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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 01/07/1985Kent, Washington January 7, 1985 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7:00 o'clock p.m. by Councilmember/P4ayor Pro Ter. Johnson. Pre- sent: Councilmembers Biteman, Johnson, Kelleher and Woods, City Administrator Cushing, City Attorney DiJulio, Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom and Finance Director McCarthy. Mayor Hogan, Councilmembers Bailey, Leahy and White were not in attendance. Also present: Assistant City Admini- strator Webby. Approximately thirty people were in attendance at the meeting. PROCLAMATION Employee Recognition Week. A proclamation was read by Mayor Pro Tem Johnson declaring the week of January 14 through 18, 1985 as Employee Recognition Week for the City of Kent. Cushing noted that Fred Satterstrom had chaired the Employee Recognition Committee and commended the committee for the programs proposed. He pointed out that during the week of January 14 City employees would be honored at various pro- grams in the City Hall. CONSENT BITEMAN MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items CALENDAR A through D be approved, Kelleher seconded. Plotion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of December 17, 1984, the continued meeting on December 20, 1984 and the Special Meeting of December 28, 1984. HEALTH & Garbage Rate Changes. As discussed with the SANITATION Council Finance Committee at their December 15 meeting, garbage rates will be increasing effective January 1, 1985 per the City's agreement with General Disposal. An ordinance has been prepared to provide for rates and charges for collection and disposal of garbage amending Section 7.08.160 of the Kent City Code. WOODS MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 2523 approving the new garbage rates and approving the corresponding increased payment to General Disposal. Biteman seconded. Motion carried. - 1 - January 7, 1985 WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) Master Meter Request. AUTHORIZATIO14 for a master meter to serve apartment units at 149 Reitan Road as recommended by the Public Works Director and by the Public Works Committee. Regional Water Association. The Regional Water Association has secured the services of a consul- tant who will represent the Association and will work with the City of Tacoma in securing County approval of the Green River Pipe Line Number 5. The fee for the consultant services will be approximately $10,000; Kent's share of which will be about 30 percent. It is recommended that Kent be authorized to participate in this consultant services contract and that Kent's share of the fee be taken from the unencumbered fund balance of the water utility. KELLEHER MOVED that Kent participate in the consultant services contract with the Regional Water Association and that the money be taken from the unemcumbered fund in the water utility, Biteman seconded. Motion carried. STREETS LID 297 - Meeker Street Improvements - Bids. Bid opening was held December 19, 1984 with twelve bids received. The low bid was received from R. W. Scott Construction; however his bid included improperly executed forms associated with meeting the Federal requirements for minority business enterprise (MBE) certification, raising legal questions concerning the award. Also, since modifications to the bidding documents under a rebid are perceived as potentially cost beneficial, it is recommended that all bids be rejected and upon making the modification to the bidding docu- ments that the project be readvertised for bids. George Fiori, Attorney for Valley Cement Construc- tion, the second low bidder, noted that the staff had originally recommended that the bid be awarded to his client but that had now been changed. He noted that eleven bidders had completed the forms properly and that the low bidder, R. 14. Scott Construction, should have been able to do likewise. He referred to the expenses involved in the bid participation process and the additional expenses to be incurred should the project be rebid. He - 2 - January 7, 1985 STREETS urged the Council to abide by the original staff recommendation, suggesting that a precedent could be set by the new recommendation presented to the Council. It was determined that a representative of the R. W. Scott Construction Company was not in attendance at the meeting, although DiJulio and Fiori both noted that they had been in tele- phone contact with the attorney for R. W. Scott Construction. It was noted that a legal opinion from the State Attorney General was required to ensure that Federal funds would not be lost through a technicality, and that such an opinion would take longer than the 45-day hold period on the bids. DiJulio noted that each attorney con- tended that the bid should be awarded to his client. In light of this information and the possibility of a lonq delay, BITEMAN MOVED that the bids for LID 297 be rejected and that the Public Works Department be directed to make modi- fications to the bidding documents, per the pave- ment structure and the pine testing alternative, and then readvertise the project for bid. Kelleher seconded. Motion carried. ALLEY An application for the vacation of a portion of an VACATION alley located south of Willis Street between South Central and South Bridqes has been filed. This date has been set for a public hearing and proper legal notices have been posted, mailed and pub- lished by the City Clerk. The Planning Department's staff report has been distributed with a recommend- ation for approval with conditions. Planning Director Harris clarified that the following should be added to Condition A: A. The City retain a utility easement on that portion of the alley to be vacated plus an egress and ingress access easement on the southerly 16 feet thereof.. The public hearing was opened by Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Steven Lawson of Southland Corporation, 1035 Andover Park, Tukwila, had his questions about the egress and ingress clarified by Wickstrom. It was also clarified that the matter of the right- of-way compensation had been addressed in Condition B. - 3 - January 7, 1985 ALLEY There were no further comments and no correspond - VACATION ence had been received. KELLEHER MOVED to close the public hearing, Woods seconded. Motion carried. KELLEHER MOVED that the alley vacation be approved with the conditions outlined by the Planning Department and that the City Attorney be directed to prepare the necessary ordinance. Woods seconded. Motion carried. POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) Donation for Safety Education Program. APPROVAL to accept a donation made by City Beverages Dis- tribution, Inc. in the amount of $500 for the Police Department Safety Education Program. VALLEY COM Valley Com Dispatch Facility. AUTHORIZATION is requested to amend the Agreement between Kent, Renton, Auburn and Tukwila to provide for financ- ing and construction of a new dispatch facility; and to make technical amendments to the Agreement, all substantially in the draft form provided to the Council. Authorization is also requested to lend Kent's share ($222,609) to Valley Com for development of the dispatch center, consistent with the terms of the amended inter -local Agree- ment. The City Council previously appropriated the Citv's share of the $771,875 project cost at its regular meeting of October 1, 1984. BITEMAN MOVED to authorize amendment of the Valley Com Agreement and to authorize the loan of $222,609, consistent with the amended Agreement. Kelleher seconded. Motion carried. BITEMAN MOVED to set January 21 as the public hearing date for the consideration of the sale of certain utility property to Valley Com. Woods seconded. Motion carried. ZONING CODE Zoning Code Amendments. On December 18, 1984, AMENDMENTS the Planning Commission held a public hearing to consider proposed amendments to the Kent Zoning Code relating to the implementation of Ordinance 2396; modification of Conditional Use List 141 and M2 Districts; amendment of Special Permit Uses; - 4 - January 7, 1985 ZONING CODE and modification of the Temporary Use Section. AMENDMENTS The hearing was concluded on December 18, 1984 and the Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposed amendments. Ordinance 2524 amends the Zoning Code relating to uses permitted in the Industrial Districts (Ml, M2, M3) and Special Permit Uses. Ordinance 2525 amends the Zoning Code relating to several elements of the Temporary Use Section of the Kent Zoning Code. KELLEHER MOVED to adopt Ordinances 2524 and 2525 as des- cribed, Woods seconded. Motion carried. AGRICULTURAL Agriculture - General Zoning Amendment. At the ZONING December 3, 1984 public hearing on proposed A-G (Agricultural -General) zoning for certain properties located north of South 277th Street, west of the Valley Freeway (SR 167) and east of the West Valley Highway Kent City limits, the City Council continued deliberations to January 7, 1985 in order to allow time for submittal of written questions to the staff. A report has been furnished to the Council. Kelleher stated that he was not ready to make any motion regarding the issue at this time. Biteman Questioned whether it was his intent to postpone the final decision and Woods questioned whether the Council would be hearing new comments. Kelleher stated that he had no objections to hearing comments from the audience at this time, but that he was not prepared to take action. DiJulio clarified that there could be some argument raised about allowing public testi- mony when in facts a public hearing was not being held tonight and no hearing had been advertised. He responded to questions that the Council could continue the matter for action or could schedule and advertise for another public hearing to be held in two weeks. Kelleher and Biteman concurred that a public hearing was not scheduled for this meeting. Johnson stated that it was his opinion that those in attendance should be allowed to make comments. Gary Volchok noted that three Council members were absent at this time and suggested that the matter should be delayed until all were present. Biteman noted that there seemed to be no urgency - 5 - January 7, 1985 AGRICULTURAL attendant to the issue and suggested that it ZONING could be postponed until the first meeting in February. KELLEHER MOVED that the matter be held over for two weeks until January 21, Woods seconded. Johnson questioned whether it was his intent to have a public hearing at that time and Kelleher noted that that language was not included in his motion, although it was not his intent to stifle public input. In response to Volchok's questions, Kelleher noted that although it would not be a formal public hearing, public comments would be allowed, as in the past. There was no further discussion and the motion carried. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through January 7, 1985 after auditing by the Finance Committee at its meeting at 4:00 p.m. on January 15, 1985. COUNCIL Public Works & Planning Committee. Kelleher COMMITTEES noted that a tour of the unique and fragile areas in the valley was scheduled for Thursday, January 10 at 9:45 a.m. He also noted that the Public Works Committee would meet at 2:30 p.m. that day and the Planning Committee would meet at 3:00 p.m. Public Safety Committee. Biteman noted that the Public Safety Committee would meet on Tuesday, January 8 at 4:30 p.m. in the .3rd floor conference room. WEST HILL Jim Hansen of the Planning Department distributed PLAN copies of the newly printed West Hill Plan which was adopted by the Council in May of 1984. He also referred to the new map of Kent which is now in Dlace in the Council Chambers. COUNTY Joint Meeting. Cushing advised that the County COUNCIL Council had made a telephone request to hold their first "on the road" meeting in Kent, in conjunction with a Kent City Council meeting. It was deter- mined that February 11 was a workshop meeting date and the King County Council had suggested that they conduct their regular meeting prior to the Kent Council workshop meeting to discuss issues of common concern. The Council concurred with this proposal. - 6 - January 7, 1985 WATER Water Rate Increase. A letter was read by Councilmember Kelleher which had been received from Jeffrey Garlock, a new homeowner in the Kent area, expressing approval of the recent water rate increase to fund new facilities for the water system. KELLEHER MOVED to make the letter part of the record, Biteman seconded. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT KELLEHER MOVED to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 p.m., Biteman seconded. Motion carried. Marie Jen�, CMC7 City Clerk - 7 -