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July 5, 1983
Regular meetinq of the Kent City Council was called to order at
7 : 00 o'clock p.m. by Mayor Hogan. Present: Mayor Hogan, Council-
persons Bailey, Biteman, B. Johnson, Kelleher and Leahy, City
Administrator Cushing, City Attorney DiJulio, Planning Director
Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom and Finance Director
McCarthy. Councilpersons J. Johnson and Woods were not in
attendance. Also present: Personnel Director Webby, Fire Chief
Angelo, Parks Director Wilson and Planning Commissioner Baer .
Approximately 15 people were in attendance at the meeting.
PROCLAMATION A proclamation was read by Mayor Hogan declaring
July 15 , 16 and 17 as Kent Cornucopia Days in
the City of Kent.
CONSENT B . JOHNSON MOVED, Leahy seconded, that Consent
CALENDAR Calendar Items A through I be approved . Motion
carried .
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A)
Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of
of the regular Council meeting of June 20, 1983 .
STREETS LID 291 - S. 196th/Russell Road Improvements.
On June 6 , 1983 the Council set this date for
the public hearing on the confirmation of the
REVISED Final Assessment Roll for LID 291. Pro-
per legal notice has been given by the City Clerk.
The public hearinq was opened by the Mayor. There
were no comments and no correspondence has been
received . B. JOHNSON MOVED to close the public
hearing , Leahy seconded. Motion carried. B.
JOHNSON MOVED that the City Attorney be directed
to prepare an ordinance confirming the Revised
Final Assessment Roll for LID 291, Leahy seconded.
Motion carried.
WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G)
S . 212th Street Well Change Order. APPROVAL of
a change order in the amount of $9 , 334 . 06 for
Armstrong Well Drilling for additional work re-
quired to set the well screen, complete the well
and control the artesian flow and authorization
to transfer $34 , 000 from the completed water pro-
ject fund to this project fund as recommended by
the Public Works Department and concurred with by
the Public Works Committee.
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WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H)
Carriage Row Condominiums Bill of Sale. As re-
commended by the Engineering Department, ACCEPT-
ANCE of the Bill of Sale and Warranty Agreement
for the construction of 544 feet of water main
extension constructed in the vicinity of 46th
Place S . and S . 272nd Street for the Carriage
Row Condominiums for continuous operation and
maintenance and RELEASE of the cash bond after
expiration of the one year guarantee period and
payment of any outstanding City charges against
the project.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I)
Water Impoundment Reservoir. AUTHORIZATION to
close on the property options currently being
held by the City for this project, effective as
of July 19.
POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C)
Donation to Police Department Safety Education
Program. ACCEPTANCE of the Kiwanis Club donation
of $50 . 00 to the Kent Police Department Safety
Education Program.
Kent Traffic Code Amendment. The City
Attorney introduced Ordinance 2414 amending the
Kent Traffic Code to add a new section to the
Kent City Code prohibiting open alcoholic con-
tainers in motor vehicles and declaring an emer-
gency therefor . DiJulio explained that passage
of the ordinance was necessary to bring City Code
in compliance with State laws . B . JOHNSON MOVED
to adopt Ordinance No . 2414 amending the
Kent Traffic Cod( Leahy seconded. Motion carried.
FIRE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F)
Regulation of Fireworks Ordinance . ADOPTION of
Ordinance No. 2413 relating to fire prevention
and adopting the State Fireworks Law. This ordi-
nance repeals KCC Chapter 13 . 08 andadds Chapter
13 . 09 .
CITY (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E)
PROPERTY Surplus Property Resolution. ADOPTION of Resolution
998 setting a public hearing for August 1, 1983
pursuant to RCW 35 . 94 . 040 , on the declaration of
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CITY surplus property and to authorize the sale of
PROPERTY same. A call for bids will be advertised follow-
ing the public hearing .
On June 6 , the Council declared as surplus the
property located at 520 Guiberson Street described
as follows :
Lots 1 and 2 , Block 13 , WCIC Knob Hill Addi-
tion to Kent, recorded in Volume 5 of Plats,
page 97 .
The property to be sold does not include the
building now leased as a residence. The lease
will run until May 31, 1991. The property has
been appraised at $20 , 000 for the land only.
CORNUCOPIA (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D)
DAYS Kent Cornucopia Days Street Closures and City Pro-
perty Utilization. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 997
approving the request of the Cornucopia Days Com-
mittee to close certain streets and to utilize
certain City property and reauirinq that
the Committee file a certificate of insurance
holding the City harmless from claims arising
from the Cornucopia Days activities.
MIDWAY A presentation was made by Charles Doyle, member
HISTORICAL of the Midway Historical Society, asking that the
SOCIETY City consider giving assistance to the Society in
obtaining a house located at 23452 - 30th Avenue S.
for use as a museum by the society as well as use
of the adjoining abandoned property for the site
of a possible Tot Lot playground for the West Hill .
The President of the Society noted that most of the
work would be done on a volunteer basis . Mayor
Hogan suggested that the matter be considered
administratively and members of the Historical
Society contacted for further information.
STORM Repeal of Interim Storm Drainage Ordinance (Ordi-
DRAINAGE nance No. 2375) . It was noted that repeal of the
Interim Storm Drainage Ordinance was discussed at
the workshops of June 13 and June 27 . A packet of
material supplied with this agenda has been reviewed
by the Council . The matter has also been discussed
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STORM at several Public Works Committee meetings, and
DRAINAGE the Committee favors repealing the ordinance. The
Public Works Department, however, does not recom-
mend that the ordinance be repealed. Bailey noted
that Kelleher wished to hold this matter over to the
next meeting inasmuch as J. Johnson and Woods were
absent. A motion was passed to discuss this pro-
posal .
Bailey noted that he was not in favor of repealing
the ordinance , and pointed out that it had been
enacted in the best. interest of the City and further
that if a plan for control of surface water is not
in place by November , that the ordinance should be
extended beyond its present November expiration
date. He opined that repeal of the ordinance
would grant a special privilege to valley developers ,
and noted that storm water retention rules had
been imposed on East hill developers .
Leahy concurred with Bailey. KELLEHER MOVED to
hold this matter over to the next Council meeting,
July 18 . Bailey seconded and the motion carried.
FINANCE Utility Billing - First Christian Church of Kent.
The Council was presented with a letter from Rev.
Marvin Eckfeldt on behalf of the First Christian
Church of Kent in regard to adjustment of a water
bill . The letter noted that the excessive amount
of water used was caused by a leak in the under-
ground sprinkler system. It was determined that
requests of this nature were normally discussed
at Finance Committee meetings . Finance Director
McCarthy noted that the matter would be referred
to the Utilities Department and a report would be
made available to the Finance Committee by its
next meeting on July 15.
Water Consumption by Mullen Construction. A letter
has been received by the City Attorney from Samuel
Burke of Mullen Construction, a division of Standard
Equipment, Inc. , relating to action taken by the
Finance Committee on May 31 , 1983 denying an adjust-
ment to the Company ' s water bill . Mr . Burke ex-
plained that there had been a hose running on the
property but that the amount of water consumed
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FINANCE could not have been from this small 3/8" hose.
It was determined that the meter had been checked
at Burke ' s request and that no defect had been
discovered. Mr . Burke had been notified that it
was not possible to grant the request for the ad-
justment because an irretrievable City resource
had been used. The City Attorney noted that
to reduce this bill would constitute a gift of
public funds which the City may not do under
State law. Upon a question from Biteman, DiJulio
noted that the City of Seattle made exceptions
for water purveyors in emergency situations only.
It was also determined by Burke that the Company' s
engineers could find no apparent reason for the
large water consumption and conceded that the
consumption was back to normal after the hose
was turned off. After further discussion, KELLEHER
MOVED to deny the request of Mullen Construction
and to advise Mr. Burke that all Committee meetings
were open to the public and that he could attend
the Finance Committee meeting with any additional
material that his engineers might have available.
Bailey seconded . Motion carried.
COUNCIL Public Works Committee. Kelleher reported that
COMMITTEES the Public Works Committee had not met on June 21
but would meet on July 6 at 3 : 00 p.m. , at which
time the matter of water pressure on the West Hill
would be discussed. He noted that Ed Johnson had
attended in the past and he hoped he would attend
again since he had valuable information on this
subject .
Parks Committee. Bailey noted that a meeting of
the Parks Committee would be scheduled later.
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B)
Approval of Bills_. APPROVAL of payment of the
bills received through July 5 , 1983 after auditing
by the Finance Committee at its meeting at 4 : 00
p.m. on July 15, 1983 .
EXECUTIVE Kelleher & B. Johnson asked that the Senior Center
SESSION site discussion be held at an executive session.
BITEMAN MOVED for an executive session at 7 : 40 p.m. ,
B. Johnson seconded. Motion carried.
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SENIOR At 8 : 00 p.m. , after the executive session, B.
CENTER JOHNSON MOVED to authorize up to $10 , 000 of
SITE unexpended Parks & Recreation funds for the pur-
pose of evaluating and/or securing sites for eval-
uation for a new Senior Center. Leahy seconded,
motion carried.
KELLEHER MOVED to adjourn at 8 : 00 p.m. , B. Johnson
seconded. Motion carried, and a closed session
followed.
Marie Jensen, CMC
City Clerk
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