i I year. 1,",",STE:�S 4111GVED i o accent the letter and refer ii to the ne>:t workshop meeting, Johnson seconded. h%ayor Hogan noted that the cost of the flag would be appr:Dximately '�u5.00. Vci ion carried. Jo!,n Long spike from the audience, noting that a girt was ',o be prescned to the Council . Long introduced ','rs. Gi Iberi- , Leader of Girl Scout Senior Troop io. 1361 . Ellie Carter introduced 1 he r:em:;ers , f the troop and I hen presented an official l3icentenniai flag which they had made to the 16aycr for the City. The girls also noted that they had made a second flag which ti-,as ;resented to John Long to be sent to Kent 's Sister City in Japan. CLAIHS Jai P. Haugen. It ,,,as noted that Jay P. Haugen has submitted a claim for $230.42 for damages to his car as a resulf of a high manhole in the Ken t-Kangley - 3enson goad area. The claim will be submitted to the contractor by our insurance agent . STO1'�i.SENT &COVED that the claim of Jay P. Haugen be referred to the -- City's insurance carrier , Johnson seconded. Motion carried. CABLE It was noted that Lyle Flood of 409 East tAeeker TELEVISION has contacied J . '... Hurd, ",,cting Coordinator, Office of Cable Coi-znur,i cat ions in Seattle, concerning _insat i sfociory cable TV reception of Channels 7 and 12 and protesting the increase in rate for cable service. It is the ",dmini- s-rator 's suggestion that 1,'r. Flood and repre- sentatives of Tele-',r _%mr-ter and Clearview be November 3, I975 invited to the ncyl work session, at which time the City .^,t';orney will review the present franchise ordinances and any action which the City may make. W,,STERS PrtOVED that the "Idmi n i strator 's suggestion be followed, Johnson seconded. On questions from the Council , PAirk noted that the City has the right to set rates for cable TV within the City as set forth in the franchise ordinances. He further determined that the City did not exercise this right in the past when t'-ie rates were raised. A',ot i on carr i ed. CIVIL SERVICE In accordance with the recommendation of the COPv'MI SS I ON Mayor, JOHNSON h1,OVED that' the appointment of Norwood Cunningham to the Kent Civil Service Commission be confirmed, Just seconded. Upon Storment 's question, Mayor Hogan noted that two names had been submitted to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of 'vv'arren bell . t4otion carried. BUDGET Contract Negotiations. It was noted that the Teamsters have accepted the contract proposed by the City. The terms include a 9") pay increase, payment of premiums for dependent medical coverage, a review of job classifica— tions between now and January I , 1976, and a slight increase in clean working uniform supply. KITTO h`,OVED that the P.1ayor be authorized to sign the Teamster contract for 1976, Storment seconded. !Motion carried. PARKS & Multi—Service Center. A written request from ;RECREATION the Parks Department was distribuled to the Council , stating as follows: _ "The Park and Recreation Department is seeking approval for a request to King County for Community Development funds. The money specifically being sough! is a portion of $ 150,000 set aside in 1975 for interjurisdic— tional applications. "The Park Department is requesting that a sum, up to $3,500, be applied for to plan the recreational facility portion of the multi— service center now under study. "Activities such as performing arts, musical , dance, film presentations, community social activities and arts, crafts and exhibit areas are typical of the communities requests for facilities as well as physical recreation facilities. "Construction funding will be requested under a separate proposal . " For the purpose of discussion, IvASTERS MOVED for approval of the request by the [larks and — Recreation Department to apply for Community Development Discretionary funds through King County for recreation facility planning purposes, Johnson seconded. November 3, I =75 PARKS & G,'ilson noted that since the Council had approved RECREATICN the planning monies to go ahead with the pre— design for the Multi—Service Center, the Parks Department had been trying to obtain additional funding to add recreational facilities to the proposed multi—service center. He noted that the Community Development grant people were very positive on this type of funding and had suggested that planning money should be asked for immediately from their 1975 funds. He noted that the Park Board had unanimously agreed with this decision. He stated that even i = funds for development -- were not later granted the planning money could be used in the phase development of this project . He noted that the planning money could be used to work with the firm to include the recreational portions of the multi—service center. Masters asked if this would commit the County or if the County was only to act as the agent . Mayor Hogan pointed out that the highest priority on the use of the discretionary funds is for multi—jurisdictional projects. She stated that the discretionary funds are available to the County as well as to the cities so this proposa ! would commit some of this money ', owar-6 this Kent project , but that there would be .no commitment for maintenance and operation. She noted that it has been suggested that since Kent Is program contains a large proror', ion of senior citizen ;projects, than this would he 1 ''-1,e best use of the money. Shc pointed out �a' I lse l.ur,-ose of 0e planning grant is ' ind out what kind of facilities would be contained in the proposed center . She also noted that this is merely a reaucst for a commAlr-ent of '— some :)f the County's money vv'^,ich is avai 1— able for multi— iurisdictioraI facilities. Harris clarified that the Parks Department , along with I`Ce City, is requesting 197r' funding for the recreat Tonal portion of the proposed communit-:r center, but that this reques', is for IS75, funds which are ava i I ah I e nol;j, and could be used for planning for the I^7 program. Motion carried. COAWUNITY The Planning Department has prepared summary DEVELOPMENT proposals for the 1976 Community Development PLAN projects suggested to date. The City Council has scheduled a public hearing for this meeting to receive additional input and to begin prioritization of the 1076 projects. Lyn Johns, Associate Planner, explained the provi— sions of the Housing & Community Development Act of 1974 as a Federal program to help citi— zens in residential rehabilitation programs, COD rehabilitation, Social Services, and Planning. She noted that this was a 3—year plan and that Kent 's proposals were submitted through King County. She also noted that the various programs can be funded up to 100°� of the cost . She stated that included in the CBD projects were storm drainage, wheelchair ramps, improvement of the nark at the old City Hall site, imnrovement of sideewalks within the CRD area, and to hire a City staff person to act as coordinator for the COD program, none of which have been nrioriti ed to this time. ftc� November 3, 1975 COWAUNITY Storm drainage for the North Park area and DEVELOPMENT the lower East Hill were included, along with PLAN housing rehabilitation assistance, improve- ments of the Tot Lots within the residential area, and a fire prevention housing inspection program. Also included are pedestrian walkways in the Cambridge area, and improvements to the Senior Center consisting of a rarking lot , a limited outdoor activity area for recreation purposes, a nutritional education program, and a cultural recreational facility to be built in conjunction with the t,hulti-Service Center . She noted that the last two rroiects r are considered to be interjurisdictional rro- jects, and do not have to be prioriti -ed with other Projects. She stated that the next procedure would be for the prciec' s to be evaluated by the Council , and a rroposal made through King County as to %r'r i ch projects should be funded. She noted that a specific plan must be develored only fir the first year program at this time, but that the City must show what they .vould like do over a three- year period of time. I land-nuts, �,-,Yh i ch have been made a part of the record, :•;ere presented to the Council shndinn, ahat pad been accomplished in 11'75 and rrorosed clans for 197E- 1978. Johns stated that letters were sent to all property otivners of the North, Fark area to inform them of the r-,�ssibility of the formation of an LID for a ^ortion of the proposed drainacre r.ro- jeci- . Fr)urteen tele-hone resronses have indi- cated that most of the residents were not interested. The reasons given viere essential !v because of a financial burden and that most property owners feel that even if there is no LID involved the r Per' : axes might rise if the drai nacre project k%ias accompl i shed. She noted t'.;at some of 1 he residents acknowledged that there 7s a drainage Problem, while ethers feel the:-e is no problem. She also noted that rnary ­eople feel that because the streets are higher than t.":e hot,ses than the drainage project might n snl�.°e the r roblem. Also, it has been indicated ' ha` the hich water table in the area and the trains gassing through the area cause the f^urdations of the houses 1- shift and settle. The ruhlic hearing was opened by tIhe Vayor . Jerry f°,c .leton noted that ah gut fifteen years ago arprox1mate1 mI0,00C .vas sr ert to rut in drainage d i tc:1cs U;;h i ch ;worked very �.!e l I as Irmo as he„ ,)ere mat ntai ned. "E: r cued ' `at i m^r­vements to Fourt i ".� en `gad cut ' hem off from the County ditcl, and r�rined that if the ditches ,Nere ­.­ened ;a- and maintained the dra i nanc rr,�b I em v:,ou I d be solved. Fr ark f ow;ak anreed tv` his and further noted t'rat ir1Is�� rr,,, 'ect s"iou I d be word 1 noted i h t'r,e C-)mrre- hensive ^lan f_)r 1-he Crrcn ?iver `,.'al ley alorp yji th i-he en': `re Ci t v. He on ned that the ditches would be adequate if rra! erly maintained, and that the residents of the area could not bear the financial burden of participating i:n an LI D. r , November 3, 1975 COMWNITY Norm Rab-y commented that re lived on the edge DEVELOPMENT of the proposed LID, immediately north of the North Park Addition, and that the proposal did not appear to include his property, although he was interested in a solution to the drainage problem. Lyn Johns explained that the boundaries for the proposed LID were flexible and that his area was mostly undeveloped, so ii could be left out and considered later if these owners objected. Nw. typpleton commented that that particular area was outside of the City ai one time and that there would be no surface water irobelm if the connection to the County ditch was still open. — /0r._._,Raby noted that w'nen his house was bu i I t the property was inside the City limits. ;,',ayor Hogan explained the purpose of the hearing was to receive citizen input to determine if the projects suggested were acceptable to the people involved, and that no decision would be made tonight . She noted chat a further meeting ,vouId be held next week to compile a list of projects for which funding would be requested. Fhyl I is_ Sowders noted that residents of the area in which she lived had tiled their parking strips, according to the City's specifications, when the ditches were installed. She questioned whei-her they could just hook up to the drainage pro lect if it should :,e put in or whether all of the tiles would have Io be replaced with larger tiles. She suggested) That Federal funding could be used to cover the cost of t I installation for those who had not previously installed it . Mr. Redfield opined that the si .__e of the exist— ing _._ ing the was adequate and was effective at his residence. Upon John Qlevin's question, Ulett stated that a proposed sewer would drain into the existing storm line in Fourth Avenue and would join with Mill Creek at about South 180th. Mr. O'Leary questioned how much the project would cost the property owners. Johns noted that the Federal program can pay all of the costs but that it was up Vo the City to determine whether t : apply for funds for the entire project, or �_o propose an LID to fund a portion of it . There were no further comments and no corres— pondence on 1 he rrai ter , and STORMENT N0VED to close the public rearing. Kitto seconded. Motion carried. KITTO h',OVED that the City Council direct the Planning Department to take the City Council and community input received at this meeting and prepare a draft project priority list for presentation at the next Council workshop. Storment seconded. Vzyor Hogan invited the North Park residents to attend the workshop meeting on November 10 at 7:00 o'clock p.m. Motion carried. HOUSING The Planning Department has been preparing ASSISTANCE the Housing Assistance Plan required as a PLAN part of the City's 1976 Housing & Community Development Program. A public hearing is November 3, 1975 HOUSING scheduled for this meeting to receive addi— ASSISTANCE tional input on housing needs in the Kent PLAN area. Adoption of the Housing Assistance Plan will take place at the Council meeting of November 17. Lyn Johns noted that under the Housing Assistance Plan, the City was required to submit certain information to King County on housing structures. She noted that both the Kent Building Department and King County have made exterior Inspec— tions of the housing. She submiited, for the record, rating reports from the Kent Inspection Department and also from King County on 3,415 single family units in e Kent. She noted that the survey was divided according to census tract numbers and that each residence was rated on a scale of one to four, # 1 being "sound, and #4 "dilapidated. " It was determined that the criteria of the City and the County differed and therefore the County had fewer houses listed than the City in the # 1 category. Using the census tract map, she noted that the Valley floor area around the CBD shows the area of the most need, and that the committee would recommend that assistance be made in this area. The matter will be further discussed at the November 10 workshop and finalized at the November 17 Council meeting. Johns determined that the Housing Assistance Plan could cover existing housing, new con— struction, rehabilitation, or rental subsidy, 1`Vhen information has been received, the committee will make a recommendation to the Council as to which type of assistance should have the highest priority. Upon questions from Just and Storment , it was determined that the City inspector had not rated as #4 (dilapitaied) any occupied house, but that the County had. The Mayor opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the audience and no correspondence had been received. KITTO MOVED that the hearing be continued unt i I November 17, 1975, Stormeni seconded. Motion carried. FINANCE JUST MOVED to pay bills received on or before November 5, 1975 after approval by the Finance Committee at its meeting to be held at 8 a.m. November 14, 1975, Storment seconded. Motion carried. Claims approved by the Finance Committee at its meeting on October 31 , I975 are as follows: Current Expense $ 40,388.45 Parks & recreation 9,637.83 City Streets 15,684.80 Federal Shared revenue 1 ,974.00 EVH — INiIIis io Grn rvr 51 .20 VWH/Meeker 66.97 So. 180th ('6'NH—EVH) 11 ,053.07 104th Ave. 4'Jater /v"ai n 164.67 I, 1 I November 3, 1975 FINANCE Equ i pmeni Rent a! 5,514.03 Housing & Community DeO pmnt 32.67 Firemans Relief & Pension 1 ,894.09 Leff Disability 2,446.87 Sewer 46,067.70 VVat er 7,535.84 Garbage _ _413.26 $ 142,945.65 N EETlNG ADJOURNED: 9:00 p.m. respectfully submitted, Marie J en, CK City Clerk