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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 05/06/1985 i Kent, Washington May 6, 1985 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7:00 o'clock p.m. by Mayor Hogan. Present: Mayor Hogan, Councilpersons Bailey, Biteman, Johnson, Kelleher and Woods, City Administrator Cushing, City Attorney DiJulio, Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom and Finance Director McCarthy. Councilmembers Leahy and White were not in attendance. Also present: Assistant City Administrator Webby. Approximately 20 people were in attendance at the meeting. PROCLAMATIONS National Historic Preservation Week. A proclamation was read by Mayor Hogan declaring the week of May 12-18, 1985 as National Historic Preservation Week in the City of Kent with the theme for Preservation Week being "THE ACTION'S BACK ON MAIN STREET". CONSENT CALENDAR JOHNSON MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items A through N be approved, Biteman seconded. Motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of April 15, and Special Meetings of April 22 and April 29, 1985. WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5K) East Hill Well Company Agreement. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign an Agreement as corrected with the East Hill Well Company under which the City will acquire the water system. QIySENT �ALEND4R ITEM 5L egiona ater ssociatio of South King County. AUTHORI- ZATION for the Mayor to sign the amendments of the Inter- governmental Agreement as recommended by the Public Works Committee. STORM DRAINAGE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5M) Storm Drainage Utility. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 2559 authorizing the sale of bonds and establishing interim financing for the Drainage Utility projects, as approved by the adoption of the Master Plan. ANNEXATIONS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) Ryan No. 3 Annexation. ACCEPTANCE of the 75 percent petition for the Ryan No. 3 Annexation and authorization for the City Engineer to file a Notice of Intent with the King County Boundary Review Board. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I) Moore Annexation. AUTHORIZATION to set May 20, 1985 as the date for public hearing to consider annexation of approxi- mately 2.76 acres located in the vicinity of the northwest corner of Military Road and Reith Road. - 1 - May 6, 1985 ANNEXATIONS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J) LeBlanc Annexation. ACCEPTANCE of the 10 percent Notice of Intent for Annexation and authorization to set June 3 as the date for Council to meet with the initiators. ALLEY VACATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) Alley Vacation. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 2557, vacating a portion of an alley between South Bridges Street and South Central Avenue, located south of Willis Street (appli- cation of Southland Corporation, relating to Southland Rezone, Ordinance 2505 for the 7-11 store). BUSINESS LICENSES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) Massage Parlor Licensing. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2558 relating to the licensing of businesses, amending Chapter 5.28, Kent City Code, to revise the regulations applicable to massage businesses and operators. POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) Drinking Driver Task Force. ACCEPTANCE of a donation of $125 from Miller Brands, Inc. to the Drinking Driver Task Force fund. CITY HALL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) Lighting Modification - City Hall. ACCEPTANCE as complete of the Heutmaker contract for the lighting modification to City Hall and authorization for payment of same. ARTS COMMISSION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) Arts Commission Appointment. CONFIRMATION of the Mayor's appointment of Connie Huzar to the Arts Commission to fill the unexpired term of Maureen Curran to October 1987. REZONES Rent Meadows Rezone No. RZ-85-1. The Kent Meadows Rezone application for a reclassification of a 3.31 acre site from R1-7.2, Single Family Residential to MR-G, Garden Density Multi Family Residential, was heard by the Hearing Examiner on March 20, 1985. The applicant, Condominium Builders, is proposing the construction of 40 multifamily units located on the south side of S.E. 248th Street, approximately 600 feet east of 104th Avenue S.E. The Examiner has recommended approval with conditions. JOHNSON MOVED that the recommend- ation of the Hearing Examiner be approved and the City Attorney be instructed to draft the necessary ordinance, Woods seconded. Motion carried. Menses Rezone No. RZ-85-2. The Meneses Rezone application for a reclassification of a 1.94 acre site from R1-7.2, Single Family Residential to MR-G, Garden Density Multi - 2 - I May 6, 1985 REZONES Family Residential, was heard by the Hearing Examiner on March 20, 1985. The subject property is located at 11003 S.E. 248th Street. The Examiner has recommended approval with the condition that the highest density permitted shall not exceed 12 units per acre. JOHNSON MOVED that the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner be approved and the City Attorney be instructed to draft the necessary ordinance, Woods seconded. Motion carried. PERSONNEL Reclassification Recommendations/Merit Pay Plan. Review of the recommendations was conducted at the Finance/Personnel Committee meetings of April 1 and 30, 1985. The Committee has recommended approval of the salary reclassification proposals and the Law Department Merit Pay Plan as pre- sented in the Council packet. BAILEY MOVED to approve the position salary adjustments listed in Appendix A of the Staff Recommendations, Johnson seconded. Biteman expressed concerns over some of the elements in the reclassification procedure, noting that he had discussed these inequities with the Personnel Director. He noted that he would not vote against the motion but asked that in the future more attention be paid to making equitable decisions. The motion carried. BAILEY MOVED to approve Ordinance No. 2560 of the City of Kent, Washington providing for implementation of a merit pay plan for Assistant City Attorneys, Johnson seconded. Motion carried. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through May 6 after auditing by the Finance Committee at its meeting at 4:00 p.m. on May 15, 1985. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5N) LID 300 - Segregation Request. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 1061 directing the Supervisor of Treasury Accounting to segregate an assessment levied under LID 300. This request of Elizabeth Stewart, Escrow Officer, was approved at the Council meeting of April 15, 1985. ECONOMIC Brotherton-Pleas - Economic Development Corporation Appli- DEVELOPMENT cation. This hearing was scheduled in conformance with CORPORATION Internal Revenue procedures governing issuance of Industrial Revenue Bonds. The Brotherton-Pleas application for issu- ance of industrial revenue bonds for $1,000,000 was con- sidered and approved by the City of Kent Economic Develop- ment Corporation at its regular meeting on Thursday, May 2, 1985. 3 - May 6, 1985 ECONOMIC The public hearing was opened by Mayor Hogan. The Clerk DEVELOPMENT noted that no correspondence had been received and there CORPORATION were no comments. BAILEY MOVED to close the public hearing, Johnson seconded. Motion carried. BAILEY MOVED to adopt Resolution No. 1059 approving the proposal of the City of Kent Economic Development Corporation to finance certain industrial development facilities to be located in the City of Kent (Brotherton-Pleas Application). Woods seconded. Motion carried. BAILEY MOVED to adopt Resolution No. 1060 approving the issuance of industrial development bonds by the City of Kent Economic Development Corporation for $1,000,000, and approving Resolution No. 1985-23 of the City of Kent Economic Development Corporation authorizing the sale of the bonds to provide funds to finance certain industrial development facilities for Brotherton-Pleas in the City of Kent and related matters and approving execution and delivery by the City of Kent Economic Development Corporation of a Bond Agreement dated May 1, 1985. Woods seconded. Motion carried. COUNCIL Public Works & Planning. At the request of Councilmember COMMITTEES Kelleher, Sarah Stiteler of the Planning Department reviewed an ongoing program by the King County Landmarks Commission to designate historic sites in King County to ensure pre- servation. She noted that this does not cover such sites within the City but that a list had been compiled by the City in 1978 and 1979. She also noted that at the present time there were no regulations to ensure preservation of the sites so designated. She requested that the City initiate an in-depth study to discover what the costs to the City might be, the development of a preservation board, time frames and City control. In accordance with her request, KELLEHER MOVED that such a short term study be initiated, Bailey seconded. Motion carried. TRADE & Bailey expressed appreciation to all City employees who INDUSTRY FAIR helped to make the City's participation a success at the recent Trade & Industry Fair. ADJOURNMENT WOODS MOVED that the meeting be adjourned at 7:15 p.m. , Biteman seconded. Motion carried. An executive session followed immediately. Marie Jensen, CMC City Clerk - 4 - i