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Kent, Washington
November 5, 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 Biteman, Johnson, Kelleher, Leahy, White and T.7oods, City
Administrator Cushing, City Attorney DiJulio, Planning Director
Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom and Finance Director
McCarthy. Also present : City Treasurer Drotz, Assistant City
Administrator Webby and Parks Director Wilson. Approximately
75 people were in attendance at the meeting.
COUNCIL LEAHY MOVED to excuse Councilmember Bailey's
ABSENCE absence from the Council meeting. Woods seconded.
Motion carried.
CONSENT JOHNSON MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items A
CALENDAR through P be approved, White seconded. Motion
carried .
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A)
Approval of Minutes . Approval of the minutes
of the regular Council meeting of October 15,
1984 .
HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C)
SANITATION LID 311 - South 180th Sanitary Sewers - Ordinance.
ADOPTION of Ordinance 2502 confirming the Final
Assessment Roll for LID 311 for which a public
hearing was conducted on October 15, 1984 .
HCUSING & Housing & Community Development Block Grant Program.
C:nW-UNTTY A public hearing is scheduled for this date to con-
nT?17T:T.nDM7TTT sider adoption of the 1985 Housing & Community
Development Block Grant Program. The program
project proposals were presented to the Planning
Commission, the Council, Public Works and Planning
Committee, and reviewed at the Council workshop
on October 22 , 1984 . The recommendations are as
follows:
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HOUSING &
TOTAL POP NEEDS OTFER
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT 1, Housing 88,000 22,406 65.594 --
NEEDS Repair
PRDJ• 2. Pedestrian 10,500
35.000 9.500 15.000 Ramps (City Funds)
Planning 29,578 29.576 --
Admin.
Green River 10,450 10,450 -- -'
Health
DAWN* 10,500 10.500 --
POP Kaibara IA 6.250 6,250 --
PROJ.
Kaibara II 3,000 3.000 -- --
Design
PBIA 25,000 10,000 __ 15.000
Coordinator (City Funds)
Crime Prevention 5,780 5.780 -- --
Improvements
Rental Rehab. 32,444
JOINT Coordinator 32.444 -- -- (Joint HdCD)
PF1OJ• KVYS 150,000 -- -- 150.000
Facility
TOTAL $396.002 $107,464"* $80,594 S207,944
*Human Services
**S107.464 in Pop funds is from the $107.058 Pop fund allocation from 1985 CDBG and the
$406 Pop monies available from the following completed HdCD projects:
/CD 83551 YWCA Emergency Housing ($131)
/CO 2282-82 Senior Center Site Appraisal ($275)
The Mayor opened the public hearing. There were no
comments from the audience and no correspondence
has been received. WOODS MOVED to close the public
hearing, Johnson seconded. Motion carried.
KELLEHER MOVED to approve the 1985 Housing &
Communtiy Development Block Grant Program as
recommended, [goods seconded. Motion carried.
STREETS LID 304 - Smith Street Improvement (4th to Lincoln) .
The public hearing for the confirmation of the
Final Assessment Roll for LID 304 was continued
to this date. Public Works Director Wickstrom
described the project, noting that the original
hearing on the Final Assessment Roll was held on
September 17 , 1984 at which time protests were
received totaling about 14 . 2% . The hearing was
then continued to October 15 to enable review of
the protests and the development of "before and
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STREETS after" appraisal analyses. Wickstrom noted that
the hearing was again continued on October 15
because the appraisals were not completed and
at that time another protest was received bringing
the percentage total of protests up to 31. 28%. He
LID 304 pointed out that copies of the protests had been
furnished to the Council together with staff analyses
of the Protests submitted, a review of the require-
ments under Ordinance 2224 should vacant property
be developed and development permits issued,
together with a review of the two types of property
included in the LID (some developed to the fullest
and some vacant) . Wickstrom clarified that an
appraisal firm was used to evaluate those properties
presently developed by means of a "before and after"
appraisal, and a real estate company, Coldwell
Banker, was used to review the vacant lands, keep-
ing in mind the development requirements which
could be imposed under Ordinance 2224 affecting
the "before" value.
Wickstrom further noted that modifications to some
of the assessments was recommended:
TABLE I
ASSESSMENT ORIGINAL PROPOSED RECOMMENDED FINAL
NUMBER ASSESSMENT AMOUNT ASSESSMENT AMOUNT
1 (Bowl Inv. ) $ 5, 265 . 41 $ 5, 265. 41
3 (Miles Drake) 5 , 187 . 10 5 ,187 . 10
4 (PSPL) 32, 663 . 41 -0-
12 (Coats) 102, 994 . 72 97, 929 .00
13 (Perkins) 27, 079 . 24 27 , 000. 00
17 (Nussli) 13, 523. 07 2, 424 . 00
Referring to Assessments #1 and #3, Wickstrom explained
that it is the City' s opinion that the properties
are benefitted and that the protest information is
not valid as to the properties not being benefitted.
Referring to Assessment #4 , Puget Power, Wickstrom
noted that the appraisal evaluation concluded that
there were no benefits which were attributable to
the properties and that it was recommended that the
assessment be reduced to zero. Referring to Assess-
ment #12 , he recommended that the assessment be
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STREETS reduced to $97 , 929 . 00 , based on the City' s analysis
of benefits to the Property of $1 . 50 per square
foot. He further recommended that Assessment #13
be reduced to $27 , 000..00 and Assessment #17 be
reduced to $2 . 424 . 00 .
LID 304
Wickstrom recommended that the difference not be
reassessed to the property within the LID but that
the City pick up the difference, in order to save
time and interim financing charges. In response
to Mayor Hogan' s question, Wickstrom noted that
the only one aware of the changes in the amounts
of the assessments was Miles Drake. Wickstrom
concluded by noting that the City had made an
effort beyond that which was required, since
evidence of not being benefitted was really the
responsibility of the property owners , and it was
not the City 's responsibility to prove the property
was being benefitted.
In response to questions from White, Wickstrom
noted that the LID was initiated in 1979 by a
letter from property owners between 4th and 6th
Avenues. He also noted that Metro later
chose to Participate in the LID at the time of con-
structionyof their Park N Ride Lot. At this point
the LID was expanded to incorporate all of the
Property over to Lincoln Avenue and then north
to tie in with the existing improvements. Wick-
strom noted that prior to the initiation of the
LID, Smith Street was included on the 6-vear
capital improvement Plan to ultimately be extended
to West Valley Highway and that other changes were
budgeted in 1982 . He further clarified that Metro' s
Assessment was #16 and that they were not protesting
their assessment of $142, 457 . 44 . WOODS MOVED to
make the documents prepared by the Public Works
Department and submitted tonight, a Part of the
record, White seconded. Motion carried. It was
determined that this included the appraisals of
the Puget Power property. Biteman questioned the
procedure used, noting that Wickstrom had indicated
that it was the burden of the taxpayer to justify
any requested alteration to the roll. Wickstrom
clarified that the Council was put in the position
of evaluating the information presented. He further
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STRFFTS clarified that appraisals from outside sources con-
stituted good valid information. The public hear-
ing was opened by Mayor Hoqan. The Clerk noted
receipt of a letter from Joan Nussli. BITEMAN
MOVED to make the letter part of the record, White
LID 304 seconded. Motion carried .
Jakk Roberson of Bowl Investments (Assessment No. 1)
suggested that the properties were not being bene-
fitted with the change of the site of the road, as
well as the elimination of a portion of the available
parking area. Wickstrom noted that the property
was vacant, and that if developed, Ordinance 2224
could require improvements such as street pavement,
curbs and gutter, sidewalk, street lighting and
storm drainage. He pointed out that the cost of
these improvements was estimated in making the
necessary analysis .
Wickstrom further noted that Gary Volchok had made
the "before and after" appraisals and that it was
his opinion that the added benefit to the property
was $1 . 00 per square foot. Miles Drake (Assessment
No. 3) noted that his property has always been
residential and that the improvement was of no
benefit to residential property. He further noted
that the M-1 zoning has never been utilized nor
was it foreseeable in the future. WHITE MOVED to
accept a letter from Drake, submitted tonight, a
part of the record, Woods seconded. Motion carried.
It was determined that the response to Mr. Drake ' s
original letter of protest was part of the packet
furnished to the Council and had been made a part
of the official record.
Wickstrom pointed out that Assessment No. 17 , con-
taining a little over 8 ,000 square feet, was
developed into industrial use in 1979 . In response
to questions from White, Wickstrom noted that
development of that particular lot required several
variances. Sally Nelson, 430 Summit, noted that
she had not protested but questioned the value of
the improvements to her property at the corner of
6th & Smith. There was no further discussion and
WHITE MOVED to close the public hearing, Johnson
seconded. Motion carried.
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STREETS White questioned whether or not the Uplands Playfield
was included in the LID and Wickstrom determined
that it was Assessment No. 5 and opined that the
value of the property was probably much higher
than surrounding properties because it was used
LID 304 as a tax credit at the time of donation to the
City. He further clarified that Metro was the
largest property owner in the LID. JOHNSON MOVED
to direct the City Attorney to prepare the ordi-
nance confirming the final assessment roll for LID
304 and that the said roll shall reflect the adjust-
ments to the respective assessments denoted in
Table 1 of the Public Works Department memorandum
of November 1 , 1984 as corrected and herein dis-
cussed. JOHNSON FURTHER MOVED that $26 , 244 . 40
of the unencumbered funds within Project Fund
3165 (S. 180th Street Improvement Project) be
transferred into the Smith Street Project Fund.
Leahy seconded. Upon White ' s question, Wickstrom
noted that if the Council wished to further adjust
any of the assessments , the Council had the pre-
rogative to do so at this time. In response to
White ' s further Questions, Wickstrom noted that
the project was 100o LID other than the City' s
park property which is assessed at $57 , 000.
At this time the City is also proposing to pick
up an additional $40, 000+ in assessments. White
noted that inasmuch as the City ' s traffic congestion
has been relieved by this project, he would be
comfortable with the City picking up a greater
portion. T,,lickstrom contended that the City
believed that the properties involved were bene-
fitted at least to the amount of their assessments .
Motion carried.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5M)
LID 300 - Crow Road Improvements - Kent-Kangley
to 108th. AUTHORIZATION to set December 3 , 1984
as public hearing date on the confirmation of the
final assessment roll for LID 300 .
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 50)
LID 318 - North Central Avenue Improvements.
AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign the agreement
with the Urban Arterial Board for Urban Arterial
Trust Funds for the Central Avenue Improvement
Project.
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STREETS King County Road Fund. A resolution has been pre-
pared relating to roads and transportation and to
the County General Tax Levy for the County Road
Fund, r.eauesting that King County cease diversion
of monies from the County Road Fund and devote
such funds to the resolution of the South King
County traffic problems . WHITE MOVED that action
on this matter be deferred and the proposed resolu-
tion be referred to the Public Works & Planning
Committee for discussion and recommendation.
Biteman seconded. Motion carried.
WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I)
LID 316 - 94th Avenue Water Main. AUTHORIZATION
to set December 3 , 1984 as the date for the public
hearing on the creation of LID 316 . Additional
information included in the packet explained that
although a hearing on the formation of this LID
was concluded on May 21, 1984 the project has
been reviewed. The boundaries and the scope of
the project have not changed but a new hearing
is required because the assessments have changed.
The City Clerk will publish and mail the necessary
notices .
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5K)
Armstrong Springs Well Facility. ACCEPTANCE as
complete, the contract with Omega Contractors
for construction of the well facilities, and pay-
ment of the r.etainage after receipt of the necessary
releases from the State.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5L)
Regional Water Association of South King County.
As recommended by the Public Works Director and
concurred with by the Public Works Committee ,
AUTHORIZATION to transfer $5, 000 from unencumbered
water utility funds to the Regional Water Association
of South King County Budget for Kent ' s share of
legal and engineering_ fees associated with negotiat-
ing with Tacoma .
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5N)
Kent Springs Transmission Main Replacement. AUTHOR-
IZATION to accept as complete, the contract with
Scarsella Brothers for construction of the Kent
Springs Transmission Plain Replacement from 152nd
Avenue SE to 164th Avenue SE, and for payment of the
retainage after receipt of the necessary releases
from the State.
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WATER LID 309 - Fast Hill [dater Main Improvements . The
adoption of Resolution 1033 would add five pro-
perties to the LID. Two of said properties were
included on the Preliminary Assessment Roll that
were missing on the Ordinance creating the LID.
The other three parcels are those which have
asked to be included in the LID so their assess-
ments could be paid over a number of years. The
Resolution provides for setting December 3 , 1984
as the date for the public hearing on both the
inclusion of additional properties
and the confirmation of the final assessment roll.
KELLEHER MOVED to adopt Resolution 1033 providing
for including the additional parcels and setting
December 3 , 1984 as the date for the public hear-
ing on confirmation of the final assessment roll
for LID 309 . Woods seconded. potion carried.
TRAFFIC (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5P)
CONTROL Sequoia Junior High Crosswalk Flashing Signal .
AUTHORIZATION to establish a project fund for the
installation of a flashing signal at the crosswalk
at the intersection of Kent Kangley and 110th
Avenue S .E. in the amount of $9 , 000 , and to trans-
fer funds in that amount from the Completed Street
Projects Fund.
Sequoia Junior High. Receipt was noted of a
letter from Mr. and Mrs. Victor Carter, 26623 -
127th Avenue S.E. regarding the unsafe conditions
existing at Sequoia Junior High. JOHNSON MOVED
to make the letter hart of the record, Woods
seconded. Motion carried.
ANNEXATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J)
Moore Annexation. ACCEPTANCE of the 75 percent
petition for the Moore Annexation, and AUTHORIZA-
TION for the City Engineer to file a Notice of
Intent with the King County Boundary Review Board.
ANNEXATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D)
ZONING Zoning Rowley No. 3 Annexation - Ordinance .
ADOPTION of Ordinance 103 zoning the Rowley No.
3 Annexation as follows: MRM for Lots 125 , 128 ,
and 129 and "Office" zoning for the remainder of
the annexation, subject to inclusion of the right-
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ANNEXATION of -way conditions shown on the Public Works Depart -
ZONING ment's memo of October 10, 1984. Public hearings
were conducted on September 4 and October 15, 1984.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F)
Zoning - Rowley No. 4 Annexation - Ordinance.
ADOPTION of Ordinance 2504 zoning the Rowley No. 4
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REZONE 4. The applicant shall construct sidewalks to
City standards along Willis Street and South
Central Avenue.
Steve Lawson, 1035 Andover Park West, addressed
the Council regarding the conditions imposed on
the rezone_ He noted that it had been discovered
during investigations on the proposed rezone pro-
perty that there was a portion of an alley running
through the property which had not been vacated
but which no longer physically existed. He
referred to City procedures for vacations under
which the applicant pays to the City one-half of
the appraised value of the property vacated.
He suggested that if the
alley were to be vacated that the City consider
giving credit toward such amount for the property
the applicant must dedicate as a condition of the
rezone approval. The City Attorney determined
that this could be considered but that it would
still be necessary for the Southland Corporation
to file the necessary paperwork to commence pro-
ceedings to vacate the alley. Lawson noted that
the Southland Corporation did not wish to delay
the rezone proceedings. DiJulio noted that the
Hearing Examiner's recommendation could be adopted
now and further action delayed until the time of
the hearing on the vacation of the alley. Wick-
strom concurred and. suggested that this proposal
would be made a part of the rezone approval.
KELLEHER MOVED that the recommendations of the
Hearing Examiner regarding the rezone be approved
including the conditions and the City Attorney be
instructed to draft the necessary ordinance.
Woods seconded. Potion carried.
APPEAL Okimoto Properties Short Plat Appeal (SP-84-8).
On October 17, 1984 Okimoto Properties filed an
appeal from the action of the Kent Short Plat
Committee. A packet of information, including
a chronological list of events, has been pro-
vided to the Council by the Planning Department.
Planning Director Harris noted that the conditions
of short plat approval were not being questioned,
but that the appeal dealt with the method of cal-
culating the density. City Attorney DiJulio
clarified that research by his department indi-
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APPEAL cated that the Council did not have the authority
to act on the density issue. Regarding the Okimoto
rezone, DiJulio noted that dedication of rights -
of -way were conditions of the 1978 rezone action
when the zoning was changed from RA to CC and
MR-M. DiJulio noted that the Short Plat Committee
was not empowered to change these conditions since
they were imposed by Council action, and that
under the Kent zoning Code, streets are not included
in counting the lot density. He noted that King
County did permit this lot averaging. He noted
further that since the dedication by the applicant
was a condition of the original rezone for this
property, the short plat process could not change
the conditions. The public hearing was opened by
Mayor Hogan. Phillip Hutchison, attorney for the
applicant, noted that the conditions of the rezone
were understood by the applicant, and that the
Short Plat Committee added some conditions. He
pointed out that the parcel was zoned for apart-
ments and the dedications required would make it
necessary for the applicant to reduce the scope
of the apartment complex by five or six units
over the 17 acre parcel. He stated that he
thought that some trade-off could be arranged
so that the overall density would not be affected
by the dedications. It was determined that changes
to the conditions of the rezone could only be
accomplished by rezoning the property to a greater
density. There were no further comments and the
hearing was closed. LEAHY MOVED to uphold the
action of the Short Subdivision Committee and to
deny the appeal. Woods seconded and the motion
carried.
TRANSPORTA- Transportation Plan. The public hearing on the
TION PLAN inclusion of a third east/west study corridor between
Southeast 208th Street and Southeast 240th Street
has been continued to this date. Traffic Engineer
Poston noted that the Planning Commission was
directed to examine additional commercial zoning
in the vicinity of 104th S.E. and S.E. 240th and
that resulting increase of traffic would be a part
of that consideration. He noted that the new PSCOG
population forecast is lower than the figure used
at the start of these hearings. He also pointed
out that a new forecast showed that the increase
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TRANSPORTA- in traffic will take longer than what was originally
TION PLAN estimated. Using graphs, he explained that the
growth patterns determine the timing for the imple-
mentation of the individual projects. He noted for
White that all arterials were evaluated in the
plan and that projects for widening streets
would be scheduled before projects for construct-
ing new streets. Upon Biteman's question, Poston
noted that authorizing a study corridor did not
mean the road would be built, the authorization
would be to simply study the need, and that coopera-
tion with King County would be necessary in order
to actually get a road built.
The public hearing was declared open by Mayor
Hogan and the City C1_erk noted that no corres-
pondence had been received. Fritz Baesman noted
that he represented people in his neighborhood,
rather than the S. 224th Coalition, which he had
represented at previous hearings. He commented
on material he displayed upon the screen, stating
that the need for an additional East/West arterial
has not been demonstrated, noting the following:
Official population forecasts are down.
Density factors used in the Kent traffic
study have not been substantiated.
Traffic projections utilizing actual traffic
count data have not been repudiated.
He referred to the revised PSCOG growth projections
for Soos Creek and noted that 100o buildout traffic
levels are based on assumed density levels, which
have not been substantiated or shown to be applic-
able to Soos Creel;. A graph was shown giving actual
count traffic data. Baesman questioned the fairness
of having this subject before the Council again
without new data, noting that based upon the Council's
previous action, residents of the area have made
investments in building and remodeling. He com-
mented on the inaccurate reporting in the Kent
newspaper and recommended that the proposed arterial
be dropped from further consideration until such
time as the need is clearly defined. A copy of the
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TRANSPORTA- packet of materials was filed with the Clerk for
TION PLAN the official record. Mayor Hogan noted for those
living outside the City, that it would take the
concurrence of King County to build any corridor.
Elmira Forner of 11420 S.E. 228th stated that plans
should be made now and commented that the current
inadequate roads would cause delay in the response
time of the Fire Department. She noted also that
the School District had complained that busses
had to go 16 blocks out of the way in order to
serve some areas i_n the vicinity of S. 224th and
that the busses are now using residential streets
in some instances. _John Freznadel objected,
stating that the access by the Fire Department
was not a problem. Connie Huzar stated that plans
for something 20 or 30 years ahead kept the property
owners in limbo as to what would actually happen.
George Zimmer commented that one plan showed a
dead-end at the Benson, and he described how drivers
could detour through residential neighborhoods to
avoid the congestion on the arterial. He opined
that this practice would increase if the corridor
was built. Suzette Cooke noted that her property
would be impacted but that she supported the pro-
posal and noted that she preferred to know in
advance that a corridor was under study. She also
stated that she had observed the use of residential
streets by those wishing to avoid the crowded
arterials. Stewart Stern noted that
any East/West road recommended by Kent would be
processed through King County. He objected to
Councilmembers Johnson & Kelleher taking part in
these discussions and voting on this issue since
they work for King County Councilman Gary Grant.
He opined that these were incompatible offices
and stated that he was in the process of notifying
the State Auditor's office of this situation.
Mike Powers stated he had served on the Transport-
ation Committee and that the first question should
be finding the funds for any proposed road, because
no road would be built if the funds were not
available. Glenn Votaw stated that planning had
to be accomplished before King County would work
with us. Johnson clarified for Baesman that the
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TRANSPORTA fire station on 216th was manned only by volunteers.
TION PLAN Jerry Brannon stated that he had seen no problem
with response time by Medic units. Baesman noted
that some of the problems which needed to be
addressed were short term problems and should not
be confused with the S. 224th Street proposed
corridor. Connie Baesman stated that the shape
of the land would have much to do in determining
where roads would go and that 224th was a steep
hill. She opined that a road at this location
would be very expensive to build at any time
because of the environmental concerns. T. J.
Bigford noted that he had walked the area from
the Benson to the valley and that the cost of
building a road would be prohibitive. Poston
clarified that both S.E. 277th and S.E. 196th
were also study corridors, and that the recom-
mendation to be considered tonight was to include
an additional study corridor between. S.E. 208th
and S.E. 240th. He pointed out that if the City
and the County decided today to build, it would
be 7 to 10 years before such a road was constructed.
There were no further comments and the hearing
was closed by motion.
BITEMAN MOVED that Resolution 1032 amending the
Transportation Plan to include a third east/west
study corridor between S.E. 208th Street and S.E.
240th Street be adopted, Woods seconded. Poston
clarified for White that such a study could
result in findings that such a corridor was not
needed or that it could not be built in this
particular place. Biteman, Johnson and White
concurred that although they were initially
against the S.E. 224th corridor, they now supported
the study of a third corridor.
Referring to Stewart Stern's comments, Johnson
noted that he had not worked for King County
Councilman Gary Grant since February, 1984, but
that he was a County employee. Kelleher noted
that he had sought the City Attorney's opinion
when Stern had raised the question several weeks
ago. DiJulio's written response stating that this
is a legislative decision and that therefore the
Appearance of Fairness Doctrine would not apply,
has been made a part of the record. DiJulio then
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TRANSPORTA- briefly described the types of actions covered by
TION PLAN the Appearance of Fairness Doctrine, Conflict of
Interest and Incomnatibilitv of Office. Kelleher
noted that inasmuch as Questions on this matter
had been raised in the oast, he was working on a
draft of a Code of Ethics for Councilmembers.
The motion to adopt Resolution 1032 carried unani-
mously. Mayor Hogan noted that Councilman Gary
Grant was seeking volunteers to serve on the
Citizens Transit Advisory Committee and that
anyone interested should call her office for an
application.
COMPREHENSIVE Planning Director Harris noted that the Comprehen-
PLAN/ZONING sive Plan changes to the East Hill Plan and/or
CODE Zoning Code Amendment hearings have now been con-
cluded by the Planning Commission. The matter
will be discussed at the workshop of November 13
and a public hearing has been scheduled for
November 19 before the Council.
WESTERN Letters received from Greg Wingard of Toxic En -
PROCESSING vironmental Action Coalition and from Standard
Equipment regarding the clean up of Western Pro-
cessing were acknowledged and filed for the
record.
SENIOR A letter has been received from Charles Adams,
CENTER Kent Realty, Inc., asking that the Skating Rink
property on East Hill be considered
for the Senior Citizens Center site. JOHNSON MOVED
that the letter be accepted for the record, Woods
seconded. Motion carried.
PLANNING Mayor Hogan noted that the term of Carol Stoner
COMMISSION has now expired and she has chosen to not be
reappointed to the Planning Commission. A vacancy
now exists on the Commission for a member residing
outside the City limits but within the sphere of
influence.
FEDERAL Federal Revenue Sharing. The City Clerk has
REVENUE given proper legal notice for this date for a
SHARING public hearing to receive suggestions and input
from the public on the proposed use of Federal
Revenue Sharing Funds. The 1985 Budget anticipates
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FEDERAL the receipt of $516,768. Based on requests re -
REVENUE ceived from social service agencies and from
SHARING City departments, $485,609 is proposed to be
allocated as shown in the 1985 Preliminary Budget
and $31,159 remains unallocated. Cushing noted
that there would be no presentation at this
meeting since the Federal Revenue Sharing alloc-
ations would be considered at the time of the
hearing on the 1985 budget. He clarified that
approximately $80,000 had been requested by
social service agencies in the area.
FIRE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G)
DEPARTMENT Fire Master Plan. APPROVAL of setting of November
19, 1984 as the date for a public hearing on the
Fire Master Plan.
PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H)
RECREATION Green River Bicycle Trail. ACCEPTANCE of the
Green River Bicycle Trail Project as complete
and AUTHORIZATION of payment of the retainage
to W.B.E. Enterprises upon receipt of releases
from the State.
Golf Course Pro Shop Addition. Bids for the Golf
Course Pro Shop Addition were opened on Thursday,
November 1, at which time five bids were received.
In accordance with the recommendation of the Parks
Department, WOODS MOVED that the contract be
awarded to Morrison Construction in the amount
of $19,800 for the Golf Course Pro Shop Addition.
White seconded. Motion carried.
Kent Kaibara Park. A bid opening was held on
Thursday, November 1, tor this project, .but no
bids were received. The Parks Department advises
that it will be working with Housing & Community
Development Block Grant to negotiate a contract
for completion of the park.
FINANCE CIP Loan to LID 308 (S.E. 260th Street Improvement).
Leahy noted that the Finance Committee had dis-
cussed an interfund loan to the LID 308 project.
In accordance with their recommendation, LEAHY
MOVED to approve a loan in the amount of $278,000
at 9.375% interest be made from the Capital
Improvement Project Fund to LID 308 (S.E. 260th
Street Improvement Project Fund). Woods seconded.
Motion carried.
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FINANCE
November 5, 1984
Ordinance Amending Ordinance 2464 (Senior Center
BANS). Ordinance 2464 was passed at the April 2,
1984 Council meeting. At that time the ordinance
included the authorization to issue bonds for
$1,160,000. This amount was for land purchases
only. At tonight's meeting, the purchase price
on the Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds for
the entire Senior Center Project will be accepted.
The Bond Authorization Ordinance (2464) needs to
be amended to include all project costs for the
Senior Center, totaling $4,213,620. LEAHY MOVED
for the adoption of Ordinance 2498 amending
Ordinance 2464, Woods seconded. Motion carried.
Ordinance Amending Ordinance 2465 (Jail Project
BANS). 5—n—April 2, 1984, Ordinance 2465 was passed,
authorizing the issuance of $1,933,000 in Limited
Tax and Obligation Bonds for the purposes of
acquiring land and constructing a new jail facility.
This authorization did not include interest on
Bond Anticipation Notes (BANS) from April 2
through November 15. The ordinance is being
amended to change the amount to $1,997,380, to
include BAN interest so the purchase price on
the LTOG Bonds can be accepted at tonight's meeting.
BITEMAN MOVED for the adoption of Ordinance 2499
amending Ordinance 2465, Woods seconded. Motion
carried.
Limited Tax G.O. Bond Ordinance. John Moore of
Foster & Marshall American Express attended the
Council meeting to present their offer for the
purchase of $7,930,000 of Limited Tax General
Obligation Bonds. It was noted that these bonds
are required to redeem outstanding Bond Anticipa-
tion Notes (BANS) for the Senior Center, Jail and
Golf Course land and to provide additional con-
struction funds for the Jail and Senior Center
projects. The interest rate is 10.46%. LEAHY
MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 2500 providing for
the issuance of the Limited -Tax General Obligation
Bonds in the amount of $7,930,000 and accepting
the Foster & Marshall/American Express proposal
to purchase the Limited Tax General Obligation
Bonds at the net effective interest rate of 10.46%.
White seconded. Motion carried.
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FINANCE
ARECTED
INUTES OF
REFER TO
November 5, 1984
Water Revenue Bonds - 1984 - Ordinance. At the
October 15, 1984 Council meeting the 1984 Water
System Plan was adopted and authorization was
given for the sale of Water Revenue Bonds in the
amount of $2,405,000 to provide funds to carry
out the system improvements. John Moore explained
the Foster & Marshall/American Express offer to
purchase the bonds at the net effective interest
rate of 10.72%. WHITE MOVED to adopt Ordinance
No. 2051 fixing the date, form, denomination,
matures, es, interest rates, terms and covenants
of Water Revenue Bonds - 1984 and confirming the
sale and providing for the delivery of such bonds
to Foster. & Marshall/American Express. Woods
seccnded. Motion carried.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B)
Payment of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the
bills received through November 5 after auditing
by the Finance Committee at its meeting at 4:00
p.m. on November 15.
PERSONNEL Retirement Tax Deferral Program. Administration
recommends that the employees of the City be
allowed to participate in the State Retirement
System Tax Deferral Program, to become effective
January 5, 1985. Additional information was
provided in the agenda packet. JOHNSON MOVED
to direct the City Attorney to prepare the enabling
ordinance, Leahy seconded. Motion carried.
BANNERS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F)
Banners - Kent Schools. As discussed at the October
22 workshop, approval for "Vote Schools" banners
on Smith Street from October 30 to November 6 and
on the footbridge over James Street on November
5 and 6.
Banners - Green River Community College. Approval
of the change of dates for the GRCC banners as
follows: from November 19 to December 6 through 21.
from March 18 to March 25 through April
5, 1985
St. Christopher's Academy.
of St. Christopher's Academy
a banner at Smith and Titus
November 17, 1984.
Approval of the request
for the placement of
from November 8 to
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November 5, 1984
COUNCIL Finance & Personnel. Leahy reported that the Com-
COMMITTEES mittee would meet at 4:00 p.m. on November 15 in
the 3rd floor conference room.
Public Works_& Planning. Kelleher noted that the
Public Works & Planning Committee would meet on
November 7 at 1:30 p.m.
Public Safety Committee. Biteman reported that
the budget had been discussed at the last meeting
and that the next meeting of the committee would
be held next week.
ADJOURNMENT WHITE MOVED that the meeting be adjourned at 9:20
p.m., Woods seconded. Motion carried.
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