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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 12/07/1981 Kent, Washington December 7 , 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, Councilpersons Bailey, B. Johnson, J. Johnson, Kelleher, Masters and McCaughan, City Administrator Cushing, City Attorney Mirk, Planning Director Harris, City Engineer Gill and Finance Director McCarthy. Council- person Mooney and Public Works Director Wickstrom were absent. Also present: City Treasurer Drotz, Fire Chief Angelo, Parks Director Wilson, and Personnel Director Webby . Approximately 40 people were in attendance at the meeting. CONSENT B. JOHNSON MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A through CALENDAR N be approved, with the exception of Item K which was removed at the request of Councilperson Bailey. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of November 16, 1981 and the special Council meeting of November 30, 1981. HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) SANITATION LID 285 - Wilson Island Sewers. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 2322 confirming the Final Assessment Roll for LID 285, and approval of the summary of the ordinance for publication. The public hearing for LID 285 was concluded on November 16, 1981 . (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) Bill of Sale - High Meadows Plat (Outside City) . ACCEPTANCE of the Bill of Sale and Warranty Agreement for approximately 435 feet of water main and 860 feet of sanitary sewer extension constructed in the vicinity of S . E. 231st and 104th Avenue S .E. for the plat of High Meadows for continuous operation and maintenance and RELEASE of the cash bond after the expiration of the one year guaranty period and payment of any out- standing bills against the project. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I) LID 293 - Segregation Request. APPROVAL of the re- quest received from Joel Benoliel, attorney for Jack A. Benaroya Company and agent for Boise Cascade Corporation, for the segregation of Assessment #14 of LID 293 and AUTHORIZATION for the City Attorney to prepare the necessary Resolution. All fees have been paid. December 7, 1981 STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) LID 288 - Segregation Request. APPROVAL of the request received from Joel Benoliel, attorney for Jack A. Benaroya Company and agent for Boise Cascade Corporation, for the segregation of Assessment #9 of LID 288 and AUTHORIZATION for the City Attorney to prepare the necessary Resolution. All fees have been paid. WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) LID 302 - Rose Avenue Water Mains. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 2323 confirming the Final Assessment Roll for LID 302 and approval of the summary of the ordinance for publication. The public hearing for LID 302 was concluded on November 16, 1981. STORM (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) DRAINAGE Storm Drainage Utility Formation. SETTING of a UTILITY public hearing date for December 21, 1981 to con- sider adoption of an ordinance to establish a storm drainage utility for the City of Kent. TRAFFIC (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) CONTROL West Valley Highway Signal Project Change Order. APPROVAL of the Change Order requested by West - Coast Electric, contractor for the West Valley High- way signal project, in the amount of $87. 00 for re- quired rewiring. The original Change Order submitted was in the amount of $3, 000 but through negotiations this was reduced to $87 . (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5N) West Valley Highway Signal Project. ACCEPTANCE of the completed contract of West Coast Electric Company of Washington for the construction of the West Valley Highway Signal project at S . 196th Street, S. 228th Street, James Street and S . 240th Street and RELEASE of the retainage after receipt of the necessary releases from the State. PROJECT Project Control & Review Procedure Policy. A resolu- CONTROL/ tion adopting a policy for project control and review REVIEW procedures was held over at the November 16, 1981 PROCEDURES meeting to allow time for further study. A memorandum from the City Administrator has been furnished to the Council and made a part of the record. J. JOHNSON MOVED to adopt Resolution No. 942 approving the procedures for project control and review as a City policy, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. 2 - December 7, 1981 ANIMAL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5L) CONTROL Animal Control Ordinance. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 2324 amending Ordinance No. 2316, the animal control ordinance, making several minor corrections. VIP HEALTH VIP Health Spa - Revocation of Business License. On SPA October 19, 1981, the public hearing was continued to December 7, 1981 to allow time for the court hear- ing on this matter. The court date has since been set for December 9, 1981. Upon the City Attorney' s recommendation, B. JOHNSON MOVED to continue this hearing to December 21 , 1981, J. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. PUBLICATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J) OF Publication of Ordinances by Summary. APPROVAL of ORDINANCES publishing certain ordinances in summary form, as approved by the City Attorney. The matter was re- viewed by the Finance Committee and a copy of the minutes of the Finance Committee have been furnished to the Council . The City Attorney will provide sum- maries of such ordinances for the Council ' s approval when presenting such ordinances for passage. REZONE Urban Equities Rezone (RZ-80-6) . Public hearings were conducted before the Hearing Examiner on the application of Urbana Equities for a rezone for 40 acres located east of 68th Avenue S. , west of the Valley Freeway, approximately 1/4 mile north of S. 277th Street. On May 18, 1981 the Council elected to hold its own public hearing on this rezone. A public hearing date was set for June 1, 1981 and the hearing was subsequently continued to June 15, 1981 and to August 3, 1981. On August 3, 1981, the hear- ing was held and concluded. The Council remanded the matter to the Hearing Examiner, especially noting the drainage problems and consideration of the bene- fit to the public. The remand hearing was held on October 14 , 1981, and the Hearing Examiner' s decision was issued October 28, 1981. Additional information has been furnished to the Council and made a part of the record. In response to Mayor Hogan ' s question as to the procedure to be followed, Mirk stated that it was necessary for the Council to consider the re- vised findings of the Hearing Examiner at this time; that no public input would be taken unless the Council - 3 - December 7, 1981 REZONE wished to hold another public hearing. Bailey com- mented that after considering the facts as presented by the Hearing Examiner and also to satisfy himself as to the figures submitted by the applicant he wished to offer a motion. Accordingly, BAILEY MOVED (Urbana) to adopt the findings, decisions and conclusions of the Hearing Examiner and approve the Urbana Equities rezone and further that no building permits, rezones, conditional use permits or annexations in the area south of the Green River and west of the Valley Free- way be granted until the staff completes a study of surface water, transportation and other impacts of development in the designated area. B. Johnson seconded. Masters questioned how Bailey ' s motio n differed essen- tially from the Hearing Examiner ' s findings , with the addi- tion of the 14 conditions to the rezone. Bailey stated that this would require an action similar to that adopted for the East Hill and would give staff the opportunity to review any impacts development might have. He noted that there had been no study made of that area. McCAUGHAN MOVED TO AMEND the motion to state all of the area south of the river to the City' - boundary at S. 277th. Harris noted that this would cover the City ' s sphere of interest. J. Johnson seconded the proposed amendment. Masters questioned that the staff' s study would produce information that had not already been reported by the Public Works Department, the Corps of Engineers, the Department of Ecology or the Department of Transportation, noting especially the Hearing Examiner ' s 14 conditions . Bailey stated that the problem was that the City had not developed policies to implement our studies. He pointed out that on November 2 the Council had adopted Resolution 939 relating to this and that his motion would strengthen that the total area of the City 's influence would be under this policy of development. The proposed amendment carried with Masters voting nay. Kelleher stated he would not support the motion, because it implied that should the staff come up with guidelines to solve the problems that the area could then be developed. He noted further that he was opposed to the rezone because he was not in favor of opening this area to development. Masters commented that this might be called a moratorium of indefinite duration. The motion, as amended, carried with Masters and Kelleher dissenting. 4 - December 7, 1981 REZONE Bailey requested that the staff attempt to complete the study within six months . Cushing stated that the areas to be studied would be defined, and the (Urbana) matter brought back to a workshop session. Upon a question from Joel Haggard, attorney for Urbana, Mirk noted that if all conditions had been met the ordinance for the rezone would be presented at the next meeting. ARTS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5M) COMMISSION Arts Commission Resignation and Appointment. CON- FIRMATION of the appointment of Patricia O'Brien Everts to replace Kathleen Maurer on the Arts Com- mission. This appointment will expire October 1983. FEDERAL Federal Shared Revenue. On October 19, 1981, a REVENUE public hearing was conducted on the proposed use SHARING of Federal Revenue Shared funds . A hearing has been scheduled and advertised for this date. The public hearing was opened by the Mayor. Cushing noted that the proposed Federal Revenue Sharing funds anticipated for the City for 1982 were approxi- mately $493, 892 which represents a cut back of approxi- mately 12% as recommended by the President. He noted that it was possible Congress would not approve the 12% cut in which case the City could possibly get an additional $67 , 000 . Mayor Hogan noted that the City had received letters from several Congressional delegates advising that they would continue to support the Revenue Sharing program. The Clerk noted that no further correspondence had been received and there were no comments from the audience. McCAUGHAN MOVED to close the hearing, B. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. B. JOHNSON MOVED that action on the Federal Revenue Sharing budget be held over to the December 21, 1981 meeting to coincide with the adoption of the City budget for 1982, McCaughan seconded. Motion carried. BUDGET 1982 City Budget. Legal notice has been given for this date for the public hearing on the 1982 budget for the City of Kent and copies of the Preliminary Budget have been made available to the public. Input will be received from the public and the Council will meet at a work session on December 9, 1981 at 4: 00 o 'clock p.m. on the 4th floor to make final adjust- ments prior to the adoption of the budget on December 21, 1981 . 5 - December 7, 1981 BUDGET The public hearing was opened by the Mayor. It was noted that a letter had been distributed from the Chamber of Commerce making recommendations con- cerning the budget. Glenn Votaw reviewed the letter, noting that the following suggestions, recommendations and questions were approved by the Board of Directors on December 3 , 1981. General suggestions made by the Chamber included the following: General Suggestions - Include salary and benefit schedules for top two management levels in each department. - Budget and clearly identify amounts for educa- tion and training . - Identify revenue sources and amounts for each department. - For the 1983 budget, each department should include a study or recommendations on reductions or elimination of programs and personnel. With reference to the Public Works Department, he noted that the Chamber of Commerce had questioned if sufficient manpower and expertise to serve the community for development and daily processes had been budgeted for. The Chamber also suggested that as part of the total budget process, there was a need to look at smooth and efficient handling of the permit process . Referring to Public SafetyL__the Chamber questioned the need for more personnel with the adoption of the sprinkler ordinance. They also expressed their support of active crime prevention and fire preven- tion programs. The Chamber questioned several items regarding the Parks a_rks a_ cr and Recreation Department, including the source of revenue for ineases in the Senior Center activity, as well as general concern over expansion of facilities or programs considering the current economic climate. They emphasized and strongly supported City acquisition of County and State participation/agreement to financially support equitable portions of the programs offered; 6 - December 7, 1981 BUDGET also, any expansion of programs should require de- tailed projected estimates of cost of maintenance of those facilities or programs, and these should be adequately funded. Votaw also noted that members of the Chamber Task Force Committee complimented Finance Director McCarthy and City Administrator Cushing for an excellent job in preparing the finance package format. Masters pointed out that the sprinkler ordinance was programmed to buy time. She also noted that several of the positions budgeted for the Fire Department were really for building inspectors and support per- sonnel and that only six firefighters were requested and one training officer. Bailey expressed agreement with Masters ' comments and noted that this was the most comprehensive budget process in which the Council had been involved. He agreed with the Chamber that the City should look to the County for more participa- tion in funding parks programs . There were no further comments and B. JOHNSON MOVED that the hearing be closed, Bailey seconded. Motion carried. McCAUGHAN MOVED to instruct the City Attorney to prepare the ordinance to adopt the 1982 budget for presentation on December 21, 1981. Masters seconded. In response to questions from Masters and McCaughan, Cushing noted that any changes made at the December 9 meeting would be reflected in the ordinance to be prepared by the City Attorney. Motion carried. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5K) REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILPERSON BAILEY. An ordinance has been prepared providing for allocation of interest income for investment of excess or inactive funds in accordance with revised State law. State law now permits allocation to the General Fund in lieu of apportionments to individual funds, provided that funds derived from the sale of bonds or similar instru- ments be used as prescribed in individual ordinances. This matter was reviewed by the Finance Committee and the Council has been furnished with a copy of the Com- mittee minutes . Bailey expressed concern over the in- tent of the ordinance and suggested that it be further discussed at a workshop. BAILEY MOVED to refer the matter to the workshop of December 14, 1981. B. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. 7 - December 7, 1981 FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills . APPROVAL of the payment of bills received through December 3, 1981 after auditing by the Finance Committee at its meeting at 3: 00 p.m. on December 15, 1981 . COUNCIL Finance & Personnel. It was noted that the Finance COMMITTEES Committee would meet Wednesday, December 9, 1981 in the 4th floor conference room. Public Works Committee. A meeting has been scheduled for December 9 , 1981 at 8: 15 a.m. Parks Committee. Bailey reported that the Parks Committee would meet on December 16. EXECUTIVE B. JOHNSON MOVED to adjourn to executive session at SESSION 8 : 40 p.m. , J. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. FIREFIGHTERS The meeting was reconvened at 8: 50 p.m. and McCAUGHAN UNION MOVED to authorize the Mayor to sign the contract with the Firefighters Union for 1982/1983. B. Johnson seconded. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8 : 52 . Marie Jensen, CMC, City Clerk