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 .
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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
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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
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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
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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 .
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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.
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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
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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 .
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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
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