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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 04/05/1982 Kent, Washington April. 5, 1982 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7: 00 o' clock p.m. by Mayor Hogan. Present: Mayor Hogan, Councilpersons Bailey, Biteman, B. Johnson, J. Johnson, Leahy and Mooney, City Administrator Cushing, Acting City Attorney Heavey, Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom. Councilperson Kelleher and Finance Director McCarthy were absent. Also present: Administrative Assistant Webby, Fire Chief Angelo, and City Treasurer Drotz . Approximately 20 people were in attendance at the meeting. PROCLAMATIONS Building Safety Week. A proclamation was read by Mayor Hogan declaring the week of April 18, 1982 through April 24 , 1982 as Building Safety Week. Sister City Week. Mayor Hogan read a proclama- tion declaring the week of April 4 , 1982 through April 10, 1982 as Sister City Week in the City of Kent. Mayor Hogan noted that 20 mayors from Japan will be visiting Kent on May 10 . AWARD Mayor Hogan noted that Jack Dodge of the Planning Department has been named Conservationist of the Year and will receive the award from the South King County Chapter of the Pacific Northwest Steelhead and Salmon Council. CONSENT B. JOHNSON MOVED to approve Consent Calendar Items CALENDAR A through O, with the exception of Item K, which was removed at the request of Wickstrom. Mooney seconded. Motion carried. SHORT PLAT Misery Short Plat (SP-82-1) . On March 17, 1982, APPEAL Roy R. and Audrey V. Toland filed an appeal to certain conditions of approval for the Misery Short Plat. A packet of information has been provided by the Planning Department and made a part of the record . i The application covers a request to create 3 lots from a parcel of land located at the NE corner of S. 243rd and Military Road. The conditions of approval for the short plat as - 1 - April 5, 1982 SHORT PLAT rec onunenaed by Short Flat Committee are as APPEAL follows : 1.. Deed to the for street purposes five feet of property parallelling and abutting Military Road for the entrie short plat frontage thereon . B. Deed to the city for street purposes that portion of property lying roadside of an arc having a radius of 20 feet and being tangent to both the west and south property line of Lot 1 . C . Grant to the city an easement for sidewalk, utilities and sloping purposes, five feet in width parallelli.nq and abutting Military Road for the entire short plat frontage thereon. D. Execute no-protest LID covenant for: 1 . The improvement of Military Road with pavement, sidewalks, storm drainage, street lighting, curb and gutter , underground power and other related appurtenances. 2 . The improvement of S. 243rd Street with pavement, curb and gutter, sidewalks, storm drainage, street lighting , underground power and other related appurtenances . E. Provide ten-foot wide private utility easement across Lot 3 along the alignment of existing side sewer for the benefit of Lot 2 . The public hearing was opened by Mayor Hogan. Mr. Toland reviewed his letter of appeal noting that he objected to conditions A. , B. & C, as they were not required to serve the property, but were re- quired to build a 4 or 5 lane road to serve the general area. He objected also to condition D, stating that these improvements should not emanate from the city, but from the residents of the neigh- borhood. Upon questions from Bailey and B. Johnson, Wickstrom and Harris determined that the matter of 2 - April 5, 1982 SHORT PLAT the "no protest" L,ID covenants had been discussed APPEAL and that this meant that he aqreed to not protest the rorm,,tion of pan .LID, but that he could still ciuestion the amount of any such assessment. It was determined that the lot was ample in size for a homt_, and there were already homes on 2 of the lots . There were no further comments and J. JOHNSON MOVED to close the hearing . Mooney seconded and the motion carried with Biteman dissenting. It was noted that if the appeal was denied, the con- ditions would have to be met in order for Mr. Toland to proceed with the short plat. Toland noted that if the appeal is denied he might comply with the conditions but would reserve the right of legal redress . J . JOHNSON MOVED to deny the appeal. Bailev seconded and the motion carried with Biteman voting nay . MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes . APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeti.nq of March 15, 1982 . HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5L) SANITATION Hycroft Utility Extension . ACCEPTANCE of the Bill of Sale for approximately 3, 800 feet of water main extension , 3, 454 feet of sanitary sewer extension, and 3 , 420 feet of street improvements in the vicin- ity of S . E. 274th Street and 124th Avenue S .E. for continuous operation and maintenance and RELEASE of the cash bond after the expiration of the one- year maintenance period. Metro Rates . Mooney noted receipt of a letter of invitation from the Ronald Sewer District to a meeting to be held on Tuesday evening to discuss the proposed Metro rate increases. Mooney asked if the city would be represented. Mayor Hogan noted that she had not planned to attend and pointed out that the manager of the Ronald Sewer District, Sydell Polin, had stated at a Metro committee meeting that the voting agencies had no knowledge that Metro was now considering ways to finance the proposed im- provements. She noted that the Metro finance com- mittee had delayed a meeting for 3 weeks so that the component agencies would have an opportunity to 3 - April 5, 1982 HEALTH & review the matter with Metro representatives at SANITATION the Tuesday night meeting . Mayor Hogan noted thjt thc� sewer agencies are represented on the Metro Council and that Metro had discussed the I roposals previously at a lunch meeting. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5M) Gill Sanitary Sewer Extension. ACCEPTANCE of the Bill of Sale for approximately 394 feet of sanitary sewer extension constructed in the vicinity of 104th Avenue S .E. and S . E. 242nd Street for continuous operation and maintenance and RELEASE of the cash bond after expiration of the one-vear maintenance period . STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) LID 301 - S . 252nd and S . 248th Street Improvements . ADOPTION of Resolution No . 959 declaring the City' s intent to revise the scope of improvements for LID 301 and settinq the public hearing thereon for May 3 , 1982 at 7 : 00 o 'clock p.m. Reith Road Pit Site. Mayor Hogan noted receipt of a letter from Jerry Zirkle of the Department of Transportation, acknowledging the City ' s wish to acquire the Reith Road Pit site upon the com- pletion of SR 516 . Zirkle noted that he antici- pated that the negotiations will include a possible transfer of some city property and a reclamation plan of the pit that will provide for park uses. The letter has been filed as a part of the record. WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I) Robert Randall Company Latecomer Agreement Request. AUTHORIZATION for the Public Works Director to execute a Latecomer Agreement for a water main ex- tension constructed by Robert Randall Company. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J) South King County Water Purveyors Association. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 961 approving the Regional Water Association of South King County Agreement for Intergovernmental Cooperation concerning water resources. The Agreement, Articles of Incorporation, and the proposed Resolution were reviewed by the Countil at the workshop of March 22, 1982 . - 4 - April 5, 1982 WATER Armstrong Springs Well Bids. Five bids were re- ceived on this project on April 1 , 1982 as follows: Bidder Amount Mueller Drilling $32, 704 . 88 Armstrong Drilling, Inc. 35, 435. 97 Burt Well Drilling, Inc. 41, 722 . 17 Story & Dodge Drilling 45,057 . 26 Richardson Well Drilling Co. 45, 198 . 40 The bids have been reviewed and found to be accurate. In accordance with the recommendation of the Public Works Director , B . JOHNSON MOVED that the bid for Armstrong Springs Well be awarded to the low bidder, Mueller Drilling, in the amount of $32 , 704 . 88 . Mooney seconded, motion carried. STREET (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) VACATION Street Vacation Request. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 960 setting May 3, 1982 as the public hearing date to consider Larry Smith ' s petition to vacate a portion of 36th. Avenue- S . FINAL PLAT (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) Hayashi Final Plat (SU-81-2) . SETTING April 19 , 1982 as the date to consider the Hayashi Final Plat. FIRE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) DEPARTMENT Use of Funds Remaining from Fire Equipment Bonds . AUTHORIZATION for the Fire Department to utilize funds remaining from Fire Equipment Bonds as out- lined in Chief Angelo ' s Memo presented at the March 22 , 1982 workshop meeting . PARKS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) DEPARTMENT Senior Activity Center - Phase I Planning. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign a contract not to exceed $6 , 400 with Berry/Bonsteel to complete Phase I Planning of the Senior Activity Center, to be paid from Revenue Sharing funds . This was discussed at the March 22 , 1982 Council meeting. RAILROAD (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5K) FRANCHISE REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF T°]ICKSTROM. - 5 - April 5, 1982 RAILROAD Burlington-Northern Railroad - 84th Avenue S . FRANCHISE Franchise Ordinance. Wickstrom noted that a letter had been received today from the Railroad re- questing that the matter be tabled. B. JOHNSON SO MOVED. Leahy seconded. Motion carried. HOUSING & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5N) COMMUNITY 1982 Revised Kent Housing & Community Development DEVELOPMENT Block Grant Program. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 962 approving the 1982 Revised Kent Housing & Community Development Block Grant Program as follows: PROJECT AMOUNT OF FUNDS Population Needs Housing Repair Service $ 24 , 408 $ 58 , 108 Proqram North Park Storm Drainage 15 , 000 93 , 000 Construction Phase II Senior Center Feasibility -0- Study 4 , 765 Planning & Administration 44 , 500 -0- $ 88 , 673 $151, 108 LAND USE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 50) South of the Green River. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 963 declaring a prohibition against application for building permits, rezones , conditional use per- mits and annexations in the area south of the Green River, and SETTING May 3, 1982 as the date for a public hearing to determine if the prohibition should extend for a time certain pending completion of Transportation and Surface Water Studies . With the consent of the Council, Gary Volchok, referring to the Urbana Rezone, asked Bailey if the moratorium on building permits, rezones, utility extensions and the like would be for all property south of the river-zoned, unzoned or presently under building. Bailey stated this was correct. Volchok commented that he couldn ' t understand a mora- torium on rezones since rezones must be approved by the Planning or Engineering Departments before any development can occur. He further questioned why 6 - April 5 , 1982 LAND USE the City would be again addressing transportation and water studies when this was covered in the Valley Studies . He suggested that the Valley Studies could be reviewed. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills . APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through April 5, 1982 after auditing by the Finance Committee at its meeting at 3 : 00 o 'clock p.m. on April 15, 1982 . (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) Combined LIDS 285 , 299 , 302 , and 303 . ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 2343 setting the interest rate for assessments and penalties . (The ordinance for the bonds was passed at the last meeting. ) COUNCIL Finance & Personnel . Leahy noted that the County COMMITTEES had asked that the City fund half of the salaries of two part-time Ceta employees through the end of August at a cost of $1647 . BAILEY MOVED to approve the expenditure. Mooney seconded, motion carried. Public Works . Mooney reported that the Public Works Committee would meet on Tuesday, April 6 at 8 : 15 a.m. Parks. Bailey reported that the Parks Committee would meet on Wednesday, April 7 , 1982 at 4 :00 p.m. at which time a "Pro Parks" presentation would be made and the Senior Citizen Center would be discussed. Public Safety. J. Johnson noted that on March 25 the committee had discussed using the zoning code to cover locations within the city to be used for adult entertainment. The matter will be further discussed at the April 12th workshop. NUCLEAR Mayor Hogan acknowledged for Cynthia Herman Ervin ARMS FREEZE that her letter had been received by the Council . The letter requested that the City consider en- dorsing the U.S . -Soviet nuclear arms freeze cam- paign. It was determined that the matter would be discussed at the workshop on April 12 . 7 - April 5, 1.982 SUBURBAN Mayor HocTan announces: that ` ie Subur!)an May,)rs MAYORS Association would mc-et au Auburn Station on ASSOCIATION Wednesday evening, a1d that Govenor Spellman would be the speaker. Those wis1. ins, to i .tend were advised to call the ^;ayer ' s .:;ecreta---- e ir1,- Tuesday morninq . EXECUTIVE Upon Cushing ' s request, the meeting adjourned to SESSION executive session at 7 : 35 p.m. to discuss a matter under litigation. CLAIM The meeting was reconvened at 7 :45 p.m. and MOONEY MOVED to accept the settlement offer in the Evenson matter as outlined in the letter from Attorney Robert Kitto, dated March 17 , 1982 . J. Johnson seconded , motion carried . ADJOURNMENT B. JOHNSON MOVED to adjourn the meeting at 7 : 50 p.m. Bailey seconded, motion carried. Marie Jensen, CMC City Clerk 8 - i