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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 05/04/1981 Kent, Was h .ngton May 4, 1981 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 8: 00 o'clock p.m. by Mayor Hogan. Present: Councilpersons Bailey, Hamilton, B. Johnson, J. Johnson, Masters, McCaughan and Mooney, City Administrator Cushing, City Attorney Mirk, Planning -Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom and Finance Director McCarthy. Also present: City Treasurer Drotz, Administrative Assistant Webby, Parks Director Wilson, and URS representative Abed. Approximately 50 people were in attendance at the meeting. CONSENT B. JOHNSON MOVED to approve Consent Calendar CALENDAR Items A through M, with the exception of Item J. McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. (Wickstrom noted that Item J, a request to use city property to test a mining tool had been withdrawn by Flow Industries . ) MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes . APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of April 20, 1981. WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5L) Garrison Creek Well. APPROVAL of the proposal to design the Garrison Creek facility for approx- imately $25,000 . AUTHORIZATION for the transfer of $30, 000 from the 1978 Water Bond Issue Contin- gency Fund for design of said well, and AUTHORI- ZATION for the Public Works Director to issue a notice to proceed to URS for said design work. The Public Works Director would like to proceed with the facility with the hopes of having the well operational by late summer 1981. Authorization to Levy_Charge in Lieu of Assessment. In 1969 the City installed a water line servicing lands adjacent to the easterly margin of East Valley Highway from S. 192nd to S. 1.80th as part of LID 256. At that time, the area was not in- cluded within the City limits; therefore the City absorbed the cost of installing the line. The City must authorize the levying of charges in the area and make it part of the public record to be legally reimbursed for the lines installed. McCAUGHAN MOVED that authorization be given for the City of Kent to levy charges for tap or con- May 4 , 1981 WATER nection for water service on lands adjacent to the easterly margin on East Valley Highway from S. 192nd to S. 180th Street. Hamilton seconded. Motion carried. LID 302 - Rose Avenue Water Main Bids. Fourteen bids were received on April 24, 1981 as follows: Total amount, Bidder including tax Robison Construction, Inc. $ 52,015. 01 J. J. Sprague, Inc. 54, 137. 13 Como Contractors 56,192. 43 Am Nor West Construction, Inc. 58, 046. 36 Archer Construction, Inc. 58, 307 . 28 Delmar Construction 59.; '75. 67. DiOrio Construction Co. , Inc. 60, 582.44 R. L. Alia Co. 62, 21.1. 30 LLM Contractors, Inc. 6:3,476. 80 Frank Coluccio Construction 64, 193. 87 Graham Builders & Trucking 64 ,432. 76 Hugh S. Ferguson Co. 66, 438.89 Solie Construction Co. 83, 523. 18 Madevco General Contractor 93, 607. 85 Eight of the bids received were below the Engi- neer's estimate of $63, 392 . 83. The project is for the construction of a water main extension in the vicinity of Rose avenue (79th Avenue S. ) from S. 262nd to S. 266th Street. In accordance with the recommendation of the Public Works Director, MOONE'Y MOVED that the low bid of $52, 015. 01. submitted by Robison Construction be accepted for LID 302, Barley seconded. Motion carried_ STREETS LID 307 - S .W. 43rd/S. 180th Street Improvement (West Valley Highway to East Valley Highway) . This date has been set for a public hearing to consider the creation of LID 307 to construct street improvements on S.W. 43rd/S. 180th Street between West Valley Highway and East Valley Highway. Public Works Director Wickstrom described the scope of the project, noting that the Renton City Council was considering a similar proposal this - 2 - May 4, 1981 STREETS evening regarding their portion of the project on the north side of the street. He stated that the total project amounted to approximately five million dollars, which included five lanes, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, bike paths, storm drainage, channelization, street lighting, signalization, landscaping and undergrounding of electrical services . UAB financing is esti- mated to be about three million dollars and the balance of two million dollars will be divided equally between the Cities of Kent and Renton. Kents share is to be borne approximately equal between the City and assessments in the amount of $483,266 to the property owners. Wickstrom explained that the project must be under construc- tion by October or the UAB funds will be lost. He noted that at this time the protests received totalled 27% and that if protests totalling 60% were received, the LID would not be formed. The public hearing was opened by the Mayor. Fd Ridleboover of Napa Distribution Center, re- presenting Genuine Parts Company and the Florence E. Colyear Trust of Los Angeles, California, sub- mitted a protest against the formation of the LID, noting that it was not because of the street improvement itself but because of the method of assessment. He pointed out that the street im- provement was a benefit to many individuals and that the cost should not: be borne totally by the owners of the properties in question. record,ILLN MOVED to make the letter a part of Masters seconded. Motion carried. Nancy Tiede addressed the Council, noting that they were part of the LID and submitted a letter of protest against the method of assessment. She referred to the fact that when the underpass for the railroad was constructed, their property would be condemned and that they would no doubt lose the property, thereby receiving no benefit from the improvement. In response to questions, Wickstrom explained that the improvement did in fact benefit the property and that this improvement would be taken into consideration in determining a value for the property at such time as the pro- perty is condemned. HAMILTON MOVED to accept the 3 - May 4 , 1981 STREETS letter for the record, J. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. Philip T. Price of the Mannes- mann Tally Corporation noted that they had filed a written protest against the project and ex- plained that their corporation was not in favor of the present proposal. It was also noted -chat a letter of protest had been received from Pacific Intermountain Express and that P.I.E. had. a ques- tion as to the legal description. HAMILTON MOVED to make these two letters part of the record, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. Wickstrom clarified for McCaughan that the City' s share of the cost would be approximately 1/2 million dollars and McCaughan pointed out that. the City was obtain- ing no direct benefit from the improvement either. It was also determined that part of the funds to cover the City' s cost would be covered by a portion of the Councilmanic Bond issue of 1978 . Masters stated that she agreed with the citizens in pro- testing the method of assessment but also pointed out that local governments do not ha=:e any other_ alternatives at this time. She sugq,,,sted that the plan proposed was a project of less quality than originally anticipated referring specifically to separated grade crossings w'_-.ich were originally anticipated. Wickstrom clarified that if the underpasses were constructed, the. financing would be by the two cities, and possibly federal funds, but that no LID financing would be involved. BAILEY MOVED that the public hearing be closed, B. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. McCAUGHAN MOVED that the City Attorney be directed to prepare an ordinance creating LID 307, Mooney seconded. Motion carried. Intersection of State Street and Meeker Street. Mooney reported that the Public Works Committee had discussed the accident rate at the intersection of Meeker and State Street: but. that it had been determined that no action would be taken at this time to install a four-way stop. UTILITY This date has been set for a public hearing to con- RATES sider adoption of ordinances increasing the water and sewer rates which have been developed as a re- sult of the Brown & Caldwell study of the water, wastewater and solid waste utilities. - - 4 - i May 4, 1981 UTILITY The public hearing was opened by Mayor Hogan. RATES Wickstrom explained that the study was initiated to implement the city' s Comprehensive Plan for capital improvements. He pointed out that under state law the utilities systems must be self sup- porting, and that the proposal included a systems development charge. Raul Ramos, representing the Mueller Group and Seattle Master Builders, noted that the systems development charge would increase the cost of housing in the area and pointed out that the en- vironmental excise tax authorized by Ordinance 2264 was also levied to support sewer, water and street improvements, and that the city should use some of the funds generated by this tax for the improvements to the water and sewer systems. Upon his question, Wickstrom clarified that SEPA guide- lines do not apply to water and sewer rates. Suzette Allen-Cooke stated that the Chamber of Commerce supported the straight increase to the rates, recognizing the fact that the systems need to be improved, but that the systems development charge should be eliminated. She agreed with Ramos that some of the environmental excise tax should be used for this purpose, and suggested that addi- tional meetings be held to encourage more public input. Lee Purdy objected to the .rate increases, as did Gurney Olson, Mr. Davis, Mrs. Tonelli, Alex Thornton and Mrs. Hofling. It was noted that an informal meeting on these proposals was held on April 23 and that net many citizens attended. Wickstrom pointed out that improvements were needed, and that the transmission line leak was equal to one quarter of a million dollars in one year and that it was possible that the leak in the line could cause a health hazard. Fie noted that the capital improvement plan was needed to maintain what we now have and that an alternative reduced plan would still cost 12. 5 million dollars, as compared with the full-blown plan cost of 22. 3 million dollars for developing all sources for the water program. It was pointed out that water rates, under the proposal would increase from $6.84 to - 5 - May 4 , 1981 UTILITY $9.99 per month for the average home. Finance RATES Director McCarthy noted that the Metro sewer rates had increased in January and that the city was already absorbing that increase which could amount to $100, 00.0 over a one year period. Bailey noted that the Council will want to con- sider alternatives for those on fixed incomes and painted out that the Brown & Caldwell study stated that the water utility was in a healthy financial condition. Wickstrom noted that the consultants had used the new growth ficrure through- out the report and that these figures were: not far off. City Treasurer Drotz provided information as to the dates upon which various existing bond issues would be paid off. Upon Bailey ' s question, the Brown & Caldwell repre- sentative explained that the system development plan was a means of reimbursing the people who had paid for the system over the years . Upon McCaughan' s question about tx.-ing a bond issue rather than "user" charges, Wickstrom noted that some of the improvements would be outside the city and that a bond issue was therefore not feasible. It was determined by the consultant that the city was paying $138 , 000 per year to retire three existing bond issues. Mooney noted that a 15 mi_ilion dollar GO Bond issue for 20 years at 10. 5% would increase taxes approximately $1. 27 per thousand dollars of evalu- ation, and that this alternative might be considered since it would provide a means for a. tax break for senior citizens . He noted that the council was not prepared to vote on the rate ordinances tonight and that more input was required. Masters suggested that a rate or management analyst provide an evalu- ation of the study. MOONEY MOVED to continue the hearing for six weeks, to June 15 to allow time for the people to discuss the matter with the Council and to suggest alter- natives to the proposed increases. Masters secondeO McCaughan noted that the loss of 600,000 gallons o water per day from the transmission line created a _- 6 - May 4, 1981 UTILITY critical situation. Wickstrom noted that the RATES delay should be no longer than six weeks and that the staff was proceeding with the design for the transmission line. Upon further ques- tions he noted that Referendum 38 funds were mostly for use in health hazard situations and that such a hazard could develop in the line. Cushing suggested that during the next six weeks several informal meetings could be held in the library with the consultant available to answer questions from the public and to discuss altern- atives. He further suggested that the Chamber of Commerce be the focal point for the concerns of business and industry and that the matter be scheduled also for the Council workshop of June 8. The motion to continue the public hearing to June 15 carried. STORM SEWER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5M) .._.. Progressive Industrial Park Bill of Sale. ACCEPT- ANCE of the Bill of Sale and Warranty .Agreement for approximately 240 feet of storm sewer improve- ments constructed for the Progressive Industrial Park in the vicinity of 88th Avenue S. and S. 266th Street for continuous operation and maintenance and RELEASE of the cash bond after expiration of the guaranty period and payment of all outstanding bills against the project. FINAL PLATS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) Pay-N-Pak Final Plat (SU-80-3) . SETTING of a public meeting date of May l8, 1981 for considera- tion of the Pay-N-Pak Final Plat which has been received by the Planning Department and which is in compliance with the Subdivision Code. Kings Place Final Plat SU-80-1 On April 20, 1981 the City Council set May 4, 1981 as the date to consider the Kings Place Final Plat. This plat has been signed by the Public Works Director and Planning Director. To comply with the Subdivision Ordinance regulations, a meeting must now be held and the plat should be approved, disapproved or returned to the applicant for modification or correction. B. JOHNSON MOVED that the Kings Place Final Plat be accepted with the conditions of Pre- liminary Plat appYoval , McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. 7 - May 4, 1981 FINAL PLATS Hill-Raaum Final Plat (SU-80-4) . On April 20, 1981 this date was set for the public meeting date to consider the Hill-Raaum Final Plat. The plat has been signed by the Public Works Director and the Planning Director and to comply with the Subdivision Ordinance regulations, the public meeting must now be held by the City Council and the plat approved, disapproved or returned to the applicant for modification or correction. B. JOHNSON MOVED that the Hill-Raaum Final Plat be accepted with the conditions of Preliminary Plat approval. McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. Southcent_er Corporate Park Final Plat (SU-78-8) Final Review. This date was set on April 20, 1981 by the City Council to review Condition No. 25 of the Southcenter Corporate Park Final Plat as re- quested by Upland Industries . The Condition as now written states as follows: "25. All development on the lots adjacent to the Green River will require approval of the Kent City Staff before issuance of any building permits . Development plans will be submitted to city staff for their approval in contiguous increments of five acres or more and will in- clude detailed paving, building, and planting plans in conformance with all conditions of plat approval as well as the conservation easement and other city regulations. Staff will make a full report on the review and approval status to the City Council. This procedure will be in effect until such time as an industrial Planned Unit Development Ordinance is adopted by the city and which may be applied to these riverfront lots. " The Planning Department is recommending a modifica- tion to Condition No. 25 to read as follows: "25. On lots adjacent to the Green River, all develop- ment shall take into consideration adjacent development. This shall be done by permitting development on a riverfront lot when there are not developments on either side to proceed - 8 - May 4, 1981 FINAL PLATS without regard to-the vacant lots on each side. However, when a development takes place on a lot where the adjacent lot has a development on it, then the subject development shall take into consideration the adjacent development and become come patible with that development as far as site layout, landscaping, off-street park- ing, maneuvering areas and style of build- ings is concerned. " J. JOHNSON MOVED that the modification to Condition No. 25 as recommended by the Planning Department be adopted, Mooney seconded. In response to ques- tions from Ted Knapp of Upland Industries, Mirk noted that arrangements would be made to make the necessary corrections to the Conservation Easement as well. Motion carried. VACATIONS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) Rosauer Plat Vacation. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 2290 vacating the Rosauer Short Plat in accordance with the action taken at the public hearing on April 6, 1981. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) Alley Vacation. ADOPTION of Resolution No. . 928 setting a public hearing date for June 1, 1981 to consider vacating an alley south of Morton Street between Railroad and Bridges Avenues. REZONE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) ADOPTION Sea-Tac Transmission Rezone (RZ-80-9) . of Ordinance Nc. 2291 approving the Sea-Tac Trans- mission Rezone from GC and MR-H to HC in accordance with Council action on April 20, 1981. FIRE DEPARTMENT (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) Moving Expense - Fire Chief. APPROVAL of the agreement to pay one-half of the moving expense of Norm Angelo, Fire Chief, from Hayward, California to Kent, to a maximum of $1500. BOARD OF (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 51) appoint- ADJUSTMENT Appointment. CONFIRMATION of the Mayor's ment of Bill Carey to the Board of Adjustment for the unexpired term of Chet Wheeler to February, 1986 . 9 - May 4, 1981 ANIMAL CONTROL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) Agreement Renewal. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to renew the agreement with King County for animal control for one year to April, 1982. ENGINEERING ' (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5K) OFFICE Change Order. APPROVAL of the change order re- REMODEL quested by Coleman Construction in the amount of $5, 500 relating to the electrical work associ- ated with installation of conduit for the tele- phone system for the Old National Bank building remodel. It has been determined that the exist- ing conduit does not meet code requirements necessitating a complete redo of the conduit. FEDERAL Kent-Auburn Community Service Center. J. JOHNSON REVENUE MOVED that the amount of $4, 565 be set aside from SHARING 1981 Federal Revenue Sharing funds for the Kent- Auburn Community Service Center. B. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. OUT OF STATE Hearing Examiner._ J. JOHNSON MOVED thzyt the TRAVEL Hearing Examiner be authorized to attend a Land Use Conference in Los Angeles in June at a cost of $742. He noted that funds have been budgeted for this trip. Mooney seconded. Motion carried. PARKS & Colony Park Golf Course Driving Range Fencing & RECREATION Netting Project Bids. Two bids were received for the Fencing and Netting at the Colony Park Golf Course Driving Range as follows: Amount Bidder _ Including tax Cyclone Fence $ 36,;898,167 San Jose Steel Co. , Inc. 50, 552. 83 The Park Department estimate was $57,443. 00 includ- ing tax. In accordance with the recommendations of the Parks Department, B. JOHNSON MOVED to accept the best bid of Cyclone Fence in the amount of $36, 898. 67, Hamilton seconded. It was clarified that the bonds have not as yet been sold for the purchase of the driving range property. Parks Director Wilson pointed out that even though the chances were remote, should the bonds not be sold 10 - May 4, 1981 PARKS & as planned, the netting and fencing could be RECREATION sold or used in another area. He also pointed out that awarding the contract at this time would save considerable time because the netting and fencing could be ordered; but that it would not be installed until such time as the property is legally acquired. It was also determined that the total bid included installation. Motion carried. SIDEWALKS Woodland Way. Mooney reported that the Public Works Committee had discussed the matter_ of the proposed sidewalks for Woodland Way and it was agreed that the matter be dropped since the pro- perty owners were not interested in pursuing the project. McCaughan expressed opposition to this, noting that he had long been a proponent of having some type of walkway in the area and particularly in light of the fact that school bus service will be curtailed in the next year which will result in many more children having to walk to shcools. After questions, it was determined that a gravelled walkway had been installed in Highridge #4, but that during the course of development it was removed. COUNCIL Public Works Committee. Mooney reported that the COMMITTEES Public Works Committee would meet on Wednesday morning, May 6, 1981 at 8 : 15 a .m. in the 4th floor conference room. Parks Committee. Bailey noted that a meeting would be held at 8: 15 a.m. on Wednesday morning, May 13, 1981. Public Safety Committee. B. Johnson reported that the proposed ordinance regarding enforcement of no-parking restrictions in fire lanes would be ready for the next Council. meeting. International Systems, Inc. Mayor Hogan reported that even though it had been hoped additional grant monies would be obtained through ISI, none had been found and in accordance with the terms of the agreement, ISI has now been notified by registered mail of the City' s intent to terminate the agreement. - 11 - May 4, 1981 CONVENTION AWC Convention. McCaughan reminded the Council of the forthcoming AWC convention in June and noted that Masters and Johnson would be attend- ing. He suggested that other members of the Council who wished to attend should make their reservations. KENT HIGHLANDS Rates. McCaughan noted that Seattle pays 60� LANDFILL per ton for dumping at the landfill and that Kent is paying $10 per ton. Mirk pointed out that this was part of Seattle' s contract and in response to McCaughan's further question noted that Curran' s office was to contact him this week. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through May 5, 1981 after audit- ing by the Finance Committee at its meeting on May 14 , 1981 at 3 : 00 o'clock p.m. EXECUTIVE McCAUGHAN MOVED that the meeting be adjourned to SESSION executive session at 9: 50 o'clock p.m. Mooney seconded. Motion carried. The meeting reconvened at 10:00 o'clock p.m. SUIT MOONEY MOVED to authorize the City Attorney to file a law suit against Superior Fire Protection to require them to comply with the Zoning Code. Hamilton seconded. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 10: 05 p.m. Marie Jensen, CMC City Clerk 12 -