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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 06/03/1985 i Kent Washington n ton ashi g June 3 , 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, 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, Parks Director Wilson and Assistant Fire Chief LaBore. Approximately 20 people were in attendance at the meeting. CONSENT BITEMAN MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A through CALENDAR N be approved, with the exception of Items G, which was removed at the request of Council- member White and Item J, which was removed at the request of Rick Hodder. Woods seconded. Motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of May 20 , 1985 with the following correction of a typographical error: On Page One, adoption of Ordinance 2564 relating to Local Improvement Districts should read Ordinance 2563. WATER Pump Station No 5, Control Conversion. Bid opening was May 29 with only one bid received. The bid submitted by Technical Systems, Inc. in the amount of $51 , 355. 07 is in excess of the Engineer ' s Estimate. It is recommended that this bid be rejected and the project be re- advertised. BITEMAN MOVED that the bid received from Technical Systems, Inc. be rejected and that the project be readvertised, Kelleher seconded. Motion carried. STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) LID 308 (S E 260th Street Improvement. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 2565 approving and confirming the Final Assessment Roll for LID 308. The Council considered this matter at its regular meeting of May 20 , 1985 and considered protests submitted to the Council , and determined that the roll should be confirmed as presented. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5L) Intersection Improvement Project. AUTHORIZATION to transfer $25 , 000 from the Completed Street Fund to this project fund as recommended by the Public Works Director and concurred with by the Public Works Committee. CORRECTED - REFER TO _ , - MINUTES OF 6 7-,�5- June 3, 1985 STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5M) James Street Interurban Trail Pedestrian Crossing Signal. AUTHORIZATION to establish a project fund for the James Street Interurban Trail Pedes- trian Crossing Signal and to transfer $10,000 from the Completed Street Fund to this project fund. 1985 Asphalt Overlays. Bid opening was held on May 29 with four bids received. The low bid was received from M. A. Segale in the amount of $143 , 789 . 22. KELLEHER MOVED that the low bid of $143 , 789. 22 be accepted for the 1985 Asphalt Overlay project , Woods seconded. Motion carried. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J) REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF RICK HODDER Street Use Permit Ordinance. Ordinance 2566 has been prepared granting a Street Use Permit to the Kent Lions Club for a public festival and providing for a $25 permit fee and providing further that 5% of the gross sales from street fair booth sales (not to exceed $500) be paid to the City Treasurer by September 20, 1985. Rick Hodder asked that the fees be deleted from the ordinance, noting that the proceeds all go to charity. Bailey noted that the Parks Committee had studied this issue for eight or nine months and that the Lions Club accepted the fee as proper. He pointed out that the City contributed approxi- mately $3 , 000 in services to the Cornucopia Days festival. He then MOVED to adopt Ordinance 2566 and Woods seconded. KELLEHER MOVED to amend the motion to delete Section 4. 1 of the ordinance, entitled "FEE" . Biteman seconded the proposed amendment. Kelleher noted that the proceeds are for charity and that none of the service clubs involved had a salaried person. He stated that the clubs were doing a favor to the city by volunteering their time and services. Wilson noted that the service clubs paid a fee to have a booth at the festival and that a policy should be established for street use fees. Biteman noted that the Lions Club provided eye care for youngsters and that if the city charged a percentage of the proceeds that such clubs might no longer be will- ing to participate in the festival. Hodder noted that the festival was a source of revenue to the city. Kelleher ' s proposed amendment FAILED with only he and Biteman voting in favor. The motion to adopt Ordinance 2566 then passed unanimously. 2 - i June 3 , 1985 PUBLIC WORKS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) CLAIMS Public Works Claims Process. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 1063 relating to Public Works, establishing procedures for filing claims against the retained percentage. This resolution clarifies existing procedures for claimants on Public Works con- tracts and was reviewed by the Public Works Com- mittee at its meeting on Thursday, May 2.3, 1985. ANNEXATIONS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) Moore Annexation. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 2564 annexing to the City certain lands contiguous thereto in the area of Reith Road and Military Road South. This annexation was approved by the Council on May 20 , 1985. LeBlanc Annexation. This date has been set for a meeting with the initiators of the LeBlanc Annex- ation for property in the vicinity of 112th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 232nd. The initiator has been notified of this meeting date. JOHNSON MOVED that the Council concurs with the proposed annex- ation and authorizes the circulation of the 75 percent petition subject to the existing bonded indebtedness to the City and the Land Use Plan for the annexation, Biteman seconded. Motion carried. REZONE Northwest Business Park Rezone No. RZ-85-3. The Northwest Business Park Rezone application for a reclassification of an 8. 81 acre sight from MA, Industrial Agricultural , to Ml, Industrial Park, was heard by the Hearing Examiner on May 1, 1985. The applicant, Uplands Industries Corporation, anticipates the uses will be those of warehousing and light manufacturing. The subject property is located between 54th Avenue South and 64th Avenue South, just south of the Puget Power right- of—way. The Examiner has recommended approval without conditions. LEAHY MOVED that the recom- mendation of the Hearing Examiner be approved and the City Attorney be instructed to draft the necessary ordinance, Kelleher seconded. Motion carried. Upon Kelleher ' s question, Wick- strom noted that the SCS proposal to change the shape of the lagoon would not affect the 200 ' setback area. 3 - I June 3 , 1985 ZONING CODE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) (REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER WHITE) Amendments to the Zoning Code. The Planning Department has proposed to set a public meeting date of June 17 , 1985 to consider amendments to the Zoning Code for Planned Unit Developments and for Mixed Use Development. Upon White ' s question, Harris noted that this matter had not been to the Planning Committee, but had been recommended by the Planning Commission. WHITE MOVED for the matter to be referred to the Plan- ning Committee, Kelleher seconded and the motion carried. CITY SHOPS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5K) City Shops Lounge/Restroom Renovation. ACCEPT as complete the contract with H & S Builders for construction of the City Shops Lounge/Rest- room Renovation and release of the retainage after receiving the necessary releases from the State. FIRE DEPARTMENT High Pressure Breathing Air Compressor. One bid was received on May 13 , 1985 for a Breathing Air Compressor for the Fire Department. The Depart- ment recommends that the bid of Safety & Supply be accepted in the amount of $26 , 786. 00, including tax. JOHNSON MOVED to award the bid as recom- mended, Kelleher seconded. Motion carried. Fire Station No. 1 Wash Rack Pad. Four bids were received on May 30. The low bid, $33, 835. 30 sub- mitted by Scotty ' s Bulldozing, exceeds the budget. In accordance with the recommendation of the Public Works Director, BI`1'EMAN MOVED to reject the bids and to re-evaluate the project. Kelleher seconded and the motion carried. EMPLOYEE OF Personnel Director Mike Webby described the City ' s THE MONTH Employee Recognition Program and noted that. Sue Reardon, Secretary in the Personnel Department, had been chosen Employee of the Month for June. He noted that she has been active in employee oriented programs and had spent many hours organiz- ing the City ' s Christmas party. A plaque was presented to Ms. Reardon by Mayor Hogan. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I ) Special Assistant City Attorney. AUTHORIZATION to retain Richard L. Barbieri of Edwards and Barbieri , as Special Assistant City Attorney to represent the City of Kent in the matter of the appeal of William N. Nirk and authorization - 4 - i June 3, 1985 EMPLOYEE OF to expend unencumbered funds in the Contingency THE MONTH Fund for this matter. . This was discussed with the Finance Committee on May 31. , 1985. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Payment of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through June 5 after auditing by the Finance Committee at i..ts meeting at 4 : 00 p.m. on June 14, 1985 . (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) LID 314 - 104th Avenue Water Mains - Treasurer's Certificate. ACC:EPTAJCE of the City Treasurer ' s statement certifying that $47 , 581. 58 has been collected in assessmerit-s for LID 314 during the thirty day period e-iding May 15 , 1985 without j interest as allowed by law. $37 , 162. 42 remains to be collected. i (CONSENT CALENDAR I`F'1EM ', D) LID 317 - 45th Place South Street Repair - Treasurer's Certificate. ACCEPTANCE of the City Treasurer ' s statement certifying that: $5 , 058. 81 has been collected in assessments for T,TD 31.7 during the thirty day period ending May 1 , -,- 85 without interest as allowed by law. $5 , 26h. 15 remains to be collected. COMMONS Pedestrian Cross:i_ g. Dale Brantner filed a petition PLAYFIELDS containing 4 , 205 signatures requesting an overpass for pedestrians and participants at events at the Commons Playfields. Ho noted that he represented the Kent Kids Safety Coalition group and asked that the City set a definite date for the proposed vacation of a portion :)f Russell Road. The petition was filed for the record . A copy of Wickstrom' s memo to the Council , rl,-.t.ed May 31, 1985 entitled "Korry Field Pedestriari/Vehicle Situation" was given to Brantnr by Mayor Hogan. COUNCIL COMMITTEES Finance -- Refunding Bonds. Leahy noted that at the play 31 Committee m-eting, Foster & Marshall representatives proposed that it would be advan- tageous for the city to refund two of the city' s outstanding bond issues , the Golf Course and Water Revenue Bonds. He MOVED for Foster & Marshall to be authorized t_.o prepare such an offer, noting that the City was under no obligation to accept such an offer. Bai. i ,�y seconded and the motion carried . i June 3, 1985 COUNCIL COMMITTEES Public Works & Planning. Kelleher noted that there would be a brief meeting of the Public Works Com- mittee on Thursday, June 13 , to discuss the Tacoma Intertie and the South King County Water Pur- veyor ' s Association and that at the regular meeting of June 27 the issue of the overpass j would be discussed. Public Safety. Biteman reported that the Committee would meet t 4 : 30 p.m. on June 13 on the second floor to discuss: Teenage Niqht Clubs, Animal Control Ordinance and to review the Radio System. ADJOURNMENT BAILEY MOVED that the meeting be adjourned at i 7: 40 p.m. , Kelleher seconded. Motion carried. EXECUTIVE SESSION Following the meeting the Council met in executive session to discuss a real estate matter. I I I, Marie Je�en, CP.76 City Clerk i I i i i I - 6 _