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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 07/06/1981 Kent, Washington July 6, 1981 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 8: 00 o'clock p.m. by Mayor Hogan. Present: Mayor Hogan, Council- persons Bailey, Hamilton, B. Johnson, Masters, McCaughan and Mooney, City Administrator Cushing, City Attorney Mirk, Planning Director Harris and Public Works Director Wickstrom. Councilperson J. John- son was not in attendance. Also present: Finance Director McCarthy, Fire Chief Angelo, Hearing Examiner Burke, Police Chief Skewes and URS representative Abed. Approximately 70 people were in attendance at the meeting. FIRE CHIEF New City of Kent Fire Chief Norm Angelo was intro- duced by Mr. Cushing. CONSENT B. JOHNSON MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items A CALENDAR through J be approved, with the exception of Item C, Resolution for 101st Avenue S.E. Street Vacation, and Item D, Russell Road Vacation, both of which were removed at the request of City Attorney Mirk. Mooney seconded. Motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of June 15, 1981. HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) SANITATION Bill of Sale Scenic Vista Condo. ACCEPTANCE of the Bill of Sale and Warranty Agreement for approximately 182 feet of sanitary sewer extension constructed in the vicinity of Kennebeck and Titus for continuous operation and maintenance and RELEASE of the cash bond after expiration of the one year maintenance period and payment of any outstanding bills against the project. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I) Bill of Sale - Kent Scenic Park Utility Extensions. ACCEPTANCE of the Bill of Sale and Warranty Agreement for continuous operation and maintenance for approxi- mately 830 feet of water main extension and approximately 1045 feet of sanitary sewer extension constructed in the vicinity of 102nd Avenue S.E. and S.E. 267th for the Kent Scenic Park and RELEASE of the cash bond after completion of the one-year guaranty period and payment of any outstanding bills against the project. - 1 - July 6, 1981 HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J) SANITATION Bill of Sale -' Rawdon Sanitary Sewer Extension (94th Avenue S. north of James Street) . ACCEPTANCE of the Bill of Sale and Warranty Agreement for approximately 395 feet of sanitary sewer extension constructed in the vicinity of 94th Avenue S. north of James Street for continuous operation and maintenance and RELEASE of the cash bond after expiration of the one year guaranty period and payment of any outstanding bills against the project. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) Latecomer Agreement - Rawdon Sanitary Sewer Extension. AUTHORIZATION for the Public Works Director to exe- cute the Latecomers Agreement requested for the sani- tary sewer extension constructed in the vicinity of 94th Avenue S. , north of James Street. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) LID 307 S. 180th/S.W. 43rd Street Improvement Sewer Service to Lots east of 72nd Avenue and west of the Railroad Tracks on the south side of S. 180th Street. APPROVAL of the recommendation that sewer service to the above lots be served from Renton' s sanitary sewer system. The Engineering Department has reviewed the proposed plans for this project and have determined that Kent' s system would become very shallow at S. 180th making it impractical to serve said lots. The Engineering Department is proposing to provide side sewer stubs to each of the lots so they can be served- from Renton' s system. This proposal has been reviewed by the Public Works Committee who concurred and Renton is also agreeable. PUGET SOUND PSCOG Proposed Energy Management Program. Bonneville COUNCIL OF Power Administration (BPA) proposes to make approxi- GOVERNMENTS mately $100 million per year available to local entities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana to implement local projects that conserve or generate electrical energy. The King Subregional Council of PSCOG proposes to sponsor the first phase involving workshops, compil- ing a plan and submitting a coordinated application. The matter was discussed at the June 22 workshop. McCAUGHAN MOVED that the City of Kent endorse this program with the Subregional Council acting as sponsor for Kent, Bailey seconded. Motion carried. 2 - July 6, 1981 POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) Police Chief/Washington State Patrol Contract. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign the Washington State Patrol contract for the services of Chief Skewes as previously discussed. BUSINESS Prohibition of Topless Dancing in Kent Taverns. LICENSES The City Attorney proposes to have a draft ordinance ready for the Council workshop of July 13, banning topless dancing in Kent taverns. It was noted that the matter had been discussed at the Public Safety Committee meeting and that petitions containing 106 signatures, as well as a letter, had been received in favor of revoking the business license of the Roadside Inn. Approximately 50 residents of the Bonel Mobile Home Park were in attendance. B. JOHNSON MOVED to make the petitions part of the record, Mooney seconded. Motion carried. Mirk determined that a public hearing to revoke a license must be held within 20 days and not more than 60 days from the time of filing the complaint and it had been determined that the petitions received were sufficient to constitute the request for a public hearing. Mirk indicated that he had discussed the matter with the attorney for the Roadside Inn and the date of August 17, 1981 had been suggested as the date for the public hearing. He further noted that he was continuing his research on other similar cases in the area. B. JOHN- SON MOVED to hold a public hearing on August 17 to con- sider revocation of the Roadside Inn business license, Mooney seconded. In response to Masters ' question, Mirk determined that the public hearing would relate only to the revocation of the Roadside Inn business license and that the ordinance banning topless dancing was a separate issue. He explained for McCaughan that the ordinance would be discussed at the next workshop and could be acted upon at the July 20, 1981 meeting. He also determined that the ordinance would cover both male and female topless dancers. Motion carried. VALLEY Rail-Served Development. On April 20, 1981 the Council STUDIES agreed to table the hearing for sixty days on the re- strictions of rail-served development adjacent to the Green River. Reference Item 15 as shown on page 31 of - 3 - July 6, 1981 VALLEY the revised "green book" of the Valley Studies. STUDIES Sixty days was agreed to as a reasonable time for Uplands Industries to provide a specific proposal on the issue. Mayor Hogan opened the public hearing. Harris noted that the Planning Department had met with representa- tives of Upland Industries and referred to his packet showing the background and the proposal made by the PLANNING DEPARTMENT on April 20. The proposal con- sisting of six points is as follows: 1. Generally, rail lines should not penetrate beyond the 1, 000 foot Special District boundary. 2. Where, due to design constraints, rail is deemed necessary within the 1,000 foot corridor, it shall in no case be closer to the river than 500 feet. 3. Where rail, by necessity, penetrates the outer boundary of the special district boundary, it shall have but one such penetration every 2,000 feet. T1-4s requirement not only limits rail intrusion into river corridor, but also limits rail crossing ac + _...c the new Russell Road arterial. 4. Rail shall not run parallel to the river at any point. 5. Where rail is planned to penetrate, the special corridor boundary, its precise siting shall be part of a preliminary plat and be approved by the hearing examiner as part of the plat . If a short plat is to be served by rail, the rail shall be part of the approval of the short plat . 6. All rail facilities including spurs, boxcars and switches and associated trucking activities shall be adequately bermed and landscaped in accordance with the recommendations of the Planning Department. Where possible, buildings or building wings shall be located between the river and any rail facilities within the 1000 foot corridor. Office portions of rail oriented use buildings which extend within the 1000 foot corridor shall be located on the river side of buildings. 4 - July 6, 1981 VALLEY Ted Knapp of Upland submitted a letter and noted STUDIES that the regulations proposed within had been com- piled by Harris and by Upland. Using two exhibits, he explained the regulations as submitted by UPLANDS: I. Rail lines will be permitted to come to within 300 feet of the Green River in the following specific locations and no closer in any other location: 1. Adjacent to the Puget Power right-of-way - both north and south 2 . On the north property line of Upland' s ownership II. At all other locations along the river the rail lines will terminate at least 500 feet from the Green River. III. Where rail lines come to within 300 feet of the Green River, site design shall be in general con- formance with the schematic design known as Exhibit "A" . IV. When a change in these regulations is desired by either party (the City or property developer) , the City Council shall review and pass on the change request. MASTERS MOVED to file Knapp' s material for the record. McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. It was noted that in the three places where the rail lines would come within 300 feet of the river, the area would be bermed and landscaped. Knapp noted that the exhibit was a concept of the development and could be modified. Upon questions from the Council, Harris noted that the proposed regulations as submitted by Knapp were acceptable to the Planning Department, and that they were workable. He read from the revised "green book" page 31, item 15 of the Green River Special Interest District Regulations, as follows: 15. There shall be no rail or rail spurs within 250 feet of the river and all rail facilities shall be adequately bermed and landscaped, including spurs, boxcars and switches, in accordance with the recom- mendations of the Planning Department. �. - 5 - July 6, 1981 VALLEY Harris noted that it had originally been recommended STUDIES that the rail be kept much further back, but that staff had later recommended the above. Mayor Hogan noted that originally 1000 feet had been recommended and that now there were three places where rail would be allowed within 300 feet of the river. Cushing noted for Bailey that the staff still feels that the initial recommendation of the Planning Department would be preferable. The Mayor pointed out that this was a compromise inasmuch as the Council had not supported the deeper setbacks. There were no further comments and MOONEY MOVED to close the hearing. Hamilton seconded, motion carried. BAILEY MOVED to accept the compromise between the developer and staff as presented by Knapp and that an agreement be drawn to encompass restrictions in the future as set forth by Upland, specifically No. IV. Mooney seconded. At Hamilton's request, Bailey and Mooney agreed to include that this is a modifica- tion of item 15 on page 31 of the revised "green book" of the Valley Studies. Motion carried. Harris re- quested that item 5 of the Planning Department pro- posal also be included. BAILEY SO MOVED, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. KENT 241 Kent 241 Preliminary Plat (SU-81-1) AND Arrow Develop- PRELIMINARY ment Proposed Master Plan Conditions (RZ-79-14) . PLAT (PHASE I) This date has been set for a public meeting to accept, deny or modify the recommendation as set forth by the and Hearing Examiner on the Kent 241 Preliminary Plat and on the modification of RZ-79-14. The Hearing Examiner ARROW DEVELOP- has provided the following information: MENT (THE LAKES REZONE) On May 13, 1981, a public hearing was held to consider requested modifications to the conditions attached to the reclassification (File RZ-79-14) of 241 acres known generally as "The Lakes. " In addition, a preliminary plat for 65. 4 acres for the first phase of development of this project was considered. The nature of the modifications to the conditions of the rezone was to set a maximum number of units which may be built, rather than a density calculation, and some modification in the circulation pattern. In general, the basic concept remains intact; while more specific 6 - July 6, 1981 KENT 241 development requirements are identified. The pre- PRELIMINARY liminary plat concerns the northern most portion PLAT (PHASE I) of the site adjacent to South 228th Street and proposes the division of 65. 4 acres into 13 lots, and with approximately 450 residential units to be developed at completion of this phase. ARROW DEVELOP- MENT (THE The Hearing Examiner recommends approval with the LAKES REZONE) following modified conditions: 1. Sanitary sewer service shall be provided to all lots. 2. Water service for both fire protection and domestic use shall be provided to all lots. 3. The applicant shall construct a 12 diameter water main on the entire property frontage of 64th Avenue South. The construction of this main shall coincide with the improvements to 64th Avenue South. 4. Water main construction on the east/west road of the plat shall tie into the existing main on Russell Road, and the existing main on South 228th Street via the proposed north/south road, and to the proposed main on 64th Avenue South. 5. The minimum size of all water main sizes shall be such as to meet fire flow requirements as established by the City. In any event, they shall be no smaller than 8" diameter. 6. Except where noted otherwise, all public streets shall be fully improved with asphalt paving and cement concrete curb and gutter and shall have a minimum right-of-way of 60' with minimum curb to curb width of 36' . 7. The applicant shall dedicate the easterly 40' of Lot 9 to the City for street purposes. 8. The west half of 64th Avenue South for the entire property frontage thereon shall be improved with pavement and curb and gutter to a half street width; these improvements shall coincide with the construction of the easterly half of 64th Avenue South. 9. The south half of South 228th Street from the existing intersection of Russell Road to the easterly property line of Lot 7 as measured from the centerline of the existing pavement shall be improved with pavement and cement concrete curb and gutter to a half street width of a minimum 22 feet . -- 7 -- July 6, 1981 KENT 241 10. Dedicate to the City the necessary right-of-way such that PRELIMINAR'' the southerly half street right-of-way width for South PLAT (PHASE ') 228th Street as measured from the centerline of the existing pavement shall be a minimum 40 feet. and 11. In the vicinity of the Pacific Propeller property, provide ARROW DEVELOP- any additional right-of-way necessary to provide sufficient MENT (THE width to construct a full 44-foot curb-to-curb street LAKES REZONE) section with sidewalks and bicycle lanes on both sides. 12. Street lighting shall be provided on all streets including South 228th Street and 64th Avenue South. Street signs, stop signs and lane marking shall be furnished and installed by the developer. 13. Cement concrete sidewalks shall be installed along both sides of N/S road and both sides of E/W road. 14. Realign the intersection of N/S road and E/W road such that the N/S road and the westerly extension of th E/W road to Russell Road become the dominant traffic corridor. 15. There shall. be no direct access for vehicular _ egress/ingress to the east/west leg of Russell Road an.- South 228th Street from Lots 1 - 7. 16. Dedicate or deed to the City for street purposes the southerly 30 feet of Russell Road as measured from the centerline of the existing pavement from the existing intersection of Russell Road and South 228th Street to the westerly limits of the plat. 17. The applicant shall construct a storm drainage system pursuant to the requirements of the City' s Surface Water and Drainage Code, and any conditions regarding drainage attached to the rezone and Master Plan. 18. The applicant shall reserve for the City 100' , adjacent to and westerly of the required right-of-way for 64th Avenue South for use by the City for the proposed north/south drainage channel. All code requirements regarding permanent structures, required parking, landscaping, except the 25 ' of landscape buffering designated in the Master Plan, materials storage, accessory uses or structures, and 8 - July 6, 1981 KENT 241 all other applicable zoning code development standards PRELIMINARY shall be imposed from the westerly line of the 100' PLAT (PHASE I) drainage reservation westerly into Lot 9. This reservation shall become null and void upon abandonment of the proposed and drainage channel or 3 years from th date of plat approval, .which occurs earlier. The owner shall be compensated for ARROW DEVELOP- the fair market value of this reserved area if used for MENT (THE drainage purposes; compensation may be in the form of LAKES REZONE) credit against the drainage LID assessment . 19. Tract B shall be used for drainage purposes. 20. Tract A shall be dedicated to the City for the purposes of open space. 21 . Bicycle lanes shall be included as a part of the design and construction of all public streets. 22. Detailed plans of all required construction specified herein shall be submitted to the City for - review and approval. MOONEY MOVED to approve the Kent 241 Preliminary Plat and the rezone with the modifications as recommended by the Hearing Examiner and for the City Attorney to draft the necessary ordinance. Masters seconded. Motion carried. COUNCIL Proposed Salary Increase. A proposal to increase Council salaries was discussed at the June 22 workshop. City Attorney Mirk noted that he was still seeking information regarding including an escalator clause. Masters com- mented that she could find nothing in the RCW which stated that a determination to grant a salary increase had to be made prior to filing time in an election year. She also stated that she felt it was prudent for this Council to withhold such a determination on the matter until such time as it could be further discussed in a reasonable manner at budget time. She stated that she felt it was not appropriate for those Council members who were up for election to be voting on such an issue. Accordingly, MASTERS MOVED to table the issue until after filing time and for it to be a part of the budget discussion. Mooney seconded. The MOTION FAILED with only Masters and Mooney voting in favor. Mirk clarified for Bailey that the law only states that the filing 9 - July 6, 1981 COUNCIL fee has to be based on the amount of the salary and that there was no requirement as to when salary changes had to be made. He further clarified that if salaries were raised before filing time the filing fee would, of course, be increased. In response to Bailey's questions, Cushing deter- mined that the proposed increase would not cause a budget problem. McCAUGHAN MOVED, due to the in- creased workload placed on all the Council, to in- crease the Council salaries by $100 per month effective January 1, 1982. B. Johnson seconded. In response to Mirk' s question as to including an escalator clause for cost of living, McCaughan determined that he did not wish to include that as part of the motion since the City was presently negotiating with the unions as to what constituted a reasonable cost of living increase; that the matter of the Council salaries should instead be reviewed more often. Masters again stated that she did not feel it was appropriate to reaise the salaries at this time. The motion carried, with Masters and Mooney voting nay. CITY HALL Finance & Personnel. It was noted that the matter REMODELING of the City Hall remodeling had been discussed at the Finance Committee meeting and that the costs were estimated to be about $150, 000. Cushing explained that the amount of money budgeted was only $30, 000 due to the fact that only a rough estimate was made by staff as to the cost without professional assis- tance from an architect. He noted that the first floor remodeling project had cost approximately $40,000 and that the ONB remodeling had cost about $70, 000. He pointed out that plans were considered to accomodate projected growth for the next four to five years and that an attempt was being made to design the remodeling with more open space concepts. He noted that it would be necessary to allocate an additional $50,000 from FRS and about $70,000 from unanticipated revenues in the City's unallocated contingency reserve. Cushing also noted that it was hoped the remodeling would be accomplished by the end of the year and asked that the staff be authorized to proceed with remodeling of the City Hall as outlined in his memo and directed to proceed with the final design work. Masters questioned how - 10 - July 6, 1981 CITY HALL a selection was made of the architect. Cushing REMODELING determined that with past experiences with the building and the problems with the heating and air conditioning, it was more feasible to have an architect who was familiar with those problems. Cushing agreed that the original design of the building must be considered in the remodeling. He pointed out that if the project were larger they would have sought proposals for the architect' s services. Referring to the jail remodeling, ._Cushing determined that proposals would be requested for this project. BAILEY MOVED for City staff to con- tract with Bogard for the City Hall remodeling, B. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. COUNCIL Public Works. Mooney reported that the Public Works COMMITTEES Committee would meet on Wednesday morning, July 8 at 8 : 15 a.m. and the permit process discussed at the workshop would be the subject of discussion at this meeting, with Harris and representatives of the Chamber of Commerce to be in attendance. Parks Committee. Bailey noted that the Parks Com- mittee would meet at 8 :15 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7. Public Safety. B. Johnson noted that the Public Safety Committee would meet on Thursday, July 9 at 4 p.m. and would discuss disaster planning. DRAINAGE Wickstrom reported that the Soil Conservation Service would hold a meeting July 8 at the Carco Theatre in Renton at 8 : 00 p.m. He also noted that the trip to the Green River Watershed was scheduled for July 22 at 7: 00 a.m. with those attending to meet at the City Hall . Administrative. Mayor Hogan noted receipt of a letter from Mr. Dunlap who attended a recent work- shop session in Kent. MASTERS MOVED that the letter be made a part of the record, Mooney seconded. B. Johnson expressed dissatisfaction on the manner in which the Coast Guard issue had been handled and Bailey concurred. Motion carried with Bailey and B. Johnson voting no. - 11 - July 6, 1981 FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through July 3, 1981 after audit- ing at the Finance Committee at its meeting at 3: 00 p.m. on July 15, 1981. EXECUTIVE BAILEY MOVED to adjourn the meeting to executive SESSION session at 9: 00 p.m. , McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT The meeting reconvened at 9 : 50 p.m. HAMILTON MOVED that the meeting be adjourned, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. Marie Jen en, CMC City Clerk 12 -