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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 07/06/1976 Kent , Washington July 6, 1976 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 8:00 o'clock p.m. Present : Mayor Hogan, Councilpersons Carey, Johnson, Just, Kitto, Masters, McCaughan and Storment, City Administrator Street, City Attorney Mirk, Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Ulett and Finance Director Winkle. Also present : Planning Commissioners Long, Hamilton and Rosetta Jones, and URS representative Ramsey. Approximately 20 people were in attendance at the meeting. MINUTES KITTO MOVED that the minutes of the meeting held June 21 , 1976 be approved as printed, Storment seconded. Motion carried UNDERGROUND LID 279. The hearing on LID 279 was continued WIRING to this meeting to give Mr. Reed, the Consult— ing Engineer for Kent Shopping Center, time to verify the Puget Power charge for underground service at the Smith Street Shopping Center. On June 30 he had been unable to verify this charge and requested that the hearing be con— tinued until July 19. The City Attorney and Public Works Director have both agreed that this is a reasonable request and accordingly, STORMENT MOVED that the public hearing on Kitto LID 279 be continued until July 19, 1976, seconded. Motion carried. PLANNING It was noted that consideration of the appoint— COMMISSION ment of Harry Williams to the Planning Commis— sion had been tabled at the last meeting. KITTO MOVED to remove the item from the table, and Masters interrupted, raising a point of order, stating that it would be more appropriate for such a motion to be made by a Council member who had been present at the last meeting and who had voted on the pre— vailing side. Mirk stated that any council— person could make such a motion. Just seconded Kitto's motion to remove the item from the table, motion carried. It was noted that the terms of three Planning Commissioners will expire this month.-and the Mayor has recommended the appointment of Harry Williams of 25714 — 135th Ave. S.E. and Jon Johnson of 23911 — IOOth Ave. S.E. and the reappointment of William Holmer of 26408 — 136th S.E. KITTO MOVED to confirm these appointments, Just seconded. Johnson questioned as to why the reappointment of Rasmussen had not been proposed. Mayor Hogan noted that such appointments were at the discretion of the Mayor and she declined further comment. Masters stated that the motion was inappropriate because it was in three parts, and further opined that the manner appointments were made such a of removes in which pp the citizen participation from this Board, and that the Board was becoming a hand— picked group. Upon a roll call vote, the motion failed, with Carey, Johnson, Masters and Storment voting nay. PLANNING Immediately prior to adjournment, Just asked COMMISSION Mirk about the status of the Planning Commis- sion since the three vacancies had not been filled tonight. Mirk stated that the ordinance provides for appointments to be made by the Mayor with confirmation by the Council , but that such confirmation does not ordinarily provide for actual participation in the selec- tion process. He suggested that at least the reappointment of Holmer be considered at this meeting and acknowledged the value of Holmer's past contribution to the Commission. MASTERS MOVED to confirm Holmer 's reappointment, noting that she had requested that such confirmation be by separate motions. Johnson seconded, motion carried. JUST MOVED to confirm Williams' appointment , McCaughan seconded. Upon Carey's question, it was pointed out that it was not required that members of the Planning Commission reside within the City limits. Carey opined that it should be required. Mirk clarified that the ordinance specifies that the majority of the members must reside in the City. Upon a roll call vote, the motion passed, with Johnson, Masters and Storment voting nay. JUST MOVED to confirm Jon Johnson's appoint- ment, Carey seconded. Motion carried, with Johnson and Masters dissenting. APPOINTMENTS As an information item, the Mayor has noted TO VARIOUS that positions on various Boards will expire BOARDS as follows: Library Board I position Oct. 1976 Planning Commission 3 positions July 1977 Park Board 2 positions July 1977 Board of Adjustment I position Feb. 1977 Library Board I position Dec. 1977 GAMBLING It was noted that a report had been submitted by the Administrator at the June 14 work session showing the revenue to Kent from the non-profit bingo. STORMENT MOVED that further gambling, namely pull tabs, punchboards and card rooms be authorized. Kitto seconded. Storment stated that he had discussed the matter with Police Chief elect Skewes, who had no objection, and Storment further stated that if a problem developed with any of these forms of gambling, that such form would be immediately removed from the ordinance. Upon Just 's question, Mirk noted that an ordinance providing for the tax on these forms of gamb- line would have to be drafted. Upon a roll call vote, the motion carried, with Johnson and Just voting nay. STORMENT MOVED for the tax rate on these forms of gambling to be the same as the King County rate. Masters seconded. Upon further questions it could not be deter- mined whether the King County rate of tax was the maximum allowed by the State. It was noted that two nearby cities each had different taxing rates, and Masters and Storment agreed that we should have the same rate as King County. GAMBLING JUST MOVED to table the matter of the taxing rate, and to refer it to the Finance Committee for study, McCaughan seconded. It was deter— mined that the Finance Committee would meet on July 15, and an ordinance could be passed on the 19th. Notion to I-able carried. COMMITTEE Finance. Kitto reported that the Finance MEETINGS Committee had begun consideration of the Federal Revenue Sharing requests and that additional consideration would be given at the next Finance Committee meeting on July 15. He also noted that salary reviews had been made and this matter would be brought to the next workshop meeting. Public Works_& Planning. Stormont reported that the Public Works & Planning Committee would meet on July 7 at 8: 15 a.m. in the 3rd floor conference room. Parks & Recreation. McCaughan reported that a special meeting of the Parks & Recreation Committee would be held at 8: 15 a.m. on July 7 to prioritize Federal Revenue Sharing Fund requests. Carey noted that he would attend this meeting and Just would attend the Public Works & Planning Committee meeting. CIVIL SERVICE A letter was read from John and Hildur COMMISSION Mullen expressing appreciation to the Civil Service Commission for the many hours spent in selecting a new Police Chief and noting that more of their ? ime would be needed as the City acquires more police and fire personnel . MASTERS MOVED that the letter be accepted and a copy provided to the Civil Service Commis— sion for their files, Storment seconded. Notion carried. ANNEXATION Revised Plemmons Annexation. The public hearing on the revised Plemmons annexation is scheduled for this meeting. The King County Boundary Review Board declined to consider the annexation within the allotted 60—day period. Ulett described the area as being on the north side of S. E. 256th lying west of 116th S.E. The Mayor declared the public hearing open. There were no comments from the audience and no correspondence. KITTO MOVED that the hearing be closed, Storment seconded. Motion carried. The City Attorney introduced Ordinance No. 1969 annexing to the City certain lands contigu— ous thereto and commonly referred to as the Plemmons annexation. STORMENT MOVED that Ordinance No. 1969 he adopted, Johnson seconded. Motion carried. BICENTENNIAL John Long presented the Mayor with several COMMITTEE certificates awarded to the City in recogni- tion of Kent 's Bicentennial activities. He noted that Ted Sears, a student at Soos Creek Elementary School , had received 3rd BICENTENNIAL place standing in the Bicentennial essay COMMITTEE contest sponsored by the State. One certifi- cate was in recognition of Kent 's reforesta- tion program along the Green River and for the historical markers project. A letter of special commendation from President Ford was also presented to the Mayor in recogni- tion of Kent 's " lasting reminder" program. Lone also reported on the historical bus tours planned as part of the Bicentennial activities, noting that Ed Reiten would be giving the commentary on the tours. He stated that a bus is available and that the insurance required that the bus driver be a non-drinker. Storment indicated that he would endeavor to locate such a person to drive the bus. Long reported that the tours were expected to begin during the last week in July, with each tour lasting one to two hours. Long also reported that about 700 people were in attendance at the 4th of July pro- gram held on Sunday evening. Mayor Hogan expressed thanks to Long for his fine efforts on behalf of the Bicentennial celebration. MEEKER DAYS It was noted that a discussion was held at the work session held on June 14 concerning participation in Meeker Days. FIRE The annual meeting with the Commissioners DEPARTMENT of Fire District #37 was held June 28, 1976. West_ Hill Fire Station. At the last work sess� ion a proposal from Fire Chief Foster was presented as follows: 1 ) Two firemen would be hired immediately and be trained during the month of July. 2) Within 30 days, two experienced firemen would be stationed in the West Hill Sta- tion - eight hours in the day and five days a week. 3) The two trainees would be placed in other stations. 4) The men would work out of the present station, and if necessary temporary lavatory facilities would be installed. 5) Approval is requested to furnish the station at a cost of $2500. 6) The excess funds to pay salaries and fringe benefits will be reserved in the unexpended balance of the current expense fund and transferred as needed. STORMENT MOVED that the above proposal be adopted and the staff be directed to imple- ment the proposal immediately. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. PAWN BROKERS A proposed ordinance amending the present Pawn Brokers ordinance to include recently enacted State Statutes was reviewed at the last work session. City Attorney Mirk introduced Ordinance No. 1971 amending Section 9 and 19 of Ordinance No. 1235 relating to pawnbrokers. JOHNSON MOVED that Ordinance 1971 be adopted, Storment seconded. Motion carried. PUBLIC A proposed ordinance covering the subject of NUISANCES Public Nuisances was reviewed at the last work session. Mirk introduced Ordinance No. 1970 defining a public nuisance, declaring certain acts to constitute a public nuisance, provid- ing penalties for violations and repealing certain prior Ordinances. McCAUGHAN MOVED for the adoption of Ordinance 1970, Johnson seconded. On Storment 's request, City Attor- ney Mirk read sub-paragraph ( 12) of Section 3 regarding unused, abandoned or discarded refrigerators. Storment stated that he wished that section to state that doors on such refrigerators must be removed, and made a motion to so amend the Ordinance. Johnson seconded. Amendment carried. Motion to adopt the Ordinance as amended carried. KENT COMMONS Wallace Murray Property. It is requested that the Administrator be authorized to exercise the option to purchase the Wallace Murray property. It is necessary to have two appraisals of the property and its value is to be used as a part of the City's share of Phase IB and it will probably be necessary also for Phase IA and Phase 2. JUST MOVED that the Administrator initiate action to utilize the option to purchase the Wallace Murray property and to have the necessary appraisals made. McCaughan seconded. Upon Carey's question, Street determined that the architect had stated it would not be neces- sary to reduce the size of the building for Phase 2 in order to fit the facility on this property. In response to Storment 's query, Street stated that there was no basement contemplated for the building to his know- ledge. Motion carried, over Masten' nay. CLAIMS Jeffrey B.Wheeler. A claim has been received for alleged damage to an automobile while traveling on the Kent-Kancley Road. There is a question of whether the State contractor or some sub-contractor may or may not be liable and in accordance with the recommenda- tion of the City Attorney, STORMENT MOVED that the claim of Jeffrey B. Wheeler be for- warded to our insurance carrier for deter- mination, Just seconded. Motion carried. PRELIMINARY Green Valley Heights #6 Replat Preliminary PLATS Plat. On June 22, 1976, the Planning Com- mission held a public hearing on the Green Valley Heights #6 Replat Preliminary Plat and recommended denial . A public meeting should now be set by the Council to consider adoption or rejection of the Planning Com- mission's recommendation. If the Council PRELIMINARY deems a change in the Planning Commission's PLATS recommendation is necessary at the scheduled public meeting, a change cannot be made until the Council has conducted a public hearing on the matter and adopted its own recommendations and approved or disapproved the preliminary plat. KITTO MOVED that a public meeting to consider adoption or r eiec- tion of the Planning Commission's recommenda— tion he held on July 19, 1976, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. b�es t view Trace ce Preliminary Plat. On June 22, ti . „ _._______._...._�..�. 1976 the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the Westview Trace Preliminary Plat and recommended approval with conditions. The Council should now set a date for a public meeting to consider adoption or rejection of the Commission's recommendations, and if the Council deems a change in the Commission's recommendation is necessary, the Council must then conduct a public hearing to adopt its own recommendations and approve or disapprove the preliminary plat. Accordingly, McCAUGHAN MOVED that a public meeting be held on July 19, 1976, Just seconded. Motion carried. METRO BUS Street noted that the City has received a SHELTERS proposal from Metro to erect three bus shelters in the Kent area. It was determined that approval has already been given to the location near the Kent Memorial Park. Another shelter is proposed to be located near the Boeing property at approximately S. 200th. The third site proposed is on 104th SE at SE 235th, just north of the Kent cit%/ limits. It was deter— mined that approval for the 104th Ave. shelter would have to be obtained from the State or the County. JUST MOVED to endorse the proposed sites for shelters, Masters seconded. Johnson questioned whether a shelter would be located at Meeker and Central . It was determined that there was no shelter planned for that site as Metro wished to encourage the riders to use the other designated places. Motion carried. Storment noted that a problem existed with bus riders crossing No. Central near VIP's Restaurant. Street stated he would contact Metro about changing the location of that particular bus stop. Mirk noted further that people from the South King County Activity Center were also crossing Central Avenue in this same hazardous area. TRAFFIC Penalties For Speeding. The City Attorney introduced Ordinance No. 1973 amending Section 5 of Ordinance 1811 relating to the penalty for violating the speed limit law. Street explained that this would change the fine from $500 to $250. STORMENT MOVED for the adoption of Ordinance 1973, Just seconded. Motion carried. It was noted that an ordinance covering park— ing restrictions and other traffic controls was reviewed at the last work session. . 1972 establishing parkina TRAFFIC Ordinance No _ limitations and establishing one—way streets and alleys within the City was introduced by the City Attorney. McCAUGHAN MOVED that Ordinance 1972 be adopted, Storment seconded. Motion carried. STREETS Meeker Street Improvement. Mirk noted that the Traf_fic Engineer has advised that there is no longer any problem concerning the use of Meeker Street as contemplated to allow angle parking, since the street is no longer covered under the Federal Aid Hinhway system. Titus/Central Intersection. Ulett reported that he had contacted State Highway officials regarding the Titus—Central intersection im— provement and it was expected that authoriza— tion to proceed would be received shortly. Bid: 1976 Asphalt Paving Project. Bids were received on June 30 for the 1976 asphalt pav— ing, projects as follows: Lakeside Industries $52, 172.00 incl . tax Hi—Line Paving 57,201 .60 incl . tax Associated Sand & Gravel 60,275.82 incl . tax McCAUGHAN MOVED to accent the best bid of Lake— side Industries, Carey seconded. Motion carried. Bid: Slurry Seal . One bid was received on July 2 to furnish and place Slurry Seal on Cambridge and Scenic Hill Streets. In accord— ance with the recommendation of the Public Works Department , JOHNSON MOVED that the best bid of zossoe, Inc. in the amount of $ 15,000 be accepted, Masters seconded. Storment noted that some of the streets on Scenic. Hill were slurry sealed four years ago and it is now necessary for some of them to be redone. Ulett noted that slurry sealing accomplishes two things -- it seals the surface, preventing water from penetrating and it gives the full width of the street a uniform texture. He Pointed out that this sealing does not beef up a street which is structurally weak. He stated that the last slurry sealing that was done was not very successful but it was expected that this would be a better job with the new techni— ques for application. In response to Masters' question, it was determined that rlossoe, Inc. was the only company in the area that does this particular type of work. Ulett pointed out that this was an entirely differenct tyne of asphalt than that which was used on S. 212th and the projects were not comparable. Motion carried, with Storment voting nay. PARKS & Bids: Linda Heights Park. Two bids were re— RECREATION ceived on July 2, 1976 for grading, paving and playground equipment installation on Linda Heights Park as follows: Moss Construction $26,205.60 incl . tax City Transfer 29,233.74 incl . tax Ulett reported that the bids received were almost twice as much as had been anticipated and after discussion with the Parks Department it is re— commended that all bids be rejected. He noted PARKS & that it was felt that the City can do the work RECREATION for less money with the Street and Park crews doing much of the work. STORMENT MOVED to reject the bids, and Masters seconded. Upon Masters' question, Ulett determined that the City's estimate was updated about two weeks prior to the issue of the call for bids. He noted that it was anticipated that some of the bulldozer work was to be done by the City but neither of the bidders was willing to have the City do this work, so they included this in the bid. Upon Johnsons question about the timing on this project, Street noted that this .p,.....^.... '(' ! particular project was one covered under Housing CORRECTED ' REFER 1� & Community Development and the monies were not t � +EF E available until July I . Street further deter- MINUTES OF ----J_q -.�6 mined for McCaughan that there had been some sewer department work done in this area. Motion carried. BOUNDARY REVIEW Proposed Annexations To Water-Districts. Two BOARD proposals for annexations to water districts have been filed recently. One is the Lyle annexation proposed by King County Water District 75 and Ulett reported that he had notified the Boundary Review Board that Kent has no interest in the proposed annexation. The other is the proposed Fite annexation by King County Water District 58. Ulett noted that this is in the vicinity of the Westview area and that a portion of it lies within Kent 's water franchise area. Ulett indicated that he would discuss the matter with M-. Roth, engineer for Water District 58 and would report further. DISASTER PLAN It was noted that City staff is preparing a Disaster Plan to cover any natural or man- made disaster. Peter Gomes is the present head and direct contact between the County and the Mayor and it is anticipated that he will continue in this position. A City Co- ordinator to act as chairman of the staff committee consisting of one or more repre- sentatives from each Department is needed. It is proposed to appoint Chief Tom Foster to the position of City Coordinator, with other staff members to include Jerry Ulett , Bi I I Stevens, ilaul i�amos and roger Bean. if additional staff is necessary, Department heads will be requested to allow employees to assist. JOHNSON MOVED to approve the pro- posed staff as presented by the City Administra- tor for the development of a Kent Disaster Plan, Carey seconded. Masters questioned how soon such material for a Disaster Plan would be available. Street noted that the staff committee will be working on the Plan and also indicated that Peter Gomes is hope- ful of being relieved of his duties as the present coordinator. He noted that the main function of the Disaster Plan would be to deal with those natural disasters such as earth- quakes, windstorms, floods, etc. Motion carried. SEPA The Planning Director reviewed the proposed SEPA ordinance at the last work session and it was recommended that this ordinance be adopted with the intention of amending it to include a fee schedule after a few months' SEPA exnerienc.e. Ordinanc.e .N.o. 1975 was intro— _..._ ._.. .__ _. _ duced by the City Attorney establishing guidelines for compliance with the State Environmental Policy Act. KITTO MOVED for the adoption of Ordinance 1975, Masters seconded. Motion carried. FINANCE Housing and Urban Development Fund. The Finance Department has requested the creation of a fund for Housing and Urban Development receipts and disbursals. In accordance with the request, the City Attorney introduced Ordinance No. 1974 creating the Housing and Community Development Fund. JOHNSON MOVED that Ordinance 1974 be adopted, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. Segregation Request — LID 276. A segregation request has been received from Northwest Bonded Escrows for the segregation of Assess— ment # 1 in LID 276. All fees have been paid. MASTERS MOVED that the segregation be approved and the City Attorney be directed to prepare the necessary resolution, McCaughan seconded. In response to Masters' question, it was determined that the property involved is in Sunset Manor. Motion carried. JUST MOVED to pay bills received on or before July 6, 1976 after approved by the Finance Committee at its meeting to be held at 8:00 a.m. July 15, 1976, Johnson seconded. Motion carried. The following claims were approved at the Finance Committee meeting on June 30, 1976: Current Expense $ 44,721 .51 Federal /State Grant Fund 54.65 Parks & Recreation 13,035.45 Library 66,541 .03 City Streets 7. 113.90 Alcoholic Rehabilitation 921 .67 Federal Shared Revenue 3,731 .96 Kent Commons Center 6,644.34 S. 180th EVH—WVH 1 ,288.89 Equipment mental 6,064.29 Housing & Comm. Dev. 266.00 Arts Commission 52.85 Firemen's R & P 121 .29 LEOFF Disability 2,974.04 Sewer 43,908. 11 Water 12, 18350 Garbage 515.36 $212, 138.84 Respectfully submitted, I Marie Jens-en, CMC City Clerk