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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 12/02/1985 Kent, Washington December 2 , 1985 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7: 10 p.m. by Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Present: Councilmembers Bailey, Johnson, White and Woods, City Administrator Cushing, City Attorney DiJulio, Planning Director Harris and Public Works Director Wickstrom. Also present: Assistant City Administrator Webby, Acting Police Chief Byerly and Finance Director McCarthy. Mayor Hogan and Councilmembers Biteman, Kelleher and Leahy were not in attendance. Approximately 18 people were present. PERSONNEL Employee of the Month. Chief Byerly introduced Cathy Cason of the Police Department who has been selected Employee of the Month for December. Byerly noted that Ms. Cason has been an employee of the City for one year and cited her skills with the public and her caring attitude. Council President Johnson presented a plaque on behalf of the City. CONSENT WOODS MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items A CALENDAR through H be approved, Bailey seconded. Motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of November 18, 1985. HEALTH & Metro Sewer Rate - Ordinance. The City has been SANITATION informed that effective January 1 , 1986 , the Metro Sewer Rate will be increased to $8 . 50 per month per residential customer or equivalent. This is an increase from the $7 . 80 per month per residential customer. It is proposed that the 704Z increase be passed directly to the City of Kent sewer customers . This would increase the sewer bill for a single family residence in Kent from $14. 00 per month to $14 . 70 per month. WHITE MOVED to adopt Ordinance 2596 providing for the sewer rate increase in 1986 , Woods seconded. Motion carried. ANNEXATION Wilcox Annexation. The City Clerk has given proper legal notice for this date for the public hearing to consider annexation of approximately five acres located in the vicinity of S.E. 248th Street between 104th Avenue and 116th Avenue S.E. The Boundary Review Board approved the proposed annex- ation as of September 26 , 1985 . - 1 - December 2, 1985 ANNEXATION The public hearing was opened by Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. There were no comments from the audience and no correspondence has been received. BAILEY MOVED to close the public hearing, Woods seconded. Motion carried. WOODS MOVED that the annexation be approved and that the City Attorney be directed to prepare the necessary ordinance. White seconded and the motion carried. ANNEXATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) ZONING Moore Annexation Zoning. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2594 entitled: AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Washington, relating to land use and zoning; providing for the zoning of the annexation area contiguous to the City of Kent in the area of Reith Road and Military Road South, commonly known as the Moore Annexation. This zoning of R1-7.2 was approved by the Council following a public hearing on November 18, 1985. Pursuant to law, the Council had previously conducted a public hearing on the matter on October 7. REZONE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) Kent Meadows Rezone. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2593 entitled: AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Washington, relating to planning, zoning and property; rezoning with conditions, approximately 3 . 31 acres located on the south side of S.E. 248th Street, approximately 600 feet east of 104th Avenue S.E. from R1-7. 2, Single Family Resi- dential, to MR-G, Garden Density Multifamily Residential. (Kent Meadows Rezone, No. RZ-85-1 ) . The Council approved the rezone on May 6 , 1985. The applicant has now satisfied the conditions for the rezone, and the City Attorney has prepared the ordinance for adoption. SPECIAL USE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) COMBINING Special Use Combining District - Wasson, Wasson DISTRICT and Prater. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2595 entitled: AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Washington, approv- ing a Special Use Combining District to allow the movement and extraction of approximately 80 , 000 cubic yards of earth at a site south and east of Reith Road, and west of Lake Fenwick Road; providing for conditions upon permit approval. (Wasson, Wasson and Prater Application No. CD-SU-85-1) . 2 - December 2 , 1985 SPECIAL USE This matter was discussed on Monday, November 18, COMBINING 1985. The City Attorney was directed to prepare DISTRICT this ordinance. Conditions 9 and 10 in Section 4 of the ordinance were specifically directed by the Council at the November 18 meeting. The other conditions were approved by the Council as recom- mended by the Hearing Examiner. CBD (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) IMPROVEMENTS LID 313 - CBD Improvements. AUTHORIZATION to set January 6 as the public hearing date on the final assessment roll for LID 313. KENT ECONOMIC Economic Development Corporation - Colonial Cedar. DEVELOPMENT The Economic Development Corporation approved the CORPORATION issuance of bonds for the Colonial Cedar project at a special meeting held at 6 : 30 p.m. this date for expansion of the existing facility in the amount of $2 , 000 , 000. In accordance with TEFRA regulations, a public hearing was held before the City Council on November 4. BAILEY MOVED to adopt Resolution 1079 approving the issuance of Industrial Revenue Bonds by the City of Kent EDC in the amount of $2 , 000, 000 and approving EDC Resolution 1985-37 authorizing the sale of the bonds, Woods seconded. Motion carried. Economic Development Corporation - Holman Distri- bution Center. The Economic Development Corpor- ation approved the issuance of bonds for the Holman Distribution Center project at a special meeting held at 6 : 30 p.m. this date for expansion and addi- tions to the Kent facility in the amount of $4 , 500, 000. In accordance with TEFRA regulations, a public hearing was held before the City Council on November 4. BAILEY MOVED to adopt Resolution 1080 approving the issuance of Industrial Revenue Bonds by the City of Kent EDC in the amount of $4, 500 , 000 and approving the EDC Resolution 1985-38 authorizing the sale of the bonds. White seconded and the motion carried. Economic Development Corporation - Worldwide Distributors, Inc. At the recommendation of the City Attorney, BAILEY MOVED to hold consider- ation of this matter to the December 16 Council meeting. Woods seconded and the motion carried. - 3 - December 2, 1985 KENT ECONOMIC Economic Development Corporation - Reynolds Alumi- DEVELOPMENT num Company. The Economic Development Corporation CORPORATION approved the issuance of bonds for the Reynolds Aluminum Company project at a special meeting held at 6 : 30 p.m. this date for a wastewater treatment system in the amount of In �JSv�U�v accordance with TEFRA regulations, a public hearing was held before the City Council on November 18. BAILEY MOVED to adopt Resolution 1081 approving the issuance of Industrial Revenue Bonds by the City of Kent EDC in the amount of $750 , 000 and approving EDC Resolution 1985-39 authorizing the sale of the bonds. Woods seconded and the motion carried. WEST HILL West Hill Property Exchange. The Public Works PROPERTY and Planning Committee met on November 25 , 1985 to consider a request submitted by R. K. Getty Corporation for a proposed property trade with the City to pursue development of a proposed shopping center on the Southeast corner of South 264th and Military Road in the Cambridge area of West Hill. Following meetings on October 24 and November 14, 1985 with property owners and the developer, the Public Works and Planning Committee on November 25, 1985 unanimously agreed to recom- mend rejection of the proposed property exchange and submit the issue to the full Council for review. WOODS MOVED to accept the recommenda- tion of the Public Works and Planning Committee, White seconded. Motion carried. TAX LEVY Tax Levy Ordinance. The deadline for submitting ORDINANCE the 1986 property tax levies to King County is December 6 , 1985 . In order to receive any property taxes in 1986 , the City must have a resolution to the County by that date. December 2 is the last regular Council meeting prior to that date. The information concerning the levy was discussed with the Council at its special Budget meeting on November 25. The levy amount will be increasing $437, 714 or 9. 6 percent above the 1985 amount. Levy rates will increase approximately 16(� per $1 , 000 of assessed valuation or 6. 7 percent. WOODS MOVED to adopt Ordinance 2597 setting the tax levies for 1986 , White seconded. Motion carried. 4 - December 2, 1985 POLICE Sale of Seized Vehicle. The City published notice DEPARTMENT that a 1980 Jaguar, a seized vehicle, would be sold to the highest bidder. A minimum bid of $4, 000 was established. The highest of the six bids received was $6 , 000 , submitted by Dick Fox & Peg Enterprises. WOODS MOVED to approve the sale of the seized vehicle to Dick Fox & Peg Enterprises for $6 , 000. White seconded and the motion carried. (( O ENT ALENDAR ITEMM 5C DR ing river Task Forc . ACCEPTANCE of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission Grant Award in the amount of $58 , 000 to the Kent Police Department for the Drinking Driver Countermeasure Program. The effective dates of the grant are November 1, 1985 through October 31, 1986. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through December 6 after auditing by the Finance Committee at its meeting at 4: 00 p.m. on December 16. PERSONNEL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) Memorandum of Understanding - Teamsters Union Local 117. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between Teamsters Union, Local 117 and the City of Kent. The City and the Union have clarified positions subject to the jurisdiction of the Union and will include Maintenance Workers I , II , III and IV positions. The City Attorney and the Finance and Personnel Committee have reviewed the memorandum. COUNCIL Public Works and Planning Committee. Woods noted COMMITTEES that the Public Works portion of the Committee would meet at 5: 00 p.m. on Monday, December 9 in the Engineering Department to review the Des Moines Comprehensive Sewer Plan Expansion. The Planning portion will meet in the 3rd floor con- ference room at 6 : 00 p.m. to discuss the follow- ing items: 1 ) West Hill Cambridge Square Development 2 ) Review of the Sign Ordinance and Temporary Use Ordinance ( fireworks ) . 3 ) Landscape Requirements - Amendment to the Zoning Code - 5 - December 2 , 1985 EXECUTIVE At 7: 40 p.m. Council President Johnson announced SESSION that the Council would meet in executive session for approximately 20 minutes to discuss a matter of labor relations. The Council reconvened at 7: 55 p.m. and Johnson called for Continued Communications. WEST HILL Hal Pettyjohn noted that he was the majority PROPERTY owner of the seven acres in Cambridge, the site of a proposed shopping center. He noted that he was under the impression that the Council would be discussing tonight the possibility of rezoning the area. It was determined that such information was erroneously given in a newspaper other than the Kent News Journal , and that the only item scheduled for this meeting regarding this property was that dealt with earlier as an "Other Business item entitled West Hill Property Exchange. Pettyjohn noted that a proposed project for the development of a shopping center was abandoned in 1979 due to the economic recession. He pointed out that plans were developed at that time, that the City was very cooperative, and that there was no question that the City would move the boundary lines. He stated that the boundary lines were originally set in 1960 or 1962 with Jack Morrison and that they were so arbitrary that they did not even connect with the street. When Kent sought to buy a piece of property to rectify this , Petty- john donated it. He noted that the plans now required a piece of water tank property, and the developers had relied upon the City agreeing to the property exchange and the boundary line re- vision. He opined that the proposed shopping center would be an attractive asset to Kent. Upon questions from Bailey, Pettyjohn determined that in 1979 when the Stevens plan was developed, it had not progressed to the permit stage. He stated that the developer, Getty, had a retailer ready to go into the proposed shopping center. Greg Greenstreet submitted a petition containing 858 signatures opposed to the commercial develop- ment of this parcel and recommending that the City acquire the parcel as park or open space property. WHITE MOVED to accept the petition for the record. Woods seconded and the motion carried. Greenstreet noted that in July, 1983 a similar petition containing 724 signatures was submitted to the Planning Commission, pointing 6 - December 2, 1985 WEST HILL out that additional names had been added since PROPERTY that time. Greenstreet noted that the area resi- dents were considering how to organize a boycott of any such development and had discussed this with the manager of the existing shopping center. ADJOURNMENT At 8: 05 p.m. WOODS MOVED to adjourn the meeting. White seconded and the motion carried. Marie Jensen, CMC City Clerk 7 -