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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 07/17/1978 Kent, Washington July 17, 1978 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 8:00 o'clock p.m. Present: Mayor Hogan, Councilpersons Carey, B. Johnson, Just, Kitto, Masters and McCaughan, City Administrator Street, City Attorney Mirk, Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Ulett and Finance Director Winkle. Councilperson J. Johnson was not in attendance. Also present: Planning Com- missioner Hamilton and URS representative Abed. Approximately 50 people were in attendance at the meeting. MINUTES CAREY MOVED that the minutes of the regular meeting of July 5, 1978 be approved as printed, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. HEALTH & SANITATION LID 287 - 94th Pl. S. Sewers. The City Attorney introduced Ordinance No. 2105 ordering the improvement of a portion of the City by construction and installa- tion of sewers in or along 94th Place S. and S. 218th Street, and creating LID 287. JUST MOVED that Ordinance No. 2105 be adopted, Carey seconded. Motion carried. Metro Request to Use Sewer Lagoon. It was noted that Chuck Henry and Ralph Gabrielson requested that the City allow Metro to store sewage sludge in the City's sewer lagoons. It is recommended that the request be directed to the Public Works Committee and for the staff to prepare a report for consid- eration. CAREY MOVED that the request be considered by the Public Works Com- mittee, Just seconded. Motion carried. K-Mart Utility Extension. The Engineering Department has received the Bill of Sale and Warranty Agreement for water line, sanitary sewer and street improve- ments for the Kent K-Mart project. JUST MOVED that the City accept the Bill of Sale and Warranty Agreement and for the cash bond to be released after payment of any outstanding City bills against the project, B. Johnson seconded. In response to B. Johnson's question, Ulett noted that these were not part of the Meeker Street LID project. Motion carried. Lower Mill Creek Detention Basin. The Department of Public Works has received a proposal from URS regarding the Lower Mill Creek Detention Basin. This pro- posal has been submitted both to the Lower Mill Creek Consultant Selection Committee and the Finance Committee for their review. The proposal calls for two phases--a pre-design phase to determine exact specifications and a second phase to include the development of the plans and specifications. URS would perform the work outlined in Phase I for a lump sum of $12,500. JUST MOVED that the City accept the proposal from URS for the Lower Mill Creek Detention Basin, Kitto seconded. Motion carried. STREETS S. 180th/S.W. 43rd Joint Renton/Kent Street Improvement Project. The Engineer- ing Department has received a copy of the final estimate prepared by the City of Renton for the S. 180th/S.W. 43rd street improvements. Upon the recommenda- tion of the Renton Engineering Department, MASTERS MOVED that the City of Kent accept completion of the said contract for the S. 180th/S.W. 43rd street improve- ment by Scarsella Brothers as of June 26, 1978, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. Circulation System - 104th Ave. S.E. , including 108th S.E. and James Street. A memorandum was read from Planning Commission Chairman Iry Hamilton setting forth the concerns of the Planning Commission regarding the increased traffic conges- tion at the intersection of James Street and 104th Avenue S.E. and the status of the completion of 108th Avenue S.E. The memorandum asked that Hamilton be allowed to meet with the appropriate Council committee in the near future to discuss these concerns. JUST MOVED that the memorandum be accepted and referred to the Public Works Committee, Carey seconded. Street noted that Mr. Hamilton has been advised of the time and date of such meeting. Motion carried. 108th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 236th Street. A letter containing 24 signatures was read regarding the problems of traffic safety and flow affecting residents of the Park Orchard area, and particularly in the vicinity of S.E. 236th Place leading west off 108th S.E. The letter asked that 108th Avenue S.E. be extended south two blocks to S.E. 240th with the installation of a stop and go caution signal. B. JOHNSON MOVED that the letter be accepted and referred to the Public Works Committee, Carey seconded. Motion carried. TRAFFIC CONTROL 84th Avenue S. and Highway 167. A letter was read from Jeanne M. Seil, 32735 - 36th S.W. , Federal Way, requestinn that consideration be given to the installa- tion of a traffic light on 84th Avenue S. at the point of egress from Highway 167 at the north Kent exit. MASTERS MOVED that the letter be made a part of the record, McCaughan seconded. Street noted that the City has had a request to the State for the past eighteen months or longer to have the interchange moved south to consolidate with S. 228th Street. He pointed out that if a light is installed at the site requested it would create an impossible traffic situation. Street also advised that he has requested Traffic Engineer Olson to contact the State regarding their consideration of the previous request and that a report would be made. Motion carried. STREET VACATION West Willis Street. On October 18, 1876, the Council approved the vacation of West Willis Street. At that time adoption of the ordinance was delayed to allow the petitioner to develop a trade of property. On July 12, 1978, inform- ation was received that Valley Publishing Company prefers to pay for the vacation in the usual manner rather than a trade of properties. The City Attorney intro- duced Ordinance No. 2106 providing for the vacation of a portion of Willis Street. CAREY MOVED that Ordinance No. 2106 be adopted, Just seconded. Responding to McCaughan's question, Street noted that the long delay in passage of the ordinance was the result of negotiations to buy additional properties by the applicant and for a trade to be made for the street vacation. He pointed out that Valley Publishing Company is now ready to begin building and has indi- cated their intent to pay the usual charges in connection with the vacation. He further noted that the ordinance would not be published or recorded until such time as the vacation fee has been paid or a property exchange made. Motion carried. WATER Caravelle North Condominiums. The Engineering Department has received the Bill of Sale and Warranty Agreement for approximately 1156 LF of 8" water mains construc- ted for Caravelle North Condominiums on 23804 - 102nd Avenue S.E. B. JOHNSON MOVED that the City accept the Bill of Sale and Warranty Agreement for the water mains for Caravelle North Condominiums. Carey seconded. Motion carried. 1978 Water Rate Study and Amending Ordinances. As outlined in the 1978 Water Rate Study, (a copy of which has been made a part of the record) , the City will be required to raise water rates to the level recommended in the Report. The new rates will become effective on all billings after August 1, 1978 and will include customer service in the second half of July. The City Attorney intro- duced Ordinance No. 2107 amending Sections 23 and 24 of Ordinance No. 1961, relat- ing to water rates. McCAUGHAN MOVED for the adoption of Ordinance No. 2107, Kitto seconded. Motion carried. FINAL PLAT Green Valley Heights #6. The Planning Department has received the Final Plat of Green Valley Heights #6. B. JOHNSON MOVED that a public hearing be held on August 7 to approve, disapprove or return the Final Plat to the applicant for modification or correction, Carey seconded. Motion carried. ANNEXATION ZONING Uplands Annexation. On May 24, 1978, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the initial zoning for the Uplands annexation which encompasses approximately 215 acres lying between the Green River and the West Valley Highway, north of S. 196th Street. The Planning Commission recommended that this annexation be zoned as follows: "The easterly 450 feet of the subject property (along the West Valley Highway) be zoned M-1, Industrial Park; the next 1, 325 feet (to the west) be zoned M-2, Limited Industrial; the remaining land west to the dike be zoned M-1, Industrial Park; the dike and all lands between the River and the dike (including the oxbow) be zoned MA, Industrial Agricultural. " �5 Planning Director Harris pointed out the location of the proposed annexation on the map. The first of two public hearings required by the Zoning Code on the initial zoning of a newly annexed area was opened by the Mayor. Referring to the M-2 zoning in the middle of the annexation area, Masters questioned whether or not there would be any rail spurs off to either side. Harris commented that under the Shoreline Master Program no rail lines are allowed within 200' of the River. Uhrich noted that the Plat shows the rail line will turn to the southwest and be closer to S. 196th and Russell Road but will still be 200' from the River. There were no further comments and no correspondence has been received. JUST MOVED that the hearing be closed, Carey seconded. B. JOHNSON MOVED that the second public hearing on the initial zoning of the area be held on August 21, 1978, Just seconded. Motion carried. REZONE Randy L. Barber Rezone. On June 27, 1978, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application filed by Randy L. Barber for a rezone from GC, General Commercial, to MR-M, Medium Density Multi-Family Residential zoning. The subject property encompasses approximately 21.6 acres lying at the southwest corner of the intersection of West James Street and 64th Ave. S. A 200' by 200' parcel of land immediately at the corner of W. James Street and 64th Ave. S. will remain GC. Since the applicant presented a letter to the Planning Commission requesting that the application be withdrawn, the Planning Commission recommends to the Council that this application be denied without prejudice. Planning Director Harris pointed out the location of the proposed rezone on the map. The public hearing was opened by the Mayor. There were no comments from the audience and no correspondence has been re- ceived. CAREY MOVED that the hearing be closed, Kitto seconded. Motion carried. McCAUGHAN MOVED that the Randy L. Barber rezone application be denied without prejudice, B. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. J. L. Associates. On June 27, 1978, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application filed by J. L. Associates for a rezone from MR-M, Medium Density Multi-Family Residential, to "0", Professional and Office zon- ing. The subject property encompassing 77,000 square feet lying at the south- west corner of the West Valley Highway and the proposed Willis Street express- way, was pointed out by Planning Director Harris. The Planning Commission recommends that the application be approved with the following conditions: "Upon development of the property, construct an adequate storm drain system. Submit plans thereof to the Engineering Department for review and approval. Said storm drain plans shall incorporate storm water detention per King County Ordinance No. 2281 or City adopted equivalent. Also incorporated therein shall be provisions for on-site 7 day storage of site storm water. " Harris noted that with the Valley Publishing Company plant proposed for this area, there would be the same type usage on both sides of the street if this rezone is granted. The public hearing was opened by the Mayor. It was determined by Mayor Hogan that the State had agreed to a break in the double yellow line in this area, making left turns possible to both properties. It was determined that further discussion would be held on this matter at the time of hearings on the Valley Publishing Company application. Steve Harris, representing J. L. Associates, noted that the matter of the access strip owned by the State had been discussed with Mr. Bogart of the State Highway Commission. There were no further comments and no correspondence has been received. JUST MOVED that the hearing be closed, Carey seconded. Motion carried. CAREY MOVED that the change of zone be approved as recommended by the Planning Commission and the City Attorney be directed to prepare the ordinance rezoning the property. Just seconded. Motion carried. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Amendment. The City Attorney introduced Resolution No. 848 amending the City's Comprehensive Plan in accordance with the public hearing held on July 5. McCAUGHAN MOVED for the adoption of Resolution No. 848, Just seconded. Motion carried. FIRE DEPARTMENT Paramedics. A memorandum was read from the King County Division of Emergency Medical Services regarding a schedule of meetings to be held to consider County funding for Paramedic Provider Groups. The letter noted that the South King County meeting would be held on July 18 at 7: 30 p.m. at the Renton Library. METRO/KING COUNTY MERGER Mayor Hogan reported on recommendations made by the Citizens' Committee regarding the proposed Metro/King County merger. She noted that the Suburban Mayors Associa- tion opposes the proposed merger and that a final report would be made to the County Council from the Citizens' Advisory Committee. She noted that more information should be available before such a measure is proposed for the ballot and that she hoped to have a report available at the next workshop meeting. In response to Mirk's question, she noted that Randy Revelle had suggested that if a merger occurs that a non-partisan County Council be formed. METRO Bus Routes. It was noted that two representatives of Metro conducted a hearing on the proposed revision of Bus Route 156. Eight or ten citizens were in attendance, including Councilman Gary Grant. KENT COMMONS Phase I. It was noted that a letter has been received from Huff Construction Co. requesting that the date for the start of the guarantees be established. It was further noted that the facility has been occupied since March 1 and it is asked that a compromise date of May 1, 1978 be accepted. MASTERS MOVED that for purposes of establishing the beginning of "Guarantee and Warranty" periods in Kent Commons, Phase I, the date be set as May 1, 1978, Just seconded. Motion carried. Phase II Bid Opening. It was noted that the Kent Commons, Phase II, bid opening was postponed from July 14, 1978 to July 21. TRAVEL EXPENSE POLICY It was noted that the matter of the City's travel expense policy was deferred from the June 19, 1978 Council meeting to the workshop of July 10, 1978 at the request of Mayor Hogan. The City Attorney has determined that RCW 35A.12.070 requires that any expenditure by City officials, elected or appointed, must be done in accordance with an ordinance adopted by the City, and since the Employees Policy and Procedure Manual was adopted by Ordinance, travel expense would be governed by this policy. It was also noted that Ordinance No. 1818, which cre- ates the Travel Expense Fund, refers to elected and appointed officials. JUST MOVED that the City of Kent's travel expense and travel advance policies are hereby reaffirmed, and that both elected and appointed persons are deemed to be "employees" and subject to said policies, Carey seconded. Kitto noted that he would vote in favor of the motion only because of the advice from the City Attorney. It was noted that during the workshop discussion it was sug- gested that should the elected officials list in the budget a number of meetings that they might attend, this would comply with the present ordinance controlling out of State travel. Masters questioned this and Winkle determined that his interpretation has been that approval of the budget document authorized only trips listed in the budget with the out of State city specifically listed therein. He noted further that any out of State travel not described in the budget re- quired authorization at a Council meeting. Masters concurred that Winkle's determination and it was noted that the suggestion of submitting a list of possible meetings was not covered by the motion. Motion carried. UNITED WAY A letter was read from Gary Zimmerman, Mayor of Bellevue, announcing a meeting to be held at 10:30 a.m. July 18 in the Library Conference Room in Renton to provide information on social services available to residents of the area and to discuss the role of United Way in suburban cities. MASTERS MOVED that the letter be made a part of the record, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. COUNCIL Joint Council Meeting with Des Moines. It was noted that the Councils of Des Moines and Kent will meet in the Des Moines Council Chamber at 7: 30 p.m. on July 31, 1978. Public Works Committee. Kitto noted that the Public Works Committee would meet on Wednesday morning, July 19, at 8:15 a.m. Public Safety Committee. Masters noted that the Public Safety Committee would meet on Tuesday morning, July 18, at 8:15 a.m. FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING A public hearing is scheduled for this meeting to be continued to August 7, 1978 to consider Federal Revenue Sharing requests. Each Department has been asked to have requests prepared by this meeting so as to be made a part of the record. The public hearing was opened by the Mayor. There were no com- ments from the audience and no correspondence has been received. B. JOHNSON MOVED that the hearing be continued to August 7, 1978, Carey seconded. Street noted that the requests would be referred to the Finance Committee for priori- tization and that the Committee would report at the August 7 meeting. Motion carried. PRELIMINARY PLAT Cambridge Highlands. On June 27, 1978, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the Cambridge Highlands Preliminary Plat and recommended approval with conditions. B. JOHNSON MOVED that the Council set a public meeting date of August 7, 1978 to consider adoption or rejection of the Planning Commission recommendations on the Cambridge Highlands Preliminary Plat. Carey seconded. Motion carried. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPEAL Northwest Steel Rolling Mills. At the July 5, 1978 Council meeting a motion was passed to continue the hearing to July 17 on the Northwest Steel Rolling Mill Conditional Use Permit appeal to consider the Final Environmental Impact Statement. The continued public hearing was opened by the Mayor. In response to McCaughan's question, Harris noted that to the best of his knowledge the last noise level reading was that conducted by City staff and it was this standard which would be used in enforcing Condition No. 9. Mirk determined that Northwest Steel would have to live with Condition No. 9 and Curran, attorney for the Mills, concurred that this would be done. Masters referred to letters in the Final EIS from the Department of Ecology and Metro regarding the matter of surface water control and questioned whether her assumption that an additional 12 acres would be paved was correct. Harris pointed out that the area designated for storage of the vehicles would have to have some type of paving, but was not sure of the actual acreage involved. Masters questioned how this surface water runoff would be monitored, since it would be going into the Drainage District ditch and might contain pollutants. Harris clarified that the Engineering Department would monitor the matter of surface water runoff. Reference was made to Condition No. 3 which provides that the applicant must submit detailed storm drainage and storm water pollution control plans to the Engineering Department for review and approval. It was determined that Northwest Steel would have to work with the Engineering Department in this regard to meet Federal and local standards now existing. Curran stated for Masters that Northwest Steel was prepared to meet the requirements and condi- tions set forth regardless of the cost involved. The Clerk noted receipt of a letter from Maureen F. Fisker, 8631 S. 218th Street, in opposition to the proposed expanded operation, and a letter from James P. Curran in support of his clients' Conditional Use Permit granted by the Planning Commission. Copies of both letters have been distributed to the Council. MASTERS MOVED that the letters be made a part of the record, Carey seconded. Motion carried. Mayor Hogan asked for comments from the audience. Gary Andrews opined that the Final EIS was inadequate as to the matter of noise, visual pollution, air pollution and traffic problems. He referred to the Guidelines set forth under the State Environmental Policy Act and offered copies of the Guidelines to the audience. He stated that solutions to the problems were not adequately addressed in the Final EIS and suggested that the process should be started over again to correct the deficiencies. Curran noted that the case for Northwest Steel was stated at the last meeting and suggested that the charge as to the inadequacy of the Final EIS was a matter of opinion. There were no further comments and CAREY MOVED that the hearing be closed, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. McCAUGHAN MOVED that the recommendation of the Planning Commission be upheld, Carey seconded. Masters noted that she had been considering the matter since the Planning Commission hearing and noted that although she was not serving on the Council when the facility was originally approved, it has been operat- ing all this time. She noted that she appreciated the concerns of citizens in the area, since she lives in the general vicinity herself, but also commented that the facility does meet a need for disposition of such materials in the Valley and does confine the operation to one area. She voiced her intent to reluctantly vote in favor of upholding the Planning Commission's recommendation, Motion carried, with Just and Kitto voting nay. FINANCE B. JOHNSON MOVED that the bills received through July 20, 1978 and approved by the Finance Committee at its meeting July 31, 1978 be paid, Masters seconded. Masters seconded. Motion carried. Claims approved by the Finance Committee at its meeting of July 14, 1978 are as follows: Current Expense $ 2,125.50 City Council 132.15 Mayor 31.05 Administrator 47.12 Non-Departmental 22,620.63 City Attorney 18.00 Planning 84. 32 Police 4,879.72 Fire 2,238.88 Engineering 156.30 Finance 296.26 Civil Service 306.00 Parks & Recreation 27,999.75 Library 263.50 City Streets 5,630. 38 Kent Commons Operating Fund 112.28 Federal Shared Revenue 48,890.50 Russell Road Park Ph. II 609.00 Kent Commons Ph. II Const. Fund 18, 380.80 78 Acq & Constr. Fund 400,259.96 116th Ave. Trans. Main 61.25 Equipment Rental 16,568.78 Emp. Retirement 767.79 Housing & Comm. Dev. 218.21 Arts Commission 350.00 Firemens Rel & Pension Fund 33.45 LEFF Disability Fund 4, 346. 31 Sewer 1,012.26 Water 8,092.41 Garbage 46,581.40 $613,113.96 MEETING ADJOURNED: 9:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted, I � Marie JenseLi,, CMC City Clerk