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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 11/04/1985 Kent, Washington November 4 , 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, Council- members Bailey, Biteman, Johnson, Kelleher, Leahy, White and Woods, City Administrator Cushing, City Attorney DiJulio, Planning Director Harris, and Public Works Director Wickstrom. Also present: Assistant City Administrator Webby and Finance Director McCarthy. Approximately 20 people were in attendance at the meeting. i PROCLAMATION American Education Week. A proclamation was read by Mayor Hogan declaring the week of November 17 - 23 , 1985 as American Education Week in the City of Kent. Lights On For Peace. A proclamation was read by Mayor Hogan declaring Lights On For Peace Days for November 19 and 20 , 1985. Employee of the Month. Planning Director Harris introduced Associate Planner Fred Satterstrom who has been chosen as November ' s Employe of the Month. He has worked on many City projects includ- ing Farmlands Preservation, the East Hill Plan, Solar Access for Residences , the Industrial Land Use Study and the Affordable Housing Study. His work on the Agricultural Study was recognized by the American Planning Association for excell- ence. In addition, Satterstrom is Chairman of the Employee Recognition Committee. Mayor Hogan presented him with a plaque on behalf of the City. CONSENT JOHNSON MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A through CALENDAR K be approved, White seconded. Motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5 A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of October 21 , 1985. FEDERAL The City Clerk has given proper legal notice for REVENUE this date for a public hearing to receive sugges- SHARING tions and input from the public on the proposed use of Federal Revenue Sharing funds. The 1986 Budget anticipates the receipt of $511, 421 in new Federal Revenue Sharing Fund money. This, in combination with an anticipated beginning fund balance of $90 , 888, provides $602 , 309 for alloc- ation. The 1986 Preliminary Budget shows the plans for expenditure of these funds. These include one-time only capital projects and trans- fers for health and social service agencies and to increase the City ' s Contingencies Fund reserve. The above amount of $511, 421 anticipates full funding for the City ' s 1986 Budget Year. - 1 - November 4 , 1985 FEDERAL Current legislation in Congress proposes to reduce REVENUE that amount by six to twenty-five percent. The SHARING Mayor opened the public hearing. There were no comments and no correspondence had been received. WOODS MOVED to close the public hearing, Bailey seconded. Motion carried. Cushing noted that two hearings are required and that the second hearing would be a part of the public hearing on the 1986 City Budget to be held on November 18. HEALTH & Truck Mounted Sewer Catch Basin Cleaner. Bid SANITATION opening was held October 11 , 1985. The bids have been reviewed. Upon the recommendation of the Public Works Director, KELLEHER MOVED to accept the bid from Sahlberg Equipment, Inc. for the lease purchase of the truck mounted sewer basin cleaner , in the amount of $140 , 618. 40, White seconded. Motion carried. WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J) Regional Water Association. AUTHORIZATION to trans- fer $10 , 000 from the unencumbered water fund for Kent ' s participation in the ongoing program of the Regional Water Association. STREET VACATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I ) 74th Avenue South Street Vacation - Ordinance. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2588 vacating the portion of 74th Avenue Southin the area of Willis Street and So uth259th Street as approved by Council on June 17 , 1985. STREET SWEEPING ( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) Street Sweeping Contract. AUTHORIZATION for Mayor to sign the renewal of the existing contract with Sanco Northwest Lot Services for street sweeping. FINAL PLAT Foster Industrial Park Final Plat #SU-79-6. On October 21 , 1985 , the City Council set November 4, 1985 as the date to consider the Foster Final Plat. This plat has been signed by the Public Works Director and the Planning Director. To comply with the Subdivision Ordinance Regulations, a hearing must now be held for the City Council to approve, disapprove or return the plat to the applicant for modification or correction. The Mayor opened the public hearing. Bob Scholes of ESM noted that he would answer any questions. There were no comments and no correspondence had been received. LEAHY MOVED to close the public 2 - i November 4 , 1985 FINAL PLAT hearing, Johnson seconded. Motion carried. Harris noted that Condition No. 5 should be changed as noted in his memo. KELLEHER MOVED that the Foster Final Plat be approved with the modified conditions of the Preliminary Plat, Woods seconded. Motion carried. PLAT (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) Strain' s First Addition - Release of Easements. AUTHORIZATION for City Attorney to prepare an ordinance releasing the utility easements dedi- cated on the face of the plat. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) Southcenter Corporate Park Modification - Ordinance. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2587, an ordinance of the City of Kent, Washington relating to the South- center Corporate Park Plat No. SU-78-8 ; amending Plat Condition 18 to allow buildings adjacent to the Green River to exceed 25 feet in height when authorized by the Planning Director. This was approved at the August 5 Council meeting. ANNEXATION Biggar Annexation. This date has been set for Council to meet with the initiators of the Biggar Annexation, an area approximately 191 acres in the vicinity of Kent-Kangley Road and 114th Avenue S.E. Proper notice has been given. JOHNSON MOVED that the Council concurs with the proposd 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 area, Kelleher seconded. Motion carried. METRO TRANSIT (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) Metro Light Rail System. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to send a letter supporting the Kent Chamber of Commerce position regarding location of the southerly extension of a proposed light rail transit system in the Green River Valley. PORT OF SEATTLE ( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5K) Port of Seattle - Industrial Development Corpora- tion. ADOPTION of Resolution 1074, entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Kent approving the issuance of nonrecourse indust- rial development refunding revenue bonds of the Industrial Development Corporation of the Port of Seattle, Washington pursuant to RCW 39. 84. 060. 3 - November 4 , 1985 PORT OF SEATTLE The City has previously approved this Port of Seattle IDC Issue (Resolution 996 ) . This Resolution approves the refinancing of the CFS-Continental IRB in Kent. TRAFFIC CONTROL Crow Road Traffic Problems. The Public Works Committee has reviewed the traffic situation on Crow Road and recommends the following action be taken to help mitigate the speeding problems. 1. Enhance enforcement. 2 . Public education. 3. Enlarge speed limit signs with "Radar Enforced" . 4. Reduce speed limit from 35 mph to 30 mph. 5 . Installation of "Pedestrian Crossing" signs. 6 . Channelization. Staff presently has taken action on Items 1 through 3 . The cost of channelization is estimated at $7, 500 which is anticipated to come from the Completed Street Fund account. Channelization will require the prohibition of on-street parking through the area. KELLEHER MOVED to accept the Public Works Committee ' s recommendations includ- ing authorizing the transfer of $7 , 500 from the Completed Street Fund account for the channeli- zation work, Johnson seconded. Motion carried. KELLEHER MOVED to adopt Ordinance 2589 relating to traffic and parking on 97th Pl. So. ; amending KCC 10. 06 . 04 to add a new subsection prohibiting parking on 97th Place South from the intersection of Canyon Drive to the intersection of Crow Road; amending KCC 10. 08 . 08 ( 47 ) (Ordinance 2163 , as last amended by Ordinance 2491 and amending Ordi- nance 2303 , as last amended by Ordinance 2508 ) to reduce the speed limit on 97th Place South from the intersection of Canyon Drive to the inter- section of Qr w Road to 30 mph. Woods seconded and the motion carrie�. Upon White ' s question, Wickstrom noted that further discussion was scheduled for the next Public Works Committee meeting. PUBLIC NUISANCE A public hearing was scheduled for this meeting to declare the property at 909 Seattle Street a public nuisance. At the request of the Fire Marshall this item was deleted from the agenda, as the property has been cleaned to the satis- faction of the Code Enforcement Division. 4 - i November 4, 1985 ECONOMIC Worldwide Distributors, Inc. Worldwide Distri- DEVELOPMENT butors, Inc. has applied for Industrial Develop- CORPORATION ment Bond financing through the City of Kent Economic Development Corporation in the amount of $1 , 400 , 000 for acquisition and expansion of the Kent warehouse facility. In accordance with TEFRA regulations , a public hearing before the City Council is required. Proper legal notice has been given by the City Clerk. The Mayor opened the public hearing. There was no corres- pondence and no comments were made from the audi- ence. BAILEY MOVED to close the public hearing, Leahy seconded. Motion carried. DiJulio noted that no further action was required. Colonial Cedar Company. Colonial Cedar Company has applied for Industrial Development Bond financ- ing through the City of Kent Economic Development Corporation in the amount of $2 , 000 , 000 for expan- sion of the existing facility in Kent. In accord- ance with TEFRA regulations, a public hearing before the City Council is required. Proper legal notice has been given by the City Clerk. The Mayor opened the public hearing. The Clerk noted that no correspondence had been received. Jim Prendergast, representing Colonial Cedar, was present to answer any questions, but there were no comments. BAILEY MOVED to close the public hearing, Johnson seconded. Motion carried. DiJulio noted that no further action was required. Holman Distribution Center. Holman Distribution Center has applied for Industrial Development Bond financing through the City of Kent Economic Develop- ment Corporation in the amount of $4, 500, 000 for expansion and additions to the Kent facility. In accordance with TEFRA regulations, a public hearing before the City Council is required. Proper legal notice has been given by the City Clerk. The Mayor opened the public hearing. The Clerk noted that no correspondence had been received. A representative of Holman Distribution Center was present but there were no questions. JOHNSON MOVED to close the public hearing, Woods seconded. Motion carried. DiJulio noted that no further action was required. Landry. Raymond P. and Zoanne M. Landry have applied for Industrial Development Bond financing through the City of Kent Economic Development Corporation in the amount of $1 , 250 , 000 for new 5 - November 4, 1985 ECONOMIC construction of warehouse and office space in Kent. DEVELOPMENT In accordance with TEFRA regulations, a public hear- CORPORATION ing before the City Council is required. Proper legal notice has been given by the City Clerk. The Mayor opened the public hearing. The Clerk noted that no correspondence had been received. A representative of the Landrys was present but there were no questions asked. JOHNSON MOVED to close the public hearing, Leahy seconded. Motion carried. DiJulio noted that no further action was required. PERSONNEL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) Salary Recommendations. As recommended by the Finance/Personnel Committee at the Committee meet- ing held on October 31 , 1985 , AUTHORIZATION to implement the salary reclassification proposals distributed with the agenda and filed for the record. Community Service Worker Program. The Finance/ Personnel Committee at its October 15 meeting reviewed a staff proposal regarding the City ' s participation in the State of Washington' s Com- munity Service Worker Program. The Program would generally place first-time offenders sentenced to community service work at City of Kent sites for the fulfillment of their obligation. This would be done under an Agreement between the City and the State Department of Corrections. Informa- tion related to the types of offenders who may be assigned to Kent and the extent to which the City could determine the types of offenders we would accept has been supplied to the Council and has been filed for the record. JOHNSON MOVED to parti- cipate in the Community Service Worker Program, to provide worker ' s compensation to participants and to authorize the Mayor to execute the appropri- ate Agreements with the Department of Corrections and the Department of Labor and Industries. Biteman seconded and the motion carried. ARTS COMMISSION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) Arts Commission Appointment._ CONFIRMATION of the Mayor ' s reappointment of Mellody Matthes to the Arts Commission. This term will expire in October 1989 . FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through November 5 after auditing by the Finance Department at its meeting at 4: 00 p.m. on November 15 , 1985 . 6 - November 4 , 1985 COUNCIL Parks Committee. Bailey noted that the Parks COMMITTEES Committee would meet at 2 : 00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 5 , 1985. Cushing reminded the Council that the Suburban Cities Association would meet Wednesday evening. Mayor Hogan noted that she had attended memorial services for Herbert Bayer, architect for Kent ' s Earthworks. She noted that the City would send copies of slides of the Earthworks to Mr. Bayer ' s assistant. ADJOURNMENT BAILEY MOVED that the meeting be adjourned at 7 : 20 p.m. , Woods seconded. Motion carried. Marie �en, City Clerk - 7 -