HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 05/02/1983 Kent , Washington
May 2 , 1983
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7 : 00
o' clock p.m. by Mayor Hogan . Present : Mayor Hogan, Councilmembers
Bailey , Biteman, B. Johnson, Kelleher , Leahy and Woods, City
Administrator Cushing , City Attorney DiJulio, Planning Director Harris
and Public Works Director Wickstrom. Councilmember J . Johnson was not
in attendance . Also present : Personnel Director Webby, Finance
Director McCarthy and Walt Ramsey of URS . Fourteen people were in
attendance at the meeting.
PROCLAMATION Mayor Hogan declared the month of May as Older
Americans Month and noted that the Kent Senior Citizen
Center will hold an Open House on the evening of May
17 . She presented the proclamation to representatives
of the Kent Center .
Mayor Hogan read a proclamation declaring the week of
May 8 - 14 as Municipal Clerks Week and expressed the
City' s appreciation to the City Clerk and her staff
for outstanding public service .
CONSENT B. JOHNSON MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items A
CALENDAR through I be approved and that Item J be deleted .
Woods seconded . Motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A)
Approval of Minutes . APPROVAL of the minutes of the
regular Council meeting of April 18 , 1983 .
HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C )
SANITATION LID 296 - Orillia Utilities - Ordinance . ADOPTION of
Ordinance 2400 confirming the final assessment roll_
for LID 296 . The public hearing was concluded on
April 18 .
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J )
King County Solid Waste Plan - Resolution. The City
Attorney noted that the resolution to adopt the 1982
King County Comprehensive Solid Waste Managment Plan
required some clarification and that it would be
returned to the Council on May 1.6 .
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STREET (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G)
VACATION Street Vacation - S . 202nd Street . ADOPTION of
Ordinance 2402 vacating S . 202nd Street as approved
on January 17 , 1983 . The conditions of approval have
been fulfilled.
Upon Biteman' s question, Wickstrom noted that this
was an industrial site and the portion vacated was a
"paper " street only.
GARBAGE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D )
General Disposal Contract and Ordinance .
AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign an addendum to
the contract with General Disposal adding two new
levels of garbage service , providing for three yard
and eight yard containers and changing the
appropriate wording from rear load containers to
detachable containers.
ADOPTION of Ordinance 2401 amending Ordinance 2365 ,
as previously amended by Ordinance 2392 to address
the above changes .
BOARD OF (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H )
ADJUSTMENT Board of Adjustment Appointment . CONFIRMATION of the
Mayor ' s appointment of Christi Hauser to the Board of
Adjustment to replace Dan Rowley. This term will
expire March 15 , 1986 .
CITY ATTORNEY (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I )
Public Defender Contract . AUTHORIZATION for the
Mayor to sign an agreement with the law offices of
Loren D. Combs for indigent defense representation
for the remainder of 1.983 and for 1984 . This matter
was discussed at the April 18 workshop.
PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E )
RECREATION Municipal Golf Course Parking Lot and Green River
Bike Trail . ACCEPTANCE of project as complete and
authorization to pay retainage after receipt of
releases from the State .
CITY POLICY (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F )
LID Financial Assistance Policy. ADOPTION of
Resolution 993 setting forth City policy under which
LID Financial Assistance will. be provided . This
matter was introduced at the Council meeting of April
18 , and further discussed at the April 25 workshop.
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PLANNING Planning Department - Fee Changes - Ordinance.
DEPARTMENT Changes to certain land use application fees was
discussed at the City Council workshop on April 25 .
The changes include:
1 . The fee for preparing view graphs to be set at a
$10 flat fee, rather than the current $6 plus tax
fee .
2 . The Zoning Permit fee be changed from $15 to $25
as approved in the 1983 Budget .
3 . A fee of $100 to be set for the new Binding Site
Plan application.
B. JOHNSON MOVED to adopt Ordinance 2403 amending
Ordinance 2171, as previously amended by Ordinances
2178 and 2249 , amending the fees as listed, Bailey
seconded .
Kelleher noted that the Public Works and Planning
Committee had discussed this matter and recommended
against increasing the fees. He stated that although
the increases were small , that the City should try to
keep all rates as low as possible and not raise fees
unless absolutely necessary. The motion to adopt
Ordinance 2403 resulted in a tie, with B. Johnson,
Bailey and Leahy voting in favor and Kelleher , Woods
and Biteman voting against it . Mayor Hogan voted in
favor and the motion to adopt Ordinance 2403
increasing the fees as described, carried.
ZONING CODE Codification of the Kent Zoning Code - Ordinance . The
City Attorney has prepared an Ordinance to make the
Kent Zoning Code a part of the Kent City Code .
B. JOHNSON MOVED to adopt Ordinance 2404 amending
Ordinance 1827 , as previously amended providing for
the Zoning Code to be included in the City Code and
establishing a new title - Title 15 for this purpose,
Leahy seconded. Motion carried.
COUNCIL Parks Committee . Bailey noted that an article in
COMMITTEES the Green River Community College publication featured
Councilmember Judy Woods . He complimented Dr . Woods
on her academic achievements and her involvement in
community affairs, noting that the Council was proud
to have her as a colleague.
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COUNCIL Bailey pointed out that Barney Wilson had recently
COMMITTEES been named as the Outstanding Parks Director of the
Pacific Northwest and commended Wilson on behalf of
the Council for his contributions to the City of Kent .
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B)
Payment of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills
received through May 3 , 1983 after auditing by the
Finance Committee at its meeting at 4 : 00 p.m. on May
13 , 1983 .
ADJOURNMENT BAILEY MOVED that the meeting be adjourned at
7 : 15 p.m. , B. Johnson seconded . Motion carried .
Marie Je sen, CM/
City Clerk
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