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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 01/16/1984 Kent, Washington January 16, 1984 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, Johnson, Kelleher, Leahy, White and Woods, City Administrator Cushing, City Attorney DiJulio, Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom and Finance Director McCarthy. Also present: Parks Director Wilson, Personnel Director Webby and W. Ramsey of URS. Approximately 25 people were in attendance at the meeting . PROCLAMATION Kent Jaycees Day. A proclamation was read by Mayor Hogan declaring January 21, 1984 as Kent Jaycees Day in the City of Kent. COUNCIL BAILEY MOVED to nominate Johnson as Council PRESIDENT President/Mayor Protempore and Woods seconded. There were no further nominations and the motion carried unanimously. The following committee assignments were made by Johnson: Finance/Personnel : Leahy, Chairman, Bailey, Kelleher Parks: Bailey, Chairman, White, Woods Public Safety: Biteman, Chairman, Leahy, White Public Works/Planning: Kelleher, Chairman, Biteman, Woods Johnson noted that each committee chairman would set the dates and time for committee meetings, and further that the committee membership would be reviewed in one year. City Attorney DiJulio was appointed as parlimentarian. CONSENT KELLEHER MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items A CALENDAR through H be approved, Woods seconded. Motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes . APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of January 3 , 1984 . HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) SANITATION Terra Heights Bill of Sale. ACCEPTANCE of the bill of sale and warranty agreement for continuous operation and maintenance for approximately 1 , 574 - 1 - January 16, 1984 HEALTH & feet of sanitary sewer improvements in the vicinity SANITATION of S.E. 232nd Street and 116th Avenue S.E. constructed for the Terra Heights development, as recommended by the Engineering Department. The cash bond will be released after expiration of the one year maintenance period . STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) LID 315 - 74th Avenue S. and S. 259th Street Improvements. ADOPTION of Resolution 1007 express- ing the City' s intent to form Local Improvement District 315 and setting the public hearing date for Tuesday, February 21, 1984 , as recommended by the Public Works Director. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) Transportation Plan. SETTING the first public hearing on the Transportation Plan for February 6, 1984 , as discussed at workshop on January 9 . LID 283 - Street Improvements - South 220th, S. 216th and 72nd Avenue South. The public hearing for the confirmation of the final assessment roll for LID 283 was scheduled for this meeting. Due to the failure of the newspaper to publish the required legal notice, it is necessary to postpone the hearing. JOHNSON MOVED to reschedule the public hearing for the February 6 Council meeting, Biteman seconded. Motion carried. HOUSING & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) COMMUNITY Revision to Kent ' s 1984 Housing and Community DEVELOPMENT Development Program. APPROVAL of a revision in the 1984 H & CD funding as requested by King County, as recommended by the Planning Department. This was discussed at the January 9 Council workshop. POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) Jail Project - Ellerbe Architects - Agreement. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign a revised agreement with Ellerbe Architects to incorporate additional services and to clarify certain respon- sibilities for the jail project. This matter was discussed at the January 9 workshop. 2 - January 16, 1984 POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) Jail Facility. Directing the staff to proceed with the design of a new 50 bed jail facility and to pursue all necessary actions to bring about its construction based upon the proposal outlined in the staff memo dated January 5, 1984 and as further discussed at the January 9, 1984 workshop. KENT COMMONS Electronic Readerboard Bid. The bids for the electronic readerboard were discussed at the January 9 workshop. Upon the recommendation of the Parks Director, BAILEY MOVED to reject all bids received and to issue a re-call for bids. Woods seconded. Motion carried. WEST HILL West Hill Plan. At the workshop meeting of January PLAN 11, 1984 , it was determined that the City Council would conduct a special public hearing on the West Hill Plan. A resolution has been prepared providing for this special public hearing to be held on Wednesday, February 8 , 1984 at 7: 00 p.m. at either Totem Junior High School or at Sunnycrest Elementary School . The Council will determine the location. DiJulio noted that any limitations which the Council might wish to invoke for this hearing regarding the course, scope or time limi- tations were not included in the body of the resolution. Bailey suggested that the rules of the Planning Commission be used, allowing ten minutes for input and three minutes for rebuttal. He further suggested that material introduced be limited to only reconsideration of items already discussed and that it was not proper for the Council to entertain new items for consideration. DiJulio noted that the Council could set rules regarding testimony. Biteman noted that there should be some flexibility regarding community input. He suggested that Sunnycrest School was more centrally located than Totem Junior High School and that he would try to arrange to use the library at Sunnycrest. (Such arrangement was confirmed on January 17 . ) There was general agreement that the Council might wish to set - 3 - January 16, 1984 WEST HILL parameters for the meeting after determining the PLAN number of attendees. Cushing pointed out that the notice of the hearing could so state. Mayor Hogan suggested that notice of the hearing could be included in the utility bills. BITEMAN MOVED to adopt Resolution 1008 providing for the City Council to hold a special public hearing on the West Hill Plan to be held at 7 : 00 p.m. Wednesday, February 8 , 7 -� in the Library of Sunnycrest School located at 24629 42nd Avenue S . Kelleher seconded. Motion carried. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills . APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through January 19 after auditing by the Finance Committee at its meeting at 4 : 00 p.m. on January 31 . Bonds - Combined LID 301/305 . The City' s bond counsel has prepared an ordinance for a bond issue in the amount of $552 , 080 . 47 for combined LID 301/305 and for the sale of same to Foster and Marshall/American Express Inc. of Seattle. Leahy noted that the net effective interest rate would be 10 . 22% and that the Finance Committee recommended that the purchase proposal be approved. He MOVED to adopt Ordinance 2454 providing for issuing the bonds and accepting the purchase pro- posal of Foster and Marshall/American Express, Inc. Bailey seconded, motion carried. EXECUTIVE At 7 : 20 p.m. the Council retired to an Executive SESSION Session and reconvened at 9 : 15 p.m. , to take the following action: WAGES/UNION Teamsters. LEAHY MOVED to authorize the Mayor to sign a 3-year labor contract with the Union covering 1/1/84 to 12/31/86 . Woods seconded. Motion carried. Maintenance, Parks and Public Works. LEAHY MOVED for the Mayor to be authorized to sign: 1) a memo- randum of understanding regarding mandatory standby - 4 - January 16, 1984 WAGES/UNION duty and 2) a memorandum of understanding regarding a ten month maintenance employee program, both to be effective from 1/1/84 to 12/31/86. White seconded. Motion carried. UNIONS United Steelworkers (Police Officers) . LEAHY MOVED to authorize the Mayor to sign a three year labor agreement with the United Steelworkers Union (1/l/84 to 12/31/86) . Bailey seconded, motion carried. Non-represented Employees. WHITE MOVED to increase the base wages by 3 . 1% for non-represented employees, effective 1/l/84 and to increase the maximum con- tribution toward family medical insurance premiums to $90 per month. Kelleher seconded and the motion carried with Leahy abstaining. PROPERTY Municipal Golf Course. BAILEY MOVED to authorize ACQUISITION the City Administrator to purchase approximately PARKS 42 acres, known as the Green River Partnership property for the purpose of enlarging the municipal golf course. The purchase price is not to exceed $1, 650, 000 and the terms are subject to final approval by the Council . Woods seconded and the motion carried with Biteman voting against it. ADJOURNMENT LEAHY MOVED that the meeting be adjourned at 9 : 25 p.m. , Woods seconded. Motion carried. Marie Je nen, CMC City Clerk - 5 -