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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 02/19/1985 Kent, Washington February 19, 1985 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order by Council President/Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Present: Councilmembers 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: Assistant City Administrator Webby, Information Services Director Spang and Parks Director Wilson. Approximately 15 people were in attendance at the meeting. CONSENT KELLEHER MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items A CALENDAR through J be approved, Woods seconded. Motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of February 4, 1985. HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) SANITATION East Valley Highway and S. 186th St. Sanitary Sewer Extension. ACCEPTANCE of the Bill of Sale and War- ranty Agreement for approximately 363 feet of sani- tary sewer extension constructed in the vicinity of S. 186th Street and East Valley Highway for continuous maintenance and operation. WAIVER of the guarantee period and RELEASE of the cash bond as recommended by the Engineering Department. STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) Soos Creek Estates Latecomer Agreement. AUTHORIZATION for the Director of Public Works to execute a Late Comers Agreement with Soos Creek Estates Limited for a potion of the sanitary sewer system constructed in the vicinity of 118th Place S.E. and S.E. 256th. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J) Street Use Permit - Phoenix Plaza Building. APPROVAL of a Street Use Permit for Phoenix Plaza Building, 2nd North and Harrison, requested by AGC General Contractor. Permit is for 6" brick facade and canopy/ marquee on 2nd North for a distance of approximately 95 feet south of West Harrison. Said permit is revoc- able on thirty (30) day notice, and shall be issued by the Public Works Department upon submission of indemnification of the City satisfactory to the City Attorney. This was reviewed at the Public Works and Planning Committee meeting on February 14, 1985. - 1 - February 19, 1985 STREETS LID 297 (Meeker Street Improvements) . Bid opening for this project was held on February 13, 1985 with eight bids received. In accordance with the recom- mendation of the Public Works Director, KELLEHER MOVED that the bid award on this project be continued to a time indefinite. White seconded. Motion carried. DRAINAGE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I) Upper Mill Creek Detention Facility. AUTHORIZATION to transfer $37,000 from the completed Street and Storm Drainage Funds into the Upper Mill Creek Deten- tion Facility Fund and AUTHORIZATION to accept the judgments and deeds for property acquisition. VALLEY STUDIES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) Green River Special Interest District. AUTHORIZATION to set the date of March 4, 1985, for a public hearing to consider the proposed Green River Special Interest District Ordinance, as recommended by the Public Works and Planning Committee. ARTS COMMISSION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) Arts Commission. CONFIRMATION of the Mayor's appoint- ment of Mellody Mathes to the Arts Commission to fill - the unexpired term of Stephanie Bruell-Malecki. This term will expire in October 1985. PARKS & RECREATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation Contract. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation/National Parks Service Contract accepting a $111,000 grant for development of Van Doren's Landing Park. Senior Center Site (Condemnation Ordinance) . On October 1, 1984 the Council accepted the recommendation of the Parks Committee to proceed with the Senior Citizens Center. On January 1, 1985 the Council accepted the design development package and authorized preparation of working drawings and contract documents. Appraisal, acquisition and relocation activity is ongoing. In order that the project not be delayed, the City Attorney has prepared the necessary condemnation ordinance. The matter was discussed at the February 5, 1985 Parks Committee meeting. LEAHY MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 2538, Bailey seconded. Motion carried with White abstaining. 2 - February 19, 1985 PARKS & RECREATION Resolution for Naming of Parks. The City Attorney has prepared a resolution establishing a procedure for the naming of City parks and public facilities. The resolution has been reviewed by the Parks Com- mittee. BAILEY MOVED for the adoption of Resolution No. 1049, Woods seconded. KELLEHER MOVED to add a new subsection under Criteria: 3.5 The wishes or _preference of residents of the neigh- borhood surrounding the public park, recreation area or public facility. Biteman seconded. Bailey noted that this appeared to be covered in Section 4.0 Procedure and Kelleher acknowledged this but favored having this listed also under Criteria. There were no objections and the proposed amendment carried. The motion, as amended carried unanimously. BAILEY MOVED to instruct the City Attorney to prepare a Resolution to formally adopt the name of Kaibara Park for the park at First Avenue and Meeker Street. Woods seconded and the motion carried. REZONE Pacific Industrial Concepts Rezone No. RZ-82-4. The Pacific Industrial Concepts Rezone application for a reclassification of approximately 74 acres from MA, Industrial Agricultural, to Ml, Industrial Park was the subject of a public hearing before the Hearing Examiner on January 16, 1985. The subject property is located south of S. 212th Street between Russell Road and the proposed 64th Avenue S. The Hearing Examiner has recommended approval with conditions. Harris clarified that information had been incorrectly furnished to the Hearing Examiner with regard to one of the conditions of granting the rezone, namely 7B which reads as follows: "Prior to permit issuance, the applicant shall dedicate the 200 feet shoreline area to the City. Such a dedi- cation would be done prior to permit issuance for any development adjacent to th shoreline area." Harris clarified that under the Shoreline Management Plan, all industrial developments must be set back 200 feet from the River. He recommended that Condition 7B be deleted. 3 - February 19, 1985 REZONE In accordance with Harris' recommendation, KELLEHER MOVED that the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner be approved with conditions, excluding Condition 7B, and the Attorney be directed to draft the necessary ordinance. Woods seconded. Motion carried. SOLAR ACCESS At the February 4, 1985 public meeting, the Council PROGRAM moved to delay consideration of this item to this date. A review of the program was held at the January 28, 1985 Council workshop. Bailey noted that he had been researching the matter of solar energy access and had concluded that it appeared that the issue was not as complicated as he had originally believed. He noted that he had dis- cussed the matter with Planning Director Harris and with concerned members of the community and that the concensus of opinion was that there was a need to look more closely at the issue. It was concluded that the Council should adopt something for the future which they could work with and continue to develop. He noted that it seemed to be generally believed that eventually solar access legislation would be imposed either by the State or by Federal government. Bailey distributed a copy of his recommendations to the Council and then reviewed his recommendations, and alternatives for the two proposed ordinances, as follows: SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVES TO PROPOSED ORDINANCES: A. SOLAR ACCESS SETBACK ORDINANCE B. SOLAR DESIGN STANDARDS I. SOLAR ACCESS SETBACK ORDINANCE A. Alternative action: 1. Keep proposed ordinance intact, except delete multi- family requirements. Thus, ordinance would then apply only single family lots. 2. Request City Staff to work with multifamily developers on demonstration projects. 3. Upon adoption of setback regulations, direct the City Attorney to prepare implementing ordinance for Council action. Official action not be be adopted for at least three months. During three months period, the Staff will be trained to apply the regulations. 4 - February 19, 1985 j SOLAR ACCESS II. SOLAR ACCESS DESIGN STANDARDS PROGRAM A. Alternative Action: 1. Do not adopt this ordinance at this time. 2. Direct the Staff to work with subdivision developers and designers to determine how the .proposed ordinance would affect their development. 3. Staff to monitor, for one year, subdivisions using the proposed ordinance standards. The findings after one year to be presented to the Council , for Council action to implement present regulation or modify as a result of the findings. BAILEY MOVED to adopt the recommendations. Woods seconded and it was determined that the intent of the motion was to adopt all of the alternative actions. White referred to the survey of building permits noting that 13 of the 16 homes listed conformed to the set- backs, and that therefore legislation may not be necessary. Bailey noted that adoption would protect rights of home owners of the future. It was deter- mined that after the Planning staff had been trained that permits could be issued within minutes. Bailey noted that Mr. Summers was willing to provide demon- stration units in the new Lakes project and that Mr. Ewing has offered to develop topography maps to assist in studying protential sites. Biteman noted that solar access setbacks would benefit only approximately 5% of the property owners and that the proposal could be premature. Upon Leahy's question, Harris noted that the Planning Department would like to get a solar program started and was therefore inclined to accept Bailey's proposal. Kelleher concurred with Biteman and noted that solar access could be made a goal. He pointed out that many situations governed the siting of a home on a particular lot. He suggested an incentive program which would reward people for building with solar access in mind. Woods noted that Bailey's proposal was a fair compromise and that even the Planning Department could accept it. White stated he would support a voluntary solar program but would not support a mandatory program. KELLEHER MOVED to reject Bailey's proposal and direct staff to develop - 5 - February 19, 1985 SOLAR ACCESS a voluntary, incentive-based solar access proposal. PROGRAM Biteman seconded. Upon Bailey's question, Harris noted that voluntary programs had not been success- ful in Oregon. Kelleher pointed out that Mr. Summers had volunteered to provide a demonstration project. Kelleher's motion failed,with Woods, Bailey, Leahy and Johnson voting against. Bailey's motion to adopt the recommendations listed, carried with White, Kelleher and Biteman voting against it. FEDERAL REVENUE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) SHARING Social Service Agency Contracts. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign Service Agreement Contracts with KVYS, Kent Community Service Center, King County Rape Relief, Domestic Abused Women's Network, and the Green River Community Health Center. These con- tracts are exactly the same as the contracts signed for 1984 with the exception that the amounts are as prescribed in the 1985 Budget. The Finance Committee has had a report on the contracts and the City's Risk Manager has reviewed the applicable insurance provisions of the contracts. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through February 19 after auditing by the Finance Committee at its meeting at 4:00 p.m. on February 28, 1985. _LID 304/311 Combined Bond Issue. Allan Barrie of Foster & Marshall/Shearson/American Express presented the firm's offer for the combined issuance of bonds for LID 304 and LID 311 in the amount of $338,168.71. He noted that the interest rate would be 10.261%. Barrie showed comparisons of other recent bond issues in the State and noted that this compared favorably with such issues. WOODS MOVED to accept the Foster & Marshall/Shearson/American Express proposal, White seconded. Motion carried. CLID 304/311 Bond Ordinance. Bond counsel has pre- pared an ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds for Combined LID 304 and LID 311 and accepting the offer of Foster & Marshall/Shearson/American Express. KELLEHER MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 2537, Biteman seconded. Motion carried. 6 - February 19, 1985 TRAFFIC CONTROL Woodland Way. Bailey noted that a letter had been received from Stanley Jones regarding the excessive speed on Scenic Hill in the Woodland Way area. He MOVED to make the letter part of the record and refer it to the Public Works Committee, White seconded. Motion carried. COUNCIL Finance & Personnel Committe. Leahy reported that COMMITTEES the Finance Committee had met on Friday, February 15. Consideration was given to the Information Services Director's request to enter into an agreement with Price Waterhouse at a cost of $10,000 to prepare an automation plan. LEAHY MOVED to authorize the said contract, Woods seconded. In response to questions, Cushing noted that the funds would come from those set aside during the budget process to implement the automation portion of the overall allocation. The motion carried. Public Safety Committee. Biteman reported that the Public Safety Committee had met on February 19 at 4:30 p.m., and minutes of the meeting would soon be distributed. COUNCIL ELECTION The following position numbers were drawn by the Councilmembers whose terms are up for election this fall: Position No. 1 Biteman Position No. 2 Johnson Position No. 3 Leahy ADJOURNMENT WOODS MOVED to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m., Bailey seconded. Motion carried. EXECUTIVE SESSION An executive session was held immediately following adjournment of the regular Council meeting. t-<2� Marie Jens , CMC City Clerk 7 -