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December 19, 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, Council-
members Bailey, Biteman, B. Johnson, J. Johnson, Kelleher, Leahy
and Woods, City Administrator Cushing, City Attorney DiJulio,
Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom and
Finance Director McCarthy. Also present: Personnel Director
Webby. Approximately 25 people were in attendance at the meeting.
PROCLAMATION Free Enterprise Week. In response to a request
from the DECCA program at Kent-Meridian High
School, Mayor Hogan proclaimed the week of
December 18 to 24 , 1983 as Free Enterprise
Week in the Citv of Kent.
CITY COUNCIL Mayor Hogan noted that this was Billie Johnson' s
last official meeting as a Councilmember. She
introduced Resolution 1005 honoring Billie and
thanking her for her ten years of service on the
Council. Gifts from council and staff were pre-
sented and Ms. Johnson stated that she considered
her years serving as a Kent Councilmember as a
most gratifying experience. BAILEY MOVED to adopt
Resolution No. 1005. Woods seconded and the
motion carried.
CONSENT B. JOHNSON MOVED to approve Consent Calendar Items
CALENDAR A through J, with the exception of Items C and E,
removed at the request of Councilperson Kelleher,
Woods seconded. Kelleher and J. Johnson noted
that as employees of King County, they wished to
abstain from voting on Items 5C and 5E. Both
items were then passed with Kelleher and J. Johnson
abstaining.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A)
Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of December 5, 1983 .
LIBRARY (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D)
Library Board. CONFIRMATION of the Mayor' s
appointment of Judy Johnston to replace Helen
Selig. This term will expire in April 1985.
HEALTH (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEA'I 5E)
Health Contract for 1984 . AUTHORIZATION for the
Mayor to sign the health contract with King County
for 1984 . The draft contract was discussed at the
workshop of December 12 .
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BUDGET (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F)
1983 Final Budget Adjustments. ADOPTION of Ordi-
nance 2450 incorporating all Budget changes for
1983 previously approved by the Council. This
was discussed at the December 2, 1983 Finance
Committee meeting and with the full Council at
the December 12 workshop.
SPHERE OF (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G)
INTEREST Kent Sphere of Interest Amendment. ADOPTION of
Resolution No. 1006 amending the Kent Sphere of
Interest document to show a map change as designated
in Exhibit "A" .
HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I)
SANITATION LID 283 - Street Improvements S. 220th, 216th, 72nd
Avenue ff.-APPROVAL to set January 16 as the date
for the public hearing on the confirmation of the
final assessment roll for LID 283 .
PLANNING (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J)
COMMISSION Planning Commission Appointments. Confirmation
of the following appointments:
Raymond Ward to replace Mike Powers -
term expires 12/31/85.
Robert Anderson to replace Mary Louise
Kilbourn - term expires 12/31/86.
James Byrne to replace Barbara Bell -
term expires 12/31/84 .
Reappoint Charles Lambert - term expires
12/31/86.
BUSINESS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C)
LICENSES King County Contract. AUTHORIZATION to renew the
contract with King County for 1984 relating to
the licensing of private security guards and
merchant patrolmen. The contract has not been
changed.
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BUSINESS Proposed New Ordinance re Pawnbrokers/Secondhand
LICENSES Dealers. A proposed new ordinance governing the
activities of pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers
in Kent has been the subject of discussion at
several Public Safety Committee meetings and
Council workshops. This date has been set for
a public hearing. The public hearing was opened
by Mayor Hogan and the Clerk reported that no
correspondence had been received. A handout
prepared by the City Attorney, showing a compara-
tive analvsis between the draft ordinance and
State law, along with his comments was distributed
with the agenda packet. J. Johnson noted that
the Public Safety Committee had not made a recom-
mendation to the Council. B. Johnson stated she
was in favor of adopting the state statutes.
Suzette Cooke noted that the Chamber of Commerce
had polled some of the merchants who would be
affected as to their reactions to the proposed
new ordinance and made brief comments.
The list of exemptions contained in the proposed
ordinance was discussed with comments from Bill
Stewart, Lou Marenakos of Lucky Loans and one
other gentleman who failed to identify himself .
City Attorney DiJulio noted that it was not
proposed that an ordinance be passed at this
meeting, but that he would prepare an ordinance
for adoption in accordance with the Council ' s
decisions at this hearing.
At the conclusion of the comments, the public
hearing was closed.
J. JOHNSON MOVED to have the City Attorney pre-
pare an ordinance in accordance with the draft
ordinance as submitted. Woods seconded. J.
Johnson then proposed to amend the motion to
delete Section 5. 10A. 030 dealing with the fees,
and instead, to have the business license fees
paid by pawnshops and secondhand dealers ear-
marked for enforcement of this ordinance. Woods
seconded the proposed amendment. DiJulio noted
that a special fund would have to be established
to accomplish this. J. Johnson changed the
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BUSINESS amendment to simply delete Section. 5. J0A. 030 . This
LICENSES proposed amendment carried unanimously. BAILEY
MOVED to reconsider the motion. J. Johnson seconded.
Motion carried. Bailey clarified that the fees
referred to in the proposed new ordinance would be
in addition to the regular business license fee
and that eliminating this section from the ordi-
nance might appear to eliminate the requirement
for a regular business license fee. DiJulio noted
that the fees in 5. 10A. 030 would be over and above
the fees for the usual standard business license
and that he understood Johnson ' s amendment to mean
that there would be no additional fees over and
above the regular business license fees. J. Johnson
concurred with this statement and Bailey noted that
this should be rude clear. J. Johnson stated his
proposed amendment again: to instruct the attorney
to prepare an ordinance in accordance with the
draft submitted, deleting Section 5. 10A. 030.
Woods seconded. B. Johnson opined that there should
be some additional fees for pawn shops along with
the regular license fees. The amendment, to delete
Section 5. 10A. 030, carried with B. Johnson, Leahy
and Bailey opposing.
Kelleher noted that he favored B. Johnson' s suggestion
to adopt State statute. B. Johnson opined that the
State statute was stronger than what we proposed.
The motion, as amended, failed with only J. Johnson,
Leahy and Woods supporting it. B. JOHNSOIN then
MOVED for the City Attorney to draft an ordinance
adopting the State statutes governing pawnbrokers
and secondhand dealers to enable the City to prose-
cute our own cases. Biteman seconded and the
motion carried with J. Johnson and Woods dissenting.
It was determined that the ordinance will be pre-
pared by the City Attorney and presented to the
Council .
ZONING CODE Amendment to the Zoning Code -_ Water Quality Ordinance
AMENDMENT and Tree Preservation Ordinance. At the December 12,
1983 workshop, the City Council reviewed the draft
Water Quality Ordinance and a Tree Preservation ordi-
nance as recommended by the Planning Commission at a
public hearing on November 29 , 1983. In August 1982 ,
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ZONING CODE the City Council adopted the Water Quality Manage-
AMENDMENTS ment Program including eight recommendations, one
of which was to adopt a Water Quality Ordinance.
The stream part of old Tree and Stream Ordinance
is being integrated into the Water Quality Ordinance
necessitating a new ordinance for tree
preservation. A copy of the draft Water Quality
Ordinance was included in the packet. The public
hearing was opened by Mayor Hogan. Harris noted a
change to the draft ordinance and Jim Hansen explained
that on page 5, under D. Exceptions, a section should
be added as follows :
4 . Vehicular and Pedestrian Access
a. In situations where vehicular and (or)
pedestrian access cannot be reasonably
provided by avoiding identified water-
courses , then such access shall be allowed
in the form of a vehicular or pedestrian
bridge. Construction of any bridge shall
be subject to the approval of the Public
Works Department regarding storm drainage
and hydraulics and guidelines and recom-
mendations of the Washington State Depart-
ment of Fisheries and Game.
Tom Miller of Trout Unlimited, expressed his pleasure
in serving on the Water Quality Committee and recom-
mended that the Council approve the ordinance.
Suzette Cooke noted that the Chamber had perused
the report and supported adoption. Kelleher noted
that the Public Works and Planning Committee had
also recommended that the proposed ordinance be
approved.
There were no further comments and the public hearing
was closed. B. JOHNSON MOVED to approve the amend-
ments to the Zoning Code and to instruct the City
Attorney to prepare the Water Quality Ordinance and
the Tree Preservation Ordinance as a section amend-
ment to the Zoning Code. Biteman seconded and the
motion carried.
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SURPLUS Surplus Data Processing Equipment. Finance Director
EQUIPMENT McCarthy noted that with the installation of the
new Data Processing equipment, some City-owned
equipment was no longer needed. Jorgenson Steel
Company has offered to purchase our three disk
drives at $3 , 500 each and will pay $100 each for
surplus disk packs. These prices have been checked
and deemed fair by Data Processing managers. The
City also owns a Central Processing Unit for which
the value has not yet been established. BITEMAN
MOVED to authorize the Finance Director to make
the most cost effective disposition of the City-
owned portions of the old Univac 90-30 system.
Woods seconded. Motion carried.
HOUSING & Interurban Trail. Two bids were received on
COMMUNITY December 14 for provision of rubberized crossing
DEVELOPMENT pads for the improvement of grade crossings on
the Interurban Trail at approximately S. 188th
and approximately S . 224th.
The County received $40 , 000 of Housing & Community
Development funds to install rubberized railroad
crossing pads and filler strips. Installation of
the pads will be handled by Union Pacific Railroad.
The County delegated management and administration
of the project to Kent.
Omni Rubber Products
Portland, Oregon $19, 920. 00
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Akron, Ohio $20, 526. 00
The Planning Department has recommended awarding
the bid to Omni. Bill Andre of Goodyear stated
that the Omni filler strip was a new design and
had not been proven. He suggested that samples
be sent to the railroad for their evaluation. Upon
questions from the Council , Bruce Creager explained
that there were three firms which make this product
and the County was satisfied with the term "or
equivalent in the specifications. Cushing suggested
that Andre was Questioning a technical part of the
specifications and that they should be examined to
see if Omni ' s product met the specifications. KELLEHER
MOVED to refer this to the Public Works Committee.
Woods seconded. Motion carried.
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FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H)
Approval of Accounts Receivable Write-Offs. AUTHORI-
ZATION to write off $19 , 255. 18 in accounts receivable,
as recommended by the Finance Committee and the City
Attorney. Over the last twelve months, the Finance
Department has collected $46, 286. 58 in accounts
receivable over 90 days old. $19 ,255. 18 remains
in accounts for 1982 or prior, for which
collection effort has been determined to be not cost
effective.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B)
Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills
received through December 16, 1983 after auditing
by the Finance Committee at its meeting at 4 : 00 p.m.
on December 30 , 1983 .
COUNCIL Public Works. Kelleher reported there would be no
COMMITTEES Public Works Committee meeting this week.
Parks. Bailey reported that the Parks Committee
would meet ,at 3 : 00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 20..
ADJOURNMENT The meeting w1as adjourned at 8 : 15 p.m. and a short
executive session followed.
Marie Jensen, CMC
City Clerk
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