Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 07/15/1985 i Kent, Washington July 15 , 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, Councilmembers Bailey, Biteman, Johnson, Kelleher, Leahy, White and Woods, City Admin- istrator Cushing, City Attorney DiJulio, Public Works Director Wick- strom, Planning Director Harris and Finance Director McCarthy. Approx- imately 20 people were in attendance at the meeting. CHAMBER OF Mayor Hogan introduced Jack Elder, new President COMMERCE of the Chamber of Commerce. CONSENT CALENDAR KELLEHER MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items A through J be approved, Leahy seconded. (Further clarification of Items F and G were given at Bailey' s request. ) Motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of July 1, 1985. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Correction, Minutes of June 17, 1985. The minutes of the June 17 meeting reflect the incorrect figures provided in the agenda for the Refunding Bond Issues. The figures in the ordinance and in the purchase offers were correct, however. The Council ' s action of June 17 must be certified in order to close on these bond issues. AUTHORIZATION to correct page 5 of the June 17 minutes as follows: Limited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds Correct both references to $2, 000 , 000 to $2 , 025, 000 Water Revenue Refunding Bonds Correct the reference to $5 , 315, 000 to $5, 545, 000 HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) SANITATION Northwest Business Park Short Plat. ACCEPTANCE for continuous operation and maintenance of the bill of sale and warranty agreement for construction of approximately 2 , 080 feet of water main extension, approximately 2 , 995 feet of sanitary sewer extension, approximately 1 , 462 feet of street improvements and approximately 4 , 373 feet of storm drainage improve- ments in the vicinity of Souh 226th Street and 54th Avenue; and for release of the cash bond after expir- ation of the maintenance period. - 1 - July 15, 1985 HEALTH & Combination Sewer Cleaner. The bid opening was SANITATION held on June 25 . Upon the recommendation of the Public Works Director, JOHNSON MOVED that the bids be rejected and that the equipment be readvertised for bids. Kelleher seconded and the motion carried. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) Late Comer Agreements - Skyline Park Condominiums. AUTHORIZATION for the preparation of Late Comer Agreements for the telemetering and lift station constructed for the Skyline Park Condominiums and AUTHORIZATION for the Public Works Director to sign the same. Wickstrom explained that the developer had constructed a lift station which would serve more than the immediate site. ALLEY VACATION Alley Vacation (Smith - North State - McMillan) . Resolution 1065 scheduled the public hearing on a request for the vacation of a portion of an alley located between State Street, Kennebeck, Smith and McMillan Streets. Proper legal notices have been posted, mailed and published by the City Clerk. The Planning Department has prepared a staff report and a recommendation for approval with conditions which were distributed with the agenda material. Mayor Hogan opened the public hearing. There were no comments and no correspondence had been received. JOHNSON MOVED to close the public hearing, Woods seconded. Motion carried. BAILEY MOVED that the vacation be approved with the conditions and for the City Attorney to prepare the required ordinance. Leahy seconded and the motion carried. PLAT (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J) Foster Plat Extension. APPROVAL of a one year exten- sion for the Foster Industrial Park Preliminary Plat. The new expiration date will be August 18, 1986. ECONOMIC (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I ) DEVELOPMENT Economic Development Corporation - Meteor Communi- CORPORATION cations Application. SETTING August 5, 1985 for the T.E.F.R.A. public hearing on the application of Meteor Communications for industrial revenue bond financing. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through July 22 after auditing by the Finance Committee at its meeting at 4: 00 p.m. on July 31 , 1985. 2 - July 15 , 1985 FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) Increase in Petty Cash - Ordinance. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 2572 increasing the City' s petty cash fund from $600 to $1 , 000 as recommended at the July 1 Finance Committee meeting. This increase allows for more efficient processing of petty cash vouchers and is in line with petty cash amounts in neighboring cities. SENIOR CENTER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) Kent Senior Center. ACCEPTANCE of the project plans, specifications and estimate as prepared by the architect and AUTHORIZATION for the City Clerk to advertise for bids in accordance with the legal requirements of the City. The architect on the Kent Senior Center, Henry Klein Partnership, has completed the plans , specifications and contract documents for the new facility and the project is now ready for bidding. City staff , including the Building, Planning and Public Works Department have reviewed the documents and concur that they meet City requirements. The construction cost as estimated by the architect is within the budget approved by Council . POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) Drinking Driver Task Force Grant Extension. ACCEPT- ANCE of the six-month extension for the Drinking Driver Countermeasure Task Force No. 2 Program Grant (AL 84-01-1BN) from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. This extends the program from May 1, 1985 to October 31 , 1985. CAPITAL Capital Improvement Program: 1986-1990. The Capital IMPROVEMENT Improvement Program was subject to community meet- PROGRAM ings, and a public hearing before the City Council on July 1, 1985. The City Council further considered the matter at workshop on July 8, 1985. The matter has been brought forward to this Council meeting for action. JOHNSON MOVED to adopt Resolution No. 1066 adopting a Capital Improvement Program, 1986-1990, and further adopting Scenario 2 of the proposed funding alternatives , Woods seconded. Leahy referred to Section 3 of the resolution and MOVED TO AMEND the resolution to make the real estate excise tax effective September 1, 1985 instead of January 1 , 1986. Bailey seconded. Biteman opposed changing the date, noting that it would be difficult enough to pay it after January. Leahy ' s amendment carried with Biteman and Kelleher opposing. 3 - July 15, 1985 CAPITAL White stated that he favored Scenario 3 noting IMPROVEMENT that there were many things which needed to be done, PROGRAM and although it was difficult to raise taxes, the needed projects will not be less costly if they were delayed. He MOVED to change Section 1 and Section 2 of the resolution to read Scenario 3 . Biteman seconded. Bailey noted that in some ways he concurred with White but that he opposed Scenario 3 because it required an admissions tax, which is really a B & O tax, paid off the top, and that he considered this to be a punitive and regressive tax. He also expressed concern that Scenario 3 would require bonds, noting that bonds for the library and for a performing arts center were defeated at the polls, indicating that the City was not ready for this . White ' s proposed amendment failed with only White and Biteman supporting it. The motion to adopt Resolution 1066, Scenario 2 , with Leahy' s amendment to change the effective date of the real estate tax to September 1 , 1985 , carried, with Bailey, Johnson, Leahy, White and Woods voting in favor and Biteman and Kelleher voting against. STREETS LID 318 - Central Avenue Improvements. The bid opening was conducted on July 12 , with seven bids received. In accordance with the recommendation of the Director of Public Works , LEAHY MOVED to award the contract to the low bidder, Universal Utility Contractors, in the amount of $1 , 486 , 911 . 36 , subject to concurrance of the UAB. Kelleher seconded and the motion carried. WATER West Hill Pump Station No. 5 Conversion Pump. Bid opening was held July 1 , 1985 with four bids re- ceived. After review of the bids, staff recommended that the bids be rejected and the project be re- advertised. KELLEHER MOVED that the bids for the West Hill Pump Station No. 5 conversion pump be rejected and the project be readvertised, Woods seconded. Mike Sloan of Technical Systems stated that his firm was the only bidder on the City' s first call for bids , which was rejected. Technical Systems was the low bidder of the four received July 1 and he objected to rejection of the bids on the claim of one of the bidders that the City ' s consultant had misinformed him. He noted that experienced bidders based their bids on the information in the contract documents or asked for an addendum. He noted that any recovery due the bidder should be from the consultant , not from the City. He pointed - 4 - July 15, 1985 WATER out that the other three bidders understood the docu- ments. DiJulio noted that he had talked to the attorney for Technical Systems and that the consult- ant had misinformed one bidder which had resulted in an increase in that bid total. If the increase were deducted, the bid would be the lowest received. He pointed out that this was an irregularity and that the project should be rebid. Upon questions from Kelleher and Bailey, it was determined that a recall for bids would delay the project, and DiJulio noted that although URS was liable as the City ' s agent, the City wished to avoid litigation and he had recommended the action stated in the motion. The motion carried. COUNCIL Public Works & Planning. Kelleher noted that the COMMITTEES Public Works & Planning Committee would meet on Thursday, July 19 at 11: 00 o ' clock and at noon. He reminded Council that the signing ceremony of the Green River Management Agreement would take place at 10: 00 a.m. on Thursday, July 18 at the Riverfront Park. Parks Committee. Bailey noted that the Parks Com- mittee would meet at 8 : 30 a.m. on July 18th in the 2nd floor conference room. ADJOURNMENT JOHNSON MOVED that the meeting be adjourned at 7: 30 p.m. , Woods seconded. Motion carried. EXECUTIVE An executive session relating to litigation was SESSION held immediately following the meeting. Marie Jens�n, CMC City Clerk 5 -