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February 19, 1980
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at
8:00 o 'clock p.m. by Mayor Pro Tem McCaughan in the absence of
Mayor Hogan. Present: Councilpersons Bailey, Carey, B. J( hnson,
J. Johnson, Masters, McCaughan and Mooney, City Administrator
Cushing, City Attorney Mirk, Planning Director Harris, Acting
Public Works Director Wickstrom ands--finance Director McCarthy.
Also present: Administrative Assistant Webby, Parks Director
Wilson, Police Chief Skewes, Fire Chief Foster, and TjRS> repre-
sentative Abed. Approximately 30 people were in attendance at
the meeting.
PROCLAMATIONS Vocational Education Week and Future Business
Leaders of America Week. A proclamation was
read by the Clerk declaring the week beginning
April 13 as Vocational Education Week & Future
Business Leaders of America Week to coincide
with the annual Washington State Future Business
Leaders of America State Leadership Conference
on April 17 - 19, 1980 and urging all citizens
to acquaint themselves with the purpose and value
of the Future Business Leaders of America organi-
zation.
National Letter Writinq Week. A proclamation was
issued by the Mayor declaring the week of
Feburary 24 through March 1, 1980 to be National
Letter Writing Week and urging all citizens to
join in the program by writing letters.
Mooney referred to difficulties encountered in
getting mail to Councilpersons on time and noted
that the Postmaster had instructed the City Clerk
to use white envelopes to insure prompt delivery.
CONSENT CAREY MOVED that Consent Calendar. Items A through
CALENDAR R be approved, with the exception of Items E and.
G, removed at the request of Acting Public Works
Director Wickstrom and City Attorney Mirk respect-
ively. B. Johnson seconded. Motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A)
Approval of Minutes . APPROVAL of the minutes of
the regular meeting of February 4, 1980 and
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MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A)
APPROVAL of the minutes of the special weeting
of February 11, 1980.
HEALTH* & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D)
SANITATION Outside City Sewer & Water Request - Clavmore
Corporation. ACCEPTANCE of the request by C,ty-
more Corporation to withdraw their applicatica)
for water and sewcr services outside the City
limits .
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H)
Outside City Sewer Requost - Osborne. ACCEPTANCE
of the Public Works Comrittee recommendati.,n. to
approve the request of Robert Osborne for outside
sewer service for a house built by students on
105th Avenue S.E. and S .E. 272nd Street.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G - REMOVED AT TRE REQUEST
OF CITY ATTORNEY MIRK)
Outside Sewer Service Request - Berg. City Attorney
Mirk referred to the Warren Berg request for outside
sewer service for property located on 78th Avenue S.
south of the Green River and a recommendation from
the Public Works Committee that it be denied on the
basis that the area is not ready for developw2nt az-
thistime. He suggested that the request be denied
on the basis that it is inconsistent with Kent' s
Comprehensive Plan and the IPP which shows agr-icul-
ture for the area. CAREY MOVED that the request of
Warren Berg be denied on the grounds that it does
not adhere to the Comprehensive Plan, Mooney
seconded. Moti,-)n carried.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 51)
Bill of Sale - Sewer & Water - Valley High Co'ndos.
ACCEPTANCE for continuous operation and maintenance
of the Bill of Sale and Warranty Agreement for the
utility extensions constructed in the vicinity of
112th Avenue S .E. and S .E. 236th Street consisting
of approximately 822 ' of water main extension and
790 ' of sanitary sewer extension, and XJTHORIZATION
for release of the cash bond after payment of any
outstanding bills against the project and expira-
tion of the warranty period.
WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5P)
Water Polite Adoption. ADOPTION of a policy concerning
outside sewer and w1ater requests during the critical
water supply situat4on as proposed by the Acting Public
Works Director.
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STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J)
Bill of Sale - Sewer and Streets - Caravel".,-, North.
Condominiums. ACCEPTANCE for continuous operation
and maintenance of the Bill of Sale and vlarranty
Agreement received by the Engineering Department
for approximately 385 ' of sanitary sewer extension
and approximately 200 ' of street improvements con-
structed in the vicinity of 102nd Avenue S.E. an,--!
S .E. 238th Street.
WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5L)
Water Availability Letter Request - Scott. ADOPTION
of the Public Works Committee recommendation to
approve the request of David L. Scott for a water
availability letter for property at 26117 - 79th
Avenue S. , presently served from the wooden main in
that area and which is also in an area for whivch a
water main LID has been proposed. Approval is sub-
ject to execution of a covenant to Annex as provided
in Resolution No. 822.
RAILROAD (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E - REMOVED AT THE REQUEST
CROSSINGS OF ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WICKSTROM) .
Railroad Spur Crossings. Wickstrom requested that
the ordinance approving the railroad spur crossing
of S. 208th east of the East Valley Highway be
deferred until March 3, 1980 since the railroad
crossing plan has as yet not been approved. B.
JOHNSON SO MOVED, Carey seconded. Motion carried.
B. JOHNSON MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 2209
approving two spur crossings on 4th Avenue N. north
of S. 228th Street, Carey seconded. Motion carried.
TRAFFIC (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5M)
CONTROL Amendment to Traffic Code - Trailers . APPROVAL of
the Public Works Department recommendation to sat
a public hearing for March 17, 1980 to consider an
amendment to the Kent Traffic Code relating to the
parking of trailers and semi-trailers in City rights
of way.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5N)
Amendment to Traffic Code - State Street Parking.
APPROVAL of the Public Works Department recommendation
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TRAFFIC to set a public hear. in,, for March 17, 1980 z.o
CONTROL consider an amendment to the Kent TraLfic Code
which would remove the parking limitat.ions on
the west side of State St'reet between Meeker and
Smith.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM �R)
Amending ordinance No. 1963 (Model Traffic 0.,.x1J.:rtance_.j
Motor vehicle Offenses. ADOPTION of Ordina.nl�� 1vo.
2210, amending ordinance 1963 and adopting by refer-
ence Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 176, Laws of 1.9-79,
First Extra Session, entitled "Motor Vehicle
Offenses - Influence of Alcohol or Drugo. "
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F)
P-50 Planning Study Agreement. AUTHORIZATION fox,
the Mayor to sign the agreement with the Washing-
ton State Department of Transportation for funding
for a planning study. Federal aid funds are avail-
able for a study- to identify and prior itilze hazard-
ous locations and capacity problems. Approximately
$7,000 is available from Federal Aid Funds for the
study and the matching ratio is 82.980/. federal an,.1
17.02% agency funds.
PUBLIC WORKS The Clerk noted receipt and distribution of two
IMPROVEMENTS letters regarding the proposed Public Works improve
ments ordinance, one from Harold Hill and one from
the Mueller Group. it was determined, that the
letters pertained to the public hearing scheduled
for March 3, 1980. MASTERS MOVED to accept the
letters , Mooney seconded. Motion carried.
ANNEXATION (CONSENT CALENDAR Tl--EM 5K7
Annexation of PE2per-,_L,_ for East Hill Well Construc-
tion. AUTHORIZATION for the Public Works Department
to proceed with the annexati.an for municipal purposes
of property known as the City of Kent East Hill Well
Site.
FINAL PLATS Battisti Final Plat. The Final Plat of the Battisti
Addition has been signed by the City Engineer and
the Planning Director. To comply with the Subdivi-
sion ordinance regul.ations a meeting is scheduled
for this date for approval, disapproval or return
of the plat to the applicant for modification or
correction. B. IT01INSON' M(TVED that the Final Plat
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FINAL PLATS of the Battisti Addli' J -- Oe acce,-py--d witii the �-,on-
ditions of Prelim in;�i-y ',tat a- con-led.
Motion carried.
(CONSENT CALENDAR Southcenter CorDoratc- pa.,�;-r, Final 17.
a public meef-Ang the
Southcenter
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COMMUNITY Reallocation of H��u-,--Jjja & 11u, 7el
DEVELOPMENT Block Grant Funds . AD(,-.,PTION of" Resolution NO* 639
for submittai to I<Jnc� ('(.:,,unty on li'ebr,-�,.,ray
approving the 1.980 J�,eal locat ion of t,l c pc G!Ant. -',-'unds
as considered. at Lt., , FeLruary 11, -1980 :hop as
follows !
FUNDIN(-'-. C'ATEGORY
Po 1 'reeds
Housing Repalir Servj.(-(--
Program 2}!,00t, 46;, i 3
Willis Street Sidewalk
Rebuild 4,000 101 , 000
Planning & 43, 610
CBD Improvements 20. 11-3
Commons Playfi-eld
TOTAI, F,tjNDs . . . . . . . . . . . $10-3 , -/23 ;64, 237
PARKS & Russell Road Park Phase III Project - Contract with
RECREATION the Interagency_. Committek-- for Outdoor.Rec-reation.
A contract. has been received from the Interagency
Committee for ".,,.,tdoor. Recreat-Lon authorizing the
City to proce--}d Russell Road Park Phase
III project. Terms (,)f the contract obligate the
IAC to pay $123, 750 ot- 25% of the total. project.
cost, whichever is and HCRS to cont-ribut-e
Federal Land & Wate )ns,.::rvation Funds in the
amount of $247 , 500 %--lr 50% -at: the total project
cost, whichever i k—s . Kent ' s portion of the
project was 1)udgeted in the 1980 budget. CAREY
MOVED that the Mayo.: be authorized to sign the
Russell Road Phase 1.1T rIroject contract with the
State Interagency c.,1,,,mn'JA.-Lee for Outdoor Recreation
and the Fe(lera.1 Fier lt qe Conservati.on & Recreation
Service . Mast-ers se -()nded. Helen Adams explained
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PARKS & the scope of the proposed project and noted t>at
RECREATION Kent ' s share woold approximately $13", 500
Motion carried.
CITY HALL Building MaintSP4jEA_nQ2 JaLll pri In
MAINTENANCE recent weeks the ParKs Tepartment and Cit', Adm
stration have reviewed weve,raj alLernatives to
determine the most fwasible way to provide quality
building maintenance Foc Kent City Hall. It is
their consensus . ans the request council approval,
to terminate the pruAFnt ountract fnr janitorinl
services and to utilize City personnel to perforr,,
building mainte Pia nc snI janitorial services . A
memo was furnished to couLw:�.! membeas expidining
the details cif how this wculd he accomplisned.
It was determined tnat ,_;pis whinge in personnel
would eliminate the fAii- Lime printer position
and it is prnposed to Itilize he part-time urinter
and increase his sales from §3 . 10 to $4 . 00 per
hour. B. WHNSON MOVE5 to authorize an aa6iLionai
maintenance positiop and to lonrease the r"te for
the part-time printer . jarey seconded. Motior.
carried.
POLICE Bids - police van. Aids were received an February
11, 1980 far a pnlir2 jan. Two bids were received
and upon review it was determined that neither bid
met the minimum bid specifications. In accordance
with the recommendation of Chief Skewes , BAILEY
MOVED that the bids ` rejected, Mooney secondad.
Motion carried.
CITY POLICY (CONSENT CALENDAP 1TEM �W
Consultant Selectio,_Process . ADOPTION of tho pro-
cedures for-a Consuitant Veleation Process as pre-
sented at the last workshop menting, a copy of which
has been made a part f the record.
APPEAL Uniform Building. Code, Bill Dinsdale of DMS Con-
tractors presented a letter io the Council request-
ing a hearing before the coi-cil regarding a dis-
pute with the city pailding Department as to the
foundation for the Titus Apartments and work stop-
page on the prQjert because Of the dispute. He
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APPEAL stated that DMS Cos!tractc1rs incerpretat I:>rl of 1-he
Code was the same as the interpretation
the International Conference of Builders ,.,ut that:
Kent ' s Building official did not agree asked,
therefore, that the Council go on record as accc g
ing the ICBO interpretation. Mirk clarified tl a`=t
the Council will stand behind t-he UBC adopted by
j the City but does not have to abide 1 y the IC'.33C:
interpretation. He explained the problems involve
with the Council acting as an Appeals Board and a
possible lack of expertise in determining how they
Code should be interpreted. Mr. Dinsdale expArained
that time was of the essence and it was det:erm.i.neca
that a Special Council Meeting could be =,eld t,rr
enable both sides to be heard. J. JOHNSoN MOVED,
Bailey seconded, that a Special Council Meeting
be convened at 7-00 o ' clock p-m. on Fel r,, ary 2),
1980 to consider the matter. Dinsdale noted that
j a copy of the pertinent sections of the t'_)-die had
been included in packets distributed to the Council,
In response to Bailey' s question, Mirk stated 4hat
the Council would rely on the Build.T4ng Departxiient
for technical information. It was also determined
for Masters that DMS Contractors wo}.:i1.d provide
the Council with further background regarding thin
dispute. Dinsdale referred to research that: has
already been done on the matter, including numerous
telephone calls to ICBO in California as well as
seeking King County' s interpretation. Maul Morford
suggested that the builder should be heard and
allowed to explain the problem. Dinsdale clari-
fied for Mooney that there were no sheer t_cn que
problems to the area---that soils tests had been
made, which would be avai.lahle , and that there
were no drainage problems. Motion carried.
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM B)
Approval of Bills . AUTHORIZATION for payment of the
bills received through February 19, 1980 after audit-
ing by the Finance Committee at 3: 00 o 'clock p.m..
on February 29, 1980.
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FIRE CODE 1979 Uniform Fire Code ec Amendments Thereto . A
public hearing is scheduled for thi.,,
consider amending the 1979 Uniform ,'-'ode, Sec.
10. 309, Automatic Sprinkler Systems. i
explaining the proposed anikendme,,A ha.,
by Fire Marshal Barber ai-.0 �t-iade
Council.
The public hearing pis opened +,v Meyl,_ Pro lel',
McCaughan. Fire Marshal B,srber expint:d
proposed amendment., notin(j that its ooA_ was t_0
reduce the long ranqc fire problent by i:-equLring
a comprehensive automati.�c sprinkler ordinanr_-.,e U,
include all buildings �:.,r structures where thr��i t
floor area is or be 6- , 00(`, square 1--{.Pet car more,
or where the building or structure is '10, or more
feet in height. He not,.:.,a that the interil,-_ of the
proposed amendment - 'Is to lower the large 111.-_ and
property loss prohabiliLy and to transfer t ,;- major
cost of fire protect .on to the developer
than collecting annual tax funds i---.c) Laquirec_1
manpower for manual- fire, contro `. , fi.e to
past and present constru<-_,t:i.on growth in the `_ t.v
and its effect on the r'ire Department.. 1-ie pre-
sented. information as the numbei -)f wen required
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to answer a fire ca 1.1 -ts well.
water required to put out a fire manna l'17.v,
He noted that according to the National- :Fire Pro-
tection Association. "Sprinklers are t',',,e ;Most effec-
tive means of automatically controlling fires in
buildings , " and that such sprinkler systems are
96. 20% effective. Referring to sprinkler fai...'.4ares,
he pointed out that statistics have shown that in
the 3. 80% fires recordt-_d, so-called failures
occurred when there 1.) an improper water supply,
or 2) an increased 1 1: re He noted that some
commercial and industri,al businesses do have sprirkz-
ler systems, and also referred to the decrease in
cost in insurance rates For sprinklered buildings.
He presented figures as to insurance costs noting
that no insurance CQIOP3111f Vr,-.)0)_A give t'h,e, rates
for sprinklers d ararulient- buildings
since these were all � ,;dqed n individual ba.-jis.
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FIRE CODE Referring to the letter submitted by the Mueller
Group he noted that there was no such thing as a
heat detector--only smoke detectors--which are
now required by the City.
Masters questioned whether commercial. and indi.ist-ri.al
buildings were required to have sprinkler systems
and Barber clarified that it: depended on the :size
of the building and the contents. Hl said that
certain occupancies could not be housed in builrli.i:-iqs
which did not contain sprinklers . Tl c:.anfi:rmed
for Bailey that 6" line is required for a sprinkler
system for ordinary hazards . Barber also pointed
out that the fire vault previously required has
been deleted which subtracts a substanti-al amount
from the cost. He noted that costs of water lines
were dependent on how fair the line would have to
be run and the size of the main and connection.
It was determined that the new Sears building is
on a 10" water main. Bailey suggested that the
Council should take a closer look at the costs of
installing sprinkler systems . Wickstrom clarified
for Carey that the cost difference between an
line and a 6" line was not that great. B. Johnson
referred to the added cost to the Kent Commons for
installation of the sprinkler system in the :stage
area and it was noted that it was necessary to
bring in a water line also. Masters stated that
it was her wish that the entire Commonp building
be sprinklered and that the cost would have been
from $40, 000 to $60, 000.
James W. Summers, President of the Mueller Group,
noted that their main concern was the proposed
amendment ' s relation to multi-family dwellings
and the costs involved, including maintenance. .
He noted that additional building costs would
have to be passed on to the new residents of Kent,
apartment dwellers and condominium buyers . He
noted that the cost of installing sprinkler systems
for their 460 units would be about $700, 000. He
stated that he had contacted "United Pacific
Insurance Company and had been informed that
United Pacific would not insure apartment build-
ings with sprinkler systems due to the potential
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FIRE CODE damage to the property caused by inadvertent ol-
intentional discharge of the sprinkler systeiii.
He suggested that the ordinance apply only tc,
industrial. and commercial. but not to res-Ldential
multi-family and furnished the Council witi- 7°010ies
of a letter dated February 19, 1980. Jim Klauser
of the Seattle Master Builders
that he had delivered a letter to the when,
he had attended the workshop session a'". whicti �'ne
proposed ordinance was discussed. He -iotk:d "Vha-z
King County had recent')'-y rejected a zlinilayy p'. a
posal for requiring sprinkler systems for multi-
family dwellings . He referred to the ci'.,st, :irvGlved
and that it appeared that the Fire Depa- ,__,:llnt_ was
using the proposed ordinance as a means
its manpower shortage.
Barney Wilson stated that as a citizen z supported
the amendment to the Fire Code .
Charlie Roth of National Sprinkler Systems aad a
former Fire Chief noted that similar amerdiwl�nt.s
were proposed all over the country and that
fire protection reached a point bey,.-rnd that wh -, ch
the Fire Department could handle, it was time to
put the burden on the developers. He noted that
water from hoses caused more damage than water
from sprinklers and pointed out that sprinklers
also set off alarms so the Fire Departments were
notified promptly.
Ms. Meyers of Colony Park Apartments stated. that
she would liketo know how much a sprinkler sys"'-err.
would cost for her complex.
Bob Hastings spoke in opposition to the proposal .
After all who wished to speak had done so. B. JOHNSON
MOVED to close the public hearing, Mooney seconded.
Motion carried.
CAREY MOVED to accept the letter that Mr. Summers
of the Mueller Group submitted tonight, J.Johnson
seconded. Motion carried .
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FIRE CODE BAILEY MOVED to refer the matter back to the
Committee for more detailed study. Mooney
seconded and commented on the fire in Kent in
an apartment complex over the weekend. ie sug•-
Bested that builders would benefit by studying
the one hour wall construction in that complex.
He noted that the City would need 38 more firec.ai
to give 24-hour coverage at each station. He
suggested that cooperation was needed to work
toward a solution. B. Johnson noted that the
Committee had been in favor of the sprinkler
proposal and that the problem could not be solved
by adding manpower each year. Masters suggested
that the proposal be approved for commercial and
industrial buildings and for the question of
multi-family complexes to be further discussed
at the Public Safety Committee. Bailey and
Mooney agreed to change the motion to refer
ONLY consideration of residential units back
to the Committee. Upon Carey question,
Barber noted that the matter of hazardous material
storage was addressed in the Uniform Fire Code.
J. Johnson stated that as a tenant of an apart-
ment complex, he would like to have the sprinkler
system, noting that with such a system, a fire
in his neighbor ' s apartment would be contained
and would not easily spread to his apartment.
Bailey commented that the Committee should listen
j to additional input from both sides. t. Johnson
noted that the public hearing had been conducted
tonight and that the Committee would meet on this
matter at 7 :00 o ' clock a.m. on Tuesday, February
26, 1980 for additional. input but not. for another
hearing.
It was noted that the motion was for provision
for sprinkler systems in industrial and commercial
buildings to be approved and that the residential
consideration was to be referred back to the
Committee. Motion carried, with J. Johnson and
B. Johnson voting against.- it: .
Upon Cushing ' s question C'E; to whether additional
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FIRE CODE information was required from tiie staff , Carey
noted that the matter of low density should be
explained inasmuch as three condominiums. coluld
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constitute 6,000 square feet Bail,3y asked :°"or
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information on insurance rates on a dimilil
basis. Mooney noted that the information in the
letter from the Mueller Group "bout riot insuring
sprinklered apartments should be verif
Led.
COUNCIL Public Works committee. Councilperson Mooney
COMMITTEES reported that the Public Works Cnmrr.itt-.,ef:, ",Nrould
meet at 8: 15 a.m. on February 20 and that
drainage matters would be discussed.
Public Safety committee. councilperson B. Johnson
noted that her committee would be discussing the
sprinkler system ordinance and would meet at
7:00 o ' clock a.m. on Tuesday, February 26. Slie
also noted that more information would be forth-
coming regarding hazardous materials permits
and the inspection of storage areas for such
material. Referring to the drug paraphernal.-Iii-a
sale issue, she noted that the matter had been
discussed at the last Public Safety Committee
meeting and that the Police Department was check-
ing the proposed ordinance as to its enforce-
ability.
Ad Hoc committees . Harris noted that the committees
for the Planning commission have not as yet been
formed.
Planning commission. it was noted that the Planning
Commission would hold its workshop meeting on Febru-
ary 20 in the 4th floor conference room and that the
Hearing Examiner would be holding a publ-ic hearing
in the Council Chambers the same date on the Widing
Transportation matter.
ADJOURNMENT BAILEY MOVED that the meeting be adjourned at
10: 20 o ' clock p.m. , B. Johnson seconded. Motion
carried.
City Clerk
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