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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 06/02/1980 CORRECTED *-REFER TO M I N UTES OF Kent, Wash-i_rlgton June 2 , 1.980 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 8 : 00 o 'clock p.m. by Mayor Hogan. Present: Councilpersons Bailey, Carey, J . Johnson, Masters, McCaughan and Mooney, City Administra- tor Cushing, City Attorney Mirk, Planning Director Harris .:nd Public Works Director Wickstrom. Councilperson B. Johnsoii was not in attendance. Also present : Parks Director Wilson and URS representative Abed. Approximately 10 people were in attendaric.f: at the meeting. COUNCIL Resignation. A letter was read from Council- person Carey announcing his resignation from the Council effective July 7 , 1980 . McCAUGHAN MOVED to accept the letter_ with reluctance, Mooney seconded. Motion carried. It was noted that application forms for the posiAon will be available from the City Clerk anti must be returned by 5: 00 o ' clock p.m. on Thurs- day, June 19 . On June 23 the Council wi:i..l review the applications . At 7 : 00 o ' clock p.m. on June 30 the Council will interview the finalists and will make their appointment at the July 7 , 1980 Council meeting . CONSENT ITEMS C and D relating to the Hearing Ez mi.ner CALENDAR were removed from the Consent Calendar at:. the request of City Attorney Mirk in order that. they might be reviewed by the Council at the workshop on June 9 , and Item H, Lower Mill Creek Detention Basin, was removed from the Consent Calendar at the request of Council- person Masters in order that it might be voted upon separately. McCAUGHAN MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A, B, E, F, G and I be approved , Mooney seconded . Motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes . APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular meeting of May 19 , 1980 with the following ADDITION: "Kent Estates Plat. MOONEY MOVED to adopt Resolution No. 893 setting the public hearing date of June 16 , 1980 to consider the vacation of the Kent Estates Plat, J . Johnson seconded. Motion carried. " - 1 - rya . 3 • .`... ; June 2 , 1980 STREETS LID 294 - Guiberson Street Improvements (S . Van de Vanter Avenue to 850 feet East) . The bid opening on this project was on May 23 , 1980 and four bids were received as follows: Bidder Amount Lakeside Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18 ,281. 74 Hi-Line Asphalt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 012. 60 Valley Cement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 505 . 35 M. A. Segale Construction. . . . . . . . . 22 ,051. 75 All four bids received were below the engineer' s estimate of $24 , 105. 00 . The bid documents have been reviewed and determined to be accu- rate and in accordance with the recommendation of the Public Works Director, MASTERS MOVED that the low bid of Lakeside Industries in the amount of $18 , 281 . 74 be accepted for the LID 294 project, Guiberson Street improvements . Mooney seconded. Motion carried. 1980 Asphalt Paving Projects (S . 222nd, Smith St. and N. Summit Avenue, S . 196th, 100th S .E. , 86th Avenue S . , S . 228th, Woodland Way, and Lake Fenwick Road S. The bid opening was held on May 21 , 1980 for this project and five bids were received as follows : Bidder Amount M. A. Segale Construction. . . . . . . . .$110,116.00 Hi-Line Asphalt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 , 145.00 Lakeside Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ,125.00 Watson Asphalt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 , 940 .00 Lakeridge Asphalt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 ,464 . 80 All five bids received were below the engineer' s estimate of $96 , 000 .00 . Bid documents have been reviewed and determined to be accurate. McCAUGHAN MOVED that the low bid of M. A. Segale in the amount of $70 ,116.00 be accepted for the 1980 Asphalt Paving Projects, in accordance with the recommendation of the Public Works Director. Masters seconded. Motion carried. 2 - June. 2, 1980 WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) LID 302 (Rose Avenue Water Main. ) ADOPTION . of Ordinance No. 2230 creating LID 302 for water mains on Rose Avenue (79th Avenue S . ) from S . 262nd to S . 266th. The public hearing was held on May 19 , 1980 . Water Conservation_ordinance No. 2227 Veto Ordinance No. 2227 establishing rules for rationing water during a water shortage and establishing penalties for violations %as passed on May 19 and vetoed by Mayor Hogan on May 20th. Copies of the veto jne.ssa� 'e ha-,Te been distributed. CAREY MOVED to make the veto message a part of the record, J. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. CAREY MOVED th,:,It Ordinance No. 2227 be adopted over the Mayor' s veto, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried with J. Johnson voting nay. - Water Supply and Demand. The Mayor noted that the Public Works Director had reviewed the cur- rent water supply and demand situation at the May 12 , 1980 workshop. At that time he reported the current supply at 8 . 6 million gallons per day, estimated demand at 14 . 5 mullion gallons per day, and potential supply at 16 . 7 mil:aion gallons per day . In light of the uncertainty of supply meeting or exceeding the peak demand, Wickstrom had recommended that the City Council consider allowing only those developments which could provide an offsetting water supply to the City system but that the Council had declined to accept this recommendation. STREET Portion of Helen Street (Lamar Strain Request) . VACATION On May 5 , 1980 the Council adopted Resolution No. 892 which set this date for a public bear- ing on Lamar Strain' s request for vacation of a portion of Helen Street. The Planning Depart- ment has recommended approval. Bailey asked that he be excused from participat- ing due to his long friendship with the appli- cant. MOONEY MOVED to excuse Bailey. Masters seconded. motion carried. The public hear-ing was opened by Mayor Hogan. There was no corres- 3 - June 2 , 1930 STREET pondence. Lamar Strain noted that he was VACATION interested in platting the parcel and was advised to contact the Plannina Department directly. In response to a question from the audience, Harris clarified that the street vacation covered only that portion -unning through Str_ain ' s Addition. There were ::o further comments and MOONEY MOVED that the hearing be closed, Carey seconded. Motion carried. MOONEY MOVED that the Helen Street vacation application be approved, with the right to exercise and grant easements in re- spect to the described vacated land and for the City Attorney to be authorized to draft the necessary ordinance. Carey secondea. Motion carried. ANNEXATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) Dean Johnson Annexation. AUTHORIZATION is given for the proponents of the Dean Johnson Annexation to circulate a petition for annex- ation . The initiators of the annexation were to meet with Council at the workshop on May 27 , 1980 but no one appeared. PRELIMINARY Foster. A letter was presented to the Council PLAT from Jones & Associates, Inc. requesting that the public hearing be reopened on the Foster Preliminary Plat because the DOT will not approve the access between SR 516 and Willis Street. MASTERS MOVED to accept the letter, Mooney seconded. Motion carried. Mr. Ulett, representing Jones & Associates, Inc. , requested that the public hearing be held on June 16 , 1980 . Wickstrom and Mirk clarified that notice of the public hearing would have to be given to all interested parties in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Code. CAREY MOVED that the public hearing be held on July 7 , 1980 , McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. ZONING CODE Proposed Amendment. A reauest to amend the Zoning Code was presented by J. Johnson. He Section 3 . 6 of the Code, proposes to eliminate High Density Multi-Family Residential (MR-H) ✓ (40 units per acre) , and to eliminate Section 4 - June 2 , 1980 ZONING CODE 3 . 5 relating to Medium Density Multi-Family Residential (MR--M) (23 units per acre) and further to amend Section 3 . 4 . 5.C, Garden Density Family Residential (PAR-G) to allow only 12 dwelling units per acre instead of sixteen. Johnsen cited his reasons for the requested changes were because of the water situation , the matter of public safety with regard to the impact of high density zoning on the Police and Fire Departments , and the effect on the' life style of residents o` these units with high density zoning. J. JOHNSON MOVED that the matter be referred to the Planning Commission , Bailey seconded. Motion carried. LOWER MILL (ITEM 5H REMOVED FROM CONSENT CA ,ENDAR) CREEK DETENTION At the May 27, 1980 workshop mesrt-�,rs of the BASIN Council discussed the design of the Lower Mill Creek Detention Basin . The original design which incorporates the artist ' s features, as well as an alternate design eliminating the artist ' s features , were presented . Council members present concurred that the design should incorporate the artist ' s features and that no alternate design should be prepared. Authori- zation is now requested for the Public Works Department to proceed with the design of the Lower Mill Creek Detention Basin restricting it to one design incorporating Bayer ' s artistic features . CAREY MOVED to approve item 5H as requested, Bailey seconded. Masters stated that she would vote against the motion because she did not agree with incorporating the earth- works into the detention basin project. Motion: carried, with Masters voting nay. INTERIM Valley Studies Final EIS . Harris noted that the PLANNING Final EIS for the Valley Studies program was PROGRAM originally scheduled to be prepared by the Planning Department but that due to the large number of complex responses received for the draft EIS it would be necessary to have someone else prepare it. He noted that Kramer, Chin and Mayo, who had prepared the draft EIS , had been contacted with regard to a proposal for 5 - June 2 , 1980 INTERIM doing the work. He asked that the Council PLANNING give authorization for negotiations with PROGRAM them to proceed, explaining that there would possibly be some funds left over from the draft EIS monies as well as in the drainage study project. BAILEY MOVED to authorize the Planning Department to negoti- ate with Kramer, Chin and Mayo to prepare the Final EIS, Carey seconded. Cushing clarified that the proposal would be in the neighborhood of $13 , 000 .00 and proLabl.y less. Motion carried. McCaughan commended }he Planning Commission on their work with re- gard to hearings on the Valley Studies Program. COUNCIL Parks Committee. Bailey noted that the Parks COMMITTEES Committee would meet on Thursday morning, June 5 , 1980 at 8 : 15 a.m. SUBURBAN Cushing reported that the SMA would meet on MAYORS June 4 at Longacres Race Track. He noted ASSOCIATION that dinner was scheduled for 8 :00 p.m. and that the first race was at 3: 45 p.m. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I) Consultant Selection Process . APPROVAL to increase the limit beyond which the City would be required to go through the proposal process from $5 , 000 to $10 , 000 , as discussed at the workshop of May 27 , 1980 . International Systems , Inc. Grant Service. A proposal by International Systems, Inc. to contract with the City to secure grants was discussed at the May 27 workshop. McCAUGHAN MOVED that the Mayor be authorized to contract with ISI for grant related services. Mooney seconded. McCaughan rioted that the Council had not seen the contract as yet and it was determined that it was reviewed at the Finance Committee meeting. Carey clarified that the Finance Committee had looked at the contract but were making no recommendation as it was felt it should be considered by the Council as a whole. Mirk determined that the contract had been revised in accordance with his request and that the Council would be furnished with a 6 - June 2 , 1980 FINANCE copy before it was signed. Masters stated that she was against the motion in light of the fact that Federal funds may soon be cut., affecting all governmental bodies . She also noted that the local situ- ation may worsen with regard to the current trend toward deferring payment of taxes . Motion carried, with Masters voting no. Loan from Current Expense to LID 294_ (Guibe - son Street Improvements . ) A request has been made for a temporary loan from the Current. Expense Fund to LID 294 in the amount of $25 ,000 . 00 at 8% interest. The loan would be in lieu of arranging with a bank to holO interest bearing warrants . The total.- esti- mated LID costs and the amount of the prelimi- nary assessment roll is $25 , 000 .00 and the loan should not be for more than six months. Interest is comparable to the rate which would be paid on an investment of this dollar amount for a 6 month period of time . CAREY MOVED that the loan from Current. Expense to LID 294 in the amount of $25 ,000 at 8% inte- rest be approved , Masters seconded. Motion carried . (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills . APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through June 3 , 1980 of"er auditing by the T'inance Comm:Lttee at its meeting to be held at 3 : 00 o 'clock p.m. on Friday, June 13 , 1980 . ned at. ADJOURNMENT 8 : 30 o 'AREY Ocloccktp.m. , Masters seconded.b seconded. Motion carried. Marie Jensen, CMC City Clerk 7 -